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better opportunities for small
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zenship than either of these
Cities.
Volume 57
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday April, 27 1933
Number 25
j, W. Cole Is Made
Chief of Postal Inspectors
In The Atlanta District
The following announcement which
appeared in the daily newspapers of
fife <tate last week was greeted with
much pleasurable interest by friends
Ml- J W. Cole in Butler where he
‘ occasional visitor in connection
County Committee To Meet
Saturday To Pass On Ap
plications For Forestry Job
Applications for enrollment in the
Civilian Conservation Corps, which
will constitute llncle Sam s army of
reforestation to relieve unemployment
are being received by the local com
mittee of which Hon. H. S.
•“ 7", • no mmt'il inspector Wall is chairman at ihe of-
with . hlS ui utI “Liai -Sd friendly »ce of Hon. L. T. Teed, ordinary
Motion has greatly endeared himself j of Taylor county. Taylor's quota Is
r^with whom he has come in con- 22. Only young men of good moral
to ail wiwi character and physically tit between
* W Cole of Newnan, Ga., vet- the age of 18 and 26 and have de-
Vfoi incnprtnr has been an- pendents to whom they agree to send
•» |26_»»tw y of Mr »l.r,
nf the Atlanta district effective next will be accepted.
Mondav, according to announcement The local committeemen who will
Monua.v, a■ cpnatnr Waltpr Ussist Chairman Wall in selecting
£ Se'f office 1 InsSfcoi; was (Taylor's quota out of the large num-
in rhanre of this district under Pres- applications that are being
Sen? Wilson, and later was sent to «Udareas foelows: Messrs J. T.
Chattanooga’as inspector in charge T. Rustm, L. T.^Peed.jS
there.
"Both Mr. Cole and H. S. Smith,
whom he succeeds as chief inspector,
were out of Atlanta Thursday, Mr.
Cole being in Cuba on official busi
ness and Mr. Smith in South Georgia
on business. The Atlanta district em
braces Georgia,. Florida and South
Taylor County Farmer
Rushed to Macon Hospital,
Whip Staff Pierce Liver
Negro Child Instantly Killed
In Unavoidable Accident
Friday When Struck by Car
Carolina.
“After serving in Chattanooga, Mr.
Cole returned to Atlanta as field man
in 1921, and has been connected with
the Atlanta office ever since. He has
been in the postal service many years.
Starting as a railway mail clerk, he . -■ r , v i, In _
became a post office inspector nearly the ClviI,an
20 years ago.‘He is 53 years old.
"Mr. Smith who came to Atlanta
from San Francisco several years ago
probably will remain in this district
as a field man, it was pointed out.”
Leland Harvey Caught
After Twelfth Escape
A. Roberts, P. A Jenkins and County
Agent Lundy.
These gentlemen have set Saturday
mormr.g 10 o’clock at the court house
In Butler as the time and place for
holding their "first meeting and pass
ing on as many of the applications
ns possible. In the event the county's
full quota is not completed at that
time dates will be arrange for further
meetings of the committee. However,
those contemplating applying should
not delay filing their applications.
Here is the oath of enrollment that
every applicant must take before en-
Conservation
Corps:
“I do solemnly swear
(or affirm) that the information
given above as to my status is cor-
lect. I agree to remain in the Civilian
Conservation Corps for six month*
unless sooner released by proper au
thority und observe all the rules and
regulations thereof to the best of my
ability and will accept such allow
ances a„ may be provided pursuant to
law and regulations promulgated pur
suant thereto. I understand and agree
that any injury received or disease
contracted by me while a member of
Saturday morning while driving a
herd of cattle to pasture, on nis
father’s farm in Pannandle district,
Mr. J. Witt McElmurray, 18 years ot
age, son of Mr. J. C. McElmurray,
was seriously wounded when he
stumbled and fell on the splintered
point of a large whip staff that he
had been carrying in his hand
The instrument is said to have
punctured the walls of his stomach as
well as pieicing the lower part of his
liver.
After rcciving local medical aid
the young man was removed to the
Macon hospital where a surgical op
eration was performed in the hope of
saving his life.
The injury, which at first was
feared might prove fatal, has re
sponded satisfactory to medical skill
and according to latest information,
the young man is improving nicely
and is expected to be able to leave
the hospital in about ten days.
Macon, April 26.—Leland Harvey,
of Macon, under sentence of 199 years ----- .
at the state prison farm at Milleoge- the Civilian Conservation Corps can-
viile lor a series of bold robberies in
Georgia and Florida, made his 12th
daring escape Tuesuay but was re
captured.
