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TXy LOB county
“The Golden Gate”
Between the Mountain*
and the Sea
Traversed by the
SCENIC HIGHWAY
The Butler Herau
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF ^UCCESS’’
County’* Chief title*
BUTLER AND REYNOLDS
No »t‘clion of the state offers
better opportunities for small
industries and delightful citi
zenship than either of these
Cities.
Volume 57
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday July 27,1933
Number 37
PRESS ALLIANCE
TO OPEN OFFICE
PFORG1A WEEKLIES “HOPE TO
C1T OUT PUBLICITY RACK-
E TS;” TO 1SET U1 CODE.
de
the
and
W. E. WILBURN
GETS POSITION
ON NEW BOARD
Macon, Ga., July, 22.-Plans for
improving the condition of t,e week-
y mess in Georgia were approved
Fridav u.t a meeting of the board oi
control and executive committee o
he Georgia Newspaper Alliance o
Accredited Weeklies in the Hote
Dempsey.
Under the plan, the executive com
mittee of the alliance, a new organ!
"’ ion, was authorized-to employ a
managing director to be in charge of
a central office where a continuous
effort will be made to assist the
member papers.
“Through this central office,
dared Jere M. Moore, editor of
Milledgeville Union-Recorder
‘chairman of the executive committee
“we hope to establish a publicity
control bureau to cut out the pub-
Ucity rackets, sell the alliance news
papers to national advertisers as a
unit, set up a code of business prac
tice , work out a market survey for
member papers and render , such
other service as winbebeneficial to
the alliance and its members.
The board of control of the alli
ance is composed of one representa-
fjve from each of the 10 congres
sional districts in the state, and they
are expected to secure memberships
from other papers in their districts.
A constitution and by-laws drawn
bv members of the executive com-
mittee were presented and approv-
ed at the meeting and plans were
made for a meeting of the executive
committee in Atlanta on July 31. The
board of control will have a meeting
during August, probably jn Macon,
with the date to be set later. The
first meeting of the alliance probably
will not be made until the first of
next year, Mr. Moore said, and the
place (of holding the meeting has not
been selected.
Besides Mr. Moore, members of
the executive committee are Carey
Williams, editor of the Greensboro
Hrald-Journal, secretary; O. W.
Passavant, publisher of the Newnan
Herald; Roy McGintj, editor of the
Calhoun Times and Roy F.mmett,
editor of the i Cedartown Standard.
All but Mr. wnHama wSW^reSent.
Members of the hoard of control
who attended the meeting were , J.
B. Chism, Pelham, Second district;
Charles E. Benns, Butler, Third dis
trict; Ben Hardy, Jr., Bnrnesville,
Fourth district; Gordon Chapman,
Sandersville, Sixth district; T. W.
Wrench, Folkston, Eighth district,
and Albert Hardy, Gairutville, Ninth
district. Milton Fleetwood, Carters-
ville, not a member of the hoard of
control, was a representative of the
Seventh district at the meeting.
Actual Plowing Up
of Cotton Acreage
Begins in Taylor
On acount of not having govern
ment emergency permits we mimeo
graphed some agreements Monday,
Julv 24th, and by Wednesday, July
26th, practically all of them had
hen signed by the farmers and local
enmniittnemen, and were returned to
the county agent’s office.
It is believed that, weather con
ditions permitting, all our 5,100
acres contracted for in Taylor coun
ty will be plowed up this week. As
soon as emergency permit blanks
an ( ] acceptances are received, local
committeemen will Inspect the fields
and certify that they have been
Plowed up. They will have all papers
signed then by the farmers and
tne*fi wilt ue returned promptly to
Washimrton. The contracts will then
be completed, of course, when the
checks nnd options are mailed out.
*.P's will be done as fast as the fa
cilities of the Department of Agri-
ci'lture will permit.
Farmers are warned that to he
destroyed." cotton stalks and bolls
must be completely covered. Grazing
TALMADGE APPOINTS MACON
COUNTY BANKER AND FARM
ER TO SUCCEED WILHOIT;
ANNOUNCEMENT IS SURPRISE
WILHOIT GETS
POST AS HEAD
OF NEW BOARD
2 PRISONERS AND
JAIL ATTENDANT
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
J. B. DANIEL, TOM DAVIS, GEO.
L. GOODE AND BEN T. HUIET
OTHER MEMBERS; ALL EM
PLOYES DISMISSED.
