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The Monroe Advertiser
VOLUME SEVENTY-AA^-rj
BURGLAR ALARM
LEADS TO CAPTURE
OF FOUR ROBBERS
FREEMAN BROTHERS NAB TRIO
OF WHITES IN STORE AFTER
SHOOTING ONE. NEGRO CON
FEDERATE CAPTURED IN MA
CON FOLLOWING DAY.
The following story concerning
the attempted robbery of Freeman
Bros.’ store, at Blount, and capture
of three of the burglars by the pro
prietors is taken from Friday morn
ing’s Macon Telegraph:
Caught with a confederate in the
act of blowing the safe of Freeman
Brothers store near Forsyth Wednes
day night two men, Jack Lynch and
Tony Francis, were brought back to
Macon Thursday and confined in sep
arate prisons.
Their confederate, Jack Miller, was
lying in the Monroe county jail in
Forsyth recovering from gunshot
wounds he received in the capture
the night before.
Forest Webb, a negro, was appre
hended here Thursday afternoon at
2 o’clock by city detectives, and con
fessed having been a' lookout who
had fled from the scene of the rob-
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PROGRAM
NEW FORSYTH THEATRE
Friday-Saturday, This Week
Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in Radio’s All-
Star Feature Comedy Sensation
“HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE”
Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 8 and 9
MONTE CARLO
Story of a Count who poses as a hair dresser to
win the love of a Countess
Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 10 and 11
Maurice Chevalier
— IN —
PLAYBOY OF PARIS
Friday and Saturday, Dec. 12 and 13
THE DANCERS
Doors open at 3 and 7 p. m.
Saturdays at 2:30 —continuous
bery when capture of the white men
became apparent.
I The store where the men were
caught is located about ten miles
from Forsyth and is operated by G.
L. and H. W. Freeman, bothers.
They had equipped the doors, win
dows and cash drawer with a bur
glar alarm connected with their resi
dence about 300 yards away.
At about 10:30 o’clock the alarm
bell in the Freeman home rang for
a short time. Then after a period
of silence it rang again and continued
to do so until the brothers were
aroused. They seized guns and
rushed to the store.
H. W. Freeman went to the front
door and his brother took the back
entrance. As they crept to the doors
one of the men inside whispered,
“they’ve got us”. In the melee which
soon followed the Negro fled through
the back door and ran several miles,
he said later.
| Francis and Lynch backed against
the counter and raised their hands as
the front door was pushed open. Mil
ler, at the back door, cracked it open
preparatory to making a break.
| “I’ll kill you if you come out here,”
a voice warned. But he pushed the
door open a little further.
There was a gun report and bird
shot peppered his face and right side
of his. chest.
. The Freemans held the trio in the
store. Mrs. G. L. Freeman had call
ed Sheriff Cary Bittick when the
alarm bell rang, and within a few
minutes he was present with Z. B.
Zellner, county policeman.
The officers carried the men to
i Forsyth and placed them in the coun
|ty jail. Sheriff Bittick notified Ma
con police of the attempted safe
i blowing and on information obtained
by police, Forest Webb, Negro, was
arrested at his home on Broadway.
At the city hall he made a complete
confession of his connection with the
crime and told of the activities of
the white men in preparation for the
attempted safeblowing.
Sheriff Bittick and Police Chief
I Jackson, of Forsyth, brought Lynch
land Francis to Macon Thursday as-
I ternoon. Miller was too ill to be
moved.
Sheriff Bittick announced after
examining Tony Francis at police
; headquarters here that Francis said
I a small bottle of nitroglycerine which
| was to have been used in blowing
:the safe was left somewhere in the
I store, and the sheriff telephoned a
warning to the Freemans. If the
bottle had chanced to fall from the
shelf where Francis thought it had
been left, an explosion might have
i resulted sufficient to destroy the
store, officers believed.
Lynch, who was convicted in 1913
(Continued on page five)
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 4, 1930.
LOTS OF POOR MEN |
I SMARTER THAN RICH
SAYS JULIUS ROSENWALD, CHI
CAGO MERCHANT AND PHI
LANTHROPIST. “POOR MEN
DON’T GET BREAKS,” HE ADDS
NEW ORLEANS.—The States to
day says that Julius Rosenwald, Chi
cago merchant, attributes his suc
cess to 95 per cent luck and five per
cent work and common sense.
I Mr. Rosenwald, here to address
.the American Hospital association,
granted a States reporter the special
privilege of publishing his discussion
on some of his homely philosophy.
I Mr. Rosenwald said that many very
rich men were stupid, that business
' system was bunk and that a mer
' chant should not sell pistols to the
general trade.
He believes profoundly in the bus
iness recovery ability of America.
“I know America will recover from
this business slump. Our recovery will
be slower than was our recovery af
ter the war but it will come. Fun
damentally the United States of
America is sound,” he added.
At first the merchant shied away
from the press and refused to say
anything for publication but he
started off when the reporter shot
the blunt question at him
“How did you make your mil
lions?” ?
“It was luck,” he said. “Ten per
cent work and common sense may
be, and 90 per cent luck. I think
I ought to revise those figures. It
was 95 per cent luck.
