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Butler Herald
v . P I N G EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23.1944
NUMBER 21
f MORE IS
YET TO BE RAISED IN
LOCAL RED CROSS DRIVE
HELP OF EVERY PERSON IN TAYLOR
COUNTY NEEDED BY CHAIRMAN
THELMON JARRELL IN RAISING
QUOTA.
To the writer Rev. C. L
pastor of the Methodist
Glenn,
church
for the past three months, ex
pressed this week his great de
light at the increased attendance
at” all regular services at his
Have you a soldier in the arm
ed forces? Be he son, husband,
brother, nephew or friend, fighting
for his homeland and yours; re-
I member the Red Cross is at his j
--w ... . TT iside—and you are the Red Cross
church since he had been here. He qj course you w jn not fail that
MOTHER OF TWO
IS CONVICTED ON
MURDER CHARGE
Mrs. Jump Sentenced to Serve
17 to 20 Years in Prison by
Peach County Trial.
you
soldier or the milions of others
r— r - ! waging this desperate struggle
sincere appreciation for the large ; which
also repeated his statement from
the pulpit Sunday morning, hi
is not of their making.
Then, give to the Red Cross—
and give now. The month of
March is nearly gone and Taylor
county has more than one thou
Ft. Valley, March 18—Mrs. Elsie
Jump, charged with the mutilation
murder of her husband, John
Jump, was sentenced to from 17
to 20 years in the state peniten
tiary today when a Peach county
jury returned a voluntary man
slaughter verdict against her.
The 21-year-old woman corro
borated a statement made earlier
sand dollars yet to raise, or nearly in Bibb county jail that she was
one-half of its $2,700 quota. There! unaided in the crime and said she
are persons in every district who | killed her husband because he had
collection and general assortment
of colorful spring flowers con
tributed from the garden of Mrs.
Oscar Dreizin, which is at its
zenith of loveliness for the season.
Our lack of talents if bound in
book form would probably exceed
in size a Sears & Roebuck cata
logue. As to music we would list
with capital letters. But we are
not so dumb as failing to appre
ciate it when well rendered. The
beautiful anthem by a large
choir of splendid voices and under
the leadership of the minister,
prepared the congregation for the g|ff t Every year some of our best of the Central of Central of Geor-
reception of the message of the, and ' most appreciat e d oontribu- j gia railway near the couple's
jtions come this way. home in Ft. Valley.
FOURTEEN WHITE
MEN TO REPORT
FOR ARMY EXAM
Draftees Will Leave for Fort
McPherson Tuesday Morning of
Next Week.
have not yet contributed. If no
body has been to see you, if you
were out when your district
worker called, send a check to
Mr. Thelmon Jarrell, our County
War Fund Drive Chairman; or,
threatened her life and the life
of hr two illegitimate children.
Mrs. Jump, bride of only 11 days
told the court she hit her husband
over the head with an axe, sever -
call or mail a card to one of your ed his body in three sections and
district workers to come for your scattered the pieces along tracks
hour especially prepared for the
Easter season with special exer
----- | Those District Chairmen who
cises at the church on the evening bave no ^ made a recent report,
of Palm Sunday, April 2. A c " r,r * r '- !
sis of Rev. Glenn's message
hour is as follows:
Solictor Gen. C. H. Garrett, ask
ing the jury to return a death
God, the Dependable
Reading lessons, Psalm
°, nave not maae a recent report, ing tne jury to return a ueaui
s y n °P‘! please call Mr. Jarrell at his of-j verdict against the young woman
of the jj ce j n courthouse and let stated “I don't believe she did it
him know what progress you are j by herself. If she did she's a
making. This request includes, fiend, and I don't believe she's
33,
Romans 8:31-39, and Genesis whites.
colored committees as well as
8:22. At our last Sunday morning
together we meditated upon the
words of our Savior, as He said,
"Believe in God.” This morning
we want to go the next step for
ward. Suppose we do believe in
God; what then? Will we have
believed in vain? At the end will
we regret having believed in God?
Can we depend upon God? All of
us want something upon which
we can depend. No matter how
—County Red Cross Worker.
Butler Young Lady
Attends Launching Of The
Clark Howell Liberty Ship
Four Taylor county white men
left yesterday for Ft. McPherson
for induction into the army, they
having already passed pre-induc
tion physical examination, and
will be assigned to training camp
within a few days.