And his 12th escape—the most dar
ing and sensational of them all—
will probubly be his last for he v^as
returned to prison and placed in
chains, after being captured in Ma-
ron about two hours after escaping.
The escape was made about 2 a. m.
Harvey sawed his way through
‘.hick iron bars of a death cell built
especially for him and thought to be
escape proof. The hack saws were
furnished him by an unnamed accom
plice wnile two Fulton county guards
apparently slept in the sturdy walled
corridor, within which the death cell
is located.
not be made tire basis of any claim
against the government, except such
as I may be entitled to under the act
of Sept. 7, 1916, (39 Stat. 742) (An
act to provide compensation for em
ployes of the United States suffering
iniuries while in the performance of
their’dutlerand for other purposes;,
and that I shall not be entitled to
any allowances upon release from
camp, except transportation in kind
to the place at which I was accepted
for enrollment. I understand further
that any articles issued to me by the
United States’Government for use
while a member of the Civilian _ Con ?
Bervation Corps are, and remain, the
property of the United States Gov
ernment and that willful destruction,
loss, sale, or disposal of such proper-
Dr. J. T. Oliphant, Well
Known Macon Druggist,
Dies of Heart Attack
After taking off his clothes to get \ ty renders me financially responsible
through the small hole he had sawed Tor the cost, thereof and liable to trial
harvey nmsacKed the off.Vjers’Npock- i’ 1 the civil courts. I understand fur*
ets, took their guns, $68 in money, , ther that any infractions of the
the corridor door key, and the key to * rules or regulations of the Civilian
their automobile, which was parked .Conservation Corps renders me liable
on the outside of the prison walls, i to expulsion therefrom. So help me
He locked the officers inside the cor
ridor and scaled the walls by con
structing a pile of miscellaneous ma
terial, got in the car and left for Ma
con. I 1
A regular prison guard heard his
motor start and guards started in
pursuit. Macon police, notified of the
escape, awaited five miles outside the
city limits, but he eluded them and
gave chase across the city and was
captured under a house on the south
side, after his stolen automobile failed
to function.
4 MACON MEN KILLED
WHEN AUTO IS STRUCK
BY FAST “SOUTHLAND”
God.”
Macon, April 23.—-Four men were
Killed instantly Sunday morning when
the southbound Southland struck an
automobile at a grade crossing at
Macon.
Reports indicated that there were
five men in the car, but only four
bodies could be found, police said.
The victims all residents of Macon
were identified as:
Jimmy O’Neal, 20, taxicab driver,
who was off duty, but said to have
b«en driving his taxicab.
Cecil Kelly, 19, Alf Williams, 38,
t.Charles Hampton, 40.
the train was unable to proceed
mr a considerable time because of the
wreckage that had been carried under
me locomotive.
Delightful Conference Session
Chairman Wall Issues Statement
There will be a meeting of the
county committee to consider applica
tions for Taylor county’s nuota of
young men for the U. S. Forestry
Work next Saturday, April 29th, at
10 a. m., in the commissioners’ office
at the court house.
As our quota is only 22, only young
unmarried men between the ages of
18 and 26 years who have dependents
will be considered. The work is for
Bix months at $30.00 per month,
board, food and clothing provided,
and all applicants must agree to
send from $22.60 to $25.00 to de
pendants. ,
Only young men of good moral
character and in good health will be
selected.
H. S. WALL, Chairman
The appearance in the daily papers
Tuesday of the announcement of the
suduen death of Dr. J. T. Oliphant
at his home in Macon, caused much
sorrow among his host of admiring
friends in Butler, where he was for
many years an occasional and very
welcomed visitor.
In referring to the death of Dr.
Oliphant the Macon Telegraph says:
“While gathering flowers in the
rose garden of his Shirley Hills home
James Telford Oliphant, 62 dropped
dead of a heart attack shortly after
6 o'clock Monday afternoon.
“Mr. Oliphant, for 40 years active
in business and religious life in Ma
con, went home from down town at
4:30 in the afternoon and went into
the rose garden at the back of his
house. While he was picking roses H
B. Hayes, his next-door-neighbor,
talked to, him from over the fence
separating the two yards. He seemed
well and in good spirits, Mr. Hayes
said.
“Mr. Hayes spent several minute
in his own yard and turned toward
his house, when he saw Mrs. Oliphant
returning from town, drive up the
roadway toward the hack of her
house, and heard her scream when
she found her husband's body lying on
the ground. Mr. Oliphant was dead
when his wife reached his < side.
“For some time Mr. Oliphant had
suffered from nttneks of amjina pec
toris, which relatives said he some
times thought was indigestion.
