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jTHE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MARCH 23, 1944.
Prisoners Foiled In
leap From Window At
Talbotton Court House
Talbotton, Ga., March 20—Con
fronted by his wife with 105
stitches in hers lashed throat, De
lay Thornton, negro, 50, under in
dictment for assault with intent
to murder Monday made an un
successful attempt to leap from
thesecond story court room win
dow of the Talbot county court
house at Talbotton.
Thwarted in his effort to jump
from a window'35 feet rrom the
ground, Thornton met beserk and
12 men were required to subdue
him. In the melee three men were
injurd. They were Fedral Revenue
Agent F. R. Spivey, Deputy Sher
iff Tom Wimberly and Former
Sheriff John M. Shipp, of Talbot
county.
On a plea of guilty to having
almost decapitated his wife sev
eral days ago, Thornton was sen
tenced to serve 10 years straight
byJud ge T. Hicks Fort, of Colum
bus, who Monday opened Talbot
superior court.
Court officials, speculating on
DR, H. J. P 0 RXfc& .
Butler, Ga*
THE SACREDNESS OF LIFE
Lesson Text:
Genesis 1:27,28
Matthew 12:11,12
Romans 14:19,21
Corinthians 6:19,20
Golden Text: Know ye not that
your body is a temple of the
Holy Spirit.
Devotional Reading: Ps. 116:12-ij9
We have for our consideration
ther was anything in all the
world worth more than man. In
view of this then it behooves us
fo sfrive at all times to be as near
like the Heavenly Father as pos
sible. Having been made in his
image and after his likeness we
should labor from day to day to
be more like Him. In all of our
planning lets plan to put first
Officer Charged With
"Neglect Of Duty" In
Escape Of Dr. Small
TEN-YEAR RECORD OF
CONGRESSMAN BROWN
ENDED BY TRAGEDY
Washington, March 21.—The 10-
year record of Democratic Repre
sentative Paul Brown of Georgia
has been broken. Brown, who
prided himself on never missing a
roll-call, was absent for the first
McRae, Ga., March 19—Sheriff
plenum,S icia picin to pui nrsi John B. Walker announces that
what God has put first. Man is Deputy Sheriff LeRoy Clements
the greatest of his creation and had been charged with “neglect of - r ~ , ~ — ^
then he is the greatest of his duties” in the escape of Dr. Louis time in 10 years in the House Mon
care. Our Lord's answer to the G. Small, who was ordered extra
question, “is it lawful to heal on dited recently to New York on
the Sabbath day?” was that such abortion charges,
was lawful. Was it possible that Capt. Wm. Spence, chief of the
anyone could deny that the Georgia bureau of investigation,
healing of the man was not a , swore out the warrant, the sheriff
good thing? reported. It has not been served,
The stupid Ecclesiastics and Sheriff Walker said.
Jesus were continually coming j At the time of the escape a
and study several passages of
scripture. They all deal with the*^ 68118 were continually coming I At the time of the escape a
sacredness of life: In all these in contact with Him and they were ■ week ago, Dr. Small was being
passages we find the idea of di-1 completely overcome by his simple transferred from the Telfair coun
vine origin and the. significance^ answer. The whole preponderance ty jail to the Bibb county jail at
of human life. /' j of the law was that it was right Macon while awaiting extradition.
We might adduct from these , fo do good on the Sabbath day. Dr. Small had stopped at a tourist
scriptures the truth that anything ! ^ ow that human life is the great- camp near McRae to see his wife
so precious as human life needs est creation of God, human wel- and escaped while Deputy Sheriff
to be cared for to the glory of the trirn thpn nrirnt ‘ c oho-m —
fare then comes ahead of every- Clements telephoned the state pa-
thing else. This also iuclnded the trol the sheriff declared,
rules of small minded men.
day .
The explanation
Chairman Carl Vinson^! froni l
*"-• - 1 in e Nav.
al Affairs Committee. Rer Z
Hvo Rr™,„ ne Present a
five Brown was notified
hv tho -Mo,... . . aat Urday
by the Navy that his 2 4 Vo
son, Lt. Robert Brown re
’ IS mi ssin.
