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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 8, 1942.
MEWS SUMMARY OF
IHE WEEK IN GEORGIA
Pecan gathering began this week
In Pulaski county with a few of the
early varieties.
Mrs. John Lindsey TIgner, 78, wid
ow of the late Judge G. Y. Tigner
died at her home at Columbus Fri
day.
The annual session of the Friend
ship Baptist Association will be re
duced to a one-day session this
year it was announced at Ellaville
this week.
Lt. James T. Manning, 23, for
merly of Macon, was killed In an
airplane crash near Miami, Fla.,
Monday. He received his wings on
Oct 1.
Mrs. O. E. Benson, 73, well-known
Marion county woman, died Sunday
at the Amerlcus hospital where she
was admitted a few hours earlier
critically 111.
Ernest Hamby, 23, of Dawsonville
died at Downey hospital, Gaines
ville, early Saturday as a result ol'buls Muscogee county civilian de
injuries sustained in an automobile ' fense council,
accident In Dawsonville, when a tire I
blew out as he rounded a curve. I The Georgia Daily Newspapers
, Advertising Manager's Association
Thirty-one additional of fleers at a semi-annual meeting in Atlan-
were assigned by the War Depart- ta Monday elected Robert Alander,
J. A. McCord, forme! 'governor of
the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
celebrated his 85th birthday Tues
day in St. Joseph's Infirmary, where
he has been since he suffered a
stroke three weeks ago.
For the second time in recent
weeks the Sheffield hardware com
pany's warehouse at Amerlcus was
burglarized Sunday night when six
shotguns were taken; Sheffield Co.
is offering a reward of $25.00 for in
formation leading to the arrest and
conviction ofthe guilty party of
parties.
The Atlanta Constitution and At
lanta Journal, aiding the national
newspaper scrap metal drive will
award $1,000 in cash prizes to
schools in Fulton and DeKalb coun
ties which turn in the most scrap
per pupil during the campaign.
Hon. J. J. Flanders, 71,
Outstanding Citizen And
Editor, Dies At Oclila
Ocllla, Oct. 2.—James Julian
Flanders, 71, for 33 years editor and
publisher of the Ocllla Star, died at
'his home here this morning at 5
' o'clock from paralysis.
Mr. Flanders wa£ a civic leader of
Ocllla and besides his duties as a
ber of years and until his death as
justice of peace and superintendent
of the Methodist Sunday school.
His widow, Mrs. Hariett Merritt
Flanders and a daughter Mrs. Paul
Simmons of Metter survive. .
PHOTOGRAPHER SNAPPED
Four prizes of $250 will go to coun- ;BY LEDGER-ENQUIRER
ty schools. | CAMERAMAN PRAISED
The Columbus city commission at 1 _ , , _ . „ , .
a meeting Tuesday agreed to the ■ n C ° , U rt T ^ U „ 8 ; H °uV s h°v
purchase of a $3,500 to $5,000 seven a 80 , *?/ ant * h , g "? companion by
siren air raid alarm system if the E aul Stewart, of the Ledger ar.d
Muscogee county commission will £'J? qu ,* rer staff and illustrating
Two In Jail At
Hamilton As Result Of
Saturday Night Shooting
Hamilton, Ga., Oct. 4—Eugene
Gresham, 46, is dead and Alex King
45, and Wm. Weaver, 33, of near
Hamilton, are in the Harris county
jail charged with murder, as the
result of a "party” which officers
say took place at the home of Vir
gil Koone, on the outskirts of Ham
ilton Saturday night.
Gresham was Instantly killed
when struck in the heart by a bul
let fired from a 45-calbre revolver
Harris County Sheriff M. D. Hadley
reported. Eight or ten men we're
involved in the "party” which was
climaxed by the shooting the of
ficials declared.
Alex King was arrested Saturday
night at his home by Sheriff Had
ley and several county policemen.
The accused denied any knowledge
of the shooting. However a 45 calibre
revolver was found in the weeds
Negro Granted Death
Respite When Part Of
Chair Is Missing
j Reldsville, Ga.—Failure to locate
certain key parts of Georgia's elec
tric chair Thursday brought a 10-
day respite for a negro condemned
to death in a case involving the
killing of a family of four.
Gov, Talmadge in Atlanta signed
the respite when it became appar
ent that the time set by the court
for the electrocution—between 2
and 4 p. m.—would pass without
the necessary equipment being at
hand.
The prisoner, Buster Shaw, 20,
must now be re-sentenced by the
trial judge before the electrocution
can proceed after the respite Roy
al K. Mann, chairman of the prison
and parole commission, said in At
lanta. Meanwhile additional efforts
will be made td'get the chair in
working order. <i
The negro's death sentence grew
out of the slaying of Mr. and Mrs.
