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Volume 22
THOMASVILLE COURT
JUDGE HELD JN SLAYING
Thomasville, Oct. B—A com
mitment hearing for Judge
Roscoe Luke, charged with the
murder of Oscar Groover, today
was postpoded until 10 a. m.
tomorrow when a deputy sheriff
testified he had not informed H.
F. Groover, who swore out the
warrant against Luke, of the
exact time of the hearing.
The hearing first was set for
2 p. m. and postponed until sp.
m. when H. F. Groover, brother
of the dead man, failed to appear.
Justice W. H. Titus directed that
Groover be arrested for a hear
ing at 10 a. m. tomorrow if be
failed to appear at 5 p. m.
Meanwhile the deputy reported
he had not given Groover the
exact time of the hearing but
merely told him to give the names
of witnesses to the sheriff.
A large crowd was in the court
room for the hearing. Judge
Luke frequently directed the
line of questioning of his at
torney, C. E. Hay, former solici
tor of the Southern circuit.
Judge Luke, formerly a mem
ber of the state court of appeals
and now judge of the Thomas
ville city court, was arrested
earlier in the day on a warrant
charging murder, sworn to by
Groover whose brother, formerly
associated with Luke in a loan
company, was shot to death as
he was getting into an automo
bile in front of Judge Luke’s
office.
Groover was killed with a short
shotgun and Judge Luke report
ed the shooting was accidental.
A coroner's jury also found Gro
over came to his in an accident.
Groover, 55, formerly was sec.
retary of the Citizens Building
and Loan association which Luke
headed. The company is now in
receivership and Groover was a
federal land appraiser at the time
he was killed.
Chief of Police J. M. Hancock,
when Groover was shot, said he
was told Groover already was
seated in the machine and Judge
Luke was entering when the gun,
which Luke was picking up
from the floor of the car, was dis
charged. the shot striking Groov
er in the head.
Judge Luke appeared greatly
unnerved after the. shooting say
ing '‘I have accidently shot my
best friend.”
He offered to appear at the
inquest regardless of his condi
tion but officers at the time said
his apperance was not necessary.
NOTICE
Special Pictures all next week.
Bigger and betterpicturesEvery week
at National Theater, Mcßae, Ga.
The week’s entertainment open Mon
day with Operator 13“—A Civil War
thriller that is in class with Birth of
A Nation. Adventure .. .yet adven
ture yield to Romance. Marian Davis
Gary Gooper Operator 13.
Wednesday is Bargain Day. A new
and very attractive Class, Politics
Versus Love in one of the most thril
ling newspaper dramas of the year.
Name the Woman. Richard Cromwell
Arline Judge, Rita La Roy. A Colum
bia Picture.
Don't pass up‘ The Greatest Flir
tation of all”.' On Thursday ard
Friday. The high-speed romance of
two people who couldn’t live wither
without each other! With Elissa Landi
Adolphe Menjou, David Manners. A
Paramount Picture Also a special
added attraction, The Girl Who
Knows no Fear. . The Man Who's
Always Near! Ob, Boy! What a whizz
bang Serial!
Saturday you’ll see a real Cowboy
Western, full of thrills. Perils of
Pauline, and Comedy.
YUGO-SLAVIAN RULER
KILLED BY GUNMAN.
0
Marseille, Oct. 9.—King Alex
ander of Yugo-Slavia and Louis
Barthou, foreign minister of
France, were assassinated by a
Yugo Slavian gunman this after
noon as they motored through
the betlagged streets of Marseille
a few minutes after the Yugo
slavian monarch had stepped on
French soil for a state visit.
The assassin was a 35-year old
native of Zegreb, Petrus Kale
man, who was armed with two
pistols of German make and a
small bomb. Kaleman fatally
wounded three men and shot 11
others, incuding seven woman,
before he was himself mortally
wounded by police. He never had
a chance to use the bomb.
The King and Barthou were
riding together in an automobile
with the populace of Marseille
cheering when Kaleman jumped
to the runing board of the car at
4:10 p m., and poured out his
fatal fusillade of bullets.
The King was shot three times
in the liver, his left shoulder,
and his left lung. He died within
and hour.
Barthou was shot in the left
forearm and leg. The 72 year old
diplomat died within two hours
of loss of blood.
General Alfonse Joseph Geor
ges of the French superior war
council was shot in the abdomen
and it was not believed he could
survive.
