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BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2.1944
>AY. MARCH 17 SET
AS EXECUTION DATE FOR
ROCK HOOTEN, COLORED
MOTION FOB NEW TRIAL DISMISSED
BY JUDGE T. HICKS FORT AFTER
A REVIEW OF ALL TESTIMONY IN
CASE. |
come and go, but the Friday, March 17, has been set
memory of those who as the new date for the execution
ofiered their lives on the battle of Rock Hooten, 30-year-old Rey-
froiit—both living and dead live nolds negro, who was convicted of
in the hearts generations after murder at the October term of
them. Civil war heroes have di Taylor County superior court. The
minished to the last man here and new date was set by Judge T.
practically throughout the nation. Hicks Fort at his office in Colum-
The line of Spanish-American war .bus last Saturday,
veterans is rapidly growing thin-1 Motion for a new trial in this
ner. Locally we recall only the case was dismissed by Judge Fort
names of Messrs A. F. Fain and after a review of the testimony.
E. Fred Bone. We treasury in our, The original date for the execution
hearts the service they and their , was the third day of last Decem-
departed comrades so gallantly ber.
renderd in that horrible war | Hooten was convicted of the
brought about by the sinking of murder of Vann Jackson, elderly
the U. S. ship Maine in the har- j negro, near Reynolds on the night
TAYLOR COUNTY
GOES OVER TOP IN
WAR BOND DRIVE
Chairman Announces County's
fourth War Bond Quota Was
Exceeded by $10,000.
bor at Cuba 46
February 15th
years ago this of May 12, 1943.
killing 260 U. S.
Chairman J. R. Lunsford stated
yesterday that he was happy to
announce that Taylor county citi
zens had responded most gracious
ly in securing the county's quota
in the Foruth War Bond drive. The
RED CROSS DRIVE two white men to ^ANY
BEGING MONDAY, report for service in IM p R0V
$2,700 QUOTA SET NAVY TUESDAY, MARCH 14 PLANN
Help of Every Taylor County
Citizen Needed in Meeting This
Large Quota.
TWENTY-EIGHT TAYLOR COUNTY
NEGROES TO LEAVE FOR FORT
BENNING NEXT THURSDAY FOR
PRE-INDUCTION EXAMINATION. I
Program Whj
Mean Much’
Community.
Acting quietly, but with 1 a firm
Twenty-eight Taylor county col-'
1 ored men will leave next Thusrday j
Th i „ . o i r- March 9, for Ft. Bennlng where;
War Fund drive beg ns next Mom ? ey begiven their pre-induc- determination that no grass, will
day. Hon. Thelmon Jarrell, who tl0 " physlcal examination. be permitted to grow under, their
served successfully as this coun ! A11 men passing thls examina- 1 feet as soon as govern merit con
served successfully as this coun- tjon will be subject to call into lrol over builder's material' and
the army with the next 21 to 90 other manufactured articles neces-
days. 1 ■
are to be congratulated on the down into
success of all four campaigns between
conducted in the county in which;,
He had been held in the local
officers an men, a crime in the jail since his arrest in Macon the| tea
world's history equaled only by day following the murder,
that at Pearl Harbor in December | Taylor County Sheriff J. M.
1941. We trust those returning Bone stated that the prisoner will! they “have had a solendid oreani-
home from the present war will be carried to Reidsville within the zat f on in ey( f Srictthafhas
prove as good citizens, honorable next few days and turned over to' been on the alert to s that the
and upright men, industrious and state officials there. 1 en ° n me alert tQ see that the
thorough-going as has Messrs'
Fain and Bone proven. The same
virtues may well be ascribed to
all the veterans of World War No. C Ai „,J U/UL
One, a list of whose names from DODj Uni lOUllQ It 1111
‘ hiS “T.hife SL areTruS'Doll Clutch*! III AfltlS
day. Hon. Thelmon Jarrell, who,
serv
ty's War Fund Drive chairman
^ last year, has consented to fill
drive which was extended from! th j. a pl f ce f ° r the duration.
