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The Butler Herald.
keeping everlastingly at it is the secret
OF SUCCESS'
County’s Chief Cilice
BUTLER AND REYNOLDS
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better opportunities for small
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Volume 59
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday April 25, 1935
Number 24
CONG. CASTELLOW
PRESIDES OVER
national HOUSE
„ district congressman
u\S MEMBERS AGAINST
ii vsI V PASSAGE OP SOCIAL
“eCI-BITY LEGISLATION.
Washington, April 22.-A solemn
th’it American industry
St ‘‘riven from the world mar-
ii. — .
through
increased production
~ tive Castellow (Uem. Ga.) to
• that it proceed cautiously
""enacting* social security legisla-
, r „ ainE . t he hAuse, the Georgian
.ftTof foreign trade would de-
' , domestic production and'cause
t s ‘ , unemployment, thereby de-
S purposes intended in the se-
“uitiSy, 8 ' Castellow concluded,
m erica must have such social leg
ation, but he expressed fear of
isty action.
While describing the measure be-
, e die house as “humanitarian
nd the “most important legislation
Uat has come before this bo.ly since
have been a member,” he pointed
; h t he posssible consequences of am-
Zt further burdens on industry,
rough taxes for unemployment in-
rance and old-age pensinons.
"What," ashed the Georgian, will
the result as between the tndus-
;« of the nation operating undel
c h a tax when their products conie
to competition with similar prod-
ts of industries operating in coun-
ies which have no such provision 1
"Is it not, therefore, logical to as-
me that such competition cannot
met and that under these con-
tions we will be driven from world
ade and must become self-con-
ined?”
"Let us beware lest we commit the
illy of not only discouraging but de
riving the spirit of that class of
ir citizenship which inspired by a
irit of enterprise and thrift, have
ntrbuted so much to the building,
the shortest period, the greatest
mntry of which civilization can
>ast.”
The Georgia member presided oyer
e house part of the time during
nsideration of the security meas-
School Supervisor
Loses Position
The following announcement ap
pearing in the daily papers of Friday
last occasions unanimous regret
among the numerous friends of Prof.
Thompson who is held in most high
steem by both school officials and
he public in general in Taylor
nd other counties in this section
here Prof.. Thompson’s work in the
nterest of our schools has been of a
most outstanding and praiseworthy
nterest.
Atlanta, April 19.—Governor Tal-
nadge Friday eliminated from the
[Uarterly budget of the state depart
°f education the salary of M.
f Thompson, a state school super-
isor,
Returning the budget to the state
epartment of education, the gover-
senl a letter with it saying he
“® rs tnod Thompson had “devoted
, °/ ' 1 ‘ s time to attending the
t statute and calling on and lobby-
members of the general as-
" during the last quarter,
ompson, who has been with the
i since Superintendent of
Iqoo°, s D. Collins took office in
been included in the quar-
„ • Gmlget for a salary of $676
niomVic f? nK ex]ienses for the
v , hs of A Prn, May and June.
rn ‘ m ., c °mment was forthcoming
lor’c e department on the gover-
ACT s " t ‘' C" 11 ™* *• ln
TALBOT COUNTY
BOY KILLED IN
BUS COLLISION
LAMAR McCOUD’S SKULL IS
CRUSHED IN BUS - TRUCK
CRASH NEAR GENEVA SAT
URDAY NIGHT.
News was received here Saturday
of the unfortunate accident occur
ring at an early hour the same eve
ning in which Lamar McCord,
the nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs
J. 1. McCord, of Talbot county, was
instantly killed the truck in which
he was riding with his parents was
struck by a Macon-Columbus motor
bus on highway No. 22 about two
miles west of Columbus.
The little boy, who was riding with
his parents was knocked to the road
from his mother’s lap as a result of
the impact which occurred when the
rear of the truck was struck by a
bus operated by Southern Stages, of
| Macon. Roth vehicles were going in
j an easterly direction. S. Holland of
i Macon was the driver of the bus.
The bright light from an apporach-
j imr car blinded the driver o.f the bus,
while there was no light on the rear
| of the truck it is said.It was raining
! at the time of the crash, it is also
said.
Mr. and Mrs. McCord, residents of
the McCrary’s mill neighborhood of
Talbot county near Geneva, were
shaken up by the collision, but were
not seriously injured. Their son was
thrown to the ground and a wheel of
the bus ran over his head. The Mc
Cords were on their way to their
home when the accident occurred.
