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The Monroe Advertiser
VOLUME SEVENTY-TWO
AUDIEN^^ 1 ^ I
BROWN TO QUIT RACE
J. J. BROWN ACCUSES BRIDGES
OF TAXING OIL INSPECTORS.
TALMADGE ENDORSED BY AC
CLAMATION AT M’RAE. ,
Under a broiling South Georgia
sun, Eugene Talmadge, candidate
for Commissioner of Agriculture and
J. J. Brown, incumbent, locked horns
for supremacy in their race Tues
day. When they had finished, two
and a half hours later, the 2,000 peo
ple in the audience from twenty
South Georgia counties, .gave Tal
madge an endorsement by acclama
tion.
As he finished speaking, Talmadge
asked that all those whe believed he
should get out of the race, raise their
hands.
“Come on,” Mr. Talmadge called,
“Come on, ah you fertilizer inspec
tors and everybody else.”
Not a band was raised.
“Now,” said Mr. Talmadge, “all of
you who believe that Mr. Brown
should .get out of the race, raise your
hands.”
Every hand in the crowd went up
and there was a great whooping and
yelling.
When the debate .was . over, Tal
madge was lifted to the shoulders of
the crowd .and carried in a triumphal
procession.
During .the rebuttal hy Mr. Brown,
he revealed for the first time what
he said to be real, facts in .the break
in his department with Fred Bridges,
assistant commissioner and Lem B.
Jackson .of the Bureau of Markets
According to Mr. Brown, he discover
ed .that Mr. Bridges had .been collect
ing money from the various oil and
fertilizer inspectors over the State,
without his knowledge.
“What this money was .to be used
for,” Mr. .Brown .said, ‘ God only
knows. I tdon’t. There was also
some dissention as .to my son, being
employed. I ^didn’t .intend to tell this,
but this is the truth.”
During the debate Mr. Brown ..at
tacked Mr. Talmadge’s record as
county attoftpey in Telfair County
and charged that “he was not a dirt
farmer.”
Mr. Talmadge, in his feddres?,
charged that several relatives .of Mr.
.Brown were employed in the depart
ment; that money had been collected
from various inspectors as a cam
paign fund for Mr. Brown and also
to “fix the Legislature;” that the
Georgia law only provided for .ten
oil inspectors but .a clause gave Mr.
Brown pow.tr to .appoint as mayy
.more “in his discretion.”
BIBLE CLASS PRESENTS
LOVING CUP T 0 ALFRIEND
An interesting feature of the Sun
day school hour jat the Forsyth Bap
tist church Sunday morning was the
presentation of a loving cup to Prof.
.Kyle T. Alfriend by the members of
the Men’s Bible Claes. Prof. Alfriend
was the popular teacher of this class
until a few weeks ago when he found
it necessary to resign on account of
duties which called hire away from
Forsyth.
The cup was presented in behalf
of the class by Mr, T. R. Talmadge
who voiced the affection and appre
ciation of the class for Prof. Al
friend and a speech of acceptance
was made by Prof. Alfriend.
DO YOU KNOW
There is a library in
your town?
Where it is located?
What it has for you?
How it may be used?
What it will do for
1 YOU?
J. T. WILLIS DIES AT
BERNER SUNDAY NIGHT
n^lr. J. T. Willis, a well known citi
zen of Monroe county, died at his
home at Berner Sunday night after
a prolonged illness. Mr. Willis was
76 years of age and was born and
reared in Monroe county. He was a
member of a prominent family and
was popular among a large circle of
friends. Mr. Willis was unmarried
and is survived by two sisters and
one brother, Mrs. A. M. Ponder and
Mrs. T. B. Jackson of Monroe coun
ty and Mr. Geo. F. Willis of South
Georgia. The funeral services were
conducted at Cabaniss Baptist church
Tuesday morning and interment was
in the church cemetery.
PENNINGTON APPRECIATES
CONFIDENCE OF PEOPLE
To the People of Monroe County:
I wish to thank you for your support
as a commissioner of the county.