Atlanta, July 24.—Governor Tal-
madge Monday night announced tne
appointment of W. E. Wilburn of
Oglethorpe as the third member of
the state's new highway board.
Mr. Wilburn is a banker and farm
er of Macon county. He succeeds Jud
P. Wilnoit, who recently was ap
pointed a member of the public serv
ice commission when Governor Tal-
madge ousted the old members of the
body. Wilburn has never held public
office before, the governor said.
The new board member takes his
place beside J. J. Mangham of Bre
men and Max L. McRae, of McRae,
who were ‘ named to the highway
board in the places of Capt. J. W.
Barnett, chairman, and W. C. Ve-
reen. Both were ousted on June 19,
when the governor declared martial
law and seized control of the high
way department with troops.
Mr. Wilhoit, only member of the
board left at that time, had charge
of the department until Mangham
and McRae were appointed. Wilhoit’s
appointment to the public service
commission came a day later.
Governor Talmadge had given
intimation of his plans until the sud
den announcement Monday night and
some observers had said they be
lieved the office would be left vacant
for some time.
The appointment was announced
after a conference of the governor
and Wilburn. Wilburn could not be
reached for a statement immediate'
iy.
Wilburn was a consistent support
er of the governor in the last cam'
paign. He is not married.
1933 Chattahoochee
Valley Exposition
To Be Held Oct. 9-14
it
of
DESPERATE ATTACK UPON
JANITOR BY PRISONERS IN
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE MON
DAY; RAZOR AND BILLET
FREELY USED BY MEN.
Columbus, Ga., July 24.—The
nual Chattahoochee VaHep^ttx
position will be held in Columbus
this year the week of Oct. 9-14,
was announced Saturday by F.
Jenkins, secretary and manager.
Arrangements for the staging
the annual exposition, the leading
one In this section of Georgia and
in nearby sections of Alabama, have
already been begun and many of tne
preliminary plans have been com
pleted. Workers are nqw engaged in
compiling the annual premium _ list
and some entries are being received.
Mr. Jenkins announced that all
space in the main building,. which
annually houses the community ex
hibits, lias been taken and that sev
eral more communities than can be
accommodated in the building have
asked to be allowed to enter. A num
ber of communities which have not
entered exhibits in recent years are
included in the list of those which
will enter the competition.
Members of the Chattahoochee
Valley Poultry association and the
Muscogee County > Rabbit Breeders
association are engaged now in per
fecting plans for their annual shows.
Indications are that the poultry show
will be as much of a success as in
past vears and this rabbit how, the
second one at the exposition, will be
even larger than last year.
County Agent Jenkins and Mrs
Frank Gaines, the latter home dem
onstration agent, are also grooming
a large number of 4-H club boys
and girls in preparation for having
them enter the club competition that
will be staged as a department of the
fair. The boys will have entries in
calf and pig clubs and the girls wil
enter canned goods, needle work and
cooking. ...
The Royal American Shows will
furnish the midway attractions for
the 1933 exnosition, Mr. Jenkins an
nounced. Contracts have already
been signed and the shows will make
their first visit to the citv during the
exposition. The shows have never
— - - * have
Atlanta, July 21.—All five mem
ber of the Georgia Public Service
commision were ousted from office
Friday by Governor Talmadge on
charges that they had sanctioned ex
cessive electric rates, had made no
effort to cut telephone bills, and had
shown “incompetence and total ig
norance” of the laws governing rail
road freight rates.
Nine general charges against the
commission were contained in the
governor’s order, in which he also
named a new commission. Under
Georgia law, a majority of both
houses of the legislature must ap
prove the suspensions ordered Friday
or they do not stand.
Jud P. Wilhoit, of Warrenton. who
; a member o fthe highway board
ran the highway department under
the governor’s martial law order
ousting two other board members,
was named chairman by the new
commission. The governor said he
had not yet filled the vacancy on the
highway hoard caused by Wilhoit’s
resignation. Other new commission
members are J. B. Daniel of La-
Grange; Tom Davis, of Meigs: Geo.
