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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER GEORGIA SEPTEMBER 17, 1942.
Dublin Doctor Faces
Charge Of Kidnaping
Nurse Accused, Accessory
Dublin, Sept. 12—With one of its
most prominent citizens jailed on a
charge of armed robbery and kid
napping preferred by another of
equal prominence, this city of
more than 8,000 persons hummed
with talk last night.
Confined to the Laurens county
jail is Dr. Chas. Hicks, owner of the
Hicks hospital in Dublin charged
with a crime whfch under the laws
of the state of Georgia forbid him
ball. Free on bail charged as his ac
cessory before the fact, in his 20-
year-old nurse, Miss Nontine Wood
ward. The third figure in the tan
gle is Dr. W. C. Thompson, brothet
ini.law of Dr. Hicks who filed the
charges against the two were tak
en in custody.
The whole story, according to
charges, began a long way back-
on June 6. On that night Dr.
Thompson received a telephone call
irom the new Dublin hotel. On the
other end of the wire a female
voice explained that the speakei
was ni and that her husband had
told her to call Dr. Thompson
Physician-like Dr. Thompson jump
ed into his car and hurried to the
hotel. As he was about to enter, Dr.
Hicks, who was sitting in his own
car in front of the hotel called him
over!
According to Dr. Thompson's
charge, Dr. Hicks told him the call
was a ruse and that he merely
Wanted to talk to Dr.‘ Thompson.
DpS'. Hicks then invited D.r Thomp
son into his car and to ride with
hiiri to the Hicks hospital, ex
plaining he wanted to talk over
same business with him. Dr.
Thompson obliged and, he says,
when they arrived at the Hidks hos
pital Dr. Hicks pulled a gun on him
and told him he was going to kill
him.
All during the night, according
to Dr. Thompson, they talked' and
he was held prisoner. He was only
released in the morning when he
promised to pay Dr. Hicks $1,000 if
D/ |Hicks did not keep his promise
tp 'kill him. Immediately after; the
payment according to Dr. Thomp
son, Dr. Hicks left Dublin and he
resolved to forget the whole thing
until Thursday when Dr. Hicks re
turned to the city and again made
threats.
| Early Friday Dr. Thompson's
telephone rang. On the other end
was Dr. Hicks demanding that Dr.
Thompson come out to the Hicks
hospital. It is said when Dr. Thi
son refused tp go to thfe. hpsl
Dr. Hicks then threatened to go to
Dr. Thompson's office and kill Him.
Auto Tire Rationing
Board Announces Quotas
For Month Of August
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
' tire; Transportation of school chil- passenger tires; failure to establish
* dren. classification.
J. A. Carpenter, Rupert: One truck 1 Jno. Thos. Edwards, Butler: Two
tire for hauling lumber. i passenger tires and two tubes;
Re-Capp Passenger & Truck Tires failure to establish classification.
O. R. Lucas, Reynolds: One re-1 Billy Smith, Butler: One passen-
capp passenger tire; for hauling 1 ger tube; failure to establish class-
produce and supplies to and from ification.
The monthly quota for Taylor
County for the month of August
were 3 new passenger tires, 12 re-1
capp tires, nine new passenger
tubes, 37 new truck tires, 39 re-
capp tires, 35 new truck tubes and
two grade two tires. One automo
bile and two bicycles were allotted
the county for August.
New Passenger Tires & Tubes
The following Certificates were
issued for the purchase of new pas
senger tires and tubes:
Nathan Bell, Reynolds: One pas
senger tube; transportation of pro
duce and supplies to and from
farm.
H. T. Blakely, Butler: One pas
senger tube; transportation of pro
duce and supplies to and from the
farm .
J. M. Mott, Butler: Two passenger
tubes; for transporting produce and
supplies to and from farm.
E. M. Ivey, Butler: One passen
ger tube; transportation of workers
to and from work.
Sara Windham, Butler: One pas
senger tire and one tub« • health
nurse.
Dr. S. H. Bryan, Reynolds: One
passenger tire and one tube; phy
sician.
