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KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
VOLUME 70
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 21, 1946
HUMBER 21
'You Never Know
How Much You Owe'
Violet Moore Says
Little Mimi Minor
Wins Thomaston Baby
Popularity Contest
By Violet Moore
Atlanta Journal Correspondent
Montezuma, Ga., March 16—1
walked down to put a letter on the
night train. Our small town goes
to bed early, and at a few minutes
past eleven only an occasional
light gleamed far back in a bed
room or a sitting room. The yards
too, were lost in gloom, with here
and there the white fronts of a
spirea catching the moon, or a few
irises seeming to hang suspended
in the night.
Passing the filling station, I
crossed the tracks to the depot, left
my letter with the nightman, and
turned to retrace my steps when,
out of the corner of my eye, I
caught a beam of light from the
eyrie of the telephone operator.
And it came to me with sudden
force how we have come to take
for granted, even in the smallest
towns, the services that go to make
up the American way of life.
There was that depot
TALMADGE-HARRIS
DEMAND ACTION IN
WHITE PRIMARY
Potential Gubernatorial Candidates
Ask A mall to Call Special
Session of Legislature.
Atlanta, March 18—(UP)— Two
potential candidates for governor
[ of Georgia tonight demanded that
Gov. Ellis Arnall convene a special
session of the legislature to enact
laws that would preserve white
j supremacy in Georgia.
The demand was made by former
Governor Eugene Talmage and
House Speaker Roy V. Harris, both
of whom urged legislators to con
vene themeselves if Arnall refused
to call a special session of the gen
eral assembly.
Talmage asked that the legis
lature repeal state election laws
Little Mimi Minor
Thomaston. Ga., March 19. now in conflict with the 15th am-
Mimi Minor, age three, charm-; endment of the U. S. constitution
;ing little granddaughter of Mr. which guarantees Negroes the right
man, and Mrs. L. L. Minor Sr., won a ! to vote.But, he said, the state dem-
amiable enough to see that a let- j loving cup in the recent Popularity ocratic executive committee first,
ter, important only to me, got I Baby Contest sponsored by the enact into party rules and regula-
started safely on the first lap of! Business and Professional Worn- i tions the same white primary guar-
its journey. ton’s Club - She was also presented ; an tees which exist in state law.
There was the telephone opera- | vwth a corsage and a sand bucket | citing a recent decision by the
tor and her daytime sisters, ready j and shovel containing $10.00 in i circuit Court of Appeals in New
to bring us voices from the ends dimes by her sponsor, Moore s • Orleans permitting Negroes to vote,
of the earth if need be, yet cour-. m° re - j Talmadge issued a statement which
teously providing the time of day,! ^ is popular little lady has been| ca jj et j U p Qn the chairman of the
and bearing in mind the name, selected as mascot xor the senior i gtate Democratic executive commit-
and personality behind each nam-:^ 85 0 the Robert E - Lee High tee pj re .q UfcS t a n immediate meet-
ber on the board. jscnooi.
12 TAYLOR CO-
MEN RETURN
TO CIVILIAN LIFE
INEGRO YOUTH
YOUNG PEOPLE GRADUATE FATALLY SHOT
Eight White Men and Eight
Negroes to Leave Tuesday for
Induction Examinations.
FROM EMORY UNIVERSITY
Two Doctors, One Preacher and
One Nurse Degree Awarded to
Local Young People Saturday.
SUNDAY EVENING
Thomas Gray Fountain, son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Fountain of
Butler, and Edwards Clayton
Whatley, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Another Negro Is Being Held in
The Local Jail Charged with
Murder.
During the past week eight Tay
lor county white men and 4 ne- i Whatley of Reynolds were awarded
groes have returned home after 1 degrees of M. D., in the com-'
receiving their discharge from the niencement exercises at Emory
armed forces'these men include
White Men
Walter Joe Hobbs (Navy)
Robert E. Standridge
Johnnie J. Posey
Don Barnes
Oscie O. Brown Jr.
