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fOLUME 67
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1943
NUMBER 17
I SEVERE COLD WEATHER
I
Serving
ARMED FORCES
CAUSES POSTPONEMENT
OF SEAT RATIONING PLAN
Pastor, Rev, Hngh Dozier, Extends
Two-Months Program Through
April 11.
TAYLOR COUNTY
RED CROSS QUOTA
HIGHER THIS YEAR
NEW ONE-PRICE
PEANUT SYSTEM
FAVORED BY PACE
Severe cold weather which ne-
Local Chapter Is Urged to Under New p lan A1 , No> 0n e
Raise $1,500.00; Due to War
Conditions.
Taylor County's Red Cross War
First Lt. John P. Anthony, of De-
Ridder, La., spent Monday and
Tuesday in Butler the guest of his
mother, Mrs. Kathleen Anthony,
y Anthony enlisted in the Army
Ai ' r corps about three years ago
and has held every rank from a
private to a First Lieutenant, cussed sea t-rationing nromm at drlve - Mrs - Frances Collins from uses, would be
which rank he was promoted only ^ Butler Baptist church ' (National Red Cross Headquarers, less than 85
Peanuts Would Bring 85 Per
Cent of Parity.
cessitated cancellation of the night ’ Fund ^uota is $1,500 this year, 50%
service caused postponement Sun- ■ moro tban it was last year.
day of the novel and widely-dis-1 For the P ur P° se of organizing our whether for oil crushing or edible
ii-m- ‘ .'drive, Mrs. Frances Collins from
Athens.—A one-price system for
peanuts, under which all peanuts,
OUTSTANDING LAYMAN TO REGISTRATION FOR
SPEAK AT THE METHODIST RATION BOOK N0.2
CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY SET FOR FEB. 25-27
Local Church to Participate
Nation - wide Observation
Laymen's Day.
Laymen of the Butler Methodist
Church will participate in a nation
Citizens to Register at All White
Schools Next Thursday, Friday
And Saturday.
Point rationing will be introduc-
* few weeks ago.
upported at not
per cent of parity,
n „ cnito . . .. Iwa s in our county Feb. 4th. At that was announced recently by T. R. ; begins Feb 28
o ‘ - indy w . eather > time Hon. Thelmon Jarrel accept- Breedlove, state administrative of-j “Methodist M
wide observance of Layman's Dayjed to the more than ten thousand
next Sunday, as part of the prep- resident of Taylor county with a
aratory programme for Method- 3-day registration period during
ism's Week of Dedication which which they will get War Ration
l-\ /-r i *-» r, HO i r-. ,
1 Book Two—one for each member of
‘Methodist Men in World Recon- the household. Registration will
- „„ v York CUv SDt , nd l' rac ';f as ‘ ar f a con g rp gation bounty wTrTund'rtiaTrmanV'He Is raentlng on artatmient'just issued bp'uLod by lw sneXrs' to? wry ’“5° , place a11 cou ; l . y , whlt ?
