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The Butler Herald
Volume XXXXU. BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MAY 16 1918. Number 27
Taylor County Boy
Gladly Doing His “Bit”
To My Taylor County Friends:
I wish to extend to the local
board and other friends in Taylor
County my sincere thanks for the
many favors shown me since be
ing called to help defend my coun
try. I feel that it is the duty of
every full-blooded American, who
is physically fit, to extend a hand
toward helping win the great
victory.
1 have had about nine month’s
training, which I never will regret,
and have taken great interest in
it so as to be able to defend my
self and many friends 1 am leaving
.behind.
wl have a dear mother, father,
brothers and sisters, all of whom
I love dearly and will freely shed
my blood for them if Accessary.
We have quite a number of
Taylor County boys here, and
we are proud of every one of
them. They have done their part,
and you may rest assured that
they will be heard from again be
fore this war is over.
Friends, if you will stop and
think of what serious trouble we
are in, am sure you will wonder
how the slackers can face the pub
lic. 1 would like to express my
opinion of a SLACKER, but know
that it could not pass through the
mails. No doubt some of you
have good reasons for not enter
ing the service—a wife and others
dependent upon you; also some
hate to leave a sweetheart, as I
did. 1 think of that little blonde
1 am leaving behind, but will leave
with the satisfaction of knowing
t that it is for the purpose of pro
tecting her, and others, to whom
I hope to come back to some day.
All of the boys hate to leave some
one, but are willing to answer
their country’s call to go “over
there.” My friend, Tom Carson, is
' so much in love with a little lady
that it’s hard to see how he can
possibly leave her, however, he
says that he is willing to go and
when he returns will go into “war”
again or win her.
We have with us Lieut. Walter
J. Butler. We are all proud of
him—he is a man of splendid
character as well as an excellent
officer. We are together and will
stick together, like brothers, until
death.
Wish I had time to tell you
about all the boys from Taylor
County, but can’t this time as we
are getting ready to make our
departure.
Before closing I want to say
that we are leaving thinking of
loved ones and friends and hoping
that we may be able to return
and have the pleasure of being
with you all again.
With best wishes to all, I am
your friend and a soldier as long
as my country needs me.
Very respectfully,
BROOKS POSEY.
M. G. Co. 121 Inf., Camp Wheeler,
Macon, Ga.
LOR SALE.
Located in the city of Greens
boro, Green County, Georgia,
Six stand 70 saw all steel, Murry
Cotton Gin outfit, 100 H. P. Boil
er, 75 horsepower quick action
automatic engine—.Attached to
gin new 8-30 American corn
mill, and wood sawing and split
ting machine-.Outfit cost $10,-
000. On account of bad health
the owner will sell cheap. If in
terested write
ALL STEEL GIN CO„
Greensboro, Ga.
THREE DIE IN MACON
HOSPITAL ONE NIGHT.
Two Victims of Automobile Accidents
And Third Ended Own Life
Macon, Ga., May 12th—Two
victims of motorcycle accidents
and one victim of a bullet wound
the latteer inflicted with suicidal
intent, died at the Macon hospit
al. The victimh were:
Mrs. Minnie Davis, wife of
James Davis, a soldier at Camp
Wheeler, who came here from
Cedartown, who sustained a frac
tured skull in a collision between
itwo motorcycles' on the Hous
ton road.
Beulah May Jones, an 18-year
oid negro girl, who was run over
by a motorcycle ridden by John
George, delivery boy for a local
drug store.
Marshall Gentry, son of G. F.
Gentry, of Sipperton, this coun
ty, who shot himhell in the head
during a fit of desdondency
brought about by ill health.
Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Maud
Smith were both injured Friday
night when they were riding on
the rear of motorcyces with men
friends. The machine occupied
by Mrs. Davis and her friend
ran into a post and the other
machine, with Mrs. Smith and
her friend, coming along behind,
ran into the wreck of the first
machine. Mrs. Davis was fat
ally injured, but Mrs. Smith was
only severely bruihed. The two
men were not injured and their
identity has not yet been learn
ed. Mrs. Davis was a bride of
last February. She married
Davis, who is from near Mont
gomery, Ala., and came to Ma
con to be near him while he is
at Camp Wheeler.
Beulah May Jones, the negro
girl, was run over on Vmeville
avenue while playing in the
street with some other negro
children. John George, who
was running the machine, is now
under arrest and will probably
face a charge of involuntary
manslaughter.
