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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER GEORGIA, MAY 2, 11140.
PAGE THREE
-round the Circle
( l',j Eugene Anderson)
>vhlM1 Men Fought Over Georgia
Pine Timber
, j s a typical story from the
expanse of Georgia's long leaf
pines, over which men have
| ]r |, t , hied and died, while some
A . e althy. The names are fteti-
to save embarrassment, the
juggled for the same rea-
man or his descend-
Too Old For WPA,
Not Pensionable,
Asks Prisons Job
Clayton—L. T. Mitchell Clayton
constable, wants a $6,000 a year job
as member ofthe state prison and pa
role commission because, he says, he
is to old to get on relief and too
young for an old-age pension.
in a campaign pamphlet issued as
a "message to the people” he de-
Cawthon Convicted
In Flogeing Case,
Released on Bond
Ingres
L,,, so no one . , ,
r tg ta n say he or his affairs have clares he was raised "on corn bread
tH exposed.A SouthGeorgia lawyer j onions and milk—if the cows came
L-lio sat in on
the conference wit-
,.,1 the battle of wits and can
c h for the facts:
The sawmill era had armed. The
„f the Dodges had ended. The
i .... ,.a.ses had been ended, the guius |
j | H , en | a id away, and ieuos teas- , FORMER DETROIT MAYOR,
nit the general public had come 4ND 134 OTHERS INDICTED
i j,,,,), upon the sawmill business as
nR an- of wealth- One squared pine
ui,i be sold for a hundred oollars,
c h acre contained from two hun-
ed to seven hundred pines and as
Lari.' all the pinelands were re-
urne d for taxes as "wild lands” and
oulil ho bought for two or three
ollars an acre, wise was the. man
Lho acqured them. Some of them
Lre given away, for the sake of
letting the matchless timber cut out
the way to make room for farm-
Up” and now stands G feet 2 and
weighs 205 pounds.
“I have no corns,” he declares,
"which are caused by riding both
sides of the fence.”
Detroit, April "24—Richard Read
ing, a former Detroit mayor, and 134
ethers were indicted today by a
grand jury which charged graft and
corruption conspiracy of lottery and
numbers rackets; 28 others were
named as conspirators but were not
made defendants.
his two years of work; and he final
ly proposed to buy the Poe interest
lor 60 thousand dollars, or else he
Hilly Rich had acquired 30,00(1 j would sell his share lor that amount
and on it he set up a mag-j thinking Mr. Poe could not possibly
ficent sawmill autfit, and had run I buy. Wasn't he too sick? Wasn't he
amroads hither and yon. John Poe \ at the limit of his credit when lie
anted to get into the game, but had I borrowed that 30 thousand. Wasn't
moeny. I he doubling his money by getting (Ml
‘If you'll sell me a $30,000 in- | thousand dollars when lie had invost-
rest I'll go in with you, and pay I ed only 30 thousand?
ash,” he said to Mr. Rich. “You j “Give me until tomorow to think it
n use my money as working capi- over,” asked Mr. Poe, and it was
I. 1 haven't got a cent, hut 1 have agreed. At the conference next day
friend who will lend me the money Mr. Poe said, “I'll buy,” “You'll buy?
',.'11 divide profits on the basis of What have you got to buy with?”
:iur outfit and my investment.” shouted Mr. Rich. “This is a cash
It was agreed. Mr. Poe plunged in transaction. Here's the contract. It
nil all of the energy and strength I says the buyer must pay ai. cash.”
had and business (loomed. Within Mr. Poe reached under the table and
i years, Mr. Poe became ill. Over- lifted up his handsatchjl. from which
,rk said the physician. You must lie withdrew' GO thousand Hollars, and
it and go to the mountains or you counted it out on the table. Mr. Rid
-on't live six months. Get worries turned pale, and almost swooned. A'
our mind. You must take a com- he signed the papers the lawjers
te rest. i had prepared in Ida is, lie shouted
Here was a mess. Mr. Poe could'nt
Jalk off and leave that 30 thousand
liars of borrowed money, and he
lad invested two years of hard
fork.
"I'll pay you back your 30 thousand
p.d let you out" said Mr. Rich.
“That's not fair. I've bellied you
get this business out of the red,
id I'm entitled to some of the bene-
1 want to take a rest and come
hck.”
