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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, AUGUST 8, 1946.
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TERMINAL LEAVE PAY
READY FOR DISTRIBUTION
TO 15,000,000 VETS
FORMER POSTMASTER
FOUND DEAD BY HANGING
PASTOR SOUGHT ON
KIDNAPING CHARGE
Washington, Aug. 1—Without'
Waiting for President Truman to
sign the bill, officials got busyto-
day on arrangements for paying
some $2,431,000,000 of terminal
leave pay to an estimated 15,000,-
000 World War II enlisted men and
women
The government printing office
began work on application forms
which are expected to be ready in
ten days. They will be distributed
to veterans through the post office
probably before the month’s end,
Army officials said. 1
The plan calls for payment |in 1
cash of amounts under $50 and 1
in five-year non-negotiable bonds
for larger sums. !
Under the War Department’s
procedure, veterans will send their
applications to the finance offices
of the post where they were dis
charged and receive cash or bonds
by mail.
The method of paying Navy,
Marine and Coast Guard veterans
was worked out in advance in co
ordination with the War depart
ment and is ; believed to be simi-
Gadsden, Ala., Aug 1—Coroner
Jess Cox today returned a finding
of suicide in the death by hang
ing of Mrs. Eleanor Hofferbert, 47,
former postmaster at East Gads
den and wife of Carl Hofferbert,
managing editor of the Gadsden
Times.
Her body was found in the base
ment of her home. Coroner Cox
sad she had been in ill health and
had resigned her postal position
for that reason about two months
ago.
lar, but the Navy and Treasury
departments temporarily with
held details.
Officials declined to speculate
how long it will take for the
checks or bonds to be delivered.
An initial rush of possibly mis
sions of applications is looked for.
The War department made prep
arations for a disbursing job re
quiring the temporary expansion
of finance office staffs by hun
dreds of employes-
Dahlonega, Ga., Aug. 1—Local
officers and state patrolmen con
tinued search Thursday for Rev.
James Wescott, pastor of the
Church of God congregation here,
and 16-year-old Cathleen Cantrell
reported missing since Wednesday
afternoon.
The girls’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Cantrell, have sworn out
a warrant charging the preacher
with kidnaping, according to
Sheriff Boyd Anderson. The 43-
year old pastor took the family
automobile with him, Mrs. Wes
cott said.
Mrs. Cantrell said Thursday
that at first she thought her
daughter had gone to visit
friends, but later found notes in
her room convincing her that she
had disappeared with Wescott.
She described the girl as being
five feet tall, blond and weighing
100 pounds.
Maco Man Fined $2,500,
By Army Court Martial
Frankfurt, Germany, Aug. 6—
Col. Lester A. Webb, 50 Macon, Ga.
was fined $2,500 by an Army court
martial today for attempting to
smuggle $12,000 worth of gold bul
lion, coin and watches from Swit
zerland to the United States.
He was convected of violating
the Swiss exports law and tending
to bring discredit to the Army.
Webb’s attorney said he was ‘‘in
ignorance” of the Swiss laws
Maj. John J. Hymes of Cleve
land, the Army prosecutor, had
asked the court to avoid a “caste
system” verdict. Capt. Harold H.
Chase of Salina, Kans., assistant
prosecutor, demanded that Webb
be dismissed from the service.
Taylor Mill Newt
B. M- Grice, young Macon at
torney has been named judge of
the Bibb County juvenile court for
a six-year term, beginning Sept. 1.
REVIVAL MEETING
AT
MT. P1SGAH BAPTIST CHURCH
*4 ^
Rev. John H. Stanford
, ...
Will Do The Preaching
Tom Harmon Will Have Charge of Song Service
Sunday, Aug. 11—Friday, Aug. 16
To All These Services The Public Is Cordially Invited.
Pray For A Real Revival.
..
Come and Bring a Friend
•At an estimated cost in excess
of $4,000,000, the Georgia Power
Company will build a 45,000 kilo
watt steam-electric power plant
near Albany, a project which will
provide a greater source of electri
cal energy for Southwest Georgia-
Mr^a Posey spent several days
last wdkft in High Falls assisting
Ranger Cohealy.
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Windham were Mrs. U. S.
