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The Butler Herald.
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BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA,'Thursday May 10,1934
1LLIAM AND PITTMAN
OPPOSE G. TALMADGE
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Americus Attorney
Enters Congressional
Race In This District
Taylor Winners Chosen
1h Semi-Final Bee
Conducted Tuesday at Butler
Butler Friends of Rev.
H. C. Brewton Regret
To Learn of His Death
Birthday of Mrs. I. W. Garrett
Honored By Relatives and
Friends Last Sunday
County’s Chief Citita
BUTLER AND REYNOLDS
No section of the state offers
beter opportunities lor am all
industries and delightful citi
zenship than either of theae
Citiea.
Number 27
McGEE ANNOUNCES
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
IN MUSCOGEE CO.
VII \NTA ATTORNEY QUALI-
‘ KiKS IN GUBERNATORIAL
V VMPAIGN AND WILL RUN ON
REPEAL TICKET.
Atlanta, Ga., May 6 —Governor
l'uL r eiie Talmadge militant chiet
executive of Georgia who has won
national prominence by his fiery ex
changes with officials of the national
administration and his ouster of the
state highway hoard with the aid of
the state militia, will be apposed for
s second term by two candidates at
the primary next September 12.
In a rush of candidates to qualify
before the closing hour today, Aider-
man Ed. A. Gilliam, of Atlanta, at
torney and real estate dealer, added
his name to the three-cornered ticket
already occupied by Governor Eugene
Talmadge and Superior Court Judge
Claude Pittman, of Cartersville.
Entry of the two men against
Governor Talmadge assured a wide-
open campaign this summer. Both
Talntadge and Pittman have reputa
tions as forceful stump speakers.
Talmadge is expected bo stand on his
record, which includes an executive
order cutting the price of automobile
license tags to a flat $3 after the last
state legislature had failed to take
action to reduce the price of tags.
Judge Pittman probably will make
issues of the governor’s ouster of the
highway board, when he called out
the national guard to force hte mem
bers from office when they refused
to leave; his later removal of the
public service commission after a
dispute over utility rates, and the
governors’ use of the pardoning pow
er,
Mr. Gillam’s entry in the race was
termed by Judge Pittman as a con
firmation of his prediction made
several days ago that the Talmadge
forces would enter a “stalking horse”
in an effort to split the Talmadge
opposition.
In a statement in which he said
he will seek the governorship on a
straight out issue favoring repeal of
the state's prohibition law, Mr. Gill
iam said he “had consulted with no
political bosses before entering ’he
race and would consult With iiotie
now or later.”
lime Extended To Make
Applications For Crop
Loans Extended to May 15
The time limit for making appli
cations for emergency crop loans lias
Ixen extended from today until May
lo, G, C. Daniel, county agent, has
teen advised 'by the regional munagei
The notice received by Mr. Daniel
read, in part, as follows:
“All employees or persons engaged
ui making emergency crop loans are
hereby informed that the period
during which applications may be
accepted has been officially extended
from April 30, to May 15, 1934.
, vnder this extension of the clos
es date, this office will honor all
applications that bear a postmark
pnor to midnight of May 15, 1934.
■f this office finds it necessary
w return an application for correc-
tion or for additional information,
™ , f uch application was originally
received prior to midnight May 15,
t will be given dne consideration
"hen sent back to this office.”
Cut 4-Year
Budget For Benevolence
J^kson, Miss. May 7.—Becui
„ , recen t financial strain,” t
S ra conference of the Method
h P 'f°Pal Church, South Monday i
benot n ? Ua budget for general chui
at s;r!?, nces an< * oonnectional clai:
«2,000,ooo a year for each year
“xt quadrennium. This wbs
the kf,j n of >240,000 a year fri
Otn °f fhe past quadrenniu
MoJif 1 • ‘‘nportant action tak
■"embers ^ the a PP? intmcn t
fict; tile commission on u
iar lZn!^ 1Ch is to meet with sir
of a ntuiSB!oners from other brancl
plans t en " an Methodism to c,onsi<
£unification, federation,
D r y} 10 ? °f Methodist branche
retar’v nfVil Gram > was reelected S'
hcaduua« tae boar d of missions w
Dr T n S at . Nashville,
retar’v afTi! EUls was re-elected s
extend th , e general board of chui
Quiliian, at Loulsv iUe; William
Christia’^f etar y of the Board
MorelorU Education, Nashvile; G.