Having endeavored to give you a
county-wide administration in which
our whole board concurred, you rec
ognized it and by your loyal support
you prevented us from having oppo
sition that would have necessitated a
heated campaign. I wish to assure
you that I will endeavor to be wor
thy of this trust. I feel deeply for
my county. Three things are neces
sary for the country—the roads, the
churches and the schools. Without
the former the other two are impos
sible. We are endeavoring to take
care of the former. We have a school
system that is ideal—ours is a coun
ty-wide system; To strengthen this
should be the aim of every loyal cit
izen of the county. I rejoice when I
see so many children availing them
selves of the opportunity to get a
high school education as our system
affords. Our high schools are open
to every child in the county. Girls
from the country who came to the
Forsyth High School are making good
teachers. May this work go on and
I hope some plan may be devised to
care for our school buildings over the
county and to give an adequate build
ing for Forsyth.
There were over one hundred chil
dren from the country in the Forsyth
schools last year. A number from
the country graduated. If our sys
tem had been different, these , chil
dren would have been barred. No
man in the county is a better friend
to the present .school .system . than I.
! It is ideal. I hope some day to help
strengthen our schools. If 1 live to
see our roads an good fix and our
schools on a sound foundation, my
political ambition will have been fin
ished.,. RespectfiiUy,
G. A. PENNINGTON.
MAW’S CLOTHES ARE
.STRIPPED FROM BODY
AS BOLT HITS UMBRELLA
CAMILLA, Ga. —?A Bolt of light
ning running down the steel handle
of an umbrella carried by J. J.’
Blount, a farmer, tore his clothing to
shreds, removed the soles of his
shoes and inflicted severe barns
about his body near here.
A woman companion’s parasol also
was struck by the same flash. Both
were knocked unconscious. ,
The two’ probably owe their lives
to a passerby, who extinguished their
flaming clothing,
JULIETTE MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The Woman’s Missionary of the
Juliette Methodist church met with
Mrs. Jim Hardin on Wednesday eve
ning. Our subject was China. We
had several interesting talks given
on China. Those present were Mrs.
W. A. Smith, Mrs. J. T. Bray, Mrs.
T. J. Adams, Mrs. C. L. Smith, Miss
Amanda Greer, Mrs. T. J. Driskell,
Miss Sue Smith, and Mrs. Robert
Easier. We decided to meet at the
Methodist church on Wednesday eve
ning after every third Sunday.
REPORTER.
Recent tests indicate that color
blindness is hereditary.
The goldfish is a domesticated va
riety of Chinese carp.
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUGUST 4, 1926.
One-Fourth of All Inspectors of Oil and
Fertilizer in U. S. On Brown’s Payroll
GEORGIA’S INSPECTORS, TOTAL
ING 243, OUTNUMBER COM
BINED FORCE OF ALL OTHER
SOUTHERN STATES, WITH 214,
LETTER TO THE MACON TEL
EGRAPH CHARGES.
Sunday’s Macon Telegraph carried
the following letter and comment on
the number of oil and fertilizer in
spectors employed in Georgia:
The Georgia Department of Agri
culture employs one-fourth of the
number of oil and fertilizer inspec
tors that are employed in the United
States, according to a letter to the
editor of the Telegraph from J. A.
Giles, which gives figures from the
various states of the union. Figures
cited by Mr. Giles show 938 persons
employed in the United States as oil
and fertilizer inspectors and of this
number Georgia has 243.
Mr. Giles’ figures were obtained as
the result of correspondence with the
heads of the departments in the vari
ous states.
Eleven southern states, not includ
ing Georgia, employ 214 inspectors,
Mr. Giles letter states, while Georgia
maintains 243. Other states that
have inspectors employ 695 persons
and Georgia 243.
The statistics show that New York
state, having the largest population
of any in the Union, has only six
inspectors. Texas, the largest state
-in area, employs only one man to
look after both the oil and fertilizer
inspections.
