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YJLUME 70
Butler Herald
SEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MARCH 14, 1946
NUMBER 20
Georgia Has Long
List of Brilliant
Women Writers
TAYLOR COUNTY SCHOOLS
PREPARE FOR NATIONAL
SPELLING CONTEST
AFTER BEING DISCONTINUED FOB
PAST SEVERAL YEARS THE CON-
Test IS AGAIN BEING SPONSORED
BY THE ATLANTA JOURNAL.
U. S. IS ASKED
TO EAT 40 PCT.
LESS WHEAT
FRED M. VINSON
TO HEAD NEW
WORLD BANK
MRS. ELLEN STRINGFiELD
DIES AT HOME SATURDAY
Truman's Emergency Committee
Calls tor Open-Face Pies and
Sandwiches.
By Violet Moore
Atlanta Journal Correspondent
Montezuma, Ga., Nov. 17.—A
Carrollton schoolteacher has a po
tential best-seller on the book- The National spelling contest,
stands. In dozens of other Georgia | which vvas discontinued during the
towns busy women have books in j war> j s be resumed this year
the making. Publisher’s agents are i with several million gramar school
interested and even eager. They; p U pj] s throught the nation com-
have learned that all the gold in r 1UUCICC aj3ucu niuuiv.aiw vum^uvvvi
Georgia isn’t mined at Dahlonega. The At i anta journal, will again | e at 40 per° cent less wheat and 20 jge™
SCHOOL MEETING
SET AT AMERICUS
FOLLOWING SHORT ILLNESS F0 R NEXT JHURS.
Washington Named Head quart ere
Of Monetary
Institution
Bond and
Savannah, March 11—The United
FUNERAL SERVICES II E L I) AT
PROSPERITY CHURCH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON BY •REV. \V. J.
CHILDREE.
Mrs. Ellen Stringfield, 76 years
of age, died at her home in Pan
handle community Saturday night
about eight o’clock. Her death was
Washington, March 11—President
Truman’s famine emergency com-
mitetee asked Americans tonightto! s itj on in the new world monetary " as ill only about 24 hours.
All White Schools in County to
Get Holidays So Teachers May
Attend Association.
County School Superintendent E.
States moved into a dominant po- attributed to a heart attack. She jj. Dunn announced today that the
_ • a • •„ ii. . i j a u;qc ill nnlr; ahmit 0/1 Irmiro I n, , r-. , ■ . . .
State Educational Association will
orgia ism mi. e ? lbe Atlanta Journal will again i ea t 40 per cent less wheat and 20 se t-up, leaving only a single top- Mrs. Stringfield was a life-long not convene this year due to lack
In other sections of the country COO perate with the state Depart- per cent less fats to send more to: ranking post open to the 34 othor resident of Taylor county, being of hotel accommodations,
there are women who wanted1 to ( ment of Education and the Georgia the hungry abroad and suggested member nations of the internat- born in Panhandle community To take the place f th GEA
write a book” might have met Educational Association in spon 39 ways to do it. ional bank and mone tary fund. November 13, 1869 the daughter of meeting, Mr. Dunn stated a dis
scant encouragement fiom her SO nng the congest in Georgia j The suggestions called for open immediately following the first Mr. Jim and Mrs. Martha Winters. trict meeting will be held at
male relatives, but in ^, eor f h a ’| Co « nt y School Superentendant face pies, buckwheat cakes in- executive session of the board of She was married in early young • Am ericus Thursday, March 21
since the very earliest 1800 s, she j e. H. Dunn,stated that a contest stead of wheat cakes, open sand- 1 governor of the two institutions, womanhood to Mr. Charles S. j
hplfi in fpivlor ( nil ni V on fir 1 ln/l inofnoH nf friar! ; . 1 , , 1 , • Lii rinrrfinl/1 1
.. r P n a . wlllco,, |sreaa 01 wneai uaitn, open saiiu- .governor of the two institutions, womannooa 10 rnr. Dianes a. i All white schools in the county
has received sympathy and en- .w,11 be held m Taylor County on or. wiches, broiled instead of fried, gathered around a huge horseshoe Stringfield, who survives her. ) will be given a holiday Thursday
