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THE Bt’TTiER HERALD. BUTLER GEORGIA, JUNE 20, 1040.
(GEO. C. PALMER)
o the Voters of the Chattahoochee
Judicial Circuit:
I s hali be a candidate in the State
democratic primary election to be
,ld on .Sept. 11, 1040, to succeed
nyself as Judge of the Superior
ourts of the Chattahoochee Cir-
uit.
I am proud and gratified to an
nounce that forty-five Columbus law
yers have today voluntarily and of
heir own volition tendered me a |
hcck for $250.00 to cover my en-1
ranee fee in the primary to lie held j
lt (he time above stated. This ex- ]
session of confidence by such a!
urge group of the Columbus bar in- !
tills in me an earnest ambition to
nerit their approval,
prom my practice in the various
ourts of the state of Georgia, in i
he United Slates District Courts of
ieorgia, the United States Circuit
hurt of Appeals, the United States
supreme Court, and having served
Circuit for eight and one-half
ears as Solicitor General, I think I
tin justified in the conclusion that I
:ave gained an experience as a prac-
cing attorney and counselor at law
hat equips me to discharge the du-
.es of the office to which I aspire.
On account of the discharge of
ny official duties, which it is not my
jurpose to neglect, it will be im
possible for ce to see a large num-
o.f the voters of this Circuit;
md I take this method of soliciting
our vote ahd influence, both of
cbich I will appreciate highly.
Verv respectfully; “
GEORGE C. PALMER.
Atlanta, June 15—A mass prayer
for peace will be observed by more
than 5,000 farm and town women who
will meet here June 28-29 for the
third annual rural-urban conference
Mrs. Robin Wood, director, announc
ed today.
The peace sendee will be conduct
ed by Georgia pastors at the second
day's session of the conference which
will Vie held in the city auditorium.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
LESSON SERMON
DIXON SMITH WINS
STATE SENATE SEAT
“Is the Universe, Including Man
Evolved by Atomic Force?” is the
subject of the Ivesson-Sermon which
will lie read Sunday in Churches of
Christ, Scientist, throughout the
world.
Among the citations which com- j
prise the Lesson-Sermon there wi
be the following from the Bible
Columbus.—Heavy balloting in the
Muscogee county primary Wednes
day gave State Senator H. Dixon
Smith a 640-vote majority over his
opponent Arthur Copeland, Colum
bus attorney. The official count gave
Smith 2971 votes while Copeland re-
. ceivcd 22C1 votes.
| In the race for judge of the city
court, Thos. L. Bowden, incumbent,
defeated Ernest C. Britton, Colum
bus attorney.
The nominees in the contested
races were:
A. L. Poole, sheriff; L. R. Aldridge
county commissioner, H. M. Woodall
corone.r and Clinton Moon, county
school superintendent.
An unexpected heavy vote was
registered for the primary, with
more than 5,400 votes being cast,
MACON MAN KILLS
HIMSELF IN OFFICE
“Know ye that the Lord he is God: w jth all incumbents being nominated
it is he that hath made us and not 1 0 succeed thmeselves.
we ourselves; we are his people, and
tlie sheep of his pasture” (Psalms
100:0).
The Lesson-Sermon will als oin-
clude the following correlative se-
lection from the Christian Science | Macon, June 17—Police called to a
textbook, “Science and Health with 1 tire recapping plant on Broadway
Key to the Scriptures” by Mary r Monday found T. J. Jones, 63-year-
old proprietor, slumped over his
desk
An old model 32 calibre pistol was
in his hand police said. A wound in
his head proved fatal within an hour.
Employes of the plant said they
this notion of material life as all-in- j heard the shot and ran to the scene
all. They must peck open their she!) to find Jones in a dying condition,
with Christian Science, and look j His wife, two sons and a daughter
outward and upward (p. 552). i survive.
Baker Eddy: “Human experience in
mortal life, which starts from an
egg, corresponds with that of Job
when he says, ‘.Man that is born of a
woman is of few days, and full of
trouble.’ Mortals must emerge from
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b a the biggest package
t’l value in the busiest
price range; and, of course,
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+AII models priced at Flint, Mich. Trans
portation based on roil rales, slate and
local taxes (if any), optional equipment
and accessories—extra. Prices subject to
change without notice.