Day Adi' ; S , ecretar y °f the Board
rttary 0 ? Dub, and L. E. Todd, S'
St Lo u ; s Boar d of Finance,
Tj]p i,1 °*
next on location of 1
*** named^rp'riu general conferei
n 5 sb urs, W V»' V8 \ E : C - Wats
9 Denman t> : . > chairman; Hi
n W ‘ Pittman' r mgham ’ Se «cta
Dr - Deter s^> Corpus Christi, Te
-nd Dr. c. w ui Charleston, S.
he conferen-e t ^°D> St. Louis
m ear before Clt >’ ls elected <
meets. the general conferei
Americus, Ga., May 5.—Stephen
Pace, Americus attorney and formei
state senator, Saturday announced
his candidacy for congress from the
Third District of Georgia.
Following he payment of his en
trance fee Pace said:
“1 have qualified as a candidate
for congress from the Third district
of Georgia.
"To the people of the district I
pledge my loyalty to the president
and the principles of the democratic
party.”
Mr. Pace is 42 years of age and
has been engaged in the active prac
tice of law in Americus for the last
20 years. He was born and reared in
Terrell county and moved to Ameri
cus in 1914.
He was representative from Sum
ter county for several years and was
senator from the 13th district in
1923 and 1924, being chairman of
the powerful rules committee in the
senate.
He was the author of the law es
tablishing a state auditing depart
ment and requiring the auditing of
all state expenditures.
He sponsored the blue sky law
prohibiting the sale of worthless
stocks and bonds, and the amend
ment to the state constitution pro
viding for the consolidation of the
offices of county tax collector and
receivers.
In 1916 Mr. Pace married Miss
Grace Ragan, daughter of the late
T. B. Ragan of Hawkinsville, Pu
laski county.
C. C. C. Notes
(By Evans "Shines” Thornton)
The company has lost an excellent
C. O. as Capt. Meyer has been trans
ferred to Albany, Ga. We regret our
loss immensely. He was a man that
could hold our respect and yet be
“just one of the boys.” We wish
him the best of luck with his new
Compny.
• • •
| Although we have lost a great C,
O., we feel that we have gained an
other that will fill his boots easily.
He is none other than Lt. Rohrer,
who has been with us since this
Company was organized. We are
back of our Lieutenant.
«► * •
This Company welcomes Lt. Reid,
who succeeds Lt. Rhyne. This Com
pany seems to be very fortunate in
getting men of the highest caliber for
its officers, as our first impression
of the Lieut., is very good indeed
* * *
Who said Co. 1430 didn’t have any
musical talent. “Juggle Head” Killen
and his violin recently carried off
third place honors at a fiddling con
test. Pretty good for Killen even if
he was the only contestant entered
* * *
The Woodpeckers added two more
victories to their growing list when
they defeated the fast Bibib Mfg. Co.
team from Columbus by the close
score of 2-0. “Gripy” Evans, lankey
right hander of the Woodpeckers
kept the Bibb boys well in hand, on
ly allowing four hits. While his
team mates gathering ten. Both of
the Woodpeckers’ runs came in the
eighth inning when Hussey, Thorn
ton and Bryan singled. The Wood
peckers also conquered the Taylor
County All Stars, or what have you?
But the rain gods were kind to the
Georgia boys and sent a deluge down
in the sixth to keep the 10-1 score
from getting too humiliating for the
visitors. Any team desiring games
with trie Woodpeckers, please phone
or write Lt. Reid, Co. 1430, CCC
Butler, Ga.
• * *
“Moonbeam’, Showcases” Draw-
horn emphatically denies all rumors
of his recent marriage. The author
would like to know who would marry
“Moonbeam” anyway.
* * *
Coconut Bennett is expected to
join the ranks of the benedicts, un
i-ess the “Fool Killer” arrives be
fore next pay day^ ^
What will be the outcome of the
triangle love affair which features
Crum and Pinnix? More power to
both of the lads.
