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Fifteen
Years Ago
1923
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING TO Bli
OCCUPIED MONDAY
The Butler Herald
"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
Volume 62
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday April 28, 1938
Number 26
(From Herald Files of 1923)
Efforts 0a 1 tile part of the patrons,
togeuier with tne untiring- woik of
t(ie foul'd oi trustees oi file Butler
k,g n seuooi for tile past ytar or
more to elect and eqifip a local
ociiuol building commensurate With
lne spirit of progress and growth of
tne town together wu-th Lie rapidly
increasing number of pupils, will
culminate Monday when it is ex
pected that the school will march in
and take possession of the new plant. „
It is imieed a model plant, beauti- We publish below copy of letter
ini in architecture, well constructed, addressed to Mr. J. K. Luck, Sumter
arranged to afford: the greatest .pos- County Farm Agent, from Congress-
lie convenience to both teactiers and i ™ an IJac «. in which the Sumter Farm
pupils in pursuing school wonk, safe' A-gent is advised that^the rental ""
as to danger from lire, well Lighted "" “
and comfortalbly heated.. It will serve
FARMERS WILL
GET SOIL CHECKS
SOON PACE SAYS
Congressman Hopes to Get Them
In the Mail Before
May 1st
monument to the ability and
skilled workmanship to all taking
part in its construction from the
members of the school faculty and
board of trustees to the contractors
and their splendid force of employes.
To all of these we bespeak the sen
timent of the entire public dn ex
pressing gratitude to them for what
has been accomplished with the
amount invested. In faot we feel
that a miracle has- been- wrought ar.d
mil crown; them with the highest
honors that can be bestowed. All
have worked in unison otherwise the
feat could not have been accomplish
ed, and to nahie any particular in
dividuals or officials deserving the
largest share of praise would be im
possible. The building is a reality
ami we are proud of every one tak
ing part.
New single desks for each of the
many class rooms have been pro
vided and as each grade enters the
room assigned it Monday morning
the pupils will certainly feel a keen
inspiration to do his or heT part in
keeping the building spotless as it
now stands andi impressed with their
duty to be studious and diligent in
the .pursuit of knowledge.
The only .missing link in work of
equipping’the building is the lack of
seating the large 'and well arranged
auditorium, but this will follow soon,
and in the meantime we shall feel
perfectly contented .and fully appre
ciate the new school plant as it now
stands. Temporary seats will be pro
vided for the commencement exer
cises to be held in the new auditori
um.
soil conservation- checks will be
the hands of the farmers at an
early date. Mr. Pace has manifested
unusual interest in securing govern
ment action- in. this matter and the
favorable result he is about to obtain
is .most gratifying -and a source of
interest to the public in general es
pecially the farmers of Mr. Pace’s
district.
The letter referred to is as follows:
Washington, D. C., April 22
Mr. J. K. Luck, County Agent,
Americus, Ga.
DeaT Jim:
SECOND QUARTERLY
CONFERENCE HELD
AT WESLEY FRIDAY
Inspiring Sermon Delivered by
Presiding Elder, Rev. J. M.
Outler
the
Wesley church, located about nine
miles of Butler, was the pleasant
scene on- Friday last of the second
quarterly session, Butler circuit,
South Georgia Methodist Conference.
Of notable interest was the spirit of
cordiality accorded the many rep
resentatives from other churches of
the circuit by the people of Wesley
community, members off the local
church and -members of other de
nominations alike. If reckoned in- this
particular alone the meeting was a
great occasion, and’ the fine noon
day spread served- by the good women
was an outstanding feature.
The able and inspiring sermon by
the Presiding Elder, Rev. J. M. Out
ler, and the song service that pre
ceded the better prepared those in
terested in the reading of the many
fine reports from the various inter
ests of the church submitted at the
1 am keeping in daily touch wiT?i \ business session of the conference
the department here with reference j held during the afternoon,
to early distribution of the rental | i„ many respects this was one of
or soil conservation checks. Mr. Dugl the most encounrging sessions of che
gan, director of the southern region, conference held for this circuit in
MUCH DAMAGE BY STORM
(From Herald Files of 1923)
The hurricane that passed over this
section Friday afternoon -..swooped
down in the vicinity of the Lockett
place, w-hioh is owned- by Mr. C. H.