" as ® communications ■
aboard a submarine „ 0Ifl ee f
cific.
submarine i n the J
Brotherly Consideration
In the part of our lesson taken
from Romans, Paul condems ier-
tain well established customs of
GASOLINE BURNS
IN TRAIN WRECK
Heavenly Father.
The Nature of Man
God is the source of all life.
Every living thing on earth is his
the attempted jump by the negro, | f i nd by *! Udying 1 h *
said Thornton would have been f ' rst c . h * pte !j of tbe BiblG that Godwin well established customs
killed in the leap as a flight of br ° ugbt ordei out of . c £? os ’ 3lgh * 1 the da Y- H 18 hard for men of
stone steps are underneath the■ ou [. . of darkness > and 1Ife out of modern times to understand the
courthouse window. This was the j no ,,, ing ' ,, . , . . significance of the controversy
first such effort at the courthouse! W . e b .f ar the 8tatem ent often ( which caused so great a stir and
erected in 1892. made that a created universe does ado in the early church. Espe*
Thornton was seated on whatis, not P resu PP 0S€ ' a creator. Some dally that concerning the eating
known as the “trial docket bench’ j peop l e , wdl tel1 you , that without of meat sacrificed to idols. The
when his wife heavily bandaged any intentlon or an y design on the principle from a moral standpoint j over an embankment onto U. S.
appeared in the court room. He part of anyone through an acci- ' was that after meat was sacri- j Highway 29, blocking all traffic
dashed to the window of the court dentaI coming together of certain ficed to an idol, the worshiper , and knocking down telephone and
room, where he was restrained by i forces of nature - this world of ours feastedd on the meat and made telegraph lines,
court authorities. , emer g ed lnt o being. This atheistic the feast the prelude unlimited 1 c Pl. L - G. Bell, of the State
Judge Fort, in his charge to the | statement iswit hin itself an an-.‘ debauchery. This vice was very Highway Patrol, said three or four
jury, said the cutting of too much ! sw . er to athei8r n. God created all common in heathen temples. The of the tankers appeared to be on
small timber for purposes of man- ' things on the earth. His last crel jworshipers first offered the sacri- fi re, but that the flames were so
ufacturing pulpwood and lumber ‘ atlon ™ as man : In 8odoin g hef'fice, then he proceeded to gorge fiprr,p thn+ ho "' 00 + "
LaGrange, Ga., March 19—Tl^ou-
I sands of gallons of gasoline biifn-
j ed when an A. and W. P. freight
train hauling some 20 tank cars
■ was wrecked at Louise Station, 7
I miles north of LaGrange Sunday,
j One of the burning cars toppled
over an embankment onto U. S.
would spell the ruination of thisi crea ! ed s° met hmg more than a
section unless checked. I creature> He created a compassion.
The grand jury, in its recom
mendations, appealed for a recon
ditioning of the court house build
ing and that Talbot county com
missioners take action at once to
make the necessary improvements
to all public buildings.
Army
Plane Crash Near
Savannah Fatal To One,
Four Others Injured
Savannah, March 20—Army au-
himself. Most of the people who
had become Christians refused to
He made man in 'such a way that eat meat that had been offered in
fellowship could be established heathen temples. But there were
and maintained between the some who felt so secure in this
creature and the Creator. {new moral freedom that they
We cannot grasp the signifi-' sneered at the very suggestion
cance of the statement that God that the eating of such meat could
made man in his own image, but lure them from the path of moral
one thing we can be certain of is rectitude. Paul reproved these per-
that when God made man in his ' sons who refused to deny them-
own image he put into him attri- 1 selves of this meat eating because
butes which are the likeness and a few timid Christians feared to
to
fierce that he was unable
make an accurate check.
Railway crewmen, using a
switch engine from the LaGrange
yards, were attempting to move
the cars remaining on the track.
Burning gasoline was flowing
down a small creek for a distance
■of almost a mile, Bell said.