Marshall Gentry, the huicide
victim, had recently returned to
Macon from Florida, where he
had gone in the hope of benefit
ing his health. He shot him
self through the head, the bullet
penetrating the brain. He ling
ered for several hours, but it
was realized from the first he
could not recover. He was well
known in the Skipperton neigh
borhood andhis act proved a
shock to his friends and family.
Gamp Gordon Soldier
Killed By Negro's Gun
Woodbury, May 13.—Carl Ware,
of the national army at Camp Gor
don, formerly a young banker of
Pineview, was fatally shot on the
highway yesterday by a negro
named Coot Mullin. Howard
Ware, a brother, was seriously
wounded by the same assailant.
The Ware brothers, with a third
brother, Matison, were riding in
an automobile, when they were
fired upon by the negro from a
buggy. Matison Ware brought his
wounded brothers to Woodbury,
and Carl Ware, who was shot
through the head, was hurried to
Atlanta for treatment, where he
died.
The negro had threatened How
ard Ware’s life the day before,
and, fearing he might encounter
the negro, he placed a a revolver
in the car before starting out. This
he snatched up, after being shot,
and and returned the fire, wound
ing the negro, but the latter, ac
companied by another negro,
made his escape. Bloodhounds
have been set upon his trail.
Carl Ware only recently was
married. He was visiting his
mother, Mrs. Sallie Ware, and bro
thers here. Another brother,
Solon Ware, is at Camp Wheeler.
WANTED
Good farm 150 to 200 acres
in cultivation. Running water re
quired. Prefer dealing direct
with owner.
W. D. STEWART,
LaFayette, Ga.
Our Chautauqua.
The Radcliffe Chautauqua has
made its appearance at Butler and
gone to other parts of the state to
receive, we trust, as hearty wel
come as accorded them on this
their recent visit to Butler, their
program extending over four days
—May 11th to 14th. Sunday in
tervening was no drawback to the
chautauaua as is in keeping with
the high personnel of those em
ployed by Mr. Radcliffe, the one
in charge of the program here is
a Baptist minister of no small
ability—Dr. D. Lee Fitzpatrick, of
Richmond, Ind. He occupied the
pulpit twice Sunday, each sermon
a gem.
We haven’t the time nor the
space to mention separately the
sessions of the chautauqua, there
being three each for each of the
three days the chautauqud was in
Butler, but in all it was the great
est literary treat, musical feast,
information getting and pleasure
receiving affair that has ever oc
curred in our midst. Some
thought this or that program the
best single entertainment of the
chautauqua, however, it was uni
versally agreed that any one of
the eight or ten entertainments
was well worth the price of a
season ticket.
A Red Cross drive from which
the local chapter received sub
scriptions to the amount of about
$800.00, in connection with the
lecture, “When the Boys Come
Home,” marked the closing event
of the chautauqua.
So thoroughly were our people
pleased with this their first effort
in this direction that forty promi
nent citizens were glad to sign
the contract for another year.
From a financial view point the
chautauqua was also a success.
There was a nice surplus left in
the treasury after paying all ex
penses which will be donated to
the Red Cross war fund.
MRS. COWLES’ APPEAL
TO CLUB WOMEN.
To the Club women of America:
“We are asked to assist in the
American Red Cross Drive to
raise One Hundred Million Dol
lars for War Relief work. We
must do so.
“The Red Cross must have the
money. It needh it because
there is a Nation in need of re
lief which has stood as abuffer
between the English-speaking
people and their arch enemy,—
the Nation to whom we owe a
blood debt, whose women have
given everything and whose lit
tle chidren have been starved
for over three ong years.
“We need it for our soldiers
and when we say our soldiers
we mean not only American men
but our English, our - Canadian
and all our Allied brothers.
“We need it because we have
a great military duty toperform
both constructive and destruc
tive.
“We must build up what the
Hun has tom down.
“By caring for the children in
Fiance, we increase the moral
and fighting spirit in the tren
ches. The better the men fight
the fewer of our boys as well as
other mothers’ boys will be sac
rificed.
“We need it for the great
canteens whose service is so un-
rimitting and so necessary.
“We need it to help in the
great anti-tuberculosis cam
paign in which France has begg
ed our co-operation that we
may save not only the children
of a nation but our own fighting
men.
“We may sacrifice our boys in
action but we cannot endure
that they shall die of something
we may prevent.
“Women of the Clubs, The
American Red Cross relies upon
your help.
(Signed)
Mrs. Josah Evans Cowles,
President General Federation
of Women’s Club.
DAY OF FASTING
AND PRAYER
FIXED BY WILSON.
