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THE MONROE ADVERTISER
VOLUME SEVENTY-SI
Persons Brothers Offer To Build Free Library For County
CONVENES AUG. 4
CIVIL CASES WILL BE TRIED
FIRST WEEK AND CRIMINAL
CASES SECOND WEEK. LIST
OF JUFQORS FOR TERM.
B A i
The Monroe Superior Court will
convene Monday, August 4, with
Judge G. O. Persons presiding and
Solicitor F. B. Willingham ',represent-‘j
ing the state. It is probable that all
of the first week will be taken up in‘
the trial of civil cases, while what
ever list of cases the grand jury sub
mits will 'be tried the second week.
The following is the list of grand
and traverse jurors for the August
term:
Grand Jurors . 1
We have noticed the advertisei.‘entl
of the Bank of Forsyth and the com—l
ment on our advertisement and call
iing attention to their statement.
'~ We are glad that they saw fit to
«do-this for the only way for the pub
lic to be enlightened and understand
‘thow to read a Bank Statement so
.they can know something of the bank ‘
(that they are doing business with is
‘to tell them the facts.
The Bank of Forsyth certainly is
right when they say that they could
-not afford to borrow money on sav
ing accounts, . time certificates, or
bills payable and loan it out and hope
‘to be able to collect it back to pay
interest for it, in times like these.
You see when a bank borrows mon-
ey this way they promise to pay in
terest and in order for them to be
able to do this they have te loan it
out and collect interest and if they
should loan it out and neot eollect it
the bank could not pay. &0
Now, stop and think: a bank is
just like any other business :amd the
individual who runs that business
should be a good business man and
the bank should have large enough
capital for the bank to do business
with or else they have to berrow
money to do business on. The bank
that borrows money is just like the
farmer or merchant or any other
man who borrows money to do bus
iness on and if a bank berrows five
stimes as much money as they have
capital, would be like a farmer who
runs a one-horse farm and borrews
money to run a five-horse farm, or a
merchant who has $1,000.00 steck
:and borrows $5,000.00 to run his bus
iness and when these chances are
taken it means if they do net sue
«eeed, then what are they to do? Keep
on borrowing as long as they can.
Now, you ecan find out for yourself
dbout banks by reading their state
ments and see how much meney they
have borrowed by adding up the fig
uves opposite saving accounts, time
certificates and bills payable and tell
just exactly how much money the
banke owe. Then read how much
capital stock they have and tell how
much ‘money they have of their own
and in this way decide for yourself
whether they are doing a conserva
tive business. :
Now, there is no question about
- Mr. Stephens being a good Banker
“and the Bank of Forsyth is absolute
ly conservative and safe for you
. know when you read his bank state
ment that he has not borrowed a lot
of money to do business on, and
when he loans out his own money he
is going to be careful in loaning it.
Now, we feel just like the Bank of
; 'Forsyth, for we cannot afford to bor
row in times like these to do business
on and as we have always wanted
to be of service to you, if you have
gome money you wish to loan where
"it will be absolutely safe-we will help
you to buy some bonds that are paid
back with tax money and not buy
business adventures.
THE FARMERS BANK, -
H. L. Keadle, Ed B. Butler, J. E.
Bogle, C. B. Hollis, Sr., W. A. Gray,
P. B. Maynard, A. D. Vaughn, F. N.
Wilder, Jerry Cox, J. J. Martin, B.
Potts, W. H. Newton, H. C. Waldrep,
R. E. Davis, J. E. Castleberry, Carey
M. Davis, H. S. Worsham, B. O.
thlds, C. M. Medlin, G. W. Ivey, V.
M. Webb, H. J. Bryant, P. L. Wil
liamson, A. A. Chambliss, Gilbert A.
Banks, H. T. Fitzpatrick, R. E.
Watts, A. J. Goggans (Cabaniss), C.
H. Holmes, J. N. McCarty, C. H.
Cochran, J. P. Parks, L. R. Bush,
Jno. W. Banks, Sr., A. N. Howard.
