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Mrs. Abbie Wimberly Morris, “widow of the late Wm. T. Morris, died at her home near Talbott on March 6. The annual Christian Endeavor convention of the state of Georgia ‘will be held in Columbus April 47-19. The executive committee has set Way 16 as the date for the election of county officers by Chatham coun ty democrats. Three persons escaped death nar rowly Sunday night when the car in which they were riding was wrecked om the Columbus road near Upatoi. Dentists throughout the country are engaged this month in celebrat ing the one hundredth anniversary of the American dental profession. The Central of Georgia Magazine burst forth last week in a spring cover of leaf green with a beauti ful scene showing dogwood blossom ing in Atlanta. The nomination of John J. Story and Walter E. Schillings as post master at Ashburn and Marietta re spectively were confirmed by the senate Monday. Trading accredited schools in the Macon district will open their series of the Atlanta Journal school of the air programs over the Macon radio station April 8. David Jennings, Americus, is ex pected to arrive in Vienna Monday to be office manager of the Dooly County Farm Security office of which M. L. Durden is head. FE. B. Williams, 78, retired Sum ter county farmer, died Thursday following a long illness. He was a brother of G. Lester Williams, well known Americas citizen. Evidence of Georgia's growing alarm on the livestock market was given in Macon Monday as Georgia wattle took 20 out of the 380 first places in the Macon fat cattle show. Griffin will crown “Miss Cotton Queen” on Monday, June 17. She will preside as queen of the centen nial celebration on that day. The celebration will be held June 17 to 19. ‘The state AAA office at Athens Saturday reported 40,000 applica tions, representing about $4,000,000 in conservation payments, had been certified for farmers in 92 Georgia counties. The State School Department will be compelled to raise more than a million dollars to finish paying teachers for the seven months guar anteed by the state it was indicated Monday. Federal authorities joined Atlanta law-enforcement agencies Monday in investigation of the series of night rider lashings which culminated in the flag-death of Ike Gaston, East Foint barber. ‘The one-millionth social security benefit check for Georgia was signed Monday at the office of the Georgia department of public welfare in At lanta and mailed to a woman bene ficiary near Harlem. Dr. Harmon W. Caldwell, presi dent of the University of Georgia wil!he commencement speaker for the 62nd annual exercises of Brenau College May 27 President H. J. Pearce announced Monday, Blackshear's beautiful new $75, 900 post office building will be dedi cated today with appropriate exer cises arranged by Postmaster L. P. Grainger with the assistance of the Blackshear Board of Trade. Capitol gossip says that Governor Rivers has developed a nice case of “writer's cramp” after having fin ished signing the second installment of $7,800,000 state highway bond is sue. He began the task Thursday. Households which were made home less by the Albany tornado of Feb. 10 and are now living temporarily outside of the city limits will be counted in the census as Albany residents, Turner Smith, area man ager, with headquarters in Macon,an nounced Monday. The Cedartown Grandmother's Club became the first Georgia group to join the National Grandmother's Club Friday with the presentation of a charter to the more than 60 mem bers. The ceremonies centered around the address and presentation of the charter by Mrs. Mildred Sey dell, Atlanta, vice president of the ntional organization, some officers arrested two white men suspected of robbing an Atlan ta filling station operator of $50 Sunday night and forcing a cab driv er to take them to Kingston, Ga., before robbing and tieing him to a tree. Ground tests reveal that Universi ty of Georgia students enrolled in the Civil Aeronautic authority att school rate “much higher” than oth er units tested thus far in this sec tion, it was announced in Athens Saturday. Chas. N. King, member of the Chattahoochee county commission and long a prominent leader of his county, died Thursday night at the old King home at Halloca, near the Christopher railway junction, a few miles from Cusseta. He had been ill for some time. Randolph Fort of the University of Alabama was elected president Saturday of the fifth district, Ameri can College Publicity Association at the closing session of its annual meeting. Birmingham was chosen for the 1941 convention. The funeral of Vicky Dianne Fair 19-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Fair of Decatur, who died Sunday of burns suffered when she accidentally pulled a pot of hot soup over on herself last Friday, was held Monday at Peachtree Chapel. A Fulton county grand jury last week indicted Detective W. F. Sutherland for assault and battery against Quinton South, 16-year-old negro who said the officer tortured him into confessing he stole a bas ketball, a crime he later denied, Judge Clark Edwards Jr. of El berton, signed an order Monday setting April 20 for the hearing of an extraordinary motion for a new trial in behalf of Norman Williams now under a death sentence for the murder on July 19, 1937, of Len Fortson, Elbert county planter. Five Sunday destroyed the Bap tist church at Hahira, damaged two adjoining residents, and threatened the entire section before Hahira, Valdosta and Adel firemen brought the blaze under control. Damage was estimated at $10,000. It was believed the fire started in a Sunday school room of the church. For the first time in 32 years Early county is going to have a sheriff who is not a Howell. On Jan. 1, C. FE, Martin will take over the office by virtue of a county primary victory over Sheriff Sid Howell. Howell has been sheriff for 12 years and his father before him, the late T. J. Howell, served 20 years. Gov. Rivers has suggested that a reproduction of Christ's head done by Sculptor Joseph Klein be obtain ed for the state museum which is now being modernized. The Governor said he understood the piece of sculp ture was now at the city auditorium. Religious leaders have approved the suggestion, it was wvorked out. The body of B. N. Broyles Jr, a student at Millaps College and the son of the Rev. I. N. Broyles, pas tor of the Park Street Methodist church, Atlanta, was found Saturday night in a thicket by the Mississippi river near New Orleans. The youth had been shot through the head New Orleans detectives said. A revolver lay near the body, M. Ek. Thompson, assistant state school superintendent, has been named president of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Training, the body of edu cators devoting their attention to teacher training, certification and curriculum study. Mr. Thompson has had charge of curriculum study and teacher training in Georgia for the past three years. Savannah's municipal government became a sesquicentenarian Thurs day. Citizens gathered to witness the unveiling of a bronze tablet commemorating the 150th anniver sary by two of the collateral ances tors of John Houston, Savannah's first mayor, namely, Miss Anne Waring and Frank A. Chisholm. The inscription bears the names of all the mayors who have served the city drew College, Cuthbert, Ga. Mrs. Margaret Susan Jarrell, wife of Dr. Chas. C. Jarrell, pastor of St John Methodist church, Augusta died at University hospital Saturday afternoon after an illness of ten days. Mrs. Jarrell was the former Miss Margaret Susan Moore a native of Geensboro, Ala. She moved to Oxford when a child. As a child she moved to Oxford where her father served as professor of Latin at Em ory University. Mrs. Jarrell attend ed Emory and later graduated from Wesleyan college where she studied music. She later taught music at An joer College, Cuthbert, Ga,
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Butler Herald
Butler, Georgia, US
Thu, Mar 14, 1940
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