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ESS
VOLUME 70
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1946
NUMBER 28
MANY GEORGIA
VETERANS TAKING
FARM TRAINING
Veterans Obtain Financial Aid
And Valuable Training While
Actually On-the-job.
WOMAN AND NEGRO ARE
HELD IN CONNECTION
WITH LUMBERMAN'S DEATH
. Joe Martin, Negro, Confesses He
Killed Sorrell Near Phenix City
On Request of Victim's Wife.
Columbus, May 4—Mrs. Mary
Liza Sorrell, 25, and Joe Harrison
An estimated 8,000 Georgia vet- Martin, alias Joe Avery, 34, a Negro,
erans of World War 11 may soon | were being heid without bail Friday
be taking advantage of the Vet- j * n Russell county jail in connec-
erans Administration farm training |^ on with the murder of the wo-
program. Joe R. Walters, Manager,
Veterans Administration, Sub-Re
gional Office, Columbus, Ga.,
man’s husband, Elmer E. Sorrell, 31
year old Phenix City lumberman,
Chief Deputy Sheriff H. Ralph
pointed out today that a "back to j Mathews said,
the farm” jmigration of veterans The Negro’s signed confession
should develop from financial aid ' completed at 2 a. m. Friday showed
extended by the VA through self- that Martin killed Sorrell 200 yards
employment and training allow- ; from their Opelika Highway home
ances under the GI bill. j early Monday morning, and charg-
The agricultural farm training | ed Mrs. Sorrell instigated the deed,
program, which is still in its in- | Mr. Mathews said.
fancy in Georgia, consists of in
stitutional and on-the-job train
ing. Already, institutional training
is available in 29 counties. On-
the-job training will be offered as
rapidly as the state veterans serv
ice office is able to approve farms
and institutions for training pur
poses.
Veterans taking training classi
fied as institutional farm training
must be situated on a farm, over
which they have complete control,
and spend their entire time at work.
Told of the Negro’s accusation,
Mrs. Sorrell commented: “I can’t
understand why he is implicating
me, if he did it.”
Mr. Mathews, however, said that
the woman is not being held on
the strength of Martin’s accusation
alone.
“We already had enough evi
dence to hold her,for trial,” he
declared.
No date had been set Friday
afternoon for a preliminary hear-
Under this type of training, an agri- j tog, but formal warrants charging
cultural instructor will offer the j Martin with Murder, and Mrs
veteran a minimum of four hours < Sorrell with conspiracy to murder,
in organized classroom instruction j were prepared for presentation to
and two hours on farm instruction j the county court,
each week. , Martin, said he had lived in the
On-the-job training includes back i,aom of the Sorrell home since
some specialized objective such as 1 Marci., 1945, and had known the
manager of a farm, poultryman. i um berman since 1942.
herdsman. This type training, it |
was pointed out, is available on the . . . B ,
best organized farms, including the • MT. L-. R, AudlftS
Georgia Experiment Station at Grif- |
£,aV,r a? 0“^! Announces Will Run
the better organized privately-own
ed farms in the state.
Veterans training in-the ori-the-
job farm program must select a site
meeting the approval of the State
Veterans Education Council, he ex
plained. Eligible veterans must be
approved by the County Agricultu
ral Advisory Committee.
The institutional farm training
program is a four year course, but
veterans not entitled to this much
For State Senate
The Herald is pleased to call to
the attention of its readers a card
appearing elsewhere in this issue
signed by Mr. Louis R. Adams, an
nouncing his candidacy for the of
fice of State Senator representing
the 23rd district.
In making this announcement
training time will only be able to j Mr. Adams stated to a representa-
draw the subsistence allowance for : live of this paper that he had no
the length of time to which they J political axe to grind and was not
are entitled. The length of the on-' a candidate for any political fac
the-job training course will vary j tion, large corporation, or other big
with the type of course taken. 1 business interest. iHis only am-
Veterans taking institutional | bition is that of serving the people
farm training will be entitled to of the district to the very best of
full subsistance as provided by law, his ability.
