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BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 9.1944
NUMBER 19
HON. STEVE PACE SEEKS $160 PER TON PRICE IS SET BY
RE-ELECTION to congress war F00D ADMINISTRATION FOR
FROM THIRD DISTRICT
L.
OF F I C I A L ANNOUNCEMENT OF
CANDIDACY IS MADE AT DEMO
CRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MET AT AMER1CUS YESTERDAY.
THIS YEAR’S PEANUT CROP
Columbus, March 8—Congress-
but within the man Step formally announced his
roving around from
city, we almost candidacy lor re-election
Sunday
place to place,
confines of the
wished we were a cow or a bee [day fo?.’owing a m
for a few hours at least. Never Amcricus of the Democrath 1
saw any more lusciously beautiful tlv*.» Committee of the Th»rd Dis-
new grass than that which had! trict of C,e ig a, in whi n U. s
come out along the road side and i representative's candioacy was en
yester-
lug in
J.'xcru
Butler High School Is
Gets Victory Corps Flag
For Outstanding Work
lawns
cissus
Nor were the violets, nar- ’ dorsed and his
buttercups, plum, apple, j ments highly praiser.
pear and peach blossoms more,
beautiful. Signs of Spring are pro- j lumbus, presided and
nounced to every direction one'that the session had
looks. What could be more lovely
Chairman W.
than the redbud trees in bloom, comprising the Third district eithe
The Butler High School of which
Prof Lee Studdard is superintend
ent has been awarded the Victory
! Corps Flag. This glag is present-
tccord of achieve- ed to schools that are doing out
standing work in the Victory
H. Young, of Co- Corps Flag. This flag is present-
announced the work the students are doing
representa- in the Victory corps and that they
tion from each of the 24 counties have been awarded this distinc-
rows and beds of
snowy baby breath
the above?
thrift, or
migled
the
with
er thru delegates or by proxy.
Although unable to leave Wash-;as follows:
tion.
Honor roll for the local school is
«»«-■ • • • And, did you see ington on account of pressing' Second Grade: Aubrey Bush,
that lovely collection of beautiful business,Co ngressman Pace's an- Emily Allen, James Dunn, Shirley
spring flowers so artistically ar-1 nouncement came in a letter in- Ann Stewart, Tommy Theus.
at i eluding a check for the $500 en-1 Third Grade: Bobbie Burns, Pres-
ordered ton Childs, Ruth Gallman, Philip
as George Sutton, Walter Wilson, Myra Cot-
rnon by Rev. C. L. Glenn? If not j Wiggins Jr., acting for friend of ney.
you missed two rare treats. In- [ th econgressman, presented an- Fourth Grade: Theresa Wallace,
spired by such scenes as the above, other check, which was accepted Ferrell Driskell.
Mrs. G. L. Moore of Sparta, who ! No opposition has yet developed Fifth Grade: Joyce Bone,
lias contributed some of the sweet- for Congressman Pace from any 1 Sixth Grade: Clarence Taunton,
est poems we have ever read, made 0 f the 24 counties in the July 4 Carolyn Jinks, Inez Griggs, Kath-
ranged by Mrs. L. R. Adams o _ .
the Methodist church Sunday, and! trance fee. A resolution
hear that scholarly pre-Easter ser- the check returned
the following contribution last
week to her newspaper, the Elber-
ton Star:
These Written Words
These written words bring
memories
Of sunny days and honey bees,
Gay butterflies and humming
birds,
The fairy folks and whispered
words.
*** im. uuijf 'X * --
primary. Candidates have until 12 iyne Spivey,
o'clock, noon (CWT) on April 1,1 Seventh Grade:
Eighth
Grade:
Phyllis Dunn.
Lorenza Doyel,
noon
to qualify with Secretary Garrett, j - .
The primary will be held under Sara Fa >' e Mott, Barbara Allen,
the county unit plan, with the! Ninth Grade: Estelle Childres,
unit vote of each county being 1 Hobby Studdard
equal to twice the number of m ^
members it is entitled to have irt
Congressman Pace Urges Farmers
Of Taylor County to Plant This
Vitally Needed Food Crop.
RED CROSS WAR FUND
DRIVE BEGINS; COUNTY'S
JOSEPH E. BONE
REPORTED KILLED
QUOTA THISJEAR 52.700 ;qn ITALIAN FRONT
TIIELMON JARRELL AGAIN ACCEPTS
CHAIRMANSHIP OF DRIVE; URGES
EVERY PERSON IN COUNTY TO
HELP RAISE THIS AMOUNT.
