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THE BUTLER HERALD, lU’TI.RR, GEORGIA, MAY 2, I9«>.
MEWS SUMMARY OF
THE WEEK IN GEORGIA j w!' p wl n,m'.
Rev. James Coad was installed
pastor of Ft. Valley Presbyterian
as
Hans Have been completed for the
Montezuma (iaTden Club's spring
flower show, which will lx 1 held at
the club house Thursday.
Rev.
mi hr of
Macon, and Rev. R. F. Boyd, of Per
ry, conducting the installation serv
ice.
Dawson high school's advanced
typing team won first place in the
state commercial contest held in At
The annual all-day singing will bo ■ | (inta the past week and the begin-
held at Salem church Sunday near; n ; U}r typing team of the Dawson
Montezuma. A. B. Brown of Ogle- ] school won second place in the state
thorpe will lead the singing. I event.
The Georgia Osteopathic Physi-1 Walkning 40,326 miles with 1,512,-
rians and Surgeons will hold their ooo pieces of mail weighing . r )()4,0(»0
annual convention in Waycross Fri- j pounds, serving under four postmus
ilay and Saturday, May li-ld.
Six Georgians training for their
-wings in the U. S. Army Air Corps
next week will complete their basic
flight course at Randolph Field,
Texas.
ters and working at the same post-
ofTiee in three different locations is
the claim of a mail carrier at Syl-
vania.
Wm. N. Banks, president of the
AJrantville Mills, Saturday was
placed in line for the presidency of
the American Cotton Manufacturers
Association.
Upson County School Superintend
ent J. A. Thruston announces that
Upson county schools will close Fri
day because the state has failed to
pay April salaries. The Upson coun
ty negro schools closed Friday,
April ID.
The names of grand and petit ju
rors for the May term of Muscogee
The Irish Horse Traders gathered
in Atlanta Saturday to continue the , , , , , ,,
in Aiiam.it oatu v superior court, beginning next Mon
holding joint funeral . . H
Harry H. Culver, founder and I
builder of Culver City, Cal., and one
time president of the National As
sociation of Real Instate Boards will
seak at Macon May 16, according to
plans announced last week by the
Macon Chamber of Commerce and i
the Mucon Real Estate Board.
Macon Student Receives | Bruce Chosen to Head
Highest National Honor Georgia Doctors At
01 ATO Fraternity
Athens—T. I.. Wood, Mnron, has
1 l>een awarded the Thomas Alkie
Rev. Edgar A. Davis of Lumber clurlt p r -, ZCi highest national honot
City, a ministerial student at Brew- j ven [,y the Alpha Tau Omega fra-
ton-Parker, has accepted a call to tern j tyi
the Uvalda First Baptist church and chosen in March to represent the
will be ordained at the Uvalda church flrgt prov j nce 0 f the fraternity, con-
Sunday, May 12. 'ITie deacons arc: s j at i njf 0 f Georgia and Florida, he
E. T. Moses, Z. Waller, It. .1. Waller W(m out over representatives of ID
B. F. Hart and N. A. Downie. j ot h er provinces for the national
award.
Meeting In Savannah
Savannah.—Dr. Allen H. llunce of
Atlanta, for 10 years a member of
the board of trustees of the Ameri
ca Medical Association and a former
vice speaker of the AMA house of
Typhoid Clinic Be
In Butler Friday
typhj
Macon Treasurer Frank Branan i
reported tax collections increased |
approximately one-third when $186- 1
SOfiwas received by April 22, com
pared with $130,000 for the same
period last year. Property owners
this year were offered a three per
cent discount and installment pay-1
ments.
We are holding typhoid cl-
the purpose of immunizi fl „
person possible against 8
ver.
The first clinic was held ■
ter at the courthouse begin,'!
Friday April 26th, 8 till j
. , . , . ,' a.m., and will be held tw» t.
aelegates, became president-elect of Fp|dayB( vjz . M , Jrd
the Medical Association of Georgia oom „ u J '«
Friday.
Under the association's rule of
succession, he will succeed Dr. .1. C.
Patterson of Cuthliert, newly induct-
The prize, a memorial to the late , ,
T. A. Clark, former dean o.f the I edpresident, when the latter's term of
University of Illinois and father of
Publisher P. T. Anderson has pre-
the modem college fraternity system
is awarded each year to the ATO
senior who stands highest in schol
arship, character and leadership.
