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PRESENTMENTS by
TAYLOR GRAND JURY
FOR OCT. TERM COURT
GBOMGIA-Taylor County:
\\’e the Grand Jury, selected and
«orn for the October term of Tay-
l r County Superior Court, 'beg to
flbmit the following Presentments:
First, we wish to thanlt his Honor,
ludge C. F. McLaughlin for his
charge which was instructive, enter
taining and to the point.
Our Solicitor General has ren
dered most valuable service to us
Jor which we express our sincere
thanks. ■
The Committee selected to ex
amine the books of the various J.
T' s . and other court officials report
that the books are neatly kept and
order as far as could * 1 be ascer-
ined without an audit being made.
The Committee selected to inspect
the jail, beg to submit the following
report The jail was found in good
condition, having recently been
ted. The cells were also in good
Condition. The beds and 1 covers were
dean and sanitary. We recommend
that the bolt lock on one cell be
either repaired or replaced.
The Committee selected to inspect
the court house recommend that
tome of the walls be re-calsomined
cr painted. Several places were
found on the' walls which had 'been
damaged by pencil and other marks
and this practice should be
stopped.
The Committee selected to inspect
the convict camp begs to make the
following report: 'ihe camp was
found to be in a clean and sanitary
condition. We recommend that all
toilets for both white and black ne
replaced with new ones. We also
recommend that the kitchen have a
new floor laid.
In view of his conduct which we
think unbecoming to the Representa
tive we recommend that tne Hon.
liudley Taunton, Taylor County
Representative, immediately send in
his resignation.
The report from Miss Sara Wind
ham, li. i\’., was most gratifying to
this Grand Jury and should be pub
lished for the benefit of the people
of Taylor County. W f e wish to com
mend Miss Windham for her good,
efficient work.
The report from Supt. W. T. Rus-
tin was most gratifying to us. Our
present school systdiL seems to be
moving along with efficiency and
precision.
We wish further to commend the
State Police and the Sheriff of Tay
lor County for their good work in
helping solve the drunk-driving ana
other problems which have been a
menace to the citizens of Taylor
County.
We recommend that the pay for
Jurors and Bailiffs be $2.00 per day
and the pay of Ridinm Bailiff he
fa.50 per day. The Clerk of the
Grand Jury shall receive $3.00 per
day.
We desire to express our thanks
to Mr. G. R. Windham, our Bailiff
He served us well.
We recommend that these Pre
sentments be published in the But
ler Herald and the sum of $10.00 be
paid for this service.
E. P. HODGES, Foreman,
N. L. HALLEY, Clerk.
Pursuant to the above recommen
dation for publication of the forego
ing General Presentment, it is or
dered that the same be published in
The Butler Herald,
The Butler Herald
•‘KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS"
Volume 61
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday October 7, 1937
Number 49
BELATED TAYLOR
COUNTY FAIR TO
OPEN TUESDAY
Delay in Opening Attributed to
Conflicting Dates With
Amusement Company
In answer to hundreds of ques
tions asked and many telephone calls
received about the opening of the
Fair, which was due to start here
Tuesday of this week as announced
in the last issue of the Herald, we
have this explanation to offer:
At the close of the Taylor County
Fair last year, Oct. 17, 1936, The
Brown. Novelty Shows signed a con
Butler Ice Plant Is Destroyed By Fire
At A Very Early Hour This Morning
SEVERAL PERSONS
HURT IN CRASH
NEAR BUTLER SAT
Car Driven by Col. Taunton Col
lided with Another Occu
pied by Two Ladies
En route from his home in Butle’
to Thomaston late Saturday after
tract with Miss Willie Leggitt, Home ! noon, Col. Dudley Taunton, Taylor
Demonstration Agent, agreeing that County’s Representative in the Geor-
they would furnish amusement for i gia legislature, encountered a bad
the Taylor County Fair to start in j smash-up between his car and one
Butler Oct. 4, 1937. Managers of the'driven by two prominent young la-
Brown Novelty Shows, however, ' dies, in which fortunately no one
overlooked this contract and con-1 was seriously injured, although sev-
tracted to furnish amusement at the ' eral were painfully hurt.
