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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 10, 1942.
NEWS SUMMARY OF
THE WEEK INGEORGIA
Earl H. Cone, 62, retired head
of the Cone Drug stores and a ledg
er in Atlanta pharmaceutical af
fairs for many years, died last
"Thursday.
The 177 community and neigh
borhood leaders in Bulloch county
will meet with the Farm Bureau to
morrow night to discuss their du
ties and jobsfor this fall.
Many familiar faces will return
to the Georgia general assembly of
1943, a majority of the candidates
for the house and senate having
no opposition in yesterday's pri
mary
Dr. Thos. E. Blackshear, widely-
known specialist who practiced in
Macon for a number of years, died
early Monday at his home in Fen
Camp Wheeler Man
Drowns At Lakeside
When Canoe Overturns
Macon, Sept. 7.—Pvt. Louis H.
Way Jr, 20, was drowned Sunday
at Lakeside when a canoe which ho
and a companion soldier had rent
ed overturned.
Pvt. Alfred Terry, his companion,
swam to shore after making vain
efforts to save Pvt. Way.
According to Camp Wheeler au
thorities, where both boys are sta
tioned, Pvt. Way is from Wilming-
ton, Del,, and is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Way, of that city. He
was inducted into the Army July 22
1942, in Camden, N. J., and had
been staioned at Camp Wheeler
about six weeks.
At a late hour Sunday night both
civilian and Army authorities were
still dragging the lake in an effort
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.Ji'S S ?V 5 T, hlm " As Joseph'lay in the pit he; note thatihey" areTekirrin^he^e
Innri Lm'n.vUviunH 8 ™* 0 "? | must have recalled his dreams with pitching, for most all of them are
the'enUre W What , -emed,moving 4 %> tta pmmoUon lM
ne nure auanuc ocean Detween. to be the end of his promised car-1 I have been serving in Uncle
miqq Pnnrin uoDiitirro v iFrom this time on, if he was to,Sams new branch of the' around
Miss Ronda Hastings of New J have anything it must be at God's forces, the "Armed Forrp ” airtrp itn
rrU signed her nan j to a wedding hands. When Jasob limped into the organization in 1940. Someday, not
them and in that way would not enjoy it very much,. It's a pleasure
have Joseph's blood on their to know what is happening back in
hands, and at the same time get the old home town, and too, the
something out of the sale of the letters from other Taylor County
lad. So they closed the trade and men now serving in the Armed
I received twenty pieces of silver for J Forces gives me great pleasure to
him Ac Tnconh Inn (m 4 Vi »» nif V>imtn 4U n i i l ..
sacola, Fla. Death wsa attributed t0 recover the body of the drowned
to a heart ailment,
C. G. Pickett, clerk and treasurer
of the city of Richland has resigned
to enter defense work at Savannah
Mayor M. B. Brown has been nam
ed to fill the vacancy and has as-
-eumed control of Richland city af
fairs. . .
Methodist Bishop Arthur J.
Moore will spend Sunday and Mon
day, Sept. 13-14, in Augusta in
connection with the program open
ing the campaign to secure funds
for the Warren Candler
man. Pvt. Way was a member of
Co. B., 11th Training Battalion at
the camp.
Mr. Bloodworth, Deputy
Clerk Bibb Sup. Court,
Stumped By Requests
Building at Patne College.
Suffering a heart attack while as
sisting in conducting Wednesday's
Democratic primary at Wright
Chapel Echols county, M. M. Sowell
member of the board of county com
missioners, died instantly. Sowell
was a well known farmer.
Having married his 1,560th couple
since assuming the bench 17 years
Macon, Sept. 8—Deputy Superior
Court Clerk J. W. Bloodworth is a
Memorial man who is always ready to go to
the records, of which he has moun
tains, to aid parties in determinin-
ing their relative posltiQns in the
legal scheme, but he admitted re
cently he was stumped for a while
by a letter from a Chicago woman
seeking to define her marital status
“Please send me the decockshun
of my marge,” said the tedious mis
sive addressed to "the Judge of the
court house.” On the envelope was
contract instead of say'ng the usual
“I do's” The groom, L.. Norris Stay-
U n a British army officer on duty
in Scotland took part through an
attorney, M. P. Caldwell.
