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The Monroe Advertiser
VOLUME SEVENTY-SIX
VFTS NEW PENSION
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CONGRESSMAN S. RUTHERFORD
GIVES SYNOPSIS OF ACT AID
ING VETERANS OF SPANISH
AMERICAN WAR.
Congressman Sam Rutherford has
furnished The Advertiser the follow
the synopsis of the Act passed by
congress on June 2, 1930, increasing
pensions of Spanish-American war
veterans, which was vetoed by Presi
dent Hoover and later passed by con
gress over his veto by a large major
ity. The act of June 2 was a com
promise, as it was not all that the or
ganization of Spanish War Veterans
...asked, and for that reason the veter
ans themselves and the Committee on
Pensions were very much surprised
when Mr. Hoover vetoed the act. Mr.
Rutherford, who is a member of the
House Committee on Pensions, voted
for the bill and also voted to over
ride the President’s veto:
Senate Bill 476 which passed both
branches of the Congress and was
vetoed by the President and later
overwhelmingly passed over his veto
and which will be known as the New
Spanish War Pension Act of June 2,
1930, is now the law.
Under the Act of 1920 and the
amended act of 1926, a Spanish War
veteran was required to have served
ninety days between April 21, 1898,
and July 4, 1902, and to have been
honorably discharged, or if less than
ninety days between April 21, 1898,
and July 4, 1902, and to have been
honorably discharged, or if less than
riinety days he was required to show
he was discharged for a disability
due to service in line of duty.
Under the amended act of May 1,
1926, when an application for pen
sion was filed and approved by the
Bureau of Pensions and the examina
tion showed a one-tenth disability,
the veteran was to receive S2O per
month; a one-fourth disability, $25
per month; a one-half disability, S3O
per month; a three-fourths disability,
S4O per month; and a total disability,
SSO per month.
Under the provisions of the act of
June 2, 1930, no increase was grant
ed veterans having a one-tenth or a
one-fourth disability, but where the
rate was S3O per month for a one
half disability it was increased to
$35; a three-fourths disability was
increased from S4O to SSO per month;
and a total disability from SSO to S6O
per month.
Under the act of 1926 where a pen
sion was granted on account of age, a
soldier 62 years of received S2O per
month; a soldier of sixty-eight years
of age, S3O; a soldier of seventy-two
years of age, S4O; and a soldier of
seventy-five years of age, SSO.
Whereas, under the act of June 2,
1930, a soldier of sixty-two was
granted S3O per month; sixty-eight
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Oatmeal, 2 for ,25c
6 boxes Matches 20c
1 lb. can Bailey’s Polk-a-Dot Coffee 25c
Big F Laying Mash 100 lbs. for $3.50
48 lbs. Stag Self Rising Flour $2.15
48 lbs. Fair Play Self Rising Flour $1.95
Best Kreme Cheese, pound 29c
Breakfast Bacon, Sliced, pound 37c
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years of age, S4O; seventy-two years
of age, SSO; seventy-five years of age,
S6O per month.
There is a new provision for a sol
dier who served seventy days with
an honorable discharge. The pen
sions authorized under this new pro
vision run as follows: One-tenth
disability, sl2 per month; one-fourth
sls; one-half, $18; three-fourths,
$24; total disability, S3O. Those pen
sioned on account of age were grant
ed pensions running from sl2 to S3O
per month.
Those who served seventy days
and who are practically helpless or
blind, requiring the regular aid or at
tendance of another person, were
granted SSO per month; whereas,
those serving ninety days are entitled
to $72 per month.
There is another clause in the act
of June 2, 1930, striking the wilful
misconduct provision, which will per
mit a reasonable number to receive a
pension. It is estimated that 114,-
000 Spanish War veterans will be
benefited by the passage of the act of
June 2, 1930.
The increase of pensions under the
provisions of the act of June 2, 1930,
will not be automatic but will com
mence from the date of filing appli
cation with the Commissioner of Pen
sions. This applies to both those
with seventy days service and those
with ninety days service. A short
certificate has been prepared by the
Bureau of Pensions to be signed by
the applicant and filed with the Bu
reau and it may be that medical ex
amination will be waived as to those
entitled to an increase under the pro
visions of this act. As to those who
are now receiving S2O to $25 per
month for disabilities and who are
not increased under the terms of the
act, medical examination will be held
to determine the present degree of
disability.
