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THB BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, JANUARY 29, 1953,
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS
THROUGHOUT GEORGIA
State officials say that Georgia
has become a center for car-theft
activities.
The LaGrange Daily News
suffered heavily in a fire that
damaged their building and equip
ment early Sunday. General Man
ager Bill Coker said an estimate of
the loss could not be available un
til all equipment could be checked.
Bert Struby, executive editor of
the Macon Telegraph and Macon
News, made the plea in a luncheon
address at an Alabama Press Asso
ciation session at Birmingham, Ala.,
Monday for a more harmonious
working relationship between the
press and the courts in the “best
interest of justice.”
Tift County’s Rep. J. L. Williams
has introduced a bill in the House
to dry up rural Georgia. His bill
ticed medicine in Colquitt county! would prohibit the sale of liquor,
for 50 years, died a few days ago beer and wine outside the territo-
Upson County Commissioners
agree to county-wide beer vote.
Date not yet fixed.
The Central of Georfia Railway
plans six million dollars in im
provements along its lines.
On the docket for hearing at the
February, 1953 term Muscogee
county superior court, Columbus, are
267 divorce cases.
Charles L. Pounders, 72, of Co
lumbus, died Friday at the Blue
Bird Rest Home at Geneva after a
five-weeks’ illness.
Dr. J. E. Lanier, 80, who has prac-
Moonshine Making
In State Continues
At Very Rapid Pace
By BOB COUGHLAN
Macon Telegraph
To the State of Georgia again in
1952 went the dubious honor of be
ing the mecca for more moonshine
manufacturing than any other
Southeastern State.
A report released recently by the
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
shows that while moonshine opera
tions were down a little in Georgia
from 1951 figures, this state was
Both State and District
Welcome Oxford's Return
To State Highway Board
C. D. Oxford, native Terrell coun
ty boy, was re-elected a few days
ago by the Georgia General Assem
bly as a member of hte State High
way Board for a 6-year term.
The House and Senate, meeting in
caucus, returned him to the board
without a disenting vote. He had
the endorsement of the administra
tion and many county boards of
commissioners.
Mr. Oxford represents the Cen
tral highway area, composed of the
Third, Fourth, Sixth and Tenth
Paulette Johnson, the 4-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
S. Johnson of Gordon, died a few
da ys ago from burns received Dec.
28th when her clothing caught fire
when she and some little friends
were playing with matches.
A bill has been introduced in the
House making it mandatory for all
judges of the judiciary of Georgia
to wear black robes while presiding
in court. Also that the State and
U. S. flags shall be displayed in
the courtrooms of Georgia.
following a short illness.
rial limits of incorporated munici-
ualities in Georgia. It would be
come effective within 60 days after
the governor signed the bill.
Five Georgia towns — Albany,
Americus, Dublin, Moultrie and
Thomasville—were scenes of two-!
day camellia shows each the past! Misss Willie Bowman, 33, di
week-end. jvorced wife of William Mise, 43
Fully one thousand ministers and years °* a f ’ of Elbert ° n > is charged
laymen attended the annual Geor-1 havin , g h cr ‘ t,cally , w ° und f
eia Bantist FvancPlirai PnnW n «.' h . er forced husband Saturday in
by far the best proving grounds for j Congressional Districts on the high
illegal whiskey manufacturers
among five Southeastern States.
During 1952, Georgia’s 35 federal
way board.
One of Terrell county’s leading
citizens, Mr. Oxford was appointed
chairman of the highway board by
investigators seized 1,759 stills and r ov ^almVdl? i„ *** k icm«
confiscated 31,9999 gallons of illegal' G °Y' Ta]mad S e _ ln ' November, 1948
SDirits. A total of rvr.nK.ao nf i and be served in that capacity un-
gia Baptist Evangelical Conference
in session at Macon the first three
days of this week.
Gordon county was recently
swept by a wave of robberies with
no clues yet gained. A rigid mid
night curfew law has been put in
to effect throughout the county.
A move to grant the property of
the old Negro Academy for the
Blind in Macon to the Bibb Coun
ty Board of Education has taken a
step nearer in the state legislature.