Tndmon, 1 '- 18 - WWk - apP ?. in . tlnE d:s, “ c; Washington officials, said that !?ate by lay speakcrs vcry -»oo,s on Thursday, Friday and
Boatsman Second Class Charles the Sunday morning service at V 1 ne /™. n Jarrei accLpi ' sreecnove, state aammistrati
Fickling of the U. S. Navy, sta- ^ od the responsibility ot serving as ficer of the AAA. Breedlove,
ln l, SeVei tLrMr^“srrrFieklin^'^ IUS v ‘{"T 10031 conditions. chairmen, who will in turn name parity as of Jan. 35 was $151.80. I^Ernnhasis will be given bv lav , Sa 1 l Urday ° f week \ „ „
of his mother, Mrs. Sara Fickling. Church leaders pointed out that a nd organize district committees Thus he said the nresent suuoort' C™? 1 ™ 8 * 8 will be given by lay , During the 3-day period, all re-
Mr- Fickling enlisted n the Navy this indicated great interest in the to canvass every section of the price'would be$128*60atom *He SSn° tail stocks of rationed goods will
more than five years ago and this new program.” The night service a dried, however, that the support dedioatio " of “ self - 8er f vicd and be frozen to allow storekeepers to
is his first visit lome in a imc. had to be called off, however, due The dates for the drive will be price would be increased if parity ^bnlnr^^he °Wprk of nedica fiGt the ’ r stocks > n shape before the
He is serving aboard a heavy to improper heating for the below- March 1 through March 15. Mr. should be increased by July 15. | d, ^ S ^ ina day P ° mt ration shop P in £ begins,
freighter and since the U. S. enter- freezing temperature. j Jarrell has announced the follow-' this new support for peanut if 0 "’ ' vkl , h P i® nf P srnnnnn In olher WOrds ’ you will . not be able
ed the war has spent most of is Re v. Ru gh Dozier, pastor, an- ing district quotas, based on the prices, he declared is entirely in , R 5 . - ’ ’ , to bu y any of the rationed foods
time on foreign duty. nounced that the two-month ra- number of voters: addition to the incentive payment | TUm)cr - ° 10 c (during the registration period, but
lorogram recently announced, un-| t0 Y n w ,°[., . .. !y°u will be able to buy other un
der which growers would receive ! In addition td the th ? n f 1 ' rationed foods.
$30 an acre for peanuts grown anL°P? iaymen who will take leader-1 The registration will work on
! dug above 90 per cent and up to 110 8hip in cllurcb services next Sun- the same principle as an automo-
per cent of their individual farm day, many more will speak fiomi bi j e assern hly line. Every step will
j goal. ; pulplts on the following two Sun- bc clearly de fined:
In a recent letter from Second Honing plan would have to be ex-
Lt Harley Riley Jr., of Rapid City, tended through April 11 for one
a D he reports to be getting along service to permit proper allowance
fine” Lt Riley is the son of Mr. of credits toward “Victory” and
and’Mrs H. H. Riley of this city. “Victory Fellowship” member rat-
He enlisted in the Army about two ln e s - All attending the morning
years ago and is now serving as a service last Sunday, however, will
Bombadier in the Air Corps. Mr. receive credit.
Riley stated that he was only a A limited number of supple-
few hundred miles from Scouix mental books still are available
Falls S D„ where Pvt. Aaron Drei- for any persons who have not
jin another Taylor county man, is registered. Mrs. Sara Cross is in ^ F CVCrClt 5UCCe€(lS
stationed. He stated that he had charge of issuing the books. , U „ T*
not seen Pvt. Dreizin as yet but At the conclusion of the morning Ur KlflCfflldfl AS Head
hoped to be able to see him before service Mr. Virgil DuPree was^ ie- 1 11 * ,,COU
long. *
Carsonville $110
Charing 55
Daviston 70
Butler 475
Howard 80
Panhandle 150
Potterville 100
Reynolds 295
Rupert 115
Mauk 55
“In other words,” he said, “if a
days.
