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BUTLER. Taylor County, GEORGIA. Thursday. July 18. 1929.
Number 37
ip VANLANDINQHAM STORE
‘ AT HOWARD BURQLARIZED.
IKI
Amounting to Several
Hundred Dollars Hauled
Auco by Truck. No
Arrest Made.
SUPERIOR COURT SESSION
IS DEFERRED UNTIL
REGULAR OCTOBER TERM
The l® r 8 e mer
j, jr, Vanlandingham
miles west of Butler,
at an hour unde-
indicated by
the
-rcantile establishment
at
Mr.
1, ten
,.js burglurized
lermined Monday night.
Articles «f various kinds and val-
amounting to approximately
00 wer e nuuled away. They are
presumed to have been moved by au-
JjJu’wU™ as the fact that .
Joline tank to the filling staUonof
'. F purvis was forced and a
uuantity of gasoline also taken.
^Entrance to the Vanlandingham
ore was gained by the use of
brace and bit by which a hole was
tut in the pannel of the front door a
few inches above
sough and evidently through which
thief thrust his hand and remov
ed the lock.
Evidence sufficient to cause the ar
rest of anyone charged with the
tbeft remained lacking last night
iltiough several clues are being
closely followed that may lead to one
it more arrests before the end of
the week.
A partial list of the articles missed
from the store by Mr. Vanlanding-
fcam and furnished the Herald is as
follows: 15 or 20 John Primble pock
et knives, 1 pearl handle knife, 3
ns Jewel lard, 2,000 Camel and
Chesterfield cigarettes, 1 box Tampa
.Nugget cigars, 21 48-pound sacks
blue bird flour, 1 410-gauge double-
barrel breech-loader shotgun, 1 box
men's caps, 17 Yates Giant • shirts,
12 boxes sox, 3 or 4 Westclox pocket
Ben watches, 2 boxes bloomers, sev
eral pairs of shoes, I box Russell
union suits, stock number 744.
CONVICTS ESCAPE
FROM BIBB
GANG
Macon, July 18.—Six convicts, two
of them serving a life term for mur
der, early yesterday morning escap
ed the Bibb county chaingang by
sawing through a steel protected
window in their sleeping quarters.
None of them had been recaptured
late Wednesday afternoon, it was
reported. All were negroes.
(rand Theatre
REYNOLDS, GEORGIA
QGRAM FOR THE WEEK
THURSDAY, JULY 18
“COME ACROSS”
Added Attractions:
WANTON HORSEMAN
2 Reel Western
GETTING BUSTER’S GOAT
Two reel Comedy
Hi I DAY, JULY 19
“COME ACROSS”
Added Attractions:
GETTING BUSTER’S GOAT
2-Heed Comedy
Fl NAL RECKONING—No. 9
SATURDAY, JULY 20
“RED RAIDERS”
With Ken Maynard. There was
1,1 a Redskin in all Montana who
!'**'! “utricle or outfight this dare
'■1 army scout! For Ken was
Jghting for Old Glory and a girl
a combination that ten thousand
Ke «men couldn't beat!
Added Attractions:
* -'AL RECKONING—No. 9
^Keel "OSWELD” Comedy
Monday & Tuesday
"-NO PLACE TO GO”
him°*f nS ° n Crusoe couldn't help
thj' t f ~~* l e was shipwrecked. But
str , coul) ' e °f romantic nuts
is , Vi 1 themselves on a desert
vo u ' /j uat for a thrill. Here’s
crini( l ance to see the funniest
of e ' er committed in the name
1 r °mance!
Added Attraction
madam dubarry
eon news reel
The Herald republishes from its
issue of June 20th the article below
for the purpose of making an impor
tant correction jn justice to our-es
teemed friend, able anti popular
judge of the Chattahoochee circuit,
Judge C. 1-rank McLaughlin.
The article as published is as fol
lows:
“Most cordial greetings were
extended Judge C. h. IVicLaugn-
lin by his many warm mends
here Tuesday wnen he paid i.
short visit to the city to confei
with attorneys, court officials
and others as to the advisability
of holding, during the summer,
a term ox superior court, the
regular April term having been
postponed on account of the
serious illness of himself lor sev
eral weeks.
“While well on the road to re
covery, regaining his strength as
rapidly as he might well expect,
he says, the Judge is not yet aoie
to undergo the strain of-a full
session of court, but hopes in a
few weeks to be able to do so,
and therefore signified his wil
lingness to hold the adjourned
April term about August first if
the people so desired.