/Natural nitrate of soda shipments from Chile are arriv-
ing on satisfactory schedule. Close to half a million ton3
are already here, delivered or ready for delivery. Another
200,000 tons are expected and every effort is being made to
get it here in time for this season’s crops.
correspond to the divine qualities
of both mind and heart.
Man's Relation to God
Man is related to God as a
father to son. What could we say
about man's relation to all the
thorities at Hunter Field reported, balance of mankind. It is
Monday that Staff Sgt. Foch Hart- same as brother to brother,
sell, engineer-gunner of Bridge-; Man’s Duties
port, Texas, was killed in the crash j Man and woman were not cre-
-of a plane in the Savannah river 1 a ted by God to a life of luxury
swamp in South Carolina. and idleness. Man and woman
p<air °thers, injured in the each had definite responsibilities.
crashMonday were placed aboard First of all man and woman were
a passenger train and brought to commanded to be fruitful. They
the hospital at Hunter Field. The were to till the earth until it bear
plane was reported to have fall- fruit. They were to build cities,
en m flames close to the Savan- raise flocks and herds, also to
nah river and five miles from the establish empires. They were also
nearest road. to subdue the earth. They were to
The injured were removed by master its forces. They were to
crewmen of a Coast Guard ship solve all the problems arising
who brought their vessel to within from their habitation of the
a shoit distance of the plane. It earth and make themselves vic-
required two hours to carry two tors over life’s struggles and
of the most seriously injured thru problems. Domination over the
the swamp to the railroad, where creatures means that men enjoy
a train was flagged down. a special relationship with God
Sgt. Hartsell s wife, Mrs. Marie and the lower creatures are to be
E. Hartsell, lives on route I in used that man may glorify God
Biaageport ' land enjoy him forever. We are
be r * a -' a ! 1 t ' d: “ nd L t. D. D. Dod- told briefly in the passage of our
son, Tltahill, Grass Valley, Cal., lesson today from Genesis that
ractuied ankle and internal in- man had his own given God. Hu-
juries; reported in fair condition man life is blessed of God and
Bie3d hospital. | the whole of mankind is solemn-
_ ” d ‘ ^ Killebrew, Jr., of iy commanded to remember his
l^dliHS, Tex., fracture of both legs divine origin
and kjeeraitons; condition fair. j of More Value Than Sheep
Staff Sgt. W. H. Daniels, Port- ,.
land, Maine, minor Iterations 1 m ^ su h s ari w”?’" th
and bruises; condition good. i ™ an l 13 /? for & ott£ n the; divine ori-
Sgt. V. K Almond Jr., McGaheys ' md the “ gnlfl *
ville, Va„ lacerations; condition h ‘f M ? y f 1 ,"?
g 00( j > things above man:the church, the
' law > th e traditions of the elders.
BOY, 16, INDICTED ! Gur Lord put aside all those
rim .e ,,TTnr.r-T. i things which unwise men had
FO GIRL S MURDER | come to value more than human
„ , . . ' ~~ ,, , . 'welfare. One day he went into a
Columbia, S. C., March 20—A synagogue where his enemies
eat it. A
of the greatest temples of idolatry
was at Corinth. The word temple
u , as here used means “the dwelling
Christian brother, ac^ I place of God ” The Hol y s P irit is '
cording to Paul should be willing 1 God diking among men. He i
to give up everything in the in-1 knocks a * the door of every man's
terest of his fellow brother. Paul! He comes in and lives with
laid down the rule, “Let us follow I us 3 * we wd3 a How him to do so.
after things which make fori Paul ‘ s .contention was that it,
peace, and things whereby we' waSi sacril ege to mar this sacred
may edify one another. The eat-1 teynpte of the soul with sin. An-
ing of meat had no moral effect I othe ^ thing we should take into j
on some men but had a degrading consideration is that this temple;
effect on others. We then should the so V 1 is not ours. We were
follow after the things which ought with a price. Jesus paid the
make for peace and the which are I pr iS. e or ! the cro8s -
Elevating one of the things which | , an is a creature of infinite
degrade men and turn them from j va3ue because God made and cre-
peace and right living is liquor. I ated him after his own image. One
Even though drinking may not, sad tl- uth v
hurt us, we know there are many j:. at P e °plo many
whom it will hurt Fnr that roaJhgntly of vice and
If shipping estimates hold, there will be about as much
Chilean nitrate for top and side dressing as last year. But
because all of it is being distributed under the government’s
allocation program, it may be impossible to supply all sec
tions in the same proportions as last year.
