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THE BUTLER HER ALP, BUTLER, GEORGIA, AUGUST 1, 1910.
All Gubernatorial
Candidates Meet
Again Saturday
DeKalk County Sponsors
Speaking Engagements Plan
Prevent Disorder.
Rivers to Seek Seat In
House as Representative
From Lanier County
Atlanta, July 30—Although fist
fights came near to breaking up two
of their joint rallies last week,
Georgia's four gubernatorial eandi-
date s will meet again on the same
platform at Buena Vista Lake in De
Kalb County next Saturday.
This was announced Monday by
the various candidates' headquarters
and I.eon Hollingsworth, commander
of the Harold Byrd Post of the
American Legion, which is sponsor
ing the joint speakings.
“Both Sheriff Jake Hall, of De-
Kalb county, and Chief J. T. Dailey
of the county police, have assured
nve they will have enough men pres
ent to prevent any sort of disturb
ance,” Mr. Hollingsworth said.
Political circles buzzed Monday
over the disturbances at Toccoa last
Tuesday and at Warm Springs Sat
urday when the four candidates for
governor appeared on the same plat
form.
Most observers attributed the dis
orders at both places to the late ar
rival of former Gov. Talmadge and
the zeal of fanatical admirers to
greet him and shake his hand.
1 At Toccoa, partisans of the other
candidates booed the former gover
nor when he arrived late and inter
rupted Abit Nix, as he did again at
Warm Springs Saturday.
Former Gov. Talmadge has not
fully recovered from a recent opera
tion and has been arriving at speak
ings late and leaving promptly on
the advice of his physician. However
when he does appear a large part of
Lhe crowd gathers around him and
escorts him to the platform, inter
fering with the candidate who al
ready is speaking.
At Warm Springs Satuday Nix
stopped speaking when Talmadge
approached the platform, escorted
by about 50 followers, walked to the
steps to shake hands with him, and
then resumed his address. Commis
sioner of Agricultture Columbus
Roberts and Hugh Howell already
bad spoken.
116 Candidates In
Various Races For
Ga. Political Jobs
Georgia to Get Large
Sum From National
Youth Administration
Allocation of $2,419,346 to the Na
tional Youth Administration for
Georgia for the current fiscal year
■wa announced today by State Ad-
jninistrator Boisfeuillet Jones. This
amount will provide assistance for
approximately 27,000 youths, he
stated.
Of this sum, $596,722 will be ex
pended on the student work programs
to provide part-time employment to
assist deserving young people to eon-
itnue their education. More than 10,-
000 students in 833 eligible Georgia
high schools will receive $382,122 in
wages, while the remaining $264,600
Atlanta. — Flopping the surprisa
eiement into Georgia's simmering
1940 campaign, home town support
ers qualified Gov. Rivers Thursday as
a candidate for the legislature in a
move to draft him for the 1941 as
sembly.
The action came shortly before tha
primary qualificaeion deadline slam
med down at noon with four aspir
ants seeking the governorship Riv
ers will leave next January after two
consecutive terms .
Should he run the political paths
of Rivers and former Gov. 5’’-gene
Talmadge, now sejkirg a third term
would cross -go r, in a «oc-?aw per
formance whi n "'iit-s een dim team
ed. then far apart
Accept ore of the draft rtarteit at
Lakeland would pit the Governor
against Rep. Tom Miller, and a far
mer, J. M. Cook, for Lanier county's
one seat in the house.
Miller's brother, Chairman W. L.
Miller of the state highway board
was forcibly evicted from office -by
order of Rivers last December but
reinstated April 20 after the supreme
court unanimously sanctioned his
right to the chairmanship.
Representative Miller and the gov
ernor are on friendly terms.
Qualified gubernatorial candidates
besides Talmadge are his one-time al
ly now estranged, Hugh Howell of
Atlanta, Athens Attorney Abit Nix,
and Columbus Roberts, commissioner
of agriculture.
Another surprise featuring the
close of entry lists for the Sept. 11
primary was the development of a
six-man contest for commissioner of
agriculture—only four-year term
effective office in the capital.
