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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1941
Page
9
Dates September 22 and 27 set for the Tri County Fair at Manchester. Other items note a $7 000 fire loss at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Hapeville caused by a faulty switch and a $224 487 revenue from driver license renewals through June 30. Local crimes and civic notes fill the week.
In Ellaville Georgia a local physician received a signed blank check on Saturday night with the instruction to fill it in for one hundred dollars. The patient remained sober and the incident reflects the trust placed in his family doctor by residents of Schley County.
Columbus Georgia July 5 Private William Creach 401st Parachute Battalion released from custody after murder charge in the death of Phenix City Police Chief J T Oakes was reduced to reckless driving Alan Creach drove the car that struck and killed Oakes Wednesday
Sheriff J. P. Hawk recaptured two Baldwin county convicts Friday night after they fled the Baldwin work camp and obtained a guard's pistol. Identified as Joe Pinkerton of Atlanta and Joe Lee Williams of Augusta, both serving 20-year burglary sentences. The men used a ruse to gain the knife and threatened the guard before being found near a hermit’s home, ending a wide search by local officers.
Macon Georgia July 4 announcement names Rev Norman Shands as secretary of the Mercer University Baptist Student Union for 1941 42. Shands Mercer class of 1941 honors include the Algeron Sidney Sullivan award and BSU presidency during his junior year. He will pursue a master's degree in the fall.
Jeffersonville July 5 Lamar Tiger publisher of the Irwinton Bulletin in Wilkinson county announces purchase of an interest in the Bulletin by G H Carswell who will become editor of the paper He bought the interest of Julian and Edwin Bloodworth He is a Duke University graduate and son of the late George Carswell a former gubernatorial candidate and Wilkinson county resident
Georgia's supreme court upheld a divorce for L. R. Boone Jr. partly on the claim that his wife Susan Brotherton Boone was jealous and caused scenes. Boone, operator of the Lakemoore club, testified his wife tore four shirts from his back as he dressed for a party, supporting the divorce.
Baltimore July 4 Dr. Richard F Slaughter Jr of Augusta Ga head of the University of Georgia neuro surgery department died at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore His death was attributed to a brain ailment He had been ill six months and a patient at Johns Hopkins five weeks A Virginia graduate he served on hospital staffs in Baltimore Richmond and Boston before joining the University of Georgia four years ago He formerly practiced in Norfolk Va
Atlanta Public Safety Commissioner John E. Goodwin announced a Sylvester bureau branch of the state investigative office to speed arrest of cattle thieves. Lt. D. S. Hudson will supervise six agents in Sylvester, described as the center of heavy cow thieving activity.
Atlanta. Georgia Power Co says the power shortage is nearly over for a week as heavy rains replenish water reservoirs. C A Collier vice president says restrictions on commercial and domestic use are suspended for seven days though some industrial limits remain. A reservoir check will occur next Saturday to decide on further unlimited power use.
Georgia wildlife director Zack D Cravey appealed July 5 to packers growers and shippers not to dump surplus or defective peaches into streams. He cited fuzz acting as a poison and decaying fruit creating acid harmful to fish life. He urged using waste peaches to improve washed land with lime and earth to aid erosion control.
Washington July 8 production authorities said the 1941 cotton crop may be among the smallest in 20 years. An Agriculture Department report suggests harvested acreage could be the smallest since 1895. If yields reach last year’s 252.5 pounds per acre, output would be about 11,666,000 bales, the smallest since 1935. If yields match the 1929 38 ten year average of 198.1 pounds per acre, the crop would be about 9,153,000 bales, the smallest since 1921.
Columbus Ga July 6 Captain Edward A Morrison age 46 of the 169th Infantry died during exercise at the Infantry School Stables Fort Benning. He was riding about an hour when he suffered a heart attack and collapsed in the paddock. the horse halted and Morrison was dead before help arrived.
Otis Mimbs about 35 in Telfair County jail charged with the murder of his father in law J. L. Ethridge Sunday morning. Sheriff John B. Walker said Mimbs warned Ethridge not to visit and Ethridge was shot as he arrived with relatives at the Mimbs home. Ethridge died at Corde Lois hospital in Hazlehurst around 1 a.m.
A $53,000 permit was issued at Columbus city hall for a two story brick and concrete Masonic Temple to be built on the site south of the new post office. Architect T F Lockwood, ground area 40 by 100 feet. Owners include Columbian and Mount Hermon lodges, St Aldemar Commandery and Darley chapter.
Atlanta July 8 Eighteen Georgians over 28 years old sent to Ft McPherson since July 1 were returned to civilian life by orders of State Selective Service Director Be Hawkins. General Hawkins also issued instructions to local boards to avoid negligence in complying with the national order effective July 1 offering 30 day deferment. A bill to make deferment permanent for those over 28 has Senate approval and awaits House action this week. The 30 day deferment order was issued by National Director L B Hershey pending House action.
Two 22 year old women hikers from Marianna and Jacksonville entered a Chipola river limestone cavern Saturday morning and became lost after their light failed. Cecil Haddock led a search of about 300 volunteers who found them exhausted but unharmed resting on a ledge deep inside. Rhyne called the experience spine tingling and Watson said it was grand to see light again.
Georgia begins its first properly conducted diamond drill campaign for gold in Lumpkin County on the Chestatee mining property near Dahlonega. Capt. Garland Peyton notes drilling to 500 to 600 feet to penetrate the structure, with promising samples from the Division of Mines analyses. The federal government only may purchase the metal at $35 per troy ounce.
The comment suggests rents labeled modest may reflect increases that keep them comparatively high, implying landlords have raised prices while labeling them as modest. The statement signals a perception of sustained or rising costs affecting tenants.
President Roosevelt backs extending active duty for select service army and National Guard beyond one year to maintain efficiency at outposts in Atlantic and Pacific. He supports General Marshall's extension proposal while deeming the hemisphere boundary issue less important and notes no fixed plan to urge Congress immediately.
About two o clock visitors toured the southeastern county section and inspected several hundred acres of slash and long leaf pine seedlings on the T. J. Fountain farm. The newly elected Middle Western Ocmulgee River Soil Conservation District Supervisors are S. W. Hickson chairman Perry W. F. Hudson Unadilla B. T. Welcher Rochelle W. J. Butler Butler A. C. Richardson Montezuma. The event was sponsored by District Supervisors the Extension Service Farm Forestry Farm Security Administration the Vocational Agricultural Teachers Soil Conservation Service and Taylor County Forest Ranger.
The saying compares advice to snow, noting that gentler guidance endures longer and sinks deeper. It suggests soft counsel influences behavior more enduringly than harsh, blunt admonitions. Both practical wisdom and cautious words can shape decisions over time.
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