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The Butler Herald
''KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS*'
VOLUME 71
BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1947
NUMBER 20
Talmadge Signs
White Primary
.Bill, Now Law
Negroes Who core Qualified To Vote
May Vote in Election But Not
In Primary.
BISHOP A. F. SMITH
TO DELIVER RADIO
SERMON SUNDAY A. M.
ANOTHER
TO BE
OUTSTANDING PREACHER
HEARD ON METHODIST
Dr. Milo B. Clason jBoth Claimants To
Columbus Optician (Governorship Assure
Dies Unexpectedly Teachers’ Pay Hike
senate votes 28 TO 20 Rep. Pace Says
TO GIVE WOMEN RIGHT Rouse to Get Bill
TO SERVE ON JURY | 0 Increase Vet Pay
MRS. IRISH F. HMTCII INTRODUCES
DILL WHICH PASSES THE
RADIO HOUR
MARCH 2.
SUNDAY MORNING
Deceased Was Known Throughout Talmadge and Thompson Both senate after a heated Bill Will Increase Monthly Pay
Originating from Highland Meth
odist Church, on the campus ol
Emphasizing that passage of the Southern Methodist University, Dal-
' f White Primary bill should not be las, Texas, the Methodist Hour of
This Section As A Leading
Optometrist.
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 26—Milo
Black Clason, prominent Columbus
In Favor of Giving Teachers 50 debate.
Per Cent Pay Raise.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 22—Georgia’s
school teachers, some of whom have
r
regarded as “an unfriendly atti- Sunday, March 2nd will feature a optometrist and widely known as a threatened to strike, if their 50 per
tude toward our negro popula-| sermon by Bishop A. Frank Smith developer of instruments used in cent raise is cut off received reas-
tion,” Governor Herman Talmadge and choral music under the direc- optometrneal work, died unexpect- surance today from both claimants
placed his signature to the meas- tion of Joseph Lepkiewicz. ! edly Tuesday at 8 p. m. at his home to the governorship,
ure that enables the Democratic | Bishop Smith will speak on “The 935 Blandford avenue I Herman Talmadge expressed con-
party in Georgia to hold primaries Mood of Today . his radio program | Mr. Clason was stricken ill a week' fidence that the legislature, which
that could bt participated in only is broadcast over an independent a g D but by Sunday had recovered elected him governor, will "within
*by white voters. I network of 52 stations in the South sufficiently to leave the house. He the next few days” get down to
The bill removes from the and Southwest and is heard at 8:30 was taken ill again Monday and, the job of providing money for the
statute books all reference to the Eastern Standard Time and 7.30 failed to respond to treatment. I teachers.
holding of primaries and thus, it Central Standard time. I He was born in Des Moines, la., I Talmadee’s rival M E ThomD-
is held, exempts the primaries ; Bishop A. Irank Smith is chair- May 13, 1870, the son of Dr. Thomas 1 son likewise said that he thought
from ruling by the Federal Su- man of the Board of Trustees of Bla ' k c lason . geneml assembly would uro^
preme Court tha would otherwise Southern Methodist University and Having come to Coulmubs from vide 'for the teachers but not un
render illegal an exclusively white resident bishop of the Houston area. his native Iowa about 1890 , M r. > der Talmadpe leadership
primary. | He was supervisor over the work clason had practiced optometry and 1 T l t .
The white primary issue was cf the Methodist Church in ttfe had wor ked at the development of , Thompson sa d tbat fortunate-
agressively fought out in the elec-, Central Texas, Southwest Texas, optometrical instruments here since. ^ ..^ re JL,^ f . a S
tions last year in the state and Texas and Southwest Mexican An- p or rnan y years, he had operated ' r . , ^
caused the late Eugene Talmadge, nual Conference. ! the clason Optical company. 1 E re , me , C ° Urt docldes whether he or
father of Gov. Talmadge, to be | Under his leadership this area has When he first came to Columbus, rt*1
winner in the gubernatorial con- led the entire Methodist church in Mr clason was optician with the ,. mucb can stl11 be done after that
test. Thus has continued to a the period of Evangelism of the B gj cb and .Clason Jewelry company, lme ‘
successful conclusion the efforts of current Crusade for Christ emphasis | aler however he established his “Commitments made to them (the
his father, which, which, because of this church.- Bishop Smith s area Q^y a business and broadened his re- teachers) will be carried out, be
of the intenst exertion required, has received 62,019 people into the searc h work, which resulted in the asserted. “If I amgiven the undis-
soon afterwards resulted in his mmebership of the church this past developing of a number of instrue- P ute d privilege and responsibility
death. Y ear ; 26,253 being received on pro- ments used in the fie]d He was as . of the executive duties.”