Traverse Jurors—First Week
Wallace Waldrep, Chas. Hardin,
Jr.,, B- W. Jenkins, H. B. Harrison,
C. D. Daniel, W. R. Dewberry, G. E.
Stuart, Robert Ponder, T. F. Free
man, Floyd Holloway, O. H. Chap
man, C. D. Harrison, C. B. Owen, A.
J. Wilson, Jr., G. Carl Brooks, D. O.
Campbell, J. W. Gg {ard, I. T. Speir,
T. J. Wilson, T. E. Walton, R. L.
Smith, Sr,, A. B. Vaughn, J. B.
Moore (Cabaniss) H. G. Grogan, Bert
Bowdoin, E. S. Tucker, A. A. Smith,
Gip Bowdoin, P. B. Zellner, H. H.
Hardin, -Joe B. Moon, J. B. Edwards,
G. G. McMullan, H. G. Holmes, J. E.
Calloway, D. J. Carrison, R. C. Owen,
W. F. Hammack, H. W. Potts, H. Z.
Gardner, J. R. Byars, W. E. Walker,
J. W. Jackson, T. Chambliss Zellner,
O. P. Ensign, N. H. Sherod, Geo. W.
Smith, W. J. Williamson, G. T.
Raines, Jr., J. E. Allen.
Traverse Jurors—Second Week
Walter Dame, J. O~ Dye, Horace |
Ham,'l. R. Ivey, J. M. Zellner, K. L.
Heollis, J. J. Mapp, B. F. Harrison,
lSr., Geo. S. Martin, D. F. Jackson,
R. C. Byars, Charles Hardin, Sr.,
Zenus Henceley, S. S. Nowell, C. F,
Heard, W. W. Wright, E. N. Eth
ridge, J. H. Butler, Jno. Elfington,
W. H. Davis, J. M. Moore, M. C.‘
ISpeir, { Preston Stuart, Jim Lunce-‘
iford, W. C. Rogers, C. C. Maynard, j
i‘J' Otto Couch, Luther Plymale, For
‘rest Alexander, G. L. Weldon, Jno.
H. Phinazee, Zollie Bob Zellner, Har- ‘
old Williams, J. A. Cannon, A. M.
Bloodworth, T. A. Gregory, R. L.|
iFreeman, J. L. Roguemore, W. C
Morris, J. M. Jackson, J. E. Hardin,
’TJ. S. Fuller, C. L. Edwards, T. (“
jPr'itchett, R. L. Holloway, J. A.}
‘Spear, W. R. Harrison, C. J. Temp
ik’in's, H. M. Hammack, L. E. Zellner,‘
fIO. W. Gardner, T. J. Adams, Oscar
“Vanghn, H. D. Fincher, Roy Ham,
{w. A. Chatfield, J. T. Bray, C. 1)..|
‘Hollis, W. B. Garr, T. J. Driskell. ¢ !
'nn. 'PATTERSON SPEAKS |
[ AT METHODIST CHURCH
| NEXT SUNDAY EVENING
! Pr. 'V. P. Patterson, a medical
%missiomn‘y of the Methodist’ 'c'hl}rch,
who is in the United States on fur
lough and visiting in Forsyth, will
speak Sunday evening in the Forsyth
Methodist chureh at 7:45.
Dr. Patterson has spent five years
in China in a large hospital, and has
operdted en hundreds of suffering
people and has seen many of them
restored to health. Many of these
people ecame to the Christian doctor
and church hospital after the old
’time doctors of China had failed to
do them any good at all.
Dr. Patterson will have many
things of interest to tell about his
work among the Chinese people. Ev
eryone is invited to hear him Sunday
evening. Dr.\Patterson is a special
representative of the Trinity Meth
odist church of Atlanta, Ga., which
pays all of his expenses, etc., on the
foreign field.
