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Volume 19
RESOLUTION BY
H. B. EDWARDS
The resolution passed. in. the
House of Representatives by
H. B. Edwards of Lowndes Coun
ty, recently, and which has been
officially forwarded by the Clerk
to the hea” of each Department
in the State Capitol has attracted
wide attention throtighout the
state. The resolution, which asks
that all department arrange em
ployment so that- enly one job
and ope salary is paid to one per
son, and that exsoldiers and
white men with families be given
preferential consideration, in
full is as follows:
Whereas, according to the
auditor’s report recently sub:
mitted to the House of Rep
resentatives and the Senate it
contained records of the various
departments of State and showed
that in numerous of the depart
menty th.gu employees of depart
monts were holding as many as
three jobs and drawing three
salaries, some employees hold
ing two jobs and drawing two
salaries, and.
Whereas, it further ‘appearcd
that in said audit there were.
janitors and portersof the dif
ferent departments drawing pay ]
from two departments and hold
ing two jobs at handsome salar
ies, ranging from $900.00 to
$1400.00 per year per job, and,
there are ex soldiers and many}
men in Georgia with families and
no jobs, and |
Whereas, financial conditions
ir our State and Government de
mand economy and,
‘Whereas, The tax burden is
ever ' increasing and in order to
decrease taxes we must decrease
expenditures.
Therafore, Bit it resolved by
the House of Representatives,
that it now request the several
departments of the State Govern
ment to give one salary and one
job to each employee and that
the departments decrease their
expenses 28 much as pessible.
Be It Farther Resolved, that
the departments of the State
Government be requested to only
allowone porter one job and one
salaty. That ex-soldiers and
white men in Georgia with fami
lies be allowed the privileges of
employment in these depart
ments.
F%ad ‘and adopted Feb. 12,1931,
v _ E. B. MOORE
: Clerk of the House.
Miss Sara Bell Crosby
Tazget For Stray Bullet.
‘Miss Sara Bell Crosby, eldest
dapghte of Mr. and Mrs, Cleye
Crosby, is resting well at her
some here, after sustaining a
broken zrm and shoulder, caused
frem a bullet from a 45 caliber
automatic in the hands of Tal
madge Morrison, a friend with
% hom she was riding on last Sat
urday night. It is said that they
were enroute to Vidalia, and the
accident occurred at Ailey,
The accident is said to have
occured as Mr. Morrison took
the revolver from his pocket to
another parcy. The bullet
ragged tipwards striking Miss
Crosby’s arm, continning its
course aud penetrated her shoul
der coming out and grazing her
earand side of her face.
-First aid relief was obtained at
Glenwood, when she was brought
_to her home, and next day was
taizen to the hospital in Dublin
by Dr. Nelson. The wound not
"being sericus, she was brought.
~home, where she is resting well,
and if no ‘tomplications set up,
will be out again scon.
Wheeler oty Eanle
THE COUNTY JAIL
~ POPULATION GROWS
The county jail bopulation of
Wheeler County for 1930 was 144
as compared with 132 in 1929,
according to the report of Sher
iff H. N. Sears which he has sent
to the State Department of Pub
lic Welfare, Sheriff Sears’ report
‘revealed that 3 of the 144 were
i under 16. ;
The countv jail population for
the State revealed an increase of
almost 4 per cent in 1930 over
1929. The total number of jail
‘commitments in 1930 was 52,096
‘while in 1920 the commitments
were 50,316, according to the re
ports of the sheriffs of the State
as submittd to the State Depart
ment of Public Walfare. The nu
merical increase was 1780, of
which nuinber 399 were white
persons and 1381 were colored
persons; nun ber of jail prisoners
ander 19 years of age showed a
slight decrease. The complete
figures for 1930 as compiled by
Thomas B. Mims, Director of
Jail Inspections for the Public
Welfare Department, are given
below:
1929 19¢0
White men.__._ 20,956 21,429
White women... 1,693 1,643
White boys ...___B9s 306
White gir15........96 = 61
Colored men.___23,23B 24,721
Colored women. 3,616 8,480
Colored b0y5..... 360 891
Colored gir15.......67 65
Total white...._23,040 23,439
Total colored... 27,276 28,657
Total prisoners_ 50,216 52,01¢
In discussing thesefigures Jas,
P, Faullkner, Executive ~Becre«
tary of the state Department of
Public Welfare, says: '‘This en
ormous number of jail prisoners
presnts a challenge to all who
are concerned with Georgia’s
future. We must discover the
causes back of commitments and
seek to reduce the amount of
crime in our State. The figures
above show thav for every 1000
persons an average of approxi
mately 18 were arrested and
placed in jail in 1930, To check
crime we must intensify our
work in behalf of dependent,
neglected and delinguent child
ren,”’
Justice Holmes At 90
One of the most remarkable of
living men is Justice Oliver Wen
dell Holmes of the United States
Supreme Court, 90 years old on
March 8. In spite if his age, he
is one of the most alert members
of that tribunal, both mentally
and physically, and has no
thought of retiring.
