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Vol. 25, No. 17
Young Men Held
. 2
First Meeting
An organization meeting of
the Hazlehurst Junior Chamber
of Commerce was held at the
Hazlehurst Hotel dining room
at 8:30 P. M., on June 11.
After several short talks by
defferent members the following
officers were elected: President
J. A. E. Cox, Vice-President,
G. 0. Danner, Secretary and
Treasurer, J. J. Hammock.
The following were appointed
on the membership committee:
Messrs W. C. Jarvis, G. O.
Danner, 1. L. Bond, W. H. Atta
wayand C. L. Sapp. The fol
lowing were appointed to draft
by-laws and set an amount for
dues: Messrs J. F. Matthews,
G. T. Chamlee and W. E.
Mitchell. The following were
appointed on 2 refreshment
committee: Messrs W. E. Mitch
ol L. J. Lumley and Otto
McLendon. The following were
appointed on & publicity com
mittee: Messrs Otto Middleton,
A. D. Finley, W. W. Smith and
Ji F. Snell.
After the election of officers
and appointment of committees
a general discussion was held
as to the object and plans of
the Junior Chamber ¢f Com
merce and every member
present pledged himself to be
present at the next meeting,
Tuesday, June 18, and to do
everything possible to make
this organization a success.
Hazlehurst Defeats
rwemsitor - Chauricey 6to 4
In one of the nicest games of
the season, so far, the local
team of Hazlehurst easily de
feated the team from Chauncey
last Thursday afternoon on the
local basebali diamond.
The final score was 6 for
Hazlehurat and 4 for Chauncey. I
The Hazlehurst team played
well in all departments, and
especially the pitcher, Jim Hin
son. He only gave up three
hits and fanned ten Chauncey
men. This makes the second
game in a row that Hagzlehurst
has won, and with encourage
ment the local team can be
made ows of the best in this
W & good ball team
say tewn. ek
Curing Tobacce For
An Early Market
The tobacco growers of this
gection are busy gathering and
curing tobacco. The grade
being cured is known -as ‘‘sand
lugs’’ and‘leaves grown next
to the_ ground. This is the
cheapest grade of tobacco and
after this is gathered and cured
then the middle leaves, or the
finest bright leaf tobacco, will
be gathered and cured and
made ready for market.
Inasmuch as the tobacco is
ripening eariier this year than
usual, the Georgia . tobacco mar
kst will likely open up earlier
than usual, probably about the
middle of July.
Every town in the Georgia
tobacco belt where a warehouse
is located is making elaborate
plans for opening day.
Mrs. A. J. Shearouse, who
has been visiting her nieces,
Misses [Mannie and Hope Jordan,
in the city, has returned to her
home in Savannah. '
Miss Edna McEachin, of At
lanta, is the guest of relatives
here. i
Haslehursl Nelos
News Adds New Feature
The Hazlehurst News signed
contract Monday for eight-page
picture rotogravure section.
This will add color to the local
paper and place it in au class
with the leading country news
papers of the United States.
We will, from week-toweek
publish local pictures in this
section, This section costs big
money to get, yet, we have
enough confidence in Hazle
hurst to believe our business
men will wake up some time
and support their newspaper by
advertising and having their
job printing done at home. The
first edition of this rotogravure
will appear 1n Hazlehurst some
during July, as it takes quite
a while to get started on this
class of printing. Watch for it.
Negress Is Guest
Of Mrs. Hoover
Jeff Davis County ‘“Hoov
ercrats’’ Should Be In
terested In This
Social Function
Washington, June 14.—The
presence of the wife of Oscar
De Priest, colored congressman
from Illinois, at a semi-formal
tea given by Mrs. Herbert Hoo
ver at the White House on
Wednesday, has caused a furore
in Washington social circles and
has brought expressions of
perturbation from many mem
bers of Congress, north as
well as south.
The tea was oneof a series
some of the 600 women of the
congressional set. The wives
of three other representetives
were present, as well as the
wives of two cabinet members,
Mrs. Good and Mrs. William C,
Mitchell, as well as ten other
women.
Senator Caraway, of Arkan
sas, this afternoon read the
announcement into the senate
records, withouf comment.
Southern members of congress
have been angered by the in
cident, while, with few ex
ceptions, the northerna members
likewise deplore the eccaurance.
~ Poltically the incident is goon
z ti-l effect on the fulre
| » repoblican party i e
%:I&i'-o:;oobnnm hlbvgl:
Rt2willi :ando -.any geod . which
ioflbiis 6f."thoa¥%;%o'.;'&iz
up 8 ‘‘lily white*’ machine. .
the south may have schieved.
It is also likely to alienate the
large groups of white support
which voted for President Hoo
ver in the election, giving him,
for the first time in his party’s
history, the electoral votes of
four southern states. ;
There is no precedent in
Washington history for the in
cident, although many recall
the luncheon at the White
House when Booker -T. Wash
ington was a guest of President
Roosevelt. That occasion, how
ever, was not a social affair,
but a business conference at
‘which Mrs. Roosevelt was not
present.
~ ““The incident is as deplorable
as it is astonding,’”’ Senator Pat
)Harrison, of Mississippi, said.
“If there is any one thing the
south do not approve, itisany
tendency toward negro social
equality.”’ .
Senator Morris Shepperd, of
Texas, said, ‘‘l deplore this
;incident beyond all measure. It
is a recognition of social equali
ty of the white and black races.