FORSYTH LIONS CLUB WILL
MEET FRIDAY EVENING
The next regular meeting of the
Forsyth Lions Club will be held Fri
day evening at 6:30 o’clock. The at
tendance at the last meeting was fine
and it is expected that a good pro
gram and attendance will be feat
ures of the meeting this week.
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY ‘24, 1930
PROMINENT AND PUBLIC-SPIRITED CITIZENS OF
FORSYTH TENDER GENEROUS PROPOSITION
TO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
The public library in Forsyth,
Iwhich has hitherto been able to carry
on its work only through the gener
osity- of the Masonic fraternity in
granting the free use of a part of
the Masonic Hall, now faces a bright
er future and an enlarged usefulness
through a generous offer which has
been submitted by Messrs. R. T. and
G. O. Persons. In keeping with their
usual public spiritedness and substan
tial contributions to the progress of
Monroe county, these gentlemen
have offered to erect and equip a li
brary building for the county as set
forth in the following statement:
To the Board of Educa’tion of Mon
roe County, the Board of Commis
sioners of Roads and Revenues of
Monroe C&nty, and the Mayor. and
Council of the City of Forsyth:
Gentlemen: Appreciating as we
do the voluntary and spontaneous
act of the County Board of Educa
tion of Monroe county in the naming
of the new high school building in
Forsyth “The Mary Persons High
School” in honor of our deceased
mother who devoted the best of the
creative years of her life to the cause
of the education of Georgia boys and
girls, and desiring to promote the
growth and efficiency of said high
'school as well as all of the public
‘educative interests of our county and
city, and to encourage and develop
the cultural growth «f the people of
our county, and constitute the nucle
us of library growth for the county
of Monroe and the eity of Forsyth,
we herewith offer to build and
equip a suitable library building on
ground adjoining the high school
grounds, which shall be adequate for
library purposes and in accordance
with the standard library require
’ments of accredited public high
schools om your :agreeing to the fol
lowing terms and (conditions:
1 (1) The building and grounds to
be deeded in fee gimple to the Coun
'ty Board of Educdation of Monroe
county and their successors in office,
and named ““The Mary Persons High
School Library”.
(2) The building .and its equip
ment to be dedicated to the free ser
'vi,ce and use of the county school
Isystem and the peeple of Monroe
county, subject to the rules and reg
ulations to be adoptell by the Execu
tive Boand hereinafter specified.
(3) The Executive Board shall
consist of the present members of the
‘County Beard of Education and their
suacessors in office, 'who shall name
an Advisory Board of Managers to
wconsist of thke fallewing officials and
their snccessors in office:
The Mayor of the City of Forsyth,
|the Chairman of t¥ County Board
lof Commissioners of Roads and Rev
‘enme, the Superintendent of County
Schools, the President of the Wo
man’s Club, the Regent of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution, the
|President of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy, the President of
'the Lions Club and such ether pmblic
service civic clubs as may be hereaf
!ter organized, and three/ ecitizens of
the eounty at large,
I (4) Al rules and regulations for
the governing of the library shall be
’recommended by the Advisory Board
‘of Managers and adopted by the Ex
‘ecutiVe Board. Likewise the Execu
ltive Board shall elect the Librarian
‘or Librarians and employees with the
advice of the Advisory Board of Man
agers.
(5) The support and maintenance
|of the Library shall be »rovided for
by annual appropriations for such
purposes to be made by the County|
Board of Education, the Board of
Commissioners of Roads and Reve
nue for Monroe county, the Mayor
and Aldermen of the City of Forsyth,
jand their successors in office, and
'such other funds as may be legally
!provided for said purpose, which ap
:‘pmpriat'ions shall be disbursed by the
lE'gecutive Board with the advice of
'the Advisery Board of Managers, so
'that said library shall be maintained
'in accordance with the standard re
quired of high school libraries in this
State. The equipment of the present
school and public library maintained
in'tl'e Masonic Hall building is to be
,tfi%rred to the new library build
ixt hen completed, and the further
rflintenance and operation thereof
_is‘f% be discontinued thereafter,
j “If this offer meets with your ap
‘proval, kindly accept the same by
a‘dogfing suitable resolutions and re
cord the same together with this of
fer on your official minutes notify
ing us to that effect, whereupon we
will submit you the plans and speci
'e"ations of the proposed building, and
upon adoption thereof will begin the
eiection of the building so as to place
'it at the service o the school and
Ighf public as quickly as may be pos
sible. “With esteem, we are
N Yours sincerely,
i OGDEN PERSONS.
| . R. T. PERSONS.
