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TTO BUTLER HERALD, BtTUEB. GEORGIA, JUNE 13, 1040.
NEWS SUMMARY OF
THE WEEK IN GEORGAI
Georgia's 20 “best” school patrol
men will leave Atlanta Tuesday on a
five-day Georgia sight-seeing tour.
Funeral services were conducted
at Cedar Valley Church Thursday
for Samuel Godfrey, 71, well-known
citizen of Byromville.
One hundred pigeons were recent
ly released at the Railway express
offices at Macon for a return flight
to Arundel club at Baltimore, Md.
Columbus’ oldest and one of its
most beloved citizens, Mrs. Elbert
L. Wells, died Monday at her home
a few months before her 97th birth
day.
J. E. Carter, of Plains will suc
ceed Reese Andrews, resigned on
the Sumter board of education. Car
ter was elected by the May term
grand jury.
First candidate to announce for
Sumter county representative in the
state legislature for the Democratic
primary to be held in September is
Julian Suggs, Sr., railroad man.
Appointment of Dr. W. H. Long,
as head of the crippled children's di
vision of the state welfare depart
ment was announced Monday by
Braswell Deen, welfare director.
M. D. McRae, Piedmont district,
near Ft. Valley, head of the wild
life division, warned Monday that
the dumping of peaches sprayed
with poison into streams is against
the la .w
Six dead, more than a score in
jured, several of them critically,
were reported Monday from a series
of over-the-week-end accidents that
jittered Georgia highways with the
wreckage of automobiles.
Three Montezuma residence were
struck by lightning during a thun
derstorm late Monday. They were
the homes of Mrs. Oscar McKenzie |
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. McKenzie and
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Mathis.
Dr. Carl W. Minor 71, retired
Baptist minister and former presi
dent of Cox College, died in an At
lanta hospital Monday. He is surviv
ed by his wife and a daughter. He
formerly lived in Milledgeville.
Final plans are being arranged
for the Georgia Department, Ameri
can Legion convention which will be
held in Augusta June 16-18. More
than 3,COO Legionnaires and their
families are expected to attend.
The Americus board of education
members at a meeting Friday night
tfc-ill discuss possibility of closing
Americus Junior high school, and
transferring students to the gram
mar and senior high school build
ings.
Soner Lynch, Lizella farmer, pick
ed up a strand of barbed wire at the
same moment lightning struck th«
fence some distance away. He was
knocked out. but the onlv injury tat-
er appeared to be a burned and split
finger.
H. B. Smith, Dahlonega hotel man
and former Lumpkin county official
paid his entry fee Saturday and
qualified as a candidate for the
Georgia Public Service Commission.
He will oppose Commissioner Jud
P. Wilhoit, who has announced for
re-election.
Georgia postmasters confirmed Fri
day by the senate included: Cobb-
tow, Alene W. Moxley; Coolidge, Al
ma Bustle; Covington, J. L. Calla
way; Ft. Gaines, Robert Fowler; In
dustrial College, I'rsuline Belcher
Ingersoll; Jesup.i A. G. Williams;
Stillmore, Pearl Hughes; Summit,
C. M. Proctor; Toomsboro, Wm. H.
Freeman; Glenwood, Helen Kenl
Mrs. H. V. Davis, prominent in re
ligious, civic and educational affairs
since moving to Richland 16 years
ago has been awarded a fellowship
at the University of Georgia thru
the Rosemvaid Fund and will enter
at the opening of the fall term. Mrs
Davis received her A. B. degree at
G. S. C. W. last year and is now
working on her master's degree.
From Washington comes the an
nouncement that Lawrence S. Camp
United States attorney for Georgia
northern district, failed Tuesday to
$150,000 RECEIVED
by stock breeders
Americus, Ga., June 8—Farmers
and livestock breeders of Sumter and
nearby counties have received more
than $160,600 in cash during the
last seven months from sales at Sum
ter's coperative livestock sales pens
and barn, County Agent J. K. Luck
revealed today.
PLANE FOR ALLIES
FALLS IN NEW YORK
New York.—A Curtiss dive bomb
er en route to Canada for shipment
to the Allies, crashed in bad weather
near Mariaville, N. Y., late Monday
killing the pilot A. B. Lullman, 26
of St. Louis. It was enroute from
Buffalo to an intermediate stop at
Albany.
