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The Monroe Advertiser
VOLUME SEVENTY-SIX
Fte M WLL
DIES IN SAiftwAH
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SLAYER OF FAMILY BELIEVED
TO BE VICTIM OF HIT AND
RUN AUTO DRIVER. FOUND
ON HIGHWAY OCTOBER 31.
SAVANNAH, Ga —C. E. Hodges,
inspector in .charge of the Savannah
police identification, bureau, today
announced fingerprints and Bertil
lion measurements of Frank McDow
ell, convicted slayer, who escaped
from the Florida state hospital for
the insane at. Chattahoochee, several
weeks ago, checked with those of a
body that has lain.in the r morgue here
since Wednesday. j
J. W. petit, officer in charge of
fingerprint pases in Chatham county,
confirmed Inspector Hodges’ find
ings. They said they checked the
prints from the body with those on a
circular sent out after McDowell’s
escape.
McDowell was convicted in Flor
ida for the murder of his father, and
mother at Clearwater in 1924 and
sentenced to life imprisonment. Later
he was adjudged insane and trans
ferred to the state hospital.
He confessed that previously he
had burned his two sisters to death
in their home in Decatur, Ga., to
“atone” for youthful “blasphemies.”
He also threatened his childhood
sweetheart, authorities said.
The body in the morgue was that
of a man found unconscious on the
Coastal highway near Savannah on
October 31. Apparently, officers
said, he had been struck by an au-
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PROGRAM
NEW FORSYTH THEATRE
Friday-Saturday, This Week
Jack London’s Greatest Story—
“THE SEA WOLF”
Monday-Tuesday, Dec. 1-2
SANTA FE TRAIL
A Thriller All Will Like
Wednesday-Thursday, Dec. 3-4
“COMMON CLAY”
The house should be packed both days on this
Friday-Saturday, Dec. 5-6
“HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE”
One of the BIG outstanding pictures of the year.
More about this picture in next week’s Advertiser
Appropriate short Comedy Features and News Reels
With Every Program
Doors open at 3 and 7 p. m.
Saturdays at 2:3o—continuous
tomobile. He lived until last Wed
nesday but did not regain conscious
ness and all efforts to identify him in
the hospital failed.
| Yesterday W. T. Spell, Jr., and D.
M. Spell, formerly employed at the
Florida institution, and Mrs. D. M.
Spell, formerly a nurse at the hospi
tal viewed the body and said it was
that of McDowell.
Supt. E. C. Harden of the Florida
state hospital, accompanied by his
assistant, Mr. Martin, later came to
Savannah, made a minute examina
tion of the body and pronounced it
McDowell beyond any further doubt.
McDowell arid John Pruett escaped
from the Florida state hospital for
the insane October 13. Pruett, cap
tured later, said they had threatened
a guard with a toy pistol.
BODY IS SENT TO ACWORTH
| Savannah, Ga.—The body of Frank
McDowell, who died Wednesday from
■ injuries resulting from a highway ac
' cident, left Sunday night for Ac-
I worth, near Atlanta. The body was
consigned to J. E. Carnes, McDow
ell’s uncle and guardian, and was
buried Monday beside his parents and
two sisters.
Funeral services were held in Sa
vannah Sunday afternoon by Rev.
John S. Wilder, pastor of Calvary
Baptist church.
LIQUOR CASES GIVE MAYOR’S
COURT BUSY SESSION MONDAY
’ Monday was a busy day in the
court of the mayor of Forsyth. It ap
peared that on Saturday a number
of citizens had set out to show that
'the weather in this section was not
the only thing that could break rec
ords in the matter of dampness. The
Forsyth police force did not look with
favor upon such a contest and the
heavy hand of the law was laid upon
a considerable number of the cele
[ brants and those who were able to
travel and converse coherently were
brought up for trial Monday.
MRS. EMMA HANSON PASSES
AWAY THURSDAY MORNING
Mrs. Emma Hanson, a well known
and esteemed citizen of Forsyth,
passed away Thursday morning, No
vember 20, at the home of Mrs. M.
J. Kimbell. She had lived a long and j
useful life, dying at the age of 75
years. She leaves no near relatives. I
The funeral was conducted Saturday !
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock eastern
time at the East Juliette Baptist
church and interment was in the
church cemetery, the Bramblett Fu
neral Home being in charge.
The adherence of skin to the deep
er tissues causes dimples.
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 27, 1930.
EMORY GLEE CLUB GIVES CONCERT AT
BESSIE TIFT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Assisted by two outstanding ar
tists, Michael McDowell, pianist,
and Joseph Glazier, violinist, the
Emory University Glee Club, of At
lanta, Ga., will appear iff concert
here Thursday afternoon at 2:30, in
the Bessie Tift College auditorium.
The program will be sponsored by
the college senior class.
