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THE BUTLER HERALD
KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
'VOLUME 66
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1942
TAYLOR COUNTY IN
Serving
IN ARID FORCES
Pvt. Mitchell Turner, son ol Mr.
and Mrs. J. Nat Turner of Rupert,
: who enlisted In the Army several
months ago has been serving in the
camp postoffice at Ft. Dix, N. J., is
now stationed at Camp Hill, Va. Be-
. fore entering the army - Mr. Turner
was a rural letter carrier at Ru-
, pert.
■ Pvt. Julian H. Mott, son of Mr.
■ and Mrs. J. W. Mott, of Butler, has
been transferred from Elgin Field,
Fla^ to Bolling Field, Washington,
Pvt. James Hinton Harris, son of
Mrs. Lucy B. Harris, notified local
r, friends several daysago that he
has been transferred to Fortord, L. T. Horton
| California and that he is expecting E. F. Parr
1 ; to be transferred to 1 foreign soil at R. C. Kirksey
any time. Harris is serving in theiT. Whatley
i* Engineering Department and states' D. N. Sealy
that 'he likes California fine but is W. G. Hill
LIST OF JURORS DRAWN
TO SERVE DURING OCTOBER
TERM SUPERIOR COURT
Judge T. Hicks Fort to Preside
Over Fall Term of Court Which
Convenes Here Monday.
Following is a list of Grand and
Traverse Jurors drawn to serve dur
ing the October Term of Taylor
Superior Court which will convene
here next Monday morning.
Judge T. Hicks . Fort will pre
side. Other court officials from Co
lumbus who will be here durtng
the Fall court term will include
Hon. Hubert Calhoun, Solicitor Gen
eral; and Hon. R. O. Perkins, Court
Reporter.
GRAND JURORS
HON. T. HICKS FORT IS APPOINTED
JUDGE CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT
UNTIL JAN 1, PRIMARY CALLED
J, anxious to go across so that he
. might get into the battle,
ii Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Crook last
week received a cablegram from
their son, Pvt. Purvis L. Crook who
; is now stationed in, New Guinea
Crook is in the Machine Gun De
partment. He reports that he is in
A the best of health and trying to
f do his part to help win this war.
Mr. and Mrs. James Garrett of i
J , Norfolk, Va., were the recent guests
_*'■ of their parents Mr. and Mrs. Blan
i Garrett. Mr. Garrett enlisted in the
•. U. S. Navy in March of this year
and has been advanced to second-
j class seaman. He is serving on the
H U. S. ( S. Texas. At the present time
Mrs. Garrett is making her home
with her parents in Manchester.
, Pvt. Langdon Peed of Las Vegas,
New Mexico is spending this week
1 with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
il Frank Peed. Pvt. Peed has bsen in
t the Army for several months and
• . states that he likes. New Mexico
}.\> fine.
U ^ The Herald is pleased to publish
the following letter from Lt. Col. J.
A. Stewart. Lt. Col. Stewart, will
be remembered by many local citi
zens. He made his home here sev
eral years ago and was connected
with the CCC camp here. He is now
ommanding officer of an Army
camp in Hawaii where a number
of Taylor county boys are now sta-
| tioned.
San Francisco, Calif.
Sept. 11, 1942.
Mr. Charles Benns,
Butler, Ga.
Dear Mr. Benns:
Perhaps you will remember a
lieutenant who arrived in Butler
just a little over ten years ago with
a C. C. C. Company and who re
mained in your city for seeveral
months. Well, I am it. i
The other day I noticed my car
driver reading a newspaper and
something looked familiar about it.
Upon closer examination I found it
to be The Butler Herald. I asked
him that if, after he had finished
with the future editions, he would
turn them over to me for which I
would be greatly delighted. This
i morning he brought me another
copy, so I decided to drop a line.
This soldier's name is Henry
Christopher. He is a corporal and
car Driver in the Headquarters De
tachment here and is making a
fine record for himself.
I have been in Hawaii for three
years and seven months. Fortunate
ly I survived the attack on these
Islands by our slant-eyed friends
(?), in fact was not even injured.
My family were with ,me at the
time and they too came off without
Injury.
