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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. i 1 <JL 4*^ j | m The compliments of the sea son to our friends and pa ij trons. May every needed i blessing be yours. THE - MONROE ? ADVERTISER a* *■ —K.» . I u.« v v WANTS TO RETURK n 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. I 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. ¥ 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.