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BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday June 15,1933
Number 31
CHATTAHOOCHEE
VALLEY BABY
JUBILEE PLANNED
COLORFUL EVENT ON BROAD-
\tVY EARLY IN AUGUST WILL
,»ICK EIGHT WINNERS.
Columbus, June ll.-The first part
August will witness in Columbus
" iuit is planned to be one of the most
stirring and appealing events for the
Measure of the public and still more
constructive purposes that has yet
taken place in Columbus and section.
The notable occasion will be a Ba-
bv Jubilee and Junior Revue, jointly
bold for Columbus and the Chatta
hoochee valley. Youngsters .up to
time years of age will participate m
the first, and those from three to nine
_or under ten—in the second.
The interesting enterprise will De
conducted under the auspices of The
Ledger-Enquirer papers. Nelson Shipp
editor of Tile Ledger-Enquirer, will
act as director.
The Chattahoochee valley for 50
miles around will be invited to par-
tWpate, each and every community
being eligible to send four entrants.
\ sort of general community gather
ing will feature the occasion, with
the people of the surrounding towns
invited to accompany their official
baby and junior representatives to
the jubilee and revue.
The jubilee will be for the 1 purpose
of determining the two babies—boy
and girl- -in Columbus and the two
in the valley who appear best as to
physinue, general attractiveness and
the like. The former two will be giv
en the titles of Little Prince Charm
ing and Little Princoss Charming of
Columbus, and the latter two will be
awarded the same entitlements for
the valley.
The revue will decide who shall oe
designated Little Mister 1983 and
Little .Miss 1983 of Columbus, and
also of the valley.
Each 'hild that enters either con
test, must bring with him a certifi
cate from his family doctor, or oth
er physician, that he is in good
health.
CORDELE TOHAVE
BlGCELEBRjTffGN
TAYLOR GROUP
C. C. C. BOYS AT
FORT MOULTRIE
YOUNG MEN GIVEN EVERY CARE
AND ATTENTION WHILE RE
CEIVING INSTRUCTIONS THAT
WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO
THEM IN FUTURE YEARS.
DUPREEEXONORATED
FATAL SHOOTINC OF
JORDAN FRIDAY
SHOOTING OCCURRED AT DU
PREE’S HOME AS CLIMAX TO
TROUBLE BETWEEN PARTIES
EARLIER IN DAY WHEN DU
PREE WAS SHOT BY JORDAN.
BICENTENNIAL AND CRISP
POWER ANNIVERSARIES TO BE
OBSERVED WITH PAGEANT.
Cordele, (la.,June 10.—Cordele and
Crisp county plan to celebrate the
200th anniversary of the state of
Georgia and the third anniversary of
the completion of the Crisp county
hydro-electric power dam, is a mam
moth pageant on the nights of July
4-5. On these days the coming of ths
Glover steel plant, the Piedmont
Manufacturing company and otliei
industries to Cordele, is likely also
to be appropriately featured. The
pageant will be the most spectacular
ever staged here.
The Wcstwick Producing company
of Galene, 111,, has arranged with the
Cordele post of the American Legion
to put on the pageant. Every civic
organization in the city will be called
uihiii to cooperate in making the un
dertaking a huge success. Eight hu”
‘bed local characters will be used.
The pageant will be held at Standard
meld, a myrid of electric lights will
illuminate the athletic field, convert-
■ng it into an immense open air the
ater.
At a meeting held several days
ago a permanent chairman and sec
retary were selected. Dr. T. J. Mc
Arthur was named chairman and
Howard Comer, secretary.