February 15 to 29th, made it pos- Mr> f arre11 S1 asking a11 , of bis .
sible for county to not only raise' ^mittces of 1943 to fal in line
its quota of $62,000 but to exceed i and . work Y[ llh * he loya ! t 1 y J aad
that figure by around $10,000, that has enabled the j
several thousand of which was re- j ™ u £ ty rais f f more than lts qu °- I
ceived during the last few daysof| ta n f as f wo years ‘
the campaign when the citizens 1 : * C H C 0 ° rapidly expand-1
got active, many doubling their * he } n ^ lonal quota f ls ,
former bond ourchases increased over last year's quota,
maL i lni nTwc 1 by 80% - This county's minimum
JudgeLunsfordand his commit-; has been set at $2,700. Broken
districts and divided!
white and colored citi- 1
zens, our various partial quotas
are as follows:
Body Of Lamar County
session
county maintained its record of
being one of the most patriotic in
the state.
Funeral Services Held
For John L Patrick At
Mt, Olive Church Friday
White
Col.
Butler
... 612
243
Cedar Creek
... 171
36
Charing
... 81
18
Daviston
... 90
36
Daviston
... 90
36
Carsonville
... 126
72
Howard
... 112
18
Mauk
... 81
18
Panhandle
... 167
63
Turners’ Chapel .
... 40
Potterville
... 100
80
Reynolds
... 365
171
Funeral services for Mr. John L.
Patrick, 73 years of age, were held
at Mt. Olive Freewill church at 4
p. m., Friday. Burial was in Mt.
Mr. Patrick died at his home at
Taylor Mill Thursday afternoon.
Lt. Edwin P. Jones,
Distinguished Air Hero,
Mrs. Alice Davis Riley, who haS| Barnesville, Ga., Feb. 24—The
been a shut-in for many months | body of 2 1-2-year-old LindaMoore
on account of ill health, but whose missing since Feb. 23 from her
Christ like faith and courage, her parents' Upson county farm home
sunshiny disposition and never was discovered shortly before noon
lacking spirit of optimism has Thursday in a rainfilled ravine
been a great benediction and i e ,ss than a mile from residence.
blessing to so many of our peo-|A doll was clutched in one a:m lr ... . „ „ T
pie, was Tuesday, the 29th, recipi-! and the other was pro t rudin g fromiP live “"jetery. Rev. W. R. Law-
ent of hundreds of messages and the water> fading to the discov- horn offlclated -
other tokens of love and great es- ery “" - • • ■ -
teem in remembrance of her birth-j Lamar County Sheriff Walton
day which comes but once every Bankston said there were no signs, - Dimcy ... oullca U1 n Cyilulus a
lour years, ihe Herald joins other violence and that it was ap- 1 Nov. 11, 1870 the son of Mr. and member 0 ythe United States
friends in extending happy felici- p aren t the child accidentally fell+Mrs. Win. Kirkland Patrick. He £ opps ^ S p end j b g a
Alice 11 ” ?r^he° d iQ V1S ^ffect?nnifefv into the ravine and was drowned. | moved to Taylor county a number lQUgh with his mother .
r illed hv%ll h Wh^ know her 1 ly i The body was found by Iusse11 i ? f yea r s ag ° and made his home Lt Jones arrived in t he
called by all who know her. Compton, of near Yatesville, who here since that time - He was . a
joined law-enforcement officers [ member of New Hope Primitive
In referring in this column last 0 f Lamar and Upson counties, | Baptist church,
week to Miss Marion West's large Gordon Military College cadetsl Surviving Mr.Patrick besides his
Welcome Durham
M. Searcy
Clyde Walker
Willie James Holston
Lumb Dowell
L, B. Newsome
Aaron Nappier,
Arthur John Russell,
Otis Little,
Joe Lee Montfort
Robert Lee Persell
Floyd McCrary
Otis Lockhart
Willie W. Walker
Vanderbilt Bo Nolton
Robert Gibson Jr.
Willie Green Jr.
Rufus Carson
Henry Louis Holston
Charlie Blake Hodo,
John Willie Reynolds
Willie C. Ogburn
Elight J. Talton
Sammy Hodo
Nelson C. Gray
F rank Junior Brown
Arthur Moore.
. . , . .... ... „ sar y In carrying out their program
Thosejeiected to fill this call: i s withdrawn, a number of agen
cies, backed by a group of ; 'Enter
prising local citizens, are ‘acquir
ing locations and drawing . plans
for business expansion in Butler
as soon as the war is over when
our boys will be returning home
needing and seeking employment.