Mr. Giles charges that J. J. Brown,
commissioner of agriculture, has said
that the legislature fixes the number
“but when he boasts that the legis
lature won’t or can’t do anything
without his approval, it is no excuse
for the law to bind him here or
there/’
Mr. Brown insists on having 191
oil inspectors for the state despite
the fact that six has been proposed
and for this reason and because a
disillation test is not used, Georgia
gets inferior gasoline, Mr. Giles as
serts.
Mr. Giles says that ten years ago
the department of agriculture cost
the tstate $32,000.
“It is now costing, according to
Eugene Talmadge, nearly a million
dollars per annum, or 32 now for ev
ery dollar it cost ten years ago,” he
said. “I would like to ask the farm
ers and business men of the state
if their cost of doing business has
mounted in any such rates.”
Mr. Giles calls on Georgians to
“wreck this autocratic .and powerful
political and grafting and kinfolk
machine. His letter follows:
“To the Editor of The Telegraph:
I have been interested for a long
time i» the controversy about the
Brown .machine, and its control of
Georgia. Many attempts have been
made to reduce the number of in
spectors of one kind or another, but
mostly political, and get this great
engine on a basis of where it will be
economically and efficiently operat
ed, and men will attend to the busi
ness for which the people’s tax mon
ey is intended instead of looking pri
marily after politics and the control
of the legislature.
“Mr. Brown has often said he has
to track the law, but when he boasts
that the legislature won’t or can’t do
anything without his approval, it is
no excuse that the law binds him
here or there. Six oil inspectors have
been proposed for Georgia, but Mr.
Brown says he must have 191, al
though other states use many less.
In addition to the 191 inspectors he
has never permitted the United
States government’s modern and val
uable gasoline test to be applied to
our gas, making this state a dump
ing ground for inferior products that
cannot be unloaded on other states
of the U. S. government where the
more modern test is used. Why he
fights this reform is beyond my un
derstanding. He has 191 oil inspec-
tors and 52 fertilizer inspectors. Be
low I give figures as to the number
of inspectors, both oil and fertilizers,
in the eleven southern states, this in
formation being taken from reports
and data furnished me by the de
partments of the states listed:
Oil and Fertil- Oil and Fertil
izer Inspectors izer Inspectors
Ala 16 Ga 243
Ark 10 Ga 243
Fla 13 Ga 243
Ky. 2 Ga. 243
La 34 Ga 243
Md 3 Ga 243
N. C 15 Ga 243
S. C 6 Ga. 243
Tenn 103 Ga 243
Tex 1 Ga 243
Va 11 Ga 243
Total 214 Total 243
“It will be observed that the south
ern states have business, agriculture,
manufacturing and other develop
ment superior to or comparable with
ours, and they have a grand total of
fertilizer inspectors and oil inspec
tors, 24, while Georgia has an army
of 243. If Mr. Brown were compet
ent he would find away to get as
much service out of a man in Georgia
as they got in other states, and re
lieve Georgia of some of the political
employes he carries on the State’s
pay rolls.
“I have the official reports and
data from which these figures are
taken and invite any one who is in
terested to inspect them. In addition
to the army of oil and fertilizer in
spectors, he has 350 others that are
more or less useless.
“The Department of Agriculture
cost the State of Georgia ten years
ago about $30,000 per annum. It is
now costing, according to Eugene
Talmadge, nearly a million dollars
per annum, or $32 now for every
dollar it cost ten years ago. I would
like to ask the business men and
farmers of Georgia if their costs of
doing business have mounted in any
such rate?
“I would like to ask if the Agri
cultural Department is worth 32
times today what it was to the peo
ple of Georgia ten years ago?
“No wonder Georgia is dead broke
while our sister states are enjoying
prosperity and making great pro
gress. Georgians, isn’t it time for us
to wreck this autocratic and power
ful political and grafting and kinfolk
machine?
