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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 21, 1943.
PAGE SIX
NEWS SUMMARY OP
THE WEEK IN GEORGIA
Poorer gas and less of it is said
to be in store for Georgia civilian
drivers.
Sixteen cases of liquor, valued
at $500 were stolen at Columbus
Sunday night.
Governor Arnall is reported as
expecting to spend a busy day in
Washington today.
After many years without a
brass band Eatonton again has
one composed of 12 young boys.
The sale of 2,408 cows, calves
and steers at the Union Stockyard
at Albany netted the owners $16,-
557.
Georgia led the Southern States
in total sales in the Third War
Loan and was fifth in the entire
nation.
Tom Linder, Georgia Commis
sioner of Agriculture, advocates
abolishing the New York Cotton
Exchange.
A total of 9,450 surgical dress
ings were made at the Red Cross
surgical dressing room in Albany
last week.
i Counsel for Sheriff A. L. Poole 1
I of Muscogee county secured dis-
! missal Tuesday at Columbus of
nine misdemeanor counts charg
ing the officer with drunkenness
but the Muscogee county grand
jury reinstated the charges and
added a new one.
i
| Mr. John W. Dillard, well-known
Richland citizen was critically in
jured when struck by a passing
car while crossing the street, lie
was rushed to the Americus hos-
! pital for treatment, suffering a
I broken nose and several lacera-
! tions about the head and face.
Little Priscilla Sargent, daugh-
: ter of Mr .and Mrs. Glen Sargent
and a granddaughter of Mrs. W.
M. Blount of Cordele, is the proud
possessor of a unique bracelet, the
! gift of her uncle Wm. H. Blount, a
i Seabee, on duty in the Aleutians.
The bracelet is of silver, fashioned
from a part of a Japanese plane
which her uncle helped shoot
down during the fight there.
A Marshallville correspondent to
the daily press records this item:
“Enoch Brown, farmer, was pleas
ed with the results that his ‘tatcr
patch’ promised to bring before
things happened in his section
this week. A thief stole the entire
day’s gathering of ‘taters’ ap
proximately 50 bushels.”
At the first auction sale of pe
cans for the season held at Vi-
dalia Tuesday the nuts brought
The sugar cane crop in Georgia
Is estimated to have been cut fully
one-half by the drought which
continues. . the flowing prices: Schleys 35 to
Annelle Green, of Buena Vista, 1 37 cents; Stuarts, 32 to 35 c^ts,
has been elected vice president of and intermediate varieties 28 to
Ui student body at Georgia South- 32 cents, while seedlings sold at
western College. 23 to 28 cents; Moneymakers up
to 31c.
Citizens Seek To Force
Americus Officials
To Repair Bridge
Americus, Oct. 17—Mandamus
proceedings filed in Sumter su
perior court by the Americus Oil
Co., H. E. McMath and R. L. Mc-
Math, seek to force the mayor and
city council of Americus to make
passable the old bridge over the
Muckalee creek.
The petition alleges that the
bridge has been maintained by
the city as a street or highway
for more than 100 years and dur
ing that time was the main source
of entrance to the city from the
western part of the county; that
40 per cent of cotton, cottonseed,
peanuts and other products come
from that section of the county.
The bridge and highway in
question was practically destroyed
by floods of last January, and the
petition alleges the city has had
ample time in which to make the
outlet passable. The city con
tends it has no funds with which
to make the necessary repairs,
therefore have taken no steps to
ward putting the highway in
shape.
The petition will be heard in
chambers before Judge W. M.
Harper Friday afternoon.
45 Mules. 2 Horses,
50 Hogs Destroyed
In Moultrie Fire
Newspaper Editors Favor
Being Paid For War Bond
Advertising By The Govt.
Washington, Oct. 19—An over
whelming majority of the editors
and publishers of the nation’s
small daily and weekly newspa
pers think the Government should
pay for War Bond advertising, A.
