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PAGE EIGHT THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MAY 6, 1938. NEWS SUMMARY OF THE WEEK IN GEORGIA The annual spring flower show will' he held at Milieu community house, in Millen, May 11. As Andrew Kuflfrey, 13, of Atlanta, leaned over to tie his shoe lace he lost his balance and fell, breaking his right anm. A prison camp guard and two ne groes were killed by lightning "in Ful ton county Monday during a hard wind and rainstorm. The mysterious and serious beat ing of a 26-year-old woman in shanty in Atlanta was being invesiX- gated by police Tuesday. The Bar Association of the South western Judicial Circuit Friday elected Representative A.A. Marshall of Macon county, as president. J. P. Dykes, 68, Bleckley couilty warden and former county commis sioner, died at a Macon hospital Monday following a heart attack. If you run across the guy who made famous the quotation: “U _ is the woman who pays,” just show him this clipping. During the past three years a total of 229,228 w-oen fans in Atlanta and vicinity'have been ad mitted free to Ponce De Leon Park to see the Crackers .play on Tuesday and Friday nights, FIRST PEACHES SHIPPED FROM SUMTER MONDAY Americus, May 2.—Sumter county’s first peaches were shipped north Monady. E. P. James, who has an or chard and farm on the River road sent a half dozen baskets of Mayflow er peaches to Chicago. Mr. James COLUMBUS PEOPLE GAIN LARGE SUMS FR0MC.0FGA.R.R. With the new parking regulations reports the peaches are of excellent in Americus going into effect this quality, but he has a short crop this week, the Junior Chamber of Com- year, merce has mailed 6,000 courtesy - cards—allowing out-of-town visitors unlimited parking time—to boxhold- ers in the Americus trading territory. A two-hour parking limit will be placed on the downtown business sec tion this week. Colquitt county tobacco growers ex pect to begin curing the earlier por tion of the 1938 tobacco crop not later than June 1. Continuation of present weather conditions was expected to permit some tobacco to be moved in to the barns the latter part of May. This would be an earlier start than last year, when blue mold and cold m March and April set back the crop. PACE IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE SOO^ Americus, Ga., April 29—Con gressman Stephen Pace is expected to announce his candidacy for re- election from the Third District within a short time. “I am, of course, hoping that i may be returned to Congress without opposition,” the representative said in a letter. OLDEST GRADUATE PLANS TO ATTEND ANDREW PROGRAM It provides An Annual Payroll at Columbus Alone of $1,09,000 for 619 Employes , Cuthbert, Ga., April 29.—Mrs. Sal- ■ Police officers of LnGrange and ; jj e a Buchanan, 98, oldest graduate I neighboring cities of Western Goor- | 0 f Andrew College, plans to come Jas. P. Dykes, 58, Bleckley co nvtv gia and Eastern Alabama, will to Cutihbert from Dallas, Tex., to at- Cochran) warden and former county gather in LaGrange May 16 for the | tend the commencement program. commissinoer, died Monday at a Ma con hospital following a heart attack. For the first time in the history of the Americus Fire Department, members of the force will be sent to the state fire school in Atlanta this week. A Laurens superior court Tuesday day, Altuough not nnisneU in every acquitted Isom Harden land Willie detail, the pustor, Rev. J. U, Garrison Hall, Rockledge farmers, of a charge announces tne church auditorium and tne Sunduy school rooms are ready for use. Tne building committee hopes to have the building finished in every particular by tne end of the year. Tne building is of brick con struction and adequate in every re spect. Itev. W. M. Davis, a former pastor, was selected to preach the initial sermon. first of a series of lectures to be pre- I she is a sister of O. P. Anthony, sented by outstanding men in the j third president of the Cuthbert field of crime prevention and detec- j school, and