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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER. 6EORGIA, MAY 26, 1949.
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ix Desperate Men
scaped Friday from
iilledgeville Camp
Atlanta.—All law enforcement
Jithorities in Georgia ancl sur-
lunding states were alerted to be
the lookout for six armed and
angerous convicts who Friday
hot their way out of a s'ate pris-
farm at Milledgeville.
I One guard was shot and wound-
in the break. Four ether guards
■ere trussed up, their automatic
lotguns and revolvers taken by
[ e desperadoes, who fled from
L SC ene in a pickup truck.
[According to State Patrol heacl-
Larters in Atlanta the fugitives
}e heavily armed and “very dnn-
trous."
[The desperadoes were in a work
Voup of 43 at a farm operated for
ic State hospital for the insane,
he six jumped Clyde Berry, 35, a
bad foreman. He was disarmed
Ind shot in the back.
] pour guards who came to Berry’s
Id were disarmed and trussed up
he men took their weapons and
bed away in the truck,
j Berry was carried to the state
lospital, where his condition was
hid not serious.
Officials at the state hospital
:iid rumors of a planned break
lid been heard several years ago.
Inspected ringleaders were sent
lack to the state prison at Reids-
liile then.
Five of the six desperadoes, ac-
Drding to the state patrol, are in
1946 maroon-colored Chevrolet
edan which they stole from J. F.
JlcCluny, a Baptist minister. The
■xth, it w'as reported, is being
pursued on foot in the vicinity of
prison farm.
I Those believed to be in the
Men sedan were listed as:
I Henry C. Keller, 26, serving a
kven year burglary term from
|uiton county, following conviction
1946.
| Lamar McCormack, 32, seven
bars from Bibb county, charge un
stod.
I Albert Faunce, 34, serving 20
ears for auto theft from Chatham
purity.
Khudine Rainey, 25, serving 16
ears for stealing and cashing
unterfeit checks.
D. B. Thomas, 39, serving 15
ears for robbery. Thomas is
arged with three previous es-
pes.
The sixth man, on foot, was not
entified in the state patrol look-
t.
Atlanta headquaters of the the
ate Patrol described it as a
utiny.
Addition of 607 Names
To State Payroll Since
April of Last Year
Paintings of Former
Buena Vista Girl
Wins National Honor
BapHst Leaders of
World Plan June
Meeting at Mercer
Atlanta, May 21—A total of 607
more employes are on the state 1
payroll this quarter than during the ;
similar period of former Gov. M.E. j
Thompson’s administration last;
year.
As of April 1, the persons draw
ing monthly salary checks in the ■
21 state departments controlled
directly or indirectly by Gov. Her
man Talmadge totaled 8,368. That
number is 292 greater than the |
8,076 workers listed on Jan. 1,1948
and 607 above the 7,761 employes
on April 1, 1948. i
These figures were revealed to- |
day by a United Press check of
budgets for the current 3-month
period, the preceding quarter and
the fourth quarter of the 1947-48
fiscal year. The records were made
available by State Auditor B. E. I
Thrasher. j
The survey shows that in the
face of Talmadge’s claim of eco
nomy by firing “useless employes”
1,331 of the 8,368 present employes
have been hired since the chief
executive’s inauguration on Nov.
17, 1948 and 607 have jobs which
were not filled as of April 1, 1948.
The biggest increase as regis
tered in the personnel of the State
Highway department. There are
now 3,530 employes in this division
including 1,415 laborers. Of the
white collar workers, 579 have as
sumed jobs since beginning the
Talmadge administration.
Buena Vista, May 18—Two paint- 1
ings by a Buena Vista artist now
living in Buffalo, N. Y., were ex
hibited at the 54th exhibition sale
of the Buffalo Society of Artists at
the Hotel Statler in Buffalo re- I
cently. '
Chas. M. Goodroe, youngest son I
of Mr. Goodroe, of the Brantley
community, Marion county, also
was one of the prize winners at
the art exhibit. I
Mr. Goodroe’s paintings were
“Moonlight Serenade” and “Win- j
ter.” j
The Buffalo Evening News em- 1
phasized the honor to an artist for
his paintings to be selected and
exhibited in the show apd especial- !
ly to be judged amog the win
ners.
NO. 1
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state as a whole numbers but one
of these gallant soldiers now liv
ing.
Pardon Board Commutes
Oscar Moncrief's Sentence
Atlanta. — Oscar Moncrief, 57-
year-old former Thomas county-
deputy sheriff, has been freed from
a five to seven year prison sen
tence for embezzlement after serv
ing six months.
The State Pardon and Parole
Board commuted the sentence to
the time already served after in
dications that Moncrief was seri
ously ill.
Moncrief’s wife sought his re
lease on grounds of his health and
age. The application was supported
by Sol. Gen. J. B. Edwards and
Rev. T. F. Callaway, of the First
Baptist Church in Thomasville.
Superior Judge Lilly said he had
no objections.
i STANDING ON CHURCH Corner
at Reynolds watching the passing
throng whom should we see among
them? . . . None other than the
former Miss Hazel Rogers, daugh
ter of the late Dr. J. W. and Mrs.
Gussie Bell Rogers, two of Rey
nolds active citizens in all mat
ters that pertained to the progress
i and growth of their thriving little
city in their day . . . Hazel was as
always stylishly dressed, pretty and
youthful looking as when we last
met, and that was before acquiring
as husband a handsome retired
military officer, Col. Ernest Barker
of Macon, where the charming
couple reside, who accompanied
her.
AU REVOIR fdr this sitting.
