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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
VOLUME 21.
NO 41.
Established October 12, 1901. MILLEDGEVIULE, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1922. .
11.60 A YEAR.
BYRD SLAYER
lyncio by mob
Cocky Glover Taken From
Train at Griffin After Battle.
Fearing Spalding Mob Offi
cers Send Black Toward Ma
con. j - - -L"w. •
MACON, Aug. 1.—Cocky Glover, as-
f assiii of'Deputy Sheriff Walter C.
Kvrii last Saturday, came to the end
j ,-r.mlnai career yosterdrfy after*
neon i.ortly. after 1 o’clock near Hoi
ton.
11 miles from Macon In Monroe
county. t
XI,,. gunman, with four casualties,
in a 1 ke number of days, without
flinching looked (low nthe barrell of a
E j, ol gun in the hands of a member Of
a „ unlawful party,. said to have
y.cn composed cf citizens of Macon
ami llibb county, and died a few sec
onds later, his body riddled with bul
lets. * I
Glover was desperate to the last.
Act ng cn a tip from a Central of
Georgia conductor on whose tram
Glover was riding, T. P. Mhelps and
jim lluckabce, policemen at Griffin
bearded the train at that city whet
it rolled' in at 5:44 Macon time yes
terday morning. Glover pulled hi:,
pun when tlie officers tried to urrest
him and wounded Patrolman Phelps
He was overpowered by Patrolmei
Huckabee and Touchstone.
Ir. an automobile he was rushed to
ward Macon. Bibb county (tfflcert
met the Griffin party between Boling
broke and Lorane. They dodgci
from road tc road in an effort to land
their prisoner safely in the county
jail, but just above Holton the:
ran into a mob which took the negr<
who was lying prone In the back of
the car and lynched him, not however
until they bad carried him across thr
Monroe county Ifna.
Body Brought to Crime Coens
A little more tahn an hour after the
death party, said do have numbered
more than 400 men, left the scene of
the lynch ng with Glover’s body ly
iag faoe up in a small ditcb in a small
swampy tract, a party of men arriv
ed In Macon with the body, yelling
ami waiving theft) arms to pedestrians
to tome and, wltn tessheidownETET
to come and witness their work.
A dirty, rattle-trap. Improvised
hearse containing the body stopped
in front of the Douglas Theatre, lo
ated on Broadway between Cherry
and Mulberry. The body was jork
ed from the car and thrown into th«
foyer of the theatre. "Get the gaso
line." was shouted, and but for th
timely arrival of the police and th(
sheriffs deputes the negro’s bod
wAuiil have been burned' at tho stake
inside the theatre. Such, at leas
'"as the plan of tho second mob.
Th e police, cn hearing that Glover
had been put to death by a mob, is
ued orders to close up the black belt
on Broadway. On the arrival of the
1 ody in front of the theatre, not a ne
gro was to be mound.
Police and deputies rushed the
welling mob as the body lay on th
fh or in the theatre lobby and dragged
*t to the curb. People flecking by the
hundreds from all d'rections over
whelmed the police; they pushed and
shoved and yelled at ihe top of their
voices, "burn him," "hang him up
on let's get a look at him.”
Women Mingle >n Crowd
"T men were prominently mixed in
with the mob. They seemed as eager
10 s,i o the body as the hundreds of
rani. One blonde woman bragged to
her friends that she had squeezed by
th,. police twice to see the bullet rJd-
d-oil body. Two women are said to have
hinted and had to be dragged bodily
from the sweltering mass.
" hile the bedlam was A its height
and the police begging and pleading
"i'll the mob to disperse, Dean Wing
a six-foot gi^nt, prove himself a mar
of ‘he hour. H e grasped the situa-
Uni and started a movement that
soon had the crowd revolving in a
ran lo. He pushed and shoved each
DR. PARKS TAKES .
UP NEW DUTIES
Leaves Milledgeville Monday
day to Take Up Work of
State School Superintendent
First of August.
Dr. M. M. Parks, for eighteen years
president of the Gec^gia Normal and
Industrial College, left Monday aftdr
noon for Atlanta to commence his du
ties as superintendent of the public
nool system of Georgia.
Before leaving Milledgeville Dr.
Parks stated that he was leaving the
G. N. and I College ill splendid shape
•or tlie beginning of the*fall term to
■omnience in September. The college
is in receipt of ali the applications
from young ladies that it can accom-
rriodate; as a matter of fact, several
hundred more applications than can
be favorably acted upon arc in the
hands of the college offic'als.
