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MURDER BRINGS
QUICK SENTENCE
Slayer Hears Fatal Ver
dict In Less Than
Week
GRIFFIN, Sept. 18. Jack L.I
Kelloy was found guilty of murder
in the first degree with no recom
mendation to mercy by a jury in the
Spalding county Superior court at
10:45 o’clock last night and was sen
tenced to be hanged a few minutes
later by Judge Searcy, presiding, on I
October 29, between the hours of I
10:30 o’clock a. m. and 2:30 o’clock I
p. m.
Kelloy was on trial for the murder
of Leßoy Trexler, Atlanta taxicab
driver, near this city last Friday. He
was captured in Macon the follow
ing day and placed in the Bibb coun
ty jail for safe keeping. On Wed
nesday he was indicted by Spald
ing county grand jury and yester
day placed on trial for his life.
The jury was given the case at
9:30 o’clock and forty-five minutes
later a verdict was reached. More
than 500 spectators heard the ver
dict.
Switch Tampered With
Wreck Barely Averted
COLUMBUS, Sept. 18.—Delib
erately locking the switch on the
Central # of Georgia tracks to the side
tracks, located near the Meritas mills,
some party or parities Thursday
t ight caused the Atlanta train,
No. 18, to rush into the spur tracks
of the mills after Engineer H. H.
Thompson, 1307 Fourth avenue, had
applied the breaks, probably saving
many lives of his passegers by reduc
ing the speed, but himself meeting
with painful injuries when he jump
ed from his cab a few seconds later.
Fireman G. W. Gordon, also of Co
lumbus was bruised in a jump from
the engine.
That the switch was deliberately
tampered with for the purpose of
causing the wreck, was the statement
of Superintendent C. Baldwin.
About 40 pounds of grease cdn be
obtained from about 100 pounds of
raw material.
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Many Georgia Towns Follow
Americus In Community Work
Macon, Columbus, Dublin, Cordele, Fitzgerald.
Waycross, Milledgeville and Moultrie Have
Demor'^^va* Going
Reports received yesterday from a
community service representative
now in this city indicate that a num
ber of Georgia towns are following
the example of Americus in estab
lishing community service work.
There are few cities in this state,
however, that have provided as fine
a community house as Americus en
joys.
Word has just been received here
that a group of leading citizens in
Macon have invited Community Ser
vice, Inc., to send a representative
there to demonstrate a program of
recreation and community. activity
such as was given here by Waldo H.
Sherman. A temporary committee
appointed in Macon has as its chair
man F. Roger Miller, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce. Other
members of the committee are the
president of the City Federation of
Woman’s Clubs, the head of the wo
man’s auxiliary of the Chamber of
Commerce, the scout executive and
the playground supervisor. A prom
inent banker, who is head of the
Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Frank F.
Jones, president of Rotary in Macon,
and a leading insurance man are
among the advocates of community
service in that city. ,
In Columbus the communitv ser
vice program includes two clubs for
service men, an industrial recreation
center and two playgrounds. The
community is interesting itself in a
comprehensive plan for recreation
among the mill workers of Columbus.
In Gainesville, a community ser
vice association has been started and
a membership campaign is under way.
The neighborhood units are working
well together. Just as in Americus,
the neighborhood baseball teams pro
vided interesting contests on the dai
mond of the community house
grounds. Gainesville has a twilight
baseball league. A nine composed of
doctors has been playing a lawyers’
team, while the other professions and
industries have been pitted against
each other.
Tn Atlanta the industrial baseball
league, established bv community j
service has been active. In Grfiffin '•
community service has established j
four playgrounds, an equal number )
of neighborhood organizations and ■
two clubs for girls in the cotton mills I
as well as a business men’s gymnas- I
ium league, and a story-tellinfi and
motion-picture at the library for ,
the benefit of the children.
In Thomasville, community ser
vise has been working for a short
time. Mr. Sherman, who organized
the work in Americus, is in charge
of the program there.
Tlhe following cities in Georgia, ;
in addition to Macon, will have a
demonstration of community service:
Dublin, Milledgeville. Waycross, Cor- ;
dele, Fitzgerald and Boultrie. Word )
has just come from New’ York that
John E. Mitchell is now in charge of '
work in Dublin; Leo L. Eddy, ini
Milledgeville, and R. C: Stearnes, in
Cordele. A. L. Lincoln will be in :
charge in Fitzgerald. Organizers are
-yet to be sent to Macon and Moul
tries.
Community service is active in a
number of Southern cities, aotably in
Columbia and Spartanburg. S. C., in
Richmond and Portsmouth. Va.. in
Wilmington, Del., and in Pensacola,
Fla. There are some of the South
ern communities that are interesting
themselves in the same kind of work
as Americus is carrying on.
Shiloh Parent-Teacher
Association Is Formed
A number of patrons and friends
of the Shiloh school, near Americus,
met Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock j
where a Parent-Teach association'
was organized, adopting for their’
motto “we help one another.” The
following program which was a sam
ple of the every-day school work,’
was rendered by the school for the
entertainment of those present:
Song, Battle Hymn of the Repub
lic—by school; Reading, 23rd Psalm
—Primary Grades; Reading selec-i
tion, Lanier’s Ballad of the Trees
and the Master—Sixth Grade; Dra-[
matization, “The Three Billy Goat
Gruffs—By Third Grade;Piano Duet,
Mary Lee and Mildred Daniel; Con
cert Reading, The Bird and the Ba- ’
by—Second Grade; Acrostic, Swat'
the Fly—Fifth Grade; Composition,
The Early Indians of Georgia—Roy i
Sieg; Song, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp—
Boys of School.
