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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MAY 30,
1940.
NEWS SUMMARY OF
THE WEEK IN GEORGA!
There ift no state tax on boxing
and wrestling' contests in Georgia,
the State Supreme Court has ruled.
Savannah's • population
Paul Hancock of Upson county
shipped '20 baskets of Mountain
Rose peaches by express Tuesday
for the first shipment of any peach
es from Upson county for this sea
son. It was reported that the season
would not be in • full swing until
about the middle of June.
W. A. Alsobrook, for five years
mounted 1 toys' work secretary of the Atlanta
more than 10.000 in the past ten
years, first 1940 census figures re
veal.
Theo J. McGee was re-elected
chairman of the Columbus Housing
Authority at its annual meeting held
Tuesday in Columbus.
A head-on collision between two
automobiles at Putney near Albany
Saturday resulted in injuries to 12
persons.
William Goddard was kibed at
Cuthbert Saturday by a switching
Y. M. C. A. has resigned to be
come assistant minister of the Court
Street Methodist church, Hatties
burg, Miss., he announced Tuesday.
He will preach his first sermon in
his new position on Sunday, June 16.
I Nineteen violent deaths from wide-
| ly diversified causes—hanging, fire,
gunshot and automobiles — with
l more than 40 injured, several of
them gravely, was Georgia's week
end record for Safety Sunday, so
designated by Gov. Rivers’ proclama
tion to encourage a low accident
OATS AND ICE COVER
SCENE OF ACCIDENT
IN WHICH 12 ARE HURT
Albany, Ga., May 25—A head-on
collision between two automobiles at
Putney, about seven miles south of
Albany, resulted in injuries to 12
persons shortly after 8 o'clock.
A car filled with llaconton negroes
collided with one filled with Albany
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Association. Response: Miss Annie
C. Hayes, Postmaster, Mansfield, Ga. ■
Toccoa is located in the beautiful I
hills of Northwest Georgia in
Stephens county, ninety-three miles
Northeast of Atlanta on the main |
line of the Southern Railway between
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
LEGAL SALE
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
By virtue of the power of sale con.
taiued in a deed to secure debt from
Alex Searcy nnd Ralph Searcy to
John L. Brown, dated January 26,
Atlanta and Washington, and on the j 1939, and recorded in Deed Book ‘W’
. , main C0,1Crete hi *J wa j: b “ g ^ I perio/'court', 6 will Kd JSfore 'the
boys and gjirls of high schoolape and j uanta and Grenville, o. t. It is one £ ourt jj ouse d oor of Taylor County
others, according to County OlVice W one of the most delightful year- | jn Sutler, Georgia on the First
C ciihron round sections of the state especially Tuesday in June, same being June 4,
O. UlUIWlH .1 1/1 at Uilocori ltrt/1 lumlfi RS
train. J. E, Cox, coroner returned a , toll.
verdict of death by accident.
On June 3 Bessie Tift College will
While changing a $20 bill Sunday j complete its 91st year. Commence-
night, C. H. Ferguson, Atlanta fiillnc j ment exercises will begin Friday
station operator was held up and
robbed of $174 he told police Mon
day.
Macon's Red Cross drive to raise
$6,000 for the relief of European
war refugees passed the $2,000 mark
Tuesday with prospects favorable for
a week-end cleanup.
ight with the annual senior play.
Saturday will he given over to meet
ings of the National Alumnae Asso
ciation. The music department will
present a grand concert Saturday
night.
MERIWETHER SINGERS
TO CONDUCT ALL-DAY
SINGING NEXT MONTH
Manchester, Ga., May
Meriwether singers will hold an all-
day singing at the Community build
ing in Manchester the first Sunday
in June.
The Hartford quartet of McDon
ough, the Showalter quartet of Dal
ton and a quartet from Macon will
sing.
All singers are cordially invited to
attend.
CAMILLA’S FEDERAL
BUILDING FINISHED
at this season. It is the sincere hope
of the officers of the association, as
well as the officials of thp post-
office department that all Postmas
ters w-ho can possibly be spared from
The | their post of duty .for at least three
days will avail themselves of this
opportunity of obtaining much gain
ful information and at the same
time find pleasure and enjoyment in
abundance.
No. 2
Mrs. Marie L. Wood, who lives in
the peaceful little town of Vining,
Ga., is making every effort to get to
/The first of the millions of dollars J the world's most troubled spot—her
the government will disburse to far-1 native land of France. She signed
mers in 1940 cotton parity pay
ments went to a Georgian, S. P.
Ridgeway, of Butte county.
Bums received at his borne Mon
day when his room vaught fire,
proved fatal Tuesday to D. C. Odom
24, of Columbus, who died at a hos
pital there Tuesday morning.
