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Butler Herald
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VOLUME 67
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1943
NUMBER 48
STATE asphalt
SUIT SETTLED FOR
$36,827 REFUND
Somewhere In New Guinea
payment Made to State Highway
Department in Settlement of
5390,000 Suit.
Atlanta, Sept. 20-The state has
Hierl its $390,000 suit for alleged
Surcharges on the sale of asphalt
?' the Highway Department for a
?fund of $36,827, Attorney Gen
eral Grady Heal announced Satur-
d The suit was filed in federal
Jirt here against H. W. Evans,
former imperial wizard of the Ku
E Rian; John W. Greer Jr., for-
*‘ r state Highway Department
purchasing agent, and three as-
ph Head' r Sid the amount of the
refund “due the state was paid m
mi bv the defendants prior to the
final order of dismissal,” and that
action was done with the
Knowledge and consent of Cover- Macon and Taylor county
^The^rder dismissing the action
was issued after Greer had been
chicken as a defendant by con
sent of both state and defense at
torneys, Head said
Dismissal was
FORMER HEAD OF
BUTLER SCHOOL
DIES AT ELLAVILLE
Prof. James E. Stewart Succumbs
To Brief Attack of Pneumonia
At 78 Years of Age.
TWO ARRESTED
AFTER FIGHT AT
HALF-WAY HOUSE
Soldier in Serious Condition; Two
Civilians Charged with Assault
And Attempt to Murder
FLINT ELECTRIC CO-OP
BEGINNING SEVENTH YEAR
OPERATION THIS WEEK
BEGINS AVITII THIRTY-TWO MEM
BERS; TODAY SERVES 2,200 FAMI
LIES ALONG 050 MILES OF LINE IN-
SEVEN COUNTIES.
Butler and Taylor county
friends of Prof, James F. Stewart
were shocked and grieved by the
announcement of his death which
occurred Sept. 16th at his home
at Ellaville after an illness of
only one week from pneumonia.
One of the most* beloved men
ever to have filled the position of
Superintendent of the local high
school, Prof. Stewart was in the
78th year of his age. He was born
August 12, 1866, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Eli Stewart, of Schley
county. Besides spending the
greater portion of his life in the
j school room as a teacher/ Prof.
„ . I Stewart did credit to himself and
Somewhere in New Guinea; son^hg school interest of Schley
* 1ST SGT. EDMOND T. '
GUALTNEY
(Use of picture by courtesy of the
Macon Telegraph.)
the i of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Gaultney of
“This is a small world after all’
Sir Walter Gentry tells Sgt. Gault-
ney since he, Sgt. Gaultney, is on
the transport in the Pacific that
brought him, Gentry, back from the
first World War.
ordered against
the other defendants: The Ameri
can Bitumuls Company, The J5hel
Minutes Of July
Meeting Of Taylor
Oil Company Inc., and the Emul
sified Asphalt Co. ,
JX aESET a"sf “t”n I County Commissioners
he original action it was alleged
the state had been overcharged ap
proximately $130,000 on asphalt
purchases from companies repre
sented by Evans.
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
The Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues of Taylor County, Ga.,
emeu uy .. met i° regular session the First
The suit once went to the U. S. j Tuesday in July, the same being
Supreme Court, which upheld the j j u j y g ( 1943, w ith all members
state's right to sue after district | p resen t to-wit: J. R. Cooper, Chair-
court and the circuit court of ap- j manj \y. M. Brown and R. L.
rwniq at New Orleans had ruled a, Swearingen with L. P. Anthony,
fate is not "a person" entitled to clerk .
sue under the law. ( Minutes of the last meeting were
Head said that after Greer s rea d ) approved and ordered signed,
name had been stricken and be- ( Bi ji s were introduced against the
case was dismissed at *! County and ordered paid witn
county as superintendent of the
school system of his county for a
number of years.
For a short time after leaving
the school room Prof. Stewart was
engaged in the warehouse and cot
ton business.
Surviving relatives include one
daughter, Miss Evelyn Stewart, of
Ellaville; one son, J. E. Stewart
Ellaville; one brother, Dr. L. G.