County Fair now being held 1 in I Before leaving town Mr. Taunton
Hazlehurst. Realizing their mistakes \ picked up at a local filling station
and wishing to make amends they ; two young men hitch-hikers whom
have proposed to pay the ladies of j, e promised a lift as far as his ex-
Taylor County for all perishable ’ pected trip extended. These were
articles which were prepared to he j seated beside him when the crash
exhibited during the Fair. j came, one of the boys receiving a
At the time of preparing the broken collar bone, while neither the
news story Miss Leggitt was out of other young man or Mr. Taunton
town being called to her home at j were hurt.
Unadilta on account of the illness ot Ane young ladies who gave their
her father making it impossible for I names ‘and addresses to the officers
us to get her confirmation as to the j as miss Elsie Swmt, 465 Brentwood
date set for the opening of the Fair. Drive, Atlanta; and Miss Eulalia
In our last conversation with her Miller of Baconton, Ga., and who
before she left town ^ she stated^ that J were driving South on Number Three
highway, received a number of cuts
RESURFACING WORK
ON ROUTE NO. THREE
IS BEGUN IN TAYLOR
the fair would he held this week, as
understood in the contract stated
above/
All misunderstandings have been
straightened out now and all ar
rangements as previously planned for
this week will be carried out in full
next week, with the opening date of
the fair set for Tuesday, Oct. 12.
With this statement we reproduce
in part what we had to say last
week as to the interest tnat should
be manifested by our people in ex
hibiting their products:
“It has been more than an average
and bruises, but no broken bones.
Mr. Taunton does not disclaim re
sponsibility for the wreck, which oc
curred shortly after dark a few hun
dred yards south of the home of Mr.
O. G. McCants, but attributes the
cause to a car, or truck without
lights, being parked on his side of
the road. In applying the breaks
to his car. in an effort to
avoid striking the parked machine,
his car swerved and skidded on the
wet pavement and collided with the
car driven by the young ladies, who
year on all' kinds of truck and gar-, were c i early on their side of the
den vegetables ami since last year s j roa( j
exhibits were so far above an [ of th accident spread quick-
average the one this year should) be , over town which attracted a large
tops. Our good women throughout num(ber le to t he scene, who
women
the county have had another year’s
work under the guidance of Miss
Leggitt, and certainly these exhib'ts
will exceed by far, anything ever
seen here.
“Livestock, poultry, canning, pre
serving, cooking, sewing, needlework
and other exhibits are being pre
pared by the 4-H Club boys and
girls, and) will be worth driving
many miles to see. Valuable prizes
will be offered for the various ex
hibits.
“There were some wonderful dem-
newspaper j onstrations at our last fair, showing
Taylor county, and certainly there is
every reason why these should excel
published in Butler Taylor .County, i the possibilities in agriculture over
Georgia and that the sum of $10.06 -
be paid therefor.
This the 6th day of October, 1937.
c. frank McLaughlin,
Judge Taylor Superior Court
GOV. COTTON LOANS
ARE BEING REVISED
rendered every assistance possible
to those injured and in clearing up
the wreck, the latter being in charge
of Sheriff J. M. Bone and a group
of highway patrolemen. Through the
courtesy of friends who happened
along shortly after the wreck, the
young ladies were given a ride to
the coveted destination in South
Georgia while their car was left in a
garage here for repairs.
A report with an Americus date
line published in some of the daily
papers of Tuesday last, carried a
greatly exagerated account of the
affair, one which did the community
and its citizens a grave injustice and
last year s by several points. This is j should be retracted through the
especially true, since the fair 0 f i same sources.
