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TAYLOR COUNTY
“The Golden Gate”
Between the Mountains
and the Sea
Traversed by the
U. S. HIGHWAY, NO. 19
The Butler Herald.
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
(kiunty’g thief Cities
BUTLER AND REYNOLDS
No section t>f the state offers
better opportunities for small
industries and delightful citi
zenship than either of these
Cities.
Volume 59
, BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday November 15,1934
Number 2
SOUTHERNERS PAY
TRIBUTE AMERICA’S
WAR DEAD
LEGION READY TO |
AID GEORGIA AND
NATION SAYS MELTON
MAJORITY OK CITIES CELEBRAT
ED ARMISTICE DAY AS STIR
RING SERMONS FLOW FROM
PULPITS ON SABBATH IN HE
ROIC EULOGIES.
Sermons from pulpits in the south
Sunday paid solemn tribute to Ameri
ca's war deud.
Armistice day, coming on the Sab
bath found southerners generally
waiting until Monday to observe the
anniversary of the end of the World
War with parades and celebrations.
At Fredericksburg, Va., six un
known soldiers of the War Between
the States, unearthed recently on
four great battlefields in that area,
were interred in the national ceme
tery with religious and military hon
ors. Robert Fechner, national direc
tor of the CCC and Frank N. Belgra-
no, national commander of the
American Legion, were the speakers.
Richmond, the capital of the old
Confederacy, had Commander Bel
grade for its Armistice Day speaker.
He pleaded for old fashioned Ameri
canism and the purging of radical
elements.
At Williamsburg, Va., Governor
Perry told the legion post that the
expenditure of 65 per cent of all tax
revenues collected by all nations of
the world for military purposes “is
a solmen indictment of our modern
civilization.”
Way down in old New Orleans
there was a two-mile military parade
before thousands who lined the
streets. At Biloxi, Miss., there was an
enthusiastic parade and speaking.
At Nashville, Tenr.., the outstand
ing sendee in the state was held
Sunday night with the American Le-
zion in charge. This service replaced
the usual parade ai d was held in
War Memorial stadium. The celebra
tion featured patriotic speeches and a
band concert.
There were "Peace Sunday" serv
ices in many North Carolina
churches. At Wir.ston-Salem Sunday
night Dr. Henry C. Rinser, interne
tional speaker who was wdth the army
of occ.mation in Germany, spoke at a
cm- wide obsen’ance .
Sermons in churches and nravers
for the dead featured Georgia’s Sab
bath observance of Armistice Day.
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Albany, Ga , Nov. 12.—Major Quim-
by Melton, of Griffin, national vice
commander of the American Legion,
says the legion stands ready to serve
Georgia and the nation in a program
of civic betterment, “just as the boys
in 1918 offered themselves for serv
ice.”
Principal speaker on Albany’s
Armistice Day program Monday,
Major Melton, who is editor of the
Griffin Daily News, said in a prepared
address that the legion offers “a
united group of 12,000 legionnaires
and 4,000 members of our splendid
auxiliary” who “love Georgia and are
willing to lead the Georgia parade
towards a better and happier Geor
gia.” He stressed the interest of the
Legion in greater community service
and predicted that the Legion, under
the leadership of De Lacy Allen, of
Albany, “will have its greatest year
in Georgia ”
He discussed various phases of the
legion’s program adopted at the re
cent convention in Miami, Fla., and
said one item in the program, the en
actment of a universal draft law,, ,
would take the profit out of war,”
and make it possible for the nation |
to draft “every man, every dollar,
j every resource in^time of war,” and
j thus provide “the greatest Insurance
against war the nation could have.”
As for the legion’s recomme dation
that the adjusted sendee (bonus) .cer
tificates be paid in cash, Major Mel-
■ ton said:
“We of the legion believe that in
asmuch as the government seems
committed to a policy of spending
billions in the hopes of breaking down
the depression that it would be wise
for the government to pay these cer
tificates now, retiring an obligation
on the government and putting mon
ey into circulation in every part of
the country.”