These men are: Murray Walker,
Dan Callahan, Theo Barrow and
Calvin Ingram.
Mr. H. K. Sealy, clerk of the lo
cal draft board, stated that four
teen white men have been se
lected and will report to Ft. Mc
Pherson Tuesday of next week for
pre-induction examination. This
list is as follows:
Archie Loyd
Alvin Chasso Hill
Marshall Jackson Hobbs, Jr.
Alfred Duncan Byrd
Ralph Foy Cox
James Adrian Trussell
Walter Joe Hobbs
Thomas Otis Gaines
Charlie Ray Lord
Robert Ray Mclnvale
William James Rustin
C. J. Montgomery
James Roscoe Mclnvale
George Fountain Hammock
LEGISLATIVE RACE
IN TAYLOR COUNTY
ROADS CLOSED
IN COUNTY DUE
TAKES UNEXPECTED TURN Jjq WASHOUTS
1ION. J. W. EDWARDS TO RETIRE AT
END OF TERM; MR. U. S. UNDER
WOOD IS ONLY ANNOUNCED CAN
DIDATE FOR THIS OFFICE.
| Forty-two Head of Cows Belonging
To Mr. Lawson Wilson Drowned
In Flint River Bottom.
Following close on the heels
with the announcement by Hon. J.
W.Edwards that he would not seek
re-election to the office of Rep
resentative in the General As
sembly of Georgia from Tayloi
Heavy rains this week have
caused considerable damage in
Taylor county.
Traffic along highway number
County comes the announcementI 19 has been stopped since Mon-
of Mr U. S. Underwood of his day due to the washout at Mc-
Cants mill pond dam four miles
north of town. Also travel along
22 between the
and Talbotton
candidacy to that office.
As stated in a card to the pub
lie to be found elsewhere in this highway number
issue of the Herald, Mr. Edwards Half-Way House
Rock Hooten, Colored,
Convicted Of Murder,
Executed At State Prison
that bad . . . The road to the truth
leads thru her, and we'll never
know who's involved unless she
tells us.”
Charging Mrs. Jump has “jump
ed from limb to limb on the tree
of truth," Garrett compared the
crime with the slaying of John N. Rock Hooten, colored, about
Perdue, for which Isaac Irwin died j years of age, was electrocuted
in the electric chair. In both in- Reidsville State Prison Friday for
stances, according to Garrett, the j the murder of Van Jackson, elder-
Miss Cathryn Payne of this city 1 defendants changed their stories ly colored man of Reynolds on the
while visiting a friend, Mrs. Fred three or four times. The solicitor's, night of May 12, 1943. Hooten en-
. _ ... i i i pnrvimofinn nf fVia DQcn Knfnro the inxArl 4-V» a nil air ad- TO flVInnlf TinflTl
Smith,
has been a member of the General j was discontinued several hours
Assembly for the past six years. ! Monday on account of washouts
His record on voting and actively I along that highway. Highway
supporting all measures coming I number 96 between Reynolds and
before the House, having for its, Roberta was closed to traffic Mon
purpose the advancement of the I day and Monday night because ol
state's interest generally—agricul-1 extra high water which covered
turally, business or industrial—is tjhe Neisler bridge over Flint river.
100 percent in accord with a ma
jority of the best minds of Geor
gia and satisfactory to his con
stituency at home. He has la
bored enthusiastically and with
remarkable success in bringing to
to Taylor county benefits of both j ly damaged
public and personal nature to its j were badly
This road was open again Tues
day morning, however, and bus
transportation restored.
The Jinks bridge and several
other small bridges in the county
were either washed away or bad-
while public roads
cut up in many
citizens that have been greatly places.
appreciated and will be long re-1 Mr. Lawson Wilson, owner and
membered. , operator of a large dairy farm on
In the announcement of Mr. Un-; Flint river twelve miles north of
derwood there will be a feeling of j town, reported t he loss of 42 of
intense interest throughout the his best cows. The cows were
county. Making his start in busi
ness in a small way just a few
caught in the swamps by high
water and drowned before they
years ago, Mr. Underwood has j could be driven to safety,
climbed the ladder of success i Mr. Wilson stated that 35 of the
rapidly and is today regarded as cows lost were Black Orgus and
one of the largest and most sue- seven Holsteins, one of which
cessful business men and farmers | was producing ten gallons of milk
in this section of state. His mer-i per day.