“Afier discussing the matter
thoroughly it was the unanimous
concent of all concerned that the
session of court be postpon. I
until the first Monday til October
except that a chambers sesison
e held here on the first Monday
4 in August, when motions and
-.-rtiorares only will be heard.
“During the session Tuesday,
which lasted a little more than
an hour, the appearance docket
for the April term was called,
the juries lor the October term
drawn and such jail cases in
which delenaants entered pleas
of guilty, were disposed ox. me
juries as drawn by liis honor will
appear in tne next is :ue of y,u
herald.”
The explanation, or correction, the
Herald wishes to make is this: Any
reference to the regular term ol
April court being continued on ac
count of the illness of Judge Mc
Laughlin is erroneous, barring the
fact that the judge was in a pre
carious condition following ail ope
ration the early part of tne year.
Wherein the Herald erred was the
fact that court was postponed in re
sponse to the urgent appeal jf the
citizens generally of the county ar.J
concurred in by members of the local
bar, due to the condition of roads
and bridges in the county being
swept away by floods, ami since
which time the farmers have been
extremely busy planting and culti
vating their crops.
i o this might be .added the fact
that there are no serious cases, eith
er civil or criminal pending, both
dockets being in better shape at this
time than for several years.
In justice to Judge McLaughlin
the Herald states that it was advised
as was the public, by Judge Mc
Laughlin that in the event a term of
the court was desired, either at the
regular time of holding same or lat
er, he would cheerfully secure an
other judge in the state to preside
for him had he been unable to pre
side.
OPPORTUNITY.
By Walter Malone
They do me wrong who say I come no more,
When once I knock and fail to find you in;
For every day I stand outside your door
And bid you, wake, and rise to fight and win.
Wail not for precious chances passed away,
Weep not for golden ages on the wane!
Each night I burn the records of the day—
At sunrise every soul is born again.
Laugh like a boy at splendors that have sped,
To vanished joys be blind and deaf and dumb;
My judgments seal the dead past with its dead, •
But never bind a moment yet to come.
Though deep in mire, wring not your hands and weep;
I lend my arm to all who say "I can!”
No shame-faced outcast ever sank so deep
But yet might rise again and be a man!
Dost thou behold thy lost youth all aghast?
Dost reel from righteous Retribution’s blow?
Then turn from blotted archivees of the past
And find the future s pages white as snow.
Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from thy spell;
Art thou a sinner? Sins may be forgiven;
Each morning gives thee wings to flee from hell,
Each night a star to guide thy feet to heaven.
WOMAN IS KILLED
BY BROKEN SAW
Piece of Flying Steel Severs Body
o f Mrs. Rawlins. Husband
Views Her Death.
Major Issues
In Assembly
Most of Measures Promise Lively
Contests This Week
FINANCING BILLS PENDING
Highway and Education Pro
posals Are Expected to
Occupy Limelight
SIXTEEN LIVES LOST
GEORGIA WEEK-END
Atlanta, Ga., July 15.—Six
teen lives were lost, eight persons
were injured seriously and upward
of a score others received minor
hurts in accidents over the southeast
through the week-end.
Automobile accidents claimed eight
lives, three persons died from drown
ing, two from airplane accidents one
man killed by a train, a woman died
from injuries received in a gasoline
launch explosion and a boy was in
jured fatally by falling sotne.
MASONIC NOTICE
Regular communication of Fick-
Iing Masonic Lodge will be held to
morrow night and it is very impor
tant that a full attendance of mem
bers be present. Visiting brethren
are always cordially invited. Mem
bers will please not forget the da.e
and be present.
C. E. BENN.'S, w. m.
Clyde Hill Is
Recaptured
Reported to Have Been Arrested
in Philadelphia
GOING UNDER NAME OF HICKS
Rhine, Ga., July 11.—Struck by a
piece of one of the saws when it split
into pieces at the stave mill of the
Macon Cooperage company here to
day, Mrs. Nora Rawlins, 38, of Fitz
gerald, was killed instantly when the
piece of whirling steel hit the wom
an in the abdomen and severed her
body completely in two.
Mrs. Rawlins visited the mill in
company with her husband, W. L
Rawlins, who was negotiating with
officials of the plant for the disposal
of some timber. The husband wa-
bt.ii ding by the side of his wife at
tr-e time she was straw* and escaped
unhurt. Several employes working
nearby at the time also escaped
when the huge circular disc which
was wirling at the rate of several
thousand revolutions a minute und-
denly split into numerous pieces and
went whirling through the air.
Tne piece wfficn Killed tne woman
was traveling at such a velocity that
it first went to the roof of the mill
cut a four by four brace in two then
•prichocheted off a steel shafting
which turned its course downward.