He said Armistice day provided a
new challenge to the legior. to “live
up to the high ideals of our organi-
:ratioand to “care for our dis
abled buddies, the widows and
orphans, to protect the Constitution
of these United States,to make right
the master of might, to right the au
tocracy of both the classes and the
masses and to be of worthwhile serv
ice to our community, state amt na
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Bradley, S. C.,
November 10, 1934
Butler Herald,
Dear Editor:
The hurly-burly which has en
gulfed us since our recent leaving of
Butler having subsided, we wish to
take this opportunity to inform out
many friends there of our sorrow at
leaving, and to inform them of our
welfare.
Although our nfw camp has not
| been completed, the buildings are be
ing erected as rabidly as_ possible and
"e know that all the boys are going
to like up here. It seems, however,
that the sorrow over leaving Butler
is not the only thing responsible for
fhe depressed spirits of the men. It
■' the sorrow over leaving mose Tay
lor county girls. The hope of an ear
ly return is the only thing that is
keeping some of the most noted suf
ferers alive, foremost among them
being Draughon, Mayes, Culpepper
land Pardon.
| Some of the braver souls, however,
| have launched out in search of
I Breen Pastures.” Several of them
I attended a dance last Friday evening
I at the Log Cabin in Greenwood.
1 among the boys attending were: Ben
IHill Culpepper, D. L. Hardigree, C
■ Lewis, Ben Moore, Henry Milam,
IClarer.ee Simmons, John F. Mayes,
■Ernest L. Fordham, Grady Pardon,
Iniul Fain, James Draughon, Grady
l«me s , and Hugh Alberson.
I Tomorrow, Sunday, Nov. II, we
| ,re looking forward to a band con-
to he given in camp by the 263
'oast Artillery in honor of the ar-
|"'al of the remainder of the officers
lr“ men of Co. 1449 in Bradley.
1, The only factor to mar our arrival
I® South Carolina is the announce-
I,, etl t that our Company Commander,
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Butler High School
Included In Third
District Association
, Floyd L. Brown, is to be trans
» rre 'l to another camp in North
® ro Jna. Lt. and Mrs. Brown will he
; eat 'v missed by the entire Com-
n -''.Lt. Brown has been our com
officer for the past eigm
fhs and it is with great sorrow
eve ry man in the Company sees
go,
*°urs sincerely,
CO. 1449, CCC,
| mer 'v located at Butler, Georgia.
CITY TAX NOTICE
L hc c 'ty Tax books of Butler are
by JTon fur the payment of 1934
H. J. PORTER, Clerk.
The Third District High School
Association, the organization that
sponsors all inter-scholastic activities
j among the accredited schools in the
accredited schools in the district, has
! set a record by enrolling every eligi
ble school for 1934-35. The member-
I snip totals 56 schools, representing
more than 7,000 high school pupils,
according to an. announcement made
Saturday by Prof. C. M Hale of
Americus who is secretary of the as
sociation.
All football games, basketball
games and tournaments and debating
spelling and other literary contests
are held under the auspices of the
district association which is a branch
of the Georgia High School associa
tion.
Fourteen of the schools, having an
enrollment of more than 125 pupils
each and in which group Butler High
school with an enrollment of 184 is
included, are in what is called the B
group. All others are in C group. Co
lumbus high school, with 862 pupils,
belongs to the district-at-large group
made of schools with more than 800
pupils designated as group A.
Following are B group schools,
with number of pupils each: Ameri
cus 295; Buena Vista 149; Butler
184; Chauncey 140; Columbus high
760; Cordele 298; Cuthbert 173; Ella-
ville 142; Fitzgerald 450; Ft. Valley
1 220; Hawkinsville 127; Perry 156:
'Pitts 127; Vienna 129. Total, ...355
I pupils. !
| The 42 C group schools, having a
total enrollment of 3,307 pupils and
! an average enrollment of 79 folio'':
I Abbeville, Anthony (Americus), Ash-
burn, Bluffton, Bonaire, Bronwood, ,
1 Bvromville, Byron, Chester, Chipley, i
Cusseta, Dawson, Dawson, Eastman,
Ft Gaines, Georgetown, Graves
Hamilton, Ideal, Leesburg, Marshall-
ville, Montezuma, Mountain Hill
(Hamilton P. O.), Oglethorpe, Par
rott, Pinehurst, Pineview Plains,
| Preston. Rebecca, Reynolds Rhine,
Richland, Rochell, Sasser, Shellman
Smithville, Stewart County High
I /I ,,mnkini Sycamore, U n a d l Ha,
' Union (Leslie), Waverly Hall and
Weston.
