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PAGE EIGHT THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MAY 19, 1988. MEWS SUMMARY OF THE WEEK IN GEORGIA Atlanta’s death traffic toll for the year had increased to 25 Saturday ■with the death of a negro youth. Twelive-year-old William Bugg was killed at Newwam Tuesday when a bicycle he was riding was struck by an automobile. Americus wall have a full-time observer, beginning Tuesday. W. R. Van Order will have charge of the Federal Bureau. George Thomas, Atlanta negro was electrocuted at the state prison at Reidsville Friday for the slaying of C. G. Heston, Atlanta salesman. A beautiful silver tea service was presented Monday night to Dr. J. L. Campbell, of Atlanta by tile Medical Association of Georgia in session in that city. In a recent check-up State Revenue Commisioner T. G. Head repealed that the state had issued 501 licenses to refail liquor stores and 34 to wholesalers. J. A. Wells of the Fulton county schools will deliver the literary ad dress May 24 a the graduation ex ercises of the Manchester High school in the city auditorium. The commencement sermon will be given at the President theatre on Sunday, May 22, by Rev. W. G. Harry of the Manchester Presbyterian church. The election of Jno. K. Ottlcy, Jr., young Atlanta business man, as a director of the Constitution Publish ing Co., was anounced Saturday. Ottley is advertising manager of the Constitution. He joined the newspa per's staff in 1935. Although the son of a banker, Ottley's career has cen tered in newspaper work. For the first time in more than 20 years voters of Lowndes county will not vote for county comtmissionera this year. It was recently brought ta light that a change in the law more than: 20 years ago set the term ot the board at four instead of two years. However, each'election a board has been voted on, serving only two years at a time. Seven students at G. S. W. C. Val dosta have been: named in the 1937- 38 edition of "Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities , and Colleges.” They are Misses Vir- l>r. S. V. Sanford, chancellor of the ; gjnia Zipplies and Anna Riteher. Sa- No. 2 From Page One found dead oni a second floor ledge of the hotel court, where he Had struck in a leap for safety. Some were burned to death and others suffocated. Many of the bodies were horribly .mangled 1 in the col lapse of floors and steel work. Firemen told of finding one group apparently a family. A woman Was uead iTi a rocking pitable reception accorded us today, and “Be if'uTurther resolved 1 , That this committee go on record 1 as being in hearty accord' with every plan to in crease the facilities of Ft. Benning. “Be it further lesolved, Tnat he chairman of this committee transmit a copy of this resolution .to the com- andant of Ft. Benning.' The resolution committee was com posed of the following: W. A. Heath, ~ ‘ ' C. Wall, Eillaville; LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS SALE UNDER POWER GEORGIA—Taylor County: By virtue of the power and au thority contained in a certain deed to secure debt executed by Mary J, Bennett to J. P. Posey, dated May . Columbus; Mrs. C. c,. wan, juuavme; i lfm „ nH rponr .Hpa in fwd Rook “S’' Chair, a little girl knelt by the "bed Airs. E. B. Spivey, Cusseta; Dr. A. S 1 J^’ 8 50S recorfs of Tayl ol and a man and a small boy lay Boyett, Buena Vista; W. E. Tarpley, 1 5,°, Jr..’ , ° , stretched across it. Leesburg; W. T. Anderson, Leslie; °° unt X- Geor ^ la , a l s ° ln Deed Book One couple waKened by the smell Wiley Wisdom, Ohipley; B. H. Ohap- of smoke, escaped by climbing thru pell, Columbus; and J. S. Hodges, Perry. ! Members of the committee attena- ing uie session were as follows: Airs. University System of Georgia, will deliver the baccalaureate address at commencement exercises of Dawson High school May 30. The Georgia Cotton Ginners Asso ciation will hold its .seventh annual convention ini the city auditorium at Macon today with Gov. Rivers head inig the list of speakers. Marvin Pierce, Jr., of Parrott, is a candidate for Terrell county repre- eentative, seeking the place of G. ivl Gaimniage of Bromwood, who has