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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 23, 1943.
NEWS SUMMARY OF
THE WEEK IN GEORGIA
LiKgation In Muscoree Veieran Circus Man
County Superior Court Hangs Himself While
Ends After Ten Years Six Thousand Watch
Ex-Govemor E. D. Rivers Grave Is Du], $1,000
Appointed To High Cf.ice Spent On Floral Offering,
In Woodmen Of World 'Corpse' Arrives Alive
Rev. Guy N. Atkinson of Car- _____ I '
tersville, Ga„ has accepted a call Columbus Q ct. 25—Litigation ex- St. Louis, Oct. 23—“The mm j Omaha, Neb., 24—Appointment Just the floral trimmings cost
to become pastor of the 1-irst Bap- tcnd j n g 0 ’ ver a p 0r j od G f 10 years who hangs himself and lives to former Gov. Ed Rivers, 48, rf $1,000 in the elaborate funeral of
fist church, Baxley. bas CQme an end by settlement tell the tale,” lived up to only ti e Lakeland, Ga., as national sentry Seaman Joe Louis Salvatore
Talbot county exceeded its $1,- out of court of the case of Patter- first half of his billing. and member of the board cf c i- which never was held in Shinn-
600 war fund quota by more than son-Pope Motor Co., of Columbi s. Aloys “Drake” Peters defied fate
Aloys
20 per cent it is reported by John vs. Ford Motor Co., in Superior once too often.
H. Woodall, chairman. Court. ... .. Th- veteran circus man actually
.. f Tb e case was Hrst tldcd ln At- handed himself before 6.COu spcc-
Dr. Price Cline, 53 a native of lanta June 6, 1933, and after a tators at a “thrill” circus in S t.
Georgia, president of Centennary nine-day trial the jury awarded Louis
College, Shreveport, La., since 1933 Patterson-Pope Motor Co. the sum Thp war was blamed for the ac-
died Monday following a brief ill- of $21,655 against Ford Motor Co. cid Vnt. oiamea
ness. for wrongful cancellation of a ^ Peters' booking agent revealed
The Georgia Court of Appeals de £® C ° nt [S wpnt to thp Su . the stunt man was using a new
ruled Tuesdav a husband and Tbe case then went to the bu <* ro p e ” f or bis act, and the rub> er
ruled luesday a nusoana ana preme court of Georgia where a * thp .< ronp *. nnt resilient
wile have the right to protect each , , ordered and again ln tb t 5° pe * aS *, resillc . m
nfher aeninst an attack bv a third n . ew mai was ora ^ rea > dna a & tlin enough, due to wartime restric-
otner against an attacK Dy a imru the case went to the Supreme tions _
person. court on a technical motion. It was Fellow-performers, with show
Offices of the rationing board at finally assigned again for trial In foil's traditional superstition, ad-
Fairburn were looted of an un- Atlanta this month, but by set- vanced another reason. Peters’ act
identified number of ration books tlement between the parties out they said, was 13th on the bill
it was disclosed Monday.
some time during the week-end, ot court, the case was removed , p e ters dangled helplessly in the
om the court dockets. noose of his 50 . foot rope after
In the long litigation Patterson leaping from a 70 . foot balcony to
°P e otor c ° - T ' vas represented tbe accompaniment of a drum
ferson, burned Friday, along with by Hewlett and Dennis of Atlanta n , th chriek*; nf thP thrill
the cottonseed storage building and Foley and Chappell of Colum seeking 6 000
and a large amount of cottonseed, bus, while Ford was represented Fj rem en’ cut him down, and he
Increase In Postal
Rates From 3c To 4c Is
Proposed By Congress
Washington, Oct.
startling First time to levy excises against
soft drinks, candy, chewing gum
„„ o . . . the family had a and pari-mutuel wagers.
