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The Monroe Advertiser
VOLUME SEVENTY-SIX
SLATON’S RACE COST
HIM WARS
DEFEATED CANDIDATE FOR W
S. SENATOR SPENDS HUGE
SUM IN RECENT CAMPAIGN.
; WIFE CONTRIBUTES $29,000.
ATLANTA.—Expense accounts of
candidates in the September 10 pri
mary on file at the state capitol Mon
day show John M. Slaton heading the
list with expenditures of $55,320.83.
Mr. Slaton, who unsuccessfully op
posed Wm. J. Harris for the nomina
tion of United States senator, spent
$16,940.64 of this amount in news
paper advertising, $12,212.60 for
stamps and stationery, $10,281.10
for salaries of headquarters workers
and $1,954.40 for headquarters rent
al. Numerous other miscellaneous
expenses were listed.
The report, duly certified to as pre
scribed by law, also shows that Mrs.
Slaton contributed $29,000 to her
husband’s campaign fund. Mr. Sla
ton put in $19,570.83, Jno. W. Grant,
his brother-in-law, gave SI,OOO, and
Mrs. A. Clarke gave $5,000. Other
names listed were Mrs. K. S. Blanch
ard, $750; Mrs. Phillips, $300; and
Cash S2OO. v >
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HARRIS SPENDS $10,490
Senator Wm. J. Harris, successful
in the demacratic primary of Septem
ber 10 for renomination over former
Governor* Slaton, filed his expense ac
count Tuesday with Comptroller Gen
era] Harrison, showing he spent $lO,-
490 in the campaign.
•i Few definite amounts were listed
by Senator Harris, but the expense
account said about $7,000 was spent
for advertising; about S2OO for tele
graph tolls; about $l9O to the tele
phone company; headquarters rent,
$1,200; incidentals, S4OO, and unpaid
expenses ,of $1,500.
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MONROE COUNTY WELL
REPRESENTED AT REUNION
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Forsyth and Monroe county were
Well represented at the impressive
and enjoyable 37th annual reunion
of the Confederate veterans of the
state which was held in Thomaston
last week as will be noted from the
following list of the staff of the West
Georgia Brigade:
General Jas. P. Hardy, command
ing, Culloden.
Officers: Col. J. W. Evans, For
syth; Major T. C. Pritchett, Forsyth;
Capt. Theo Rumble, Culloden; Sgt.
T. j. Carson, Jackson; Sgt. George J.
Burrus, Columbus; Sgt. Miles L. Pat
rick, Marshallville.
Matron of Honor: Mrs. W. H.
Hightower, Thomaston.
PROGRAM
TALKING SINGING
THE WESTERN ELECTRIC SOUND SYSTEM
THE NEW FORSYTH THEATRE
Forsyth, Ga.
Friday-Saturday—This Week
WILL ROGERS in
“SO THIS IS LONDON”-
Humor, Wit, Wisdom, Satire bundled into Amer
ican-English Laughter. Learn about Laughter
from the ONE and ONLY WILL ROGERS.
You’ll see it.
Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 6-7
“MANSLAUGHTER”—
A Powerful, Dramatic, Thrillful, Nerve-Tingling
Romance. Love vs. Hate. Wealth vs. The Law.
Wednesday-Thursday, Oct. 8-9
A Good Program
to be announced later.
Friday-Saturday, Oct. 10-11
“SHE’S MY WEAKNESS”-
starring Sue Carroll and Arthur Lake.
Radio’s SMASH LAUGHTER HIT
Suitable short features with all programs as added
Attractions
1 Chaperone: Mrs; Nina B. Elling
■ ton, Thomaston.
• Sponsors: Miss Ina McMichael,
I: Jackson; Miss Margaret Hardy,
I Thomaston; Miss Juliette Rutherford,
1 • vth; Miss Caroline Brown,
, Barnesville; Miss Booton Frederick,
Marshallville; Mrs. Oscar McKenzie,
Montezuma; Mrs. Powell Cotter,
Barnesville; Mrs. E. L. Coleman.
f Barnesville.
Maids of Honor: Miss Virginia
. Hardy, Thomaston; Miss Rosa Emily
> Clarke, Forsyth; Miss Lucy Freder
ick, Forsyth; Miss Mary Searcy, For
. syth.
; BUTTS COUNTY TAX RATE
23 MILLS; CITY OF JACKSON
LEVIES EIGHTEEN MILLS
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' The tax rate for Butts county was
fixed by the commissioners this week
and remains the same as in 1929
with the exception of a one mill in
crease on the bridge fund. The to
tal rate for the year is 23 mills as
compared with 22 last year. The
state rate is 5 mills, the constitu
tional limit. The same levy was fixed
by the Board of Education, the 5 mill
rate having been levied here for sev
eral years.