After spelling for over an hour
Tuesday afternoon in Butler the
winners being: Seniors, Mary Booth,
Butler High School; Samuel Coolik,
Reynods High school. Juniors, Edna
Booth, Central School; Ray Taunton,
Butler School. Won the Taylor
county semi-finals of the Chattahoo
chee Valley Spelling Bee, sponsored
by the Columbus newspapers, and to
be held tonight at 8 o’clock at the
Springer opera house in Columbus.
The contest was held at the court
house Tuesday afternoon conducted
by Prof. W. T. Rustin, Superinten
dent of Taylor county schools. Quite
a large class engaged in the event
which was highly interesting from
the opening until the close, being
witnessed 'by a highly enthusiastic
audience and which applauded fre
quently.
The contestants will be accompa
nied to Columbus tonight for the fi
nal match by a number of friends in
terested in the final event. Much
local interest centers in the result
of tonight and with the hope that
our representatives will be among
the list of successful winners.
Bishop Ainsworth Is
Assigned To Georgia
Bishop W. N. Ainsworth has been
assigned to preside over the South
Georgia Conference of the Methodist
Church The assignment was an
nounced at the general conference in
Jackson, Miss., Saturday night.
Bishop Ainsworth’s territory in
cludes North and South Georgia,
Holston, Tenn., and Cuba Confer
ences. He will serve these confer
ences for the next four years. His
home is in Macon. Bishop John M.
Moore, who was president of the
Georgia Conferences during the past
quadrenr.ium, will have the Missouri
Southwest Missouri, St. Louis, North
Arkansas and Little Rock Confer
ences. Bishop Cannon was assigned
the fifth eqiscopal district, ir.luding
the conferences of Arizona, Pacific,
Ctdilomia, Oriental mission, North
west and Western Mexican.
Carroltoo Editor Honored
On Eighty-Third Birthday
Carollton, Ga., May 6.—Relatives
and friends of James Jefferson
Thomas son, pioneer southern jour
nalist, last Sunday joined in a cele
bration of Mr. Thomasson’s 83rd
birthday .
Mr. Thomasson began his journal
istic career 50 years ago, thirty-five
of which have been spent as editor
of the Carroll County Times
Mr. Thomasson was born at Lib
erty Hill, in Heard county, in i851,
and is the son of the late Thomas
Jefferson Thomasson. He has been
prominent in all political and civic
affairs of Carrollton, and has led
many movements for the betterment
of Carrollton and Carroll county.
Besides being a foremost editor,
Mr. Thomasson has a reputation of
being a wizard at the bar, having
first 'begun the practice of law in
Arkansas in 1899.
The editor received congratula
tions from all over Georgia and
other parts of the United States as
his children quietly entertained at
an open house party at Carrollton
all day Sunday.
Carrolton Man Killed In
Auto Crash Near Macon
Macon, Ga., May 8.—A man identi
fied by police as Claude Kaylor,
50, of Carrolton, Ga., was killed in a
crash between a produce truck and
an automobile on the Dixie highway
near here early t oday.
Rescuers some time later found
Kaylor’s companion, Roy C. Payton,
also of Carrolton, in an unconscious
condition at the side of the road some
distance from the scene of the impact
He was brought to this city, Police
said he would recover.
Fred Johnson, driver of the truck,
and L. L. Chandler, his companion,
said they were from Knoxville, Tenn,
Chandler’s face was lacerated.
The truck and automobile were
traveling southward. The auto at-
femped to pass the truck, Johnson
told police, when the crash occured.
“Baby Sister” Hussey has received
the duckiest ensemble, designed es-,
pecially for him by Lane Bryant of j
New York.
• • •
Why did Hopper step into Law
rence’s face enroute from Albany to
Butler?
It is with quite a bit of pride that
Camp 1430 points to the rising young
Shakespeare among its ranks. The
following is one of his newest com
positions:
“Love is a killing thing,
Beauty is a blossom,
If you want your finger bit,
Stick it to a ’possum.”
