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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MAY 13, 1954.
Talbot County Man
Slain by Young Mother
Now Lodged in Jail
LaGrange, Ga., May 6—A 30-
year-old mother is being detained
in Troup county jail on a murder
warrant following the fatal shoot
ing of a 39-vear-old state highway
department employe from Talbot-
ton.
The mother of two children was
identified by Troup County Sher
iff L. W. Bailey as Mrs. Dovie B.
Harris. She claimed self defense in
the slaying.
The shooting victim was James
Walter Moore.
Sheriff Bailey reported that Mrs.
Harris and Mr. Moore had been
fishing at the Chatahooehee river
with her step-father. Later, the
sheriff said, they went to the home
of Arthur Harris about five or six
miles away and started arguing.
Sheriff Bailey reported that Mrs.
Harris claimed Mr. Moore pulled a
knife on her and that she shot in
self defense. Moore was shot twice
with a 32 caliber pistol.
Moore is survived by a widow;
two daughters, Evelyn and Carol
Moore; three step-sisters, Mrs. Cecil
Anthony and Mrs. Charles Horne,
both of Columbus, and Miss Ruby
Moore of Lumpkin, and his step
mother, Mrs. Ethel Moore of
Lumpkin.
Slaying Ruled Justifiable Homicide
Tuesday at Hearing
LaGrange, Ga., May 11—Mrs.
Dovie Harris who was charged with
fatally shooting J. W. Moore of
Talbotton, a State Revenue Depart
ment employe, during an argument
May 5 in Louise, was released from
custody following a commmittal
hearing before Justice of the Peace
A. E. Daniel.
Judge Daniel ruled the slaying
as justifiable homicide following
testimony of eight witnesses.
The death of Mr. Moore occurred
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Hlarris, step-father and mother of
Mrs. Dovie Harris.
The Red Cross Was There
Georgaphic Magazine
Tells World About
Georgia, Fowler Says
A. D. FOWLER
In Montezumaa Georgian
Yes it is true what they say
about Dixie! You have only to see
the March, 1954, number of the
National Geographic Magazine, if
you doubt it : After a 20-year ab
sence Howell Walker, a member of
the magazine’s staff comes gack to
the slate of his birth and hardly
Srecognizes it!
{ He w-rites of greener pastures
that are attracting the cattlemen
'of the West; and his 44-page ar
ticle inetmingled with beautiful
color pictures of our inimitable
state, he reviews the galaxy of
Georgia’s boundless natural re
sources and cultivated assets.
| The nearest towns mentioned are
Perry with a brilliant picture of a
field of Crimson clover on her out-
!.skirts and Marshallville where em
phasis is placed on the Elberta and
Georgia Belle peaches which origi
nated there. Montezuma and Og-
jthorpe, near the heart of this
thriving territory, appear at about
■the center of a double page spread
I map of the stale; and the people
'of these two towns may be justly
proud of their rich heritage of so
cial and agricultural possessions,
j Did you know, I didn’t, that
Georgia owes her name and Char-
Iter to England’s King George II-
I And that industry, manufacture,
'music and art, have contributed a
noble portion to the wealth and
dignity that Americans hold dear.
From Columbus to Savannah and
from Dalton to Waycross, Walker
, CASH AWARDS GIVEN
| TWO NEIGHBOR COUNTIES
BY LARGE PAPER FIRM
Kirk Sutlive of the Union Bag
l& Paper Co., Savannah, makes the
i presentations of ppriz.es to winners
'in the Keep Georgia Green forest
[fire prevention contest sponsored
by the Georgia Forestry Assn,
i Lawrence Tondee, representing
Schley county won fourth prize,
$200; John O’Donnell, Marion coun
ty, $300 for.third place; Leon Ray,
Emanuel, runner up, $500 and Joe
Dean, Stephens County, winner of
the $1,0000 bill. Dean was awarded
$100 by the Georgia Bankers Assn,
for the aid he rendered the win-i
ning council.
LITTLE OLD LADY
SETS FAST PACE
AS PAPER PUBLISHER
Woodmen Organization
Promoting Knowledge
Among Young People
Local Woodmen of the World
Camps throughout the country are
performing services to promote
knowledge and pride of America by
recognizing boys and girls for pro
ficiency in American history, and
commemorating great Americans
land historic sites with endurable
| markers.