Tim attorney, to sigr.lry the bride
groom's assent to the marriage,
read a telegram which said; “I will
marry you, Ronda Hastings, r>y
proxy in Florida and hereby ap
point M. P. Caldwell of West Palm
Beach my attorney-in-fact to enter
Into the contract of marriage with
you.”
Miss Hastings became Mrs. Slay
ton by signing her name to the doc
ument in the attorney's office. The
contract was filed with the clerk of
circuit court. The bride intends to
join her husband as soon as she
can obtain a passport.
ago Municipal CounJudge 83m “g** ff eturn ba <* *
? a n?tiona C l° r U eco b rd S ’as aS a “SJSSS .Bloodworth deducted, at some
judge”. This year already 137 cou
ples have said “I do” since Jan. 1.
Employes of the Postal Telegraph
Cable Co., of Atlanta, gave a dinner
Saturday, night at the Henry Grady
Hotel in honor of J. F. Heard, plant
superintendent of the Southern dl
vision, who Is retiring after 43
years of service with the company.
. C. E. Harper has been named as
sistant professor in the Henry W.
Grady School of Journalism, the
University of Georgia, Athens, to
succeed W. M. Kempton, now with
the Office For Emergency Manage
ment in Atlanta, according to Dean
John E. Drewery.
A. S. Chamlet, 64, Bartow, C.a.,
postmaster and campaign manager
of Dr. L. G. Hardman when he was
elcted Governor of Georgia, died at
iis home Sunday night. Funeral at
U a. m. Monday at the family res
idence with burial in the Bartow
cemetery.
Two men were killed in an auto
mobile accident east of Albany
near Acrq> Ga., on state highway
No. 50, late Saturday evening. The
dead are B. L. Smith, 47, saelsman
residing in Albany, dirver of the
car, and R. D. Phillips, 25, a sol
dier stationed at Ft. Benning.
Thos. Z. Smith, Atlanta appren
tice seaman, USN, died at the Camp
Wheeler hospital early Tuesday of
injuries sustained In an automobile
accident near Fort Valely Satuiday
night. He had been in the navy for
six weeks and was at home on fur
lough at the time of the fatal ac
cident.
Rev. Geo. Ray of Glenville called
to the pastorate of the Montezuma
Baptist church, has accepted, and
will preach his first sermon there
on the first Sunday In October, it
was announced yesterday. The
church's last pastor, Rev. Joe Ra
bun is now a naval chaplain in
California.
The body of Sam P. Jones, 44,
who died Friday at the Candler
hospital at Savannah, was taken to
Cartersville, his former home for
funeral services and interment
which were held Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Jones was the grandson and
namesake of Georgia's popular
evangelist of ohter years.
Featherstone Bunn, submarine
lieutenant who was recently
awarded the coveaed “dolphins” in
recognition of exceptional service,
will erturn to his hometown of
Montezuma tomorrow as a movie
star. He plays a brief part in Men
of the Fleet, a short feature pub
licizing the U. S. Navy.
Frank Holland, for the past two
years principal of the Hawkins-
ville High school, has been named
superintendent succeeding H. S.
Shearouse who resigned to ac
cept the superintendency of the
Griffin city schools. Prof. Shearouse
succeds Prof. Sam Gardner, who Cn
terd the U. S. Navy.
Mercer LeRoy Denby, 25 years of
age, died last Friday afternoon in
a Thomasville hospital as the re
suit of pistol wounds to the lower
abdomen, received July 18th at the
hand of Joel Luther Palmer in
gun battle between Palmer and lo
cal officers. Chief of Police Joe
Henderson was fatally wounded in
the same altercation.
length that the woman was asking
for a certificate of marriage. He
was not ready to admit that matri
mony had as yet reached the state
of a "decoction” which can be
poured from a bottle.
CONGRESS LEGALIZED
LABO RDAY
The law, making the first Mon
day in Sepetmber of each year a
legal holiday was enacted by Con
gress in 1894. Identical bills to this
effect were introduced in the House
of Representatives by Representa
tive A. J. Cummings of New York
City and in the senate by Senator
J. H. Kyle of South Dakota. The bill
passed both houses unanimously
and was signed by President Gro
ver Cleveland on June 1 28, 1894.