Dr. ParkB’ appo ntment as state
school superintendent expires June 23
jf next year. He was appointed to
fill tlie u^expired term of Dr. M .L
Brittain, the latter having res gned his
official position to become, president
ot tho Georgia School of Technology.
Dr. J. lU Beeson, who has been at the
ad of the department of chemistry
ai ;lia college for the last twenty years,
is now sorving as act’ng president ot
the G. N. and I. College, having taken
up the position Tuesday of this week.
Mr. Beeson is naturally familiar with
th G complete system under which the
college has been operated under the
administration of Dr. Parks and it to
.onsideerd that the institution will be
carried on uninterrupted durng the ah.
sence of the former college head.
The board of trustees of teh college
some three weeks ago granted Dr
Parks a leave of absence for on e year
During this time the well known cdu
cater will serve as head of the public
scn°‘l system of the state. The family
of Dr. Parks Will continue to reside
in Milledgeville dur ng the time he
holds the office of state school super-
Intendent.
TD SUBMIT NAMES
FDR CANDIDATES
Special Committees Will Pre
sent Slate for County Com
missioners at Meeting to be
Held Today.
At - a meeting to be held in the
court house Friday morning of this
week, a slate wifi be offered suggest
ing'names of candidates to make the
race for county commissioners iu the
election to be held September i3lh.
Tho names of the suggested can
didates will b B presented by a gen
eral committee made up of several
ub committees from the various mil -
tia districts of Baldwin county. "The
militia district committees 'app irted
to make up tlie slate, of county com
miss on candidates were named at i
meeting held for this purpose Wed
nesday afternoon of last week. Tlie
HOLD CONVENTION
COUNTY S.S. AUG. 16
All Si*day Schools of Bald
win Coutny To Be e p resent-
ed at Meeting To Be Helc
-at Pleasant Grove.
Representatives of the Sunday
schools of all the churches in Bald
win county will meet in annua lconven
tion at Pleasant Grov e church August
16,
Mr. J. F. Miller, who is presiden
if the Baldwin County Sunday School
Association ahs announced that plans
ar e be'ng riade to make this one of the
most interesting annual gatherings ot
Sunday School representatives evei
held in ths icounty .Two distinguishes
Sunday school workers will be presen
(on the occasion an# deliver addresses
One cf these visitors is Mlsi Myia
Bachelor, who is superintendent of the
mass mating to be held Friday raern- j children’s division of th e -fJorgai 3un
ing of this week will take place at | Gay school association, while the oth
10:30 o'clock. j er is Mr. W. L. Blank nship, of Atian
There have been many discussions' ta. . ^
recently In which dissatisfaction has j The annual meeting wi’l tc an atl
day affair and it is expected 1 that every
WHITE MAN 18 CHARGED
WITH PUTTING A NEGRO
BOY ON AUCTION BLOCK
Stove
Repairer in Jail Here Being
Held As Kldnapc..-
Alleged to Have Sold' You;h Into SI*
very Per *10.00 Sum
and woman as they came by him
»an
a,1, l soon had the crowd away from the
body. /
r,le police seized this opportunity
, "’ 1 threw the body into an autoino-
1,1 "nd rushed lit from the scene to
>ty hall for safe keeping. It i
'•'(id that the body has been
I,
tin:
bur,
1 SALE—One used uprght Cable
b ai Orlop *75.00. For further in
filiation apply to Miss Alio
'H'rh.an, opposite Mrs. E. F. Blood
^ n| ths store, IIardwrck i Gu.
' 'll Pickles in fans, sour and
f,,,t Pickles in bulk, at Emmett <L.
•wnes.
From the Macon Telegraph
This is a peculiar story of a pccul
iar man. It also Involves un 11 year-
old negro boy, an alleged gyps^ horse
trader, a slavery market and oue State
charge of kidnaping
A peg leg wilite man giving sih name
as John R. Turner was yesterday intro
d uc ed to the prisoners at th e Bibb cou i
ty Jail He now occupies tier No. 4
charged with kidnaping Bonnie Blv
ns, negro boy, in Macon and selling
him a short time later to John Shur
ock, a member of a gypsy trading
gang, for the suni of *10.00 (
Turner was arrested in Barnesville
Lamar County, Saturday ana brough
uo Macon yesterday. In a statement
at tlie Ja'l, Turner denied tho charges
saying that he hail taken the hoy
away from ‘Macon under the impres
sion that the yout'i hud obtained
his mothers consent.