I Last year, T. E. Tante, local
Woodmen District Manager, reports
I Woodmen Camps awarded 492 high
(school boys and girls gold medals
for their proficiency in American
history. Recognition certificates in
American history also were pre
sented to 240 grade school pupils,
j Added to seme 10 historic mark
ers previously placed and dedicated
the Woodmen of the World last
year dedicated historical markers to
j the late Huey Long at Winnfield,
iLa.; former President Wm. H. Taft
(on the Taft home in Washington,
D. C., and another on the City Hall
Omaha, Ne.; the latter is in con
nection with Omaha’s centennial
celebration this year, the Wood-
‘nien of the World having been
founded 64 years ago.
; Medals will be presented stu
dents of Butler and Reynolds High
schools at the end of the school
year.
Little Rock, Ark—You can see
her most any day in the sleepy
little town of Winslow, Ark.
A little old lady dancing through
■the slreets, a battered felt hat on
her head, a bundle of newspapers
j under her arm. A stranger passing
thru the Ozarks community would
ask “Who is she? A grandmother
with a paper route?”
has really given a very fine resume
of the State of Georgia and its un
suspected possibilities of growth,
and expansion in the days to
come.
If you can borrow a copy of the
March number of the National
Geographic Magazine, be sure to do
so, and enjoy for yourself this
| comprehensive outline of the riches
of this state which we are all
proud to call home.
Pullets grow fit., not fat
on the famous
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Pullets raised on Ful-O-Pep Growing Mash and
the Restricted Feeding Program develop — neither rushed
nor retarded — into big-bodied, healthy, fully-matured
birds at low feed cost. Ful-O-Pep-raised pullets are birds
that live to lay and pay.
Ask us for more information
Peed Bros. Feed Store
Butler, Georgia
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(By Theron Searcy)
When a tornado visited Taylor
county Saturday night, March 13,
the Wainwright family was in the
middle of the destruction. This
closely-knit family all live in the
same community where they were
born about eight milesfrom Butler.
Some of the homes and furnish
ings of the family wer ecompletely
destroyed, but the home which
many of the people of Thomaston
had on their hearts was that of
Tommy and Sarah Wainwright
Casey. This Christian couple have
gained many friends since, for
many years, they have been em
ployed at Thomaston Mills In 1953
Tommy suffered a heart attack and
after a long stay in the hospital,
has not been able to work since
that time so Sarah has assumed
the responsibility of making a liv
ing for both as well as duties of a
housewife and all of the other work
connnected with a farm home.
Mr .and Mrs. Casey have always
been people who think of others
before themselves, and while they
were climbing out of their wrecked
home after the tornado had passed
their first thoughts were not of
their loss, but they v.erb anxious
about the other members of their
family who lived in nearby houses.
When their Iriends in Thomaston
heard of the misfortune of Tommy
and Sarah, they were Concerned
about them. They had ideas that
they would probably be crushed
mentally and physically after such
an experience, but Sarah returned
to work in a few days with a se
rene look on her face. Their home
was destroyed and her husband
was unable to work, and many of j
her friends wondered just how this!
woman kept going. She told of i
how thankful she was that no'
lives were lost in her family and
that she was leaning on a portion
of a verse of scripture, l’hilip. 4:19.
“But my God shall supply all your
needs according to his riches.”
Sarah’s faith never wavered for a
minute because she said she knew
in her heart that all things would
be provided; and they were.
Friends of this couple soon had
rallied with a good cash donation,
but this was only “ a drop in the
bucket.” In a short while the Red
Cross through the local Chapter at
Butler advised them and all of the
Waingiights tnat they would assist
them in rebuilding their homes
and replacing their furniture as
well as the other buildings de-.
stroyed on their farms, such as!
barns and pump houses.
Now this didn’t happen in a far
distant place where you’ve heard
of how the Reel Cross took over in
a time of disaster, but this is in a
West Central Georgia countv. This
family can never thank the Red
Cross enough and they appreciate
6o much the way in which the
workers used tact while helping'
them in their time of distress.
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