J. S. Green
L. R. Adams
S. Garrett
W. E. Jarrell
B. J. Byrd
J. T. Mathews
David Posey
C. B. Hicks
E. C. Gholson
Gann Nelson
J. W. Cochran
H. L. Wilchar
W. H. Suggs
F. H. Bone
G. B. Jarrell
Ell Garrett
G. F. Byrd
E. T. Shealy
Frank Callahan
E. E. Heath
J. H. West
Alfonso McCrary
>relz
TRAVERSE JURORS
W. D. Pool H. C. Adams
J. R. Gray G. O. Horton
Edward Goddard D. A. Cofield
M. W. Smith E. T. Eubanks Jr.
A. J. Locke, H. W. Woodall t
A. R. Lawhorn J. R. Williams ’•
Walker Newsome M. L. Adams
Ed Theus
W. H. Mott
Willie F.Brunson James M. Hollis
Elbert Posey
BE. Flowers
J, L. Saunders
J G. Joiner
B. F. Kirksey
W. B. Taunton
David Childree
M. M. Brewer
J T. Cochran
G L. Windham
O. T. Driskell
Earl'Wright '
J W. Woodall
Hubert Young
F. A. Peed
H. E. Allen
R. D. Pye
J R. Theus
G. C. Smith
A. L. Swain
E. H. Kilby
J R. Whatley
Joe Wilder
Frank Powell
A L Waters
W. H. Theus
J. G. Crook
R. C. Barrow
Cecil Downs
Wyman Harris
J. T. Cooper
B. K. Scaly
I;. D. Waller
Abe Jordan
C. F. Rustin
W. L. Stringfield
J. C. Jones
W. T. Cooper
Fred Jarrell
L. L. Minor
R. A. Hinton
F. A. Ricks
Mr. Dennis Freeman
Dies At Macon Hospital,
Funeral Held At Reynolds
Mr. Dennis J. Freeman, 51, died
at the Macon hospital Sunday
morning. His death was attributed
to injuries received the previous
day.
Mr. Freeman was born in Taylor
county the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Giles Freeman. He made his
home in Reynolds until three years
ago at which time he moved to
Macon where he has since made his
home.
Funeral services were held for the
deceased at New Prospect church
near Reynolds Monday afternoon.
Rev. E. H. Dunn, pastor of the Rey
nolds Baptist church, officiated. In
terment was in the New Prospect
cemetery.
Pallbearers included Messrs Bob
Martin, Gann Nelson, E. A. Nelson
I. H. Kirksey, John Nelson and
Howard Lowe.
Mr. Freeman is survived by his
. _ wife, Mrs. Rosa Amerson Freeman
In February, Mrs. Stewart and my 0 f Macon; one daughter, Mrs. Tom
boy were evacuated to San Francis- Martin of Reynolds; and three
co proceeding from there to Berke- sons Messrs C. B„ Lewis, and Leon-
ley, California, where they are stay
ing at Mrs. Stewart's home until
this world conflagration, is over.
In March, I was appointed Com
manding Officer of my Post here
and am still functioning in that
capacity. I have about ten times
as many men here as I had at
Butler. Among them are several
hundred colored soldiers. Fortun
ately, the officers who are handling
the colored men are all Southerners
so we have little or no trouble. Funeral services were held here
I often think and talk of the; Wednesday afternoon of last week
many pleasant times I had in Geor- |f 0 j» Rev. G. W. Jackson, colred, 76
gia. I am hoping that one of these! years 0 f a g e , whose death occurred
days, and not in the too distant j n a Macon hospital,
future, that I will again be able | j ac kson had a large number of
to visit those parts, which I liked j both white and colored friends in
B0 W eii. | Taylor county. He served as pastor
Please remember me to my'of the Hopewell colored Baptist
friends in Butler and Taylor coun-' c hurch here for forty years. He re-
tv. signed as pastor of this church
With kindest personal regards, 1 three years ago on account of ill
am. Very truly yours, (health, and moved to Macon
J. -A. Stewart- where he had since resided.
ard Freeman all of Macon.
Goddard Funeral Home of Rey
nolds, in charge of arrangements.
G. W. Jackson/Colored,
Pastor Here 40 Years,
Dies In Macon Hospital
t Circuit Judge
Judge Fprt Has No Opposition
In Special Primary Set for Next
Monday.
