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fOLUME 68
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 1943
NUMBER 4
THIS
AN’
THAT
Wise Old Owl
A wise old owl sat on an oak;
The mere he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he
neard—
Why aren't we like that wise old
bird? —Ed. H. Richards.
MINUTCS OF OCTOBER
MEETING OF THE TAYLOR
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
B. Q. BLACKWELL RE-APPOINTED
AS COUNTY FARM AGENT FOR
1944; L. R. DEAN RE-NAMED TO
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
The Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues of Taylor County, Ga.,
met in regular session the First
;=a*i i ctr
SEN. GEORGE SEES STATE HIGHWAY
SENATE APPROVAL CAMPS ORDERED
OF NEW TAX BILL
ABOLISHED NOW
Passage of Bill Expected To Be Eiglit Convicts Make Getaway
Completed Before the Holiday
Recess.
From Folkstoa
Sunday Nigrt.
Prison Early
We are always delighted to see i Tuesday in October, the same be
any of our neighbors to the east! ing October 5, 1943, with all mem-
of us, in that splendid town, bers present to-wit: J. R. Cooper,
Reynolds, attending Sunday serv- Chairman, W. M. Brown and R. L.
ices at either of our churches. But, | Swearingen, with L. P. Anthony,
for some unexplainable reason, Clerk.
when Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Whatley | Minutes of the last meeting were
walk down the aisle and take their read, approved and ordered signed
epats among the worshipers we . . , , .
are particularly delighted as was L . v re in reduced against the
of last Sundav I bounty an ^ ordered paid witn
the occasion ot last Sunday warrants No 8126 thru N 8201
morning. They are always ready
to greet you with a cheerful | j* ^ as a "reed by the Board,
smile and friendly handshake effective Jan. 1, 1944, that all old
when services are over. Come or outstanding Warrants issued by
often, Clifford, and bring all you i t * ie ^ oar d of County Commissron-
can like you and “Miss Mary.”| 0rs > Taylor County, are to bear in-
xxx Through the courtesy of the! torest at the rate of five percent
recently transferred to another ,t5%) per annum,
charge parson of the local Metho- L. R. Dean was reappointed to
dist church had the pleasure Fri- j the Board of Public Welfare for a
day of meeting the new parson, i term of three years,
who with his family, comes from Application of E. G. Blackwell
Waverly Hall to Butler today to i was accepted for County Agent
occupy the parsonage, which In 1 for the year 1944. It was also
recent months has undergone agreed that ten dollars per month
many changes and improvements, be paid to the County Agent for
Washington, Nov. 13—Sen. Wal- Folkston, Ga., Nov. 15—While
ter F. George (D-Ga.) chairman of fellow inmates raised a hub-bub
the senate finance committee, °f talk and song, eight convicts
predicted Saturday senate accept-! bored through the floor of their
ance of the basic features of the prison cell with an old-fashioned
UNADILLA MAN SUCCEEDS
A. P. JARRELL, PROMOTED
IN EDUCATIONAL CIRCLES
FORMER LOCAL MAN NOW STATE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF RE
HABILITATION WORK UNDER P. S.
BARRETT OF ATLANTA.
House $2,142,000,000 tax bill with
passage likely by Christmas.
As house ways and means com
mittee leaders mapped a plan to
thrust the bill before the house
auger and fled the Georgia high
way camp at Folkston Tuesday
night, prison officials reported.
The warden was away but a
guard was standing in front of
Nov. 22, house passage was indi-1 the “bull pen” where the convicts
cated within two or three days were housed for the night when
The introduction included a rec
ommendation from Parson Gilbert
to Parson Glenn that we were a
regular attendant at church and
a mighty good sleeper. We have
since given considerable thought! 8126 V e! ‘ Benns,"?'.' M., Box
to the latter. Know of nothing; Rpnt ’
more welcomed at times and the i ome u„...l,j"’"gg aso ” Agt
traveling expenses.
List of Warrants Issued.