At a meeitng of city council Mon
day night the tax rate for 1930 was
fixed at 18 mills, the same rate that
was in force last year. The levy is
divided as follows: Support of city
government, 5 mills; for interest and
sinking fund, 5 mills; for public
। schools, 8 mills. The tax digest shows
। the same relative returns as in 1929.
—Jackson Progress-Argus.
RHODES ANNOUNCES HIS
CANDIDACY FOR ALDERMAN
The first political gun to be fired
in the annual skirmish brought about
' by the city election was that of Mr.
W. K. Rhodes, who announces else
' where in this issue his candidacy for
: the office of aiderman of Forsyth.
Mr. Rhodes is a popular and progres
sive citizen and worked hard in the
interest of the city during a former
, term as aiderman and will doubtless
> receive strong support in his present
। race. s
। W. H. ANDREWS PURCHASES
TRIBBLE’S FILLING STATION
Mr. W. H. Andrews has purchased
the filling station formerly owned
and operated by Mr. Jas. A. Tribble.
Mr. Andrews has taken charge of the
; business and will give it his personal
. attention, specializing in the sale of
. Texaco gas and oils and the service
to be found at an up-to-date filling
station. Mr. Andrews was formerly
. connected with E. S. Tucker, Inc.,
and is an able and popular mechanic.
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, OCT. 2, 1930.
ONE KILLED, 8 HURT
AT BARNESVILLE
FORD CAR CONTAINING NINE
PERSONS STALLS ON TRACK
AND IS STRUCK BY TRAIN.
CHILD KILLED INSTANTLY.
A child was killed instantly, three
persons were seriously injured, and
five others received minor cuts and
bruises when a southbound Central
of Georgia train hit a car which had
stalled on the crossing in Barnesville
Monday morning. The car, an open
Ford, containing nine people, was
driven by Mrs. H. G. Cooper, of Jack
son street, Newnan, Ga. When the
car stalled the occupants attempted
to get out, and the men tried to
push the ear off the track, but thetf
were too late.
The car and little Chateen Cooper
were hit. The child, aged 10, was
killed instantly, his head being horrif
bly mangled and one of his legs sevt
ered. The others in the car were Mr
and Mrs. W. Z. Yarbrough and twd
children, of Palmetto, Ga.; Hester
Winkle, aged 14, of Palmetto; Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Cooper, of Newnan,
and another child.
It is said that the railroad crossing
bells were ringing and the red lights
flashing signaling the approach of the
train when the auto rolled on to the
tracks and stalled. As a further pre
caution against accidents at the
crossing in Barnesville, the city has
installed stop signs on both sides of
the railroad track.
FORSYTH LIONS HEAR
POWER COMPANY DISCUSSION
The Forsyth Lions club met Friday
night with a fine attendance. A very
enjoyable musical program was ren
dered, the club and its visitors being”
favored with two vocal solos by Miss
Florence Carlton, head of the Voice
department at Bessie Tift college,
with Miss Mary Ward as accompa
nist.
Several representatives of the
Georgia Power Company were pres
ent as guests of the club and Mr.
Chestney of Macon delivered an ad
dress in which he stressed the ad
vantages that Forsyth would enjoy
in case the local plant was sold to
his company.
Prof. Theo Rumble, Jr., superin
tendent of the Forsyth schools, made
a report dealing with the use of the
money recently donated to the school
by the Lions.
FARMERS AND BANKERS
HOLD MEETING AT PERRY
Forsyth was represented at a meet
ing of Middle Georgia bankers and
agricultural leaders at Perry Thurs
day night by Messrs. Roland Ander
son, J. T. Stephens, H. H. Hardin
and C. W. Hill. The purpose of the
meeting was the promotion of a farm
program for next year which will
make for progress in the agricultural
interests of this section. In resolu
tions adopted by the joint meeting,
farmers will receive financial aid
from the bankers by making a finan
cial statement, follow a diversified
farm program in which all possible
home and feed products are raised,
include soil building in their farm
program and work in connection with
the local farm boards.
The meeting was one of a series
now being held throughout the state
based on a resolution adopted by the
Georgia State Bankers Association in
June in which the major activity of ।
the association for the year was de
clared to be the promotion of farm ;
financing. The main objective is the
creation of an active agricultural
board in each county.
Baby Chicks
Now is the time to start ear
ly frys. Reds and Rocks 15c
each. 100 lots, 12^c each.
