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NEW HEAD OF CENTRAL OF
GEORGIA MAKES INSPECTION
:I‘OUR OVER MACON-ATHENS
BRANCH.—MEETS EMPLOYES.
Mr. John J. Pelley, new Presi
dent of the Central of Georgia Rail
way and of the Ocean Steamship
Company of Savannah, spent spme
time in Monticello Thursday, Oc
tober 21, on his first inspection trip
over the Macon-Athens branch of
the road. A special train was op
erated from Macon to Athens stop
ping at each station along the line
s 0 as to afford the Central’s new
president an opportunity to meet and
shake hands with the agent and other
employes, While in this city Mr,
Pelley stated that the principal pur
pose of his trip was to make the
personal acquaintance of the men
and women working for the railroad,
but that at the same time he was
taking advantage of the opportunity
to see at first hand something of
the physical condition of the Central.
The story of Mr. Pelley’s advance
ment from the bottom of the rail
road ladder to his present high posi
tion is an inspiring one. His career
has been marked by the steady pro
motion ever since he started in as
a track apprentice for the Illinois
Central Railroad twenty-six years
ago. He was born at Anna, Illinois,
on May 1, 1878, and after being edu
cated in the public schools of his
home city and at the university of
Illinois, he taught school for three
years. Railroad service seeming to'
offer more opportunity for advance
ment, he gave up his “white collar
_job” and went to work for the Illi
nois Central as a track apprentice
on the Carbondale Division in 1900,
when he was twenty-two years of
age. His career since then has been
one of steady promotion.
Begins as Track Apprentice.
From track apprentice young Pel
ley was successively advanced to as
. siptant foreman, foremman, general
foreman, supervisor, assistant road
master, roadmaster, superintendent,
general superintendent, general
manager and then Vice/President of
the road with which his service be
gan. On September 15, 1926, he
. resigned as Vice-President of the
. Xllinois to become President of the
Central of Georgia Railway and the
Qcean Steamship Company, succeed
ing Mr. L. A. Downs, who went to
Chicago as President of the Illinois
Central system.
Nearly half of Mr. Pelley’s career
with the Illinois Central was spent
in various parts of the South, and
*he is thoroughly familiar with con
ditions in this section. He is a South
erner by extraction, his father hav
ing fought in the Confederate Army.
While here he said that he and his
family had been greatly pleased to
return to this section and were de
lighted to make their permanent
home in Georgia.
Mr. Pelley expresses great opti
mism over the prospects for further
agricultural and industrial develop
ment in the Central of Georgia terri
tory. He repeated what he has been
quoted as saying before, that he in
tended to devote a great deal of his
time and thought to co-operating in
this development, and said he plan
ned to carry on the same construc
tive work to ‘'which his predecessor,
Mr. Downs, had pledged the railroad.
He stated that he contemplated no
«hange whatever in the policy of
organization of the Central, ren‘lark
‘ing that he had found everything in
good order, and that the morale and
#family spirit of the employes had
particularly impressed him.
In the party accompanying Presi
dent Pelley to this city were: A. R,
Lawton, Vice-President; C. T. Airey,
Vice-President and Traffic Manager;
H. D. Pollard, Vice-President and
General Manager; G. L. Candler,
_ Assistant General Manager; J. D. Mc-
Cartney, Assistant to the President;
C. E. Weaver, Chief Engineer; C. L.
Dickert, Superintendent of Motive
Power; J. M. Mallory, General In
dustrial Agent; F. J. Robinson, Gen
_eral Passenger Agent; M. B. Smith,
Superintendent of the Macon Di
vision, as well as several other di
vision officers.
Mr. Pelley expressed regret that
_ his visit to this eity had to be such
a short one. Although he was only
"here a short time he said he had been
THE MONTICELLO NEWS
VISITS THIS CITY '
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President J. J. Pelley, new presi
dent of the Central of Georgia rail
way company, who was a visitor to
Monticello yesterday. He was ac
corded a royal welcome here.
. The State Senatorial Democratic
Convention of the Twenty-eighth
District of Georgia met at Shady}
Dale on October 12th for the purpose 1
of declaring the Democratic nomi
nee for the Senate from the Twenty
eighth District composed of Put
‘nam, Jasper, and Morgan counties.
