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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 15, 1942.
MEWS SUMMARY OF
IHE WEEK IN GEORGIA
The 112th annual session of the
Columbus Is all alive this week
with the 26th annual Chattahoochee
Valley Exposition In progress, con
tinuing until Saturday.
Fire started by a small negro boy
destroyed the Albany Warehouse
Dawson County Paper
Enters Its 55th Year;
Mrs. B. H. Howard, Editor
Houston Baptist Association will Company’s building and badly nnnnidqonvillp Ga Oct 12—With
of Uln« MO TnnoMntr nf nnvf < rlomflffnH 1 17R hnloo nf „ rt ff«„ In I UOnaiQSOnVllie, UB., UCl. 1^— YV1U1
Two Georgia Soldiers
Among Nine Killed In
Plane Crash Sunday
Topeka, Oct. 12—Staff Sgt. James
Flames Destroy
Large Cotton Storage
Depot At Albany
night
[with office fixtures, were burned
entirely, due to the fact, the fire
chief said, that cotton was packed
! all the way up to the roof, leaving
I no room Inside In which to. fight
j the fire.
[ Of the 1,175 bales burned, it is
Albany,. Oct. 12.-Late Monday estimated that 60 per cent will be
nfternoon charred bales of cotton salvaged. The building and con-
•' the flre^cWef was then at T Dawsonvllfe? ’entered"upon'7ts‘mSi . P lane crash ‘^ urles which tank the j ££" t f" m fhe^uin^of fhe AlbaSy by" insurant 6 “ ° " 8 “
ventlon
convene at Vienna Tuesday of next damaged 1,175 bales of cotton in , nst week , s lssu ; the Dawson Coun- £ Price, of Trenton, Ga., died at the
?‘L c 'Xt y ;£ w *4«««r. www*! «*■» Sts’Jit
week.
Fire of an unknown origin com
pletely destroyed the A. W. Barrett hlgh schoo i maklng
cotton gin at Leesburg Saturday B tudents in the interest of fire pre
The 87th Georgia State Fair open
ed at Macon Monday to continue
. The present editor, Mrs. B. H., ,
Howard has been sole operator of! u .^ b< \ lr P lane crashed on a * arm
I the paper for nearly 31 years, hav-1 blR s l de three miles west of the base
J. M. Radford, 31, truck driver en'lng taken it over at the death of,
, , U(W route to Jacksonville, Ga., with a her father, Capt J. B. Thomas. a I fining mission A board of Inves
tor one week. The principal exhibit | oad f j burned to death Sat- Confederate soldier, who was editor, tlgatlng Army officers had not corn-
hall has been named "Victory '° d whon the steerlne wheel of for 21 years. Pl eted thelr inquiry today.
Hall" his truck broke. The heavy vehicle ’ The family of the editor consists I Sergeant Price was the only one
A service flae honoring former Ponged into a ditch, pinning him of her husband, Dr. B. H. Howard, of the nine men aboard still alive
students in the armed servlces wlll. beneath the cab. Fire started at who has practiced medicine in Daw, when Farmer C. E. Patterson, on
be dedicated Friday morning in once and he was burned beyond re- "son county for the past 31 years; a wbo ? e , laad the , crash occurred
mobile exercises at t™e Richland cognition before help could arrive, eon Dr. M. L. Howard, of Downety. reached the scene •
public exercises at tne Kicmana natlve 0 f Montgomery county he hospital, Gainesville (house phy-! 1 listened at the cabin of the
• plane but couldn't hear anyone,"
he said. "But someone was calling I
school auditorium.
Staff Sgt. W. T. Barnes, 34, for
merly of Columbus, was killed in a years,
crash of an army bomber near To- 1
peka, Kans., early Sunday, relatives
at Columbus were notified.
David W. Krasner, Atlanta attor-
noon Monday, with a loss estimated eaped in the confusion. It was
by Fire Chief 6. W. Bronson to be coincidence that when the tire
about $55,000.
Other bales, blackened and still
broke out, the fire chief was then
vainer Dales, Diacaenea ana sun . .. . • .
smoking were stacked high in the at the Jun,or hlgb school making
building awaiting removal. ft talk to the students in the inter-
The roof and the inside walls, est of fire prevention.
was born on Aug. 7, 1911 and had siclan); three daughters, Mrs. Wes
lived in Abbeville for the past 25 ley Tatum, school teacher, of Daw
lionvllle; Mrs. C. H. Roark, of the trom down toward the stream. I
.Georgia Employment Service,. went down to help him."