The flight of the metal again was
turned upward when it stxuck a
piece of timber on the ground and it
then struck the woman.
Mrs. Rawlins was knocked almost
10 feet from where she was stand
ing and she was hit with such force
that her slippers were left where she
was standing as if she had stepped
out of them. One of her limbs ais
was severed.
BODY NEGRO MAN
FOUND
Coroner’s Jury Returns Verdict
That Ed Harris Came to His
Death trom Natural Causes.
Among the undergrowth in the pas
ture of Mr. T. L. Fountain, two miles
south of town, the body of Ed Har
ris, negro, 40 years of age, was dis
covered Wednesday morning. Por
tions of flesh from the body had
been devoured by hogs, the carcass
presenting a gruesome sight.
Sheriff McGuiUn and Coroner Parks
were notified of the find who sum
moned a jury for investigation as j»
the cause of the negro's death. After
questioning several witnesses it de
veloped that the negro was subject
to attacks likely to cause death at
anytime. This together with the cir
cumstances connected witu tne I Hid
ing of the body the jury rendered »
verdict that Harris came to his death
xrom natural causes.
So far as known Monday was the
last day the negro was seen alive.
Harris is said to have been an in
dustrious negro and bore a good rep
utation both among whites and col
ored.
Hill, Wanted in Many Cities on
Felony Charges, Has Sensa
tional Record as an Escape
Atlanta, July 14.—Development of
strongly drawn lines on the major
issues before the general assembly
were expected to make themselves
more apparent than at any time so
far during the session when tne as
sembly convenes Monday.
The main problems at adjourn
ment Friday were declared by lead
ers to be centered ip education and
highway financing, with something
more than passing interest also evi
denced in proposals to reorganize the
state government and to revamp laws
relating to court procedure. A nuni-
ber of local bills are also in commit
tees yet and reports were anticipated
this week on many of these. »
Four bills have already been intro
duced to provide for bonds and cer
tificates of indebtedness to finance
the highway program and two or
three others to provide for increas
ing the tax on gasoline, these sub
jects promising to hold the limelight
in the category of general legisla
tion the coming week.
A sub-committee of the "house
ways and means committee has voted
to recommend passage of a six-cent
tax on gasoline and the full commit
tee will be asked Monday to pass
this report to the house.
Issuance of certificates of indebt-
ednses for the educational system of
the state had also been proposed,
and committee reports on this sub
ject may be forthcoming in the next
few days. Other matters having to do
with education are being held in
abeyance until records and reports
asked from various authorities have
been received. One of these would
abolish the district A. & M. schools.
Possibility that Governor Hard
man may submit further appoint
ments to the senate for confirmation
was expressed in several quarters.
The upper body declined to confirm
the governor’s naming of D. A. Fin
ley, of Valdosta, to the board of
game and fish the past week, leaving
this position as a holdover. Two
other appointments are yet to be
made, those of state auditor, now
held by Sam J. Slate, and one seat on
the state highway board now occu
pied by Stanley S. Bennet* There has
been no intimation from the gover
nor’s office as to the ^present status
of these three places.
Bom and reared in this county
with parentage on both paternal and
maternal sides and for several gen
erations back, noted for their hones
ty, uprightness in all their business
and social dealings,for their frugality
as well as for their religious piety
and civic- activity, Clyde C Hill, who
in his earlier days had a most prom
ising future having an intellect
brighter than the average of his com
panions, a good education, a licensed
pharmacist and a good start in busi
ness given him, star.ed a career
some years ago tthat has led him in
to a series of crimes, alleged to him,
that has placed him in the catagorj
oi professional crooks, and a man
badly wanted by officers in many
parts of the country.
His escapades have caused great
remorse to his family and relatives,
who as long as hbpe lasted tried, tho
in vain, to convince him of the error
of his way and cause him to reform.
With several warrants here for his
arrest, Hill left the county about
three years ago, since which time he
has been in the clutches of officers
on several occasions on different
charges of fraud but following each
arrest, until the present, (provided
there is no mistake of his identity)
he has made a successful escape
from the officers.
The story of Hill's more recent ar
rest, which has not yet, so far as
the Herald knows, been confirmed,
appeared in the Atlanta Journal of
Friday last and is as follows:
“Arrested in Philadelphia Thurs
day night on fraud charges, Robert
W. Hicks was identified here Friday
by the state prison commission as C
C. Hill, who escaped from a guard
last January while being transferred
to the state prison farm to begin a
three-year sentence for forgery and
passing bad checks.
