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Butler Herald

Location

Butler, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1941

Page

9

Georgia News Highlights From LaFayette To Americus

Ledger of Georgia towns reports Bank of Chickamauga completed at LaFayette for about ten thousand dollars. Lumpkin Law School building sale set for August 22. Y M C A appoints J B Bancom as Columbus director. County officials in Talbot and Americus elected. White schools to open Sept first in Lumpkin County. Fatal auto collision near Madison Florida kills B L Smith and Dorothy Evans. Frances D. McConnell dies in Savannah after illness. Hollis Fort Sr. elected Americus city attorney. William Driskell dies from gunshot at home. Infantile paralysis 12 more cases in Georgia this 24 hours total 454. Sumter County Fair slated Oct 27 to Nov 1. Mercer summer commencements in Macon with 24 degrees awarded. Douglas tobacco warehouses sell over 4 million pounds for $905k. Offer of $200 for prison system investigation in Georgia. LaGrange to spend $25k on a city park. Griffin opens new $25k church school annex. Rev. A. R. Hutchinson guest speaker. Jones county search for Charlie Dover’s killer continues. J E Rowe, ex Western Union manager, dies in Atlanta. Miss Jessie Mae Parker to Arkansas State Teachers College. R T DeWitt to LSU. Ferrell Millen beaten in Ellerslie case. conscious but memory unclear. Schley County tax rate set at 8 mills. valuations up $52k. Federal Alcohol Tax Unit reports 4,468 stills seized in four states, up 601 from prior year.

Surplus Cotton Debate Shapes U.S. Policy

Senator pace argues against dumping six million bales of surplus cotton, citing parity goals and potential treasury costs. He supports using CCC surplus for relief, defense, and foreign trade only if it does not depress domestic prices, urging restraint in disposal. Also reports on deaths of Judge Samuel Blakely Hunter and Chester E. Hutchins, Jesup Sentinel ownership change, and other local notices.

Therby U.S. Treasury Commodity Credit Corporation Treasury United States Athens Stephen Pace M. C

Butler Van Guards Form in Georgia To Aid Home Defense

A meeting in Butler led to the formation of a home guard unit named the Butler Van Guards to drill and protect lives and property during the wartime period. Captain Steed, commissioned by Adjutant General J. Van Holt Nash, organized the company, which received uniforms and equipment at no cost to government funds. Numerous local youths enlisted, with officers and many enlisted men listed, showing strong community support and martial spirit amid the World War era.

Steed J. van Holt Nash State of Georgia Butler van Guards Capt van Guards Herald Butler Taylor County Army

Regional officials appointments and state crime note

Dr Roscoe Arrant named business consultant for U S Commerce in Atlanta region. A M Park appointed to Macon County Board of Education vacancy after J W Nelson Sr death. Park previously served on board. Moonshining boom cited with 4468 illicit still seizures across four states, up 601 from prior year. Rising Fawn Prison camp cruelty probe may lead to dismissals and trials. Georgia Association of Insurance Agents approves statewide traffic safety and fire prevention program for fiscal year starting Sept 1.

Roscoe Arrant U. S. Department of Commerce Atlanta C. P. Persons A. M. Park Ideal W. M. Harper Macon County Board of Education J. W Nelson Sr Park Rising Fawn Georgia Association of Insurance Agents

