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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. (