Newspaper Page Text
FEDERAL agents
find body oe
FLORIDA YOUTH
father of Kidnaped Child Known
By Many Taylor County
C nzerts
According to A. P. dispatches
•_ this morning’s papers, federal
agents found the body_ of kid-
The Butler Herald
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OP SUCCESS’*
Volume 62
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday June 9, 1938
Numbei 32
..bout a half mile west of Prince
ton in a dense clump of under
brush early yesterday and re
covered the $10,000 ransom the
father had paid and arrested one
suspect.
J. Edgar Hoover, director of
the Federal Bureau of investiga
tion, identified the suspect as
Franklin Pierce McCall, 21, of
Princeton said he confessed writ-
in" the ran9pm notes and collect
ing the $10,000.
McCall, a truck driver, had
been living at the Cash apart-
wn t house for several months.
KOTE: While the is aroused over
REYNOLDS HIGH
GRADUATESHEAR
SINGLETON TUES.
Rev. H. F. Jelks, Baptist Pastor,
Preaches Baccalaureate
Sermon
GEORGIA EDITORS
ARE NOW ATTENDING
PRESS ASSOCIATION
Many Prominent People to Speak
During Session at
Swainsboro
C. E. Benns, editor of the Butler
Herald, accompanied by his daughter
Mrs. Farley Reeves, left yesterday
or Swainsiboro to attend the fifty.
HUGH HOWELL
VISITS BUTLER
EARLY FRIDAY
Pledges That He Will Not Put
Any More Taxes on
Georgians
One of the most interesting com- ^ I01UU1U w „ ralu
mencement exercises in the history ot gec(md annua , session of the Georgia
the Reynolds High school came to a Presg Association,
close on last Tuesday evening wit Holding first place in the interests
the graduation program, featured by itors of the state’s small
the stirring patriotic address o and ] ar g e newspapers will be the
Brigadier General Asa Singleton. meeting with the new association field |
Beginning his address with the manager, J. C. Seymour, who opened j
stresing of the importance of a
Hon. Hugh Howell, popular
candidate for Governor, will ad
dress the citizens of Georgia, in
behalf of his campaign, over
radio station WSB, Atlanta,
Friday evening, June 10, from 0
to 6-30 Central Standard Time.
MR. LEONARD FOY
DIES SAT. MORNING
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Funeral Services Held Sunday
Morning at Bnptist
Cemetery
Mr. W. L. Foy, 81 years of age,
affectionately known as Mr. Leonard
Foy, died at the home of his adopted
daughter, Mrs. M. T. Gaultney, Jr.
albout six
DIPLOMAS GIVEN
TO 36 SENIORS
MONDAY NIGHT
Three Honor Students A re Given
Medals by Superintendent
V. P. Folds
Hon. Milton L. Fleetwood, editor
the Carter&ville Tribune^-News,
the fate of the abducted Cash child, 1 reasonable type of military training OCJ . llluul
i.oijng locally is irritated due to the and the development of a sufficient p i. 0 g r g Ss j ve development
fact that Bailey Cash, father of arme d force for the protection of our f or Georgia newspapers, embracing from Atlanta to South Georgia to fill which'lieTook*an"active interest un-
James 13. Cash—is well known and country, the , d b d all problems of management from j num ber of commencement and other til his health failed. I Superintendent V. P. Folds present-
nlwisanUv remembered here having to*ipoint out state and national proo niakeup to news and advertising. An i . , , .u_ _ . , , • . .v ed' diplomas to the 3*6 graduating
P^sa n “’"Jr. lems wheih called for the earnest a full-time field manacrer Sevmour & P ea > cln S engagements during the Mr. Foy was known for his rigid US,/ / ■ gruuuaung
his office in Atlanta a few days ago
Seymour is expected to outline
i o’clock Saturday morning, ule v-arcersviue ^ iriinuie-JNews,
following an illness of sev- ,” rmel President of the Georgia
era! years. Press association and one of the
T-, ,, . .r, state’s most outstanding citizens, de-
Mr. Foy was the son of t e late |j voret | a m0fd fitting and pleasing
Mr- and Mrs. Wiliuun P °Y and the nddreas to the g ra ^u a ting class, their
husband of the late Mrs. Lizzie paren)ta and frie n d8 at the closing
Gaultney Foy. He was iborn in
.Stopping for breakfast in Butler bot county^ I^hem a,--
campaign ] early Friay morning, being en route ^e^^ngregation^^hureh'Tn “ 8 bis theone J “Georgia, Its Re
sources and Possdbilitie.”
nf Mr W. J. Butler, at Pebble, near order that they may be properly |j s j, ers j n so i v ing problems affecting able candidate for Governor, was ac- finest Christian gentlemen in th
01 iU solved. He denounced the spirit of - - ■ 1
Butler.