As trustee of the local school
for a number of years Mr. Adams
is sincerely interested in the wel
fare of the school teachers, pa
trons and pupils, not only in this
but all counties of the state
His interest in the agricultural
industry of the state is well known
being reared on a farm and now
operating most successfully one of
(Continued to Page 4; No. 1)
Dr. L. R. Dean Announces
Candidacy For Seat in
General Assembly
Elsewhere in this issue of the
Herald is the formal announce-,,. . , „
ment of Dr. L. R. Dean for Rep- the H best h far ™ in C0Ullt y
* and on which he now 7 lesidos.
JULY 17 FIXED
AS DATE FOR
STATE PRIMARY
May 25 is Deadline For
Candidates To Qualify. Run
off For July 31.
Atlanta, Ga., May 2—Georgia’s
heated gubernatorial campaign got
away officially to a flying start
today as two candidates qualified
immediately after the State Dem
ocratic Executive committee had
set yVednesday, July 17 as the pri
mary date.
James V. Carmichael, of Mariet
ta, generally believed to be Gov.
Ellis ArnaJl’s choice, was first to
qualify. He was followed imme
diately by former Governor E. D.
Rivers.
The committee set May 25 as
the deadline for qualificaions and
fixed a fee of $500 for gubernator
ial candidates.
The primary run-off, in event no
candidate receives a majority, will
be held July 31, and the state Dem
ocratic convention was scheduled
for Macon, on Oct. 9.
Two candidates for lieutenant-
governor—Senate President Frank
Gross, of Toceoa, and Revenue Com
missioner M. E. Thompson—also
qualified as soon as possible after
the entry lists were opened.
Others who qualified on the spot,
as soon as the committee adjourned
were Attorney General Eqgene
Cook, State Treasurer George B.
Hamilton, and Comptroller General
Homer C. Parker.
Chairman Walter R. McDonald
of the? State Public Service commis
sion qualified later in the afternoon
for reelection to the commission.
Child Goes On Stand
In T. H. Cook Trial
At Perry Wednesday
Perry, May 7—The rape trial of
Thomas H. Cook, 38, Warner Robins
resident, continued in Houston
Superior Court today with the eight
year old alleged victim taking me
stand to relate the stark details
of the oceurance.
Supporting the testimony of the [only)
BUTLER TO LOSE
TWO PASSENGER
TRAINS EACH DAY
Both Train Number One and
Two to be Discontinued To
morrow Due to Coal Shortage.
Columbus, May 6—Sharp cur
tailment of freight and passenger
traffic in and out of Columbus was
UPSON COUNTY GIRL
WINNER IN STATE
SPELLING CONTEST
13-Year-Old Mollie Pollard to Visit
As Guest of Sponsors and Will
Compete in National Conttet.
Atlanta, Ga., May 6—Georgia’s
champion speller—winner of a trip
to Washington—is 13-year-old Mat-
tie Lou Pollard, of Upson County,
who learned to spell in the old-
PACE WARNS OF
FRIGHTFUL DAIRY
FOODS SHORTAGE
Fight Between Agricultural Deft.
And The O.P.A. May Lead T®
Dreadful Situation.
Washington, May 6—"Utter am
•r.iu idiiicu 10 spell in me old- ! com P ,ete disagreement between tire
fashioned way in a one-teacher i a g ric ulture department and the
miinim „i 1 1 . OPA in everv rpsrwW” U7PC COA
, __ — lasmuneci way m a one-teaohpr i 6 c ucpaiunwu ana mp
announced Monday as a result of: country school shared by eight OPA in every ros P ect ” was seen try
th £u Pr ™ nRed COal stnke ’ grades V g Rep. Pace (D-Ga.) today as head£
The Office of Defense Transpor-| Freckled, blond-haired Mattie ““
tation embargo on freight handled J Lou spelled down nine other dis-
by coal-using railroads carried, trict delegates in The Atlanta
^ reat ° fdrastlc cutbacks in tex- j Journal’s state spelling bee finals
tile activities, possibly within 10 held at the Atlanta Woman’s Club
R °\ t v W ?,T ekS - auditorium Saturday morning. She — -
About half the passenger service represented the Fourth Coneressio CPS over da,r y subsides and
on the main East-West route of the ! nal District i matters ba token to President 1**
Central of Georgia Railway will! Runner-up in the nerve-wrack- man for a decision,
be discontinued at midnight'ing battle of words was Louise Wlth stabilizati °n Director Che*
of the two agencies gave their
views on the butter shortage piafc-
lem.