President Asks People to Gather on
Thursday, May 30th, in Places of
Worship and Pray for Vic
tory of American Armies
Washington, D. C. May 12th.,
National Memorial Day 7 , Thurs
day, May 30th, is designated by
President Wilson in a proclama
tion ah a day of public humilia
tion, prayer and fasting. The
people of the nation are askea
to gather that day in their plac
es of worship and pray for the
victory of the American armies,
which will bring apeace founded
upon mercy, justice and good
will.
The proclamation, issued in
response to a resolution by con
gress, folows:
“By the president of the United
States.
“A proclamation.
“Whereas, the congress of the Unit
ed State, on the second of April last
passed the following resolution:
“ ‘Resolved by the senate (the
house of representatives concurring),
that, it being a duty peculiarly in
cumbent in a time of war humbly and
devoutly acknowledge our dependence
on Almighty God and to implore His
aid and protection, the president of
the United States, be, and is hereby
respectfully requested to recommend
a day of public humiliation, prayer
and fasting, to be observed by the
people of the United States with - re
ligious solemnity and the offering of
fervent supplications to Almighty
God for the safety and welfare of
our cause, His blessing on our arms,
and a speedy restoration of an honor
able and lasting peace to the nations
of the earth.’
“And, whereas, it has always been
the reverent habit of the people of the
United States to turn in humble ap
peal to Almighty God for guidance in
the affairs of their common life:
“Now, therefore, I Woodrow Wilson
president of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim Thurs
day, the 30th day of May, a day al
ready freighted with sacred and stim-
ultating memories, a day of public hu
miliation, prayer and fasting, and to
exhort my fellow citizens of all faiths
and creeds to assemble on that day in
their several places of worship, there,
as well as in their homes, to pray Al
mighty God that He may forgive our
sins anti shortcomings as a people
and purify our hearts to see and love
the truth, to accept and defend all
things that are just and right, and
to purpose only those righteous acts
and judgments which are in conform
ity with His will; beseeching Him
that He will give victory to our ar
mies as they fight for freedom to
those who take counsel on our behalf
in these days of dark struggle and
perplxity, and steadfastness to our
people to make sacrifice to the utmost
in support of what is just ans true,
bringing us at last the peace in which
men's hearts can he at rest because it
is fohnded upon mercy, justice anr
good will.
“In witness thereof, I have hereun
to set my hand and cause the seal of
the UnitedStates to be fixed.
“Done in the District of Columbia
this 11th day of May in the year of
our Lord nineteen hundi-ed and eigh
teen, and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and
forty-serond.
“WOODROW WILSON.”
“By the president,
“ROBERT LANSING,
“Secretary of State.”
CARLOAD OF LIQUOR
TAKEN AT SAVANNAH.
Savvannah, Ga., May 9—Sa
vannah’s greateht catch of liq
uor since, the prohibition law
went into ecect in Georgia was
pulled off last night at a point
eight miles from the city on the
Seaboard Air Line Railway. A'
solid carload of bottled whiskey,
valued at $85,000, according to
Savannah police, was seized and
four arrests made. The men
arrested were J. H. Bailey, and
C. C. Tuten and two negroes.
In addition to the capture of
the car, six automobiles, two
wagons and three mules were
captured. The car wah shipp
ed from Jacksonville via the Sea
board Air Line Railway. It
contiained 900 cases of liqurr
billed as “empty brrrels,” each
containing twelve quarts.
The men were caught while in
the act of unloading the car.
Red Cross Brive.
The United States is asked to
contribute one hundred million
dollars To the Red Cross War
Fund, which amount is greatly
needed for reasons that are well
explained in other articles in this
issue.
This amount is to be raised
through a drive similar to one
cently put or. to carry the Third
Liberty Loan, which was go suc
cessfully conducted.
This drive will last only one
week, beginning next Monday,
May 20th and continuing through
Saturday.
The hundred million dollars to
be raised has been aportioned to
the various Red Cross chapters
throughout the United States.
The Butler chapter has been
asked to raise through its mem
bers one thousand dollars. There
is no question about the amount
being raised, but we are anxious
to increase the size of our star
on the map by a substantial in
crease over the amount we are
asked to contribute. In fact
about two thirds of our assess
ment has been raised. $800 being
subscribed the last night of the
chautauqua, and the Red Cross
officials feel quite confident that
the tnousand dollars will be sub
scribed before the first day of the
big drive May 20.
