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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 8, }953.'
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS
THROUGHOUT GEORGIA
The Third District Women’s
Clubs will meet at Hamilton Oct.
21st.
Dr. C. B. Carter, prominent re
tired Columbus physician, died
Tuesday.
A visit to Augusta by President
Eisenhower is expected in Novem
ber.
Four persons met fatal acci
dent on state highways during the
past week end.
Fort Benning .army camp near
Columbus observed its 35th anni
versary yesterday.
Bids for the construction of three
Negro school buildings in Talbot
county will be opened Oct. 15th.
Mayor Lewis B. Wilson Friday
Top flight specialists have been
signed to judge contests during the
Chattahoochee Valley Exposition at
Columbus which opens at the fair
grounds Monday. Judges were an
nounced by Felix Jenkins, secretary
manager of the Exposition.
A total of 16 Georgia counties
have made reservations for display
space at the 98th Georgia State
Fair, E. Ross Jordan, general man
ager has announced. The Fair
which begin Oct 19 is expected to
be one of the most complete ever
staged in Macon.
Taylor County Forestry
Unit Still Taking Orders
For Pine Seedling Plants
Taylor county citizens have
placed orders for 600,000 forest tree
seedlings to be planted in the
county during the 1953-54 planting
season. Austin Guinn, Forest Rang
er for the County Forestry Unit,
made that report this week as he
listed reforestation progress for the
county.
The total of 600,000 seedlings or
dered in the county included 25,t
000 Loblolly and 550,000 Slash
pines.
Agencies. The 17th annual meeting! ®?. 1 ?® 6 !; ^umn f xpl f l * ned that
J ’ic 'seedlings shipped to this county
Dr. Brann, Ft Valley
Chiropractor to Attend
ConvenHon in AHanta
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For the seventh consecutive time
Hon. Ben T. Huiet, Georgia Com
missioner of Labor has been elected >
Treasurer of the Interstate Con-1
ference of Employment Security j
Dr. A. D. Brann will be out of his
office at Fort Valley Saturday and
Sunday while attending the State
Chiropractic convention and educa
tion section meeting at Georgian
Terace Hotel, Atlanta.
Regular office hours will be re
sumed Monday he advises.
COAL
good Coal—as good as
We have a supply of extra
can be bought. Give us a trial.
COURTEOUS SERVICE & PROMPT DELIVERY
Phone 140 E. L. DAVIS Butler, Ga.
of the conference is in progress
this week at Portsmouth, N. H.
are grown at the Georgia Forestry
Commission’s Nursery at Albany.
Mrs. T. S. Harris of Ft. Valley has The Commission also operates
been named first prize winner in three other nurseries, but nursery
Monarch Finer Foods’ $100,000 na- workers have found that best re-
tional limerick contest for the suits come from seedlings grown in
broke ground for Macon’s new hos-* month of August, an official of the the nursery nearest the point of
be modern in every re-
pital to
spect.
To solve the automobile parking
trouble at Macon a four million
dollar underground parking plan
has been proposed.
sponsoring company announced planting
yesterday. She will be awarded a ' “Some species,” he said “still are
1953. 21-inch table model TV set. available, and those at the local
Forestry Unit office will be glad to
A platinum blonde 26 years old help fill out orders. Slash pine and
Columbus mother, allegedly mar- Loblolly Seedlings are still avail-
ried to another soldier while her able at $2.75 a thousand and
husband was in a Communist pris- white pine and Eastern cedars may
A Cartersville citizen reports the on camp j n Korea, died a few days be obtained at $6 per 1000 A 25c
of his pocket-book on the! < —i«~ — •-* — - • ’■ ’ .
loss
streets of his home town
contain $2,100 in $100 bills.
ago of burns police said she suf- per thousand 'transportation charge
said to f er ed when she set fire to her is added for those who order their
Invitations are being mailed
this week to former members of the
Perry Methodist church to attend a
homecoming ceelbration Sunday.
Officials at Georgia Southwestern
College. Americus reports that 18
women students have registered for current fiscal year
the newly launched nursing educa- i em Pl°y es had been
tion program at that institution.
Governor Talinadge’s personal
plane sped Thera Terrell, the eight! weeks
year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Terrell of Valdosta, victim
of sleeping sickness to Denver,
Colo., for treatment Tuesday.
clothing in a jail cell.
Out-of-State: In a medical Mon
day at Chicago a $190 mechanical
heart test on dogs was said to
have been most successful. It was
stated in Washington yesterday
that for the first two months of the
40,000 federal
cut from the
federal payroll. 260 Europeans ex
pecting to make extensive tours
over the U. S. during the next few
arrived in New York Satur
day. Wrist radio for public
was developed in New York
week. At Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Satur
day night a mother and four of
seedlings delivered here in
county instead of picking them
at the nursery.
Elaborate Ceremonies
Set For Tomorrow at
Ft Valley State College
the
up
use
President L. A. Moll
.. . „ c , ann J? U ,? CeS i when fire destroyed
that Georgia Southwestern College 1
Fort Valley will observe Found
ers Day, Oct. 9. The service will
last cornmernora ^ e the 58th anniversary
of the founding of the institution.