Justice Holmes is the son of
the late Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, famous poet and essay
ist, and was born in Boston. Af
ter being graduated from Harv
ard in 1861 he served in the 20th
‘Massachusetts Volunteers dur
ing the Civil War, being wound
ied three times and rising to the
rank of lieutenant colonel.
After the war he finished his
law studies and began practice
in Boston. He was also instructor
in constitutional law at Harvard,
editor of the American Law Re
view, associate and chief justice
of the Massachusetts Supreme
Court, besides being active as
lecturer and author,
He was appointed associate
justice of the United States Su:
preme Courtin 1902, sinee which
time he has served continuously
with high distinction. No other
member of the court ever served
to so great an age, and the in
dications are that he has several
more years of distinguished use
fulness before him.
ALAMO, GBORGIA;;?E;_ IDAY, MARCH 13, 1931
CANNON'S SLAYER
INDICTED BY JURY
Hawkinsville, Ga., March'9.—
James M. Barbee today was in
dicted by a Pulaski county jury
for murder in connection with
the death of his son-in-law of a
few days, Delmar Cannon, of
Macon, on March 3. Barbee’s
trial will begin next week, pro
-Ibably Monday, o
~ Barbee is said to have slein
Mr, Cannon after he had lured
him to his home. The accused
man, who was taken to the Bibb
county jail for safekeeping, de:
clared that he shot Mr. Cannon
when he advanced with a Kknife.
Mr, Cannon was married to
Barbee’s daughter last month
despite the objections of the
girl's father. ]
Barbee’s wife and daughter
are said to have turned against
him and feeling here still is high.
World Friendship News,
Friday afternoon the Werld
Friendship Club is to have a violet
hunt after their regular meeting
and progrm, o
For several weeks their honcr
roll has not been published, so
this week it is published. The
folowing is for;last three weeks:
First week:
. Lois Pope, 100.
BElizabeth Pope, 100,
Ivey Patrick, 100.
Millie Weitman, 80.
Annie Maud Sears 80,
~ Mary Elarbee, 80. |
Josiephine Elarbee, 80.
‘Belle Hinson, 80,
Second week;
Annie Maud Sears, 100,
Belle Hinson, 80,
Lois Pope, 80.
Millie Weitman, 80.
Josephine Elarvee, 80,
Elizabeth Pope, 80. .
Third week:
Josephine Elarbee, 80.
Lois Pope, 100.
Elizabeth Pope, 100,
Geneva Sears, 80.
Mary Elarbee, 80.
Annie Maud Sears, 100,
Those who make the honor
roll attend Sunday School, read
the Bible daily, keep their dues
paid to date and give a bible verse
at each weekly meeting. Bible
reading is increasing and 80 is
Sunday School attendance.
All boys and girls of junior age
are most cordeially invited to
meeb at the Methedist Church
every Friday afternoon at four
o’clock.
Mrs. Lola Woods ‘
Dublin, Ga., March 6.—Fune
ral services for Mrs. Lola Woods,
32, of Glenwood, were held this
afternoon at 4 o’clock at the
Rock Spring Baptist church,
Rev. Cecil Daniel officiated.