Rhodes Seed Co.
MEN WHO “RULE”
STATE OF GEORGIA
QUIMBY MELTON, GRIFFIN EDI
TOR, NAMES TWO FORSYTH
MEN ON LIST OF FIFTY-NINE
PROMINENT GEORGIANS.
One guarantee of the correctness
of the following list of men who rule
Georgia is that it contains the names
of two citizens of Forsyth:
Quimby Melton, editor of the Grif
fin News, has selected 59 men who
“rule” Georgia. The list includes
bankers, newspapermen, manufactur
ers, teachers, preachers and others
prominent in the state.
Mr. Melton conducts a daily front
page column, “Good Evening,” in
which he discusses local and state af
fairs. It is in this column that he
nominates the 59 “rulers”. Mr. Mel
ton’s selections came as the result of
the selection of 59 “rulers” of the
United States by former Ambassador
Gerard.
Mr. Melton has selected no women.
In reference to this, Editor Melton
said: “We haven’t named any wo
men. Goodness knows the women are
entitled to the honor of being in
cluded among the leading citizens,
but we were once a judge in a baby
show and later in a bathing beauty
contest and we learned a lesson.
Then, too, all Georgia women are
‘rulers’ and we men folk like to be
‘ruled’ by them.”
The editor has also eliminated any
Spalding county citizens. He said,
“to pick ‘rulers’ in our county is get
ting too close to home. We like to
feel here that all our people are
‘equal at the polls’ when it comes to
voting. You know that is what we
heard from the day we first studied
political science in high school.
' No holders of public office are
listed. “For,” Mr. Melton said, “no
less an authority than the former
ambassador tells us that the ‘rulers’
do not hold office but are the power
behind the throne.”
The list of “rulers” includes:
Clark Howell, Atlanta Constitution;
John S. Cohen, Atlanta Journal; W.
T. Anderson, Macon Telegraph; Tom
Hamilton, Augusta Chronicle; Louie
Morris, Hartwell, president Georgia
Press Association; “Uncle” Jim Wil
liams, Greensboro Herald-Journal; H.
M. Mclntosh, Albany Herald; W. G.
Sutlive, Savannah Press; Jack Wil
liams, Waycross Journal-Herald; Pat
Griffin, Bainbridge Post-Searchlight.
M. L. Brittain, Georgia Tech; S.
W. Sanford, University of Georgia;
Wm. F. Quillian, Wesleyan; Aquila
Chamlee, Bessie Tift; Jack Lance,
Young Harris', Andrew M. Soule,
Georgia State College of Agricult
ure; 'C. M. Snelling, University of
Georgia.
John M. Graham, Rome banker;
Mills B. Lane, Savannah banker; Jno.
K. Ottley, Eugene Black, R. G. Clay,
Robert M. Strickland, Robert Mad
dox and Thomas K. Glenn, Atlanta
bankers.
A. J. Strickland, Valdosta banker
and cotton factor; W. Y. Blitch, Val
dosta banker; Dr. Willis A. Sutton,
Atlanta educator; F. M. Abbott,
Waycross.
Frank Lanier, Americus financier;
W. C. Vereen, Moultrie banker and
member of state highway board; Sam
Tate; Preston Arkwright and H. M.
Atkinson, Atlanta, Georgia Power
Company; Wm. C. Bradley, Colum
bus; “Bud" Evans, Fort Valley, peach
grower.
Dr. W. S. Elkins, Atlanta physi
cian; W. D. Anderson, Macon manu
facturer; Louis Moore, Thomasville
attorney; J. M. Simmons, Bainbridge
manufacturer; C. J. Haden, Atlanta
capitalist and first president of the
Austrian Winter
Peas
Hard to kill, makes fine Fall crop
for stock. Less than 100 pounds,
12’^c; 100 pounds, 11 %c a pound.
Rhodes Seed Co.
State Chamber of Commerce.
Bishop Warren A. Candler; Dr.
John F. White, Savannah, head of
Georgia Baptists; Cason Calloway,
LaGrange manufacturer; William
and Howard Candler, Atlanta capi
talists; Frank Freeman, Atlanta lead
er of Tech alumni for many years;
Chip Robert, Atlanta sportsman and
mill expert.
“The grandfather of Bobby Jones,
head of the Jones Mercantile Co. of
Canton;” Judge Ogden Persons, For
syth; Bob Hightower, Thomaston
manufacturer; Rev. Louie D. New
ton, Atlanta minister and former ed
itor of the Christian Index; Jimmy
Merritt, of the Christian Index.