'grower should have a 100-acre pea L)n March 7, when the Week of register for all mem-
nut Deduction goal and if he Dedication will close with personal ramlly may register tor all mem-
n , Ut .. Pr0dUCtl0n . RR a1 ’ and “ _.. e ! everv nnP of the 42- I berS ° f thp T ° enter the
1. Any adult member of the
should dig and pick 110 acres, ex- 1 commitments, every one of the 42- rat j on center he must show
elusive of hogged-off acreage he 000 Methodist churches will be registration center, he must show
,elusive uinuggLu OIL aLiedge, ne cprvipps with lavmen oc- at the door a copy of War Ration
would qualify for an incentive pay.open for services, witn laymen oc , (sugar-coffeel for each
I mont on 20 aeres or SfiOO No hog- cupying pulpits in churches where r 5001 ^ one isugar coneet ior eacn
: mem on 2U acres or $buu. ino g , na „tnr is unable to be ores-, member of the group for whom he
ged-off acreage may be counted in,the pastor is unable to De pres w . ghes t reE ister
figuring incentive payments.” ,ent. i , , "
During the past marketing sea- “The world crisis of the present, 2. Next he will fill out a form fer
son, prices for peanuts for oil hour," declared Rev. F. J. Gilbert, the declaration of the number cf
1 crushing have been held at about “demands a new sense of steward- containers commercially canned
. , $78 to $82 a ton, while “quota” or ship and consecration of self and goods at home. Just noe figure
Mrs. T. C. Boswell of Butler and nected with the Soil Conservation I The following announcement ap- ed j b j e nuts have brought much substance on the part of Methodist need be given—the total number
Talbotton, who enlisted in the service and is stationed at But’er. pearing in Sunday's Macon Tele- higher prices. The 1943 one-price and members of all Christian of containers, minus the allowance
Navy In July, 1942, and stationea Reports from Ellaville, where graph, wi.l be read with pleasur- Bystem is des igned to eliminate bodies. Laymen’s Day and the of five 8-ounce containers per per-
at Norfolk, Va., where he studied Rev. Mr. Dozier also is pastor, in- able interest to the many Sutler tb . g j nG q Ua iity_ Breedlove said. Ni Week of Dedication provide the son. Each separate kind of foed
to be a Machinist later completing dicate great interest is continuing a R d Ia y lor county friends of Mr. idstinction will be made t hi s year opportunity for the la^r.cn to need
Seaman Harold Davis,
ceived into the church by letter Af rfiam CfArpc
from the Shiloh Baptist church cf Vl
son of Sumter county. Mr. DuPree is con-1
— r c „ _ -TWTrTrttv.haf f »uouiwuu»* ^ j— opportunity for the la".r.cn to need not be reported. Home pre-
his course at Great Lakes on Jan. there while plans are being made M. £.. Kverett, nus ana o one oi between quota and excess peanuts.; make their voices heard and their served foods do not count.
18. He was then advanced to Sea- for the second Sunday under ra- Butlers former mart pmmment, 'influence felt for the building of j 3 . Next he must report how many
man Second Class and assigned to tiomng. Congregations increase^ i toe Iorrn r IVUSS I _ _ . — ‘
duty at sea. He is now stationed more than 200 per cent at both Nettie Ward Frieison, and owner i
at Treasure Island. In a recent let- services there Feb. 7th.
ter to his mother, Seaman Davis \
«a,ed that he was liking the Na- Qf
..... Pace Endorses Plan I a better world. 'pounds °t coffee were on hand,
of one of the city's largest grocery | Amerirus, Feb. 14—Under new | Mr. J. T. Bush, a piominet lay- Nov 2 8, the date coffee rationing
and feed stores operating under provisions of the peanut program, man of Toomsboro, Ga., will be went j nto effect—less one pound
the name of the Cash Grocery Co., supported by the Department cf the speaker for the morning service j or eac h a dult. Stamps for excess
and with Mr. G. D. Locke as local Agriculture, peanut farmers of the at the Butler Methodist church amo ur.ts will be torn from the su-
manager: South will receive 85 per cent cf next Sunday. Everyone is cordially g ar _eoffee ration book.
“M. E. Everett became president parity or at the present price of invited to hear this consecrated j ^ tbe distribution unit the
id J. H. Brown became vine-presi- No. 1’s. $129 Pf^, ton ^ f °R__ dxc f. s f„ i layman. iregistrant will present the sugar-
and
will
vy better every day.
