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We Meed Good
Land to Gee*
Henty of Feed
Established 1876
V>L 79 Nw.37
Five Prisoners
Captured After Escape
From Carroll Camp
A Series Os Local
Children’s Pictures To Be
Taken Free for Publication
In The News & Banner
There is Me Age Lindt—There
to Me ObUgatioa
Friday. Nov. sth is the big day for
the picture taking of jour youngsters:
The News 4 Banner is having pic
tures taker, of all children who are
brought by their parents or other
guardian to the office next to Barker
Furniture Co, between 10 am. and
5 pun. absolutely free of charge. The
Woltz Studios of Des Moines. lowa, a
nationally known portrait studio, will
be in charge of the photography The
News * Banner wants a picture at
your child to print in its forthcoming
feature, •'Citizens of Tomorrow". a ser
ies of photographic studies of local
children. The more we get the better
the feature win be. so the cooperation
of the mothers and fathers is urged.
It often seems to parents that child
ren are little one minute and are
grown up the next, so fast does a
child’s growing stage pass. Here is a
splendid opportunity to catch a like
ness of your child or children at the
present stage for the pleasure you will
get out of it in future years and for
the pleasure you will enjoy in seeing
it in print. You will want to dip it >
from this, year home town newspap
er. and preserve it for the youngster
when he or she grows up.
These is absolutely no charge or ob
ligation for taking the pictures. Par
ents don't even have to be a subscrib
er to the News h Banner nor even a
readsr. You don't have to purchase pic
tures either, though you may obtain -
additional prints by ananging direct
with the Stndto representatives if you ,
want them. That is entirely up to ymsf 1
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Dance Saturday Night
At Simpson School
The Dance sponsored by the Heard
County Post 148 of American Legion
held at the Simpson School budding
Saturday night was a great success.
They are planning to have another
big dance this Saturday night there.
So everyone come on out and have
a big time.
PURINA >fILL TO
OPEN IN GAINESVLE
NOAEMBER 4th
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Several thousand people frtm the
North Georgia broiler area and surr
ounding states and counties are expec
ted to witness ceremonies at Gaines
ville. November 4, celebrating the op
ening of the new Gainesville mill of
the Ralston Purina Company.
A feature of the ceremonies, which
will be held at the new plant, will be
talks by Governor Herman Talmadge
of Georgia, and Doan Id Danforth. Pre
sident at the Ralston Purina Company
Eddy Arnold add Minnie Pearl, nat
ionally featured radio and television
stars will entertain the guests.
The program will start in mid-mor
ning with conducted tours through the
new plant mill for visitors as they ar
rive. A free lunch win be served by the
Ralston Purina Company to all the
guests. Children will also be served
candy. Ralston cereal snacks and soft
drinks.
Admission to the ceremonies and lu
ncheon will be by tickets which your
Heard County Purina dealer will furn
ish free of charge to all who wish to
attend.
Company officials have announced
that the new mill at Gainesville has
been built to better serve the ever
growing North Georgia broiler area.
The null will have a capacity of 75.-
000 tons annually Local labor will be
employed- and ingredients for Chows
■jana&cVored there will be purchased
locally insofar as farmers of the area
can supply them.
A atientist says •‘•ar b«eets never
crass. But to* -wut *•» wlltjes
toe sad the “• • r’
The News and Banner
Heard County was the scene of much
excitement last week when five pris
oners escaped from a Carroll County
Prison Camp late Tuesday. October 19
after overpowering guards. Wealing a
county truck and headed to Heard
County. The five prisoners were:
Neal Fuller, serving 10 to 20 years
for assault to rape; Charlie Haymes
1 to 3 years for burglary; Robert
Dude. two years for larceny; Issac
West. 2 to 3 years for burglary, and
Fred Cook. 2 to 5 years for burglary.
The stolen truck was found early
Wednesday morning by Sheriff Bled
soe near Roosterville.
The first prisoner captured was
Fred Cook on the Newnan Highway
by Sheriff Virgil Bledsoe and Police
Chief Harvey Nelms early Wednesday
morning. When he was driving a
stolen car toward Newnan, belonging
to Mrs. Tom Lipham who resides on
Highway MO. Officers said Cook was
artned with a revolver but did not re
sist.
The second prisoner. Robert Dude
was captured at about 2 pm. Wednes
day. just inside the city limits by
Sheriff Virgil Bledsoe State Trooper
Claude Hendrix of the Newnan State
Patrol Station and Steve Lipford, lo
cal merchant.