Wittiessea for the State give onoth
j. version of the affair. They con
tend that Turner, a stove repairer, de
liberately put the boy on the blocl
near BarncsvMle and Sliurlock wa
he fortunate highest bidder, the bo>
being sold in slavery and with tho un
d^rstand.142 between Turner an
Sl.urlock that t'i” youth wa* to re
ceiv e no compensation
Mother is Much Peeved
Turner stated that while the boy
was with him. ho paid him the sum
of 25 cents daily.adding that such
was “pretty steep" wages for a trav
cling stove repairer to pay.
Bennie’s mother appealed to tlie
Bibl) county avthorit'es, saying that
that she estimated the value of her
boy by the thousands of^kinks he had
on the top of his head' and .appear
e d offended when she was informed
that her Bennie only brought the sum
of *10 when on sale. ^
Lamar county officials, it is urj
ilrrstood, yesterday placed the cus
before Federal authorit'es here ant
it is probable that both Turner and
Sliurlock will be handled by the Gov
age,
Bennie la now at home with llls mo '
tber. He says Turner caught him
while ho was at play at the Central
City Park *nd . forced him to gi
away with h’m.
expected to enter the county commis
sioners’ race. The outcome of th
meeting held during the last week is
sa d to be attributable to the discus
sions that have gone teh rounds in re
gard to the poltiical situation as affects
the office of county commissioners.
It has been stated that two of the
members of the present board of com
miss loners ahve signified their in.en
tions to again be candidate* for re
election in the primary to\b e held ncx{
mo-ath. The members of the bouri
referred to are Messrs. T. B. Cox well
and Frank E. Watson.
Numerous expression have been
heard during the last week indicating
considerable interest in the report
from the committee delegated to
choose suitable candidates for the
county commissioners office. In all
probability this manifest Interest wil
result In a large attendance at th
meeting to be held at he court house
Friday morlnng.
—*n he election to be held next month
tlie three c touyiyiieaniri*uimRt*<4a
the threo county commissioners wl
be named to serve two, four and si
years. The candidate for this office
receiving the highest vote will b
nominated for six years, tlie one re
ceiving the next highest vote for a
term of four years and tl-c one re
ceiving the third highest vote for r.
term of two years.
Acording to the new system of elect
ing county commssionefs, there wil
le only one member of the board t«
be elected at the elections to be hell
after this year.
Sunday school in the county will be
represented. Also, the officers of the
Assoc'jition are urging that all those
interested cr engaged in Sunday school
work make their plans to be present
on the occasion and lend their support
in a nendeavor to make the event a
:er.u ne success.
Tl.a officers of the Baldwin Coun
ty Sunday Scho:] Assiciat on are:
J. F. Miller, president, L. G. Hall
vice-president; and Jos. A. Moore, sec
retury;' Miss Jessie-'Allen, childrens
div sion superintendent; Mies Maud*
Norris, superin.endent young people’s
division; Mrs. T. H .Clark, superin
tendent of adults’ divison; J. D. How
ard, dstrict pretsdent No. 1; C. It
Digby, district president No. 2; Elisali
Simmons, district president NoS; W
A. Hug, district president No. 4, and
G. W. Hollinguliead, district presiden
No. 5.
FORSYTH INDIGNANT
OVERJLYNCHING
Resent Hardison’s Returning
Negro to Countv. “You All
Killed Him; Keep Him,’
Police Chief Replies.
MACON, Aug. 2.—The body ot
Cocky Glover, taken from a crowd in
front of the Douglas Theatre afte
the negro had been lynched and hi-
body brought to town, was buriod lat
yesterday near Forsyth after an in
quest. The coroner’s jury came to the
conclusion that tell negro was killer
at the hands of unknown persons.
Taken in an automobile from Broad
way to the City Hall tha body lay in
!l'.e corridor of the police barrack
while police authorities, Inculding the
chief and the members of the commit
tee, conferred. The edcision was to
send the body to Forsyth.
Clilor Detective Holder Hard’son wa.
detailed to the job. He carr’ed i
j tc the chier of police pf Forsyth.
"Driv e on. don’t sto phere,” tho chief
told Mr. Hardison.
The detective looked fer the coron
er and found 1 him in a lumber yard
the sheriff was then looked up. Mr
Hardison testified at the inquest and
returned to Maeor..
SERIES OF MEETIGS
AT BLACK SPRING:
A series fit meetings will be hel(
at Black Springs Baptist church com
mencing next Sunday, announcpnien
raa d e this wdok by tho pastor, Rev
T. J. McCluney.
1 The meetings w il probably be con
tinued for a full week or ten da>-,
The pnstor will be assisted in conduct
i:-g the cervices by Itev. A. J. clue o
Uuadilla.