The award is based on a point
system with 40 per cent for scholar
ship, 30 per cent for leadership and
sented Wesleyan College with 125 . character, and 30 per cent for extra
pounds of side meat. He was guest i curricular activities,
at a Jaycee dinner at Wesleyan and I
remarked on the excellence of the |
tradition of
services for members who died dur
ing the past year.
Dr. Clarence Ernest Pickett, 65,
prominent Richland physician, died
Friday ast. He had been practicing
medicine for 44 years and was a
World War veteran.
oay, were drawn at Columbus Mon
day by Judge Chester E. Byars, of
Griffin, presiding judge of the Grif
fin circuit.
Approximately 60 businessmen and
representatives of trades and pro
fessions last week organized the
Richland Chamber of Commerce
■beans. Discussions disclosed, however
that they had not been cooked with
side meat, because there wasn't any
side meat.
Wood will receive a diamond
studded key, an all-expense trip to
the natonal ATO convention in 1941
| office expires a year hence. Dr. Pat-
trson was elected in 1939 to succeed
Dr. Wm. H. Myers of Savannah,
J939-40 president.
Closing its 91st annual conven
tion, the association designated Ma
con as the site of its next conclave.
Dr. E. D. Shanks of Atlanta, sec
retary-treasurer since 1935, was re
elected unanimously. Dr. J. K. Quat-
tlebaum of Savannah, president of
the Georgia Medical Society was
elected first vice president, succeed-
same place and hours.
We will hold our second t ’
Reynolds on Friday, April
one to three o'clock p. ni , w
will be held in the Reynolds'
building.
The price for this vac
the same as heretofore, BeVe|
cents for three treatment
fee goes to our local phy
their services.
There will
treatment started fo
positively fol
r any a J
and national recognition in the fra- I ing Dr. Mark S. Dougherty Jr., of
after the date of the first
We hope that everyone «-j|
advantage of this opportjJ
receiving the typhoid vaccine!
SARA WINDHAM,
Taylor County N un
The annual home-coming day will electing Mayor M. B. Brown as
he observed at Abraham Baldwin j president; T. E. Ritchie, vice presi-
Collcge, Tifton, Saturday, it was an- dent, and A. F. Kelley, secretary
noumced last week by George H. i and treasurer.
King, president of the college. .
* The first of a series of WPA rec-
J. M. Allison, Sr., 81 years of age , reation and educational camps, to
father of Rev. J. H. Allison, pastor , be conducted during the late spring
of the W. A. Candler church, At-1 and summer, will be held at Laura
lanta, died early Wednesday of last j Walker Bark, near Waycross, open-
week at his home in Cleveland.
L. O. Moseley of Atlanta was j
chosen president and Chas. G. Day j
of Savannah first vice president of,
the Georgia Hotel association in
convention in Atlanta Thursday.
ing next Tuesday and continuing
thru Saturday.
Watches, clocks and all time keep
ing apparatus in cities and towns in j arii
15 slates were pushed up an hour
-earlier at midnight Saturday as day
light saving time went into effect.
Tlie war department announced
Tuesday award of the soldiers medal
to Private W.L. Candler, Plain Field
lnd., attached to Service Company,
11th Infantry, Ft. Benning, Ga., for
heroism during a fire at Ft. McClel-
Ala., Jan 17.
Tuesday, May 7, has been set as
the date for the 520th annual Little
International Livestock Show held
on the University of Georgia College
of Agriculture campus each year.
Tlie event is sponsored by the Sad
dle and Sirloin Club, official student
organization of the animal husban
dry department.
The fifth annual Youth Day cele
bration, which will take place at Co
lumbus, Friday. Billy Kirkland, chair
man of the committee in charge of
the 1940 celebration, reports that all
but one participating organizations
have elected members of their re
spective bodies to serve as honorar}
city officials for the day.
W. D. McCranie of Eastman,
Dodge county commissioner for 16
years, announced Monday as a candi-
-date for state commissioner of ag
riculture in the Sept. 11 primary.
Cordele's annual flower show,
sponsored jointly by the Cordele
Garden Club, Mrs. J. B. Downs, pres
ident and the Wimodauchi garden
Club, Mrs. George Rape, president,
will be held Wednesday, May 8, in
the new Memorial Club house.
