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PACK EIGHT
Tim BUTLER HERALD, IU TIER, GEORGIA. AI’IUI, 25. 1IH0.
HEWS SUMMARY OF
THE WEEK IN GEORGIA
ISt. Luki 1 Episcopal church, Atlanta
(established in 1864, celebrated Sun
day its 76th anniversary.
Conductor Will Colbert of Richland
was painfully injured Tuesday while
•witching cars in the Richland yard.
Georgia youths who attend the
Citizens Military Training Camp this
summer will compete for a scholar-
ahip offered by Newberry College,
Newberry, S. C.
Mrs. J. T. Pate of Thomson, Ua„
■died at Manchester Sunday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. H. R.
JMcLarty. She was the widow of Jas.
T. Pate of Thomson.
After two “hay rum" drunks faced '
Judge Nottingham in Macon Thurs
day and two detectives said they
: ougnt Uittles of the drink in drug
stores, the judges ordered all drug
gists in that city to stop such sales.
Twenty members of a committee
from the American Railway En
gineering Association studying the I
economics of railway labor spent I
Tuesday night on a two-day inspec
tion trip over the Central o.f Geor- |
gia line.
A former Macon man, Maj. Ernest |
Roberta Mobley of Liberty county
and Rose Mary Wynn of Wheeler
county will be delegates to the na
tional 1-11 Club eamp in Washington
D C. They will represent the girls
organizations. Ralph Maddox of
Dodge county and Hubert Mikell of
Wayne county previously were an
nounced as the boys delegates.
Students in the Midville high
school scored a total of 40 points in
the literary competition in Pulaski
Thursday and Friday to win both
I he literary and debating cups. Both
trophies will become the permanent
OGLETHORPE HOME
destroyed by fire
Oglethorpe.—Fire whipped by a
high wind, destroyed the residence
0 f Mrs. A. H. Perry here Saturday.
The Montezuma fire department an
swered a call for aid and confined
the blaze to the house, which was
partially insured.
MAN KILLED AT
CORNELIA CROSSING
| Typhoid Clinic Begins
In Butler Friday
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projects, the WPA has 8U|) .
Ihe educational and Welfare
L. McLendon, infantry, U. S. Army j pr(>perty 0 f the school, this being
has bee promoted to the rank of
lieutenant colonel, it was learned in
Macon yesterday. He is executive
officer of the Manchester, N. H.
military district.
A “Prince Charming” in the per
son of Miss Dorothy Graves of Mon
roe, I.a., will be in the queen's court
The State Educational Department at , {renau ColleKe> Gainesville, May
plans to furnish training with high
high school credit for boys and girls
unable to attend school regularly be- j
•wusc of farm work
Werner William Greeven, )16, of j
Albany, was instantly killed in an !
automobile accident late Monday
•even miles south of Albany on the
Thonuisville highway.
Wiley Smith, Geneva school stu- !
dent, had the misfortune of breaking
one of his legs while playing base
ball. He was taken to the Talbotton
hospital for treatment.
A twin sisterhood which had its
beginning in Randolph county more
than 89 years ago was broken by the
death in Albany Sunday when Mrs.
Sarah Martha Mayo died.
Thos. J. Crowley, 61, vice presi
dent <>f the Nu-lcy Bottling Co., and
for 25 years a well known business
man of Macon died Friday. He was
a native of Oglethorpe county.
Mrs. C« E. Adams of Yidalia, di
visional young people's leader for
Baptist activities announced Friday
a conference to be held at Yidalia in
the First Baptist church on April 28.
Atlanta police and parents yester
day searched for Rheba Jane Robin
son, 15-year-old O'Keefe Junior high
school girl who disappeared Monday
morning from her home in Atlanta.
Mrs. I>ella W. Houston, 65 wife
of a well known Early county Bap
tist minister and farmer, the Rev. J
Houston, died Saturday night. Hei
death was the result of an apoplectic
st roke.
Elliott Roosevelt, tall, raw-boned,
gifted with more than a little of the
famed Roosevelt charm, sat amid
friends in Atlanta Tuesday and
waxed eloquent of his adopted state
—Texas.
