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The Monroe-mdt^rtiser
VOLUME SEVENTY-SIX
MISS WHITE GOES
TO MISSION HELD
UPSON COUNTY YOUNG WOMAN
Org'VS FOR WORK IN AFRI-
CA. '-ED BY GRIFFIN
DISTRICT M. t.
The following story by Ernest Rog
ers, staff writer for the The Atlanta
Journal, will be read with interest
by many in Monroe county. Miss
White was educated for missionary
work by the Woman’s Missionary So
cieties of the Griffin district, Meth
odist church, and several societies in
Monroe county, including Forsyth,
are supporting her in the African
field:
A Georgia girl started from At
lanta Monday on the first lap of an
arduous journey to the Belgian
Congo, where she will serve as a
missionary in the Methodist Church.
Miss Annie' Mae White, residing
■ear Thomaston, spoke brightly of
her great adventure as she paused
briefly at the Terminal Station b^forq.
continuing to New York, from
whence she sails Saturday on the S.
S. Lapland for Antwerp, Belgium,
and thence, the latter part of De
cember, to the mission field.
To her the going is a young girl’s
dream come true.
“When I was just a child,” she
said, “I longed to be a missionary.
I could think of no more worth
while way to spend my life. The
idea, I think, was mother’s and I have
never given it up. Now that the
time has come to go I am just too
happy for words. Some people might
view such a venture with alarm —to
me it is the fulfillment of faith and
a dream.”
Miss White is the first unmarried
woman missionary to be sent to the
African field by the Women’s Mis
sionary Society of the North Georgia
Conference of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, South, and she will be
supported, while abroad, by the
women of the Missionary Societies of
the Griffin District, of which Mrs.
W. Y. Daniel, of Thomaston, is the
head.
Miss White will spend three
months in Belgium studying the
French language—the government
language of the Belgian Congo. Be
fore leaving Belgium she will pur-
A RARE OPPORTUNITY
for improvement in butinea* condi
tion* might be worked out in many a
“dead” town; ax a rule this condition
exist* because a few men are permit
ted to run everything until they get
fed up on praise and then lose
interest.
This doesn’t apply to our town, for
it is not one of the “dead” ones.
There's a rare opportunity right now
to purchase Dupont paint at low
prices. The lasting quality of this
paint impart* enduring protection
and beauty to every surface inside
and outside your home. All are
made in accordance with tested
formulas.
GEORGIA
HARDWARE CO
chase a year’s supply of groceries for,
as she explained, grocery stores are
few and far between in the land
where she is to make her home for
the next three years.
On reaching Africa she will be as
signed to the station at Tunday or
Minda, she has not been told which.
“Near what place in the Belgian
Congo are these stations?” she was
asked.
“They are not near any place so
far as I can learn,” she replied.
She must remain in the mission
field for three years at the expira
tion of which time she will be given
a year’s leave of absence and then
will return for five more years. While
in Belgium she will also learn the
Bantu dialect, the language of the
natives to whom she will take a mes
sage of Christianity.
Miss White is taking a camera with
her in addition to 600 pounds of bag
gage consisting of four trunks and a
large box.
“Three years is a long time,” she
said, “so I am taking along all my
worldly goods.”
Miss White has attended the Scar
ritt College for Christian Workers
for the last three years preparing for
her service in the mission field. She
has proved herself most worthy of
the assignment which would strike
terror to the hearts of those less
strong in their faith and zeal.
To her, however, it is as she said,
“a dream come true.” A dream con
ceived on a farm near Thomaston,
Ga., which will bear fruit in the heart
of darkest Africa.
TOM HOLLIS POST TO HAVE
BARBECUE THURSDAY, AUG. 21
At the regular meeting of the Tom
Hollis Post American Legion it was
decided to have a barbecue Thursday,
Aug. 21, for the Legion members and
their families. The exact time and
place will be announced at a later
date. The Post also voted to meet
twice a month instead of only once
a month. Meetings will be on first
and third Monday.
All ex-service men wishing to join
the Legion should join how and get
in free on this barbecue. See the
Post Adjutant and get your card
now. You need the Legion as much
as the Legion needs you.
