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THE TAYLOR COUNTY (Ga.) NEWS, Friday, August 3, 196J
The Taylor County News
' and The Butler Herald
Published every Friday by Taylor County Publishing Co., Inc.
MEMBER GEORGIA PRESS ASSOCIATION
Official Organ of Taylor County
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VERNA GRIGGS Editor A Publisher
JAMES L. DUNN Feature Editor
FRED BROWN Art Editor
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The history of journalism is an interesting one. It is the
story of man’s long struggle to communicate freely with his
fellow men. It is the story of Benjamin Harris and his Publick
Occurences, Both Foreign and Domestick, Samuel Buckley and
the Daily Curant, John Milton and his Areopagitica, Daniel
Defoe and his Mist’s Journal, Charles A. Dana and the New
York Sun, Benjamin Franklin and the Pennsylvania Gazette,
Joseph Pulitzer and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Horace
Greeley and the New York Tribune.
The beginning of American journalism was brought about
by the founding of the first newspaper in colonial America.
It was patterned after the British product. The Daily Courant
appeared in London March 11, 1702. This was the first news
paper printed in English language.
New England was the birthplace of the American news
paper. On April 24, 1704, the Boston News-Latter became
the first genuine American newspaper. It was like a Bibical
mustard seed because from it stemmed the mightiest news
papers in the world today.
Then, just as today, there was nothing new about the news
paper changing name and editor. We find this true today in
our county of Taylor for what was formerly the Butler
Herald is now the new Taylor County News.
We found it unusually difficult to change the name from
the Butler Herald to the new Taylor County News. However,
it is hoped that we can grow larger under our new name,
and therefore be able to venture out and serve the entire
county equally. We feel that this change in name will be in
the interest of the new owner and the people we serve.
We must not forgetl The Butler Herald is not dying but
extending its growth with a new name. Through this growth
we hope to be able to serve and contribute to the good people
of Taylor County better than ever before.
Remember when little Virginia asked were there a Santa
Claus? She could easily had asked the same question about
our unforgettable Butler Herald and received a similar reply.
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Butler Herald, and as long as there
is a Charles Benns, Sr„ Charles Benns, Jr., and a Verna
Griggs, the Butler Herald will continue to make glad the
hearts of all mankind.”
ELECT
JIMMY
BENTLEY
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
Democratic Primary
September 12, 1962
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SUNDAY
SCHOOL
LESSON
POLITICAL PUN
bu "Wti li)Toujn
FRANK RILEY
BUTLER METHODIST
CHURCH
Sunday Aug. 5, 1962
Conquered and Exiled
Background Scripture: 2 Kings
24 and 25
Selected Text: 2 Kings 24 -
12 - 14, 20b
2 Kings 25: 1 1 - 2, 8 -
11
Memory Selection: Hosea 8:7
This is the first lesson for
the coming Sunday in a unit
titled "A People Uprooted."
The aim of this unit is to help
people recognize that God’s
steadfast love has power to sus
tain persons and nations under
all circumstances. Its four
lessons continue to be rooted
in the crisis that befell the
Hebrews following their defeat
by the Babylonians, who kept
them in captivity for about
seventy years.
The scripture for this first
lesson relates a story of un
relieved tragedy: capture,
murder, looting, desecration of
the Temple, deportation, de
struction and almost total col
lapse of Judah. Jeremiah's
prophecies of impending doom
had come true. Why had this
fate befallen the Hebrews? The
answer given was that it was
a judgement of God upon their
sins. History is subject to
moral as well as to social and
economic laws.
The only answer to the above
Interpretation of national cala
mity was repentance.
We must be careful not to
paint God as a vengeful pun
isher. He is never vengeful.
He is always just. And He
suffers as His children suffer.
He wept with the Judeans when
Jerusalem burned. Then let us
turn our eyes to other lands.
Rome was much stronger than
Judea, yet Rome fell. Rome
was conquered by the barbar
ians, and the great empire was
no more; behind that collapse
was the grim fact that Rome’s
soul had been conquered and
corrupted long before she was
conquered as political and mili
tary power.
Perhaps we have noted this
before, but here it is again;
Edward Gibon, in his classic
“Decline and Fall of the Ro
man Empire,” lists five under
lying causes for the fall of
Rome. They are:
1. The decay of family life
and the rapid increase of
divorce.
2. Higher and higher taxes.
3. The mad desire and craze
for pleasure.
4. The weight of gigantic
armaments.
5. The decay of religion.
Our own country is ex
periencing one of the greatest
periods of prosperity. This is
a dangerous period for any na
tion or any soul’s spiritual life
as the desire for worldly things
claims more and more of their
attention. History had proven
that the finest hours of any na
tion or any soul has been during
trials and tribulations.