Sheriff Bledsoe said that
Dude was seen stealing a car at the
home of Mr and Mrs. Steve Lipford
by Mrs. Lipford and drive in a direc
tion of the river bridge She telephon
ed her husband.
Bledsoe was riding with Hendr-.x
and was notified by radio of the de
velopment and headed to the bridge
. in pursuit. The car owner already had
the prisoner in custody.
The Heard County Sheriff said that
when Lipford received his wife’s tele
phone call he borrowed a shotgun and
car and driving toward his hi*i. he
saw his automobile coming; he block
ed the road with hie car and pointed
the gun at Dude.
Whan see eased up hp thn car, Wd
soe rvlnftd dtew had feta Mtatgun on
Dude. I oume up along side the tat
and removed a 3B revolver from him
and he offered no rwktmet.
The third prisoner. Chartie (Buck)
Haymes was captured later in the
afternoon when Heard County School
children saw him entering a field
1 near the school. Officers rushed to the
* scene. Although armed with an auto
-5 matic shotgun he did not resist.
-1 The fourth prisoner. Issac West. |
r was turned over to Alatoma Highway
■ Patrolmen by T. J. Mayfield, a farmer.
f who lives near Wehadakee. Ala.
Mayfield said West approached him 1
about seven miles north of Roanoke.
The time he recalled was 12:30. He
said West asked for “something to
eat’. and stated he “wanted to get to
Bowdon to see my folks".
Not being aware of the two-state
manhunt in progress. Mayfield said
he took the man to his farm and fed
him. first obtaining his promise to
load a truck. When the work was com
pleted the farmer drove West beck to ,
. the highway.
It was then he said, he became sus
picious. The man. be continued would
not stay on the highway, but crossed
into an adjoining field. Mayfield and
his son called West back to their tru-;
ck and questioned him. 4
Not satisfied with his answers, the
farmer and his son drove the escapee
. to Roanoke and turned him over t»‘
the Alabama Highway Patrol. It was
then they learned of the Carmil Co-
I unty mass escape
The manhunt came to an end Thur
. sday morning when the fifth prisoner
Neal Fuller, was captured near Frank
lin. He was apprehended at about 11:-
30 a m according to Sheriff Bledsoe.
He said the escapee was thought to
, be hiding in a wooded area near Roan
oke when he entered a service station
operated by L W Moody oa US 27.
two miles north of Franklin. . ,
Mr. Moody told Bledsoe be became
suspicious of the strange negro after
purchasing a SLOO worth of groceries
and entering the woods.
After returning to the store Bledsoe
related we were about ten minutes be- j
hind Fuller They followed a trail to ,
' the near by Hi I inn tehee Creek. Bled- ■.
soe then called Carroll and Coweta ■
County authorities for blood hounds. 1
Capt. Ben Lambert of the Coweta 1
County Stockade arrived in about 30 1
minutes. He and the dogs took up <
Fullers trad. j
The Heard County Sheriff armed ]
with a shotgun drove some two miles ;
away where he thought the fugitive
; would emerge. The Sheriff said be j
could bear Fuller approaching before 2
the prisoner came into sight. 1
Fuller came out in the open by the c
Chattahoochee River oppodite High- j
For More Than 70 Year* Heard County** Exponent of News and Progrew
| NEW TELEPHONE
SERVICE TO BE IN
LSE IN DECEMBER
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J So that Franklin may take her
I rightful place in the Beil System cus
tomer long distance dialing ph*.
1 ' which is in its early stages of deveiap
- meat. all Fr aklin telephone numbers
f j will have seven digits whew the aad j
9 larger dial office is cat into sei vice
» sometime in December.
i
It is Franklin's part of what tete
, phone people refer to as a nationmile
k numbering plan. Under this pirns the
t state oi Georgia is divided into two
c , regions Each region in the United
j States and Canada has a tint Wt
lumber. The Georgia numhen sre j
r 404 and 912. However, until cusUMmr |
. dialing comes in. long distance oper- 1
ations will be the only ones whe will I
j use the regional numbers. * |
>' In each region ail numbers wiß he
F' different, so that a telephone casts*- '
t eV’s number in Franklin win not he >
' duplicated anywhere else ia the aorth-,
i ern half of Georgia. Therefore; a coo
t tamer's seven-digit number pies Übe'
i ■ hree-digrt regional number makes *«
> a ten-digit number that is different .