not announced 1 for re-election. John McDuffie, well known farmer who lives near Abbeville brought tnc first cotton bloom to Abbeville Sat urday. Cotton ds about ten days late in that section this year. W. H. Duckworth, assistant at torney general of Georgia, is the first veteran of the World War to anounce for the office of Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court. Thousands joined in the celebra tion of Fleet Week in Savannah last week, spurred to enthusiasm by the arrival of Uncle Sam’s newest “war dog,” the cruiser, U. S. S. Savannan. An ordinance making it unlawful for a motorist to follow in the path of a fire engine or apparatus while answering a fire call was passed on first reading by Griffin commission- era. 'i'-Cfi A negro convict, Eugene Smith, serving a life sentence on the Mit chell county chain gang, was killed by Worth county officers at Sylves ter Saturday after he escaped in a county truck, officers said. Georgia’s first county-owned book truck, designed to extend library service to every corner of Thomas county was put on exhibition in Thoinasville as a feature of the Citi zens’ Library Conference. M. C. Sapp, 18, was confined to a hospital in Waycross Monday with serious knife wounds inflicted Satur day night. Police sought a negro, be lieved to have had an argument with Sapp shortly before the assault. L. L. ltozier, of Waycross, under sentence of death for criminal as sault, has one last hope before he is sent to the electric chair, and it was revealed Monday that his appeal will P~ carried before Gov. Rivers May 25. A new conception of the $50,009 clubhouse of Atlanta Post No. 1 of the American Legion planned for Piedmont Park, was given by offi cials ofthe post when they announced the building would be a home for every legionnaire in the state. Dr. C. M. Strahan, University of Georgia .profsssur, known as the “father of Georgia highway system/' has been selected by the Greensboro Lions’ Club to receive its first an nual “Certificate of Appreciation for Distinguished 1 Service co the State.” Deputy Sheriff E. Marler was in a Marietta hospital Monday with bullet wounds 1 in the hear! and foot and a negro was under police guard with a bullet wound in the abdomen as the aftermath of a police raid' on a ne gro house Sunday, t'he sheriff’s office reported. The Macon county grand jury in session at the May term of superior court at Oglethorpe appointed to succee themselves as 'members of the County Board of Education Judge B. F. Neal, of Montezuma and W. M. Parker, of Reynolds, whose tgrms ex pired at this time. Both Georgia senators cast their votes in favor of President Roose velt’s program for expanding the American navy. The program in cludes three battleships, two aircraft carriers, nine cruisers, 23 destroyers nine submarines and 950 airplanes. Twenty-six auxiliary vessels were also authorized. Plans are being perfected by the members of the graduating class, Schley Courtly High school will go to Ploridla by automobile, following the graduating exercises next Mon day evening. By selling candy and in other ways, the class has almost sufficient funds to buy gas for the trip of a week. The places to be visited in Florida include Jackson ville, Jacksonville Beach, St. Augus tine, Silver Springs and nearby palces. vannah; Sara M. Pyle and Martha Johnson, Dawson: Carolyn Askew, Arlington'; Frances McLain, Dawson; and Ruth Bunn, Waycross. The spirit of the people of Gaines ville in rebuilding a beautiful city laid low two years ago by a tomauo, is comparable to the spirit of tine Spanish War Veterans in rebuilding lives brought law by war and dis ease, Mr. Willis Stewart, o.f Rome, auxiliary president for the depart ment of Georgia, declared as she dedicated a plaque to the 1898 ne- roes in Gainesville. Robert Kovan, 28, a fugitive from Georgia, was under arrest Saturday for allegedly attempting to hold up a department store credit manager. Kovan was booked on suspicion of robbery, grand theft, and as afugi- tive from another state. Police said Kovan admitted (that he escaped from a Georgia chain gang on April 6 by slugging a guard and fleeing in a police captain’s automobile. Judge