George Strickland and their two
sons, Riley and Harvey Strickland,
age 13 and 9.
nav half ,ofthe cost The svstem had I "Don'ts on An Army Date" won revolver was found in the weed
been recommended bythe ColS j honorable mention in the gallery of .near the house, the officers said
the wartime congress of the Nation-i Miss Lorelle Gresham of Cataula
al Recreational association at Cin- sister ofthe dead man, swore out a
cinnati last week. | warrant for the arrest of Wm. Wea-
Miss Edwina Wood, city recrea- ver today. Both he and King are
tlonal director, announcing the dis-1 being held in the county jail pend-1
tlnctlon upon her return from the ing completion of the investigation
. Congress Monday, said that Pho;o- of the killing, Sheriff Hadley said. |
advertising manager of the Colum- 1 grapher Stewart's art attracted fa- stories told by all present were
bus Ledger-Enquirer newspapers at forable comment from many of the' so con fused that the details of the'
Columbus, president. He succeeds 300 delgates and will be reproduced • s i ay j ng have not been learned, of-
John Davis, advertising manager.-of in the association's national maga-
the Albany Herald. >zine, “Recreation.”
ment to represent the Army in la
bor supply problems affecting war
production. They Include Capt. A. L
Thornton of Atlanta, for Georgia.
Royal Johns, escape ilfe-termer
C had U kep C t° U a nt sha f ?p vfgiT for made KuTsfo 0 andTa^ded down ' ABMY 18 TAKING OVE R
some weeks has been recaptured in from 6 generation toflBSSi imhe SVRPLUS FOOD STOCKS
thnH«nc 01 ?t d J? ii C w 8 a aU ' Lease family now living at Dublin 1 *
thorities, it is revealed at Waycross ^ Ga .j j 9 amo ng the unusual articles | Atlanta.—Under a new polick.the
Ernest Barlow of Cochran won contributed to the scrap drive to en- a rmy is now taking over certain
first place in the state egg mar- ab ' e tbe United Nations, Including surplus food stocks from the De-
keting leadership demonstration at the country of its origin, to resist par.tment of Agriculture, it was
the Atlanta Fair last week. Young , tbe Axis aggression. j announced here by the quartermas-
Barlow was awarded a free trip to _ _ . _ . Iter branch of the Fourth service
the Chicago -National 4-H Con-' ^ oe Cart ? r > Dodge county negrp, 'command. A kitchen sink equals 25 three
£reSS ‘ lvlcted°of steaUng tires” fromTii' Supply officers said the plan i nc h shells in scrap iron and steel;
Two dedicatory services were con Eastman filling station, escaped ' ISSSlM an^heins farmers get the a ,i Va ^ h p ^l 1 J^ cluaIs ^ bayonets; an
ducted at Columbus Sunday by from the Dodge county, kang Fri- hLtoriceThearmvmTe^ known I *2^ *282
Bishon Arthur Moore, Theseiwm day ^hZs^ltas^ its naeds '>'K* ex P lained ' and the j ££?’equal one* 1-2-ton truck; and
Village Methodist for within six hours he was re- agrlc u Uure department checks its 0 ]d farm disc equals 210 semi-auto
surpluses, the outlay of money used matic light carbines; a one-hore
in previous payments to farnders cultivator equals two 60-mm mor-
or canners being taken care of by J tars; one hand garden planter
fleers said.
Weaver, one of the accused men, |
received severe cuts about the head .
in the fight that is reported to have
been climaxed by the killing of
Gresham. Weaver declared Gresham
cut him. Frank King, brother of
Alex King/' Was beaten bver the
the head it Was said.
Gresham is a member of a well
known family here
education turned to the gang where he will
Methodist serve the balance of his sentence.
Bishop Arthur
the new Baker
and the new Christian
building at St. Mark's
church. , „„ v> - , .
’ . _ I The annual district conference toi;
Superior Court Judge O. T. Gower county agents and home demon-
of Cordele Tuesday fined a man stration agents of Southwest Geor-
listed as H. G. Weston $1,000 on gia will be held in Albany Thurs-
charges of being an agent recruit- day with a theme of “Food for
ing labor for work in another state victory." Presiding will be Tom Me-
without first obtaining a Georgia Mullen, district agent of Athens,
license. Mrs. Rosa McGee of Tifton, district
B. M. Barfield, Albany, white man home demonstration agents will be
was found not guilty of a charge P resent -
Funeral services for Hen&
SS‘JJn. S*, tarnu SSfiZS *f
tofc?urt e “'°" Dousl ”" 1 ' S “l”- Grange, who woo kSfl.3 when
.struck by a car Saturday night as
Hollis Fort Jr., of the city court he ran to meet the car of his father
of "Americus has been called info near his home on the Whitesville
military service. In the solicitor's road, were conducted from Lee's
absence the affair? of the office wiil Chapel in Carroll county, with in-
be handled by Hollis Fort Sr., and terment in the churchyard.