When evil drags a man or a
nation down, it carries every
thing with it. We talk much
about the survival power of
righteousness; perhaps we
should talk more about the fatal
qualities of wickedness. Even
a little evil mixed with good
can become a poison that infects
the whole. When nations or in
dividuals compromise, they
seal their own doom.
It is foolish for man to think
that he can sin as much as he
pleases and that God will for
give and forget. It reduces God
to man’s stature for we are
told plainly that he is a right
eous God who demands right
eousness from his children that
he hates sin and that his wrath
is the effect of sin. In his
world the law of cause and
effect operates relentlessly.
And retribution is the effect, the
result, the fruit of sin. Sin
is the cause, punishment the ef
fect. No man or nation ever
escaped: when the bill for our
sinning comes due, we pay, in
tone way or another, either here
or hereafter. To believe any
thing else reveals deep ignor
ance of the nature of life and
God.
Sentence Sermon to Remem
ber: The wages of sin are al
ways paid; if there is any delay
in settlement, compound in
ter estisadded.
Research shows that silos
should be filled as rapidly as
possible and sealed with an
airtight cover as soon as filled,
according to Dr. W. J. Miller
of the University of Georgia
Experiment Station.
This I
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I think the troubled world in
which we live should not des-
may us. I believe the world
today is historically a better
world than the world of the
past. Though ruthless men
still maintain power through
force and would extend power
through conquest, people every
where are becoming more
tolerant and understanding than
ever before. More peoples and
more governments are willing
to co-operate, to work together
for peace and freedom, than at
any time in history. At home
we are more tolerant and un
derstanding with each other,
more willing to help our less
fortunate neighbor here and a-
broad.
This, to me, is hopeful pro
gress. It stems, I think, from
the spread of freedom in which
I believe and which I hold God
gave us a5 a privilege. Like
all precious possessions, free
dom must be guarded carefully.
I ask myself how I can best
help guard it and the answer
I find is citizenship. In my
view, to be a good citizen does
not require the holding of public
office, the achievement of either
political or financial success.
But it does require that I vote
from conviction, that I parti
cipate in community activities
to the extent that I am able,
that I be honest with myself
and with others.
God has been good to us as
a people. As I see it, we
can return thanks for the posi
tion of leadership which we now
hold in world affairs, only as
we exercise this leadership to
obtain freedom and peace. We
can lead abroad only as we con
tinue to improve our life at
home, to become truly a land
in which there is equal opportu
nity for all. This brings me
back to the personal responsi
bility of the individual. I be
lieve 1 can improve my life here
and, perhaps, help others, only
as I show pride in my country
by finding the time to try to
be a good citizen, and by being
grateful to God for His good
ness.
Residents Of Butler
In an effort to improve the Sanitary Conditions of our City,
your Mayor and Council have recently purchased a NEW TRUCK,
which is used exclusively for the Sanitation Department.
While this new equipment has to some extent enabled us to
improve the Garbage Collection there is still much more to be
desired. It is our felling that the CITIZENS of Butler will
cooperate in helping if they are informed of the things they could
do and that is the purpose of this message to you. Your help
in this situation will greatly improve the service and hold down
expenses.
THEREFORE: The Mayor and Council of Butler are asking
your VOLUNTARY cooperation in helping remedy the Collection
Service and to help hold down the expense of employing more help
by abiding by the following rules:
1. GET A METAL CONTAINER of not more than 35 gallon
capacity. Containers any larger make it impossible for one to
handle.
2. PLACE YOUR CONTAINER in a place accessable to the
collectors. Driving in out of driveways not only consumes a lot
of time but in some instances injures your shrubbery and trees.
3. BE SURE YOUR GARBAGE IS IN THE CONTAINER. When
personnel has to stop and rake up your garbage some one else
is being deprived of the service.
4. LIMBS, TREES, WEEDS AND GRASS will be collected
separately. Put in a pile as close to the street as possible and
it WILL BE PICKED UP on another day.
5. ACQUAINT YOURSELF with the day the TRUCK comes
to your house and have your METAL CONTAINER accessable
to the collector. We are trying to maintain a regular schedule
and your cooperation will assist us to maintain the schedule.
As stated above this is a REQUEST for your VOLUNTARY
COOPERATION to help in making the CITY of BULTER a more
Sanitary and Better Looking Place To Live.
YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS VITAL PART OF OUR PROGRAM
WILL MAKE BUTLER A HEALTHIER AND BETTER PLACE TO
LIVE.
