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Miss Marion Bullard Under
S2OOO Bond For Fart in
Shooting Affray Monday
Afternoon at Six O’Clock
Miss Grace McDaniel, 26, of
Chauncey, Georgia, is in a criti
cal condition in the Claxton-Mun
for hospital in Dublin, suffering
from a pistol wound, said to have
been inflicted by Miss Marion
Bullard, seniar high school stu
dent in the Alamo school. Ac
cording to an X-ray examination,
the bullet entered just oenc ath
her heart, ranging downward,
embedding itself in a bone near
the hip. It is reported that two
shots were fired by Miss Bullard,
the first missing her mark and
lodging in the rear of the car in
which the McDaniel girl was sit'
ting when advanced upon by her
assailant. The second bullet ent
ered her body, penetrating vital
organs, from which it is claimed
she may not recover.
The shooting took place in
front of the Bullard service sta
tion, operated by the father of
Miss Bullard. Mr. Bullard was
not at his place of business at the
time of the shooting, but reached
there shortly afterwards. His
brother, J. W. Bullard, was in
charge of the station at the time,
and on hearing the shots, ran out
and grasped the weapon from
Miss Bullard after she had shot
twic, possibly preventing her
from emptying the remaining
contents of the revolver into the
body of her prostrate victim.
It is said when Miss Bullard
saw the McDaniel girl drive up
to her father’s place of business,
she, Miss Bullard, drove to the
station also and got out of her
car and advanced to the car in
which the McDaniel girl was
seated and shot towards her thru
the door of the car, which shot
missed its supposed mark. She
went around the car and told her
to get out of her father’s car, and
as she opened the door of the car
and attempted to get out it is
said she shot her again. Inter
ference at this time by her uncle
resulted in the young lady get
ting into her car and driving
home.
Sheriff H. N. Bears, who was in
the drug store around the next
corner from the station, rushed
to the scene at once, but when
he got there Miss Bullard left,
and he with others that had gath
ered, attracted by the reports
from the revolver, assisted in
getting the wounded girl to a
place where she received first
aid treatment from Dr. Nelson.
Later in the evening she was
taken to the hospital’ in Dublin.
Acting under instructions from
the solicitor general, M. H. Boy
er, of the Oconee Judicial circuit,
who was here in attendance upon
superior court County Police
man M. D. Long swore out a war
rant the next day, charging Miss
Bullard with assault with intent
to kill. The sheriff was given the
warrant and it was promptly ex
ecuted, and bond for S2OOO was
posted.
Union vs. Milan
On last Tuesday afternoon
Union and Milan basket ball
teams met on Mcßae - Helena
court and had a very interesting
game. Milan boys won by score
of 14 and 22, while Union girls
won by score of 54 and 0.
The games were enjoyed by all
spectators.
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Fail From Truck Fatal to
Young Wheeler Farmer j
George Padgett, a young farm
er living above Glenwood, meta
■ sudden death on Friday of last
week, when a truck on which he
was riding capsized, It is said
that he boarded the truck, which
was loaded with cabbage, only a
short distance from his home and
that soon after the wheels began
skidding, the road being wet,
caused the truck to overturn,pin
ning him beneath. He was killed
instantly.
It is understood that Mr. Pad
gett was standing on the side of
the truck, on which fell, render
ing it impossible for him toes
cape. The driver escaped un
hurt.
Deceased was a son of Mr. W.
Padgett, of Laurens county, and
was an industrious and prosper
ous young farmer.
He is survived by his wife, two
children, father and several
brothers.
Glenwood 4-H Club
The seventh grade of Glen
wood 4 H club is progressing fine
in Uieir work.
We have started in our second
year club work, and we are get
ting along fine.
We elected new officers Febru
ruary sth, 1930:'
Dorothy Rivers, President.
Mattie Lee Joyce, V-President
Nonene Purvis, Secretary.
We are also getting along nice
ly with our garden work.