Howard J. Barrow (Navy)
Edwin Booth (Navy)
Earl Blair (Navy)
Colored Men
John Hart (Navy)
R. A. Lavatt (Navy)
Oris Bell
Willie Towns
Next Tuesday eight white men
University Saturday, March 17th
Among other Taylor county young
people receiving degrees from Em-
Leon Peebles, 26 years old Mauk
negro is being held in the Taylor
county jail at Butler charged with
murder.
ory at the same time were:
Lewis Frederick Vanlandingham
of Howard who was awarded the
degree of B. D. and Miss Ilaviland
Antionettc McDaniel, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. McDaniel of
Reynolds who was awarded the
degree of a nurse’s certificate.
These four local young peoplo
were among 238 graduates award-
| ed diplomas in various schools and
divisions. Largest number of de
will leave for Fort McPherson for was avvar ded to graduates of
pro-induction examinations. j tbe kmory School of Dentistry,
Men called for this examination Wltb students receiving di-
Count them over to yourself, the
big jobs in your little town. Per
haps they aren’t “big” in salary,
only “big” in importance to your
comfort and safety.
THE POLICE AND FIRE CHIEF, |
Mt. Pisgah Pastor
Urges Members, Friends
To Attend Services
ing. He said the group should prom
ulgate party rules and regulations
which would include the county
unit system presently in the code of
Georgia.
After this action has been taken,
Talmadge said, Gov. Ellis Arnall
should call the legislature into
are:
Sanford L. Jordan
Ernest C. Smith
Clyde A. Amerson
Wilbur C. Crook
James C. Bartlett
Eugene Carpenter
Henry P. Greene
Billy Peacock
plomas as doctors of dental surg
ery.
Second largest group was the
medical school class, consisting of
63 men and one woman—Dr. W.
Elizabeth Gambrell, of Decatur,
the first woman ever to be award
ed an M. D. degree from the Em
ory school of medicine in its 85
, . . | t i P astor °f Mt. Pisgah Baptist | special session to repeal existing
who, in s °me_ hamiets,^ has ^also^to, church urges all members and J election laws in conf lict with the
act as superintendent of the water friends to attend services Sunday. i 15th amendment of the constitu-
On the same day—Tuesday— year history,
eight negroes will go to Ft. Ben- j 17le large number of "little
examina-1 commencement" graduates was at
tributed to the accelerated colle-
giGte program which became pop-
According to Sheriff J. M. Bone,
Peebles is charged with the mur
der of Arpoocus Hodges, 14-year-
cld colored youth, at Mauk Sun
day afternoon about 6:30 o’clock.
The youth was shot in the head
with a 12-gauge shotgun and died
almost instantly.
There were several witnesses to
the shooting, Sheriff Bone stated,
all relating practically the same
story which is as follows:
“Peebles, who had been drinking
Sunday afternoon, gave Hodges a
Cigar which he accepted and be
gan smoking. Within a few min
utes Peebles demanded Hodges to
give back the cigar and Hodges
refused. Peebles went into the
house, got a shotgun and came
back. He showed the gun to
Hodges then unbreeched tne gun
and showed the lad that it was
loaded and asked him if he did
not believe that he (Peebles)
would kill him. To this question
Hodges replied that he did not be
lieve Peebles would kill him.
department. On Saturdays he is] At the 11:30.a. m. hour the tion
there to suggest that the middle of j pastor will preach on “American i r .
the street is a bad place to park, Christianity vs. . Russian Com 1 governor Arnall
refuses to
even for that split-second you rleed J munism.” We regard this as al cal1 a s P e< i ial session of the general
teions. They are
Jimmie Sport Montford
Acie B. Peebles
Cal Towns
Raystine Mims
James H. Williams
L. J. Jackson
Willie B. Troutman
Mosley Bateman
I “Upon Hodges’ reply Peebles
fired, the load striking the boy in
the head, causing almost instant
death.
ular during the war. President G
C. White, pointed out that Emory
has long offered such a program
with its quarter system of opera
tion. The war years saw more stu
dents etaking advantage of It
“Peebles returned into the
house, put up the gun and left."