cantile interest at Taylor Mill,
near Reynolds, has expanded to
that of a group of chain stores in
this and nearby counties—all be
ing successfully managed, as is
VY '- - smitn, in savaimau iaai ween. uau
capable or successful we may be, the p f easure and honor of attend-
there will come a time when each . the ]aunc hing of the S. S.
of us shall have reached our ex- Clark Howell Liberty Ship at the
tremity, when there is nothing Southeas t Grn Shipbuilding Corpc-
more that we can, ourselves do ~ 1
ncitinrr a "friprirl "Mrs Fred inrcc or luui iiuicb. iiit? buiiLiiui a i nigm. oi ividy 1.17*10. nuuicii . «*. 4 •
in Savannah last week had summation of the case before the tered the chair at 12 o'clock noon ! M^'undlrwood is in the ,
auimuauuu ox laic uaou uuiuic iciuu laic caaglaa cll — _ .. , ,
jury lasted more than two hours, land was pronounced dead one ! t
Defense Atorney George Gar-.minute, later.
, prime of life and In the pink of
death chair good health. He has at all times
All Unemployed Persons
Urged To Meet Employment
Agent Here Next Week
Your government is sepnding
We need something
greater than, and better than our
solves.
How wonderful it is to have
loved ones and friends, that have
always been true and faithful to
us, that have never “let us down,”
under all circumstances and con
rett asked for acquittal on the| Upon entering the «-*“*** ~ himself the doox man's
grounds of justifiable homicide | am^ming^^^nnocent ^A.” ^ i Mend and in his hands their in-| t vio7rained men^o'thli coumy to
“‘““'T ration yards in Savannah on. and contended that Jump had, ® sentenced to death terest will be well placed if elect- the purpose of helping us win the
ey u J March 14. The ship was named in locked his wife m the house and Hicks Fort at the : ed - Mr - Underwood has never be-| war here on the home front.
~ ' ' Howell had threatened to kill her and her by Judge 1. hicks Fort at me ■ ■ ■ • 1
honor of the late Clark
Sr., editor and
( Clark Howell had threatened to kill her and her Dy juage i. run. ai soueht Dublic office, but his Work on
publisher of the j two small children. He attempted October term^of Tay^^^uperior ^ ^ pubUc questions ! be£?n under
tlanta Constitution. ,to show that during the brief 11-.court, after the ...... - fn1
The ship was christened by Mrs. I day marriage period the slain man guilty without recommendation of sound ,
Clark Howell of Atlanta, daugh-ihad spent one night with Mrs. mercy. _
ter-in-law of the man in whose Jump and had never given up his Hooten s body
■ — i honor the ship was named. She j room at a Ft. Valley boarding Reynolds for burial
ditions proven absolutely loyak, had as matron of honor Mrs. Al-1 house
, — —| this campaign has
him position on all public questions> been under way for over a month,
after careful study has always / v ji war essential employers in the
been sound and thoroughly in ac-1 county have been and are still be-
was returned to cord with lhe best interests o£ his ' ing contacted. Critically needed
Saturday af- state -
Yet even then, there comes a limit i bert Howell also of Atlanta.
to what their love and friendship
can do for us.
Then on what can we depend,
t Charging that Jump beat, ternoon.
j his wife and her children on the Only
two persons from this
‘IT llOWeJl clloU UI ^VLICLAALCX. ****-» - - - , ., ,
Amon® other notables from At- j slightest provocation, the defense; county have been put to death by
° .. i i xi j i - ~ nlanfrAniitmn Thn nthpr TlPrSflll t O
lanta attending the launching charged the dead man was a dope electrocution The other person to
inun un wmi uciii we |were . Brig Gen. Clark Howell, 1 addict and an ex-minister who, have suffered this fate was S. T.