Total highway accidents mount
ed to 9 Georgians during the past
week end. Four of them died in a
head-on crash near Roberta with a
number of others painfully injur
ed.
According to latest report two ^ ^ iiuiu w t
teenage blondes who wheeled up | ^belongs tlTthe'Ministerial Con
from New Orleans in a stolen! fer ence at Young Harris College,
K Pe 6 V u le Caddy were j where he is active in rural church
behind bars in the Albany city vvork.
jail a few days ago.
State Rep. John Greer of Lanier ' E * d - and ™ rs / Rufu " H ‘ J , e " ni " gs
county charged yesterday that the,°* Da ^ on last week . celebrated
present system of legislative com J th eir 65th wedding annivresary, Eld.
mittee is "a farce” and said he will Jennings ’ a retired Primitive^ Bap
the presence of Mise’s present wife.
She is being detained on a charge
of attempted murder. Mise was
wounded in the chest and legs.
The Columbus Wold Day of
Prayer will be observed with two
services, the first at 8 p. m.
Thursday, Feb. 19th at Rose Hill
Methodist church, Columbus, the
second at 11 a. m. Friday, Feb. 20
at the First Baptist church. Dr. J.
P. Wesberry, pastor of Morningside
Baptist church in Atlanta, will be
the guest speaker of both services.
Claude Ted Bass, 18, of West
Point, Ga., was licensed to preach
at the Methodist District Confer
ence in LaGrange recently. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. C W. Bass
of West Point, where he was grad
uated from high school last year.
spirits. A total of 957,735 pounds of
mash was destroyed and 297 ve
hicles were impounded.
Rev. Kempton Oakes, 31, pastor
( of the First Christian church,
Americus, since last summer when
j he came to Americus from Pennsyl
vania, recently received threaten
ing letters and an order to leave j Rari bas five years.
|town. Cause of the trouble is said) Marked progress in development
| to have resulted from the minister and improvement of the state’s
til reorganizationof the board by
legislative act, when Jim Gillis, of
Soperton; John Quillian and Oxford
were named as chairman and
members, respectively, for stagger
ed terms.
Mr. Gillis still has two years to
serve as chairman and Mr. Quil-
complaining that two of his neigh
bors were permitting their dogs
;and chickens running loose in his
' new planted garden. City officials
highway has been achieved during
the board’s administration and at
the turn of the year 9,543 miles of
highways, rural road construction
charged the neighbors with violat-| or re-construction had been com
ing an ordinance against dogs and Pleted or let to contract at a total
fowls running loose but the cos ^ of $152Vn million dollars.
charges were dismissed
Recorder Billy Smith.
by City
Road work had hit an all time
peak with 1,000 active projects all
propose a change to permit between ^ n f lin ^ ter ’ ^ a native of Terrell
session study of new bills. t COUnty ' g5 ’ be ser ^ d
tive Baptist churches throughout
City officials for Thomaston have Georgia and Alabama before his re
voted to ban the sale, possession tirement. Mrs. Jennings, 83, is the
and use of fireworks in the City of former Miss Lucy Bridges. She was
Thomaston. Violations of the ban born in Schley county,
can result in a fine of as much as,
8200 or a sentence of 90 days. I Five persons—one female and 4
males—have entered the race for
The Vienna News reports that Ordinary in Dougherty county re-
Mrs. Jack Kelt, of Bayside, L. I., cently made vacant by the death
the former Miss Audrey Newby of of Judge J. T. Tomlinson who died
Vienna, has recently presented the recently after filling the office for
Dooly County Library a gift of over 18 years. Mis s Evelyn Courson,
100 books from her family library secretary to Judge Tomlinson dur
ing his administration, is one of
The women jurors bill, often the candidates. A special election
considered and often rejected by ( is scheduled for Feb. 4th.
the Georgia Legislature, was'
withdrawn from the Senate cslen- J The Georgia Senate last week
dar Monday at the request ot its passed two general bills and two
authors for technical word chang- local bills authored by Sen. Robert
lug- '! H. Jordan of Tabotton, and sent a
Emory University, Atlanta, hav
ing recently marked its 116th an
niversary its officials stated Satur
day that they looked to the 117th
as a time for rededication to the
highest principles of Christian edu
cation.
bill opposed by Sen. Jordan back
to committee for further study.