The Colquitt ginnery, near Jef- Pope otor Co. was represented [^‘YcTOmpaiSmenT^of 0 ^ 001 drum \ he J board J ield by the la * e R ’ ' G : burial P lot «»e cemetery witha jhe tax on liquor would be
. j _i i —.— -_-j i-x *~ a*i__*_ Plukett of Macon, Ga., who died freshly opened grave and a small raised irom bo to $o a gallon, the
25—A sham
increase in postal rates, boosting
and member of the board cf (i- which never was held in Shinn- l p ^, n Ch i P tf p e rQ °f rn J. irS Q' Cl f ss ’ ° ut of.
rectors of the Woodmen of the ston, W. Va., because the ‘Corpse”) . , , c to 4c > and
World Life Insurance Society, is was well, happy and was enjoy-1, , , , ° n so ' c alled
announced by Pres. Farrar New- ing a furlough at home. J™^M quor . ci ga .
berry. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank | hv P°P-l were Ptopos-
Mr. Rivers joined the Woodmen Salvatore, had received a tele- j ea . ^ ,, y Tna Longressional
of the World in 1913 when he was gram from the Navy Department I ac U rB ? ry s a11 ° n . , ? a *l°]?*
18 years old. Since then he has advising them that their son had '. ima ea to yield $1,580,204,000
served in nearly every office of died in a Cincinnati, O., hospital ln . aev Y revenue > the program
the camp and since 1919 has been and the body would arrive by vv ° ald P lace a lc tax on bottled
representative of the Woodmen train in three days. | Bott nK . s ’ and ra ‘ se the federal
Camps in Georgia to the soverign While sorrowing family and 6 a ® oline tax from 1.5c to 2c a
camp. He served as head consul friends waited at the railroad ,S^on.
of Georgia Wooodmen camps from station that morning, Joe alighted ' Ke P Knutson l R -Minn), leading
1925 to 1933 and has been junior from a bus and walked into a Re P ubltcan member of the House
head consul of the Georgia juris- restaurant. Acquaintances there ways and means committee, said
diction since 1935. He was chair- knowing of the funeral plans, there was a good chance the pro-
man of the soverign camp's legis- rushed to his home to tell his P°® a ^ s wou * d be adopted,
lative committee in its 1941 na- mother and two sisters who had .®. P r °6 ram proposes for the
tional convention. \ stayed behind — the
In his new post as a national di- news,
rector, Mr. Rivers takes the place | Meanwhile,
There was some insurance.
The demand for good quality
cotton seed for next year's plant
ing is already greater than the
supply, the Georgia Agricultural
Extension servie points out.
Among those registering for ra
tion books at Roberta the past
week, were two of Crawford coun-
by Colquitt, Troutman and Ark
wright, of Atlanta.
The amount paid in settlement
was not disclosed.
SHIP TO BE NAMED
FOR MILLEDGEVILLE
was dead on arrival at a hospital.
STATE'S WITNESSES IN
RECENT TRIAL OF MUSCOGEE
SHERIFF POOL DISCHARGED
Aug. 26. Mr. Plunkett had filled
the post of director and national
auditor since 1925.
2 NEGROES KILLED
IN SHOOTING AFFRAY
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 26—Deputy
Sheriff E. F. Howell has been d s-
charged from the office of Sheriff
Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 25—A
ship named in honor of the City
ty’s oldest negro residents. Their of Milledgeville will be launched A. L. Poole “for the good of my
ages were given as 96 and 101. at the plant of the American department,” the sheriff reveals.
a ora Hp Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio, ac- Sheriff Poole reported that he
A large bed of _high gradI a cording tQ word rec eived at Mill- ' had received numerous inquiries
b ^l f r d T H^ Howard y in edgeville from Congressman Carl j over the week end as to Howell's
Maj. and Mrs. J. H. Howard in vinSQn status, but did not elaborate fur-
La.. a ar couiny. it is the third mic? Mr vinson saidthat he had ther on his brief statement re- , lV¥ „ oc **-**.***v^«
mine to be opened in that cou ty. asked Mayor w L Ritchie to sug- | garding Howell’s dismissal. The j wounds just below the heart. The
David Samson Bell, widely gest a local person to christen the,sheriff reported the dismissal in]dead man and the woman were
known Valdostan and operator of frigate. \ a call to the Ledger-Enquirer j found lying together in bed, a re
Americus, Ga., Oct. 25—Two
persons are dead as the result cf
an alleged planned murder and
suicide, one was killed instantly
and the other died Sunday night,
Sheriff Jack McArthur said Mon
day.