Underwood, Misses Nellie, Betty
Amiy.-and Amie Jeanne Underwood,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Underwood,
Mrs. G. L. Windham, Mrs. Jake
Windham and Riley, Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Posey and Mrs- Alice Sewell.
Mr. and Mrs. Peacock and family
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Peacock. I
Supt. Harold Gates attended the
Hi-Neighbor Day in Columbus.
Mrs. H. P. Bartlett spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Rogers-
Mrs. L. D. King is visiting re
latives in Milledgeville and Gib
son for several days.
Mrs. W. H. Roberson is spending
this week visiting relatives in Ala
bama-
Miss Ruby Roberson spent the
week end in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Windham and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Children attended a meeting in Ma
con Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Poole and
Mrs- O. J. Oliver spent Tuesday in
Atlanta.
Mr. Edmund Poole has been dis
charged from the Navy and is now
at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. N. Poole.
Mrs. Jesse Proctor and Miss Mar
gie Proctor of North Carolina spent
several days last week with Supt.
and Mrs. Harold Gates and family.
Mr. and Mrs- W. R .Rogers have
been made very happy this week.
They have with them all of their
chidren except Eddie Will and
Frank. The house party and Mr.
and Mrs. Rogers include Mr. and
Mrs. Esty Rogers and daughter,
Stanford Roers
Frances of Miami, Florida, Mr.
Stanford Rogers of Norfolk, Va.,
Mr. Jesse Rogers of Macon, Mr. and
Mrs- N. T Avert Edwin and Joyce
Avret, and Mr. and Mrs. Alvah
Layfield and Butch of Macon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Douglas and
Mr. and Mrs- Bryant Douglas of
Macon spent last Wednesday with
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Perkins and Mr.
and Mrs. Jake Windham.
Mrs. J. L. Patrick of Columbus
is spending some time with her
dai ,n, ht"r. Mrs. Jeannie Windham.
Mr. Robert Rogers spent Friday
in a- i on business-
Mr. Jesse Windham and Miss
Dorothy Windham of Thomaston
spent the week end visiting rela
tives at Taylor Mill.
Mrs. William Roberson, Alfred,
Dehen and Patsy Roberson of Col
umbus spent last week with their
mother, Mrs. W. H. Roberson.
Miss Sara. Underwood spent Sat
urday night wiar Miss Lequita
Gates.
TAYLOR MILL MEN HAVE |
REGULAR MEETING
The Taylor Mill Men’s Club held
its regular meeting Monday night
at the school house. Supt. Harold
Gates presided in the absence of
the president. The meeting was o-
pened with prayer by J. R Blair.
After a short business session
the meeting was turned over to the
program committee. The program
was very much looked forward to
! as this was to be the night of the
mock trial. Lavausha Childree was
1 tried for driving under the influ-
! ence of alcohol. Cols. Smith and
Parker did a good job defending
the case. However: Col. Moore and
i Rogers pinned the crime on Lava
usha.
I Don't forget the contest now in
J full swing. The teams are about
even on points. So be present each
meeting. Don’t let your team down.
I The meeting is each Monday night
■ at 8 o’clock at the school house.
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQU1ST, D. D.
Of Thi- Moody Bible Institute of ChicnRO.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for August 11
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and. copyrighted by intern il mal
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
TAYLOR WOMEN'S CLUB HOLDS
REGULAR MEETING
The Taylor Mill Women’s Club
held its regular monthly meeting
in the club room Saturday night
with the president, Mrs. Harold
Gates presiding. The meeting was
opened by the club singing “Living
For Jesus”. As the opening prayer
the club sang the chorous of “Liv
ing For Jesus”. The regular rou
tine of business followed. Two new
members were added to the roll.
They were Mrs. Henry Gallmen
and Miss' Hallie Mae Gallmen.
Mrs. Gates thankfed the club for
thear splendid cooperation for the
past year. At the next meeting the
new officers will take charge. The
ladies made final plans for the
school lunch room. The ladies de
cided to draw names at this meet
ing and do something nice each
week for the name they drew for
the next month.
Committee for September were
appointed as follows, Devotional, 1
Mrs. Harold Gates, Program, Mrs. j
L. D. King, and refreshments, Mrs.)
Windham. |
Mrs. W. H. Roberson had charge
of the devotional for this meeting.