that will never fail us, nor ■ reach | di I t eeneral of Georgia and had taken up petty gambling. I Mosley^ colored, a brother-in-law
the limit of help and assistance; pub i isher of the Constitution; Al-1 Reading a prepared statement of Mosleys execution oc-
’" H 'W'TWM.otifw.? nf mnrsp we hert Howell, Clark Howell Jr., | from the stand, Mrs. Jump declar-| curred about two Y ears a g°-
Ralph McGill, present editor of ed, “I killed him to save my life \ . _
the Constitution, H. H. Trotti, vice I and the life of my children. I have |^0yf|OlClS iTUCK & irdClOf
Harold Posey Awarded
j Pilot's Wings At Altus, Ok.
iTo Be Bomber Pilot
and cooperation? Of course, we
hear one say, “God;” but is he:
merely saying it because he has.^ de rjonstiiuuon, n. n. uuiu, vjgg^iiu uik me ux u.
heard someone else say It? Listen | pre sident and business manager of i had trouble with men since I was
tr > zwi/n tho aws of c ons titution, and Hon. W. B
to the voices down the ages of ine ^ UIiauLUlluI1 , a .. u ..g...
those who have, for themselves, i H ar tsfiel d , mayor of Atlanta,
depended upon God. God does not j
do as we might do, He does not j
take vengeance upon His enemies
He sends His rain upon the justj
and the unjust, He causes His sun |
to shine upon the good and upon!
the evil. His love is never failing,
“God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son that
who-so-ever believeth on Him
Funeral Today For
"Aunt Ann" Well Known
Local Negress
14 years old, and they have ruined Comnanv To Have New
my life.” ” *
The diminutive woman showed
the only emotion during the trial,
when the jury returned the verdict ]
after deliberating for two and a 1
Home At Early Date
Mr. Hoodman R.
Anna Fowler, well known and courtroom stared,
who-so-ever believeth on mm esteemed negro woman _
shouM not perish but have eternal | ^ ^ hQme - n Butler Sunday Mrs . Jump ue , lineu lu 1Uct _ company wi
hfe. Jesus trusted Him implicitly after an illness of only statement for publication, simply h e ?dquartem
wh en men had brought Him to few from a hear t attack, j ing> don . t P know anythi ng I he £ffi U ££dJ
His earthly end, and H w c er ^, a v b0 ^, “Aunt Anna” as she was known j want to say> l just hope ev eiy- wL™
to bring death upon His body He o her fr - ends was 72 years body . s satis£ied »
could turn to His Heavenly Qf a ghe had spen t her entire i J
Father and say, “Into Thy hands here where she is he i d i n high 1
I commend My Spirit.” And m St., t by white people ofthe-city.!TwetltY Per Cdlt War TaX
Matthew says of Him, He dis ‘ 1 Awaiting the arrival of three 9
missed His Spirit”; but it was int0 daug hters from New York, funeral Plarafl Qfl All Theatre
the keeping of His Heavenly serv ice were deferred until today ' VII HU IIIUUIIv
Father. And God did not fail Him, and wdl be he i d a t Friendship
for on the third day He rose from; Bap tist church at 2 o'clock this
the dead, a victor over death thru j afternoon. Her children are: Hat-
faith in this God. I Herron of Butler; Grace Sam-
After a long life of almost every j uek Burnettie Mann, and Sylvia
kind of vicissitude, Paul the Glover, all of New York.
Parks, owner r
-Th ““ ™ r and manager of the Reynolds at Cochran Field, Macon.
h ^ lf b ?« rs - Wltb tears 1 he y Truck and Tractor Company, has 1 He is a brother of Henry Posey,
s . e 0 our year son > under construction one of the now training to become a pilot at
S1 Sf £ n u U H a i largest and most modern brick Madison, Wise,
while half-hundred people in the buildings in the county. Upon thej Lt. Posey is spending a short
urtroom stared. | completion of the building which furlough with his parents at Rey-
Returned to Bibb county jail, j s expected sometime in June, the^olds.
declined to make a r-nmnanv will move into its
War Production is being slowed
down—is behind schedule right
here at home in Taylor county be
cause not enough of our home
people are in the “fight”.
Don't waste precious time and
money looking for a war job.There
I is a place in “the battle” for you
| right here—right here at home.
Harold Posey, son of Mr. and See these men and find that place.