S. Hardy, of Gainesville, Ga., pres
ident of the National Editorial As
sociation, told the Senate Banking
Committee Tuesday.
I Testifying in support of the bill
by Senator Bankhead (D.-Ala.) au
thorizing up to $30,000,000 annual
ly in Treasury bond advertising in
newspapers, Hardy said a ques
tionnaire survey showd 94 percent
favored the legislation.
To the question, “Do you think
the Government should pay for
advertising?” Hardy said 2,445
papers replied “yes” and 155 said
j “no”.
j Approximately 87 per cent of
those answering the questionnaire
! stated that they did not consider
paid advertising would be a sub
sidy, or that it would have any
effect on editorial policies.
ALLIED PRISONER
EXCHANGE BEGINS
WITH GERMANY
A wave of burglaries which has
reached and passed epidemic pro
portions in Atlanta territory con
tinues unabated.
Many Real Estate
Transactions Take Place
In Ellaville Recently
Ellaville, Ga., Oct. 18—Real es
tate sales taking place in Ella
ville and Schley county recently
included the purchase of the large
two story brick home located on
Broad street, in Ellaville, by B. E.
Polham, from Mrs. Ruth Scott
Bridges, of Bristol, Va., for $8,500.
Mrs. Mamie McBride of Los An
geles, Cal., purchased from D. L.
Rainey, of Toccoa, his home at
Ellaville, a large one story struc
ture for $2,500.
The ancestral home of the late
Eld. J. M. Murray was bought re
cently by Mrs. Irene Gregory from
her brother, Joe Murray, the con
sideration for the home, it has
been stated, was $3,000.
Superior court records in Sum
ter county reveal that R. E. Sulli
van of Ellaville, added to his al
ready large real estate ownings in
Sumter county, a tract of land
containing 821 acres, the purchase
price being $16,250.
B. S. Sellars purchased from
Mrs. Ella Bivins Bailey of Macon
20 acres of farm land in the Hope-
well community, in Schley county
for $900, an average of $45 per
acre.
The Macon News announced
Saturday the appointment of Per
ry Reynolds as sports editor of the
paper, succeeding Hal Allen, who
Approximately 35 to 45 percent en tered the U. S. Martime Service,
of Georgia’s 1943 peanut crop, ex- Reynolds joined the News staff
pected to sell at $75,000,000 has n£ne mon ths ago, and served as
already been marketed. | CO urt house reporter and feature
Birthrate increased mightily for j wr ^ er-
Dougherty county for September Postmasters o£ the Second Cop-
with a record of 88 children born I nai district , numbering
In the county for a single month. ^ bout ^ win meet in annual seS -
Governor Arnall declares it to be ssion at Albany Oct. 27. Congress-
hls intention to exert his influ- | man E. E. Cox will be special
ence to have an adequate civil guest and principal speaker. Oth-
service provision included in the er speakers include E. H. Heidt,
states le-drafted Constitution. assistant postmaster of the Al
bany office, and R. R. Bunnell, post
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife office j nsp e C tor in Albany. Special
Service has set the season for gues ts will include C. R. Brumby
hunting doves in Georgia from cedartown postmaster and presi-
Dec. 1 to Jan. 11, a 12-day longer dent o£ t h e Georgia National As
sociation of Postmasters; Mrs.
Rosa Lindsey of Irwinton, secre-
W ; K°! epnenS \ aB V°’ PIUm : tary of the Georgia chapter, and
nent Webster county farmer re- Marv Martin of Helena, na-
s’ding three miles out from Rich- - the association.
land died suddenly at his home
there Tuesday of last week.
season.
W. W. Stephens, age 76, promi-
Macon county women, while
sponsoring other worthwhile
home-kitchen-garden projects, are
now directing a large portion of
their
cheese.