Old Landmark In Talbot
Located on Macon-Colum-
bus State Road, Burned
Fl S’ T tdbottorTNew Era!
the old Baldwin home, which was
Li 11 , ex ample of the old ante-
u !?, homes of the south, burned
, , lr sday. This was one of the
t landmarks °f Talbot county.
built * f ‘ Xilct date when the house was
win tIni not kaown - Mr. W. A. Bald-
fatbnv S us ., tbat ke had heard his
of m Ra - V , ^at a man by the name
v»,V l ved there in 1833. the
thf „i., at the stars fell. Mason sold
w as U, Le to UaFayette Lockhart, who
S^nde of Mrs. Barnes. In 1867
from' Mr r in T,v Sr ” bought the place
tint iv r \ l 2S^rt and it was there
and .i t A ' Baldwin and his brothers
8 ays thnt r '1i, We i e rearet '. Mr. Baldwin
187'i ' 'If hease was last covered
that thr.o"'fl i , eart P^e shingles and
Ko V nit' '! llsbed covering the house
ried. lbe da >' before he was mar-
stW r h , s ® ' vas located on the old
lumbu- t! between Macon a>nd Co-
through I". If„.° d building had passed
Fort Moultrie, S. C., June 6.—
The boyB from the state of Georgia
are finumg life somewhat different
from what they encontered in the
city and country. The Butler and
Taylor county group arrived in camp
Sunday, June 3, and were examined
and enrolled in the corps the same
day with only three rejections of the
434 men that were examined from
the state of Georgia. Routine, gen
erally speaking, is very much differ
ent from the ordinary life the boys
have been living, although it seems
to he agreeing with most of the husky
lads.
The camp is divided into four com
panies with the Taylor county boys
in companies 441 and 446. The com
panies are divided into platoons of
about 60 men each and then into
squads of six with a squad leader.
Anyone with military training is es
pecially selected for squad leader.
The company is assigned a captain
and two sergeants.
The camp is under the supervision
of the regular army with Col. G. M.
Allen, 8th Infantry Post Commander
and Major R. C. Holliday, 8th Infan
try as Camp Commander. Captain C.
S. Johnson, 8th Infantry. While in
camp the men go through a harden
ing process as well as being vaccf-
nnted against small 2.ox and typhoid,
which will put them in shape for the
outdoor life and work in the forest.
The following schedule is observed:
6:30 a. m., Reveille, and clean up of
company street.
7:00 a. m., Breakfast, followed by
tent inspection.
8 to 9—Setting up exercises.
9 to 10—Instruction on reforesta
tion work. ,
10 to 12 Conditioning exercises.
12, Dinner.
1 to 4 p. m., Work details and in
structions.
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The men are quartered in tents with
six men in each, thus necessitating
absolute cleanliness of each person
and for the maintenance of health.
Tents are insnected daily and every
one has learned to keep all things in
order although space is very limited.
F.xer-ises or hikes are given each
day, suppliniented by such drill as is
necessary to facilitate the movement
of the men from one place to anoth-
er.
Men are given work details each
afternoon and are required to per
form such 'duties as are found neces
sary around the camp. This work in
cludes clearing weeds or grass from
the camp site, kitchen duties and car
pentry. Schools are being conducted
in various subjects and students tak
ing these courses will be required in
the erection and maintenance of
their forest camp. Courses are offered
in communication (telegraph and ra
dio) -ooking, first aid, blacksmithmg
plumbing.
All trainers are not only given an
opportunity, but to take part in one
of the manv sports which are being
promoted; including boxing and
swimming. .
Every person enrolled for the work
is making many friends, learning to
live together comfortaibiy and h°altn-
fully, and should be thankful of his
experience at the end of the six
months’ enlistment.
histc
’ ,' rums stages of the south s
uwugca Ul tue SUUbtl o
^nne-twi and history are
*tateiv M.i h e , ver y one of these
their Da. :il )tebellum homes and
the P aJ:;; a 'j 5 something akin to
They a dear old friend.
0 a v oid that is hard to fill.
Emory University Awards
Degrees to Reynolds Man
And Others Well Known Here
Local interest centered Monday in
the graduating exercises of Emory
University, Atlanta, due to the num
ber of locally known young men being
awarded degrees.
Outstanding among the list appear
ed the name of Mr. Will Camp Sealy,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Sealy, of
Reynolds, who was awarded a degree
in Bachelor of Science, and w'ho ex
pects to re-enter the university this
fall as a candidate for the degree 01
Doctor of Medicine.