SUMMER SCHOOL SESSION
OPENS AT A. & M. SCHOOL
The summer school at the A. & M.
School for Negroes opened Monday.
This school has been operated foj
several years and brings a large num
ber of Negro teachers and students
to Forsyth each summer. The enroll
ment last year was around 800, rep
resenting practically every county in
the state. The school is better equip
ped this year and it is expected that
the present session will keep up the
high standard reached last year.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
OMITTED BY MISTAKE
The announcement of the candi
dacy of Col. W. B. Freeman for rep
resentative and of Mr. Jas. A. Trib
ble for county commissioner were un
intentionally omitted in the last issue
of The Advertiser. This error is re
gretted by the paper and these an
nouncements will be found elsewhere
in this issue and will be continued ।
until the time of the primary.
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUNE 19, 1930
: OFFICERS ELECTED
BY THE LIONS CLUB
I r
SEVERAL COMMITTEES ALSO
APPOINTED TO SUPERINTEND
1 VARIED ACTIVITIES OF CLUB
1 FOR FOLLOWING YEAR.
At the meeting of the Forsyth
■ Lions Club Friday night the follow
-1 ing officers were elected for the en
suing year: Col. A. M. Zellner, pres
-1 ident; Dr. G. H. Alexander, vice
president; Col. R. L. Williams, Jr.,
secretary; Mr. T. R. Talmadge, lion
• tamer; Dr. W. H. Taylor, tail twister;
1 Messrs. G. O. Persons, E. S. Tucker,
J. O. Erod and W. H. Newton, direc
tors.
' The following committees were ap
pointed:
Activities: W. H. Newton, chair
man; E. S. Tucker, E. W. Banks, E.
D. Rudisill, C. D. Hollis.
Ways and Means: A. W. Bram
blett, chairman; L. G. Alexander, G.
P. Whatley.
Finance: J. O. Elrod, chairman;
A. L. Willingham, L. C. Bittick.
Highway: G. O. Persons, chair
man; H. S. Worsham, S. Rutherford.
Publicity: J. H. Clarke, chair
man ; A. Bloom, C. F. Heard.
Dairy and Stock: A. Chamlee,
chairman; H. E. Newton, T. R. Tal
madge.
The club was entertained by Leroy
Smith with several songs and one
piano selection which were greatly
! enjoyed.
TOM HOLLIS LEGION POST
TO GIVE FLAG AND POLE TO
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
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At the last meeting of the Tom
Hollis Post American Legion, June 2,
plans were made to erect a flag pole
on the new school grounds, and also
to supply the flag provided the school
■ authorities would accept them, which
they did.
• i The entertainment committee out
• lined a very interesting program
’ .which will be earned out in the near
■ future.
> । For the benefit of the members as
■. well as all ex-service men, it is an
■ nounced that the Tom Hollis Post
1 meets at the clubroom the first Mon-
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■; day night in every month at eight
'■ o’clock.
HONEYBEE STINGS CAUSE
DEATH OF SPALDING MAN
, 1 Nollie M. Johnson, 54, was stung
J to death by a hive of bees a few days
ago as he was attempting to take the
gum from the hive. His condition
although painful was not considered
serious at first and his death came as
a shock to his family and friends.
Fifty nationalities are included in
।the ranks of the national guard of
| Hawaii.
M. E. MISSIONARY
WOMEN MEET HERE
ANNUAL SESSION OF GRIFFIN
DISTRICT MISSIONARY SOCI
ETY ENTERTAINED BY FOR
SYTH CHURCH.
The annual meeting of the Griffin
district Women’s Missionary Society
was held at the Forsyth Methodist
church this week, beginning Tuesday
morning and continuing until Wed
nesday afternoon.