The Taylor County Red Cross
War Fund drive begins next Mon
day. lion. Thelmon Jarrell, who
Served successfully as this coun-
Drive chairman
to fill
Price of one hundred sixty dol
lars a ton for Spanish No. 1 pea-. —
nuts grading 70 per cent has beeni^' 8 War Fund
set by the War Food Administra- 1 la8t - vear * has consented
tion. This is an increase of $20 ov- |this P lace Tor the duration,
er last year's price. Word of the I Mr. Jarrell si asking all of his
price was received in a telegram' committees of 1943 to fall in line
from Congressman Steve Pace and work with the loyalty and
Saturday by Zack McCorkle, sec- efficiency that has enabled the
retary-treasurer of the Taylor county to raise more than its quo-
County Farm Bureau. Pace urges' ta for the past two years
XT; S „ 0 ec , ded“a? ty cro 0 p Plan,the : ° n <* ^ ««—
Farm loaders generally were increased over
well Pleased with the price. While by 8 0%. This county's minimum
ot as high as the Farm has been set at $2,700. Broken
? “ e a “ had wanted, it down into districts and divided
is believed that, with the removal between white and colored citi-
of the 75 per cent limitation, pea-' ams, our various partial quotas
Local Young Man Enlisted In the
Army Less Than Year Ago, and
Had Been Overseas 3 WnnHn
Mrs. Joe J. Bone of this city,
received a message from the, War
Department Monday that her son,
Pvt. Joseph Eugene Bone had been
killed in action in Italy February
7th.
Pvt. Bone, 23 years of age, en-
listd in the army from Taylor
county April 28, 1943, and received
training at Fort Croft, S. C. He
sailed from the United States in
November and landed in North
Africa the first of December. He
was transferred shortly thereafter
ling needs, the national quota is to the Italian front where he
last year's quota 1 Eerved in the infantry until the
will average
Tenth Grade: Helen Perkins
Senior Class: Betty Fehring,
for the high-
votes,
i
Taylor County Native
Re-elected Peach Sheriff;
Young Elected Ordinary
.imucu iu nave ill. | # ^ - -
the house of representatives i n j Frankie Sikes, Faye Sawyer.
Georgia. The candidate receiving i —
.the highest number of county unit
Sunshine of spring—night's magic votes shall be declared to be the
spell, successful candidate and the Dem-
With silent twilight's fragrant j ocratic nominee. Should two or
smell | more candidates
Of earth, the herbs, of beds and i est number of county unit
stalks ’ ‘ "
Along the treasured garden walks
Sweet Basil, sage and rosemary,
Elecampane^rhubarb* lad” mints, b« ot popular ovteg itTthe Mtee I
Marporam-the sweet flag splints, j district shall be declared to be the F ‘ or ordinary Bernard A Young
Catnip and tanzy, bergamot, | successful candidate and the I received gg 4 vot M- C . Moseley
Shallots and garlic, docks a lot' Democratic nominee i 664. Mr. Mosley has held this of-
Horseradish for a flavor fine I Counties of the Third district Iice since the cr3ation of p ea ch
Parsley for taste—garnish design, are: Ben Hill, Chattahoochee, Clay county to 1925.
Crisp, Dodge, Dooley, Harris, Hous- 1
ton, Lee, Marion,
then in such event, the candidate
h I hOS H Wh ° f tied f Ft. Valley, Ga„ March 2-The
highest number of county unit Peach coun y ty ^ which was
vote 8 >. receiving the highest num- ^ { r P suUed y in the no*
My mind runs back—I can't recall, ^risp, uoage, uooiey, Harris, hous-| Herbert Beeland, who was
The names and uses for ton, Lee, Marion, Macon, Musco-‘ elpctGd last Mav to’fjii the nnex-
The herbs that in this garden I gee, Peach, Pulaski, Quitman, plSterm of j E Lee who re-
grew i Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter si g ne d, received 1,031 votes and
And yet outside—the time old rue .Taylor, Terrell, Turner, Webster his opponent, G. W. Cochran, 500.
By chance somehow had come to | and Wilcox,
grow
Right near the smokehouse, there
to show
Its yellow bloom
tint
Of leaves, in sunshine's changing
glint.
