Senator Russell Wins Fight for Farm Parity Increase
Washington April 4 Senator Russell of Georgia won a 61 to 9 Senate vote approving an amendment to raise farm parity payments from 212 million to 450 million dollars for 1909 1918 prewar price parity. The measure would add 150 million dollars available immediately for this year’s crops and faces House approval before funds can be released.
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Washington
Sen. Russell
Georgia
Senate
Chamber
Senate Appropriations Committee
Russell
Sen
House
Taft
Wiley
Wisconsin
Treasury
Mother of Solicitor General Calhoun Dies Monday Morning
Mrs. Annie Cline Calhoun 66 prominent Hamilton woman wife of L L Calhoun and mother of Hubert Calhoun solicitor general of the Chattahoochee circuit died Monday morning after a long illness at her home. She was born Sept 18 1874 in Harris county and lived there all her life. She was a member of Hamilton Methodist church. Surviving are her husband three sons Irby Calhoun R Heidi Calhoun and Hubert Calhoun all of Columbus a granddaughter Miss Eugenia Calhoun of Columbus three sisters Mrs R G Blanton Mrs A C Hobbs and Mrs C M Stafford and four brothers Dr R Cline W J Cline H H Cline and C R Cline and several nieces and nephews Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10 am at Strifler mortuary chapel with Rev Alex Copeland and Rev W D Rayburn of Hamilton. Pallbearers were Co 8 Grant Roy Butts R B Fort BR W Williams J B Peavy and H M Hobbs.
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Columbus
Annie Cline Calhoun
Hamilton
L. L. Calhoun
Hubert Calhoun
Chattahoochee
L L. Calhoun
Irby Calhoun
R. Heidi Calhoun
Eugenia Calhoun
R. G. Blanton
A. C. Hobbs
Cataula
C. M. Stafford
Atlanta
R. Cline
Lakeland
Fla
W. J
Strifler Mortuary Chapel
Alex Copeland
W. D. Rayburn
Pallbearers Co
Grant
Roy Butts
R. B. Fort BR. W. Williams
J. B. Peavy
H. M Hobbs
Butler Garden Club Noted At Georgia State Convention
Garden Club of Georgia approves billboard regulation bill to be sent to the legislature. Delegates urged to support the measure and appoint billboard chairs to contact representatives. Award results include Waynesboro and Fitzgerald clubs for park and landscaping work. Butler earns honorable mention for courthouse grounds.
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Savannah
Garden Club of Georgia
Department of Safety
Department of Public Safety
Murdock Equen
Atlanta
Garden Club
R. Cooney
Howell Newton
Forsyth
T. Stewart
Macon
Garden Club of
Waynesboro
Georgia Club
Fitzgerald Garden Club
Monroe Garden Club
Monroe High School
Butler Garden Club
Butler Court ‘House
Rules for June 3 Georgia constitutional amendment election
Georgia voters must be registered by December 3 and pay all past poll taxes by December 8 1940 receive eligibility for the June 3 ballot. Those voting on the 68 proposed amendments must meet tax and registration requirements and may pass by simple majority to become law.
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Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Board of Registrars
Clerk of Superior Courts
C. H. Kittrell
Dublin
Scout Camporee to Draw 500 From Georgia Troops
About 500 scouts from Montezuma Oglethorpe Marshallville and other Georgia towns will gather in Macon county for an Inter Council Camporee on April 26 27. The event is organized by the Central Georgia Council and Chehaw Council with full planning by Macon County District leaders.
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Macon County
Georgia
Boy Scouts of America
Montezuma
Central Georgia Council
Macon
Chehaw Council
Charlie Hall
Fred Adams
Oglethorpe
Marshallville
W. C. Sullivan
Carroll Tinsley
Central
Peanut crop rules ease allow oil peanuts on idle cotton land
Georgia farmers may plant peanuts for oil on land left idle by cotton reductions without losing conservation or parity payments. A Department of Agriculture regulation secured by Congressman Pace allows this pay crop on abandoned acreage. An Atlanta meeting backed April 26 as the beltwide marketing quotas election date, with experts unsure how the rule affects the waste land provision or quotas.
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Georgia
Department of Agriculture
Steve Pace
Atlanta
Pace
Rawleigh Route Advertisement in Georgia Counties
Available at once in Stewart Talbot Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties. Good opportunity for men over 25 with fear of risk to trade well established routes. Route experience helpful but not necessary to start. Write Rawleigh's Dept GAD 42 102F Memphis Tenn or see J. C. Fuller Reynolds Ga 41 O4tp.
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Rawleigh
Stewart, Talbot
Muscogee
Chattahoochee
Rawleigh‘s
Dept
Reynolds Youth Wins In County Spelling Contest
F H Nelson age 12 son of Mr and Mrs John Nelson and member of Reynolds High School won first place in county wide spelling contest. He will represent Taylor county in the state contest in Atlanta under the Atlanta Constitution. Ruth Cox 18 daughter of Mr C E Cox second place. Mary Frances Gilson third. Other participants and schools listed.
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F H. Nelson
John Nelson
Reynolds High School
Young Nelson
Taylor County
Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
W. T. Austin
Ruth Cox
C. E Cox
Butler High School
Mary Frances Gilson
Wesley School
Workers' Council of Columbus Baptist Assn To Meet
The Workers' Council of the Columbus Baptist Association will meet next Wednesday at Waverly Hall church. The program starts at 10 30 a m with pastors Sunday School superintendents WM A leaders and association committees urged to attend. Attendees should bring lunch. The WM L executive board and association executive committee meet at 2 p m.