A royal welcome was extended by
the Forsyth women to the delegates
from over the district, to the visitors
and to the prominent women of the
state in this work who have taken
part in the program. The outstand-,
ing event was the rare opportunity
of having three of our Griffin dis
trict missionaries with us—Miss Mo
zelle Tumlin, missionary to Japan,
who is at home on furlough; Miss An
nie Mae White, who is to leave in the
near future for the work in Africa;
Miss Miriam Rogers, student of Scar
ritt school, training for home mis
sionary work. These young women
gave splendid talks on their work and
were a welcome addition to the pro
gram.
Other outstanding events were
the beautiful mesasge, “The Pente
cost for Today—The Living Christ”,
by Mrs. Rosser Little, and the inspir
ing talks on Social Service by Mrs.
Virlyn B. Moore, Mrs. L. C. Warren
and Mrs. Marvin Williams. The pro
gram in full will be given next week.
REPORTER.
COLEMAN CHALLENGES
ABERNATHY FOR RETURN
BOXING MATCH IN FORSYTH
j Another boxing contest in Forsyth
. in the offing for Forsyth fight fans
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|if J. D. Abernathy accepts a chal
lenge from Doyle Coleman, a former
Monroe county boy and now a soldier
at Fort Benning, issued this week.
Coleman and Abernathy fought 10
rounds to a draw in Forsyth several
months ago, and if Abernathy accepts
Coleman’s latest challenge, the bout
wijl be sponsored by the Tom Hollis
Post American Legion and will be
staged in the basketball court on the
evening of Friday, July 4. Antici
pating Abernathy’s eager acceptance
of Coleman's challenge, the Post is
already at work on a card that will
furnish about 35 rounds of good box
ing.
FIRST COTTON BLOOMS
APPEAR IN MONROE COUNTY
The first Monroe county cotton
blooms of the season have been re
ceived at The Advertiser office. The
first came from Mr. C. D. Morgan of
Bolingbroke and was dated June 13.
Mr. Morgan reported a plentiful sup
| ply of boll weevil but stated that he
was applying poison in the hope of
saving his crop.
The second bloom which was also
found on June 13, was brought in by
Frank Freeman, who operates the
farm known as the Allen place and
now owned by the Monroe County
Bank. He reported the prospects for
a crop to be good and stated that on
a wheat crop of twenty acres he had
harvested an average of sixteen
bushels per acre.
F. L. Henderson, who farms on the
old Ingram place, brought in the third
doom which was found Sunday, June
». the • bloom cogiing from a field
which had been planted in Rucker
No. 1 cotton.
The fourth bloom, under date of
Rhodes Realty Co.
Real Estate Specialists
June 16, was sent in by T. J. Jack
son, who farms on the R. T. Aber
-1 nathy place.
i It appears that cotton is blooming
a week earlier this year, as the first
1929 blooms were brought in during
. the week of June 20 by T. J. Jack
. son and Frank Freeman.
W. F. RUDISILL DIES
IN VALDOSTA FRIDAY
The following account of the death
of Mr. W. F. Rudisill, brother of Mr.
E. D. Rudisill, is taken from the Sun
day edition of the Macon Telegraph:
Valdosta, June 14.—W. F. Rudisill
of Adel, 73 years of age, died in this
city yesterday following an illness
of some duration. The funeral ser
vices were held this afternoon.
Mr. Rudisill was a former resident
of Forsyth, and is well known in that
section, as well as in South Georgia.
He was well known in railroad cir
cles, having been connected with a
number of roads for many years. Re
cently he contracted a cold which
rapidly developed into pneumonia,
which caused his death.
Besides his widow Mr. Rudisill is
survived by two daughters, Mrs. B.
W. Bracewell and Mrs. R. P. Dew
berry, of Valdosta. He is also sur
vived by one brother, E. D. Rudisill,
of Forsyth, and two sisters, Mrs. Alex
W. Bealer, Sr., and Miss Mary Rudi
sill, both of Atlanta.
W. M. U. CONVENTION
CLOSED LAST THURSDAY
The annual convention of the
Georgia Baptist Women’s Missionary
Union, which was in session at Bessie
Tift College and attracted some 700
delegates and visitors, closed Thurs
day, June 12, and the following news
item concerning the same is by the
convention reporter, Mrs. Carl B.