BUY IT!
TAYLOR COUNTY MOTOR COMPANY
Reynolds. Georgia
Palmer Candidate For
judge Chattahoochee
Pircu t Superior Court
Two Men Drown As
Boat Burns Sunday
On Jackson Lake
Jackson, Ga., June 16—Thomas jL.
Tound, 34, and Legare Burney, 40,
both of Monticello, drowned in Jack-
son Lake early Sunday when theii
motorboat caught fire and sank a
half mile from shore.
A. J. Jordan, 45, also of Monti
cello, was the only survivor. He
swam to shore and ran to the near
est house for help.
Several hundred volunteers were
diving for the bodies Sundav.
Mr. 1’ound was a State Prison in*
spector. He was a brother of C. B.
| Pound, clerk of the Jasper superioi
court. Mr. Ilurney is survived by
his father, Gus Burney.
MASS PRAYER FOR PEACE
IN ATLANTA JUNE 28-29
WILLIAM S. MCDOWELL
DIES AT AMEK1CUS
Americus, Ga., 15—Last rites for
Wm. S. (Billy) McDowell, 19-year-
old Americus mechanic with the U.
£, Army aviation corps, await arriv
al of the body from France, where he
was killed by a train this week.
The time and details of the acci
dent have not been learned by par
ents of the youth, Mr. and Mrs. J. J
McDowell, of Americus. A telegram
from army officials stated that the
youth was killed by a train at the
lost of Corozal, Canal Zone.
Young McDowell was norn and
reared in Americus, having left
fieshman classes at Georgia South
western college here last November.
to go to Maxwell Field, Ala., for
training, where he became a student
mechanic in the aviation corps. He
was sent to the canal zone in Febru
ary, passing thru Americus then en
route to his new post.
Gen. Prosser
Reaches Fort
Sunday Night
Commander of Newly-Organized
Fourth Division Arrives to
Assume Duties.
Columbus, June 17 — Brigadier
General W. E. Prosser, recently as
signed by the War Department to
command the newly oragnized
Fiurlh Division with station at Fort
Benning, reached the post Sunday
night to assume this command.
General Prosser came to Ft. Bon-
ning from Ft. Francis E. Warren,
Wyo. He is a native of Indiana. He
graduated from the U. S. Military I
Academy in the class of 1905. Other |
army schools he has graduated from j
include: Army War College, 1923; j
Command and General Stuff School, I
3922; The School of the Line, 1021; j
The Army Signal School, 1918; and ;
the Field Artillery School, Battery i
Commanders Course, 1919. During ■
the World war he was a Colonel ot I
Field Artillery, and from 1924 to |
1926 he served on the General Staff
Corps, lie received his present rank
Nov. 1, 1937.
Gen. Prosser was at Ft. Benning
last April with the Sixth Division,
serving as chief of the Infantry sec
tion.
Temporarily he has taken quarters
ai the Officers' Club.
EVERYTHING STOLEN
EXCEPT THE BABY
Americus, June 17.—Mrs. Tom
Gatewood' of Montgomery, Ala., en
tered City hospital last night to visit
her father, George Deriso, critically
ill. She left a Father's Day present
a robe and her ibaby in her car,
along with other wearing apparel.
Everything was stolen but the baby.
CHURCHILL CHALLENGES
THE ITALIAN NAVY
London, June 18—Prime Minister
Winston Churchill Tuesday challeng
ed Premier Mussolini's navy to come
, into the open and tight it out.
I “We are told,7 he said to the
House of Commons, “that the Italian
navy is to come to gain sea superi
ority in these waters.
“If this is seriously intended I shall
be delighted to offer Mussolini free
afeguard passage through the Strait
of Gibraltar in order that he may
play the part he aspires to.”
Churchill’s challenge was greeted
with laughter.
HITLER MAKES
“HALL OF SHAME”
Athens, Ga., June 14.—The Geor
gia campus monthly magazine, took
a slap at Adolf Hitler in its sum
mer School “ biitzrieg issue” just
off the press.
In the department usually devoted
to an outstanding student or faculty
members, and for the past several
years labeled “hall of fame” ap
peared a picture of the Georgia
Fuehrer.
The caption in the summer edition
however, had been changed to “hall
of shame.”