was a member of the tion as a part of the two week police I c ] ass G f 1857, training school, Chief of Police J. E. Mathews announced Monday. THOMASTON SHOW me urst services oi tne new J TO open FRIDAY Mti^s cupust cmucn were held Sun- of murder in the death of John Mc Lendon, a neighbor. S Entrance fee for candidates foi Representative in the General As sembly from Montgomery County was set at $50 by the Democratic executive committee meeting in Mt. Vernon Monday. Jno. C. Bennett, 27, the youngest ' Mayor llnziehurst has had, fines, law brcuikersaout five times as much as the average in the past and is work ing for a reduction in taxes and water rates. Georgia high school students will gather at the University of Georgia May 5-7 to compete in literary, mu- su-.al and athletic contest at the 21st annual meeting of the Georgia Hi'gl school association. j The sawmill of the Millen Lumber | Co., valued at between $12,000 and | $16,000, burned 1 completely Saturday morning at 2 o’clock, Only t.i • metal pieces of machinery remain. There was no insurance. A slip of the foot Tuesday oaused Walsa Bartlett, 28, of Atlanta, to re- cei'-'> severe burns about the head Kashita, historic Indian village at Ft. Benning, is to be developed to preserve its value to archaeologists and historians. Twenty boys from the CCC camp at the Ocmulgee National Monument at Macon will leave May 23 to work on the project. It was to Kashita that General Oglethorpe went in 17-bO. It was known as a “peace town.” General Singleton, commander of Ft. Benning, has shown keen interest in the Kashita project, ipnrt of which is located on the government reservation, near the air field. EXCHANGE CLUBS TO MEET Thomaston, Ga., May 2.—The Thom- aston Garden club will hold a flower show Friday at R. E, Lee 'ball rourt. All citizens of Upson county may compete for the ribbons and' prizes offered. The receiving committee will list exhibits Friday from 8 a. m. until 10:30 a. m. The show will be opened to visitors from 2-30 p. m. until 8-30 p. m. THIEF USES HOOK TO SNAG TROUSERS an dback. Bartlett, a florist employe, I T f un ® -Griffin, Ga., April 29.—The 13th annual state convention' of Georgia Exchange Clubs will be held in H. fell into a five-gallon jar of acid at an At'mvta (Tru-g store. Temporary classrooms were estab lished in Millen Monday for vocational Btua'onts cl me Millen High school. The vocational structure, valued at $2,000, was destroyed Sunday by fire of undetermined origin. Dan Parks, 35 year old negro em ploye oi the Atlanta Health Depart ment, was instantly killed when struck by lightning during a sudden thundershower Monday. Parks had sought refuge under a iree. E. F. Simgster, 32, of Griffin, was killed Tuesday when his produce truck crashed :nto a guard rail on a bridge near Tampa, Fla. His brother-in-law, Ed 'Connor, 17, was reported in “fair” condition in a Tampa hospital. Miss Aimmie Chappell of .Sumter, Ga., won the Sweepsteaks prize in the Annual 1 Sumter county flower show at Americus Saturdey. She won four first places, while Mrs. J. C. Logan of Plains, Ga., took three first places. Fifty-five men went back to work ■at the Swift Cotton Oil Mill in Ma con Tuesday after a two months’ lay off. Work tor at least two weeks was in sight and future operations de pend on the flow of cotton seed, it was stated. A spurt in building activity during the last month brought issuance of $69,726 in building permits in Au gusta, according to reports from J. Browning, building inspector. This was an increase of $40,000 over the preceding month. In the general presentments of the Stewart county grand jury for the spring term of the Stewart su perior court the body recommended tlie abolishment ol tne county con vict system and working the roads by hired public labor. . Filing 30 feet to the ground from a tree ini which he was working at Clarks to li Monday, A. W. Ingram, electric power lineman of Atlanta was taken to the Emory University hospital for treatment of cuts, bruis es and' a hip injury. When