Since its founding in 1895 by a
her children were burned to death intereste d Negro and
their home
A Flomaton, Ala
. . .. .jailed Monday charged with a
class organization J shortage of <& 6 ,ooo and at New
memona 'Market, y a -f two respected bank
officials were charged last week
I with ^‘cleaning out” the bank
vault to the extent of $113.50. In
Washington yesterday Rep. Pilcher
of Georgia said that a conference
is underway in an effort to im-
for
President Eisenhower
said yesterday the administration
will not ask Congress for a retail
white
velop
will resume its program of adult |
education with
in the Mildred Lowery
chapel on the campus at 8
Monday.
The State of Georgia will pay
tribute to Miss Martha Berry,
founder of the Berry Schools, when
highway 27 in Georgia is dedicated
the Martha Berry highway in spe-! prove prices
cial ceremonies Saturday. Gov. Tal-; pecan crop
madge will speak.
citizens who sought to de-
a school adequate to the
Federal Judge T. Hoyt Davis
levied fines of $50 each on seven ■
Macon druggists and one Macon j the little fellow
drug store after guilty pleas of sell- millionaire.
ing certain drugs without prescrip-}
tion as required by law. Judge
Davis, in levying relatively light
fines, said he was taking into con
sideration the good personal and
professional reputations of the drug
gists and firms involved. ,
hankpr R1 ^ lu wh
’ «,hh * ? 6eds of * his community, the insti
tution has grown from a high
school with modest resources thru a
normal school and junior cpllege
,to its present stature as a fully
accredited college in the Universi
ty system of Georgia,
j The Founders Day speaker will
, be Dr. Wm. M. Boyd, Professor of
P olitic al science, Atlanta Universl-
Georgmj bumper ly Mrg Ruby MiUer Jackson>
daughter of Founder Isaac Miller
will read the “First Charter.” Mr.
J. W. Davis will speak on “Mr.
Unadilla, Ga.—Unadilla
a second disastrous blow to its in-
Harold Williams, a 25 year old dustrial andbusiness section within
Negro admitted to Macon police a few months when the Farmers
that he held up the Chesterfield Warehouse was destroyed by fire
sales tax which critics contend hits and Mrs. Hunt As I Knew Them.”
harder than the The servicce will be in the college
auditorium and will begin at
10:30 *a. m. with the academic pro
cession.
The Football game with Florida
A. & M. University at 8 p. m., Sat
urday, on Hunt High Athletic
Field, and the Vesper Service on
suffered Sunday, Oct. 11, at 4:30 p. m. will
highlight Founders’ Day week-end.
FARMERS' WAREHOUSE
AT UNADILLA RECENTLY
DESTROYED BY FIRE
ONLY A GMG
GIVBS YOU SO MUCH
-in IS light-duty models offering:
Sri
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TOP HORSEPOWER
among all light-duty sixes—as much
as 19% more than comparable trucks.
HIGHEST COMPRESSION
of any gasoline truck engine in
history. Crisper 8.0 to 1 perform
ance—with regular gas economy.
TRUCK HYDRA-MATIC
for self-shifting, strain-free driving.
Cuts maintenance costs because it
eliminates all clutch repair needs—
protects the engine and drive line.
LONGER TRUCKUFE
becausf it’s “built like the big ones.”
See The TV football Gome of the Week every Saturday—a General Motor* Key Event
Byrd Pontiac Company
Butler, Georgia
tj»pom g[ mo ;*m ojfxt ijojipow to jluefttfo l/opom Utatjiq ifoqioj me jutm<ffn6i pjopmotSe I
Finance Co twice with a toy pistol
and made off with more than $1,t
800. He also admitted pulling a re
peated performance of the
kind and forced Mrs. Billie
a few days ago.
The building valued at $35,000
and owned by J. E. Scott, J. W.
same Scott and Hayden Peavy, was cen-
Dan-Jter of their operations in buying
iels to fork over $803. He was iden- and processing peanuts, blue lu-
tified by W. J. Lavender as the pine seed, corn and other -farm
bandit who slugged him and stole products. It was one of the coun-
$184 at the Peacock Grocery Co., j ty’s largest planas for such opera-
Sept. 5, police said
tions.
1 Truck Sale \
Muscogee Chevrolet Company’s Exclus- (j
ive Used Truck Lot at 17th Street and First ^
Avenue—Telephone 7-8360
FALL OF THE YEAR IS TRUCK BUYING TIME.
WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK OF GOOD RECON
DITIONED USED CHEVROLETS, FORDS AND MANY
OTHER MAKES AND MODELS.
1947 International
Extra Clean
Vi Ton Pickup
1949 Studehaker >/ 2 Ton Stake
Excellent Condition
1946 Chevrolet 1
Priced at
Ton Stake
$595.00
$495.00
$445.00
<£3”-25 T-Z3P tC''
How Your Taylor County Tax Dollar
Will Be Spent
TAX LEVY
FISCAL YEAR
1953-54
PORTION OF
TAX DOLLAR
IN CENTS
\
1. County School System
Administration
and Bonds
$43,204.03 45 l-2c
2
Courts, Law Enforcement, Tax
Commissioner, Fuel, Office Supplies,
Including $3,599.30 Interest
On Old Time Warrants
See Us For Your Truck Needs
MUSCOGEE CHEVROLET COMPANY
1501 First Avenue
COLUMBUS, GA.
a
3.
4.
5.
$18,011.26
6,689.90
Janitor, Etc.
County Agent, Forest Rangers Unit
Public Welfare and Health Program $18,525.87
Roads and Bridges $ 8,233.72
GRAND TOTAL
19 l-4c
7c
19 l-2c
8 3-4c
$94,664.78 $1.00
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