M a v WANTED for Rawleigh
route of 800 families. Write imme
diately. Rawleigh Co., ep . j
100-SA, Memphis, Tenn. I >
Rev. A. B. Couch
Special evangelistic services are be
ing held at the Butler Baptist church
by Rev. A. II. Couch, of the Eakhurst
Baptist church of Atlanta.
Rev. Mr. Couch is bringing very
forceful messages twice daily—10 to
11 o'clock a. m. and 7 to 8 o’clock
p m. These services will continue
through several days and the At
lanta minister will also deliver the
message at the regular morning and
evening hours next Sunday.
These services are being well at-
attended ar.d for those of our com
munity who have not yet had an op
portunity of hearing Bro. Couch you
are urged to not fail to hear this
most splendid preacher.
Butler High Team Wins
First Basketball Game
Of Season Tuesday P. M.
The strong Butler High Basketball
team defeated the Talbottor. High by
the score of 21-19 in Talbotton Tues
day afternoon.
Riley, Butler center, shot six points
to lead his team co victory.
McGuffin, Gray and Hill shot four
points each,
Carter was the outstanding player
for Talbotton, shooting 13 points,
The boys ard girls from Talbotton
will meet the Butler boys and girls
i Tuesday night, Nov. 27, at the ioeal
court.
The line-up for Butler was:
Stevens, F. 2
McGuffin, F, 4
Ri'ev, C, 6
Hill, G. 4
Gray. G, 4.
Substitution for Butler, Joiner, 1
Former Taylor County
Man Dies at Cordele
The news item appearing below
chronicling the death of Mr. Robert
McDaniel, a former resident of Taylor
county though for the past several
years having resided in Crisp county
will be reau with sincere regret by
local relatives and friends:
Cordele, Ga., Nop. 13.—Mr. Robert
McDaniel, 39, died Saturday at 12:30
o'clock at the home of his father-in-
law, A. W. Martin, who ra»2»- on
the Adkins road near Cordele. Mr.
McDaniel had been ill only a week.
He was engaged in farming in Crisp
county, coming here several years
ago from Butler.
Funeral services were held Sunday
p. m. at 2:30 o’clock from Antioch
church, conducted by Rev. Hansel
Warren, and interment was in An
tioch cemetery.
Mr. McDaniel is survived by his
wife, two sons, John Lee and Thom
as; five daughters, Lucy May, Ear
line, Carrie, Sallie and Margaret Mc
Daniel. Five sisters also survive,
they«re: Mrs. Tom Marshall, of Rey
nolds; Mrs. Will Harris, Mrs. Jot
Carpenter, Mrs. Ben Carpenter and
Mrs. Norris Carpenter, all of Butler
Armistice Day Program
At Butler High School
Auditorium Monday P. M.
An interesting Armistice Day pro
gram sponsored by Butler Post 124,
American Legion and Auxiliary was
given at the Butler school auditorium
Monday afternoon, Nov. 12, begin-
nir.g at 2 o'clock. The principal
speaker on this occasion was Dr. Gor
don Singleton, of Macon.
Bugle Call, “Assembly” — George
Roberts.
Star Spangled Banner—Audience.
Invocation—Rev. J. E. Pate.
Songs: (a) Rose of Picardy; (b) My
Buddy—Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. L. R
Adams, pianist
Readings: (a) In Flanders Field—
Miss Maxwell; (b) The Answer
to Flanders Field—Miss Luke.
Stars and Stries, Chorus—Junior
Music Club.
Introduction of SpeakerFProf. V. P.
Folds.
Armistice Address—Dr. Gordon G.
Singleton. •
America—Aulience
Taps—George Roberts.