Among three last-minute qualifiers
for the farm post was Tom Linder,
former commissioner of agriculture
and campaign worker for Hugh
Howell in 1988 when the later was
runner-up to Rivers.
The other five in this race are A.
D. Jones of Woodbury and J. D. Cook
of Chula, who qualified Thursday,
and previous qualifiers—Hamileon
Raffs of Hogansville, J. I. Hicks of
Americus and G. O. Stone of Gien-
wood.
In other contests, Grady Head,
state revenue commissioner, qualified
for associate justice of the state su
pvefe court in opposition to incum
bent Waren Grice. Walter McDonald
chairman of the state public service
commission and Attorney General El
I is Amall also qualified for re-elec
tion. They have no opposition.
Three judges of the state court of
appeals Hugh MacIntyre, B. C. Gard
ner and I. H. Sutton also qualified
without opposition.
For state treasurer there are three
candidates: Incumbent George Hamil
ton, former state auditor Tom Wis
dom and Pat Avery of Lawrenceville
house of representatives messenger.
State Labor Commissioner B. T.
Huiet and Chief Justice Charles Reid
of the state supreme cdurt had no
opposition.
Jesse Hall, Atlanta attorney, quali
fied earlier in the racce for secretary
of state, held by .J B. Wilson, who is
seeking re-election.
Dr. M. D. Collins, state school su
perintendent is opposed by Harvey
Cutts, Greenville school superintend
ent.
Public Service Commissioner Jud
Miss Edith Malone
Proclamed Miss Georgia
Contest Winner
Atlanta, July 30—They've squared
off now—and it'll be a fight to the
finish. All hats are in the ring and
everybody knows where everybody
else stands. The state's battle royal
is on. And may the best man—or
rather men—win. The decision will
be rendered Sept. 11 .
That's just anoeher way of saying
entries for the Democratic state pri
mary on Sept. 11 have closed. The
list of candidates numbered 116, with
a few just barely getting under the
wire before it was too late.
Candidates who had qualified foi
the various state-wide offices when
the entries closed last week were:
Governor—Abit Nix, of Athens;
Hugh Howell of Atlanta; Columbus
Roberts, of Columbus, and Eugene
Talmadge of McRae.
For Secretary of State—Uesse Hall
of Atlanta and John B. Wilson of
Logansville.
State Treasurer—G. B. Hamilton ol
Atlanta; Pat Avery of Atlanta and
Tom Wisdom of Chipley.
Attorney General—Ellis Amall.
Comptroller General — Downing
Musgrove of Homerville and H. C
Parker of Statesboro.
State Superintendent of Schools—
M. D. Collins, of Fail-burn and H. C.
Cutts of Greenville.
Georgia Public Service Commission
to succeed Walter MacDonald—Wal
ter MacDonald of Augusta, to succeed
himself.
Public Service Commission to suc
ceed Jud Wilhoit—Allen Chappell of
Americus; H. B. Smith of Dahlonega
and Jud Wilhoit of Warrenton.
Commissioner of Agriculture—Jas.
I. Hicks, of Amerisus; Hamilton
Ralls of Hogansville; G. O. Stone of
Glenwood; J. D. Cook of Chula; A. D
Jones of Woodbury and Tom Linder.
Commissioner of Labor—Ben Huiet
of Atlanta.
State Prison and Parole Commis
sioner—R. K. Mann of Atlanta; L. T
MitcTtell of Clayton; Arlie Tucker of
Nashville; W. P. White of Atlanta
and George Harrell of Lumpkin.
Chief Justice of Supreme Court—
Chas. S. Reid.
Associate Justice Supreme Court
—Warren Grice of Macon and T. G.
Head of Calhoun.
Judge Court of Appeals—Mugh Mc
Intyre of Thomasville.
Judge Court of Appeals—I. H.
Sutton.
Judge Court of Appeals for unex
pired term of the late Judge John
Guerry—B. C. Gardner, of Camilla.
