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(By Eugene Anderson)
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S, J. Jordan of Roberta was in
terested in the Circle story of the
Crutchfield cemetery or graveyard
about eight miles from Roberta to
ward Butler.
“The old Crutchfield home place is
about two miles west of Roberta,” he
aavs, “and the markers so plain over
the graves 30 years ago are all gone
„ow. About a half a mile away legend
gays a famous Indian chief is buried.
K depression in the earth, surround
ed with rock, is the only indication of
a grave
Mr. Jordan says people interested
to the Flukers, the Wellons and the
Bowmans will find some interesting
eld graveyards on his lands.
A sensational story about the burn
ing of a home with a large family
was started some time ago in that
part of the country, probably by a
fox hunter’s misreading of a tomb-
itonc inscription in the moonlight,
jurne hunters discovered aburial
ground in a remote place, and on one
of the markers was a statement read
ing in part, “buried here.” The word
“buried” was misread “burned.”
iTie names Smith, Danielly, Ken
drick, Jordan, Worsham, Goodin,
Simmons, and many others of historic
interest figure in the land titles of
that era, and living witnesses today
say there were three Crutchfield
brothers, and each had two or more
plantations.
“The employment problem was just
as great in in those days as now,”
said Tom Kendrick, 86. “Slaves were
multiplying at a rapid rate, and the
cry always was for ‘more land.'
That’s why slave owners so frequent
ly bought bigger places or cleared
new forests. They had to have
enough land to keep the increasing
slave population from becoming urn
profitable.”
Bob and Ogden Person’s
Partnership
When Mrs. Mary Persons found
herself a widow with no possession
except two little boys after the un-
tivil war, she displayed the courage
i her forbears and went to work to
sake the most of the situation,
f amily unity was her main objective.
The boys, iBob and) Ogden, became
worshipers of her and learned that
family love is the source of patriot
ism, and leads to heroic deeds. They
studied law together and formed a
law partnership as Persons Brothers,
at Forsyth.
But Bob was too impatient to be a
lawyer. He longed to make money
faster than that. So he talked over
matters with his brother, and said * 1 :
“You are a better lawyer than I
am; and I believe I can do better in
a business career. Suppose you run
the law office and let me go out and
Bee what I can do to bring in some
money. We’ll keep the partnership
right on.”
“From that day to this we have
never known, any difference between
what was mine and what was his,”
ays Bob. “We draw checks on the
tame account for whatever we need,
Mid neither objects to anything the
other wants to do.” .
Each has strong convictions, but
they are of one mind when their own
interests are at stake. And they have
proved that in unity is strength.They
have gien awayv more money than
®ost firms can make.”
Volume 63
The Butler Herald
"keeping everlasti
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday, November 3, 1938
BIDS FOR R.E.A.
LINES CALLED,
COOPER SAYS
Mr. Cooper Asks for Co-operation
In Securing Right-of-Way
Permits
Specifications have been approved
BUTLER HI. SCHOOL
BASKETBALL TEAMS
DEFEAT TALBOTTON
Boys’ Score Was 18 to 13; Girls’
Game Ends with 4 to 3
Results
The girls and boys basketball teams
of Taylor County High School at
Butler played the second game of
and bids called for the construction of 1938-39 season with a double
the rural electric lines of Taylor I v against Talbotton High on
County Electric Membership Corpora- \ l° ca l court here Wednesday af-
tion, declared G. L. Cooper, superin- | ternoon ' Both teams played a good
tendent, in a letter to members of | 8 ttme>
the cooperative. The actual construe-1 The girls’ team at the end of the
lion firm is selected by a competitive! half was a tie 2-2. The game was a
Americus to Advertise
Andersonville
Time was when Andersonville was
Me of the big attractions in Georgia.
On Mdy 30, Decoration, day, excur-
sion trains brought great crowds
from nearly every state above the
Mason and' Dixon line. The railroads
encouraged the excursions, and Deco
ration day was important in Georgia,
second only to Memorial day for the
Confederate dead April 26.
That interet lias waned. No more
excursions are run. But Americus
civic clubs are trying to do some
thing about it.
They say railroads may not get
the movement started again; but the
automobilists traveling North in
spring arid South in fall may be
made conscious of the 'historic im
portance of the spot, and it is hoped
in Americus that all of the routes
through Georgia may be made to
contribute a share of patronage to
file one that leads through Anderson-
rille and Americus. Civic clubs at
Montezuma, Americus, Marshallville,
Valley and Macon, Athens and
°ther points up the road will be re
quested to aid in the campaign of
(Turn to Page 8; No. 1)
bid.