Hon. T. Hicks Fort, prominent Co
lumbus attorney, Monday was ap
pointed Judge of the Chattahoochee
Judicial circuit by Governor Gene
Talmadge. Judge Fort was appoint
ed to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Judge George C. Palmer
which occurred at his home in Co
lumbus early Thursday morning,
Sept. 24.
the*o' a th°of office Taimifd^p as Georgia answers the frantic ap-
In Atinntn Mnnrtnv P eal ot Donald Nelson, War Pro-
fl thls |duction chief, to “Give every piece
position until January 1 of scrap meta i can
A special primary has been set since 50 ner cent of all steel
committep at 1'n? ei neS ati M E *f cutl Y® equipment and guns and machines
rhu*?.™-. vH° nday t' 4* needed for the war effort must be
l inf ft ' )Udge nom * nat ' scrap metal, and since the national
(Hon. T. Hicks Fort)
J. Y. Dpree, Oglethorpe,
Takes Dean's Place With
Soil Conservation Service
Mr. J. V. Dupree, of Oglethorpe,
arrived in Butler Monday to assume
duties as Taylor County Farm Tech
nician for the Soil Conservation
Service.
He has expressed a desire to
meet the farmers of this section as
early as possible so that he can as
sist them in every way possible. He
is.sharing the office with Mr. R. L.
Burns and Mr. W. G. Wallace in
the local court house.
Mr. Dupree filis the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr.
M. P. Dean.who. several weeks ago
was j called into active military
service. '
The newly employed Farm Tech
niciant comes to this county from
Macon county where ->he has been
connected with the soil conserva
tion service for the past several
years.
Mrs. Dupree and their small
daughter have joined Mr. Dupree
here where they have secured an
apartment with Mr. and Mrs. M. A
Chapman.
ed to fill the unexpired term of the
late Judge George C. Palmer
Which ends Jan. 1, .1945. The pri
mary was set for next Monday in
order that a judge might be nomi
nated for the general election in
November, and also that the re
sults of the special primary might
be canvassed at the state demo
cratic convention to be held in Ma
con next Wednesday.
Men's Rubber Boots
And Work Shoes Frozen
Beginning at twelve o'clock noon
on Sept. 29, 1942, all men's rubber
boots and rubber work shoes will
be rationed. There will' be a five-
day freeze beginning on the above
date when none of these rubber
products may be sold or otherwise
transferred.
Under the terms of this new ra
tioning order, known as Ration Or
der No. 6, all persons handling
rubber boots or. rubber work shoes
for sale either as a retailer, distrib
utor or manufacturer must register
with their War Price and Rationing
Board and file an inventory with
the Board showing the stock of
rubber boots and rubber work shoes
they have on hand at 12 o'clock
midnight, October 3rd.
After this inventory is filed with
the rationing board each retailer
willb e issued a certificate which
will be his license to handle the
rationed articles. Merchants who do
not comply with" these regulations
will be barred from either selling
or buying any of the rationed ar
ticles.
Beginning Oct. 6th, any consum
er desiring to purchase rubber boots
or work shoes must first file ap
plication with the rationing board
and if he is eligible the board will
issue a certificat which will en
title him- to purchase same.
TAYLOR COUNTY JOINS
IN NATION-WIDE DRIVE
FOR MORE SCRAP IRO
Mayor Wilson Sets Aside Weeks
Of October 5 to 22 As Salvage
Weeks.
All Georgia will swing into a
Newspaper Scrap Metal Drive Oct.
5 with Butler and Taylor county
organized to crush the Axis with
scrap.
School children, local clubs and
organizations and every patriotic
citizen in the county are feing con
tacted to do their share in the lo
cation and collection of scrap met
als, as well as to do their part in
turning in scrap.
All previous campaigns for scrap
metal will pale into insignificance
scrap pile today is only sufficient
to last 30 days, the need is vital.
Daily newspapers will publish
from day to day the standings of
all counties in Georgia on a per-
capita basis, which means that all
other counties will know what he
people in this county are doing.
Although there will be no prizes at
stake in this state-wide race, the
patriotic pride of every real Ameri
NUMBER 4*
JUDGE PALMER
DIES WEDNESDAY
AT COLUMBUS
Succeeded the Late Judge C
Frank McLaughlin on April 10.
1940.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 25—Judge
Geo. C. Palmer, 71, presiding jurist
in the Chattahoochee judicial cir
cuit since April 10,1940 and a prom
inent elgal figure in Columbus for
almost a half century, died Thurs
day at his home in Columbus.