Dr. J. H. Bullard, who has acted as
chairman of this convention for near
ly thirty years, was re-elected chair
man, with Hon, F. C. Newton as
secretary. ;
Credentials of the official dele
gates from the three counties were
read and accepted by the convention.
Hon. Geo. Adams, Judge Davidson,
and Mr. Walker represented Put
nam; Hon. Oscar Price and Judge
A. 8. Thurman-represented Jasper,
and Hon, A. G. Foster and F. C.
Newton represented Morgan. A
number of other citizens were pres
ent besides the official delegates.
With appropriate remarks, Judge
Thurman presented Hon. William H.
Key, of Monticello, as the nominee
of the Convention, it being Jasper
County’s time to select the Senator
for this district. His nomination was
seconded by Mr. Foster, Mr. Adams
and others. |
Judge A. S. Thurman, Mr. Geo.
Adams and F. C. Newton were named
as Executive Committee of the Con-‘
vention. |
After adjournment the delegates
and visitors were delightfully enter—i
tained at the Bailey House by Mr,
Key. .
LYNCH ANNEXES
FIDDLEK'S PRIZE
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MONTICELLO MAN WINS THIRD(I
HONOR IN RADIO CONTEST ‘
PUT ON BY SEARS-ROEBUCK
COMPANY AT ATLANTA FAIR.J
S. G. Lynch, of Monticello, copped'
third honor in the radio old-time fid-“
dlers’ contest held during the South
eastern Fair, at Atlanta, under the
auspicgs of the Sears-Roebuck Ag
ricultural Foundation, and broadcast
over WSB, the Atlanta Journal mdiq‘
station. Mr. Lynch received first
prize in the fiddling melee by a vote
cast by radio listeners in twenty
states. He will be awarded a cash
prize of fifteen dollars,
First honors in the Dbattle for
“Neroic” laurels went to J. C. Price,
of Clanton, Alabama, who will re
ceive fifty dollars. J. F. Mitchell, of
Atlanta, captures secorld prize of
twenty-five dollars, and Mrs. J. P.
Wheeler, the only femenine contes
tant, won fourth place, and will re
ceive ten dollars.
Twenty-two of the most prominent
fiddlers in the southeast were select
ed for the competition, which was
the first fiddlers contest in the
South to be broadcast over radio,
with radio listeners deciding the best
“bow-wielders” by their postcard and
letter votes. j
favorably, impressed with the city,
and hoped that he would be able to
return here again within the near
future,
MONTICELLO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1926,
'MONTICELLO, 31 7I
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FIRST FOOTBALL GAME EVER
PLAYED HERE IS WON 'BY
IMONRQE HIGH BOYS.-—“SUG"'
KELLY 1S ONE OF THE STARS.
Monticello was treated to its first
game of football Friday afternoon of
last week when the Monticello dis
trict high s¢hool fell before the Mon
roe high school eleven at the “Bowl,”
thei.count being 31-7. The game was
better than the score indicates.
Monticello’s “Purple Hurricane” is‘
composed of a lot of splendid players |
and the boys made a very favor
able impression upon the spectators.
Lacking in experience, ' compared
with the visitors, many of whom
have been playing several years, the
locals made up for this in their fight
against odds, and their never-give-up
spirit elicited much applause. Truly,
they played well-—this, their second
game—and on more than one oc
casion held the opposition for
“downs” in the shadow of their
goal, The team showed up well de
fensively but offensively it could not
get “organized” enough to perfect
any scoring plays, except on one oc
casion when “Sug” Kelly intercepted
a forward pass and scampered sixty
yards for a touchdown. Another
thing which was disastrous to the
Monticellonians was their fumbling,
these miscues invariably paving the
way for a score.
For the visitors Dickinson, Dos
ter, Adams, Ford and Wayne were
the outstanding players. Dickinson
forward passed successfully for
long gains, one heave going 35 yards.
He, Ford and Wayne, all backfield
men, were unstoppable at times.
Coach Wheeler of the ‘Purple
Hurricane” is to be congratulated
upon the remarkable showing his
gridders made at their debut party.
Each player comes in for a share of
the moral victory and the team will
‘s heard from before the season
comes to a close. The linemen held
‘like a stone wall more times than
one and charged quite hard. E. C.