The ninth annual Georgia Baby
Chick and Egg Show will be held in
Albany in 1941, Marvin Gillis, presi
dent of the University of Georgia's
Poultry Science Club, announced
Monday.
Daylight saving time in Atlanta
as well as in several other major
cities of the nation goes into effect
at 12-01 next Sunday morning. Stan
dard time returns beginning Sunday
f~ept. 29.
Mrs. Susie ..Arelia Sutton, 66, moth
er of Dr. J. ‘M. Sutton, state veteri
narian, died at Columbus Sunday
while on a visit with a daughter,
Mrs. J. F. Strickland. She had been
HI a week.
The choice of the southeastern
governors conference to till a place
now vacant on the interstate com
merce commission is Gov. E. D.
Rivers, of Georgia, the Atlanta Con
stitution says.
Less than 14 horrs after the
Cochran Brothers Wholesale Com
pany at Dublin was burglarized Hen
ry Mitchell, negro, was on his way
Monday to serve a 10-year term in
the state penitentiary.
For the seventh consecutive year
college graduates of Georgia are of
fered a $300 scholarship at the
Harvard University School of Busi
ness Administration by the Atlanta
Alumni dub of that school.
R. F. Fowler, 48, cashier of the
Citizens bank of Warrenton, Ga., and
widely known in Georgia banking
circles, died at an Augusta infirmary
Saturday. Funeral services were con
ducted at Warrenton Sunday.
Dr. 0. P. Gilbert, editor of the
Christian Index and former Ameri-
eus pastor will deliver the centen
nial sermon at the Friendship Bap
tist church's TOOth anniversary cele
bration Monday at Antericus. Miss
Doris Wells will direct a pageant
depicting important phases of the
church's history.
day festivities Saturday. Miss Jule
i Sellers of Montgomery, Ala., will be
crowned May Queen.
P. S. Arkwright, of Atlanta, pres
ident of the Georgia Power Co., will
address the annual district confer
ence of Georgia Rotarians, May 19-
21, at Cloister Inn, Sea Island Beach
Ga., near Brunswick, it was an
nounced in Columbus Sunday.
Ben Oliff, superintendent of Mar-
shallville High school for the last
six years will become principal of
Spalding high school at Griffin next
year. Mr. Oliff will succeed G. D.
Buice at Griffin, who will become
county school superintendent.
Jonathan T. Moore, 63, lawyer, and
former star athlete at the Universi
ty of Georgia, died at his home Tues
day. Moore represented Butts county
in the legislature for several terms
and held other state positions. He
also was a former mayor of Jackson.
Cornelia, Ga., April 19—Hugh
Harris, about 16, of Athens, coffee
salesman for a Baltimore firm, was
killed instantly here in the business
•ection at a crossing Thursday. The
■ar was struck by the. northbound
rain. The car was completely smash
ed.
SCHOOL MUSICIANS
COMPETE FOR HONORS
Ihe third consecutive year they have
been won by Midville students.
Richard Underwood, 22, employe
of a filling station five miles south
of Dalton on the Dixie highway, was
given a chance to recover Thursday
after being shot and critically
wounded Tuesday night and then
blackjacked by two men who held him
up at the point of a pistol and rob
bed the cash register of $30 to $50.
Judge Chester Byars of Griffin,
who last week was appointed tem
porary Judge of the Superior Courts
of the Chattahoochee Circuit, follow
ing the deals of Judge McLaughlin,
adjourned Marion superior court in
Buena Vista Monday afternoon until
the second Monday in May, alter he | ^ instrument—from piano to snare
had convened the tribunal at 9 o'clock
Monday a. m.
We will hold a typhoid clinic for
the purpose of immunizing e\cry
person possible against typhoid fe
ver.
I The first clinic will be hold in lfut-
i ter at the courthouse beginning on
Friday April 26th, 8 till 12 o'clock
I a. m; and for the two following
| Fridays, viz: May 3rd and 10th, at
same place and hours.
