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Vol. 25, No. 6
Three-Cornored
Race Interesting
REGISTRATION RECORD
i SCHATTERED
One of the hottest poiiticial
battles ever known in Hazlehurt
is coming to a close. In fact, it
is all over now except the shout
ing and that will be staged next
Tuesday night.
The three-cornored race has
caused more people to. register
to vote than ever registered be
fore.
The election will be held Tues
day and the line-ups are as fol
lows:
CITY TICKET
To the Citizens of Hazlehurst:
We hereby announce our can
didacy for the following city of
fices and earnestly solicit your.
support in the city election.
FOR MAYOR
J. K. Davis
FOR ALDERMEN .
(To-succeed M. Lynn for one
year term.)
M. Lynn
(To suceeed Dr. ~ S Wo-Martin
for two year term)
Dr. J. M. Oliver
(To succeed J. A. Cromartie,
Jr., for two years term.)
G. M. Quinn.
SCHOOL BOARD
(To succeafi. H. McAllister)
S. H."McAllister.
CITY TICKET
FOR MAYOR—B. B. McDONALD.
FOR ALDERMEN:
J. A Cromartie, Jr.
To Succeed Dr. S. W. Martin—
’ M. Jarman.
To Succeed M. Lynn-—
G. L. Hinson.
SCHOOL BOARD—S. H. McAllister.
CITY TICKET
FOR MAYOR
Newt Gaskins
ALDERMEN
To succeed S. W. Martin ~
S. W. Martin
To succeed J. A. Cromartie, Jr.
J. A. Cromartie. Jr.
To succeed M. Lynn
G. L. Hinson.
SCHOOL BOARD
S. H. McAllister.
LOCAL STORES TO
CLOSE EARLIER
The majority of the stores in
Hazlehurst have signed an agr
eement to close at 6;30 P. M., be
ginning April Ist, and lasting
until the tobacco market opens.
Also during the months of May,
June and July they will close
each Thutsday afternoon at 10’
gloek, -
This is the annual custom and
practically all the towns in this
section close early and on Thurs
day afternoon.
This warm weather makes tur-‘
pentine run and that means
more money coming in. |
THE RIGHT WAY 'TO TRAVEL
is by train. The safest. -Most.com
fortable. Most reliable. Costs less.
fi e of Tishst Agents vegnrding
FERTAY DYESINGR e R
Haslehnrst Xelws
Hazlehurst High School Wins Both
Sides of Debate In District Contest
" The local team of Hazle Hi,
icomposed of Miss Frances Knox
and Miss Gussie Cohen defeated
.the Blackshear Team represent
ed by Mr. John Culpeper and
Mr. Milton Grainger, winning
all three votes of the Judges. At
Jesup the Hazlehurst team who
was represented by Mr. Martin
Jarman, Jr., and Mr, Howard
Williams again won all three
votes of the judges against the
Jesup High School. '
For the past two years, Hazle
hurst High school has won the
District Debate and has held the
large Loving Cup donated for
that purpose. Hazlehurst has a
wonderful opportunity to retain
permanent possession of the Cup
by winning in the District Meet
this year at Jesup next month.
The Debaters and teachers
who have so ably helped, them
are to be congratulated on their
wonderful showing.
Women Prisoners
Show Increase In
State of Georgia
Atlanta—From a total of ap
proximately 40 inmates of the
women’s department at the
state prison farm less than 8
years ago, the number hasin
ereased; aceording-to Chairman
E. L. Rainey, of the state prison
commission, until there are now
nearly as many inmates in that
branch of the prison as in the
male camp.
The larger number of increas
es among the white female pris
oners are for murder and attem
pted murder, but the distribu
tion of crimes for which they
were committed are almost as
gencral as among the male pris
oners, Chairman Rainey says.
In 1927 thele were 313 in the
male camp, while the figure for
1928 is 414, or an increase of 101
male prisoners.”
The inerease in both divisions
of the prison farm has been so
great that the administration of
the institution is taxed to finan
ce it and at the present time the
state commission has under ad
visement a presentation of the
situation to the judges rof the
state, to be accompanied by a re
quest that the various courts
sentence to the farm only those
‘prisoners who, because of physi
cal condition, can not be sent to
the road camps in the several
counties.
