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The Butler Herald
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SE.CHET OP SUCCESS"
Volume 63
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday, November 17,1938
Number 3
The most highly praised farmers
in Georgia today are in the Pan
handle district of Taylor County.
They have something to sell every
week. Even the people of Taylor
county praise them, and everybody
B ays the “little white hen” deserves
much of the credit. Good farming
may be found in any sections of
Georgia, and nearby the good farm
ing is some poor farming. People can
take a broken stick and raise as
much corn in a field of weeds as
grows on some of the land supposed
to be under cultivation. The cotton
and corn seem to advertise the fact
that the man who planted it forgot
where he planted it and never found
it again, tout some of the farmers
{eel dissapointed if they don't make
sn average of a hundred bushels of
tom to the acre and 1 a able of cot-
ten, The envying neighbors usually
sneers and says if he could buy fer-
liliier he could .make big crops too.
The big producer says in reply, four
dollars an acre spent in fertilizer will
double the yield, and 1 no one man
can afford to do without fertilizer.
He may think he can, but he isn’t
thinking very hard. “If you .will
make your land rich, it will make
you rich,” is one adage.
A great many new people are
coining to farm. A. E. Guinn used to
dream about it when he iwas in the
United) States Navy; he had plenty
of time to dream, and in his dreams
he saw white chickens, and he
wanted to raise them in Georgia, and
when he came he received, the same
cold bath that many other newcome
rs get.
"Raise chickens? You .will go broke
before you get started,” said the
banker. “Nobody has ever made any
money raising chickens. We have
even quit trying. We buy our chick
ens and eggs from Tennessee. What?
Give you a line of credit to raise
chickens? My board .would think I
was crazy. We don’t lend money
anything but cotton. Iff you will raise
cotton we will consider your applica
tion. Georgia is a cotton state, and
we don’t know anything else and are
going to learn anything else. What’s
the use. That old place you are on
isn’t worth taxes. It has been lying
out because it wasnt worth cultivat
ing,”
And Mr. Guinn heard the same
kind of talk from the neighbors be
tween his house and Butler. He was
still dreaming, it seemed, but his
dream was becoming a nightmare,
and if he hadn’t been raised with a
fighting spirit he would have fallen
off the 'bed and landed in a cotton
patch, or else he would have left
Georgia, despairing and disgusted,
but he went on back to his abandoned
farm and groped.
Today he has four thousand of
those little white hens, and he says
by the most careful records each hen
fields a net profit of $1.50 a year,
or a clear profit of $6,000 a year
from the four thousand. Mr. Guinn
has a junior, Austin E., and is am
bitious for that son to raise little
white hens and a short distance from
butler on another place ha has
bought.
Surrounding the chicken farm
"here Georgians so discouraged him
k his corn covering all the spare
land. The stalks are thick in the drill
-and they average perhaps ten feet
or more in height. On each stalk are
two or more ears.lt is difficult to find
one with less than two ears. Each
ear hangs down and is well covered
with shuck, or husk as they call it
in the com growing states, thus the
rain can't get to it to cause weevils.
The seed for that corn is grown by
R. A. Hinton and iSon over at Rey
nolds, Ga. Other people have bought
it. The waste from the chicken hous
es was placed lightly in the drills;
otherwise the com has had no spe
cial attention, and nothing was spent
o it for fertilizer. The old 1 abandoned
farm that was not worth taxes is to
day producing corn that is probably
as good as any that can be found on
any considerable acreage in the Unit
ed iStates, and -Mr. Guinn is rearing
his two sons and daughters on the
doctrine that Georgia farming is not
so bad if you don't listen to too many
Georgians.
In addition to the corn, Mr. Guinn
Planted in the chicken yard a few
hundred apple trees. He bought them
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REV. E. A. MARTIN IS RETURNED
TO BUTLER METHODIST CHURCH;
TINSLEY GOES BACK TO REYNOLDS
Rev. G. N. Rainey New Presiding
Elder of the Columbus
District
Rev. E. A. Martin, for the past
two years pastor of the Butler Meth
odist church and Rev. T. H. Tinsley
for the past two years pastor of the
Reynolds Methodist church were re
turned to their respective churches by
the South Georgia Conference which
met at Waycross, to serve as pastors
for the ensuing conference year.
