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rn THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 14, 1943.
UNITED WAR FUND
QUOTA FOR THIS
COUNTY IS $1,600.
Bev. E. H. Dunn, County Chairman
Urges Full Co-operation from all
Citizens.
Rev. E. H. Dunn, pastor of the
Reynolds Baptist church and a
veteran of World War No. 1 has
been appointed chairma nof the
United War Fund drive in Taylor
county.
According to Rev. Dunn, this
county hasbeen assigned a quota
of $1,600 to raise during this
drive. He urges the co-operation of
every citizen throughout the coun
ty int his undertaking.
Governor Ellis Arnall recently
made the following statement in
regard to the United War Fund
Drive: “The object of this drive is
to help win the war sooner with
a minimum loss of life is the de
sire of us all.
“As Governor of Georgia 1
gladly endorse this organization,
whose funds will go to every
corner of the globe where help is
needed for the United Nations'
eause. I hope that Georgians will
give liberal support to the United
War Fund of this state, and that
we will meet our quota with an
unusual speed and willingness to
do our utmost to hasten victory.”
The War Fund Drive takes the
place of several other drives none
of which will be conducted this
year.
Mr. Dunn gives below a list of
the community chairmen and the
amount of each district's quota:
Reynolds, Mrs. John Mims:
Whites, $250; colored $115.
Potterville, J. W. Windham:
Whites, $50; colored, $50
Panhandle, Mrs. D. E. Byrd:
Whites, $125; colored, $35.
Butler, Mrs. Mack Mathews:
Whites, $375; colored, $150.
Carsonville, Mrs. W. A. Jarrell:
Whites, $70; colored, $40.
Daviston, Mrs. L. A. Adams:
Whites, $50; colored, $20.
Howard, Mrs. Joe Brown: Whites
$75; colored, $15.
Cedar Creek, Mr. Ran Cooper:
Whites, $95; colored, $20.
Charing, Mrs. S. Garrett: Whites,
$45; colored, $10.
Mauk, Mrs. R. D. Waller: Whites
$45; colored, $10.
An Atlanta man named Robert
Riley has confessed to have com
mitted a hold-up robbery in At
lanta for which Robert E. O’Brien
has served a nin-year penitentiary
sentence.
Gov. Arnall Wins
Corn Fed Hog From
Nebraska Governor
Atlanta, Oct. 11—A corn fed Ne
braska hog, the payoff in a war
bond bet made by Gov. Dwight
Griswold of Nebraska, was de
posited today just outside the door
of Gov. Ellis Arnall's capitol of
fice.
Several days ago Arnall said
that when the hog arrived he
would serve a barbecue for news*
papermen. Now the hog has come
but Arnall is away—to St. Louis
for several days.
Apparently the hog will get a
reprieve. M. E. Thompson, Ar-
nall's executive secretary, lent
strength to this idea, saying:
“The hog is a number two Ne
braska shoat, weighing about 175
pounds, but after he has been fed
a few weeks on Georgia peanuts,
he will be a number one hog (over
200 pounds).”
Gow Griswold bet that the peo
ple of Nebraska would surpass the
people of Georgia, on a percent
age basis, in buying bonds in the
third war loan drive. He backed
his wager kith the hog. Arnall ac
cepted the challenge, putting up
Georgia peaches of equivalent
value.
ONE MAN DEAD.
TWO WOMEN HURT
IN AUTO CRASH
Dublin, Ga., Oct. 12Wilbur R.
Eure, Moultrie trucker, died in a
Dublin hospital last night from in
juries received late Sunday on the
Soperton and Mt. Vernon highway
when the pickup truck he was
driving collided with an automo-
ble in which Mrs. H. D. Tarpley
and Mrs. C. W. McCrimmon were
riding.
Mrs. Tarpley and Mrs. McCrim
mon were also seriously hurt and
are in a Dublin hospital.
FOUR QUALIFIED
IN COUNCIL RACE
Amerlcus, Ga., Oct. 10—Four
candidates have qualified for
three vacancies on the Americus
city council, the time for entrants
having expired at noon Saturday.
Three of the candidates have
never been in city politics, while
one is at present a member of the
council. Those qualified include:
Luther Bell, businessman and
son of the late Mayor T. L. Bell;
Melvin Tye, lumberman; William
Walters, underwriter and Jake Me-
Glamry, sawmill operator, incim-
bent.
The primary, tantamount to
election, will be held Oct. 27.Those
not now registered have until Oct
23 to qualify.