“Hill, alias Hicks, was arrested in
Philadelphia on request of Baltimore
police who said, according to the As
sociated Press, he had defrauded
man of several hundred dollars by
withdrawing funds of a “joint bank
account.’” Police of Greenville, S. C.
have also notified Philadelphia au
thorities that Hill is wanted there on
charges of defrauding a bank. Hill
was convicted in DeKalb county
TWO OF’MONTGOMERY’S
OLDEST BUILDINGS COL
LAPSE; IMPERIL SCORES
Montgomery, Ala., July 15.—Work
mg'by the light of giant torches,
everal score rescurers tonight were
tunnelling steadily into a small
mountain of debris, all that remains
of two down town business houses
folowing their collapse early Monday
afternoon, hopeful that if any of tne
75 employes of the two stores are
MR. BEN F. MOORE, OF
TURNED C\ v _ -OM-
IViUiNll I, PA.SNfcS SAlUKDAY
Following a stroke of paralysis
about four weeks ago, Mr. Benjamin
F. Moore, age 60 years, died at his
home in Turner s Gliapel community
uve nines north of Butler, Saturday
morning at 8:30 o’clock.
Mr. ivloore was one oi me county’s
most highly respected citizens, hav-
-ug spent nis long, useful life in tne
county. He was active in the sawmill
business as well a* a successlul far-
mer.
"Vi
uesides hosts of devoted friends
and many relatives Mr. Moore is
..nvA-eu by his wife and ‘four son%
Messrs Homer, Marvin, Sam and JL
F. Moore, Jr.
His funeral was held Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock from Turner’s
Chapel church. Rev. J. T. Adams of
ficiated. The remains were laid to
rest in the family lot near the
church.
still imprisoned they may be reached ICE COMPANY EQUIPPING ITS
FLANT WITH LARGER. MORE
IMPROVED MACHINERY
before it is too late,
Hurried checks shortly after the
collapse of the building which came
in two waves, revealing that a ma
jority if not all the occupants man
aged to free themselves during the
interval between the first avalanche
and the second. Downtown offices
were immediately deserted and thou
sands of persons choked the streets
in front of the buildings, handicap
ping police and firemen in resoue at
tempts. Five persons were seriously
injured. »
GOVERNOR FAVORS
SIX-CENT GAS TAX
Atlanta, July 17.—Immediate pro
vision for meeting a deficit of the
State Highway board, through en
actment of a law fixing the tax on
gasoline at six cents per gallon for
the remainder of 1929, was ilrgeU in
a special message from Gov. Hard
man to the general assembly Wed
nesday.
NEGRO CONFESSES KILLING
Montgomery,_ Ala., July 17.—Les
ter Bouyer, 38-year-old negro, Wed
nesday confessed to officers that he
shot and killed Jack Hines, a me
chanic, near Eufaula, Ala., last Wed
nesday night, assaulted and serious
ly wounded Hines’ young woman
companion.
FOR SALE
A good cow for sale. See me at
once. (7’18)
R. L. WALKER, Butler, Ga.
Superior court in December, 1928.
Claude C. Smith, solicitor-general of
the Stone Mountain Circuit, has of
fered to send an officer to Philadel
phia to return the escaped criminal
:o Georgia.”
The Butler Ice and Storage Com
pany's plant of- 7,out) pounus Uaily
capacity, which has been in success
ful operation only two years, and
having found its machinery in
capacitated to meet increasing de
mand for its product, is enlarging its
building preparatory to installing
next week larger and later improved
machinery with which it is expected
the daily capacity will be doubled.
Mr. J. A. Childs, of Macon, man
ager of the corporation, is in charge
of the work of remodeling and en
larging the plant.
The Butler Ice and Storage Co.
has gained an enviable reputation
for the quality of its product and
meat curing process, the latter of
which has provdn a great conven
ience to the farmers of the county
and an insurance against loss in the
saving of their meat.
JARRELL OPENS BRANCH
STORE AT RUPERT. GA.
Upon the completion this week of
the large brick store buiidihg at Ru
pert, the Jarrell Department Store,
of this city, is filling the shelves of
the new building with a full line aff
new merchandise which will be of
fered the public at lowest possible
prices.
Mr. C. Fred Rustin, one of She
most prominent young men in the
county, will be in charge.
COMMITTEE
STATE
DISAPPROVES
BOND ISSUE
Atlanta, July 17.—The house com
mittee on constitutional amendments
late Wednesday voted 31 to 13, to re
turn an unfavorable report on the
proposed $100,000,000 highway bond
bill.