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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, APRIL 28, 1938.
RIVERS KEEPS
HIS CAMPAIGN
PLAN A SECRET
Governor’s Speech to
Party Committee
Non-Committal
Georgia
Is
Atlanta, April 24.—Gov. E. D.
Rivers Saturday night addressed the
State Democratic Executive Commit
tee without revealing his plans for
the 1938 state political campaign.
He concluded 1 his address with re
iteration of his oft-repeated state
ment that the 'best interests of th«
people -will be served by his retaining
has status as Governor at this time
instead of becoming a candidate for
political office.
The speech contained no direct so
lution of the political puzzle revolv
ing around the possibility he may
run against U. -S. Senator Goorge.
It left the door still open for him
to announce for the Senate if he
chooses, following his expected con
ference Wednesday with Postmaster
General Jas. A. Parley, who will vis
it Georgia.
Close friends of the governor still
insist he will run for re-election.
Governor Rivers feliciated the
Democratic committee on its active
help in carrying out the planks of
hie platform, which he enumerated
item by item.
“We are now engaged- in- admin
istering the program,” he said.
“There is still Hots to do”.
Members of the rules committee
met to draft the rules ana regula
tions of the Sept. 14th state pri
mary, fix the closing date for en
tries and sot entrance fees, subject
to approval iby the entire committee
at the night meeting,
HOWELL LAUNCHES
CAMPAIGN FOR GOV.
IN THURS. SPEECH
Will
Shift Old-Age Pensions
Hands of Taylor County
Officials
Atlanta, April 24.—Hugh Howell,
opening his campaign for Governor
Thprsday night with a s]>eech in
Atlanta, asked for support in putting
“the affairs of Georgia into the
hands of -Georgians.”
fylr, Howell concentrated his attack
on the present administration on
four hues, calling for reduction of
taxes, administration of old-age pen
sion's -through county governments,
decentralization of power and elimi
nation of the drivers' licence fee.
Mr. Howell, former Democratic
exective committee chairman under
ex-Govornor Talmadge, said-:
“A few years ago, our state was
operated on a total income of aboht
12 or 15 million dollars.
“This has been increased grad
ually until the present administra
tion took charge.
“Then, it was that the lid literally
blow off, and taxes by the hundreds
of thousands and millions upon mil
lions -have been piled upon our peo
ple until we see the tragic result.”
Text of Mr. Howell’s address fol
lows in- full-:
IMy Fellow Georgians: I am a can
didate for Governor of Georgia.
I have traveled- over Georgia many
times. I have interviewed thousands
of people in all walks of lire. Every
where I go, the people are talking
of taxes, more taxes and heavier
taxes. Everywhere there is a cry for
relief from the ever-increasing bur
den of taxation.
The first plank in my platform fo-i
Governor is a substantial reduction
TWENTY-FOUR
PERSONS DIES AS
BUILDING FALLS
More Than One Hundred Negroes
In the “Ritz Cafe” When
It Collapsed
CHARLES BARTLETT
NOTED POLITICAL
FIGURE, DIES THURS.
Reprehented Sixth Georgia District
In National Congress for
Twenty Years
Macon, April 21.—Judge Chas. L.
| Bartlett, 83, who was a unique figure
I in Congress for years, died at Ma-
Pe-nix City, Ala., April 23.—Adju- com Thursday,
tant General John, C. Coleman, of the Judge Bartlett contracted influenza
Alabama Natiomal- Guard- announced 0]1 birthday anniversary, Jan. 21.
officially Saturday that 24 negroes j.j e bad been confined to his bed from
NEW POST OFFICE
AT HAWKINSVILLE
Hawkinsville, Ga., April 26.—-The
beautiful newi $50,000 post office is
now completed and has been deliver
ed to Morgan Thompson 1 , postmaster.
Congressman Steve Pace, who was
instrumental in, securing for the
city such an attractive building, will
be present at the dedication, which
will take place in a short while, and
will deliver the leading address. The
ofice force will move in May 1.