2 Prominent Hawkinsville
Merchanst Death Occur
Within Few Hours Period
Hawkinsville, Ga., Oct. 7—Wm.
Joiner, 67, and Lineas C. Ragan,
both prominent citizens and out
standing merchants of Hawkins
ville, died early Oct. 7 almost at
the same hour just across the
street from each other.
Mr. Joiner died at a Hawkins
ville hospital and Mr. Ragan was
found dead in bed at his home.
Both men had been in declining
health for several years but were
both in active business till the
week in which their death occur
red. Both were born and reared in
Pulaski county and both members
of the Baptist church.
An unusual coincidence is that
Mr. Joiner and Mr. Ragan were
each an only brother of two sis
ters and each was a son of a moth
er named Elizabeth. Mr. Joiner
was a son of the late Wm. L. and
Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Joiner. He
began his business in the grocery
line with his father. For several
years he resided in Swainsboro, re
turning to Hawkinsville Furniture
and Undertaking Co., later the
Joiner Furniture Co.
COMPETITION FOR ONLY
TWOOFFICES IN JOHNSON
Wrightsville, Ga., Oct. 10—The
date for qualifications of candi
dates for county officers closed
Saturday with one of the smallest
lists of candidates in the field
ever known in Johnson county.
There are only two offices in the
county which are contested; these
being the place of county school
superintendent and ordinary.
Bob Hollis, the present superin
tendent, is opposed by H. L. Ful-
ford. The present ordinary is not
offering for re-election, but the
new candidates for the office are
Mrs. G. W. Gannon and T. J. Pow
ell of Kite who is an ex-ordinary
of the county.
The date set for the primary by
the county executive committee is
Nov. 17, and while the list of can
didates is small, there is a great
deal of interest being manifested
in the primary and a lively cam
paign is anticipated.
PELHAM FIRE DOES
$100,000 DAMAGE
Pelham, Ga., Oct. 4—Damage
estimated at -100,000 was caused
by fire in the four-story peanut
shelling department of the Pel
ham Oil and Fertilizer Co. The fire
was discovered Saturday night.
Cause of the blaze was not determ
ined.
C. W. Hand, president and man
ager, estimated the damage and
said the loss included several
hundred thousand pounds of un
crushed peanuts.
State Director Correction
j Takes Steps To Abolish
Road Camps In State
, Atlanta, Oct. 8—Wiley L. Moore,
! state director of correction, acted
! today to abolish state highway
! camps as quickly as possible and
• to step up farming opesrations at
\ the Tattnall prison, while C. E.
Rainey, former chairman of the
| State Prison Board, resigned from
the new advisory commission of
corrections.
“I am going to abolish every one
of the state highway camps as
soon as possible,” said Moore after
a conference with Highway Direc-
i tor R. G. Clay and Chief Highway
[Engineer George McDonald.
| He added McDonald would have
l a survey made immediately of
[highway work now being done by
! the states' 13 convict camps. The
'three officials will meet again Oct.
'lS to determine how quickly each
! camp can be abolished without
halting highway work so abrupt
ly that roads will be left “impas
sable.”
WINECOFF HOTEL IN ATLANTA
SOLD FOR OVER HALF MILLION
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 28—Repre
senting the largest downtown
property transfer in Atlanta in sev
eral years, the Winecoff Hotel, was
sold Monday for a consideration ol
$600,000.
Purchaser was Mrs. Annie Lee
Irwin, wife of W. H. Irwin, of
Hapeville, who has large real es
tate holdings in the vicinity of the
Municipal Airport. Seller was King
Investment & Securities Corpora--
tion, a DeWitt King enterprise.
This is the third time in the last
I few years that the 15-story, fire-
i proof building has changed own-
! ership. The hotel, containing 200
: rooms and 200 baths, is under
lease to Winecoff Hotel Co. Inc.,
headed by R. R. Meyer, of Birm
ingham, operators of a chain of
hotels.
The property fronts 63 feet on
Peachtree and extends back 70
feet on Ellis Street.
NEW BAPTIST MINISTER
REACHES BARNESVILLE
Barnesville, Ga., Oct. 10—Rev.
Harvey Mitchell, new pastor of the
First Baptist church of Barnesville
and his wife and two children ar
rived Thursday and took up their
residence in the renovated pasto-
rium .
The new pastor comes to Barnes
ville from Wrightsville, Ga., where
he served as pastor of the First
Baptist church. He succeeds Rev.