couragement. Not that her efforts before April o to select a contest- j fish, substitution of fruit and oth- table in a SU n-drenchod hotel on! Funeral services were held at and Friday in order for teachers to
were always taken seriously, b « ant to represent this county in the e r deserts for pastries. I Wilmington Island, "Secretary 0 f; Prosperity church of which the de- attend this meeting. Mr. Dunn‘ad
at least she vvasn t plaguec. I y district contest which will be held; Bakers were asked to cut the the Treasury Fred M. Vinson an- ceased was a member. Rev. W. J. vises that a school bus will run
suggestions to turn her ambitions around April 26. ! weight of single loaves of bread nounced . ; Childree officiated. Burial was in t rom Butler to Americus Thursday
toward something Practical such a j Winners in the district contests and other products by at least 10j That he had been unanimously Prosperity cemetery. 'in order to furnish transportation
chicken-raising or home-baking | will compete in the State Spelling per cent. . j elected permanent chairman of the Pali bearers included: Messrs for the teachers.
During one prolific period, di-, Bee which will be held sometime Restaurants were asked to serve. boards of lhe fund and bank; .Sammy Cummings, William Win- T h e Educational Department
recti y after the War Between the during the month of May. I only a single roll or slice of bread,) That the United states would tors Harr y Winters, Wesley Cox, urges mcm bers of the countv
States, it must have seemed to j Date for the national contest nas instead of putting baskets of rolls hold the chairmanship of the 12- Jimmie Stringfield and Bobby board and local trustees to attend
Northern publishers that 75 per ( not yet been anounced. 'on the tables. They also were urg-j man executive com mittee which Wainwright. ' the meeting. Also a special invita-
cent of the family silver saved The Atlanta Journal is offering a ed to use no more than two pounds 1 would serV e as a steering group) She is survived by her husband tion is extended to Farm Bureau
from Sherman’s marauders was in S2o War Bond to the winner of of flour per customer a week— jf or tbe tw in agencies; also one son Mr> Jim Tom String- officials and members
inkstands. | every county contest in Georgia, .which would make about two) That thc united States had de-' fi ? ld > one daughter Mrs. Alice S. | Hon . H L Wingate president of
They wrote, those grammar girls ac district winner will receive, pounds of bread and one-half i c i ded , despite some pressure from Kirksey, one brother, Mr. Tom t be Georgia Farm Bureau will
of the 60’s, and they sold! One a free trip toAtlanta to participate pound of other wheat products. other nations, to accept only the ; Winters and two grand children, address the convention
characteristic they had in common., m the State Contest. Expenses of; The committee recommended al-) presidency of the international lrene and L - J - Kirksey.
There was not a “sweet defeatist" ; the trip to be paid by the Journal, so that the use of toast as a garni-| bank i nste ad of both this job and! J - W. Edwards II of Edwards'
in their ranks. Despite the durb-1 The State winner will receive a, ture with meat, poultry, egg and,the managing directorship of the Funeral Home was in charge of
bing they had taken, it was a per- |jfree trip to New York to particapate: other entrees, be omitted. j monetary fund as well: arrangements,
bonal drama, providing the back-) in the Na Expenses Food distributors were urged to An d that the American delega
lifetime of written j of this trip also to be borne by the promote the use of alternate and | tion was firmly determined the
1 Journal.
Rev. i. C. Adams
Speaks In Atlanta on
The Rural Church
ground for
romance.
Who Today Remembers Mrs.
