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VOLUME 70
KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1946
NUMBER 22
DEAN THEATRE
IS PURCHASED BY
DR. HUGH GEE
Theatre Was Built in 1936 by Dr.
Lewis Dean; Will Operate Under
Same Name.
One of the largest business
transactions ever to have taken
place in Butler was completed last
Saturday when Dr. H. H. Gee of
Butler purchased the Dean Theatre
from Dr. Lewis Dean.
The Dean is one of the largest
and most modern equipped the
atres in this section of the state.
It was built in 1936 by Dr. Dean
and has operated regularly since
that time. Citizens of Taylor and
surrounding counties are loyal
patrons of this theatre for they
know here they always find the
best type of pictures.
Dr. Dean asked The Herald to
express to the public his apprecia
tion for their splendid patronage
and cooperation during the past
ten years. He also stated that he
was sure Dr. Gee could and would
give the public better service than
it had been possible for him tc do
in the past for Dr. Gee is plan
ning to devote his entire time to
this business.
Dr. Dean further states that to
Dr. Gee goes his every good wish
lor a pleasant and prosperous busi
ness in the future.
The business will continue to
operate under the name of The
Dean Theatre.
7 TAYLOR COUNTY MEN
RETURN TO CIVILIAN LIFE
AFTER BEING DISCHARGED
ALL SERVICE MEN ARE BEING
G I V E N A CORDIAL WELCOME
H O M E BY THEIR NUMEROUS
LOCAL FRIENDS.
Morgan Collum, Former
Schley Solon and State
Senator Claimed by Death
Ellaville, March 25 — Funeral
services were held Thursday foi
Morgan Collum, 81, former State
Representative, who died at his
home in the Hopewell community
Wednesday night. The services
were held at the residence and
were conducted by Rev. L. M. Spi
vey.
Mr. Collum was a son of the late
Uriah and Pamelia Patient Collum
pioneer residents of Schley county
an dwas born in the house in
which he died. He was never mar
ried. Mr. Collum was an extensive
farmer and lived with his niece,
Mrs. Annie Rawls. His brother, the
late John Collum, also served in
the Georgia Legislature and was
author of the bill which created
the college at Americus.
During the past week seven Tay
lor county young men have return
ed home from the armed service
after receiving an honorable dis
charge.
These men include five white
men and two negroes. They are as
follows:
White Men
Lewis D. Mclnvale
Ralph J. Locke
Geo. C. Elliston (Navy)
Gilbert S. Hobbs (Navy)
Joseph F. Barnes (Navy)
Colored Men
John Moon
Millard Felts
Round of Quarterly
Conferences to be Held
By Dist. Superintendent
Rev. A. W. Reese, Methodist Dis
trict Superintendent of Columbus
.will hold his second round of quar-
'etrly conferences at the following
places and designated time:
j Butler Circuit, Union Church,
j Friday morning, April 12.
! Buena Vista Church, Friday af
ternoon, April 26.
Geneva Church, Sunday morning
May 5.
Marion County Circuit, Tazewell
Church, Saturday morning, April
27th.
Talbot County Circuit, Olive
Branch Church, Saturday morning
April 13.
Waverly Hall Circuit, Hamilton
| Church, Sunday afternoon, April
28.
Woodland Circuit, Sardis Church
Saturday morning, April 16.
The district conference will be
held at Richland Methodist church
Thursday morning, May 30.
UNION MEETING
TO BE HELD AT
MIDWAY SUNDAY
Mt. Pisgah, Midway, Horeb and
Antioch Churches Will Take
Part in Meeting.
The churches of our field—Mt.
Pisgah, Midway, fcloreb and Anti
och—will hold a Fifth Sunday
Rally at Midway Baptist church
next Sunday. All these churches
will meet in a union service
beginning at 10:30 o’clock.
Beginning the service will be a
joint Sunday school service at
10:30 a. m. and each Sunday
school in the field is urged to at
tend.
Preaching by the pastor at 11:30
at which time a special message
to the church will be the main
theme. The pastor earnestly in
vites all the members and friends
of each of these four churches to
attend this Rally Day meeting.
Dinner will be spread on the
church grounds at the noon hour.
At 2 p. m. we will have t hirty
! minutes of song and praise.