Stewart of Ellaville; one half-sis
ter, Mrs. Eve Pruitt and two half-
brothers, O. E. Stewart, of Atlanta
and M. G. Stewart, and two grand
sons, Pvt. J. E. Stewart Jr., with
the Marines at San Diego and Ma
lone Stewart, of Ellaville.
1st Sgt. Edmond T. Gaultney,
Co. “A” 871st A-B. Eng. Avn. Bn.
APO 929, % Postmaster, San
Francisco, Calif.
County Bar Association
Sets Docket For Cases In
October Term Sup. Court
A soldier, Sgt. Thomas E. Booth,
of Camp Wheeler, Macon, was ad
mitted to the local hospital early
Friday morning and two civilians
Messrs Roderick Hugh Dickerson
and Melwood Gordy both of Thom-
aston were placed under arrest,
charged with assault and attempt
to murder, following an alterca
tion at the Half Way House in
this county at one o'clock Friday
morning.
According to officers investigat
ing the case, Sgt. Booth was struck
on the head with a black-jack and
after being knocked down was
kicked several times by his two
assailants. Neither Dickerson or
Gordy were reported to have been
injured in the altercation.
The soldier was removed from
the local hospital to the army
base hospital at Camp Wheeler
Saturday afternoon, not having re
gained consciousness since admit
tance to the hospital early the pre
vious day. The extent of his in
juries has not been learned.
J. E. CALLAHAN
DIES AT HOSPITAL
IN ATLANTA FRI.
Hod Been a Resident of Griffin
For More Than Twenty Years;
JWas Veteran of World War I.
(ore the
torneys for both sides agreed ‘ thai warrants No. 7892 through No
an overcharge had been made for 1797^ inclusive.
asphalt sold to the State Highway, 7692 H E- Allen, Road Sup. $40.48
Department and that the state was : 7g93 citizens Oil Co., Gas &
entitled to receive a refund of $36,-1 oil, Road Equip 466.93
'7894 Albany Welding Co.,
827.”
Farmers Are Urged To
Plant Cover Crops on
All Peanut Acreage
the
welding Cyl. Head 27.50
7895 Childs Serv. Sta., Re
capping tires 11.00
7896 City Wholesale Co.,
Camp supplies 146.02
7897 Butler Bro. Co., Parts,
Road equip 65.96
7898 Cudahy Packing Co.,
Camp supplies 40.26
a campaign to encourage
seeding of winter cover crops on 7399 Sheffield Co., Road sup.
WvpJL) n e a nut land has been 7900 Ed Wohlwender, Sol.,
tar fby the supervisors of tire] Salary for quarter ... . 112.50
Middle Western Oc^ulgee River 17901 Butler Telephone Co..
c ii n^ooruotinn nitstrict. Services for May 23.50
So1 (on • the! 7902 Tossie Callahan, Vital
Statistics 3.50
this 7903 C. D. Lucas, Vit. Stats. .50
The regular session of the Tay
lor County Bar Association met
Friday, Sept. 17, and set all the
cases appearing on the issue dock
et. There are only 21 cases on this
docket, many of which are in de
fault and will go off by entry.
Members of the local bar pres
ent at Friday's meeting were: W.
E. Steed, C. W. Foy, J. R. Lunsford
and C. C. Stone.
The consensus of opinion was
(hat the court will not consume
more than two days—Monday and
J Tuesday—on the civil docket. The
7-04 criminal docket will follow con
clusion of the civil docket.
This September 1, 1943.
Walter E. Steed, Pres.
Thelmon Jarrell, Secty.
Nine White Men From
Taylor County Leave For
Army Induction Monday
Nine Taylor County white men
will leave next Monday for Fort
McPherson for induction into the
Army.
According to Mr. H. K. Sealy,
clerk of the local draft board, those
selected to fill this call are:
Thomas Eugene Byrd
Clifton Bryan Byrd
WUlie Carl Ranow
James Harold Young
Herman Wilson Clark
Billy Joe Ranow
Ralph Joe t Locke
Roy Thurs’ton Kirksey
Herbert Lester Guined
The Flint Electric Membership
Corporation of Reynolds, this week
enters its seventh year of supply
ing electric service to farmers and
other consumers in this area.
