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County Officer L. S. Skelton Killed By Negro Desperado
Deputy Sheriff Britt
Brown Is Also Shot
By Lincoln Jackson
SLAYER ESCAPES INTO
’ DARKNESS FOLLOWING
horrible tragedy
Hundreds Search This Section of
State For Negro Murderer—
Is Dangerous Character
Special County Officer L. Snow
Skelton was killed almost instantly
and Deputy Sheriff A. Britt Brown
was shot in the left hand last Sunday
3 night about 8 o’clock by Lincoln
Jackson, a negro desperado living on
Mr. T. 0. Herndon’s place near the
Campground.
Mr. Skelton was shot twice, the
first load from the negro’s shotgun
taking off one or two of his fingers,
the second shot entering his neck.
He knew he had been mortally
wounded and called to those about
him to catch him. Mr. Herndon and
Mr. A. L. Parks had heard the shots
and came running to the negro house
u a few hundred yards from the resi
dence of Mr. Herndon on the Bethany
road.
Officer Brown’s left forefinger
was shot off and a few shot entered
his neck, it was stated. He was
knocked to the ground by the force
of the gun’s explosion.
The officers had been called to the
negro’s home by a message that he
(Jackson) was drunk and threaten
ing to kill his wife.
Reaching the house, Mr. Brown.ad
vanced from the front, searchlight in
> his left hand; just as he stepped to
’ the porch and pointing his flashlight
toward the front door he saw Jack
son with shotgun leveled. Dodging,
he threw up his left arm, the load
missing his head and taking off the
finger.
Shot As He Aided Brown
Officer Skelton, who had come up
from the rear, upon hearing the shot
and cry of Officer Brown, rushed
around the house, to Mr. Brown’s
side. He had a flashlight in his hand,
iw also, and as he threw it upon the
porch to locate the negro Jackson
shot him in the hand and then in the
neck. Mr. Skelton reeled backwards
and after speaking only a few words
lost consciousness. He died within a
few minutes.
The shots hit both searchlights,
tearing them to pieces.
Large Crowd Gathered
Several hundred people from all
over the county quickly gathered at
the scene of the tragedy and with
dogs gave chase. The murderer had
4 gained over an hour’s start, however,
I and posses have continued the search
night and day since in an effort to
locate him.
Dangerous Character.
Lincoln Jackson is reported a
dangerous character, and is said to
have carried his gun to the field with
him on the day preceding the killing.
He was said to have been in trouble
| before coming to Hart county and
"'as evidently expecting officers to
[W cmne after him. He was reported to
L” have shot two other men. He moved
to the county last February from
near Madison, Ga., Morgan county.
Skelton Fine Officer.
The tragedy has moved Hart
county as few incidents in her
history. Officer Skelton was one of
the most popular and efficient the
county has ever had.
Rewards aggregating $500.00 by
the county and State authorities have
been offered for the capture of the
| negro.
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r NEW BLANKS MUST BE
I FILLED OUT BY AUTO
I OWNERS FOR ’25 TAGS
Notices have been sent out from
the office of Secretary of State S.
Duyt McLendon, in Atlanta, instruct
mg automobile owners how to apply
" their 1925 license tags.
| A new system of application has
installed in the automobile tag
department for this year, and the
f an.-,s to be filled out by applicants
“ much simpler than those hitherto
-■ Owners are warned not to use
E a ■ '*-4 license blank for 1925 regis
'ation, as the old forms cannot be
■ accepted.
6 Application for the 1925 license
£ numbers should be made as soon as
BL Possible after December 15, 1924, in
’■•’’-er that the tags may be delivered
| for use beginning January 1,:
■ A'-5. No applications will be received j
■ O’ ;r to December 15.
t f “emittance of the correct amount;
I license may be made in postoffice I
I express money order or cashier’s ■
| When remitting by money or-
g the applicant is instructed to
I fv’ his money order receipt to show
E , -at he has applied for his 1925
■ license.
t , new f° rm of 1925 application
| ■ has been furnished to all li-
| . ' d automobile dealers in the state
B JyJ- to the sheriffs in every’ county,
i I they mav be procured upon ,
■ application.
Till: HARTWELL SUN.
Brown Is Chairman;
Baker Named Clerk
County Board Com.
The Board of County Commis
sioners last Monday afternoon. The
new organization is as follows:
A. N. P. Brown, chairman; P. P.
Gulley, F. C. Gaines, C. E. Williams,
L. H. Cobb..
John W. Baker, clerk of the
board.
The board represent the best citi
zenship of our county and no one
need have any fear that every in
terest, temporal and moral will not
be safe guarded.