Mrs. Belmont Dennis of Coving-
DRAFT RECORDS LOST
IN HARRISBURG FIRE
Harrisburg, Oct. 16—Scores of
liicvttiig c» laigv tiun v* °’
attention to the making of firemen were injured or overcome
Saturday as they battlad a gener
al alarm fire which threatened an
....... ~ - — „ entire Harrisburg business block
ton, heads the slate of ofifcers to and destroyed the Army indue-
be elected at the 48th convention tion station.
of Georgia division of U. D. C. be- was estimated at a half
X* d * n Attante this week at mmion g dollars .
the Biltmou hotel. j Co ] Kelly Lemmon, in charge
W. A. Bootle, T. W. Clifton, L.E. of the induction station, said only
Hall and A. M. Phillips, four half of the military records were
prominent Macon citizens had be- salvaged. Scheduled
stowed upon them in Washington were postponed and
D. C., yesterday the highest honor boards were notified
conferred in Masonry.
registrants for their
aminations.
inductions
local draft
not to send
physical ex-
A thrilling story is told of the
rescue of Edward Ward Keatley,' cur-mirr-
Atlantan, and nine other fliers in BAKER s»hehwf
same plane who had been adrift SEEKING BAIL
18 hours amidst iceburg, fog and J —
rough sea in the North Atlantic.
Moultrie, Ga., Oct. 16—Forty-
five mules, two horses and 50
hogs were burned to death Thurs
day night in one of the most cost
ly farm fires ever reported in that
section of the state, when several
barns on the farm of Wallace
Curies, one of the largest farmers
in Georgia, were destroyed by fire.
A tar™ quantity of feedstuffs was
lost also.
> was at the home of Cur
ies when the fire started. He lived
in Mitchell county and was at a
picture show at Camilla at the
time the fire started. When he re
turned home the buildings had
burned almost to the ground.
The next day it was recalled by
Camilla residents that a large
Army airplane circled the busi
ness district several times, but
they did not know the reason for
the buzzing until they heard about
the fire. It was assumed the pilot
of the plane had seen the flames
and was trying to give an alarm.
The cause of the fire has not
been determined but an investi
gation is being made.
JEFFERSONVILLE WOMAN
SEES PICTURE OF HUBBY
IN MOVIE AT MACON
Jeffersonville, Ga., Oct. 16—
While viewing the picture, Report
From the Aleutians, in a Macon
picture show last week, Mrs. Rob
ert Richerson caught several
glimpses of her husband, Capt.
Richerson, who is a chaplain in
the U. S. Air Corps.
Capt. Richerson has been in the
Pacific for more than a year in
service. He is expected to return to
the states at an early date. Mrs.
Richerson makes her home with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Johnston at Bullard, and she is
teaching at the Bullard school.
KING'S ’RELATIVE'
GETS EXTRA SERVICE
London, Oct. 18—The Foreign
Office said Monday night the re
turn of American and British dis
abled prisoners of war from Ger
many under an exchange is under
way and the first parties are be
ing embarked at Goeteborg, Swe
den, for the voyage home.
The announcement said more
than 4,000 war prisoners from the
United States and the British Em
pire, would be returned and a like
number of Germans from prison
camps in Britain,the United States
and Canada would be sent back
to the Reich.
One group of disabled Germans
already has been transported in a
hospital ship from a British port
to Goeteborg.
Only 17 of the returning Allied
prisoners are Americans, the For
eign Office statement said, ex
plaining this was due to the rela
tively small number of U. S.
prisoners taken thus far in the
war by Germany.
13 MILLION YULE
PACKAGES SWAMP
GOTHAM POSTOFFICE
New York, Oct. 16—Postmaster
Albert Goldman reported 13,000,-
000 Christmas packages for Ameri
can soldiers overseas had arrived
at the New York postoffice last
midnight—the deadline for mail
ing holiday gifts to army men
and women abroad.
William Jordan bought from
Mrs. Mary Dixon Hogg a tract of
land containing 80 acres, located
on the Dozier Mill road, near Ella
ville, and a pair of mules and
farm equipment, used in cultivat- |
ing the land this year, for $3,000
Mr. Jordan also bought from J. F.