Mrs. David B. Posey of Reynolds, p° th m ''t“ and women are urgent-
received his commission u second, ly ,”“uUer, they will be In the
Okla on Mamh ?3th l«urt house. In Reynolds, they will
“EhLrS S 1 -
fro ” “ s 'epterMn^the help
and was accepted rn the air corps ™ r ki„. crcinc
Easter Cantata To Be
Presented Sunday Apr. 2
At Local Methodist Church
Tickets By Government
company will move into its new;
larters.
building which will be 100-
feet wide and 150 feet long is be
ing erected in the business section
of Reynolds and just across the
street from the Hinton & Company
warehouse.
The Reynolds Truck and Tractor
Company is agent for the Inter-
Series Of Services To Be
Given At Methodist
, Church Week Of April 2
win the war by working, earning
good money and saving for peace
time spending.
These special agents from the
War Manpower Commission of the
U. S. Employment Service will be
here Friday and Saturday, March
31st and April 1st. In the court:
house at Butler. In the city hall
at Reynolds. They have a good
paying job for you. Don't fail to
see them. The hours: one p. m. t®
7 p. m.
Flames Destroy
Business Block
At Montezuma
Apostle could say that there was
nothing that had ever been, now
is, nor that shall ever come,
nothing in all creation, had the
power of separating him from the
love of this God of Jesus (see
Rom. 8:31-39).
God is absolutely dependable. |
We see it all around us in nature. | E as ter Cantata will be
The sun will rise on his scheduled' presen t e d at the Methodist church
time, it shall not be late Men an Sunday evening, April 2nd, at, heretofore,
have so learned to trust His de- g 0 < c i ock Everybody is invited to
pendability that they will predict,, ° 0 " e I Wp t-p^pt thP S P taxps t
irAn. n -1 j x i.:^^ a limo atlfl l
The U. S. Government has put
a war tax of 20% on all Theatre
tickets effective April 1st. We are stood, to install a
absorbing all this tax that ia j n the building to be used in
possible for us to carry. The adult conection with the farm machin
tickets will remain 25c. All chil-1 ery repair shop,
aren under 12 years of age occupy- 1
ing a seat will be admitted for
12c. The 20c tickets in auditorium
and balcony will have to go to
25c. The above prices include
Government taxes. Saturday after
noon admissions will be 25c in-
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend the series of special serv-
national trucks and tractors and ices at the Methodist church, be-
farm equipment and under the ginning on Palm Sunday, April 2.
present conditions with new ma- There will be evening services
chinery repair shops in the coun? only. The hour of services will be
<y- , , . . IB o'clock. The pastor is bringing Mon ,ezu m a, March 1^-Five on*
Mr. Parks plans, it Is under- the messages on themes vital to business buildings and the
machine shop our spiritual experience of today. J
Make your plans to be present at
this series of services.
Truck Owners Required
To Apply In Person For
Mr. G. W. Bivins
Condition Is Considerably
The condition of Mr. George W.
The local War Price and Ration- Bivins, his many friends will be
roof of a two-story structure were
in ruins Monday evening as the
result of a fire which broke out ia
the afternoon on Decatur street.
The buildings, owned by Leon
Harrison, housed three negro cafes
a pressing club and a barber shop.
The two-story building was used
as a warehouse for amusement
equipment owned by Brandt
Whatley.
The origin of the flames has not
years ahead of time the time and |
place of an eclipse, and then go p£AS FOR SALE
to the appointed place, and time j
and point his camera toward the j About ten bushels
predicted part of the heavens, and Brown-eyed Crowder
lo when he looks at his picture planting. See .or call,
(Turn to No. i; Page 8) 1 T. L. Fountain, Butler, Ga.
We regret these taxes but it is! The local War Price and Ration- Bivins, his many menus win uu b ; n " d ;' te 7 mined but the f ir « de .
lour duty, and we must help sup- ing Board wishes to advise that pleased to learn, has greatly im- fort to ston
Ipoit the soldiers on the battle-'all truck owners are required to proved following a heart attack succee^d te
front. We hope it will not be long come by the Rationing Board of- Wednesday of last week. While the flames before the ad-
White, before these taxes can be taken fice between March 23rd and April still confined to his e - 4 oin | ng two-story building was
Peas for;off. '1st and sign a renewal form be- able to take a satisfactory amount ]o ning two story Dunamg was
Very truly yours, fore they can obtain gas books for of nourishment and converse with much ^™ a ff d -,J h e ° as par
L. R. DEAN. the second quarter. those about his bedside. tially covered by insurance.