Three new presiding elders were
also listed in the appointments which
were read by Bishop J. T. Decell at
the closing session of the annual con
ference Sunday night.
These were: Rev. G. N. Rainey
who goes to the Columbus district
Presiding Elder from the
Rose Hill Church at Colum
bus; Rev. J. S. Sharp who goes to the
Americus district from Trinity church
In Waycross; and Rev. Silas Johnson
who goes to the Macon, district from
the Vineville church in Macon.
Rev. J. M. Outler, who for the
past four years has served as presid
ing elder for the Columbus district,
of which the Butler church is a unit,
will go to Oordele as pastor.
The full list of appointments fol
lows:
Americus District: J. S. Sharp,
presiding elder; Abbeville, J.E. Sum
mer; Americus First Church, J. S.
Cook; Americus, Lee Street, J, M.
Yarbrough; Americus Circuit, L. D.
Shippey; Bronwood-Smithville, F. J.
Gilbert; Byromville-Lilly, J. D. 'Mc
Cord; Chauncey, D. H. Rhodes; Cor-
dele, J. M. Outler; Eastman, T. H.
Thompson; Ellaville, W. S. Johnson;
Hawkinsville, J. A. Davis; Helena,
J.I. Summerford; Jacksonville, Wade
Ward; Leslie-Leesburg, E. P. Drake;
Lumber City, J. F. Jackson; McRae,
W. F. Buford; Montezuma, J. W.
Hitch; Oglethorpe-Ideal, W. W.
Whaley; Pinehurst, C. L. Wall; Pine-
view, L. B. MclMichael; Plains, O. C
Cooper; Rebecca, J. C. IM. Ward;
Rhine, to be supplied; Rochelle, J. C.
Saville; Unadilla, W. C. Bryant; Vi
enna, H. E. Stipe; Waiwick, C. B,
Ware; district missionary secretary,
J. W. Hitch; professor in Duke Uni
versity, A. C. Outler.
Columbus District: G. N. Rainey,
presiding elder; Buena Vista, J. W.
Lilly; Butler, E. A. Martin; Cusseta
D. A. Lastinger; Cuthlbert, C. R. Me-
Kibtoen.
Columbus: East Highland, H. G.
Shearouse; Hamp Stevens Memorial,
Roy Gardner; Rose Hill, W. M. Hay
wood; St. Luke, A. S. Tnulock; St,
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SOUW’N COLLEGE
STUDENTS STRIKE
FOR MORE FOOD
College Students Eat Again Friday
Night After Missing One
Meal
LITTLE DAUGHTER
OF FORMER BUTLER
CITIZENS HONORED
Little Beverly Griffin Dobbs,
Years of Age Plays Over
NBC
Ten
Americus, Ga,, Nov. 13.—'Georgia
Southwestern College students were
eating normally- at supper Friday-
night, and the meals Saturday, after
missing what President Peyton Jacob
termed a “good meal” at lunch Fri
day in a short-lived food strike.
Dr. Jacob said he knew of no stu
dent committee being appointed to
discuss the menus with him, and
added that the menus are the best
possible for $12 per month.
Following is the noon lunch which
the students walked out on Friday Dr
Jacob said:
Turnip salad, com, candied yams,
and egg bread.
Declaring that lunch is the lightest
meal of the day, because it is more
healthful for the students who are
returning to afternoon classes, Dr.