Sincerely,
MAYOR AND COUNCIL - City
OF BUTLER
Soybean Aid
Rate Is Set
Prices for 1962-crop soy
beans in Georgia will be sup
ported at $2.21 per bushel for
soybeans grading No.2andcon-
taining from 13.8 to 14.0 per
cent moisture, W. H. Booth,
Chairman, Agricultural Stabili
zation and Conservation State
Committee, announced today.
The schedule of premiums and
discounts for the 1962 program
is the same as for 1961.
In order to meet minimum
eligibility requirements, soy
beans must grade No. 4 or better
and must contain not more than
14 percent moisture.
The Chairman reminded
growers that, to be eligible for
support under the 1962 opera
tion, soybeans must be pro
duced in 1962 and the producer
in 1962 must maintain his 1959-
60 average acreage of conserv
ing the idle land on the farm.
This same requirement was in
effect for the 1961-crop soy
bean program.
As in the past, price support
will be carried out through
farm - and warehouse - storage
loans and purchase agreements,
which will be available from
harvest through Jan. 31, 1963
The maturity date for loans will
be May 31, 1963.
Further information about the
1962 - crop soybean price-
support program may be ob
tained from the ASCS County
Office.
Farmers Urged
To Vote Sept. 12
An increased voting partici
pation by the farmers of Tay
lor County is urged in this
year’s ASC Committee Elec
tions in order that the commit
tees elected will be more re
presentative of the farmers they
serve. All ASC committeemen
and ASCS County Office per
sonnel will exert every effort
to assure that the elections will
be properly and fairly conduct
ed so as to reflect credit upon
our ASC committee system and
the Department of Agriculture.
Ballots for voting for com
munity committeemen will be
mailed to all eligible voters
of record on or before August
14 and must be postmarked or
personally returned to the
O'Kelley Visits
In Taylor
Hoke O’ Kelley visited with
friends in Taylor County last
week. Although not considered
a major contender in the gub
ernatorial race, it is evident
that he is firmly convinced of
his ability for the job. Also
he is optimistic and feels that
he has a good chance to pluck
the nomination right out of the
hands of Sanders and Giffin Co.
A native ofWaltonCo., he grew
up in Loganville where he still
makes his home. He is married
to the former Jewell Cheek,
sister of Hugh Cheek of Butler.
A veteran of World Wars I
and II, he was wounded in Lux
emburg in W. W. II and spent
2 years in an army hospital.
He is now a member of the
American Legion and Disabled
American Veterans.
If elected O'Kelley^ prom
ises a brand new dayinGeorgia
politics. He promises not to
increase taxes.
He asserts no new taxes will
be needed if the money now
coming in is spent wisely. He
says he is “not a big govern
ment man”. We have too much
government now and too much
of our taxes wasted.
Therefore if he is elected
he promises to “surround my
self with others like me so
there will be no leak” to waste
our hard earned tax money.
He states that he has no plans
for speech making in Taylor
County but he will be in our
county on Aug. 9 for the Byrd
birthday party.
O’ Kelley visited with Gar
land T. Byrd while here and
says that we had a fine candi
date but since our candidate
is out of the race, “O’Kelly
is the man for this county now.”
county office by August 24.
The county convention will
be held between Aug. 27 and
29 for electing county commit
tees. All elected committeemen
will take office Sept. 1.
With normal care and wear,
the life of a good mattress
should be about 10 years, says
Miss Ava Rodgers, Extension
home furnishings and art spec
ialist.
Fellow Citizens:
It is because of an earnest
desire to be of service to
the people of my county
that I am seeking the Demo
cratic nomination for Rep
resentative to the General
Assembly on September 12.
I was bom in Taylor
County and have spent all
my life here. I love our
county and its people and I
am planning to make it my
permanent home. My for
mal schooling includes sev
en years of college work
and this has resulted in de
grees in business adminis
tration and law. I take ar
active role in the operatior
of Taylor County Motoi
Company and Swearingec
Hereford Farms and wil
open my law office in Sep
tember. It is my sincere
belief that my training plu
my desire to do somethinf
for our county qualifies me
for the position.
If I am entrusted with
your confidence I promise
that I will do my very best
to handle the job as it
should be handled and will
weigh carefully the interests
erf all the citizens of our
county before taking
stand on any issue.
During the past few weeks
I have contacted many of
you personally and before
September 12th I will visit
every home and place of
business in the county.
Please afford me this op
portunity to serve.
Respectfully,
Robert L. Swearingen Jr,
HOKE O’KELLEY
Candidate for Governor
Sept. 12, 1962 Democratic Primary
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