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Overheard in Smithville, Ga,:
“This is good stuff, direct from Tay-
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WILL H. BRITT ENDS LIFE
AT FORT VALLEY HOME
Fort Valley, Ga., May 5.—Will H.
Britt, about 60 years of age, shot
himself Friday morning at his home
in Fort Valley.
He is survived by his wife; a son,
and a daughter.
Financial reasons are supposed to
have actuated the suicide. The fu
neral and burial were in Fort Valley.
Atlanta, May 2.—Rev. H. C. Brew-
ton, one of the few surviving circuit
riding preachers of the Methodist
.church, died last week at the Em
ory university hospital.
Born in Bulloch county .on May 23
1852, Mr. Brewton would have been
82 years old within a few days. He
has served actively the South Geor
gia Methodist conference for 42
years. He was superannuated in 1923
and since then had made his home
with members of his family in Flori
da and College Park
Almost all of his service in the
ministry was devoted to the old cir
cuit pulpits.
He was married in Blakely, Ga.,
in 1882, to Miss Martha Jane Cul
pepper, sister of the celebrated evan
gelist, John B. Culpepper, living to
day at the age of 84 in Monroe, La.,
and still in evangelical work. Mrs.
Brewton died in 1903 and in 1906 Mr
Brewton married Mrs. Minnie Blan
ton Davis.
He is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. Mabel Dame, of Homerville,
Ga ; Mrs. Albert M. Lewis, of Pana
ma City, Fla.; and Mrs. Luicy B.
Jackson, of High Point, N. C., and
three sons, A. O. Brewton, of Atlan
ta; W. W. Brewton of College Park
and J D. Grewton, of Gulfiport,
Miss.
Funeral services were held in Ft.
Valley Friday.
Anniversary of Methodism
Commemorated In Exercise
Butler Sunday School Sunday
A program in observance of Sun
day School Day, commemorating the
15l)th anniversary of American
Methodism, was presented Sunday at
the Butler Methodist church.
Special features of the program
were: Introduction by Mrs Mae
Riley. “Methodist’s Part in the Early
Sunday School Movement”, by
Robert Mathews. Mrs. Charles Fick-
ling having charge of the Interme
diate and Junior Groups, gave the
“Foreword” while Miss Ruth Neisler
told beautifully the story of “The
Christian Flag.” Fanny Crosby’s
song, “The Christian Flag,” was
sung by the boys and girls of this
group, giving also “The Salute to the
Flag.” Miss Luke read the scripture
lesson. Rev. W. E. Hightower follow
ed by discussing “Development of
Southern Methodist Sunday Schools
During the Past 50 Years ” Miss
Laurette Fickling played a very
beautiful piano solo. Mrs. Mae Riley
presented “The Challenge of the
Past.” Offering was received in the
classes.
It is hoped that the presentation of
this program may lead to a deeper
appreciation of the Methodist heri
tage, to a stimulation of interest in
local church school history and
achievement, and to a quickened
sense of pride in church school work
and responsibility for extending its
influence locally and generally.
Mrs. Lucas Gould, Former
Herald Correspondent,
Writes Interesting Card
Pelham, Ala., May 3, 1934.
Hello: Friends, Correspondents and
Editor of the Butler Herald:
Please don’t be alarmed. It is only
a voice from the past. 1 really do
exist, although that’s rather obvious
isn’t it ? How’s everybody ?
Some say close the gates of yes
terday, until you hear the click of
the latch. Some I have closed for
ever, but I would not like to close
the gate to old friends and the
friendships of the past.
The gate of memory often opens to
the memory of my old friends in
Taylor, Talbot and Marion counties,
Georgia, and the correspondents of
the Butler Herald.
The writer has recently returned
from the West, a very interesting
and enjoyable trip, and visit to my
daughter at Los Angeles, Calif.
Wish I had the space to tell you of
the many interesting sights and
wonderful scenery to be seen out
there.
Let’s al get together some date at
Butler during this summer.
Your old friend,
“ESTELLA.”
DR. HENRY BROOKS .WILL
REMAIN IN BUENA VISTA
Citizens of Buena Vista are de
lighted that Dr. Brooks has decided
to remain in the county. Last week
the Patriot gave an account of him
having accepted a place in a Mil
waukee, Wisconsin, hospital. Dr.