"No, a sick man can't be of any
ise to me. I want to give you hack
|our money and let you go.”
The juggling lasted thru a half
ozcii conferences, and finally the
ive or take stage was reached. Mr.
ch thought Mr. Poe was merely
tying to knock dow n a good sum for
frantically: “It, was wor h two mil
lion dollars, it was wortn two mil
lion dollars.” He went to bed, sick.
And he never recovered. To his dy
ing day, he was saying over and
oxer to himself, “It was worth two
million dollars.”
The prospect for getting tlm two
million dollars completely cured Mr.
Poe. He forgot all abo j*. tin moun
tains and tie forgot about his ill
ness. “The jingle of silver, the In
flow of checks and vim big growth
of the bank accounts make v iu feel
better than medicine and mountain
breezes,” be confidents ly tend his
friends. And soon be win rating as
one of the state's very lic’i men.
He was another South Georgia
sawmill man.
Atlanta, April 26—A conviction
with the maximum penalty in the
Fulton county flogging trials g» ve
the state a new toehold today in its
prosecution of night terrorist charg
es against alleged Ku KJux Klan
lash-wielders.
First of 17 men scheduled for trial
Henry Cawthon was found guilty of
one’ whipping and sentenced to pay a
$•1,000 fine, serve 12 months on the
public works and six months in jail.
The red-haired garageman was ac
quitted by the Superior Court jury
in eight other flogging counts.
The charge upon which the 33
year old father of four children was
convicted was beating P. S. Toney, a
C. I. O. union organizer. Tonv idon-
tiled the defendant as one of his at
tackers.
Two witnesses who said they were
fellow klansmen with Caw chon at
sunburban Bast Point testified they
saw him beat Tony with a long,
leather strap.
Judge Hugh Dorsey took under
consideration Cawthon's motion for
a new trial. Cawthon was released
under $5,000 bond.
Another indictment charges Caw
thon with kidnaping Toney from a
nearby cotton mill and taking aim
to East Point to be lashed 1 in August
1028. A 4-to-20-year sentence is pos
sible upon conviction of this charge.
Floyd I Lee was indicted by a Ful
ton county grand jury yesterday on
charges of assault and battery in 12
whippings in 1037, 1938 and 1939.
Lee, as a state witness, had declined
to testify at Cawthon's trial on
grounds that it might incriminate
him.
Cawthon received his sentence
calmly with a flushed face. His wife
wept. She was at his side constantly
during the seven-day trial. The jury
which heard Cawthon plead innocent
to all charges, deliberated about five
hours.
EPISCOPAL YOUNG PEOPLE
VOTE TO MEET IN ALBANY
Brunswick, Ga., April 28.—Episco
pal young people of the Diocese of
Georgia heard an address by Bishop
M. S. Braswell, elected officers and
chose Albany as next year's conven
tion city at their annual meeting
here yseterday.
Miss Jane Fort, Americus, wai
named president; Miss Helen Sutton
Augusta, secretary, and Pete Young
Quitman, treasurer. District vice
preidents selected- were Miss Claire
Bracey, Augusta; Jimmy Haddock,
Albany; Ike Allen Jr., Brunswick
and Miss Elizabeth Hoynes, Savan
nah.
Editer Thomasson, 89
Been In Newspaper
Business 55 Years
Carrollton, April 27—J. J. Tliom-
asson contemplated something of a
record fur service as he celebrated
his Klitb birthday anniversary and
calculated he had been in newspaper
business for 56 years.
He edits the Carroll County Times
and the Bowdon Bulletin.
He is a Georgia from way back— '
his great-grandfather, Thomas Thom ■
ar-son, fought in the revolution. He
was Isirn in Liberty Hill, Heard
County, Georgia, the son of Thos. J.
and Sarah T. Thomasson.
An orphan before he was 3 years
old, Thomasson went to live with a
great uncle. At college he paid his
way one year by working as a janitor
a second term by tutoring. In 1870
he worked with engineers who locat
ed the railroad from Newnan to Car
rollton and a couple of years later
he went out to Arkansas and then
moved to Touisiana. Various jobs
occupied him until his health became
bad and the retired to a farm at Ok-
olona, Ark.
There his career as an editor
started. Okolona merchants wanted a
newspaper and a number contracted
for advertising space for twelve
months and paid for half of it in ad
vance. The paper had four pages,
was hand set and printed on an old
Washington hand press.
