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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
3
Greenville Georgia grand jury failed to indict C H Rogers and Felton Aveury for the February shooting of Sam Terry a Manchester Negro in the city jail fire station building Rogers a firefighter At a March 2 commitment hearing they faced voluntary manslaughter charges The case drew statewide attention
An unexplained explosion in Atlanta today ripped a five room house from its foundations and injured three people including Mrs. J. W. Walker and her two children Joyce and Patsy. Workmen were installing a butane gas furnace when the 500 gallon tank 20 feet from the house exploded. officials could not explain the blast.
In Jacksonville on August 21 a former partner in two upscale dining and gambling venues testified that Judge Robert Carpenter was involved in gambling transactions totaling 19300 dollars in 1947. The witness also said Carpenter gambled often at these places and has accumulated bed checks totaling over 6600 dollars due to losses in the past two years.
Mrs Carrie T Matthews 70 died in a Macon private hospital after a short illness. Her funeral was at the Baptist church with Pastor B L Harvey officiating and burial in Oaklawn Cemetery. She was widow of Mark Matthews former editor of the Ft Valley Leader Tribune. A number of cousins survive including Dawson Kendrick of Fort Valley.
Dr. Samuel Green an Atlanta obstetrician and imperial wizard of the Associated Klans of Georgia died at his home on August 18 from a heart attack at age 59. He had recently been promoted from grand dragon to wizard and was known for ordering members to discard masks in public to avoid blame for mob violence. He is survived by his widow two sons Samuel Jr and A J Green and a daughter Virginia.
J A Giles aged 74 who once ran against Congressman Carl Vinson died at his Macon home in the People's Church Educational Building. The Christian layman and temperance worker was found by Friends Sunday morning. He grew up on a farm near Athens and helped launch Georgia Rural Letter Carriers in 1903, also aiding the National Association of Rural Letter Carriers that year.
Two Henry County men Jack Floyd of Stockbridge and Eugene Oglesby of McDonough both 25 are held without bond on charges of raping a 24 year old Atlanta nurse during a blind date. Judge Benjamin Garland called the case brutal and noted prior indictments by a Clayton county grand jury. The men face Henry county grand jury action on the same charge and were named by Garland as the principals. The assault allegedly occurred on a Sunday morning two or three weeks earlier. Separately, the U. S. Government seeks 9332 from the Georgia Klans association.
Augusta political leader Roy Harris claims an Atlanta wholesaler sells liquor to dry counties with the State revenue department's knowledge. He ties former Revenue Commissioners Eugene Cook and T Grady Head to the controversy, while Cook calls the charges vicious and unscrupulous.
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