A step fraught with infinite
danger to our white civiliza
tion.”’ RN
Hazlehurst, Georgia, June 20, 1929
LOCAL NEWS
A Paragraph About You
And Your Friends.
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INSURE WITA W. W. SMITH.
Pull for Hazlehurst—or pull
out.
Please assist me in gathering
the local news items by phoning
64. Mrs Otto Middleton.
} Master Joe Snell is spending
this week in Reidsville on a
fishing trip.
Miss Esther Godbey, and Miss
Lane were guests of Rev. and‘
Mrs. J. F. Snell, re:ently. |
Messrs Norman and Lewisi
MecDonald have returned home
from Athens to spend the
summer vacation with home
folks here.
Miss Inez Middleton, of
Miami, is visiting relatives in
the city.
Miss Madelyn Oliver left
Saturday for an extended visit
to relatives in Chaslotte, N. C.
Miss Lillian Hayes left last
week to attend summer school
at Mercer University.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood
ward were recent visitors in
the city.
Mrs. Patt Sapp has returned
from an extended stay in North
Carolina, and has re-opened her
beauty parlor in Hazlc\ahurst.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wood
spent last week in Savannah.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Smith
and young son, and Miss Mary
Bennett are spending several
days in Washington, Ga:, and
ii v i Ro e
Dr.S. W. Martin® and ddogh
ter, Elizabeth, are spending a
few days in Macon. They will
be accompanied home the latter
pait of the week by Mrs. Mar
tin.
Mrs. Lott Johnson and two
children left last Thursday for
Asheville, N. C., to spend the
summer,
Mr, and Mrs. T. C. Denmark
have returned from White
Springs, Fla., where they spent
several days.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Lynn have
returned home from a delightfu}
visit in Floride. ;
| s k.
M, Mildral Cresmr@le i
visi@hg seintives jp Fletds,
g P! Bagwel of Degs.
Tas, "Wis " the ‘redsitt®, of
Misses JAmma Lee and. Rose
Young and Roger ‘Williams.
~ Mrs. Barney Birch, of Atlan
ta is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. F. D. Morgan, of Coug
las, was the guest.of Mrs, Mary
Young, recently.
Messrs G. W. Best and A. D.
Finley were visitors in Bruns
wick last week in the interest
of the Woodmen of the World.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Finley
and family left Sunday for
Tubee where they will spend a
few days.
Miss Alice Burns had as her
guests Sunday, Misses Edna
Raybun and Desiree Barrs,
Messrs Bechum Crook of -Au
gusta dand Messrs Snow and
Strickland of Waycross.
Mrs. G. A. Reid and young
son, of Waldo, Fla., are guests
of relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hammock
and daughter are visiting in
Atlanta this week.
Mrs. J. M. Hinson was the
week-end guest of her daughter
in Nashville, Ga. -
Hired Slayer Gets
Electric Chair
Aged Woman Plotter To
Stand Trial Next Week
(From Macon Telegraph)
Earl Manchester, 19, of Ro
cho”. Mich., was found guilty
of first degree murder by a Bibb
Supdg:;r court jury last night.
The jury deliberated 25 min
utet.
| Judge H. A. Matthews, pre
siding, will pronounce the death
gentence under the Georgia law,
at 10 o’clock this morning, he
di A large portion of the
crowd which packed the court
roomi throughout the day, re
mained until the verdict was
retarned last night shortly after
st;;tk. :
anchester was stoical as
Assistant Solicitor P. HMLamb
re¥fff’,the verdict. Solicitor
Charles H. Garrett was absent
from the courtrofm.
verdict was read:
““We, the jury, find the de
fendant guilty.”’ :
anchester appeared to grit
his teeth in an effort to prevent
a display of emotion. As he
wallked with the deputies from
the eourtroom, he kissed his
brother, Elmer Manchester, 21,
goodsbye. The brother bas
been in the city throughout the
week; and remained in the
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" Lewis McDonald has returned
home afier completing a year s
work, in a medical course, at
the University of Georgia.
Rev. j'‘Scottie’’ Towers at
tended the Baptist Convention
in Gleenville last week. This
week Rev.” Towers is visiting
in Brunswick. 1
courtroom during the trial.
Attorneys will file a motion
for a new trial, theo said.
Manchester’s confession, that
he made two days 'after he
murdered James W. Parks, 18,
Hapeville, Ga., printer, and
made again on the stand yes
terday afternoon, was the only
evidence offered in his behalf.
In Macon, the ‘‘motherly love”
of Mrs, J. C. Powers, 71, room
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Tobacco Men
. In Hazlehurst
Messrs Watson and Odom,
the two experienced tobacco
warehousemen, of Ahoskie, N.
C., are in Hazlehurst looking
around prior to opening up the
Planters Warehouse here.
These gentlemen will operate
the Planters Warehouse this
season and promises the tobacco
growers of Jeff Davis and the
neighboring tobacco growing
counties, that real tobaeco
buyers will be on their floor
this season. These tobaceo
experts are well pleased with
the general build of the Plant
ers Warehouse, stating that
tobacco will show its natural
colar and quality in this well
lighted warehouse.
Hazlehurst welcomes these
gentlemen and our business m@n
are assuring them of their full
co-operation in making the
Planters Warehouse ofe of the
best patronized in the tobacco
belt.
Mrs. Jack Bond is the guest
of relasives in Atlanta.
Mrs. W. E. Kemp spent Sun
day and Monday in Everett
City. ;
After spending several days
in the city with homefolks, Mr.
Leonard Cocroft has returned
to New York.