Brooks returned Saturday.—Marion
County Patriot.
WANTED TO BUY: Second-hand
cypress water tank also one-inch gal
vanized pipe. Must be in good con
dition and cheap for cash.
D. E. BYRD,
Route 1; Reynolds, Ga.
A most delightful day was spent
in the lovely country home of Mr.
and Mrs. 1. W. Garrett “Uncle Bil
lie” and Aunt Lura” as they are af
fectionately called by the’ir friends
whom they number by their acquain
tances.
This lovely party was given last
Sunday, May 6th, by the near rel
atives of these good people, and was
in celebration of the seventy-sixth
birthday of Mrs. Garrett. The oc
casion came as a complete surprise
to both Mr. and Mrs. Garrett. It was
carefully planned and the plans car
ried into effect completely.
Before the hour for the guests to
arrive, a party of friends drove up
and invited Mrs. Garrett to go for a
ride. When she returned home she
found several cars bearing a num
ber of relatives from a distance had
already arrived, and guests continu
ed coming until there were more than
half a hundred present. But in her
usual composed manner Mrs. Gar
rett greeted each one with a smile
that was so motherly and Christian-
like.
The remainder of the morning was
pleasantly spent in varied chats,
mostly of the many pleasant experi
ences of the past, and as the noon
hour drew near a long table was
prepared in the yard, under the beau
tiful shade trees, which was soon
laden with the most appetizing
food, Chairs were placed at the head
of this table for the happy couple of
good people, and after God’s bless
ings were pronounced, each one
present seemed at home and this
writer as well as all present thor
oughly enjoyed this feature of the
day. After all the guests had satis
fied their appetites there remained
bounty of food on the table.
After dinner was over all were
invited into the house where a song
and prayer service was enjoyed,
which carried us back in our
memory to the good old days of our
childhood when family altars were
not uncommon on such occasions.
Those present from out of the
county included: Mr. and Mrs. E. O.
Garrett, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Garrett,
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Garrett, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Hogg and two children,
of Cuthbert; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Stewart, of Hampton; Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Garret and two children, Mrs
Cliff Garrett, Mrs. Ruth Ard and
two daughters, of Forsyth; Mr. Eli
Garrett and four children, Mrs. L.
W. Garrett and Mr. Flem Garrett, of
Thomaston. There were many others
present, one of w’hom we mention,
Aunt Marzelia Purvis, sister of Mr.
Garrett.
The time came all too soon for us
to say good-bye, each one expressing
the joy they had experienced during
the day and wishing for “Uncle Bil
lie” and “Aunt Lura" the pleasure
of many more birthdays.
—One Who Loves This Home.
Family Reunion at Home of
Mr. J.B. Montgomery Greatly
Enjoyed by Large Gathering
One of the most delightful occa
sion in that community in some time
was the barbecue dinner at which the
children of Mr. J. - B. Montgomery,
of Charing community, entertained
at his home on April twenty-first in
honor of Mr. Montgomery’s 66th
birthday.
A beautiful white birthday cake
bearing sixty-six pink candles, and
silver vases holding pink and white
rosebuds decorated the table
Among those attending were: Mrs.
W. M. Brown, W. M. Brown, Jr.,
Mrs. W. H. Martin and Miss Sallie
Averett, of Howard; Mrs Alice
Montgomery and son of Thomaston;
Mr. and Mr*. Jason Montgomery, of
Manchester; Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Whittington and little daughter,
Pershing Whittington and Dorothy
Parker of Mauk; Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Bradley and Bill Montgomery, of
Butler; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Wall and
children, Mr .and Mrs. J. W. Mont
gomery and children and Mr and
Mrs. R. O. Rogers, of Charing; Mr.
J. R. Bradley and Aubrey Woodall,
of Thomaston.
“Old Maid s Convention”
At Mauk Tomorrow Night
The Woman’s Home Demonstra
tion Club of Mauk will entertain the
public at the “Old Maid’s Conven
tion to be held at Mauk school house
on Friday, May 11, at 8:00 p. m.