MRS. E. W. HOUSE
SUCCUMBS AT
EUFAULA HOSPITAL
DAUGHTER OF ,REV. O. L. KEL
LEY, FORMER BUTLER PAS
TOR, AND PROMINENT LEAD
ER IN CHURCH WORK; WELL
KNOWN HERE.
To her host of admiring friends in
Butler and throughout Taylor county
the announcement of the death ot
Mrs. Carolyn Kelley House, of Lump
kin, as contained in the following
dispatch will he most grievous news: |
Lumpkin, Ga., Nov. 12.—Following i
an illness of about ten days, Mrs, E
W. House, prominent Lumpkin worn- |
an, died Monday morning at 3 |
o’clock at a hospital at Eufaula, Ala. j
Mrs. House came to Lumpkin 18
years ago to make her home, since
which time she had beer, a leader in
church work and civic affairs. For
the past several years she had been
secretary of the Columbus Methodist
district Woman’s Missionary society,
which office she held at the time of
her death.
Prior to her marriage to Mr. House
on October 27, 1920, Mrs. House was
Miss Carolyn Kelley, daughter of the
late Rev. O L. Kelley, of Lumpkin.
Her father served for a number of
years as a Methodist minister in
both the North Georgia ami the South
Georgia conferences. *
Besides her husband the deceased
is survived by a ten-day old daugh
ter, Jere Carolyn; two sisters, Mrs.
J. N. Hare, of Atlanta, and Mrs. D.
P. Starr, of Tampa, Fla.; and a
brother, O L. Kelley, of Washington
D. C.
Funeral arrangements had not been
completed Monday.
Trial of Fagan
To Begin Today
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OglethoFpe, Ga., Nov. 14.—Lynn Fa
gan, formerly employed as overseer
of the > extensive George Slappey
farms in this section, goes on trial
today ((Thursday) in Macon county
superior^court on a charye of mur
dering his employer.
An indictment against Fagan, who
has been free under bond since a few
days after the killing last July, was
returned Tuesday by the grand jury.
At his commitment hearing, Fagan
said that he and Mr. Slappey were
arguing over the latter's alleged at
tentions to Mrs. Fagan when Mr.
Slappey made a threatening move.
Fagan said he struck his employer
on the head with his pistol and that
the gun was discharged accidentally.
Mr. Slappey was killed on the
sleeping porch of his picturesque
home, Sleepy Hollow, where he had
entertained many friends.
Local FDA Committee
Tenders Service to Farmers
The Farm Debt Adjustment Com
mission for the state of Georgia is
saving the farmers of this state
about fifty thousand dollars a week,
, by debt adjustments, ar.d is getting
many of them back on their feet with
Federal Loans.
The Taylor County Debt Adjust
ment Committee consisting of W A.
Payne, R. A. Hinton, F. C. Peed, C.
W. Foy, R, E. Watkins, and C. C.
Stone, stands ready to confer w ith
farmers of this county and their
creditors in an effort to arrange a
composition of debts. This committee
has no legal power but works chiefly
on a mutual and co-operative plan.
Any farmer desiring the services
of this committee may arrange a
meeting through the local secretary,
'’has, C. Stone, of Butler.
Huge Yams Grown By
Taylor County Farmer
Despite a dry growing season, the
crop of Porto Rican yams on the
farm of Mr. C. O. White, south of
Butler, has produced monster mem
bers of the sweet potato family as
evidenced .by those sent to and on
display at the Herald office.
Not since he has been farming,
covering a period of many years,
has he produced such a bountiful
! crop of potatoes as this year, Mr.
White stated as he presented this of
fice with these fine specimens of his
crop.
GINNERS* REPORT
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
Census report shows that there
were 6,975 bales of cotton ginned in
Taylor county from the crop of 1934
prior to Nov. 1, as compared with
6,333 bales ginned to Nov. 1, from
crop of 1933.
Mother of Prominent
Taylor County Attorney
Dies at Daughter’s Home
The sympathy of the people ol
Taylor county is extended Col. Homer
Ueeland, and other near relatives, in
the passing of his mother, Mrs. Mar
tha Eveline Ueeland, who died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. M. J.