“Business system?” Mr. Rosenwald
smiled. “The only business system I
ever found is just meeting things as
they come up and using all the com
mon sense you^ve got as often as yo« J
can.”
He told of how his concern stopped
selling pistols and revolvers when
they were doing a $3,000,000 busi
ness in them because they believed
country boys were buying more such
weapons than they needed and were
getting into trouble.
“Rich men are not smart because
they are rich,” he continued. “They
didn’t get rich because they were
smart. Some of them are the most
stupid people I have ever met. Re
member always that many poor men
are far smarter than the richest men
l in the world. Their opportunity nev
er came. As they say in football,
‘they didn’t get the breaks.’
“I don’t pick men. I pick divi
dends. Go ahead and get results is
my advice to our men.
“There are many men at universi
ties who ought to be at work but who
would deny the good work the uni
versities are doing?”
Lunch time had approached and |
here Mrs. Rosenwald stepped in.
“Now be quiet and eat,” she said.
“You’ve done enough talking.”
And he was quiet and he ate.
LEE GAMBLE HOME IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Gamble sympathize with them
in the loss of their home
by fire Monday morning. The fire
is thought to have caught from a de
fective flue. Mr. Gamble built a
fire early in the morning and went
back to bed and awoke about 4:00
o’clock to find that the flames had
gained considerable headway, making
' is necessary for them to hasten from
the building. The contents of the
home were almost a total loss and
only a small amount of insurance I
was carried.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. Dick Ponder is now in charge of the Jefferson
Cream Station at Banks & Hill’s grocery store. The
highest cash prices will continue to be paid and cor
rect tests made. Open 9:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m.
Your Business Appreciated
JEFFERSON CREAMERY
WILEY SELECTED
f AS COUNTY AGENT
NEWLY NAMED OFFICIAL WILL
BEGIN WORK FIRST OF NEW
YEAR AND MAINTAIN OFFICE
IN COURT HOUSE.
Mr. H. G. Wiley, who is complet
ing his ninth year as agricultural
agent for Butts county, has been
selected for a like position in Mon
| roe county and has accepted. It
had for some time been the hope of
the committees entrusted with the
matter to secure the services of Mr.
Wiley and at a meeting held Wed
nesday morning the negotiationas
1 were completed. Since the people
voted favorably on the question of
securing a county agent, there has
been a committee representing the
. County Commissioners, the farmers
land the Forsyth Lions Club, which
'has cooperated with Mr. A. J. John
son, of Macon, district agent, to the
end that a suitable man might be
secured, and the county is indebted
to these gentlemen for the good ad
vice they have rendered.
Monroe county is fortunate in se
curing the services of such a man as
Mr. Wiley, whose background of
training and successful experience
will make him a great asset to agri
cultural interests of the county.
While no sane man will expect a
revolution of conditions in a short
time, it is evident that we may now
expect a sure and gradual
improvement of conditions here, and
to that end the county agent should
receive the hearty cooperation of
all who may in any way help
him to carry out his programs
for the progress of the county.
Mr. Wiley will take up his work in
'(■Monroe county the first of the year,
and will maintain an office at the
courthouse. He has a wife and four
children and they are expecting to
become citizens of Forsyth at an
early date and will be accorded a
warm welcome.
DEPLORES ACTIVITIES
OF RADICAL CITIZENS
The following communication con
cerning the activities of radical in
habitants of the United States is
worthy of consideration and it would
appear that if such persons are not
satisfied with conditions here they
should leave or if necessary the pow
ers that be should remove them and
their discontent by force:
Mr. Editor: As law-abiding citi
| zens of this, the greatest govern
j ment in the world, with all the
I charges of imperfection that can be
J brought against it, the holiest flag
I that was ever unfurled and permit
jted to kiss the breeze, is ours. When
i we, the citizens, come together and
select our representatives to meet in
our national capital and formulate
rules and regulations for our con
:duct and they are subjected to all
Isorts of insults from Fascists, Reds,
। Bolshevists and every kind of for
eign organization, we should call
upon our representatives to enact a
very strict foreign emigration stat
ute to protect them and us and our
country. C. M. TAYLOR.
FORSYTH WOMAN’S CLUB
WILL MEET NEXT TUESDAY
The Forsyth Woman’s club will
meet Tuesday afternoon, Dec.
9, at three o’clock at the home of
Mrs. Hugh L. Worsham with Mrs. B.
F. Hill, Mrs. Newt Tingle, Mrs. Rol
lie Bittick, Mrs. Herman Kurtz, Mrs.
(day Walker and Mrs. Emmett I’hin
azee as co-hostesses.
Colonel Frank B. Willingham will
talk on “Citizenship.”
We want every member to be pres
ent at this meeting as it is of most
importance. A full report of the
year’s work will be given and the
election of new officers for the com
ing year.
We are completing the year’s work
and we are asking every member of
the club that have not paid their dues
to please bring it with them to this
meeting. If you can’t come, please
send it.