GIRL AW ARDED $500
IN ALLEGED BEATING
Atlanta, June 15.—A judgment
fur $500 damages was entered in
Fulton superior court Friday in fa
vor of Evelyn Lackey, 15-year-old
junior high school girl, as the result
of the trial of her suit against Mrs.
Martha Sanner, 83-year-old widow of
Atlanta, who, the girl charged, se
verely beat her with a stick.
The girl was beaten, she testified
because she went on the defendant's
vacant property a year ago in search
of bugs to use in her school library
work. One blow on the side of her
head, she said, injured her ear drum.
$30,000 IN CHECKS
FOR MACON COUNTY
Oglethorpe, Ga ,
announced today by C. L. Smith, ad
ministrative assistant and treasurer
of the Macon County Agricultural
Conservation Association, that $30,-
000 is being paid this week to Macon
county farmers on 1939 soil conserv
ation checks. Approximately $200,-
000 in soil conservation checks had
already been paid and this amount
added to the $104,000 received in
parity checks, brings the total AAA
payments for 1939 to around $350,-
000. Farmers are now signing their
1940 work sheets and this work is to
be completed by June 30, Mr. Smith
said.
Six Ala. Young People
Killed As Car Collides
With Train AtLaGrange
LaOrange—Six young people com
prising an automobile party from
Alabama were killed Sunday night
when their car apparently struck a
train at a crossing.
Corporal J. W. White of the Geor
gia state patrol gave the names ol
the victims as: Don Pritchard Davis
18; R. J. Owen, 19; Addie Mae Wal
lace, 19; all of Shawmut, Ala.; Cliff
ord Cream, 20, Langdale, Ala; Gen-
nelle Robinson, age unknown, Lu
nette, Ala.; one person unidentified.
The car, he added, apparently ran
into the side of the locomotive of an
Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast line
train at Lee's crossing about two
miles south of LaGrange.
JAMES W. SMITH DIES
IN ATLANTA FRIDAY
Atlanta, June 14—Jas. W. Smith,
02, senior partner in the manufac
turing firm of Smith and Nelson,
died after an illness of three
months, illness. For 20 years ho was
associated with the Western Elec
tric company and later with the Co
lumbus Iron Works.
$77,698 APPROVED
FOR COCHRAN SCHOOL
Cochran, Ga., June 17—Presiden
tial approval of a $77,698 school
building for Cocchran has been re
ceived by Mayor I. A. Poole.
The building will be a fireproof
structure of brick. The plans call for
erection of a new unit parallel with
the present annex, and also a new
gym.
MILLER AGAIN FAILS
TO GET PAY CHECK
Atlanta, Juno 15—W. L. Miller is
chairman of the state highway board
but it's not a paying job. Today he
passes his fourth straight payday
without getting a check. His salary
has been held up ever since he was
reinstated by the state supreme court
after being forcibly ousted by Gov.
E. D. Rivers.
WILCOX COUNTY PLANT
TO MANUFACTURE RED
SUSPENDERS FOR GENE
Rochelle.—The Rochelle Novelty
Suspender company opened for bus
iness Tuesday, the initial order be
ing 109 dozen pairs of Eugene Tal-
niadge suspenders, sold to an Atlan
ta business house.
The local company lias the exclus
ive rights for the manufacture of au
tographed genuine red suspenders,
as approved by the candidate for gov
ernor.
All suspenders of this type sold
in the state of Georgia will be man
ufactured in Wilcox county, and by
Wilcox county people. It is estimat
ed by the management that 100,(KM)
pair will be sold within the next few
weeks.
BETTER PEACH
STILL SOUGHT
Griffin, Ga., June 14.—Search fora
Georgia peach which will combine all
the qualities of the fresh fruit for
which this state is noted and still be
suitable for freezing continues at the
experiment station in Griffin.
Dr. H. L. Cochran and Dr. J. C.
Woodruff reported progress in the
hunt for a peach adopted to Georgia
orchards which would provide better
marketing, canning, drying and
freezing characteristics.
Some peaches will be frozen this
season for ice cream makers, to
provie this delicacy after the ship
ping season, but thus far the demand
for the fresh product seems to cur
tail interest in the frozen product.