Mrs. R. R. Jennings well known Gainesville, and Miss Nelle Howard! Lt> “• R> Rubin, of the Toueka
Atlanta artist, died Monday in a 0 f the Department of Public Safety base, sald teb plane was on a rou-
prlvate hospital. A native of Jack- Atlanta. j tine flight,
sonville, 111., Mrs. Jennings began j The Advertiser Is the oldest es- He ltsted the dead as:
Hey Tuesday was found guilty on a 1 ar t training at the age of six and tablishment in point of service in I Lt - R - M> Dienst, 26, Pasadena,
charge of conspiracy to violate the by the time she reached 12 she had Dawson county, having been estab- CaRlE -' Lt - Chas. W. Fischer, 22, Bos-
produced several large canvases. Hshed in 1887 by the late Rev. tun! Lt. Jas. H. Edwards, 24, Berke-
Mrs. Jennings began her career as Campbell of Augusta i*y. Cal,, ‘ Lti Jas> L - Holmes, 24, Ft.
art instructor in varoius education-j The late Captain Thomas pub- Brag % C eI „ „„
al institutions in Illinois and Wis- Hshed the paper on a Washington ' ? taff . T, e ?^ ne f’ . 34, „ of
consin. In 1921, she and her hus- hand press on which one of the £ 0 lumbus, Ga.; Staff Ggt. Max
band purchased the Stephenson first newspapers in Georgia was Barron, 24, Pleasant Hill, La.; Staff
Studio in Atlanta. pirnted at Augusta, which he later A ‘ K ar €f’ i? 3 ' Frarl o!f’ Okla;
i Purchased at Norcross Ga Before E'taff Sgt. M. Q. Brager, 20, Madl”
Muscogee and Chattahoochee Purcnasea ai iNorcross, ua. ueiore son wisc
county residents who are living on: tb f P a P er was a tablold > and was
the 30,000 acers to be taken over by; P riat , ed ° n u an old-fashioned foot-
the government now soon for exten- P edaled 3 ob P ress .
Selective Service laws by a federal
Jury. He will be sentenced later.
Mr. M. E. Short, prominent Marion
county citizen, was honored on
his 90th birthday with a happy
family reunion at his home near
Buena Vista with a large number
of guests present.
Lonnie Varnadore, proprietor of a
filling station roadhouse three miles
north of Alma, was being held in
the county jail at Alma Saturday
In connection with the fatal shoot
ing of Grady Nelson, a brother-in-
law. ,
A marker commemorating the
fact that the famous Bishop Asbury
of the Methodist church, visited the
spot and tarried for a while, resting
his horse, will be dedicated Sunday,
Oct 25, by the Camp Ground Meth
odist church near Alma, Ga.
C. E. Martin Jr., 24, DeKalb
county ex-soldier under death sen
tence for killing his wife was trans
ferred Tuesday from the DeKalb
county jail to Tattnall State Prison
where he will be electrocuted be
tween 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. Friday.
F.R. Hammack, special agent in
charge of the FBI office in Atlanta,
Bion of the Ft. Benning reservation
has been given a 30 day respite
No. 1
BRIDEGROOMS 70;
from moving. New deadline is now! BRIDES 68 AND 53
Dec. 1. E. H. Banks, project man- j AT JACKSONVILLI
ager for the government, announc- „ „„ „„
ed, however, that crops still must I Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 10—Get-1 earth I hope to meet you around
be gathered from the hundreds of', marned „, aro , und , Jacksonville the Great White Throne of God.
From
Page 1
of the world for they need the
prayers of the praying people.
May I say in closing that if I
never meet losts of you all here on
farms by Nov. 1, when army man
euvers will begin in the area.
FOUR ITALIANS, GERMAN
ARRESTED AT ELBERTON
has been confined primarily to the > If lt is not asking too much of
younger generation lately, but you all, after you read this letter,
clerks at. the Marriage License bu- slng that glorious old song, “Rock
reau here Saturday still were mar- of Ages" and kneel and offer a
veling at the nromance of two el- word of prayer for the boys who are
derly couples. on the front fighting for freedom of
First M. L. Bailey, a finely- our country.