Rev. C. H. Moore, Reyiiolds: One
passenger tire, and one tube; min
ister.
Rev. M. T. Gaultney, Butler: One
passenger tube, minister..
New Truck Tires & Tubes
farm.
M W. Smith, Butler: Two pas-
Earl Dunn, Reynolds: One recapp senger tires; out of our jurisdiction,
passenger^ire; minister. :• -j R , s . West, Butler: One recapp
E. A. Newsome, Reynolds: Two passenger tire and one new tube:
cann tlflSKPrlcrpr time- cnnnrvlcm. (A .1
failure to establish classification.
G. J; Hortman, Butler: Two re
capp passenger < tires; failure to
establish classification.
Arthur J. Gentry, Reynolds: Three
recapp passenger tires; failure to
establish classification.
C. W. Foy, Butler: One recapp
passenger tire; failure to establish
recapp passenger tires; supervisor
of A. A. A.
Sara Windham, Butler: One re
capp passenger tire; nurse.
Chas. S. Sawyer, Reynolds: Two
recapp passenger tires; to main
tain mail services.
J. H. Neisler, Reynolds: One re
capp passenger tire; for hauling SfEsfa *
produce and supplies to and from |' ffS' A ., Reynolds: Two re
ssens Burn8 ’ ButIer: 0l >e recapp jtabHsn^rsffiraHon! faHUre l ° eS
i^®®,^ erVl80r all IP S 'l W. M. Martin, Reynolds: One
A. farms in County. {passenger tube; fialure to establish
J. R. Coper, Rupert; One recapp classification,
passenger tire; for carrying sawmill • Clarence Lockhart, Howard: Two
hands to and from work and passenger tubes; failure to establish
hauling farm supplies. i classification.
W. Smith, Butler: One recapp i W. R. Childres, Butler: two pas
The following certificates were
issued for the purchase of new truck
tires and tubes.
C. G. Wainwright, Butler; Two
truck tires and two tubes for haul:
ing lumber to Macon and poultry,
feed from Macon to Butler-;
C. H. Parks, Reynolds: One imple
ment tire for general farm use. ^
James E. Ricks, Reynolds: One'
Implement tire and one tpbe; for;
general farm work.
. J. C. Jarrell, Butler: One truck tire,
for hauling lumber to Thomastori,'
Butler and Macon.
Emory F. Parr, Reynolds: TwO;
truck tires and two tubes; for trans-
portaion of farm and poultry prbr;
ducts to market. . *V.V
T. W. Upton, Butler: One truck
tire; for hauling corn meal to vari
ous points in Georgia,
Osgood J. Young, Reynolds: One
'( tjpujpk tire; fo* hauling farm and,
poultry products : to 'iriarket.
Reynolds Telephone Cq v- Reynolds
Dr. TJiompson-s omce ana Kill mm. Qne ' truck tire and one tubej'for
/nformation”’ ?hT ?rf Thompson maintenance of Telephone Systems
swore out-the warrant under which
Dr. Hickfe is being held in the Lau
xens jail. ,
Shortly after noon Saturday Miss
Woodward was placed under arrest.
If is alleged it was she who placed
the telephone call which lured Dr.
Thompson on the first leg of the
kidnaping journey. Miss Woodward
qould not be reached' for her ver
sion of the dramatic story.
Late last night, Sheriff I, F. Cole
man of Laurens county refused to
amplify further any of the details
of the Case. He merely said, “Dr
Hicks is in jail on charges made by
Dt. Thompson that there'll be a
hearing next week.
Earlier in The day Judge R. L.
Camp of the Dublin superior court
judicial circuit disqualified himself
from hearing the committal charg
es. It is believed they will be heard
Thursday by another jurist and at
that time Dr. Hicks will make ap
plication for bail.
In addition to the criminal
charges Dr. Thompson has sworn
out a peace warrant againts - Dr.
Hicks.
Two Army Officers
Killed In Air Crash
Near Nashville Friday
Valdosta, Sept. 13—The Army
Public Relations Office at Moody
Field here Saturday announced the
deaths in an airplane crash Friday
night of Captain D. L. Morris ,28,
Charlotte, N. C„ and Chaplain Law
rence A. Gough New York.
