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The Monroe Advertiser
VOLUME SEVENTY-SIX
TO WHOM IT
MAY CONCERN
This is to certify that the
Farmers Bank of Forsyth,
Ga., or R. T. Persons ever
made any demand of E. S.
Tucker for a payment of his
account.
To the contrary, he was
his friend from the begin
ning to the end. He set him
up in business without him
furnishing a single penny
capital. He helped him to
operate the business and on
the last day of Mr. E. S.
Tucker’s life he was assured
by R. T. Persons that he
would pay what money that
was demanded of him by
other creditors. We know
this to be true because of
the fact that he made this
statement to his brother, C.
L. Tucker.
This statement is made in
a spirit of fairness and we
want the public to know the
truth and the whole truth,
and we know that the Farm
ers Bank and R. T. Persons
have always loaned Mr.
Tucker money every time
he asked for it and never
denied him.
In passing, we want to
state that all the pall-bear
ers were not selected by
members of the family and
we are stating this for the
reason we want the public
to know that our choice
would have included the
Persons.
Mrs. E. S. Tucker.
C. L. Tucker.
Summoned to the scene of a car
crash, Dr. W. G. Atwood, of Los An
geles, in turning over the body dis
covered it was his own son.
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The compliments of the sea
son to our friends and pa
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STATE PRE FARM
Emanuel Carter, reluctantly ft
the state penitentiary. The negro
was sentenced to the state prison
farm five years ago for robbing
a box car. Investigation on the part
of railroad detectives resulted in two
other indictments against him for
car breaking and the sheriff of Bryan
county was waiting for him at the
prison gate.
Carter regarded the prison farm
as his rightful home and protested
vigorously against having to leave.
While in prison he became crippled
by a stroke of paralysis and was as
signed the duty of caring for the
puppies and took much interest in
them.
The superintendent at the prison
at Carter’s request wrote a letter to
the Judge of Bryan superior court
explaining the circumstances and
stating that the old negro, as a spec
ial favor, wanted to be given the
limit of the law on each indictment
and returned to the farm. If the
judge grants the request he should
go back soon after Christmas with
about 20 more years to serve and to
watch more generations of puppies
grow into track dogs.
FORSYTH POSTOFFICE DOES
FINE CHRISTMAS BUSINESS
Business has been up to normal
at the Forsyth postoffice this year,
the total being possibly a few dol
lars less than last year. The R. F.
D. patronage has been better than
usual, according to information re
ceived from the postoffice.
GEORGIA LEADS IN FORESTS
According to figures just issued
from federal sources Georgia has
23,100,000 acres of timberland or
potential timberland, the greatest
timbered area of any state in the
union. Florida is a close second with
22,900,000 acres and Alabama third
with 22,386,000 acres. North Car
olina has 20,568,000, Arkansas has
22,000,000, Mississippi 19,500,000
Louisiana 15,000,000, Virginia 14,-
005,000, Texas 15,657,000, Ten
nessee 10,430,000, Oklahoma 12,-
388,000 and Kentucky 9,000,000
acres.
These twelve southern states have
208,934,000 acres of forest land
which is a little more than half of
the timberland of the entire United
States, the total given in the Unit
ed States Foresters report being
416,761,000 acres.
The Great American Desert gets
plenty of rain in July and August,
but it lacks rainfall at the important
spring growing season.
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 25, 1930.
GEORGIA’S FINANCIAL
CONDITION PRAISED
CONGRESSMAN SAM RUTHER
FORD SAYS STATE IS IN BET
TER SHAPE THAN INDUSTRI
AL CENTERS OF COUNTRY.
The Macon Evening News carried
the following interview with Con
gressman Sam Rutherford:
Georgia is in better condition eco
nomically than the industrial centers
of the north and east, according to
Congressman Sam Ruhterford, of
the sixth district, who was in Macon
Monday, coming down from his
home in Forsyth for the day. He
came from Washigton last Friday to
be present at the marriage of his
laughter, and also to spend the hol
days at home.
“The seed and fertiilzer loans
made by the government to Georgia
farmers have been paid back to the
extent of 91 per cent with the year
not ended,” Mr. Rutherford said.
“This is a remarkable showing and
one on which senators and congress
man have commented as being an
indication of a large degree of pros
perity.”
He told of the legislation enacted
duringi the month of December to
help the country from an employ
ment standpoint. Georgia’s addi
tional million and a half dollars for
road construction should speed up the
work in the state, he said. The
state has a period of five years in
which to match the fund advanced
by the government.
There will be 45 million dallars for
seed, feed for stock, and fertiliz
er available for the farmers of the
1 country during the, coming year,
and 80 million dallars for road con
struction.
Mr. Rutherford announced the ap
pointment of W. Parvin Mobley,
Mercer university graduate in both
A. B. and law courses, as his secre
tary. He succeeds the daughter
of Mr. Rutherford, who is now
Mrs. John Y. Roberts of Macon.