Babb:
[ The relection of officers, changing
. the time of the annual meeting, adop
tion of a program of work, passage
. of a resolution putting the union on
. record as standing for the strict en
forcement of the prohibition laws,
and an address by Dr. Eugene Sallee
marked the busy closing sessions of
the Georgia Baptist Women’s Mis
sionary Union at Bessie Tift College
here Thursday. It had not been ex
pected that Dr. Sallee would be able
to attend the convention and so his
forceful address was all the more en
joyed.
The 1931 convention will be held
March 10,11 and 12 at Bessie Tift
College, always a delightful host. Un
usual courtesies shown the delegates
and the careful plans so delightfully
carried out for their comfort and en
tertainment drew from the women
unstinted praise of the college man
agement.
The program of work adopted, one
of the most comprehensive to be un
dertaken by the union, provides for
a budget'of $226,000, gifts spent for
state, home and foreign missions to
be in addition to this amount.
An enlistment conference, led by
Miss Emma Leechman, was a fea
ture of the convention Thursday
morning. Definite plans for the work
of the year were discussed and
adopted.
GAS LINE IS BEING
CONSTRUCTED TO FORSYTH
Construction on the Atlanta-Macon
division of the Southern Natural Gas
Corporation began at Griffin last
week, headquarters for the work be
ing established there.
This line will pass through Forsyth
and gas will be available to the cit
ies and towns on the line by the early
part of October, it is said.
MRS. PRESTON IMPROVES
The friends of Mrs. C. W. Preston,
of Barnesville, who was seriously in
jured in an automobile wreck near
Smarrs several months ago, will be
glad to learn that she continues to
improve. She is now able to get
about her home with the aid of
crutches and was in Forsyth Monday
evening visiting friends. Mrs. Pres
ton was before her marriage Miss
Ruth Wilson.
NUMBER TWENTY
ORDER COURTHOUSE,
JAIL BUILT IN LAMAR
ADVISORY BOARD OF LAMAR
GIVES VOTERS OF COUNTY
PREROGATIVE TO VOTE $65,-
000 BONDS ON JULY 23.
At a meeting held on June 2, the
County Advisory Board of Lamar or
dered that a courthouse and jail be
built to meet the imperative needs of
the county. A bond election for this
purpose was held last year and fail
ed to carry.
Lamar county has been using tem
porary quarters for a courthouse and
jail for several years and the need of
buildings for those purposes is being
stressed. A bond issue of $65,000 is
being advocated and an election will
be held on July 23. It is pointed out
by the advocates of the bond issue
that this means of erecting the build
ings would result in less hardship on
the people than the financing of the
proposition by a special tax levy to
cover the cost in one year.
DEATH OF NEGRO PULLMAN
PORTER BRINGS CRITICISM
NEW YORK.—A. Philip Randolph,
general organizer of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters, said today
that officials of the Pullman compa
ny have refused to make public in
formation concerning the death of
J. H. Wilkins, a negro porter of the
Southern railway’s Kansas City Spe
cial, whose body was found tied to a
tree near Locust Grove, Ga., on
April 5, last.
He said a lawyer had been retain
ed to investigate the case and to ask
the Pullman company to guarantee
the safety of sleeping car porters and
maids who work on trains which trav
el through the Southern states.
SINGERS WILL MEET AT
SHARON CHURCH SUNDAY
There will be song services at
Sharon church Sunday afternoon,
June 22. Mr. John G. Bush and oth
er good singers from Lamar county
will sing. All who enjoy good sing
ing are cordially invited to attend.
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A J - Y—A -^1
YOU CAN REST
EASY
in the belief that this
Scotchman was about
the tightest one of the
clan; he went to a pict
ure show and demand
ed admission at half
■ price because he had
only one eye.
We don’t know of a
better place to secure
your building materials
than right here. Our
qualities are all above
standard, but our prices
below. No matter what
materials you seek, we
can supply them at a
saving.
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