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THE MONROE ADVERTISER
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POWER COMPANY’S- PETITION
FOR INJUNCTION AGAINST
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
\ IS POSTPONED.
ATLANTA.—A postponement un
til Sept. 29 of a hearing of a_peti
tion of the Georgia Power company
for a permanent injunction against
the State; Public Service Commis
sion’s -order citing the power com
pany to show cause why the rates. it
charges at Cordele should not be
general in the state was granted in
Fulton Superior court today.
Judge E. D. Thomas also instruct
ed the power company to show cause
on the date of the hearing why the
Municipal Utilities Rate association
of Georgia should not be made a pér
ty to the litigation.
" The defense said it was ready to
proceed with the hearing when it was
called today, but the power company
suggested a postponement, and it was
agreed to by mutual consent.
Counsel for the rate association,
however, filed a petition for inter
vention with the court and asked I§hat
his client be made a party in the
| case. The cities of Atlanta, Augusta,
Columbus, Waycross, Albany, \ifal—
. dosta, Newnan and others are mé;n
bers of the association, R
The petition asked that all interest
ed cities be allowed timie within
which to file pleadings, including
such demurrers as may be proper in
the case. ‘
“The wmovants do not desire to
raise any gquestion as to whether
the plaintiffs or the City of Cordele
has initiated any cut rate war,”" the
petition recites, ‘‘or to engage in any
_ controversy on that subject, but will
waive all” questions as t 8 jurisdie
tion.” 7 ; : :
The association contends, its coun
gel said, that the rate at Cordele is
just “and that a like rate for all the
cities of Georgia will afford ample
and just returns.” ;
The association said that it could
not get a hearing in the case in its
present shape, and that the petition
of intervention was its only course.
The litigation is the outgrowth of
the Georgia Power company’s action
at Cordele in reducing its rates be
- léw those charged by the county
owned plant. The power company
said the cut was necessary to protect
its investment there. ;
: The Public Service commission
then cited the power company to
show cause why the rates at Cordele
should not apply to other cities in
the state where the company does
business.
TALKING Program SINGING
THE NEW FORSYTH THEATRE
Friday-Saturday, Sept. 12-13
The Big SPECIAL — “CUCKOOS”—
The picture everybody is wanting to see, the picture that is break
ing attendance records everywhere it has played. Loaded with
Flash and Pep. You will “bust” your sides laughing. A big crowd
will see “CUCKOOS” Friday and Saturday, THIS WEEK
. Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 15-16
A Big Paramount Picture— |
To be announced later.
Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 17-18
BEBE DANIELS and BEN LYON iin
“ALIAS FRENCH GERTIE*—
Feverish Thrills—Tender, Beautiful Romance—a Colossal Drama
of Love that defied the Law.
Friday-Saturday, Sept. 19-20
“HIT THE DECK”— %
Featuring Jack Oakie, Polly Walker and 1,000
others. Radio’s Musical Wonder Show.
ADMISSION—3S¢ and 15¢
Matinee Daily at 3:ls—;on|y one show. Nights at 7:ls—two sixows
P.S. And don’t forget “DIXIANA”—
The Big Radio Picture that is sweeping the world, will be shown
here on Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 22-23. Keep this on your mind.
I A temporary injunction was
granted by Judge Thomas at that
time preventing the commission from
holding its hearing and the commis
sion was ordered to show cause today
why the injuction should not be made
permanent. i _
C. M. ROQUEMORE PAYS
~ VISIT TO HOME COUNTY
Mr. C. M. Roquemore, a popular
former citizen of Monroe county,
was. visiting friends and relatives in
the county this week and while here
called at The Advertiser office. Mr.
Roquemore ha‘s been living in Atlan
ta, for two years, but stated that he
wguld not be satisfied until he moved
back to Monroe county, asserted it
would be a pleasure to live once
more at his old home where the
Iweird voices of the owls and the mu
,sic of the birds could bé enjoyed. He
expressed it as his opinion that there
was a great deal of discontent in At
lanta, woryy about not having a job
or the chance of losing the one that
was being held, worry about money
that had been lost or about money
that was now in hand but might bel
lost, the net result being a set-back
to industry and the continuance of
ihard times.