■ I from an other telephone numtan in f
. this country and Canada.
The work and equipment inntaDo
! tions to change Georgia telephone nu- ‘
‘ i mbers to fit in with the nationwide
plan just began this year and Frank
lin will be one of the first exchanges
* m Georgia to go to the plan.
ORange 5 will be the name of the '
t Franklin central office. This is follow- ,
. ed by four numerals such as ORange
. 5-1234. The seven digits one must dial j
[ to get this number are the first tww.
. letters of OR.n*. or “CK", followed)
. by the “V. then the four other num-j
erals in the telephone number. So -
j when the new system goes into ter- 1
. vice, and you wish to dial ORange. |
. yon dial O-R-5-1-2-3-4.
• HOMES FOR
! CHILDREN NEEDED
i
Every child needs a good houne!
'> WB* a daihrMmonmW
r Ms own parents he now* aasthei
l home, and the very beet that it a
possible to obtain for kits. Heard Co
i ‘ unty Department of Public Welfare ia
. : looking for good substitute homes
I (called boarding homes, where child
। ren can receive the special care ant
attention that only understanding par
. ents can give.
Children who are placed in board
’ ing hom-^ cannot be adopted by the
boarding family For this reason
childless couples who wish to adopt
j children are asked not to apply to
board children. Boarding parents trill
be requested to give these children
temporary homes until other plans for
their lives can be made. The Welfare
Department pays boarding parents to
cover the expense of caring for the
children, but the experience of help
ing children to a happier life is one
that cannot be measured in dollart
and cents. By taking a child who is
[ under the supervision of the Welfare
| Department, the boarding family is
not pledging themselves to accept the
sole responsibility of the child. The
Welfare Department shares this and
the welfare worker is available to give
help and guidance where needed.
f Boarding homes must meet certain
physical and moral standards. Mar.,
more boarding homes for white and
‘ negro children are needed everywhere
Couples interested in aiding in this
.mportant pert of the welfare pro
gram are asked to get in touch with,
the Heard County Department of Pub
lic Welfare, telephone 23TL
way 34 leading to Newnan. He pulled
off his coat and got ready to swim the
river. It was then that Bledsoe threw
down on Fuller with his shotgun ar-1
ordered him to come closer and hand
cuffed him.
The bloodhounds were only about
300 yards behind Fuller when be was
preparing to swim the river.
Sheriff Bledsoe expressed his grat
itude to the law enforcement officers
of surrounding counties for their as
sistance during this manhunt. This in
cluded the Sheriff’s office. Carroll Cw
unty Warden and guards. Carroll Co
unty. Mr. Ben Lambert and guards
from the Coweta County Prison. The
County police. Coweta County Sher
iff’s office from Troup County. Frank
lin Police Dept_ and the Georgia State
Patrol.
Bledsoe aim praised the people of
Franklin and Heard County for their
assistance. “The Heard County people
have always been good about cooper o
ting with the law enforcement here”.
Bledsoe related.
Franklin, G*^ Fridhy* Oct. 29, 1954
■Ephesus Wins 1954
County Community
Improvement Contest
Eph—eeked out a 10 point win
ew Unity in the annual Community
■hpr-r ►meat Contest The judges
•*r»d the emnmunities end made the
*»eion Tuesday October 19th. after
kMr* than two hoars as deliberation
The final score was: Ephesus 315
potr’i and Unity MB paints
The judging team was made up of
Kk Louise Prickett. Home Er*n waist
*Wp REA Co op. Bill Brown. Cow-ra '
Ctanty Agent and Aubrey Varwir. As-
Shkart Troup County Ageot. The mor-
Mag after a brief 'progresc report"
hhei-ig conducted by the various
I«omuttees at the Ephesus Club The
tOhf? club served the judges a deb
j ifleus unch which was fsilowrd by a
•“pmgres* report" meeting and a tour
I Roy Daniel president Ephesus Club.
.W. E Denney president Unity Club
aod the entire membership of both
‘dobs faeerve a great deal of credit
aod adunration tor the fine jobs they
• ha»» done toward making their com
> moni-m a better place to live.
' The Commimity Improvement Con
: tea* is speneored by the Heard County ;
. Utos Club tn cooperation with the
' Mhuieii Club of Atlanta Chamber of
tCMißKiie Checks of sixty and forty
dollars will be awarded to the Ephe
cos and Unity Clubs, respectively at
a date to be announced later.