Miss Louise Brown, of Long Is-
land, sustained a nose bruise and a
negro sustained a slight nose injury.
They were the only bus passengers
reported injured. It was understood
that there were eight passengers
aboard the bus.
The truck, a Ford, was practically
demolished as a result of the im
pact and the bus was damaged. An
other Southern Stages bus, operated
by C. H. Smith, was sent from Co
lumbus to the scene of the accident
and the passengers were transferred
from the damaged vehicle.
Three Men Arrested
At Still Near Ideal
ri ' ER SCHOOL FOR
COLORED CHILDREN
PROGRESSING FINE
■ pu 'G‘ic school for col-
mder th» 6 i n mov ‘ng on splendidly
LlexaJu! ea< ‘orship of Prof. T. T.
ffort within °u- 1S ! ,utt,n K forth every
ess. \ , I )(,W€r for its sue-
00 has a large en
hance p, u very S°od daily at-
horouehiv ini' tcac Ger seems to be
lf the = h„ ! rt |, r . este<1 in th e welfare
i at the' school t are ha P py to sa >’
G«)ugh Mu, 00 - term will continue
■’antage ,. f glv } n S the children ad-
ear. an ei ght-month scolastic
The P t ,
f G’th tiinn WI “ me et Friday at
e aro ex P°cting a large
)Cial P FrkiRv b Wil1 Pnter tain with a
,r °mpt]y at vmWck begirming
School Press Reporter.
n <| l cake m 'w al v e l ream festival
Friday n - at , , Turners school
na ay night, May 3rd.
Henry G. Jones, Henry B. Taylor
and Theron Barfield, arrested at a
still aibout four miles northwest of
Ideal Saturday by federal officers,
on preliminary hearings were dis
charged by Judge Brown, U. S. Com
missioner at Coiumibus. They claim
ed they were going fishing and sim
ply stopped at the still and drank
some beer, a. r .d knowing nothing of
the operation of the distillery or its
ownership. Garis Barfield was in the
the “fishing party”according to the
officers, but made has get-away by
running.
Following the raid at the still
Theron Barfield was found on a boat
in a pond nearby and a flask of
liquor was found on the boat, but he
claimed he did' not own the boat and
knew nothing of the flask of liquor,
which he said he had found on the
boat. The raid was staged by M. H.
Dillard, J. S. Camip, E. J. Hancock
and Carl Rigsby .
The still was not in operation at
the time, and the officers testified
they did 1 not see the men working
there, but just sitting around drink
ing beer and talking. They said some
of the party had fishing tackle and
bait. The still was of about 50 gal
lons capacity copper. About 350 gal
lons of beer was poured out.
Butler School Will Be
Represented At Americus
Representatives of the Butler
school 1 will go to Americus Saturday
to represent the local school in lit
erary work.
Miss Miriam Dreizin will repre
sent the school in piano, Miss Mar
tha Fain in girls’ essay, Alva Baze-
more in boys essay, and Miss Vir
ginia Garrett in reading.
The readings will be held at tne
Rylander Theater, music at the high
school building, and essays at the
Georgia Southwestern College.
MEMORIAL DAY TO BE
OBSERVED AT CHAPEL
PERIOD FRIDAY A. M.
Friday is Confederate Memorial
Pay and the Butler High school will
present an appropriate P™^T a ™ 5”
commemoration of our <>
dead at the regular chapel period.
Col Walter E. Steed, city mayor,
wili make an address covenng points
of interest at to ^^/° o n £ s asion
music in 1 keeping
will be rendered.
Chicken Farm In Taylor
Points Way To Poultry
Industry For Territory
(By NELSON M. SH'IPP Editor The Columbus Ledger)
The writer hud his first experience the other day visiting a real
chicken lurm—where they raise almost nothing but chickens, except
of course the tilings produced 1 for the chickens themselves.
It may not be anything unusual or exciting to those who are al
ready fairly well acquainted with chicken farms, but to this writer,
who raised chickens himself on a small scaie in his younger days
and was quite a fancier for a barnyard breeder, it was really an
enthusiastic experience—something like Alice s journey in Wonder
land although of a much more practical character. Let it be said in
haste, however, that the principal type of chicken that he produced
in those early days was the game bantam rooster, quite populur
then down in the wiregrass section before the nickelodeon and other
amusements came along.
The chicken “plantation” visited the other day was near Butler,
over in Taylor county, and was owned and operated) by that well-
known pioneer breeder, Austin E. Guinn, and! Mrs. Guinn, Before
his settling down to the “bird” business Mr. Guinn was a chief
photographer, United States Navy.