I At 2:30 o’clock Bro. E. M. Gault-
ney will lead a discussion on a
1 subject of his own selection. An
open forum for discussions will
I follow.
We are planning to make this a
| great day. Midway church extends
leach of you a cordial invitation to
come and worship with them.
Pray for a gracious outpouring
of God’s Holy Spirit on this oc
casion.
J. H. Stanford, Pastor.
TALMADGE WOULD TAYl0R county citizens [COUNTY SPELLING
HAVE STATE DEM- ARE “ to conserve CONTEST WILL BE
EXECUTIVE MEET WHEAT - FATS m oils
Writes Chairman J. Lon Duckworth
For Acteion So Legislature May
Convene.
Atlanta, March 26—Former Gov-
HELD TO-NIGHT
MR. II. A. SEALY HAS BEEN AP
POINTED BY II. S. DEPARTMENT, 1 Winner Will ReDresenf
OF AGRICULTURE AS EMERGENCY present
FOOD PROGRAM MANAGER.
Taylor
County in District Spelling
Bee. ’
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture has asked Taylor county
citizens to conserve 302 thousand
ernor Eugene Taimadge urged to- pounds of wheat, which is 40 per' — ■
day that the state Democratic cent of its normal consumption B y tlor
• — 1 oc ) thousand pounds, or 20 per nin £ '' r
of normal consumption 0 f, cordially invited to attend
The Taylor County Spelling Bee
i is to be held in the court house in
the state Democratic U1 Its normal consumption B V tlor tonight—Thursday—begin-
executive committee be convened and 355 thousand pounds, or 20 per a * 7.30 o clock. I he public is
i.1. u.. „„i^lcent of normal cordially invited to attend.
to consider steps which he saidl terd normal consumption of. sviuiauy mvueu uj auenci.
would preserve the white primary fats and oils during the next four. TI Comity School Superintendent E.
in Georgia. In a letter to State months. i ^> unn advises that Rev. C. L.
Democratic Party Chairman J. Lon Purpose for this conservation is Glenn of Butler, Miss Melissa Og-
Duckwortn, the Atlanta attorney to hel P feed the millions of starv-i burn of Reynolds, and Mrs. Violet
requested “that you call the state in S people in war-torn countries, j Moore of Montezuma will art as
democratic executive committee! Mr. H. A. Scaly, local emergency Judges of the contest,
into session for the purpose oi food Program manager, requests j Lach school in the county has
adopting as a part of the rules and lhe co-operation ot all Taylor coun- ' been asked to select two students
regulations of the Democratic par-: 1 *’ citizens in helping to carry out lrom each of tho following grades
ty in Georgia all existing Georgia i lhis Program. j to represent their school: Fourth,
• • ... i Below is a copy of the letter sent ruth, sixth and seventh.
out by the Department of Agri-I Special contests will be held for
culture to member of the Famine each grade with prizes being
laws relating to primaries, includ
ing the county unit system.
the
Emergency Committee which more awarded to the winners as follows:
receive a
Fort Valley Peach
Growers Suffer Loss
Quarter Million Trees
Lt. Richard Simpson, 24,
Son of Thomaston Minister
Victim of Air Crash
Thomaston, March 20—Second
Lt. Richard F. Simpson, 24-year-old
son of Rev. and Mrs. R. F. Simp
son of Thomaston was one of the
26th Army airmen killed in the
explosion of the C-47 over Sierra,
Nev.
Lt. Simpson graduated from R.E.
Lee in 1941, entering Georgia Tech
in the fall of the same year.
He entered the army in 1943,
while at Tech, and was later ac
cepted for officer candidate school.
Lt. Simpson was stationed at the
Air Transport Command station at
Cincinnati, Ohio, ljut was a 15-
day inspection of the Stockton,
Calif,. Army Air base and presum
ably returning to his base.when the
accident happened.
Mr. and Mrs. Simpson received
the message Tuesday night, stating
that he was scheduled to be
aboard the C-17. Mr. Simpson has
for a number of years been pastor
of the Presbyterian Church here.
He has one brother, John, who is
on Guam.
Mercer University Plans
To Dedicate Law Building
Friday, April 5th
Macon, March 25—Mercer Uni
versity will hold formal dedication
services naming Ryals Law Build
ing as a memorial to the late Col.