N'eisler in Pafhand'e district and
left in lits wake considerable damage
Loth to building-s and timber. Large
shade trees were uprooted 1 and -piled
up around the residence of Messrs
iby Lucas, B. L. Kirksey, J. B. Grif
fith and J. L. Barfield on the road
het-veen Reynolds -and the river
bridge while the same road was ob-
slracied for some distance by large
Iws being blown across it. The
storm assumed- cyclonic -shape w’th a
path about two hundred yards in
ddth in which houses and trees
jere laid low. In .dany instance®
sure pine and oak trees were wrong
1 at the base bv the whirling wind
* if they were but pipe sters.
was in- Georgia the first of this
week and authorized the state office
in Athens to put on. some additional
help and work a day -and night shift
if necessary. The .fact that the Ath
ens office must also complete all cot
on. and 1 tobacco acreage allotments
for the state, which they -are still
working on, has delayed work oil
these conservation payents.
I discussed t-he matter at length
with Mr. Duggan this morning ami
at my request he called the Athens
office and he has just advised 1 me that
Mr. Ward told him this afternoon
that he hoped to be able to get all of
the checks out to the counties in; my
district within the next three weeks.
I was so anxious to get these
checks delivered by the first of the
month, knowing how the money is
needed 1 by the farmers at that time,
and while I am sure some of them
wi?h be in-the mail by the first, we
just have to be patient until the
enormous details can be completed.
We -made the money available months
ago, but the delay in completing the
land measurements and the additional
work on the state office in- making
acreage allotemnts under the new
farm bill has slowed up payment
much longer than, anyone expected.
I assure vou that I do not intend
to rest until these checks are in the
mail.
Yours very truly,
STEPHEN PACE, M. C.
Three Negro Men
Arrested, Charged
With House Breaking
HERALD OFFICE VISITED BY
BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
(From Herald Files of 1923)
Honoring the Herald) by their
warming presence for a short visit
Saturday, charming they had- “hiked'
from Reynolds to Butler, included
*'eral 0 f our neighboring city’s
ffettiest and most attractive youn-g
“dies, members of the Reynolds
High school gym class with iMiss
hate Musslewbite, instructor, ac-
companying them. Besides IMiss Mus-
«white the party was composed of
Hisses Mary Lou Muaslewhite, Fran-
fes Windham, Cly.tie- Davis, Marg.a-
Saunders andl Evelyn- -Carter.
They spent an hour inspecting the
I fi! nt making a careful study ot
‘ various departments of the print-
.- business from, front office to
y type-setting machine, make-up,
, Anting and folding, all of these'be-
®g fully explained .and with much
Pleasure by the employes in the ab-
* nc ® of the editor, who regrets very
"w kring away.
We assure the young ladies that
Heir visit was greatly appreciated
n< l hope that they will call often,
Cl 0SING EXERCISES OF SCHOOL
AT BUTLER IN 1923
(From Herald Files of 1923)
HefirPt > ° rate preparation® are taking
. H h-ape f or the commencement
I !ler ii Ses ,. of Butler High school un-
Uilev 6 < , uection °T -Su.pt. Lowery H.
assii,’„ who llas the co-operation and
Hie faculty 0 ^ ^ le ot * ler ;men * e Ts of
hljy °2fl Xerc j ses will open Sunday,
Won k,,’ commencement ser-
1 Rev - B. A. Pafford in the
uum to Page 8 . No> jj
many years.
Three negroes were arrested by
Sheriff J. M. Bone eatly .Sunday
morning in connection with the at
tempted -bunglary of ’Mr. Lewis
Brown’s home -at Howard.
Members of the family were
aroused 1 by the opening of a door
and gave the alarm.
The negro who is listed as Walter
McCrary was frightened away but
was later tracked and -arrested -by
Sheriff Bone.
After McCrary’s arrest, he pleaded
guilty and implicated George Oiwens
First Thirty Minutes,
Red Cross Convention
Will Be Broadcast
The first thirty minutes of the
opening session of the American Red
Cross -Convention in San Francisco
on Monday, May 2, is to be broadcast
on a coast to coast hookup on the
blue network of the National Broad
casting Co. It will also be broadcast
by the Mutual Broadcasting Co., . on
its network. The time will be from
1:30 to 2 ,p. m., Eastern, Standard
Time, which is the same as 2:30 to. 3
p. in. Eastern Daylight Saving time.
Another Red Cross radio program
of unusual interest is to be broad
cast on Wednesday, May 4, 6 to 6:30
p, m. Eastern- Time. This program is
to be a dramatization of the history
of the Junior Red Cross in this
country and throughout the world
and will include goodwill messages
from our juniors meeting in annual
convention, in San Francisco to the
students, teachers and parents
throughout the world. The program
in this country is being broadcast on
a coast-to-coast hookup on the Red
Network of the National Broadcast
ing Co. Incidentall, the .program is
said to be the most widely broadcast
program in the history of radio. It
is to broadcast by short wave into
South America and- Europe; in- Cana
da by the -Canadian Broadcsting
system; in, Great Britain by tr
British Broadcasting Co.; in, Argen
tina by the El Mundo Network; and
probably in France by one of the
French broadcasting companies.