CHURCH-GOING DOG.
“TOO MUCH” WES
Marshallville Sept. 5—“Too Much
Thompson” Boston bull owned V y
Miss Ruth Til- mp.sjn. of Marshi'll-
v.’ile, is dead. “Too Much” aUi.-nUod
services evry Sun lav at ti i Metho
dist church and in the summer he
alv.ays attended the Vaeml iu liilile
School. He hat a certificate Horn
vacation school.
The R. L. Thompson family rnh-rd
"loo Much” from a pap, and leith,
his owner, hastnt misse 1 ••I’.'irh or
Sunday school in eight years,
TWO PARATROOPER**
BODIES FOUND
Ft. Benning, Ga., Sept. 8—The
Army announced Tuesday that the
bodies of two paratroopers, drowned
when they plunged into the Chat
tahoochee river during a routine
jump, were recovered late Monday
15 miles below the infantry reser
vation.
The men were listed as Pvt. W. \V
Wilkins, Jr., of Lookout, Cal., and
Pvt. C. F. Oliver of the Dales, Ore.
They had come down in the river
last Thursday during a night jump.
The bodies were sent to their home
for burial.
YEGGS GET Sl.OOO IN
EGCHANGE SAFE AT BENNING
Columbus, Sept. 6—Yeggs who
used hand tools obtained about Sl.
OOO In cash from the safe at post
exchange No. 7, 71st engineers at
Ft. Benning, the provost marshal's
office announced yesterday.
The loss was discovered Friday
and the loss y.-as fully covered by
insurance, authorities said. There
was no evidence that explosives had
been used.
Pitts Portrait To Be
Presented To LaGrange
College At Exercises
LaGrage, Ga., Sept. 8—Dr. S. G
Dobbs, eminent Atlanta business
man and chairman of the board of
trustees of LaGrange College, will
make the acceptance speech in
Dobbs auditorium Thursday at 12
o'clock noon, when the presentation
of a portrait of W. I. H. Pitts, of
Waverly Hall will feature the con
vocation of the 112th session of
LaGrange College. The portrait is
to be presnted in appreciation of
the philanthropic interst in Chris-
tianeducation and in LaGrange
College in particular, of Mrs. Pitts,
whose daughter, Miss Margaret
Pitts, is a member of the board of
trustees of the local institution.
Dr. G. L. Morelock, of Chicago
executive secretary of the laymen's
committee of the Methodist church
will deliver the address at the con
vocation services in Dobbs audi
torium. '
Georgia Cities Get Over
Million Dollars To Erect
New School Buildings
Atlanta, Sept. 7—Georgia cities
and counties have received $1,113,-
100 for school construction and'
$163,784 for the maintenance and
operation of schools from Federal
Lanham Act funds, a check of Fed
eral Works Agency records showed
Monday.
Regional F. W. Director Robert L.
McDougall said ’.he' funds are lim
ited to school systems whose stu
dent load is shown to have “in
creased beyond normal limits” ns a
result of an influx of war workers.
Maintenance and operation allot
ments approve 1 in Georgia were
lifted as follows.
Columbus, $36,000; Ft. Benning,
Columbus, $25,000; Savannah, $38,-
416; Moultrie, $4,303; Perry, $3,705;
Valdosta, $6,540; Bibb County, $26,-
120; Douglas, $3.7:10; Albany, $30-
000 and Union County, $5,000.
These allotments are to supple
ment local funds in meeting such
expenses as employment of admin
istrative personnel, payment of
teachers' salaries, purchase of bus
ses, maintenance and operation of
school plants and auxiliary serv
ices.
Mr. McDougall said the only ap
plication pending for an allotment
for maintenance and operation as
yet unapproved by President Roose
velt is from Hampton for $5,560*
He pointed out that construction
projects are limited to those essen
tial to the war effort and not du
plicating existing facilities.
WATCH LOST IN RAID
ON PEARL HARBOR
RETURNED TO GEORGIAN
Buy War Bonds
Every Pay Day
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Let's Double
Our Quota
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Waycross.—A wrist watch, bought
as a Christmas gift, has finally
reached its destination as a pre
wedding present after laying at the
bottom of Pearl Harbor nearly five
months.