Another bitter, hoarhound grew
Beside the smokehouse near the
rue.
Along the well kept garden walks tary
—o —- gatucii waiisjb j, to learn that their wage-
Wero blooms, low beds and stately 1 hour law case set for hearing irt
Ot O 1 Irn ♦ U r-v T T m i Otn t-rtn T~Y I ftt.i Alt
Hugh Smisson was re-elected
itax receiver with a vote of 1,150
! against 306 for his opponent, D. E.
| Wilder.
1 T. E. Tharpe, tax collector;
1 Leonard Wilson, clerk of court;
G. C. Poole, coroner, and J. F.
It will be of interest to the Lamber, county school superin
friends of Mr. L. L. Minor, presi- tendent, were unopposed,
dent of the Butler Lumber Co., and There are four voting precincts
Mr. Emets G. Singleton, his secre- in this county, Ft. Valley, Byron
Butler Lumber Company
on blue-green Qjjg Settled Out Of COUft
stalks
All interspersed
showers „
Amid the herbs the lovely flowers J fore the day set
^pice pinks like babies fresh and P r °ached.
fair I
, the United States District Court at 1,229 of
bouquet! Columbus last Monday were sat- Valley.
1 isfactorily settled out of court be-1 —
for hearing ap
Claude, and Powersville. 1,547
votes were cast in Peach county,
which were from Fort
Shed sweetness on the garden air. gnu SCOIltS TO Collect
Madonna lilies white, to hoid \ J ' ,VUU 1W
petals hearts, the Articles For Soldiers
Rev. Reese To Preach
At Mauk, Howard And
Within their
gold.
Sweet Williams
coats
0f many colors,
in their velvet
Wesley Next Sunday
Mrs. R. L. Sutton, chairman of
-- ‘nctujf uoiors, close to throats ’the Camp Hospital Council for
Larkspur the pink, the white and Ta y lor county asks that all per-
blue sons having usable articles such
Nodding to breezes as it passed i as musical instruments, etc.,
through;
c; ay poppies
reds
which they would like to donate
in deep pinks and! fo ' the recreation of convalescent
1 soldiers while in hospital,to please
have these articles ready fur the
Boy Scouts to collect next Friday.
with silken fringe lA “ st ° f S a ' ticl ? a wanted was
ark fn iicrhtorti.nL carried in The Herald a few weeks
tousled
Gith slender n ecks and
heads.
Lot beautifto W1M1 1IiXl g e
lading from dark to lighter tinge
le hollyhocks broad, straight 1 ag0,
and tall
11 h clustered 1, blooms
over all.. '' r
P one is the garden that
1 orn face of earth—yet
moved 1..
For storage
Rev. A. W. Reese, district super
intendent of the Columbus district
is to preach at Mauk Methodist
church at 10 a. m. Sunday. Also
at Howard Methodist church at
11:30 a. m. Sunday. He will preach
at Wesley Methodist church at 3
p. m. Sunday. Everyone in each
of these communities invited to at
tend services.
nuts of the district
above $170 a ton.
Mr. C. E. Purvis, representative
of the local Farm Bureau, attend
ed a meeting of the National
Farm Bureau in Washington sev
eral weeks ago in an effort to
help obtain better prices for pea
nuts this year. The local Bureau
wishes to express its sipcere ap
preciation to Congressman Pace
and other national officials fori
their untiring efforts in securing
the passage of this measure.
Pace's telegram follows:
“War Food Administrator has
authorized additional increase of
$10 per ton in support price of
peanuts which raises the support
price to $160 a ton, basis Spanish
are as follows:
White
Butler 612
Cedar Creek 171
Charing 81
Daviston 90
Daviston 90
Carsonville 126
Howard li2
Mauk 81
Panhandle 167
Turners' Chapel .... 40
Potterville 100
Reynolds 365
Col.
243
36
18
36
36
72
18
18
63
time of his death.
Before enlisting In the? Aitov,
Mr. Bone had been engaged in
farming since me deau» of his
father, Mr. Joe Bone in the year
1938. Besides his mother Mrs.
Fannie Mott Bone, Pvt. Bone is
survived by an only sister, Mrs.
Mark Hall, of Albany. , ,
Mr. Charlie W. Bickley
Dies At His Home Near
80
171
Bird Sanctuary Planned
For Butler By Members
a tun, Utisis opcuusn | _
70 per cent sound meats. This is Of ROV jCOllt ITOOD
ed and * ■
Butler Tuesday A. M.