Trapp, in Panhandle community
Saturday, Nov. 3rd, after an illness of
only three weeks.
In the passing of this good woman
the county has lost one of its oldest
ami most universally beloved women. [
The memories of her beautiful and
well spent life of nearly ninety years
will ever bless and encourage, and
from which must come strength and
cbmfort for her loved ones and
friends.
Mrs. Beeland was the daughter of
the late Thomas and Martha Eveline
Shine, and the wife of the late Col.
Zackariah Beeland of Civil War
fame in the cause of the Southern
Confederacy. She was horn April 14,
1845 in Taylor county where she
spent her entire life in useful deeds
both to her family and the community
in which she lived. She is the lust
surviving member of the Shine fami
ly noted for their sterling qualities
and successful business ventures.
Many loving and sympathizing
friends attended the funeral services
at Crowell church and which was
conducted jointly by Revs. J. N. Shell
and J. A. Ivey, pastors of the Rey
nolds Methodist and Baptist churches
. respectively. G. H. Goddard funerul
directors in charge. The pallbearers
were Messrs Paul, Frank and Zach
Young, W. Z. Goodwin, Paul and Joe
Goodwin.
The floral tributes were many and
beautiful, but beautiful as they were
they were not so beautiful as the
verbal flowers that were laid upon
the casket by the two ministers as
thev paid tribute to the sterling
qualities, her trup Southern woman
hood and her faithful service to her
Lord and to her loved ones and
friends about her.
Two noble sons and two splendid
daughters survive Mrs. Beeland as
does also 26 grand children and 36
great grand children. The sons are
Col. Homer Beeland, of Reynolds;
Mr. Robert Toombs Beeland: while
the daughters are Mrs. J. F. Young
and Mrs. M. J. Trapp.
Three Seriously Injured
Saturday When Car And
Truck Collide On No. 3
Three persons narrowly escaped
being killeu out-rignt and a number
of otners seriously injured in a hign-
way accident occurimg snottiy alter
the noon hour Saturday on Route
Three near Antioch church north ot
Butler.
Those involved in the accident
were: Mr. Albert Ford, Mr. and Mrs.
John Rhodes, Mrs. ,C. B. Goodman,
Lester Goodman and W. L. Stem-
br.dge, all of Albany and occupants
of a Ford touring car and which
collided with an empty lumber truck
belonging to Mr. Frank Peed, who
was not present at the time of the
accident, but his truck being operated
by several white and colored em
ployes of Mr. Peed who operates a
large sawmill in the vicinity of the
accident. None of the occupants ol
the truck were injured in the acci
dent.
Several theories were advanced as
to the cause of the accident hut the
concensus of opinion is that the driv
er of the truck lost control of the
machine at the approach of danger as
the Albany car suddenly and uex-
pectedly came into view.
The more seriously injured were:
Mr. Ford, fractured arm and severe
cuts add bruises about the head and
body.
iMr. John Rhodes, lacerated wounds
about the head and face.
Mrs. John Rhodes, bodily bruise*.
Other members of the party were
more or less injured but not ser.ou.s-
ly so.
They were brought to Butler for
medical attention after which they
were removed to their homes at Al
bany.
HOG PROCESS TAX
RELIEF ANNOUNCED
W. E. Page, collector of internal
revenue for Georgia, said Tuesday he
] had received an order from Washing
ton relieving farmers from payment
of processing taxes on hogs and hog
products except in irstances where
sales are made direct to the con
sumer.
Mr. Page said the order received
ftom G. T. Helvering, head of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau in Washing
ton, transfers the tax from the farm
er to meat markets, restaurants, ho-
els, restaurants, clubs and other in
stitutions.
WANTED—Good second-hand four-
eyes, wood cook-stove at reasonable
price.
LEONORA ANDERSON, Butler, Ga
MR.T.C.BL00DW0RTH
VENERABLE CITIZEN,
DIED FRIDAY
PROMINENT FARMER AND FOR-
MER EFFICIENT COUNTY OF
FICIAL SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS
OF ONLY TEN DAYS.