Caroline Lee Hentz? She was a Co
lumbus, Ga., school teacher for a
time before going on to Marianna,
Fla. Mrs. Hentz was the author of
17 novels and numberless short
stories and articles for women’s
periodicals of the day. She was a
featured writer in “The Lady ]
Book.” Born in 1800 she began j The many Taylor county rela-
writeing in her teens, and wrote; lives and friends of Rev.
her two last novels in 1856, the 1 Adams, a native of Butler, .
vear of her death in Florida. I read with interest the following j “still throws away the richest
* 1 a* -1 1 . . 1 aarhn cro in tho u/nrlH tf
more plentiful foods such as—cur-1 permanent site for the fund and
rently—potatoes, fish, eggs, poul
try, citrus fruits and seasonal veg
etables.
Housewives were requested to
use potatoes, for example, as sub
stitutes for bread, to use oat cere
als and fruits more often, and to
save and reuse fats and oils from
cooking purposes.
The committee asked that em
j u. 1 phasis be placed upon preventing
will I waste, asserting that America
Georgia Railway
Rate Suit Is Set
bank should be in Washington.
Vinson reported that complete
harmony had prevailed at today’s C nr f A |i r l Hoaritlfl
closed-door meeting. All voting * WUII IlCulllly
was by voice, but he added every |
ballot was unanimous.
Brother of Reynolds
Lady Meets Tragic
Death In Washington
The many Taylor County friends
and relatives of Mr. Boss F. Wil-
suit, liamson were shocked to learn of
rate his untimely death at the U. S.
Georgia’s Supreme Court
Harmonv certainly was laekine I chargin 8 20 r f ilroad s with a .... uuu,„n,
however on the issue of a site foi making conspiracy discriminating Soldiers Home in Washington, D. C.
. ... A ° 3 S ! te . against the South, will be heard several days ago.
- March 18, when Gvoernor Arnall, Mrs. L. E. Mitchell of Reynoyds,
Mrs. Emma Moffet Wynne, also' article which appeared in a recent ■ g^age ™ ™rld.pattern was
of Columbus a successful novelist issue of the Atlanta Journal: lbe conservation pattern was
S ,d oonSbuior to Field and Free- —The Bishop ot Heard Count*”™* public « Hobjrt
jKev. ,1. C. Adams, now in the 16th j ncncr v ry cnairman c T
.'year of his appointment as pastor, made plans to leave for) p ronouncement for Washington. A limitoH to ton
of the Methodist Church in Frank- ; Europe, probably Sunday, to make [number of other nations also fa- Aft fho P viHonro boon
i:n enobo fh„ uiomon uni rieoe a new survev of fond needs i n ;, Ma,,., Voj, i u ‘v s . AiLtr me eviutucc nas uecn
side, was Mrs. Hentz’ pupil.
Well-remembered still is Au ^ ^ 1TOU i UUBl , u x ^ ^ ^ ^ __ u* Ul ,„
gusta Jane Evans Wilson, who was b n, L spoke tcT^the" Warner Hill Class a n « w survey of food" needs in vor‘New"york."
born in Columbus in IS^b. u s Qf gt MarR Methodist church( Sun-! war-torn areas for the American |
and matrons alike swooned over, on „ The Ru Church „ government. He will cover much
her heroes and heroines. Tears shed, *
over “At the Mercy of Tiberius” i Aoout a yoai ago, alter m,
over m y „n:a speech before the LaGrange Ro-
the’rivers’hi ihe’Lu.h and Plenty ‘ ^
ldSS‘«~° n ,r prove lhe <hrhs County Health Dept.
Earle.
been B leddtng t 'a 1 ^lr?ve > 'to Toeate the 1 Attorne >' ' General Eugene Cook! sister' oi Mr. Williamson, left
fund and bank in New York and and Assistant Attorney General Thursday for Washington lo at-
away from the direct Influence of' Claulie e Sh - aw are ''*l» ? e tc, d to pre- tend funeral services which were
Washington re^rted that ••the tehe adld e"' ai " Washing, held Monday at the National
light has not even betmn ” Hp sain teo ‘ ,cemetery in Washington.
