Chief Askew's Diary: April 25, 1930

Man who shot himself gets a hearing date; 'The Careless Age' plays at the movies

“Haven’t caught John Upshaw yet that any body heard of,” Chief Askew wrote today of the man accused of a Saturday night murder. It’s the last time he mentions Upshaw in his diary. The Coweta County solicitor and sheriff met with the judge in Carrolton in the morning and set Monday, April 28th as the date for the hearing about the man who shot himself in the leg at the hosiery factory.

I’m sorry; it still makes me giggle.

At The Alamo theatre on the downtown square, the 1929 film The Careless Age with Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Carmel Myers, and Loretta Young was the latest attraction. Paid subscribers can read on about this drama, described in the ad as having “thrilling love scenes at Lake Como.”

The promotional picture of a scene from The Careless Age was accessed via Wikipedia.