Mrs. Woods had been ill for
two months. Death was attribut
ed to high blood pressure, She
was a member of the Christian
church. She is survived by her
‘husband, L. A. Woeds; three sis
ters, Mrs. Gladys Wilkes, Mrs.
Bula Carterand Mrs. Lula Brad
ley, all of Hazlehurst, and one
brother, A. D. Hazel of Alabama.
A story now going the rounds
is to the effct that the talkie pic
ture employers of Johnny Mack
Brown, former football star of
Alabama’s famous Crimson Tide,
have employed a '‘ speech specia
list” frem Brooklyn to teach
Johnny to talk, like a Southerner.
And he hails from Dothan, Ala,
DEATH PENALTY
FOR WESTBERRY.
| Valdosta, Ga., March 10. With
out recommenaation for merey,
Allen Westberry,2o, was found
guilty of the murder of Mrs Het
tie Browning at 4 o’clock this
\fternoon, The jury was out ap
iproximately two hours.
.+ The verdict automatically car
ries a penalty of death.
- The verdict was arrived at by
vhe jury on the first ballot, two
‘?ther ballots then being taken on
& guestion of recommendation of
‘mercy, the straight verdict win.
ling in the final ballot.
* The jury filed into court a few
y"go:nents after Westberry took
his seat. As the jurors walked
mto the box Westberry orce
looked at the men who in a mo-l
ment were to announce his fate.
“When the verdict was read by
Solicitor General G.C. Spurlin,
Westberry never moved a mu: cle
aor did he even then glance at
‘the men who had desided that he
shonld pay with his life for the
alleged murder of Mrs. Brown
don at her filling station home
last August 21,
S ,;&ustin Westberry, a nephew
of Allen Wastberry, was convict
ed in November for the murder
lof W.H. Browning and he receiv
led’ a recommendation to the
mercy of the court.
- Mrs Browning and her aged
husband were shot to death last
‘August as they sat in their filling
station playing cards. Five men
were arrested as conspirators iv
& plot to murder the pair and
stealsa hoard of money hidden at
be station,
The case, known as the
“Browning Assassination,” has
become one of the most famous
in the annals of South Georgia
crime
Three others remained to be
tried.
Survey Being Made
On Route Thirty.
Sl i
Surveyors from the highwa)
department were here this week
looking over route thirty,
which is now in order to be pav
ed. Just whether or not the old
road bed will be selected is not
nown. Different routes will be
surveyed with an idea of straight
ening the road, it is thought,
‘which may materially change the
‘route from the old road bed.
It is thought that they intend
running straight from the Oconee
river bridge on the south sideof
the Seaboard road. If so Glen
wood will be left off the road to
the north, as will Alamo to some
extent. A straight route will
come through the southern sec
tion of Alamo, possibly leaving
the Methodist church to the
north,
There is nothing definite learn
ed as yet, but it may be setteled
hefore very long now. The old
right of way could be used very
adventageously, it seems,
straightening seme of the curves
but just what the outcome of the
survey will be no one can tell.
Tax Proposed On Amos
'n’ Anpy Listeners.
Solution to the financial ail
ments of Andy and Madame
Queen was proposed in the Geor
gia State Senate Thursday when
Senator Tyson introduced a reso
lution to levy a tax on all listen
ers to the Amos 'n’ Andy radio
feature, tax to be collected by
the Kingfish. The resolution was
ruled out of order by the Senate
‘president.
NEW JAIL BILL
PASSES HOUSE
A bill providing for purchase
of a new state prison farm of
from 5,000 to 50,000 acre¢s and
wthorizing the State Highway
Department to advance $200,000
for purchase of the land and buil
ding construcion was passed
Tuesday by the Georgia: House
nf Representatives.
It was a substitute to a Senate
bill to place state convicts under
direction of the highway depart
‘ment. The House¢ bill provides
for appointment of a commission
of three Senators and five Rep
resentatives to confer with the
Prison Commission and accept
offers for the farm. The bill
provides that convicts will man:
ufacture road signs and auto
license tags. It passed 144 to 55
and will be sent to the Senate
for approval,
School Trustee
Election Not Held.
