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BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1944
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MR. PLEASANT N. ADAMS
TALBOT COUNTY CITIZEN
DIES OF HEART ATTACK
deceased was well known in
THIS COUNTY HE HAVING TRANS
ACTED MUCH BUSINESS HERE FOR
ALEXANDER LUMBER CO.
A TRIBUTE
TO
F. D. R.
(By Mrs. Annie H. Swearingen)
It has been said that history is
only a series of biographies of out
standing men. At one who sits too
near the stage gets a distorted Talbotton, Ga., Nov 7—Pleasant
view of the actors only through Narvin Adams, chairman of the
the perspective of time, when the board of deacons of Talbotton Bap-
nptit criticisms of his contemoo-1 tist church and widely knoyn lum
berman, died Tuesday of a heart
attack. He was 54 years old Tues
day.
A native of Talbot county, Mr.
Adams was timber buyer for Alex
ander Lumber company. He
traveled in the south for Frick
company, saw mill manufacturers,
for many years, and was active in
the affairs of the southern pine
industry. He devoted much of his
time to civic improvements and
the activities of the Lions club.
Mr. Adams is survived by his
wife, the former Leila Robertson,
of Talbotton, and three brothers,
D. Frank Adams ,of LaGrange, Ga.
Sloan Adams, of Talledega, Ala.,
and Emmett Adams of Hogans-
ville, Ga.
Funeral services for Mr. Adams
were conducted at Talbotton Bap
tist church Wednesday at 3 p.m.,
by Rev. Richard Howard and Rev.
E. H. Dunn.
The deacons of the church
served as honorary pallbearers.
Active pallbearers were: Thos. H.
Mahone, Hamp Weston Jr., J. F.
Alexander, Basil Allen, Howard
Green and Thos. R. Slade.
petit criticisms of his contempo
laries aie forgotten, can we see a
great man in his true stature.
George Washington, whom we now
revere, was grossly vilified in his
lifetime by certain newspapers
and politicians, who even went so
far as to produce forged letters in
which he was supposed to advo
cate the abandonment of the
Revolution, and who accused him
of drawing more than his salary,
and urged that he be guillotined.
His second term in office was so
embittered by these attacks that
in a cabinet meeting in 1793 he
said that “he had never repented
but once of missing the opportuni
ty to resign and that was every
moment since”. In our own gene
ration we have seen history vindi
cate Woodrow Wilson and have
seen him take his rightful place
among the immortals.
In looking at the men who occu
py the world’s stage today, let us
take the long, historical view and
appraise fairly their contributions
to the great play being enacted
before our eyes, seeking only to
find the truth. Leading the parade
of personalities is the man who
has dominated the American
scene ever since March 4, 1933,
when he became President of the
United States and who, since the
beginning of the Second World
War has shared the world spot p i j' Railmai,
light with other important world ( V»Cllll 01 ndllWdy
figures.
Franklin D. Roosevelt spent a
happy, healthy boyhood in a big,
comfortable house in a
W. T. Bennett Named
Farm Director for
TAYLOR CO. MEN
ARE CALLED INTO
ARMED SERVICE
Six White Men Are Called for
Induction; Thirty-One for Pre-
Induction Examination.
Friday, November 17, six local
white men will leave for Ft. Mc
Pherson for induction into the
Army, these having already passed
pre-induction examination and se
lected to fill this call. They are:
Jarrell Sanders Vann
Clifton Talton Kirksey
Elsie Lee Swain
James Luther Spillers
William Thomas Bone
Hilton Elwin Taunton (Vol.)
On the same day thirty-one lo
cal white men will leave for Ft.
McPherson for pre-induction ex
amination.
Those selected to fill this call
are as follows:
Shederick Willard Wainwright
Paul Martel McGuffin
Joe Brown Bartlett
Nathaniel Van Buren Joiner
Marvin Russell Peed
Neal Randall Lumpkin
John Martin Winters
Jessie C. Carpenter
William Drane Woodall
Charles Henry Smith
James Cecil Wilson
Clarence Earl Posey
James Lewis Saunders Jr.