L. Goode, of Camesville; and Ben
T. Huiet, an Atlanta alderman,
The new commission held its first
session in the governor’s office im
mediately after being appointed and
fired every employe of the commis
sion, from janitor to rate expert,
Three old employes were reinstated
temporarily, however, at a later
meeting. Rob. N. Springfield, vet
eran secretary of the commission and
authority on motor carrier laws, was
among those dismissed by the hoard
which gave Springfield’s job to Jack
M. Forrester, 29 year old Richland
Ga., lawyer.
At another session later in the
day the new commission rescinded
an old order of the commissioners
and employes of the ousted board to
ride on railroad and bus passes.
In his ouster, the governor quoted
the Biblical admonition of MoseB that
“A gift doth blind the eyes of the
wise and pervert the words of the
righteous.” He said four members’ of
the commission, Jule W. Felton, of
Montezuma, Walter McDonald of Au
gusta, Perry T. Knight of Valdosta
and Albert Woodruff, of Decatur
'were “guilty of riding on bus anc
railroad passes,” and that Chairman
James A. Perry, of Lawrenceville,
said he once made a bus trip without
paying a fare.
A court battle against the gover
nor’s order was announced by Perry
who branded the 16-day hearing be-
oa »o -fnrnn. .nun
cotton does not destroy grown bolls., ben in Columbus before, but nave
Plowing it up with a “six inch furnished the midway features at the
u^!f er ” does not cove r it up.
Jut harrowing or cutting it
dii a stalk cutter will facilitate
Wowing it under, yet this in itself
in not suffice. Unless the local
ommittees are satisfied that cotton
completely covered uo or other-
ise completely destroyed, thev will
rmi, ai ? n , rove the contract, which will
SS*®!™ all. Let’s do the job
r 'gnt, right now!
W. A. LUNDY, County Agent
IMPORTANT NOTICE
rintn J armers w h° have field peas
touch * 'r w Ptease get in
— 1 - ' h me. You remember
sold
we
peas last
Southeastern Fair in Atianta and the
Georgia State Exposition in Macon
Montezuma Gets
Its First Setback
to \ 'apnery. Well, they want
"'eekif hauling peas again next tered.
Macon, Ga., July 25;;-M o nt e zuma
“baby" member of the Georgia State
League, which has been beating
everybody in sight since the start of
the last half of the season, took a
set back from Milledgeville Tuesday
1 to 0 in a pitchers’ duel he 1 *®®"
Reid of Montezuma and Bray of the
B1 Barnesyille defeated Americus 6 to
LOCAL VETERANS
OF ALL WARS
TO MEET HERE
PROMINENT SPEAKERS TO EX-
PLAIN OBJECT OF NEW OR
GANIZATION; LARGE MEM-
BERSHIP ALREADY PLEDGED
TO LOCAL POST. 1
A tripple tragedy was narrowly
averted at the county jail in Butler
about 4 o’clock Monday afternoon
when two of the five negro prisoners
in an, attempt to escape made a mur
derous attack with a razor on the
janitor, who proved almost a giant
and master of the situation to the
consternation and amazement of his
assailants.
Acting upon instructions from
Sheriff R. P. McGuffin, Dink Hooten,
the negro janitor, unlocked and
opened the large steel door to the
; ail corridor for the purpose of lib
erating Ernest McCants, one of the
colored prisoners, and at which in
stance A. S. Staley, another negro
irisoner, seized and attempted to
lold him while Greely Colbert, an
other negro, made an attack upoi.
him with a razor. Having previously
prepared himself for any emergency
that might arise, the janitor had
strapped to his wrist an officers bil
let which with the alertness of an
acrobat and the strength almost
equal to that of Sampson, he return
ed the blows and gashes of his as
sailants soon felling both of them at
his feet limp and unconscious with
scalp wounds that later, and upon
being removed from the jail to a
physician’s 1 office, required many
stitches and yards of adhesive tape
to close.
