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BARNESVILLE N EWS-GAZETTE.
Volume 57
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Blankets
1 10.00 AH Wool Blankets $8.50
$7.00 Mixed, Wool and Cotton $5.85
$5.00 Blankets $4.00
$4.00 Blankets $3.25
$3.00 Blankets $2.50
One lot Men’s Blue Cheviot
Work Shirts, worth 85c, now
69c each.
All Men’s Dress Shoes
Greatly Reduced.
One Lot Ladies’ Coats and
Coat Suits $3.50 each.
One Lot 27-inch Ginghams,
well worth 20c, now 15c yd.
Southern Silk Cheviots 20c
yard.
L. A. COLLIER
“All the New Ones All the Time”
Barnesville, Ga.
YEAR ROUND STOCK
Our store will be found
a fine place to trade every
business day in the year.
Our stock of Jewelry
and kindred lines will be
kept complete at all times
and the prices will be right.
J. H. BATE & CO.
JEWELERS and OPTOMETRISTS
BARNESVILLE, GA.
The Radio Season Is Here
We Have Radio Sets
From $35. to $450.
Call us for a demonstration.
Brown’s Garage
“We Lead. Others Follow.”
Phone 64 Barnesville, Ga.
BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22. 1925
OFFICERS SHOOT AND
KILL W. W. WILSON
Mr. W. W. Wilson, well known
citizen and farmer of Lamar county,
living at his home near Sugar Hill
farm, on the Barnesville-Strouds
road, was shot and almost instantly
killed Saturday night last between
7 and 8 o’clock, on Main street, just
in front of the police booth, three
bullets from guns in the hands of
Chief W. S. Riviere and Deputy
Cecil Sauley hitting Mr. Wilson, one
in the leg, one in the left side and
one in the mouth, the latter being
sufficient to produce instant death,
entering the mouth and lodging
against the skin in the back of the
head.
The shooting created pandemonium
for the time being and it seems al- j
most a miracle that others were not j
killed or wounded by the bullets
which flew thick and fast in various 1
directions, several people being close '
up to the shooting. Fourteen shots 1
in all were fired, three by Mr. Wil-,
son and eleven by the two officers. |
Mr. Wilson, who is said to have
fired first, shot wild, one bullet, how
ever, just missing Chief Riviere’s
head. One bullet went into a win
dow of the Citizens Bank,
one into the corner of the City Drug
Cos., and one hit Mr. Perry Daniel’s
automobile, which was standing at
the Barnesville Hotel.
Mr. Wilson fell, face to the pave
ment, at the southeast corner of the
booth, from which he was carried to
Jordan’s undertaking room in the
rear of the Barnesville Bank. His
body was carried to Roberta Monday
for burial, this being his former
home.
The affair is greatly deplored by
the officers and citizens but under all
the circumstances it seems to have
been unavoidable. As nearly as we
have obtained the facts and are able
to present them the difficulty was
brought about as follows: A son of
Mr. Wilson, Laney Wilson, was ar
rested Saturday afternoon in Griffin,
on a warrant from Upson county,
charging him with a statutory crime,
and had been brought ta Barnesville
and turned over to Sheriff Lee of
Upson. Mr. Wilson had come to
Barnesville to see about his son, and,
it is said, was strongly under the in
fluence of whisky. That he came
prepared for trouble was indicated
by the fact that he had two pistols
on his person, one of which he used,
and it is stated that he tried to get
the other one out while the shooting
was taking place. After reaching the
city he talked with Chief Riviere and
others and was considerably wrought
up, but nobody expected him to act
so rashly. With Mr. J. A. Tarpley
Mr. Wilson had started from the
booth across the street and reached
a point in the street about where the
detour sign has been stationed, when
he suddenly whirled away from Mr.
Tarpley and with an oath started at
Chief Riviere and Mr. Sauley, shoot
ing as he ran. As soon as the of
ficers could get their guns out they
also began shooting to protect their
own lives, Mr. Wilson being close on
them when he fell, mortally wounded.
Great excitement prevailed and a
large crowd soon assembled. Sheriff
Elliott took charge of the situation
and in a short time quiet had been
restored. Many citizens of the city
upon hearing of the shooting left
their homes and went to the scene
with the purpose to render any pos
sible service to the city and com
funity.
Mr. Wilson moved from Crawford
county some years ago to the place
where he was living, where he farmed
and ran a store. He was honest and
thrifty and found it apparently easy
to make money, as it is understood
that he had accumulated a consider
able estate. He is survived by his
widow, three daughters and six sons,
and the people throughout the com
munity deeply sympathize with them
in the trouble which has thus come
upon them.