We hope to finish our work as
a 100 per cent class.
NONENE PURVIS,
Reporter.
Cox-Holbrook
Miss Eva Cox, of Plant City,
Florida, and Mr. Harold Autree
Holbrook were united in mar
riage on February 10th.
Mrs. Holbrook is the attrac
tive daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Cox, former residents of
this county. The groom is the
son of Rev. J. J. Holbrook, for
mer resident of this state, but
now residing in Florida.
Many local friends of the bride
join in wishing them happiness
and prosperity through life.
Revival Services
Begun at Bay Springs
Revival services opened at Bay
Springs Methodist church last
Thursday night. The pastor,
Rev. Roy Gardner, is doing the
preaching.
Morning services begin at elev
1 en o’clock and night services at
: eight o’clock.
Everyone is invited to attend
and help in having a good meet
ing.
Wynn-McDaniel
On last Sunday afternoon at
. five o’clock, March 2nd, Miss
Avis Wynn and Mr. James
, Harvey McDaniel were united in
marriage.
. The wedding was performed
: by Rev. H. L. Avery, of Mcßae,
at the home of the bride, in the
i presence of a few friends and
relatives of the bride and groom.
Mrs. McDaniel is the attractive
i daughter of Mrs. J. H. Wynn, of
1 near Glenwood. The groom is
i the son of Mrs. J. T. McDaniel,
? of near Alamo.
; । They are making their home
i with the groom’s mother for the
■ present.
1 Their many friends wish them
' happiness and prosperity.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930
INSECT IS FOUND
TO FIGHT WEEVIL.
Athens, Ga., Feb. 28. —An in
sect which may prove to be the
nemesis to the boll weevil has
been discovered in this section
by Dr. J. H. Miller, professor of
botany, University of Georgia,
and George Crisfield, a collabo
rator, it was learned today. The
insect is known as the Bracon
mellitor.
The economic importance of
the Bracon mellitor, which is a
small wasp, is that it may prove
to be the best means of fighting
the boll weevil, a fact substanti
ated by Dr. Miller’s experiments
The wasp does its friendly
work for the cotton farmer by
boring into the holes in the young
boll or square of the cotton where
the female weevil has deposited
her eggs; it lays its own eggs in
this hole on top of those of the
mother weevil, and the larvae
devours the young larvae of the
weevil, without any injury what
ever to the growing boll accord
ing to Dr. Miller.
According to Dr. Miller, this
insect has been known to the
scientific world for some time,
but only in a general way. It was
known along the Mexican border
as a parasitical insect, but not in
the way of being an arch enemy
of the boll weevil, this parasite’s
passion for living on the young
weevil larvae was discovered by
Dr. Miller after he accidentally
opened a cotton square in which
he found one of the weevil larvae
being devoured. He took the
parasitical larvae to bis^laborato
ry and let it develop into the
adult form, while he identified it
in its proper phylum.
$7,000,000 Appropriation
Signed For Storm Aid.
Washington, March 4.—Presi
dent Hoover today signed a
$7,000,000 appropriation bill for
the relief of agriculturists in sec
tions hit by flood, drouth and
storm conditions in the pastyear.
The money will go to provide
seed loans for farmers in sections
of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina,
Virginia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Indi
ana, Illinois, Minnesota, North
Dakota, Montana, New Mexico
and Missouri.
Union 4-H Club.
1 The Union 4 H club met March
4th. Miss Godbee was with us
1 and we had a very pleasant meet
ing.
The meeting was called to ord
•er by the president. Roll was
called and each member respond
-1 ed by telling what they had fin
' ished since last meeting.
The first year girls cut their
aprons and caps. Second year
girls finished their emblems.
The third year girls helped the
. first year girls and cut their
, aprons and learned how to patch.
, We were very proud that all of
t the members were present. Our
new membersare doing just fine.
[ We hope they wiD keep it up.