“He was married to Miss. Annie
Parmelia McAfee, of Macon, in 1926
He was a member of the East Macon
Methodist church where he was an
elder and Sundav school superinten
dent and was a former member of the
Rotary club.
“Mr. Oliphant’s survivors are his
wife; a brother, G. Frank Oliphant,
of Macon; two sisters, Miss Jennie
Oliphant, of Macon, and Miss Josie
Oliphant of Los Angeles, Cal., and
an aunt, Mrs. E. G. Faw, of Los An
geles.”
AT BUTLER METHODIST
CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY
An unavoidable and most regret
table accident occurred near the home
of Mr. Thomas Montgomery, in Pan
handle district, this county, Friday
afternoon last when a negro child,
about seven years of age whose
name could not be learned only tnat
of Hicks, was struck by an automo
bile driven by Mrs. H. E. Neisler, of
Fickling Mill community, who being
deeply shocked and grieved by the oc
currence required medical attention.
The victim of the accident, acconv
panied by its mother, both walking
in the middle of the road, became
frightened and confused when the ap
proaching car came suddenly into
view over the brow of a hill and
the signal of warning was given by
the blowing of the horn of the auto
mobile., The mother and child both
stepped to the side of the road but
opposite to each other. As the car
drew nearer the child attempted to
join its mother on the opposite side
of the road, but on reaching the cen
ter of the road was met by the on
coming car and. struck a severe blow
on the head, crushing the skull and
causing death almost instantly.
Mrs. Neisler, who is one of the
county’s most prominent and best
women, has the sympathy of her
many friends in her distress over the
unfortunate accident. At the same
time the parents of the child share in
the sympathy of ail who know them.
An Interesting Meeting
Lasting Ten Days Closed
Last Night At M. E. Church
The revival services which had been
in progress at the Methodist church
since April 16th came to a close last
night when a large congiegation
gatnered for the last service. Rev. W.
E. Hightower, the beloved pastor,
was assisted by Rev. T. O. Lambert,
of Cochran, who did all the preaching
throughout the series. His sermons
were among the clearest and most
logical that have been 'heard in a se
ries of meetings at that church in a
long time, holding thd attention of
the congregations throughout. The
Binging was a very fine feature of the
services with Miss Kathleen Peed and
Mrs. J. W. Edwards as pianists, both
of whom deserve much praise for
their untiring efforts. The minister
used no emotional methods in his ser
mons and they made a deep and last
ing impression upon all who heard
them.
Sewing Demonstration at
Court House Next Saturday
Large Sum Awarded
By Marion Co. Jury
Buena Vista, -Ga., April 25.—Ver
dicts' totaling $19,000 were awarded
In superior court at Buena Vista Mon
day in suits for damages brougnt by
Mrs. Fannie Herman and her husband
Benjamin Herman, of Elizabeth, N. J.
against Eddie Grundy, Marion county
negro.
Mrs. Herman was awarded $7,600
for personal injuries alleged to have
been sustained in an automobile ac
cident in New Jersey on Oct. 30, 1931,
while her husband was awarded $2,-
600 for loss of domestic services al
leged to have been occasioned by his
wife's injuries.
Mrs. Herman sued for $20,000 while
her husband had asked for $5,000.
The woman alleged that she had been
maimed and scarfed as a result of
( the accident. It was alleged that the
the ne g r o was driving a Ford car when
ho crashed into the rear of another
car which had been parked and in
which Mrs. Herman was sitting. The
negro was working in New Jersey at
the time of the accident.
The two cases were consolidated
and were tried together. The plain
tiffs were represented by Love and
Fort of Columbus, and Attorney Ja
cobson, of Elizabeth, associated with
F. A. Gordon, Elizabeth lawyer. B. T.
Rainey, of Buena Vista, represented
the defendant.
It was understood that the negro
had public liability insurance on the
car.
Judge C. Frank McLaughlin, of Co
lumbus, presided at the trial.
Mrs. C. W. Rice Claimed
By Death at Reynolds
Home After Long Illness
Mrs. Charles W. Rice, formerly
Miss Roberta Louise Souder, daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Souder who during their life-time
were among the county’s most prom
inent and highly esteemed citizens,
died at her home in Reynolds Friday
night last following an illness extend
ing over a period of several months,
during which time she was the re
cipient of devoted attention and lov
ing care by loved ones and friends
not to be excelled and often referred
to with highest commendation.