Searcy Garrison, who went to Sa-
: vannah as associate pastor of the
| Bull Street church, and has re
cently been promoted to pastor.
Save Lespedeza
Seed Agent Urges
Farmers Of County
Areas of lespedeza showing the
greatest promise of seed production
should not be cut for hay but
should be saved for seed, County
Agent E. G. Blackwell said this
week. The harvesting of lespedeza
seed should become a No. 1 job for
Taylor county farmers, he declar
ed.
Mr. Blackwell pointed out that
annual lespedeza seed can be har
vested wjth grain combine, lespe
deza seed harvester on mowing
machine, seed pan on mowing
machine, seed pan and mower and
rake, mower and rake and thresh
ing machine, or can be harvested i
with mower and rake and seed
removed by beating with forks or
flails. |
Seed should be harvested with
as little weed seed as possible. The
lespedeza is ready to harvest when
plants are dry and see fully ma
ture and dry. It holds the seed well
and for this reason the seed pan
method does not work well. Kobe,
Tennessee 76 and Common are
ready to harvest when plants be
gin to turn brown and when the
major part of seed are mature.Seed
of these varieties shatter badly and
must be harvested when ready.
Sericea lespedeza seed are ready to
harvest when the plants begin to
turn brown and the seed are ma
ture.
The Extension Agent pointed out
that seed for market should be
cleaned.S eed for home use, if it
does not contain noxious weed
seed, can be sown without clean
ing but is best cleaned.
Seed for home use can be saved
from late cut hay by handling the
hay over close floors and collecting
the seed. Sericea lespedeza can be
harvested with grain combine, and
mower, and rake and threshing
machine. Seed can be removed by
beating with forks or flails.
PECAN GROWERS
AT ALBANY ORGANIZE
Albany, Oct. 12—The Pecan
Growers Protective Association has
been formed at Albany to protect
its members from pecan thieves.
Funds were subscribed by the
members and plans were made to
hire a full-time police officer to
patrol the pecan groves of Dough
erty county during the gathering
season.
No president or vice president
was elected for the organization,
but a secretary, Mrs. W H. Wilson
anda treasurer, J. M. Cannon
were chosen. Other members of the
association include J. T. and W. B.
Haley, G. S. Hurt, Mercer Brown
Mrs. J. M. Patterson and J. E. Me
Glaun.
Carolina Governors
Expect To Meet For
Cotton Picking Duel
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 10—'There
are two definite changes that the
governor of North Carolina and
the governor of South Carolina
will meet inthat proposed cotton
picking contest.
Gov. Broughton (N. C.) said to-
day that he “guessed he would
have to take on” Gov. Olin John-
ston (S. C.).
1. That the contest be held on
his farm near Raleigh, because
“my cotton needs picking badlv
especially since we have a labor
shortage,” and
2. That the contest be held at
some chosen place near Columbia
some time in the next two weeks
"when I expect to visit Gov. John
ston while in Columbia to see my
sonwho is an aviation cadet at
the University of South Carolina.”
Gov. Johnston formally accept-
ed Governor Broughton's challenge
issued last week, to meet in a cot
ton-picking “duel”. The South
Carolina executive said he would
meet the Tar Heel governor “any-
where and for any length of
time.”
LET YOUR
HEART
DECIDE
Prisoner of War! Frustrated...
lonely. War Prisoners Aid is one
of the great tasks of the 17 Na
tional War Fund agencies. This
year you can help all these and
the needy here ut home with one
gift...through your own commu
nity’s fund.
NATIONAL
WAR FUND
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Our President Says—
“A Share in the National War Fund
Is a Share in Winning the War”
—FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Give Once For All of These-—
Seventeen national war relief agencies have been combined into one cam-
paign, into the National War Fund. You give to this unified Fund and you
have given to seventeen agencies. You give once, for all these!
The National War Fund is officially endorsed by the President. It has
the backing of the Government as an improvement over the old confusing
way of raising money. It permits you to budget your wartime giving more
easily. It makes sense.
(1) THE USO—United Service Organizations,
which you know so well. Working night and day
for “Our Boys”, at home and overseas.
(2) Relief to China, Russia, Greece, Belgium
and other United Nations. •
(3) Refugees, including thousands of orphaned
children from China, Poland, England and other
countries.
(4) Your local Community Chest or other
character building and welfare agencies rf
included in your local campaign. •
UNITED WAR FUND
OF GEORGIA
AFFILIATED WITH
NATIONAL WAR FUND