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"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OP SUCCESS"
Volume 62
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday, September 29, 1938
Number 48
Butler Was Once Where Trains
Turned Around and Wolves
Were Trapped
When the old Muscogee Railroad
ff!iS first chartered' 'between Columbus
alU l what is now 'known as Butler
[ho charter specified that the eastern
terminus should be the Wolf Pit. Sut
ler afterward grew up around the
Wolf I "it. Prior to that time it had
teen merely an agricultural com
munity where a few farmers lived in
tailing distance of each other and
j, a d a country store.
The Wolf Pit was dug to catch
He prowling, predatory wolves. They
, ere too sly to be captured in the day
time, and farmers were too tired to
up and watch for them all, night.
So, community pit iwas dug and
(titered over with bark or leaves in
itth way that a iwolf would sink
(jottn helplessly .when he sprang af
ter the food left so temptingly before
him. Being a dog, he was unable to
escape from any 'place that imprisons
a dog, consequently the Wolf Pit was
ar. effective trap for him >
But today nobody can, find the
Wolf Pit that iwas the eastern termi
nus of the Muscogee railroad, nor
can they find any trace of the old
turn-table where the train reversed
its course to go back to 'Columbus,
the turn-table consisted' of a de
tached railroad track built at the end
of the regulation traoks. The engine
was rolled on the turn-table, and one
or two men pushed a lever cane-mill
bar until the train was completely
turned around. After years of that
method of changing the direction en
gines were to face, the “Y” was
adopted, and the turn-table gradually
went out of existence. The railroad
from Macon met the railroad from
Columbus, and the engine on each
train had to be turned around on the
turn-tables, but that plan of handling
railroad engines at junction points
belongs now to another century. It
was used from the 1840's on up close
U1900,
MR. A. C. McCOY, 82,
DIES TUESDAY AT
HOME IN REYNOLDS
Funeral Services Held in Reynolds;
Interment of Remains at
Juniper
VOTERS SHOULD NOT BE MISLED
BY STATEMENTS OF CITY OFFICIALS;
ELECTION TO BE HELD SATURDAY
MR. E.F. PARR MAKES|
SUCCESS IN POULTRY!
FARM IN TAYLOR CO.
Reynolds Will Get Paving
Reynolds, in Taylor county, is one
of the few towns in 'Georgia that has
had to do without paving, 'vit her
prospects are brightened. A pavement
has been completed from Oglethorpe
to Reynolds, except for a few-mile
stretch, and 1 this, it is promised, will
be paevd before a great while. Pav
ing has been completed about half
way between Butler and Reynold®.
Work is progressing on that stretch
and it is thought that within a few
weeks it will ibe completed. Three
miles of paving is now planned from
Reynolds to the turnout near Taylor
Mills, and six miles is to be paved
toward the Panhandle District of the
i county. That six miles will go in the
l direction of Roberta. For .more than
llo years efforts have been made to
Bleach from Reynolds to Roberta with
lpvng. The road has been prepared
1 tieral times during those years, but
h pavement was never laid.
People in .Taylor county say that
Arnolds was once a much more im
portant business center than Butler,
but since the highways were paved
I into Butler it has developed mar-
I veiously. It has one of the greatest
aav 4 stores enterprises in the state
I ari <! it has developed a ibig plant for
[rebuilding and repairing automotive
[equipment.
The county commissioners paved
he streets in Butler all around the
l&urthouse, and' this greatly pleased
Ife merchants and' they say business
| has been on a boom ever since.
The courage of the Reynolds peo
ple has not diminished during the
|l° n g years of .waiting. They still be
lieve their town has possibilities and
|"'hen paving is completed they will
[tagin to grow and develop more than
[ever. They have remarkably fine
[churches and schools, one of the fin-
jest golf courses and social clubs in
[the country, and they feel that they
l a ie headed for bigger and better
[things,
LOST OR STRAYED
Mr. Augustus 'Caesar McCoy, 82
years of age, died at his home
Reynolds Tuesday afternoon, Sept.