liquor sales began in Atlan ta recently, after 22 dry years, po licemen were told this: “Don’t try to arrest a man if he turns up a bottle and drinks it right before your eyes. That’s legal now. But if he takes a drink in an auto and drives off, nab him. He’s violating the law." Former Mayor Jas. L. Key, who seven years ago became the first public official in this section to con demn prohibition and predict repeal, saiw his prophecy come true last week when he purchased the first bottle ot liquor to be sold in Atlanta. He said “I don’t want this to drink. I’m buy Img it because it marks the end of a historic period of debauchery and' had conditions brought on by the bootleg era.” Beck, Jr., secretary of the state or- ganidation announces. UNIVERSITY R. O. T. C. UNIT GIVEN HIGHEST RATING Athens, Ga., May 1.—The Uni. versify of Georgia R. O. T. C. unit has been ranked “excellent,” the highest ratinb possible, according to information receive by Col. H. E. Mann, commandant of cadets. PEACHES SHIPPED Montezuma, Ga., May 2.—J. B Easterlin, shipped eight and one-half bushel baskets of peaches Monday, makfing the sason's first shipment oi the fruit from this section. The peaches were the Mountain Rose va- rietv and were expressed to New York. R. N. ENGLISH DIES SUNDAY Atlanta, May 2.—A fisherman who snags the pants of sleeping victims though open windows, removes tne cash and then tosses them back, gave police a new worry Monday. He made three catches of about $10 in the northwest residential section in his latest foray. Police are hunt ing a fellow who has a fish pole with a hook at the end. AMERICUS LADY BREAKS LEG Americus, Ga., May 2.—Mrs. L. R. Towson, French teacher at Georgia Southwestern, broke her left leg just above the ankle when she fell down the stairs at tlft First Methodist church Sunday, She was walking down the stairs after teaching a Sun day school class when she fell down one step. Columbus, Ga., May 1.—The Cen tral of Georgia Railway, whose lines have operated in and' out j>f Colum bus for 82 years, constitutes one of the city’s major assets. Providing a payroll for 619 Co lumbus employees that amounts to more than $1,000,000 a year, it plays an integral part in the life of the city and is prided by Columbus. The Central of Georgia and Co. iunibus have grown up together and as one has prospered so has the oth er. Columbus .means much to the Central and the railroad Lnewise means much to Columbus. The Central payroll in Columbus amounts to more than $90,000 month ly, virtually every cent of which 1: spent in the city. The majority of Central employes are home owners, and in addition to swelling the trade channels, their earnings also help to increase the tax till. Today the Central of Georgia is offering Columbus the best railroad service in its history. In passenger sendee it .features fast air-condition ed trains at low one-way and round trip fares. In freight transit it offers a fast service. It does a tremendous pack age ear business out of the city, from 85 to 100 such ears leaving daily for Georgia, Alabama, Florida, northern and mid-western points. Improvements in freight service, enabling speedy deliveries to distant points has- resulted in a large in crease in business handled' out ol Columbus. Package car shipments totaling 17,000 cars in 1932, have risen rapidly and a total of 24,296 moved out of the city during 1937. Columbus is the largest package car center in the southeast. Columbus officials of the Central of Georgia are C. Baldwin, superin tendent; T.P. Wade, division freight agent; S. C. Harris, district passen ger agent, and W. E. Dillard, local agent. HOSPITAL DAY SET BY RIVERS MAY 12 Atlanta, April 30.