YOUNG GEORGIANS
ENLIST IN ARMY
LIGHTNING KILLS
NEGRO AND MULE
Montezuma—Jake Felton, young
negro boy and the mule with which
he was plowing, were killed by light
ning on the farm of Lucius Felton
near Montezuma Friday. Another
get a nomination to be a judge of the | negro who hud run to^ escape the
customs court. A group of Georgia
Atlanta, June 11.—A group of 61
young Georgians were sworn into
the U .S. Army Tuesday, the larg
est since the Atlanta recruiting of
fice was established.
"Georgia's response to the army's
rail for men has been very gratify
ing," said Col. D. D. Tompkins, re
cruiting officer for Georgia and
Florida. He added that in recent
weeks his office had averaged about
30 enlistments a day.
War department orders have au
thorized him to enlist an unlimited
quota for infantry duty in the Pana
ma Canal department and to fill va
cancies in the 83rd Field Artillery
and thme 8th Infantry at Ft. Ben-
ning.
CIVILIAN PILOTS
TO HAVE PROGRAM
ELECTRICIAL STORM HITS
IN MONTEZUMA SECTION
Montezuma. — Three residences
were struck by lightning during a
thunderstorm at Montezuma late
Sunday. They were the homes of
Mrs. Oscar McKenzie, Mr. and Mrs.
L. W. McKenzie and Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Mathis. The Mathis home
caught fire and it was necessary to
call out the fire department to put
it out.
In the other homes windows were
shattered and holes were burned in
the roof.
Keith Mathis war lving ncross a
bed in the room of is home where the
lightning struck, but was unhurt.
CLAUDIUS CHILDS,
SOUTH GA. COLLEGE
DEAN, IS DEAD
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
LEGAL SALE
rain went to look for Jake when he
failed to reach the house. He found
both Jake and the mule dead.
FORT VALLEY PILOT
FINISHES AT GEORGIA
congressmen bad asked his appoint
ment to one of the court's two va
cancies. Instead, President Roosevelt
nominated W. J. Oliver of New York
and Thomas J. Walker of Montana.
Downing Musgrove, former execu
tive secretary to Gov. E. D. Rivers
and newly appointed successor to
the late Comptroller General W. B.
Harrison, qualified Monday as a can
didate for comptroller in the forth
coming democratic primary. Accom
panied by friends, Musgrove paid
the $260 qualifying fee to Mrs.
Katherine Hogan, representing the .... „
. _ .. . . ... | curitv Administration at Ft. Valley
I Democratic state committee. Last [
week Homer C. Parker, comptroller
under Former Governor Talmadge
/Fort Valley—Two Ft. Valley boys
Jack Irby and Frank DeVane, were
among the graduates of the Univer
sity of Georgia in the 1940 class.
Irby is a licensed pilot and re
ceived a Bachelo'r of Science de
gree. DeVanne received a Bachelor
of Science degree lin Agriculture and
is connected with the Federal Se-
(pialified for the same job.
PACE BUYS LAND
FOR LODGE IN LEE
Leesburg, Ga.—Mossy Dell which
was recently purchased by Con
gressman Steve Pace of Americus,
together with 60 adjoining acres,
and will be improved by him this
summer. A location for a lodge is
already being cleared and rocks for
Luilding a dam are being placed on
the lot. This will deepen the stream
below the spring.
FLOWERY BRANCH PLANS
ANNUAL HOME-COMING
Lee S. Tremble, Macon, was elect
ed president of the Georgia Associa
tion of Commercial secretaries at the
closing session of the organization's
three-day convention Saturday night.
Albany was chosen the 1941 conven
tion city.
Flowery Branch, Ga., June 11.—
The local churches will sponsor their
annual Home-coming Day next Sun
day at which time a joint Sunday
s -hcol class will be conducted with
an all-day singing. Mr. F. C. Gar-
iard, Sunday school superintendent
at the Georgia Baptist Orphans’
Home, will teach the joint class.
Lunch will be served at the school
grounds.
grounds. Local officers are F. N.
Carlisle, president; M. P. Crow and
Joe Hudlow.
V. G. GAINER KILLED
AS CAR HITS TRUCK
GRIFFIN BELL CHOSEN
LEADER OF JAY-CES
Americus—Griffin Bell will be
come president of the Americus
Junior Chamber of Commerce July 1,
succeeding W. S. Sheffeld.
Mr. Bell and the following other
officers were elected Monday: W. P.
White, first vice president; Harry
Powers, second vice president; W.