It was 12 years ago that he went 1 to Taylor county and picked
out 150 acres of impoverished land that had been ruined by the
constant planting of cotton, which drained the soil of its fertility.
People wanted to know if he thought he could keep from starving
on that unfertile acreage; and when he had 5'0,000 feet of lumber de
livered to the place, they were indeed curious to know what he ex
pected to do with so much lumber.
“Build chicken houses,” he replied, and they promptly asked
him if he were “crazy.” Today he has over 30 large chicken houses,
and 20 acres of pens.
There were no large chicken flocks in Taylor 12 years ago, but
today, as result of che example set by Mr. Guinn, there are twenty
to twenty-five thousand chickens on farms in lhat progressive coun-
ty. ... v
An enthusiast over the impetus given to poultry raising in his
county as result of the Guinn enterprise is C. E. Benns, postmaster
of Butler and editor of the Butler Herald. He considers this one of
the most helpful and substantial agricultural achievements in the
Chattahoochee valley, pointing the way with high promise to better
things for the farmers throughout this entire territory.
Mr. Guinn has sixteen laying houses 16x32 feet, and in each are
about 150 hens. He obtains on the average of 11 or 12 hundred eggs
a day. The record for one day in the year 1934 was 1,860 eggs.
There are 20 brooders and colony brooder houses. Every
chicken is now white, being of that Leghorn variety. There are 1,800
grown chickens, and about 5,000 young ones of different ages.
In another house, he has two large incubators, which are con
stantly in operation. One holds 3,600 eggs and the other 4,600. One
incubator is the cabinet type and the other the deck type. The latter
has three decks; the eggs stay in for three weeks, and each week
he takes out the bottom layer and puts in a new one at the top,
moving the other two down. That is, the bottom layer hatches out
The temperature maintained for the deck type is 101, 102, and
103 Fahrenheit for the various decks, and for the cabinet type it is
100. Oil is used for heating, and an electric fan within changes the
air every three minutes.
The non-fertile eggs are removed 1 , their condition being de
termined by holding the eggs before a special electric light. There
fore, there is no wasted space in the incubators.
In the brooder and colony brooder houses are chicks and young
chickens from a few days old on up.
A. baby chick is always interesting, and when one sees several
thousand of them, at different stages of growth, thus furnishing
comparisons, the sight is highly interesting. It is fascinating to
watch them as they run in droves here and there; they are highly
cooperative by instinct and move about in unison, a lesson from na
ture that the human family would do iwell to learn more about.
The loss of chicks from death is surprisingly small.
When Mr. Guinn informs us that he cannot begin to supply the
demand for his product, ard that he could enlarge his business sev
eral times and still would be unable to meet his market opportuni
ties, we begin to see that here indeed is a splendid field 1 for the
farmers of the Chattahoochee Valley.
Mr. Guinn has just purchased 50 additional acres of land, mak
ing two hundred. Ten acres he has planted in wheat, and it is a
sight to see the chickens in the fieldns eating it. Rye and oats also
are planted.
There are about 50 acres in cultivation in all. Soy beans and
peas are two other crops that are of particular value on the farm.
Then, there are 250 apple trees—Stark’s golden delicious and Stark’s
red varieties. The legumes aided by fertilizer from the pens, have
rebuilt tie worn-out soil to fine richness.
The Guinn chicken farm has produced 1 a number of state
prize winners. He ha? hens still laying for him who participated in
the third annual national egg-laying contest at Athens, which wa»
six years ago.
The trapnesting plan is in active operation. When a hen goes
into a nest the door falls down and she is “trapped” in the nest.
Every hour, two employes make the rounds together, releasing the
hens and noting the numbered bands on their legs telling which
hens have laid. On the walls are laying record charts, and every
egg is credited to the hen that laid it. Thus, complete records of
laying activities are kept from hour to hour and day to day.
Atrip to this farm is highly educational as well as intensely in
teresting. Mr. and Mrs. Guinn are highly hospitable people and
show every consideration to the visitor.
It would be well if every farmer in the Chattahoochee Valley
would at some time or other pay visit to this up-to-date Taylor
county chicken “plantation.”
Rural Carriers’ Ass’n.
To Hold Convention
At Columbus May 30
Rural Letter Carriers of Taylor
county are very enthusiastic over the
prospect of a most enjoyable session
of their district association which
convenes at Columbus May 30th.