Princeton, Fla., June 5—Federal ' d °|JJ S m””f 0 undi "in T w ner speakers are uov. divers, j when practically every business n /'“" c ‘r,!^”s“ da ^ '^nine'"at lowing s
sought, thru wholesale ques- Tbett^r "ndeXnding %*£&?& St ^„ “f, «£*** , and professional uin, .together with gravelide in the^BapUsT "feme- Booth
6 . , . J the newspaper profession
country, and other speakers are Gov. Rivers,
ooiurht thru wholesale ques- '-ommumsm auu tMu-m found: in Lon Sunivatl) state director of safety
2 /Saturday the vital clue that appealed for a better understanding ec iu C ation; Dr. iChas. Herty, Savan-
S saturuay tne yi-iai ciuc .» and labor. The -Dart u j n.. n...
corded a warm reception by our peo-
the mem ®e rs °t the class and special
recognition was given outstanding
seniors.
Handsome medals were awarded
tiomng
lead
community.
_ , . . , » . ,riuuusume imiiuiis were awaraet
h m e linl h a m t the following seniors for proficiency^
Booth receiving the highest
Lucy Belle
iaturday the rital clue that capitaland labor. The part “Jhffist ^ Ike Ha?’ aS t of farmer gathered to pay £“' y the Rev. E, A. MarUn pastor
that the teacher and the school play 7s Set attorney. Hay will dis-! ^_/ e ^ 6 °L_* n J J n of Butler Methodist church official
Cash—or his body—and to the ab
actors who collected
i in such a program as these times
itmiMiq ran-! cuss libel laws.
’ . call for was forcefully presented to Gtig feature today will be
General Single - -
pledges of support at the polls o.. Jng( and assisted lby the Rev
roll i ^ ept * . .. | Gaultney.
sonL , . ■ the large audience. General Single- ca ii ‘ of e'ditors who have‘served the! During his short visit Mr. Howell Pall (b€arers were: .Messrs Eli ,
All day Saturday until long past ton paid a beautiful tribute, in con- craft 50 years or more. ! ? ntered . m '° an ii^ormal.discuMion of Garrett L T . Pced) Eli Gaultney, uooth was Sat^riln
nidnight investigators sped about nection. with this idea, to the rural Memorial services will be held Fri- 1BSUes >n th « gubernatorial campaign, D Iaa Cooke W . G . Hill and C. E. was sa utatonan.
the countryside in automobiles pick- schoo i teacher, and illustrated by a dav and new officers wi n be elected. among which were needed Bellns A delightful musical program un-
injr un 25 to 30 persons. Each was page out of his own life what such Editor t R Davis of Lake Citv relle:f for sonle of our people. He em- p der the direction of IMrs. J. W. Ed-
brought in to field headquarters of rur al teachers as the late Prof. F]a wil! announce Friday the Flori. phasized this fact by stating that he ^ R / L . Foy of Tallbot wards, assisted by Mrs. R. L. Sut-
G-man Chief J. Edgar Hoover and Mangham have meant to this coun- (la ’judging committee awards of would suffer the severance of his “ “r. ton and the school .«™«
apparently all were returned to then i try. The speaker concluded, with the meri j! to Georgia newspapers. Jeal- right hand-before he would permit ^
homes after intensive questioning, happy thought that of all the places ous]y jr Uard j n} , the report of this t V at lland ta s,tnl a bill that wouu
Identity of those questioned was not in the world, the red old hills of committee, Editor Davis has request- P* ace U! P on the people of Georgia an
revealed. Georgia” old more of ibeauty, charni K | a ,bodyguard and announced that penny of taxes,
An apparently reliable source said and comfort for him than any of the “ eX pected to be run out of Geor
the agents lata Saturday found a so-called places of beauty found here rj a .” He added, however, that his, ---- -- . • ... . ,
man for who/i they had been hunt-! and there in his travels as a soldier, conscience would not bother him. thus depriving the rights of local
i— in this a r Ca s i nC e Friday but no 1 0n Sunday morning at the Rey-1 Entertainment by the citizens of self-government in the counties oi
-rest was anounced. nolds Baptist church, the bacca- Swainsiboro, a visit to the new state this state.