If you cannot get Chilean nitrate when you
want it, remember the inconvenience is only
temporary—one of many dislocations due to war.
sad truth we recognize today is
Chilean nitrate is here in substantial quantity, but, like
every good soldier, it goes where it is told and when it is
told by the government.
‘ ifc i }jl* h ......
times think,
whom it will hurt. For that rea- I n £htly of vice and drunkenness, j
son we should not overthrow the * Tbe . Bible teac hes that such ways;
work of God that **>e indulge our of Iife not onl y sa P the physical
own selfish appetites. 1 8tren gth and rob the mind of its
The Body a Temple I bu ‘ casts a ^flection on
• rp, n . .. . ,, p J God who made man's body to be
The Corinthians well understood the dwelling place of the Holv I
the significance of the temple.One Spirit y I
CHILEAN NITRATE of SODA
ff deral S rand jury Monday re- were congregated around a man
turned a true bill on an indictment who had a withered hand. Very
Rnhh^ ln f n rn 1f ™ we V r - all , as likeJ y the y thought that Jesus
fn thP S i mUrd f r would come alon g and heal him.
“„ tbe d a ° p f the T eight / ear -° ld H he should heal him they would
daughter of ja Parris Island marine charge him with wor king on
officer at the Parris Island base Sunday. This would be in viofation
last December. ! of their law in regards to the Sab-
a C er t k H Sa i! d Falt ^ e11 ’ bath. When He made His appear-
. . aue sted by Federal ance at the synagogue they asked
«5Sf S tn ^ 0 fh th ’ivr woald b ^ him, “Is it lawful to heal on the
£51 *° £ a J at the t May tGrm of Sabbath day. In answering them
a dlstnct court at Charles- He asked them another question,
; namely, “what man shall there
■pppniT PTTuvnTT rATTumm ^ you that shall have one
™ T ® founded l shoep> and if this one fall intoa
DIES AT PLANTATION pit on the Sabbath day will he
not lay hold on it and lift it out”.
AW J/MMYs- JUDY Macfe 7%e Music &> Ifaufanj '/bunt/fir Ufi/Cte SAM
Brunswick, March 19 — Cator The law provided that if a sheep
Woolford, 75, founder of the At- fall into a pit on the Sabbath
lanta Credit Bureau and widely day a man might rescue the ani-
known for his public benefactions mal no matter how much labor
died at his Altamaha plantation was required. The scribes and the
home 15 miles north of Brunswick pharisees declared that it was un-
Sunday. lawful for Jesus to use his divine
He had been ill for several power to heal the lame man on
weeks from complications result- the Sabbath. Our Lord's answer
ing from a kidney ailment. to them was “How much then is
He was a close friend of Presi- a man of more value than a
dent Roosevelt and one of the sheep”. He then related to them a
founders of the Georgia Hall at plain Biblical teaching that man
the Warm Springs foundation is a creature fashioned after the
where the president often vaca- hand of God and for that reason
uons when the affairs of the na- he is master of all creation,
tion permit Our Lord refused to admit that
COME Off, LETS S//VG"MEMORIES"
T JUST ONCE MORE FOR WHOEVER. 1T
Was that Remembered us With-
these swell Squeeze Bcrx.es
sweet potato Pipes )
VL.
HfRt'S HOW YOU CAN HUP!
Our boys in comp «nd overseas need musical
instruments of all kinds-harmonicas, flutes,
accordions, ocarinas, bazookas, pocket-size
music-mokers. Bo a sport like Jimmy and Judy-
ransack your home-and ask your neighbor*
for any unused instruments. Take them to your
Coca-Cola dealer. Then the'Coke'truck will send
tfiem to Unde Sam for our boys. Do it today I
IKi natural for popular nomw
to acquire friendly abbrevia
tion!. That's why you hear
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