X°„ U6 w h h^e e S r. n he un iS Winter Recorded Here
rKarr„ r th ln h d a u Je ed bie n „ Sunday Through Tuesday
stationed, we have heard from the I
following: Pvt. Frank England is I Butler shivered for three days J^ndjTof other business Tnte'rests. to”$140 per ton.'The market price
: dent of the Macon firm Piggly peanuts. ( In addition farmers •*—, -—- - I coffee books and the declaration
Wiggly, Macon, Inc., this week, as receive encentive f Wmp Tau Or COUfltV White form for canned goods, to a clerk
R. H. Kingham retired from the bet "£ en |Who will keep the form and tear
presidency due to pressing de- in e„ tb e average pnee of excess nuts LedVC TllCSday FOF out of each War Ration Book ^
serving in the Headquarters Cc>., from the coldest weather of the '"-‘Financial interest of Mr. King- today for No. 1 farmers' stock is i . II C i
and retained at Ft McPherson, Ga. year with the lowest temperature man in the Macon chain fo srorcs $155 per ton. J lUhlCtiOll IlltO U. S. A^V
P\t. John B. Pennington has been f or t h a t period recorded at 7.^0 wag a j gQ p Urc hased by Mr Ever-1 The program is the direct result j *
transferred to Camp Barkley, Tex, Monday morning the reading being ett and Mr Brown of many months of effort on the;
and is hoping to get into the 14 de g reGS above zero. ' “Both men are widely known in part of Congressman Steve Pace j The local draft board announced j the household.
i j Atvinpinno onrl in a rPPPnt IpttPT fViic? uinolz flip TlfllTTPS Of ninO Tav ! Rnth \A7Q
to be issued the correct number Cf
point coupons .as indicated by the
declaration, distributing the deduc
tions equally among the nooks for
Medical Corps. Pvt. J. D. Cosey
was sent to Ft. McClellan, Ala.,
where he will receive basic train
ing. Mrs. Cosey left Saturday fer
Ft. McClellan where she will he
with her husband. Pvt. Edmond | m 34’ degrees.
The three-days reading as report- Macon and have been connected of Americus, and in a recent letter! this week the names of nine Tay | 5. Both War Ration Books One
ed by the Weather Bureau office, w j t h Piggly Wiggly for many the Congressman said, “while this i 0 r county white men who have! and Two will be passed to a er-
local airport was as follows: _ I years. 'is not everything I would like to, been selected _for induction into the| cord j n g c i e rk who will transier
Sunday, Feb. 14th: Low at 7:30 »j^ r Everett was a member of have, everyone will agree that it! ar my next Tuesday. They are:l tbe identifying information from
a. m., 24 degrees; high at 3:30 P- the group of Macon men which is not bad.”
organized the Piggly Wiggly, Ma-
Jenkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Monday, Feb. 15th: Low at 7:33 con> InC-) in 1926 and bought from W Aimfl U an Ari'ocfarl
Jenkins, was also sent to Ft. Me- a m-i 14 degrees; high at 4:30 p. the pjggjy Wiggly Corp. of Mem-|lUUIIy rlull MIIC5ICII
Clellan, Ala., to receive his basic 1 m > 42 degrees. phis, Tenn., the unit of this chain ki 11 t J u* Li
training. Mr. Otis B. Cox, who left I Tuesday, Feb. 16: Low at 7:30 a. s t or es operated in Macon. Since NCdF ll0TS lUCSQdy rHyni
at the same time as the above I 23 degrees; high at 4:30 p. m.. -,^0 Mr. Everett has served as vice .
mentioned young men, but as a 42 degrees. president of the Macon firm. ACCUSPH Of D6S6rtll1(l AMiy' draft board - sta tt-’ d
volunteer for the N3.vy, hss been r»f rmr pitizons were c3.URnt umum vioc Koon pnnnpptpH ^ *
^nt to San Diego, Calif.
Ban On Automobile
Purchasing To Be Eased
To Reports
According
Ernest (Bill) Paul Hobbs, Fickling ca ch sugar-coffee book to the front
Harris, Frank Weaver Crawford, J. 0 j tbc . new ra tj on book.