TAYLORSVILLE BANK
HELD UP AND ROBBED
were crushed to death in the col
lapse of a -rickety two-story building
at Phenix City Saturday.
Coleman said between 60 and 75
other persons, mostly negroes, were
injured.
The last of the -bodies was taken
out Saturday morning by national
Taylorsville, Ga., April 26.—Two
overa lli-clad- bandits held up the Bank
of Taylorsville Tuesday an# escaped
that -ailment until three weeks ago •
when he was able to get out ir. the M. A. Perry, cashier, who was in
sunshine om am automobile trip. But the bank alone at the -time of the
he went back to bed later and had robbery, told the Bartow .county
been losing ground since.
Ga. Is Predicted To
Have Large Peach
And Grain Crops
Ga,
April 16,—Ercessive
North Georgia during
Judge Bartlett represented this
district in Congress for 26 years.
He was born in Momticeilo, Ga., on
attorney general of Georgia and an
officer in- the -Confederate army.
The son was a graduate of the Uni
versity of Georgia Law school and
and the University of Virginia.
He was an honor graduate at Geor
gia in, the class of 1870
I. S. Peebles, of Augusta, chair
man of the rules committee, presided of taxes. 1 intended not only to cut
at the meeting of that body and C. S. j down the expenses of our -govern-
Reid, chairman- of the state com
mittee, presided at the might 1 meet
ing.
The fall primary will be held to
nominate candidates for the Novem
ber general election, for the offices
of U. S. Senator, Governor, Congress
men, Comptroller General. Treasurer,
■Secretary of State, Public Service
Commissioner, Superintendent of Edt-
ucatlom, Commissioner of 7 nhor,
judges of the Supremo Court, Court
of Appeals and Superior Courts and
Solicitors General.
—At the same time county and
district /primaries will be held- to
nominate Reuresentatives and Sena
tors in the General Assembly. •
Tnriieatioms strongly oointed to
selection, of a date early in June for
e'eriv-g entries,
THEFT OF PENNIES A tVI J
RESULTS IN TER
lln-ggold, Ga., April 25—Sheriff J
M. Moreland Monday announced' he
had arrested a man 'he identified as a
former deputy sheriff on a charge of
burglary in connection with the theft
of $20 in pennies- from tre Bank of
Ringgold two weeks ago.
The sheriff said* a man booked as
Vernon Scru-gs, 31, pleaded guilty be
fore Superior Judge C. C. Pittman
at -Cal'houn- amd was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary at Mill
ed gevi He.
$5,000 FEE BLOCKS
SALES IN JASPER
Monticello, Ga., April 25.—A 56-
year-old law probably will -bar any
efforts to legalize whisky sales in
Jasper county.
1m 1883', the Legislature passed a
special act fixing a license fee of $5,-
€00 for liquor operators. The -meas
ure was introduced by Maj. J. C. Key
Jasper representative at that time.
The 'license fee was designed to be
prohibitive, and there is little likeli
hood of a referendum until -the legis
lature repeals the measure.
SLEEPING MAN’S BELT CUT,
$180.00 STOLEN BY BAN Dll
Atlanta, April 25.—Sweet dreams
abruptly changed to a nightmare for
J. S. Turner, 60, of Winter Haven,
Fla., when he awoke from a night’s
sleep in his truck at the farmers’
market in Atlanta, police reported.
Turner, exhausted after a long
days’ drive from Winter Haven, se
creted 'his wallet with $180 under his
belt and went to -sleep. On waking
he discovered someone had cut his
belt and stolen- the wallet.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
LESSON-SERMON
meat and' reduce the present taxes,
but I am unalterably opposed to any
additional tax of any kind.
You know the question of taxes is
a vital factor in Georgia affairs.
Taxes in Georgia have increased by
leaps and bounds. A few years ago
our state was operated on a total in
come of about 12 or 15 million dol
lars.