Officers were notified of the
teragedy a few minutes after it
occurred.
to run into the dime store. If a most timely subject for our people 1 a ^ inl dy for the presentation of the
• , ^ . white Democratic nnmarv. the sen-
pack of dogs wallow in your; to consider. Be sure to come and
strawberry bed, Jf a sKiiiet XuL of!bibig a friend. • '.
lard catches on fire, if a pair of I At the evening service Bro. Ar-
pajamas disappear from off yourjmon Bazomore, a ministerial stu-
line, if the water comes rusty from dent at Mercer, will preach for us
the kitchen faucet, to whom do you We urge your presence at the
carry your tale of woe? Ask the j evening worship period to hear
chief, he knows! | this g if ted young man preach. ,
And the mayor with his coun-1 Sunday School meets at 10:30 a. I only b Y f majority of four-fifths
cil meetings and his weekly court, We have good classes for all of the delegates assembled at the
the justice of peace, the lawyer,, ages. Find your place in our .Democratic state convention,
and the insurance man. The min-1 school. J “This,” he asserted, “would safe-
lsters the superintendent of the I Come praying for the pastor and | guard the county unit system and
lt ' n ‘present laws of Georgia
white Democratic primary, the gen
1 ftBS^mblv of uIimiM
convene themeselves,” he said.
He added that the rule* and re
gulations to be drawn by the Dem
ocratic executive committee should
be protected by inclusion of a pro
vision that they may be changed
Mr. H. K. Sealy, clerk of the lo- j than ever before -
cal selective board, wishes to call! Largest group of graduates were
attention to all men reaching the those finishing their work this
age of 18 years, both white and month, but 57 were students who
/’SVW#? that the selective service had graduated in August. 1945,
law requires them to register oh Uut r naU never been forfhally
their 18th birthday. awarded degrees.
Col. McGee, Prominent Jake Chiidres, Thomaston
Columbus Lawyer, Returns Fatally Shat Monday Nite,
From Housing Conf. in N.Y. Son-in-Law Is Held
Sheriff Bone, Chief of Police J.
D. Cooke, County Warden C. T.
Wright, and two patrolmen of the
Americus division went to Mauk
immediately and with the help of
county dogs and a sheriff’s possee,
Peebj*** ,tr.-.tle/d. for more than
eighteen miles to Brantley where
he was arrested without re
sistance about midnight Sunday
night.
Superintendent Greene
Proud of Improvements
11/i.LiiiLi.iiuviiv of the I . __ ,
school up on the hill, the doctor, the services Sunday^
the dentist, the veterinary I J ’ H ‘ Stanford, Pastor.
Yes, and the pharmacist. What _
would take the place of the town i LQWdrGS WhSlSCY
rinip stare with its stock of life- I . . . _ _ _ _ *
drug store with its stock of life
saving, pain-dulling drugs, its
many conveniences and iis ready,
courteous fountain service?
Here we have the postmaster,the
clerks and. the mail carriers, the
expressman, the drayman, and the
Makes Splendid Record
At Emory University
laws of Georgia from
change by any subsequent admin
istration.
