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The Monroe Advertiser VOLUME SEVENTY-SIX U. S. POPULATION IS PUT AT 12^$« 190 1930 CENSUS SHOWS GAIN OF 16.1 PER CENT OVER 1920. GEORGIA GAINS TWO-TENTHS OF ONE PER CENT. WASHINGTON.—The population of continental United States on April Ist was 122,698,190, an increase of 16,987,570, or 16.1 per cent, over 1920, according to an official prelimi nary count made public by the census bureau. More than one-quarter of the in crease was concentrated in two states, California with a gain of 2,245,148 and New York with a rise of 2,234,- 276. Michigan, Texas and Illinois each accounted for more than 1,000,- 000 in the increase. Pennsylvania gained more than 900,000 and Ohio and New Jersey more than 870,000 each. On a percentage basis California shows the highest increase, 65.5 per cent, and Florida followed had 51.4 per cent, followed by Michigan with 32.0 per cent, Arizona with 30.4, New Jersey with 27.6, Texas with 24.8 and N«rth Carolina with 23.9. Montana with 12,557, or 2.3 per cent fewer inhabitants in 1930 than in 1920, is the only state which shows a decrease, though Georgia shows an increase of only two-tenths of one per cent, and three other states, Ver mont, lowa and South Carolina, in creased less than 3 per cent. These figures are subject to revis ion as the final count is completed by the bureau, but no considerable , changes are expected. The total as indicated by the preliminary count, agrees closely with an estimate of 122,957,000 for April Ist, made by the bureau more than a year ago on the basis of reported births, deaths and net immigration. Figures were also announced for the outlying ter ritories and possessions, except the Philippine Islands, and for persons in military and naval service. Census figures for the outlying possessions were announced as fol lows: Alaska, 58,758, as compared with 55,036 in 1920, an increase of 6.8 per cent. ' JUST BETWEEN THE TWO OF US We are thoroughly satis fied that one of the principal reasons why the saloon can never come back is because filling stations have all the choice comers. We are also satisfied that good building materials in sure construction of the highest type. We carry and sell only the best despite our reasonable prices. You will find our estimates a revela tion of liberality—our serv ice admirable. GEORGIA HARDWARE CO Hawaii, 368,336, as compared with 255,912, an increase of 43.9. Porto Rico, 1,543,913, as compared with 1,299,809, an increase of 18.8 -»nt. Ude i 8,521, as compared with 13,275, an increase of 39.5. American Samoa, 10,055, as com pared with 8,056, an increase of 24.8 per cent. Panama Canal Zone, 39,467, as compared with 22,858, an increase of 72.7. Virgin Islands, 22,012, as compared with 26,051, a decrease of 15.5. The absolute increase of 16,987,- 570, in the population of continental United States between 1920 and 1930 is larger than that shown for any previous decade, and the percentage of increase is higher, than that shown for the decade 1910-20, which was only 14.9 per cent. On this point the census bureau said: “Allowance shuold be made, how ever, for the fact that the period between the census of 1910 and 1920 was less than a full decade. “An increase of 16.1 per cent for 123 months (the time between Jan uary Ist, 1920 and April 1, 1930) is equivalent to 15.7 per cent for exactly seven years, and the 1920 increase for 116 months (the time between April 15, 1910 and January 1, 1920) is equivalent to 15.4 per cent for 120 months. Making this adjustment therefore, the rate of increase for the de<ade just completed is only slightly higher than that for the pre ceding decade.” FORMER FORSYTH GROCER MEETS TRAGIC DEATH The Forsyth friends of Mr. Bar tow Wright, formerly connected with the Forsyth brapch of Rogers Stores, were grieved to learn of his tragic death at Jonesboro, Monday. The following account erf the tragedy is taken from the Tuesday edition of The Macon Telegraph: The death of Bartow Wright, 23- year-old manager of a Jonesboro grocery, whose body was found in his automobile near here today, was un den investigation by sheriff’s offi cers. Sheriff E. L. Anderson said that a pistol with one empty chamber was found on the floor of the machine. The sheriff said that circumstances made it impossible for him to say whether Mr. Wright or someone else fired the shot. He pointed out that while powder burns on the clothing seemed to in dicate suicide, he had been unable to find any motive for the young man taking his own life and that the keys to the store were missing. This lat ter fact, he said, lent some strength to a theory that Mr. Wright