John N. Holder, former chairman
of the state highway board; Jerome
Jones, editor and labor leader; J. L.
McLellan, Albany, state commander
of the American Legion; Judge A. W.
Cozart, Columbus; Royal Daniel, ed
itor, and Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, pres
ident of Oglethorpe University.
FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY
AT 2:30; FORSYTH MEETS
MONTICELLO IN FORSYTH
The local boys have been practic
ing for the past two weeks prepara
tory to the opening game of football
Friday afternoon at 2:30 on the High
School gridiron. Although handicap
ped by loss of two able guards due
to bus schedule and by the loss of
Julian Rudisill, fleet half-back, the
team is out for victory in the opening
contest with Monticello. Back your
team from the sidelines. The sched
ule for this season is as follows:
October 3—Monticello at Forsyth.
October 10—Gray at Forsyth.
October 17—Monticello at Monti
cello.
October 24—Jackson at Forsyth.
October 31 —Jackson at Jackson. 1
November 7—Gray at Gray.
LEGION AUXILIARY
ORGANIZED MONDAY
The Tom Hollis Post Auxiliary, No.
34, was organized Monday afternoon
at the Forsyth clubroom. The follow
ing officers were elected:
President, Mrs. Tom Wilson; first
vice president, Mrs. Mallory Rumble;
second vice president, Mrs. Walter
Floyd; secretary, Mrs. J. G. Strick
land; sergeant at arms, Mrs. Carl
Owen; chaplain, Mrs. Robert Bailey;
historian, Mrs. J. A. Pennington.
All mothers, wives, sisters and
daughters of the World War vet
erans who are eligible for member
ship are cordially invited to attend
the regular meeting at the club room
Monday, October 6, at 2:30 p. m.,
and are urged to join this worthwhile
organization.
COTTON REPORT SHOWS
COMPARATIVE INCREASE
The government report showing
the number of bales of cotton ginned
in Georgia prior to September 16
gives a total of 597,713 bales for the
state as compared with 428,771 bales
to the same date last year. The figures
for Monroe county are 1,117 bales as
compared with 906 in 1929, and it is
considered probable that the crop in
the county will be larger than last
year.
FORD BUYS 800 ACRES
MORE OF GEORGIA LAND
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Henry Ford,
automobile manufacturer of Detroit,
Mich., has increased his holdings in
Bryan and Chatham counties by the
purchase of 800 acres along the
Ogeechee river from Savannah to 1
South Carolina. The Ford interests |
have previously acquired about 3,000
acres in Bryan county.
Barley
Get this in in September, put on
rich ground three bushels to acre.
Peck 60c; 1-2 bushel $1.20; bushel
$2.35.
Rhodes Seed Co.
NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE
COUNCIL HEARS BID
ON ELECTRIC PLANT
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY SUB
MITS OFFER TO CITY AT CALL
ED MEETING OF COUNCIL.
PRICE AND TERMS NAMED.
At a called meeting of the city
council Friday night, representatives
of the Georgia Power Company dis
cussed with the council the proposi
tion of purchasing the Forsyth light
and power distribution system. Mr.
Chestney of Macon was spokesman
for the power company and discussed
the advantages that would go along
with the ownership of the plant by
the power company.
After the details of the matter
were entered into, the Georgia Pow
er Company bid was presented which
was to the effect that the company
would take over the bonded indebt
edness of the city amounting to $98,-
000 and would in addition pay in cash
or annuities the sum of $50,000, the
bonds to be paid by the company as
they fell due and the city to pay the
interest on the bonds. Action on the
matter was carried over until a sub
sequent meeting of the council.
U. D. C. MEETING
The Cabaniss chapter U. D. C. will
meet Tuesday, October 7, at 3 p. m.,
at the clubroom. The topic for Octo
ber is Sidney Lanier, and Mrs. B. S.
Willingham will have charge of the
program. The hostesses are Mrs, B.
S. Willingham, Mise Mae Cabaniss,
Mrs. L. M. Harp and Mrs. D. J. Trib
ble. . ;
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TAKE NOTICE
lof our supe /lative building
material service. Anticipat
ing practically all construc
tion needs, our supply serv
lice is used with profit and
satisfaction by the progress
ive builders of this communi
ty. Cement, plaster and other
related supplies obtainable
here are of a uniformly high
quality, priced to reduce the
erection costs of all struct-
ures.
GEORGIA
HARDWARE CO
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IF YOU WANT TO SELL SEE US.
IF YOU WANT TO BUY SEE US
Rhodes Realty Co.
FORSYTH, GA.