The primary bill won in the fession of faith. This total number sociated with the Bausch-Lomb Talmadge referred to the teach-
State Senate by a vote of 36 to 15 1 is an increase of almost 10,000 company, Rochester, N. Y., in the er raise and other expanded serv-
after having been victorious in the members over the quota the Cru- | a tter, and many of the instruments ices as pledges of his late father,
House also by slightly more than sade committee had set for that he developed are in wide use in the Eugene Talmadge, and also of the
two to one. I area. field of optometry at the present Democratic party.
In the Senate, an effort was, This special broadcast of The time . j (<I am going to do all r can to
made to submit the question to Methodst Hour will be produced Mr. clason also was active in carry them out” he affirmed,
the people but proponents pointed under the supervision of Rev.James c i v i c WO rk and was a charter mem- So far the legislature soon to
out that this would have to be W. Sells, director of the Methodist b er and past president of the Col- 1 begin the last four weeks of its
done in a general election and a Hour and will be announced by umbus Rotary Club. He was a mem- session, has exhibited no haste in
heavy Negro registration would be Wade Adams. Mr. Lupkiewicz is b er of Trinity Episcopal church. dieeine uo new revenues
marshaled to defeat it. : director of choral music for South- 1 66 s F
& A proposal for registration every urn Methodist University and a
two years lost in the House. In- choral group from the University,
stead, an amendment providing under his direction, will be the
permanent registration was adopt- guest choir for this program.
ed. Under this provision, however, • The Methodist Hour is heard over
R. E. A. Officials to Hold
Two Day Meeting In
a~person’s name may be removed station WMAZ at Macon and WSB LU rnn Marfh 1 (1-11
from the voters’ list if he fails to, at Atlanta. I ,a '* w,t i I IOI Lll IV I I
Crop and Seed Loans
vote for two consecutive years. i
Prior to signing the White Pri
mary pill, Talmadge issued the
“The Negro people should have For Taylor Farmers Now
the same protection under the law .. , , . eu A
accorded white people. They should AVdlidDlC flt rilA UllfCC
have good schools, the opportunity i
to work, the protection of the „„ „ ,, „
health laws, the right to earn a A naua ^ crop ar seed * oan ser vice ectric Membership Corporation, an-
I The Senate, for example, has
the House-approved general ap
propriations bill before it but has
staver off cinsideration until the
lower chamber produces something
in the way of additional money to
cover the teacher’s 50 per cent pay
raise after April 1.
Macon, Ga., Feb. 26-Approxima 1 . The on the other hands,
tely 100 persons will attend a two- h as mulled over a general sales
day conference of managers of'Ru- tax bl11 f ° r * he past two and a half
ral Electrification Administration ^ eeks and has yet to ® et * of
co-operatives in Georgia here at tbe ways , andmeans committee.
Hotel Dempsey on March 10 and 11, Some “ rt , ° f was
Schley Moore, Sandersville, mana- ex Pected Thursday, but then post-
ger of the Washington County El- P° ned un til Monday.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 25—The Geor
gia senate heeded an appeal of its
pretty, brunette woman member,
Mrs. Irish F. Blitch, today and voted
28 to 20 to allow women to serve
on juries if they desire. The bill now
goes to the house.
The Homervilie housewife, moth
er of two children, arose repeatedly
during an hour and a half debate
to counter arguments that women
should stay at home with their chil
dren and tnat no decent woman
would serve on a jury anyway.