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Bank of Chickamauge LaFayette of Lumpkin Law School University of Georgia J. B. Bancom Kannapolis, N. C Columbus, Ga Chas. C. Wall Sr Ellaville Third District Masons Dawson Talbot County J. C. Watts B. L. Smith Tallahassee Dorothy Evans Fitzgerald Madison, Fla Frances D. McConnell Central of Georgia Railway Savannah Hollis Fort Sr Americus H. O. Jones W. W. Driskell Hancock County Bernard Butts Sumter County O. P. Johnson Sumter County Fair Mercer University Macon Willingham Chapel J. D. Freeman Douglas Tobacco Kathleen Gray Nelson LaGrange Court Square First Methodist Church Griffin A. R. Hutchinson Oklahoma City J. P. Hawkins Jones County Charlie Dover Gray J. E. Rowe Nashville Western Union Temple Ga Birmingham Jessie Mae Parker Winder Arkansas State Teachers College Conway, Ark R. T. DeWitt Georgia Southwestern College Louisiana State University At Baton Rouge Ferrell Millen Frank Bass Ellerslie Schley County Board of Commissioners J. R. Wall Federal Florida Alabama South Carolina Samuel Blakely Hunter Recorder's Court Judge Hunter Samuel Hunter Coral Hunter Macon Volunteers Chester E. Hutchins Savannah Morning News Evening Press Seattle Wash Hutching C. E. Hutchins Jr Hutchins W. F. Hood Gainesville Commerce Hall County North Carolina Franklin + Highlands mountain Jesup Sentinel Geo. M. Harrington C. A Pound Cordele Mr. Pound Jesup Cordele Dispatch Hawkinsville Mr. Baynard Baxley Francis D. McConnell Central of Georgia Ft Valley McConnell W. R. McConnell Emma Clarke McConnell the Herald W. J. Fuller H. G. Montgomery R. C. Riley H. L. Riley L. H Adams L. R. Adams Luke Annie Algin Bell Thomas Bennefield J. Billock George Boyer Lewis Braswell J. J Brooks E. A. Brown Hamp Brown Lee Bryant Lon Burke Jim Burt Roma Carthers A. Carthers B. Carson Jeff Carson Luke Carson Raymond Carson Alfred Character Sam Cook Homer Corbin E. L. Counter C. A. Craig Milton Croxton Sebe Cummings Frank Daviston Buster Davis Bloom Jesse Sangster Sanford Lawson Emmett Lawson Percy Lee John Lee Tom Leonard Clifford Little James Lockett Monroe Lockhart Charlie Lockhart Ira Lockhart Isiah Lockhart Walter McClendon Shedrick McCrary Ed McCrary Crington McCrary J. R. McCrary L. T. McCrary Roy McCrary Sanders McCrary Walter Mathews Brown Mathews Clinton Mathews Clifford Mathews Griggs Mathews L. F. Mathews Fields Mathews R. L. Mathis Sam Merkerson Andrew Milliner Pete Mims Curtis Mims Jim Mims Mayo Montfort Cephas J H. Revear Robert Blakely H T Boges J D Riley Thomas Riley Willie Ioggs Sam H. Booth H. J. Roquemore Henry Rogers Eugene Brady J M. Byrd C. B Rogers Oscar Ross Buddie Byrd Dock Carson J. T., Jr Ross Letcher Ross Martin Kildree A. J. Childers E. A. Russaw Eldridge Russaw Lester Childree J. L. Childs W. A. Sanders Allen Sanders Edmond Christopher Ben Christopher W. J. Serdon Lacy Searcy Abel Roper J. L. Cox Norman B Searcy Boyd Searcy Luther Crawford EB. J. Crawford T Searcy Wilburn Shirden Culverhouse Oscar Gaultney M. T. Jr. Griffith E. H. Stallings Robert Talton Jesse Gudenrath Ralph, Guined Fred Tennyson J. D. Terry Henry Hall R. M. Hall Wm. Towns John Harbuck S. M. Towns Jack Hancock B. H. Troutman Albert Troutman Jean Harmon Jas P. Harris H. P Trice Feston Turner Arthur Harris W. L. Hart W. W. Turner Joe Turner Leon D. Hays C. W. Haywood T. C. Turner L. L. Turner Tommie’ Hicks Co. M. Hicks E. W Towns Clifford Walker Clifton T Hicks J. F. Hicks W. C. Walker Milton Walker Wiley Highsmith Jep Hill Chester Ward Remus C Warren Bobby Hill Houston Hill L. M. Wilder D. C. Williams Lonnie Hobbs J. T. Hodges E. P. Williams O. B. Wright Henry Hoge W. P. Hogg J. F. Howard O. J. Hutcherson Ode Ivey E. M. Jackson S. J Jenkins E. N. Jenkins P. A Jinks R. S. Jones D. L Taylor Coun- King D. A Kirksey Howard Long H. McCants J. M. McDaniel H. D. McMickle P. J. Mason W. W. Mathews J. A. J. Mathews W. M J. M. Sams T. J. Sanders L. M. Sanders Walter Sasser W. W. Sanders E. L. Sanders W. D. Scott O. W. Sealy O. F. Seay T. D. J. Sharpton W. C. Shealy J. J. Shealy E.T. Shines Slaughter C F. Smith Wite Moore Oscar T. Rogers Joe ©. Williams J A. Watson Claude D. Cooper H. G Colored Brown Jack Cleveland W. Hicks P Corbin E Jurden Tom Mathews W. Mathis Willie Smith Laney Towns Edgar Towns Elbert Carter Russell Williams Ellis Alley R. E. Beeland J. D. Butler H. L. Beeland H L Barrow W. F E. Brown A. L. Carson Bob Estes T. H. Edwards Archie Gee H. H. Garrett T. Heath Hudson W. P. Hudson J. E B. Hodges E. W. Hill Walter Jenkins R. N. Ingram W. B. Kimbrew Maj. M. Montfort Karrow Montfort O. E. Nickson Neisler Reynolds U. S Citizens State Bank Nessler’s Warehouse Mademoiselle Dreizin
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