The janitor was gashed in a num
ber of places about the arms and
body by the razor in the hands dl
Colbert, none of which however
were considered dangerous after be
ing given medical attention. How the
prisoners obtained possession of the
razor will probably never be known.
Monk Revier and George Stewart,
the other two negro prisoners, as
did the McCants negro, took no part
in the trouble save that of trying to
quell the men and notifying the
Sheriff of what had taken place.
Both prisoners in the attack have
long criminal records.
Staley, whose home is at Ameri
cus and is well educated, is under
indictment in various counties in
the state charged with forgery. Col
bert is charged with larceny, it is
said. , ,
Each of the three wounded ne
groes were reported ' yesterday
improving as well as could he
pected.
MR. W. S. KILBY,
,CONFL ’RATE VET,
! . SES AWAY
DESPITE ADVANCED AGE DE
CEASED HAD ENJOYED GOOD
HEALTH UNTIL WEEK BE
FORE DEATH; FUNERAL AT
CROWELL CEMETERY.
The Herald has been advised, and
we are pleased to make ' announce
ment of same, that speakers repre
senting the National headquarters in
Atlanta of the Associated War Ve ■
erans will address a gathering of
local war veterans at the court
house in Butler tomorrow (Friday)
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock in the in
terest of perfecting a local organiza
tion ..
All veterans of the major service
organizations, Spanish - American
War, the World War or other wars
in which Americans have in the past
participated are urgently requested
to attend this meeting.
The Associated War veterans,
which is a new set-up with a rapidly
increasing number of local posts
throughout the state, differs 1 con
siderably from other veterans’ or
ganizations in that it has for its
purpose the protecting of its mem
bers and their dependents through
their votes at all elections, local,
state and national, it is said.
Membership fees, we understand,
are $1.00 each, while the cost of the
Post charter is $16.00. Any
man who was a member of the
county’s armed forces during any
war is eligible for active membership
and their relatives, by blood or mar
riage, may be associate members.
The promoters of the local organ!'
zation hopes to have a charter mem
bership of not less than fifty and to
be -"ed from week to week as
the under wav nnd its
fore the governor as “a farce, pure
and simple.” Perry said a “cloak of
fairness was feigned in the auto
cratic forum,” but that “it was
manifest that the decision had been
reached in advance.” Perry said he
would institute quo warranto pro
ceedings to prevent his removal.
Perry entered his 23rd year on the
commission Thursday while awaiting
the verdict of the governor in the
ouster proceedings which began June
26 and ended July 17.
“There is no constitutional warrant
or authority," said Perry, “for the
self-constituted court of impeach
ment as presided over” by the gov
ernor. He said "the record over
whelmingly sustains the fact that I
have rendered a useful service to my
state, and I look with confidence for
a complete vindication of the infamy
which the governor seeks to place
upon me, and from the wrong per
petrated.”
Knight said in a brief * statement
that he had a "clear conscience."
McDonald, a blind man, issued a
statement saying the governor’s or
der indicated “beyond doubt” that
the “decision is based on rank preju
dice and insufficient excuses, abso
lutely without reasons for his ac
tion."
By Local Churches;
Given Hearty Co-operation
He said he would be
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candi-
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Butler Firm Gives President
100 Per Cent Co-operation
want I 3 by keeping Americus
Week t> " uu,l s peas
know i,' yours ar e not ready, let me
on, “"'. ma ny you will have later
and when the V will be ready.
• A. LUNDY, County Agent.
Stafford, pitching for ¥, ac °"\
off Holt.
In co-operation with the Roosevelt
program Mr. E. E. Jarrell, president
of Jarrell’s Department Store, of
Butler, wired the following message
yesterday to the President:
Butler, Ga., July 26, 1933.
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
President of the United States,
Washington, D. C.
Most Honorable Sir:
We wish you to know that we are
100 per cent with you in any policy
you suggest. We are insisting that
our friends follow your suggestions
also.
Our policy is: When Franklin D.
Roosevelt is our leader we can’t go
wrong.
We invite you to call upon us di
rectly when there is anything we can
do-to help to promote any policy of
yours.
Respectfully yours,
Jarrell’s Dept. Store, Inc.,
By E. E. Jarrell, President.