The senate’s other woman mem
ber, tall, blonde Mrs. Benton Odom
of Newton, listened to the argu
ment and voted against the meas
ure. The bilj, introduced by Sen
ator G. Everett Millican of Atlanta
and ammended to make feminine
jury duty optional.
Senator L. T (Long Tom) Mitch
ell of the mountain town of Clay
ton spoke vegirously against the bill
asserting that women should not
be exposed to indecencies that crop
up in court rooms.
Clifford Clark Speaks
Here Tuesday Night.
Guest of American Legion
Clifford Clarke of Savannah, Vet
eran of World War II, addressed
members of the local American le
gion Post and Veterans of Taylor
County at the Dean Theater Tues
day evening.
Mr. Clarke is field representative
for the State American Legion. He
discussed Legion Activities both lo
cal, State and National.
On Wednesday, Mr. Clarke visited
Reynolds and Butler High schools
where he gave short talks to the
High school students. His taik to
the students was on “Value of Pub
lic Speaking in the High Schools."
Mr. Clarke has won National dis
tinction in public speaking. He is
a 1946 graduate of the Savannah
High School.
While in Taylor County Mr.
Clarke was a guest of the Ameri
can Legion.
For Education and On-The-Job
Training.
Rep. Stephen Pace said Saturday
that he believed the House com
mittee on veterans affairs would
send a bill increasing limitations
on subsistence pay for on-the-job
trainees to the House floor in the
near future.
In a letter to George Wofford,
Third District commander of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, he dis
closed that he had appeared before
the committee and received au
thorization to have results of local
surveys of veterans’ conditions in
cluded in the official committee
record.
He asked that surveys be sent to
him in Washington.
! Earlier Rep. Pace had asked sev
eral veterans’ organization offici
als to travel to Washington to tes
tify before the House of Represen
tatives on the subject. *
“This could not be arranged,’’ he
wrote Mr Wofford, “as the hear-
' ings closed on February 20 ”
j H. R. 133 the bill introduced by
Rep. Pace is designed to “increase
| the monthly maximum allowed to
' veterans receiving both compensa
tion for productive labor and sub
sistence allowances for education
or on-the-job training.”
Allowances would increase un
der provisions of the bill from the
original limits of $175 for men with
no dependants and $200 for mar
ried men to $250 and 350 per month
ceilings.
"A survey has been made in the
Columbus and the Third district
area.” Mr. Wofford said, "and the
majority of on-the-job trainees re
port present levels too lw to meet
needed rehabilitation and living
costs.”
He VafcTflTe survey revealed that^
the veterans “felt $250 and $350
limits would be justifiable and cor- ,
rect ceilings.’ Mr. Wofford reported
that letter would be sent to Rep.
Pace disclosing the results of the
survey.
living and to educate their chil- which farmers formerly received at n0 uriced yesterday.
° I I tin Tcvn n f J in 4-Viin ni^ir / * *
dren.
(he crop loan office in this city
Control of Rabies
Moore, who has been appoint-
“Negroes who are qualified voters wm be available at the office of ed host manager for the meeting. J
will be permitted to vote but not the Farmers Home Administration sa j d several delegates are expect- DCiICVcU I OSSIDIC
in our White' Primary. This atti- he ^-. ed from each of the 35 active REA • T w
tude is not at all inconsistent with! This announcement was made cooperatives in the state. Within IWO Y03TS
our demand that the Democratic yesterday by Robert L. Burns, As- The two-day meeting will be de- 1 .
Party of Georgia be allowed to sociate I HA County Supervisor. vo ted to business sessions and to! ... . _ _
make its own rules and regulations The new arrangement is the result t, a i ks by representatives of the REA Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 26 Rabies,
and to choose its own members.” : of the merger last November of the f rom Washington. He said speakers 1 A 5? a *f„ < ^ eorgians a PP r0Xlrnat:e '
Farm Security Adminitration and wdi b e sent here from the enginere- ly $1,000,000 a year and untold hu-
Herznan Issues Statement. I the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan j n g finance, management and ap- ma tt can be co ™P lete Jy
Agency ot the farm Credit Admin- plication and loans departments of cordro ed in two years, with pub-
Herman Talmadge in signing the isiration the new agency, set up by Uie nat i on al agency. ! lic co-operation and the aid of local
white primary bill Feb. 20 issued action of the 79th Congress makes a banquet on the night of March, ar ! d federal wildlne agencies,
the following prepared statement: possible the handling of crop iq w jn b e the entertainment high-' . rbls ia ! tbe °P mian L. E.