G. Pearlman, treasurer; Miss Cliloe
Davenport, secretary; Frank Chap
pell, Beth Belcher, C. D. McGowan
John W. Sheffield, Luther Ivey and
JaS. R. Blair, directors.
MISS STELLA AKIN
IS ASKED TO RUN
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Americus—Col. Wallace B. Shef-^
field, area civilian chairman Tuesday
announced that state chairmen for
the civilian pilots training program
in the U. S. Army Fourth corps area
would be appointed next week.
Sheffield has just returned from a
Chicago conference with Col. Frank
Knox, national director of the pro
gram, a cog in the national defense
setup .
He said he was being “swamped”
with nominations for civilian heads
for Georgia, North Carolina, -South
Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Tennes
see and Mississippi.
Soon after their appointment,
Sheffield said, the state chairmen
will be called for a conference in
Atlanta to discuss their duties. The
state heads will form an executive
board for the corps area.
Funeral services were held a; J
Suiday by Rev. J. E.
Rev. I. E. MeClung.
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GEORGIA—Taylor County:
Will he sold at the court house
door in said Taylor County on the
First Tuesday in July, 1940, the
same being the 2nd day of July, 1946
within the legal hours of sale to the
highest bidder for cash the follow
ing described property, to-wit: . ,
Fifty (50) acres of land, more or and munitions oi war a
less, in the south-west corner of lot he Alies, Sen. George
No. One in the loth land district of general agreement with the
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Douglas, Ga., June
Childs,_ 68. dean of South
College for the past 12 yea "
suddenly at his home Saturday ]
A native of Jones county
Childs received his A.II.
Mercer University and
awarded a Ph. D. degree at
Washington University.
He began teaching in
came an instructor at what
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural
lege, Tifton, hut eventually rtt ,
to Douglas and South Ge or »;
lege.
Survivors include his wide*
former Mary E. Green, of
sons, V. C. Childs of Austin «
and Capt. J. W. Childs, of Kon j
chuca, Ariz.; and one daughter]
C. C. Brittain of Columbia, jj#]
six grandchildren.
I
GRADDICK BEGINS
AVIATION SERVICE
Fort Valley, June 8.—V. G. Gainer
30, employe of a pipe line company
at Griffin, was killed in an automo
bile wreck here early Saturday.Driv
ing a coupe, he ran into a north
bound truck on the Atlanta road. Po-
| lise said the truck was driven by M.
Jas. l. Hicks of Americus qualified , D . Carmichael, an attorney of West
agn-1 p a i m Beach, Fla., who was carrying
a load of horses to Tennessee. Car
michael was uninjured.
Savannah, Ga., May 29—A group
of Georgia citizens in Washington
recently called on Miss Stella Akin
special assistant to the U. S. At
torney General, a native of Savannah
and urged her to make the race for
governor of Georgia in the demo
cratic primary.
Miss Akin in an interview said she
was appreciative of the request of
her friends in Georgia, but had no
comment to make at this time. She
is believed to be giving the matter
serious consideration.
WILLIS BATTLE IS
NAMED NEW REGENT
Bamesville, June 10—Chas. P.
Graddick, formerly of Barnesville, su
perintendent of air mail of the U. S.
Postoffice department in Washington
since 1934, has resigned to join the
United Air Lines organization as di
rector of mail and express, it was
learned Saturday.
Mr. Graddick is well known in ar
my circles. He was with the Persh
ing expedition to Mexico in 1916,
with the 31st (Dixie) division in
France in 1918 and completed his
military service as major. He was
Georgia state commander of the
American Legion, 1929-30, and on
the Legion's national executive com
mittee in 1930. He served as post
master at Barnesville for several
years.
Graddick will be stationed at the
United's genera! headquarters, Unit
ed Air Lines Building, Chicago.
Taylor County, Georgia. Said land
levied upon and to he sold as the
proeprty of Mrs. L. W. Garrett's
heirs to satisfy tax fi fas for the
following vears: 1933, 1984, 1935,
1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939, in favor
of Mrs. Belle Garrett, transferee
Said property to be sold as the
property of of Mrs. L. W. Garrett,
defendant in fi fa.
Tenant in possession notified.
Property pointed out by plaintiff.
This the first dav of June, 1940.
J. M. BONE, Sheriff.
Taylor County, Georgia.
ELECTION TO BE HELD JUNE 29
FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEES
GEOR'CH A—Tay 1 or County:
There will be an election held in
all School Districts in the County on
Saturday, June 29. 1940, for the pur
pose of electing Trustees to fill all
vacancies on the local boards of
trustees.