Orville Park, well-known attorney of Macon, has accepted an invitation to address the monthly fact-finding luncheon of four promi nent Macon women’s orgaizations Thursday, May 19, at the Woman’s Club. Judge Park’s suh’«ct will be “The Georgia Political Situation." The 'political system of the state is the subject of study for the month of the Georgia fact-finding groups. second floor window and walking a narrow ledge 2bu teet to a comer where a ladder was placed, 'they were Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Conner of Atlanta. “The Lord was with us I guess,” said Mrs. Collier. Firemen said they were investigat ing a theory a heating system boiler 32, Page 83, records of Marion County, Georgia, the undersigned will sell at public outcry before the Court House door in Taylor County, Georgia, to the highest bidder for , cash, within the legal hours of sale, P US , Sle ,. K “ 1 . 1 ! S .’.. : LjaW ^.-’ **;, J -„ on the first Tuesday in June, 1938, field, HawkiJvsyiue; Mrs. E. B. Spi- same being . the 7th day of ’ June | vey, cusseta; Idas. G. mi. GamiDic lumbus; J. B. Huff, Columbus; J. J. Pryor, Fitzgerald; H. <J. Vinson, Fitzgerald; W. N. Littlefleld, Fitz- explosion might have caused the fire, gerald; 1. T. Taylor, Fitzgerald; N. J f* T 1 ?? 'V Police Lieutenant J. T. Laseter E. Bullock, Preston; J. M. Lanka01J, , ’ an< was one of the first on the scene, rie Cordele; Ben Zeeman, Abbeville; C H. Glenn, Abbeville; C. C. Wall, El saw the fire shoot up from the Tic tel when he was five blocks away. 1938, the following real estate, to wit: Lot of land No. 153, and 60 (fifty) acers in the south-east comer of lot one hundred (160) acres off the east side of lot of land No. 219; and all Three and one-half acres of more or less, lot No. 107 in «, 'and district of Taylor County r 4 and more fully described as fnii ^ bounded on the north alld ea ° lands of Mrs. Harmon, south hv1 b of O. M. Williams, west by & David Peterman. Levied upon ^ i be sold as the property of J ac k p cock and wife to satisfy a tax tion for state and county taxes* 6 ? the years 1984, 1935, 1930 and mi Levy made and returned to me k, M. Downs, L. C. * by This the 11th day of May, moo JOHN M. BONE, Sheriff Taylor County, G* org !j SHERIFF’S SALE ~ PLANNED REUNION FAILS; DEATH WIPES OUT FOUR Knoxville, Tenn., May 10.—The re union that Lewis Overstreet ot Knoxville had planned in Atlanta Monday with 'his little family of four did not take place. For Overstreet’s wife and three children, Jacqueline, 13, Jean and Jimmy, 10-year-old twins, were killed in the Terminal hotel fire. Monady was Overstreet’s 31th birthday anniversary, and for months laville; Mrs. C. C. Wall, Ellaville; B. ?Ll ot ° f laml N°- 3 ® exce P* tWenty H. Chappell, Chlumbus; J. R. Gray, ^ acres n the north-west comer; ’ Butler; Joe Burgin, Jr„ Cuthbert; J. d Libt TnvW r f the f J 2th . lan(l T. Cochran, Butler; Joe King, Oh at- <Ls4 ? ct °.f T . ayl ° r County, Georgia, ta'hooohee county; W. C. Wooten, 1 A,so a11 of ]ot of lalld . No. 243 ex- Buena Vista; A. S. Boyett, Buena ? ept , twonty (20) acres in the north- Vista; Willis Battle, Columbus; T. O. % cs \ corner, in the third district of Marshall, Americus; W. A. Heath, Bay ‘ or County, Georgia. Columbus; W. E. Tarpley, Leesburg; Also all of lot of land No. 242 ex- Jimi Denham, Sycamore; W. T. An- cept thirty (30) acres in the south- derson, Leslie; G. O. Kaigler, George- eas t corner, in the third land district town; W. B. Bledsoe, Georgetown, W. °* Marion County, Georgia, and all B. Wisdom, Chipley; and W. W. of toe east half of lot No. 32 in the Williams, Hamilton. |*2m \ aTld district of Marion County, I Newspaper mem in attendance were: Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hodges, Perry; J. 1 *aid sale is being had in Taylor R. Ham, Cordele; J. R. Blair, Ameri- County, Georgia, by virtue of the cus; C. E. Benns, Butler; R. M, agreement by the maker of said se- since lie came to Knoxville from —> — — ,— - Winterhaven, Fla., to become night Page, Columbus, and M. R. Ashworth j-omty deed that all the lands em- manager of a postal telegraph office Columbus. rp ’" - 1 - last fall, he had