The local Methodist and Baptist
churches are sponsoring a beauty
contest in which each local business
house has chosen its representative
from among Butler’s charming young
ladies. At an early date a program
will Le given at the school auditori
um at which time a small admission
fee of 10c will be charged. Each
ticket will be a vote. Anyone may
buy as many tickets as they wish
and vote for the prettiest young la
dy. Sometime during the program
each young lady will appear on the
stage and say a few words about
the business firm* or individual she
represents.
The following have already enter
ed the contest and it is hoped others
will enter next week:
O. B. Bankston—Marie Garrett
Butler Drug Co—Margaret Butt
Butler Naval Stores—Louise Turk
Citizens Bank—Jettie McGuffin
Cochran Warehouse—Beatrice Pen
ningtoh
Cash Gro. Co.—Laurete Fickling
Chapman’s Store—Martha Benns
Clerk of Court—Crawford Anthony
Dixie Cafe—Virginia McCants
Oscar Drelzin—Lois Bazemore
Dixie Cleaners—Frances Williamson
Edwards Service Station—Miriam
Dreizin
Herald Office—Kathleen Anthony
E. E. Jarrell—Verna Jarrell
Porter’s Drug Store—Aurelia Trus-
sell
J. F. Posey—Mary Gill
Payne’s Service Station — Mildred
Garrett
Sandwich Shop—Lorena Daniel
Brooks-Peed Family
Reunion, Annual Event,
Held Last Sunday
fe.". 1
Brooks-Peed family reunion
rri®v* wojghtful annual event for
this section, was held at McCant’s
mill Sunday, when the descendants
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Brooks and the descendants of the
late Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Peed
gathered to pay tribute to their
memory. The day was spent in so
cial intercourse interspersed with
songs and prayer services.
The occasion was attended by fully
le hundred local relatives and
friends. Those present from out of
the county, were as follows: Mr. and
Mrs. T. Brooks Peed and little son
Morris, Martin L. Peed and Miss
Madeline Callahan, from Millford,
Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Dressell
and C. Appling Peed, of Palm Beach
Fla.; Mr and. Mrs. J. F. Brooks and
family, Mrs. Fannie Wall, Mr. and
Mrs. Slrah Lawhom and son of
Americus; Mrs J. C. McCants and
son Willie Joe, of West Palm Beach,
Fla.; Mrs. J. R. Peed and F. R. Peed
of Montezuma; Mrs. Sallie May Foy
Miss Nellie Bohler and little Miss
Bobbie Terry, of West Point, Ga.;
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Harris and chil
dren of Macon; Mr. R. G. Duke and
family of Tazewell
Our county was saddened Monday
by the death of Mr. William Samuel
Kilby, of Crowell community, who
passed away in his 79th year, the
date of his birth being given as Jan.
9, 1844, and the hour of his passing
set at 1 p. m., July 23rd. Mr. Kilby
had been in good health until about
ten days ago when he was compelled
to take his bed and he continued to
sink rapidly until the end came Mon
day as above stated.
Mr. Kilby was numbered ; among
the oldest as well as among the very
best citizens and farmers of the
county. He came to Taylor county
from North Carolina in early life
and was married in 1871 to Miss
Annie Duke, who preceded him to
the grave about eight years. From
this happy union were reared the
following children who survive them:
Mrs. R. L.-Halstead, of Americus;
5Trs. R. E. Byrd, and Mrs S. H.
Duke, of Atlanta; Mrs E. P. Bee-
land, of Thomaston; Mrs. W. D.
Windham nnd Miss Beatrice Kilby,
of this county; Mr. J. M. Kilby, of
Quincy, Fin.; Messrs E. H. and S. C
Kilby of this county.
The remains of Mr. Kilby were in
terred at Crowell cemetery Tuesday
at 11 a. m. after funeral services
had been conducted by Rev. W. E.
Hightower, pastor of the Butler
Methodist church. As a testimony to
the high esteem in which Mr. Kilby
was held a very lvge crowd attend
ed the fur.eiii) “s. Mr. Kilby
was a life . ?r of the
Methodist church in whicn lie always
manifested an active interest, as he
did also in the political nffairs of the
county for many years although ho
never aspired to any office.