Charlie Mann, negro, 38, died
instantly with a bullet hole in the
back of his head, and Annie Lou not* been
Mann, the dead man's wife, had
two alleged self-inflicted bullet
fortune in flowers. Joe's brother, cigaret levy would go from $3.50
Dorminick, also in the navy and P er thousand to $4.00 per thousand
serving overseas, wired $200 for and larger levies would be im-
a floral star of red roses. posed on general admissions to
A shinnston flower shop vir- amusement places,
tually was cleaned out while three The postal rate increase would
shops in neighboring towns got lift the charge for first-class local
some of the business. One florist mailing from 2c to 3c an ounce,
said: airmail 6c to 10c an ounce.
“Certainly, Iwon't permit them Charges on special delivery and
to stand all the loss. Joe is a other classes of mail likewise
friend of mine, and I'm just as would be increased,
tickled as anybody that he's i The advisory staff, headed by
alive in good health.” j C. F.' Stam, is employed by Con-
Joe said he had been stationed gress to advise on revenue prob
in Portsmouth, R. I., and lost his lems.
billfold there recently. He had j The House ways and means
in Cincinnati and had ; committee, whicn already had
not been wounded.
GEORGIA-BORN HEAD
OF CENTENARY DIES
a medicine show business covering
a large part of the nation, is the MARSHAL HUMBER'S RITES
first to announce as candidate for CONDUCTED IN AMERICUS
mayor of Valdosta. _____
A ship named in honorof the Americus,
City of Milledgeville will
launched at the plant of
the Americus, Ga., Oct. 26—-W. M.
be Humber, 61, U. S. Deputy Marshal
the of the Albany District, who died
American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain Sunday night in a Cuthbert hos
ruled out administration proposals
for a $6,500,000,000 increase in
levies against individual incomes,
refused to grant any increase in
1 estate and gift taxes despite a
25—Dr. Treasury recommendation to tap
Monday. Ivolver with three empty chambers* q hrpvpnort L a Oct
ST”'* *“*■ ‘ he dePUt> 1 ple '“ CUM.’ 53, president ol Cat-' those sources for an additional
does not become effective until
the woman was
the children, were told, of her
Nov. 1. One of the principal wit
nesses for the state, he had testi
fied last week against Sheriff
Poole who was on trial on ten
counts of misdemeanor. The sher
Ohio. Date for the launching has pital after a long illness, was jjf was convicted on one count and
not yet been announced.
buried at Americus Tuesday.
Humber moved to Albany 10
J. T. Davidson, assistant to City years ago from Americus. He was
Marshal J. H. Shumake, of Ameii- a former member of the Board of
cus, has resigned effective Nov. 1. Education here and the board of
Tui.iiiue n<avis, member of Ameri- stewards of the Americus Metho-
cus police department, has been d j s t church
named to succeed Davidson. , ■ .
A German prisoner of war nam
ed Edwin Kerz was accidently shot
and killed at the internment
camp at Camp Gordon Saturday.
FREIGHT ENGINE
BLAST INJURIES 2
Toccoa, Ga., Oct. 23—The en--
Details of the shooting were not gineer and fireman of a Southern
disclosed but an investigation is Railway freight train were injured
unuerway. early today when the locomotive
exploded between Mt. Airy and
J. N. Griffin, 88, one of Valdos- Ayersville, Ga., about 10 miles out
ta’s most prominent citizens, died 0 f Toccoa.
recently after an illness of two At the Stephens county hospital
weeks. I-Ie was the father of Mrs. at Toccoa, the injured were listed
L. G. Hardman, of Commerce, as Engineer Henry Rowland and
widow of Dr. Hardman, former Fireman E. B. Hitt, both of At
lanta. Attendants said
suffering burns.
they were
36 OF 88 VICTIMS
UP SLA COLLISION
WILL HAVE BURIAL
Governor of Georgia.