Lt. Com. John M. Cox, Jr., of
Waycross, had the gold watch in his
locker aboard the battleship Arizona
wh«;n Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Dec. 7. He was preparing to return
to the warship from Honolulu when
the Japs made their surprise raid.
He saw the ship go down, carrying
the intended Christmas present
with it.
Divers recovered the lieutenant
commander's locker box in April
In it was the watch, discolored
from oil. The Waycross man then
gave it to his fiance, the former
Mary Elizabeth Huir, of Honolulu,
as an advence wedding present.
They were married ( June 7—six
months after Pearl Harbor.
Lt. Com. Cox visited his parents
here several months ago.
promised land crippled from his
wrestling with the angel it was
with knowledge of the fact that he
would not possess the land by his
own powers, but because of the
tender mercies of almighty God.
Years later Joseph was to look
back upon his experience In the pit
and slave market with gratitude.
This conceited dreaming boy, dream
ing of how he could capture the
place of power and make every one
pay homage to Him, learned thru
terrible experiences that leadership
Is a gift of God to them only who
are able to endure suffering.
Such was not the case with the
early Jewish leaders. It was true
with Moses, David and the prophets
It was after going through the cru
cible that they were made suitable
for the great work they performed
This was strikingly true in the case
of Jesus and his desciples.
Hiding the Crime
Reuben, who was the oldest
brother returned to the pit to find
Joseph gone. He was stricken with
deep an dsevere grief. It was in a
way a troubled conscience caused
by the wrong he and his brothers
had committed.
Reuben was now anxious to save
Joseph's life. He further knew that
as he was the oldest brother he
would be responsible for Joseph's
safety. Reuben was in line for the
leadership of his family when Ja
cob was through. He was not a
suitable man for the leadership.
Joseph was a pretender for the
place and as this was at variance
with ihs own ambition to be the
leader and set this all aside when
he considered his brother's plight.
Reuben with all his afults, had
certain admirable traits of charac
ter about him. These rough brothers
now fell upon a plan that as dia
bolical a plan sa ever anyone was
guilty of. They took Joseph's coat
of many colors and dipped it in the
blood of a goat and took It to Ja
cob and told him that this was
what they had found and did not
know whether or not it was Jo
seph's coat.
In telling Jacob of the fate of his
tavorite son, were revenging them
selves on their father for having
made such a pet of Joseph. The old
man was now suffering for his
foolishness. With great hypocrisy
they joined Jacob in his mourning.
We are told that Jacob wept for
his boy. Also Jacob's grief for
Joseph was much more pathetic
than is the mourning of Christian
parents of today.
We must bear in mind that Ja
cob lived many hundreds of years
ago, before men had caught the
significance of life eternal. To Ja
cob as well as to most of his con
temporaries death meant going
down into Shoul, whether the spir
it was good or bad, was supposed
to enter upon a shadowy, half con
scious existance devoid if interest
and not worthy of the name of life.
Today, parents that are sorrowing
themselves, can comfort themselves
in the realization that Jesus Christ
is the resurrection and the life, and
that whosoever live and die in him
enter into the glory of eternity.
The travelers who bought Jo
seph did not keep him, but sold
him to Potiphar, captain of the
guard in Pharoah's palace.
We have all noticed that great
ness started with discipline. Moses
who was to play such aconspicious
part in the history of Israel, had to
be disciplined with many years in
the wilderness; a fugitive from
justice. God had great things in the
future for Joseph, but he would
have to serve as a slave to become
humble. He would have to endure-
temptation and by it become
strong. There was before them a
rough and rugged road to travel
but the good part of it was that
It was designed by the mercies of
God to deepen Joseph's faith, to
arouse in him resourcefulness to
build and strengthen his character.
Joseph is one of the most attrac
tive characters in the Bible. His na
ture involved the rare combination
of grace and power. He was far
above his generation as a man
having elements of character which
would make him conspicious in any
age. God was training him In
Egypt as was later to be the train
ing of Israel that he 'might use him
to great ends.
COOGAN SCRAPS
EXPENSIVE CAR
Hollywood, Sept. 7—When Jackie
Coogan, former juvenile screen act
or, now in the Army, heard about
the rubber shortage, he donated the
tires from an expensive foreign-
make automobile he had placed in
storage.