J. C. Luke Jr., Fitzgerald, is slat
ed to become commander of the
Third area of the Georgia American
Legion following his nomination at
a meeting in Montezuma Sunday.
Gov. Rivers is continuing his drive
against aliens doing business in
Georgia and subversive activities of
all descriptions, despite protests '
from other sections of the nation. I
"Forest W. Davis, 36-year-old cash- j
ier of an Atlanta insurance agency I
was indicted on a charge of embez- '
zlement of $18,980 of his company's |
funds Tuesday by the Fulton grand
jury.
With a total of $3,144 donated
thru the .Muscogee County Red
Cross chapter redoubled its efforts
Tuesday to reach speedily its goal
of $4,060 to aid sufferers from the
great European war.
Largest attendance in the history
of the Georgia Assocication for In
surance Agents was registered for
the 43rd annual convention which
convened Friday morning at Hotel
Tybee, Savannah Beach.
Upon the resigning of Wm. P. Bul
lard as president o,f the National
Peach Growers’ Exchange, the di
rectors of the exchange appointed M.
P. Shingler of Donalsonville, Ga., to
be president and manager.
The new courthouse of Cook coun
ty will be formally dedicated June
33. Chief Justice Charles Reid has
been invited to deliver the address.
The courthouse was erected at a
cost of more than $110,060.
A badly mangled right foot was
sustained by Emory Smood, 16, of
Columbus when the motorcyle which
he was riding was reported to have
crashed into the rear of an automo
bile at Columbus Monday night.
Walter Forster, former Atlanta
policeman and a Ku Klux Elan
member, was found guilty on one
Hogging count by a Fulton su
perior court jury Tuesday. He was
found innocent of two other counts.
-V 24 1-2 pound blue catfish, one
of The largest ever reported caught
in the mountain district, was hooked
by Curtis Hulsey of Gainesville mill.
He pulled what he thought was a
ton of bricks into his boat about
daylight one morning recently.
Miss Catherine Gainey of Bain-
bridge will be editor of the 1940 Re
flector, college yearbook at Georgia
Teachers College at Statesboro, and
Gesmon Neville of Statesboro will
be business manager.Other members
of the staff will be selected in Sp-
tember.
For the first time in the history of
Fannin county, a gubernatorial cam
paign will be opened in Blue Ridge,
the county site. On the Fourth of
July Columbus Roberts, state com-
missionero f agriculture, will make
the opening campaign speech in his
race for governor.
with the American Red Cross, seek
ing that organization's help in get
ting her to France, where she wants
to help her people repel their enemy
Max Blank, one of Atlanta's lead
ing grocers, was found mysterious
ly shot to death early Tuesday in
his store. Rejecting a suicide theory
and leaning to the theory that Blank
was murdered, a Fulton coroner's
jury Tuesday returned a verdict of
death from a gunshot wound at the
hands of a ftarty or parties un
known.
Aviator R. E. Dixon, first lieuten
ant in U. S. navy, son of R. J. Dix
on of Richland, will be placed in
charge of a cruiser, carrying air
planes on June 15, his father has
asserted. He has been stationed in
the navy yard at Washington foi
the past two years testing planes.
He is expected in Richland June 1
for a visit.
CHICKEN CAUSES
FATAL ACCIDENT
Camilla—Construction of a new
$75,000 post office building for the
city of Camilla was completed Satur
day, C. H. Foster, superintendent of
construction, stated.
Camilla Postmaster J. C. Hogaard
stated there had been no final plans
for a formal dedication of the build
ing before the post office force
moves into their new quarters on
July 1. Mrs. Hoggard announced al-
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tore are the actors in the new
strategy. With all these we must
deal vigorously."
He spoke of "a new technique” for
weakening a nation, the spreading ,,ff trie Fast side of lot No. 205, be
of discord and dissension, by exploit-
1940, the herein described lands
the property of Alex Searcy and
Ralph Searcy, between the legal
hours of sale to the highest und best
bidder for cash, the -following de
scribed property, to-wit:
All those tracts or parcels of land
situated, lying and being in the
County of Taylor and State of Geor-
gia. situated, lying and being in the
Fifteenth Land District of said
county and being sixty-two (62)
acres, more or less, off the south
east corner of lot No. 180 and eight
(8) acres oft" the south-west cornel
of lot No. 179, containing in the ag
gregate seventy (70) acres, more oi
less.
