The Butler herald. (Butler, Ga.) 1875-1962, January 08, 1948, Image 1
The Butler Herald
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 72.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1948.
NUMBER 13.
Presentments Of
The Taylor County
Grand Jury
Jury Recommends Repairs on
Jail As Well As on Other
County Property.
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
We, the Grand Jury, sworn and
empaneled for the January term
1948, of Taylor Superior Court
make the folowing Presentments:
We desire to express our appre
ciation to Honorable T. Hicks Fort
tor his timely and appropriate
charge to the Grand Jury. We also
wish to thank our Solicitor Gen
eral, Ed Wohlwender J., for the
valuable assistance rendered us in
all our deliberations. We also wish
to express our thanks for the serv
ices rendered by our bailiff, Mr.
Homer Cox.
The committee appointed by the
Grand Jury at the January term,
1948 to investigate the conditions
at the convict camp, the jail, and
the court house make the follow
ing report: The convict camp was
found to be in a clean and sanitary
condition in every department and
that Mr. Wright is to be commend
ed for keeping it in such manner.
The jail, however, is badly in need
of repairs as some of the window
sashes have rotted and the steps
are unsafe due to decay. It also
should be painted throug hout on
the interior. The first floor of the
court house is in comparatively
good condition but it is recom
mended to the commissioners that
the ceiling of the court room and
other upstairs offices be repaired
and repainted. It is noted however
that new blinds have been in
stalled in the courtroom. Attention
is especially called in that recom
mendations for the above noted
repairs and improvements have
been made repeatedly by other
previous Grand Juries but to no
avail. It is hoped that this work
will be done at once.
The committee appointed to in
spect the books and receipts of the
various county offices reported that
as far as they could ascertain all
were kept in a neat and orderly
manner.
The following were appointed as
Ex-officio Justice of the Peace for
their respective districts: W. G.
Hill, R. M. Jinks, Julian Cooper,
Gann Nelson and J. W. O’Neal.
As a result of a vacancy on the
County Board of Education of the
place formerly held by Mr. H. K.
Sealy the present Grand Jury does
appoint Mr. G. L. Cooper of the
Reynolds District for a term of five
years.
A report and statement from Mr.
E. H. Dunn, County School Super
intendent, indicated efficient man
agement of that office and the
present jury thanks him for this
fine report.
As a public service to our local
citizens and especially farmers the
present Grand Jury recommends
and finds it advisable that the
county commissioners install or
make available if already in
stalled treating facilities for creo-
soting timbers: and posts and at a
ice closely approximating the cost
of operation.
It is also recommended that our
stock law be enforced in the entire
County, especially in the Carson-
ville and Daviston districts. We
understand that in some counties
the county pays the sheriff mile
age for patrolling and enforcing
this law. Every year hundreds of
dollars worth of livestock are
hilled on public roads and are en
dangering human lives. Less small
grain and legumes arc sown in
( arsonville and Daviston districts
than any other district in the coun-
y due to livestock running out and
damaging same.
We, the Grand Jurors, for the
January term, 1948, Taylor Su-
perior court, recommend that these
‘resentments be published in The
utler Herald and the sum of
be appropriated for same
this 5th day of January, 1948.
J. H. NEISLER, Foreman.
B. W. HINTON, Jr. Clerk.
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
T| 'e Grand Jury having so rec-
Tmended, it is hereby ordered
at the foregoing General Present
? ents be published - in The Butler
.*d and the sum of $15.00 be
a ' f l f °r said publication.
ds 5th day of January, 1948-
T - HICKS FORT, Judge S.C.C.C.
PEANUT RESTRICTIONS
FOR 1948 HAVE BEEN
SUSPENDED BY GOVMT.
Price of Peanut# Will be Protected
By Agricultural Department As
During Post Few Years.
Stiff Battle Is
Seen Between
January Term
Superior Court
Pres, and Congress 'Adjourns Wednesday
Cut in Taxes, Foreign Aid and
High Cost of Living Will Be
Top Issues.
Washington, Jan. 4—Battle lines
Washington, Jan. 3—Secretary of
Agriculture Anderson announced
today there will be no marketing oUed Congress on three tower-
quotas on the 1948 crop of peanuts. . . 11M „ “ H wh ^h fortunes
All Civil Criminal Cases Are
Disposed of During Three
Days of Court.