20, following an illness of about ten
days.
Mr. McCoy was in good health un
til he was stricken with paraiysis on
Sept. 10.
He was bom in Talbotton, the son
of the late .Mr. A. C. and Mrs. Lucy
Clark McCoy, where he made his
home until about five years ago at
which time he moved to Reynolds
and has made his home there since
that tdme.He was a life-long member
of the Talbotton Methodist church,
He was held in high esteem by all
who knew him.
Funeral services were held for
Mr. McCoy Wednesday morning at
10 o’clock at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. G. H. Goddard in Reynolds.
Interment was in the family lot near
Juniper, the Rev. T. H. Tinsley, pas
tor of the Reynolds Methodist
church and the Rev. H. F. Jelks pas
tor of the Reynolds Baptist church
conducting the services.
Acting pallbearers were: Messrs
Guy Windham, Willis Saunders, A. J.
Payne, J. H. Brewer, E. H. 'Griffith,
Walker Newsome, Thurman Whatley
and J. M. Weaver.
Surviving him are two daughters,
five grand children and nine great
grand children.
Taylor Co. Education
Association Held First
Meeting of The Year
LIST OF JURYMEN
FOR THE OCTOBER
TERM OF COURT
Taylor Superior Court Will Begin
Here Next Monday Morning,
October 2nd
The following list of Grand and
Travis Jurors drawn by Judge C.
Frank McLaughlin will serve at the
October, 1938, term, Taylor Superior
Court which will convene on the first
Monday in October:
GRAND JURORS
J. L. Rustin M. T. Gaultney, Sr.
G. C. Horton M. R. Williamson
j Small rat-terrter, white with brown
■spots, small keen eyes, goe3 by name
U “Bruce”. Finder please notify me
pnd regard.
C. M. Bfiair, Reynolds, Rte. 4.
PIANO FOR SALE
A. J. Fountain
R. M. Suggs
J. H. Neisler
E. W. Cook
D. A. England
R. H. Parks
H. A. Sealy
M. L. Parks
J. R. Wilson
J. C. Fuller
W F. Rogers
W. H. Suggs
The first meeting for this school
term, of the Taylor County Educa
tional Association was held at the
Butler school auditorium Saturday
Sept. 24.
After the devotional by Supt. V.
P. Folds, announcements were made
by Supt. W. T. Rustin. The meeting
was then in order to elect officers
for the school 1 year l938-’39.
Those elected were:
Supt. V. P. Folds, President
Prof.' W. T. Horton, V-Pres.
Miss Vivian Branch, Secretary.
Miss Ruby Rustin, Reporter.
The Association was glad to have
with them Miss Allie Bell Brooks, of
Ideal; Dr. Davis, of Oglethorpe Uni
versity; and Dr. Shepherd of the
University of Georgia.
An introduction and welcome was
given the members and visitors after
which the meeting adjourned.
—Reporter.
