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BARNESVILLE N EWS-GAZETTE. Volume 57 ReductionOnAll 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. WE SELL WHY PAY MORE ?^i&> ttCm Men’s and Boys’ Clothing SALE Friday-Saturday Only —MEN’S UP-TO-DATE SUITS, in All Wool French Serge, Worsted and Flannels, in this season’s newest patterns. Regular $30.00 value. £4 0 QC —SALE PRICE & ■ —MEN’S UP-TO-DATE SUITS, in All Wool Storm Serge, Cassimere, Flannels and Worsted, in this season’s newest patterns. Regular $25.00 value. £4O QE —SALE PRICE —MEN’S UP-TO-DATE SUITS, in this season’s newest patterns; reg. sls value. £4 4 OR —SAIT. PRICE ■ I —BOYS’ UP-TO-DATE SUITS, in All Wool Tweeds, Worsted and Cassimeres, sizes 8 to 17. Regular SIO.OO value. £C QC —SALE PRICE —BOYS’ UP-TO-DATE SUITS, in this season’s newest styles, sizes 8 to 17. Regular SO.OO value. £/[ /[C —SALE PRICE 4J**"*W —BOYS’ UP-TO-DATE SUITS, in All Wool Jersey, Cassimere and Serge, in this season’s newest styles and colors, sizes 3 to 8. Regular $5.00 value. £0 AC —SALE PRICE Reduced Prices on Fall—Winter Goods Trade With Us and Save the Difference ELIJAH WISEBRAM “THE RELIABLE STORE” 216 MAIN STREET BARNESVILLE, GA. jjjrah 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. Number 40