The complete text of the
follows
Since I last reported to you, our
scramble in the third quarter over
letter Bevera l points, Butler winning out by
' asco re of 4 to 3.
The boys* game was very fast,
rural-electrification project has been 1 But ' er scoring the most points in the
making real progress. Our engineers,; hulf. Several substitutes were
J. B. McCrary Engineering Corpora- put in for Butler in fche thiTd quarter
tion, has prepared construction Talbotton got the lead over the local
specifications for our new lines and team. The first team was placed back
has asked contracting firms to bid on on c °urt in the last quarter, But-
BIG ELECTION
WILL BE HELD
NEXT TUESDAY
Sample Ballot to Be Used Will Be
Found on Page Five of
This Issue
Attention of the voters of Taylor
county as well as those of all sec
tions of the state is called to an of-
HELP OUR SENIORS
CHRISTEN BUILDING
OF J. W. EDWARDS
Number 1
Proceeds of Entertainment to
Used in Making World’s
Fair Trip
Be
The seniors of Butler High School
are planning a class trip next Juno to
celebrate their graduation from high
school by making an educational trip
to New York City and the World’s
WELFARE DEPT.
APPROVES MANY
APPLICATIONS
Crippled Children Who Have a
Chance For Recovery Are
Given Aid
ficial copy of the ballot, which will . Fair,
be used in the general election to be | Many of tile leading high schools
held Nov. 8th, next Tuesday. A ' of the state are making these educa-
copy of this ticket is published on
page five of this issue of the Her
ald.
The Herald is carrying this ballot,
which is an exact copy of the one to
be used in the general election, in
tional tours with their seniors each
year. Why not Butler? We are sure i
that you will understand, appreciate
and lend us a helping hand.
Mr. J. W. Edwards has already
joined in by allowing us to have a
them. These bids will be opened
about Nov. 10.
REIA experts have examined the
specifications carefully and found
them to be entirely adequate. By fol
lowing them, the construction firm,
to be selected by competitive bid as
above, will build sturdy, serviceable
lines. They will bring us electricity—
yet they will not be more expensive
than we can afford.
As soon as the bids are opened, J.
B. McCrary Engineering Corporation
and REA will, examine them to be
sure that the bidders have followed
specifications. It will probably take a
couple of weeks to get the construc
tion contract executed and approved
by Administrator John M. Carmody
in Washington.
Then the contractor will be notified
to start to work at once. Within a
fdw weeks we should see some actual
Jer winning by a score of 18 to 13.
Stevens scored the most points fox
Butler.
Line-up for Girls
Talbotton
Butler
Teal F.
SaundeTS
Alvin, F.
/Bazemore
Parker F.
Standridge
Lunsden G.
Gill
Clements G.
Atnos
Cook G.
Goodwin
Substitutes: Talbotton, Tyler.
Referee, Tante.
Umpire, Bankston.
Line-up For
Boys
Talbotton
Butler
Watkins F
Stevens
Holloway F.
Windham
Andrews C.
Riley
Stenson G.
Adams
Smith G.
Harmon
Substitutes: Talbotton, Minor,
Andrews, F, Ligor, iG, Stenson,
Butler: McGee, C, Fountain, F. and
Referee: Tante.
Umpire: Bankston.
construction activity right here in . childres F.
your community.
Some projects have been held up
by difficulties in obtaining rights-of-
way permisison from property own
ers for the lines to cross their land.
Our loan from REA is for building
lines. None of the money can be
used for buying rights-of-way.
Since it is to the advantage of all
of us to build the lines efficiently
and os inexpensively as possible, I
hope that you will sign a right-of-way F]ames ear , y Sunday monving de
agreement readily when our repre- A th<j home and tica ; ly a! l
sentative calls on you The form has; household funiishin , ffg of Mr . D . E .
been carefully checked by our at- j
torney, Col. C. B. Marshall, and REA |
lawyers. It is not a deed to your
Flames Destroy Home
Of Mr. D. E. Peterman
Early Sunday Morning
land, nor is it a mortgage of any
sort. It merely permits the line to be
built on your property, and it per
mits us to service the lines after they
are ibuilt.
You will need the short time left
before the current is turned on to
complete your wiring and make defi-
(Tum to Page 8; No. 2)
SHOWS FOR WEEK
AT DEAN THEATER
Sunday and Monday: Priscilla Lane
Dick Powell and Pat O’Brien in
“Cowboy from Brooklyn.” Warner
Bros, have contrived to make this
welcome deviation from the usual
formula musical, and' the result is a
good comedy in which a whirlwind,
laughter-laden finish is the outcome.
There are musical inferpolations,
largely supplied by Dick Powell. Pat
O’Bren has a standout comedy role
and the rest of the cast is acceptable.