Little Jamie Cox Falls
In Well But Is Unhurt
R. 0. Rogers
W. E. Elliston
A. H. Jarrell
A. S. James
J. T. Cochran
E. A. Hollis
W. M. Smith
Wanza Hortman
W. M. McFarland
J. T. Cooper
T. L. Ruffin
A. W. Adams
L. A, Peed
TRAVERSE JURORS
J. H. Dunlap Harry Powell
Ocar Dreizin W. E. Hobbs
T. L. Fountain L. Wilson
T. H. McDaniel E. H. Kilby
J. P. Harvey B. F. Harvey
B. F. Moore John Anthony
Clyde Wilson A. L. Swain
O. R. Montgomery Jack Peed
J. 'M. McCants H. C. Adams
R. C. Peterman
G. N. Taunton
B. F. Kirksey
W. M. Gee, Sr.
J. W. Lancaster
]£ L. Wilson
E. E. Bone
H. W. Cox
Ed Wilson
Paul Williams
R. L. Swearingen
E. C. Oliver
J. M. Downs
G. G. McCrary
W. M. Brown, JrHoward Kendrick
A. E. Guinn H. P. Bruner
Leonard Peterman Bentley Adams
Blanford Jarrell J. E. Locke
D. N. Sealy
J, R. Fountain
B. II. England
H. H. Booth
T. D. Jarrell
P. B. Childs
J. N. Turner
Nine Pounds of Money
Given Away Fri. Night
The mental contest sponsored by
the Doan Theatre in this city, which
has been on during the month of
September, will end at 9 o’clock
n-lIS Friday night, Sept 30th. Aftei
the first show the judges will an
nounce the name of the person whose
estimate is nearest the amount oi
money in the jar. That person will be
given half the contents of the jar
the other half will be given to the
Welfare Department.
The jar with nine pounds of mon
ey will 'be on display at Dean The
atre Thursday and Friday up to the
end of the first show Friday night.
Estimates deposited up to 8:45 will
be counted.
County Agent Bembry
Gets Subsidy Checks
For Taylor Farmers
County Agent W. F. Bembry an
nounces that approximately $10,000
worth of 1037 subsidy checks
Upright Piano in this vicinity will
I * 11 f° r balance due, rather than ship ,
I Atlanta. Write Durden Piano Com- but do your best
P an y, Station C, Box 1.4, Atlanta, Ga. you.
Jamie Cox, three-year-old son oi
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Cox, formerly
of this county, now residing near Ro
berta, narrowly escaped death sever
al days ago when he fell into a 21-
foot well near his home.
It is said that the child was stand
ing near his father white the lattei
was watering the mules. The child
playfully picked up the lines and
frightened the mules causing them
to run and thus throwing the little
lad into the well. His father witness- ■ ^. eceive( j today for distribution to
ing the accident jumped into the well j or c( >unty farmers,
and rescued his child. Physicians ^ g em bry asked that each
who were summoned are said to not ^ armer bring his notice when calling
have found a scratch on tbe little ^ gy^sidy checks due to the
child's body. ! fac t that a large number of the pay-
’ — 1 me nts have not 'been received, and
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE ; as they are received notices are
BUTLER-HOWARD CHARGE mailed promptly.
The fourth quarterly conference j
will be held at Mauk Friday, Oct. 14. |
I hope the Stewards will get busy
and make your report ‘ as good
Mayor and Council Seek to Place
Upon Local Citizens Useless
And Unnecessary Tax
Burden
It had not been the purpose of the
Butler Water Works Co., as a cor
poration, or its members as individ
uals, to take a hand in the proposed
“Bond Election” for waterworks im
provements in and for the City of
Butter; but leave the matter open
and free to the voters to cast their
ballots without bias or prejudice.
Secondly, it was our purpose that
should a legal number of the voters
the City of Butler cast their bal
lots to place upon the taxpayers this
unnecessary burden that we would
then deal with the Mayor and Coun
cil in a business-like manner to avoid
a duplication of water systems in
Butler or added cost to our subscrib
ers to transfer their patronage* from
one to the other.
But the recent action of the Mayor
and Council in issuing on the eve
of the election illusive and evasive
statements places upon us the duty
of giving the real facts in the dis
cussion.
In the first place the very wording
of the advertisement calling for an
election on the question of “Bonds”
is a deception, as are most of the
statements contained in the circular
Poultry man Says That There Will
Always Be Reedy Market For
Chickens; Eggs
(By Howard McCants)
In the year 1930, Mr. E. F. Parr,
a business man of Atlunta, returned
to his home in the Panhandle district
of Taylor county to begin work along
a new phase of agriculure. Not
knowing just how successful a man
might be in this new field of work,
Mr. Parr talked his plans over with
Mr. H. E. Neisler, who is an out
standing farmer in the Panhandle
community, and they 'both decided to
begin in poultry work.
