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THE BUSIER HERAT J), BUTLER, GEORGIA, MARCH 14, 1946.
Fancy Technique
Booklet Tells
State to Buy
Some Meat Prices
Marks Kidnaping
Story of Griffin,
Land to Erect
To Rise In April
Of Griffin Man
Spalding County
1 Law Building
OPA Tells Public
Griffin, Ga., March 9—H. O. Griffin, Ga., March 9—Making a The State of Georgia, represent-
Perry, 46, was safe at his home definite bid f or tourists and at the ed by Attorney General Eugene
Saturday after being kidnaped and same time presenting the advan- Cook, has taken the first step teo-
drugged. The state patrol head- tages industrialists and others ward acquiring land near the capi-
quarters at Griffin reports this wou i d ga j n by locating there, “A tal for construction of a judicial
steory: Graphic Description of Griffin and building and parking lots.
Perry, who is married and has a Spalding County”—has just been Action was taken when State
son in the armed forces and a j ssued by the Griffin and Spalding Auditor B. E. Thrasher Jr., chair-
married daughter, was driving to county Chamber of Commerce. The man, of the State Property Corn-
work Friday morning at a shoe 20-page booklet, 8x10 1-2 inches in mission, asks the Governor to di
shop where he is employed. As he s j ZC( j s profusely illustrated with rect the Attorney General to pro-
drove through the main business pictures, which fully depict ceed with the condemnation ac-
district, a man stepped in front of ever y phase of life and activity in tion against a number of propsr-
his car. Perry stopped to avoid tbo cit y and coun ty, ty owners to arrive at a fair value
hi £" g l he man \ , . . ' Using a drawing of cotton bolls for the property. This was done.
The stranger jumped into the (there \ re many textile mills in The property desired would ex-
car and stuck a pistol in Perry s as tif the cover pagG tend the state property from the
nbs. He told Perry to drive toward a , so prlnts an alrview pictur £ of Steaet Office Building down Wash
Thomaston Then handed him a hp f t al , done in co]ors ington Street and along Washing-
bottle and told him to drink. Per- , ton Street to Trinity Avenue,
ry refused. The man jabbed the Facts printed show that the al- “Since the State alreadv owns all
eun a little harder and said titude of Griffin is 980 feet above f already owns all
'""DrinkH n Win you out, sou level; assessed value of prop. * ' ha ( “ ‘Jf
but it won’t hurt you. It’s better OOO^sfx dl'c ce P tlon ot ,he Alford Brothers
“£ank. He woke up in an- SSTSeS SmgZS*'Ts/T fX/ZT! Z^of ZpZl
other automobile in Columbus. He Rrees, uith 49.i2 inches of rainfall, mate i y 217 feet 1 am of the onin
was nauseated and asked the city-owned light and power plant, ^ that it wou dTe desirahle m
driver, who was not the person with Georgia Power also available; j°" i“ thfs nronertv” Audi tor
who kidnaped him. to stop. The located on natural gas line; chil- g-nrasher wrote
driver stopped and Perry stepped dren s library; daily newspaper, , .. , rpmilar se^inn nf thn
from the car Then the driver Griffin News, served by AP and , ^ me last regular session of the
slammed the door and sped a o Hp wire service, with NEA pic- * e £ s j r at t ure ’ the a state wa « given the
W n toAlabama tures; estimated city population po " er 0 condemi ; Poverty for
■nie Sm e Pafml is searching for of 14,000 with 25,0000 in metro- Public improvements A commis-
ine aiait rairoi is starcningior - sion has been created to plan a
Perrys automobile and lor the man poman area, a radio station, 3,128 Veteran - S SGrv j ce huildine and war
who kidnaped him. Perry describ- telephones, and served by South- e } j adi t . th it ,
ed his kidnaper as about 35 years ern and Central railroads and by to the^ proposed law
old of dark complexion, five feet two-buslimes, over seven radiating building and parking fadlities.
eight inches tall and weight about mgnways. |
135 pounds. He said that the man The photographs for the booklet . , . .
was wearing an Army field jacket were furnished through courtesy of LduV ASlOf AduFCSSCS
and a dark hat. Griffin Camera Club. | *
Perry was unable to describe the Leading crops are listed as SdVdnHfih Rof()rV TillH
person with whom he was riding Stoneville long-staple cotton; pi- ja¥Q,i,8t “ l nuia, J
in Columbus. However, he was rid-' miento peppers and commercial |
ing in a Ford. peach orchards. (Stoneville cotton Savannah, Ga., March 11—Lady
State patrol officers say that and pimiento peppers were first Astor dashed into Savannah this
Perry “has a good character. He planted in Georgia in the Griffin morning a few minutes before she
has no bad habits and is a stable area.—Editor) , spoke to the Rotary club and said
j Washington, March 12—The OPA
announced Tuesday that higher
retail prices for beef, veal, lamb
and mutton will become effec
tive about April 1.
i The increase will amount to
about one and one-half per cent.