JURY COMMISSIONERS TO MEET
AT COURT HOUSE MONDAY
The b'-ennial, nieet ng of teh county
hoard ot jury commisioners will take
place at the court house at 11 o'cloc
on the morning of August 7th. At this
meeting tho list cf names in the jury-
box will be revised.
The law requires that there be dx
jury commissioners who are apointed
by the judgie ot the superior court,
e ach commissioner to serve fer a terr
of six years the board lo meet every
two years on the first Monday in Au
gust.
The board, as at present composed
is as follows:
W. S. Woo(J, 115th district.
lt.R B. Brown, 320th district.
L. H. Andrews, 330th,district.
C. B. Ivey, 1714th district.
J. F. Bell, 30th dltsrict.
O. M. Ennis. 321st district.
Mr. R. B. Brown was reappointed a
jury commissioner by Judge Parks at
the -Inly term of court and Mr. O. M.
Ennis was appointed to till the vacan
cy made by the resignation of Mr.
Harper.
The chairmanship of the board, by
precedent, goes to the member who
is entitled to it by seniority. The, res
ignation of Mr. Harper therefore au
tomatlcaliy makes Mr. J. F. Bell chair
man of the board a3 It is now ensti-
tuted.
WATSON .KEEPS OUT
OF STATE CONTESTS
Senator Declines to Approve
Or Disapprove Any Candi
date. Stresses Issues.
Washington, D. C., July 28.—Sena
tor Thomas E, Watscn asserted Fri
day his intention not to come out
openly for any of the candidates for
Governor or any of th e other otatn
offices In the campaign now undei
way in Georgia, but rather to be
steadfastly in favor of the measures
he has always favored without re
gard to which candidate indorses
them. i ‘ |
He.. declined to comment upon or
reply to the speech made at Deca
tur by Governor Hardwick, in which
he made assertions taken as quite
unfriendly to the sentaor.
Issues Known.
"The people of Georgia know veil
'lie stato issues that 1 favor and they
know which of the candidates for
state offices ndorse them,” said Sen
ator Watson. “It is my intention at
present not to put the stamp of ap
proval on any of the candidates for
state office or to attack or assist any
of them.
“The people of Georgia know that
I have always favored free text
books for children in all the elemen
tary grades so that they can get a
foothold in their education; that
favor abolition of the fee system and
putting ait state offices on a salary
basis, and that I am bftierly opposed
to the supposed tax equalization law
which does not equalize taxation at
all. The people know the candidate
for state offices who favor those
measures and those who do not.”
Hands Off
Senator Watson indicated that all
attempts of people in Georgia to
draw him into the governorship race
or any, of th e other state contests
would be fruitless because, unldss
some of the state candidates go out
of the way to attack him, he will
keep hands off.
It is well known in Washington
that strong influences hnv e been at
work for several weeks, through nu
merous trips to Washington and con
ferences with Senator Watson, to
get him to line up with some of the
candidates for state offices, and that
tho efforts have been unavailing.
FORSYTH, Aug. t.—The k.lling ot
Cocky Glover near Holton this after*
not n was the first lynching to occur 1n
Monroe County in perhaps thirty
years and the fact that the mob crossed
th e line of Bibb and Mcnroe county t<
put the negro to death caused much
unfavorable comment aijflong eltizens
and they are h'gh y indignant over the
action of Chief of Detect'ves Hardison
in bringing the body bo,ck to Forsyth
and dumping It out in a lumber yard
almost in teh residential seet'on cn
the highway.
The first Intimation that the body
wbb bore was when Hardison drove up
to Chief of Police Holland and said;
"Here is that negro." Chief Holland
tela him: “You all killed him, keep
charge of him,” and refused to accept
th e body.
Later Hardison learned that Coronei
Grant was at a lurnbeT yard and wetn
there and dqmped the body out on th
ground. <
The entire cittsenry )* highly in
dignant over the officer’s actioi
held to pans condemnatory resolutions
it is po.nted out that if it was neeoB
held to pass condemnatory resolutons
regarding the lynching in Monroe coun
ty as well as bringing the body here
after it had been carried to Ma:on
L s pointed out taht if it was neces
sary to return the body to Monroi
county it should have been taken t*
the scene of t^e lynching and official,
notified.
MRS.J.A. CALLAWAY
DIED WEDNESDAY
One of Milledgeville’s Best
Known Women Succumbs
Home of Her Sister in
Maxeys.