D. C. Alford who has been chair
man for several years retires, carry
j ing with him the compliments of the
people generally.
L. H. Cobb the one chosen by the
Grand Jury’ to take the place of D.
C. Alford resigned is a man of con
siderable experience in the business
of the county, having served several
years ago on the board of commis
sioners.
A. N. P. Brown who has been
called back as chairman directed the
business policy of the county for
many years and is no untried man in
this important place. The county is
to be congratulated on having such
a Board of Commissioners.
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NEW FILLING STATION
WILL OPEN HERE SOON
Hartwell, will soon have another
modern filling station and service
depot for motorists, Mr. J. T. Hays
having leased the building on the cor
ner of Franklin and Carter streets
from Mr. P. D. Taylor, of Atlanta.
The building is being practically torn
away and replaced by a modern struc
ture, which will be ready within the
next thirty days, it is thought.
Mr. Hays says he will announce
through The Sun the opening day and
asks the motoring public to watch
for same.
PRETTY GIRLS WILL SELL
FORGET - ME - NOTS HERE
SATURDAY FOR VETS
Girls and women of Hartwell and
community will have another op
portunity to serve, as they did in the
stirring war-time days of 1917 and
1918, on Saturday, November Bth,
' when “Forget-Me-Not Day” is to be
observed in this city..
A call has been made to the young
ladies and women of this community
to assist the wounded and disabled
American World War veterans of the
city, in their preparations for “For
j get-Me-Not Day,” and also take an
I active part in the distribution of the
I little forget-me-not flowers on Satur
■ day, November Bth.
To the throngs of women of this
city, who served so valiantly and well,
during 1917 and 1918, this oppor
tunity to again serve; and to per
form a kindness for the boys who
were maimed fighting for their coun
| try only a few years back; it is be
, lieved that the coming observance of
! “Forget-Me-Not Day” will find a
ready response, possessed with the
genuine sentiment that prompted un
selfish and loyal devotion and pat
riotism during war days.
“Forget-Me-Not Day” brings with
it a reminder of the sacrifices and
hardships incurred by these brave
wounded and disabled heroes, most
of whom will carry with them
through the remainder of their days
on this earth, sufferings and scars
as remembrances of their bravery
and devotion to their flag and
country. Truly, a more appropriate
name could not be given to this “Day
of Days” for America’s maimed
World War Veterans, than “Forget-
Me-Not Day.”
The following young ladies will
sell the “Forget-Me-Nots” on Satur
day, Nov. 8:
Misses Marie Pursley, Dorothy Lin-
I der, Oliva Bolton, Lou Reta Barton,
Madera Skelton, Eloise Temples,
Myra McCurry, Margaret Vickery,
Frances Hodges, Helen Brown, Mary
Matheson, Mildred Johnson, Annie
Grace Skelton, Evelyn Burns.
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• AIR LINE
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Everybody is about done picking |
cotton and are busy digging potatoes I
and gathering corn.
A lot of people from this com
munitv went to Hartwell Tuesday
night to see the Klan parade and |
heard an interesting address. [
Mr. and Mrs. John Clark and i
children spent Sunday with Mr. and I
Mrs. Warren Winn near Bowman. j
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Phillip, Mr. I
and Mrs. Reenes Phillip and children, !
of near Royston, spent Sunday with
the families of Messrs. G. T. Wimer ;
and P. D. Bray.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Whitworth, of |
Hartwell, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Bray.
The Hallowe-en party at this place I
Friday night was well attended, tne
proceeds will be used for the benefit
of the school.
Mr. and Mrs. John Clark and little
daughter Doris, will spend the week
end in Canton, N. C.. with Mrs. Clark |
sister, Mrs. Bessie Sanders.
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1924
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* JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS
SAYS— *
* “What human institution is *
* there from whence more services *
* and greater services flow in a *
* constant and increasing stream *
* than the Red Cross?
* “Is there yellow fever in your *
* town, a hurricane at your doors, *
* a flood in your fields? Who *
* comes so quickly as the Red *
* Cross. Is the flood in China? *
* Or the epidemic in Russia? Or *
* is it an earthquake in the West *
* Indies or South America, or is *
* it a volcano in Alaska, Japan, *
* or Italy? Even the sufferers in *
* those far off countries are not *
* beyond the reach of the merciful *
* arms of the Red Cross.” Thus *
* has John Sharp Williams voiced *
* the spirit and purpose of the *
* great Red Cross organization. *
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Brown Improving
Deputy Sheriff Britt Brown was
able to be out again Tuesday fol
lowing the tragic incident of Sunday
night when Officer Snow Skelton
was killed when he and Mr. Brown
went to the home of Lincoln. Jackson,
negro, near the Hartwell Camp
ground.