There being no further busi
, ness we were dismissed. Our
। next meeting will be held Tues
day 11th.
MATHILDE IRWIN,
’ Reporter,
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FOUR MONTHS CLOSED
SEASON JOR FISHING.
Atlanta, Feb. 2.—She State de
partment of game and fish di
rects attention to the fact that,
beginning the first day of March,
the law provides for a closed fish
ing season in many counties in
the state. The law is one purely
of local option, and has been
made operative by action of the
county grand juries.
In no state are there less res
t- ictive or prohibitive regulatory
statutes on fishing than in Geor
gia, nor is there any requirement
in this state of a license to fi-;h
or a limit on the number of fish
to be taken, during the open sea
son. For these reasons the spir
it- of sportsmanship among the
fishermen undoubtedly should
prompt them to aid in bringing
about a complete observance of
the few regulations Georgia has
imposed, and particularly those
imposed by local grand juries,
touching fishing.
It is unfortunate that a more
or less general impression pre
vails in the state that the last
session of the general assembly
repealed the law authorizing
county grand juries to prescribe
local option fishing laws, setting
up certain periods as a closed
season. Such a repeal law was
not enacted. A bill was intro
duced in the general assembly at
the 1929 session providing for a
uniform state wide closed fish
ing season season covering the
recognized spawning period.
This bill, which, if enacted into
a law, would automatically repeal
the existing local option statutes,
passed the senate unanimously,
but failed to come up for action
in the house; and, therefore, the
old law stands, as it did before
the general assembly met, and in
each county where the grand
jury fixed a closed season on
fresh water fishing that action by
the grand jury automatically
stands as the Jaw of the state
within that county.
In any instance where there i;
doubt about whether or not a
local option fishing law is effec
tive, closing the season on March
first, the fisherman may easily
and readily post himself by mak
ing inquiry of either the county
game warden or the clerk of the
superior court. The State de
partment of game and fish asks
that the same spirit of coopera
tion be accorded in respect to
the fishing regulations, which
are very few, that has been ac
corded generally in the matter
of observance of the hunting
laws. The department much
prefers cooperation to mandato
ry enforcement.
The following are the closed
months in Wheeler: March,
April, May and June.
Telfair Lady Dies Suddenly.
News reached here of the sud
den death of Mrs. J. M. Towns,
> 52, which occurred at her home
■ near Helena ou Friday of last
, week. Death was caused from a
heart attack while she was out in
her yard working among the
flowers.
Mrs. Towns was the mother of
Mrs. M. D. Long of this place.
• Mr. and Mrs. Long and family
attended the funeral.
She is survived by her husb
and, two sons and one daughter,
, Mrs. M. D. Long, of Alamo; two
। brothers and two sisters.
Interment was in the cemetery
at Sherron church, in Telfair
county Saturday.
Death of Mrs. W. A. Wynn.
A shadow of gloom was cast
over the entire community last
Wednesday morning when the
death angel visited the home of
Mr. W. A. Wynn and bore his
dear wife, Mrs. Belle, away, aft
er an illness of about five weeks.
She was a member of the Beth
el Baptist Church, coming here
from Rock Springs about six
years ago, and was always an
active worker in all church and
Sunday School work; never re
fusing to do anything that she
was asked to do.
She is gone but not forgotten
by those who knew her. She was
a soldier of Christ, trying to do
good in every way and to every
one she came in contact with.
She bore her heavy burdens of
this earth, submissively taking
Christ as her physician, the heal
er of all ills. Altho tender loving
hands of friends, loved ones and
her earthly physician did all that
mortal could do for her, her
Heavenly physician said, come
ye blessed all ills are healed,
enter into the joys of peace and
happiness and dwell forever in
my house not made with hands.
She was a devoted wife, a lov
ing sister, a kind, affectionate
and helpful friend, considerate
and thoughtful of the aged, help
ful to children. Our great loss’s
her eternal gain.