1936 was planned and .put in c.pera-1 A warrant was issued for Mr.
tion in a few days, while this time j Taunton charging him with driving
we have had a full year to plan 1 and . an automobile while under the in-
prepare. | fluence of whiskey, which will be
“Let’s all get busy and' make this! presented to the grand jury, now in
fair a howling success. We certainly i session, for investigation.
Excitement ran high for a time,
hut this was soon dispelled by cooler
heads.
] have the products and the ability, so
j the only thing to prevent is lack of
Boa. Pace Wins in Fight to Increase cooperation.
“Arrangements have been made to
Loans on Fleecy
Staple
Americus, Ga., Oct. 6.—Farmers
of this section will receive a much
larger loan on their cotton as a result
0j the successful fight of Congress-
mun Stephen Pace to raise the
amount loaned on low grade staple
o.v the Commodity Credit Corpora-
■tion ,
The Corporation at Washington
has announced a revised 1 * * schedule
"Inch loans 8 1-2 cents on strict low
"''(idling cotton as compared with
i d-4 cents as originally announced.
Ihe new brackets are:
•Strict low middling with 7-8 inch
staple or better, 8 1-2 cents.
Low middling with staple below
*'ich, 6 cents.
Only strict low middling cotton
m eeting the 7-8 staple requirement
Previously had been eligible for
I “ans in the lower classifications.
Most of the cotton raised in this
I is of the low middling varie-
WORK' AT CEMETERY
. jLe people of the community and
l ters interested are requesttd to
1 yt at Bloodworth cemeter near
f; aril '%, on Tuesday, Oct. 19th for
f iit-' 1Urpose c ' e aning off and oth-
I triis S °i the grounds at
[ P'ace. Another ipmortant busi
(L. "ratter will be taken up on that
er , 50 you are urged 1 to be pres-
R. L. Garrett.
house and display the various ex
hibits under large tents to be
erected especially for that purpose,
on the same lot used last year just
off the public square and in a stone's
throw of the court house. There will
be more tents than last year when
three of enormous size were required
to house the exhibits.”
Taylor Farmer Files
Petition to Stop Action
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 4.—Petition
for extension of time on his debts
under section 75 of the bankruptcy
act and for a restraining order
against creditors to prevent them
from foreclosing on his lands and
livestock, farm tools, etc., ha been
filed in federal court here by Claud
V. Blair, Taylor county farmer, of
Reynolds, R. F. D.
Will Payne and Coot Payne, of
Butler are named in the petition as
creditors threatening foreclosure
against livestock and other personal
property. Petitioner shows that the
Federal Land Bank holds a mortage
on his 107 acres of farm land for a
lotal of over $2,000.
A restraining order has been
signed 'by Judge B. S. Deaver in the
case and the petition referred to C.
B. Marshall, conciliation commis
sioner of Taylor county. The petition
er is represented by G. C. Roherton
of Montezuma as counsel. He lists
debts approximately around $3,500.
Three indictments were returned
Tuesday by the Grand Jury against j tranquil,'“‘sweeL
Mr. Tauniton charging him with 1
Business Block Often Threatened,
Saved by Efficiency of Lo
cal Fire Department
To the credit of the local tire de
partment with an almost inexhaust
ible water supply, is attributed the
saving at an early hour this morn
ing, tlie destruction of the entire
business block situated north of the
court house.
Sparks from the Dieisel oil engine,
which furnishes power for its large
plant, is thought to have started 1 an
uncontrollable fire originating in the
large iron building housing the But
ler Ice & Storage plant about five
o clock this morning that spread rap
idly throughout t!he building leaving
only the smouldering embers of an
enterprise that has for years been
one of the most valuable assets to
the business interest of Butler nnd
highly appreciated throughout the
county entailing a property loss of
approximately $8,000 with only a
small amount of insurance.
There being only a ten-foot alley
separating- the ice plant from the
end walls of the Butler Drug Go.
and the postoffice 'building- these
were saved from destruction by he
roic effort on the part of the fire
company and only after the wood
work around the windows and doors
of tho drug store building spread
into flames a number of times.