Although still weak from the
severe shock and from the loss of his
finger, Deputy Brown is giving val
uable aid to the searching parties who
are exerting every effort to locate
the desperado.
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KIWANIANS HEAR GOOD
TALKS ON CONSTITUTION
The Constitution of the United
States, as the subject and two active
Kiwanians, Rev. W. A. Duncan and
Rev. J. 11. Barton as speakers, made
up the most important item on last
Friday’s program for the regular
meeting, and altogether proved one
of the most interesting and helpful
programs the Hartwell club has ever
put on.
A number of visitors were present,
among them Rev. James P. Mangle
burg, of Athens; Mr. Rhett Nowell,
I of Winder; Mr. J. W. Copper and Mr.
G. J. Davis, both of Atlanta, and Mr.
Dana Blackmon, Jr., of Columbus, all
of whom made short talks to the
Club.
Kiwanian W. H. Bingham an
nounced to the members that the Hart
County Fair had paid out without
one penny’s deficit, which was grati
fying as the club members had guar
anteed the association against any
loss.
A warm welcome was given Ki
wanian “Daddy” Foster C. Brown
back home from Mountain City,
Tenn., where he had been for several
weeks with his wife and young son.
Miss Mildred Johnson presided at
the piano during the interesting
session.
GEORGIA RAILWAY CURRENT
PUT TO MANY USES
The Hart County Telephone Co.
has recently installed a modern ring
ing machine for ringing country
lines. You may not have electric
lights in your homes but the Tallu
lah Falls Power Plant now nhgs all
the phones out in the country.
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The surprising part about a sur
prise party is the fact that the sur
prised partly is seldom surprised.
HART’S VOTE IN ELECTION NOV. 4
CANDIDATE
For President
JNO. W. DAVIS, Dem. 14241 17 41 24 28! 29 63 21 647
CALVIN COOLIDGE, Rep |l7 19 8 19 4 8 75
ROBT. M. LaFOLLETTE, Prog 105 j 29 3 11 20 7 4 16 195
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A PROCLAMATION
Wheras, the President of the United States and the
Governor of Georgia have issued proclamations setting apart
Saturday’, Nov. Bth as “Forget-Me-Not” Day, which has
heretofore been observed annually throughout the United
States; and, whereas, funds raised on this day are to be
used for supplying the needs of the men disabled in the
World War and their dependents (the ones qualified to re
ceive aid being designated by the government authorities,
first consideration being given to men who are in hospitals
in the state, and their dependents next), —
I, therefore, urge the people to the observance of the
day and ask that they respond liberally to this fund.
This November 3rd, 1924.
A. S. RICHARDSON, Mayor,
Hartwell, Ga.
HEAVY REWARD
FOR SKELTON
SLAYER
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* JACKSON STILL AT LARGE *
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-* Posses following many trails *
* had not located Lincoln Jackson *
* before The Sun went to press. *
* It is believed that his capture *
* will be effected, however, right *
* away. City and county officials *
* in several States are watching *
* for him.
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Governor Walker has offered a
reward of $250 and Hart county
$250, a total of SSOO for the capture
of Lincoln Jackson, col., slayer of
Hart County Officer L. S. Skelton.
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The following message was sent to
Governor early Monday morning by
D. C. Alford, Chairman Hart County
Commissioners:
To His Excellency Honorable Clif
ford Walker, Governor Georgia, At
lanta, Ga.
Lincoln Jackson colored about
thirty four years old murdered L. S.
Skelton county policeman and seri
ously wounded A. B. Brown, deputy
sheriff last night. Commissioners of
Hart County will offer $250 reward.
Please supplement reward. The negro
may be trying to get to Putnam
county where he came from.
D. C. ALFORD,
Chairman Hart Co. Commissioners.
COOLIDGE
ELECTED
President Calvin Coolidge was re
elected to the presidency in the gen
eral election Tuesday, and Charles
G. Dawes was elected Vice President,
Late returns gave Coolidge and
Dawes a good margin of votes in the
electoral college, some 30 to 40 more
than the necessary 266.
The almost solid vote in the South
for John W. Davis and Chas. W.
Bryan, Democratic candidates, was
not enough to overcome the lead by
the Republicans in the West and
North.
In Hart county Davis received 647
votes; Coolidge 75 and LaFoliette
195.
Georgia gave Davis a large ma
jority vote.