We will hold our second clinic in
Reynolds on Friday, April 26th, at
one to three o'clock p. m. This clinic
will be held in the Reynolds school
building.
I Tiie price for this vaccine will be
the same as heretofore, seventy-five
J cents for three treatments. This
fee goes to our local physicians for
their services.
There will positively he no full
treatment started for any applicant
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Milledgeville, April 22—More than
2,000 musically-minded high school 1 after the date of the first clinic
| students gathered here today for the j
fourth annual State
I Music Festival.
! Max Noah, general chairman, an-
I uounced three auditoriums would lie
| devoted to recitals and concerts by
I string and symphony orchestras. -So
loists will perform on every type
We hope that everyone will take
High School ; advantage of this opportunity of
receiving the typhoid vaccine.
SARA WINDHAM, U. N.,
Taylor County Nurse.
Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda
Pamer, 79, who died at the home of
her son, Supt. E. M. Palmer of the
Kllaville schools, Monday, was held
at the Salem Baptist church, near
Edison Tuesday. Mrs. Palmer had
been ill for a year prior to her
death.
Lester Jr., the four-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lester M. Kendrick
of Woodland died recently at the
Columbus hospital the result of
bruises sustained a week earlier
from matches in the child's pocket
which ignited setting fire to its
clothing.
Announcement was made Friday of
the reappontment of Mrs. Jere M.
Moore as cancer control captain for
Macon county for 1940. The ap-
pintment was made by Mrs. H. r B.
Ritchie, State Commander of the
Woman's Field Army for cancer
rontrol.
An agreement lias been signed be
tween the city of Atnens and the
Athens Housing Authority to build in
that city with federal funds an ad
ditional 100-unit housing series for
low income white residents. An
nouncement was made that $393,000
has been earmarked for the project
Bids for the new $76,000 Lyons
post office will be opened May 22 at
the present post office, notices post
ed Saturday stated. The structure
will be erected in the business area
on North State street, which is on
U. S. highway No. 1. The property
was purchased from .Mrs. E. J. Har
der.
Mrs. Emily J. Wilson 89-year-old
Cincinnati, Ohio, woman, died of a
heart attack on a Central of Geor
gia passenger train at Americus
Saturday while en route home from
Daytona Beach, Kla. Her grand
daughter, Miss Betty Baldwin of
Daytona Beach, was with her at the
time.
Federal co-operation in construc
tion of roads will lit- one of the prin
cipal matters of discussion among
the 300 delegates attending the 26th
annual convention of the Association
of County Commissioners of Georgia
meeting in Atlanta for a three-day
convention beginning Monday of
next week.
Early countians saw definite as
surance that Highway No. 62 from
Blakely to Arlington would be paved
this year when a crew began work
this week, staking off the road pre
paratory to laying the base. This
work is being done under the super
visor! of Zack D. Respess, state res
ident engineer.
Thos. L. Hunt, native of Macon
and formerly connected with dry
goods businesses in that city died
Saturday at his home in Memphis,
Tenn. For many years Mr. Hunt was
in the linen department of the W. A
Doody Co., and later he was with the
Union Dry Goods Co., and Burden,
Smith and Co.
arum.
Dr. Irving Fisher of Yale Univer
sity has been delivering a series of
lectures this week at Georgia Nor
ma! and Agriculture College, a local
negro unit of the state's university
system. Members of the Albany
board of education, the Dougherty
county board of health and other
prminent white citizens also have
heard his talks.
A fractured wrist was suffered by
Mrs. Columbus Roberts, wife of the
state commissioner of agriculture,
when she fell, while walking in her
garden at Columbus Wednesday of
last week. Although regretting to
learn of her misfortune, her many
friends will be glad to learn that she
was reported to be resting well at
her home on Hamilton road.
One of the three men whose cam
paign five years ago for REA appli
cations led to the current setup of
125 miles of lines and 425 rural
electric users, was installed this week
as manager of the Carroll Electric
Membership Corporation. He is Wm.
H. Foster and he is considering REA
expansion plans. He succeeds L. L.