The jurist was stricken ill five
weeks ago, his condition becoming
critical the day before his death
when pneumonia set in.
Funeral services were held at his
home Saturday morning. Dr. F. S.
Shortly after being sworn In as (can citizen will be sufficient to
judge of this judicial circuit, Mr. bring out every effort in this drive.
Fort paid the entrance fee of $250 “Give everything you can," is the
to Miss Nina Cox, secretary of the rallying cry, and articles which
the state committee. The deadline have been saved as mementos which
for qualifying in the special pri- have not been used for some time
mary was set at 12 o'clock noon,'are expected to be found In the
(war time) yesterday—'Wednesday, i huge scrap pile which will rise at
As far as can be learned JCidge Forti Butler - Golf clubs not in everyday
will have no opposition. use, old washing machines, pots
The new jurist will preside for and pans, toys, tools and dozens of
the first time at the opening of the Hems ln the home wiu £lnd their
Taylor county superior court which I was to tb e scrap pile along with
convenes here Monday. Judge Og- jalopies, farm equipment, and
(Judge George C. Palmer)
den Persons of the Flint circuit was
previously appointed to preside here
in the - absence of Judge Palmer,
however the appointment of Judge
Porter, pastor of the First Baptist
church, assisted by Dr. H. G. Wal
ker, rector of the Trinity Episcopal
larger items. j,church officiated. Burial was ia
Every pound of scrap donated jLinwood cemetery,
will be sent to a war industry, lead-1 Judge Paimer was the son of the
ers of the campaign in Taylor coun]late J. H. and Margaret C. Palmer.
Fort supersederthe'temporary"^: ; ty have premised. “-We wiU not per-; He wa^ born in -Atlanta, Sept. 28.
pointment of Judge Persons. ./hit a single item to be sold forlim and al ar. early age moved to
Judge Fort has attained promi- other use and will insist that Coimbus where he resided up to
nence as a vigorous practitioneer aI1 ^rap be shipped as qmckly as .the time* of^ his death,
in both criminal and civil caspe possible.’ Oh Sept. 2, 1896, he was married
and as a champion of progress fori Those who wish to donate Scrap I to Miss Eva Moore, who survive*
public institutions, notably in the'ff 011 will Please notify some mem- him He is aiso survived by two
field nf education I her of the local organization of children, a son, Capt. Wm. R. M.
His onlv previous tenure of nub B °y Scouts. In the even you prefer Palmer, of the U. S. Army, and a
lie Office was as solicitor of the! 10 seU you are requested^ to com- Anderson.
city court of Columbus. The peti
imunicate with either Mr. J. R. Wil-
Hon of the Chattahoochee lawyers so ?° r »• &,»• Allen ‘ Tbe
V, 1 c Paid by Mr. WilSOn Or Mr. Allen iS
recommending h i s appointment
cited “his marked ability to dis
patch and expedite the business of
the courts and faculty of making
prompt, sound and firm decisions.
Of more than 200 persons whom
Judge Fort has defended in capital
cases only one has received the ex
treme penalty, and in that case the
attorney obtained a reversal of the
verdict and freedom for the once-
doomed client.
His record as counsel in big-fig
ure damage suits has been scarcely
paid by
forty cents per hundred pounds.
Mayor Wilson Issues
Proclamation
Whereas, the weeks of Oct. 5 to 22
of-this year 1942 have been set
aside as Newspaper Junk Rally
Weeks, to be observed by all within
the bounds of Georgia; and
Whereas, this has been‘‘done in
response to an urgent appeal from
officials of the WPB, the Army and
the Navy; and
Whereas, many steel furnaces and
less brilliant, and a testimonial is j arms plants may be forced to close
Make Application Now
For Supplemntary Gas
The Taylor County War Price and
Rationing Board urges all persons
who hold supplemental gasoline
ration books expiring October 21st
to come by the ofice and make ap
plication for renewal of the supple
mental books.
Under the regulations renewal
may be applied for any time within
30 days of the expiration of the
supplemental books.
This request is made toward last
minute rushes and possible delays
in getting out th,e renewals.
memoralized in the records of ex
tensive land condemnations in the
Ft. Benning 30,000-acre reservation
expansion zone.