Macon, July 39—Mass Edith Mn-
lone of Gray yesterday was an
nounced as winner of the Georgia di
vision of the Miss Macon popularity
contest, after she had piled up a to
tal of 1,586,400 votes.
Second place went to Miss Anne
Burnett, Gray, who polled 1,3*19,96(1
votes. Miss Georgia Belle Pool, Fort
Valley and Elizabeth Simmons, Adel
received totals, respectively, of 997-
190 and 917,480 to take third and
fourth places.
The winner of the Macon division
of the contest will he announced
Wednesday.
First prize in the contest for the
winner in both divisions includes a
complete round trip, by train, first
■ lass, to Atlantic City, the World's
Fair, Washington, D. C., and $100
in cash.
The second, third and fourth place
winners each will be given the same
trip, in addition to cash of $50, $40
and $30 respectively.
Third Dist. Congressman
Returns to Washington
After Convention
August 1-8 Designated
As Rural Mail Box
Improvement Week
Unsightly rural mail boxes de
tract from the beauty of the high
ways and are not a credit to th*
owners of the homes served thru th*
boxes. Rural mail boxes which are
not in good, serviceable condition re
tard the delivery of mail and expose
it to damage from the elements.
It is the desire of the Postoffice
Department to encourage patrons of
the rural delivery service to provide
suitable mail receptacles and to erect
them in such manner that they will
lie accessible to the carrier and pre
sent a neat appearance. It is espec
ially desirable that the boxes be
maintained in such condition that
they will properly protect mail plac-
wl therein, that the names of box
owners lie inscribed on the side of
the boxes visible to the carrier as he
approaches them, and that the boxes
and their supports he kept painted.
To accomplish these desirable ob
jectives the department has desig
nated the week begining Aug. 1 as
Nine Georgians
Fatally Hurt In
Week End
W
(By the Associate pj
Atlanta, July __
crash and
lision killed two
ville yesterday, brig
persons i
Americus, Ga., July 25—Congress
man Stephen Pace of the third dis
trict, left his home here this week
for Washington. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Pace and Stephen Jr.
Young Pace will enter a prepara
tory school at Washington. He was
graduated from hibh school here in
June. The congressman had been at
home during the congressional recess
for the national democratic conven
tion.
TERRELL TO GET
MORE REA LINES
will benefit over 3,000 college and [ Wilhoit, is opposed by Allen Chappel
graduate students in 49 institutions. • of Americus and H. B. Stnith of Dah-
The out-of-school work program
has -been alloted $1,822,62-1 to provide
jobs for youths between the ages of
18 and 24, inclusive, who are in need
of employment, work experience and
training. They work on projects under
public sponsorship and receive prac
tical work experience important in
obtaining and holding employment in
private industry. This program is ex
pected to reach approximately 14,000
Georgia boys and girls during the
year 1940-41.
SHERIFFS, CHIEFS TO
MEET IN MACON i
Macon, Ga., July 28—Sheriffs and
chiefs of police lrom 10 to 12 middle.
Georgia counties will meet in Macon
this week to hear Federal Bureau of
Investigation agents tell what they
can do to organize for national de
fense.
The meeting will be held at the
Federal building, with R. G. Danner,
special agent in charge of the Atlan
ta District FBI office, in charge.
Danner said only officers will he
admitted and that “ways and means
of co-ordinating” local and FBI de
fense activities would be discussed.
He said other meetings are to he
held at strategic centers in the state
later.
onega.
George Harrell of Lumpkin who
has served several terms in the state
senate qualified for the state prison
an dparol board. G. A Johns, the in
cumbent is retiring.
In addition to Harrell, others in the
race for this post are Royal Mann,
former chief inspector for the board
if penal correction.',; T. E. Mitchell
of Clayton, A. D. Tucker, a director
of the state industrial board and W.
P. White of Athens, former baseball
coach of the University of Georgia.
The comptroller-general's race lies
between Downing Musgrove, former
executive secretary to Gov Rivers ap
pointed to fill the unexpired term of
the late Win. Harrison, and Homer
Pirker, of Statesboro who hold the
offici under Talmadge.
