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J»AGE SIX
The butler herald, butler, Georgia, july 17, 1947.
Seven Convicts
Death Victims at
Glynn Prison Camp
Brunswick, Ga., July 11—Five Ne
gro convicts were shot to death
with shotguns and rifles and eight
others wounded, two critically, Fri
day when they made an attempt to
scale a 12-foot wire fence enclosing
their prison camp near Brunswick.
A Negro convict told a coroner’s
jury that Warden W. G. Worthy
opened fire with a pistol and
yelled to guards ‘‘let ’em have it”
as 27 prisoners raced for a high
wire fence in an attempt to escape.
Another convict testified the
warden was “half drunk” and
•‘wanted to kill me.”
Five convicts in the all-Negro
state highway road camp near
Brunswick died instantly in the
blast of pistol and shotgun fire.
Two others died later in a hospital.
Six were wounded.
Warden Worthy and County
Chief of Police Russell B. Hender
son both denied the warden had
been drinking and Worthy testi
fied:
“I did not say ‘let ’em have it.’
When they ran (the guards)
Knew to let ’em have it. Those|are
my orders.”
The investigation, conducted at
the prison camp by 80-year-old
Coroner J. D. Baldwin and attend
ed by five Negro members of the
local chapter of the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People, adjourned without
a verdict.
Baldwin said it would be with
held until after the Glynn Superior
Court grand jury meets to investi
gate the shooting.
While H. Bell, described by War
den Worthy as the ringleader of
the massed break, testified the
warden asked him to step away
from the group of convicts lined
up in the prison yard.
He said he refused “Because I
knew he wanted to kill me." Bell
also said Warden Worthy was
“half drunk ”
The warden said he shot Bell in
the leg when the convict charged
him and tried to take his pistol.
Charles Veal, an Atlanta convict
also said the warden was drinking
and declared he heard the warden
say to Willie Bell.
“Come out Peewee, I want to kill
you.”
Howard Adams, an Atlanta‘con
vict, told the jury the warden be
gan shooting with his pistol, and
yelled to the other guards “Let
’em have it.”
U. S. Court Rules
White Primary Law in
S. C. Is Illegal
Charleston, S. C., July 12—South
Carolina Democrats must admit Ne
gro voters to their hitherto all-
white prmiary elections, U. S. Dis
trict Judge J. Waites Waring ruled
Saturday.
His ruling granted the appeal of
Geo. Elmore, Columbia Negro, for a
judgment ordering to party to stop
barring Negroes from primaries.
[ Thus the so-called white primary
—hot political issue in the South
in recent years—is apparently again
headed f or the U. S. Supreme
Court. The high tribunal already
has thrown out such primaries in
Georgia and Texas.
Judge Waring flatly overruled
the party’s contention that since
it has no legal status, that it is a
private club, its membership can
be restricted to white people only.
The party was converted to aclub
by the legislature in a sweeping
erasure of all primary laws from
state books.
! “Racial distinction cannot be al
lowed to exist in the machinery
which selects the law-makers and
, the officers of the United States,”
the ruling said. Federal repressen-
tatives and senators are selected
in the primary.
“I am of the opinion,” Judge
Waring said, "that the present
Democratic party is acting for and
on behalf of the people of South
Carolina and the primary is the
only practical place where one can
express a choice.”
The Georgia legislature last
January adopted a “White Pri
mary” Act like South Carolina’s,
but Gov. Thompson vetoed it.Last
year about 100,000 Negroes voted
in the Georgia primary, for the
first time, under the federal court
decision. The late Eugene Tal-
madge won the governorship main
ly on the issue that Negroes should
not vote with white people.
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Harris and Peterson Predict
Reversal of Decision.
Roy Harris who is Herman Tal-
madge’s chief adviser, predicted
that the decision would be revers
ed.
“My opinion is based on Judge
Sam Sibley’s opinion in the Primus
King case from Georgia,” the for
mer speaker of the Georgia House
of representatives said.
James Peters of Manchester, who
is head of the state Democratic
committee set up under the late
Eugene Talmatige, echoed Mr. Har
ris’ belief and said that the White
Primary bill had been written ex
actly by the terms of the Primus
King opinion.
Speaker of the House Fred Hand
of Pelham, declared that, if the
South Carolina opinion should he
upheld by the Appellate courts,
Georgia would have to have legis
lation raising the educational
qualifications for voters.
Hove by Rep. Cox
Will Give Fmney
Hospital Chance
Washington, July 13—Though
President Truman has declined to
intervene in the Vets Administra
tion plans to close Finney Hospital
at Thomasville, the site has a
chance to be held open.