This has been increased gradually
until the present administration took
charge. Then- it was that the lid lit
erally blew off, and taxes by the
hundreds of thousands -and -million ,
upon mill)dps have been piled upon
our 'people until we see the tragic
result.
Today no businessman in Georgia
feels safe to make an investment or
to increase his .plant output or to put
new men on new jobs, because of
What the taxgatherer from the -state
capitol will) do for -him when he
comes around to take out his out
rageous toll. Prosperity only comes
when everybody is working or has an
opportunity to work.
guardsmen who bad combed the j. ln ;;i 1863. His father was once
twisted debris throughout the nignt
in search of dead and injured,
Coleman said guardsmen worked
under the greatest danger and that
an entire side of the building bad to
be tom down before -many of the
victims could be reached.
“It was the most completely de
molished thing I have ever seen,”
Coleman said.
More than 100 negroes were in- the
flimsy “Ritz Cafe” when it tumbled
down around them without warning.
The victims’ screams drew a large
crowd which was imperiled by the
lone remaining side of the building.
As the mangled, bodies were taken
out lottery tickets fell from pockets
of the victims. It was reported that
daily “bug” drawings were held at
the Ritz.
Fifty soldiers from Fort Benning,
near Columbus, were dispatched for
rescue work. They later were re
lieved by Alabama national guards
men sent to the scene by Gov. Bibb
Gaves.
The building was an old one and
the cafe on the ground Door of the
tiwo story building was divided into
sections for whites and negroes. A
section of the roof had fallen Wed
nesday. Building insipectoirs said the
first collapse was due to accumulated
rain, water and weak roof -supports.
Athens,
rainfall
early April damaged crops and
cessitated replanting in many ca ^'
the Georgia Crop Reporting Service
announced Friday. Despite tills
bumper crops were predicted- for
peaches, grain and potatoes.
Low temperatures and heavy
frost during the same week also
damaged apple and peach prospects
in northeast territory and injury to
garden- crops.
Advancement of farm work as of
were armed with automatic pistols,
He said they escaped in a car
headed south.
SLAYING OF FLORIDA
HITCHHIKER TOLD
Griffin, Ga„ April 28.—Sheriff H.
T. iMcWilliams said Tuesday a 16-
year-old boy-listed as Louis Harry of
His talent for persuasion cropped nea rby Orchard' Hill bad confessed
out early for at the age of 11 he of Charles Hall, 18 year
pleaded with Col. O. O. Howard, ° ld Orlando, Fla., hitch-hiker. , Hall
Yankee officer under General Sher-, was found 1 dying of wounds in a
man, so effectively that the Bartlett awam l > rear Griffin, Monday,
home was, ordered 1 spared, from plun-, “Harry confessed that ho hit Hal!
der oni the northern army’s march t>ver yie bead with a rock”, Sheriff
to the sea.
“They’ve never reconstructed me”
Judge Bartlett once boasted.
He began the practice of law
1875. He was first associated- with 1 '■’'siting a brother. Bill Hall of At
lanta and was 'hiking home, diodi soon
after being taken to a Griffin hos
pital.
Col. Sam Hall and W. A. Lofton and
later formed a partnership with
Washington Dessau, Sr.
He married Miss Emma L. Carlton
of Athens in 1873.
In, 1877 he was solicitor general of
the Macon circuit. He held a -seat in
the general assembly for four years
and also served 1 in- the state senate.
which Judge. Bartlett figured, among
them the hurling of ink wells at Re
publican foes during heated debates.
He once declined a seat on the Su
preme Court of Georgia, a place of-
He was appointed to the bench in fered by the late Hoke Smith, when
1892 and after two years’ service re- governor.
signed to run for Congress. His can- He was prominent in Masonry- and
d-idacy was successful. at one time -was grand master of the
Numerous stories have passed over Grand Lodge of Georgia. He also, was
press wires of scenes in, Congress in an Elk and -a Knight of Pythias.
sheriff that both men were between ! April 1 was ahead of any re -ent
25 and, 30 years old and that they ; year in most se< . tion8 followi ”
were armed with automatic mstols. ■ nf . . . . . „ b 16
o,t the driest winters in Georgia's
history.