looked lorward to I Guests present were as follows: Mrs. Oscar Kaigler, Georgetown; L. W. McPerson, Columbus. the day when he could move his family to Knoxville. Last week he rented an apartment and notified his wife to hurry here with the children. “He was happier than I ever saw him yesterday,” Mrs. Overstreet, nis sister-in-law declared. “He spent the day with us and kept on talking about how glad he would be to have the family together again, “He was so proud of his children. The other Sunday he had' their re port cards with him and showed them to us. They made good 1 grades. HOW GEORGIANS VOTED ON KELIEl' Washington, May 1'3.—Here is how Georgia congressmen voted on the administration’s spending - lending bill: For—Brown, Deen, Owen, Paco Ramspeck, Tarver and Vinson. Against: Cox and Peterson. Not Vot ing: Whelchel. No. 1 From Page 1 the criminal docket besides the num ber to be added by the next grand jury. The jail is full of prisoners, and many are out under bond very anx ious to have their cases disposed of. No. 3 From Pa.e One sentative Pace read: “Whereas, Honorable Stephen Pace, our representative in the 75tn Congress of the United States, has rendered splendid service to tihe peo ple of the Third District of Georgia by his constant and faithful attention to the duties of the office which he holds; “Now, therefore, be it resolveSThat this committee, in regular assembly, do endorse and recommend that Hon. Stephen Pace succeed himself in the 76th Congress o»f the United States.” braced in said security deed should be sold, in case of default, at one time and at one sale, before the Court House door of Taylor County, Georgia. The indebtedness secured by the above described security deed is past due and unpaid. and all questions arising in the con- , The above described property will vention shall be settled by unit vote, “® sold aa t ' le property of the said All delegates to the convention , Mary J. Bennett and the proceeds of will be selected and appointed by the 1 sald sa ? wd l be applied to the pay- GEORGIA—Taylor County: There will be sold at public outc to the highest bidder for cash 1 tween the legal hours jf sale b? 0 ' the court house door in, Butler, '/ a lor Counity, Georgia, on the f lr Tuesday in June, 1938, being A seventh day of June, 1938, the foL Ing described property, to-wit: One-half undivided remainder terest i n lot of land No. 123 in \ 12th land district of said State a County. Said land levied upon as t property of Eugene Adams, dofe ant in fi fa, to satisfy an executi issued from the Superior Court said 'County, in favor of Mrs. Bel Garrett against Eugene Adams. Property pointed out by plaintiff, This 11th day of May, 1938 J. M. BONE, Sheriff, Taylor County, C,corgi SCHOOL TRUSTEES’ ELECTION No. 4 From Page One successful candidate Each candidate must qualify on or before noon Central Standard time) June 1, 1938, by filing with Mrs. H. T. Kearse, Leesburg, Ga., secretary of the committee, a written declara tion of his candidacy (wherein he pledges himself to abide by the re sults of duch.-primary), and by pay ing to the secretary an assessment or entrance fee of $250. In the event of the absence of the secretary of the committee, the candidate shall file his declaration and pay his en trance fee to the chairman of the committee, who is W. H. Young, Jr., of Columbus. All entrance fees will be appor tioned by the secretary of the com mittee among the various counties ot the district in proportion to the num ber of election precincts In each county. The rules committee is composed Thanks for benefits bestowed by I of the following: 'Mrs. G. G. Raines, the administration were expressed Dawson; T. O. Marshall, Americus; thusly: ' J. j. Whitfield, Hawkinsviille; L. R. “Whereas, Honorable Franklin D. Glenn, Abbeville; H. C. Vinson, Fitz- Roosevelt, president of. the United gerald; J. C. Burgin, Cuthbert; J. T. BUTLER M. & F. COLLEGE NOTES (From Herald Files of 1915) On Friday afternoon, Sept. 24, the Sewing Clubs and Debating Society met at the usual hour. In the ab sence of the president of the Senior Sewing Club the vice president took charge and the lesson proved a very interesting