No action of any kind has been
taken against the officers involved in
the shooting, and in the public mind
they appear to be fully exonerated
in what they did, but the March
grand jury will evidently make an
investigation of the whole affair and
take such action as the facts seem
to warrant.
PECAN TREES FOR SALE—SOO
budded pecan trees, also 500 seed
lings large enough to set out; will
sell cheap; if you can use the entire
lot you can get a bargain.—T, A.
Lifsey. tf
| CIVITAN CLUB ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR 1925
At the meeting of the Civitan Club
Thursday evening last week the an
nual election of officers was held,
the secretary having previously noti
fied the members to this effect. The
meeting, the first of the new year,
was a most enjoyable one, several
members, however, being out of town
at the time.
The following was the result of the
i lection: B. 11. Hardy, president;
Dr. J. A. Corry, vice president; H.
E. Armstrong, secretary; N. A. Pea
cock, treasurer; U. C. Barrett, E. L.
Coleman, W. T. Summers and J. E.
Bush, directors.
The club is a splendid organiza
tion, the luncheons every two weeks
providing occasions of much pleasure
and entertainment of a worthwhile
character. It also provides a medium
for considering movements for the
welfare and promotion of the inter
ests of the city and county. The
club made a fine record the past year
and has a number of objects in view
for 1925.
CAPTAIN CRADDICK
NOMINATED POSTMASTER
News was received here last Fri
day of the nomination that day by
President Coolidge of Captain
Charles P. Graddick °.s postmaster of
Barnesville, the nomination taking
the usual course and going to the
postoffice committee of the United
States senate. Senator William J.
Harris and Senator Walter F. George,
the latter a member of the commit
tee, state that there will be no delay
in the confirmation of Captain Grad
dick.
The news proved highly gratifying
to the citizens of the community and
the patrons of the office, with whom
Captain Graddick is unusually popu
lar. Senator Harris is largely given
the credit for the nomination as a
result of influence he has with gov
ernment officials at Washington.
Captain Graddick’s term expired
in August, 1923, since which time
the appointment has been held up.
Just before his term expired, a civil
service examination of applicants
was held, as a result of which Cap
tain Graddick headed the list of eli
gibles, the eligible list consisting of
three democrats.
Captain Graddick’s administration
has been a very efficient and success
ful one, to the departmental officials
in Washington and to the patrons of
the office and he is being heartily
congratulated over his nomination
for another term.
JUDGE PERSONS
OF FORSYTH ENDORSES
ECONOMY PROGRAM
Forsyth, Ga., Jan. 16, 1925.
Dear Mr. Hardy:—Your editorial
page this week is very timely. Es
pecially that part seeking to enjoin
economy and hard work. There never
was a time when we need these two
elements in our life as the present.
I was interested in talking with an
Atlanta merchant this week about
clearance sales. He said: “Yes,
people buy that which they do not
need. Just the other day a man was
in this store and seeing a crowd at
a counter asked: ‘What is going on
there?’ I replied a special shirt
sale. He said, “Well, too bad, but
I have 8 new shirts that I have never
worn.’ And then on top of this
statement he went over and bought
two more shirts. The manufactur
ers are making too many goods, but
as long as people will buy that which
they do not need the manufacturers
will keep up the stimulus for such
extravagance by helping us to offer
clearance sales.”
And so it is that the definition of
prosperous times as being “the time
in which people buy everything that
they want but do not need on credit”
is fulfilled.
Inasmuch as newspapers exert an
influence of leadership either for
good or evil, I am sure that you are
doing good work when you write
such articles as you have published
this week.
With esteem and best wishes, I
am, Yours sincerely,
G. OGDEN PERSONS.
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in this season’s newest patterns.
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—SALE PRICE
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newest patterns; reg. sls value. £4 4 OR
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newest styles and colors, sizes 3 to 8.
Regular $5.00 value. £0 AC
—SALE PRICE
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Trade With Us and Save the Difference
ELIJAH WISEBRAM
“THE RELIABLE STORE”
216 MAIN STREET BARNESVILLE, GA.
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The
FLORSHEIM
SHOE SALE
To give Florsheim friends
the benefit of a saving, and
to make new friends who
will become permanent
ones, we’re offering Flor
sheims now at
SOBS
All $lO. Sweaters at $7.50
Clark T. Bush
BarnesviHe, Ga.
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