■ The Senate Appropriations Com
mittee, in reporting out the Inde
pendent Officers Appropriations
Bill, upheld the clause written in
the bill by the House, directing the
withholding of funds for a perma
nent 'Veterans’ hospital at Talla
hassee, Fla., until the House Ap
propriations Committee has made
an investigation and approves the
hopital.
Rep. E. E. Cox, of the Second
Georgia District, put forward this
amendment to force further con
sideration of the Finney Hospital
as a permanent installation. It was
approved after he berated the VA
for closing a 1,700-bed hospital and
building a 250-bed hospital not
more than 40 miles away, in an
other state.
The Independent Offices Sub
committee of the House Appropria
tions Committee has a report of
an investigator who recently spent
a week in Thomasville surveying
the hospital to determine its value
as a permanent site.
The report still is being with
held by the Subcommittee chair
man, Rep. Richard Wigglesworth,
(R.-Mass.) but it is understood by
some Georgians that a report is
favorable to Finney.
Thomasville sources reported to
Washington that the investigator
appeared “friendly” throughout his
visit.
Book of Poems
By 0. J. Heffner
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The poet treats the ups and
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| The range of subjects is wide
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The collection includes a few
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of the recent war.
This book is 6x9-inches and
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while the supply lasts I will send
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of its kind brought back to this
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for the Book of Poems.
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HENRY C. PARKS,
% J. W. Sawyer,
Butler, Ga., Route 1.
SNAKE BITE. STING, TWO
FLATS HIT HARDLUCKER
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
The Citizens State Bank
Of Butler in the State of Georgia
At the Close of Business on June 30, 1947
ASSETS
Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve
balances,, and cash items in process of col-
lection - - $396,832.25
U. S. Government obligations, direct & guaranteed 711,233.96
Obligations of States and political subdivisions 27,980.55
Loans and discounts - — 120,981.50
Furniture and fixtures — — •
Real estate owned other than bank premises 1-00
Other assets 8,077.57
$1,265,607.83
TOTAL ASSETS - - - -
L I A B I L I TI E S
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and *
corporations $1,126,590.77
Deposits of States and political subdivisions 82,055.58
Other deposits (certified & officers’ checks, etc.) .... 331.19
TOTAL DEPOSITS - $1,208,977.54
TOTAL LIABILITIES (not including subordi
nated obligations shown below) $1,208,977.54
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital* — -
Surplus
Undivided profits
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Moultrie, Ga., July 15—Speaking
of troubles—Don Nathan, Colquitt
county farmer, was bitten on the
hand by a green snake while he
was clipping melons for the mar
ket. Enroute home to get an an
tiseptic to apply to the wound, Na
than was stung by a bumble bee,
he said. He then headed for Moul
trie to get professional medical at
tention. On the way he had two
punctures with no shade in
| sight. “I am a man who has
working knowledge of hard . luck”
I Nathan said.
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
15.000. 00
30.000. 00
11.630.29
56.630.29
TOTAL LIABILITIES & CAPITAL ACCTS. $1,265,607.83
*This bank’s capital consists of:
Common stock with total par value of $15,000.00
MEMORANDA
Assets pledged or assigned to secure liabilities
and for other purposes
25,000.00
I, L. R. Adams, Cashier, of the above-named bank, do
solemnly affirm that the above statement is true, and that it
fully and correctly represents the true state of the several mat
ters herein contained and set forth, to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
L. R. ADAMS.
Correct—Attest:
J. W. EDWARDS,
J. T. COCHRAN.
Directors.
State of Georgia, County of Taylor, ss:
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of July,
1947, and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director
of this bank.
My commission expires Feb. 8, 1950
O. E. COX, Notary Public.
DAMAGE IN MONTGOMERY
FJRE ESTIMATED AT >250.000
Montgomery, Ala-, July 13—A fire
in downtown Montgomery late
Sunday,* resulted in damages esti
mated to reach at least $250,000,
was brought under control approxi
mately two hours after the blaze
was discovered.
JILTED NEGRESS LEADS
OFFICERS TO MURDERER
Moultrie, July 12—R. J. Kearson,
Negro, made a mistake when he
“changed girl friends”
As a result he has been arrest
ed on a charge of murder in con
nection with the killing of a Negro
in Camilla 13 years ago, Deputy
Sheriff Grover Jones said. The jilt
ed woman told where the man, for
whom a warrant had so long been
outstanding, could be found.
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