Hershell Elmo Whitley
William Oscar Keen
Hazel Paul Crook
William Ernest Booth
Paschal Collier
Tom Posey
John William Massey
Morris Lawhorn
Maurice James Whitley
Horace Edmonson
William Crum Shehee
Asbury Millard McCants
Jennings Bryant Lovick
Robert Isaac James
Geo. Ben. Culverhouse Jr.
Jewel Collier
Walter Wesley Wainwright
Bethel Leon TuckerfTransf. from
Berrien County, Ga.)
TAYLOR COUNTY
VOTES AS NATION
FOR ROOSENELT
Democrats Given 413 Electoral
Votes Against 118 for the
Republicans.
More than half of the registered
voters in Taylor county cast their
ballots in the national election of
Tuesday, which resulted in a large
majority vote for President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic
nominee.
The county’s vote by
METHODIST CONFERENCE
IN SESSION AT MACON,
LOCAL PASTOR ATTENDING
PFC. C. L FALLOW
LISTED KILLED
BY WAR DEPT.
APPOINTMENTS OF PASTORS FOR
ANOTHER YEAR WILL BE READ AT ! p ormer
TH EULOSE OF SESSION TOMOR
ROW', FRIDAY.
Taylor County Youth
Meets. Accidental Death While
Serving Overseas.
Rev. C. L. Glenn, pastor of the
Butler circuit, Methodist church, i , , . ■ <
left Tuesday for Macon to attend I ton - r „ eceiv ? d a telegram from the
Mrs. Louise Fa Haw of Thornas-
was as follows:
Dem.
Rep.
Butler
334
145
Reynolds
184
12
Panhandle
32
19
Daviston
22
8
Carsonville
49
12
Howard
25
12
Rustin
41
7
Cedar Creek 50
16
Potterville
36
10
773
241
Included
in the
Butler
vote was approximately 80 soldier
votes.
Senator Walter George, Congress
man Stephen Pace and all county
nominees received practically the
total Democratic vote.
Latest returns from Tuesday’s
election by the Associated Press
are as follows:
By the Associated Press
the four-day session of the South
Georgia Annual Conference open
ing at Macon Tuesday and clos
ing tomorrow (Friday) with the
reading of conference appoint
ments for another year. This is the
first “between Sundays” con
ference of the church in the his
tory of the church, being so chosen
to permit ministers to return to
thei rrespective pastorates for
Sunday service.
The attendance is expected to
reach between 500 and 600 minis
ters and laymen. The climax in at
tendance will probably be reached
today this having been designated
i as layman’s day. C. E. Benns Sr.,
precinct! * s the official lay delegate of the
local church and will be in at
tendance.
The Butler circuit has closed a
most creditable year under the
direction of Rev. Glenn. Being his
first year and with satisfactory
service to his credit the return of
Rev. Glenn for another year is an
ticipated with interest.
The regular session of the con
precincts
Ind.Dem.
6
3
2
2
1
2
0
0
12
28
war department October 28th in
forming her of the death of her
husband Pfc. C. L. Fallaw.
He was killed in a truck accident
in the Azores Island near Portu
gal. The telegram stated that he
was givfn a military burial OcL
30th. ,
Fallaw was a son of the late
James R. Fallaw and Mamie Seal?
Fallaw of Howard. His relatives
living in this county are Messrs
D. N. Sealy, H. A. Sealy and Mis.
Lillian Brown of Howard and Mr.
H. K. Sealy of Reynolds.
Young Fallaw enlisted in the U-
S. Army Engineers at Miami, Fla,
several months ago. ,
Red Cross Handles
All Requests For
Return of Solders
A flow o fstray re returns Wed-1 T^ renc c is being presided over by
nesday solidified President Roose-! Bishop Arthur Moore. A number
velt’s fourth term victory, but. prominent ministers and lay-
Michigan, Ohio and 11 other states, mcn > including women, will ap-
Savannah.—On November 1, W
T. (Tap) Bennett of Pine Mountain
beautiful q s became director of agricultural
park on the Hudson, enjoying all development fo rthe Central of
ihe privileges of wealth and social t G eorg i a Railway with headquar-
position. European travel began | ters at Savannah. This is a new
lor him at the age of three and he position for the purpose of enlarg-
soon leanred to speak French and ■ lng the scope and increasing the b , . , . ,
German fluently. He was greatly i act ivity of the Railroad’s Develop- ’ KeVIIOKIS LlOflS LIUD
interested in American history 1 men t Department, which is headed
and his frequent trips to Europe by Marion J. Wise, vice president,
made him familiar with England, The appointment of Mr. Bennett
France and Germany. was announced by J. F. Jackson,
He graduated at Harvard in general agricultural agent.