“I have today signed the white loans, and various types of su- light of the two-day conference. -Aarr, rabies contiol officer ol the
nrimarv bill This legislation was, pervised credit formerly furnished, ; State Health department, who esti-
ymiiaijr • , , . ,.xu i rhrmroh tho 1?<5a in tho nno mnn. I _ mates, however, that it may take
10 to 15 years for the public to be-
j come conscious of the economic los-
jses and the danger and inconveni
ence of this disease.
Health authorities of Jasper
the number one plank in my fath- : through the FSA, in the one coun--. , . u .... .
er’s platform before the people of ty office. The types of supervised ^lYlCCS At MCtllOClISt
Georgia last summer. One hundred j credit included production loans of
and five counties, by their vote, one to five years for the purchase tygxf 5||llddV
approved this legislation. It was of workstock, livestock, machinery,
adopted unanimously by the farm and home equipment, and
Democratic convention in Macon other operating needs; farm own-
There will be regular worship county, faced with a serious epi-
last "October as the number one ership loans for the purchase of services at the Butler Methodist demic of rabies, Saturday had
plank in the party platform. It was family-type farm homes amortized Church Sunday at 11 a. m. and warned citizens that all dogs
nnnrnved bv the house of repre- over a possible 40 year period. They 7:30 p. m., conducted by the pas-1 found roaming beginning Monday
and for the next 90 days will be
approved by the house of repre
sentatives and the senate by more; are available only to borrowers tor, Rev. J. W. M. Stipe.
than two to one vote. I am happy, who cannot obtain credit upon j Church School at 10 a. m. shot on sight,
that this legislation has now be- reasonable terms from other sourc- : W. G. Wallace, general superin-j From 1907, whe the health board
come law as I considered it a man- es. tendent. I began keeping records of human
date by the people of Georgia | Special attention is givn to loans Methodist Youth Fellowship at vaccinations, through 1945, over 75,-
“The restoration of the white pri- for eligible veterans, it was an- ■ 6:45 p. m., Mrs. Jim Gibson, Mr. 000 Georgians received an average
I and Mrs. Frank Riley Ault Coun- 0 f 21 injections each at an estima-
j cellors. ' ted cost of $2, an injection.
Have you been separated from! Although no accurate records
one near and dear to you? Did have been kept on livestock losses,
, you not long for their fellow- Dr. Starr estimates that rabies cost
iship Then, have you ever felt a cattle and heg raisers more than
hungering for communion with $500,000 in 1946 alone.
v
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mary is no indication of any un- ^ nounced.
friendly attitude toward our Ne-1
gro population. The Negro people HOUSE PASSES BILL
should have the same protection requirjng REGISTRATION
under the law accorded white peo- _ VOTERS BY AUG. 1
pie. They should have good schools ;
but the opportunity to work. The!
protection of the health laws, the | Atlanta, Feb. 25—The Georgia ; your Heavenly Father? God made; In 1945, the State Legislature
right to earn a living and to edu- ! House of Representatives Monday us with kindred spirits like unto passed a bill requiring dogs to
cate their children. Negroes who passed, 131 to 24, a bill junking His own. We believe He desires be vaccinated each year. Dr.
are qualified to vote will be per- j the state’s present record list of j our fellowship, and we are sure we Starr estimates that more than 300,-
k fitted to vote but not in our more than 1,000,000 voters and re- j NEED His. In His church at the 000 dogs chief spreaders of rabies
white primary. This attitude is not; quiring verybody to register again appointed time with our friends is to human beings, are vaccinated
at all inconsistent with our de-, by Aug. 1. j a good way to have this Sacred yearly.
mands that the Democratic party; Rep. George L. Smith II, of Communion with Him. | Contrary to popular opinion,
rabies is more prevelant in the
Reynolds Locker Plant
Makes More Improvements
In Meat Curing Department
The Reynolds Cold Storage and
Locker Plant makes additional im
provements with the installation of
Sterilarnps in their meat curing de
partment.