Others were: Ward Pafford, son ol
Rev. and Mrs. B. A. Pafford, Master
of Arts; Haywood Leland Moore, son
of Rev. Leland Moore, Bachelor ot
Arts; Edward Martin McGei.ee, ot
Talbotton, A. B.; and Malcolm Mac-
Donell Cook, of Ft. Valley, M. D
MUCH INTEREST IS
BEING MANIFESTED
IS BABY CONTEST
Quite a bit of interest is being
manifested in the Baby Popularity
Contest sponsored by the
Boys’ Class of the Baptist Sunday
^iTvou haven’t voted for your
favorite baby, please d ° once
as the contest closes Saturday eve
nimr. June 17, at 7 o clock.
SEN. NE1SLER STOCKS
RIVER PLANTATION
WITH HEREFORDS
FOLLOWING VISIT OF INSPEC
TION TO STOCK FARMS PROMI
NENT TAYLOR FARMER AND
BUSINESS MAN DETERMINES
ON PURE BRED CATTLE FuR
FUTURE MARKETING.
At a commitment hearing before
Justices Douglas an<j Gholson, held at
the courthouse in Butler Monday
morning, John Dupree, colored, was
acquitted of the .charge of murder in
connection with the fatal shooting of
Will Jordan, also colored, by Dupree
ot the former’s home near Fickling’s
mill Friday night last.
According to evidence submitted al
the trial, the appearance of Jordan
at Dupree’s home with a shot gun
Friday night was the second attempt
during the day made by Jordan to
take Dupree’s life. On the previous
occasion to the killing Jordan is said
to have shot Dupree inflicting a pain
ful wound in the left shoulder.
Several hours later Jordan again
appeared at Dupree’s home and at
tempted to shoot Dupree through a
window whereupon Dupree seized his
gun and shot his would-be assassin
who fell with a mortal wound in -hif
head in Dupree’s yard, his body fall
ing across his gun, heavily loaded and
cocked.
Important Information to
Ex-Service Men Desiring
To Enlist In Civilian Corps
Important information relative to
the enlistment of ex-service men
the Civilian Conservation Corps to
work in President Roosevelt’s _ re
forestation army has been received
here, telling who are qualified and
what should be done by those who de
sire to secure employment in the re
forestation work.
The state of Georgia will have a
quota of 600 ex-service men for this
work, it was announced. The follow
ing requirements were listed:
Applicant must be a veteran 61
some war and must be physically‘fit?
Four indorsements must be submit
ted with the application, including
one from any organized relief emer
gency; one from an officer of an ex-
serviee men’s organization; one from
a prominent citizen of the community
and a notary public seal attached.
Preference will be given to veterans
who have dependents, it was an
nounced. The base pay will be $30 n
month and living.
Applications should be addressed
as follows: ‘‘John Slaton, Veteran Fa
cility. Atlanta, Ga.” On writing Mr.
Slaton application blanks will be for
warded and beginning Monday appli
cations will be approved. Beginning
June 26 examination of applicants
will begin, and soon thereafter they
will be sent to reforestation camps.
Heretofore the Civilian Conserva
tion Corps has been limited to young
single men between the ages of 1C
and 25 years who had dependents.
The enrollment of any ex-service
man in the corps is one of the sub
sequent developments of the Presi
dent’s reforestation work plan.
Butler Young Man Hi School
Graduate At St. Petersburg
Diplomas were recently awarded to
315 students of the St. Petersburg,
Fla., high school. Of that number
Butler furnished perhaps the young
est member in the person of Herschel
Everett Brewer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mavin Brewer and grandson of Hon.
J.' E. Brewer of this city. Besides be
ing an outstanding member of his
class, Herschell is performing praise
worthy service among the young peo
ple of the First Methodist church of
St. Petersburg, and of which he is a
member. The Herald joins other But
ler and Taylor county friends in ex
tending congratulations to this splen
did young man and the wish that he
may be awarded his College sheep
skin four years hence.
Peach Crop Estimate Sharply
Reduced In Growers’ Report
Macon, June 12.—Sharp reductions
in crop estimates of Uneeda, Early
Rose and Hiley peaches have been an
nounced by the Georgia Peach Grow
ers’ Exchange at Macon.