The first year these two gentle
men began with only one hundred
pullets each. After about five months
of very close attention these pullets
gradually came into production. They
was available. These little white eggs
had fresh eggs to sell and no market
could not lay around the house as
bales of cotton and still be of good
quality; so, to the Macon market
twice each week Mr. Parr and Mr.
PETITION FOR
INVESTIGATION
IS DISMISSED
Action of County Committee Is
Appealed to State Executive
Committee
The Taylor County Democratic
Executive committee after hearing
un appeal for a contest for the State
Senatorial seat here Friday, dis
missed the petition for investigation
upon a motion made by Attornef
Jule Folton, representing Cot. Dudley
Taunton, on tho grounds that the
petition filed by Col. W. E> Steed;,
did not set out sufficient details te
authorize the opening of the ballot
box.
Mr. Steed, as contestant, was rep-
testant, was represented 1 by Col. C.
W. Foy.
According to Mr. Steed an appeal
has been taken to the .State Execu
tive Committee.
The State Committee will meet re
Macon next Wednesday, Oct. 5, 'at
the same time of the state conven
tion and will decide this and all otb-
Neisler carried their eggs. Many ^ er con t €S t s brought before the corn-
days were spent trying to sell two or
three oases of eggs and sometimes
the eggs had to be placed in paper
bags and peddled from house to
house.
Before anyone can produce eggs in
large quantities he will have to get
birds that are bred for this purpose
and Taylor county people appreciate
tetter issued a few days ago to the * act that Mr A. E. Guinn, who is
voters of the City as above referred
to.
We do not charge, nor do we be
lieve that a majority of the members
of the Council are parties to wilful
mis-statements, but have simply been
mis-informed and ill advised by a
small minority of those who through
malice, ignorance and prejudice
would if possible confiscate the
property of those men and women
who for more than twenty years
have given the City one of its great-
the largest breeder hatcheryman in
this section, has bred his birds- for
liveability and high egg production,
and now they rank with the best in
any part of the country. Mr. Guinn’s
careful breeding and co-operating
with the poultrymen and Mr. Parr’B
marketing the poultry and eggs has
helped to make Taylor county one of
the best oganized poultry centers in
the state.
Mrt.Parr markets the eggs and
handles the feed for a very small
commission which is much cheaper
est assets from money out of then , , ,
own pockets without reaping a dol-j tha " w u hat each mdmdualpou ryman
lar of dividends from their invest- «?“ bu y “ d f 11 {o * hlmBelf ’ The
ments. Yet have continued to add to ^ which the poultrymen receive
their holdings with every improve- thelr P° ult 7 P roducts are hl ^ er
ment of the property and extension tfae y»«r round than in any other
of our service that has 'been made P oa r y cen er ln orgia.
over that long period. , “ T * Parr now has two large trucks
It is the height of folly for the^' 1 ™ feed and Peking up chick-
~ . . A M I ens and eggs from one hundred anc
Mayor and Council to contend, or ** __ _
f . . 11; . .fifty farmers. Mr. Parr says, “w<
anyone of average intelligence to. , ■ . ; .
., 4.1. . m, r have not touched the surface in poul-
consider, that Twenty-eight Thous- , , ,
and dollars worth of ibonds, or any
amount of much smaller denomina
tion could 'be retired by the net
<Tum to Page 8; No. 1)
COTTON GINNING REPORT
Census report shows that 3,798
bales of cotton were ginned in Taylor
upright Piano in this vicinity will and mane your a- the of 193g prio ,
for balance due, rather than ship you can. I know that money is scarce co ^ig ^ ^ compared with 4,593
, I am praying for to Sept.
Edgar A. Martin. bates for the crop of 1037.