a Ccvnvniv Ti mni ^ lhnflvu_hit; nar- ■ I aureate sermon .was preached by the ipr i SO n a Reidsville, a program ibi 1 Referring to unpaid salaries to
“ for J yj , Liciifp 'pastor, Rov. H. F. Jelks. The large the district press association and a school teachers, ibenetits to old sol-,
ents nave aba . ' Q fL r H« V ihrpnk congregation, the beautiful music, trip to Savannah and Savannah diers, the dependants, helpless and!
—was resume shortly f fta f 1 arid the inspiring words of the speak- Beach round out the arrangements, blind of our state, he stated could be 1
fcv a force ot 200 men assig er 0 j> occasion made this part of Convention programs will be given in easily remedied by consolidation of a
special sectors. Late Saturday rioojjjthe commencement exercises a the Swainsboro community house.
M. T.
Booth, second
average; and Margery
Walker, third highest average; she
also received a certificate in music.
Eleanor Booth delivered the vale-
Belle
! WUUIU MCUiwt ~ '
bill that would , Thomaston.
; of 'Georgia an-1
ther penny of taxes. ] _
He deplored the attempt being (JHICGTS AFC LllOSGll
that his made to centralize power in Atlanta,! . . ...
By Legion Auxiliary
orchestra, was
rendered as a fine contribution to
I the evening's exercises. The stage
I setting and beautification was under
the direction of Mrs. R. L. Button.
I The commencement season in But
ler opened Thursday evening with' a
most entertaining program presented
] by students of the music department
i; ' | ol , A f+A«nnnn of the sc* 1 ® 01 under the direction of
rriaay A'licrnoon Mrs. J. W. Edwards, their efficient
| instructor. j
Friday evening was devoted ex-
Of Reduction In Size
ver dismissed with thank this rem- nie mora ble event. The theme develop-
nant oi an army of 2,000 P os sc men, gd j n t, b is sermon was “Success.” I
retaining only a dozen to aid the & | “Success,” said Rev Jelks, “may be IJ A1 . 0 IJ
men in searching over small, speci-1 attained by the following mefhod,| nGlaKl OldlGS ilGGlGlS
Hal areas. | (1) Vision, (2) Work. The method
Six nf these left tonight to be- is not vision- alone; it is riot work
gin a search of the Mangrove islands j alone. Many men have vision who
on Cape Sabie. The others will ex- are failures from lack of work,
plore coastal islands south of here
tomorrow.
Two men taken into the justice de
partment office at Miami several days
ago had not returned home and ap
parently still were being held. They
were M. F. Broxton, unemployed
Princeton carpenter, his son, James,
a Cape Sable commercial fisherman.
Hoover’s private plane in which he
., T7 h'oa T - clusively to Class Night exercises in
easily remedied by consolidation of a . “ Auxiliary met at the home of which the Seniors did themselves
number of boards and bureaus and 2, p G Waller at Malik Friday honor and reflected credit upon their
,, — Jllne 3 ; at - 3 o'clock, with eighteen
reasonable rather than exoibitant
slaries to office holders.
He had no criticism for the hun-1 ^x^MOiSIncTto the By-Laws of Southwc^’ ‘ ^ ° f Geor * ia
Mr. Gpperman, formerly of Moroer
niversity, and nou
Southwestern College gave an. en-
dreds of fine men and women’ given f ha Auxiliary Unit officers are elect- fwwesxem Allege gave an, en-
jobs under the present administration S VwaUng ofctihe Unil tertam.ng lecture om astronomy m
r
For This Week’s sg “»»“»” JS
of the outcome of fall elections. j . «. , . operated 1 by means of a photo-elec-
remarks during his T. he f ? l o '?} ng n , < l ff iu ers Wfi p C e A cted trie-cell. The structure is so delicate
Mrs. W. M. Mathews,, President, r€ q U i res .months of tedi-
The Herald regrets to announce to | Mt. Howell’s
Many men spend a lifetime at hard
work who are failures 'because they
have no vision. The two combined
furnish a fine formula for success.”