Besides the singers and solo ar
|tists, accompanying the famous Geor
gia musicians will be the Emory
( Little Symphony orchestra, which
has been called “Georgia’s last hope
for a symphonic organization,” by
one noted musician.
I Directed by Dr. Malcolm H. Dew
ey, professor at Emory University,
the Glee club, known in two conti
nents as “The South’s Sweetest
Singers,” has arranged a program
which includes selections that will
satisfy boht the discriminating mu
sician and those who are not quite
particular.
The Emory Glee club, now in its
fourteenth successful concert season,
is renowned throughout the Eastern
United States and several European
countries for the variety and excel
lence of its programs. It is the first
Southern college musical organiza
tion ever to attempt an international
tour. Since 1925, when the club sang
before President and Mrs. Coolidge
at the New Willard Hotel, Washing
ton, it has traveled under the title of
“The South’s Sweetest Singers.”
On its first European tour the Em
ory club presented concerts in Eng
land at the fashionable British wa
tering place, Western-Super-Mare,
at Bristol, Eastbourne, Herne Bay,
REV. SHANKLE, NEW
METHODIST MINISTER
ARRIVES IN FORSYTH
Rev. A. G. Shankle' and wife and
daughter arrived in Forsyth from
Augusta Tuesday and are receiving a
warm welcome. Mr. Shankle is the
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new pastor of the Forsyth Methodist
church and will preach there Sunday
morning and night. He is one of the
strong preachers of his denomina
tion, having served as pastor of one
of the most prominent Methodist
churches in both New Orleans and
Shreveport and his own denomina
tion and other people of the commu
nity appreciate the privilege of hav
ing him as pastor of the church here.
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DR. BROOKS ASSIGNED
TO M’RAE ELDERSHIP
At the meeting of the South Geor
gia Methodist Conference which
closed Sunday night, Dr. J. G. C.
Brooks was appointed presiding eld
er of the Mcßae district. Dr. Brooks
is a well known and popular former
citizen of Forsyth and a brother of
Mr. G. C. Brooks.
EMORY GLEE CLUB
Bournemouth, Norwich, Lowestoft,
and Southsee; and in London itself
at Queen’s Hall, The Kensington
Kinema, the celebrated Aeolian Hall,
and the Coliseum, largest theatre of
its type in London, where the club’s
1 performance “stopped the show” for
15 minutes as waves of applause and
demands for encores swept the house.
Although the repertoire of the Em
ory Glee club is extremely varied,
ranging from old English part-songs
to Latin carols and Russian folk
songs, from Friml and Victor Her
bert to Verdi and Wagner, the club’s
bust work finds expression in its
singing of the southern Negro spirit-
Itaafs. Ernest Newman, perhaps the
[greatest living music critic, had the
following to say concerning the club’s
singing of spirituals: “The Emory
I Glee club is at its best in the Negro
I spirituals. It sings with a fine fer
vor and thorough understanding."
In its thirteen-year history, the
club has producted several singers of
grand opera calibre. Byron Warner,
I who is now singing leading opera
roles in Europe, and Edward Kane,
winner of the 1929 Atwater Kent
audition, who is at present studying
for a grand opera career.
Besides the selections to be offered
on the program here by the club, or
chestra and assisting artists, several '
skits containing genuine humor will ,
be furnished by specially chosen com
| edians fiom Atlanta. Some of the
best talent available in the South has
been assembled for the annual Glee
club tour of the state.
Tickets for the concert may be
purchased at Bessie Tift college.
COTTON DISPLACING
i SILKS AND SATINS ON
THRONE OF FASHION
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Cotton Tex
tile institute is booming cotton for
। the fashion throne now occupied by
'silks and satins.
For three years the institute, rep
resenting the cotton manufacturing
industry of the country, has sponsor
ed an educational advertising cam
paign to extend the market for all
kinds of cotton goods. It’s “new uses”
section has explained the uses of cot
ton in industry for household pur
poses and for wearing apparel.
Much of the campaign has been
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conducted in behalf of styled cottons. 1
Cooperation by individual mills, J
wholesale and retail merchants and
others concerned with the style, de
mand for cotton has risen to its
present prominence in the field of
fashion.
The improvement in technique of
style and design has boosted the con
sumer acceptance of wearing apparel
made from cotton. .
Growing out of the current popu
larity of styled cottons among wo- I
men, attention has been given to ex- i
tending the uke of cotton for undfr-i |
wear, beach costumes and men's
clpthing.
To advance further the favorable
trend noted in its market studies, I,
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the institute enlarged the scope of its 1
services and during the past two
years has spent $250,000 in its edu
cational campaign.
HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDS I
WILL BE BEAUTIFIED '
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The Board of Education has re
quested Miss Mary Persons to take
charge of the work of beautifying
the grounds of the Mary Persons
High School, and she has kindly con
sented. She has employed the Da
venport Guerry Ornamental Nurse
ries to do the work. This firm was
the successful bidder and said they
realized the prominence and location ,
of the building and that they would
take pride in furnishing the kind of
plants and shrubberies that would be
the most suitable.
Miss Mary Persons asked the
Board that she be permitted to pay
the expenses. The Board is to be
congratulated that they have some
one to look to for their finances at
this time.
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It is reported that t^e Messrs. Per- .
sons will build a paved street and
sidewalk up to the school building *
sometime next spring. Preparatory ।
to this they will have cinders put
down to form a driveway at once,
and wait until the fresh dirt settles.
“MISS FORSYTH” WILL BE
CHOSEN NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT
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The American Legion auxiliary is '
sponsoring a popularity contest to j
elect little Miss Forsyth. Each little
girl represents a local firm, and solic
its your vote at 1 cent each. The
one receiving the highest number of i
votes will be crowned Queen of For- ;
syth. The queen receives a beauti
ful diamond ring. The contestants
will put on a big parade Friday as- I
ternoon and the queen’s picture will ,
1 appear in an early issue of The Ad- i
vertiser. The ballot is at Alexan- ■
der’s d*ig store, so drop by and cast j
some votes for your favorite.
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The auxiliary unit of the Tom Hol- .
lis post will hold its regular meeting ।
Monday afternoon, Dec. 1, at the i
home of Mrs. R. L. Bailey. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN. I
PHONE 61 AND 165 — QUALITY AND SERVICE
CITY GROCERY CO.
We Will Be Closed Thanksgiving Day
Cail Us for the Good Things to Eat Before Thursday
Macaroni (Luxury) 5c
2 boxes Matches for 5c
Boiling Meat, per pound 15c
Lettuce and Celery, each 12c
Large Red Apples, per dozen 19c
No. 2 can Tomatoes 10c
Heinz Fig and Plum Pudding 35c
Mince Meat 12%c
Cheese, per lb 25c
Bulk Coffee 3 lbs for 45c
Fresh Oysters, pint 30c
Cranberries, per pound 23c
Come by and buy your order and then thank your
self for buying from us on Thanksgiving Day.
THANKS
CITY GROCERY CO.
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NUMBER FORTY-THREE
BANKING OUTLOOK
, DECLARED BRIGHT
A. B. MOBfEY, ST^TE^UPERIN
TENDENT OF BANKING, TELLS
MACON GATHERING DEPRES
SION PERIOD IS ENDING. ~
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A zone meeting of-.tjK' Georgia
Bankers Association, wh^ch was held
In-Macon .Friday evening, was at-'
I tended by H. H. Hardin and Roland
I Anderson of the Citize,us Bank , and
Jnp. T. Stephens of the . Bank, of
(Forsyth. The following account of
the meeting is taken from the Ma
von Telegraph > ■
Expressing a spi|^t^of. optimism
for the future of banking ip Geor
gia, A. B. Mobley, superintendent of
jbanks, told members of. Zone Eight
of the Georgia Bankers, association
I last night at Hotel Dempsey that
there never was a time when the ser
vices of the banker are needed more
than at present.
As to the present depression, how
ever, he said it was “very much like
going through a forest.. When you
are half wa,y through, you are coming
out, and I believe that we are coming
out now.”
He cautioned the bankers that they
must do more than .keep books for
.their customers, that they must.make
money or they “ought to be out of
the banking business.” Analyses of
accounts and services to put |hem on
a paying basis was .emphasized by
the speaker.
Haynes McFadden, Atlanta, secre
tary of the Georgia,Bankers associa
tion, referred to the unprofitable ac
counts for which a bank has a right
'to charge, and to other services
i which should not be donated to cus
tomers when the bank has to pay for
the work. He referred particularly
to ,the 10-point plan which embodies
such service charges as fees for cash
ier's checks, charges for small ac
counts and similar items.
Representatives from the counties
jin the zone reported on the progress
in the establishment of credit bu
jreaus of information among hanks
'serving the same customer.
। The group decided to hold its next
meeting at Monticello at a date to
be set later. L. F. Cater, of Perry,
chairman, and H. Persons Heath, of
j Macon, secretary, were re-elected.
Representatives were present at
the meeting from Crawford, Bibb,
i Monroe, Twiggs, Wilkinson, Dooly
jand Turner counties. f.
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'ELDER HENRY SWAIN WILL ” ■
I PREACH AT SMYRNA SUNDAY
, Elder Henry Swain of Macon will
I preach at the Smyrna Primitive Bap
' tist church Saturday and Sunday.
He is a strong gospel preacher and
। the public is invited to attend the
services.
A Scotch road sign: Detour—■
toil bridge ahead!