Said election will be held at the
same place and in the same manner
that other elections are held in the
various School Districts of the coun
ty. Only qualified voters wiii par
ticipate in said election.
Returns will be filed with the
County School Superintendent Mon
day, July 1, 1940, for consolidation
by the County Board in regular
meeting Tuesday, July 2, 1949.
Done by order of the County Board
of Education this June 4, 1949.
W. T. RUSTIN, Superintendent,
Taylor County Schools.
f Attorney General Jackson i
he uegality of the course.
“1 have always interpreted the I
s authorizing the United Stateil
ell surplus war supplies and
itions. There can be no debated
he legality of that. As 1 recall
assage of the act some years a
ne of its purposes was t: i
le South American countries,)
tet sale, from our surplus
ith implements and munition!
ave little doubt of that, altholf
ply on my recollection.
“I believe further, that underl
irms of the act, the War
■nt can exchange or swap outnn
uipment with the manufactJ
<1 regardless of what may betj
al disposition.
Senator Russell is entirely
at that the course of the
ration will be sustained i
ess, if it should be challenged!
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1000-ACRE GRAIN
FIELD CULTIVATED
Z. T. Anglin, a brother of the late
John M. Anglin, of Lumpkin, died
at his home near Parrott this week
following an illness of several
months duration. Funeral services
were conducted at Sardis cemetery
with Rev. M. B. Brown, of Rich'.and
officiating.
W. T. Walton, chicken farmer of
near East Point, was given a sen
tence of four and a half years and a
fine of $3,000 Friday by Judge W. C j 'hat cut, thresh and sack the grain.
Hendrix after a Fulton Superior! —
court jury found him guilty on all j AMERICUS TEACHER
of three counts charging him with. LAKES LAB POSITION
flogging.
! Americus, Ga., June 8—Prof, and
A preliminary count of the returns ] Mrs. Warren Williams left Americus
of the census, for Macon county j this week for Beacon, N. Y., where
towns as of April 1, as compared . Prof. Williams has accepted a three-
Americus, Ga., Juno 8—Grain fields
of Tucker Cassel, about 15 miles
from Americus are so large and
stretch so continuously in one tract
that they resemble the great wheat
fields of the west.
Cassel has a 1,699-acre tract in the
upper eastern section of Lee county
near DeSoto in Sumter, that is chief
ly planted in wheat, with some oats.
It is being harvested with combines,
with April 1, 1930 follows: Marshall-
ville, 1940, 915, as compared with
931 for 1930; Montezuma, 1940, 2,-
347, against 2,284s Ideal, 1940, 238,
as compared with 285; Oglethorpe,
1940, 1,048, as compared with 953.
These figures show a net gain of 95
over the 10-year period.
year contract to work in the chemi
cal laboratory of a large corporation
Prof. Williams, for the last year
has been science instructor at Amer
icus high school. He is a native of
Buena Vista and is rated one of the
foremost younger chemists of the
state.
Atlanta, June 6—Willis Battle,
Columbus attorney and former mem*
her of the State Legislature, is :l
new agent of the University System.
He was appointed by Gov. Rivers and
sworn in simultaneously with an
nouncement of the acceptance of
Marion Smith's resignation as mem
ber-chairman of the board yester
day.
Cason Callaway 7 of LaCrange, vice
chairman, is expected to become
chairman. Smith, Atlanta attorney
made no comment on his resigna
tion.
Smith declined to make public rea
sons for the resignation and no one
in the Governor's office or Regent's
office woulld comment
DEEN GIVES LIST
OF ELIGIBLE MEN
Atlanta—Georgia has 7.972 youths
in the Civilian Conservation Corps
camps throughout the nation who
would be eligible for non-combatant
military training under provisions of
the relief bill recently approved by a
senate committee, State Welfare Di
lector Braswell Deen announces.
CCC Enrollments are handled thru
Deen's department.
Non-combatant training would in
clude truck drivers, automobile me
chanics, cooks, stewards, uhotograph-
ers, bridge and road builders, radio
operators, canteen managers, cleri
cal workers and telephone line build
ers.
Of the total Georgians in these
camps, 5,200 boys are in the state.
Atlanta’s Elevation Is
Second Highest of All
Cities of the Nation
With an Altitude of 1,050 Feet a Rare Advantage Is Enjoyed as Compared to 0th«|
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