Stewart 60 acres for pasturage, for
a consideration of $800.
E. C. Rigsby has come into the
possession of nine and one half |
acres of city property belonging
to the estate of the late E. H. Mor
rison, situated on Oglethorpe
street on which is located a small
dwelling house, paying for same
$1,400. C. C. Williamson bought
two vacant lots on Stevens street
for $600.
I
Your Ration Dates
With Uncle Sam
| October 21—Deadline for making
application for renewal of gaso
line ration book “A”
October 30—Brown stamps, C, D,
E and F. expire.
October 31—Coupons 15 and 16
in ration book 1 expire; sugai
stamp 14 expires; deadline for tire
inspection for holders of B gasoline
rations.
November 1—Airplane stamp 1
becomes valid for one pair o 1
shoes.
November 8—No. 6 coupon in A
gas ration book expires.
November 9—Gasoline stamp A-S
becomes valid.
All But Two Prison
Camps In State To Be
Closed By January 1st
Atlanta, Oct. 18—All except tu-
of the state’s 18 highway camp?
for convicts will be closed by j an
1, as part of Georgia’s prison re
form program, R. G. Clay, high
way director and W. L. Moore d
rector of corrections, announced
Monday.
Abolition of the camps “as soon
as practical” was called for in leg
islation enacted at a recent special
legislative, session. The j an j
deadline was set by Clay ’ an i
Moore after a conference with the
I highway department’s division en
gineers.
| The two exceptions, said Clay
are the camps at Brunswick and
j Folkston. These are the newest
1 camps and are engaged in road
maintenance. The other camps do
construction work on. secondarv
I dirt roads. J
The other camps are at Staten-
ville, Camilla, Hamilton, Douglas
Covington, Jasper, Cartersville, La-
Fayette, Sparta and Cadwell. Al
together the camps have about
I 500 convicts and- the plan is f or
these to be sent to the Tattnall
State Prison where they will be
employed in expanded industrial
and agricultural activities.
Clay said each camp averaged
about a.x guards and added that
Moore would give them preference
in hiring any additional guards
for the state prison. The highway
director also said the division en
gineers had been instructed to
bear in mind the “road building
experience” of the wardens in em
ploying any more help they may
need.
Moore left for the state prison
to inspect it for the first time
since his recent appointment as
director of corrections.
Georgia Sergeant Finds
Lipstick Has Charm For
Girls In North Africa
Jeffersonville, Ga., Oct. 16—Sgt.
Bill Chamberlain gets his laundry
done in North Africa for lipstick
and not for money. In fact, one of
the red sticks pays for several
weeks’ wash, writes the soldier.
The family no ionger wonders
what the sergeant wanted with lip
stick when he wrote for some to
be sent him.
It seems that the natives value
many things far more than mon
ey. When an Arab discovered that
Sgt. Chamberlain was wearing
an undershirt, he began to barter
for it.
Result: Bill sold the undershirt
off his back for $1, and he wrote,
“it had several holes in it, too.”
The death of two prominent citi
zens and business men of Colum-
Atlanta, Oct. 18—The Fifth U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals took un
der advisement Monday a motion
anu tor bail for Sheriff M. C. Screws
bus is recorded this week in the q} BaRer county and tw0 others
passing of Woodard Ross owery conv}cted and sentenced on
and Lorbes Bradley Nucholls. Both h f violating civil liberties
gentlemen had been sick for some connec K tion with the
death of a prisoner, Robert Hall,
Polling a clear majority over his while under arrest.
time.
three opponents O. B. Peacock won
the Democratic nomination for
sheriff of Dodge
Sheriff Screws, Frank Edward
Jones and Jim Bob Kelley were
county in the convicted in the U. S. Middle Dis-
county primary last week, it was trict Court at Albany, Ga., Oct. 7.
revealed in official and complete judge Deaver sentenced them to
returns. three years imprisonment
... .. „ .. fined each $1,000.