Hardin Jr., manager since 1937.
B. Lee, 50, of Decatur, and three
negroes were killed Monday night in
a head-on collision of two automo
biles near Dunnellon, Fla. Lee, said
to have been a liquor salesman, was
driving alone when his car struck the
other machine carrying the negroes
Another negro was critically injured
and a fifth was slightly hurt. The
negroes were from High Springs,
Fla.
Approximately 700 persons in
Southwest Georgia attended the
Georgit Baptist Convention at the
Americas First Baptist church Mon-
uay and Tuesday. The Americus
meeting is the first of four to bo
held. Others will be held in States
boro April 26-26, Athens April 29-
31), and Marietta May 2-3, total at
tendance of ,1,000 is expected for the
four meetings.
Washington High school swept un
official honors in the fourth annual
-late music festival at Milledgeville
Wednesday with 1 I class 1 ratings in
instrumental solos and band num
bers. Thomasville, with 11 class I
ratings, two of which were 1 plus,
was in second place. Other lop rank
ing schools were: O’Keefe Junior
High, Atlanta, eight; Albany, live;
Joe Brown Junior high, Atlanta, 5,
and Moultrie 5.
Ii'outc was paid to tiio memory
of Harry Stillwell Edwards Tues
day by Dr. Dice R. Anderson, presi
dent of Wesleyan College, at a
luncheon meeting of the Macon Lions
club in Hotel Dempsel, Macon. Pre
facing- his remarks with the state
ment that Tuesday was the birthday
of the 1 famous Macon writer, Dr. An
derson said Harry Stillwell ’Edwards
was thp most interesting and valua
ble asset Macon could boast.
C. A. Mitchell, Sr., prominent far
mer and citizen of Talbotton, died
at his home in that city Wednesday
of last week. Mr. Mitchell was a
member of the Episcopal church oi
'ialbotton and active in its affairs.
He is survived by his wife; C. A.
Mitchell Jr., merchant of Talbotton;
Mrs. Anna McCarter of Pine Moun
tain. Ga.; Mrs. Idelle Corley of Co
lumbus; Wm. Mitchell of Talbotton;
Edwin and Ellen Mitchell 0 f Talbot
ton.
REPUBLICAN SLATE
FOR SUMTER COUNTY
SEEN IN MEETING
MERIWETHER PEACH FARMS
ARE TURNING TO PEPPERS
Americus, Ga., April 19—The pos
sibility that Republicans may enter j "“"f 1 ' 7"™ " , ° 1 '
, ,1 uninjured by the recent cold wave,
Woodbury, Ga., April 18.—Turn
ing to pimento peppers as a major
money crop after a cold wave almost
totally destroyed the peach prospects
farmers in Meriwether and nearby
counties are anticipating a bumper
harvest. Bedded pepper plants were
In Taylor county to
degree.
Three hundred and e | g i.
adult persons were taught*
and write, by teachers j n ,,
nducatitnal program,
1,735 meals have be en S(1
workers on the school l Unc J
38,183 garments were
the sewing room project *«
ftr distribution to needy
digent persons.
4,656 books have been
and renovated by the bool®
prtject, and placed in general
lation or made available f or
use.
A traveling librar
rated by the WPA, | lav
cember, a circulation of 2°
umes. The WPA has alst a «j,
inauguration of two other gt,
with a total circulation of j;
Labor .for operation of thjj,
jects was supplied by the
gether with a part of the
csts for materials, suppli-
equipment.
The remainder of the fia
the projects was supplied l
sptnsoring agencies, through
tionsof materials and suppiiej
equipment rentals.
In every case, these
which furnished the greatest!
of useful employment for the
ty‘s needy were operated,
prtjects were selected with i
to the permanency and utili
t(ie finished work.
local authorities pointed out.
At the Woodbury canning plant,
officials are preparing equipment for
a slate of candidates for county of
ficers for perhaps the first time was
seen Friday in an announcement
that a GOP mass meeting will be j
held there April 27. Mr. and Mrs. | use ' n a couple of months. The unit
Wm. Tiethen, Sumter county farm j
couple, said the meeting will be to
?lect delegates to the district and
date conventions, and to elect coun-
No. 2
:y officers.