October, 1943
8126 Dr. Eli Garrett, service
| to convicts $ 8.50
.60
Exp. on Materials
3.C5
price many would pay for that
privilege when suffering from j8129 G <s Serv . Station>
pam, sorrow or sadness or perhaps Part / road equip. 7 . E0
from a guilty conscience in hay.. gl30 ch le ^ c
ing committed evil against his j Parts 4 £ oad equip y 7 . 50
neighbor either by word or deed.! gl31 H E Allcll( 4 R £ ad sup . 29 . 9 -
Yes sure we like to snooze, x x x c T W right, Warde n,
Attendants at the morning hour gal less tax 147 . 10
of worship at the Baptist church ^ E Oliver, G uard,
U’nivi founror i n rvi'intf uroiro
were favored in many ways Sun-
Salaiy less tax 74.30
day. Principal among these were:| gl34 j c G riggs, Guard;
A most enjoyable sermon by Rev.
Salary less tax 64.60
W W Campbell, a visiting min- gl35 w A Dunn Tr . 0
ister from Macon; delightful choir Sal less tax 60 . 80
J - , W - Edwards, gl36 j w Aultman , Guard,
Mrs. W. R Poole and others with Salary , ess tax 64.60
M.ss Kathryn Amos pianist; the| ffl37 0scar oli G uard,
lovely floral arrangement with; gal ]pss tax 6 4.60
speaal appreciation to Mrs. L R. gl38 Adrian Trussell T r.Op.
Dean and Mrs. T. L. Fountain for, gal lpss tax 74 . 30
a large collection of beautiful
chrysanthemums; and the number
of visitors in the congregation.
8139 Sara Windham, Co.
Nurse, help and other
„ . . i expenses 22.00
X X X The step of the American, gl4() Y Tractor Ca>
Legion veteran of World War. I, r> 0 „ tc ' ,
Parts road equip 101.23
8141 Standard Oil Co., Gas
&oil, road equip 206.23
thereafter, with the senate finance
committee beginning hearings on
the bill about Dec. 1.
“I would like to get the bin
through our committee within one
week and through the senate with
in another week so that it can be
put in the hands of the President
by Christmas," George told news
men.
Otherwise, he said, the increas
ed excise and new excise tax rates
which make up the bulk of the
house bill could not be made ef
fective on Jan. 1. Any considerable
delay, he said, would postpone the
effective date of the excise taxes
for one month.
George proposed the 4 per cent
increase in the normal individual
income tax rates provided in the
house bill as a part of integration
of the Victory tax be discontinued
one year after the war.
The Victory tax, he explained,
expires at the end of the war. In
order to agsorb and slightly in
crease the Victory tax the house
ways and means committee abol
ished it and then increased the
normal individual tax rate.
The only bar to speedy senate
action on the house bill, George
said, would be a renewed demand
by the treasury for a tax bill to
talling over ten billion dollars
the escape took place, State Super
visor of County Convict Camps
Elbert Forester said he was in
formed. !
It was the third escape in three,
weeks from Georgia highway J
camps. Fourteen prisoners pried j
their way from a camp at Car-
tersville on Oct. 25, using an iion
bar, and two more walked away
the next day. Eleven long-termers
blasted their way from the Doug
las camp with shotguns Nov. 7,
killing a guard and wounding
another.
As was done in the first two
breaks, Wiley L. Moore, director
of corrections, said the Folkston
camp would be closed tomorrow,
the 34 remaining convicts to be
transferred to Tattnall state pris
on.
Abandonment of the camps, 1U
of which remain, was ordered as
soon as practical in penal reform
legislation enacted at a special
state legislative session in Sep
tember.
Federal Penologist L. E. Lawes,
former Sing Sing warden, recently
loured Tattnall and made recom
mendations to Gov. Arnall for
sweeping reforms.
Forester, who is also state sena
tor from Trenton, was recently
Ted R. Owens, former superin
tendent of the Unadilla schools, it
is learned, has assumed 3upervis-
ion of the Columbus district of vo
cational rehabilitation, succeeding
A. P. Jarrell, who recently oecame
state assistant director of rehabili
tation work under P. S. Barrett, cf
Atlanta..
Sponsored by the federal and
the state government, and under
the direction of the State Depart
ment of Education, the division of
vocational rehabilitation provides
training and other aids for the
physically handicapped and places
them in jobs.