Author Willie Snow Etheridge,
wife of Publisher Mark Etheridge
of the Louisville Courier-Journal
and former editor of the Macon
Telegraph, contributed the first
$1,090 to the Wesleyan teacher re
tirement endowment fund. Mrs.
Luuiiiuge is aiumnae secretary.
Georgia farmers are now re
ceiving payments for agricultural Q ff the coast of Florida last Wed-
conseivation work done this year nesday will be consigned to the
according to an announcement sea j n impressive funeral rites
Tuesday in Athens by the AAA, “somewhere in the Atlantic.”
which also stated that approxi- a warship will bear the bodies
mately 1,000 farmers are scheduled from a Florida port in the point
to be paid prior to November 1. selected for the services, it was
1944 announce d by Rear Admiral W. R.
be Munroe, commandnt of the 7th
naval district.
Miami Fla., Oct. 25—Bodies cf
36 unidentified dead of the 88
men who perished in flames when
two blacked-out tankers collided
acquitted on nine.
The deputy had asserted during
the trial that he had seen Sheriff
Poole drunk—that on two occa
sions on the steamboat Geo. W.
Miller the sheriff was “under the
influence of liquor.” He also said
that Sheriff Poole became intoxi
cated while taking two prisoners
under the death sentence from
Columbus to Reidsville for execu
tion.
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Frovn
Page One
.... ,, ... . tenary College since 1933, died at $400,000,000.
A letter, allegedly written by Shreveport Monday, following a —
found in which brle[ ^ Legal Notice
, * j, * j *u „ u ... i Born at Waleska, Ga., Feb. 17,
plans, and directed them how to g9() he attended Rei nhardt Col-
settle their father's business af- ’
fairs, Deputy McArthur stated.
THREE GEORGIA
FELONS CAUGHT;
11 STILL FREE
To make plans for the
Georgia Press Institute, to
held at the Henry Grady school cf
journalism in February, members ° nly H 3 f 7 bocb f t ave be u en „ re :
m iue newly appointed institute covered from the charred hulks of
committee and members of the
board of managers of the Georgia
Press Association will meet at
Athens next Friday.
Rev. H. G. Fowler has been nam
ed secretary of the Friendship
the tankers. One body had been
identified and held for relatives.
SERVICE MEN'S DEPENDENTS
NOW GET HIGHER PAYMENTS
Washington, Oct. 26—Higher
Baptist Association, succeeding payments approved by congress for
Rev. Otis Howard, resigned. Other serv j ce men's dependents became
officers re-elected were Rev. R. L effective today when President
Bivins, Cusseta, moderator, and Roosevelt put his signature to the
G. F. Finley, Americus, treasurer, legislation.
The association will hold its 1 44 The new scale leaves at $50
session with Callaway Memorial mon thly the payment to a wife,
church, Leesburg. b Ut boosts from $62 to $80 the
It was announced at Montezuma P aym , erd *° a w ^ e and one chila
yesterday that Miss Nanita Guer- and Horn $10 to $20 the payment
ry, daughter of Mrs. John B. Guer- * or each additional child,
ry, Macon county representative, Hie increase comes from the
has received an appointment for government,t he serviceman's con-
training at Smith College, Mass., tnbution remaining at $22 month
as a member of the WAVES. She ^ unless payments are made to
is a graduate of Shorter College at two classes of dependents—to a
Rome and holds an MA from Em- vvlfe and chll d, for instance, anc
ory. She has resigned her position a ' so to parents. In the event, the
as a NYA worker. i S(? rviceman contributes $27.
I The legislation also extends
Announcement is made at Vi- 1 benefits of the law to dependents
delia that Wensley Hobby of cf men of all seven enlisted grades
Swainsboro. owner of the Lyons whereas they have been limited to
Progress, official organ for Toomls the lower four enlisted grades,
county and the City of Lyons, has The new grades affected are staff
named Charles D. Rountree, edi- sergeants, technical sergeants and
tor and publisher of the Progress, master sergeanst, and correspond-
A gathering of Toombs county citi- ing grades in other services. If
zens were invited to greet the new they take advantage of the law
editor at a supper held at Shady they must waive subsistence and
Grove near Lyons Tuesday eve- rental payments now authorized
.ning. /for higher enlisted grades.
day mails. Great numbers
these are now in the armed forces
and war industries. This year we
must rely largely upon wAme: 1
and high school boys and girls,
who cannot work long hours or at
the high speed of experienced
personnel.