“In Mr. Mobley I believe I have
an excellent secretary, particularly
from the standpoint of law interpre
tation, since his law knowledge will
make him an able assistant in vet
eran’s work,” Mr. Rutherford said.
The sixth district congressman
will return -January 2 to Washington
He will be present at the opening
of the session, January 5.
STRICT OBSERVANCE LODGE
ELECTS OFFICERS FOR YEAR
At a meeting of the Strict Observ
ance Lodge No. 18, F. & A. M.
held December 18, the following
officers were elected for the ensu
ing year: A. W. Bramblett, worship
ful master; E. W. Banks, senior
warden; H. D. Warnock, junior war
den; B. U. Rumble, treasurer;
J. P. Carson, secretary; A. H.
Searcy, senior deacon; George S.
Goodwyne, junior deacon; Lee
King, senior steward; Ashley
Phinazee, junior steward; A. A.
Pritchett, tyler; T. C. Gibson,
chaplain.
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GOVERNMENT COTTON CROP
SHOWS ADDITIONAL INCREASE
The report of cotton ginned in
Monroe eounty prior to December 13,
1930, as submitted by H. D. Fincher,
agent, gives a total of 4,614 bales
for Monroe county as compared with
3,553 bales to the same date last
year.
FORSYTH BANKS WILL
TAKE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
The four banks in Forsyth will be
closed Thursday and Friday in ob
servance of the Christmas holidays.
The other business houses of For
syth will be closed Thursday. •
The number of births in the Unit
ed States last year fell off 78,000 as
compared with 1928.
FORSYTH SHOCKED
BY TRAGIC DEATH
MAYOR E. S. TUCKER, PROMI
NENT BUSINESS MAN AND
POPULAR CITIZEN, TAKES HIS
LIFE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
A death which brought sorrow to
a host of friends throughout this and
other counties, was that of E. S.
Tucker, Mayor of Forsyth, Ford
Agent, and one of the best known
and loved men in Monroe county.
Mr. Tucker, who was 41 years of
age, shot and killed himself in the
bookkeeper’s office of his place of
business Saturday afternoon about
3:30 o’clock. The body was found
with a bullet clear through his head,
by a brother and employes of Mr.
Tucker, who arrived shortly after
the tragedy. The pistol was at the
side of the body.
Officers stated that Mr. Tucker
had been worried over financial mat
ters for some time. Creditors were
pushing him, they were informed,
furnishing the motive for the act. He
left no note of explanation.
All of the employes had stepped
out of the place for a few minutes
and Mr. Tucker left his office and
obtained the pistol from the acces
sories’ department, then entered the
bookkeepers’ office to fire the shot,
officers said their investigation dis
closed.
A boy standing in front of the
place heard an explosion. He thought
it was a fire-cracker, he told police,
and paid no attention to it. He said
that he had observed Mr. Tucker
moving from one department to the
other just before the shooting.
Mr. Tucker had been elected twice
mayor of Forsyth, each time
without opposition. He was complet
ng his first term and was to
begin his second term the first of
the year.
Mr. Tucker was an active worker
in all civic organizations here and
was a foimer president of the Lions
club. He also was district deputy
of Lions International.
He was widely known throughout
Middle Georgia. He came to Forsyth
about 15 years ago and took charge
of the Ford agency here, operating
as E. S. Tucker, Incorporated.
He is survived by his wife, for
merly Miss Minnie Wall, of Macon,
one daughter, Nell; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Tucker, of By
ron Ga; three brothers, C. D.
Tucker, of Byron; Allen Tucker,
of Macon, and Curtis Tucker, of
Forsyth.
According to the Sunday Tele
graph; H. K. Burns, of the Macon
Finance company, was probably the
last person to talk with Mr. Tucker.
Mr. Tucker had been in financial
difficulty for some time and is said
to have remarked about two weeks
ago that if he could not get in bet
ter shape he would “end it all.” .
Mr. Burns said last night that he
had known Mr. Tucker for years and
with J. Ellsworth Hall, of Macon,
thought that they had worked out
a plan whereby Mr. Tucker could
meet obligations to another party.
The Macon man said last night
that Mr. Tucker was not so badly in
volved but that he could have work
ed out.
Yesterday Mr. Tucker telephoned
to Mr. Burns to meet him in Forsyth.
Mr. Burns went.
Much to the surprise of the Macon
man, Mr. Tucker announced that
he had made other arrangements and
had decided not to follow the plan
that had been suggested to him.
“He appeared in good spirits,”
said Mr. Burns. “I had offered to
help him, but he said that other ar
rangements had been made.”
The funeral was conducted in
the First Baptist church Sunday af
ternoon at 2:00 o’clock, Rev. H, D.
Warnock officiating. The attend
ance at the funeral was probably the
'argest of any ever held in Forsyth,
the large auditorium of the church
being filled to its capacity.