MISSING BOY'S BODY
IS FOUND IN LAKE
operation
employes hundreds of workers and
purchases the pepper from growers
in ton lots.
The plant has been i
for about 10 years.
THROWN BY ’CYCLE,
YOUTH HITS TRAIN,
HAS FOOT I RfSHEI)
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Jarrell and L. 1.. Minor are the
ler Members of the local cli4
1 It is regrettable to state tt
I of the Charter members, Ik.
I Mizell, died April 10, just aft*
his application for members!
j the organization.
Canton, Ga„ April 22—The body
ol Cliff Whitman Jr., 16, missing
from his home since Friday, was Hazlehurst Twelve-year-old John
found Monday in eight feet of water j Anderson lost bis left foot Wednes-
at Tettit's lake, three miles from ,ia >' "' hen the bic i' cle he " a s riding
| Mrs. Marie Phillips Curls
1 danced her way from a Ceorgi
| key farm to a New York n$
j has a suit for divorce on file
i P. G. Curley, son of former (k
M. Curley, of Massachusetts.
Canton.
Searching parties bad been \hunt-
ing or the boy since Friday /night
after he had left home to biVy a
dead cat. f
Authorities surmised that Whitman
fell into the water and was drowned.
Young Whitman Ls survived by
his parents and two sisters.
ENG IN EEII STRICKEN
FATALLY AT THROTTLE
threw him against a moving passen
ger thrain at a crossing-.
Toung Anderson and a companion
were returning to school from lunch
whe they approached the crossing.
Brakes on Anderson's bicycle failed
to hold and he was thrown against
the train which badly crushed his
foot.
He was rushed to a hospital where
a amputation was made. The boy's
father is L. C. Anderson, WPA work-
Atlanta, April 22—Engineer Chas.
E. Evans died at the throttle today
a moment after he “cut the steam"
to slow down a Seaboard passenger
train for a stop at nearby Rockmart.
The train, a fast passenger unit
runs between Birmingham, Ala. and
New York.
Death was believed to have been
caused by a heart ailment.
Evans, 69-year-old Atlantan, had
been atssociated with the railroad
since 1904, and would have retired
in February.
ROBERTA MATRON,
MRS. LOWE, DIES
Roberta—Mrs. K. P. Lowe, Sr., 67
died at her home in Roberta Thurs
day night after an illness of several
months.
She was a member of the Metho
dist church and a widow- of K. I’.
Lowe, Ur., Crawford county court
clerk for many years.
Survivors include one son, Dan
Lowe; a daughter, Mrs. John Clark
both of Roberta; three brothers, N.
1-. Walker and B. F. Walker, both
of Roberta; J. E. Walker of Kuox
ville, and several grandchildren.
SEEKING DISMISSAL OF CASE
AGAINST GEORGIA GOVERNOR
New Orleans, La., April 23—The
Fifth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
in New Orleans later today will be
asked to dismiss a contempt pro
ceedings against Gov. E. D. Rivers
:>f Georgia, instituted in Federal Dis
trict Court in Macon.
The contempt case grew out of the
prolonged legal battle over member
ship of Georgia's Highway Board.
Attorney General Ellis Arnall
expected to lead the fight for the
Governor today and seek dismissal
on two grounds—that Federal Judge
Bascom Deaver, ff Macon, lacked
jurisdiction in the case, and that
since W. L. Miller has been restored
to the highway lioard chairmanship
both the injunction case and the
contempt questions are moot.
CITATION
GEORGIA—Taylor County
To All Whom It May Concern
’ Bartlett F. Fuller, a resit
i this state, having in due fon
plied to the undersigned for
d'ianship of the person and p
of Bertha Irene Fuller, No
hereby given that the app
1 will be heard at the next Ox
Ordinary' for said County
First Monday in May, 1940.
Witness my hand ard
signature. This April 9, 1940
J L. T. PEED, Ordii
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