At the close of the program a busi
ness session was held in which Miss
Ruth Chappell presided. The pur
pose of the organization and its
aims were discussed by the mem
bers of the faculty and patrons. The
following officers were elected for)
the year:
President, Mrs. W. W. Wilson:
vice-president; sMrs.. J. C. Sellers;
secretary, Mrs. Jas. R. Pilcher; treas
urer, Mrs. J. R. Pilcher. The meet
ings will be held at the school ev
ery second Friday afternoon and
fourth Friday evening and all .inter
ested in the welfare of the school
and community are urged to enlist
with us.
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Gets Verdict For Sprin
kle of Dirt Shoveled
On Her
ELBERTON, Sept. 18.—Mrs. M.
C. Gloer, of Elberton, has just re
covered a verdict of $2,000 against
the Southern Railway company, in
Elbert Superior court, in an unusual
case. Mrs. Gloer alleges that she
had a flower pit dug in her front
yard in the city of Bowman and the
railroad claimed that it was on its
right of way and notified her that it
would be filled in by the section
gang.
When they arrived to fill it Mrs.
i Gloer, who is a daughter of the late
Rev. Isham H. Goss, many years ago
one of the leading Baptist ministers
of Georgia, took her thair and sat
■in the pit daring the gang to fill it.
1 A little dirt was shoveled in the pit,
I but when the road crew saw that the
! lady was intent on defending the pit
they desisted. She sued for $lO,-
000 damage and won the $2,000 ver
dict.
ANDERSONVILLE
ANDERSONVILLE, Sept. 18.—
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Holloway are
being cordially welcomed home after
several months spent in Atlanta.
Alex Slappey was a visitor to Am
ericus Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Williams, of
Americus, were the recent guests of
Mrs. Emma Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Toombs Thomasson,
lof LaGrange, spent the past week
with Dr. and Mrs. Thomasson.
Miss Minnie Reid is spending the
w’eek-end in Ellaville.
Mr and Mrs. Cliff Baggett and
I son of Americus, were visitors to the
city Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Cooner spent
I the week-end in Americus, the guests
■of Mrs. D. B. Mayes.
Mrs. E. J. Eldridge, Mrs. J. E.
Denham and Miss Kathleen Denham
i formed a congenial party from Am
ericus motoring to Andersonville
Tuesday.
The high school pupils of the An
, dersonville school organized a lit
; erary society Friday afternoon and
herefater will meet each Friday as-
■ hereafter. There will be debates and
I studies of different poets and auth
’ ors. Miss Eva Wiliams was. elected
president; Robert Kite vice-pres
■ident; Mabel Clopton, secretary and
I treasurer; Raymond Aycock, censor.
Service Man Spends
Week With Relatives
Henry Leßoy Mann, son of R. E.
Mann, has been spending this week
with his father at his home near Am
ericus. He has been constantly in
the army service since 1917, and is
at present stationed at Camp Jesup
in the motor department. Mr. Mann
hopes to receive his discharge from
service during the early part of Oc
tober, after which he will come to
Americus for a visit of some time
while he decides upon his life work.
The Kaffir wife must employ a dif
ferent language from that of her
husband and must never refer to him
by name.
RICHLAND
RICHLAND, Sept. 18.—Fred Pat
ten, of Savannah, came Wednesday
to visit his mother, Mrs. Mary Pat
ten.
C. T. Griffin spent Sunday night
land Monday with homefolks in Edi
son.
I Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dixon, who
iwere married a few days ago, arriv
ed Sunday to make Richland their
! future home. Mr. and Mrs. Tobe
Dixon entertained for them with a‘
reception on the day of their ar
rival.
- Miss Georgia Mae Brightwell spent
the week-end in Kimbrough with
friends and relatives.
Messrs. Tom and Bascum Trotman,
of Kimbrough, spent Saturday eve
ning here with Mrs. Pearl Bright
well.
Perkins Cleveland, of Weston
passed through Sunday enroute to
Columhus for a few days.
Mrs. Pearl Brightwell and • daugh
ters. Carrie and Hazel, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Turned near
here.
The state supervisor visited the
city school Wednesday afternoon,
lecturing in the various rooms.
Miss Winnie Bell Goss, of Dawson,
Sunday here with Miss Florry
Bell Parker
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Bell, of Co
lumbus, came Sunday to visit Mr.
and Mrs. H. J. Turner. Mr. Bell
has continued on his salesman trip
while Mrs. Bell is here for a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bell, of this
city, spent Sunday in Albany with
relatives.
ELECTION
EXPENSE STATEMENT.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
I, Z. A. Littlejohn, swear that all
expenses incurred by me as candi
date for Judge Superior Court,
Southwestern circuit, in State pri
mary, September Bth, 1920, was One
Hundred and Forty-five Dollars
($145.00): said amount being the
assessments made by the Executive
Committees of the Counties com
prising the Circuit.
Z. A. LITTLEJOHN.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this Sept. 17th, 1920.
H. E. ALLEN.
Clerk, Superior Court, Sumter Co.
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NEWNAN, Ga., Jan. 6tb
To Whom It May Concern:
This is to certify that Mr. M. A. York, who has been
in my employ as watchmaker for nearly three years has
done better work for me than any other man I have ever
employed in my experience of nearly twenty-five years.
He leaves me now of his own accord, going to accept a
better position, and he has my very best wishes for suc
cess. (Signed) H- S. BANTA,
Jeweler and Optician, Newnan, Ga.
TO THE PUBLIC:
Since January 10th 1 have been with S. A. Daniels,
the jeweler, Americus, Ga., and during my time with
him 1 have given his customers the very best work that
could be obtained, and I hope that my workmanship has
pleased every one.
I am now in business for myself, with the same tools
I used at Daniels*, together with several new tools, which
I am glad to state makes me the best equipped watch re
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