Thos. Edward Ryais, prominent
alumnus and trustee, on Friday
April 5, it has been announced by
Dr. Spright Dowell, Mercer presi
dent.
Principal speaker for the occa
sion will be Dr. J. f A. McClain,
dean of the Mercer Law School at
the time the building was con
structed, and now living in St.
Louis, Mo., where he is a well
known attorney.
The dedication ceremonies are
set for 11 a. m. April 5, in Wil
lingham Chapel, Dr. Dowell said.
Also slated at Mercer Univer
sity the first week in April is a
special pre-Easter musical presen-
teaetion, The Crucifixion, which
will be given by members of the
student body at 8:15 p. m., Thurs
day, April 4, in Willingham Chap
el under direction of Dr. A. L.
Rich.
SHERIFF WOUNDED
ATTEMPTING ARREST
Americus, March 26—State Pa
trol Sgt. W. D. White said Monday
that Sheriff Richard Johnson, of
Webseter county, received a shoul
der wound late Saturday night in
attempting to arrest Ben West,
store and dance hall operator at
Preston, on a disturbance charge.
Sgt. White said West barricaded
himself in his establishment and
that state troopers were called
from Americus. Tear gas finally
was used and an exchange of shots
followed. The sheriff was hit.
West is being held in the Daw
son jail on a charge of assault
with intent to murder, Sgt. White
said.
Black Market Drains
1,250,000 Pounds Sugar
During Past Few Months
i ATlanta, March 23—The Office
of Price Administration today
said nearly 1,250,000 pounds of
sugar had drained into black mar
kets in the Southeast during the
past two and one-half months,
j The spurious stamps were caught
I at OPA’s verification center here,
I where all stamps with dealer id-
! entification were routed for scrut
iny.
OPA said its enforcement division
was hitting back with criminal
'actions against flagrant violators
and suspension actions against
who accept spurious stamps.
I Between March 1 and 15 OPA fil
ed eight criminal indictments and
91 suspension actions. Seventy
sugar dealers were suspended from
dealing in sugar for the duration
of rateioning and 20 were suspend
ed for shorter periods.
Sugar diversion was highest in
the Southeast during the last three
months in Georgia, where the loss
was 515,465 pounds. Totals for
other statees. were: North Carolina,
312,098 pounds; Virginia, 205,541
pounds; South Carolina, 114,550
pounds and Alabama, 62,526
pounds.
| Ft. Valley, March 26—Approxi
mately a quarter of a million or
more peach trees will wear no
•Eas f e’- rtrp«p|c of dark pre»n
[foliage, according to one of the
' leading peach growers of this sec-
jtion. They never again will be
| clothed in green, for their resurrec
tion is hopeless.
Soon strong hands will cut away
the limbs, and stump pullers drag
away the trunks and roots. Thus
will end the story of hundreds of
thousands of once beautiful and
fruitful trees, victims of winter
killing.
Not until the past two weeks did
Middle Georgia peach growers
know the extent of the damage. In
some instances, entire blocks of
trees were affected. In almost
every section, signs of blight can
be seen.
In this area, trees affected were
those of the bearing age. Young
trees seem to have escaped the
blight. Various reasons are given
as the cause.
In Georgia , the trees have borne
extremely heavy crops for three
successive years, which some think
has had a tendency to weaken the
tree-resistance. Some growers think
that a variation in the fertilizer
used in the past year or two, hao
had much to do with the loss of
trees. Some think the weather con
ditions of the late summer ot 1945
and the early cold catching the
trees while the sap was still up,
[caused the damage.
After this has been done,
convene 'IheSvef inuT'extraoJdi-j fu I!]’ C ; xpfai "f the program:' I ^wiXer^’irf fhe ffS?’ $2 ;
in conflict with Judee Siblevs The Presid ent’s famine emer- a S ainst winners in the seventh
opinion” " ^ |R enc y committee, after an all-day ' R rade f° r the county champion-
* ‘ . — T . meeting at th department of agri- shi P-
The opinion of Judge Sibley, a Vulture, issued the following
native Georgian, in a U. S. 1* if th J .statement including specific rec-
Circuit Court of Appeals case ommendations for the conservation
brought by a Columbus Negro, ; of whea t and wheat products and
pointed out a way for the pres-lf 00 d fats and oils-
ervation of a white primary in j T he world faces the gigantic
Georgia in these words, I almadge emergency of famine among five
said: [hundred million people due to war
“But we are advised of no sta- [exhaustion of agriculture and
tute, state or federal, which un-j drought.