CENSUS SHOWS DECREASE
- IN MONROE COUNTY FARMS{
e et |
According to a preliminary 'repo{tf
from the Bureau of the Census, niade ‘
‘ipublic September 6, thgre are now“
11,277 farms in Monroe county. This
|compares with 1,245 in 1925 and
!:2,958 in 1920, an increase of 32 as'l
"con"lpared with 1925 and a decrease
iof 1,681 as compared with 1920,
_A farm, for census purposes, in
!cludes all the land which is directly
]famied by one person, either by his
sown <labor “alene o with the assist
lance of members of his household, or
hired employees. When a land own
'ef has one or more tenants, renters,
{croppers, or managers, the land op
'erated by each is cqnsidered a
| “farm.” Any tract of land of less
ithan 3 acres used for agricultural
‘purposes, which produced products to
the value of $250 in the preceding
calendar year, is classed a “farm.”
MACON PHOTOGRAPHER
ENTERS BUSINESS HERE
Mr. D. A. Warlick, Macon photog
rapher, has 'opened a studio in For
syth, taking over the building for
merly used by the Rowland Studio,
{Mr. Rowland having retired from
‘business a few weeks ago.
i Mr. Warlick is a well known and
lekcellent photographer and will
|doubtless enjoy a wide patronage.
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, SEPT. 11, 1930.
e ettt e e, S e e e At et e et
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COMPENSATION FOR WAR SUR
VIVORS AND LIBERALIZATION}
OF LAW WANTED. MANY AP
- PLICATIONS FOR PENSIONS.
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. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Never be
fore in history has one nation made,}
such elaborate provision for the ca-nei
of its war veterans as those now be
ing carried out by the United Statesl
government, with all veterans’ wel
fare activities centered in the veter-l
ans’ bureau under the direction of
Brigadier General F. T. Hines. 1
Eight hundred million dollars a
year will be spent by the bureau to'
care for former soldiers of all wars..
And as a result of the enactment of
|new legislation by the last session of
congress tens of thousands of new
applications for pensions and com-l
pensation are being received by the‘
bureau. Pension adjustments even
down to the civil war are now man-i
datory. |
“With the pooling of our resources
for relief, we now have in addition
to the 47 hospitals and the 54 wegion
al offices of the bureau, the 11 na
tional homes for disabled soldiers,
| providing facilities for 12,842 veter
ans of all wars,” says Gen. Hines.
“In addition to these we have now
under construction five new hospitals
and major additions_ to six others,
while nine new hospitals and addi
tions to existing facilities are author
ized in a bill signed by President
Hoover in 1929.” :
The biggest job, however, is hand
ling compensation and pension claims
for veterans of all wars in which the
United States has engaged.
Only 12 years have passed since
the World War ended, but already
{eongress has authorized the govern
|ment to receive applicfitions for re
stricted forms of pensions for war
veterans and their descendants. At
the same time congress has liberal
lized to some extent the laws govern
ing the paying of adjusted compen
sation, and these two bills already
have resulted in such a flooq of ap
plications for aid that the bureau is
in the midst of one of the busiest
‘| periods of its history.
At the same time another law lib
eralizing Sl;anish war pensions will
lead to about 130,000 new claims,
and the bureau also must deal with
about 49,000 claims by civil war sol
diers, eligible under the liberaliza
tion laws enacted last June, and with
27,000 claims by civil war widows.
The records of the federal bureau
of pensions reveal that the greatest
number of pensioners on the rolls in
the past was in 1905 when 1,100,494
were receiving aid. Nealy all of these
were civil war veterans or widows of
veterans. About 2,000,000 men en
listed in the the army for civil war
service. In the World War there
were about 4,500,000 in service.
These figures have led to the pre
diction that eventually there will be
2,000,000 or more pensioners on the
government vrolls, including world
war veterans. ‘
! What this will mean in dollat:s can‘
only be estimated. The average Span
ish war pension now is $384 a year,
but figuring that each pensioner of
the estimated 2,000,000 would re
ceive only $250 a year the annual
total would reach half a billion dol
lars a year.
KNOXVILLE CAPITALIST VISITSi
RELATIVES AT POPES FERRY
I Mr. A. B. Day and family of Knox-'
ville, Tenn., en route to their winter |
home in St. Augustine, Fla., stoppcd,
over a few hours with his brother,
Mr. Frank A. Day, of Popes Ferry
vicinity. Mr. Day is president and
general manager of the Day-Evans
ilmn Works of Knoxville, Tenn., and
has large interests in the coal fields
of East Tennessee. His family will
remain in Florida until spring, but
‘Mr. Day will go back to his business
in Tennessgee,
‘IDEA IS TO DETECT INCIPIENT
- CASES AND RELIEVE WAIT
ING LIST FACED BY SANITA.
RIUM AT ALTO.
i A hospital on wheels, dedicated to
ithe extermination of the dread white
|plag'ue, will be started on its jour
neying over Georgia, early this fall.