Atlanta.—F. R. Hammock, special bearded 70-year-old Miamian, and g 0( j be with each and everyone
agent in charge of the Atlanta FBI Mrs. Maria Crosby, 68, of Graham, 0 f you unt ii W e meet again is my
office, announced Monday four Ital- ^ a, > appeared for a marriage per-1 prayer.
the vicinity of Elberton, Ga.
He also reported that a quantity
j r. x . x.- x „ of contraband material including
announced Saturday that 19 Italians flre arms, ammunition, cameras
were taken into custody by the FBI and rad j 0 receiving sets with short
Friday night In spot searches of the
premises of 53 Italian and German
aliens residing in Atlanta and vi
cinity.
Sheriff Padgett, of ^Cochran, an
nounced Tuesday he' had appre
hended three negroes who have con
fessed to the burning of a barn Sat
tans and one German were taken! BjH. Before startled clerks could
Into custody Saturday night in spot I regain their composure, in walked
searches of enemy alien premises in' 1 P U7 “ hh ™ A ’°
wave bands were seized.
AUGUSTA TO REGISTER
SWAP RIDE AUTOMOBILES
J. P. Webb, 70, of Birmingham, Ala.,
and his bride-to-be, Mrs. Donna E.
Welsh, 53, of Youngstown, Ohio.
OLD MAN PRIORITY
CLIPS HI SOWN BOY
Augusta, Oct. 10—Old man pri
orities clapped down on one of his
6wn boys yesterday.
L. E. Walters, regional chief of
the WPB’s salvage section was Set
to. fly Atlanta to Augusta to fill
a speaking engagement. When he
I remain your brother in Christ,
Edward Lawhorn.
P. S.—I would appreciate a letter
from any of you.
Address:
Edward Lawhonr
P. H. M. 2-0, U.S.N.
Box 21
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Augusta.—The Augusta W a :
Transportation Committee is con ,
sidering a plan to register automo-; arrived at the Atlanta airport he
urday night owned by R. L. Hen- blle drivers who will pledge to dis- found his reservation had been can-
dricks. Two tractors, one new, play em biems on their windshields celled. Not even a government offi-
farm implements and some lumber and pick up pedestrians who wear' cial can go on a trip which requires
were among the things lo§* i —„„„ Hess than a
things ios*r | pr0 p er identification tags.
Army authorities Tuesday identi-! Tbe program would be particu-
lless than an hour's flying time,the
rules say.
fied a'flyer killed in the crash of larly aimed at giving “lifts” be- 1
two planes near Winder, Ga., as_Jween the hours of 7-30 and 9 a. m. on Jy 56 minutes, so for lack of the
Second Lt. Raymond R. Van Sicklf^nd 5 and 7 p. m. ^forced a n kp nl thp S ’trl^
of Abilene, Kans. The two planes' Meanwhile executive committee to make the tri P b y aut0 ’
crashed in midair Monday. Staff members reported the formation of
Sgt Wm. H. Willis, piloting the oth- { swap-ride clubs throughout the
er plane, parachuting to safety. city.
MACON COUPLE MARK
CARS RUNNING UP
AND DOWN ROAD ALL
NIGHT BOTHER HIM
Atlanta, Oct. 10—Marvin Cox, re
gional Office of War Information
chief, got this letter today from
Winner of the cherished "Sweet
heart of Sigma Chi” title for 1942, annivfh<?aby
was awarded Anne Findley, of. B5t “ anniveh&ahy
Athens,a member ofthe Alpha Delta —— —
Pi Sorority at the University of I Macon, Oct. 10—Mr. and Mrs. R. . _
Georgia, who was chosen at the an- H. Smith will celebrate their 65th jDunwoody, Ga.:
nual “derby” conducted by the Sig-' wedding anniversary Sunday at | “I would like to know why some
ma Chi Chapter Saturday afternoon. I Iheir home here. At the same time, j people are allowed enough gas to
I Mr. Smith retired Georgia Railroad 1 run up and down the road all night
Work on a modern stock yard employe will celebrate his 91st hunting foxes, and half the next
complete with pens, sales ring and I birthday,
all necessary equipment began at The couple's seven children plan
Cuthbert Monday, as a result of ef-1 to be with Mr. and Mrs. Smith for
forts made by business citizens of | the joint celebration. The children
Cuthbert for the past several are Mrs. E. P. Johnston, Mrs. S. M.
months. E. J. Downing, who oper- j Daniel and B. S. Smith all of Ma-
ates yards in Fitzgerald, Ocilla and con; Mrs. Frank Barleston, J. J.