—Governor Riv ers Saturday proclaimed May 12 hos pital day in Georgia. He issued another proclamation in viting Georgians to display the U. S. flag May 8, Mother’s day, “as a pub lic expression of our love ancTrever ence for the mothers dl our state and our country.” Of hospital day he said: “The citizens of Georgia are urged to honor the profession' so important to our health and well-being, and to visit and inspect hospitals in order to become acquainted with the great work they are doing.” FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR H. N. RANDOLPH, 66 No. 1 From Page 1 apart keeping with the day set honor of our mothers. The evening service at the Bap tist church was called off because of the revival then in progress at the Methodist church. U. S. FAR FROM WAR, MOSELEY DECLARES Columbus, Ga., May 1.—“We are further from war today than we have been in .10 years,” Maj. Gen. George Van. Horn Moseley, comman der of the fourth corps area, said Saturday as he addressed the open ing session of the 12th annual con vention of the Georgia department. Reserve Officers’ Association, at Ft. Benning. PARKER IS HURT IN AUTO WRECh Americus, May 2.—Roy N. English young Oglethorpe, Ga., man died' at the city hospital, Americus, Sunday after a short illness. The body was carried to Oglethorpe for funeral services. Mr. English was a well- known young man, with many friends in Macon county. TRIAL MOTION HEARING WON BY YOUTHFUL COBB SLAYER Marietta, Ga., April 29.—Superior Judge J. H. Hawkins said Saturday | he would hear a motion June 4 for a new trial for youthful S. J. Wheat, convicted and sentenced to die in the electric chair June 10 for the murder of aged' W W. Cape, Mableton store , keeper. FIRST PEACHES ARE THREE WEEKS EARLY Macon, April 29.—The first peaches of the season were on their way to the New York market Friday, three weeks ahead of normal. The shipper was O. J. Bateman of Byron, Ga., who sent three crates to a New York produce 'house. The fruit is of the 'Mayflower variety. MRS. HORNE ELECTED TO HONORARY POST (Montezuma, April 29—Mrs. J. R, Horne, Montezuma woman, has just been notfied of hei selection as an honorary vice president of the Bessie Tift Alumnae Association, of the Bessie Tift College in Forsyth. As Mi§s, Cordelia Hornady, Mrs. Home made a brilliant record' at Bessis Tift, then the Monroe FemaleColIege. Mrs. Horne was first married to Dr. T. E. Chambers of Montezuma and she has two daughters from this marriage, Mrs. Geo. McLendon of Montezuma and Mrs. S. B. Liggin of Montezuma, with whom she makes her home. Moultrie, Ga., April 30.—Hospital attendants reported Saturday that J. C. Parker, speaker pro tern of the Georgia "house of representatives from Colquitt county, was in a seri ous condition from injuries received in an automobile accident. Parker’s car overturned near Moultrie. He suffered intesnal injuries. AUTOMOBILE TAG MAIL ORDERS ARE UP TO DATE Atlanta, April 30—Marcus Mc Whorter, state director of the Mo tor Vehicle Division, said Friday his department was up to date on handl ing mail orders for license tags. He reported the total sales thru Wednesday at 399,723, as compared to 400,168 for the like date last year. RIVERS COMMENTS ON PLANS GOLDEN WEDDING (From Herald Files of 1926) R. E. (Dick) McCrary and his wife Easter, celebrate their Golden- Wed ding Dec. 30th. This couple married Dec. 14, 1876 and have lived happily for 50 years. By their upright and honest living they have -won the con. fidence and esteem not only of theii own race but the white people also. The invitations were limited on ac count of the recent illness of the wife. The celebration was set for Dec. SOith so that the children from a distance can he with them. ' JOURNALISM STUDENTS EDIT LAVONIA TIMES Atlanta, April 30.—Funeral serv ices for Hollins Nichols Randolph, 6R former Atlanta attorney, who died suddenly of a heart attack Friday at his home in Washington, will be held Sunday in- Washington. Mr. Randolph had practiced law in Atlanta nearly 40 years taking prominent part in- many civic proj ects and serving as counsel .for va rious public agencies. He left Atlanta in 1934 to become a member of the legal staff of the RFC. Author of the congressional act authorizing the sale of 5,000,000 Stone Mountain Memorial coins, he was former president of the Stone Mountain (Memorial Association. He was a lineal descendant of Thomas Jefferson Memorial' Association. MISS MATHIS NAMED QUEEN FROM georgJ ElizJ Americus, April 30.