1904. While at Harvard he began | “Tap” Bennett is one of the
his fight against injustice which sou th’s best known and ablest
has been carried on all his life, agricultural workers He is a na- ^ . T ,, *" ... . .
His nnciHrtri , Thursday, Nov. 2 with a good at
tendance.
Holds Regular Meeting
| Thursday Evening
The Reynolds Lions Club held
His wealth and social position t ive of Jefferson, Ga., and a grad
made him one of the hundred who uate of the University of Georgia’s
took all the honors and offices,: Agricultural College. He was in
regardless of the ability of the the service of the Central of Geor-
remaining six hundred. His out-j gj a as agricultural agent for near-
spoken condemnation of this in-1 i y five years following his gradu
equality was the first step on a
road which has followed consis
tently for more than forty years.
In 1905 he married his sixth
The reports of the committees
were unusually good and display
ed much interest and effort.
held out against him.
The president held a big edge
in electoral votes, but the popular
vote margin was
since 1916.
New Jersey, which had jumped
to one side and then the other
during earlier ballot counting, was
securely in the democratic column
Wednesday.
pear on the daily program.
Two district superintendents are
to be appointed during the con-
ihp narrnwwt! feience. One appointment will be
| made in the Macon district for a
successor to Rev. G. E. Clary and
the other will be made to succeed
Rev. J. W. Hitch of the Waycross
district.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 6—Requests
that soldiers be brought : home
from overseas because of family
hardships must now be made only
thru the American Red Cross, Mij.
Gen. F. E. Uhl said recently in
explaining a change in War De
partment procedure.
Under a second change, Hie
Commanding General, Fourth Ser
vice Command, continued, Army
agencies will no longer request
theatre commanders to report on
the physical condition of individ
uals serving overseas. The change
Rev. Roy J. Bond, Ellaville, will has been imposed by the growing:
volume of such individual in
quires and by the heavy ipiUtsiy
on available channels oC
In Ohio and Michigan, where 1 make the statistical secretary’s re-
ThonW E. Dewey remained the ? ort ' F ° r fU the J Ir3t * in , tha hl3 ‘ Joad
<• „r. tary of the Methodist conferences, i 1030 — -
front runner, Roosevelt pulled up Drinted re norts on statistical work communication. 1 As before the Ad-
within challenging distance Wed- ^aHable StatlStlCal WOrK H„t fl nt nffw m
challenging
nesday night; Missing tabulations
from the last few precincts became
the deciding element.
Associated Press* returns at 11:55
p. m. (C.W.T.), Wednesday from
118,429 of the country’s 130,810
voting units showed the major par- Vote in 1944 Election
Vote ni 1940 Election
As Compared with
Roosevelt 23.571,294
Dewey 20.737,044
Total 44.308,338
California, once considered
The entertainment committee re-; Downey finally clinched his Sen
| Many Herald readers might be
j interested in comparing the vote
a cast in this county in the presiden-
doubtful state, ticked off 400,000 election in November, 1940
more votes for Roosevelt than for with the ballot of Tuesday elec-
Dewey and Democratic - ^ Sheridan tiom Consequently appearing be-
jutant General’s Office in Wasb-
| ington will report serious illness
I and any material changes In
j health to next of ktn as a matter
| of routine procedure as rapidly a*
• information is received from over
seas. The Army memorandum <&-
recting the change says In part:
I “In the absence of such report It
1 may be assumed that the indivi
duals condition has not changed
materially.
The new method of requesting
return of a soldier from overseas
because of family emergency
tabulation places first responsibility on the
ation, leaving the railroad to be
come county agent for Spalding
county at Griffin, where he re-
mained for 11 years. He was j Tickets will be sold by members of
with the National Cotton Seed . .. ,—
ported that they were sponsoring a
show at the Grand Theatre in Rey
nolds next Tuesday night. The
show will be Footlight Glamour.
the Club at the box office
lar prices will be charged.
