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/ '/• J 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