Pace, chairman of a special house
committee investigating foot
shortages, suggested that differere-
ces over dairy subsides and otlrer
Thursday. The 9:50 Columbus-to-
Columbus run will be stopped.
Textile officials said the order
tends to make the mills dependent | sional District.
McKee, 13, of 132 Carter Avenue, S.
E., Atlanta, who represented De-
Kalb County and the Fifth Congres-
almost entirely on truck lines for
movement of raw materials and
finished products.
Cotton mill executives said the
freight embargo would bring the
situation to a critical point within
a few weeks.
Paul McKcnney, president of the
Swift Manufacturing Company,
said “the embargo brings us that
much closer to when we must shut
dowm.”
Frank Bradley, president of the
Eagle-Phenix Mills, reported his
concern was maintaining produc
tion “as usual” but said the future
was "unforeseeable.”
Spokesmen for the Bibb Manu
facturing C o m p a n y expressed
gloom about the future, but said
they were coping with the present
problems caused by the coal strike
as best they could.
All the company officials said
their coal stockpiles were being
depleted gradually and with a con
tinuing coal strike shutdowns wpro
inevitable.
The Central of Georgia also an
nounced these passenger trains
would be discontinued
Louise and Mattie Lou Maintain
ed a rapid-fire duel for approxi
mately 10 minutes after the other
contestants fell by the wayside.
Louise finally missed the word
“usefulness which she spelled “use-
fullnes,”. Spellmaster John Mebane,
business editor of The Journal, then
gave the same word to Mattie Lou,
who spelled it, and one other word
to win the championship.
The contest, part WTitten and part
oral, brought together the 10 best
spellers in the white elementary
schools of Georgia. Each of the
contestants was a district winner,
and it took approximately 225
words—many of them toughies—to
decide the champion.
Mattie Lou is in the seventh
grade at Sunnyside School, which
belongs to the Upson County Sys
tem. Here to see her win w’ere her
teacher, Mrs. G. H. Phillips; her
mother, Mrs. Nathan Pollard; an
uncle, J. F. Granger, of Atlanta,
and her county school superinten
dent of'schools, Gordon R. HoJstun.
Mrs." Phillips has taught Mattie
Lou since she was in the first
! grade. In fact, Mrs. Phillips
Lyutiu UC UldLUIlLlil UfU . ^ " * , *‘‘ J * * iiuuyo
Macon-Birmingham: Leaving Co- jtoaches aight grades—and runs the
mhne a n=i r> m school lunchroom to boot. She
lumbus 4:05 p. m.
Birmingham-Macon: Leaving Co
lumbus 3:10 p. m.
ter Bowles, Agriculture Secretary
Anderson and OPA Administrate'
Paul Porter lined up before the
committee, Pace told Bowles aro*
unless OPA changes its policy tire
milk and dairy products situation
will be "frightful” this fall.
The controversy pivoted prana-
pally on subsidies. Bowles and Jkre-
ter supported them. Committee
members opposed them and count
ed Anderson on their side.
Anderson told the committee Ur
recent increase of the dairy
subsidy, ordered by Bowles, was
done "without my approval a»wi
without my knowledge”. He
ened to add however, that it warn
not neccessary for Bowles to i>isn«B
the matter with him since the ac
tion involved a subsidy and nalai
price increase on a farm commod
ity. Anderson has jurisdiction on
farm price increases.
Rep. Anderson (R-Minn.) inter
posed to ask Anderson directly
whether he is being "coerced” toy
Bowles into approving order*
against his will. He told Anderson
the law gives him final authority
in food pricing.
Anderson hesitated, then repliedb
“I was not coerced on the cotton
futures order, ir that is what yam
mean."Pace interrupted to say the
committee did not want to em
barrass the cabinet member.
The controversial cotton future
Columbus - Andalusia: Leaving i n ° urs * but &be bas dri
Columbus 7:45 a. m. (Sundays j sldarab .ly a *tor school.