may have been slain and robbed. Wright was a nephew of S. T. Wright, Atlanta attorney, and of Judge W. M. Wright, of Jonesboro city court. HOME BAKERY WILL BE MOVED FROM FORSYTH The Forsyth Home Bakery, oper ated here for several years by Mr. and Mrs. A. Kroening, closed this week on account of the decision of the owners to move the plant to Car tersville. This was one of the high class institutions of its kind and ren reded excellent service to the com munity. The patrons of the bakery and the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kroening regret that they are prompted by business reasons to move elsewhere and wish for them success in their new location. PIPPIN OPENS MEAT MARKET IN FORSYTH Mr. J. F. Pippin has opened a meat market in the building next to the Mrs. B. O. Abernathy store. The market is known as the Forsyth Meat Market and will carry a full line of choice meats. Special prices for the opening are announced in an adver tisement elsewhere in this issue. FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUGUST 21, 1930. MANY SENTENCED IN LIQUOR CASES LARGE MAJORITY OF CONVIC TIONS IN SUPERIOR COURT OUTGROWTH OF CHARGES IN VOLVING WHISKEY. The following is a list of the con victions during the criminal week of court which closed last week, and it will be seen that nearly- all of the eases were connected with the mak ing or use of liquor: Saxon Woodward, larceny from the house, guilty, six months; Chess Shannon, having liquor, guilty, six months; Joe Davis, drunk on high way, guilty, four months or $50.00; Nathaniel Howard, stealing ride, guil ty, three months or $40.00; Freeman Jones, stealing ride, three months or $40.00; Jack Smiley, auto stealing, guilty, two to three years; Willie Leary, larceny, guilty, $50.00 or six months; John Perkins, attempt to make liquor, plea, twelve months; Wm. Evans, making liquor, verdict, twelve months; Buddie McCoy, point ing pistol, verdict, $75.00 or six months; Curtis Winfrey, driving car while under the influence of liquor, plea, SIOO.OO or twelve months; Al bert Holt, pointing pistol, verdict, twelve months; Will Leary, having liquor, plea, six months; Grover Lind sey, drunk on highway, plea, sour 1 months and costs, sentence suspend ed; J. H. Johnson, larceny, verdict, not less nor more than one year; Fred Bunn, having liquor, plea, $40.00, or six months; Wm. O’Neal, making li quor, plea, twelve months. STATE NEGRO WOMEN TO ESTABLISH HOME FOR GIRLS FORT VALLEY, Ga. —Organized Negro women of Georgia are work ing to secure a home for young Ne gro girls, too young to be punished with other criminals. They have pur chased a 10-acre tract about 7 miles from Macon on the Jeffersonville road and a southern white man has agreed to give them $2,500 if they will raise a like amount. The project is being fostered by the Georgia State Federation of Col ored Women and negro women over the state are at work to raise the $2,500. Small gifts are coming in regularly since the state convention of the federation held in Gainesville in June. Florida, Virginia and the Carolinas have such an institution as the col ored women arc planning to establish and the project on the part of Geor gia colored women is being approved heartily by a number of the judges over the state who have promised their cooperation in putting the mat ter over. The place will be in the nature of a reformatory and training home and will be a refuge for the youthful Ne gro girls only. MRS. W. J. BYRD PASSES FOLLOWING SHORT ILLNESS Mrs. W. J. Byrd, a popular mem ber of the Trio community, died at her home Saturday following a short illness. Mrs. Byrd is survived by her husband, one daughter, Martha; her mother, Mrs. J. R. Simmons, and two sisters, Misses Mollie and Piety Sim mons, all of Forsyth. The funeral was conducted Sunday afternoon at Maynards church by Rev. H. D. War nock and Rev. P. P. Mosely and in terment was in the church cemetery. Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Bramblett Funeral Home. BRANTLEY WILL PREACH AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. R. L. Brantley of Bessie Tift college will have charge of the morn ing service at the Baptist church Sun day. Dr. Brantley is a man of ability and pleasing address and his many Forsyth friends will be glad of the opportunity to her him Sunday morn ing. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN SEPT. IST SUPT. RUMBLE TELLS PUPILS NOT TO BUY BOOKS UNTIL AFTER SCHOOL OPENS. $1.25 INCIDENTAL FEE ASSESSED. The fall term of the Forsyth Pub lic Schools will begin Monday, Sep tember 1. To save time and trouble for all concerned, pupils should bring their report cards. Pupils should not buy their books until they come to school. Monday and Tuesday will be tak en for registration of pupils, and for such examinations as have to be giv en. All pupils should report prompt ly on Monday morning at 8:45; pu pils who are to enter high school re port to the high school building, those entering the grammar grades report to the grammar school building. There is an incidental fee of $1.25. This will be due on the day the pupil enters. A few of the patrons have asked what this fee is for. Some of the items for which this fee is paid are: coal, chalk, disinfectants, oil for heaters, brooms, mops, stamps and stationery, record books. There are two rooms in the old building which we have been unable to heat without oil heaters. Such items as this and the ones mentioned above, together with many others that come up daily, are met by means of this incidental fee; or at least some of them are met in this way. This small fee, which the Board of Education puts upon each child, is not sufficient to meet all incidental expenses. It is entirely in order to say here that the schools of Forsyth and Monroe coun ty are fortunate in having such a small incidental fee. While some schools have no fee at all, many of |them have one much higher than $1.25, some of them being as high as $7.00 per term per pupil. I shall be in the office every day next week from 10:30 to 11:30 for consultation with those who may wish to see me. THEO RUMBLE, Jr. PARALYTIC CASES REMAIN PUZZLES TO PHYSICIANS WASHINGTON. — Physicians of the public health service are still puz zled as to the cause of paralytic cases which followed drinking of an adul tereated fluid extract of ginger. After months of investigation they have decided the disease, which crip pled thousands in the midwest and south, was caused by some denatur ant used in the ginger. A statement by the public health service added, however, that the studies were by no means complete and that the mechan ism of suspected adulterants was not clear. The possibility that the poison might have been in alcohol used to concoct the beverage was touched upon. “From its chemical behavior,” the statement said, “it appears to resem ble a phosperic acid ester of tricre sol, which in itself does not appear to be a well-defined chemical entity.” The poison, the health service said, in some way got into a manufac tured lot of so-called fluid extract of ginger recently since many of those stricken had drunk similar preparations for years without ap preciable effect. MOTHERS EXCHANGE BABES AND FAMOUS MIX-UP SETTLED CHICAGO.—The Bamberger-Wat kins babies were switched again to day, the parents agreeing to exchange them at Englewood hospital, where they were born and where their iden tity labels were mixed. Suddenly deciding they did not pos sess their own baby, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bamberger took the infant boy to the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Watkins to make an ex change which heretofore Mr. Bam berger has ruled against. Arriving at the Watkins home, Mrs. Bamberger bearing the infant which was christened a “Bamberger,” said she wanted to exchange the ba bies. “Oh, I’ve always wanted that ba by. It’s mine,” smiled Mrs. Watkins, “but how’ll we do it?” This problem was solved when Mrs. Bamberger picked up the child lying peacefully in the Watkins' crib, and exchanged its,clothing for that worn by the one heretofore possessed by the Bambegrers. MASONIC FRATERNITY DESIRES TO AID CRIPPLED CHILDREN Dr. R. C. Goolsby, as a member of the Crippled Children’s Hospital com mittee of the ALSihah Temple of Ma con, has received a letter from the chairman of the committee urging that he be on the lookout for cases in this territory which might be help ed by a period in the Shrine hospital. Dr. Goolsby will be glad to consult with any who know of such cases in this section. LIBRARY PATRONS REQUESTED TO RETURN BOOKS The Forsyth public library is now open following the return of the librarian, Mrs. C .T. Brown, from her vacation. The librarian requests that all patrons return books now out and that this matter be attended to before other books are takten out. This is necessary in order to put the library in shape for the fall season. TOWALIGA CONFERENCE WILL OBSERVE HOME COMING The Towaliga district conference will have a home coming meeting at Mt. Zion church on August 31, the fifth Sunday. All who come are requested to bring lunch. ADVICE TO SPEAKERS AND SCRIBES Mr. Editor: Too often when the phone rings we hear, Guess who is this. Lo, the poor Indian, didn't miss the mark much when he said, “White man, he heap dam talk.” Many