Despite the slight frost damage
the crop reporting service said re
ported conditions of Georgia peaches
Is 70 per cent of normal, compared
with 41 per cent last year and 70
per cent for -the ten-year average.
April 1 condition of peaches in 10
southern s tates averaged 71 percent
compared with 46 percent a year
ago an# 65 per cent for the ten-year
period.
Indicated production of the Geor
gia wheat crop 1,872,000 bushels—is
an increase of 30 per cent over 1937
indicated production, and 100 per
cent greater than the ten-year aver
age. Rye’s reported condition also
tops both the last year’s and the 10
year average.
Estimated stocks of com on hand
amount to 21,479,000 bushels, com
pared with 13,530,000 last year, and
16,398,000 for the ten-year average.
Condition of the early potato crop
in ten southern states averaged 81
per cent of normal, compared with
the reported condition of 78 per cent
a year ago, and the 10-year average
of 75 per cent. Mild temperatures
and adequate ranfall contributed to
the good condition of this crop.
Pastures have -been favored by un
usually warm February and March
weather and by plenty of rainfall in
most areas.
McWilliams said. “He said he acted
in self-defence -when Hall 1 challenged
him -to fight.”
The Florida youth, who had been
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PHONES 100 & 104 Friday and Saturday Specials WE DELIVER
M.
C. NELSON DIES
IN OGLETHORPE
“Everlasting Punishment?’ is- the
subject of the Lesson-Sermon which
wil-l be read Sunday in all branch
Churches and Societies of The
Mother Church, The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass.
Among the citations which com
prise the Lesson-Sermon, there will
be the following from the Bible:
“Even- as 1 have seen, they that plow
iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap
the same.” (Job 4: 8).
The Lesson-Sermon- will also in
clude the following correlative selec-
tin ofrom the -Christian Science text
book, “Science^ and Health with Key
to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker
Eddy: “Divine Science reveals the
necessity of sufficient suffering,
eitner before or after death, to
quench the love of sin. . . . Escape
from punishment is not in accord
ance with God's government, since
justice is the hadmaid of mercy.”
<p. 36).
Oglethorpe, Ga., April 23.—Funer
al services were conducted' in the j
resilience at Oglethorpe Friday af- ]
temoon for Moody C. Nelson, 30,
whose death at his home Thursday
followed, an illness of several months.
Mr. Nelson was a native of Dooly
county, but had made his home in
Oglethorpe for the last 12 years dur
ing which time ho was operator at
the A. B. and C. railroad depot. He
was a member of the Lilly Methodist
church.
BAPTISTS TO MEET IN
DAWSON, GA., TODAY
Richland, Ga., April 23.—The Sum-
merhi'll Baptist Sunday School Con
vention will convene with the Dawson
Baptist church in Dawson, Ga , to
day, Thursday) in regular annual
session. H. V. Davis of Richland,
president.
A very interesting and tirnelv pro
gram, has been arranged for the day
and it is exnected that a fine repre
sentation will be present form the 23
chinches of the Summerhill Associa
tion.
EIGHT ARE KILLED IN
GEORGIA AUTO ACCIDENTS
Georgia counted eight dead and at
least six hurt Monday according to
a press dispatch as the result of week
end automobile accidents.
The fatalities were: W. C. Good
man, 24, farmer, residing near Wool-
sey. H. A. Padgett, 21 textile mill
employe of Brooks. E. W. Hicks, 32,
uneemployed of near Marietta.
Raleigh Crisp, 46, highway foreman,
of Clayton. Willie Johnson, 56, Thom
son saw anill operator. L. P. Coker,
27, Atlanta caShier. Mr. and Mr,s. J.