Citing the progress of the Co
operative since its lines were first
energized on Sept. 17, 1937, L. C.
Wollard, manager, recalled that
the system had only 32 consumers
at the Cnd of its first month of
operation. Today the Cooperative
furnishes electric service to 2,200
consumers along 623 miles of dis
tribution lines in Taylor, Crawford
Houston, Peach, Macon, Chatta
hoochee, Talbot, Marion, Bibb and
Muscogee counties.
Farm members of the Coopera
tive have come to depend more and
more on electric equipment to
save labor and increase production
of such vital foods as milk, eggs,
poultry and meats. The 1,182 farms
served by the Cooperative consum
ed an average of 83 kilowatt hours
in August as compared with 71
KWH a year ago. The overall con
sumption is an average of 162
KWH per consumer.
The Cooperative's program be
gan on Feb. 25, 1937, when the
REA allocated $50,000 of its first
loan to the system. Construction
started after a contract had been
let on July 9, 1937 for the building
of 51 miles of line at a cost of
$35,980. REA has advanced the Co
operative a total of $532,367 on its
construction allotments as of June
30, 1943.
An advertisement urging
planting of winter cover crops is
carried on another P^ d * by j 7904 H. J. Porter, Vit. Stats. 6.50
issue of the Herald, sponsors .> Qannriprs
a number of leading business men Stats 6 50
of the county. Examine and com- | g Hicks ;,'camp sup! 370
pare the pictures P wit h 7907 Blalock Mchy. Co., Road
lett unprotected and the one ” : supplies, Gr. Blades 220.93
a dense winter «>ver crop. Protec \ W pQwer ^ Current
your bare peanut fields to insure 1 ^ Camp 24.62
continued good yields next yew ^ Georgia p 0 ' wer "' Co., Cur.
and the years to follow. Both le- fQr Courthouse 18.77
gume and non-legume crops may Ga Power Co>i current
be planted on this land with good * ^ j ad 2.89
results. Among the legumes Happ Br0- Co _ Conv i c t
Austrian Winter peas, hairy vetch | supplies 76.05
After a long and patient illness
the soul of Mr. James Ernest Cal
lahan has returned to the God
who gave it and in whom he
placed his faith and trust most
implicitly, for of Mr. Callahan it
was frequently said that a more
devout Christian ever lived. He
was a leader in church activities
of his community and took a keen
interest in all things looking to
the advancement of its education
al and social interests.
Previous to his death, which oc
curred at the Veterans' Hospital in
Atlanta last Friday, Mr. Callahan
had been a resident of Griffin for
more than twenty years. He was
born in Meriwether county Febru
ary 3, 1894 the son of Mr. James
Morgan Callahan and Mrs. Mattie
Wilson Callahan, the, former sur
viving him as does his wife, two
daughters, seven brohters, one
sister and hosts of devoted friends.
Funeral services, attended by a
large concourse of sorrowing
friends were conducted at Mt.
Gillard Baptist church Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock with inter
ment in the nearby cemetery.
Surviving near relatives are:
Essie Shivers Callahan, the wife;
Misses Ophelia and Alma Calla
han, daughters; Mr. James M. Cal
lahan, father, of Rupert; Messrs
Frank, Solomon, Jesse, Allie, Har
mon, Dee and Harvey Callahan,
brothers; Miss Tossie Callahan,
sister.
9.00
and blue lupine, and among tne J 7942 pVyne Whse, Camp Sup
non legumes, oats, rye and rye' p a yne Motor Co., Parts
grass are the most common winter & Be p. Boad Equip
covers in this section. ; 7914 Taylor County Motor Co.
