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The Monroe Advertiser
VOLUME SEV!
HOOVER APPOINTS A NATIVE MONROE
COUNTY WOMAN TO HIGH POSITION
Chief Executive Selects Miss Annabel Matthews, Now a
Resident of Gainesville, Ga., for Membership on the
Board of Tax Appeals. Said to Be Highest Fed
eral Office Ever Held by a Woman
The following article concerning
Miss Annabel Matthews, a member of
the Georgia bar and a niece of Mr.
and Mrs. H. T. Fatzptarick, esteemed
citizens of Culloden, and which will
be of unusual interest to Monroe
county people who delight to learn
of the achievements in public life of
former residents of the county, is
taken from the Atlanta Journal:
Os particular interest to Georgians
is the appointment by President Her
bert Hoover of Miss Annabel Mat
thews, of Gainesville, Ga., to mem
bership on the United States Board
of Tax Appeals, the highest federal
office now held by a woman. In
fact, she is the first woman to attain
this position.
Miss Matthews is an outstanding
figure in the legal profession in Geor
gia and the national capital.
Although she has spent a number
of years in Washington and else
where, she maintains her legal resi
dence in Gainesville, where she grad
uated from Brenau college and now
is a member of the board of trustees
of that institution. She is a native
of Monroe county and for several
years taught school in Gainesville
and Thomasville.
She graduated from the Washing
ton college law school after the
World War and was admitted to
practice before the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia in 1921.
Later, she was also admitted to prac
tice before the District of Columbia
THE GEORGIA HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMPANY WISHES FOR ITS
FRIENDS AND PATRONS
A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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The Company also takes this occasion to state that it has recently signed suf
ficient long term power contracts to enable it to go forward with its original
plan of expansion and furnish the very finest type of electrical power ser
vice to customers in this area. Negotiations are pending for several other
power contracts which will materially increase the demand for our service.
Adequate provisions for necessary additional generating capacity will be
made as required.
D. L. EVANS, President
Court of Appeals and the United
States Supreme Court.
Four years ago she was retained as
an attorney in the office of general
counsel of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue, a position she now holds.
She is one of two women out of 150
attorneys employed in this depart
ment, the other woman being a na
tive Georgian also, Miss Ellyne
Strickland, of Dublin, Ga.
Her first trip to Europe as a rep
resentative of the United States was
in 1927, when she went to London as
assistant to Dr. D. T. S. Adams, to
attend a conference on double taxa
tion, held under the auspices of the
League of Nations. She next went
to Geneva in 1928, to attend a con
ference on foreign taxation, a sub
ject in which she is considered an ex
pert.
In addition to her legal activities,
Miss Matthews is an active member
of various clubs and societies in
Washington and Gainesville. Her
brother, Ben A. Matthews, is a prom
inent attorney in New York.
In government circles at Wash
ington, there is a saying that the
three best known women in the na
tional capital are Mabel Walker Wil
lebrandt, former assistant attorney
general; Dr. Louise Stanley, head of
the Bureau of Home Economics of
the Department of Agriculture, and
Annabel Matthews.
Miss Matthews, who succeeds Wil
liam R. Green, Jr., of lowa, the son
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 26, 1929
of Judge Wm. R. Green of the court
of claims, has had years of experi
ence in government service and was
described at the White House as be
ing one of the most capable of her
sex now at work in the federal gov
ernment.
For fifteen years Miss Matthews
has been engaged in income tax work
in various sections of the Treasury
Department and at present, as well as
I for some years past, she was an at
torney in the office of the general
; counsel of the Internal Revenue Bu
reau.
“On account of special ability
shown by Miss Matthews,” a mem
orandum issued at the White House
said, “she has twice been sent to Eu
rope as a legal assistant to the ex
pert representatives of the govern
ment to attend international confer
ences on double taxation.”
DIVIDEND PAID TO CREDITORS
CITIZENS BANKING COMPANY
Included in the amount paid to
creditors of 29 banks which have
been in the process of liquidation,
was $4,797.52 paid Saturday by A.
B. Mobley, state superintendent of
banks, to the creditors of the Cit
izens Banking Company of Culloden.
This was dividend No. 3 of 10 per
cent, making a total of 60 per cent.
TWIGGS WILL PREACH AT
METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY
Rev. L. M. Twiggs, presiding elder
of the Griffin district, will preach at
the Forsyth Methodist church Sunday
morning at 11:00 o’clock, and the
first quarterly conference will be
held in the afternoon.
Mr. Twiggs is an able preacher and
is popular in Forsyth and it is ex
pected that a large congregation will
come out to hear him.