Miss Ida Childs, manager of the
Butler Ice and Storage Co. requests
that we convey in these columns her
gratitude and sincerest appreciation
to all who had a part in rendering so
valuable assistance in- their efforts
to save her property, though futile
in their attempt, and equally so in
saving adjoining ;-operty.
Arrangements have been made,
Miss Childs advises, to continue
serving the public, with as little in
terruption as possible, with her
regular delivery of ice.
“Miss October” Brings
Birthday Greetings To
5 Prominent Citizens
Happy felicitations are extended to
the loilowing prominent citizens ol
Butler whose 'birth-days are recorded
on "Miss Octobers” Guilded Pages:
Mrs. Eli -Garrett
Dr. R. C. Montgomery
Mr. Janies Riley Gray
Mr. Braxton Turner
Mr. Glen C. Itedd'ick
May the blessings of good health,
devoted' friends and 1 the comforts ol
life they now enjoy continue with
them through many more years of
usefulness, such as they are each
rendering their community.
To therm we dedicate these lines
from a well-known author and friend
of many years to the editor of ihis
paper:
“Here She Comes”—"Miss Octo
ber”—in regal glory, with her won
drous, magic story, with her myraid
charmS and homage of the earth her
brush transforms; smiling, piquant,
coy, enchanting, light and 1 love and
verve implanting, Nature crowns her
queen of beauty and all pulsing life
conforms.
“For her crown falls fairest flow
ers, for her smile the silver showers
for her robes the golden sunset and
'the blushing tints of dawn; winsome,
engaging, naught
Large
Force of State Highway
Employes Engaggd in
This Work
With Messrs G. W. Crews and W.
S. Pinson in charge, a branch office
of the State Highway department
has been opened in rooms onthe first
floor of the Masonic 'building in
Butler.
Through this office the work of re
surfacing Route Three from county
line to county line, a distance of
approximately twenty-four miles,
has been started.
Engaged in the undertaking arc
approximately fifty men, many with
families who are given cordial wel
come as new coiners to our city.
“Many trucks, the drivers of wnich
will be engaged largely from local
labor, will be used in hauling train
loads of slag which will!
SUPERIOR COURT
FOR FALL TERM
Hon. E: P. Hodges Is Grand Jury
Foreman; Civil Docket
Lightest in Years
The regular fall term of Taylor
County Superior Court convened
here Monday with Judge C. tfranic
McLaughlin presiding. Other court
oliTcials /present and rendering vain*
nble assistance in the usual deli'bera-
tions include: Hon. Hubert Calhoun.
Solicitor General; and Hon. R. O.
Perkins, Court Reporter.
The Grand Jury, composed of somo
of the county’s most .prominent citi
zens, organized by electing Hon. E.
Paul Hodges, Foreman; N. L. Hal-
t? y .*..9 le !l k ; and G. R. Windham.
loads of slag which will be placed nin;re w’u • , , Windham,
after asphalt has been applied to the K i ng ' McLuugh-
hard surfacing laid a few years ago,
but has 'been broken in a number of
places by the heavy traffic to which
it has been subjected, Number Three
being one of the most important
highways in the state, the principal
route “used by tourists en route to
Florida and return.
When completed the road will have
a double thickness of asphalt and
gravel to that at .present and
pron ises to be the smoothest riding
and able to withstand the heaviest
of traffic of any road in the state.
Several months will be required to
complete the work, it is understood.
If you have not already .become ac
quainted with these employees, 'be
sure to meet them at once, invite
them to your church and into othei
affairs of the city. In other words
prove to them that you are glad’ to
have them in our midst. Those with
whom we have come in contact nre
fine gentlemen, deserving of every
consideration to be extended.