Under auspices of the State Tu
berculosis sanitarium at Alto, an
itinerant tuberculosis clinic service
iwill be put into the field, according
‘lto announcement by Dr. T. F. Aber
crombie, state health commissioner.
The clinic will be in charge of a
physician who has won national re
pute in tuberculosiz control work,
Dr. Abercrombie said. His activities
will be under the direction of Dr. M.
F. Haygood, new superintendent and
medical director at Alto. In addi
tion to the physician a trained nurse
will be attached to the clinic.’
Services of the clinic will be offer
ed first to those rural counties in the
state that have organized health units
under the Ellis health law. For the
clinic to function in a county therel
must be a joint invitation from the
county board of health and the coun
ty medical agsociation. |
No form of treatment will be un
dertaken by the clinie, whose duties
will be confined purely to the diag
nostic side of the case. ;
In each instance the family phy
sician of the sufferer will be asked
into the conference and the case
turned over to him for treatment af
ter complete diagnosis is made. For
thoge cases the clinic uncovers where
services of a physician have not
beén obtained because of financial
|difficulties, arrangements will be
{prade. between the county board of
health and the county-medical asso
ciation to see that the tubercular re
ceives the proper medical attention
necessary to his recovery.
- ‘The idea behind the clinic, Dr, Ab
ercrombie stressed, is to detect in
cipient cases of tui)erculosis and to
relieve the enormous waiting list
now faced by the-Alto institution.
SNAKE THAT KILLED FIRST
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER IS
PRESERVED IN ALCOHOL
The snake that is said to have caus
ed the death of the first Confederate
soldier during the war between the
states has found its way to Augusta.
Preserved in alcohol, the reptile
was presented to the museum of the
young men’s library of that city by
Mrs. Edward Platt, a relative of Cap
tain Charles Platt, head of the com
pany in which Bugler H. Parkyn
served. ' :
Parkyn, a resident of Auguéta, was
a member of the famous Clinch ri
fles. He was bitten by the snake
while with the Confederates and was
the South’s first victim of the war.
Captain Platt preserved the snake
and brought it back to Augusta, It
long ‘has been a part of an extensive
collection of Confederate relics be
longing to the late Edward Platt. Onl
the latter’s death Mrs. Platt came
into possession of the relics and has‘
presented the snake, along with the
bugle owned by Parkyn, to the mu
seum,
FORSYTH COTTON WAREHOUSE
‘ MOVES TO NEW QUARTERS
The Forsyth Cotton Warehouse,
owned and operated by Mr. W. S.|
' Boatwright, and formerly located on
’Johnston street, is now located in the
building in the rear of the postoffice
which building was formerly occupied
by The Monroe Advertiser.
D. A. R. NOTICE
The James Monrroe chapter D. A.
R. will hold its first meeting of the
fall term Friday, September 12, at
the library, at 4:00 p. m, J
WANT TO CHANGE LAW !
"DISQUALIFYING VOTERS
The board of registrars of Mitchell
county, which has recently been in
session purging the registration list
of the county, has called upon the
representatives from Mitchell coun
ty in the general assembly of Geor
gia to use their influence to secure a
change in the state registration law
so that a voter may not be disquali
fied for failure to pay any tax except
the SI.OO poll tax. The law now
provides that ‘‘all taxes required”
must have been paid before one can
qualify as a voter. l
The registrars take the position
that thf\s requirement is'in away a'
discrimination against the citizens‘
who hold title to a considerable'
amount of property and who, on ac-'
count of his inability te pay taxes
promptly,_is disqualified from voting,
while the person owning no property
may qualify upon the payment of
the $1 poll tax. )
CLIFT GIVES REASONS
WHY RAILROADS ASK FOR ‘
SUPPORT QF THE PUBLIC
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Under the heading “Why Pat
ronize the Railroads?” President A.
E. Clift of the Central of Georgia in
a statement published today gives
some of the reasons why the railroads
ask for public support. ,The quality
of their service is generally recog
nized, according to Mr. Clift, and the
railroads offer shippers and trav:elérs
dependability combined with prompt
ness, safety, comfort and moderate
prices. .
Discussing other reasons for public
support of the railroads, Mr. Clift
says:
© “The railroads are large taxpayers
and help bear the expense of schools
and government. They are large em
ployers 6f labor, and their payrolls
put money into circulation’iti every
community that has railroad service.
They are large purchasers of equip
ment, material and supplies. They
ico-operate in the upbuilding and de
velopment of industry and agricul
ture.
“In any'emergency the railroads
are called upon for extraordinary
action. As an example, unusual ser
vice and ah 0 per cent reduction of
rates on livestock and feed is the con
tribution of the railroads to save the
drouth-stricken territory from disas
ter.”