In 1889 Thomasson sold his Oko
lona paper and went to Prescott, Ark
to establish the Democrat. Part of
his equipment was a double barrelled
shot gun loaded with buck shot, and
a pistol.
Ten years later, after a side trip
into the Oklahoma territory, Thom-
asson returned to Carrollton and
bought the Times. He is credited
with putting on the first newspaper
contest in Georgia, with a piano as
grand prize for the best circulation
getter.
Another credit was the establish
ment of the one-man commission
type of government for Georgia coun
ties, among a score of other pro
gressive programs he inaugurated
for his town and county.
‘DRAFT’ ROOSEVELT
OFFICE WILL OPEN
Atlanta.—Headquarters for a Geor
gia drive to “draft”President Roose
velt for a third term will be opened
here soon, Gov. Rivers announced
Monday.
Rivers is Democratic national com-
mitteman and official spokesman of
Georgia's 72 delegates to the nation
al convention who committed them
selves last week for Roosevelt and a
third term.
Members of the state executive
committee, which elected the con
vention delegation, will arrange for
the “draft” Roosevelt headquarters.
Warm Springs Pool
To Officially Open To
Public Eext Saturday
Mrs. McPherson
Big Evangelist
Comes to Georgia
Noted Woman Evangelist Will
Mke Appearance in Columbus
May 5th.
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Reynolds - Butler
— i
Warm Springs—That famous spot |
in West Georgia—the Warm Springs |
public swimming pool—-Saturday will
open officially for the 1940 season.
The pool, fed by the same waters
which President Roosevelt made fa
mous, several months ago was ex
pected to be closed i>ermanenlly by
officials of the Warm Springs Foun
dation because of inability to meet
costs of repaiis. Rut public spirited
citizens came to the aid of their 100
year old landmark and appealed to
the president. Mr. Roosevelt assured
them the pool will reopen after nec
essary repairs were made.
Upon hearing that the pool would
be open again, local civic officials
set about promoting the historic
bathing haven and this season are
expecting several thousand increase
in the number of swimmers. They
have hopes a new pool will be con
structed before next year.
The pool is formed by a spring
flowing about 1,700 gallons of the
mysterious warm water each minute
nt a temperature of approximately
90 degrees, legend accredits the
springs as being a health resort even
when America was a wilderness. It
is reported that centuries ago, when
a member of the Creek Indian tribe
had lieen wounded in a battle, or in
encounter with wild beast, he was
biought to the strange mountain
springs to recover with the help of
the water.
Tlie Creeks beileved the superior
healing qualities of the springs
were due to the kindness of the
(•real Spirit, who they thought,
obligingly stoked the fires in the
depths of the earth so that the
warriors could recover and live to
fight again.
Dr. Neal Kitchens, retired physi
cian and educator who has lived here i r>„ c, »
i Dr. K A. Cummings is district su-
for about 30 years, claims that i tv. •. , . ,, ,,
• ’ pervisor of the midwest and Gulf
States district and an outstanding
Columbus, Ga., April 29—Aimee
Semple McPherson, internationally
known evangelist andi founder of the
Foursquare organization is to be in
Columbus May 5.
Mrs. McPherson is pastor of the
famous Angelus Temple in Los An
geles, Calif., known throughout the
world. She has preached in every
large city in the United States, as
well as many other countries.
Her ministry began when a girl of
18, when converted on a Candadian
farm. She later married the evange
list under whom she studied and
went a3 missionaries to China. Mr.
Temple died a few months after
reading Chicago. Following his
death she returned to the United
States and has since organized what
is claimed to be the fastest growing
religious organization in the world.
During thepast few years Four
square churches have been opened- up
all over the United States, by the
students who graduate from the Col
lege at Angelus Temple. Mrs. Mc
Pherson is founder and- president of
this college, which is considered an
outstanding and- leading evangelistic
school with an average enrollment
of one thousand students.
The party which will be with Mrs
McPherson is composed of Dr. and
Mrs. Giles Knight, J>r. and Mrs. F.
A. Cummings, and Dr. .Sidney Cor-
rell, Dr. Giles Knight ia vice-presi
dent of the International Church of
(be Foursquare Gospel, as well as
business manager of Angelus Temple
Warm Springs, Ga., was the “Foun-
tain of Youth” sought by the Span
iard, Ponce de Leon. Gay society
from throughout the Soutli gathered
at the pool before the turn of the
20th century, according to records
saved from the old Meriwether Inn.