AMERICAN LEGION
HAS AN ENJOYABLE
MEETING MONDAY
o i n t Meeting of Legion
Auxiliary Held at Local
School Auditorium
_ . . . , ,i. i of pride nor pretense staging, we
Driving an Automobile While Drunk, | acdaim her ic rs t0 revive
Drunkenness on the Public Highway , both brain and 5rawn .
and Resisting Arrest. AH three case : »j n ber cbee ^ s are cr j niS0I) traces,
are set for trial tomorrow. Mr. j on ber jj,p a . bbe red w ; ne races, in her
Iaun ton will be represented-in court i yes lurlc ] ure and longing that en-
by Attorney 'Gilbert C. Robins n. j ra pt ure youth an d age; on her brow
The Jury also wrote into their | no s jjrn 0 f sorrows for she hints ot
f” 1 gj ad tomorrow’s, in her voice the soft
sweet promise that still lairer days
The American Legion and the
Auxiliary met in the Butler school
auditorium Monday evening and hao
a joint meeting featuring a splendid
piogram and good) eats. The Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary nad charge of
tne program and- altairs on this oc
casion. Those appearing on the pro
gram were: Oscar Adams, violin,-
Gray Fountain, saxaphone; Mrs. L.R.
Adams, piano; Miss Josephine flua-
dleston, reading; Clyde Afay Green,
vocal selection; Misses Evelyn Hort-
mani and Pauline Cooper, duet; .Little
Miss Kathryn Amos, violin selection;
and Mr. J. S. Green gave a talk on
the American Flag and the present
crisis of the United States. The talk
was marked by significant meaning
and a call to observation of proper
respect for law and order.
After a very pleasant social hour
the Auxiliary and the Legion held
separate business meetings, The Re
gion elected 1 the following for the
coming year:
J. S. Green, Commander.
W. M. Mathews, Adjutant.
Hugh Perkins, Service Officer.
W. H. Trussell, Finance Officer.
General Presentments as follows
“In view of his conduct which we
think unbecoming to the Representa
tive, we recommend that he Hon.
Dudley Taunton, Taylor County
Re; lesentative, immediately send in
his resignation.”
Bazemore Is Better
After His Operation
Mr. Ollie Bazemore, well known
Taylor county farmer, is improving
nicely from an emergency operation
for appendicitis at the Montgomery
hospital Tuesday night.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
The Herald is requested to an
nounce that the work cleaning off
grounds at Bethel cemetery is in
progress and will be finished iby end
of this week. Anyone having loveo
ones buried at this cemetery and de
siring to help in defraying the ex
pense of beautifying same willplease
mail or give their contribution to
Mrs. H. E. Childres or Mrs. W. A.
Payne.
presage.
“Here $Ke conies, in grace somport-
ing, all,our vagaran-t thoughts trans
porting, all our hopes and fancies
fanning to a full,' effulgent flame:
alj/the world, in adoration, bends
and bows its exultation, all the song
birds blend -heir music with the
magic of October.”
STRAYED
Year-old' female rat dog, white
with brown face and brown or black
spots; bobbed tail, holds left ear
flopped, right ear straight up;
named “Mickey.” Missing since Sept.
27th. Reward offered.
H. C. Walker, Butler, Ga.
Capt. Myers, former comman
der of the OCC Camp formerly lo
cated here, was a welcomed visitor
to the city Monday. He is now a
resident of Waverly Hail.
Friends of Mr. O. G. McCants are
glad to see him out again after be
ing confined to his home by illness
for several days,
The critical illness of Mr. W. :vi.
Gee will be a source of regret bo his
many friends.
THE DIXIE CAFE IS
NOW UNDER A NEW
BUSINESS MANAGER
lin’s able charge, the jurymen re
tired to their room for its delibera
tions. A number of true bills were
returned to the Sheriff’s office, ali
of a misdemeanor nature, up to the
time of their adjournment for the
day Wednesday. After a thorough
investigation of the affaire of the
county in general, including the
books of the various officers, the
convict system and' public buildings,
which was begun Tuesday through
various committees appointed for
that purpose, they were excused
Wednesday afternoon for the term
with the thanks of the court.
