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V A roun The Circle (By Eugene Anderson) The Butler Herald "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 .