Mr. Charlie Wesley Bickley, 83
years of age died at the hqirie of
his son, Mr. H. W. Bickley, ..near
Butler Tuesday morning.
Mr. Bickley was born in Taylor
county Feb. 12, 1859 the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bickley.
He was a life-long citizen of. this
county and was one of the best
known farmers in this section. He
was active in county affairs tirftil
ill health prevented. He had been
in declining health for the past
not quite what we wanted and
asked for but is a twenty dol-1 ■
lar increase over the cost cf. Why not make our town a bird
last year’s price. This is important sanctuary? o
war crop and I hope every farmer] The local Boy Scout Troop has iseveral months,
in the state will accept this price plans under way to do this very 1 Funeral services for Mr. Bickley
in good spirit and plant every thing. Each boy In the troop has we . re held
acre of the goal requested of pledged to build and Dut ud
Fred Johnson officiated. Burial
Mr.
here in the home front.”
“Steve Pace, M. C.”
uung. fiaui wy in uicr iruofi nas at Union church at 11
, ----- ---* of pledged to build and put up five o'clock Wednesday morning. Rev.
them. This may require some bird houses within the next two Fred Johnson officiated. Burial
hardships and sacrifices, but I weeks. When a sufficient number in Union cemetery. Pallbearers m-
know the farmers of this nation of feeding places, bird baths and c ^ ude d: Messrs Verman Culver-
are ready to meet every call of one hundred houses have been h °use, A. J. Moore, Clarence Bidk-
their country. We can speed the erected signs will be placed 1<? y Lonnie Parker, Robert Bickley
return home of the million farm along the highways leading into and C -_ B - Wwhatley.
boys now out on the battle lines our town proclaiming Butler
if we match their courage with an Bird Sanctuary,
equal degree of work and sacrifice. The p Urpose 0 f this project is
Mrs. Jennie Shines and Mrs! Dora
itory Gardens in Butler this year Helms -
! almost every family is a farm
family. It is said that one bird
family in or near a garden is
worth five dollars to the gartfener.
(2) What greater pleasure and
satisfaction can one have than
just sitting under a shade and
! watching the mother and father
Our attention was attracted bird as they feed and watch over
some weeks ago by a letter writ- their little brood? (3) The Scouts j
ten by Mrs. Ethel Gross Hopkins, learn more about God's great plan!
of New York, head of the Red of Nature, and they learn by
a «i*. Bickley is survived by two
sons, Messrs W. H. and H. , L.
Bickley; and four daughters, Mrs.
three-fold: (I) Birds are farmers’ -- S ‘ ^ art . in »_Mrs. E. T. Thompson
'best friends and with all the Vic-
Oversights Are One
Of Most Regrettable
Newspaper Errors
I Edwards Funeral Home of. this
city in charge of arrangements.
New Postal Rates
Will Be Put Into
Effect March 26th
Pursuant to the Revenue Act en-
01 iNew York, nead or tne Red of Nature, and they learn by do- acted by Congress Feb. 25, .1944,
Cross work in that city, which ing with their hands, things that tbe rates °f postage practically 'on
she addressed to t he New York will be beneficial to them tomor-,classes of mail will be in-
World-Telegraph criticising that row when they take over the creased effective
newspaper for the omission of her reins. I First-Class
name in the list of next of kin of The Scouts take this means of l C „l OT each . . . , „
David Hopkins killed in action asking the cooperation of every d 1 1CK ; al del,ver y*. 3 c per
overseas. She being the mother cf man, woman and child living in ° U !L e ’ P° 8tcard8 lc ea ch.
the brave but unfortunate young the community to help make this 1 :, 1 al l in V 10 United States
lad and whose father she divorced project a success increased from 6c to 8c per ounbe,
some years ago, had cause tor A Jimlted number f blrd b s ^
complaint and we trust by th,s wln bc fo r sale by the Troop and at™ per one-hauTuni
on March 26th.