I Since the Government never has
to wait on priority orders exten
sive, permanent improvements
!are now in progress at the local
airport with the prospect of a fu
ture landing field for passehger
and freight transportation when no
longer needed as a training field
for airplane students. Farjqqre, as
well as the public generally, will
profit by this expansion.
Thousands of tons of sand ad
jacent to Butler that has been ; the
subject of jolly comment through
several generations, will )n all
probability, according to reports,
be converted into glass on a large
scale.
Only the past week witnessed
, the transfer of title to a most de-
J.™ sirable building lot for a modern
to be erected by
R. Dean. The structure, Dr.
will be
and
» i - i lA.ai Fred Underwood
Spends Furlough At Home Boston
* i On March 28th, twelve
Mr. H. K. Sealy, Clerk
local draft board states that two hotel”buUdlnIr
white men who have already 5“ H D?*
passed pre-induction examination D ean'states, will be entiwly of
Navy Mafch 14 The S y r are Messrs ? rick and Cement ’ equippo< > with
navy jviarcn i«. iney are Messrs f urnace heat and electric cooling
Leonard system Contract for much of the
material has already been placed
w 1 e Dr. Dean stated yesterday and
„ . . . . . _ Lt. Edwin P. Jones, son of Mrs. ‘J 1 ®” Ft Mc . Ph y rson work will begin at an early, date.
He was born in Whigham, Ga., D ,, 0 ^ orwl _ for pre-induction examination. T . .. .
— 11 10-70 ♦!,« Mr. rrrrA Bailey . Jones of Reynolds and a selectees to fill this call have not The Slte tor . | b Jf bot f^ w 1110
been named yet.
collection of camelias it was not and more than 100 other persons; w ^ e are ^ our daughters and
our intention of excluding Miss j n the search for the child. 1 son to-wit: Ophelia Patrick, Ray
Atholine Gill, Mrs. J. S. Green,! Thp <?parrh hprran Wpdnp«?dav'mond Patrick and Irene Windham
Mrs. J. F. Cox, Mrs. W. H. Suggs, nig ht when the parents, Mr. and Patrick all of ~
Mrs. T. L. Fountain, Mrs. W. H. Mrs Arthur Moore, returned to Patrick Swafford
Trussell, Mrs. J. G. Hamilton from their home to find the childd gone, j r * ck Goodson of Milledgeville.
arrived in the States
a few weeks ago after spending
thirteen months in North Africa.
Sicily, and Italy. He is pilot of
one of the Army's P-47 Thunder-
aae bolts, and has to his credit seven
German planes.
Among the honors awarded Lt,
Manchester Baptists
Sunday Will Honor
Former Butler Pastor
Butler friends of Rev.
H. O. Fowler
and Mrs.
much
same on which the Sealy Hotel,
l operated by Mrs. J. C. Sealy now
of ^lacon, was destroyed by fire a
! number of years ago. It is situated
i on the east side of the public
'square, midway between the L.M.
, Doyel grocery store and the resi-
I dence of Mayor and Mrs. J. R.
I Wilson. The building will face
westward.
March 1st business changes in-
^and^BerthfpaU J °f S , iS f an , Air Medal W | th tan gratified ‘the^part^k^po^’tS £ Ud £ * he P archasa the Cooper
ana nerma uat i-* -i'—““ for extraordi- receipt of pr f nted invita f ions - 0 & Childs automobile tire repairing
oak leaf clusters,
nary services.
their rightful place as contestants T he“ Moo'tcsT 'truck "farmers,°had! Pa » bearer A s were: Messrs James . ^n^enlisted in the Army a [ te tb d ManlhUTp^^nt^r^hJlrPh Opening ^f T ^net
in e cultivation of these most be en in fields near the home and Pr ° w J a ’ 'f oe ArnoId > Jake Windham A i r Corps before the United States c undqv Marrh 5th hnnnrtnp Rp^ ‘ tire re Po iri ng business by Mr. P.
hlgh i y prized S p rin g thQUght the chnd was wilh a ne .j Ralph Underwood, Lee Posey and dec i ared war and received Rpv “
lovely and
blossoms.