The Club House committee
Regu-
ate seat for another term.
As or fCongress in general,
Democrats kept their Senate ma
jority and built one up in the
House.
The latest computations showed
237 Democrats had been elected
to the House, 175 Republicans, two
low is a comparative
of the county’s balloting in 1940 local chapter of the American Rea
and 1944:
1940
1944
cousin, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt,
whose background of wealth and Products Association, then agent of
European travel was similar to animal husbandry for the college
gave* th U e nCl bridJ he a 0 way e project mTnageffoT^the nd Geor a g!a! P° r | ed tb * and 21 seats
After his marriage, he graduated Pin e Mountain Valley Rural Com- ^ lv ^ ned ^ tQ ty be moi f "
than work.
from Columbia Law School in munity Corporation. In each of
1907 and began practice in New 1 these positions he has a record
York. of successful achievement, and re-
He became interested in politics turns to railroad work with broad
through his association with experience in all branches of ag-
T’hoodore Roosevelt and in 1910 riculture.
was elected to the State Senate. In speaking of the appointment,
Ho had been in Albany only a few 1 Vice President Wise said: “The ad-
woeks when he again asserted dition of Mr. Bennett to our offi-
himself as the courageous cham- cial family is in keeping with the
Pton of justice. In 1911 U. S. Sen- railroad’s policy to do everything
a tors were elected by the state in its power for the development
legislatures. The Tammany Hall of the territory it serves. After the
candidate was one “Blue-eyed war the best efforts of all will be
Billy” Sheehan, a get-rich-quick required in both agriculture and
a dventurer who had “cleaned up” industry to meet the changed con-
ln the distribution of road and ditions that will confront us. It is
“beet building and lighting con-; the purpose of the Central of
tracts in New York and had Georgia to strengthen itself in the
heavily contributed to the Demo-, essentials of service, not only in
cratic Campaign fund, thereby ex-1 equipment but in personnel. Agri-
Pecting to buy himself a place in j culture is a basic factor in Ala-
toe u. S. Senate. Roosevelt or- bama and Georgia, and we desire j 20, his wife has been notified
Sanized a small group of insur-' to cooperate in helping to make tt | a Sept. 6 dispatch from Ameri
jjC'Us and firmly defied this pow- j profitable.”
crfial group. It was a battle royal.
Every known political trick was j GEORGIA POWER CO. HOLDS
p ‘ d against him and his follow- home EC DEMONSTRATION
era i from threatening letters to
columns of defamation of their
Private lives in the papers. Foi
. e oks the fight went on until
AT LOCAL SCHOOL TUESDAY
Miss Henryettq Glover, Georgia
Sin ° Ppfa ° sition gav f in and | h^mbu^wil^giv^a demonstration
C nS had SHe St i« "eh'ting and repairing electric
Of nnhii . d Iocused the ligni at the local school
fenatr K°? ml0n ° n the u evl13 ° f Home Economics Department at
nators being elected by state,* 10 ™® Tuesday
matures and two years who ls imerestd in this
-«ii„eT' Ut !°" kJ demonstration is cordiaily invited
The park committee requested
that all members be on hand
last Tuesday to help clean up the
park. Those failing to be there
were to have to pay a fine of two
dollars. (You should see the park.
They were there.)
Several other committees made
reports on unfinished business.
Each report was a report of prog
ress.
FIRST AMERICAN TO
REACH GERMAN SOIL
LISTED AS CASUALTY
Philadelphia, Nov. 7—Lt. Robert
O. Downs, 27, first American to
cross into Germany in this war
was killed in action in France Oct.
can Army headquarters in the
Ferneh Mosel, e valley said Downs
led a reconnaissance patrol behind
the German lines and on Sept. 2
crossed the western border of the
Reich.
were in doubt.
In 35 Senate races, the Demo
crats had elected 19 members to
WOUNDED GEORGIANS
RETURNING HOME
[f ctin g that they be elected by
Po Pular vote.
to the Democratic Convention of
to. Mr. Roosevelt was prominent
movement to nominate
(Continued to Page 3)
the
to attend. Bring any electric iron
or other electrical appliance which
you may wish to have repaired.
MABEL SANDERS,
Home Ec Dept.