A policeman named Galli, shot
by Kalemen, died three hours
later. The chauffeur of the king’s
was wounded by a saber cut
when a celonel struck down the
'assassin.
Coming as the second grave
pollitical assassination in France
withih two years, the tragedy
stirred up great emotin in France
which had looked to the visit of
the 46 year old Yugo Slavian mon
arch as a great political gesture
destined eventually to cement
the place of the Balkans.
Highway Accident
Fatal to Two Men.
Hazlehurst, Oct. 9.—An auto
mobile crash early this morning
on the Hazlehurst Lumber City
highway resulted in the death of
two Hazlehurst men.
The dead are:
DeWitt Maddox, 40, unmarried
T. McDonald, unmarried.
A light cutdown auto said to be
driven by McDonald attempted
to pass a car on the road and the
McDonald car struck the rear
wheel of the second vehicle and
overturned, throwing both men
out in the road in the path of an
oncominp truck. The truck at
tempted to pass around the men
but the distance was too short
and both men were run over by
the heavily loaded truck and in
stantly killed. The bodies of the
two men were badly mangled.
ThiJs was the third accident in
the past 24 hours on the same
highway but these were the only
fatalities.
Cotton Ginning Short
of Last Season.
The tabulation of the card re
port shows that there were 2,791
bales of cotton, counting round
as half bales, ginned in Wheeler
county from the crop of 1934
prior to October Ith, as compared
with 4,464 bales ginned to Octo
ber Ist, 1933.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1934
CONVENTION ADOPTS
TALMADGESPLA TFORM
Macon, —Governor Eugene
Talmadge’s record was indorsed,
his new promises doiimended,
and ’’experimental and govern
ment in -business” policies of
: the national democratic admini
Istration were criticiz’d in the
’ platform adopted last week at
the state convention he^e.
Talmadge was praised for:
Adherence to platform of 1932.
Reorganization of highway de
partment.
Reduction of utility rates.
Reduction of auto license tags
to $3.
Removal of public service com
mission.
Use of militia in strike crises.
Policies of economy.
On national policies, the con
vention recommended:
Termimtionof “experimental” ।
policies.
Cessation of government domi
nation of private business,
Cessation of the “orgy of
spending”.
Lower interstate freight rates.
Legislation to cope with agita
tors.
Abolition of processing taxes
on farm products.
The convention also indorsed
the governor’s platforn planks
calling for a lieutenant governor,
and for a four year gubernatorial
term.
Alamo to Have Bus
Service From Savannah
A new bus line between Sa
vannah and Mcßae under the
name of Central Stages is to be
inaugurated shortly by J. A.
Booker and Charles D. Wilkes of
Savannah, the Georgia Public
Service Commission having is
sued yesterday to operate the
new service. As soon as two new
twenty passenger streamline
buses can be delivered by the
manufactures, the new line will
go into operation, which will be
within thirty days.
Two round trips a day from
Savannah will be made, it was
announced, with one bus to leave
here in the morning, and the
other to leave in the afternoon.
Thedistance between Mcßae and
Savannah, 125 miles, will be
covered in three hours and thirty
minutes.
The points to be served by the
new line include Blitchton,
Lanier, Pembroke, Groveland,
Claxton, Daisy, Reidsville, (State
Prison Farm), Lyons, Vidalia,
Mount Vernon, Ailey. Brewton
Parker, Glenwood, Alamo and
Mcßae. Agencies along the route
are being estsablished.
Connections will be made in
Mcßae with through buses for
Atlanta, Jacksonville and north
ern points, and also at Lyons
with buses for Augusta. In ad
dition to passengers, express
business will be handled over the
new bus route.
The UnionßusTerminal,at 111
Bull street, will be used by the
new line. —Savannah Morning
News.
Veterans to Get
Checks Monthly
Confederate pensionerswill be paid
in the future S3O per month instead of
sls sem-monthly as in the past, it was
announced Saturday by A. 1. Henson
veterans’ service officer.
Mr. Henson said the state would owe
pensioners approximately $370 each
in back payments by January and ex
pressed the hope the next Legislatuue
will divert $2,000,0000f highway funds
for payment to Confederate veterars
and widows.
There are 572 veterans and 2,342
widows on the pension rolls.