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Workers’ Council of Columbus Baptist Asson
Waverly Hall
Workers’ Council of Columbus Baptist Association
Waverly Hall Church
Woman‘s Missionary Societies
Association
Central of Georgia Rail Road Adopts Eastern Time
Local agent Mr A. F. Fain announced that the Central of Georgia Railway began operating on Eastern Standard time starting Tuesday. Passenger trains through Butler now follow the schedule: No. 3 at 5:35 a.m., No. 1 at 2:10 p.m., No. 2 at 2:56 p.m., and No. 4 at 11:48 p.m.
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Central of Georgia
A. F. Fain
Central of Georgia Railway
Butler
Mrs. J. S. Green Grows Sweet Peas Early
Local Garden Club members show a display of sweet peas grown by Mrs J S Green two weeks earlier than usual. She plans to contribute many blooms to next Sunday church decorations from her garden.
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J. S. Green
Garden Club
JS. Green
Postal receipts rise at Butler post office quarter end
Postal receipts for the first quarter ending March 31 at the Butler post office increased more than 16 percent and more than 20 percent for the corresponding quarter of 1940.
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Butler
Three Moore Brothers Volunteer For Year’s Service In Army
The Moore brothers Cecil Cecil Jackson Moore Wanza Ward Moore and Charlie Moore volunteered for a year of service in the U S Army. They were accepted in December and April and were joined by William Walter Hobbs Locke Edwards Towns and Cornelius Miller in the April 8 call. Taylor county reported no trainees in call No 7 due to existing volunteers.
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Moore Brothers
U. S. Army
Cecil Jackson Moore
Wanza Ward Moore
Dee, Ltd
Charlie Moore
William Walter Hobbs
Locke Edwards Towns
Cornelius Miller
Moore
Joe Mathis
H. K. Sealy
Taylor County
Georgia Fishing Law Outlined by County Ranger
County Ranger E T Gaultney explains current Georgia fishing rules and licensing. Home county residents may fish with a snatch pole within county borders without a license, but out of county fishing requires a license. Reel or rod fishing, fly rods, or artificial bait require a license, and selling caught fish also needs licensing. Closed season runs April 16 to June 1.
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B. Gaultney
Gaultney
Fshing
Wildlife Department
Afternoon Singing at Rupert Easter Sunday
The public is invited to attend the regular afternoon singing at Rupert school auditorium on Easter Sunday. The services will be dedicated to Him for whom Easter Stands. Rupert boasts a strong singing tradition and gospel lovers can expect an enjoyable afternoon. Come early and do your part to help make the service a success.
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Rupert School
Rupert
Typhoid Fever Clinics Set for April May Dates
The county offers typhoid vaccines at 7k for three doses, 25c for annual single treatments. Clinics run at Butler courthouse from 8 a.m. to noon and Reynolds school from 1 to 3 p.m. on April 18 25 and May 2, with Sara Windham R N as County Nurse coordinating.
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Butler and
Reynolds
Butler
Sara Windham
R. N
House for Rent in Butler Georgia Five Rooms
Five room house with lights and bath in desirable residential section of Butler. Interested renters may see or write Mrs. T L Fountain at 4921 Butler Ga.
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Butler
T. L. Fountain
Taylor Superior Court in Session Here this Week
The April term of Taylor Superior Court reopened by Judge George C. Palmer. The court adjourned for Mrs. Annie Cline Calhoun’s funeral. R. Foy serves as temporary solicitor general. Grand jury organized with Swearingen as foreman and Austin as clerk. About thirty cases including three murder cases to be investigated. civil docket aims to clear this afternoon. criminal docket to start Monday. Grand jurors listed.
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Taylor Superior Court
George C. Palmer
Columbus
R. O. Perkins
Palmer
R. L. Swearingen
C. Fred Austin
C. F. Austin
C. S. Newton
W. R. Langhorn
D .A. England
Joe Brown
Hugh Gilson
M. T. Gaultney Sr
R. L. Philman
R. L. Bell
A. W. Adams
J. L Austin
R L. Swearingen
J. W. Mott
FE. T. Shealy
Thomas Montgomery
Fred Jarrell
JL. T. Horton
H. G. Windham
Z R .McCorkle
S. Garrett
David Childree
W. C. Cosey
D. C. Abibott
Easter Sunrise Service On Court House Lawn
Rev. F. J. Gilbert will lead an Easter Sunrise service on the court house lawn Sunday morning about 6 38 EST If weather prevents an open air gathering the service will switch to the Methodist church Everyone is invited to attend the Easter Sunrise service next Sunday morning
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Court House
F. J. Gilbert
Methodist Church
Court House Lawn
E.S.T
Local Farmers Urged To Attend Americus Meeting
Local farmers urged to attend a 2 p m meeting at the Americus courthouse to discuss the Farm Act peanut marketing quotas amendment. Congress man Stephen Pace will attend to explain the amendment.
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Americus
Court House
Stephen Pace
Fertilizer Inspection Lead Change in Taylor County
In Taylor county residents seeking fertilizer inspections should contact C. B. Causey of Knoxville Georgia. J. W. Bentley, the former inspector for the area, has been transferred and Causey is now in charge of inspection for this county.
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Taylor County
C. B. Causey
Knoxville
J. W. Bentley
Mr. Causey
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Sen. Taft
Ohio
Garden Clubs of
Desire
Inter Council
Cong
Rachel Theus
Cross Roads School
E. M. Gaultney Jr
Central School
Robert Barrow
Taylor Mill School
Messrs
Cecil, Wanza and
Charlie
E. T. Gaultney
Tifton Circuit Superior Court
Calhoun
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