Talmadge said the New Orleans
court decision showed that the
Democratic white primary could
be preserved. He quoted the rul
ing in part as follows:
“. . . But we are advised of no
statute, state or federal, which
Clayton Whatley j undertakes to limit the right of
Dr. Edwards
lone taxi-driver. How isolated and ^ ho graduated Horn the Emory citizens who form a political party
hampered we would be without ’ University School of Medicine last to select those who shall partici-
their heto' .Saturday is visiting his parents, pate in it. Nor is there any sta-
Down on the edge of town works'P r ' and Mrs ' cliff ord Whatley of tute which prohibits those who do
Down OI _ g h Reynolds. He will leave the last of nurticiDate in a oartv caucus m iss
the blacksmith, and here and there lhe month for Winston-Salem, N. w "litto? fr^ IctSS
in the many repair shops, me- r h h _ int „ rn „ at th«i g or eiecuon rrom agreeing
,'hanirs husv thpmselves with cars P" ^ V1 ?, re „ 1 Wterne at the to support the result thereof. Ac-
Irucks an dlarm machinery. The :N “" h S‘ ,s ‘ n ‘'XpUon i COrdlnSiy rt th r„ may ,
plumber occupies a place unique, al scholastic record while attend-1 w3ly o'} eolored’pbple''OT^hol!’y
in the hearts of ins townsmen. The ing sc h„ ol , H e was elected to Phi rfjtws or of me^ or'of women 1
radio repairman and electricianj Bern Kappa and Alpha Epsilon i n a pure partv activity bv such
and electrician has all that he can j Upsilon honorary fraternities in partied there w^uld resilt an ex-
do. . | lhe College of Arts and Science. He elusion from voting in that activity
Then, serving e . received a B. S. degree from Emory 0 f those of another race, or sex,
there is your grocer, your market- University. J but it would not be a denial of the
man, and the manager of the lit-1 While working for his medical 1 Hght"tovote ‘in any election by the
tie cafe. .degree he was elected to the Al- people in the state, territory or
Present at townmeeting, at fire, pha Omega Alpha, the highest county ... or other territorial
at funeral and at celebration, you honorary medical society. subdivision* in the words of 8 USCA
Will see the small town editor, I Upon graduation he was com- £,n« within the ^leaning oftht
adding to his weekly chronicle, missioned a First Lieutenant in 15th or 19th amendments.”
the true historian of his section. | tbe D. S. Army. i
Columbus, March 19—Theo J.
McGee, chairman, and A. H. Chap
man, member of the Columbus
Housing Authority returned to Co
lumbus Sunday night after spend
ing five days in New York where
they attended the annual meeting
of the National Housing Confer
ence.
Mr. McGee addressed the con
ference Thursday, on the general
theme, “Awarness of Ugliness.”
He cited the work accomplished
in Columbus by the local authority
and pointed out in detail the meth
od by which the Warren Williams
Homes were built with co-operation
private and public housing funds.
Mr. McGee emphasized that more
progress in eliminating slums and
improving housing conditions has
been made by the southeastern
states than any other section of
Lhe United States.
He asserted that more improve
ment along racial lines had been
accomplished by the South than
any other section.
Mr. McGee is a member of the
board of directors and of the ex
ecutive commitetee of the national
organization.
Thomaston, March 19—Clarence
Cloud is in the county jail here
tonight charged with the murder
of his father-in-law, Jake Chiidres
; whom he is said to have shot in a
family argument shortly after
i midnight today. The Upson county
'grand jury happened to he in ses-
Ision today and when Chiidres died
‘at 11 a. m., it indicted Cloud im
mediately. He will be tried before
jthe Superior Court at Thomaston
next week.
Shown by Local School
Chiidres is survived by his wid
ow; five daughters, Mrs. Clarence
Cloud, Mrs. Myrtice McCard and
Misses Edna, Dorothy and Ann
Chiidres, all of Thomaston; five
sisters, Mrs. Doliy Jones, Mrs. Lucy
Busbee, Mrs. Leila Underwood,Mrs.
Alice Peterman and Miss Lannis
Chiidres, also all of Thomaston;
two brothers, Ben of Macon and
Thurman Chiidres of Thomaston.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Chiidres of Reynolds also survive.
Funeral services at 4 p. m. Wed
nesday from Mt. Olive church,
Taylor Mill community, with Rev.
Ernest Boles officiating.
| Prof. J. J. Greene, superintendent
of the Butler High school for the
the past two years is very much
encouraged with the report of the
local school sent out by State
School Supervisor J. M. Gooden
following his recent inspection of
the local school.
Mr. Greene poinieii out that
much credit is due members of the
faculty for their efforts in helping
to bring about t,his splendid report.
Although the' report shows that
the high school building is in bad
condition and a number of other
items are in need of repair, it
clearly points out that splendid
work is being done by both teach
ers and faculty.
! This year the local school has
an active enrollment of 463 pupils,
and a total enrollment for the
term of 568 pupils. There fare
twenty members of the local
school faculty.