Speaking of this coming event the
Coiumibus Enquirer-Sun of Friday
last says:
“The Columbus chamber of com
merce announced Thursday that the
annual convention of the Rural Car
riers’ Association, Third District of
Georgia, comprising 24 counties, has
been procured for Coiumibus.
“This meeting will be held here on
Thursday, May 30. The Ladies aux
iliary of this association will hold us
annual meeting in Columbus on the
same date.
“The sessions will be held in the
auditorium of the civic building. W.
A. Wilson of Abbeville, Ga., is pres
ident, and M. U. Edwards, of Daw
son, is secretary-treasurer.”
Mrs. J. C. Wade Dies
Monday In Columbus;
Funeral At Howard
Mrs. J. C. Wade, about 85 years
of age, died at her home in Colum
bus Monday morning last. She had
been in failing health for some time
and her passing, although deeply de
plored by hoi numerous friends a.i I
relatives, was not altogether unex
pected.
Mrs. Wade possessed a most lev-
able disposition always having a
smile and a kind word for every one
she met and to know her wa« to love
her.
She is survived 1 by six children,
one son and five daughters besides
a number of grand 1 children and
great-grad children.
The remains of this good woman
were brought to Howard for Miner
al services the last sad riles being
conducted by. Rev. M. T. Gaultney
assisted by Rev. W. E. Hightower.
Interment was in the family lot at
the Howard cemetery.
BALLOT RECEIVED
FOR REFERENDUM
ELECTION MAY 15
OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM
GOVERNOR RECEIVED B Y
JUDGE PEEI), ORDINARY OF
TAYLOR COUNTY.
Copies of the official ballot to be
used over the state in the prohibition
repeal referendum on May 15, were
rceived here Monday by Judge L. T.
Peed, ordinary, from Governor Tal-
madge, who stated in his communi
cation that other printed supplies
for the election will be sent out
within a few days.
As has previously been announced
three separate and distinct proposals
will be voted on under provisions oi
the referendum bill passed by the
last legislature and signed by the
governor. One will be for or against
repeal of the prohibition laws, one
will be on the question of permit
ting the manufacture and sale of
beer and the other the manufacture
and sale of wines.
Miss Mattie Hays’ Death
Source of Sorrow To
Large Number Friends
Coming as a distinctively sad
shock is the announcement of the
death of Miss Mattie Hays Monday
night at her home at Norwich in the
western part of Taylor county fol
lowing an illness of more than one
week from flu and complications.
A woman of small statue but of
unusual strong mind and memory,
Miss Hays was of a most remarkable
character and her powers in relat.nig
ones past and future—a “Fortune
Teller”—by profession and practice,
she had been an interesting person
age to many daily and weekly callers
over a period of many years, and to
ihese far and near the announcement
of her death will be regretable in
deed. 1 (
r neral for the deceased were held
at Hays’ cemetery Wednesday after
noon attended 'by an unusually large
gathering of friends and admirers.
Minister Who Assisted
In Recent Revival Here
Succumbs al Hospital
Butler friends of Rev. L. E. Bra
dy, 44, of Baxley, Ga., well and fav
orably known Methodist minister,
were grieved Monday when the sad
news of his untimely death was an
nounced here, he having succumbed
Sunday last at the Candler hospital
in Savannah following a major ope-
ratiom
Rev. Mr. Brady was one of the
most consecrated and highly esteem
ed ministers of the South Georgia
Methodist conference anc. r ms
passing this denomination has truly
suffered 1 a great loss.
During a series of revival services
held at the Butler Methodist church
several months aigo Rev. W. E.
Hightower of the local church was
extremely fortunate in securing the
services of Rev. Brady to do the
preaching during the revival season
ar.d it was during this time that the
local people both of the Methodist
faith as well as those of other de
nominations formed a pleasant and
lasting friendship for the Baxley
minister.
“Passion Play" To Begin
At Rylander Theater,
Americas, This Week
HON. E. D. RIVERS TO
DELIVER ADDRESS AT
WESLEY SCHOOL MAY3
SCHOOL RALLY IS PLANNED AS
SOLON OF GEORGIA HOUSE
ACCEPTS INVITATION TO
SPEAK.
Hon. E. D. Rivers, of Lakeland,
speaker of the Georgia House of
Representatives, has accepted an in
vitation to speak at Crowell school
closing on Friday, May 3rd at 1:30
o’clock p. m. (C. S. T.) The present
school term has been one of marked
success and the people of the com
munity have decided to celebrate the
closing day with a school program
ami a barbecue, which will be sup
plemented in the afternoon with a
speech by Mr. Rivers, who is con
sidered io be one of the most dis
tinguished orators of the state.