OPA said that the new ceiling
retail price on beef, veal, lamb and
mutton will be announced on or
about March 25.
j A spokesman said the higher re
tail prices on pork, sausage and
variety meats are expected to be |
made public "about a week or ten j
days later.” |
The agency said that the boost
in retail prices of meat will re
flect the amount of recent in-
, creases in wholesale meat prices.
WANTED
FIFTY LATE MODEL AUTOMOBILES!
Will pay top O. P. A. Ceiling Price;
Must Be Clean Cars
COLWELL MOTOR COMPANY
(Next to Pat Stewart Service Station)
Butler, Georgia
member of his community.”
Mrs. Mankin Boosts
Arnall for Party Post
i * .
The Georgia Experiment station something
1 is located near Griffin and the to ^, n
j average payroll annually of over
i $9,000,000 the booklet states.
different about the
Washington, March 9—Congress
woman Helen Douglas Mankin of
Atlanta Saturday proposed the ap
pointment of Governor Ellis Arnall
of Georgia as chairman of the
'Minister Under Bond in
Fatal Auto Collision
The American-born former mem
ber of Parliament asserted:
“I can’t believe my eyes. Not a
^eaf is out of place.”
This description of the historic,
sleepy Southern city came in con
trast to her recent declaration that
Savannah looked like.a beautiful
woman with a dirty face.
Lady Astor denied, however, that
she was apologizing for her
— ~ Columbus, March 9—Rev. Wm. k. . .
National Democratic Committee if Hart, pastor of Beallwood Metho- she was apologizing f° r ber re-
Robert E. Hannegan should ■ resign dist church, was arrested Friday ™ ark ’ lncbca ting it had brought
as some published reports have in- by sheriff’s deputies on a warrant _ va ”. na ‘ l more publicity than
dicated. brought here by Sheriff C. C. anything that might have happen-
Her nomination of Gov. Arnall Chapman of Houston County, ed years - She P ut it this way:
was made in a letter which she charging involuntary manslaugh- i * ou wouldn’t ask for an apolo-
wiote President Truman. ter in the deaths of two persons as gy ’ woldd y° u > if somebody gave
She explained that she “would a result of injuries in an auto-| yoa a diamond?
regret the retirement of Mr. Han- mobile collision at Henderson Jan-I . Rushing in to speak before the
negan” but pointed out that if he uary 25. .civic club, Lady Astor then drop-
feeJs he must give up the chair- a short while later the 23-vear- ' ped a alx >ut Americans in
manship "because of the heavy old minister, who calmly had sat 1 ^ T*
burden of his work,” Gov. Arnall j n the office of Sheriff E. F. How- j S „ hp ° ^ , anima!s '
“is admirably suited to lead the ell during the completion of for- Jn Ce to^the ennt™ expeT 'l
party organization. malities was temnnrarilv fmpH P , nce , to tbe contrary as besought
The letter pointed out that it had under $1,000 bond. His trial is set , jT o e n ° f heF hostess - Mrs ' Wal ‘
been a long time since the party for April 8 in Houston county. I c h I c
had turned to the South for a na- „ .. . I Sd,a -
iional candidate or chairman, and ,,, hiph Mp L in th< L . car ,. 1 " | 1 st °PP ed to ask directions. I
declared this “tradition of ignoring " b cb i^m Jones, Methodist' saw a little boy kicking a cat 1
the souih” in the light of present ni " g H , r leader, was fatally asked his mother where 1 could
conditions and opportunities has l, ? 1 t r ™ Ute a yoa ‘ h [ lnd lhe Nelson residence, then 1
“become useless.” IC f n t e i ( at - ( , , i ennv !!! e ' The lectured her on permitting her
Naming of a Southerner, she V" the coPlsl ° n ^ as chHd to kick cats around when
wrote, would do much to prevent ‘ ^ S f . l , nney ’ 54 l Decatur > Americans are supposed to be so
a cleavage between Dixie Demo- 1°” f r 86 ^ T' kmd tQ animals -”
crats and those of other sections. , ^ " r
“Gov. Arnall is known through- \ ,avestlgatcd dy Georgia
out the nation for his progressive ^ patrolmen, and the warrant
administration. He is young and U ° rn ° at . Febraary 15 by Suitor
vigorous and has been one of the “ ““ «• °
most effective supporters of the clrcu,t ' on the bas,s of " le,r
broad humanitarian policies laid P
down by the late President Roose- The patrolmen were quoted as
velt and by yourself,” the letter s tat e * n S that Mrs. Hart did not
said, and continued- , sto P at the intersection of High- „ :y, ^—>
“Moreover, Gov. Arnall has a ways 26 and 41 - as required by the 4e ^ y Wat f San> 42 ’ Wai 'ncr Robins
deep understanding of the masses state law> Mr - Hart > he said > was i mg a ? ta li?. n operator, was
of the people and is possessed of a driving east on Highway 26, while f^^CountvTnw ' US r b *° W
fine political sense.” the other car was proceeding south tnt „. sp r aunty Io ' ver Co. dam
on Highway 41. I near Warwick, Sunday when his
,,, , _ “I don’t remember the wreck at boat was swa mped after flood
rlmhwav Board a11 -” said Mr - Hart- “The last thing ga J; es °" the dam were opened.