Hoover,'Britain would not relax he” oppo 1 K ' Carrison - recently ap- Following is the account of his
the com-‘citiuc despite the fla* Amercan P ointed special master by the death as appeared in a recent issue
eave for' nS.iZ t "»uit, hear the case s evi- of diu Atia.ua V-ou;aal. i
About a year ago, after making! same territory he helped to Butler High School
a speech before the LaGrange Ro-,^ ced after World War las head of
relief commission.
. A _ ., . . .. , He organized the Heard County !T A U n |J ninor
Washington, Ga., was tlie buth- chmrch Improvement Club and by) I” FIUIU v!l€$l UHl.C
place of Eliza Frances Andrews, Apr ji Q f i945 t 27 churches had been 1
boteanist, lecturer, teacher, social-i repaired and some ^30,000 had nciC rriUdy, riGI. LL
ist and writer. She had a vigorous, ^ bcen expended in the program. !
exploring sort of mind and her
“The Bishop of Heard County”
r
some | hopes to reach ail of the 40 pU rpose of taking x-ray
Honor Roll Announced
For Six-Weeks Period
Washington, March 7—The body
of a one-armed veteran, the left
presented, the railroads will have side of his face bruised and bloody
60 days In which to examine the was found Wednesday partially
state’s complaints. Under an buried in a sandpile near the east
agreement by both parties, the entrance to the grounds of the U.
evi- S. Soldiers’ Home in northeast
the Washington. The body was identi
fied as that ol Boss F. Williamson
by 61, resident of the home for about
railroads will present their
dence in New York after
State completes its case;
The rail-rate suit was filed
Honor Roll of Butler High school to the South.
student for the past six weeks: )
3rd Grade: Margie Jarrell, Shir- fey } ^
^Governor Arnall as part of a move eight years, who had been missing
| to bring freight rate equalization from his dormitory since Feb. 5.
A 14-year-old boy, Joseph M.
Conlon, discovered the body. Coro-
"Wartime Journal of a Georgia j s aC credited for this work andiRntim-
excellcnt - - -- - - tsutier
Girl” contains
material. j churches in the county before the
Carrie Bell Sinclair was born in end of the year.
Milledgeville in 1839, and her first)
Georgia Gazette. " ' ' 1 1 111 Herald Regrets to Omit
Maria Jane McIntosh, born in |
Sunbpry, Ga., in 1810 and educat
ed at the academy there, turned to
writeing after she lost her 'fortune
To Preach at Antioch
Sunday School Lesson
By Dr. H. J. Porter
„,. . . ley Bivins, Lexie Mae Griggs, Max-
We will have a Chest Clinic mjj Miller and Freddy coulter.
,fl “ r pnda >- March 22nd - for thc ’! 4th Grade: Ann Guinn, Shirley,
. . pictures stewart, Emily AFen, Sandra Col- rL n ..L Cumltu
of persons who are suspects, itt To Theus and Eugene 111111X11 NCXT MlRClay
contacts or arrested cases of tuber- - c fr „ fTVIOM 0
culosis Or maybe without either, 5th Grade; Bobbie Burns
of the three mentioned above, your, 6th Grade; Bobbie gue Colqultt . the
family physician may have recom- 1 M
pastor of Antioch Baptist
, .. . . „„ „ , 8th Grade: Bobby Spillars, Hazel'church will bring a special mes-
mended that you have an x-ray of , „ T u „ I ,. , . . , r . . .
your chest In either of these Wlsham - Mar y Jo Harvey, Cathe- sage, the subject of which is,
events you are requested to con-: nne Davis ’ Doroth y Windham, “American Christianity vs. Rus-
^ J ‘ Carolyn Jinks and Dora Summer- sian Communism.” Is war immx-
tact your County Nurse for appli-
j cation and history.
I am sorry that I will not have 1
nent with Russia?
1837. Using the pen name “Aunt
Kitety” she wrote magazine ma
terial and 11 novels. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ .„„*.***« . . „ ..v
A true caree r g irl was Mary E. j n f orm j ts readers that the weekly community before this date ( b"t Youngblood. h< ? ur - The decisi ons we make now
Bryan, 1844, who moved to V\ood-, SnnHnv s^hnni i,.«nn Britton hi community neiore tms date^ ^at 1fH « r. ra ^. ah^ will determine future destinies of
land, Ga., from Florida, as a
ner A Magruder MacDonald said
an autopsy would be conducted.