Mr. Kilby was a Confederate sol
dier nnd served with Company H.
19th Georgia Regiment from 1861
until the close of the war. His com
rades say that there never was a
braver or more gallant defender of
the cause for ’vimh our Southern
sons fougni so lung and so valiantly,
and greatly endeared himself to his
fellow comrades.
The bereaved relatives of Mr.
Kilby have the sincere sympathy of
their numerous friends in his pass
ing.
Taylor County Group
Goes to Camp Wilkins
Local Veterans To Attend
Service School at Macon
Messrs F. A. Peed, A. F. Fain and
E. F. Bone, all Spanish-American
War veterans of Butler, will attend
the state veterans service officers
school at the Dempsey Hotel, Macon,
next Sunday beginning promptly at
10 o’clock a. m.
Taylor county representatives
from the Women’s Demonstration
Clubs and Girls’ 4-H Clubs, who left
Monday with Miss Leonora Anderson
County Home Demonstrator, for a
week at Camp Wilkins during the
state short course study and recre
ation were:
Mrs. T. L. Fountain, Mrs. H. H.
Gee, Mrs. W. H Trussell, Mrs. E. A.
Hollis, Mrs. Warren Childs, Mrs.
Culverhouse, Misses Mae Vanland-
ingham, Jennie Byrd, Marie Camp,
Eleanor Booth, Nora Coolik, Mary
Hollis, Winifred Ruffin, Nita Mae
Windham, Louise Montomery, Ida
Leach, Marie Jarrell, Carolyn Hill
Bertha Bazemore, Wilba Deen Wil-
char, Josephine McCorvey and Lena
Theus.
DEATH OF MR. C. M. BARTLETT
IS MOMENTARILY EXPECTED
Wesley Community Provides
Delightful Entertainment
Quarterly Conference Session
The Third 'Quarterly Conference
for the Butler-Howard charge South
Georgia Methodist Conference, was
held at Wesley church Saturday.
At 11 a. m. Rev. L. A. Harrell,
presiding elder of the Columbus dis
trict, preached another of his usual
able sermons, after which repre
sentatives from other churches of
the charge were refreshed with a
most elaborate basket dinner pro
vided by many of the good families
of the community.
The business session of the con
ference was called to order by the
Presiding Elder after dinner and at
which time fine reports from the va
rious churches of the charge were
read and ordered to be recorded.
These reports showed much prog
ress in religious work during the
past twelve months, especially among
the Sunday school and other ac
tivities sponsored by the young
people.
REV. GORDON BAZEMORE
ASSIGNED TO CLASSES IN
LOUISIANA CONFERENCE
It will be grievous news to his
many friends locally and throughout
Georgia to learn that the death of
Mr. C. M. Bartlett, one of Butler’s
oldest merchants and most prominent
citizens, is momentarily expected.
Mr. Bartlett’s illness covers a period
of several months although confined
to his bed only about three weeks.
Hon. Eddie Walls, former editor of
the Eatontoa Messenger and at pres
ent connected with the Milledgeville
Times, and Col. E. J. Summeroui',
prominent Eatonton lawyer formerly
conected with the school interests of
this county, are cordially welcomed
as visitors to the city today.
Rev. Gordon Bazemore, former
Butler young man and son of Mrs. W
E. Bazemore, who is doing pastoral
work in the Louisiana Methodist
Conference, is spending his summer
vacation of several days with rela
tives here.
Rev. Mr. Bazemore recently re
ceived an appointment from Bishop
Dobbs to attend Centenary College
this fall, it will be learned with in
terest by his many friends.
C. E. Benns, editor of this paper,
has received notice of his appoint
ment as a deputy game warden for
the state at large. The appointment,
made by Peter S. Twitty, state
game and fish commission, is honor
ary.
M. E. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT
Revival services at Wesley will
continue through next Sunday. Rev.
T. H. Tinsley, of Macon, is doing
the preaching. We urge every one in
reach to share with us in these serv-
Preaching at Howard next Sunday
instead of second Sunday in August.
W. E. HIGHTOWER, Pastor.