The University of Georgia Civil
Aeronautics Authority ground school
_ . . has received what Capt. Eddie
1938, was cleared away Friday with , c ... . . ... , ,
... Schultz, flight director, expects will
identification of a body alligator , , ,. . . ,
The mystery of the disappearance
of Frank Cribb of Manor on Oct. 13
hunter found in Kettle
Waycross.
Mrs. E. S. Wright flower show
chairman of the Good Earth Garden
club at Roberta, has announced May
16 as the date for the show. It will
be held in the Woodrow Wilson com
munity hall.
be the highest grade among all
ground schools in the United States.
The average was 91.2 per cent.
Mrs. W. F. Banta, of Roanoke,
Va., a bride of a week, stood frantic
on the beach while a life guard tried
unsuccessfully to save her husband
from drowning in the surf at Sea Is
land Sunday.
Superior Judge C. A. Byars Sat
urday resentenced Roy Merritt, 42,
Griffin textile worker, to die in the
■electric chair May 10. Merritt was
convicted in October, 1939, of a
statutory offense.
D. W. Brosnan, formerly of Macon
became superintendent of the Geor
gia Southern and Florida railway at
Macon yesterday. He succeeded W.
H. DeButts, who will become super
intendent of the Washington division
of the Southern at Alexandir, Va.
ternity's magazine.
He is a former president of his
fraternity anil a member of Omieron
Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi
Kappa Phi, Gridiron, Sigma Delta
Ghi, Biftad, Blue Key, Scabbard and
Blade and Phi Eta Sigma honorary
organiaztions at tlie University of
Georgia.
Dr. Clarence Pickett
Dies at Richland Fri:
Following Long Illness
Herman DeLaParriere, Jackson
county merchant and farmer, an
nounced his candidacy for congress
from the ninth district, last week, j
Tile seat is now held by Represents-1
live B. Frank Whelchel from Gaines
ville. This will make four candidates
who have already announced that
they will seek the office.
Jabez McCorkle, 73-year-old church
worker and former tax collector of
Marion county died Friday at his
home near Buena Vista. Mr. Mc
Corkle, pioneer citizens of Marion
county. He was a member of the Mt
Pisgah Primitive Baptist church for
46 years and served as clerk of this
church for a number of years.
One man was killed and another
badly injured in an oil sxplosion at a
Georgia Power Company substation
at Macon Saturday. Travis Vernon,
27 died in Macon hospital from
bums and Reed Maddox was con
fined to a hospital ni fair condition.
Turner Nelson Williams, 50, well
■ known Marion county farmer, died at
Airs. Cora Graham for 20 contin
uous years operator in the Baxley
Exchange, has been honorably re
tied from active service receiving - a
pin certificate from the Southern
Bell Telephone Co.
his home in Buena Vista suddenly
Sunday. He had been in declining
health for several years. Williams
was the son of the late Wm. M. Wil
liams and Arcadia R. Williams of
Alarion countv.
Gainesville is to have a new mo
tion picture show, to cost approxi
mately $60,060. The structure, to he
operated by Lucas and Jenkins.
Work will begin on the project
about the first of May.
Flat Shoals Primitive Baptist
church, of LaGrange, oldest Primi
tive Baptist church in southwest
Georgia, that has seen continuous
service, will observe its 111th anni
versary next Sunday when members
and former members from several
states will assemble for home-com
ing - day exercises.
With a four-day program featur
ing eight major events, Brenau col
lege will present the third annual
Spring Festival, beginning Thursday
evneing, thru Sunday. The schedule
including grand opera, Shakespearen
drama, concert and recital presenta
tions, will open with Verdi's opera
II Trovatore in the college auditori
um at 8-30 this evening.
Richland, April 29—Funeral serv
ices for Dr. Clarence E. Pickett,
physician, 65, were conducted Satur
day at the residence by Rev. M. 11.
Brown and Rev. W. W. Cook. Burial
was in Harmony cemetery.
His death occurred Friday after an
illness of three years.
Dr. Pickett, was born and reared
near Richland and had spent his en
tire life there, practicing his profes
sion in this section for 14 years. He
was the son o.f the former Sara
Brown and Col. James B. Pickett,
who served in the Confederate army
for the entire period of the war and
was one of tlie earliest settlers in
this county.
Dr. I’ickett was graduated from
Emory University, later taking a
post graduate course at Tulane Uni
versity. During the World War he
served as a lieutenant in the Medi
cal Corps of the U. S. Army. He was
a member of the Richland Baptist
church, the American Legion and
was a Mason.
in 1896 he was married to Misslda
Gordon, by whom he is survived.
