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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1939
Page
15
Atlanta on September 5 reports Motorcycle Pa Epps and officers T M Stribling and T Peters pulled by Traffic Captain Jack Malcom for not on an emergency call. They received tickets for violating Atlanta’s 95 mile an hour speed limit, each at 35 mph.
Adel Sept 16 Hendry was elected clerk of the superior court of Guck county Thursday in a field of eight candidates. He won by 17 votes over the next highest man Newburn and will serve out the unexpired term of the late J K Sinclair. He is a well known farmer.
The Ellaville Sun weekly newspaper received the Georgian-American Trophy at the Georgia Press Association meeting in Calhoun. Editor Raymond Duncan wrote the column Schley Slants. The paper, two years old, recently bought the Schley County News in Ellaville, Georgia.
In Americus on September 8 the Lee Street Methodist church burned mortgage papers to honor the retirement of a longstanding debt. Church officials said the cancelled note and mortgage documents were received recently. The debt originated from paving Lee Street past the church and parsonage properties.
Talbotton Ga Sept 5 Mrs Gideon T Tucker 85 died at her home near Talbotton Monday. Survived by one daughter Mrs Ben Adams Talbotton several grandchildren including Mrs Kate Storey Talbotton Joe and Pearson Tucker Maton and two great grandchildren Earl Storey. Funeral at son in law B W Adams home Tuesday with Rev J W Womble Talbotton Baptist Church in charge. burial in family burying ground.
The State Board of Regents said 14 units of the Georgia University System will start classes between September 15 and 27. Institutions listed include University of Georgia in Athens September 27, Georgia Tech September 18, Atlanta Evening College September 15, Atlanta Junior College September 27, and others across Milledgeville Valdosta Tifton Americus Carrollton and more, with most set for September 27.
Homer Ga Sept 2 Sheriff said J A Davis Jr who had been sought by Banks county authorities for nearly three years in a highway fatality case surrendered. He was about 22 and told the sheriff he had been sitting on jail steps since midnight. Davis was indicted for murder in the death of Lewis Turpin on the Homer Cornelia road in October 1936.
Dublin, Sept. 2. Mrs. Mainer Lee Toler, society editor of The Atlanta Constitution, was fatally injured when her sedan left the road after a tire blow-out and plunged down an embankment five miles southeast of Dublin on the Savannah highway. She was en route to Charleston for a Labor Day week-end cruise with friends. A 16 year Constitution staff veteran, she became editor of the women’s department last October 18 following Mrs. Rix Stafford’s resignation. She was the widow of J. T. Toler, longtime Constitution circulation manager, who died July 15, 1937. Besides society work, she edited the Constitution’s parent teacher pages for 15 years and contributed to news pages and the magazine section.
Sheriff reports two white men robbed Citizens Bank of Ashburn during lunch hour on Highway 41, stealing about 1000 in paper and silver. Bank VP K P Baker and customer G P Leggett were forced into a vault as one bandit entered, the other moved behind the counter. Leggett tried to sound an alarm but was blocked.
In Rockmart Georgia a lone bandit neatly dressed held up the Rockmart Bank Tuesday afternoon for an undetermined cash amount, estimated by Assistant Police Chief Bob Sproul at several hundred dollars. The robber fled in a 1982 Chevrolet coach towards Dallas and Atlanta as state patrol and FBI agents joined the hunt.
More than 3800 Georgia lawyers gathered in the Supreme Court room at the state capitol to pay tribute to the late Chief Justice Richard B. Russell. Judge Arthur Powell read the memorial address prepared by veterans of the bench and bar, noting Russell's service as Judge of the Court of Appeals from 1907 to 1918, appellate chief from 1913 to 1916, and Supreme Court Chief Justice from 1923 to 1938 before his death and succession by Charles S. Reid.
Harvey McGraw, 22, an Alabama native, was executed in Raiford Florida for forcing Montgomery motorists C D Wilkinson and T Mann to drive him across state lines after a Georgiana Alabama hold up. The pair were found dead tied together near their car after McGraw’s escape. Officials watched as he faced the sentence with no reaction.
At Atlanta on August 30, A B Allen of Oglethorpe had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by Gov Rivers. The commutation cited that nearly all jurors favored clemency, as did most of the deceased woman’s family, the prison and parole board, and about 600 Macon county citizens. The state argued Allen fatally beat his mother after she refused to give him her old age pension check.
Gainesville Georgia on September 1 reports new discoveries about the Virginia Dare stones that historians archaeologists and geologists hoped would illuminate the fate of the lost Roanoke Colony. Dr H J Pearce Sr Brenau College president said the evidence cannot be divulged now and the conference will be rescheduled for the fall.
In Tazewell Georgia on August 30 the funeral was held for Felton B Mackey a 38 year old Marion County man fatally wounded with a shotgun after an alleged knife incident at his home. Sheriff Carl Rigsby said no case was made against Leo Swearingen who shot Mackey. Mackey died early Tuesday in Americus hospital. He is survived by his parents brothers sisters and several nieces and nephews.
Georgia warehouses sold 104,886,208 pounds of tobacco for 12,981,567 dollars in 65 warehouses across 16 towns, averaging 12.82 cents per pound. Total sales rose 8,802,277 pounds from 1988, but income fell 5,887,196 dollars as prices hit a post-1981 low due to poorer grades.
Nashville Georgia September 3 The Nashville Evangelistic club, of which the late Editor Joe Lawrence was a member, will hold a memorial service for his life on Sunday September 10 at 3 p m at the Nashville Baptist church. Lawrence helped organize the club eight years ago and inspired quarterly state gatherings. Wr Parker of Remerton superintendent at Strickland Cotton Mills Valdosta will preside as music and talks from friends honor Mr Lawrence.
Atlanta resident Mrs M. Franco arrived back from New York on the French liner Normandie after a five week tour via Alexandria and France. She witnessed France's war readiness and a strong respect for America, noting crowds believed war was imminent while the Normandie took precautions at night with lights off and radios off to protect passengers.
Four died and six injured in a head on crash at two highways near Statesboro Monday. Rev A W Rountree of Midville died early Tuesday in a Statesboro hospital. Also dead were J B Cross 50 and Edwin Cross 16 and Ronald Cross 8. Mrs Cross in critical condition. Injured included Linwood Cross 19, James Battle of Decatur, Howard Lee of Atlanta, J C Malone of Atlanta, and T T Molnar of Cuthbert, all Rotarians returning from Savannah.
Miss Gertrude Walker of Patterson and Peter Newsom-Smith of London married at Grace Episcopal church Waycross. They depart for New York to sail for England where he will join territorial gunners for immediate war service. The bride is daughter of Mrs. Lester Walker. her father died recently in an automobile accident. The groom is son of London’s sheriff. they met in New York. They were at St Simons Island on a house party when orders arrived.
The Associated Press reports over 216 weekend deaths in the United States and Europe during the long holiday. In the U S 140 deaths were from traffic accidents, 36 by drowning, and 40 by shooting or other causes. Illinois led U S fatalities with 24. Georgia had 2.
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