STOP! LOOK AND
J LISTEN
। Tber» win be a Halloween Carnival
at Ephesus School Auifitonum Satur-1
I dw Bight. October 30. at 730 pm.
i There win be fun for all with bingo, j
fish pond, orange tree, penny throw,
penny Jug pecan guess, fortune tell
ing and many others. There wUI also
be pk-sty to eat.
Come aad enj* the tun with us.
Shack Gordon, 69, Former
Heard County Citizen Dies
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a ' Shark Girg.n. M. former Heard Co-
>. ‘ unty citizen of Griffin, died Sira day
is ■in the Veterans Hospital in Oteene. [
C. Gordon was born in Heard Co- >
1- 1 unty and moved trees here many yearn •
d ’ago-
f-
i Funeral services were conducted
W ednesday at the Second Baptist
j. Choreh in Gnffin.
* He is survived by his wife. Mrs. i
. Mary Robinson. one stepdaughter ■
Mrs. Amo* Hanson as Griffin, two bro
, -hers. J. P. and Kendnck Gordon of i
B Atlanta.
r Mr. Gordon was a nephew of H. H
Shackleford and was a Ist cousin to!
e Walt and M. W. Lipford of Frank- :
e
P- j .
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s Soil Conservation In
5
e Heard County
i By B. C. Patrick
Mr. Hugh Goodson. Franklin. Ga_.
a cooperator of the West Georgia Soil
rnosers at ion District, has his cattle
grazing on a field of kudzu on the
LaGrange Highway He has several
other fields of kudzu that furnish his
cattle grazing after frost.
IMr. Staaton Adams is getting a
stand at fescue and ladino ow a piece
at bottomland below his pond. This
field was seedeq several weeks ago.
Farm ponds have been surveyed re-1
cently for Mr. B X Tarbrough. Mr
■James Terrell »a." Loftin, and Mr
E. B Jackson near Centralhatchee
These ponds will be built later
Mr. R B Hyatt near Centralhat
chee. has recently lowered the water
in his farm pond and worked out the
water line to a depth of two feet and
also moved out some dirt on the upper
end to enlarge the pond. Deep water
around the edges of a pond is I
important in keeping down weed
growth.
Several farmers have been subsoil- ‘
log their old pasture stands. Mr.
Frank Jackson, near Glenloch has
hen subsoiling his old fields of fescue
oa upland back of his home. This win
allow the soil to absorb more moisture
and give better root penetration
Wwdnm T..gb» by FoA-m
We learn wfadoci from fell ire asci
mam than from aw-eeae. We offee I
Meeerer what win do by tlndlag nr
efest w<n as* da - Smile*
Heard High Splits
With Hamilton
Enumerator Begin Course wu ’ r * r— *
On 1954 Agricultural - "-r »*- mb
The Hc-d High girt, serrod notiro
, Friday night, m all future oppooeada
| that 'he go*ng will be rsugk Camh
Teague has one of the best baloaco*
Enumerator* for the 1954 Census of Me* **- rvprw t os ia ysor*
Agriculture win begin an iMenvive M ’My haaded the fie mtn <m m*M
training course on October » in pre- «o much trouble The eMto*
paralion for the start of the Census “*u»d played part of the tun* aad ro
oa November 3 it was announced to eryoue gave a good arr Dual at th**
day by Field Supervisor T. Waiter , »**'**
~w* ” I The boys iropped a w»n plstywd
I Th* training session* will be held at la Hamilton five after poB-
Council Room Municipal Building in “F 1 fight. The t»y» are a
Newnan Georgia, and Will be conduct- and ,h ' •* *
ed by Crew Leader James L Haymes *°" ^“^kre is eflecting them ms*
Mr Haymes recently attended a fire "“ n ,lw CMrt J"*■- Ms
day training conference on census me- 4o "* ‘ Lr - **»loMa« * *»eth
iHtwf, | working team that will get ia the w*
'roiiunn as soon aa their shooting raa-
The i aismsrator training course wiU ' chm normal
cover the various forms and reports to.
be used. Ceara* taking method, and, o« Nov 2 the Wrong Chiptey le.
practice interview, in the ciamroom WIU to tow>i for T
j The protective enumerator* wiU con- lhouid lauweaumr to —»
duct actual interviews aa part of their
training.