Others surviving are his children: .1.
Musco, Gadsden, Ala.; Mary, Gor-
mon and Frank of Richland and Mrs
Bayne Wimberly of Dothan, Ala.;
two grand-children and one brother,
Eugene Pickett, Richland.
Atlanta. Dr. M. T. Benson Jr., of At
lanta was named second vice presi
dent.
The group re-elcted Dr. Myers
ad Dr. Chas. W. Roberts of Atlanta
as delegates to the American Medi
cal Association. Re-elected as alter
nate delegates were Dr. W. A. Mul-
herin of Augusta and Dr. M. C. l’ru-1
itt of Atlanta.
PLAINS WILL GET
NEW PHONE SYSTEM
Americus.—Workmen tveganl
day installing a completely i
phone system for Plains, and!
60 miles of lines connecting f
with six surrounding comm
Thud M. Jones, who recenl
chased the Plains Telephoi
pany, is having the neiv
built.
212 Negroes Burned
To Death As Fire Razes
Dance Hail In Miss.
MITCHELL POLITICAL
INJUNCTION DISMISSED
tempo-
ag-ainst
A cotton gin and adjoining office
building owned by J. A. and A. S.
Mills burned at Sylvania Monday |
with a loss estimated at $25,066. |
■The entire gin was ablaze before
the fire was discovered.
A federal grand jury Thursday in
dicted two Macon detectives listed
as L. B. AlcCallum and G. C. Britt,
on a second charge of conspiracy to
violate federal alcohol tax laws, Dis-
tirct Attorey Hoyt Davis announced.
Columbus will have its first Music
Festival tonight and Friday night
with two nationally famed New York
j artists and an Atlanta tenor as so
loists. The Festival will he sponsor
ed by the department of recreation
of the City Federation of Women's
(Jub.s and will present the communi
ty chorus with orchestral accompa
niment in two nights of beautiful
music.
An Americus park commission to
-operate Prospect Heights park was
named Friday by Americus city coun
cil. The park, located in Brooklyn
Heights, recently has undergone ex
tensive improvements, and a com
munity house erected on the prop
erty. The commission is composed of
Mrs. J. T. Stukes, Mrs. L. D. Kay,
Melvin Tye and O. C. Law.
Camilla, Ga., April 29—A
rary injunction suit granted
11 .e Mitchell County Democratic E:
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
entertain the petition.”
the injunction suit was brought by
W. W. Bullard, defeated candidate
for county commissioner.
MONTEZUMA HIGH
RETAILS TEACHERS
Montezuma—Tlie entire faculty of
the Montezuma High school was re
elected for the coming school year
at a meeting of the board of trus
tees Friday it was announced today
by Supt. C. E. Stevenson.
Mr. Stevenson, who is completing
Lis fourth year as superin cmlent of
tie schools was re-elected siveral
weeks ago.
Natchez, Miss., April 24—More
than 206 negro men and women
burned to death last night when
fames, raeng thru decorations of dry
Spanish moss trapped them in a one
exit dance hall.
Coroner U. E. Smith said the death
list mounted to 212 after several
victims died in hospitals.
He said a number of survivors re
mained in a critical condition and
pressed the belief that others might
die. About 300 dancers were in the
hall when the fire flared suddenly.
THOUSAND STUDENTS
TO VISIT ATHENS
Athens, Ga., April 27—Tin
versity of Georgia campu:
Hie scene of much activity
end of May 2—4. At least a
j Georgia high school studs
many other visitors will
i Athens,
High school students and]
guests will assemble for
events—the annual stale
meets, the Georgia Sell
Association, and little com:
dances.
I
‘DRAFT’ ROOSEVELT
OFFICE WILL OPEN
Americus Negro Member of Board
Americus, April 26.—James Myles
so of Ella Mae Myles, of Smithville
was a member of the Walter Barnes
negro orchestra which while playing
for the dance in the Ryhthm Club
dance hall at Natchez, Miss, when
the fire broke out Tuesday night
burning more than 266 negroes to
death.
A dietanl relative of the Myles
boy told the Times-Recorder that
no word had been received here from “draft” Roosevelt
Myles since the fire and it is not
known whether or not he was one of
the two members of the orchestra
who escaped death.
! ->tl 1
Atlanta.—Headquarters for
gia drive to “draft”President|
veil for a third term will be]
here soon, Gov. Rivers
Monday.