Mr. Roosevelt first came to Warm
Springs in 1922. Each year since
then he has returned for a rest and
for several swims in the pool.
There are two pools here, one for
the general public and one for pa
tients recovering from the after-ef
fects of infantile paralysis.
Georgians Pay Honor
To Confeberate Soldiers
On Memorial Day
Atlanta, Ga., April 26.—'Georgians
unfurled the Confederate flags again
today and with parades and speech
making again paid tribute to the
Confederate dead.
Celebrating Confederate Memorial
Day literally from the mountains tA
the sea, thousands of citizens and
school children took part in the cere
monies.
High on the list of meetings fan
ned was the annual session of the
Midway Society at historic Midway
church between Savannah and Bruns
wick on the coastal highway. ^
The morning service there was
sponsored by the selectmen of the
Midway Society while the afternoon
Memorial service was in charge of
Ihe Liberty county chapter, Daugiit-
ers of the Confederacy.
Tablets honoring Rev. Jas. Stacy
D. D., first historian of Midway
church and its people, and the pas
tors of the historic church were to
be unveiled as a part of the exer
cises.
Augusta arranged for a gigantic
parade with the line of march end
ing at Magnolia cemetery where W.
T. Gray was the chosen speaker. City
offices were closed.
Savannah paraded and decorated
Confederate graves also, as did At
lanta and other large cities. At Ath
ens Mrs. Frank Dennis of Ealonton
lecturer. A special guest will lie Dr.
Sidney Correll, who has charge of
the missionary work in the foreign
fields.
Foursquare missionary stations
are in many of the .foreign lands,
with scores of missionaries scattered
throughout the world.
The meeting will .1* held in the
county court house next Sunday
at 7:30 p. m. An invitation is ex
tended to everyone to attend this
sendee.
Rev. P. F. White and his sister,
Miss Blaine White, are the pastors
of tlie Columbus Foursquare church.
Under the ministry of these two
young people who have been in Co
lumbus two years, the Foursquare
church was organized andi plans are
being made for the erection, of a,
new church.
Referring to plans for the Colum
bus meeting, Rev. Mr. White said:
“Columbus feels highly honoreo
to have as their guest Mrs. Aimee
Fetple McPherson, who is considered
the world's greatest living- evange
list.”
MITCHELL POLITICAL
INJUNCTION DISMISSED
Camilla, Ga., April 219—A tempo
rary injunction suit granted against
the Mitchell County Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee restraining it
from certifying the results of the
February county primary was dis
missed from Mitchell Superior Court-
in a hearing Saturday before Judge
B. C. Gardner.
Judge Gardner dismissed the suit
on the grounds that it was "a party
political matter and a court of equi
ty is without power or authority to
•’ntertain the petition.”
The injunction suit was brought by
W. W. Bullard, defeated candidate
for county commissioner.
HOTEL GROUP NAMES
MOSELEY AS LEADER
past president of the Georgia Divis-
Atanta, April 30—L. O. Mosley of
Atlanta, who has served as presi
dent of the Georgia Hotel associa
tion, has been renamed as head of
ion, F. D. C„ was the speaker at the j that “ f ° r the first
University chapel service. t,me “ the h *story of the organiza
tion that the same man has served
twice in that office.
Other officers chosen were: Chas.
Day of Savannah, first vice presi
dent; W. W. Faw of Gainesville, sec
ond vice president; ltoss Vestal of
Americus, third vice president; Steve
Styron of Atlanta, executive secre
tary. J. H. Candler of Atlanta was
elected on the executive council of
the American Hotel Association.
ity chap<
in Macon a motion picture of Me
morial Day exeercises in 1916 was
shown at one of the theatres. Ap-
^ proximately 50 Confederate veterans
i were included. The Lanier chapter
U. D. C. arranged services at Rose
Hill cemetery this morning.
Gov. Rivers ordered the capitpl
closed for the day. It was a bank
holiday in Georgia also.
Started Use ol Cloth
According to Chinese tradition,
use of cloth was evolved from the
practice of women carrying their
children in fiber nets.
Romans’ Fire-Making
Romans ground a mixture of sul
phur and,dried, decayed leaves be
tween atones to obtain fire.