The January term of Taylor
were drawn today between Presi- County Superior Court adjourned
dent Truman and the Republican
He said he was suspending the
quotas because of the world short
age of foods, fats and oils.
The action means farmers are
free to plant and market without
ing issues around which fortunes
of the major political parties could
Wednesday evening after being in
session for only three days.
Judge T. Hicks Fort of Colum
bus presided over the session. So-
flourish or fade in this presidential, licitor General Ed Wohlwender Jr.
election year. | and Court Reporter R. O. Perkins
Streaming back into Washington i were also present and assisted in
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penalty all the peanuts they want for the reconvening of the Eight-j their respective official capacities.
' ieth Congress on Tuesday, Republi- Quite a number of out-of-town
cans and Democrat^ began liningj attorneys as well as local attorneys
up immediately on: I were present to represent their re-
1. Tax cutting—maybe to the | s P pptivp clients,
extent of $5,600,000,000. j Monday and Tuesday was de-
„ „ ., , .. ,, '.voted to hearing civil cases while
2. Foreign aid, under the Mar- the criminal docRet wag not taRen
to.
Under marketing quotas, produc
tion in 1948 would have been lim
ited to approximately 2,359,000
acres, compared with about 3,378,-
000 acres harvested for nuts in
1947.
Farm laws allow quotas to be
put into effect when farmers vote
up until Wednesday morning.
The Grand Jury of which Hon.
shall plan.
3. The high cost of living. Each
for them Each farmer is them party blaming the other for tbe J- H. Neisler was"foreman and Hon!
limited as to the amount ot pea ! SiZC of the Stocery bill, 'B. W Hinton Jr, was clerk, re
nuts he can market. The purpose is I Representative Knutson of Min-.mained in session only one day,
to avoid a surplus inesota, House Republican tax .however, during this time all mat-
Eai*lv in December Anderson ' manager, led the attack from the i ters brought before this group were
said quotas andAmentsfor t?.e|G- O. P. phalanx with a declara-, attended to. All county property
1948 crop probably would be sus-| tion that “instead of fitting tax re-1 was inspected and recommendation
pended, but ordered a referendum. duction to forei S n relief we should J° r , repairs made in several cases.
JOHN w. BARFIELD 77. p. B . Childs Named
Tax Commissioner
Until Special Election
WELL KNOWN SALESMAN
DIES AT COLUMBUS
Deceased Had Traveled Through
Butler Representing Columbus
Grocery Firm for Many Years.
Special Election I s Set for
Thursday, Jan. 29; Entries
Close January 16.
Mr. John W. Barfield, 77 years of
age, for many years a weekly
visitor to Butler as traveling sales
man for the Columbus Grocery Co. .Childs, last week ac«
of Columbus and held in highest ce Pi- e d the appointment as Tax
esteem by all who knew him, sue-1 Commissioner of Taylor County to
cumbed Monday to a long illness.. fDl the unexpired term of Mr. P. A.
He retired from business about two J en kins who resigned this position
years ago. ( Jan. 1.
His passing was the occasion of i Childs will hold office until
much sorrow to his many Butler '• a s P e cial election can be called by
friends. the ordinary and a successor
Funeral services were held Tues-, naI ^ ed 1° Hll the unexpired term
day afternoon with Rev. John L. j which ends Dec. 31, 1948.
Henderson, pastor of the Eastern | Ordinary J. R. Lunsford informs
Heights Baptist church in charge, ; The Herald that the special elec-
assisted by Rev. J. R. Webb, pas- tion ta fill the unexpired term of
tor of Wynnton Community Metho- T ax Commissioner will be held on
odist church. Burial at Riverdale i Thursday t January 29.
cemetery. Pallbearers were: L. W- I Persons wishing to run for the
McPherson Sterling Durley, Edgar | unexpired term must qualify with
Stephens, ’w. R. Luttrell, George j the Ordinary on or before Jan. 16.
Ryan, Dan Wolfson, Glen Fortson, 1 The successful candidate will
H. H. Hunter, R. O. Perkins and take office as Tax Commissioner on
Peanut producers voted for quotas
fit such relief into tax reduction— Books of all county officials were
for the next three years This still and this wil1 P r °bably be done.” carefully examined and reported to
leaves'quota machinery available! He announced the House ways; be in excellent shape,
for 1949 and 1950 should conditions and
make it advisable to impose quotas
for those years.
committee will be I
Services Next Sunday
At Mauk and Howard
Methodist Churches
called immediately to act upon his
$5,600,000,000 tax-slashing measure,
which he calls "veto proof." Speak- j
er Martin (Rep. Mass.), without i
mentioning its size, already has an- j
nounced a tax cut will be at the j
top of the House calendar and will j
Pastor Urges Good
Attendance at Mt. Pisgah
Church Next Sunday
Dr. J. B. Tingle.