One of Taylor county’s best known
citizens, a man of large farming in
terest and a former prominent coun
ty official passed away last Friday
morning at 10:30 o’clock when Mr.
Timothy Casiwoll Bloodiworth died at
his home in Charing community.
His death was attributed to In
firmities of age, though confined to
his bed only about ten days. Mr.
Bloodworth was in the 85th year of
his age the date of his birth being
March 2, 1850, and was preceded in
death by his devoted companion by
only a few months, the couple just
previous to Mrs, Bloodiworth's death
having celebrated their Golden Wed
ding anniversary.
For a number of years Mr. Blood-
worth filled with credit both to him
self and the county the office of
County Commissioner.
Mr. Bloodiworth was born in Wil-
kerson county, the son of Timothy
and Elizabeth Bloodiworth, who
moved to this county in 1860 since
which time the deceased has con
tinued to make his home here.
Besides being public spirited, Mr.
Bloodworth was well known for hi*
consecrated Christian living and a
devout member of Mt. Nebo Primi
tive Baptist church for the past 48
years. No words can describe the in
fluence for good this devout man of
God exerted in his community and
throughout the county. He loved old
Nebo church the membership of
which will greatly miss him realizing
that a consecrated Christian soldier
has gone to his reward—a home with
the Saviour he loved.
The beautiful and appropriate eu
logy paid him by his pastor, Elder J.
F. Knott, was only too true, and but
voiced the hearty sentiments of
every one who heard it as they gath
ered around the remains for inter
ment at Bloodworth cemetery Satur
day morning last.
The pallbearers were Messrs Otia
and Alvah Stewart, E. C. Ricks, Roy
Montgomery, Jason Elliston and Hu^
Bloodiworth with Messrs Edwards
Brothers in charge of funeral ar
rangements.
Mr. Bloodworth is survived by one
son, Mr. O. G. Bloodworth, of Char
ing community am! one daughter,
Mrs. P. A. Stewart, of Culloden.
CARD OF THANKS
We cordially thank each one for
every act of kindness shown and
every comforting word spoken during
' the illness of our dear father, Mr. T.
C. Bloodworth May God’s richest
blessings be with each and every one
of our friends.
'Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Bloodiworth,
Mr. & Mrs P. A. Stewart
and Family.
Mrs. Minnie Bloodworth
Dies Suddenly While
Engaged in Domestic Affairs
I While engaged in her domestic af-
] fairs around her home, Mrs. Minnie
| Bloodworth, wife of Wiley Blood-
I worth, died suddenly Friday morning
| about 10 o'clock, the family residing
| at McCants' mill opposite the store
I of Mr. W. F. Gray.
The deceased was about 53 year*
of age and besides her husband is
survived by two sons and one daugh
ter.
Funeral services and interment of
the remains took place Saturday
morning in the family lot, Mills
cemetery, north of Butler.
Butler Post 124 Legion
And Auxiliary News
If your name is not listed here
you’re helping the other side win by
not paying your dues and entering
| into the membership contest between,
the Legion and Auxiliary. Pay your
■ dues now.
Legion members are as follows:
J. H. Amos, Dr. Lewis Beason, W. J.
Butler, Dock Byrd, V. P. Folds, M. T
Gaultney, Jr., H. H. Gee, J. S. Green,
A. E. Guinn J. P. Harmon, W. M
Mathews, Flem Morgan, W H. Mott,
E. H. Perkins, E. Parr, Hamp Riley
H. L. Riley, J. M. Rustin, W. M.
Smith, Li H. Vanlandingham, H. C.
Walker and R D. Waller.
The Auxiliary membership is as
follows: Mrs. Nannie Moore, Mrs. E.
G. W. Williams, Mrs. W. H. Trussell
Mrs. W. M. Mathews, Mrs. J. S
Green, Mrs Howard Riley, Mrs. H. C.
Walker, Mrs. H. Ha Gee, Mrs. J. H.
Amos, Mrs. Randall Waller. Carol
Jane Waller, Mrs. Hugh Perkins, Mrs
I Dock Byrd, Mrs. J. M. Rustin and
1 Miss Effie Smith.