Thursday and Friday: Shirley Tem
ple, Phylis Brooks and George Mur
phy, in “Little Miss Broadway.”
Here comes a remedy for the blues,
Shirley in her greatest picture. She
was never better, singing, dancing
and dimpling in her best utyle, aided
by an unusually fine cast readed by
George Murphy. Edna Mae Oliver
gives a fine performance in her
special role. There's songs, dances,
and romance for all arid Shirley just
the way you wair her.
Saturday: We have a special
doutold feature. William Boyd and
Natalie Moorehead in “Heart of
Arizona” and Jack Holt in “Making
Headlines.”
| Peterman, well known Taylor county
farmer. Mr. Peterman’s home was a
large frame structure located about
five miles south-east of Butler.
The fire is thought to have origi
nated) in the roof of the house.
When discovered the building was
too far gone to be saved.
It is reported that the building
was not covered by insurance.
Taylor Co. Teachers
Will Meet Here Sat.
The Taylor County Teachers Asso
ciation will have its regular meeting
Saturday morning, Nov. 5. A pro
gram has been planned, and parties
to take part have been invited. A
representative from the State Depart
ment of Education is expected to be
present. Reynolds Department of
School Music ha been invited to' have
charge of the program. The time of
regular meeting is on Saturdays fol
lowing the regular pay period, 10 to
12 o'clock a. m.
V. P. FOLDS.
COTTON GINNING REPORT
FOR TAYLOR COUNTY, GA.
There were 5,964 bales of cotton
ginned in Taylor county from the crop
of 193® prior to October 18, as com
pared with 9,811 bales for the crop
of 1937.
PIANO FOR SALE
Upright Piano in this vicinity will
sell for bargain rather than ship to
Atlanta. Write Durden Piano Co.,
Station C, Box 154, Atlanta, Georgia,
(in’st) .....j
order that its readers may find the real jolly entertainment upon the
time to study same before going to j completion of his beautiful now
t7ie polls next Tuesday and thus save 1 building which will be held at an
a great deal of their time. j early date, definite time to be an-
There are a number of Constitu
tional Amendments—twenty-three to
be exact—which will be voted on this
year. All of these are given on the
ballot we are publishing.
Quite a few of the voters in the
past years have neglected to cast
their votes in- the general elections.
This is a mistake. All voters should
consider it just as important to vote
in a general election as they do in
the primary elections.
Mrs. Mattie Gilson
Loses Home By Fire,
McGuffin’sBarn Burns
The home of Mrs. Mattie Gilson
was destroyed by fire some days ago.
The Gilson home is located about
even) miles north of Butler on the
Gilson farm in Wesley community.
The fire originated in the rea part
of the building and was 1 discovered
about 11 o’clock in the morning. Be-
nounced later.
To date 197 cases have been ap
proved for public assistance, totaling
for the month of November $1,636.00
in awards.
Applications that were made in
July of 1937 are .being investigated
now; 36 remain yet to bo investigated
in July. There are 173 applications
pending from August, 1937, to Octo
ber, 1938. During October, 20 persons
applied' for public assistance, this be
ing one of the heaviest enrollments
since July, 1937.
The crippled children’s program
and the child welfare program are
two programs that have become ef
fective in Taylor county since the
public assistance program began.
To date we have cared for one crip
pled child’s case, the applicant being
selected by the state office, and hos
pitalization service to the amount of
$210.00 having .been given. The case
in question is that of a 17 year old
negro girl who had a crippled foot
Engineers of the Division of High- which had beendiagnosed as congeal-
way Planning of the State Highway , ta ; deformity. °* ^ our cafies
Board' will complete this week iblanket | * or treatment, hers wm ohosi
count operations in Taylor county, it en as *'^ e onc which was most urgent
was announced Monday at the Atlun-1 ant ' which would respond most rapid-
ta headquarters by Q. T. Ray, state I' y treatment. Today her is
director. straight, but he cannot walk without
“Cooperation of the Taylor county crutche V et > 88 another term of hos-
V. P. Folds, Supt.,
Butler High School.
Taylor Co. Drivers
Thanked For Help
In Traffic Survey
motorists was a great aid to us in
this work,” said Director Ray. "They
were uniformly considerate and
helpful and seemed to take a real
interest in the aims and purposes, of i Gases that jjee incurable
the division.” ’ taken. Nlitlidr are' caseA It
The blanket count survey, which
j was launched in Taylor county about
October 11 and which is being con-
fore help could arrive the home wasi da]cted nt intersections throughout
too far gone to ibe saved. Only a ^j ie s t a te, will enable the division to
few articles of furniture were got- arr jve at an annual daily traffic av-
ten out before the building was con- ( era g e f or every road in this county,
sumed.