one indeed. All other members were present. The sewing aprons will he completed at the next lessons and at that time the second problem will begin. An honor roll of all making an average of 90 or more in school work and deportment follows: Susie iBaze- rnore, Viola Foy, Helen Wilson, Ruth Adams, Wynelle Pope, Marilu Shell and Foy Rustin in the High School department. In the grammar school department they were: Rosalie Tay lor, Margaret Benns, Harry Peagler, Robert Ivey and Linwood McGee. States, has evidenced great interest in Ft. Benning and' t’he people 01 the Third 1 District, and “Whereas, our president has, thru the various instrumentalities of our government, greatly benefited Fort Benning and the Third District oi Georgia. “Now, therefore, be it resolved that this committee express its: ap preciation of the benefits bestowetl upon the people of the Third Con gressional District of Georgia by the democratic administration.” In another resolution, Brig. Gen. Asa L. Singleton, commandant of the Infantry School, was thanked' for ex tending the privileges of the fort to the committee. It read: “Resolved, That the chairman of tho Third 1 district democratic con gressional executive committee ex presses our appreciation to the com mandant and personnel of Ft. Ben- ndng for the most cordial and hos- I DELIGHTFUL SOCIAL AFFAIR I (From Herald Files of 1915) ! On Friday evening Mrs. D. R. Big- i hie entertained a few couples most I delightfully with a Rook party in I honor of her nieces, Misses Sara: and j Elnia Poole of Americus. The tables | were placed in the parlor and re ception hall where a profusion of 1 roses and lilies were used in the pretty decorations. Delicious refresh ments were served to Misses Claudia Mathews, Sara Windham, Nettie Jones, Ruby Rhodes Edna Jarrell and Elma Poole; and Messrs Frank Gray Hicks Brown, Joe Rawls, Jack Windham and Bob Carson. FIRE AT SOUTHLAND (From Herald Files of 1915) One of the worst fires that has visited the county in a long while oc curred at Southland Tuesdav night, when the large barn, livestock and foodstuff belontring to (Mrs. J. W. Mitchell, was destroyed. In the barn was stored enough com, oats, hay, etc., to sunnly the farm until next spring. Of the live l'”o stock two mules, one horse, one milk cow, and nine hogs were burned to death. Mrs. Mitcvu runs a lnrc-e farm at Southland. In the southern part, of the count,-, and has boon vpi-v successful 'n the mpnpsnviippl of her I'llcTnocs tJVio Is helike-l hv all who know i her an 1 he)- acnnamtnnea in Taylor * and Macon counties is extensive. Cochran, Butler; and G. O. Kaigler, Georgetown. The county unit vote for each cioun- ment of said indebtedness, and the expenses of said sale, and the re mainder, if any, will be paid to the party, or parties, legally entitled to receive the same. J. P. POSEY, As Attorney in Fact for Mary J. Bennett. SHERIFF’S SALE GEORGIA—Taylor County: An election will be held in Butle Reynolds, Rupert, Miauk, Cro Roads, Crowells, Central, Wesley 1 Turner School' Districts June 1 1938, for the purpose of electin trustees to fill all vacancies th have occurred on the hoards of tru tees, by expiration of terms, or other wise. The election will be held at th place and in the same manner tha other elections are held in the school districts. Only qualified voters will partici pate in the election. AH returns will be properl, sealed with names of managers writ ten across the seal, and filed wit the County School Superintendent t be consolidated by the County Boa~ of Education in their regular meetiir to be held July 6, 1938. Done by order of the Taylor Coun ty Board of Education in regular meeting this third day of May, 1938. W. T. RUSTIN, C. S. S., Taylor County, Georgia. GEORGIA—Taylor County: There will he sold at public outers to the highest bidder for cash, be. 60-FOOT PLUNGE OFF BRIDGE tween the legal hours of sale :before j BY AUTO INJURES WOMAS the court house door in Butler, Tay- rSJ.Ti y |n“?