ADJUTANT.
GEORGE S. GOODWYNE
JOINS BRAMBLETT FIRM
Os interest to business circles of
Forsyth and Monroe county is the
fact that Mr. Geo. S. Goodwyne is
temporarily connected with the firm
of Bramblett "Hardware and Furni
ture Co., pending the return of Mr.
Louis Zellner. Mr. Goodwyne is well
and favorably known to the people
of Monroe county, having for a num
ber of years been connected with the
Farmers Bank.
GETTING HIS NEIGHBOR TOLD
Somebody’s radio is worrying the
owner’s neighbor it seems from the
following card appearing in the cur
rent issue of The Thomaston Times:
It’s such a pity that folks from
the sticks can’t get used to a little
city noise and stir. It isn’t the loud
ness of a radio that bothers you. It’s
just a different kind of fuss from
what you’ve been hearing. I’ll'bet a
couple of hoot owls could put on a
serenade around your house every
night till 3:30 a. m. and it wouldn’t
do nothing but make you sleep bet
ter. LOUD SPEAKER.
Rhodes Realty Co.
Real Estate Specialists
Forsyth, Ga.
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUGUST 7, 1930.
ADVERTISER MOVES
TO NEW LOCATION
NEWSPAPER AND JOB PRINTING
PLANT LOCATES IN BUILDING
FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THE
.PERSONS HOSIERY MILLS.
The Monroe Advertiser plant is be
ing moved this week to the corner
building formerly used by the Per
sons Hosiery Mills. The move is be
ing made in order to secure a better
location and more ample room for
the plant. The work of the plant will
be carried on with some difficulty
for the next week or so, but in a
short time it will be in shape to serve
the public better and more conven
iently than ever before. ,
SILENT MOVING PICTURES
PASS FROM FORSYTH
The march of progress in the mov
ing picture industry was indicated in
Forsyth this week by the closing of
the Forsyth Theatre which for many
years had thrown upon the screen the
brand of pictures known as the silent
movies. After a short interval, Mr.
J. M. McCarty will open the theatre
at its new location and will put in
operation the latest equipment in or
der that the public may enjoy the
advantages of the vitaphone.
A seaweed found off the coast of
Patagonia grows to a length of a
thousand feet.
SLATON SPEAKS IN
FORSYTH MONDAY
Hon. John M. Slaton, candidate foi
the United States Senate, will delivei
an address at the courthouse in For
syth Monday morning at 11:0(
o’clock. Mr. Slaton is we® khown
as a former governor of Georgia and
as one of the ablest citizens of the
state. He is also an orator who sways
his audience at the same time that he
brings them messages that are wor
thy of consideration. He is making
a strong race for the Senate and his
candidacy is growing in popularity
from day to day as he discusses the
issues with the people. He has bee)
cordially received wherever he has
spoken during this campaign and will
doubtless be greeted by a large audi
ence in Forsyth. The ladies as wed
as the men are invited to hear hin
Monday morning.
LARGE CROWD WITNESSES
GOOD BOXING STAGED BY
AMERICAN LEGION POSI
A Large a»wd witnessed the bo>
ing contests staged Friday night If
the Tom Hollis Post, American I>
gion. The entertainment netted i
goodly sum of money which the Pot
will use to pay for a large Unitd
States flag the Post gave to the Mav
Persons High school.
The entertainment began with th
usual “battle royal” between a quib
tet of negro boys which always fu
nishes plenty of laughter for the ab
dience. The first preliminary of for
rounds between Ernest Abernath;
of Forsyth, and Nathan McDuffie, I
Macon started off with the promie
of going the route with plenty f
fighting, both boys showing a w'l
ingness to push the fighting. H 4
ever, just before the close of the fir
round the Macon fighter landed i '
hard right blow to Abernathy’s chi
and the latter flattened out on th
resin covered floor for the count (
ten.