“The only way, therefore, in
which deliveries of Christmas
mails can be made on time is by
spreading the mailings over a
longer period so that available
transportation equipment and pos
tal personnel can be used during
more weeks.
"Special efforts should be ra r ’e
also to extend the use of postal
delivery zone numbers on all mail
addressed to cities having that
system, because the numbers ex
pedite mail distribution.
“The postal establishment todav
is delivering record-breaking vol
umes of mail and also is perform
ing huge extraordinary wartime
tasks. The Christmas mails wTl
be in addition to all these services
which must be kept at maximum
efficiency. We must have public
cooperation if these mails are to
be delivered on time.
“Last year, at the urging of
postal people, the public did start
its mailing earlier than usual, but
the earlv volume was small.There
was a deluge of later mailings.
Many people who did not mail
within the time specified by the
Postoffice Department learned to
their regret that their friends did
not receive the cards and gifts
until after Christmas.
“Postmasters and other postal
employees therefore should use
every means to bring to the atten
tion of mailers this warning:
“The war has disloacted the
Christmas mailing season. This
year, November is the time for
mailing Christmas gifts and ca r ds.
Gifts should be marked, “Do not
open until Christmas.”
“If that message is spread
widely and effectively through
your local newspapers, radio com
mentators, t heatres, schools,
churches, chambers of commerce,
posters, post office bulletin boards
and other means, it will then be
fairly up to the public to make its
own decision. If the decision is to
mail early, gifts and cards will
arrive on time. If mailings become
a last-minute deluge as in peace
time years, it will be physically
impossible to deliver them by
Christmas in view of the wartime
handicaps.”
Cartersville, Ga., Oct. 25—Depu
ty Warden O. C. Rampley reported
state highway patrolmen, assisted
bya sheriff's posse with blood
hounds, captured three of 14 fu
gitives from the Cartersville state
highway camp Monday.
The convicts escaped Sunday
night after using an iron bar to
break through the wire cell cage
and then cutting a hole through
0 f the ceiling of the wooden building
1 Rampley said.
lege and Emory University, re- 1 Under an act of the Legislature
ceiving degrees from Emory in in March of this year, all dealers
1916 and 1917. Later he did grad- and processors of pecans are re-
uate work at the University of quired to register with the County
Chicago and was honored with de- Ordinary before buying, selling oi
grees from that school. processing pecans. Buying or pro-
He first entered educational cessing as much as five pounds of
work at Birmingham Southern pecans at one time will constitute
College as professor of history in such buyer or processor a dealer.
1918 and a year later became i Each registrant shall file writ-
president of R. E. Lee Institute.He j ten application with and pay to
came to Centenary in 1920.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mary D. Cline, and three sons, J.
Hill, Lewis D. and Pierce Jr.
Frank L. Williams, 70, editor of
the Lincoln Journal and a news
paperman for more than 50 years,
died Monday.
the County Ordinary a fee of Fifty
t50c) cents before engaging in
business.
This information is published
for the benefit of all who may
be interested.
This October 26, 1943.
J. R. Lunsford, Ordinary,
Taylor County, Georgia.
Kd
Phone 89
Butler, Ga.
House Party Coffee Lb 29c
| Happy Host Coffee Lb 25c
Bulk Coffee 2 Lbs 35c
Potted Meat Can 6c
Pork & Beans Can 15c
Lard .... 4 Lbs 75c
Kelloggs Corn Flakes 5c
Sunshine
Krispy Crackers Lb
Sunshine
Graham Crackers Lb
Can
19c
20c
40c
Graded Coconut
Carnation Milk Can 5c
Pineapple Juice Can 43c
Salt .... 3 Boxes 10c
Market
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
Crystal Wedding Oats
Mayonnaise 1-2 Pt