“Miss Bert,"' as she was affection
ately called by an unnumbered host
of friends, was greatly admired, not
only for her beauty as a young lady
and matron, -but for her brilliant in
tellect and charming personality as
well. These friends and admirers fol
lowed her as she established a de
lightful home in Macon a number of
years ago, becoming identified with
that city’s every interest, and re
turning to Reynolds last year to
spend her remaining days on earth,
but soon was she called to her eter
nal rest.
Mrs. Rice was 54 years of age and
had been a member of the Methodist
church since early childhood. For
many years she was an active worker
both in church and civic affairs.
Funeral service and interment took
place at Reynolds cemetery Saturday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, Rev. J. EL
Sammons, of Macon, a life-long
friend of the family, conducted the
A meeting for the purpose of or
ganizing a County Home Demonstra
tion Council will be held at the court
house next 'Salurdqy, April 29, at
2:00 p. m.
Those who will comprise the mem
bership of thiB group will be the
officers of all the Community Home
Demonstration Clubs and one other | funeral rites assisted by Rev. W. C.
member from each Club who iB elect
ed by them.
A special feature of this meeting
will be a demonstration put on by the
Singer Sewing Machine * Company,
using thdir new attachment, the Sin-
gercraft. This will begin at 2:45 and
the public is invited to see this
demonstration. You will see how to
make hooped rugs on the machine,
and all kinds of beautiful articles
an,| accessories. Be there at 2:46 if
Interested in this demonstration.
The business session will be from
B:00 to 2:46 o’clock.
Many Sections of County
On Monday afternoon about 5
o'clock this section was visited by
one of the heaviest and most disas
trous hail storms in many years.
Reports show that the storm struck
in widely scattered areas of the
county and wherever it hit destruc
tion of gardens and crops just be
ginning to come up was said to be
complete. Peach and other fruit
crons were also seriously damaged.
Besides the damage done in this
county, reports from other counties
in this section of the state are to the
effect that similar damage was done.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preach
ing at 11 a. m. League at 7 p. m.
Preaching at Wesley church 7:45 p.
m. We will appreciate the presence of
any who will come and worship with
us. W. E. Hightower, Pastor
, 4 n interesting session of the Quar-
Conference, Butler Circuit, Pre-
...,'. n f Elder L. A. Harrell, presiding,
.. ® *! e W at Union Satuday with rep-
t-h. entatlves fr' orn all churches in the
Ke present. An able sermon was
g£,,' e £ e d n y Rev> L ‘ A - Harrell at 11
(iinrov , foll °wed by a lovely basket
k. y me mbers of Union church
er- P ™ si "ess session of the Confer-
was held in the afternoon.
>’°“ r Mends at the Butler
28th „ 1 * 0,lum ‘Friday night, April
make ? owow ni 8ht) at 8:00 and
Ke a to ur with “Miss Adventure.”
TRADE REVIVED BY
ROOSEVELT BABSON FINDS
yardstick, the bushed basket, the
pound weight—must be used by both
buyers and sellers to he of any serv
ice.
Now at one stroke the gold embar
go places the United States dollar on
a more equal competitive footing
with currencies of other nations and
favors the chances of all countries
getting together to establish a more
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Babson Park, Mass., April 24.—The serted It. Any measuring^ unit—the
decisive action of President Roosevelt ^
in declaring a gold embargo and em
barking on a policy of controlled in
flation is the master stroke which
should turn the tide from depression
toward recovery. I am highly optim
istic for three reasons: First, this ac-
tionreverses the vicious trend of de
flation, replacing it with a trend of
rising values.
Second, it starts a buying movement
which sets' into motion an upward
spiral of business instead of the dis
astrous downward spiral from which
we have been suffering for the past
three years. , . , ..
Third, by taking authority into its
own hands, the administration eitec-
tually prevents the passage by con
gress of crazy piece-meal legislation
which might result in disastrous in
flation of the uncontrolled variety.
All capable statisticians nave
known right along that America c
not indefinitely maintain the g
standard when nearly all the ot
great nations of the world had de-
Preaching at Baptist
Church Next Sunday
■ There will he preaching services at
the Butler Baptist church Sunday
morning at 11:00 o’clock. This an
nouncement is made due to the fact
that Sunday is the fifth Sunday and
not the usual preaching day. Every
body cordially invited to attend this
service.
House Is Destroyed
The residence of Mr. Bullock, ru
ral mail .carrier, was destroyed by
fire of undetermined origin Monday
about noon.
Vets Get Checks
For Back Pension
Checks for $18 for each of the Con
federate veterans and their widows
of Taylor county was received last
week by Judge L. T. Peed, county or
dinary and by him promptly dis
tributed. • !