LIBRARIAN OUTLINES
- POLICIES AND PURPOSES
OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
'; There are few institutidns in Mon
so<county which are the objects of
more general 'interest than the pub
lic library at Forsyth. In view of
|this fact, the following article by
Mrs. Chas. T. Brown, outlining the
policy and purposes of the library,
'is of timely interest:
Public =chool library administra
tion represents at the present time a
number of rather clear-cut problems.
Should the school library be a part of
the public library system or should
it be a part of the school, working
in cooperation with the public libra
ry but under the'control of the Board
of Education? In many communities
where resources are small good libra
ries cammot be within the schools
themselves. In smch situations we
must look to the public libraries to
meef the needs for many, many years
to come. The library center is the
gathering place for the people of the
community in which it is located. It
is the common meeting grqund and
serves a social purpese as well as an
educational one. Where rural schools
have mo meney available for books it
would be pessible for the public li
brary to supply them and allow the
schools<to qualify for a state grant,
on approval of the district superin
tendent and the directors of the Li
brary Board. The advantages of this
plan:
1. Make beoks available for peo
ple of all ages.
2. Provide especially at first for
the children and schools.
The purpose of the public library
is to bring books within easy reachi
of everybody whe can read—men,
'women and children. In this way
the library aims to coopel te with
ithe other agencies of civilization, the
home, the school, the vocation, the
state and the' church. Newspa’pers
devote much' valuable space to the li
braric: and contribute to their suc
cess; information about county li
brary service must be spread through
the press. People demand equal ed
ucational and cultural opportunities.
This equality can begt be had through
the publie library supported by pub
lic funds under trained librariane.
County appropriations for county
library service must be supplemented
}and stimulated by state and federal
aid and at this early stage of }he
(Continued on page six)
THOS. L. MAYS SEVERELY
| HURT IN AUTO COLLISION
Mr. Thos. L. Mays, well known in
surance man and former Forsyth cit
izen, was ‘badly hurt in automobile
collision at Milner, Lamar county,
Friday afternoon. Mr. Mays’ suffer
ed several broken ribs, but is report
ed rapidly recovering at his home in
Barnesville,
The wreck occurred when an At
lanta man giving the name of Pat
Graham started to turn into a side
road at Milner and drove his car into
the left side of the machine driven
by Mr, Mays. |
RHODES REALTY COMPANY
SELLS BLOODWORTH HOME
ON INDIAN SPRINGS DRIVE
The Rhodes Realty Co. announce
the sale of the O. H. B. Bloodworth
home on Indian Springs Drive. This
property was owned by Major 0. H.
B. Bloodworth, Jr., of Miami, Fla.,
and was sold to Mr. T. C. Smith, of
Forsyth, This is a desirable home,
being located in the midst of a group
of home owners in one of the best
resident sections of the city. fl‘hié
property was sold by Rhodes Realty
Co. in about ten days after it was
turned over to them.
MISS NEWTIE COCKE PASSES
AWAY AT ~ BOLINGBROKE
Miss Newtie Cocke, member of a
prominent Bolingbroke family and a
highly esteemed citizen of that com
‘munity, passed away Sunday at the
age of 76 years. She is survived by
three sisters and one brother, Mus.
T. E. Walton, Mrs. W. A. Rosser,
‘Miss Edna Cocke and Mr. J. C.