Macon.—The 19th annual reliow-
ship-leadcrship week, sponsored by
the Georgia Baptist Convention,
will be held on the Mercer Uni
versity campus June 6 through 10.
Hundreds of Georgia Baptist
ministers and laymen are expected
to register on the opening Monday
afternoon, June 6, at the Willing
ham Chapel. The first session will
meet Monday evening in conjunc
tion with the University’s regular
graduation exercises.
Outstanding among this year’s
list of speakers will be Dr. G. A.
Buttrick, pastor of the Madison
Avenue Presbyterian Church, New
York City; Dr. K. S. Latourette.
Yale University; Wm. A. Mueller,
Southern Baptist Seminary, and Dr.
R. O. Feather, Southwestern Bap
tist Theological Seminary.
Dr. Buttrick has been pastor of
the Madison Avenue Presbyterian
church since 1927. He is a native of
England and was educated in that
country. He holds degrees from
Yale, Princeton and Columbia, and
is the author of several books.
GRADUATING EXERCISES
BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Atlanta Police Rule
Out Woman’s Story
In Garris Slaying
NO. 2
FROM PAGE
Atlanta, May 20—Atlanta police
loday ruled out completely the
story of a young woman who said
she saw Opera Singer John Garris
shot to death.
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1949
8:30 o’clock
PROGRAM
Presentation of Seventh Grade Certificates
Miss Georgia McGlamry
Processional
Invocational Prayer Rev. Arman Bazemore
Piano Solo “Nocturne” Herbert Ward
Dora Summerour
Salutatory Carolyn Jinks
Piano Duet....“Military Polonaise Joyeuse’’—Krentzlin
Shirley Dunn and Mary Jo Harvey
Chorus “The Sweetest Song of A11” Witmark
Class of 1949
Piano Solo....“Military Polonaise”—Frederic Chopin
Evans Locke
Valedictory Mary Nell Stewart
Introduction of Speaker E. H. Dunn, Principal
Address Hon. Eugene Cook, Attorney-General
Delivery of Diplomas E. H. Dunn
Farewell Song
Benediction Rev. J. W. M. Stipe
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N. L. HALLEY
REYNOLDS, GEORGIA
lards. It was also the opinion of
the church that playing cards for
amusement was wrong.
In 1856 a sister was excom
municated for lying. At a con-
! ference in the same year $10 was
sent for educational purposes and
I $12.75 for missions.
I During the War Between the
! States the meeting house at
Union was closed part of the
time.When the War ended the men
returned to their homes and be
gan to worship as usual, but soon
found that Yankees and carpet
baggers had put equality ideas in
to the heads of the colored people
who held membership at Union.
The first Saturday that the congre
gation met for services the Ne
groes came up to the front seat.
One of the members waved his
gold headed cane and ordered
them to the rear. They immediate
ly got in their places, but to avoid
further trouble the white member
ship moved to Reynolds, where a
group on account of inconvenience
for attendance and race conditions
had formed themselves into a
Church of Christ. These were Rich
ard Ingram, Bryant Ingram, Hen
ry Nowell, Mary Ingram, Sara In
gram, Martha Powell, Elizabeth
Nowell, and Annie Oliver. Union
Church was left to the Negroes.
“This, in brief, is the history of
your church. It is a church found
ed on righteous principles. It was
made up of members who held for
themselves strict moral standards.
You cannot read the record with
out knowing of their love for God
and for each other. May I repeat
what I said in the beginning?: We
are justified in our pride. We have
a great heritage. We must go for
ward for the glory of God!”
Pastors of the church and their
terms of service as best they could
be obtained from the records were
as follows:
Bell—1832-33
Bowden—1834-37
Bell—1838-40
Deavours—1840-44
Bell, Durham and
Wood—1844-45
Lockhart—1845-47
Powell—1848-54
Howell—1854-55
Powel 1—1856-57
Langley—1858-60
Wilburn—1861-70
Duncan—1870-71
Wilburn—1871-72
Ross—1872-73
Mitchell—1873-76
Achurst—1876-77
Ivey—1877-79
Blalock—1879-81
Searcy—1881-85
Tharp—1885-86
' Farmer—1886--88
Garner—1888-89
Durham—1889-91
Buck—1891-92
Weaver—1893-95
Farmer—1895-1900
Pendleton—1900-1902
Plemmons—1902-1903
Weaver—1903-1913
Smith—1913-1916
Fowler—1916-1919
Dumas 1919-1926
Haley—1927-1929
Ivey—1930-1937
Jelks—1937-40
Dunn—1940-43
Hoats 1944-(?)
Lt. M. M. Coppenger said as far
is he is concerned, “she will be
-eleased to Hall county authorities
as soon as they come after her.”
The woman was booked as Al
ma Johnson, alias Mary Smith.
However, authorities said Mrs.
1 Mary Simmons, of the Hall county
welfare department reported the
woman’s real name as Parrie Lee
Pierce. Mrs. Simmons said an ef
fort is under way to have the
woman returned to Gainesville on
a lunacy warrant.
Police recalled the woman pre
viously reported a huge dope ring
operating out of Gainesville. Fed
eral narcotics agents drew a blank
in their investigation of the story
police said.
A WELL-DEVELOPED PULLET LAYS
about 2 Doz. EXTRA FALL EGGS
In Puiir.a Fullet Growing Demonstrations, pullets fed
Purina Growena laid 21 MORE eggs apiece during the
early winter months — than pullets grown on a poor
growing ration. How does that sound to you? Would
you like lots of early Fall eggs? Come in — we have
a Purina feeding plan to suit you.
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