J.A. Carter, 86, Dies
Saturday Morning
At His Son’s Home
The many Taylor county friends'of
D _ ___. r Mr. John Allen Carter, prominent
and Edgar Dan, both negroes, in the I citizen of Talbotton, will be grieved
attempted burglary. The three ne- j to learn of his death which occurred
gros .were arrested and placed
the Taylor county jai-l at Butler.
The Senior Play
The Senior play, "Look Who’s
Here,” to be presented 1 at the Butler
High school auditorium, Tuesday
night, May 3, at 8 o’clock.
Those in the play are: Otis Hill,
Dorothy Brown, Edward Lawhorn,
Evelyn Hortman, Delia Gaul-tney,
Ruth Bazemore, John Pennington,
Lillouise Windham and Margery
W-alker,
The admission is: Adults 20c;
children, 10c.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to take this opportunity of
thanking the many friends for the
beautiful and useful gifts sent me
after our recent misfortune. We
deeply appreciate every act of -kind
ness shown, me and every member of
the family. I wish that it were pos
sible for me to write each of you
individually but that would- be im-
roei-Able so nlease accept fins as my
thanks to you.
MRS. L. L. MINOR.
early Saturday morning at the home
of his son, Dr. G. L. Carter. Mr.
Carter hat! been ill for about two
weeks.
Mr. Carter is survived by two
sons: Dr. G. L. Carter of Talbotton
and Tohmas Carter of Talbotton; one
daughter, Mrs. Chas. King of Cuth-
bert; and seven grandchildren, Hugh
Carter of Birmingham; Norman Car
ter of Talbotton; Worrill Carter of
Thomaston; Charles King, Jr., of
Cutbert; -Miss Norman King of
Cuthbert; [Misses Christine and Julia
Carter of Talbotton.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at the home, with inter
ment at the family plat at Pratts-
bui’g community.
Mr. Carter was 86 years old. He
was -one of Ta-llbotton’s- oldest citi
zens. He was 'bom and reared in Tal
botton, where he has always taken
an active interest in- agriculture,civic
religious and -social affairs. He was
the husband of the late “Mrs. Della
Lumsren Carter.
PIPE WELLS PUT IN
Pipe wells either put in or re
paired. When in need of this kind of
sendee, see me or my grand-father,
E G. W. Williams.
Durward Theus, Butler, Ga.
MANY GA. CITIES
ARE VISITED BY
JAMES FARLEY
Senator Walter F. George and
Senator Richard B. Russell
Are in Party
More than a score of middle and
south Georgia towns shared in the
preparations made for Posmtaster
General James A. Farley and a party
REV. S. F. ANDREWS
HEARD BY A LARGE
CROWD HERE TUES.
Several Religious Workers Come
From Macon to Help with
Services
Evangelistic S. F. Andrews of Ha
con, delivered- a beaucu'u and inspir
ing sermon at the Butler Aiothouist
enuron mesuay morning at eleven
o’cioCR. The text oi his .message was
Psalms 76:1, “Unto thee, O ood, do
we give thanks; lor that thy name is
of government officials' who visited neur thy wondrous works declare,
Georgia yesterday. Their visit was I A- number of religious workers
devoted largely to the dedication oi ! came with Bro. Andrews and assisted
new post office buildings.
Farley, who is also chairman of
the Democratic national committee,
left Washington Monday night for
Savannah, with a stop scheduled en
route in North Carolina.
He arrived Wednesday morning
for a breakfast arranged by Mayor
R. M. Hitch and the Savannah city
council, after which he left in a mo
torcade to Mihlen for the first post
office dedication..
Kepieseututive Hugh Peterson, of
Aiiey, Deorgius i-n-ai District con
gressman, was hoat to the postmas
ter general, and was assisted hy
otner meawoers of tne congiecsdonai
delegation.
Senator Walter F. George went hy
plain to Coiumloia, .S. G., to board
tne Farley train, as ne was unable
to leave Washington with the party.
Senator Iticnurill B. ltu-ssell and Gov.
E. D. Rivers joined the group an
Satunnah.
Besides Farley, the party included
L. W. Robert, secretary oi the Dem
ocratic national committee; 0. A.