presented' to^rginhf Hodges Her ab| e situation in our mechanical de- sponsive cord by his many
avenue for the vear was 97 6 pel partment we are forced to reduce the indicating that he will be
average lor tne year as vt.o pei ^ thig issue rf the paper fronl strong support in Taylor county on ssll 'sergeant-at-arms, re-elected;
1 ‘ Hnnnr Roll 1937 38 ! eight to four pages this week. election day. He was accompanied to ’ E p er kins, chaplain; Mrs. falaureate sermon ©unday morning
First H Gra°dL R '“ Barrow, 1 We trust neSt * week we will be Butler by Me.rc Robert Coc-hran ^ ^ >" the ^ Th ’ 8 ^ *
Brrived Thursday lef/the MiamF air- June Peterman, Joyce Parks Elams able to return to our regular size Butler and Bd^Goble, of Oglethorpe,
port late this afternoon. Reports Windham Billy Foy, James Gentry, issue.
warn current the FBI director was, , Tr , 0 ® as oiner, onny ea y, yi < j )roug j lt about by the addition of new pressed gratification with the recep- ^ mog , Alice’ Guinn, ClydeAfay Green
equipment which requires consider- tjon given, Mr. Howell throughout Garo ] j ane and . Robert Waller.
?as Mrs. A. E. Guinn, vice- ous work to finish its construction,
given President; Mrs. J. S. 'Green, secty- Dr G> R RoaBerf Bible instructor,
nty on ^n as '’„5™L e fi te ^l’. Wesleyan 'College, delivered the bac-
calaureate sermon ©unday morning
in the school auditorium. This was a
„ , . Following the business meeting « mastcrpicoe in Oratory and Biblical
whoh ave made a number of trips mus j ca j program was given by Mrs, ‘
returning to Washington. Airport at
tendants said they did not see him,
however, and the FBI had no com
ment.
Bazemorc Admitted
To Honorary Society
At Southwestern
®fr. Alva iBazemore, son of Mrs. C.
W. Bazeniore, and a student of Geor*
gia Southwestern College at Ameri-
cus, has recently been chosen as one
of the three new members of the
Sigma Lambda society. This is the
only honorary society on the Georgia
Southwestern College campus and
only students with the highest scho
install and properly their travels.
Windham
'Second Grade: Carson Culverhouse, . _ ,
Bobbie Seay, Charles Nelson, Doro- able time to
thy Trussed. adjust.
Third Grade: Carol Barrow, Louise
Weldon, Frances Winters, Albert -
Childres, F. H. Nelson, Richard week’s edition, and hope to be bettei
Parks, Walter Winhdam. able to serve them in the future than
Fourth Grade: Marinan Hollis, we were in the past.
Rosamond Windham, Hilda Weaver
We trust that our readers will
Albert oovrlook our short comings with thisluiIAWO TAD UMVU
■ wonVc edition, and hone to be bettei OHV/lTkJ 1 Vll II iJlJll
(Turn to Page 4; No. One)
Columbus Man Dies
When Train Hits Car
Near McDonough Fri.
Cairo Young Man
Is Accidentally Shot
AT DEAN THEATRE
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday: The
picture you’ve been waiting for, “In
Old Chicago.” Woven about the
ri n • 1 m J I legend “In Old Chicago” recalls the
Hv mend luesdav dramatic Wok of Mrs. O’Leary’s cow,
« J I which sent a lighted -kerosene lamp
to the straw covered bam floor and
Delicious refreshments by the
hostess.
The July meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Hugh Perkins of
Howard. —Puib. Officer
Dr. Smith Is Named
New Dean, Georgia
Southwestern College
Brother Of Butler
Citizen Will Head
Marine Hospital
Dr. Ralph E. Porter, brother of Dr.