C. Suddeth, H. T. Blakely, Ju O. C. g A document clerk will assign
S 'stewar 0 Howard, iaspat bo^and SS.-
^Sealy. cle'rk^of l ^^ aca J I dk S j[Q a dek Umbe ’ ^
be sent to the | 7 - The final step wil1 be 1116 vah *
theSC 'and the' remainder to ih'e |-lation of the book by a clerk who
. The selection for these..two w « ! ?”■> a " d T't "1, 5U
Many of our citizens were caught Brown has been connected
napping by the unexpected drop in with the firm since 1919, w’hen he | | navy
the temperature resulting in many worked with J. A. Flournoy, whole-j Sheriff J. M. Bone and other lo army. “* ™7n’V»p !rial number, making it officially
bursted water pipes, while ccal sa j e g rocer an d operator of the ca i i aw -enforcing officers arrested branches of service com nlete.
bins were in many instances emp- fj rst piggjy Wiggly opened in Ma- a young man Tuesday night near made at Ft. McPherson an
ty or practically so. con . Mr. Brown had served as sec- Butler said to be Pvt. Charles W. : left up to the choice ot tne a
Continued cold with slowly ris- re t ar y-treasurer of the firm since i vey accused of deserting the U.S. as nearly as possible,
ing temperature was predicted for 1926 | Army wh i] e stationed at Camp I The number of draftees nor th
most of the week. , x “The Piggly Wiggly Macon Inc., Grant, 111., on Dec. 20, 1942. 'date of the March call
lOSl UI lilt •• ; me 1 ljra nt, 111., on uec. ZO, lam. , , „ i„„ol hoard
The cold wave extended to the - s locally owned and operates six, The young man, about 28 years been received by the local ooa
O m : J onindnrr tho . . . ~ r. . , • r> J n ’ - .^4- tn Mr .SP3LV.
Washington, Feb. 14—The Sun-
lay Star says regulations are to be
relaxed to permit any person need-
mg a new automobile to buy with*
ou t a ration certificate convertibles j in that state,
with soft tops, cars costing more
than $1,500 and 1941 models of
* n T type and price.
Morover, the paper says, all
holders of "C" gasoline ration
cards, regardless of whether they
ar, ‘ in essential work, will be eli
gible to buy automobiles, of any
Price if they demonstrate that their
Present car is no longer service
able.
The purpose of the action was
s aid to be to move some 240,000
ears out of dealers' store rooms
an J put them to use. Among these
arp approximately 1,800 1941 ca:s.
No confirmation was available
from the OPA.
A I iL ^ ^ iuv.iuij r A 11“ \OlAIlg Illdll, dlJUUl j c-ui o , » » Cnol u
lower part of Florida, causing the stores j n different sections of Ma- of aee . was found residing in a as yet, according to Mr. beaiy
closing of schools in Dade county con personnel of these stores in- tenant house in Wesley community _
in which Miami is located, mu- clud w j. O’Neal, warehouse man- of this county . He is reported to U n n I N SlimtlPr
lions of dollars damage to lnnt a g er; Mrs. Emily Jenkins, secre- have been living there only a : ,IWI • •
and vegetable crops was also done tary . M iss Evelyn Cannon, assist- short time. ! I. fbiirpH Ru RpStH
!ant secretary; Eugene Evans, man-! According to information sent 15 liaillfCU VJ Ptom
ager; B. G. McBride and D. A. out b y the war department Charles Im CuluActar
Barnes, market manager, at the 56j w Ivey 2 s years of age, enlisted AT llOlllC IH jylYcalCI
Poplar street store. ^ m jn the Army on May 15, 1942 at
knitting class
T ° BE ORGANIZSD
Anyone that wants to learn to
mt by directions please meet at
no home of Mrs. T. E. Tante
niusday, 3 p. m . (today). Bring
pair of knitting needles and
onp skein of yarn.
Mrs. F. J. Gilbert.
