MONROE COUNTY, GA - NEWSPAPERS 1921 (misc) Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jane Newton Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/monroe.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm The Monroe Advertiser - Sept. 1, 1921 JURY GIVES PARHAM NOT GUILTY VERDICT Well Known Farmer Freed On The Charge Of Fatally Shooting His Wife At Their Home On June 26. A case which aroused considerable interest during its trial this week in the superior court was that of J. R. Parham who was arranged for the shooting of his wife on June 26th at their home in the Brent community. The case had been widely discussed and some difficulty was anticipated in securing a jury. Ninety-six additional jurors were summoned but it was found that only fourty-eight were needed in order to secure a jury for the case. The defendant was represented by Messrs. Persons, Willingham and McDonald. Col. E. M. Owen for the state was assisted by Messrs. Zellner of Forsyth and Redding of Barnesville. A day was taken up in the trial of the case and the jury was out for about eighteen hours before rendering a verdict of not guilty. ----------------------------------------------------------- GASOLINE TAX HITS CONSUMER, AS USUAL He Will Be The Only One To Lose If Courts Declare The Law Recently Passed Invalid. Pity the poor consumer, his trial and tribulations are many but a new burden has been put on him in which he has been put on him in which he has all to lose and nothing to gain. His latest predicamont is bound up in the new gasoline tax imposed by the last session of the state legislature which placed a tax of one cent per gallon on gasoline. The distributor pays the tax to the state but passes it on to the retailer and the retailer to the consumer. The greates trouble comes froma suit filed by Reed Oil Co., of Atlanta attacking the constitutionality of the law and if the supreme court should decide that the law is unconstitutional the distributor will get his tax money back for the state is keeping an accurate record of the amount paid. The dealer will get his tax back because because a record is being kept of the amount he is paying the distributor, but no one is keeping any account for the consumer. He drives up to the filling station, orders five gallons, pays the $1.10 and an additional nickle for tax and drives on. Should the law be declared unconstitutional he will be the only one to lose. Vague Wording The vague wording of the law at first caused considerable surmise as to the proper construction but an opinion for Bibb county dealers has been issued by Colonel C. M. Wiley who says that the tax must be paid by only distributors: that is, the wholesalers and retailers are the only ones required to register at the office of the ordinary. They pay the tax, not on the quanity of motor fuel that is in store, but on the quanity that is sold to the retailer. The retailer pays the tax of 1 cent on every gallon which he buys from....... (Partial) -------------------------------------------------------------- FORMER MONROE COUNTY CITIZEN DIES AT FOLKSTON A telegram received by relatives Wednesday morning contained information of the death of Mr. R. B. Barnes of Flokston, Ga. Mr. Barnes was about thirty years of age and was reared in Monroe county, leaving for Charlton county about a year ago. He has many relatives and friends in the county who will regret to learn of his death. Mr. Barnes is survived by his wife and one child, his mother, one sister, and two brothers, all of whom mover (sic) with him to Charlton county. Interment was at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the family burial ground at Dyas. --------------------------------------------------------------- WEALTH OF THE COUNTY GROWS DURING THE WEEK The gradual rise in the price of cotton during the past week has done a great deal to resurrect the hopes of those who had become accustomed to dwelling in the gloom of a financial morgue. According to conservative estimates there are about 5,000 bales in public and private storage in the county. The county is thus more than $100,000 richer than it was a week ago. ----------------------------------------------------- OCMULGEE ASSOCIATION CONVENES NEXT WEEK The Ocmulgee association will convene with the church at Ephesus on Friday, the ninth and will continue in session through Sunday. The church is situated on Juliette road, seven miles from Forsyth and three miles from Juliette. An invitation is extended all to come and bring dinner with them each day so that they may enjoy all the services. Messrs. J. E. Newton, G. W. Webb, and J. N. Zellner of Forsyth will represent the Smyrna church. -------------------------------------------------------- TOWN CEMETERY IS IN NEED OF ATTENTION It has been reported that the Forsyth cemetery is considerably in need of attention as many sections of it are overgrown with grass and weeds. The weather has been such that these grow very rapidly and the owners of lots as well as the city officials are liable to forget to what extent the cemetery does need attention in the matter of a general cleaning up. --------------------------------------------------------------- ------- OHIO FIRM BUYS QUITMAN MILLS FROM LOCAL CITIZENS The Quitman Cotton Mills owned by Messrs. Newton, Hardin and Brooks of Forsyth, have been sold to the Western Reserve Cotton Mills Co., of Kent, Ohio. This firm had had an option on the mill for several weeks and there was little doubt that the purchase would be made, but pending the termination of the option it was not certain when definite action would be taken. Officials representing the Ohio firm were in Forsyth Monday and the details of the transaction were attended to at that time. -------------------------------------------------------------- EATONTON WOMAN AGED 94 YEARS REGISTERS TO VOTE Eatonton, Ga--Mrs. Susan Meriwether Young, one of P------'s noted women, has just registered to vote at 94 years of age. She is a woman of remarkable personality, and wonderfully active for her age. She may be seen daily taking exercise around the colonnades of the Bronson apartments, where she resides. ------------------------------------------------------------