REV. MALLORY DIES
SUDDENLY AT ADEL
BODY OF METHODIST MINISTER
IS BROUGHT TO FORSYTH
FOR BURIAL. WAS NATIVE
OF THIS CITY.
Rev. W. A. Mallory, pastor of the
Adel Methodist church, and a mem
ber of the South Georgia Methodist
conference, died suddenly at Adel
early Friday morning. He was 59
years old and had been a member of
the conference for 35 years and for
many years was secretary-treasurer
of the Conference Relief association. I
Mr. Mallory was a native of For- ’
syth, being a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. E. T. Mallory, and on a num
ber of his visits here had preached
at the Methodist church to apprecia
tive congregations. He is survived
by his wife and one daughter, Miss .
Eloise Mallory, and by two sisters, ;
Mrs. P. B. Maynard and Mrs. R. R. i
Reid.
A short service was held at the 1
Adel church Friday morning by Pre- ।
siding Elder J. H. House, who was as- ]
sisted by Rev. Dell of Valdosta, Rev. t
Smith of Quitman, Rev. Freeman, of 1
Tifton and Rev. Stipe of Nashville.
The remains were brought to For- I
syth for funeral and interment Sat
urlay morning and the service was
held at the Methodist church at 11:00 c
o’clock. Rev. J. H. House, presiding c
elder of the Valdosta district, was in i
charge of the service. He was as- t
sisted by Rev. C. R. Jenkins of the t
Mulberry Street Methodist church of
Macon, who made the principal ad
dress, and by Rev. J. M. Gutter, pre- t
siding elder of the Macon district. I
About a dozen other ministers of the
conference attended the funeral.
Following the service, interment took c
place in the city cemetery. r
PROF. POLHILL GREATLY
ENJOYED AT BARNESVILLE
Prof. L. M. Polhill, dean of Bessie
Tift college at Forsyth, filled the pul
pit of the First Baptist church of
Barnesville Sunday morning.
Professor Polhill is greatly enjoyed
whenever he conducts any service
here, as he was last Sunday, and he
is not only popular as a speaker but
personally. His message was schol
arly and practical, carrying impor
tant lessons, and the audience was
very attentive and appreciative.—
Barnesville News-Gazette.
FORSYTH COUNCIL HOLDS
LAST MEETING OF YEAR
The city council held its last meet
ing for the year 1929 Friday after
noon with all members present. The
council as at present organized will
hold its final meeting on the night of
January 3, at which time the city
government will be turned over to
the new administration.
The meeting Friday afternoon was
taken up with routine matters and
decisions in regard to a few tax com
plaints with which there had been
some misunderstanding as to valua
tions.
FORSYTH BANKERS WILL
TAKE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
The four banks in Forsyth will be
closed Wednesday and Thursday, De
cember 25-26, for the Christmas hol
idays. This notice is published for
the convenience of the patrons of the
banks.
California, with an estimated pop
ulation of 6,000,000, has a prison
population of 7,379.
The Canadian government’s herd
of Buffalo in Wood Buffalo park now
numbers approximately 10,000 head.
NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN
: COLLEGE, SCHOOLS
! CLOSE FOR HOLIDAYS
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COLLEGE REOPENS ON FRIDAY,
1 JANUARY THIRD, AND PUBLIC
J SCHOOLS BEGIN SPRING TERM
MONDAY, JANUARY SIXTH.
t Bessie Tift College closed Thurs
■ day and the public schools of Mon
• roe county closed Friday for the
1 Christmas holidays. Classes will be
resumed at the college on Friday,
January 3, and the public schools will
open again on January 6.
The college students have left for
their homes and a number of the
members of the college faculty will
be away during the holidays and their
absence will cause much regret in
Forsyth. The public school pupils,
however, will be with us and will in
varied ways add to the zest of the
celebration of the season.
LUTHER STALLINGS PASSES
AWAY AT SMARRS FRIDAY
Mr. Luther Stallings, a well known
citizen of Monroe county, died at his
home at Smarrs Friday after an ill
ness of three days. Mr. Stallings
was 75 years of age and moved to
Monroe county a number of years
ago from Atlanta where he had been
engaged in the stock business. He
was at one time in business in For
syth and had many friends here.
He is survived by his widow, who be
fore her marriage was Miss Rudie
Moore, and by one son, Mr. B. R.
Stallings of Atlanta. The funeral
was conducted Monday morning at
the Smarrs Baptist church by Rev.
A. 0. Baggarly, and interment was
in the church cemetery.
Every time some people say smart
things they make others smart.