Shortly before noon Wednesday a
message was received in Milledgeville
chronicling the death of Mr.s Pessi#
Fleming Callaway, wjldow of the late
Dr. John A. Callaway.
Mrs. Callaway was with her sister
n_Maxey^ when she passed away.
She had been ill several weeks and
and while it was known'that her con
dition was considered critical for two
or three weeks before she died the
nows of her death came as a shock to
the many friends of the family in .Mil*
ledgevllle.
Several weeks ago Mrs. Callaway
was taken ill at her home In this city.
After being urged to do so, slio con
sented to go to Maxeys to spend the
summer with her sister for the pur
pose of recuperating. However, since
the day she was taken ill her health
cont'nued to decline anil for the past
month hopes for her recovery grew
weaker. Until two or three months
ago Mrs. Callaway had always en
joyed fair l^ealth hnd her passing
away was unexpected to her many
friends here.
The body was brought to jMIliedge-
ville - Wednesday even ng. The fu
neral was held from the residence
Thursday morning at 11 o’clock, tho
appearance and indicated the esteem
fhe floral offerings presented a love-
tervlces being conducted by Rr. J. C.
W’lkinson and Rev. H. D. Warr.ock.
in which she was held by a large num
ber of fribnds.
Mrs. Callaway was looked upon
as one of ‘MUIedgevllle’s most gen
erous and public spirited women. In
a qu'et way sh e was known to have
cn numerous occasions, gone to the
relief of all destitute and suffering
coming, to her observation. She wa*
loved and admired by all of hor ac
quaintances on account of her chart*
table disposition and always evi
denced a desire to lend a helping
hand where help was needed.
The deceased 1b survived by two
sens, Messrs. L. N. and Tfcos. F. Cal
laway, both of Milledgeville, and sev
eral' sisters.
Interment took place In the city
-cmetery in the family burial lot.
Mr. J. E. Chandler
To Operate Ice
Cream Plant in Macoi
Mr. J. E. Chandler, who has operated
u mercantile business at Browns Cross
ing during the last ten or twelve years
has purchased machinery for the oper
ation of an Ice cream plant In Macon.
Tlie manufacturing plant beng install
ed by Mr. Chandler is now well undei
way and It is expected that the man
ufactur e of cream will be commente>
before the latter part of this week.
The ice cream plant wi’l e imraenc'
operation with the most Modern ca
chinery obtainable and a force o
highly skilled operators have been sc
cured to carry on the work. -The ca
pacity of the business will amoun
to several hundred gallons of crean
dally.
Mr. Chandler states that jt^ is his
purpos e to commence business b.
handling orders from Macon consum
e r * only, though he proposes to plan fo
the solictilng of ouside business 1.
the near future.
Dry Goods Concern To
Move To Ashburr
UNION .DRY GOODS COMPANY
WILL BE MOVED TO SOUTH
GEORGIA TOWN. , ALL GOODS
WILL BE SHIPPED NEXT WEEK.
Lookout Mountain seed Irish pota
toes; leave us your order. Emmot
L. Barnes.
Mr. Sam Miller, manager of tho
Union Dry Goods Company, has an
nounced that the store will be moved
•o Ashburn.
The Union~Dry has Goods Company
been in operation in Mlilledgevillts
threo years. The place of business
of the firm is in the Bass building nn
West Hancock street.
The change in location of the stora
from Mflledgeviltb to Ashburn will
be made next week. Mr. Miller has
expressed himself as regretting find
ing it necessary to make his depart
ure from Milledgevlljg, particularly
on account of the friends and ac
quaintances he has fonned during
his residence here.
SERVICES CONTINUE
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Although Rev. H. D. Warnock v.-ill
spend a portion of the month of August
on ihs vacation, services of one kind
and another will be continued at the
Baptist church.
Next Sunday, both morning and eve
ning, services will be held by the
Baptists Next Sunday week Rev.
James Ivey will till the pulpit, while
tlie evening services to be held the
third and fourth- Sundays will be con
ducted by members of the Baptist
Young People’s Union.
Steeded Raisins, FYn't Saia-1 nr.d
all kinds of nuts in can*. Kmmot L.
Barn**.
riZ'.CE VARNISHES AND WALL FINISHES
PAINT
OUTSIDE PAINTS AND STAINS
NO ORDERS TOO LARGE OR TOO SMALL
AT
Culver & Kidd Drug Company
• “OF COURSE.”
Phones 224 and 240