A Total of 187 People
In Taylor County Are
Now Getting Gov. Aid
To date, 187 cases have been ap
proved for Public assistance. The to
tal amount of, grants for the 187 is
$1,463.50. The break-down is as fol
lows: Old-age recipients, 162;
amount, $1,099; aid to dependent
children recipients, 20; amount,
$323.50; aid to blind recipients, five;
amount, $41.00.
Applcations are being investigated
for July, 1937, now. There are 69
yet to be investigated. After July,
1937, the applications 'begin to de
crease, ranging from three to 13
per month. In all, there are 214 ap
plications yet pending.
The seasonal employment applica
tions are going forward rapidly. To
date 690 have applied; 600 have 'been
sent in to Columbus. The applications
are going into the Columbus office
at the rate of about 25 per day at
present. The sooner the applicants
get their blanks back to the office,
the sooner they will be sent in for
assignment.
try production” and that he can mar
ket much more poultry products than
Taylor county is now producing.
Since Georgia does not produce
anything like the amount of poultry
and poultry products consumed there
will always 'be a splendid market for
all chickens and eggs which our Tay
lor county farmers can produce so
long as we put a quality product on
the market.
mittee. The decision of the state
executive committee in these matter*
will be final.
Attention Of Voters
Directed To Wording
Bond Election Ballots
All persons who expect to vote in
tho City of Butter election to be
held here Saturday, Oct. first, are
urged 1 to take particular notice dt
the wording on the ballots.
The wording on the ballots may
perhaps be confusing to some of the
voters.-
Appearing on the tickets are the
worda:
“For Water Works’*
“Against Water Works"
No other explanation is given.
It is only fair that this explana
tion be given to the voters.
When you strike out the
words “Against Water Works” leav
ing in the words, "For Water
Works” you are voting to levy bonds
on your city to the extent of $28*-
C00.
When you strike out the word*
“For Water Works” leaving in the
words “Against Water Works” yaw
are voting against the proposed bond!
issue.
Mr. Guy Windham Is
Hurt In Auto-Truck
Wreck Thursday Night
First Class Mail
Mr, Guy Windham, of Thompson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Windham,
Campaign Planned £ thi ®; city .
r ° Thursday night when the automobile
in which he was riding collided with
a heavily loaded log truck on the
Thomson-Augusta highway.
Mr. Windham received chest and
back injuries, the loss of a number
of teeth and also several- other pain
ful bruises and cuts.
Three other persons were riding
with Mr. Windham at the time of the
accident all receiving painful injuries
one of which is reported to b^, in a
serious condition. r <
Mr. Windham’s automobile ihm
completely demolished in the acci
dent.
A poster announcing National Let
ter Writing Week to be observed Oct.
2-8 went on display yesterday in the
Butler post office lobby.
Postmaster C. E. Benns said he had
begun plans for local observance of
the week. An announcement of the
week came through R. S. Black
third assistant postmaster general,
in charge of the campaign, which
comes as a climax to the September
campaign to boost use of first class
mail.
WORLD WAR VETERANS
URGED TO ATTEND MEET
WITH AMERICAN LEGION
The Butter Post No. 124, American
i Legion is extending an invitation to
I all World War Veterans to meet with
SUNDAY SCHOOL WILL BE them at their next meeting ' whicl1
HELD AT MT. PISGAH, OCT. 3 | w* 11 be held at the Taylor county
» I court house Monday night, Oct. 3rd,
Sunday School will be held at Mt j at 7:30 o'clock.
Pisgah Baptist church at 10 o’clock
Sunday morning, Oct. 3rd.
Those interested in Sunday school
WANTED: Brood' sow, any good
stock, with or without pigs; see me
work are cordially invited to be pres-, at once.
ent at this time.
J. T. OOX, Reynolds, Rte. 4.
Taylor Co. Delegates
To State Convention
Have Been Appointed
Taylor county delegates to the
State Convention which will be held
in Macon, Wednesday, Oct. 6th, have
been appointed. They are:
Messrs J. W. Edwards, Oscar
Dreizin, Dudley Taunton and Bernard
Walker .