FOR YOUR MORALE, how about
the barber, the beauty-operator,and
Lhe dry cleaner? All American in-
dispensables aren’t they? And, just
because shoe-rationing is now a
thing of the unlamented past, le J ,
us not forget the yeoman service
rendered by the shoe mender.
You will be thinking of others.
"Don’t forget the ice man” you
will remind me, “the public ste
nographer, the dressmaker, and
the boardinghouse keeper.”
The small town slow, plodding
backward? Why, it’s a beehive of
activity, with everyone exchang
ing one service for another from
one edge of the city limits to the
other.
Walk about a bit in the old
home town, stick your nose
against a few plate-glass windows
and into a few shop-doors and
you will see what I mean. You
(Tarn to Page 8; No. it
Crawford County Woman, Charles Young Wins
Two Children in Critical fourth Place in Fat
Condition from Bums Cattle Show at Macon
Reward Is Offered for
Conviction of Persons
Starting Forest Fires
County Spelling Bee
To Be Held at Butler
Two Local Business
Firms Change Hands
During Past Few Days
Thursday Nite, March 28
Macon, March 18—Two small
children, badly burned, one of
them critically, and their mother,
were treated at the Macon Hospital
Monday as the result of a kero
sene explosion early Monday at
their home, seven miles from Ro
berta.
Given only a small chance to
live by hospital attaches is 8-
month-old Aaron Sanders, who, to
gether with his 3-year-old sister,
Rebecca, was burned while he
slept in bed.
Mrs. Sarah Sanders, 22, who was
making a fire in the bedroom
when a nearby kerosene can
caught fire, was treated for burns
of the face, shoulders and hands
Charles Young, 11 year old 4-II
Club member, won fourth place in
the heavy class at the Fat Cat He
Show in Macon Monday as report
ed by R. L. Coleman, County
Agent.
Charles is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Z Young of Crowell
community.
Mr. Coleman states that this was
the largest fat cattle show ever
staged at Macon showing some of
the best type beef cattle in Geor
gia and that this winner, even
though fourth place, is a great as
set to Crowell community and
Taylor county and is one step for
ward in our 4-H Club program in
promoting better livestock.
The Board of Commissioners of
Taylor County at a recent meeting
decided to take more positive
steps toward preventing forest
fires in this county. In recent
weeks there have been a number
woods fires in various sections of
the county entailing timber losses
of many thousands of dollars.
! In order to prevent such fires
the commissioners request the
Herald to state that they will pay
a reward of $25.00 for the convic
tion of anyone setting fires to
forests anywhere in the county.
I The cooperation of the public is
earnestly requested in putting to
an end these conflagrations which
are costing land owners of the
county many thousand dollars
each year.
During the past week, two well
known local business firms
l ~ [changed hands. They are Stew-
| County School Superintendent E. art’s Service Station and Colwell
|H. Dunn announced yesterday that Motor Company,
a county-wide Spelling Bee would The Stewart Service Station,
be conducted at the court house previously owned and operated by
here Thursday( March 28, begin- Mr. T. E. Stewart was purchased
ning at 7:30 p. m. by Mr. Joe Willis. This business
‘ Each school in the county has will operate in the future under
been asked to select two students the firm name of Willis Service
from each of the following grades Steation and will handle practi-
jto represent their school: Fourth, callv the same line of auto parts
fifth, sixth and seventh. and accessories as well as Stand-
Special contests will be held for ard Oil products.
[each grade with prizes being' Calwell Motor Company owned
awarded to the winners as follows: by Mr. J. C. Colwell was purchas-
■ First prize, $3.00; second prize, $2. ed by Mr. T. E. Stewart. This con-
! Winners in the fourth, fifth and cern will operate under the same
sixth grades will enter the finals name and will handle used cars
against winners in the seventh and trucks. Also they will operate
! grade for the county champion- an automobile and truck repair
ship. jshop. When new cars are avail-
County winner will receive a able, they will sell Kaiser-Frazer
,$25-00 Victory Bond. | automobiles and trucks.