^ * I remember is part of our conver- . or P* Jones, of the State
sation about the distance. I didn’t Highway patrol, who investigated
remember anything at all for 30 tbo rr^hap, said that the water in
days.” Mr. Hart was hospitalized lhe big dam had risen to where it
Fisherman Drowns When
Boat Overturns After
Flood Gates Are Apened
State Highway Board
To Speed Leetting of
Road Work Contracts
March 12—James
Atlanta, March 11— 1 The
highway board adopted a
of holding road contract lettings
every two weeks until the enteire
construction program costing $32,-
000,000 in 1946 is completed.
Highway department officials
said the board is being flooded
with requests for roads. It is esti-
hospitalized - . — -
in Montezuma for 17 days. He re- was threatening to pour over
ceived a fractured skull, broken top tbe structure.
the
state arm and bruises
policy
Add $25,000 Gift
Bessie Tift
Employes of the power company
went down the stream bed, below
the‘darn, to warn a number of per
sons fishing there that the flood
gates would be opened, in order to
relieve the pressure.
Watson, according to Cpl. Jones,
took his boat into what looked like
ime
wm* requests ior roads, it Is esti- Forsyth, March 9.—A $25,000 gift a O 11 * 61 backwater and continued
mated the money available this will be made Bessie Tift College j fishing.
year will pave, only 990 miles of b y the children of Columbus Rob- | However when the flood gates
roaed. erts and the late Mrs. Roberts, this were opened, a wall of water pour-
Members of the board estimated sum to supplement the $50,000 do- ed down the stream bed, swamp-
that the March 29 letting would Hated by Columbus Roberts two ’ ng Watson’s boat,
teotal approximately $1,400,000. years ago, for the erection of a new ' After the boat sank Watson was
The board at the conclusion of auditorium on the college campus.! able to keep afloat a few seconds
its meeting adjourned to the Capi- The $75,000 building will be a ' by swimming but was soon over-
tal City Club for a luncheon at memorial to the late Mrs. Fannie ; como by the onrush of the tor-
which they presented R. G. Clay, Cobb Roberts. I ton t.
dormer director of the department This new $25,000 gift of the three :
SAVANNAH FBI ARREST
2 IN ERIE DEATH CASE
uu**uc-i uiiraor or tne department inis new 5>za,uuu gut ot the three ; — —
with a scroll w hich expressed ap- children, Mrs. T. B. Reeves, of Co- I TWO KILLED
preciation of his service to the lumbus; Mrs. Miller of Alabama, ^ CAR CRASH
state. and Columbus Roberts Jr., will |
make possible an elaboration of 1 Hazlehurst, March 31—Funeral
the original plan designed for the .services were held Monday for one
auditorium. Dr. C. McGinty, presi- v *ctim of an automobile collision
dent of Bessie Tift says that the near Hazlehurst last Saturday
Savannah, March 9—FBI Agent chapel will probably be started ni S ht - and tlje funeral of a second
D. K. Brown said he was holding early in 194 7. j victim was held Tuesday,
a man and woman from Erie, Pa., Columbus Roberts has made Tbe services Monday were for
in connection with an investiga- many other substantial donations R °y Roddenbury, 24, who was
tion into the death of Robert Fish- to Bessie Tift College, having pro- killed instantly when his automo-
er. jvided for the support of the chair bR e collided with that of Hollie T
Brown identified the couple as of Bib le with a $25,000 gift and Harris, 36, on the Denton road
Mike Dominick, 28, and Violet E. having given large sums for the Harrell died in a Hazlehurst hos
Tarbell, both of Erie. [endowment fund. jpiteal Sunday .
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