Quayle, treasurer; Charles Michelson
phbhcity director; -G. E. Allen, com
missioner of the District of Colum
bia; Ambrose O’Connell, executive as
sistant to the postmaster general, and
Harllee Branch, second assistant
postmaster general.
Millen residents witnessed one of
their -biggest celebrations in the
dedication of their $65,000 post oi-
fice. The plans called for a concert by
Infantry Band- from Ft. McPherson,
and singing by Jenkins county school
children.
About 10,000 persons were said to
have attended the dedication.
From .Millen the party proceded to
Vidalia, where the program began at
2:30 p. m. A feature of the dedica
tory exercises was the presence on
postmaster of Vidalia, who was ap-
the platform of W. T. Jenkins, first
pointed- in 1890.
Other cities visited were McRae
and Fitzgerald. At the lattef- place
Farley addressed a convention of
postal employes.
The itinerary also included- a large
number of towns where the party
stopped 1 about 15 minutes. The post-
maste general made informal talks at
some of these places and the post
masters extended greetings to him.
This part of the tour took in
Pooler, Bloomingdale, Eden, Sti.lson,
Brooklet, Statesboro, -Garfield, Sum
mit, Graymomt, Swainsboro, Oak Park
Lyons, Alley, Mt. Vernon, Glenwood
and Alao.
Co. Commissioners
Attend Meeting In
Macon This Week
him in- the service.
Mrs. E. A, Martin -stuted yesterday
ini rePrence to the sen-ice:
“Our revival in Butler is not over.
Those gospel songs sun? by two
saves! sisters made us C.r k of the
very melodies of heaven and t. . o
hear another message from Biu.
drews, telling of the life and- death
of our Lord, for us, we were especial
ly reminded that we could not help
REYNOLDS HIGH
TIES FOR FIRST
PUCE IN MEET
Loving Cup to be Kept Half-Year
By Reynolds and Remainder |
Of Year by Dawson
The students- and' faculty of tlTS
Reynolds High sctiool are rejoicing
over the record made by their rep
resentatives at the District High
School Meet which was held at
Plains last Saturday, April 23. The
rejoicing comes about because thesd
representatives -won first place in
Spelling, fins* place in Music, second
place in Debate, third place in Oral
Reading, and third' place ini the Rea
dy Writers’ Contest—1 of which
gave Reynolds school a total off 18
“'"'nts andl a tie with Dawson for
first honors im the Third District.
In- winning first place in Spelling,
the Senior Class really distinguished
^ 'by making an average of
80.6 per cent. The average for Che
we are here now and are determined
by -God Is grace to bear our cross iff
this life and make any sacrifice
necessary that souls may find Jesus
and know that they are saved.”
Taylor County Union
Held At Reynolds
Church Next Week
County commissioners from Taylor
county attended the state convention
of county commissioners held in Ma
con- Mondlay, Tuesday and Wednes
day.
Governor E. D. Rivers and Dr.
Charles Hearty, Savannah scientist
headed the list of speakers at the
24th annual three-day convention, of
the association which opened in -Ma
con. Monday.
Frank M. -Kimble, commissioner of
Worth county for 20 years and presi
dent of the association, presided.
About 800 delegates were present.
W. T. Anderson, editor of The
Macon Telegraph, spoke Tuesday on
“Beautification of Highways.” He
was- followed- by Governor Rivers and
Dr. Herty.
MARION COUNTY COURT
IN SESSION THIS WEEK
Judge C. F. McLaughlin convened
the regular spring term of Marion
county superior court this week in
Buena Vista. Only eleven criminal
cases were on the list to be investi
gated- by the -grand- jury it was an
nounced.
VELVET BEANS FOR SALE
I have about three tons of velvet
-beans for sale at prevailing market
price. Anyone desiring to buy all or
part of same please see me at your
earliest convenience.
J. H. Harris, Butler, Rte. 1.
Taylor County Union- Epiworth
Training Commence begins hunuay
alternoon, May 1, and continues
through We-anesaay, May 4. 'the con
ference meets in Reynolds at the
Methodist Church Supper will toe
served each evening at 6:45 o’clock.
The courses offered during this
period are:
“Administering the Young Peo
ple’s Work in the Small- Church",
taught toy Rev. D. G. Mann, Exten
sion. Secretary of the South Georgia
Conference.
"Citizenship and Community Serv
ice,” which will be taught by Rev,
Claude Fullerton, director of Wesley
Fellowship at the University ot
Georgia.
On Monday, Butler is to be in
charge of entertainment. They will
have the instructors for the noon
meal, entertan the conference at
suppeT that night and toe in charge
of recreation.