The second preliminary was sche
uled for six rounds between J. D. E
lerbee of Thomaston and Herma
McWilliams of Columbus. McWi
liams suffered a severed finger in a
accident Thursday night and A. V,
Graves substituted for him. Gravj
put up a brave fight but was clean
outclassed and showed lack of cot
dition from the first, and JWcWillian
RIVERS DELIVERS
STRONG APPEAL
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
CHARGES HIS OPPONENTS
HAVE APPROPRIATED MAIN
PLANKS IN HIS PLATFORM.
Hon. E. D. Rivers, candidate for
governor of Georgia, delivered an 'ad
dress before a representative audi
ence of the voters of Monroe county
at the coui'thouse Tuesday morning.
The audience appeared to be well
pleased with the address, the speaker
maintaining his reputation for elo
quence and showing himself to be a
man of ability.
Mr. Rivers outlined the alleged
failure of the present administration
and stated that the outcome of its
policies had been predicted by him
self in the campaign two years ago.
He made a strong appeal for econ
omy in state government by the Con
solidation of departments and ex
plained how the governor by the pow
er of his veto and by a refusal to
sign checks could make his adminis
tration as economical as he desired
it to be. He advocated an adminis
tration of accomplishments rather
than alibis, such as passing the buck
to the legislature.
Mr. Rivers entered into an impres
sive discussion of several of the
planks of his platform which he stat
ed had in turn been borrowed by a
number of others in the gubernato
rial race. The present revenue of
COURT CONVENES
' FOR AUGUST TERM
r The August term of the Monroe
r Superior Court convened Monday
- morning with Judge G. O. Persons
* presiding and Solicitor F. B. Willing
» ham repesenting the state. After an
1 able and timely charge by the judge,
* the grand jury was organized with
> W. H. Newton as foreman, Gilbert
s Banks as clerk and I. M. Shepperd
■ as bailiff.
t Monday and Tuesday were taken
I up with minor civil cases and the trial
f t>f the case of Harry Jordan vs. T. J.
! •& H. H. Hardin went to trial Wednes
day morning with the probability that
the balance of the week would be
required for the case, the trial of
other cases having been postponed
in order to give it place on the dock
et Wednesday.
The trial of criminal cases will be
taken up next week following the
conclusion of the investigations of
the grand jury.
CORLEY REUNION WILL
v BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER
We will meet this year on the first
Sunday in September at the home of
Mrs. Carrie Goens at the old Spruce
place. All who are related to the
Corley family he sure to come.
R. M. CORLEY.
was awarded the decision on a tech
nical knockout at the end of the third
crund. McWilliams was fighting under
a handicap also, having received a
severe scalp wound that requiretPkev
eral stitches to close it in an auto
mobile accident the night before. He
concealed his injury from the promo
ters until after he won the bout.
The main event of ten rounds was
between J. D. Abernathy, of Forsyth,
and Doyle Coleman, of Fort Benning,
and proved to be one of the best and
mst evenly matched bouts ever seen
h io. Both boys having met once
before in the ring and fought ten
rounds to a draw decision, each was
out for a win Friday night. Several
rounds gave the fans an exhibition
of real box : g science. The bout was
called a dec on by the referee, and
partisans of both fighters appeared
to be satisfied w 'h the decision.
Simpson, of Macon, was the ref
eree and gave general satisfaction.
He kept the fighters in all the bouts
going at top speed all the time.
the state, which he stated is double
what it was five years ago, was cited
as adequate under a proper admin
istration to care for such important
causes as education and pensions and
the necessary care of the insane. He
argued at length for free school books
winding up with the point that
if the poor people furnished the chil
dren the rich should supply the books.
He explained his position and the
procedure whereby the state tax
would be lifted from real estate. As
to highways, he advocated the allot
ment of reads according to the rights
of each ceunty and not by political
pull.