While the information is not
in the nature of an official ex
pression of opinion, it is known
that, unless some method is de
vised to minimize the number of
prisoners committed to the inst
itution near Milledgeville, it is a
matter of but very short time
before the state, through the
general agsembly, will be com
pelled to turn attention to provi
sion for a central state prison
system of larger capacity and
better equipment. It is at this
time a matter of practical cer
tainty that the subject of incre
asing demands on the present
system and the inability to fin
anceit on the same appropria
tion which has been "given the
, past several years, will have to
|be brought to the attention of
the customary joint rgg‘eting of
the senate and house penintiary
Hazlehurst, Georgia, March 28,1929
o
’Earl Cromartie
On Murder Charge
; (From Macon Telegraph)
Douglas, Ga. March 20.—Earl
Cromartie, of Hazlehurst, was
placed in jail in Douglas this as:
ternoon, under an indictment of
murder returned yesterday, in
the present term of Coffee Sup
erior court for running an auto
mobile into the car of Mrs. Ira
Dent last September and killing
instantly her little girl, Sara
Beth, and also injuring Mrs,
Emory Market, who died a few
days later as a result of her in
juries. |
Mr. Cromartie was arrested at
the time of the erash and upona
commitment trial was bound ov
er for voluntary manslaughteri
and his release under bond. He
came to Douglas to attend court
and this afternoon the murder
case was continued until the 4th
Monday in April upon his own
motion for continuance. He
was then re arrested and placed
in jail to await trial but itis
understood that his counsei will
make application for bail before
Judge M. D. Dickerson atan
eariy date.
Regretted Here. :
Earl Cromartio is a membe:
of one of the most prominent
families of Hazlehurst, and the
plight he is now in is deeply re
gretted by hundreds of friends
of the family.
Girl, 14, Ends Life;
Marriage Balked
Statesboro, Ga. March 24—
Frustrated in her effort to marry
she step son of her father, Lot
tie Mae Deal, 14-year old daugh
!ter of L. W. Deal, prominent
Bullock county farmer, swallow
ed the contents of a bottle of
strychnine at her home two
miles from here last night and
was dead 30 minutes later.
The girl left a note to her fath
er saying: “‘lf I cannot live and
go with the one I love, 1 had ra
ther die,”’
After she swallowed the poi
son the girl threw her arms a-‘
round her brother’s neck, and
said: “'I am going to die in afew
minutes. I have taken peison.”
The boy summoned a doctor, Dr.
D. L. Deal, an uncle of the girl,
and she died while en route to
the sanitarium operated by the
physioian,
Lottie Mae was a student in
the high school here and yester
day after school sghe is said to
have visited the home)of a girl
friend where she is reported to
have had a tryst with John Den-!
nis Bragg, son of Mrs. Deal, the
gir)’s step mother, of whom the
father disapproved of as a com
panion for his daughter. Her
father is said to have learned of
the tryst and her brother was
sent to return her home. It
was shorily after her return
that she is said to have taken
the fatal poison dose.
Mr. Deal gave the age of his
daughter as 18, but records in
the office of the county school
superintendent show her age 14.
Recordsin the ordinary’s office
here show that a marriage li
cense was issued Lottie Mae and
B L i
J OCAL NEWS
A Paragraph About You
: And Your Friends.
INSURE WITA W. W. SMITH.
7 NOTICE!
No meat will be received
for curing later than April
First and our storage room
will close for the season May
Ist, 1929. =
Hazlehurst Ice Company
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Garrett
spent Sunday afternoon in East
man.
Mr. and Mrs. Ledley Johnson
are occupying rocmsin the home
of Mrs Eugene Williams.
. Mr. Paul Hinson returned
home recently from an extended
stay in Florida. His health is
greatly improved.
A number of ladies attended
‘the W. C. T. U,, Group meeting
in Baxley last Thursday. This
group includes Appling, Wayne,
‘Bacon and Jeff Davis counties. i
Mr. and Mrs. Mixon announce
the arrival of a fine boy.
Dr. R. P. Mlddleton and Har
mon Middleton were visitors in
Sa.annah last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bean Ofl
Doerun, spent last week with
relatives here. !
_ Mrs. Clayton Holland of Alma‘
is quite ill atthe home of her‘
gigier, Mcs. Gerald Quinn, in the
city. She underwent an opera
tion Friday, and is under the
care of Dr. J. M. Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Glcver re
turned home Monday from a
brief visitin Birmingham.
Mrs. E. Wallace has re-opened
the Blue Bird Shop and made a
business trip to Atlanta the first
of the week to buy new Spring
grrds.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bishop
and daughter, Liliian, of Monti
cello, Fla., were guests of rela
tives here last week.