In addition to providing a win- | p a rts & Rep. Road Equip
ter green feed, these crops can ' 7915 Suggs Garage, Parts &
of tremendous value in increasing . repairs
soil fertility. They protect the soil 79^9 Yancey Tractor Co.,
against erosion during the winter j p ar ts for road equip .... 109.24
months and add fertility by re-1 7917 chappie Mchy Co., parts
storing nutrients which have been t f or r0 ad equip
removed by the preceeding summer ?918 w . A. Jarrell, 3824-ft.
crops. i oak -
The U. S. Weather reports for! 7919 p. c. Montgomery, Serv.
(his county show that the chances for convicts
(or rain are best between Sept. 24 7920 Butler Drug Co., Drugs
and Oct. 4. Have your seed and in- f 0 r Camp -■■■■-
noculation on hand when the sea- j 7921 Reynolds Truck & Trac-
s>on comes. Early planting means ; tor, welding truck axte
more and earlier grazing for 7922 Porters Drug store,
8.25
62.05
50.65
96.92
76.48
18.50
11,15
4.45
Extentsion Class
Be Organized Here
Friday Afternoon
A representative of the Division
of General Extension of the Uni
versity System of Georgia will be
at the courtroom of the local court
house Friday — tomorrow — from
4:30 to 5 p. m. for the purpose of
organizing extension classes for the
fall quarter. Everyone in Butler
and adjacent territory who are in
terested in extension class instruc
tion or correspondence courses are
cordially invited to attend this or
ganization meeting. The courses to
be offered together with the day
and hour of meeting will be decid
ed at tomorrow's meeting.
livestock.
Mr.
Is
Dewey
Injured
Johnson
In Fall
3.72
34.70
Mr. C. Dewey Johnson, well-
known local contractor, is recover
ing from serious injuries he su
stained, including the dislocation
°( several ribs, by falling from a
(adder at high altitude about ten
days ago while doing seme repair
Work at Reynolds.
Drugs for camp
7923 J. R- Lunsford, Reg. Vit.
Statistics
7924 E. H. Bazemore, Camp
7925 S a P Dreizin, Conv. Sup. 17.30
7926 Sara Windham, County
Nurse, help & other exp.
7927 J. W. Turner, Repairs to
road equip
7928 Edwards Bros., Road
supplies "" 78
7929 Keenan Auto Parts Co.,
Parts for road equip
(Turn to No. 1; Page 8)
Seven Killed, 41 Hurt
In Train-Bus Crash
Near Johnson City, III.
Johnson City, 111., Sept. 19—Seven
persons were killed and at least 41
others injured Sunday when a
crowded Greyhound bus, bound
from Memphis, Ten., to Chicago
collided with a two-car Diesel-
powered Missouri Pacific Railroad
passenger train two miles south of
Public Advised To
Mail Overseas
Packages Early
Although the 30-day period for
mailing Christmas packages to
soldiers overseas does not end un
til Oct. 15, persons who intend to
mail such packages are urged to
dispatch them by the end of Sep
tember or earlier if possible.
Reasons for this request is to
prevent receipt of the great bulk of
the millions of packages expected
at the last minute. During this
period only, the regulation that no
packages may be sent overseas
without a written request from the
soldier himself has been suspend
ed.
In addition to mailing early dur
ing the Sept. 15-Oct. 15 period, it
is also stressed that packages
should be wrapped securely and
addressed legibly and completely.
Two Barnesville Citizens
Called To Knoxville, Tenn.,
To Identify Robber
Barnesville, Ga., Sept. 21—Nor
man A. Peacock, president of the
First National Bank of Barnesville
and Charlie Head, chief of police
of Barnesville, have returned from
Knoxville, Tenn., where they
went at the request of the FBI to
identify a man known at Barnes
ville as J. F. Ross, who got away
with $700 of the Barnesville bank's
money about three months ago.
The Lamar county grand jury
returned two indictments against
Ross, in its recent session, both
charging misdemeanors. The man
is wanted in Georgia as an alleged
promoter of fraudulent deals in
Funeral held at Charing
For Mrs. Sims Lawhom
Schley County Resident
From Schley County News:
Mrs. Sim Lawhom, 71, well-
known citizen of Concord com
munity, died at her home last
Thursday afternoon after an illness
of six weeks.