Dry weather and failure to ripen
properly made necessary the revised
•a-ures. The Uneeda estimate of 360
cars made May 20 was reduced to
250; the Early Rose estimate of 651
cars to 600, and the Hiley estimate
of 2,310 cars was reduced to 1,900.
No changes were made in estimates
for Carmens, Georgia Belles, Elber-
tas and other varieties. The .federal
news market service began at Macon
Monday and will continue until close
of the peach eeason.
FIRST HOSPITAL
IN THE COUNTY
ESTABLISHED HERE
DR. R. C. MONTGOMERY LEASES
LARGE TWO-STORY BUILDING
AND EQUIPS SAME FOR OP
ERATING ROOM AND CARE
OF PTIENTS.
County Agent Lundy spent Tuesday
and Wednesday of last week in Lee,
Daugherty and Seminole counties, vis
iting herds of Hereford cattle in com
pany with J. A. Winslow, agricultural
agent of the Central of Geoigia rail
way, and Mr. C. H. Neisler and son,
Billy, of Reynolds.
We visited Ur. Michael Hoko’s
farm in Lee county and were particu
larly impressed with the large acre
age of flat woods planted in carpet
grass. They have 610 grade Here-
fords nt this farm.-Only the bulls are
purc-breds. Many of the calves arc
15-16 pure-bred, however, and the
younger stock is of very good quality.
Dr. Hoke has 2.000 acres in caipet
grass. He sowed on this place about
7,000 pounds of carpet grass this
spring. The only feed crops he iaise3
are kudzu hay, coin and velvet beanft.
He has no fancy houses or barns on
his place, and the breeding and grow
ing stock is ranged the year round
from pasture to bean field and back
again. His calves are creep-fed for a
while after weaning and then turned
back on pasture. We also saw there
some good first year burr clover, or
where it had been, as this plant flour
ishes grazing in February, March
and April, then dies down during the
hot weather,
In Daugherty county we visited the
A. W. Muse & Hutchinson herds.
Neither of them appealed to us as
being very profitable on account of a
scarcity of good pastures. Mr. Muse’s
herd contains some good individuals.
We saw very few good animals in the
Hutchinson herd, and a whole lot of
feed troughs, which isn’t a sign of
economical management. Hutchinson’s
place contains some beautiful dwell
ing houses, barns, fences, etc., but he
had little of the good pasture so
much in evidence on the Hoke place,
and tho his herd has been highly ad
vertised, most of his pure-breds ap-
gled to us as inferior in quality to
jck’s best grades. -
Wednesday morning we visited the
J. J. Cummings herd in Seminole
county. This farm is located on the
Chattahoochee river below Donalson
ville. It contains about 9,300 acres,
most of which is in Bermuda, caipet
and Dallas grass pastures. We were
shown over the whole place by Mr.
Cummings, who seems to be a man
who knows his business. He has over
600 Herefords, all of which are pure
bred. This is the largest pure-bred
herd east of the Mississippi river. He
registered more calves than any other
Hereford breeder east of the Mis
sissippi in 1932, and his herd is about
19th in the United States. One of his
seven herd bulls, Seminoje Woodford,
is considered one of the six best Here
ford bulls in this country.
Never in our lives had any of
seen such fine cattle. In spite of
unusually severe drouth, his cows
were sleek and thrifty, and did not
seem to be suffering from lack of
grazing. Like Dr. Hoke, Mr. Cum
mings keeps his cattle on range the
year around except for a short grain
feeding period when his calves are
weaned. He has no expensive barns
nor equipment, and depends mostly
on oats, com and velvet beans for
grain in feeding his breeding stock.