Jimmy Yates, manager, Ross Bati - . g ^ be gQn g am ivey of Qulin,
| man and Robert Wade, market Mq ^ Route x
Taylor County Goes
Over-The-Top In January
War Bond-Stamp Drive
it will be noted with pride that managers, 383 Vineville Avenue S h erif f B one took the young man
according to official records, citi- store; Doyle Woodall, manager and (Q Fort Bcnn i n g yesterday after-
7cns of Taylor county went over Ud Chambers, market manager ~ noon where he was turned over te
the toD in the purchase of War Mulberry street store, as we as m iiitary authorities.
Stamps and Bo P „ds during the large ass.stant managers
month of January. ; dnu c ___
Hon. J. R- Lunsford, chairman of
the War Savings Staff Committee cf (J ar d Of Thanks
this county, stated that he wished,
“C. H. Shaw, manager 291 Wash- Bennett, Mo., and was serving as j Those of this section who through
ington Avenue store; Claud Cook, a p r j va t e a t Camp Grant, 111., when manv years of most delightful ac-
manager 1007 Second Street stoie; he deserted i ast December 20th. He auai n ta nce with Hon. J. N. Sumner
v " toc ™ anat ~ r Ratp - ■ • - " were grieved to learn of his death
which occurred at his home at Syl
vester Saturday morning after a
long illness
Evangelistic Rally
Here February 25th
Each person will then have a
copy of War Ration Book Two—his
insurance of a fair share of all ra
tioned foods.
As each entry is completed,
Book No. One is returned to ttoe per
son registering.
Funeral Services For
Miss Loach Bryan Held
At Reynolds Baptist Church
The funeral of Miss Loach Bryan
was held at the Reynolds Baptist
church Thursday afternoon, Feb.
11. Dr. J. E. Sammons, of Macon
conducted the services. Interment
was at Hill Crest cemetery. Miss
Mr. Sumner, who was about 73i Br y an - s death occurred at thefcomo
years of age, was one of Worth j Q f her brother, Mr. J. C. Bryan, In
county's most prominent citizens j Atlanta. She had for a number cf
" f 'vears been matron at the Chrrs-
tian Orphanage.
She is survived by her mother.
Mrs. Calvin Bryan, and the follow
ing sisters and brothers: Miss Bess
Bryan of Dahlonega, Mrs. Gussie
and who had held the office of
sheriff of his county with credit to
himself and honor to the county
for 35 years. He was an active
member of the Methodist church
of Sylvester where funeral services
to thank the citizens of tho F° dn | y ! we, the family of Mr. N. B. Ham-
for their splendid co a P epa ia 'mock, deceased, wish to take th's The Taylor County Evangelistic— afternoon , - f M M T c Brvan
purchasing Stamps and Bonds. ' opportunit y to express our sincere groups will meet at the Chapel here, were held Sun ay was ' lMlfore j Causey of aco^^ y^
-— thanks and appreciations to our Thursday morning, Feb. 25, at; Besides his * Perkins iR, Atl anta a a
FARM FOR RENT numerous friends who were so kind n-30 C.W.T., for the regular! then\™^ ria f y S u mn er is sur- Clay Bryan of p y n
and considerate of us during our Monthly Rally, °t this «> u ruy, • H
Either one or two horse farm lo-' rcC ent bereavement, which came Bro. McKay will preach at thelvived by two daug > ' N D
rated about five miles north of so suddenly and unexxpectedly. morning service and probably also, Gilson ot this cou y,
Reynolds ' Will rent on shares or ; Ever y kind word and art were at jthe afternoon session It nf S ^ lvester ' alb ° tW °
^ standing rent See^wrlto
(2’ll’2p) Reynolds, Rte. 1
| L. Hudson of Sylvester
| greatly appreciated. May God bless Everyone urged to come for the. sisters, Mrs - BaphrddPy °
leach of you is our earnest prayer, entire day if possible. Cordele; and Mrs. Kansas Pittman,
—The Family. —Committee. 'of Thomasville.
FOR SALE OR RENT
Two-room dwelling newly ceiled
and floored located on large lot in
Butler City limits. See,
P. B. CHILDS, Butler, Ga.