' —* ^ wkjv. one ^wnuji juujji:
hasn’t had time to give Mattie Lou order, which increases margins tar
individual attention during school j futures trading on the cotton cat-
hours, but she has drilled her con-
resentative in the General Assem
bly from Taylor county.
Dr. Dean is one of Taylor
county’s most progressive citizens.
He came to Butler from Unadilla
about twelve years ago and soon
thereafter erected the Dean The
ater, which he operated until |a
few weeks ago when he sold the
business to Dr. H. H. Gee. About
five years ago he established the
Oak Crest Nursery here which he
and Mrs. Dean continue to ope
rate. Dr. Dean has nearing com
pletion a 32-room brick hotel. The
hotel when completed will be one
of the most modern and up-to-date
to be found anywhere in this sec
tion.
In making his announcement
Dr. Dean stated “If elected my
only platform will be to do all 1
can for the people of Taylor
County.”
Bethel C. M. Church To
Hold Home Coming
Saturday May 11
The annual May meeting or
Home Coming at Bethel C. M.
Church a few miles north of But
ler will be held Saturday, May 11.
This is an invitation to all who I their i.fe
will to come and worship with us.
We covet the prayers of all
praying people that God’s will
may be done and that His name
may be glorified in this service.
—Committee.
Mr. Adams has had many years
experience in jthe banking busi
ness and knows the needs as well
as the problems^ of the business
man during these trobulous times,
and the economy that should be
exercised by the state to lessen the
burdens of all tax payers.
Mr. Adams is a veteran of World
War I and his only son is now-
serving his country with honor
and distinction in the U. S. Army
in Korea. Recognizing the great
service performed by Georgia vet
erans Mr. Adams said that the
state should do “everything hu
manly possible to see that these
men and women have every op
portunity and aid during their
period of civilian life.”
Mr. Adams is in the prime of
life and enjoys the best of health.
He is active in civic and religious
officers, a member and officer in
the local Masonic Lodge, Steward
and Member of the Board of Trus
tees of the Methodist church and
member of the American Legion.
He married the former Miss Eve
Stewart, who is prominently con
nected with the Butler Garden
Club which is performing a great
service in adding beauty about
public grounds and around Butler
homes, and whose parents during
time manifested great
child was that of Dr. W. W. Bax
ley and Dr. K. F. Kurtz, of the
Macon Hospital, who examined the
child after the alleged assault.
Solicitor General Charles H. Gar
rett closed his case for the state
by introducing testimony relative
to the physical surroundings of the
Cook home, where the attack is
said to have occured on March 8.
Other witnesses heard for the
state were ,W. J. Simmons, Macon
city detective and Sheriff C. C.
Chapman, of Houston County.
Opening the defense testimony
was Lorine Cook, 15-year-oid
daughter of the defendant, who
gave evidence, tending to prove
the offense could not have been
committed.
Nine witnesses in all were heard.
Solicitor Garrett said that be
expected the case to ge to the
jury by late Thursday.
Andalusia - Columbus Leaving
Mattie Lou spells by syllables,
although she doesn’t pronounce
Andalusia 4:15 p. m. (Sundays; “} tcach children the
only). ,old-fashioned way,” Mrs. Phillips
Elsewhere in Georgia, steel com-: f* P ,\ ained ’, 1 teach ttlcm all the
pany officials predicted a 60 per- ! f( F e ir, S rul cs early, then they don’t
cent reduction in outputs by thei™, . em ' . _ .
end of the month if the strikP eon lhe cham P worked hard for her w ™ vnucizon sown*
rim.Pri k She has studied every speller f ° r increasing dairy subsidies fire
It . . . . , ... . , x she could find, and has cone stoad of follow tog a previous cmn-
Mnny industrial officials fore- through a thick Webster’s diction- mlttee recommendation that suto-
wo S uld h3 be S 3 nff S if° f th W ° r t k< l rS ary ’ She has nine brothers and sis- Sldles be reduced gradually with
would be laid off if the strike teis. Her f ather is a f armer corresDondine inmaw in
changes, was tested in a ferica*
court here with several elements
the cotton industry seeking an in
junction against its enforcement,
The court took the case under ad
visement.