“Sunday, Aug. 8, I will give you
the laws supposed to govern the Ag
riculture Department and show how
this great political machine has been
built up.—Macon Telegraph.
“J. A. GILES.”
Macon* Ga.
MISS MERRITT ELECTED TO
MIAMI UNIVERSITY FACULTY
Miss Mary B. Merritt, a former
citizen of Monroe county and a sis
ter of Mr. James White Merritt, has
been chosen as the first woman to
become a faculty member of the Uni
versity of Miami. She has accepted
the appointment as instructor in Eng
lish. ,
The former home of Miss Merritt
was at Johnstonville, where her fath
er once taught school. She moved to
Gainesville where she received her A.
B. degree at Brenau College. She
did graduate work at the University
of Tennessee and University of Chi
cago and received her M. A. degree
from Columbia University in 1925.
The friends of the family in this sec
tion will be pleased to learn of her
advancement.
DR. R. C. GOLSBY, JR., IS
HONORED BY NATIONAL GUARD
Dr. R. C. Goolsby, Jr., who has for
some time been connected in offi
cial capacity with the National
Guards, was recently honored by ap
pointment to membership on the
committee on military surgery, sani
tation and hygiene of the Georgia
National Guard Association. The ap
pointment was made by Brigadier
General R. J. Travis, president of the
association, and was a distinct recog
nition of the ability of Dr. Goolsby.
THE WESTERN UNION
IMPROVES LOCAL OFFICE
The Forsyth office of the Western
Union Telegraph Company has been
undergoing improvements for sever
al days and will be greatly modern
ized before the work is completed.
Hardwood floors are being laid and
the walls and ceiling are being made
attractive and new and additional
fixtures will be installed. The work
of the office is being temporarily
carried on in the building next door
to the telegraph office but will soon
be moved back to the improved quar
ters.
MACON HAS PLACES
OF MUCH INTEREST
MACON, Ga.—Of probably more
interest than any city in the State
of Georgia, is Macon, located six
miles from the geographical center.
On cursory examination, Macon
appears to present an ordinary front,
except for its unusually wide streets,
in several places divided by parks
and making for ease in driving and
parking.
However, delving into the affairs
of this city of 70,000 hospitable per
sons, one finds that it is the location
of the oldest woman’s college in the
world; that here are a group of
Indian Mounds said by authorities
to be among the most enteresting in
North America; that the dome on
the new and beautiful municipal
auditorium (and, by the way, a
trip to Macon is not complete with
out a visit to this structure) is the
largest copper-covered dome in the
world.
In addition to healthful mineral
wells, Tuft Springs is said to provide
the purest water in the world. Even
the city water is exceptionally pure,
many electricians using it in storage
batteries without bad effects. Even
its manufacturing plants, turning
Georgia raw materials into products
for shipment all over the world are
found interesting by many visitors,
while the lake-parks and first class
theaters provide amusement for
those so inclined.
Macon was the birthplace of that
World-famous poet—Sidney Lanier
—and his boyhood home still stands
on High Street, a mecca for literary
visitors. The city and Bibb County
have an exceptional education sys
tem, in addition to the college facili
ties, there being 46 grammar schools,
while all high school students are
transported by free bus to the mod
ern Boy’ and Girls’ Lanier High
Schools giving every child in the
county an equal education advantage.
JUDGE RUSSELL SPOKE
IN FORSYTH MONDAY
Judge R. B. Russell spoke in For
syth Monday morning in the inter
est of his candidacy for senator. The
state of the weather and the fact that
his coming had not been advertised
contributed to the smallness of his
audience which heard him. Judge
Russell spoke in justification of his
entry into the race and gave reasons
why he considered himself the can
didate to be elected rather than the
senator who is seeking re-election.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
FILLS SCHOOL VACANCIES
At the regular meeting of the
board of education Tuesday morning
no business of importance was trans
acted with the exception of the ap
pointment of teachers to vacancies in
several schools. Miss Lillie Mae
Proctor was elected teacher at Ber
ner, Miss Lucile Goggans at Colvin
and Miss Katherine Cocke at Dyas in
place of Miss Sue Wadley, who re
signed. The list of teachers select
ed for the Forsyth school, with the
exception of a principal yet to be
chosen, was presented and approved
by the board. i
Mary Pickford is believed to be
the richest working woman in the
world.