Now he has decided they may
saewll take the whole machine, so
he's told a Civilian Defense salvage
committeeto come and get it—all
6,000 pounds—as junk for the na
tion's scrap metal pile.
too far in the future we hope to
give the Axis “Panzer Divisions”
some real competition.
Thank you so inuch for the Her-
aid. And until the Berlln-Rome-
Tokyo pact exist only as history
“Keep the Home Fires Burning” for
we Taylor County boys will be in
there slugging.
Tech. Sgt. Edward M. Childree,
Headqts. 86th Armd. Ren Bn.
Camp Chaffee, Ark.
341 Service Squadron,
APO 678; Cr. Postmaster,
New York, N. Y.
Editor Butler Herald:
Dear Charlie:
I'd like to thank you for sending
me your paper since I've come into
the Army and I would greatly ap
preciate it if you’d continue to do
so, mailing same to above address.
Things for me are coming to a
final conclusion in this Army,
’cause in the near future I'm to do
a little free-for-all fighting and
that's the reason for my New York
address.
I’m sorry but that's about all I'm
permitted to write, so I'll say so-
long. Sincerely,
Ralph W. Eubanks.
Australia, June 5, 1942.
Mr. O. S. Cox
Butler, Ga.
Dear Mr. Cox:
Since you were one of my father's
closest friends, I have often thought
of writing you in my few spare
moments. 1 would like to ask that
when you see my mother and rela
tives you tell them you had this
letter from Booth and he's o.k.
Need of time permits but a few
lines, but your friendship I shall
always treasure.
Your sincerely,
P.F.C. W. P. Booth.
RICHMOND MAYOR
ASKED TO APPOINT
NEGROES AS POLICEMEN
Richmond, Va.—The Richmond
News Leader said Saturday a peti
tion was being circulated here ask
ing Mayor Ambler and Safety Direc
tor Herbert to appoint negroes to
the Richmond police department.
Claiming support from tobacco
workers locals, the petition carries
the names of the Richmond branch
of the National Association for the
Advancemnet of Colored People, nu
merous civic clubs, citizenship coun
cil and the Democracy Defense
League for Negro Youth.
PICTURE OF CHATTAHOOCHEE
CIRCUIT JURIST PLACED ON
COUT WALL AT COLUMBUS
Columbus, Sept. 9—A portrait of
Judge Jas. T. Willis who was judge
of the Chattahoochee circuit from
1871 to 1878, was hung on the wall
of the rotunda in the Muscogee
county courthouse yesterday under
supervision of Solicitor General Hu
bert Calhoun.
It was the 13th picture of judges
who have served on the circuit to
be placed on the walls. Five more
are still sought, Mr. Calhoun re
vealed.
WAYCROSS AIR CADET
IS KILLED IN CRASH
Greenville, Miss., Sept. 8—Avia
tion Cadet Heyward Harris, 22, was
killed Monday night' when his
Greenville Army Flying School
tdinor plane t.'ushed one-half mile
southeast of the training field.
Cadet Harris was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hewyard Harris Sr.,
Waycross, Ga.
PRISONER GIVES UP
ARM FOR FREEDOM
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 7.—A prisoner
gave his arm to get out of jail at
Mobile.
It was an artificial arm. Fined
$6, he persuaded another prisoner
to loan him the money, unscrewed
the arm, handed it over as security
Several hours later he came back
with enough to pal off the loan,
screwed his arm back on.
DUBLIN WOMAN
DROWNS INWELL
Dublin, Sept. 6—Mrs. A. B. Horne
drowned yesterday after falling into
a well at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. R. T. Fountain ta Dublin.
Mrs. Horne, a well known resident
of the city has two sons in the fight
ing forces. One son is in the Navy
and another is in an English hos
pital recovering from wounds re
ceived in action while a member of
the merchant marine.
Firemen recovered the body of
Mrs. Horne and Red Cross atten
dants administered artificial recu-
sitation for two hours but failed to
revive her.Coroner O. D. Knight said
there would be no inquest into the
accident.
Surviving are two sons, Jackson
Horne, USMM; A. B. Horne, Jr.
USN; awo daughters, Mrs. Nankit
of Threlkeld, Toccoa, and Mrs. Foun
tain.
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