I gro servant at the residence. The Earl Hightower
wings from Spence Field, Moultrie
Sunday, March 5th, honoring Rev.
pilot p ow i er on t he twentieth anni-
B. Childs in the store building
servant believed the child with 1 Goddard's Funeral Home cf Rey- j n § ept 1942. He was transferred M-inohpstpr ^hurch^rnp^t cLnw,! Wilson, and the rental arid occu
lior napontc l nOldS in Charge of airangements. chnrtlu thoppaftoi* tn Wnrth Afrina . * P nanpv hv IWTr 1 cam nf kiill.1
pastorate of the 1.3
Early gardeners are faced with her parents,
a predominance of nut grass that The distressed parents are
curbs the spirit of the most op-' closely related to Mayor J. R. Wil-
tirmstic gardener almost before son an d other members of the
planting their vegetable seeds. As Wilson family in Butler,
the old saying goes the best way
to eliminate nut gras is to move
off and leave it. And this brings
to mind a story we once heard. It
is about a gardener who in his
desperation to eleminate the nut
grass, after trying every other
means, dug up the nuts by the
roots, put them in a pile and
burned them, then placed the
ashes in his wife's lye barrel pre
charge of arrangements, shortly thereafter to North Africa
Butler Merchants To
Take Half-Holiday
Every Thursday
Georgia Income Tax Law
Requires Returns To Be
Filed On Or Before Mar. 15
where he has taken part in num- Merritt
i bers of air attacks over enemy treasurer of
of the occasion will be Dr. James P anc y b ^ ^ r - WHson of the build-
executive secretary-
ing next door to the Joiner Gro
cery store where he will continue
territory.
the Georgia Baptist ^ 1J I I1C W1 “
mur of service lo handle hardware and building
State Revenue Commissioner J.
E. Cook is calling attention to the
requirement of the Georgia income
' tax law that returns covering 1943
Business Houses Of
Reynolds To Begin Closing
For Half Holiday.
Convention. The hour
will be 11 a. m. and it is antici
pated that several from this sec
tion will attend.
Rev.
material of all kind.
The Melton Tile and Ctement
Co., starting In business a little
small
Fowler, for several years mo f tban a year ago on a
iatolv nrprpiiincr hi« pp. scale « have out-grown their pres-
ceptance of a call to the Man
chester congregation was for a
number of years pastor of the
ent capacity in supplying orders,
and expect in a short time to
more than double their present
We, the undersigned merchants Butler and Reynolds Baptist ca £ acity ; .. .. „ u •
We, the undersigned merchants income in full must be filed with and business men of Reynolds, do churches and greatly beloved not lbe Me thodist church congrega-
and business firms, do hereby <he state commissioner or revenup hereby agree to close our places of only by his own church, but by
paratorv tn makincr snan Tftpr*thp agree to close our stores and b y March 15. business at one o'clock p. m. and a n citizens alike irrespective of
scrip was°finished ^t P Aft l ^ places of business every Thursday He P olnts out th at the law has remain closed for the remainder
it x„ a e i«aw» v-»—j —^ — — creed, while Mrs. Fowler was act-
lt was placed ^ 12 0<clock n00I1( beginning i™P_°_ sed _ a „ p ®" a ^ y of afternoon on each Thursday, i ve in church and civic work.
r March St "= -SSMSSS 2*2^ .’fej*
covered with a three inch growth
of nut grass. So the best plan to
get rid of the nut grass is to
move off and leave it.
We noticed a short item in a
newspaper the other day that said
authorities have given the o.k. to
' Mail kisses. It seems that for a
"bile Army officials were con
siderably annoyed because the lip
stick kisses on V-Mail letters
caused smudges and blurs. Now,
fbey say that the lip-stick kisses
can be used, but they will have to
bo properly placed, which is, after]
nil, the prime requisite of a good ;
klss , an d they advise against let-
ers over-loaded with lip-stick, i
orsonally now we don't see
an ything wrong with kisses, but
do wonder if one on V-Mail pa
per is worth all the concern It
causes.
the first Thursday in September, returns by March 15. If^ no tax is Spring and Summer season:
Wilson Self-Service Store
Suwannee Store,
Mrs. Bertha Bazemore,
The Cross Shop,
City Barber Shop,
Bazemore Dept. Store,
Joiner Brothers,
Doyle Grocery Store,
Doyle Furniture Store,
W. H. Trussell,
J. W. McKenzie,
Mrs. Ruth Peed,
Maxwell's Dime Store,
Bert's Beauty Shop,
Butler Herald.