She used as scripture reading the
Sixty First Psalm. Mrs. Lee Posey
had charge of the program. She
had the ladies play several games
of bingo and gave nice prizes. The
ladies thoroughly enjoyed this. |
Delicious refreshments were ser- [
ved by the hostesses Mrs. Joe Ar
nold and Mrs. Eddie Windham.
JESUS AND HOME
RELATIONSHIPS
LESSON TEXT—Exodus 20:12; Mark
7:9-13; Luke 2:51, 52; Ephesians 6:1-4.
MEMORY SELECTION—Honor thy fa
ther and thy mother; that thy days may be
long upon the land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee.—Exodus 20:12.
Home—that place so dear to the
heart of each one of us—is even
more precious in the sight of God.
He is concerned about our homes
and those who live in them.
Right relationship between chil
dren and parents have much to do
with the peace and prosperity of a
community and a nation. Experi
ence has demonstrated that to be
true, but even more basic is the
fact that it is in accord with the
promise of God.
One of the sad breakdowns in
modern life is that of proper honor
and obedience to parents by chil
dren. In all too many homes God’s
order has been reversed and in
stead of honoring and obeying their
parents, children (both young and
old) have taken the place of “boss,”
and mother and father must obey
if they want peace and rest.
The problem of juvenile delin
quency, or perhaps we should say
more correctly, parental delinquen
cy, is right on our doorsteps now.
That means that the need for our
lesson is both great and acute. The
future happiness of hundreds of
thousands of children and the pres
ent welfare of thousands of neglect
ed and boss-ridden parents will de
pend on the intelligence and faith
fulness with which this lesson is
taught in our churches, and the hon
esty of heart with which we all re
ceive its truth.
I. The Responsibility Stated
(Exod. 20:12).
“Honor thy father and thy moth
er”—how good, and substantial, and
right those words sound.
We are told by Paul that this is
the “first commandment with prom
ise” (Eph. 6:1-3). The Lord was
not making a bargain with man, or
seeking to draw out obedience by a
prize, but there is obviously a great
reward in the observing of this com
mandment.
Then too as the children of God
(if we are such) through Jesus
Christ, the first and most important
consideration to come before us is,
What is the mind and will of the
Maker of us all regarding this mat
ter of the relatiortship between par
ents and children? His words are
plain: we are to “honor” our fa
thers and our mothers.
The word “honor” carries with it
a great many things, but per
haps the three outstanding elements
are respect, obedience and affection.
But men do not wish to follow
God’s direction, so we see next
II. The Responsibility EvAded
(Mark 7:9-13).
Such an important commandment
naturally held a high place in the
thinking of the community. To vio
late it involved a measure of shame
which men sought to avoid. So the
Jews of Christ’s day devised a
scheme which made it possible for
a man to appear to be very religious
even as he deprived his parents of
the honor and help to which they
were entitled by the law of God.
The man who did not wish to sup
port his aged and needy parents
could entirely evade that God-given
responsibility by declaring that his
property was “Corban”; that is,
dedicated by a vow to God. There
after no matter how great was the
need of his parents they could re
ceive nothing, and yet he could keep
it and use it for himself.
Thus do men make “the word of
God of none effect” (v. 13) through
their traditions. The method differs
but the spirit persists even in
our day.
Jesus made short work of such
trickery and evasion. He declared
their man-made creeds and tradi
tions to be simply a means of mak
ing the command of God of none
effect. Once more he condemns that
formal religious observance which
serves as a cloak for sin and
selfishness.
III. The Responsibility Fulfilled
(Luke 2:51-52; Eph. 6:1-4).
The manner in which children
should be obedient to their parents
and honor them in the home is beau
tifully exemplified in the life of our
Lord, living as a boy in Nazareth.
In the home the growing youth
finds the best place for normal, well-
rounded development (v. 52). There
is no substitute for the home.
The words of the Holy Spirit
through Paul in Ephesians 6:1-4
stress the same truth and enlarge
upon it.
This matter of honoring and obey
ing parents “is right,” says Paul.
It is the Lord’s way, but it is also
that which commends itself to ev-<
ery right-thinking person.
There is tremendously important
truth on the other side of the pic
ture. Parents are not to provoke
their children to anger, to disre
spect or disobedience.
May God help us who are parents
that we may take to heart this pari
of our lesson. Our children are out
most valuable possession.