The proceeds of the entertainment
will go for equipping a community
kitchen and the school in general
Admission 10c and 20c.
HAY FOR SALE
Baled peavine hay for sale at
$20.00 per ton delivered at Butler or
Reynolds; $18.00 per ton, not baled,
at Pebble. See me at once.
L. A. EUBANKS, Reynolds, Ga.
LAW PARTNER OF LATE CECIL
NEILL SEEKS LEGISLATURE
HONORS, ISSUES STATEMENT,
The Columbus Ledger of recent
date curried the hollowing front
page news item which will be of in
terest to the friends here of CoL
Theo J. McGee, son of the lute Mr.
and Mrs A. J. McGee of Butler, and
a former resident of this city:
"Regarding his candidacy tor mem
bership on the Muscogee county dele
gation in the Georgia legislature, an
nounced Friday, Theo J. McGee, well
known Columbus attorney, issued the
following statement, brieny outlining
his aims and purposes:
“I should like the privilege of
serving as one of the representative*
of Muscogee county in the state leg
islature. To this end, I have today
qualified as a candidate, subject to
the democratic primary to be held in
September.
At each session of the legislature
there usually are to be presented a
number of local measure affecting
only Columbus, or Muscogee county,
of great local interest is a proposed
amendment to the city charter re
ducing the length of the terms of the
commissioners. The citizens should
have the right to vote oftener f ir
the commissioners, and an amend
ment to effect this change would
have my active support.
“It is unfortunate that no legisla
tion has ever been enacted, such as
proposed in the Burgin bill, permit
ting the particular county or city
involved, itself to pass upon these
Wholly local measures. Changes
could thus ibe brought about much
more promptly and the legislature
relieved of a great deal of burden
some work.
“There apparently has been dis
crimination against this section of
West Georgia in the distribution of
the highway and other funds This
condition should be relieved, and
shall do everything within my power
to see that you are given proper
recognition.
“As to the various state matters
which will come before the legisla
ture I wish to state that, if elected,
I shall, in each instance, devote my
best efforts properly to represent
the people of Georgia.”
“Mr. McGee is an honor graduate
of the University of Georgia an<
served for several years as a mem
ber of the board of managers for
the training school for girls prior
to the creation of the Georgia board
of regents. He has practiced laiw in
Columbus since 1922. He was a part
ner with the late W. Cecil Neill,
former speaker of the house and
president of the senate, whose death
occurred two years ago.”
Revival Services Begin
Next Sunday Morning at
Butler Baptist Church
With such splendid interest mani
fested in our prayer services being
conducted each evening this week
we are more confident than ejver
that we will have a good revival l|ere
during next week. 1 The series of
services will begin Sunday morning
at 11 o’clock.
Schedule for Sunday’s | services:
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m., ’J. S.
Green, Superintendent; 11 a. m.
preaching by the pastor, subject:
“Ideal Motherhood”. Following the
preaching service will be observed
the Lord’s Supper. 6:45 p. m. the
B. Y P. U.s meet, with Mrs. Sara
Cross, senior leader and Miss Cobb,
junior leader. 7:30 p. m. preaching
by the pastor, subject: “The Chris
tian Home.” Preaching at the local
CCC Camp at 8:30 Sunday morning.
The meeting will continue on
through the week with services daily
at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p m.
The subjects for Monday are: 11
a. m., “A Scriptural Revival”; and
7:30 p. m., “The Missing Note in
Modern Preaching.”
Let us give ourselves unreservedly
OUR BEST. No more nor less than
OUiR BEST. God expects OUB
BEST
J. E. PATE, Pastor.
Mother’s Day Program
Exercises appropriate to the occa-
sion will be observed in both of the
local churches Sunday.
A delightful program has been ar
ranged for the Sunday school hour
at the Methodist church, while music
appropriate to the occasion and a
special sermon by the pastor will be
features of the eleven o’clock serv
ice at the Baptist church.
FARM MULES FOR SALE
I have on hand a number of good
farm mules, either young or second
hand stock, for sale at reasonable
prices. See me before you buy.
D. W .PAYNE, Reynolds, Ga,