Pace told Bowles and Porter
dairy farmers are discouraged and
many are selling their herds he-
cuse of OPA. He criticized Bowie*
would be
continued.
FISHING AND HUNTING
PRIVILEGES FOR SALE
Have purchased Fishing and
Brother of Mr. Sikes
Dies At Spartanburg
Hunting rights on Lockett" Place TllorrSau
near Reynolds. Those desiring to- * PIUlTliny
fish and hunt on this place please
see me for day or season privi-
lges.
P. E. McDaniel
Reynolds, Ga.
MRS. J. A. PENDERGRAST
—Presents—
MARTHA JO BYRD AND CAROL BARROW
IN A PIANO AND VOICE RECITAL
May 13 at Reynolds Baptist Church
8:30 o'clock, 1946
Tavlor-Brahe
Hahn
Romberg
Corelli
Bach
interest in the business and edu
cational interest of Taylor county.
He is a grandson of the late Rev.
J. T. Adams whose service in the
religious affairs of the community
still lingers in sweet memory.
PROGRAM
Bless This House
The Green Cathedral
The Desert Song
Martha Jo Byrd
Uiga
Invention No. 3 __ uaui
First Movement from Sonata in C Mozart
Praeludium — Mendelssohn
Carol Barrow
Prelude in D Flat Gliere
Impromptu from Rosamond Schubert
First Movement from Moonlight Sonata—Beethoven
Martha Jo Byrd
Waltz in C Sharp Minor . Chopin
Nocturne in E Flat Chopin
Of Bre r Rabbit MacDowell
Carol Barrow
White Jasmine Dugan
Valse (Posthumus) Chopin
^ a * c *k Morkejs
Martha Jo Byrd
Coasting Burleigh
Claire De Lune Debussey
Carol Barrow
Scotch Poem MacDowell
Rustle of Spring Sinding
Martha Jo Byrd
Finis
USHERS:
Sara Pool, Jane Saunders
Sue Livingston, Wynelle Baker
corresponding increase in prices.
Pace further told the two offi
cials that the dairy industry, th-
agriculture department, a rut ttw
committee are against their in
creased subsidy and cream pdas
rollback program, and asked.:
“Can everybody be out of step tout
you?”
Anderson said the formei
not understand how industries
(“Pace Warns”
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sikes were
called to Spartanburg, S. C. Tues
day on account of the death of Mr.
Sikes’ brother Mr. Brunner Sikes.
Tuesday’morning’ 1 affer nS BaCCalaUTMte SeTItHHI
of several months duration. He is
survived by his wife Mrs. Eula
Sikes and one son both of Spartan
burg.
Funeral services were held at
Spartanburg Wednesday afternoon.
Page 41
Three BuHer Students
To Give Senior Recital
In Music Friday Night
Mrs. J. W. Edwards, head of the
department of music of Butler
High School will present Miss
Marjorie Brown, Miss Lennelle
Waters and Mr. Ralph Cox in a
Senior Recital in Music Friday—
tomorrow—night.
The recital will be held at the
local school auditorium. The pub
lic is cordially invited.
FOR SALE
1935 Standard Chevrolet in A-l con
dition. Five good tires; Radio and
heater. Price reasonable. (5-9-2t)
Clyde Whitley
Mauk, Ga.
Butler High School To Be
Held Sunday May 19
Sunday, May 19, has been set as
the date for the Baccalaureate Scf-
mon at the high school and far
this reason preaching service at
the Butler Methodist church wDl
be called off.
There will be the regular Sun
day school beginning at 10 a. m.
and closing in time for the at
tendants to go to the school build
ing for the graduation sermore
The usual young people’s serv
ice and evening preaching Servian
will be held at this ehurcb ire
that date.
FOR SALE
John Deere Model H Tractor,
Cultivators and Planters complete,
in perfect condition.
D. W. Payne, Reynolds, Ga.
Taylor County Democratic
Executive Committee Meet
Called For May 11
Mr. P. B. Childs, secretary at (ire
Taylor county democratic euo-
tive committee has called a ureett
ing of the committee for, S A unlay
afternoon, May 11, at winch ti»«-
entry fees, dead line for oualilp-
ing of candidates, and date «£
primary in Taylor county will he
set.