All the schools of the county have
enjoyed a very successful term of
school this year. It is believed, how
ever, that there is a much brighter
dav ahead for the schools, and that
something should be done to keep
the school spirit alive and to bring
aibout a closer feeling of unity and
co-operation among the several
schools of the county. Therefore, it
is probable that each of the
other schools of the county
may suspend school for the day in
order that these schools may attend
the rally at Crowell.
The program will begin promptly
10 o’clo-k a. m. Lunch will be served
at the noon hour, and Mr. Rivers will
address the audience about 1:30 p.
m., his speech concluding the pro
gram for the day.
Mr. Rivers has been active in po-
(Turn to Page 8; No. 1)
Beginning tomorrow (Friday) at
Rylander Theater, Americus, the
famous and nationally known “Pas
sion Play” will open for a three-day
performance in that city. This will
be a splendid opportunity for people
of this 1 city and entire setcion to
see this most colorful religious play
of all modem times and many are
already planning to attend.
The company carries a staff of
electrical technicians and carpenters
that operate the lighting effects and
the setting of the scenery, which
play such an important part in the
production.
Those that are fortunate enough
to attend the performance will be
literally carried back hundreds of
years to the days when the Saviour
was on earth. The settings and cos
tumes of the play are Biblically cor
rect in every respect. Miss Helen
Wolffe, the costume designer, and
Mrs. Herimne Wolffe, the scenic art
ist, have made an extensive research
into historical libraries it is an
nounced, ard with the assistance of
some of the most outstanding Bibli
cal students of the country, have
been able to create a setting suitable
for the play and the story that it
presents.
Death of Mrs. Blackman
Removes Well Known And
Highly Esteemed Woman
In the death of Mrs. Susie Ella
Bryan Blackmon Thursday morning
last, following an illness of about
eignt weeks, Reynolds 1 and Taylor
county ' _..ve kv* a noble Christian
woman, loved fry all who knew her.
Mrs. Blackmon^ death, which
came as a genuine shock to her large
number of friends and acquaintances
throughout this section, brought to
an end a long and useful career of
service to her loved ones, to her
church and to the community. Bom
in Macon county Jan. 26, 1867 the
daughter of the late Mr. A. J. and
Mrs. Bettie Maddox Bryan, was hap
pily married to Mr. W. L. Blackmon
Dec. 26, 1878, Mr. Blackmon surviv
ing her. The family moved from Mai-
con county to Reynolds about 26
years ago where they have since
made their home. Besides the aged
and greatly bereaved 1 husband who
has the sincere sympathy of hosts of
friends, Mrs. Blackmon is survived
by one daughter, Mrs. G. A. Blythe;
one brother, Hon. J. N. Bryan, of
Reynolds; a half-brother, Mr. C. H.
Taunton; and one sister, Mrs. M. A.
Jones.
Mrs. Blackmon had' been a mem
ber of the Primitive Baptist church
for many years, her membership be
ing with New Hope church near
Reynolds.
Funeral services were conducted at
the family residence in Reynolds
Friday morning at 10 o’clock by her
pastor, Elder J. M. Woodward, fol
lowed by interment in the family lot
Hill Crest cemetery, Reynolds. The
pall bearers were: Messrs T. J. Bry
an, J. J. Bryan, I. S Taunton, Louis
Taunton, Lonnie Jones and Mangham
Beeland. G. H. Goddard, funeral di
rector, in charge of arrangements.
Col. Foy Improving
Since being admitted to the hoe-
piial in Atlanta for treatment more
than a week ago, Col. C. W. Foy
prominent local attorney, has im
proved rapidly, it is learned, and
without further complications win
probably be able to return home in
another week. The critical illness of
Col. Foy has been the source of sin
cere regret to his many friends
while more favorable neiws will be
most gratifying to all.
Undergoes Operation
It will be a source of sincere re
gret to his many Butler and Taylor
county friends to learn that Mr.
Leonard R. Steed, prominent citizen
of Taibotton, was rushed to an At
lanta hospital Tuesday for an emer
gency operation. Mr. Steed was
stricken suddenly whale at his regu
lar routine of business Saturday ne
cessitating his immediate removal to
the hospital for treatment and his
friends here join Taibotton citizens in
the desire that the hospital treament
may restore Mr. Steed to his desired
health.