Rivers is Democratic
mitteman and official spote
Georgia's 72 delegates to
a! convention who committ
selves last, week for Roosen
third term.
Members of the state
committee, which elected
vtntion delegation,
"•I
headq
State Highway Board
Restores Rights To
Chairman W. L. Miller
SUMTER SELECTS
GOP DELEGATION
Joe Collier has been elected editor
of the Montezuma High school news
paper for next year. Other staff
members elected are: June Collins,
associate editor; Eloise Clark, re
views and previews; T. A. Calhoun,
sports editor; Bill Roberts,, whirli
gigs; Bub McKenzie, Between You
and Me; Neil Parker, senior reporter; I noon “Ut plans were discussed
Christine Levie, junior reporter; Eli-1 anot,ler meeting - later to draw
zabeth Pate, so]|'iomore reporter. J resolutions.
Americus—Sumter county Repub
licans meeting at Americus Saturday
tlayed the New Deal, avocated a two
party system in Georgia and elected
j delegates to the state and district
GOP conventions and officers for the
Sumter county organization.
William Tietjen was elected dele
gate to the state convention with W
A. Dougherty as alternate. Mr.
Dougherty was named district dele
gate with W. W. Wilson as alter
nate.
Mr. Wileon was named Sumter
chairman and Mr. Tietjen was named
secretary.
Only three men were present at
the first session which opened
ORDER REDUCED RATES
ON ROAD MATERIAL
Atlanta, April 27—The Georgia
Public Service Commission today or
dered new and reduced rates on
road building material to place all
producing points within the state on
an equal footing.
Commission Chairman W. R. Mc
Donald, who made the announcement
said the new rates will be effective
June 1, and will cover sand, gravel
crushed stone and other road build
ing aggregates.
METHODISTS ASKED
TO PRAY FOR PEACE
Atlantic City, N. J., April 26
Methodists were asked Friday by
their church's General Conference to
go without dinner Sunday, June 2.
ad pray for the speedy termination
of war and the establishment of a
just and lasting peace.
More than 766 delegates to the
conference voted to fast this Sunday
at | for the same purpose and called up
for
up
on the church's 7,856,606 members to
observe June 2 as a day of self-deni
al, fasting and prayer.’
Atlanta, April 25—The Georgia
Highway Board in an executive board
meeting passed a resolution recogniz
ing W. L. Miller as chairman and
giving him all authority and duties
placed in him by law.
However, the board added to this
resolution the provision that “the at-
tiney general an the State Depart
ment of law be requested to officially
advise the board as to the rights and
duties of tlie chairman and mem
bers.”
Also the board passed a measure
which gave the chairman or any two
members of tlie board the right to
tall an executive meeting.
The resolution adopted just before
Miler was restored to office which
gave the chairmanship powers to
Hie slate highway engineer and de-
i lured the board in continuous ses
sion, was not repealed. This leaves
the new resolution in direct conflict
with the one made when Jim Gillis
\i a«s a board member.
Action on the conflicting resolu
tions is expected to take place at the
board meeting Monday.
It was understood that several
resolutions presented by .Miller were
rejected or revised. It was reported
tha the was seeking to regain the
power he had as chairman last fall
to cancel all contracts of purch
mil delivered now, and to
lish county contract work.
HOTEL GROUP NAMES
MOSELEY AS LEADER
I
uses
stab-
Atanta, April 30—I.. 0
Atlanta, who has served as]
dent of the Georgia Hotel
tion, has been renamed as
that group for 1946. This i:
time in the history of the
tion that the same man
twice in that office.
Other officers chosen
Day of Savannah, first
dent; W. W. Faw of Gait
ond vice president; Ross V
Americus, third vice presidei
Styron of Atlanta, e
tary. J. H. Candler of Atli
elected on the executivi
the American Hotel Associi
CITATION
County:
GEORGIA—Taylor Co
To All Whom It May Col
Bartlett F. Fuller,
this state, having in due .
plied to the undersigneds
d'ianship of the person a™!
of Bertha Irene Fuller,
hereby given that the
will be heard at the next
Ordinary for said CotAI
First Monday in May,
Witness my hand :ll ~l
signature. This April i 1 - pi
L. T. PEED, n
HOTEL LAI
Macon, Geoftf'j
Conveniently H
Excellent
1.50 I
Rates