The plane crashed near Nashville
•while on a routine flight the an
nouncement said. Morris, pilot of
the a graduate of Wake Forest Col
lege. Chaplain Gouch held a com
mission as a first lieutenant. He
graduated from Cathedral College,
Hew York, in 1933.
TIRE WICKARD,
UNDE RURGES
Atlanta.—Commissioner of Agri
culture Tom Linder urged the Na
tional Association of Commission
ers of Agriculture Monday to ap
peal to President Roosevelt and
Congress "in no uncertain terms”
for the removal of Secertary of Ag
riculture Wickard.
In a telegram to R. A. Trovatten
president of the association which
in session in Washington, Linder
charged Wickard with “refusal to
carry out the terms of AAA” and
with establishing a “fake parity"
jprice for farm products.
in Butler, Reynolds arid Roberta
J. R. Wilson, Butler: One imple
ment tire and one tube; for general
fafm use.
J’. T. Hinton, Butler: Two truck
tires and two tubes; for hauling
farm products from Florida to
Georgia.
J. T. Cochran, Butler: One truck
tire, and one tube; for hauling ma
terial for grassing project.
C. H. Neisler, Est., Reynolds: Two
truck tires and two tubes; for
hauling fuel.
Flint Electric Membership Corp.;
Reynolds: Two truck tires-'arid one
tube; for transportation of material
and equipment for the construction
of rural electric lines.
G. L. Cooper, "Reynolds: One truck
tire and one tube; for hauling farm
products and livestock to market.
Clark Bros., Howard: One imple
ment tire; for farm use.
R. H. Parks, Reynolds: Two truck
tires ai#l two tubes; for hauling
farm products and livestock to mar-
F. C. Jarrell, Butler: One truck
tire and one tube; for hauling farm
produce' and delivering -milk to
Thomaston.
J. L. Wilson, Butler: Two truck
tires and two tubes; for hauling
milk to Ft. Bennlng.
W. M. Martin, Reynolds: One im
plement tube for farm use.
W. F. Gray, Butler: One truck
tire and one tube; for hauling farm
prdoucts and meal to market.
J. N. Turner, Rupert: One truck
tube; for hauling farm products
and supplies.
James H. Brown, Howard: One
truck tire and one tube; for hauling
meal to market.
Butler Lumber Co., Butler: Three
truck tires and one tube; for haul
ing lumber.
Roscoe Ranow, Butler: Truck tire
for hauling lumber to Butler and
Macon.
Brown Bros., Howard, Two truck
tires and two tubes; for transporta
tion of materials and equipment to
Robin Field.
Walter Wainwright, Butler: Two
truck tires and two tubes; for haul
ing lumber and farm products.
G. C. Blair, Reynolds: One truck
tube; List B (b).
Reynolds Fertilizer Co., Reynolds:
Two truck tubes; for hauling fer
tilizer and farm products.
W. F. Gray, Butler: One truck
tube; for hauling farm products.
Hinton & Co., Reynolds: One
truck tube; for delivering fertiliser
and hauling farm products. -'
J. W. Bennett! Butler: One truck
tube; List B (b)
J. R. Locke, Reynolds: One truck
tube; List B (b).
Jack Woodall, Mauk: One truck
passenger tire; for going to arid
from work at Wellston Air Depot.
Frank Gray, Butler: One recapp
passenger tire; for hauling produce
and supplies to and from farm.
G. A. Trussell, Reynolds: One re
capp truck tire; List B. (b).
Fred Brewr, Rupert: One recapp
truck tire; List B (b).
Wodrow Melton, Butler: One re
capp truck tire; List B (b).
Coleman Hinton, Reynolds: One
re-capp truck tire; List B (b).
H. B. Robuemore, Butler: One re
capp truck tire; List B (b).
Frank CaUahan, Rupert: One re
capp truth tire; List B (b).