Attorney Miller who is an incum
bent in the assembly, is a brother
Sti.e Hig t*vj Chsiriran W L. Mil
ler.
LEGION AUXILIARY
MEETS AUGUST. 2
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet with Mrs. W. H. Trussell
Friday, August 2nd, at 3 o'clock p. m.
Members are requested to please
note the date of meeting and he in
attendance at this meeting.
—Pub. Officcer,
Athlete Brings Back
Life to Youth Saved
From Pelham Pool
Pelham, July 29—Cleve Payne,
captain of Pelham High school's 1939
champion football team, was credited
today with saving the life of Dur-
wood Hughes, 17, of Cotton, Ga., by
administering artificial respiration
after two companions pulled Hughes
from Whaley's pool Sunday.
Young Payne, recently returned
from Brevard, N. C., where he
studied first aid and life saving,
hi ought life back to Hughes in about
five minutes. He continued respiration
for another 10 mniutes.
in Cotton today, Hughes was re
ported improving.
Wylie Stephens and David White
rescued Hughes from the pool.
GRAVE GHOUL PROBE
HU'S BRICK WALL
Loganville, Ga., July 29—Complete
absence of clues that promise success
in solution of Loganville's shocking
grave despoliation case of July 7 was
admitted by officers here Monday as
they ended three weeks of intensive
investigation.
Hundreds of leads have been in
vestigated and no clues of value have
been produced, the officers said.
Nothing has been heard from their
request that the U. S. Department
of Justice take a hand in the probe.
It was on the night of June 7 that
the grave of Mrs. W. I, Andrews in
Loganville cemetery was opened and
her body mutilated. She had been
buried that afternoon.
Dawson, Ga., July 27—An applica
tion for the extension of Terrell
county's system of REA lines has
been approved and money for tha
project is now available according to
advice received by J. A. Bolton, one
of the Terrell county directors of the
Sumter Rural Electric corporation, of
which the Terrell county unit is a
part.
Bolton stated today that the work
of constructing several additional
miles of REA lines in this county
would be begun just as soon as tha
necessary details could be worked
out.
There are a few more than 100
miles of REA lines now serving
about 220 customers in Terrell coun.
ty and with the additional extension
which has been approved nearly
every rural section of this county
which is fairly well populated, will
have electric current at the disposal
of its citizenry.
J. A. Bolton and R. B. Heath have
served as Terrell county directors of
the Sumter REA since the Terrell
county unit became a part of that or
ganization more than a year ago and
they were both re-elected at a meet
ing of the members of the REA
broup held in Americus this week.
TWO CONVICTS IN
DOOLY ESCAPE PRISON
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malaria
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Try Rub-My*1 Ism”-a Wonderful Liniment
Knur to |
• . accideJ
in Georgia over the weekeij
Earl Richmond Beckt, I
Dublin, was killed insjjl
plane he was piloting cra J
umused road five miles
Milledgeville airport. i, t F J
dy, field instructor Vl
aeronautical training sch
ledgeville, said Beckham left!
near 7 p. m. to put in „ I
government course. *
Jinuliy Simmons, 40, B a |d
t.v farmer, died in a Mil]’, J
pital of injuries received!
on collision two miles iron
Two students in Atlanta I
died' Saturday when the carl
they were riding was wrecj
. being struck bv an m,t ,
Rurai Mail Box ^Improvement Week. I tainijlg a party Qf ^
identified as Robert I.. \ a J
Atlanta, Tech High student]
C. Davis, 20, Chicago, a s
Emory Unicersity. The ac <
cured near Jackson.
Cecil Page, 23-year-old Chi
resident, died Saturday from
received Friday while diving
creek near Chatsworth.
G. W. Perkins, 76, of
Moultrie, was fatally hint
when a car in which he w,
was in collision with anothej
near Funston.
Mrs. J. L. Millirons, about
Mrs. J. F. Ingram both of
Fla., died Friday as the resi
two-car collision five mile!
of Arlington.