Funeral services were held at
Mt. Nebo church, near Charing,
Friday with Eld. Hall, of Cordele,
officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Before her marriage, Mrs. Law-
horn was Miss Marinda Carroll. A
native of Schley county, she had
icsided in the county most of her
life. She was a member of Phil-
lippi Primitive Baptist church.
Surviving are her husband; five
daughters, Mrs. Gladys Mays, Mrs
Robert Hughes, Mrs. Luther Myrick
and Mrs. W. F. Edison all of Phe-
nix City, Ala.; Mrs. Charlie Hill,of
Thomaston, and Miss Florence
Lawhom; two sons, Sammie Law-
horn of Schley county, and RufuS
Lawhom of Phenix City.
Surprise Blackout At
Ellaville Breaks Up
Women's Meeting
^’coroner !? W. Gassaway, of wil- j Barnesville and Rome, also in At-
liamson county, said all of the | lanta in connection with the theft
casualties were passengers on the °I ^Dted a u tomofcul&
19.00 j bus The train, running from
Marion, 111., to St. Louis, had only
three passengers and three crew
members. All escaped injury, al
though the passengers were shak
en slightly.
No Georgians were listed among
the dead.
60.00
38.12
According to a statement by F.
B. Hammock, agent in charge of
the Atlanta office of the FBI, Ross
will be returned to Macon, Ga., to
stand trial on a complaint filed
before U. S. commissioner charging
violation of the national stolen buglers and firing squads
available for this tribute.
Ellaville, Sept. 18—A surprise
blackout was effectually carried
out in Ellaville, Monday evening ce j V ed.
beginning at 9 o'clock and lasting
30 minutes. Notice was given
a minute before the blackout by
sirens screaming and blinking of
the lights three times. The only
inconveniences experienced as re
ported was a meeting of the WSCS
Service Guild members rushing tc
their respective homes to see that
all lights in their homes had been
extinguished, before the program
was completed, and refreshments
were served.
Two airplanes flew over the city
to check the effectiveness of the
blackout.
Motorists Must File
Application For New
'A' Gas Ration Books
Beginning Sept. 22nd the appli
cation, forms for the new “A” book
will be distributed to all filling
statitons and will also be avail
able at the Local Board office.
Each person operating a passen
ger automobile should secure one
of the application blanks and fill
it in as soon as possible. In put
ting the serial numbers of the
tires on the new application blank
the numbers shown on the last
inspection of the old tire inspec
tion record should be transferred to
the new blank.
When the applicant has filled in
the new application he should
mail or take the application to the
Board office together with his old
tire inspection record and the back
cover from the old “A” book. The
new “A” book and a new tire in
spection record will be mailed to
the applicant as soon as possible,
j If the back cover of the old “A”
book has been lost the applicant
must send in his tag registration
certificate together with a state
ment in writing that the cover has
been lost.
The Board wishes to notify the
public that these new applications
for “A” books will not be filled in
at the Board Office but must be
completed before they will be re-
One Taylor county woman who
plants and cultivates her own
garden is credited with having
cleared $65.00 from-the sale of
only one row of pepper.
It is believed that military me
morial services for soldiers killed
In action should be held wherever
possible for bereaved relatives and
friends and as a consequence
Chaplain John O. Lindquist, of Co
lumbus, Chief of Chaplain Branch,
Headquarters Fourth Service Com
mand announces that chaplains,
are
Teachers With State
Certificates Are Required
To Stand Examination
property act.
All teachers who do not have
State Certificates will be required
to stand a teacher's examination
for County License. This examina
tion will be held Sept. 25, at 9:00
a. m., at the Butler High School
building for white teachers, and at
the Butler Colored School building
for colored teachers.
It is very important that all
teachers who do not hold State
Certificates take this examination
as the state will not include any
teacher on the state payroll who
does not hold either a State Cer
tificate or a County License.
W. T. RUSTIN, Supt.,
Taylor County Schools.
Taylor county real estate trans
actions have been quite active dur
ing the past week, according to
reports. Many improvements ot
property are promised.