Also, two hundred twenty-eight
(228) acres, more or less, known as
the Old W. J. Wilson Place and
composed of the following land, to-
wit: Eighty (80), acres, more or less
N O T 1 c g ]
Notice is hereby gj VQn .
mice with the rules 0 f' '"S
Democratic Executive
that the time to qualify
date in the democratic
tion to be held on s e
1940, for nomination as «
tive in Congress for the 7-?
from the Third Congrew',
trict of Georgia, will ""
o'clock, noon, central
June 1, 1940.
Democratic Executive 0
Third Congressional i>ist'
Georgia.
By: W. H. Y
printt]
s eptemJ
■tanilaJ
FOR
to unp, Jr., Oh-
LETTERS <>F~DlsJ
ing sectional, racial or political
prejudices, thru false slogans and
emotional appeals. By such tactics he
said, “foreign agents” cause sound
national policies to be regarded with
an unreasoning skepticism.
“As a result of these new tech
niques, armament programs may be
dangerously delayed,” he continued.
“Singleness of national purpose may
be undermined. Men can lose confi
though that an informal open house dencp in each other> and therefore
would be held in the new building by
the post office employes on Sunday,
June 2.
The Camilla federal building has
been under construction for the past
eight months. The front of the build
ing is of formal colonial.
Cutihburt.—A flying chicken that
crashed into to windshield of his
truck and caused him to lose control
was blamed for the death Friday of
G. W. Brown of Cuthbert. He died
of injuries resulting when the truck
overturned on the highway near that
city.
NEW PHONE SYSTEM
PLANNED AT PERRY
SUMTER EDUCATOR
IS FLAME VICTIM
in the efficacy of their own united
action. Faith and courage yield to
doubt and fear. The unity of the
state is so s.iape t t: at its strength
is destroyed.
“All this is no 'die dream, it has
happened time after time, in nation
after nation, during the last, two
years. Fortunately, American men
and women are not easy dupes. Cam
paigns of group hatred or class
struggle have never made much head
way among us, and are not making
ir,g numbers one and two in the
division survey of said lot; also fifty
(50) acres of land in the North
west corner of lot of land No. 180;
also the West one-half of lot No,
179, except two acres off the North
east corner of said lot.
The indebtedness owing to the un
dersigned is represented by a series
of promissory notes aggregating
$1,000.00 principal plus interest from
January 25, 1939. Default haVing
been made in the payment of the in-
GEORGIA—Taylor County
Whereas Thelmon Jarrell
istrator of the estate „}1
Watson, deceased, represent,
Court in his petition, duly 1
entered on record, that he hJ
administered the P. c «• 1
tate. This is therefore to ,
persons concerned, kindred at
tors, to show cause, if an ,..
why said Administrator shj
be discharged from his 1
tion, and receive Letters oil
sion on the First Monday *
1940.
L- T. PEED, OrdJ
SMITH ANNOUNCES
FOR SCHLEY POST
Ellaville—J. O. Smith,
business man and farmer, Fil
pounced his candidacy for rJ
as representative in the gej
debtedness secured by said deed to j sembly from Schley county,
secure debt, the power of sale | will lie in September. Smith J
therein contained has become oper- 1
ative.
Proceeds from the sale shall be
applied as directed in said deed to
secure debt proper deed of convey
ance will be made to the purchaser
or purchasers at said sale as pro
vided in the deed to secure debt.
This the 8th day of Mav, 1940.
JOHN L. BROWN,
Fort Valiev, Ga.
CHAS. C. STONE,
His Attorney-at-Law.
Americus—Edward Joseph McMath
81, former Sumter county school
superintendent and member of a pio- j mucl , headway now. But new forces
neer family of this county, died Sat-1 are being unleashed, deliberately
urday at an Americus hospital of planned propagandas to divide and
burns sustained when his home was weaken up in the face of danger as
badly damaged by fire Thursday.
Born in this county, Mr. McMath
attended local schools, graduated
from Mercer University, and then
other nations have been weakened
before.
“These dividing forces are undi
luted poison. They must not be al-
Perry—Work on improvements to
the Perry telephone system costing
$17,000 will begin soon, Mayor S. A.
Nunn said Thursday.
The common battery system will
replace the old magneto set-up now
in use. Slight increases in rates
were approved by the Georgia pub
lic service commission.
CONTRACT GIVEN
TO BUS DRIVERS
Macon, May 28—Southern Stages
Inc., has signed a contract with its
bus dirvers, it was learned yesterday
from officials of the Macon Federa
tion of Trades.
The drivers have formed a unit
of the Amalgamated Street Railway
and Motor Coach Employes organi
zation.
Southern Stages is headed by F. L.
Wilkinson, president. Contract ne
gotiations had been in progress for
several weeks and an international
representative of the union had been
here to assist.