WILSON RWY. FOREMAN
Mr. John S. Wilson has been
named maintenance foreman for the
Hartwell Railway, a position that he
held for a number of years. Mr.
Wilson is familiar with the trestle
work and otherwise very ably equip
ped to handle the work on this line.
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Cotton Market
The cotton market showed a slight
advance Wednesday morning, follow
ing the national election of Tuesday.
Hartwell buyers are offering a
good market for the fleecy staple,
and the receipts are far ahead of
last year here.
1112, Town
1113, Rays
1 1114, Smiths
1115, Reed Creek
1116th, Halls
1117, Shoal Creek
1118, McCurrys (
1119, Alford>
TOTAL
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ARMISTICE DAY TO BE OBSERVED
TUESDAY IN SPLENDID PROGRAM
Big Gaines Here
Football fans in Hartwell and Hart
county, of whom there are an abund
ance, are looking forward to two
games in the local field this week, —
the first being scheduled for Friday
afternoon between Hartwell and La
vonia, two old-time antagonists, who
have “Fit, bled and died” many a
time here and in our neighboring city
over various events. Hour 3 o’clock.
It will take no advertising to guar
antee a full crowd for that game.
On Saturday afternoon at o’clock i
the Clemson (S. C.) College “Re-’
serves” and the Dahlonega “Aggies”
will bring their crack teams to Hart
well for one of their biggest games.
Besides the local fans there will be
attendants from both Clemson and
Dahlonega, and the game promises
to be one of great importance.
RED CROSS ANNUAL ROLL CALL TO
RECEIVE HEARTY RESPONSE HERE
j “If this community were wiped
i out tonight by a fire, tornado, or any
other disaster, a telegram to Red
Cross headquarters would bring ade
quate assistance within a few hours”
Mr. A. N. P. Brown stated in com
menting on the annual report of
disaster relief work of the Red Cross,
I recently made public.
“It is hard to picture a happy,
prosperous community such as ours
laid waste, and hundreds of our men,
women and children made homeless.
i However, this has been the fate of
24 communities in the South this
| year.”
It is stated that 15 disasters in the
. j South affecting 24 communities have
required assistance from the Ameri
j i can Red Cross during the fiscal year
, I ending June 30th.
To relieve suffering, shelter the
homeless, and place each family on a
j ' self-supporting basis, the Red Cross
has administered a total relief fund
’ of approximately $157,717.00.
“Disaster relief work,” he stated,
' “is one of the activities conducted by
; the National American Red Cross
which is made possible through the
, I 50c from every membership which
I is sent to National headquarters.”
I The rest of the money derived from
the members which the local Red
Cross Chapter hopes to procure in
its annual drive which opens next
Munday i kept by the local Chapter
to carry on its work in this communi
i ty - .
“From a $25.00 membership there
, fore, $24.50 remains in the local
Chapter’s treasury and 50c goes to
’ the National work of the Red Cross.
Likewise, from a SIO.OO member
ship, $9.50 remains here; from a
$5.00 membership, $4.50 remains
here; and from a SI.OO membership
50c is kept locally and 50c used in
the National work,” Mr. Brown said.
In addition to the disaster relief
work, the National organization also
maintains trained hospital social ser
vice workers in the various govern
ment hospitals where thousands of
world war veterans are confined,
many of whom will never recover
from injuries sustained while in the
service.
Figures recently compiled at Red
Cross headquarters, Mr. Brown said,
show that almost twice as much
money has been administered by the I
Red Cross irj the South this year on j
disaster relief work alone as was re-'
ceived by the national organization i
from the total membership last year.
Over $3,000.00 has been spent by
the Red Cross in Hart county this
year.
Chapter Chairman I. J. Phillips,
! Sr., has also appointed the following
; leading citizens among the colored
people to solicit their aid during the
drive:
Rev. H. E. Fortson, Chmn.; Prof.
Geo. E. Archibald, Rev. W. H. Berry
and Rev. J. H. Bailey.
Calls Church To Help.
The committee especially urges
that every minister in Hartwell and
the county call attention to the Red
Cross campaign in their sermons next
iSunday.
Junior Red Cross
Miss Berta Brown is Chairman and
Miss Lil Johnson Assistant for the
Junior Red Cross campaign.
The Various Committees
Town District—(lnside City).
Mrs. Amanda McMullan, Chmn.
Benson street—Mrs. T. S. Mason,
Mrs. W. L. Murrow.
E. Franklin street—Mrs. I. J.
Phillips, Jr., Mrs. T. R. Gaines.
Business section—-Mrs. Nimqui
Smith, Mrs. Roscoe C. Linder.