She is survived by her husb
and, four sisters and one broth
er and a host of relatives and
friends.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday morning by Rev. H.
L. Avery, of Mcßae. Her Sunday
School pupils were the flower
girls. Interment was in Bethel
cemetery.
Thou art gone dear friend, and
left us, in this world of sin to
dwell. How we miss thee, how
we miss thee. There’s ho earthly
tongue can tell. We all loved thee,
gentle Annie Belle; loved to hear
thy gentle voice, for thy presence
made us happy, and we all would
then rejoice.
Oh, so lonely is our fireside,
there’s the vacant chair, but
some day we’ll be together. In
God’s mansion overthere thou
art gone but not forgotten. By
those who knew you best, thou
art not dead, only sleeping, where
there’s eternal rest.
Chicken Car Next Friday.
The regular poultry sale will
be held in Alamo on Friday,
March 14, We had to refuse
some poultry at our last sale on
account of being fed too much,
and will ask that you cooperate
with us to eliminate this by not
feeding your poultry too much.
Try to place poultry in small
crates that can be handled and
do not put them in bags or tie
their feet. The weather being
warm, there is risk of poultry
dying.
The following prices will be
paid at the car:
All hens, pound, 23c.
Stage, pound, 23c.
' Turkeys, pound 23c
■ Fryers, pound, 32c
Roosters, pound, 12c.
. Geese, pound, 12c.
Come early and get your numb
, er when you arrive.
LEEG. WHITAKER,
County Agent.
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COILII HAWSE
Indictment For Embezzle
ment Results in Guilty
Plea. Sentence to be Im
posed Fourth Monday.
The special term of Wheeler
superior court convened Monday
morning with Judge Eschol Gra
ham presiding, and Solicitor M.
H. Boyer present in the inter
est of the state. The object of the
special session was to try W. M.
Pope, cashier of the Farmers
Bank, which closed its doors on
June 11, 1929, and placed in the
hand of State Banking depart
ment.
A number of indictments were
returned against Mr. Pope, re
turned in Telfair superior court
several weeks ago, in connec
tion with the failure of the bank,
it being taken from Wheeler
county when a chage of venue
was asked by state’s attorney,
after a qualified grand jury could
not be secured in this county.
After convening court Monday
morning, Judge Graham drew
108 jurors from the box, which
were turned over to the sheriff
to have summoned, to appear in
court at nine o’clock Tuesday
morning. Special bailiffs were
sworn in and they were sent in
various parts of the county with
the subpoenas, and accomplish
ed this work in due time. Jurors
were present in court Tuesday
morning, but owing to the fact
of the defense not being ready to
go into the trial of the case, court
recessed until Wednesday morn
ng.
The ease was called for trial
Wednesday morning, each side
announced ready. Several pan
nels of jurymen were exhausted
before the twelve had been se
lected, but by the noon hour the
twelve jurors had been sworn in,
the case being ready to go to trial*
When court opened after the
noon hour, W. S. Mann, assistant
prosecuting attorney, placed be
fore the jury their case, and Mr.
W. J. Futral, cashier of the Farm
ers Bank of Glenwood, was called
to the stand. At this juncture,
attorneys for the defense asked
to be heard, Judge Graham sent
the jury to their room, when it
was announced by defendant’s
attorney, Mr. Lankford, that
they wished to enter a plea of
guilty for their client to the
charge of embezzlement.
Whereupon the case was
brought to a close, jurors being
dismissed for the term. Judge
Graham did not pass sentence,
defferring same until the next
regular term of court, which con
venes on the fourth Monday in
this month, which it is under-
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' stood carries a sentence from
' one to ten years.
The state was represented by
Solicitor M.H. Boyer,assisted by
‘ Attorney W. S. Mann, of Mcßae,
Judge Will Stallings of Soperton.
The defendant was represented
by Attorneys Pope and Lankford,
of Lyons; E. L. Stephens, of Dub
lin, and Ennis and Hattaway of
the local bar.
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