We learned many Interesting and use
ful details as to his system of man
agement. Mr. Neisler purchased five
heifers and one young bull from this
herd, which he plans to keep on his
Lockett place as a start toward a
pure-bred herd. These are the first
bona fide pure-bred Herefords ever
brought into Taylor county that we
know of, and we are glad indeed that
we are really beginning to make a
start in this direction. We are proud
that we had a hand in selecting these
calves, and feel particularly indebted
to Mr. Winslow for arranging such an
interesting trip for us. We commend
it to anyone interested in seeing
some of the finest beef cattle to be
found any where. The J. J. Cummings
herd is one development Georgians
should be proud of. One is inclined to
wonder why more of our farmers do
not utilize their potential pasture
lands and cultivatabie lands to feed
crops, carpet grass, burr clover and
Kudzu, to be harvested by good
’’White Faces.”
GIN PLANT BURNED
All available space in the large
two-story brick building on the north
side of the public square in Butler,
and familiarly known as the Masonic
building, has been leased by Dr. R.
C. Montgomery and converted into
an operating department and private
hospital.
Space in the building includes a
number of sizable rooms each being
well lighted and ventilated.
The operating department is being
equipped with all modem equipment.
The establishment of a hospital
here at this time fulfills an ambition
of Dr. Montgomery of many years’
stnnding as well as supplying one of
the greatest needs of the county.
Large Bear Killed Sunday
Near Rupert Following Ex
citing Chase Several Hours
A bear chase originating early
Sunday morning at Ideal, in Macon
county and concluding late Sunday
afternoon near Rupert, in this coun
ty, furnished excitement to hundreds
of men and boys of the two counties
last Sunday.
Sighting a large black bear among
the undergrowth along the banks of
Flint river, near Ideal, Sunday morn
ing, men and boys with dogs and
guns took up the chase early Sunday
morning. As the hours increased the
crowd enlarged until it had reached
at least a hundred persons before the
greatly frightened -beast was finally
overtaken and shot to death by Mr.
Wiley Tarrer, of Idegl, who has since
been exhibiting the carcass with con
siderable interest.
Hon. Bland S. Parker
Dies At Buena Vista
CIVILIAN FORESTERS
DAILY EXPECTED
AT LOCAL CAMP
WONDERFUL SPIRIT OF CO-OP-
ERATION EXTENDED BY CITI
ZENS OF COUNTY IN PER
FECTING PLANS FOR FIRE
PREVENTION WORK. DON’T’
SLACKEN IS APPEAL MADE.
Fire supposedly caused by a bolt
of lightning Saturday night destroy
ed the cotton gin, the -building in
which it was housed, wagons and
other farming implements and a
nuantitv of wheat belonging to Mr.
J. I. Fuller in Panhandle district
There was no .insurance. The loss
will amount to several thousand dol
lars, it is learned.
AUTO TAG LOST
Bland S. Parker, prominent and
highly esteemed Marion county citi
zen, merchant and former official of
Buena Vista, died at his home there
Tuesday, following an illness of sev
eral weeks. Friends here were ad
vised of his passing.
Mr. Parker served as mayor of
Buena Vista for a time, prior to
about a year ago and also served on
the Marion county school board. Hr
was at one time president of one of
the banks of Buena Vista. His broth
er, M. W. Parker, who died about 10
years ago, represented the county in
the legislature and a l 80 served for
a time as sheriff of Marion county.
Besides his widow, Mrs Mary D.
Parker, the deceased is survived by
two sons, Eldridge and George Par
ker, both of Prattville, Ala., and a
daughter, Mrs. Mary Brown of Mon
tezuma.
Wesley Commnity Club to
Sponsor “Tacky Parly”
The regular meeting of the Wesley
Community Club on Saturday night
before the third Sunday, will be
changed into a Tacky Party for Sat
urday night, June 17. The r ibl’c is
invited, but every adult is asked to
bring along 10c admi t don or a dozen
eggs if dressed tacky, if no* the -1
bring double admission, 20c : v two
dozen eggs; children admitted free.
The party is sponsored by the Wes
ley Woman’s Home DemonStation
Club in the interest of the cannery.
Games and ice cream (fre?) wil! be
enjoyed during the evening. •
HEAT WAVE BROKEN
Mr. W. G. Wallace, district for
ester, and Mr. L. B. Barrett, civil
engineer, detailed for special work In
connexion with the establishment of
a civilian conservation camp near
Butler, have completed preparations
for the reception of 200 civilian for
esters who will compose the person
nel of the local camp
No definite date has been set for
arrival of the men from Ft. Benning
where they have been in conditioning
camp, but it is believed they will
reach here the latter part of this or
at least by the middle of next week.