J. A. Carpenter, Rupert: Two re
capp truck tires; for hauling lum
ber.
Bibb Mfg; Co., Reynolds: Four re
capp truck tires; for hauling raw
Stock, finished goods and supplies
to And from'railway.
W. El Hortman, Reynolds: Two
recapp truck tires; for hauling
poultry and farm products.
Vasco Rogers, Rupert: One recap
truck tire; for hauling lumber;
Taylor County Board of Educa
tion, Butler: Two recapp truck tires
to transport school children to and
from school.
H. G. Pye, Butler: Two recapp
truck tires; for hauling eggs , and
poultry- feed.
J. L. Wilson, Butler: Two recapp
tires for hauling milk to Ft. .pen
ning,
J. C. Jarrell, Butler: One reqapp
truck tire; for hauling lumber. q
E. L. Davis, Butler: Two re?£PP
t}res;fqr, hauling farm products
land fuel. ' ■
H. G, Young, Reynolds: Two' re
capp truck tires; for hauling pro
duce. "
Walter Wainwright, Butler: Two
recapp'truck tires; for hauling lum
ber. ' 5l. •
W. H. Suggs, Butler: Three re
capp truck tires; transportation of
fuel. Ij
G. C. Blair, Reynolds: One recapp
truck tire: List B (b).
Reynolds Fertilizer Co., Reynolds:
:Two recapp truck tires; for hauling
fertilizer and farm products.
W. F. Gray, Butler: Two recapp
truck tires; for hauling farm pro
duce.,,
Hiritqn & Co., Reynolds: One re
capp truck tire; for delivering fer
tilizer and hauling farm products.
J. W. Benhett, Butler: One recapp
truck tire; List B (b).
J. R. Locke, Reynolds: One re
capp truck tire; List B (b).
' Rrade Two Tires
The Grade Two Tires were issued
to the following:
Mrs. Iren M. Whatley, Reynolds:
One grade Two Tire; for transport
ing self and five passengers to
! Wellston Air Depot.
Flint Electric Membership Corp.,
Reynolds: One grade two tire; su
pervisor of rural electric lines.
Obsolete Tire Certificates
The following Certificates were is
sued for the purchase of Obsolete
Tires:
H. T. Blakely, Butler: One obso
lete tire; for hauling produce and
supplies to and from farm.
G. C. Blair, Reynolds: Two obso
lete tires; for hauling produce and
supplies to and from farm.
• J. M. Mott, Butler: Two obsolete
tires; for hauling produce and sup
plies to and from farm.
E. M. Ivey, Butler: One obsolete
tire; to go to and from work.
One automobile was issued to
Dr. S. H. Bryan, Reynolds; phy
sician. ,
P. B. Childs, Butler, was issued
one recapping tube and J. R. Coop
er, Rupert, were issued 300 pounds
of passenger camelback and 300
pounds of camelback.
Applications Rejected
The following applications were
rejected for the reason stated:
C. P. Seay, Reynolds: Two pas
senger tires and two tubes; failure
to establish classification.
M. A. Chapman, Butler: One re
capp passenger tire and 1 new tube
failure to establish classification.
R. C. Currington, Reyiiolds: Two
recapp passenger tires; failure to
establish classification.
O. C. Keen, Butler: Two recapp
passenger tires; failure to establish
classification.
O. C. Keen Jr., Butler: Two re
capp passenger tires; failure to
establish classification.
Mrs. Edith, Butler: Two recapp
senger tires and one tub; failure
to establish classification.
Bicycles Issued
Cash Grocery Co., Butler: One
adult bicycle; for delivering gro
ceries.
Margery Walker, Butler: One
adult bicycle; for going to and
from work.
September Quotas
The quota for Taylor County for
the month of September is two
new passenger tires, nine recapp
tires, seven passenger tubes, 18
new .truck tires, 35 recapp tires, 28
new truck tubes and two grade
two tires. One automobile and four
bicycles has been allotted the Coun
ty for this morith. 1
County Rationing Board.