dertakes to limit the right of citi-j A great human cry has come to.
zens who form a political party to I us to save them over a terrible < Macon, March 21—Attorney Fred
select those who shall participate;four months until the next har- 1 R. Martin, 81, senior member of the
in it. Accordingly there may be, vest. The Western Hemisphere law firm in Macon bearing hi*
parties composed wholly of whites alone has the aid to give, and a name, died at a Macon hospital
or wholly of colored people, or of i heavy part of the burden falls Thursday from injuries sustained
men, or of women In a pure par-[upon the United States. Jast week when he was run down
y activity by such parties there; These people can survive if we b y an automobile on the street. He
woulo result an exclusion from 1 provide a minimum oi bread and u- as the father of Baldwin Martin
voting in that activity of those ol fats to them. Of breadstuffs, wheat prominent Macon lawv^r
another race or sex, but it would ican best be transported and used Mr Martin was a leader in BaD
note be a denial of the right to in the famine countries. Therefore f j cf . i .. 1 y. J 1 Bap
voie ‘in any election by the peo- '.we are asking our citizens to make ! * '■ ™ and ^ a f the oldeat trus ’
ple in any state, territory or a voluntary sacrifice oi 40 percent iJL y™ verslt y- He was
county ... or other territorial sub- ,of their consumption of vheat be cddcs '- practitioner of the Ma
rlivicinn wifhin tho maoninr, nmrfiipfc on r i con Dai dll(i Was /H niHritjUCof .tjll
County winner will
$25.00 Victory Bond.
Fred R Martin,
Aged Macon Attorney,
Dies of Injuries
niMwHsr- of -Lhe
Georgia and American Bar Asso-
division within the meaning of the products and 20 per cent of food
15th or 19th amendments’.” fats and oils during this next 120 'i e °. rgia
Taimadge wrote that “you can da y s - C1 r*°" S ‘. p , . , ) .
readily see from this decision that For the public eating places, we . . , Rulaski county, he re-
it is entirely legally possible to as ^ ^ at tfle y use no more than an Ce , Vl n ,^ ls oducatl ° n at Wake lor-
preserve the democratic white pri- avera S a of two pounds of flour ’ Mercer and the University of
-per customer per week. This (jeor S ,a where he graduated in
'means about two pounds of bread law - Hc was a charte r member of
and one-half pound of other rh “ ° r ’» u ~- J
mary in Georgia
appealing 'Xe *»« on^half’ -pound”^“ “o',her «•» VlneviHe Bap,is, Church and
Supreme Court as we do not know^at P^lucts. We ask that the *€-oldest member of the deacons’
what the provisions of its judg- * arvice of food fats be reduced d y, and trustees boards '
ment may be.” 20 P er , cent -
„ , .. . , , , . I For householders, we simply ask
Duckworth said he had no com-:,hat you reduce your purchase of
1 ter "reached" hTm nUS ^ ° let ',^ heat P roduc ts by 40 percent and
jier reacned mm. fats by 20 percent.
Taimadge wrote that although; We have adequate food beyond
the decision showed it was legally what we must ship to meet the
possible to preserve the primary needs of the starving. Even if we
“I have seen nothing in the daily send them every possible pound of
papers from either you or Governor; wheat and fats, the quantity of
Arnall on this subject. I am there-'food remaining in
Baptist Training Union
To Begin at Local Church
Next Sunday Evening
The Baptist Training Union will
begin aet the local Baptist church
next Sunday evening.
All young people of this com-
muniety above 17 years of age are
urged to attend.
The Training Union will meet
each Sunday evening at 7 o’clock.
Talbotton Man Dies in
Columbus Hospital Result
Wounds Received in Fight
fore wondering whether or not you still will be greater than prewar
as a citizen of Georgia and as We are asking that all who can
chairman of the State Democratic grow victory gardens and thus
executive committee dsire Negroes:help to assure continued abund-
to vote in our Democratic white 1 ance of food
, v __ Talbotton, Ga., March 22—C. E.
our country Layfield of Talboteton died in
primaries.”