Mt. Rivers also outlined the dan
gers of tie consolidation and chain
movement! in the commercial world
and stated that he would do all in his
power to >urb such evils as they af
fected Georgia. In conclusion, he
stated that he was making no prom
ises as to appointments, but would
use no influence in favor of his ene
mies and sought to give the state a
whole-hearted and fearless adminis
tration in which the people would be
the rulers. As to any accusations
that might be made against him, he
referred his hearers to his home
pon^tv ware his life was an open
book. Ai to the surmise that he
might not be able to carry out his
governmental program, he pointed
to the sac; that the people had noth
ing to lose under the disappointing
conditions which now prevailed and
that by voting for him they would be
suppo; ig a man who was guided by
the interests of the common people
and who w«uld ask nothing further
at their hands if he failed to measure
up to the best ideals of service.
Mr. Rivers was introduced by Col.
A. M. Zellner, who pointed to the ex
cellent showing that Mr. Rivers made
in his former race and the recogni
tion which his ability had gained for
him in the various positions of trust
which he had held.
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MIDGET GOLF COURSE
WINS LARGE PATRONAGE
The Midget golf course, Forsyth's
youngest amusement enterprise, has
found favor with the public to a grat
ifying degree, according to Messrs.
Gilbert Banks and Harry Hill, who
own and operate the enterprise. The
course is open in the mornings and
at night and is patronized to its ca
pacity the greater part of the time,
showing that the people appreciate
this wholesome open air amusement.
SINGING IS PLANNED FOR
HIGHWAY METHODIST CHURCH
There will be a singing at Highway
Methodist church Sunday afternoon,
August 17, to which the public is cor
dially invited. Many good singers
are expected.
Our Manhattan
Shirt Sale
Begins Friday Morning, Aug. 1, and
Lasts Through Aug. 16
$2.00 Shirts now $1.50
$2.50 Shirts now $1.85
$3.00 Shirts now $2.25
$3.50 Shirts now $2.85
The same discount is allowed on
Manhattan Pajamas and
Manhattan Shorts
E, W. Banks Co.
“Forsyth’s Best Store
NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
FORSYTH TO HAYE A
BONDED WAREHOUSE
ALEXANDER A PORCH MOVE
WAREHOUSE AND CHANGE
NAME. WILLINGHAM LEASES
THE PORCH BUILDING.
The Empire Bonded Warehouse is
a new name for an old institution,
having this week been located in the
building formerly occupied by the
warehouse of Mr. W. S. Boatwright.
The Empire Bonded Warehouse, for
merly known as the Alliance Ware
house, will be owned and operated
by Messrs. Lem Alexander and J. C.
Porch, there being a change in name
and location only.
The building which has been used
by the Alliance Warehouse has been
leased by Willingham’s Garage, local
Chevrolet dealers, and will be used
I as a storage and showroom for used
cars and thus enable the firm to give
the public better service in this re
spect.
'
ADDITIONAL TEACHERS
ELECTED FOR SCHOOLS
The election j ’ teachers for the
Forsyth high r ammar schools
] was completed at the meeting of the
Board of Education Tuesday morn
। ing. In addition to those members of
the faculty already elected are the
following: High school, Miss Rubye
Martin, Bronwood, science; Miss Lil
lian Thomas, Nashville, Tenn., in
place of Miss Carol Wheeler, resign
ed; Miss Evelyn Anderson, part of
eighth grade. The grammar school
teachers added were Misses Mary
Tingle, Martha Garr, Loula Johnson,
Helen Holloway and Mrs. Jack Parks.
The board voted unanimously to
j accept the offer made by Messrs. G.
।O. and R. T. Persons to build and
| equip a library.
The Rogers school was consolidat
i ed with Forsyth and September 1 was
set for the opening of the white
schools and September 29 for the
opening of the Negro schools.
WOMAN’S CLUB TO MEET
The Forsyth Woman’s Club will
meet Tuesday afternoon, August 12,
at four o’clock at the home of Mrs.
C. D. Hollis, with Mrs. A. B. Alex
ander, Mrs. George Whatley, Mrs.
Bob McCowen, Mrs. J. A. Penning
ton and Mrs. Will Webb as co-host
esses. The Civic committee will have
charge of the program. Every mem
ber is urged to be present. . /
H - 4
In peniting out a farming project
chat school boys and girls can carry
on profitably the department of agri
culture says that Americans eat about
3,000,000,000 cucumber pickles «’
year.