Crowell is to be in- charge of. en
tertainment on Tuesday, and Wed
nesday is Reynolds’ day.
Each church is responsible for
having the largest possible attend
ance of young people.
Lewis Cosey is president of the
Union. -Mrs. -C. S. Sawyer is adult
counsellor. Frances Carter is chair
man of leadership training. Wilma
Gill, chairman of the evangelism
committe for the Union, is head ot
the attendance committee. Carroll
Tinsley is chairman of the board ol
managers for the conference and Mr.
Merle Wood is dean of the confer
ence
Those in. charge will he glad -to
have any young people in the county
who are not members of these
churches, to attend.
Four New Members
Are Added To Butler
Baptist Church Sun.
District was 62.2 per cent.
-Representatives in the Debate
were Pat Hodges and Rheba WinTF-
ham. 'Finals were hel<F on Friday
night at Plains when those young
people debated the negative team of
Dawson., the question for debate be
ing, “Resolved, That Georgia Should
Adopt t(he Unicameral System of
Legislation.” The decision of the
judges- was two to one in favor of
the Dawson team. This gave Rey
nolds six points toward the loving
cup awiriled- .for the highest scoring
school. "Rhciba” and “Pat” were
both especially good in their rebut
tals.
In the Music Contest, Frances
Neisler, in spite of stiff competition,
toon first place for Reynolds. She
presented a medal for Kcr fine
achievement and will represent the
Third District High School Associa
tion at the State Meet, which is to
be held May 8 and 9 at Athens.
In the Oral Reading and Essay
Contests we were ably represented
by Lucy Bryan and Pat H-odges, re
spectively. Each of these con
testants won recognition for good
work bjr placng third! in the even*
entered 1 and thus giving Reynolds
school two points toward the loving
cup.
At the conclusion of the meet,
awards- were presented to the win
ners and a summary of all the event*
I showed that Reynolds- and Dawson
were tied for first place with 18
points each. By agreement it was
arranged that the loving cup award
should- be held hy Reynodls- for one-
half of the succeeding school- year
ani'l by Dawson for the other half.
Again, the representatives of Rey
nolds High School are to -be con
gratulated for their splendid victory,
which came as a result of long hours
of preparation and tedious practice
The Rev. J. C. Daniel pastor of
the County Line Baptist cliurch
near Ellaville, occupied the pulpit at
the Butler Baptist church Bunday
morning and evening at the request
of te pastor, Rev. R. C. Howard, who
was present at each of the services,
morning and evening for the pastor,
Rev. R. C. Howard.
A large congregation was present
at both the morning -and evening
services.
At the morning service two per
son® applied for memlership by bap
tism and two toy letter. These were
Misses Frances Coolc and Eliza
Stevens by baptism, and Mr. and
Mrs. C. S. Newton by letter.
SINGING AT MT. PISGAH
NOT TO BE HELD SUNDAY
Due to the fact that the sinking
class at Mt. Pisgah Church is extend
ed an- invitation to attend an -al-li-
day song service at Salem churdh
next Sunday, May 1, there will not
be held an afternoon singing at Mt.
Pisgah on this date. The service for
Sunday is the only meeting to be
called off and the afternoon; singings
will be bold- at the local church the
first Sunday in each month
after that time. Hie public is re
quested! to p-lease hear this notice in
mind 1 and ,be governed accordingly.
Work Already Begun
On Six Room Annex
To Hospital Here
Work has already begun on a six-
room annex to the Montgomery hos
pital in ordter to take care of the
over-increasing number of patients,
according to a statement made by
hospital authorities.
The six new rooms which are being
added to the rear of the building
consist of an X-ray room, an operat
ing room, two bed rooms, a kitchen
and dining room.
Rooms now toeing used for these
purposes will be used for a negro
ward and several bed' rooms.
Authorities stated that with the
addition of this annex there would
be ample room to take care of the
increasing number of patients.
The Montgomery hospital was es
tablished here about four years ago.
It would be a credit to any communi
ty many times the size of Butler.
Notice To Public
All owners of property in the
business section of the City of But
ler and representatives of non-resi
dent owners, are requested to meet
at the courthouse next Monday, May
2nd, at ten o’clock, a. m. This meet
ing is for the purpose of perfecting
arrangements (relative to paving the
sidewalks in the business 'district- of
Butler. Please do not overlook the
date of meeting and -be present. We,
expect to; commence paving at an
early date. 1
O. D. GORMAN, Mayor, ”
City of Butler. (