San Diego, Cal., Nov. 7—Two
Georgians were among the 57
Southern Marines who have re
turned from the Pacific for treat
ment of wounds or tropical ail
ments.
Pfc. Jesse B. Oswalt, Rome, and
Cpl. Andrew J. Cracker, Savannah
1 were both dischargedfrom the U. S.
Naval hospital and are oq their
‘ way home for 30-uay furloughs.
55 altogether. The Republicans had
added 10 to their 24 holdovers. Six
contests were undecided. One seat
is held by a progressive.
For hours, the state and electo
ral vote scoreboard remained un
changed Wednesday night. It
showed Roosevelt ahead in 35
states with 413 votes, Dewey in 13
states with 118 votes. Ohio and
Michigan clung to Dewey but
Dem. Rep.
Dem.
Rep.
Butler
335
121
334
145
Reynolds
195
11
184
12
P’handle
35
12
32
19
P’tt’vl.
57
36
10
Howard
26
7
25
12
Carsv.
49
13
49
12
Daviston
16
11
22
8
C. Creek
30
21
50
16
Rustin
57
6
41
7
800
202
773
241
Eight Taylor County
Young White Men
Join Merchant Marines
Eight local white men left sev-
Cross, which makes the initial in
vestigation of family conditions.
The report and the request aw
then forwarded together by the
Red Cross to the proper theatre at
war commander, who makes the
final decision and takes final ae
tion. ,
Miss Bettie Hall, Georgia
Young Lady, Introduces
Pres. Ropsevelt on Radio
By Robert H. McKee in the
The Atlanta Journal
Petite Bettie Hall, 18-year-old
Decatur girl, who is a beginner in
a radio-speaking course at Wes
leyan Conservatory, was wafted to
Cinderella-like heights Monday
they c-ral days ago for Atlanta to enlist night when she introduced Prest-
possibility remained that
would shift to Roosevelt. , in the
Lagging returns served only to'were:
make the Roosevelt victory more Howard Alfonso Locke Jr,
certain—a victory which enemy J’
and Allied capitals interpreted as 1
one for “internationalism.” And
And abroad and at home, there;
was every expectation of an early!
meeting between the President,:
Prime Minister Churchill of Brit- 1
ain and Premier Stalin of Russia.
Democratic inroads into Repub
lican seats in Senate and House
bulwarked the President’s position
in dealing not only with foreign
affairs but also with domestic
problems.
While buttressing their working
majorities, Democrats bounced out
of both branches some of the men
on whome they had hung “isola
tionist” labels during the cam
paign.
Merchants Marine. They
Sidqey Hobbs
Austin E. Guinn Jr.
Albert C. Adams
Thomas Hillard Cosev
Mack Lucas
Lawson Kelly
William D. Hortman
Most of these men have already
received orders to report for duty.
Saturday Legal Holiday;
Local Post Office
Observe Sunday Hours
dent Roosevelt over a nation-wide
Unruffled and self-possessed,
NBC hook-up.
Miss Hall said her piece in behalf
of President Roosevelt’s fourth-
term candidacy with deep convic
tion and with a “radio presence'*
that belied her youth and lack of
experience.
Surrounded by a cotier of Holly
wood stars who know their way
around audios and sets, Miss Hall
spoke in clear, precise tones, de
claring that Mr. Rooseevlt “has
done more for youth than any one
done more for youth than any one
1 know.” She said most of the
young folios she knew were going
to vote for him.
Armistice Day comes on Satur- [ FOR SALE
day. Being a elgal holiday the lo-' -
cal post office will observe Sunday 1 Four-room house and store house
Out of the Senate went such Re- hours rather than closing for the j and two acres of land; located
publicans as Gerald P. Nye of entire day. All mails will be dls- j four and one-half mile^ north of
North Dakota and John A. Dana- patched and worked in the usual Butler on Highway No. 3, near
her of Connecticut. The House manager. General delivery window' McCants Mill. Price $1,500. For
dropped, among others, New wil lbe open from 8 to 9 a. m.! further information write or see,
York’s Hamilton Fish and Illinois’ only. There will be no service on 1 Walter Davis, Columbus, Ga.
Stephen A. Day. rural routes by carriers. • 4856 Eleventh Avenue