Eufaula is in charge. Smith and J. W. Smith of Jackson-
n- .. . . ' ville, Fla., and Mrs. Robert H.
A " n t A ; C° ok ', 74 - Smith Jr., of Atlanta.
Widow of Sidney Cook of Woodland
died Thursday at Talbotton at the'
home of her daughter, Mrs. O. D. FORMER AMERICUS-ELLAVILLE-
Edwards after a lingering illness i MACON . NEWSPAPER MAN IS
Mrs. Cook was an ardent church COMMISSIONED AS AN ENSIGN
Worker and .owner of a large I
amount of real estate. She was Miami, Oct. 4—Foy S. Evans, for-
widely known and greatly beloved :mer s P° rts editor of the Macon
by a host o ffriends throughout her i News and assistant sports editor of
county and section. the Macon Telegraph, has been ap
pointed ensign in the U. S. Naval
The Aged and Orphans Industrial Reserve.
Home of America, which has been! Evans enlisted in the Naval Re
negotiating for
Macon, Ga., Oct. 10—One woman
filed her third divorce suit—against
the same man—in Bibb Superior
court Friday; another asked the
site in Middle! serve nlne months ago. He was a j court to force her husband to pay
day hunting the dogs. This hap
pens about three nights a week. Not
only do they hunt, but their yell
ing and the dogs’ barking keep my
babies awake.”
The letter was signed by “a lis
tener” to a local radio program
conducted by Cox. He plans to ad
vise the listener, who offered to
“furnish the names of these men,
if it will do any good," that sus
pected violations of rationing reg
ulations should be reported to
OPA's state enforcement attorney.
MACON WOMAN FILES
THIRD DIVORCE SUIT
AGAINST SAME MAN
Georgia for the location of a home !y eoman second class at the time j alimony already awarded her, and
for under-privileged negroes, is re-i be recived his commission. I a man asked a divorce stating he
ported to have purchased slightly I A native of Americus, Ga., En- separated from his wife shortly, af-
more than 4,000 acres of land along B i gn Evans is the son of Mrs. Daisy, (er they were married because he
the Crifcp county side of Lake j Evans of Americus. : feared for his health and life.
Blackshire, and to have acquired He is a graduate cf Georgia | Chraing that her husband had
the negro orphans home property in i Southwestern College, Americus failed to cease his cruel treatment
the north part of Americus. I wbere he was editor of the college after she had twice withdrawn di-
> ‘ paper for two years. Ivorce proceedigs on his promise to
Governor Talmadge Monday ap- Evans entered newspaper work as do so, Mrs. Elsie Fox McCall filed
pointed Hon. Samuel D. Hewlett, a reporter for the Americus Times- | suit for divorce against A. W. Mc-
prominent Atlanta attorney to the Recorder and while in Americus call. She asked alimony and asked
Georgia supreme court bench for served as correspondent for the that he be restricted from molest-
teh unexpired term of the late Jus-1 Telegraph and the News and for a (ng her.
tice Samuel C. Atkinson Justice Bhort tlme was associated with the j Mrs. Eva Feagin charged that
Hewlett's appointment will expire' Ellaville Sun. ' O. T. Feagin had failed and re
the first of next January. Hon. Wm I In February, 1939, he was made fused to pay her $50 a month all
C. Atkinson, of Newnan is the asslsta nt sports editor of the Tele- mony as ordered by the court.
Democratic nominee and’ will be g ra P h > and in October the same year 1 Judge Malcolm Jones set a hearing
elected to that post in the genral was P r °moted to sports editor of for 10 a. m. Oct. 23.
election on November 3rd and unon the News - He held that P° sltion un ’) Alexander Schnitzer filed suit
,„4u ,, , til lie resigned to become managing for divorce against Mrs. Evelyn S.
election serve for the six-year editor of the Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) Schnitzer, charging cruel treat
term beginning January 1st. Times. ment.
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