I The Chipley teams are ahray* strong
Prospective enuemotors scheduled to “ ,h<y hav * * am9 best eosch-
. take the training are; ln th *
Bernice G Bledsoe. On * ““ <=~-* “ •«*
witness a regular season game turw-
Jun M. Butler. ed out last Friday night to sro the
game with Hamilton, with -the toad
Lowell T. Mooney Sr furnishing mue and th* -t~ ~rti<
Wonee Stalltags. squad putting oa a good show it w*
an excellent wayto open a home san-
James F Terrell. son.
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9*rtpt«e«: F*e**rW I—<
Prwvrt* < IMI
W»y of Wisdom
Less*ai for October 17. 1*54
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WHAT is the mom thing to be
desired in life' Different
answers have been given and still
are given. Seme people think they ,
would rather be rich than any
thing else; other* ctxmt health
the number one must other* value
;F3
d - Ie ■
freedom above all
th-ngs There is a
section of the Bible
in which ail the
writers unite ia
g.ving an answer
stin different from
any of these "Wis
dem ‘a the princi
pal thing" say
they all "tbere-
fore get wisdom ' Dr. Feraaaa
The book of Proverbs is part of
what Bible scholars call the
dorr. Literature It is touque among
the oooks of the Bible It does not ।
tell a story it has no plot, no |
argument It coexists of a large
number of sayings or proverbs, put
together for the most part with
very little order You car. try the
experiment seme time of reading
cloud any chapter in Proverbs j
from chapter 19 through chapter
29 backward <Le the last verse
first, then the next-to-last. and so
on to the first verse-, and see
whether your listeners know you
are reading backward.
Knowledge usd Wisdom
But wtule the 000 k of Proverbs
is not all arranged m orderly se
quence. there is harmeny an
through it The great theme is Wis
dom The whole race of man is
divided here into three kinds of
persons the wise, the fools, and
the young—who can ebocse wis
dom now before it is too late 'Xc
fool like an old fool' > Wisdom is
by no means the same thing as
knowledge Almost anybody car
acquire knowledge all it takes is -
perseverance and a good memory
Knowledge can be gamed quickly
as the rapid instruction classes in
the army have shewn A person
can learn a Language. wen enough
to get along with Ama year's
concentrated tune But when he
speaks it. win what be says be
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The Home of Goud Job Printing
SItJCWTWI WMCiI?
wise" A man may knew a don*
Languages and yet to* * ten*
ia any at th.on. A high school stu
dent can make *A~ la agricaMa*
ad ■« kt « •*< tutan
k htM*. WMa* M. hmoM* a*
edge, bow to gat it to work. ।
WiUom k FramGoJ
bi the book as Proverb* wisdom
is not only different from knowl
edge. it is different from what In
sometimes called worldly wisdom.
Men are sometimes called wise by
untiunkuig persona when they are
merely wise in the way* of the
world—smart, shrewd, able to look
out for themselves, always alight
ing on their feet, like eats The
wisdom comm ended in Proverb, ■
not worldly it is divine. It differs
from ordirary smartness in two
way*. First, it is from Ged. It eaa
be learned anywhere <"Co to the
ant . . consider her way* and be
wise "» but Goi is the snal mur-re
at wisdom In other words, wisdom
m these pages mea* much the
same as what other writer, eaE
conforming to the will of God. B
means looking at things with the
eye and the mind of God FutOmc,
as the writer, at Proverb, we St,
true wisdom include, God; shat B
to ray. the wise man will remem
ber Ged while the fool either nev«r
give. God a •bought, or rays *
his heart there la no God He ■
th* most important fact tn the
universe, to Leave him out of aB
our caiculatioQs is to be a tc*-
Sight foci r
W^iom I. for Hirt World
There have seen good pv. j peo
ple who didn't know quit* whet to
do with this book of Proverb* *
For it u out of taw wita any Tt>ir~
woridiy action of rehgson People
who think that religion and euoo
moo sense ar* two different
thmg,. people who gunk reiiga*
is concerned with ffungs -mseea
while common wnse deals •ith
everyday farts, people who thtnk
that reLgxsr. is chiefly concerned
with death and what eome* after,
—ail these people are takes aback
by the earthly ompiicitie. « the
Proverb, The wisdom wiutk ■
here admired and praised I. not
anything out at true a'arid." A m
strictly for this world. A former
governor ct V^-gmia ievtiSed that y
dtnng his term at Mce he had
received more help m the prao- *
taca! prrtjfems of governr»#atg*ra
the book at Proverb, seer Trms
any of tne socks qp political Ki
ene* which lined his Lbrarp
stelae,
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