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CM TOM’ POST
Washington, Oct. 5. —Saying
he was “surprised and shocked”
at the attempt by the Georgia
Democratic convention to re
move Major John S. Cohen as
national committmen from that
state, Postmaster General Farley
said today in a letter to the At
lanta editor that he could be as
sured of the committee’s sup
port.
Farley called the convention’s
vote yesterday “irregular and
invalid,” and told Cohen that he
would “continue to represent
Georgia on the committee.”
Beginning the letter “Dear
Jack,” and signing it as chair
man of the committee, Farley
apparently replied to statements,
' that the convention’s action, and
resolutions attacking some New
Deal policies, constituted a Geor
gia revolt against the Roosevelt
administration.
1,140 Families in State
Placed on Rural Relief
The state reliif administration
has reported to the FERA in
Washington that 1,140 Georgia
lamihes who were on direct relief
have been transferred to the
rural rehabilitation program and
of this number 772 had made
some repayment of advances
by September 1.
Most of these families were
destitute at the time the rehabi
litation workers took charge of
them. Already some of them have
qualified for land ownership and
many more are expected to
qualify before their first yiar is
up.
Citing typical cases of work
done by rural rehabilitation, Re
lief Administrator Harry Hop
kins told a Meriwether county
family, consisting of husband,
wife and three children who lived
in a four room cabin, the owner
of which was unable to furnish
them with live stock or equip
ment. The relief administration
provided a mule, feed, fertilizer
and equipment at a cost of $156,
and food, clothing, school books
and household supplies at an
additional outlay of $38.83. The
family now is cultivating 20 acres
of land, is meeting two thirds of
its needs and has repaid $50.40
of debt by work on public pro
jects.
Fox Hunters From Five
Counties to Meet in Alamo
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Fox hunterswill meetin Alamo
on October 19, at 1 o’clock, for
the regular meeting of the execu
tive committee of the Wheeler
County Fox Hunters association.
Fox hunters from Laurens,
Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler
Jeff Davis counties are invited to
attend for the purpose oforganiz
ing a five county association.
Planswill also be made for having
the annual fall hunt, which lasts
from two to four days
H. B. Montford, secretary and
treasurer of the association, said
that it well be worth the while of
every fox hunter to attend the
meeting and to take part later in
the big annual hunt.
The Womans Missionary So
ciety of the Baptist church meets
next Monday afternoon at three
o’clock. Every member is earnes
tly requested to be present.
9,443,000-BALE
CROPFORECAST
Washington, Oct. 8. —Based on
a condition of 55.9 per cent of
normal on October 1, the United
States will have a cotton crop
this year of about 9,443,000 bales
of 500 pound gross weight, the
Crop Reporting Board estimated
today. The indicated yield of lint
cotton is 165.9 pounds per acre.
Simultaneously, the Census
Bureau issued a report showing
that 4,958,346 running bales,
counting round as half bales, had
been ginned prior to October 1,
as compared with 5,908.071 bales
during the same period of last
year.
Ginning by states, 1934:
Alabama, 507,909; Arizona, 25,-
659; Arkansas, 453,105; Cali
fornia, 79,862; Florida, 16,829;
Georgia, 520,878; Louisinana,
339,944, Mississippi, 637,867;
Missouria, 86,269; New Mexico,
29,576; North Carolina, 74,652;
Oklahoma, 129,633; South Caro
lina, 200,494; Tennessee, 131,804;
Texas, 1,718,983; Virginia, 1,035;
all other states, 3,847.
The board said today’s forecast
was an increase of 191,000 bales
above the September forecast
about 3,604,000 bales less than
last year’s crop, and 5,223,000
bales below the average produc
tion in the five year period, 1928
1932.
Most of the increase from last
month has taken place in states
along the Mississippi River, par
ticularly Arkansas, Louisiana
and Mississippi. Increases are
also shown for Alabama and
Georgia.
These increases are partly off
set by further declines in Texas
and Oklahoma and moderate
losses in the Carolinas and Vir
ginia.
Conditions during September
were more favorable than usual
and picking and ginning pro
greased rapidly in all states
except Virginia and North Caro
lina. In these two states exces
sive rains interferred with harv
esting operations and resulted
in rotting of bolls.
HARBIN-GILDER.
A wedding of wide interest to
many friends in Wheeler and
Laurens county was that of Mrs.