U. S. GRANTS S3.SO0.Q00
FOR RICHMOND PIPE LINE
Washington, Sept. 14—Secretary
of Commerce J. Jones announced
today that the Defense Plant Cor
poration would finance construction
of a $3,600,000 eight-inch pipe line
from Greensboro.. N. C., to a point
near Richmond, Va.
The line will be constructed of
second -hand pipe.
Mother, Infant Son
Killed Instantly Saturday
At Tlfton Crossing
Tifton, Sept 13—Mrs. Hazel Lind
sey, 21, and her 16-months old son
Eiriory, were, hilled Instantly when
the car dlrven by her husband,
Amos Lindsey, wsa struck by a, G.
S. &, F. train at Medford*^ crossing
Sunday afternoon, the Tlfton ojfise
of the Georgia Patrol reported Sup-
day night.
Lindsey suffered serious injuries
but is expected to recover. B. T.
Smith of Macon was the engineer
of the train, State Patrolman P. G.
Burke reported. The train was head
ed north. *
The injured man was rushed 1 to
the Tift county hospital by a pass
ing motoris, who notified authori
ties. The bodies of the two dead
persons were taken to Brown's fu
neral home..
The Lindsey family live on R. F.
D. 3, Nashville.
U. S. JURY INDICTS 13 IN
ALLEGED $1,000,000 FRAUD
New Orleans, Sept. 14—Federal
officials announced Monday the re
turn of a secret indictment charging
13 men with fraud in connection
with an alleged scheme by which
$1,000,000 was said to have been.'
collected from persons in 10 states.
• The indictments charged the men
bought up about 28,000 acres< vM,
swamplands in St. Bernard and
Plaquemines praishes dt prices froln
25c to $2 an acre arid resold ^the
property at .$20 to $100 an acre.
Z. B. West, Prison
Guard, Shot To Death
By Escaped Convict
Reidsville, Ga., Sept. 11—One
guard was shot to death and anoth
er was shot and seriously injured
shortly after noon Friday when a
prisoner grabbed the guard's shot
gun and fired on the pair, R. H.
Lawrence, warden of the State
prison, announced. |
Dead was Z. B. West, who was|
killed instantly by a. shotgun'
charge in the side. W. H. Baker,
shot in the back, was in the. prison
hospital in a serious condition, but
Warden Lawrence said he was: ex
pected to recover.
According to the warden, the two
guards had stopped two details of
about 25 prisoners for lunch on the
highway a half mile from the pris
on. While the prisoners and guards
were eating the warden said, Cecil
Kelley, 17-year-old convicted burg
lar from Brantley county, slipped
up behind the guards and grabbed
their shotgun.
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BUTLER. GA.
I VERY other generator in the power
plants in Georgia is running for Uncle
Sam. More than half of all the power
put on the lines of the Georgia Power
Company is going into war activities of
some kind.
. Here are some of its principal uses:
1. For the military training camps, air
fields, depots, and other establishments.
2. For production and processing of
vast quantities of food for the armed
forces in Georgia and in other sections.
3. For textile mills producing uni
forms and other cotton fabrics for mili
tary use.
4. For transportation agencies carry
ing the fighting men and their supplies;
for telephone, telegraph and radio.
5. For machine shops and metal work'.
ing plants making war materials, includ
ing shells, bomb crates, bomb fins and
fin assemblies, shell boosters, shell fus99,
precision tools and dies, anchors, anchor
chains and armor plate, high pressure
valves and fittings.
6. For the production of industrial al
cohol and other chemical supplies, naval
stores, mineral products and so on. 0
That’s our main job these days — to
help Uncle Sam’s armed forces. It’s tak
ing half of our power production —
about 4,000,000 kilowatt hours a day. As
we get further along with the war and as
production of- m i 1 i t a r y supplies in
creases, the 4,000,000 kilowatt hours a
day will go up. Kilowatt hours and man
hours —they are a mighty teain backing
up the soldiers. The men in the power
houses, the men who climb the poles, the
load dispatchers, the engineers, all 5,000
of us, are proud to serve on that team
along with the Workers on the farms! arid
in the factories.' wl i
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