NEGRO ARRESTED
IN FORGERY CASE
Macon, June 15—Post Office In
spector 11. H. Hudson announced
here yesterday the arrest in New
York of J. W. Rogers, 28-year-old
negro charged with cashing forged
money orders at the post office in
Milledgeville.
Inspector Hudson said Rogers was
accused of cashing three money or
ders totalling $240 payable to his
landlady. The negro forged indorse
ments on the money orders and a
letter of identification to cash them.
Rogers was arrested by New York
post office inspectors after Hudson
traced him from Milledgeville to Au
gusta, then to Philadelphia and New
York. Rogers will be arraigned for
a removal hearing before a U. S.
Commissioner in New York on June
21, Hudson said.
Farm Surplus
Funds Placed
In Relief Bill
j One Hundred Million to Combat
Over-Supply Voted by Rural-
Urban Coalition.
Washington, June 14—Two power
ful senate groups—roughly repre
senting rural and usban areas—
teamed up Unlay to place an unbud
geted $1(M),(M)0,<MK) in the annual re
lief bill by a lop-sided 68 to 16 vote.
Disregarding economy picas of
Senator Adams (D.-Colo.), floor lead
er of the bulky annual relief appro
priation, the senate made the $100,-
000,000 available for removing ag
ricultural surpluses.
’ Pen. Adams reminded ‘.he mcmberB
I bat congress already had voted $85,-
(XMI.OOO for these purposes in the
regular farm bill and that another
8100,000,(MX) would be automatically
diverted from customs funds.
But senators interested in both
farm and city relief insisted that war
conditions and national preparedness
could well be served by the addition
al fund.
Sen. Bilbo (D.-Miss.) offered the
amendment, after explaining that
the funds would be used to supply
surplus farm products to low in
come families; to give free lunches
to school children; to operate the
“food stamp” plan and carry on oth»
er surplus removal activities includ
ing export subsidies.
The $100,000,000, with the $50,-
000,000 war refugee fund requested
by President Roosevelt and other
senate increases pushed the bill's to
tal to $1,244,701,357
CCC WILL ENROLL
100,000 REPLACEMENTS
Washington, June 17—Enrollment
of 100,000 new men as replacements
in the CCC will begin July 1, Direc
tor J. J. McEntee announced Sunday
They will replace you ties who have
left the CCC for private employ
ment or whose terms of enrollment
expire June 30, to maintain the CCC
at its authorized strength of 300y
000.
OVER 1,600 ALIENS
ALREADY REGISTERED
Atlanta, June 18—-Safety Commis
sioner Lon Sullivan said today that
between 1,600 and 1,700 aliens have
registered at the 19 state highway
patrol stations and at 10 police de
partments throughout the state.
Records of an additional 1,000 for
eign-born residents of the state were
expected to be added to lists before
the week is out, he added.
ROBERT MONTGOMERY
RETURNING TO U. S.
Lisbon, Portugal—Roliert Mont
gomery, movie actor, arrived in Lis-
bon from France Sunday night en
route to the United .States by Clip
per after less than a month's service
as an ambulance driver with the
American Field Service.
He was accepted into the service
May 26. He said he had several nar
row escapes.
NEW TRIAL SOUGHT
FOR WADE HOLLEY
Louisville—Judge R. N. Hardeman
Saturday will hear pleas for a new
trial for Wade Holley, Augusta po
liceman under death sentence in the
slaying of W. L. Beckum, filling
filling station employe. Attorneys for
Holley indicated they planned to car
ry the case to the state supreme
court if the new trial is denied.
THIEVES OPEN
MrRAE SAFES
McRae—Robbers obtained aboul
$500 in two safe crackings at the
Coca-Cola and Nehi Bottling Com
panies at McRae over the weekend
| managers of the two offices reported
1 Sunday.
The Coca-Cola theft was discov
ered Sunday and amounting to more
than $000 and the Nehi was dis
close in the afternoon when $200
was missing. Both safes were opened
by a heavy instrument that ^as used
to break off the combination, officers
said.
Fingerprint experts h ave been
called in to determine whether or
not the two robberies are related.
The Nehi was the third of the type
at McRae in a month.
Troposphere
The portion of atmosphere lying
below the stratosphere is called thg
troposphere.
June 18.—It was