Agnes Harbin and Mr. F. R.
Gilder, which was solemnized at
the home of her sister,Mrs. Jesse
Pittman last Sunday, Judge
ILL. Sears officiating. A singular
circumstance is attached to this
wedding infact that Judge Sears,
the officiating officer on last
Sunday, performed the ceremony
44 years ago, which joined Mr.
Gilder to his first wife. Judge
Sears was then Justice of the
Peace, also a resident of Lauren
county.
Mrs. Gilder is the daughter of
Mrs. Martha White, pioneer resi
dents of this section. She is a
very industrious lady and her
many friends are glad to learn
of her marriage, Mr. Gilder is
one of the most outstanding
farmers in his community and
the best wishes of scores of
friends are extended for a long
and happy life.
Can use several coops of heavy
hens. Market price some better.
H. K. Murchison, Alamo, Ga.
Animals that Do Not Change
The cows, and the pigs, and the
tigers, and the lions, and all the other
creatures, ranging from the tiny chip
munks to the great hippopotamuses,
are today as they have always been
through recorded history.
Number 34
Mr. D. B, Graham
Dies After Short Illness.
Mr, D. B. Graham, prominent
and highly estimated citizen of'
Scotland, died at his home there
Friday after a week’s illnes. He
was 55 years of age. He was
born in Scotland and was the son
of D. B. and M. J. Graham,
pioneer citizens of this county.
He was a consistent member of
the Scotland Methodist church.
Mr. Graham was engaged in
farming until about five years
ago when he was forced to retire
from active business on account
of ill health.
Funeral services were held
from the home Saturday after
noon at 4 o’clock and were con
ducted by Rev. W. A. Huckabee,
pastor of the Scotland Metho
dist church, assisted by Rev.
G. G. Harrison, pastor of the
Scotland Baptist church.
He is survived by his wife ard
three children, D.B. Graham,,Jr.
Mrs. Roger Higginbotham and
Mrs. Sarah Medows of Orlando,
Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. J.W. Neal
and Mrs. Carol Massey and two
brothers, Mr. Alex Graham and
Duncan Graham, of Scotland.
Interment was made in the
Scotland cemetery.
Prominent Eastman
Attorney Dies Saturday
Col. J. H Milner, one of the
most prominent lawyers in this
section of the state, died at his
home in Eastman, Saturday
morning from a heart attack.
Mr. Milner was very active in
politics, both state and local, hav
ing represented Dodge county
in the general assembly two
terms, and was a candidate a few
years ago for attorney general
of the state. He was also active
in fraternal orders, being a
Mason and a Shriner, and was a
worshipful master of Eastman
lodge No. 279. F. and A. M. for
several years.
He is survived by his wife, and
by two sons, Herman Milner, of
Eastman, and Eugene Milner, of
Atlanta.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon in Eastman
and were largely attended. He
was buried in Woodlawn ceme
tery.
BURNS-DAY
Miss Florine Burns and Mr. J.
T. Day were united in marriage
last Saturday at the Baptist
parsonage in Glenwood, Rev. D.
T. Cox officiating.
Mrs. Day is the attractive and
popular daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. M. B. Burns. She is a very
industrious young lady. The
groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Day. Ho is a very indurtri
ous young farmer, each of the
Landsburgdistrictof thiscounty
The Eagle joins many friends
in wishing them much happiness
through life.
Tax Collector’} First Round
I will be at the following places on
dates named below for the purpose of
collecting the 1934 county, state and
school taxes:
Erick, Monday, October 15, W. O.
Harrelson,s, 9:30 to 10; Avants Sid
ing, 10:30 to 11; Sumner’s store, 11:30
to 12; Mt. Olivet, 12:30 to 1; Spring
Hill, camp ground, 1:30 to 2; Club
house,2:3o to 3; H. H. Heath, 3:30 to 4
McArthur, Tuesday, 16th, Shiloh'
at Browning store,9:oo to 9:30: J. W>
Clements, 10 to 10:30; Swain’s store,*
11 to 11:30; Glenwood, 1 to 3; Stuckey>
3:30 to 4.
Landsburg October 17th, Wynn’s
store, 9:30 to 10; Honeycutt’s store,
10:30 to 11; Landsburg Grocery, 11:30
to 12.
Will be in office at Alamo most of
the time,
C-L. GALBRAITH, T. C.