Ivan Moon, 4, was fatally]
on tiie same day when struct
car in Savannah.
All patrons of the rural delivery
service are requested to cooperate in
this nation-wide campaign to improve
tiie looks of the rural mail boxes.
Please see that your box is in good
condition and properly erected, that
the box and supports are uainted,
and that your name is printed on
the side of the box which is visible
to the carrier as he approaches it.
FREED IN SLAYING
OF SON-IN-LAW
Waycross, Ga., July 26—A Ware
county superior court jury, delibe
rating 30 minutes, acquitted A. B.
Herndon, of Macon, in the slaying of
his son-in-iaw of a few hours, Jim
mie Hinson. The defense pleaded
temporary insanity. Hinson was shot
April 28 about 12 hours after he mar
ried Mildred Herndon.
Unadilla, July 28.—Two Dooly
county convicts escaped during the
night and Deputy Warden Willie
Butler said he believed they made
their getaway in a car stolen from
Peace Justice Julian Leggitt.
The convicts were listed by the of
ficer as iWillie Kitchens, 211, serv
ing a three-year sentence for car
theft from Dooly county and Willie
Floyd Edwards, serving a two-year
sentence from Butts county on a bur
glary conviction. Kitchens had less
than a year to serve and Edwards
would have completed his sentence in
60 days, Deputy Butler said.
The pair broke out of a cage at the
public work camp by prying off bars
with a crowbar. Ten other prisoners
in the cage said they did not know
when the escape was made. When
lhe officer came down at 6 a. m. to
ftee the cook so he could prepare
breakfast, he discovered the break.
Theft of Mr. I.eggitt's car recalled
that he found a car alleged to have
been stolen about three years ago by
Kitchens and wrecked at Rutland,
near Macon.
Mr. Leggitt's car was pushed about
50 feet from the garage before it was
started. It is a 1936 Chevrolet coach.
Officers used bloodhounds in the
search until the theft of Mr. Leg-
gift's car was discovered. An attempt
had been made to take a car belong,
ing to Dr. L. H. Bishop, the deputy
warden said, but it could not be
moved.
These five young people will arrive
in Butler Aug. 3, to conduct a 3tudy
course for one week. They n,axe up
one of the five Youth Crusade Cara
vans w'hich will be active in Geor
gia young people's work for the next
several weeks. Left to right, top row:
Ray Mauser, Centenary College Min
isterial Club President; Jim Livesay,
President of the Jack>on,
League Union; bottom ro ff j
Dorothy B-rkhart, a letder m
religious life at Texas WesteJ
lege; Miss Bessie Miller. Sc
gia rural worker of the
Division of Christian Servi*
Adult Counselor; Miss E®
Reynolds, Conway, Ark., a"
enced director of worship
instl
FARMS FOR SALE
WITH TIMBER AND WATER
ON EASY PAYMENT TERMS
F. G. JINKS PLACE—199 acres, 10 miles north of
Bntler yards south of the Macon-Columbus Paved Hi&h
way, at Carsonville.
M. A. L1ESEY PLACE—315 acres, 4 miles north
east of Butler, on Butler & Anthony Mill Road.
GEORGE M. SMITH PLACE—202 1-2 acres, 4 1-2
miles west of Butler, three miles south of Tangent, near
Butler & Mauk Public Road.
LEVI SMITH PLACE—90 acres, 7 1-2 miles north
east of Howard, 10 miles northwest from Butler, ° n
Public Road.
W. H. WILLIS PLACE—119 1-2 acres, 8 miles north
west of Butler and 3 1-2 miles northeast of Howard, near
Butler-Wesley Church & Howard Public Road.
R. A. MAXWELL PLACE—266 1-2 acres, in Talbot
County, four miles east of Talbotton, in two tract*, o' 16
containing 66 acres on Public Road leading from Center
ville to the Old Wire Road; the other tract containing
202 1-2 acres lying on the Old Wire Road.
FOR PRICES AND TERMS, SEE
WALTER E. STEED, Butler, Ga.