Mr. Clift closes with the statement
that no other means of transporta
tion ean equal -the railroads in all
around usefulness. “The railroads
are an asset to the country and the
|people,” he says, “an asset which
should be guarded and built up by
patronage and a sympathetic public
interest in their welfare.”
IJUDSON CIRCLE MEETS
WITH MRS. PENNINGTON
The Judson Circle met on Wednes
day afternoon, September 3, with
Mrs. John Pennington, the Ileader.
The program opened with prayer led
by Mrs. Stokes. The study for the
afternoon was the second division of
Christ’s Galilean ministry and giving
the discussions were the following:
(Mrs. Pennington, Mrs. Whatley, Mrs.
Anderson, Mrs. Newton, and Mrs.
Waller.
The most interesting feature of |
the program was the selection, “The'
Ninety and Nine” given by Mrs. Al
bert Searcy in her charming manner.
There were fourteen present in-'
cluding two visitors and one new
member, '
" Delightful refreshments of cream
and wafers were served by the host
ess assisted by ‘Mrs. G. P, Whatley,
REPORTER.
HERE’S A TIP TO FAT LADIES
WHO READ THE ADVERTISER
Mrs, Mattie Kiser, 534, who climbed
a tree and remained there 731 hours,
was down Friday with 19 pounds sub
tracted from her former 213. She
pelieves her sitting constituted a world
| record. »
NUMEBER THIRTY-TWO
GEORGIA KIWANIS
TO MEET IN JACKSON
| s
SEVERAL HUNDRED MEMBERS
OF THE ORGANIZATION AND
THEIR LADIES EXPECTED AT
SESSION TO BEGIN SEPT, 15.
JACKSON, Ga.—The fourteenth
annual convention of the Georgia
District of Kiwanis International will
be held here Sept. 15, 16 and 17,
iand Jackson announces completion
of plans for entertaining what prom
lises to be the largest ad best con
vention in the history of the Georgia
!district. An attendance of at least
500 Kiwanians and their ladies is ex
’pected during the three days, and a
’program of exceptional interest has
‘been arranged.
The convention will open Monday
at 3:30 with an executive session of
the governor, immediate past gov
ernor, secretary-treasurer, and six
lieutenant governors, to be followed
at 6:30 by the district trustees din- |
ner, with Governor W. B. Gibbs pre
siding. An informal dance will he
held at the Jackson club house at
9:30, e
l The convention proper will open
Tuesday morning at 9:15, with W, B.
|Roper, president of the Jackson club,
presidifig, and the address of wel
come will be made by O. A, Pound,
past governor, while Lieut.-Governor
Erwin Sibley of Milledgeville will
| make the response. The message of
Gov. W. B. Gibbs of Jesup, intro
duction of international and district
officers and the message of Interna
tional Vice President Harper Gatton,
Madisonville, Ky., will be features of
the morning program. Hon. Willip
A. Sfitton, of Atlanta, will speak on
“‘Vocationgl Guidance and Place
ment.” ~
Division luncheons will be held at
11:00 p. m. and at 2:30 the speaking
contest, “Kiwanis, What Is It and.
Where Is it Going?” will be helds
This will be followed by “Food
.Problems on Georgia Farms” by
Miss Susan Mathews, of the State
|College of Agriculture. 5
A barbecue at 5:30 on the Jackson
school grounds and the Governor’s
ball at 9 o'clock at Indian Springs
are features of Tuesday’s entertain-.
ment program.
l Wednesday morning at 9:15 there.
will be reports of lieutenant mv@-.
ors, followed by the report of W, L.
‘Harwell, secretary-treasurer, reports
Iby committees, an address by Hon,
Orville A. Park on “The Constitu
tion,” award of trophies, election of
officers and selection of 1931 con
vention city. '
‘ Business sessions will be held in
.the Butts county court house and
visitors will be entertained in Jack
son and Indian Springs hotels, z’ /
Many delightful social affairs are
planned for ladies attending the con
vention, and citizens of Jackson and
Ithe entire county are co-operating
ito make the 1930 convention a nota
ble success,
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FORSYTH LIONS CLUB WILL
MEET FRIDAY EVENING
The Forsyth Lions Club will meet
Friday evening at 6:30 o’clock. The
entertainment committee is composed
of F. C. Alexander, J. H. Clarke and
T. C. Zellner. All members are re
’quested to be present at this meet
ing.
’ One person out of every 11 is a
public employe. A comparatively few
years ago the ratio was one out of
every 22.
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