Kelly, full back, is a boy who watches
the ball at all times. He and Heard
Ballard, who plays left half, fre
quently broke through the line and
smeared the opponent’s plays. Their
tackling in Friday’s melee was notice
able to the onlookers. Sidney Jor
dan, quarterback, also is a speed
merchant, and “Sug”—why, he is a
second Nancy Hanks,
Today (Friday) the “Purple Hur
ricane” breezes over to Thomaston
to dust off the high school of that
little city. Then next Friday Cov
ington will be played in the “Bowl.”
November fifth Madison will be
played here. November twelfth the
local team encounters Griffin in the
“Turkish Towel” town and Fayette
ville high will close the season here
on November nineteenth. \
Presbyterian Church
Announcements for week com
mencing Sunday, October 24th:
+ Sunday School: 10 o’clock.
Morning Worship: 11 o’clock.
Evening Worship: 8 o’clock.
Monday: Ladies’ Auxiliary Meet
ing at the Church. 4 o’clock.
Intermediate Christian Endeavor
Society Meeting. 7:30 p. m. |
. Wednesday: Midweek Service for
Praise, Prayer, and Bible Study.
Friday: Junior Christian Endeavor
Society Meeting, 4 o’clock.
REV. K. J. MORGAN, Pastor.
TOXIN-ANTITOXIN
TWO TRAINED NURSES TO BE
IN ATTENDANCE TO AS
SIST DOCTORS ;
This (Friday) afternoon at 2
o'clock, in the school building, the
second dose of toxin-antitoxin serum
for immunizing against diphtheria,
will be given the children of the
Monticello school zone. )
Miss Inez Hardy and Mrs. Harold
Davis, trained nurses of many years'
experience, will be present as they
were last Friday afternoon, to as
sist Doctors Cary, Pittard and Bel
cher in administering the serum.
CONCERNING THE
“WHAT EVERY GEORGIA HUNT
ER SHOULD KNOW"” IS AN IM.
PORTANT BULLETIN' ISSUED
BY COMMISSIONER TWITTY.
Peter 8. Twitty, game and fish
commissioner, has issued the follow
ing important bulletin, “What Every
Georgia Hunter Ought to Know,”
which should be read and obeyed
by all sportsmen:
A license is required to hunt any
kind of game, even though there may
be no close season on the particular
game hunted.
Every hunter (except a land-own
er, hunting on his own land) must
have a license. The law requires
persons who hunt in their own militia
districts to have licenses. }
Be sure you have the consent of .
the land-owner before hunting on
his land. You are subject to prose
cution when hunting on another’s
land without his consent, whether
the land be posted or not.
Carry your license on your per
son at all times while hunting. You
are subject to arrest when hunting
without it. Study carefully the new
game laws before you go hunting,
several changes have been made in
the law. Study the new open sea
sons and bag limits, published on
another page of this pamphlet.
It is a violation of the law to bait
a field for dove shooting ‘or to hunt
in, around, over, or near any baited
dove field.
Familiarize yourself with the new
Jaw on fox hunting. Foxes cannot
'be caught or chased at any time of
the year except between September
Ist and February Ist. It is unlaw
ful to trap foxes at any time.
Deer hunters, take notice! Every
lperson killing a deer must report
!the fact to the county game warden
or Game and Fish Commissioner
within five days.. Failure to do so
is a misdemeanor.
It is a violation of the law to
either buy or sell, in open season or
out, any quail, doves, snipe, wood
'cock, curlew, 'wild turkeys, grouse,
pheasants, mar§h hens, deer, squir
’rels. or summer ducks. This applies
'to everybody. It is a violation of the
an for hotels, cases or other public
‘eating places to serve any such
'birds or animals. .
~ Don’t kill any game birds or game
‘animals at night. - The law forbids
it. It is also against the law to cap
ture any game bird or animal by the
use of trap, dead-fall or similar de
vice.
It is a violation of both state and
Federal Law to mail any game birds
or animals beyonds limits of your
county.
Open Season for Hunting in Georgia.