Miss Mary Culler White, native,
and
of Hawkinsville, is one of nine 1 _ . rHIITIST
Georgians aboard the exchange benning vhuhsi
i;hip between the United States IS FIGHTING MAN;
and Japan. Miss White was a | aids BLOOD BANK
Methodist missionary to Japan for j
over 40 years. Atlanta, Oct. 17—Pvt. W. N.
Mrs. Georgia Carlton Weaver, j Moriarty has fighting blood and
native of Savannah, wife of Dr.; is determined to get it into battle
Elberton, Oct. 16—Cpl. Billy'
Walker, who recently landed in
India, wrote his mother, Mrs. O.
R Walker, that a native barber
had just given him the finest hair
cut he had ever had.
Attempting to show the non-
English speaking barber the
style of hair cut he desired Cpl.
Walker pointed to the head of
King George on a coin and then
to his own head.
The barber got the idea that
the corporal was a relative of the
king and hurriedly put every em
ploye at the disposal of his “roy
al” person.
IDEAL SELLS $13,500
IN WAR BOND DRIVE
Phone 89
Butler, Ga.
Olin H. Weaver, died unexpectedly
last week of a heart attack. She
had been supervisor of the operat
ing room at the Macon hospital
for a number of years.
Increases in railroad coach fares
even if he has to send it overseas
bottle by bottle.
When the Mt. Vernon, N. Y.,
paratrooper found himself assign
ed to duties at Ft. Benning, Ga.,
that gave little or no promise of
Increases in railroad coacn iar permitting an immediate transfer
within Georgia and in charges for tQ a battle zone> he decided to
hauling household goods were an
nounced Monday by Chairman W.
R. McDonald of the State Public
Service Commission. Both rate
changes become effective Nov. 1.
help his buddies anyway.
Comnig here on leaves, he has
made his thirteenth donation to
the Atlanta blood bank and Red
, Cross officials said today he is
Miss Mamie Brosnan, who has one of the champ donors of this
section.
“All I’m worried about is get-
taught in the Albany schools loi
more than 50 years, was honored
a few days ago when a group of j ting into battle which the fellows
small school children, directed by (with whom I pioneered this para-
**— Lackland, paid tribute troop stuff,” Moriarty declared
Mrs. T. C.
to her in a program over a local
radio station.
“If I can’t go any other way,
guess I’ll make it by bottle.”
Ideal, Ga., Oct. 16—During the
recent Third War Bond drive, the
Ideal community, captioned by
Paul Cromer, bought $13,500 worth
of bonds. The monthly bond sales
for any previous month since the
war began has not been more
than $2,000.
Bonds totaling $8,006.25 were
sold by the school children and on
Tuesday afternoon a program was
held at the school at which cash J
prizes were given Gene Fowler, j
Lois James and Emily Phillips for ,
selling the largest amounts. The
$10 in cash was donated by Paul,
Cromer.
FDR IcujA:
I hope Americans
will iigure out for
themselves addi
tional payroll sav
ings.
Can 6c
. . . 19c
4 Lbs 75c
House Party Coffee Lb 29c
Happy Host Coffee Lb 25c
Bulk Coffee 2 Lbs 35c
Potted Meat
Apple Jelly . .
Lard ...
Kelloggs Corn Flakes 5c
Sunshine
Krispy Crackers Lb 19c
Sunshine
Graham Crackers Lb 20c
Graded Coconut Can 40c
Carnation Milk Can 5c
Pineapple Juice Can 43c
Salt .... 3 Boxes 10c
specials/
Pig Liver .
Neck Bones
Oleomargine
Lb 22c
Lb 9c
Lb 19c
Western Branded Government
Inspected Beef At All Time.
Grade AA This Week
Matches . . 3 Boxes lie
Crystal Wedding Oats 10c
Hi Ho Crackers Lb 23c