E. L. Forester, solicitor of the South I , „
-western circuit. j Both Georgia Senators, George
and Russell, endorsed the appoint-
Miss Virginia Epps of Vienna, ment of Walter A. Richards of Cp-|
home economist for Georgia Power lumbus, to the Army.- Specialist
Company in her district for several corps. Confirmation of the appoint-!
months, has resigned to accept a ment, which would make Richards
position with the Navy base in At- director of the Fourth Service com : !
lanta. She will assume her duties mand, field service, Army Special-
at an early date. j 1st corps at a salary .of $6,500, Is
The 118,000-gallon water tank ' expected within a few days,
for Baxley is nearing completion j Georgia Southwestern College,
and will likely be put into opera- Amerlcus, reports that several stii.v
tion this week. The tank is being d ents are enrolled this year in the
erected by the Taylor Machine journalism courses offered by the
Works, of Macon, at a cost- of ap- college. It is found that there are
proximately $12,000. several students attending the.cQl-
Bishop and Mrs. Arthur J. Moore } ege wb ° are Interested primarily
will hold a reception at their new, Pursuing f journalistic career,
home in Atlanta tonight. They are Geor*» a Southwestern has in the
now occupying the home of the P as *- had several students to be
late Bishop Warren A. Candler,' B rad 4 uated who are now outstand-
which was recently purchased by | * n E journalists of the South,
the Methodist church. ” ' ”
I HISTORIC LOCOMOTIVE
After putting down the asphalt MAY GO ON SCRAP PILE
priming coat on the paving on
Route 15 from Sparta, the contrac-1
tors are experiencing trouble get- Atlanta.—Scrapping of the his-
ting more material. It has been im- toric Confederate locomotive “Tex-
possible to get tank cars to haul as” was suggested Sunday.-.tor. the
the material from Sparta so the nation's scrap metal campaign,
work is at a standstill. I P. J. Abernathy, whose two sons
_ . . , . , are in the air corps and whose
Two of Americus' most outstand- grandfathers were Confederate sol
ing citizens celebrated birthdays re- d j ers urged that the engine and
f n , U y ^ith family reunions. These mgny of Atlanta < s old cannon be
Included Prof-J- E. Mathis, 85, con- turned j n f or scra p,
nected with the educational system, The « Texas .. ls housed ln the Cy-
of Sumter county for over fifty c j orama w here it has been on view-
» « ii$e to 1-njr y-»». K
u . won fame in 1862 when, running
(backward it overtook the stalled
Clarence .Thurikill, convicted of "General" a sister engine captured
burglarizing the office of Victor by Andrews' raiders. The “General"
Thurston, agent for the Sinclair is in Chattanooga.
Refining company in Thomaston | ■"
some three years ago, escaped re- AMERICUS BOY FROM •
cently along with 13 other convicts SUNKEN CARRIER HOME
working with the road gang of | . v
State Highway Camp in Troup i v- y
county. Americus, Oct. 5—Aboard tit? ill-
! fated aircraft carrier Yorktown
Two brothers, one 13 and the when the pride of the Navy was
I other 11, are being held at Roberta 1 blasted to Davy Jones, locker, by
by juvenile authorities on a charge 1 Japanese torpedoes, James Otis
'of theft. The two boys with a Faust, seaman 1st class of Ameri-
younger brother of 8, played truant C us has just returned home f- r a 30
from school and broke into the day furlough. Joe was among the
borne of Willie Brice, a negro work- last to leave the ship, he said, he-
man. The boys ate of the negro's cause communication lines to ill's
food and the part of the larder | battery were put out of commission--
they couldn't carry away they de-1 when torpedoes from Jap planes,
stroyed. The lads are supported by ripped huge holes in "{fie ’'carrier,
their mother. Their father died two t The ship^was listing badly, when
-y gears ago. , he scaled a roap to a lifeboat.
the quartermaster corps.
I equals four 30 calibre rifles.
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$2.69
DREIZIN’S DRYGOODS STORE
BUTLER. GEORGIA
84, prominent business
farmer.
aisbm.irf'
uha
in these parts, just like
most of our customers..,
Down here live the folks we grew up
with... our neighbors. We work along
side you, pay taxes with you and vote
with you. So we have come to think of
you as our very own customers—so long
as we deserved your trade.
To do that, of course we had to make
as good Ale and Beer as you can get
anywhere in these United States.
We seem to have done that, because
the very best breweries in the country
have come into this community and
fought for your trade. It was a good
fair fight, and we are proud that in the
face of it Atlantic Ale and Beer have
for years held their lead over all other
brands.
♦ Now war has come along and the
needs of war have brought all sorts of
restrictions. Metal caps .. . restricted
deliveries and whatnot. You capVget
help—it’s gone into the Armed forces
... to fight for our way of life.
Many competitors have abandoned
this market and are now devoting all 1
their efforts to serving their own home
communities.
That means that somehow we’ve got
to step up production so as to not only
fill the gap but meet the increased
needs of our “home folks”. And it’s a
vital need to many, a refreshing glass
of cold beer is a pleasant way to essen
tial relaxation, and helps combat the
tension and strain of the war job. .
Faced with unprecedented demand,
the Atlantic Company has increased its
production to the limit of the capacity
of its four breweries without sacrificing
quality one iota.
Sincerely, it’s not a question of sell
ing beer or making money. Under
present conditions we can probably sell
all we can brew ... and more. It’s a
matter of pride with us now, to keep
the faith by looking after our own
“home folks”.
M