(Game Birds and Animals)
(Continued on page 8)
Mount Olive
“¢There will be a congregational
meeting of the Members of the
Mount Olive Presbyterian Church on
Sunday afternoon (October 24) at
3:30. (Sun Time). , . -
The Superintendent of Home Mis
sions 'in the Augusta Presbytery
(Rev. M. C. Dendy) will be in charge
of this meeting, and all Members are
therefore urged to attend.
This is a special meeting for the
Members of the Mount Olive Church.
REV. K. J. MORGAN,
Stated Supply.
HELD WITH THE MONTICELLO
CHURCH TUESDAY AND :
> WEDNESDAY
THe Fall meeting of the Augusta
Presbytery which was held in the
Presbyterian church of this Ccity
Tuesday and Wednesday of this
wcoa was largely attended and prov-,
ed to be one of the most profitable
and successful gatherings in tluur
tory of the organization. l
The Presbytery was opened Tues
day night with a splendid sermon by
Dr: M. M. MacFerrin, pastor of
,»IV.‘\‘ \‘“fi Yo N"“v"
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WINS NOMINATION
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Col. Bibb Graves, attorney and
former adjutant general of the
state, won the Democratic nomina
tion for governor of Alabama after
a bitter contest.
CENTRAL’S POLICY
Declaring that there will be no
change in the policy of the Central
of Georgia Railway, President J. J.
Pelley in a statement issued dis
cusses the principles that have char
acterized that policy in the past and
which will be followed in the future,
Mr. Pelley states that the rail
road realizes that it is judged by the
quality of service it performs, and
that the Central will continue to en
deavor to furnish, safe, adequate,
dependable and courteous transpor
tation service. He says further that
the railroad recognizes another obli
gation in addition to that of service
'to the public, and that is to co-op
erate in every possible way in the
progress and development of the sec
tion it serves. :
Discussing the manner in which
his company has for years bgen tak
ing the public into its confidence
through the use of paid advertise
'ments in the newspapers, the Cen
tral’s president says that his railroad
will continue this policy of frank
ness in dealing with the public. He
states that the management has
nothing to conceal from patrons of
the soad, that it recognizes that the
railroad is performing a necessary
public service and that its patrons
therefore have every right to know
what the .railroad is doing to as
sure its performing this service in a
satisfactory manner.
Mr. Pelley closes his statement
with the pledge that the Central of
Géorgia will try to merit a con
tinuance of the public’s good will
and paatronage by continuing its
policy of service, cg-operation and
frankness.
L. O. BENON, JR., OF MONTI
CELLO, WINS PLACE ON THE
FIRST-YEAR TEAM.—SELLERS
IN CHARGE OF THE SQUAD.,
Approximately 16 freshmen have
qualified in the try-outs held by the
debate council at Emory University
and are eligible to be named on the
debate squad. M. E. Sellers, inter
collegiate debater of Emory and for
merly of Princeton, is in charge of
the team.
Following is a list of names of
those now on the freshman squad:
Isaac Adams, Atlanta; Luke Beau
champ, Emory University; James R.
Elliott, Fayetteville, Ga.; Robert
Newton Sledd, Decatur, Ga.; Charles
Stedman Glisson, Jr.,, Hawkinsville,
Ga.; Thomas C. McCants, Anderson,
8. C.; Horace Smith, Jr., Elberton,
Ga.; Graves Smith, Atlanta; San
ford McDuffie, Louisville, Ky.; Je
rome,L. Cohén, Americus, Ga.; Wil
liam F. "Howell, Atlanta; Martin
Young, Terra Cela, Fla.; John H.
Blakemore, Corinth, Miss.; L. O,
‘Benton, Jr., Monticello, Ga.; Mec-
Lamb, Atlanta. = j ;
~ Debaters will be scheduled with
the first-year men )9‘ other colleges
in order thdt this team may devleop
into varsity men.—Sunday Ameri
can. ’ ] 3 e 3 4
NUMBER 29.
G. ED MADDOX, OF ROME, RE
ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE; DISTRICTS ELECT.
MACON, Ga., October 14.—G
Ed Maddox, prominent attorney of
Rome, heads the new state demo
cratic executive committee which was
named by the state convention this
afternoon. Mr, Maddox enters upon
his third term as chairman of the
state committee,
Members of the committee from
the various congressional districts
are as follows:
First district: J. 8. Layton, Liber
ty county; R. L. Cone, Bulloch; S. F.