The 17 counties formerly in the
Columbus district under Mr. Jar
rell have been placed under the
supervision of three men. Besides
Mr. Owens in Muscogee, B. K. E.
Davis directs the work in Talbot,
Taylor, Chattahoochee, Stewart,
Marion, Schley, Macon, Webster,
Sumter, Dooly and Cnsp counties,
and W. B. Gaines in Harris, Meri
wether, Troup, Heard, and Coweta
counties.
“In view of the registered opin-1 riame d to the prison post at a sal-
ion of the house wavs and means I ar y °f $300 a month. His employ-
committee, I do not* think com- < ment was sh o^ on a supplemen-
pulsory savings, the sales tax or tary budget of the department of
increased individual income taxes. corrections, which also listed the
are likely,” said George.
He indorsed provisions of the
house bill limiting an increased
excise taxes to this war period.
Evangelistic Rally And
lhanKSjving Service At
Bethel C. M. Church
may not be as sprightly as it
was in days of yore, but the heart
and spirit continues as fervent in I gl42 “ j“’r™ unrford,'Ord.,
patriotic activities as it was 25
years ago. This is being evidenced
by Rev. E. H. Dunn and his com
mittee in the November sale of
War Bonds. The wives of these
Reg. Vital Statistics 25.10
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Vocational Ag. Teacher
activities. Their regular business Ready To Assist In Beef
meetings, social functions and in, _ . . ~ A HI I
ike Poppy sale of last week QffMinQ 4 D3tfS A W60K
through a committee headed by j *
Mrs. J. S. Green and Mrs. W. M.
Mathews, x x x Honors worthily | The Reynolds Canning Plant
won and new title applied to the' w jjj be open Monday, Tuesday,
name of one of Butler's mest I Wednesday and Thursday for can-
prominent women does not create j n ing beef.
in the hearts of her friends any. An yone wishing to can, is re
peater love than that already be-1 ques ted to see Mr. J. B. Forehand,
stowed, but these friends we^e, Agrlcultura i Teacher, one day in
deeply gratified last week upon i advance .
the announcement that Mrs. Mary 1 — —
Sims’ husband, Col. Leonard Sims I . \ r
had been promoted to the rank of 03ft Ui’QYcJ
brigadier General stationed with ‘
°ur armed forces overseas, x x x
Genial Hamp P. Mahone, post
master of our friendly city to the
west—Talbotton—paid us a de
lightful visit Friday. Bachelor Ma-
hone (shame on ye bachelor girls thp oak Grove
and WIDOWS) has a !00 - percent “J purged to £e
nspection record for his postof-1 ^ pt * a busine ss meeting for
bee, a record reached by but few P . t c undav
» any other in the state. Ho was | c , arc held at Oak Grove
accompanied by his mother, whose I J, rst alld lhlr d Sunday. Rev.
Butler High School First
In District To Qualify For
Credit In Victory Corps
The Victory Corps of Butler
High School was recently inspect
ed by Mr. T. E. Smith of Ameri-
cus. Mr. Smith reports the local
school is the first to qualify for a
certificate in this district.
Victory Corps work is being
carried on in most schools in the
state as students will receive
credit for this course.
employment of H. M. Milner cf
Atlanta' as an agricultural expert
at a salary of $333 a month. For
ester said the Folkston escape oc
curred between 9 and 11 p. m.,
while Warden Carl Smith was in
Atlanta.
Four Convicts Captured
Near Clarksville
Atlanta, Nov. 16—Four of the
eight convicts who escaped from
the state highway camp at Folk
ston Sunday night were captured
near Clarkesville today after flee
ing the length of the state, while
in Atlanta the state highway
camp at LaGrange was ordered
closed tomorfrow as a precaution
ary measure.
The recaptured convicts were
identified by Hatchett as Pete.
Clements, serving eight to 10 years
for robbery; Joe Blake, serving (J
The woik includes all forms of to 12 years for robbery and as-
physical education, created to de
velop students' bodies along with
their minds.
Baptist Church Urcsed To
Attend Meeting Sunday
™ Vn' S re bes° (oT'sove^ Herman Uyd — -
jveeks. speaking of Talbotton a , P a stor. Services begm at 11^ a. m.
learn, has
and 7:30 p. m. The public is cor
dially invited to attend all serv-
8 r( '«t loss was suffered by that
when Mr. and Mrs. T. C.,.