FOR SALE
Model-A Ford Sedan in
condition. See or call,
R. P. McGuffin, Butler, Ga.
due but the taxpayer's income
amounts to more than $1,000 if
j single or $2,500 if married, the re-
j turh must still be made, and a
penalty of $5 if imposed for fail -
I ure to file the return. He con
tinued:
1 “This department is most anx
ious that no taxpayer shall by de-
,lay put himself in the class of
! those subject to the penalty, be-
| cause this department is prohibit
ed by law from relieving anyone
; of these penalties. The Federal
! Government affords the State Reve
nue Department the opportunity
each fall to photograph all federal
returns filed by residents of Geor-
' gia. These photographs are then
good compared against the returns filed
Jacob Prager,
G. H. Goddard,
H. L. Baker,
E. T. Shealy,
Citizens State Bank,
C. H. Trussell,
E. H. Griffith,
N. L. Halley,
R. E. Aultman,
Mrs. W. D. Saunders,
L. C. Woolard, R.E.A.,
H. C. Whatley.
Peach Crop Endangered
By Low Temperature
tion is salting down funds week
by week in the purchase of War
Bonds for the construction- of a
Sunday school annex and recre
ation center adjoining their pres
ent beautiful church building
erected not so many years ago.
More than one industrial plant
is projecting expansion after the
war. Development of an agricul
tural market at Butler, enlarge
ment of the Guinn Poultry. Farm,
also cf the poultry farm of Mr. E.
F. Parr, both near town, the en-
Central of Georgia's program for l ar g’ enaen t of two or more import-
1944, which will appear in news- an . da * r y and beef cattle farms in
papers in tha railway's territory. area bas been promised.
The series of advertisements, An d speaking for road and high-
starting with the current publica- wa 5' improvements, assurance has
tion will be devoted to information a l read y been given our people that
about the work of the various de- tbo s hort stretch of unpaved road
partments, the people who make on * be highway between Howard
up the organization, their contri and Geneva, Macon-Columbus road
bution to the war effort, and their b y wa y Reynolds and Butler,
New Feature In Railway
Advertising Is Introduced
By Central of Georgia
A new feature in railway adver
tising will be introduced in the
is n ot always true that a
nulling “Stone” never gathers any
p, oss - We have found out that Col.
larlie C. Stone is more of a
[oamer than a stone. He is never
, n ibe same place today we found
*■ rn in the day before. He is really
femg the state and accomplish-
n ” great results as district su
pervisor of the OPA.
NOTICE
Every man, woman and
child
in Butler is expected to
con-
tribute as generously as
pos-
sible tothe American Red
Cress.
Placse Eo Your Part
Our Soldiers Are Doing
Theirs
The peach crop in the county plans to render service after the he one of the first to be paved
with the State of Georgia,"and'any was greatl y endangered by a low war. as soon as the money is available
person who failed to file the temperature of weather Tuesday The first advertisement tells vvltl1 the State Highway depart-
state return when his federal re- ni 2ht, but is at present considered how the operating department ment.
turn shows that he should have safe. Commercial orchards art; in headed R. R. Cummins, general The number of Important de
field a state return, or if the * u h bloom and present a most manager, has, with the ocopera- velopments and improvements is
amounts shown on his state return beautiful scene. r j.Ve tender peacli tion of the public, been able to not post-war planning but
do not correspond with the bud is yet protected by the bios- establish new records for both ef-
amounts shown on the federal re- som which is expected to begin ficiency and volume,
turn, this department is required shedding in a few days increasing The station agent is an impcU-
by law to impose the penalties, much greater danger if frost ant factor in the operating depart-
rather it includes a bit of plan
ning and improving that is now
actually taking place.
All taxpayers are urged to co- should come later.
operate with the department, and
to avoid the payment of penalties FRYERS FOR SALE
by filing a complete return by or
before March 15, and the payment
of the tax, as required by law.”
Nice fat young Fryers.
R. L. SNYDER, Butler, Ga.
ment, through his contacts with
the public and his handling cf
various details cf the railroad's One
business. The agent of the Central miles
of Georgia at Butler is Mr. A. F. known
Fain, Sr.
FARM FOR RENT
or two-horse farm 3 1-2
north-east of Howard;
as the J. T. Willis place.
H. A. Sealy, Howard, Ga.