It is the sincere wish of the
committee that every good citizen
of the county could be so im
pressed with the importance of
having a part in this great work
that is being done for the sake of
humanity that they will not be
satisfied until they have made a
contribution, either large or small,
and not wait to be called upon
but to see President G. C. Smith,
or some member of the chapter
and make a voluntary contribu
tion.
The Red Cross is doing a great
work, whether you believe it or
not, so give it all the encourage
ment you possibly can both by
word and purse.
JESSUP AND COBB VICTIMS
AUTO-TRAIN CRASH AT MAGON
Both Men Are Widely Known,
the Former Being Fuel Ad
ministrator—They Operated
Big Insurance Agency.
Macon, Ga., May 15.—J. L. Jes
sup, Macon’s fuel administrator,
and J. J. Cobb, his business part
ner in the insurance, real estate
and loan business at No. 411
Broadway, were fatally injured at
7:20 o’clock last night when a Ford
car in which they were riding and
a Central of Georgia passenger
train ran together at the Telfair
street crossing.
Both men were taken to the
Williams Sanatorium, where at 11
o’clock Mr. Cobb died. Mr. Jes
sup died at 11:15 p. m.
Mr. Jessup’s injuries were about
the head and the spine. He was
unconscious when taken to the
sanatorium and died, not regain
ing consciousness.
A close examination of Mr.
Cobb’s body showed that he had
several fractured ribs and his right
leg just below the knee was brok
en. He was able to talk at 9:30
o’clock and recognized his wife
who was at his bedside. His first
words were an inquiry as to the
safety of Mr. Jessup. He also ex
pressed concern for the negro boy
who was in the car with them.
As to just how the accident hap
pened is not known. Mr. Jessup
was at the wheel of the Ford ma-
Mr. J. H. Bryant Dies
From Pistol Wound
The Shooting Which Occurred
Early Wednesday Morning
Supposed to Have Been
Accidental.
The news of the fatal wounding
and subsequent death of Mr. J.
Horace Bryant, the result of a
pistol ball piercing his left breast,
the gun being fired by Mr. Bryant
himself, was the source of great
sorrow to his many friends as the
news spread rapidly Wednesday
morning.
The shooting took place about
four o’clock yesterday morning at
the home of Mr. Bryant and in a
room adjoining that occupied by
his wife and child, who were
awakened by the report of the
pistol.
As he had been troubled for sev
eral nights by strange dogs about
his place, it is the presumption
that Mr. Bryant was after these
when he stumbled over some ob
ject in the room causing the pistol,
which he held in his hand, to be
fired unexpectedly, as he was in
his night clothing and other evi
dence about the room giving rise
to this opinion.
Mr. Bryant was an industrious
farmer and one of the county’s
good citizens. He resided near
Norwich. 12 miles west of Butler,
and was about 43 years of age.
Besides his wife, who before
her marriage was Miss Hattie Me-
Ginty, Mr. Bryant is survived by
one child, a brother, Mr. G. F.
Bryant, of Rupert, and his mother.
Wealthy Farmer Is
Killed in Auto Crash
Macon, May 14. — Robert W.
Jones, wealthy fanner of Pelham,
Ga., was killed on the Houston
road seven miles south of Macon *
in an automobile accident this af
ternoon, Jones was en route to
Macon and had stopped to get
some gasoline when another car
ran into his. Jones’ automobile
was overturned and he was pinned
underneath it.
chine, his own car. There were
marks on the side of the engine,
but none in front and it is believed
by many that the automobile
dashed into the side of the loco
motive.
Rescuers rushed to the scene
and telephoned for ambulances
and the police patrol. Dr. A. R.
Rozar, of the Williams Sanatorium,
was on the train and rendered all
aid that was possible at the scene
of the accident.
Cobb Well Known.
Mr. Cobb was prominently con
nected with the banking business
of Macon at one time; was cashier
of the Exchange Bank, organized
a dime savings bank and later was
instrumental in organizing the
commercial National Bank. After
its suspension he gave his time to
the loan and insurance business
with J. L. Jessup.
For thirty-three years he has
been the superintendent of the
Centenary Sunday school. In a
small room near College and
Shamrock streets he gathered fif
teen children and organized a
class which he taught himself.
This little school grew in numbers,
and from it sprung Centenary
Church and a flourishing Sunday
school; one of the largest in the
city. His whole life has been de
voted to this church and its work.
He was the son of Maj. John B.
Cobb, one of Macon’s best known
insurance men and a prominent
citizen. His stepmother, Mrs.
Alice Culler Cobb, who died a
short while ago, was for years a
member of the faculty of Wes
leyan College.