It is reported that the loss was not
covered by insurance.
Ano’ther regrettable fire loss was
incurred a few nights ago when, the
barn with its contents of former
Sheriff R. P. McGuffin was destroyed
by fire from an undetermined origin.
Singing
Convention
Date Is Postponed
On account of conflicting with the
Alabama State Convention the date
for the South-west Georgia Singing
Convention has been changed from
Nov. 6th to Nov. 13th when it will
meet at the President Theater, Man
chester, Ga., at 1:30 p. m. All sing
ers and friends are cordially invited.
Don’t forget the date—Nov. 13th.
AMERICAN LEGION POST
TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT
Butler Post No. 124 of the Ameri
can Legion will hold it regular meet
ing at the court house in Butler
Monday at 7 p. m., Nov. 7th.
All World War veterans are ex
tended a special invitation to be
present at this meeting.
SINGERS TO MEET SUNDAY <
AT MT. PISGAH CHURCH
The people of that community re-
quet a good attendance at Mt. Pisgah
church Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 p. m,,
for the regular afternoon singing.
They especially urge you to be with
them and help make the service an
enjoyable occasion.
SERVICES AT SAND BETHEL
I will be at Sand Bethel, Rupert,
next Sunday at 3 o’clock p. m for
regular preaching services and will
be glad to have you come and wor
ship with us at this time.
Edgar A. Martin.
pitalization will 'be necessary before
final success.
This work in the crippled children's
division is indeed a wonderful work.
are not
taken that,
have failed to respond to previous
treatment in hospitals. The applicant
must be in need, and the examining
physician determines the cases which-
can be corrected or cured.
A recent survey of crippled chil
dren has secured the names and ad-
when results are assembled and cor- • dresses of all the crippled children
related with other information being
gathered 1 in the statewide survey.
Montezuma Electrician
Breaks Neck In Fall
From Tree Saturday
Montezuma, Ga., Oct. 29.—His
neck broken as a result from falling
out of a pecan tree last Saturday,
Graham Bell, local manager of the
Georgia Power company office, is in
a serious condition at the Riverside
Sanitarium, where he was rushed
following the accident.
Mr. Bell was gathering pecans at
the farm of his father-in-law near
Marshallville Saturday and- had
climbed the tree to knock the nuts
out. In some way he lost his balance
and fell to the ground. He was
rushed to the hospital immediately.
While his condition is regarded as
very serious, attending physicians re
port htat the injured man is doing
as well as could be expected' and
without any serious complications
should recover.
A member of the Montezuma Ki-
wanis club and the Methodist church,
Mr. Bell has been active in civis and
religious affairs of the community
since coming here from Richland al
most tiwo years ago.
“STEADFAST CLASS” MEETS
WITH CLYDEAFAY GREEN
The members of the “Steadfast
Class” of the Butler Baptist Sunday
school met at the home of Miss
ClydeAfay Green Tuesday afternoon
at three o’clock to engage in sewing
in the county. Those canes are dis-r
cussed with the physician in the
county and if they are incurable, it is
of course useless to present those to
the state board. The ones who have
a possibility of a cure wiU be taken
a rapidly as there are vacancies m
the state department. Child welfare
service has been extended to two
cases in Taylor county. Onc was
that of the placement in an orphan
age of four dependent* orphMM. chil
dren. The other was that of an in
carcerated youth, who is now free and
on probation for a year in a good
home.
The child welfare and crippled
children’s programs are both wonder
ful departments of our .great Social
Security Program, and are as yet in
their infancy. Time alone will tell
the far-reaching effects of these pro
grams in solving child welfare prob
lems, apd alleviating the ilis and de
formities of our children.
—Local Welfare Director.
Alva Bazemore On
Debating Team At
Ga. S’western College
Alva Bazemore, of Butler, and
Frances Mitchell of Round Oak, stu
dents at Georgia Southwestern Col
lege in Americus will debate a team
from West Georgia College, Carroll
ton, on Friday, Nov.. 4thi l TJ>e- debate'
will be held in Americus.
The question for debate is: Re
solved, that “The United States
should/ cease spending public funds
on the curtains for their class room. | to stimulate business. The Ameri-
Miss Hooks, the Home Economics : cus team will argue the affirmative
teacher, was a welcomed guest atj side of the question,
this meeting. | Hugh Carter, of Plains and Paul
A very delightful social hour was ! Pitts of Columbus will go to Carroll-r
enjoyde during which the hostess ton and argue the affirmative side of
served fruit punch and wafers. the same question at the West Geor.
—Pub. Chm. gia College. ,