*, SAto 1 «■»**. if A hin A £ day of June 1938, the following Ue . the guard rail of the Seaboard hw scribed property, to-wit: 0,1 Johnson road earl ,y Sunday, aj» ™ 1 » ,. I plunged GO feet to the tracks be.ow acres of land, more £ le J^otNa c f i Cal ‘ y injUring a , W °^ ° CCU!,ant Jx, , , „„„ ’ , while a man escaped with minor in- zw, also lol 1-4 acres, more or less, lot No. 201, both tracts of land ly- I J T „ img and' being in the 15th land dis- The woman ’ llsted as Mrs - J - T ' trict of Taylor County, and more ! Wrigley, of Atlanta, was admitted to fully described as follows: Bounded 1 St.Joseph’s Infirmary. She suffered'a on the north by lands of John Parker broken shoulder, a fractured ankle east by land of J. T. Willis and A. and P°» s ™e fractures of the skull H. Seaty, south by lands of D. W. 1 and band. Physicians termed her condition “critical.” The driver of the car, police report ed, was Corporal W. J. Setlock, Stewart, Schley, Terrell, Taylor v Turner, Webster and Wilcox. MISS EDNA TAYLOR DIES IN HOSPITAL minor injuries. COLLEGE PAPERS ARE GIVEN HONOU . . .. . . . ... ,, England, west by Bill Heath place, ty in the district is as follows: Mus- Le vi€d . upon and t0 ^ sold aj f the cogee, 6; Sumter 4; Dodge, 4. Two property of Mrs . Carrie Ewing to votes each are allocated' to the fol- sa tisfy a tax execution for state and the U. S. Marines, stationed at Pan lowing counties: Ben Hill, Clay, Ghat- county taxes for the years 1934,1935 Island, S. C. He was treated fo tahoochee. Crisp, Dooly, Ha. ris. | m6 and 1937 _ u made and re _ Houston, Lee, Marion, Macon, Pu-, turned to me , by j. M Downs L . € . laski, Peach, Pufnam, Randolph ,. . .. „„ ’ , ’ - Also at the same time and place: Three acres of land, more or less, in the Town of Butler, Taylor County, Ga., and more fully described as fol lows: Bounded on the north by an Atlanta, May 15.—Emory Univer alley, south by lands of Mrs. R. A. sity announced' Saturday two Geor Scandrett, west by lot of Jack Leon- gia college publciations—the E1110 Cuthbert, Ga., May 12.—Miss Kdna I ard, and east by phbiic road. Situated Wheel of Emory University and' th Taylor, 19 year old daughter of Mr.' in the north-east section of said Red and) iBlacik of the University 0 and Mrs. T. M. Taylor of the Da-1 Town. Levied upon and to be sold as Georgia—had been awarded "all mascus district and a member of the | the property of Wiley Walker to sat- American” honor ratings in the senior class of Andrew college, died I isfy a tax execution for state and cent critical service of the Associat at St. Joseph’s Infirmary in Atlanta | county taxes for the years 1934, 1936 e d Collegiate Tress. They were tw Wednesday after an illness of six j 1986 and 1937. Levy made and re- 0 f only nine southern publications t weeks. She is survived by her par- turned to me by J M. Downs, L. C. ' win the distinction. Both are wee mts and one brother. Also at the same time and place: lies. ® I lie United States contains only SIX per cent of tiie world’s area and SEVEN per cent of its population. Nevertheless — • The purchasing power of this country’s 130,- 000,000 people is greater than that of 500,- 000,000 Europeans and much greater than that of more than a billion Asiatics. The United States has nearly $11,000,000,000 in gold, or about half of the world’s supply of monetary metal. % The people of this country own 80 per cent of all the automobiles in the world, and they have at their disposal more than 33 per cent of all the world’s railroads. ® They have more than half of the world’s tele phone and telegraph facilities at their com mand, and they use more than half of the world’s electric energy. # They consume half of the world’s output of coffee and they wear nearly three-fourths of the world’s output of silk. © They have 42,000,000 savings bank accounts and 64,000,000 life insurance policies. • The American system of business has given the American people these, and many other, advantages and opportunities, far exceeding those enjoyed by the people of any other nation in the world. It is a system that has steadily increased the national wealth, raised standards of living, short ened working hours, increased rates of pay and given the people steadily expanding opportunities to enjoy the comforts and pleasures of life. Georgia Power Company -- A Citizen Wherever We Serve -