Born at Cotton Valley, Macon
County, Ala., in 1880, the son of W.
W. and Elizabeth W. H. Fort, T.
Hicks Fort graduated from the Cam
den, S. C. high school in 1898, read
law in the office of Col. R. S. Foy
at Butler, for a year and a half,
and received his diploma in law
from Mercer University in 1902,
soon locating in the legal offices of
Hatcher and Carson here and
emerging as a full-fledged partner
in law practice with W. G. Lowe
in 1907.
His championship of public im
provements first attracted major
attention when he 'led a fight for
municipally-owned waterworks. He
was the dominent factor in carry
ing an election for a bond issue
for this purpose.
His sponsorship of successful
bond issues was also noted in suc
cessful financing of the Dillingham
bridge, the City hospital, the
Fourteenth street bridge, the new
high school, and a $1,^50,000 Mus
cogee county highway paving pro
gram.
He has served as chairman of the
city democratic executive commit,
tee. He held the city court solicitor-
ship from 1908 to 1920. He was a
member of the city school board for
31 years, seven of which he was
chairman.
Judge Fort has been on the staff
of two governors, .being a lieutenant
colonel in the retinue of the late
L. G. Hardman as well as an at
tache of Governor Talmadge, whose
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thereby leaving our soldiers and
sailors with insufficient weapons,
unless the citizens of this City, this
state, and this nation rally to pro
vide more scrap metals; and
wife of Major General J. B. Ander
son of Paris, Texas; three grand
children George Carrel Palmer U.
and Martin Amorous Palmer of
Charlottesville, Va., and Miss Sue
Moore Anderson of Paris Texas; a
sister, Miss Martha L. Palmer of
Columbus, andone brother, S. Bl.
Palmer, of Cocoa, Fla.
Judge Palmer was appointed
judge of the Chattahoochee circuit:
by Gov. Rivers to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge C.
Frank McLaughlin on April IQ,
3940. The appointment was for the
unexpired term, ending Jan. 1, 3D*L
He was nominated in the Septem
ber, 1940, primary to fill the four-
year term, beginning Jan. 1, 1941.
and was chosen for the bench in
the November election. His term of
i office would have expired on Dee.
Therefore, I, J. R. Wilson, Mayor .31, 1944.
of the City of Butler, do ask all j Judge Palmer's decision in the
residents of this community to par-1 six superior courts of the Chatta-
ticipate in the observance of Scrap
Junk Weeks, and thereby help the
men of our armed forces in their
fight for our freedom.
Done under my hand and seal
this 28th day of September, 1942.
J. R. WILSON.
Contract For Paving
Oglethorpe-Reynolds Road
To Be Let October 2
Atlanta. — The stae highway
board announced Friday that bids
would berecei. ved here Oct. 2, on
six projects with an estimated cost
of $741,000.
Two of the jobs for more than
11 miles of paving in Macon coun
ty. They are:
5.793 miles of concrete paving on
the Oglethorpe-Reynolds road be
ginning about 9,9 miles north of
Oglethorpe and extending north to
the Taylor county line.
5.953 miles of concrete paving on
the Fountainville-Oglethorpe road
beginning in Fountainville and end
ing at state route 90 in Oglethorpe.
Also include was one for Monroe that Corp. Payne was closing a gate
county—6.21 miles of concrete pav- j at the time the gun was dis
ing on the Forsyth-Knoxville road charged.
hoochee judicial circuit have been
rarely reversed by the appelate
courts. Within the last week alone
four cases which he recently heard
have been affirmed by the supreme
court of the state. He worked in
cessantly and colleagues attest that
he loved his office.
In the administration of criminal
laws, he was considered always
firm but considerate in passing
sentences upon the unfortunates
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Corporal Hubert Payne
Suffers Loss Of Finger
In Gun Accident Wed.
Corporal Hubert Payne, son of Ms
and Mrs. W. A. Payne suffered the
amputation Wednesday afternoon
of his middle finger on the leffi
hand caused by. an accidental shot
gun wound.
The accident occurred while he
was home on a short furlough. He
and a friend, Mr. Archie Barfield,
were hunting a short distance from
the Payne home. It is understood
beginning 6.9 miles south of For
syth and extending toward Knox
ville.
Mr. Payne is serving in the
ground crew of the Air Corps and ic
stationed at Daniel Field, Augusta.