M. D. Collins Attacks
Gov. Arnall's Claim
On Tax Dollar
I In order that there may be con- Sunday
tinued plenty of all other food
stuffs, we ask that there be no
| waste. America still throws away
| the richest garbage in the world,
i To avert hunger, we cannot fail
[to meet this call. If we fail we
Columbus hospital Thursday night
from effects of wounds said to
have ben received in a fight be
tween him and C R. Culpepper,
which took place in Talboteton
afternoon, according to
statement made by Sheriff J. H.
Ferguson. No action has as yet
been taken against Culpepper
pending action by the family of
the dead man.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
ishan see a world of disorders Martha Haines'Layfieid" a' daugh-
iwhich will paralyze every effort at ter, Ann; two sons, Haines and
![SrSh an nf P *m e ; We S f al J „ se ° Elliott Layfield, both of Talbotton]
Americus, March 22—State School. ” . .° mdllon s of fellow three sisters, Mrs. T. L. Bowden,
SuDerintendent. M. D. Collins at-,*- . >e ngs ; Guns speak the Columbus; Mrs. C. C. Robertson,
ouperimeiiuent ivi. u. lohiiis . . , , „ v-uiumuusj ivirs.
teacked Thursday Gov. Ellis Ar- chmIi y f °° d Americus; Mrs. Clyde
Columbus
Midland.
and Bedford
Armour,
Layfield,
Reward Is Offered for
Conviction of Persons
Starting Forest Fires
Floyd C. Jarrell Jr.
[Given M. D. Degree at the
University of Georgia
] Floyd C. Jarrell Jr., son of Mr.
tand Mrs. F. C. Jarrell of Butler,
j was among those to receive an
M. D. degree at the University ot
[Georgia Medical College, Augusta,
Monday evening, March 25.
! Next week Dr. Jarrell will begin
his internship at the Macon hos
pital after which he will be given
la commission in the U. S. Army.
,,, ., . . . . , , ican speak the last word,
nail’s widely publicized statement Th# ' , , .
... - c r„ . tne recommendations of food m-
that 06 cents of the Georgia tax, dustries are based on suggestions
dollar has been going toward edu-; received from representatives of
catlon • 1 these industries after their meet-
Collins told approximately 800 ing at th Department of Agricul-
teachers of the Third District that ture March 7.
only 33.7 cents went for public [
schools and that 39 cents was the RECORD ENROLLMENT
maximum spent on education. He GEORGIA EXPECTS
urged the support of a public re-
lations program for presenting ed-- Athens, March 26 - Registratino The Board ot commissioner of
ucational problems to the public of what is expected to be the larg- Taylor County at a rTcent meeting
and again advocated federal aid est number of students ever to at- decided to take more nositkl
sch °° ls - ; fe Universe of Georf-ia go.e Sops toward prevenTing P f“r^
Collins said teachers should not; under way Tuesday. 1 fires in this county. In recent
hesitate in making their needs i Ragistrar Ralph Thaxton and a 1 weeks there have been a number
staff of experienced hands at the woods fires in various sections of
business of registrating large num- the county entailing timber losses
bers started enrolling students for of many thousands of dollars,
the spring quarter, while the hous* | In order to prevent such fires
ing situation in Athens became the the commissioners request the
most discussed topic of the day. Herald to state that they will pay
Mciny of the 3,200 students v/ho a reward of $25.00 for the convic-
known to the Legislature and as
serted that a minimum of $34,448-
000 was needed for the next school
year appropriation.
H. L. Wingate, ot Pelham, presi
dent of the Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation, said that if the farm Wh ° f, rewar - *
problems of the South were solved j, er nro reeisi -reH hpfnr^ | lor ‘ of Anyone setting fires to
(he educational problems would be A * ^ r R lb 1 ered before going lorests anywhere in the county,
solved "automatically euTthey"were' th™ 0 u < > ,f pnn « hollda >’ s - : The cooperation of the public is
imerlocked Those who faned to pre-register earnestly requested in putting to
intcrioc d; .. ... , r r* : ^° d m ,ine ’ Wlth an est * mated an end these conflagrations which
Mayor Sterling Albrecht, of Co-.|700 newcomers, mostly veterans, are costing land owners of the
lumbus, also was on the speakers’ who are anxious to continue their county many thousand dollars
list. j education. Jeach year.