LEGION AUXILIARY WILL
HOLD BAZAAR DEC. 12 AND 13
The auxiliary unit of Tom Hollis
Port No. 34 held its monthly meeting
Monday afternoon, Dec. 1, at the
home of Mrs. R. L. Bailey with the
president, Mrs. T. W. Wilson, pre
siding. { \
The chairman of the ways and
means committee has perfected plans
for a bazaar Dec. 12 and 13. Any
donations will be appreciated, as the
proceeds will be used for charity.
The child welfare chairman was ap
pointed to get school books for an
unfortunate child that has been una
ble to attend school.
The popularity contest thqt the
auxiliary sponsored came to a. close
Friday’ afternoon at 3 o’clock with
littlp Miss Ruby Bittick as winner of
the diamond by a majority of sijxty
votes. We wish to thank each little
girl that took ]»art in this coiitest.
After the business session, Mjss
Lilly Bloom delighted us with a piano
selection, and Miss Georgia Taylor
gave a reading. Miss Elizabeth An
derson gave several piaho selections.
A delightful social hour followed.
The hostess Served a salad course.
Mrs. Mallory RRumble invited the
auxiliary to meet with her in Janu
ary. Publicity Chairman.
COUNCIL RESTRICTS USE
OF FIREWORKS IN CITY
At a recent meeting of the city
council it was decided that the li
cense for the sale of fireworks with
in the city limits of Forsyth would
remain the same, which is $15.00. It
was also voted that the use of fire
works would be restricted to those
areas of the town outside of the fire
limits. The use of fireworks will thus
not be permitted on the square or
within the area of one block sur
rounding the square.
DR. CULLEN GOOLSBY HEADS
MACON MEDICAL SOCIETY
Physicians from all parts of Mid
dle Georgia assembled in Macon
Wednesday morning for the annua]
meeting of the Sixth District Medi
cal Society which convened at Hotel
Dempsey.
On the eve of the meeting; Macon
physicians assembled and elected as
president of the Macon Medical Soci
ety of Bibb county, Dr. R. C. Gools
by, Jr., a popular former citizen of
Forsyth.
PHONE 61 AND 165 — QUALITY AND SERVICE
CITY GROCERY CO.
. Look Over These Good Prices
Good Every Day in the Week
Oranges only 1c Each
Large Apples, red and juicy, dozen .19
Juliette Meal, bushel $1.25
10 lb. bucket Pure Lard $1.39
Fancy Stuffed Olives, quart jar .45
24 lbs. Birdsey Best Flour, Plain or S. R. $ 1.09
No. 2 can Libby’s Bartlett Pears each .25
No. 2 can Del Monte Peaches each .25
No. 2 can Gold Bar Tiny Kernel Corn each .19
No. 1 can Gold Bar Apricots each .23
SELECT OYSTERS, Pint .35
Nice Fat Hens 25c lb. Friers 35c lb.
Better call early for a dozen cans of Delicious Gold
Bar Tiny Kernel Corn at the above price. Thanks
CITY GROCERY CO.
NUMBER FORTY-FOUR
ANNIE MAE WHITE
IS SENT TO AFRICA
YOUNG MISSIONARY SAILED ON
NOVEMBER 26 FOR BELGIAN
CONGO. WILL REQUIRE TWO
MONTHS TO COMPLETE TRIP.
After spending three months in
Belgium studying the language and
further preparing herself for her
work, Miss White has received an
appointment to Tunda, Belgian Con
go, /Africa. She sails November
26, reaching Matadi, her nearest
seaport, in about three weeks, then
goes up the Congo which will take
another three weeks, and thence by
hammock inland to Tunda, where
she will be stationed for the next
three years.
| Since it will take about two months
|to complete the journey, she will
I be unable to communicate with any
friends during that time but re
quests that they continue to write
her at her pew address in order that
she may receive? mail upon arrival
at her destination.
Miss White is very happy and en
thused oVer her new work but at
the same time realizes the enormity
of her undertaking and asks her
friends here to remember her in
prayer that Hie may be. able to ac
complish a great work among those
people. After acquiring a speak
ihg knowledge of the French lan
guage in Belgium in order to con
verse with the officials in Belgian
Congo she will then have to master'
the native dialect of her local tribes
so that she may work among them
most effectively.
Miss White writes that she is an
ticipating great pleasure sailing
up the Congo river Christmas and
sends Happy New Year" greetings to ■
her many friends at home. “Our
I Missionary” was delighted with the
। many courtesies shown her while in
, Belgium. She was given, among
! other things, trips to Holland, Eng
! land, and several adjoining countries.
SECRETARY GRIFFIN
DISTRICT W. M. S.
ENJOYABLE MEETING HELD BY
FORSYTH LIONS CLUB
The meeting of the Forsyth Lions
Club Friday night brought out a
good attendance and an enjoyable
program was rendered consisting of
readings by Miss Bevier Marsh, a
gifted graduate of Bessie Tift Col
lege.
A report was made by Mr. Chas.
Hollis to the effect that progress
was being made in the matter of se
curing a good agricultural agent for
Monroe county and that it was ex
pected that the negotiations would
be concluded within the following
week.
'^l
The following entertainment com
mittee was announced for December-:
Prof. R. B. piymale, Mr. Curtis Tuck
er, Mr. H. S. Worsham.