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BATTERIES
Atlanta, October 6 to t3
19 2 3
TEST AMUSEMENT PROGRAM AND
First and most
The first starting battery
(1911) was an Exide, and
today more new cars leave
the manufacturers’ hands
equipped with Exides than
with any other battery.
We have the right size
Exide for you, and the right
kind of repair service for all
makes of batteries.
R. M. STRIPLIN, Secretary
OSCAR MILLS, President
/ We handle only genuine Exide parts
been fixed at 17 mills.
The total i
levy on taxpayers of this county for
the year will be 22 mills, but 6 mills I
of this amount is Imposed by the
state. The taxable property in the
county amounts to $46,076,355, and it
)u estimated that $783,298.23 •will be
lecessary to pay expenses of the
county for the coming period of 1D23-J
24. The Bibb schools have been giv-j
on $357,840. This fund is augmented
by $20,000 in fines paid into the city
lourt.
park is In a mass of ruins, the entin.
FATHER TO HANG Erandstand a dd a portion of. the
bleachers having been destroyed re
found cently about midnight in one of the
most spectacular fires in the city’s
history. The damage, unofficially, was
estimated at $75,000, fully covered by
insurance, it was said. Arrangements
are being made to play the remaining
home games of the Atlanta club at
Grant field. The uniforms of both
j Nownan.—Grady Minter was
guilty of murder in connection with
I the death on August 10 of Millard
'Trouton, and with a recommendation
jfor mercy by a Coweta county jury,
i after an hour and a quarter of delib
j/erntion.
‘ He was sentenced to life imprison
ment. '
Before the verdict was brought in,
,J. W. Minter, father of accused, was
| conducted to the court, under close
guard of two deputy sheriffs. Father
and son sat within reach of each other
for more than half an hour, while the
spectators, crowding every corner of
the courtroom, waited to hear their
fate.
Immediately the verdict in Grady
Minter’s case was read, Judge C. S.
;Roop called upon J. W. Minter to
stand before the bar. The court ask
ed tho convicted man If he had any
thing to Bay before sentence was pro
nounced. Minter, a small man, •vtear-
iUgfa moustache, without a coat, pre
sented a forlorn figure as in his Btairt
Sleeves and Buspenders and without a
collar, he silently shook his head. The
court repeated the question, and again
the convicted man indicated that he
had nothing to say.
Judge Roop thereupon read the sen
tence, which was that J. W. Winter
shall be hanged privately, with none
hut officials and members of his fam
ily to be admitted, within one mile of
the Coweta county courthouse some
time between 10 o’clock and 12
o'clock noon on the morning of Octo
ber 12.
Tea Is Produced In Bartow County
Rome.—That an excellent grade of
tea will not only grow in north Geor- j
gia but that it can be made a highly
profitable crop has b^en demonstrat
ed by C. L. Lipscombe, a farmer who
lives near Adairsville in Bartow coun
ty. Mr. Lipscombe spent a year in
California four years ago. *He was
employed by a man who operated a
large farm. ThlB man raised tea for
his own use as many Californians do.
When Mr. Lipscombe returned to
Georgia, he brought a dozen plants
with him. He experimented with
Convicts Rob Guard And Escape
Augusta.—-Two negro convicts re
cently held up O. V. Lambert, coun
ty chaingang guard, robbed him of a
watch and what money he had and
made good their escape. The negroes
were "long-timers" and had figured
in several escapes before this one.
The negroes grabbed the officer's gun
and threatened to kill him and the
other convicts if they made an outcry.
The guard with the other men were
lined up - and their pockets rifled.
Man Is Killed By Live Wire
Columbus.—George S. Nolan, 23, of
Atlanta, employed as a lineman, was
electrocuted recently while working
on a telephone pole'' at Fort Banning.
He came in contact with a live wire
and officials said 2,300 vplts of elec
tricity passed through his body. Fu
neral services will be held in Atlanta.
came here about two
A BUILDING not only looks complete
JLX.when it is covered with a Carey
Roofing, but it is complete — perfectly
.protected, finished in appearance — a
structure built economically and sure to
prove economical to maintain. There is
a superior Carey Roofing for every type
of building. Let us tell you about the one
for your building.
Radio Compass Is In Wreck Probe
San Deigo, Calif.—In the maze of
technical testimony presented at the
Bession of the naval court of inquiry'
Investigating the wreck of seven de
stroyers off Point Honda, September
8, a radio compass on Point Argueilo,
not far from the scene of the crash,
again played the pivotal role.. This
time the needle of the compass seem-,
ed to point toward a logical explana-'
tion of the disaster, and, according to
officers prosecuting the investigation
toward the person or persons on
whom responsibility for the tragedy
may be fixed.
Mr. Nolan
months ago.
Man Drowned As Boat Capsizes
Albany.—J. T. McDaniel, 23, was
drowned in Muckalee creek at Graves
Bill, in Lee county, recently when a
Accure Dentist Of Part In Floggings
Macon.
boat containing a number of young
men and young women was capsized,
in rescuing the young women of the
party the men said that they forgot
'.hat McDaniel could not swim. He
was going down for the last time when
ihey first noticed him in trouble, they
sported. The body was recovered
md brought here.
-Dr. C. A. Yarbrough, prom
inent Macon dentist, was re-arrested
in his office hero on five additional
warrants in connection with recent
Macon floggings. Two warrants
Charging rioting, two charged assault
and battery and another charged
'pointing a pistol at another. All five
were bench warrants and carried no
specific allegations. He made bond
soon after the warrants were served,
Jn the sum of $12,600. He was re
quired to give $2,500 bail in each case.
The only statement that Yarbrough
Roof for Every Building 9 j
FOR SALE BY-
B. H. ANDREW 8c SON
FERRY, GA.
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Bid For Democratic National Meeting
Washington.—Cities representing'
every section of the United States are
seeking the democratic national CCSD-
vention n$$t year. The chief entries,
are: New York, Atlanta, ,Cleveland,
Louisville, st. Louis* Denver and
Francisco. ? New York and San
oisco are most active, but all of the
cities named will present' formal ihr
vitations when the democratic naitdtK
ai comnxittee meets here in Recent
her to dddtde Whape the
shall he held.. . ..... . . .. ...
No One-Teacher Schools Left
Amerlcus.—The last one-teacher ru
ral school in Sumter county has dis
appeared. Penuington school has for
mally bedn consolidated into the
schools at New Era, Pleasant Grove
and Andersonville. Miss Vannie Grif
fin, who has been teaching at the
school, will be retained in the rural:
school organization, being given her!
option of teaching at either New Era,
Pleasant Grove or Andersonville.
#nd assault and battery.
Ball Park Destroyed By Fire
l ..Atlanta.—Tlie Ponce, de Leon bal*
Bibb Taxpayers To Pay 22 Mills j
Macon.-rTbe Bibb county 'tax ratei<