'Tom) Boswell selected Butler as: ices -
‘heir future home. They are ideal 1
c t i7.ens and we are most happy TRUCKS FOR SALE
to have them in our midst, x x x —
engineer Roy Fowler, whose pri-1 Dne 1940 Dodge Truck, 1 1-2-ton;
nary visit was to see his sister, mecha nical condition; Good
- Florence Gordy and me.e
hands Berna Hv, G ° rdy ’ WaS Shaldng ! One International 1-ton pickup,
mnds with hLs many warm I un ® . Tirps . in fair
f bends on the streets of the city No. C-15; Good Tires,
r )day. Roy's niece, it will be r e- 'condition. .
called has been a patient sufferer Each of these trucks are priced
since her fall, fracturing her hip reasonable. “ u ?p, terest R f., S ® e r „
'Turn to Page 6; No. 1) H. E. Childres, Butler, Ga.
Funeral Services For
Eld. H. H. Phillips, 92,
Held At Eilaviiie Monday
Ellaville, Ga., Nov. 16—Funeral
services were held Monday after
noon at the Ellaville Baptist
[church, for Elder H. H. Phillips, 92
well known and beloved Primitive
i Baptist minister, who died at his
I home in Fellowship community of
Schley and Macon counties, Sun
day.
i The last rites were conducted by
; Eld. C. H. Chance, pastor of the
Red Hill Primitive Baptist church,
assisted by Rev. C. D. Carter, cf
Ellaville. Interment was made in
, the Ellaville cemetery,
i Eld. Phillips was born and
reared in Macon county and lived
most of his life in that coramuni-
! ty. He started preaching in the
| horse-and-buggy days when a
; young man and served churches
in Schley, Muscogee, Webster and
other counties.
Surviving are the widow; two
sons, Elijah and Jeanne (Jim)
Phillips, of Macon county; two
daughters, Mrs. Weldon Smith and
Mrs. Donnie Roberson, of Macon
county; 33 grandchildren, 57 great
grand children and four great,
great grandchildren.
sault to murder; Garnett Adams,
serving 10 years for rape; ana
Arthur Smith, serving 15 to 20
years for robbery.
The County Evangelistic Rally
will be held at Bethel C. M.
church next Thursday, Thanksgiv
ing Day.
Rev. G. M. Spivey will occupy
the pulpit at the morning worship!
hour. A light sandwich lunch will
be served at the noon hour.
The afternoon session will be
devoted to prayer and praise serv
ice and a sermon by Rev. M. J.
Wood of Ft. -i»troy!K;f.
A cordial invitation is extended
everyone to attend this Thanks
giving service and make it truly a
a day of giving thanks to a lov
ing Providence who lias so bounti
fully blessed this entire commun
ity.
Two Magnolia Trees
To Be Planted On Square
Honoring Men In Service
Two magnolia trees honoring
Taylor county men in the arme.
service will be planted on the
court house lawn in Butler Friday
afternoon, Nov. 26th.
The Butler Garden Club and the
Lions Club are s ponsoring the
planting of these trees.
All parents in the county hav
ing three or more sons in the
armed service are requested to
notify Mrs. R. L. Sutton of this
city giving the name of each son.
Special Thanksgiving
Show At Dean Theatre
Thursday, Nov. 25th
The special picture for Thangs-
giving is “Random Harvest,” star
ring Greer Garson and Ronald
Coleman. “Random Harvest” is a
beautiful job of film making in
all departments.
In this excellent drama, the
attraction reflects the greatest cf
care in script, production values,
and stellar performances with the
cenetr of the performing sta. e
held, with genuine distinction, by
Ronald Coleman and Greer
Garson.
In th excellent supporting cast
are: Philip Doin, Susan Peters,
Reginald Owen and others. It was
magnificently directed by Mervyn
LeRoy.
w. e.Tteed
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Special attention given to
investigating and abstracting
land titles and preparing
commercial contracts.
Office In Masonic Building
Butter. Ga.