Mr. Barfield, who lived in Co- !
lumbus most of his life, was born
in Taylor, county, Feb. 25, 1870, son 1
of Pickney and Eliza Catherine D. :
Barfield. He was a member of the
Baptist church, Columbia Lodge No
7, Masons: St, Aldemar eomman- i
dery, Knights Templar, and the |
Yaarab temple, Mystic Shrine, At- !
lanta.
February 1, term to end Dee. 31.
Charlie J. Wright
Announces Candidacy
For Taylor Co. Sheriff
Elsewhere in this issue of The
Herald is the announcement of
c . . . . Charles J. Wright as a candidate
Surviving are his wife Mrs. Julia for Sher { ff o£ Taylor County in the
R. Barfield; two daughters, Mrs. - .. • . . .
Henry Patterson and Mrs J C forthcomln S pnmary, subject to
L Patterson and Mrs. J. c. 1h rules and regulations of the
Wright, Columbus; two sons, W. M. r , . r, .. „ .. „
JLij i u j T County Democratic Executive Com-
Barfield, Columbus, and J. W. Bar- mi ,, „
field, Albany; three sisters, Miss
mittee,
Mr. Wright is
Lucy Barfield, Columbus, Mrs. W ' c , • ' n B ... . . .. , *
E. Grady, Jacksonville, Fla., and Susk. Cooper Wright and the late
Mrs. C. . Barbour, Washington; Mr ' Charl “ T ' W' 1 * 11 '- ‘, or acven
and two grandchildren, Mrs. Pa- Pll . w e „„— *
*“• * iry - N -
and E. W. Barfield, Columbus.
Start the New Year off right by
be voted by that body before Jan-1 attending our Sunday School at
uary ends. j 10:30 a. m. Sunday. You will en-
“All talk of holding up consid- i j Q y £b e study of God’s Word, once
, , , deration (of tax reduction) until a i vou interested
lf) M a aU m ^Sunday ^chno^ 1 S lforeign relicf P r °g ram is disposed. Preaching at 11:30 a. m. by the
Mrs R M J n superintendent 1 ^ iS baS£?d ° n WiShfUl thinking ’” P^tor. Read the 41st chapter of
Airs. k. tvi. Jinks, superintendent. ■ Knutson told a reporter. Isaiah It is a oreat ehanter Our
Howard Church: Sunday School at T . p rf ,<- if1 p nt w jn nresent his ! -n u S ^ , grGat chapter. Our
10-30 a m H A <tealv sunerin I lhe Presldent wlH present his text will be taken from it. The
tendent Worshin servfces ID5n a’ ' program to Congress in three sep- message will be a New Year’s
m and 7 D m 11-30 ! arat e messages, while Republican mes^ge. You need the message to
in making' plans and starting out | “ 3 draf ‘ a ; help you meet you’ p’obtemsin .
into a Year with our business ^.“an will deliver his 1 ^ureh^i^u 6 S ° me “H" '° DaU dI" BaiHeSVlIle
sL^fartorv enTwe a ”ee“To° take StatC the Unl ° n “ se Preaching at 7 p. m. by the pas- •
God into ‘account trusting in Wednesda Y. He will follow this on tor. You will enjoy this hour of! News the passing of Mrs
all tha fa. v,’„i j ^Friday with an economic message song and praise. Lynne Dennard Saunders, 81 years Wright accepted
the son of Mrs.
Dr. Fred Saunders'
Mother Dies at Home of
ail the way for help and guidance. and on
Try and imagine what kind of
school, community or church we
would have if every person in
them were just like ourselves. We
January 12 with an ex
pected peacetime record budget—
probably running close to $40,000,-
000,000.
a,,™ . . . ,, i The President is expected to rec-
once knew of a man who said, 1 1 .
iimiii^nif - x at , - ommend:
Mr. Wright served as Deputy
•Warden of the local Public Works
I camp for two years in 1941 and
jl942. He enlisted in the U. S.
'Army in December 1942 and spent
21 months in the Pacific theater.
• He was given an honorable dis-
i charge from the armed service in
'January 1946.