Members of city council and oth
er city and county officials served
as honorary pallbearers.
The active pallbearers were: Dr.
J. O. Elrod, E. W. Banks, C. D.
Hollis, W. H. Newton, R. L. Williams,
and H. S. Worsham.
After the funeral service the body
was taken to Riverside cemetery in
Macon for burial. At the city limits
of Macon a cordon of police met the
mile-long procession and formed an
escort to the cemetery. There
scores of friends who had not attend
the funeral witnessed the burial.
Funeral arrangements were in
charge of the Bramblett Funeral
Home.
A. J. COX PASSES AWAY
ON DECEMBER 17
Mr. A. J. Cox, a well known and
popular farmer of Monroe county,
passed away at his home on Decem
ber 17. He was 62 years of age and
had been in feeble health for two
years, but was seriously sick for
only three weeks before his death.
Mr. Cox was born in Lawrenceville,
Gwinnett county, and spent a part
of his life at Cartersville, but had
been a citizen of Monroe County
since 1914. He was the eldest of
fourteen children, all of whom lived
to maturity. He had been married
twice, his first wife, Rebecca Al
len Cox, having passed away in
April, 1905. Os this union two
children were born, Miss Rebecca
and Albert Cox. In 1910 he mar
ried Mrs. R. E. Cason, widow of
Dr. R. E. Cason, a former Carters
ville dentist.
Mr. Cox is survived by his widow;
two children, Miss Rebecca and Mr.
Albert Cox of Monroe county and by
five brothers and three sisters. The
remains were taken to the old Cox
home in Cartersville for funeral and
interment Friday. Mr. Cox was a
member of the Missionary Baptist
church and of the Masonic frater
nity and was buried with Msonic
honors, the funeral being conducted
by Rev. Guy Atkinson, pastor of
he First Baptist church of Car
tersville, of which Mr. Cox was a
former member.
CHRISTMAS MUSICAL PROGRAM
RENDERED SUNDAY NIGHT
An excellent program of Christ
mas music was rendered at the
First Baptist church Sunday night.
The program was under the direc
tion of Mrs. C. F. Heard, organist
of the church, who had arranged
a happy combination of the vocal
talent of Forsyth. Songs which
featured the spiritual sentiment of
Christmas delighted the large audi
ence. It was a union service and
the pastors of the Baptist, Methodist
a®d Presbyterian churches took part
in the program.
WE ARE REMEMBERING
OUR PATRONS
With Best Wishes for Christmas
And 1931
May the season bring you more joy
than you anticipated and may the
New Year bring you more blessings
than you have hoped for.
With this expression, we send also
our thanks for all favors of the p&#t.
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CITY GROCERY \
NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN
MAYOR’S ELECTION
TO BE CALLED IN 1931
MAYOR PRO TEM WILL SERVE
UNTIL NEW ALDERMANIC
BODY TAKES OFFICE, WHEN
ELECTION WILL BE CALLED
The death of Mayor E. S. Tucker
has made it necessary for the city
council to consider the matter of
calling a special election for the
purpose of filling the vacancy. It
has been decided that it would be
more in accordance with the legal
requirements to call the election af
ter the regular term of the mayor
has expired. The mayor pro tern, O.
T. McComon, will serve as mayor
until the first meeting of the coun
cil in January and th ecall for the
special election will be issued at that
time.
It is probable that there will be
several candidates for the office of
mayor. Prominent citizens who are
now being mentioned for the place
are C. F. Heard, Geo. W. Newton,
B. S. Willingham and A. M. Zellner.
ATTORNEY A. M. ZELLNER
ANNOUNCES FOR MAYOR
Col. A. M. Zellner, prominent law
yer and popular citizen of Forsyth,
makes announcement in this issue of
his candidacy for mayor. Col. Zell
ner has served several terms as may
or and has during his terms of office
I given the city faithful and efficient
। service. He has many friends who
will be glad of this opportunity to
vote for him again.
CEMETERY IN FORSYTH
ALREADY HAS A NAME
The suggestion recently made that
a name be chosen for the cemetery
in Forsyth, has brought to light the
fact that the cemetery was named
! many years ago, the name chosen
I being “Oakland.” Since the matter
has thus been brought afresh to the
minds of the people, steps should
be taken to make the name receive
its proper recognition.
FOR MAYOR
To the Voters and Citizens of For
syth: I hereby announce myself for
। the office of Mayor of Forsyth to fill
that term, 1931, to which our late
■ lamented Mayor, deceased, had been
■ (dected. If elected, I promise to do
my best with the help of other offi
cials and employees of the city and
with the co-operation of all the citi
zens of Forsyth to the end that we
may prosper and that the tax burden
be made lighter.
I Wishing everybody a Merry, Hap
py and Joyous Christmas, I am
Yours truly,
A. M. ZELLNER.