The trial' court made quick work
of uisposing oi tne civil uocKet and
tne jurors urawn tor me lu-st weeut
were dismisseo Tuesday. Those
urawn for the second wee* were in
structed to be present wnen couit
convened yesterday in order that the
criminal docket might be taken up
ami complete the two weeks 1 ’ session
all in one week. It is of interest to
the county at large to know that the
court was confronted, when it con
vened Monday morning, with tine
smallest number of cuses on the civil
docket recorded in many years, which
speaks well for our citizens. The
■same is true as to the criminal
(locket, there being * no serious in
fractions of the law during the past
twelve months:
Among the civil’cases' taken from
the records of the court yesterday,
and their disposition, appear to be
in importance:
Edgar Nelson et al vs. E. H.
Bazemore and Lester Wainwright;
suit for value of timber and' lumber;
in process of settlement ordering
receiver to sell property.
iL. H. Vanlandingham vs. C. H.
Neisler; suit oni contract; verdict
for C. H. Neisler.
'First Trust Co. of Appleton, Ap
pleton, Wisconsin, vs. Town of
Mauk; petition for payment of
bonds; hearing later on case.
W. T. Amos vs. T. C. Amos and
Tomaston Banking Co.; injunction;
case passed until April term, 1938.
A. 0. Hill and Mrs. Pauline Eng
lish vs. Mrs. W. M. Hill; appeal from
Ordinary’s Court; verdict for Mr*.
Pauline English and A. O. Hill
The only felony case on record is
that of Howard" J Morgan, white, a
resident of Fulton county, charged
with burglarizing the country store
of Mr. W. F. Gray about two years,
ago. Morgan, who has been in jail
here for several months, is the only
prisoner. His case will probably be
called today.
The throe cases against Represent
ative Dudley Taunton are set for
trial tomorrow. He will be represent
ed by Attorney Gilbert C. Robinson.
Much interest is manifested in the
outcome of these cases.
Mrs. O. O. Brown, of Howard, Suc
ceeds Mrs. H. P. Wallace As
Owner of Enterprise
The Dixie Cafe, closed for several
weeks pending business changes, was
reopened 1 Friday with Mrs. O. 0
Brown and her attractive daughter,
Miss Dorothy Brown, in charge as
sisted by Mrs. Tom Chapman.
Mrs. Brown and Miss Brown, who
come to us from Howard, are quite
an acquisition to business and social
interests of our town and are being-
most cordially received as such.
The Dixie being located in a .arge
two-story building the second floor
has been converted into a comfort
able and well arranged apartment
which will be occupied by Mrs.
Brown and her daughter.
The Browns purchased this well es
tablished enterprise from Mrs.Nannie
Mae Braddy Wallace, wife of Col. H.
P. Wallace, who conducted it foi
several years in a most acceptable
manner both to its splendid local
patronage and the traveling public,
and 1 expects to maintain it with
equal satisfaction to all 1 .
Singing Convention To
Be At Rupert Sunday
The Taylor County Singing Con
vention will, by invitation, be held
at Rupert next Sunday instead of at
Butler the usual place. This is the
annual county convention and' it i*
hoped that all who are interested in
the promotion of singing in the
county will be present and help
make this the greatest convention ta
have yet been held.
There will Ibe an enormous crowd
present at the convention and it
would 1 be impossible to attempt a.
public spread but it is hoped that ail
who can do so will bring enough
lunch-rtn addition to what it wilt
take to supply their needs for the
purpose of helping care for the
purpose of helping care for the vis
itors. This will be a great kindness
upon your part and it is hoped the
visitors will be well cared for.
The people of this entire section
are cordially invited to attend and
help make the occasion a great suc
cess There will he special singers amt
leaders form all over the state and
an enjoyable day for all attending is
assured by those in charge of the
day’s program.