Athens street—Mrs. O. Y. Me-’
Lees, Mrs. H. W. Bingham.
College ave., Johnson street—Mrs.
M. L. Brown, Mrs. Jim A. Thornton. \
Forest ave.—Mrs. A. N. P. Brown,
Mrs. B. C. Alford.
Elbert street—Miss Inez Brad-1
berry, Mrs. A. S. Johnson.
Carolina street, Vickery street— I
Mrs. S. R. Patton, Mrs. J. W. Morris.
W. Howell Mrs. W. G. Hodges,
Mrs. Grace Hailey.
E. Howell—Mrs. Montine Skelton,
Mrs. Hoyt Phillips.
W. Franklin—Mrs. J. H. Barton, j
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Appropriate exercises in the Hart
county court house will mai k the
celebration here next Tuesday, No
vember 11th, of Armistice Day.
All the stores and business places
in Hartwell have agreed to close
from 11 urttil 12 o’clock Tuesday
morning in honor of the occasion, the
program to begin promptly at eleven,
being put on under auspices of the
Hart County Post of the American
Legion.
Assembling at 11 in the Court
House, the following program will be
given:
Invocation —Rev. J. H. Barton,
Post Chaplain.
Armistice Ceremonial—Four Le
gionnaires.
Address U. 1). C. representative.
Address —Mrs. J. 11. Skelton, Sr.,
representing 1). A. R’s.
Armistice Day Address— Rev. W.
A. Duncan.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the exercises.
7'W'O GINS DAMAGED
Fire damaged two of Hart county's
' gins last Wednesday, the Nuberg gin
I and the L. 11. Cobb gin, known as the
' Cash gin formerly.
At Nuberg the loss was confined
to damage to the engine, a fine oil
burning outfit, which will aggregate
I SI,OOO to $1,500.
The Cobb Gin Co’s outfit was dam
■ aged to about the same extent, it was
j thought.
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COTTON ASSOCIATION IS
HAVING A GOOD YEAR
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. s.—According
to announcement made here Satur
day, the Georgia Cotton Growers Co
operative Association had received
75,552 bales of cotton up to date
from its members scattered through
out the state and on this amount of
cotton had advanced $5,050,575.35.
The total receipts for 1923 were
only 70,000 bales and the officials
of the co-operative are optimistic be
cause of the increas ed delivery of the
members during this fall.
In giving out a statement on the
work of the cotton co-operative Pres
ident J. E. Conwell stated that a
large number of new contracts had
been signed up by growers during the
months of September and October
and that the largest individual de
livery made to date was mady by J.
i 11. Dorminy of Fitzgerald who de-
I livered 4(13 Vales of cotton. The
! second largest has been made by W.
M. Sutton of Clay County, who has
delivered 407 bales while th third
largest is J. A. Wilson of Bulloch
1 County, who has delivered 392 bales
of cotton.
Bulloch is leading all counties in
counties in cotton delivery, with Car
roll second and Laurens third.
The Association is getting from
I, to 2,000 bales per day and it
will be some weeks before the de
livery season is over, based on the
record of the co-operative for the
past years.
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Nothing pleases a stingy man more
than to hear himself spoken of as
being charitably inclined.
Mrs. Leon Morris.
Town District (Outside City Limits)
D. M. Shiflet Chmn.
I*. I’. Gurley.
Albert Morris.
T. M. Myers.
J. D. Cleveland.
Raya District.
W. F. Bond, Chmn.
L. A. Pruitt.
W. M. Bryan.
Alverata Seymore.
A. C. Brown.
Hall'a Diatrict.
Mrs. IL M. Cheek, Chtnn.
Mrs. Dallas Fisher.
Mrs. L. H. Ridgeway.
Mrs. A. M. Pruitt.
Mrs. J. R. Ridgeway.
Alford’a Diatrict.
J. W. Brock, Chmn.
W. IL Hembree.
J. P. Herring.
Riley Cheek.
Smith’s Diatrict.
Mrs. L. L. McMullan, Chmn.
H. H. Mattox.
C. W. Rice.
T. B. Thornton.
Earley Gaines.
Shoal Creek
R. L. B. Shirley, Chmn.
T. B. Whitworth.
Rev. A. T. Campbell.
Reed Creek
P. H. Holland, Chmn.
T. N. Madden.
J. D. Byrum.
Prof. H. L. Frye.
W. C. Robertson.
McCurry’a Diatrict
M. M. Norman, Chmn.
M. J. Warren.
Mrs. Vandiver Duncan.
Miss Susie White.
Joe Johnson.
J. A. J. Teasley.
J. H. Warren.
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