J Soon after his discharge from the
armed service of his country Mr.
a position with
wouldn’t live in a town that didn’t
have a church and
1. Swift approval of the Mar-
coming around occasionally," and ° p a ° posal * or a f our 'y ear GEORGIA Taylor County
yet that could not have been pos- fnr ^ ! WHEREAS, P. A. Jenkins,
sible if no one bore more of the
responsibility than he did to have i
these benefits. Yes, spiritual values 1
ery program for 16 non-Communist
European nations.
uiese nenents. res, spiritual values ' turned down by the 1947 e ‘ xtra ses . fective January 1, 1948, after hav
o elp in material and physical . f ing been elected and commissionec
The public is cordially invited i a g e > mother of Dr. J. Fred Saun- g 0 jj Conservation service and
to worship with us in all our scrv- |ders Jr., of Butlei. brought sorrow sp0nt two months surveying ter-
to many hearts when received here races on farms in Taylor county.
a ur ay ' ' .. . , Later he accepted employment
Death came to Mrs. Saunders at with the Ivey construction Com-
the home of her daugnter, Mrs. pany and served as superintendent
Tom S Murphey, at Barnesville, of a highway construction project
followed by funeral and interment a t Athens and at Richland
Sunday attended by a number of Following the death of his father
local citizens. on Sppt 21> 194? Mr Wright re-
A native of Wi kerson counay, turned to TayJor count and ac .
Mrs. Saunders was the daughter of cep ted the position of County
E. Dennard and Warden.
ices. Pray for the pastor.
J. H. STANFORD, Pastor.
Notice of Special Election
Commissioner of said
Tax
County, re-
2. Quick action on his proposals s '£ ned on December 31, 1947, ef-
commissioned
for a term of four years ending
ways, concerning our lives and af- , ,. . ^ ... r a ,,. rm nr TniI1
fairs; let’s seek to improve them! wage and rationing powers to sup- iD ' C e m be r 311948
J. W M. Stipe, Pastor Dl eme nt the GOP “voluntarv ac- I secernoer cU, iy4S.
2 Die In Chair For
Slaying at Americus
plement the GOP “voluntary ac
tion” anti-inflation act that he has
(Continued to Page 8; No. 1)
Reidsville, Jan. 2—LeRoy Scrutch-
ens and Joe Porter, Negroes, died in
the electric chair at the State Pris
on at Reidsville Friday for the I
murder in Americus last Haliowe-! Macon,
en of Perry Cannon, an aged night, Cheatham
watchman.
In a death chamber statement,
Scrutchens said he was involved in
the slaying and askocj forgiveness.
Porter, in a final statement, said
Disabled Veterans Are
Advised to File Claims for
Disabilities Immediately
the Jate James
Elizabeth F. Dennard. She was
married 66 years ago to Dr. J. W-
Saunders, at that time a prominent
NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. R. [ physician. Dr. and Mrs. Saunders
Lunsford, Ordinary of Taylor Coun-[made their home in Macon for a
ty, Georgia, by virtue of the au- ( number of years. Mrs. Saunders » , , _
thority vested in me by law, do was a member of the First Baptist AOrCCfl TO DV PrCSiUOflt
in tn Kn nhiirnh of Do I ^ ^
Reduction of $17 Billion
From Long-Term Relief
hereby call a special election to be
held in said County on the 29th
day of January, 1948, to fill the of
fice of Tax Commissioner of said
County for the unexpired term of
said P. A. Jenkins, to-wit: For the
term ending on December 31, 1948.
The hours of keeping open the of Wilmington, Del., and
election polls shall be from 7:00 a.
m. to 6:00 p. m.
All candidates shall file written
Dec. 31—C. Arthur
Director of | Georgia’s
Department of Veterans Service’ is
sued a warning Wednesday to
veterans with service-connected no,1CP their candidacy with the
disabilities to file a claim for the Ordinary of Taylor County by 5:00
disability, immediately—even if P- m .' on J anuar y 16, 1948.
' Said Special Election will be
held in accordance with the pro
visions of all laws of the State of
Georgia applicable to elections.