mail: Local delivery
ounce, rural routes
• » • . 1 * v/Aiv. nun i/UIIv.C»
wishing to purgnase one : Fourth-Class mail: The postage
nmicnc cVimil/T rrnt m «i .. * ®
towered
I loved
not re-
-.o.ngc space in memory --
Ha s kept this garden fresh for me launched by .. _. . , ,
And still, as in mv childhood davs that of grave vaults made of busin . ess at ° ne 0 clock P- m. and
1 follow God ainni T“ LL ' P^stic materials now taking the remain closed for the remainder
Seated in « *i V : place of steel satisfactorily and of afternoon on each Thursday,
m a cafe recently wait- P aRes a much lighter vau y t to beginning March 9, during the
New Enterprise Started
Here By T. B. Joiner
Business Houses Of
Reynolds To Begin Closing
For Half Holiday
We, the undersigned merchants
A new manufacturing enterprise an d business men of Reynolds, do
’ ’ ' Mr. T. B. Joiner is hereby agree to close our places of
time the World-Telegram nets any one
made satisfactory explanation. of these houses should get in' on all maYf matter of th* fourth
We mention the above facts to touch with Edwin Allen or Elton class is increased 3 per cen/ h
show that we are all human and Wright 1 -- mc - rease a J P«?r cent,
subject to the same kind of er-
Butler Merchants To
Take Half-Holiday
rors. For only recently the Herald
fell a victim to an error of the
6ame nature, which we regret be
yond words to express and sin
cerely trust the good lady whom
we sorely offended will accept our
apology.
The unfortunate incident oc
curred in a news item in our issue
of Feb. 17 in regard to Lt. Chartes and business firms,
Salzer, reported missing in action, agree to close our
Every Thursday
| Money orOr fees from their
| former to the following rates: 6c
j to 10c; 8c to 14c; 11c to 19c; 13c
to 22c; 15c to 25c; 18c to 30c; 20c
i to 34c; 22c to 37c.
| Registered mail and C. O. D.
fees incrased in comparison to in
crease on Money Order fees.
We,
Go To Church Sunday
Rev. W. B. Hoats, pastor of the
ln 2 our turn to makes a much ngnter vault to uc sii“““K iviarcn », uunn
'^Ughts drifted as L nnTeri tZ Mr - Joiner states that he Sprlng and , Summer season:
I'™. Win tacos ot the otherwise ls . also planning the establishment Jacob Prager,
unL Ctl ^ e y° un S waitresses to ~l,~
ordering whether the public is chlner y
of
a shirt factory as
is available.
soon as ma-
H(, . — wit t'uuiiv. 1*3
Yn j t ! ent and considerate of those
- tn aenn S such service, .clerks in
ros and other places of busi-
SEED PEANUTS FOR SALE
Small North Carolina Runners.
ness ac 1 m
short aS they sbould be - Even with Guaranteed sound, cleaned and
j ns jL ges °* labor the public still graded six pts. Above No. 1. Put
18 on a maximum degree of U p in 50-lb. bags. Price 10c per
^ rwce. To supply this service pound. (3’9’3tp)
(Turn to Page 6; No. 1) 1 J- Ran Cooper, Rupert, Ga.
G. H. Goddard,
H. L. Baker,
E. T. Shealy,
Citizens State Bank,
C. H. Trussell,
Charlie B. Hicks,
N. L. Halley,
R. E. Aultman,
Mrs. W. D. Saunders,
L. C. Woolard, R.E.A.,
H. C. Whatley.
the undersigned merchants 1
do hereby |
-r — -r - — o --- -t,— -w stores and!
Facts regarding the sacrifice made places of business every Thursday local Baptist church announces
by the brave American soldier was at 12 o'clock noon, beginning the following schedule for services
furnished us by local relatives of March 9th, and continuing through next Sunday:
the young man, omitting mention the first Thursday in September.
of the mother’s name, whom we
took for granted had passed on,
but instead;is making her home at
Miami, Fla.
Mrs. Salzer will be most pleas
antly remembered by older citi
zens as Miss May, Rawls, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Rawls
for many years among Butler's
most prominent citizens.
Local relatives and friends of
Lt. Salzer are gratified to learn,
however, that he has been report
ed safe but is being held prisoner
by the German government.
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.
Bible School 10:00 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11:00 a. m.
B - T. U 6:30 p. m.
Evening Worship, 7:30 p. m.
I CHICKEN SUPPER
| AT RUPERT SCHOOL
A chicken supper will be served
at the Rupert school lunch room
Friday evening March 17. Price
50c per plate. The supper will be
followed by a cake walk and a
community singing. All proceeds
will go to the Rupert school
lunch room.