The fire prevention work planned
by the government and state for
ester will begin Immediately after
the men are encamped.
We are advised by Mr. Barrett,
who is securing the agreements for
this fire-prevention work from the
landowners, thnt he has obtained
very gratifying results. The co
operation of the people interviewed
has been pleasing. During the past
week agreements covering more than
45.000 acres have been signed.
The urgency for speed in signing
the agreements for this work is
stressed by Mr. Barrett. Ho requests
that those landowners to whom the
details of the proposed services have
h°en explained shall tell their neigh
bors and friends nbout It. Such will
save many hours’ work, many mile*
of traveling, and will greatly facili
tate the completion of this round-up
of property. All who possibly can do
so are requested to see either Mr. H.
P. Wallace, Mr. J. S. Green. Mr R
E. McCants or Mr. Barnett in But
ler and sign the agreements per
mitting the government to give them
the benefits of this fire prevention
work
Unquestionably the proposed work
will be of immense value, both at
present and in the future, to all
owners of timber lands and, through
the. increased value and revenue
from the' nrapertY'; the-general wel
fare of the county will be greatly
enhar-ed. The locating of one of the
Forestry Camps in this county will
mean the expenditure here of thous
ands of dollars each month by the
government. Every acre signed up
for this service means just so much
more work to be done and 80 much
longer the camp will be kept in the
county.
The continued and increased co
operation of the informed land-
owners in spreading correct infor
mation concerning the services the
government wishes to give the coun
ty is urgently requested by Mr.
Barrett, .who will superintend the
work done in Taylor and Talbot
counties.
Fathers’ Day Program
Methodist Church Sunday
An interesting program is being
arranged as a special feature to the
Sunday school hour at the Methodist
church Sunday in observance of Fath
ers’ Day. A full attendance of both
parents and pupils ie respectfully
urged. If parents would attend Sun
day school occasionally they would
soon cultivate the habit thereby being
of inestimable benefit tj a most wor
thy institution and a source of inter
est and pleasure to themselves. The
Herald urges that you make a begin
ning next Sunday thereby lending e n
couragement vmthose who are per
forming a splendid service both to the
church and community.
AT THE BUTLER METHODIST
CHURCH NEXT SUNDAlf
Oppressive heat earl in June was
considerably broken this week fol
lowing heavy rains of several days
in many sections of the state. High
point for the year’s temperature was
reached here on June 8th when 98
degrees was reached. A drop of 26
degrees was recorded yesterday.
COTTON IS BLOOMING
Finder of state license tag number
37-429 will pease return to owner
and receive reward.
E. D. McCORVEY, Butler, Ga.
Cotton blooms are appearing in
the fields of Taylor county in great
numbers and it will only be about
two months now before the fleecy
staple will be opening.
Prof. Hugh G. McCants, former
highly esteemed Taylor county citi-
I zen, was painfully injured in a rao-
, for accident on the streets of Atlanta
i Friday when the car in which he was
| riding was struck by a motorcycle.
I Mr. McCants was held blameless by
] the officers.
Sunday school 10 a. m., League 7:15
p. m. Preaching services 11 a. m. and
8 p. m. We will be glad to have you
worship with us at any of tiie above
mentioned hours.
There will be a Vacation Bible
School at the Methodist church next
week. Any children of other denomi
nations who wish to share with us
in the benefits of this school are in
vited to come. Miss Bridges of Ma
con will have general supervision.
W. E. HIGHTOWER, Pastor.
REV. J. T. FLOURNOY TO
PREACH AT LEBANON
FOURTH SUNDAY
At the request of friends the Her
ald takes pleasure in announcing that
Rev. J. T. Flournoy will preach at
Lebanon Baptist church on the fourth
Saturday and Sunday in this month
the hours of service being as follows:
Saturday 1 p. m.; Sunday 11 a. m.
Members and friends of the church
are cordially invited to be present.