of us talk too much with our mouth, especially during election years, for pending a primary all sorts of charges and counter charges are brought against every aspirant for office, while after the second run-off all ac knowledge the charges were pure campaign stuff and the selected can didates are satisfactory to the major ity. Many of us kill too much time with our typewriters in uninteresting news (so-called) and on subjects we really know less about than newspa per readers. Doubtless individuals of too much leisure, bored with idleness, instead of resorting to some book, undertake to expatiate and dilate up on subjects they vainly imagine the common layman is ignorant of, for getting the American people are most avaricious readers, have convenient access to more and better newspa pers, more abundant cheap literature and more free libraries than any peo ples on earth. At all events some writers and correspondents must im agine should others take time to read their effusions it would help telieve them of ennui or help whileaway their idle time. True the people are constantly seeking news, information and edification, but any correspond ent is indeed an optimist who thinks the busy world reads only to while away idle time, or as St. Paul wrote of the Athenians, spend their time in nothing else but either to tell or hear some new thing. Much that is writ ten and published, “we read it and weep.” What fools we mortals be. Editors might correct much of this only they are too sympathetic—slow to offend —hoping against hope that some day some writers might see the error of their way and remember time and space have a money value. Editors often in their press of busi ness forget theit waste-basket, though these lines may locate it. This gibe is not against any scribbler more than the undersigned. O. L. W. NUMBER /TWENTY-NINE NATURAL GAS CO. IS RUSHING WORK HERE CORPORATION MAKES RAPID PROGRESS LAYING MAINS. DISPLAY AND SALES ROOM IS BEING ARRANGED. The Southern Natural Gas Corpor ation is making rapid prdogress in laying the gas mains and completing such other work as will make natural gas available in the homes and busi ness houses of Forsyth at a compara tively early date. A construction de partment is now operating from For syth with headquarters in the old Tribble building on Lee street. Mr. J. W. Dorman is superintendent of this department, Mr. W. H. Reynolds is paymaster and Mr. J. H. Grant is draughtsman. About 75 men are em ployed under them in the local con struction area. In addition to the construction de partment here, the corporation has leased from Mr. H. H. Hardin part of the store building formerly occupied by Mr. C. H. Meek and will at an early date begin the operation there of an up-to-date stere for the supply ing of the public with gas ranges, heaters and such other appliances as go along with the enjoyment of the advantages of natural gas. Mr. C. W. Rushin will be the local manager of this store. It is expected that at an early date the Southern Natural Gas Corpora tion will make official announce ment as to the opening of the store and as to other matters of interest to the public. • FORMER MONROE COUNTY VOUNG MAN DIES IN MACON Wednesday morning’s Macon Tele graph carried the following notice of the death of a former Monroe county young man: Jesse L. Childs, Macon salesman of 147 Rose Park, died at 10 o’clock yes terday morning in a local sanitarium. He had been in ill health for some time and for the last several weeks. had been critically ill. * Mr. Childs, who was 25 years of age, moved here eight years ago • from Monroe county. He is survived by his widow, who was formerly Miss Flossie Yarbrough; four brothers and 1 one sister, J. T. Childs, of Macon, J.. Si, of Kathleen, William, of Smarrs, Troy, also of Smarrs, and Mrs. J. C. Price, of St. Augustine, Fla. His father, Jesse C. Childs, of Smarrs. also survives. i The body will be taken to Forsyth Wednesday morning at 8:30 o’clock. The funeral cortege will leave Bram blett Funeral Home at 11 o’clock for Paran church, eight miles from For syth, where the funeral services and interment will take place. MONEY RECEIVED FOR THIRD QUARTER PENSIONS Ordinary G. W. Newton has re ceived funds with which to pay the pensioners of Monroe county the sum of $50.00 for the third quarter. Mr. Newton requests that those who have not already done so call to see him and get their money. NOTICE In moving The Monroe Advertiser plant, two valuable numbering ma chines and a can es gilt powder were lost. A reward will be paid to any one finding and returning these ar ticles. mW Rhodes Realty Co. Real Estate Specialists Forsyth, Ga. 4