L. A. Grub, Home policeman who
dug up and identified the body,
said Williamson had been lending
money to his associates and had
been reprimanded by authorities
Sunday morning at 11:30 o’clock I)I |?, r 11 ^ 0 h * s disa PP earance -
Williamson was a veteran of
service with the Army of Pacifica
tion sent to Cuba following the
Spanish-American War. His right
arm had been amputated at the
shoulder several years ago. Home
police said he was a native of
The Herald regrets very much to the opportunity to visit in each Payne. Bernice Waller and Pearlie
WOOfl lform its readers that the weekly community before this date, but Youngblood.
1 ild i Sunda y Sch ° o1 lesson written by tbe short time before the Clinic TOth Grade: Barbara Allen, Mari-
c ’ Dr. H. J. Porter of this city, is x will be only ablc to see those lY n Bussey, Pauline Blackston,
9th Grade Phvllis Dnnn T-ouise We l|r g° Y° u to hcar this mes- ^ u , native oi
lvne. Bernice Waller and Pearlie sa S f ’- We are facing another tragic v,:, 0 .u C> ,,, kn °, wn ,, rt ; lal !X e ’
She was editor of The Crusader in 1 bav j ng be substituted by
Atlanta, contributing also 8ei }, ai ’ s ynd i ca te d lesson,
ously to I leld and Fireside. She
a who come to my office. ;Maudie Harbuck, Sara
It was only this week that the and Solon Sawyer.
Faye Mott
edited the Tri-Weekly Times at j „ Dr \ . Po F*f r has furnished the notice reached me that we would llth Grade: Nora Dent, Marjorie
Natchitoches, La., for a time and W f y h a S ^ dl £ y tlv^nast' ^ th ° ° PP ° rtUnity of having the f^’id ^ M ™? e ~:30 o’clock, our young ‘ friend) ^ n f . cnain ’ a nr jf ^ejeft
then assumed control of The Sun-)^ SS ° n years^ Not onlv citizens of X ' my tG C ° me tG Butl ° r ° n above I Bayfield, Elizabeth Massey Katie , Arman Bazemore W { H p ,. each for e jfinger a nd a check for $28^0.
ny South, an Atlanta publication. tJ . y u V ntv but num Lrs of LS . ThiS : ° f C0UrSe ’ .. gives „ very ^I e .ius. We especially urge you to ho b ‘!lt7 aS f ° Und Under
Mrs. Luke Mitchell, of Reynolds,
Ga.
Police found no wallet on the
to this service. Pray for your bady ’ byt dis «>yered $2.25 in
he led of God cbang . e ln . a sweater pocket. They
gold watch bearing
ng worship hour, 1 ’* 10 . .' n *V a ! s ’ A' a go ' d
mr voone friend ^ atcb . chaln - a rlng on the left
our world. Bring a friend with
you
pastor that he may be led of God
in delivering this message ' also found
At the evenii
traveled'North "to become the as- a " lbe /® tbraygbou ^ f tha sta {f. ar ,^ | ever, we are very glad to have this‘Bone, Bobby Locke and J
New York called, and she «me for working U up. How-) Childres, Annie, Wisham, Margery I attend this
sistant director of the Fashion
n co f stant reader . s of Dr. Porter’s geryice as R was SQ long t&at we
Bazaar and the Fireside Compan- yn J" a " 1 ib ia ^ is^vin^To C ° U,d nDt carry on the tuber( -' ulosis
ion. About 1895 she returned to! work due to the fact that the
Mott.
ion. auuui be substituted by a nationally pre- ” . \ i . 7 .