H. J. Porter local- druggist, hias re
cently been assigned' as surgeon in
j charge of the U. S. Marine Hospital
at Savannah. Dr. Porter will succeed
- Dr. Joseph S. 'Bolton and will take
! charge of the hospital' about June 20,
I Dr. Porter has been moved from the
! to the straw covered Dam noor anu| , _ T F Marine hospital at Ft. Stanton, New
Cairo G-a June 7.—W. O. (Billy) led to the greatest single conflagra- Americus, Ga., June . . • • Mexico. Dr. Bolton has 'been, assigned
MeManeus Jr whose mother, Mrs. tion in United States history. “In Smith is the new dean of Georgia ^ & positjon in Waghinifft on.
W M 0 MoManeus, is ordinary of Old Chicago” starring Alice Faye, Southwestern Co 1 p j _ The new surgeon of the Savannah
„ Oradv county, was found dead of a Tyrone Powers, Don Ameche, traces ed at Americus^Dr Smith sue- hospital was bom: in Scottsborc, Ala.,
c : gunshot wound on the banks of the the struggle of the O’Leary clan in * goes Jan. 1, 1890. He was graduated from
of Ochloc'knee river, about twela miles an infant infamous city. Alice Brady ceeds Dr, W. O. Ha p , g the university of Alabama m 1916
” Sw Cairo Tuesday morning. i cast as the -widowed mother of two to North Georgia 'GoHege, Jahlonega and has ^ the United
He was a member of a camping widely different so_r|j,_giovs P«haps ^^‘^X^the past four years. States Public Health -Service at vari-
Another change in the faculty of
McDonough, Ga., June 3.—Roy
Sasiser, leading insurance man
hstic” average are" en tit led" to become Columbus, was instantly killed in a
members. grade crossing accident five miles He was a m emoer oi a camping w*uciy uwwnu =-"■*=, «**-■-* , ( . n ,,„ rro .5 SLfc four vears. , . ....
The other two students awarded from McDonough Friday when his t of local you ths. Sheriff Odus the finest performance of her film local college lort ep y ous marine hospitals and with the
’ - --- ’ — i AiiuMMsi uicuiko iu consular service in Europe since 1916
vas fired by Roderick Thursday and Friday: “Submarine prefhientJacob &S W K< Roy ”°McGehee 1 , ^. e J*' as d( ; en chart
Mr. Sasser was alone in his car at Hester, another member of the party D-I,” starring Pat O’Brien, George BQcja i sc i ence instructor, becomes as- pltal at Pt- Stanton since June 1,
charge of the hos-
this honor” are:’ Hugh Carter and automobile was struck by a passenger A l-ligood said he has been told that career.
Marie Giles. train. the fatal shot was fired by Roderick
, Miss Elamaude Walker has recent- Mr. Sasser was alone in his car at Hester, another member of the party _ — 0 ..... . . . - B0Clal , aulence
ly been elected editor-in-chief of the the time. His car was struck at and th -at the tragedy was an acci- Brent, Wayne Morris. Its cast is un- • t t wrofessor of education, and 1J 7 4 ' _ . . ...... ,
new Zephyr library quarterly maga- Combs Crossing and carried nearly dent . , , usually well chosen and competent, d “r of a n^w laboratory school in . Dr ; Port 7 ^as written he is look-
zine for the school term of 1938-39 fifty feet before the tram could Coroner P. H. Blackman stated, and the accurate depiction of the a harffe of six specially trained critic forward with pleasure to his new
at Georgia Southwestern College, stop. An overhead bridge is under however, that he would hold an in- operations and functions of ^ sub- tea chers. Many of the critic teachers detail of service m bavannan.