The election called by county:
school superintendent Eakes for
last Thursday went by default.
Tickets were printed and ready
10 be voted, but no ¢lection to fill
the three vacancies on the board
There has been two vacancies
on the board for some time, and
the third vacancy has justoccur
red. It is understood that ap
slection will be called again,
when it is hoped that enough in
terest will be manifest by those
naving this matter in charge to
arrange for the citizens compos
tng«%fihmo*cgmlfime‘d
school district to vote.
Guane Moving From
Track Here Past Week.
Several car loads of guano have
been unloaded at this point this
week, and farmers are putting
forth great efforts in preparing
their lands for the planting of
their crops, It is said that the
lands are in fine preparation for
this time, and if seasons permit,
crops will be all planted in due
time.
Quite a large acreage will be
planted in melons this season, it
is understood, as well as the
nsual crop of tobacco. It appears
to be the intention of some, at
least, curtail their acreage in
cotton this season and add fto
their grain crops.
No one has received any aid
from the government loan as yet
but it is said that County Agent
Whitaker is expecting applica
tion blanks in the next few days.
Fire Destroys Business
Houses in Scotland
Fire of undetermined origin
destroyed a number of business
houses in Scotland last Monday
morning, The fire is said to have
originated in the store of L. J.<
Clegg. There was nothing saved
from this building. His loss is
estimated at ten thousand dol
lars, with no insurance.
Harbin’s barber shop, E. T.
Ashley’s grocery store. J. H.
Clement’s office and commissary
and a vacant buiidiag were also
burned, but in the building oc
cupied contesnts were-saved, On
the Ashley building and Clem
ent’s commissary, insurance is
said to have been carried,
Eeegs were so low in price, re
cently, at West, Frankfort, 111.,
that one of the town’s grocers
gave away 500 dozen to his custo
mers in an effort to stimulate
business. 25
Number 3
BLIZZARD TOLL
PUT AT 22 DEAL
Sunday’s blizzard, which swept
a large portion of the country,
caused widesbread death and de
struction. Checkup included re
‘ports of the folloing results:
. Fifteen dead in the upper Mis
sissippi Valley, with 15.7 inches
of snow in Chicago, drifts piled
as high as 20 feet, $1,250,000
damage in the city and 85,000
men at work today clearing the
streets for traffiic,
New York City sustained SI,OOO
000 damage from high wind,
with seven deaths from accidents
caused by the gale. The Atlantic
seaboard suffered heavy damage.
A Gloucester fishing schooner
was dashed to pices off Newbury
port, Mass., with crew of five
missing,
Furious blizzard raged to day
over the most of KEurope, with
Scotland reporting the heaviest
snow and most cold in years.
Many vessels wrecked or in
distress,
Snow flurries swept Atlanta
for several hours, driven by a
high wind. The lowest tempera~-
ture Sunday was 82, while Mon
day’s minimum was 20. Frost
penetrated as far south as the
Gulf Coast,
SOLDIERS TO CAMP
HERE MARCH 18TH
According to word received
from Fort McPherson, Georgia;
Gol. Willis -P, \L()ole-ma-n of Fort
Moultrie, South Carolina, reveals
the subdivison of the Eighth in
fantry from that station and
from Fort Screven, Georgia, into
three columns in their march to
Fort Benning, Georgia, for Four
th Corps Area maneuvers be
tween April 3 and May 2.
One column is to be comprised
of the animal elements from both
stations, while the other two are
to be made up of trucks and
other motor vechicles transport
ing the doughboys from each ot
these stations,
This movement will take from
their permanent stations all the
troops except the coast artillery
detachments at Fort Moultrie
and small caretaking detach
ments at each place.
The intinery of march was
given as follows:
Mt Vernon, Georgia, camp site;
March 17th, 18 miles from Alamo
Alamo, camp site; March 18. :
When a pet pig jumped out of
a second-story window in the
down town district of Hannibal,
Mo., police investigated and
found a fullfledged beer and
whiskey joint,.
Eunice Downs of Omaha was
convinced that Ralph Costanzo
really loved her when he black
ened her eye and spanked her
because she refused to go toa
show with him. '
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