TWO MORE LIVES TAKEN
BY MILLEDGEV1LLE CRASH
Milledgeville, Ga., May 28—Two
more persons died today of injuries
received Sunday night in an auto
mobile collision near here, raising
the accident's dead to six and mak
ing it the most deadly crash ir. the
highway patrol's records.
All were negroes. Three others
were not expeetd to live.
Troopers F. J. Hartsfield and C.
D. Lebertte listed the dead as Rosa
lie Bnndiage, 38; Leola Bundiage,
infant; Charles Gilbert, 40; Joseph
Bundiage, 38; Pinkie Gilbert, infant
and Richard Lee Bundiage, 4.
The troopers said a white "man had
been arrested as the driver of one
one of the cars and charged with
driving under the influence of liquor.
AUTO CONCERNS MAY
FOREGO 1942 MODELS
TO BUILD ARMAMENTS
taught in Sumter schools before be- j lowed to spread in the new world as
ing elected superintendent. j they have in the old. Our moral and
Mr. McMath's wife, the former ( mental defenses must be raised as
Miss Alice Park, passed away a never before against those who
year ago and his daughter, Ethel, , would cast a smoke-screen across
died in 1912. He is survived by a our vision.”
sister, Mrs. Beulah Crouch of Col- I Turning to the question of labor
lege Park. Two brothers, Dr. J. F. 1 standards in the light of the defense
McMath, of Americus and B. H. I program, he said that the adminis-
McMath, San Antonio, Texas, and tration had carried on “an offensive
nieces and nephews including Miss or, a broad front against social and
Mabel Callaway of Americus. economic inequalities and abuses
which had made our society weak.”
That offensive, he added, “should not
now be broken down by the pincers
movement of those who would use
the present needs of physical mili-
Washington, May 27—The Ameri- tary defense to destroy it.”
can public may have to forego new
automobile models for the 1942 sea
son, Secretary Morgenthau said to
day, to make more machines avail
able for building airplanes and other
defense weapons.
Morgenthau told reporters that an
offer to continue production of 1941
mdels through the following year al-
leady had been made to him by one
of the largest manufacturers, be
lieved to be General Motors.
The secretary assured the public
that the new models would be avail
able for 1941. He felt sure that the
auto industry could get the tools
necessary for changing from 1940
to 1941 models within the next
month, before fhe new tool demands
for the aviation industry gained head
way.
W. Y. ATKINSON HEADS
GEORGIA BAR ASSOCIATION
FOR DISMISSION FROM
GUARDIANSHIP
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
Whereas, A. J. Cotney, Guardian
for Mrs. Lois Grace Parker has ap
plied to me for dishcarege from bis
Guardianship of Mrs. Lois Grace
Parker, this is therefore to notify all
persons concerned, to file their ' ob
jections, if any they have, on or be
fore the first Monday in June next,
else A. J. Cotney will be discharged
from his Guardianship as applied
for.
L. T. PEED, Ordinary.
first to announce. Deadline!
fying is July 25, same as f or j|
house offices.
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Macon, May 25—Wm. Y. Atkinson
of Newnan, was elected president of
the Georgia Bar Association Satur
day at the closing session.
He succeeds J. L, Tye Jr., of At
lanta.
Other officers elected were P. F.
Akin, of Cartersville, vice-president;
Jno. B. Harris, of Macon, re-elected
secretary, and C. J. Bloch, of Macon
re-elected treasurer.
Mr. Tye was elected delegate to
the House of Delegates of the
American Bar Association.
Place for the next convention was
left open for selection by the board
of dirtcctors.
R. P. McLarty, senior student at
the University of Georgia Law
School, spoke on the afternoon pro
gram.
Mr. Atkinson is solicitorgeneral of
the Coweta Circuit and is the son of
former Governor Wm. A. Atkinson.
THE
HENRY GRADY
HOTEL
again takes the lead in providing maximum comfort for patrons by installing #
improvements.
The entire Mezzanine Floor has been transformed into a paradise of beauty. *
vanced ideas in hotel decoration are reflected in the artistry and the furnishings.,
On your next visit in Atlanta enjoy the eye-appeal of the colors both of p^*
materials which blend so effectively, and relax amid surroundings that give note**
atmosphere to the already popular second-floor gathering place of Georgians.
OPAMicutni!”"‘” S demand acldltion -'‘ l seating space has been arranged if *
S AN SH ROOM where dinner-dancing is available each week night. A novdl
too, .s a floor show and music daily at 1:15 p. m. Luncheons from 50 cents.
The supreme aim of the Henry Grady is to provide every need, facility and
lor patrons.
HENRY GRADY HOTEl
Cecil Cannon,
President,
James J. Page, Jr.
Manager