She will succeed Miss Dorothy Jones construction at the crossing and it is vestigation. marines will prove exceptionally en. haev had critic training on scholar-, "
of Butler. believed Mr. -Sasser’s vision was ob- McManeus was 17 and graduated grosing and educational, without be- gk j awarded - by the Rosenwald'
Other staff members for the new SC ured by the bridge construction from high school at Cairo last week. j ng over-technical- to a degree where fun *. jt wag r6Vea i ed _
Publication are: Frances Mitchell, work. He was a grandson of the late jt detracts from the smooth flowing
assistant editor; Cynthia Allen, art Mr . S'asser was one of the most Judge J. R. Sngletary, of Cairo. ac tion of a plausible sea saga. This ,,mu
editor; Alva Bazemore, business and m -ominent insurance men in the state Young Hester, another 1938 K r ad u " feature includes 1 enough romance and EDWARD LAWHORN N W
circulation manager; Lora Mangham .-e-nresenting a number of nationally ate here, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. i aU gh s t 0 please all. WITH BUILEK DRUG CO,
cllunrni nrli + nm "Mlo wtr rVim rlnn -fno+ncfl - TJoflVV HPHtfiF. lllR TfltllfiT* llGinST T)l*G8l' i ... CLr.»lnn C!*
alumni editor; M'ary Dundon, featuse kl)0Wn companies,
editor; Lois Sikes, poetry editor, and Mr g asser had been district man-
Anita Gosper, fiction editor. ager ‘ of the g un Life Assurance Co.,,
FOUR at GEORGIA
WIN FELLOWSHIPS
Henry Hester, his father being presi* , s aturday . Charles Starrett and Iris
dent of a local bank. i Meredith in a e-reat Western, "Call
I Meredith in a great Western,
of the Rookies.”
of Canada at Columbus for fifteen
years.
Members of his family said he had
been away on a -business trip and
. 1 exinressed the opinion he was re-
Athens, 'Ga., June 7.—Four Uni- t /. nin „ t0 h is home when the acci-
^ersity of n^nrmQ af.n/lionfe VimvA ® i
Singing Convention
To Be Held Sunday
At Rupert School
Taylor Registration
Is Short 516 Voters
American Legion Post
Elect New Officers
At Regular Meeting
was forty-seven
1 vears' of age,' was a native of Madi- The usual monthly singing will be . ^ wntl(r 14STluti ,™
Inn Eln but had' resided and been in held at the Rupert school auditorium 1 According to non.
buriness’for more than 25 years. Hj next Sunday afternoon, June 12th, at Taylor County Tax Commissioner
~ Georgia students have n /. urred .
F>eeii awarded European exchange fel-, ( e „ p
Wships for next year, R. P. Ste-1 Mr. Sasser, who
Wens, dean of the graduate school
enounced Mond&y
strdv 1S q? <1 tu S° dgs011 ri. AtlaTlta wl1 ! took n wf active °part h fn dmirSf work, the""regular hour. The prospect seema t he registered voters in Tayloi
« nLlbv n-so & a deacon fn the Rose Hill feap- good for an unusually fine service for 19S « are 616 less
sv>> js-r** s & AiJSXAJsrs,** *
>0 the University of Freiburg. -the Masonic and- Odd Fellows Fra- and tne puDiic general y a co i i The registration Jist
the .(terncen. The,, book, there ™ . S ».li«ed
McCurc
I touch uniersity,
Mr. Edward Lawhom of Rupert
and a member of this year’s gradu
ating class of Butler High school .
has this week accepted a position The Butler Post American Legion
with the Butler Drug Co. I No. 124 re-elected Mr. J. S. Green ai
(Mr. Lawhom, succeeds Mr. Eddie commander for the coming year at
Pennington who resigned at the local their regular meeting Monday night,
drug firm several days ago. June 6.
Other officers elected are: Bamp
Riley, vice-commander, W. H. Truw
sell, lnance officer; H. H. Gee, serv-
1 ice officer; W. M. 'Mathews, adjutant;
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Pye an- e. B. Wilson, chairman of commit-
nounce the birtlj of a nine-pound son £ ee . h. C. Walker, chairman of ath-
on Sunday, June 5th. He is to be i e tics; Y. P. Folds, chairman ol
than called Walter Joseph. I Americanism; E. A. Martin, chair*
I ! -man of community service; O. C.
list shows that 1 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harris, former- Keen, chairman of publicity. Dele-
voters in ly of this city, now of Louisville, Ky. gates to convention, A. E.__Guinn, J.
BIRTHS
«udy in Rome Italy“and"Miss~Hilda ous occasions served as court re- the a“ernoon. inose imvmg . 1998 as compared with announce the recent birth of a Httl« H. Amos; alternates, H. H. Gee and
-McCurdy, May’svi'will study at a porter when his services !W ere ( are requested to bnng_them. ^ ! 1TO6 qualified voters in 1936. daughter to be called Carell. , Hamp RUey.
i needed.