Meanwhile, legislation seeking a
new judicial circuit in Middle
Georgia which would leave Colum
bus and Muscogee county with a
Superior Court Circuit of its own,
struck a snag.
We Are Hatching Four of the Very Best
Breeds for High Egg Production
BABY CHICKS
Sexed Pullets & Cockeris
Rhode Is^ard Red
(Faramenter Strain)
FOR LAYERS
Sex-Link Cross for Layers
(BLACK PULLETS) (RED MALE)
(BARRED ROCK FEMALE
Barred Rocks for Layers
(PARKS STRAIN)
White Leghorns for Layers
(BABCOCK STRAIN)
All of these breeds have ben tried and proven and are
the very best in all of the egg laying contests.
GEORGIA AND U. S. PULLORUM PASSED
Our incubators are now running. Please place your
orders early. We are only hatching as ordered for early
Spring delivery.
McCANTS POULTRY FARM
BUTLER, GEORGIA
Phone 1313 Butler, Ga.
Out-of-State: Railroad strikes thei over Geor 8 ia and for the first time
past week have halted freight the state was match ing all federal
shipmets in five states. A car funds . available for highway con-
1 plunged into a fish pond 27 miles strUct * on -
south of Montgomery, Ala., Sunday \ Many of these projects, involving
drowning three occupants. The na- , millions of dollars, were completed
tional safety council predicts traf- in counties in the Central High-
fice deaths in 1952 will total at least way Area which Oxford serces.
38,000—one of the heaviest tolls in i
the nation’s history. Five Jackson- L 8 ° n ° f Mr ’ and Char,ie
ville, Fla., policemen are said to' £* £ ° rd ’ be was born a ” d rear * d in
have been linked with a burglary he COU " ty andreceived his educa- >
A 14 year old Iowa boy was H?" in th * P ubllc schools - Georgia
charged with murder Saturday af- 7 n C ° Ilege at Milledgeville
ter admitting he shot and killed his d at Dahlone ^ a - |
father to end a quarrel between his ; He is president of the Bank of!
parents. One of the most spectacular Uawson, head of the Oxford Dis- j
fires in recent Philadelphia history tributing Company and a large
raged through the Conelly Contain- farme r and landowner. He is deeply'
er Co. Saturday causing an esti- J interested in conservation and has
mated 1V 2 million dollars damage, planted thousands of pine trees on
At Chattanooga, Tenn., Southeast- ' his lands.
tern Methodist leaders planning a Oxford married the former Miss
gigantic evangelistic campaign Myrtle Greene and they have three
Thursday heard a plea for a daughters, Carol, Kay, and Eve.
“spiritual revolution” to accompany They are members of the Baptist
the South’s industrial rise. church.
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! Big Auction Bargain Sale!
! 10 L M. Monday Feb. 2,195? j
I At Gypsy Camp Store f
Buena Vista, Georgia !
OF FARM AND MACHINERY EQUIPMENT OF. B.
S. MILLER FROM HIS FARM AT BUENA VISTA, GA.,
of over two thousand acres recently sold exclusively for a
cattle farm (purchaser bought land only) consisting partly
as follows:
Steel Terracing Machine for government terraces
Large Steel Sub-soil plow, for rooty and hard land
“30” Farmall Tractor
One Turner Peanut Picker
One McCormick Corn Husker & Shredder Machine
One 30-disc Lime Spreader
One Syrup Kettle.
Mules, Wagons, Stalk Cutters, Walking Cultivators,
Spring Tooth and Disc Cultivators, with or
Without Box Feeders, ,
Spring Tooth Cultivators,
39 Tooth Grass Weeders
60 Tooth Drag Harrows
2-wheel, 24-tooth Hay Rakes with Iron Seats;
Cotton Duster; Cole Combination Planters;
Covington, Oliver, Gantt, Chattanooga Fertilizer;
Distributors and Planters; single and double
Plows, Plow Stocks, and Plow Points, Planters
and Tools of every kind used on a farnv
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B. S. Miller
BUENA VISTA, GEORGIA
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