Six Children Trapped
In Burning Residence
One Dies As Result
Perry, Ga., Nov. 13—Fourteen-
year-old Laverne Perdue, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Perdue,
was burned to death in a blaze
which destroyed her rural farm
home Thursday and threatened the
lives of five other children.
The fire started, witnesses said,
when one of the children threw
kerosene on an o pen blaze. Ihc
mother, in the yard at the time
the blaze started, saved five of the
children from the flaming build
ing.
Mr. And Mrs. R. 0. Rogers
i To Celebrate Their Golden
I Wedding November 28fh
' Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Rogers will
keep open house at their home
j from noon until five p. m. on
Sunday, Nov. 28th, celebrating
their Fiftieth Wedding Anniver
sary.
BAPTIST HOSPITAL
GROUP PLANNING
$1,000,000 DRIVE
Georgia Convention Is Asked to
Approve Proposal For New
Building in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Nov. 16—A request from
the Georgia Baptist Hospital Com
mission that the executive com
mittee of the Georgia Baptist Con
vention approve a campaign to
raise $1,000,000 for a hospital
building program is to be acted
upon in a pre-convention meeting
of the committee Monday night.
Dr. Jas. W. Merritt) executive sec
retary-treasurer said.
The proposed fund would be
used to erect a new building which
would increase the capacity of
Georgia Baptist hospital by 300
beds, according to I. M. Sheffield
Sr., chairman of the hospital com
mission. Other members of the
commission are: Dr. Louie D.
Newton, vice chairman; Dr. Jam.es
W. Merritt, secretary, and Wiiey
L. Moore and I. G. Hailey.
The committee, composed of
more than 60 pastors and laymen
will meet at 6 p. m. at the Wine-
coffe Hotel to approve reports and
recommendations to the conven
tion, which opens Tuesday at 10
a. m. for a two-day session at the
First Baptist church.
The committee will also ap
prove the budget for 1944 which
will cover missionary, benevolent
and educational work in Geoigia
and throughout the South, since
Georgia, like other states, con
tributes to the support of South
ern baptist Convention causes.
In compliance with a request
from the trustees of the Georgia
Baptist Orphan's Home at hape-
ville, the committee will recom
mend that the name of the hr e
be changed to the Georgia Baptist
Chiluien s i-iume.
Rev Glenn And Family
To Be Met With Welcome
At Local Parsonage Today
Butler Methodists have been
preparing for several days to wel
come Rev. C. L. Glenn and family
who will arrive today to reside at
the local parsonage. Rev. Glenn
comes from Waverly Hall to be
pastor of churches embraced in
the Butler-Howard circuit.
The former pastor, Rev. F. J.
Gilbert and wife left yesterday to
Lake over the duties of pastor of
the Folkston charge, and it is
very much regretted Butler will
lose them. He was pastor of the
local church for four years pre
ceding the recent session of the
South Geoigia Conference.
The new pastor will come to the
charge with all obligations paid
in full as 1943 was one of the
best years in the church's his
tory.
Col. Leonard Sims
Receives Promotion
To Brigadier General
It was most gratifying to the
many friends here of Col. Leon
ard H. Sims, husband of Mrs.
Mary Scandrett Sims, of this city
to learn that on Wednesday, Nov.
10, his name Was sent to the U.
S. Senate by President Roosevelt
for promotion to Brigadier Gen
eral.
Colonel Sims is army finance
officer in North Africa. Before go
ing there he was stationed at Ft.
Benning as finance officer from
1937 to 1941. He was born and
reared at Chattanooga, Tenr., and
received his military training at
West Point.
DOGS LOST
Taylor County Schools
To Get Two Days Off
To Observe Thanksgiving
' According to Superintendent W.
T. Rustin all schools of this coun
ty, ^>oth white and colored, will
, have two days for the observance
I of Thanksgiving next week, viz:
I Thursday and Friday, Nov. 25 and
26.
Two black and tan male hound ] FOR SALE
pups about six months old.
Strayed from my home Thursday
Nov. 11. Reward offered
Jack Peed, Butler, Rte. 2.
Several hundred glass jugr
suitable for syrup.
E. A. Hollis, Reynolds, Ga.