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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. Subscribe for the HOME JOURNAL and keep up with the affairs of the county. 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<