This payment is said to consume
the last of the rentals of the W. &
A. Railroad which were to be paid to
the Confederate pensioners under the
act of the general assembly of 1931.
This leaves a balance of unpaid
appropriations for pensions in 1930
of about $128 to each pensioner,
when this balance may be paid is un
known. Payments were kept up for
1931 and 1932, as is known, and for
the first two or thhee months of this
year.
Rupert Junior High
Has Fine Closing Program
Rupert Junior High School, in the
Taylor county school system, com.
pleted a seven-months school term
and observed the occasion with a full
day’s program of literary, and other
events on Friday last that were
highly interesting and reflecting much
credit on teachers and pupils alike.
The Rupert school, of which Prof.
C. F. Rustin is principal, is one of
the largest attended and best all
round rural schools in the county.
Huckabee, pastor of the Reynolds
Methodist church.
Mrs. Rice is survived by her, hus
band a daughter, Miss Mary Vir-
glna Rice; two sons, John Howard
Rice, and Charles Augustus Rice, of
Reynolds;; two brothers, R. C. Sou
der, of Macon, and Howard Souder,
of Minneapolis, Minn.; and two
sisters, Mrs. W. G. Walton, of Phila
delphia, and Mrs. Albert G. King, of
Lakeland, Fla.
Infant Son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Ward Died
Early Wed. Morning
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ward
sympathize with them in the death of
their little son, Luther C. Ward, age
one year and five months, which oc
curred at the family residence in
Butler at an early hour yesterday
morning following an illness of only
three days.
Funeral services will be Conducted
by Rev. H. G. Hobbs at the home of
the child’s parents this morning at 9
o’clock followed by interment at
Union cemetery in Marion county-
April 29th Last Day
For Making Loans
Mr. G. R. Daniels, field supervisor
for the crop producing loan office
here, announced yesterday that April
29th will be the last day on which ap
plications will be received at the
Washington office.
'Since there is sometimes a delay in
getting waivers signed, all persons
wishing to obtain a loan should have
their application made out before
closing the local office April 26th, Mr.
Daniels said. This does not mean,
however, he added that applications
would <be denied until the closing date
in Washington, but for the purpose of
possible complications and unneces
sary delays in getting their applica
tions through, this request was made.
Tax Receivers Book To
Close Next Saturday
Attention is again called to the
matter of making your tax returns to
Mr. P. A. Jenkins, Taylor ocunty Tax
Receiver, before the date of closing
next Saturday. So many delay the
matter until the last day when much
inconvenience is caused both the re
ceiver and the property owner. If
possible see Mr. Jenkins today or to
morrow and get this important mat
ter off of hand before Saturday.
JOINT MEETING OF
LEGION AND AUXILIARY
Bodies of Columbus Couple
Found In Parked Car
All 1932 and 1933 members of
Butler Post 124, and Auxiliary Unit
are invited to attend a joint meeting
at the Baptist church Monday night,
May 1st at 7:30 o’clock.
Please be present as there is a
special treat in store for you. All
eligibles who are not members should
get your membership cards at once in
order to attend this meeting.
—Publicity Reporter.
The following announcement came
as a distinctive sad shack to relatives
and friends here of Mr. T. J. Davis,
son of Mr. Clarence Davis, of Pratts-
burg community, Talbot county:
Columbus, April 23.—T. J. Davis,
Jr., 24, Muscogee county convict
guard and Miss Thelma Theresa Rob
erts, 22, were found shot to death in
an automobile 16 miles from Colum
bus Saturday night, and a coroner’s
jury Sunday held that the man killed
the woman and then himself.
Four bullet wounds were found in
the man’s left chest. The woman ap
parently had been shot twice, one
bullet passing thru her right fore
arm and entering her body, and the
other striking her chest.
Six empty shells were found' in
Davis’ pistol. Investigating officers
said they had learned of no motive.
Junction City School To
Sponsor Play Here April 28
“Miss Adventure,” a play put on by
the senior class at Junction City will
be given in the Butler High school
auditorium on Friday night, April 28,
at 8:00. This play is being sponsored
by the Butler Woman’s Home Dem
onstration Club. The proceeds will go
toward equipment of a kitchen_ and
sewing laboratory in the school in or
der that both the girls and women
may be able to do better and more
efficient work.
The play is said to be unusually
good, the adaptation of characters
splendid. Besides the worthy cause
for which the play is being sponsored
It will he a most pleasant .evening of
entertainment. Come and bring your
friends. Admission 10c and 26c.
“Miss Adventure” will give you a
wonderful evening’s entertainment
Friday, April 28tli, at the Butler
school auditorium. Don't miss it.