—Miss ,, beth Mathis of Americus has ^ elected Georgia’s Rhododendm Queen for the South-wide festiv? Asheville, N. C., in June. al The new honor is another is series of 'beauty selections the Americus blonde has won. This 1 the second year she was chosen n , of the prettiest co-eds at the r I versity of Georgia, where she n| outstanding member of the apnl class. She won the title of “jr Southwestern” when she attend Georgia Southwestern college. w as beauty queen at the Americus hi school, and was a .winner in *i State American Legion beautv test. COLLINS CLOSES ~~ SPEAKING Toil Atlanta, April 29—State Sck Superintendent M. D. Collins w 0Un up an intensive week of speaking gagements and school visitations South Georgia Friday. On Tuesday Dr. Collins delivi the Confederate Memorial Day dress at Fitzgerald and also si to the Odd Fellows, Lodge theiJ Wednesday he spoke at Lymv Argyle and Midway; Thursday addressed crowds at Homerville, Pont and Fargo, and Friday spoke at Cecil, Adel, Lenox and Water. In addition to these public dresses, the state school head vi ed schools in Heard, Ben Hill, ClinJ Cook and 1 Upson- counties. Lavonia, Ga., April 29.—The sec ond annual student edition of The Lavonia Times was published Friday by six journalism students from the University of Georgia. Assisting in editing the pa,per were Nancy Branyon and Margaret Beas ley, Atlanta; Dean Nowell, of Au- o-usta; Ralph Rice, of Woodland; Lynne BTannen of Athens, and Ed win Rogers of Ashbum. PISTOL MISHAP KILLS GIRL, 10 Atlanta, April 30.—Gov. Rivers said Friday that -he is not trying to “put anything over on anybody” in withholding formal announcement oi his future .political plans. “I will an nounce my political plans in ad vance of the closing date for entries in the state primary on June 1,” th< governor said. “However, I intend to wait just as long as the proprieties admit.” COLLEGE 4-H CLUBS TO HEAR ANDERSOh Athens, Ga., April 29—W. T. An derson, editor of the Macon Tele graph, will be the principal speaker at the Georgia Inter-Collegiate 4-H Club conference to be held 1 at Camp Joy Cljff Saturday and 1 Sunday. At least four junior colleges in tihe state will send representatives to this two-day meet and a delegation from the University of -Georgia 4-H Club will -be present. The University Club is snonsorintr the meeting. H. H. Pavne. Maysville. who is in charge of the meeting said that Miss Fimmie Nel=nn and A. S. Bussev, assistant 4-H Club leaders for Geor- tria, -will direct the activities of the meeting. Dublin, Ga., May 2.—Wounds in flicted with a pistol, accidentally fired by a sister as several children played Sunday in a home at Orian-na proved fatal today to Ruth Ricks, 10. The girl, shot with a pistol taken from an old trunk by -her 8 year old sister, Doris Ricks, as the two played with three other children at the Ricks home, died Monday at a 'hospital. Al'l the children saidthe shooting was ac cidental. $12,000 SAW MILL BURNS AT MILLEN Millen, Ga., April 29.—The saw mill of the Millen Lumber Co., own ed by W. A. Wasden and valued at more than $12,(KJ.O, was destroyed by fire Friday. Operation in the planing mill and manufacturing plant will continue with the stock of lumber now on hand. A temporary mill will be erected for immediate use and the permanent plant will be rebuilt, _it was announced. PLANE LANDS IN TREE; PILOT ESCAPES UNHURT Statesboro, Ga., May 3.—C. Dobbs, Statesboro airplane pilot, miraculous ly escaped dea’h or seriou'. injury Tuesday when he made a perfect three-point landing—In a tree at the ed'"e of the airport. The pilot came out of' a tail-spin too cloee to the ground, according to spectators, and' when his motOT eo,:]p4 ho proceed into the tree. Al- tTinro-b Hip plane was demolished. TVIKhs r 1 ' n-l.p.l opt; of the wreckage pp,i the ground without a scratch. 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