Cocke, all of Bolingbroke. The fu
neral was conducted at the Boling
broke Methodist church Monday af
ternoon by Rev. A. O. Baggarly and
interment was in the Mt. Zion ceme
tery. Funeral arrangements were in
charge of the Bramblett Funeral
Home.
LEGION POST WILL PROMOTE
' BOXING CONTEST ON AUG. 1
The Tom H"\llis Post American
Legion will pr\omote a boxing contest
lon the evening of August 1, the net
proceeds of which will go to defray
the purchase price of a United States
flag and flagpole which the Post re
cently gave the Mary Persons High
school to be erected in front of the
inew building,
The main event will be a ten-round
bout between J. D. Abernathy, of
Forsyth, and Doyle Coleman, of Fort
Benning. Abernathy and Coleman
boxed ten rounds to a draw decision
in Forsyth several months ago in a
pretty exhibition of boxing, and each
is going into the coming contest with
a determination to win, and boxing
fans will no doubt be treated to a
fine exhibition of the “manly art of
self-defense.” /
Two other interesting bouts on the
card will be a six-round contest be
tween J. D. Ellerbee, of Thomaston,
and Herman McWilliams, of Colum
bus, six rounds, while two local box-‘
ers will fight four rounds. Os course‘
there will be the usual battle-royal‘
between a ring full of negro boys.
The card begins at 8 o’clock and
will take place in the grammar school
auditorium,
MISS PHINAZEE SELLS ,
HOME TO MRS. J. L. GRANT ,
An important real estate deal re
cently closed was the sale by Miss
Florence Phinazee of her home on
Main street to Mrs, J. L. Grant. The
residence is a large one and is locat
ed in a choice section of the town.
M.s. Grant will get possession the
first of August and will at that loca
tion continue in the hotel business
which she has conducted successfully
for a number of years.
NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE
BODY OF PHINAZEE
!FORMER MONROE COUNTY MAN
FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET
HOLE IN HEAD AND THROAT
CUT AT KINGSLAND, GA.
I The following account of the trag
ic death of Mr, Walter Phinazee, who
,was reared in the Rocky Creek neigh
borhood and has a number of rela
tives in Monroe county, is taken from
The Macon Telegraph:
Brunswick, Ga, July 22.—Investi
gators tonight sought identity and
motive of the slayers of Walter Phin
azee, 68, of Forsyth, whose mutilated
;body was found in Crooked river
near Kingsland today.
A coroner’s jury reported he was
“murdered by unknown parties.” An-°
other jury was ordered to continue
the investigation, while authorities
checked Phinazee’s activities.
He went to Kingsland several
weeks ago to visit relatives and last
lwas seen Friday afternoon. His body
was recovered from the stream after
two negroes reported to officers that
they had seen it. His throat had
been cut. There was a bullet wound
in his head, : -
Officers advanced the theory that
(Continued on page four)
COUNTY TAX DIGEST SHOWS
CONSIDERABLE DECREASE
Monroe county’s tax digest for
1930, as revised by the Board of
Equalizers and compiled by W. A.
Abercrombie, Tax Receiver, shows a
decrease of $113,000 as compared
with last year’s figures.
The major portion of this deficit
was occasioned by the dismantling of
the rock quarry near Holton, all the
expensive machinery at this place
having been moved away. The lar
gest part of the remainder of this
amount was due to drops in value,
removal of sawmills and farm imple
ments over the county and revision
of assessment on- the capital stock
of one bank. n
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" IF YOUR PULSE IS
i WEAK
‘the scheme of this tight-wad
'Scotchman may strengthen
it a little. He set his house
]ab]aze so the fire depart
ment could water his lawn.
We believe that ‘bird’ would
clip his guardian angel’s
’wings.
- The problem that we're
trying to solve is how to find
paint that will compare in
quality or economy with our
Dupont paint. Here is paint
that supplies an ideal source
of beautification easily ap
plied by even the novice.
Save the surface and you
save all. Dupont paints save
and beautify. :
GEORGIA