Smith Tattnall; S. H. Morgan, Ef
fingham; Mrs. W. W. Sheppard, Ev
ans; Mrs. W. M. Corbett, Jenkins;
Frank S. Palmer, Burke.
Second district: C. W. Mink,
Worth county; H. H. Wind, Grady;
R. G. Hartsfield, Decatur; 0. J. Cul
pepper, Mitchell; Dr. T. M. Mclntosh,
Thomas; Mrs. J. S. Beard, Calhoun;
Mrs. H. T. Mcllntosh, Dougherty.
Third district: R.’L. Moye, Raa
dolph county; A. R. Horton, Ben Hill;
Miss Nita Cox, Turner; W. S. Prathe,
Sumter; R. J. Dixon, Stewart; C. E.
Brown, Crisp; Miss Emily Wood
ward, Dooly.
Fourth district: A. H. Freeman,
Coweta county; Herman E. Finchem,
'Troupe; Mrs. Clarence Mallory, Meri
iwcther; T. Hicks Fort, Muscogee;
Mrs. Joe B. Peavy, Harris; Joe S.
Burgin, Marion.
Fifth district: Dr. R. J. Smith,
Campbell county; D. S. Strickland,
Douglas; Hugh Burgess and Leom
O’Neal, DeKalb; Valney Jones, Geor-
R. Whitman and Mrs. Howard C.
McCutcheon, Fulton,
Sixth district: A. 0. B. Sparks,
Bibb county; J. B. Jackson, Jones E.
T. Malone, Jasper; R. L. Dickey,
Crawford; A. R. White, Butts; Mrs.
Grady Dumas, Lamar; Mrs. Hawkin,
Henry.
Seventh district: John M. Van
diver, Floyd county; Dr. W. H. Perk
erson, Cobb; C. C. Bunn, Polk; John
C. Mitchell, Whitfield; H. Lee Neal,
Catoosa; G. H. Aubrey, Bartow, Mrs.
Edna Tate, Gordon.
Eighth district: R. S. Crane and
Mrs. S. R. Parrish, Clarke county;
Mrs. W. W. Armstead, Oglethorpe;
J. P. Brown, Greene; W. M. New,
Wilkes; Herbert Dyer, Franklin; A.
B. Mobley, Walton. 1 :
Ninth district: G. A, Johnson, Bar
row county; T. R. Isbell, Stephems;
Marvin Bell, Hall; W. R. Rice, Jack
son; J. W. Chamlee, Cherokée; Mrs.
H, C. Carrington, Jackson; Mrs: A.
W. Smith, Milton.
Tenth district: Dr. J. E. Kidd,
Baldwin county; Gordon W. Cham
‘bers, Richmond; J. C. Wall, McDuf
fie; Mrs. R. E. Evans, Wilkins; Mrs.
C. D. Shellmitt, Washington; Mariem
L. Phelps, Warren; Herbert A. Wil
| liams, Glascock.
Eleventh district: Miss L. Allem,
Pierce county; M. R. Ousley, Lowm
des; C. T. Tillman, Brooks; Gordea
Knox, Jeff Davis; B. T. Allen, Atkin
son; Mrs. E. S. Majette, Wayne; L.
E. Mallard, Charlton. .
Twelfth district: Mrs. Ella R. Me
michael, Emanuel county; Mrs. Kate
Oliver, Dodge; Dr, T. B. Thompsom,
Toombs; R. G. Hicks, Laurens: S, A.
ANunn, Houston; Max L. McCrae, Tel
fair; C. D. Rountree, Johnson.
Members of the committee from
the state at large will be appointed
later by Chairman Maddox, it was
‘announced. :
1 M,‘ e
MONTICELLO CIRCUIT
- Preaching at Hillsboro: 11:30
la. m,, 8:00 p. m, Y
~_ Subject of morning hour: “Good
For Nothing.” ¥
The Pastor will preach his last
sermon at.the evening hour before
going to Conference. g
REV. J.‘;T. BURDETTE, le :
; BRYPU . TR
e i e
There’s a silver lining through the
dark cloud shining! .
- Christ’s blood blots out sin.
‘Study a great subject in B. Y. P.
U.—Monday night, 8 o'clock. %
when a pot of rubber upset and came
ke contact with siphur,