J. Noles of Calhoun.
“MAN MOUNTAIN” DEAN
ENTERS STATE RACE
A Great Reduction in
Flour Prices.
24-lb Obelisk Flour, plain $1.04
24-lb Obelisk Flour, S.-R. $1.07
24-lb Twinida Flour . 95c
24-lb Baby Ruth Flour 65c
24-Ib Monogram Flour 89c
12-lb Obelisk Flour, plain 53c
12-lb Obelisk Flour, S -S. 57c
12-lb Baby Ruth Flour 35c
12-lb Monogram Flour 43c
12-lb Twinida Flour .. 49c
We have a special price on
barrel of any of these grade
Flour.
Our lard prices have never
been beaten. Fresh shipment
received daily.
4-lb Lard
44c
8-lb Lard
87c
2-lb Pure Lard . . .
25c
4-lb Pure Lard . . .
44c
8-lb Pure Lard . . .
87c
1 gal Cooking Oil . .
85c
3-lb Snowdrift or Crisco 53c
6-lb Snowdrift or Crisco 98c
Sugar At Prices That
Can’t Be Touched
5-lb Sugar 25c
10-lb Sugar 50c
25-lb Sugar $1.25
100-lb Sugar .... $4.90
3 Pkgs xxxx Sugar . . 22c
3 Pkgs Fashion Brown Sugar 22c
Fruits and Vegetables
Apples, doz 20c, 25c, 30c, 40c
Oranges, doz 20c and 25c
Grapefruit, large, 3 for 10c
Bananas . • . I! . doz 19c
Snap Beans . . 2 lbs 15c
Squash lb 4c
Green Cabbage ... lb 3c
New Potatoes ... lb 3c
Sweet Potatoes ... lb 3c
Carrots lb 8c
Beets lb 8c
Green Peas
lb 10c
Every item we can’t put on
this circular has been reduced.
Call or come by to see us be
fore you buy.
3 Pkgs Corn Flakes . 16c
.Canned Goods At Right
Price.
16-oz Pork & Beans 3c
46-oz Silver Nip ... 29c
2 No. 2 1-2 Sliced Pineapple 37c f
6 Cans Small Tomatoes . . 25c
3 Large Cans Tomatoes 21c
6 Small Pet Or Carnation Milk 20c
3 Large Pet or Carnation Milk 20c
2 Small Sliced Pineapple 15c
3 Cans Collards . . . 23c
3 Cans Turnip Greens 23c B
2 No. 21-2 Size Hominy 15c )
Our Mayonnaise Line
Is Most Complete
4-oz Duke’s or Blue Plate 10c
8-oz Dukes or Blue Plate 15c
16-oz Duke’s or Blue Plate 25c
32-oz Duke’s or Blue Plate 39c
Salad Dressing
8-oz Realm 10c
16-oz Realm 15c
32-oz Realm 25c
8-oz Miracle Whip , . 15c
16-oz Miracle Whip . 25c
32-oz Miracle Whip . 39c
Atlanta, April 26.—F. S. Leavitt,
known from here to yonder as “Man
Mountain Dean,” 300-pound wrestler
and movie actor has announced his
candidacy for the state legislature
from Gwinnett county, where he B
living the life of a country squire.
“I am a heavy weight thinker as
well as wrestler”, said Mr. Dean
modestly. “I may look nuts and act
nuts, Ibuit there is a grea-F deal of
wisdom lurking behind these whis
kers.” His campaign will be -based on
tax revision of his own creation.
MARKET
Armour’s Pure Pork Sausage, lb 25c
Dexter Sliced Bacon, lb 25c
Weiners lb 19c
Smoked Sausage.. 2 lbs 25c
Lettuce lb 8c
Streak-0-Lean ... lb 15c
Fat Back . . . . . lb 10c
Mock Chicken Loaf.. lb 29c
Wilson Tenderized Ham, lb 45c
Celery ...... lb 8c
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