Mrs. Winnie Chapman has re
turned from Atlanta.
Mr, Herman Yawn of Fort
Benning, # visiting relotives in
this ecounty.
Seed cane for sale cheap. Will
take cash or corn. J. H. Boone.
Mr. W. D. Horton, " the gifted
editor of the Telfair Enterprise,
Mcßae, was the guest of Otto
Middleton a short while Friday.
He was enroute to Alma.
Mrs. W. D. Reagin and chil
dren, Sarah Jo and Gene, will
visit in Eastman next week.
Miss Bessimal Taylor will re
turn to her home in Eastman
Monday after teaching a school
in this County.
Mr, and Mrs. J. D, Parkerson
spent Sunday in Mcßae with his
sister, Mrs. Chas Dennis.
If you have woodsland which
you would like toexchange for
a onc or two horse farm with
good buildings thereon, see me.
Jno. A. Cromartie.
Mrs. J. W. Taylor of Eastman
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. 3
D. Parkerson.
Chickens& E
---Wanted---
We will give you absolutely the
Highest Cash Market Prices for
all your Chickens and Eggs. See
us or drop us a Postal Card.
Watkins Brothers,
% . Naslehusst, Ga.
l Market Prices On
‘ Farm Products
Market report (wholesale) of
| farm products in Atlanta, on
Monday, March 25th, 1929, as
repocted by the State Bureau of
Markets of the Georgia Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Eegs, 35¢ dozen.
Butter, Table 40c pound; cook
ing, 35¢ pound.
Hogs, No. 1 basis cornfed, 10¢
‘pound.
~ Hens, Heavy, 26c pound; light
23c pound.
Stags, 25¢ pound.
Roosters, 15¢ pound.
Fryers, 38¢ pound.
Turkeys, 30¢ pound, delivered
in Atlanta.
Corn, $1.20 bu, slipped-shuck
and $1.25 bu, shelled in sacks.
Sweet Potatoes, 2¢ pound f.o.b
shipping point.
C. 0. SMITH
Contractor and Builder
Wood, Brick or Cement
Can Give You Any Class Of
Work Desired
Hazlehurst, Georgia
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Special Inducements Will Be
Wi Few D
ithdrawn In Few Days
If you have the slightest desire to own for yourself
one of these new Westinghouse Electric Ranges with
the “Flavor Zone” oven . . . if you want the freedom
that automatic oven control gives . .. and want to
save money ~~ well as lighten your housework—
investigate 1
$4.75 Down— 24 Months
~ to pay the balance!
.
Free Table or Tradein Offer!
Think! You don’t want to miss these low terms.
You could use one of these porcelain enameled top
kitchen tables. One given free with each sale—or
we allow $lO on your old stove, if you prefer. BUT
—these terms are only while this sale lasts ... a few
days more.
BANISH KITCHEN SLAVERY
o HAVE MORE DELICICUS MEALS
" You can do both by having this Westinghouse Elec
tric Range Installed——%ld you’ll never miss the small
monthly payments. is range cooks so superbly
well that bwides put their mother-in-law’s meals to
shame when the bride has a Westinghouse and
Mother doesn’t!
SPECIAL CLUB OFFER, ALSO!
‘When the Westinghouse is bought in combina
tion with a Red Crown automatic storage Elec
tric Water Heater we offer special club terms
~—slo down and 30 months to pay. So come in
and get ALL the'facts!
GE O%G 1A
$1.50 Per Year
Market Bureau Sells Many
Farm Products
Atlanta. March 25—During
month of February nearly a qua
rter of a million dollars worth of
farm products were sold cooper
ativley by the State Bureau of
Markets of the Department of
Agriculture and the County Ag
ents, it isannounced by the
Commissioner.
' Sixty-seven car loads of hogs
which sold for $113,831.71 led
the sales, poultry being second,
27 cars bringing $109,655.46, to
tal sales being $237,923.66.
Commissioner Talmadge warns
the farmers against selling toa
many hens and brood sows,
which would cause a depletion
of their stock of: chickens and
hogs.
“CLYCLONE SALLY”
At Brooker-Denton Consolidated
School, Denton, Ga., Friday ev
ening, March 29th, 8 o’clock.
Admissien 15¢ and 25¢.
Messrs Norman and Lewis Me
Daniel of Athens, are spending
the Spring holidays with their
parents here,
Mayor A. D. Finley attended
the district debate at Blacksher.