Rocking chairs have been substi
tuted for the customary pews in a
Haines City, Fla., church.
NUMBER TWENTY^-FIVE
ONE CONTEST IN
COUNTY PRIMARY
RACE FOR LEGISLATURE ONLY
ONE TO PROMISE ANY INTER
EST IN SEPTEMBER PRIMARY.
COMMISSIONERS U^P OSED.
The time limit s unty
democratic executive for
the qualifying of ca vhose
names are to be on th ballots ’for
the county primary was reached
Saturday afternoon at 6 o’clock.
The preceding days had been anxious
ones for some of the candidates, but
opposition developed for only one of
them, which is unusual in the history
of politics in Monroe county.
Congressman Sam Rutherford,
Judge G. O. Persons and Commis
sioners G. A. Penningtofi, A. M. Garr
and C. A. Holmes are candidates to
srfcceed themselves and are without
opposition. Col J. M. Fletcher is a
candidate for relection as repre
sentative and is opposed by Dr. R.
C. Goolsby, Sr. It thus seems that
in the matter of canvassing for votes
this is going to be an off year for
the citizens so far as county offices
are concerned.
SUPERIOR COURT CONVENES
IN SHORT SESSION
The Monroe Superior Court con
vened Monday morning for what pro
mised to be a short session as there
were only a few cases which were to
be tried. Judge G. O. Persons gave
his usual able charge to the grand
jury. In the organization of that
body Mr. P. B. Maynard was select
ed as foreman, Mr. B. F. Harrison as
clerk and Mr. I. M. Shepperd as
bailiff.
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JULIETTE GRIST MILL •—<*
IS NOW BEING REBUILT
JULIETTE, Ga.—Work has start
ed on the construction of a grist mill
here to replace the plant of the Juli
ette Milling Company that was de-,
stroyed by fire several months ago..
The plant will be constructed of steel
and concrete and will be equipped
with the largest machinery. It will,
be completed in January.
The new mill will be operated- on
as large a scale as the burned plant,
which was the largest of its kind in
the United States.
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REV. T. M. SULLIVAN
LEAVES FOR VACATION
Rev. T. M. Sullivan, pastor of the
Forsyth Methodist church, left for
his vacation Wednesday. There will
be no preaching at the Methodist
church on the second and third Sun
days in August on account of the ab
sence of the pastor. Regular ser
vices will be resumed on the fourth
Sunday, August 22.
CENTRAL RAILROAD ASSESSED
$28,877,512 FOR TAXATION
Estimated state revenues for the
year 1926 were given another boost
Friday when Comptroller General
William A. Wright announced that
the assessed valuation of the proper
ties of public service corporations in
Georgia will be at least $9,000,000
in excess of the 1925 valuations.
With the assessment on two railroads
still awaiting arbitrations the total
valuations to date are $195,551,913
for 1926, compared to $186,473,642
for 1925. With franchise valuations
fixed at an additional $25,60,722
the public service corporations paid
the state taxes aggregating $932,-
369.05 last year.
The principal items in the assess
ment list this year are as follows:
Central of Georgia railroad $28,-
877,521, Southern railway $24,039,-
503, Atlantic Coast Line $18,394,-
409, Seaboard Air Line $15,843,-
512, street railway companies $14,-
294,778, electric light and power
companies $7,365,673, miscellaneous
railroads $36,626,872, telegraph
companies $3,831,872, gas and water
companies $5,588,291, navigation
companies $3,831,289, pullman com
panies $1,606,936, express compani
es $800,195.