Sterilamps are a product of West-
inghouse Electric and manufactur
ing company. They are used by a
large number of the leading meat
packing companies.
Sterilamps conditioning is the
control of prevention of mold and
slime by proper application of ul
traviolet radiations from sterilamps
for the killing of micro-organisms,
as they float in the air or lodge
on surfaces. It is, therefore a meth
od of sanitizing or purifying air
and other materials which come
within the range of the ultraviolet
radiations.
The public is invited to visit the
Reynolds Locker Plant and Inspect
this and other improvements they
are making.
INCOME TAX
FILING 'MUST*
BY MARCH 15
Members and Friends
Invited To Attend
I ‘ ' ' '
Services at Midway
i ' •
Church conference Sunday at 11
o’clock a. m. All member? are urged
to attend. Sunday School Sunday
morning at 10:30. Let us all be in
our place for this study. Preaching
at 11:30 a. m. by the pastor.
John the fourth chapter. Our text
is the 32nd verse. This text says
“I Have Meat”. Everybody is talk
ing about the meat shortage. Are
you going to have a shortage this
year? Hear this message. Bring a
friend with you. It is a most timely
message for all our people,
j Am asking all of the Sunday
school teachers and officials and the
deacons both Midway and Antioch
to be present Sunday to have a
i joint meeting immediately after the
' preaching hour to discuss oqr S S-
enlargement program from March
10th through the 14th.
Preaching at Horeb Church Sun
day afternoon at 3 oclock’. All mem
j bers and friends of that church are
; urged to worship with us. Pray for
the pastor in all of his work Sun
day
J. H. Stanford
of Georgia be allowed to make its Emanuel county, who guided the
own rules and regulations and to measure through the House, told
choose its own membership.
“The white primary bill does not
disfranchise Negroes, nor does it
reporters:
“We got what we wanted.”
He said the bill as finally
FOR SALE
I late winter and spring than in the
'summer or so-called “dog days,”
STRINGFIELD PLACE—Lot No. 67 according to Dr Starr,
one half mile N. E. of Butler. 2021 The antirabies vaccine is
ontain any prohibition against passed—a much-amended version ■ 1/2 acres. Farm and timber land
them Darticipating in general elec- of the original—is “a good bill” on Fickling Mill Road.
** * j i.ui« ln/vio hnnniico nnmprniic mpmhprs hart a I MrS. M. K. TumCr.
them participating m ~ . i
tions The necessary for this legis- because numerous members had a
lation was brought about by a de-1 hand in perfecting the final prod-
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3610 14th Ave.
Columbus, Ga.
ported to be effective in more than
99 per cent of all cases. The Geor
gia Health deparment listed four
deaths in 1945 and three in 1946
from rabies.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 24—No
matter fhat Congress does about
reducing this year’s income tax,
returns on last year’s income must
be filed by March 15.
Persons whose income in 1946
was $500 or more—$9.62 a week
or higher—must file a return with
the Collector of Internal Revenue.
This includes children. For examp
le, a 16-year-old boy or girl living
with parents and get^ng $500 in
wages or other income has to filt
a return.
The law, however, exempts most
members of the armed forces from
paying income tax and filing re
turns for 1946. Men and women in
the rank of commissioned officers
need not pay tax on active service
pay or file a return reporting that
pay. They must make a return,
however, if they receive $500 or
more income from other sources.
Sugar Quota Hiked
17 Pounds Per Person
Washington, Feb. 21—Americans
will get .about 17 pounds of sugar
per capita more this year than last
under international allocations an
nounced Friday.
The International Emergency
Food council, charged with divid
ing the world’s supplies of scarce
foods, allotted the United States
enough sugar to provide 90 pounds
of refined sugar per capita. Last
year’s supply was 73 pounds and
pre-war consumption averaged 96
pounds.
FOR SALE
Recleaned Kobe Lespedeza and cro-
talania seed;
Roy Jones
Reynolds, Ga.