This 3rd day of January, 1948.
of
offices
he was present when Cannon was ; me dical treatment for it is not re
slain, but took no part in it. He quired at the present time Claims
said he asked Scrutchens not to may be filed, he said, at' any
kill Cannon. (£be g 7 veterans service
The two Negroes were convicted throughout the state,
in Sumter Superior court by a jury j Establishment of service-connec-
which deliberated only xSix minutes 1ion for disabilities will be required
In unsworn statements, permitted b y the veterans administration, he L
by Georgia law, each man at the said, after January 1 before any MOfChdlltS tO Cl0S6 fflT
ihe i outpatient medical or dental care 1
church of Barnesville.
Survivors are her husband: her 1 u- . "7 Z ^ ^
daughter Mrs c Washington, Jan. 5—The Truman
Murphey! with whom she and Dr. sft'ooOOOO 000* 2!
Dr U F d red .Sunders"Jr Tltatle?""a re “''ery pro B ram°"which
sLr„, s SptT i& :ZoT slae ' “ doptln * at
SJS3EX? Sa a L d u„ a de g r^! th “" S|„ ber f o'
Wilmington. i ttie senate foreign relations com-
Georgia Alabama Council
Of Boy Scouts to Meet
At Columbus Tonight
The annual meeting of
j mittee told a news conference the
j administration had accepted his
suggestion that Congress be asked
instead to vote necessary funds
each year without setting an over
all target.
| The far-reaching foreign aid
question shares the congressional
spotlight with cost-of-living curbs
the and tax reduction proposals—all
J, T R ' LUNSFORD, i□dinarj', executive board of the Georgia- 1 affected to some extent by" politi-
Taylor County, Goor^ia. a 1 oKomo /»;i . c*— c 1 .• .i - .. ^ ^
trial blamed the slaying
other.
is provided, or before admission to Thl|rSddV Hdlf-HolidcIV
any civilian hospital at VA expense T " 1,0,1 ,,W,,Ua J
i is approved.
j Immediate treatment! of
Regular Scout Meeting
For Local Troop to be
Held Friday Evening
veterans on an emergency basis.
The regular meeting of the local i “Veterans will do well to estab-
Troop No. 33 of the Boy Scouts of J' s h service-connected disabilities
America will be held in the Sun- jn advance,” Cheatham declared,
day School assembly room of the “This will eliminate undue delay
local Methodist church Friday at j should medical treatment eventu-
6 p. m. all y be required.”
All boys of Scout age are in- The veterans service office in the
vited to attend. courthouse is opened daily for the
Scoutmasters: convenience of all veterans and
Rev. J. W. M. Stipe, their dependents. This office Iwitl
Prof. W. H. Elliston. be glad to give assistance.
We, the undersigned, do hereby
Alabama Council, Boy Scouts of cal considerations growing out of
America will be held at the Mus- the approaching presidential elec-
cogee county court house in Co- tion campaign,
lumbus Thursday—tonight—at 8j Rep. Knutson of Minnesota told
o’clock p. m. newsmen his $5,600,000,000 income
Mr. W. A. Dobson, regional tax cutting bill would be presented
executive for region six which in- to the house soon on a “this or
eludes 4 southeastern states with nothing” basis—with
I gencies will be authorized, he said, a £ rpe to close our stores each j headquarters in Atlanta, will be barred—and he
j only at Veterans Administration Thursday noon beginning January
| hospitals which will also treat non- 8 - 1948 - Please do not sign unless
I service - connected disabilities of I y° u inten d to clo^e.
CHAS L. SNIDER, Jr.,
JOINER BROTHERS
L. M. DOYEL,
MURRAY WALKER,
E. L. WILSON,
SUWANNEE STORE
C. C. HOBBS,
MRS. BERTHA BAZEMORE
COOLIK’S,
MAXWELL’S 5 & 10 STORE
THE CROSS SHOP,
W. H. TRUSSELL
amendments
, , . predicted passage
speaker and will use the subject { of the measure “as is.”
“Scouting and Tomorrow”. | Knutson, chairman of the tax-
Maj. Gen. John W. O’Daniel, a framing ways and means commit-
member of the executive board,, tee, said approval of this bill
will commend the Eagle Scouts,'would be the first major action of
who will be guests of honor. |the reconvened 80th Congress. The
Reports from the operating com-! bill would remove some 6,000,000
m htee of the council will be made. l° w income and elderly persons
board
members of the executive
district committees, scout-
from the tax rolls.
Election prospects also weighed
masters, troop committees, cub-j on other questions before Congress
masters, pack committees and den —military preparedness, the hous-
mothers are expected to attend- ing shortage, rent control, health
Heads of sponsoring institutions insurance among the more import-
are especially invited. ant.