Pace Opposed to Dumping Cotton on Market Now
Congressman Stephen Pace writes to Secretary Claude R. Wichard in Washington on August 15, 1941, urging parity income for cotton farmers and cautioning against dumping CCC surplus. He notes the potential market impact of a presidential veto and references prior market drop tied to rumors of CCC sales, stressing agricultural policy concerns in Georgia.
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Pace
Stephen Pace
National Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wichard
Washington, D. C
Washington
C. E. Wichard
D. C
House
Athens
Commodity Credit Corporation
Schley County Legislator J O Smith Dies in Ellaville
Taylor county relatives mourn Hon. J. O. Smith of Ellaville who died Tuesday age 55. He served as Schley county representative in the General Assembly, in his second term, and was a farmer, sawmill operator, and church leader. Funeral at Ellaville Baptist Church, burial in Ellaville Cemetery. Survivors include his widow and five daughters in Americus, Andersonville, Cordele, and Ellaville.
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Taylor County
J. O. Smith
Ellaville
Smith
General Assembly
Schley County
R. P. McGuffin
George C. Smith
Butler
Ellaville Baptist Church
Carl McMath
Americus
Lewis Easterlin
Andersonville
Cecil Howard
Cordele
O. T. King
Barbara Smith
Taylor Co Young Man Advances in U S Army Air Corps
Grady Barron Fuller of Taylor County has been promoted to Technical Sergeant and is stationed at Orlando Air Base in Florida. A Reynolds High School 1948 graduate, he studied at Abraham Baldwin College before enlisting in 1939. Family ranks include a West Point graduate grandfather and Civil War great grandfathers who served.
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Grady Barron Fuller
Grady Fuller
Orlando Air Base
Orlando
Fla
Fuller
Reynolds High School
Abraham Baldwin College
Tifton
Army Air Corps
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Sgt. Fuller
J. C. Barron
Jones County
West Point Military Academy
Messrs
H. H. Caldwell
Wm. Z. Fuller
Appomatox
Camp Wadsworth
Spartanburg
S. C
Army Regulation Rifles Distributed To Local Home Guard
Captain Walton Hodges of Reynolds and First Lieutenant C C Stone of Butler announce thirty 30 caliber Army Regulation rifles sent to the Taylor County Home Guard. Eddystone 1917 and Winchester rifles accompany plans for fifteen air warning stations. The unit will meet twice a month on Tuesday nights and local men deferred from regular Army service are invited to join.
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Walton Hodges
Reynolds
C. C Stone
Butler
Taylor County
Home Guard
Stone
Mr Hodges
Mr. Stone
Library Hours Change Ahead of School Opening
The library announces adjusted hours due to the new school term. Beginning Wednesday August 27 the schedule will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 30 to 3 30 p.m. The library will be closed on Saturdays.
Butler Van Guards born to serve country in 1917 memory
Taylor County recalls wartime mobilization when Butler formed The Butler Van Guards on April 23, 1917 under Adjutant General Nash. The article lists officers and enlisted men, traces to the 1861 Van Guards ancestor unit, and recounts a mass meeting at the courthouse led by Hon. W. E. Steed with emotional remarks about duty and sacrifice.
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Europe
Butler
Cdnl
J. van Holt Nash
The
of Georgia
Georgia National Guards
van Guards
John T. Griffin
John M. Wilchar
W. H. Caldwell
Jas. M. Bateman
Jas. A. Rucker
W. L. Grice
William Anderson
5. Baer
J. E. Bartlett W. W. Bartlett J. H. Brewer
J. W. Batchelor
W. L. Bodie
G. F. Brooks
John Bryan
W. H. Bradberry
T. S. Brooks
Herald
W. E. Steed
Draft Extension and Age Exemption Bills Signed by President
President Roosevelt signed into law measures extending Army service by up to 18 months for draftees National Guardsmen reservists and enlisted men and granting mandatory deferment for those aged 28 or older not yet inducted The act allows release when practicable and not conflicting with national defense and requires local draft boards to post classifications while extending terms for regulars and honorably discharged veterans
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Senate
Selective Service Act
Army
Coast Guard
Palace Market Lunch Counter in Butler Ga serves 15c meal
Students can dine at the Palace Market Lunch Counter in Butler Georgia offering a meal of meat vegetables dessert bread and a drink for 15 cents. Information on meal tickets is available from Mrs Tante.
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Palace Market
Outlook for Taylor county cotton brighter than last year
Cotton season opens with farmers bringing first bales to gins as 1941 crop looks smaller than 1940. Prices rise to 17 cents a pound boosting cash income despite boll weevil damage and fewer acres under cotton, with about $12,000 in government Cotton Stamps forthcoming. County Agent E G Blackwell notes 13,325 acres in cotton this year versus 14,530 in 1940, and 1,205 acres shifted to other cash crops, sustaining optimism for a strong fall season.
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Taylor County
E. G. Blackwell
Blackwell
Mad Fleming Cody Show to Open at Reynolds School Grounds
Mad Fleming Shows will perform all next week on Reynolds School grounds featuring six rides and various concessions. Sponsored by Reynolds Golf Club, the six days of family friendly entertainment are expected to draw hundreds, with Children’s Day on Thursday August 28 offering ride tickets for three cents until seven o clock. The owner Mr Fleming touts a clean show and bets on strong attendance due to favorable local crops and farmers faring well this season.
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Mad Fleming Cody
Reynolds
Cody Fleming
Reynolds Golf Club
Mad Fleming
Fleming
Southwest Georgia Singing Convention in Butler Next Sunday
The Southwest Georgia Singing Convention will convene at the Butler High School auditorium next Sunday with Mr. J. W. Goosby presiding. Many noted choir leaders from Georgia and nearby states are expected, and all lovers of gospel music are invited.
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Southwest Georgia
Butler High School
J. W. Goosby
Association
Georgia
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L. R. Adams
Theo McGee
W. A. Childs
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Ack Respess
Thea Shealy
Eli Garrett Jay Shealy
Walter Riley
W. M. Mathews
G. C. Smith J. D. Williams
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Hamp Riley Tohn Respess
L. B. Bolden
F. G. Colbert
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H. Cox
W. H. Cameron
D. D. Cameron
Marion Cox
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J. T. Collins
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M. H. Riley
V. T. Smith
D. G. Smith Louis Simon
J. C. Stringfield
R. R. Snelling
T. W. Sistrunk
H. M. Searcy
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William £ Vson
J. W. Stringfied
Dennis Stuckey
G. W. Sibley
Ly T. Tune
William Tune
W. G. Harrison
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