The Sunny South and became as-1 ed j esson J state did not have a technician
sociate editor, living out her re-i P Th Herald wishes to take this available for this work - Thi s clinic
maining years at Clarkston oppmtunUy lo expressappreeS bas °, nlybeen l° th ° ur C ° Unty ^
«on to Dr. Porter for his faithful; .‘!!. r f!.L e . a . rS '.
and efficient services in the past.
7 Taylor County Men
Return to Civilian Life
service and give a
w -) sympathetic hearing to this fine
young ministerial student.
We cordially invite our friends
and members to each of these
i services.
J. H. STANFORD, Pastor.
the man’s head.
A book might be written about the
charm of Augusta’s Octavia Wal
ton LeVert, granddaughter of
George Walton, whose “ Memoirs,”
written in Europe, still retain
their vigor and sparkle.
When the back of your neck
aches from two-finger typing, la
dy, think again about Caroline
Hentz. Seventeen novels with a
pen!
Those girls could take it!
Little Herbert Tante
Treated at Hospital
For Potash in Eyes
Should you for any reason desire
a chest x-ray see your County
Nurse for an appointment.
I will be in my office each day
After Receiving Discharge ^ rs - ■* enn ’ e ^' nes
_1 Suffers Fractured Hip
In Fall from Chair
Miss Gloria Whatley
Gives Recital in Speech
At Shorter College
TRUMAN. GEORGE CHAT
ON GEORGIA'S AFFAIRS
FOR SALE
| Mrs. Herbert Wiicher was called
' to Macon Tuesday to the bedside
of her little grandson, Herbert
Tante, son of Mr .and Mrs. T. E.
. :Tante of Robins Field. The little
hoy had the misfortune of geting 30-gallon water tank with
potash in his eyes. The accident, electric heating unit, together with
Washington, March Senator while very painful, is believed stand and pipe fittings. Will heat
George (D-Ga.J conferred at the will not result in loss of sight. The sufficient amount water for bath in
White House with President Tru- Herald joins a host of friends in 30 to 45 minutes. Easy to install,
man Monday on what he describ- hoping for a speedy recovery for Priced low’ for cash,
ed as “local matters.” t little Herbert. ( Butler Herald, Butler, Ga.
Miss Gloria Whatley, of Reynolds
Ga .gave her Senior Recital in
| i will De m my ottice each day During the past week four L C |l Speech at Shorter College, in
for your convenience with the ex- white men and three negroes have, ■ ul* 110111 vitOli Brooks Chapel on Friday evening
ception of Wednesday morning, returned home after receiving dis- j March 8th. She gave a drama ic
j March 20. At this time I will be charges from the armed service. ' Mrs. Jennie Bickley Shines, about adaptation of Irving Stone’s “Im-
in Reynolds at Drs. Bryan and | These men have each spent; 70 years of age, widow Mr. Dave mortal Wife.” Out-of-town guests
! Sarrfe office for the purpose of several years in military service £hines was brought to the local present for the recital were Mrs.
listing clinic appointments. i a nd most of them have spent) hospital Sunday night suffering W. T. Whatley, Miss Whatley’s
SARA WINDHAM, R. N., !considerable time overseas.
Taylor County Nurse. I Recently discharged men
! elude::
White Men
John Pennington
Cecil Ferguson
John Roy Jinks
Jessie S. Parker
Colored Men
Hoke Brown
Johnnie Troutman
Jack E. Corbin.
| from a badly broken hip sustained moteher, Mrs. Ben Hinton, her
when she fell from a chair in her aunt, and Garland Byrd and Don-
) room at the.home of her son, Mr. aid Whatley, all of Reynolds.
Charlie Shines. I Ushers were Miss Harriet Daniel,
I She is receiving every attention of Molena, Ga., and Miss Katha-
possible from relatives and line Andrews, of Columbus, Ga.
(friends as well as from members Miss Whatley is president of the
| of hospital staff. It is the sincere Polymnian Society, and is a tal-
;hope of her many friends that ented reader. He program was
(Mrs. Shines that she may have a greatly enjoyed by a large group
; speedy recovery and be able to of students, faculty and other
return home.
friends.