Jacob gave the following as a typical
day’s menu:
Breakfast
Corn Flakes, Bananas and Milk
Grits, Buttered Toast, Coffee,
Bacon and Butter
Lunch
Cabbage, Candied Yams, Stewed
Com, and Muffin Bread
Supper
Hash, Grits, Butter, Biscuits, and
Pork and Beans
The cost of these meals averages
During their residence in Butlei
some years ago the late Mr. and Mrs
B. H. Griffith together with their at
tractive and talented children were
numbered among the most popular
individuals of this section of the
state. Mr. Griffith, who was engaged
in the mercantile business, was a
prominent church man and civic
leader, while Mrs. 'Griffith was
classed as one of the best musical in
structors in the state. Her talent for
music was inherited by each of their
children whose fame as musicians
has extended from coast to coast
centering in Atlanta and New York
where they have been instructors
with musical instruments of many
kinds, particularly the stringed va
riety, and with which they have en
tertained many large audiences.
That these talents extend to anoth
er generation and so fittingly ob
served in little Miss Beverly Griffith
Dobbs, is most gratifying to the
Butler friends of the Griffith family.
Ernest Rogers tells of her accom-
plishmnets in last Sunday’s Atlanta
Journal as follows:
“A half a dozen years ago a sweet
little girl came to W'SB to play a
harp. Not, mind you, the common or
garden variety of harp, but the for
mal Italian harp heard with sym
phonies and things like that. True, it
was a rather small harp—(but so was
the little girl. She was received gra
ciously by Col. Lamdin Kay and put
forthwith on the air. Although only
four years old, she played with fine
feeling and everybody had a hunch
at the time she would turn out to
be a swell harpist.
* ‘(About ten days ago this same
young lady, now ten years old, play
ed on Dave Elman’s Holbby Lobby
program over NBC and created a
sensation. In six brief years, Beverly
COL DUDLEY TAUNTON FORMALLY
NOMINATED STATE SENATOR AT
CONVENTION HERE SATURDAY
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Rev. E. A. Martin To
Conduct Thanksgiving
Service Here Sunday
Harvest Festival To Be
Held At Butler High
School Tuesday Nite
10c each, it is said.
Approximately 175 of the boarding Griffith Dobbs, of Atlanta, has learn-
students walked out of the dining
hall Friday sifter grace was said, and
Student 'Body President James An
drews, Leesburg, Ga., said the action
vas taken in protest against the type
of food being-served.
Dr. Jacob said the walk-out amount
ed only to the students missing a
good meal. The students are not re
quired to eat—they may miss as
many meals as they like—but the
food is here for them, Dr. Jacob as-,
serted.
Ninety per cent of the students
walked out simply because a few
students started the strike, Dr. Jacob
said. He added that a number of
students already had expressed theii
regret at taking part in the walk
out.
The Butler High school will have
its Annual Harvest Festival Tuesday
evening, Nov. 22, from 5 to 16
o’clock.
There will be lots of fun for the
older people as well as the young
folks. Proceeds from the festival will
go towards making a number of im
portant improvements in various de
partments of the school.
There will be a cake counter where
the ladies can buy their Thanksgiv
ing cakes. If anyone desires the P. T.
A. ladies to bake a cake for them
they should see or call Mrs. L. R.
Adams at once and place their order.
A special lunch room under the di
rection of Miss Hooks, home econom
ics teacher will be operated in con
nection with the festival.
The crowning of the Harvest
Queen will he the main feature of
the festival. This part of the pro
gram will be under the direction of
Mrs. Francis Offord.
Jarrell’s Dept. Store; Butler, Ga.
FRUIT CAKE TIME: We now
have all ingredients for Fruit Cakes.
Try baking your cakes with Ballards
Obelisk Flour.
Mrs. Mary Locke
Celebrates Her 89
Birthday Sun. Nov. 13
Mrs. Mary Locke, widow of the
late Rev. Geo. W. 'Locke, celebrated
her eighty-ninth birthday Sunday,
Nov. 13th, at the home of her young
est son, Mr. H. A. Locke, near Butler.
At the noon .hour a bountiful
barbecue and basket dinner was en
joyed by everyone.
Those present included her five
children: Messrs J. L., J. R., and H.
A. Locke, Mrs. L. H. Taunton and
Mrs. J. H. Taunton; twenty-seven
grand-children and eight great-grand
children. Quite a number of other
relatives an friends were present at
this delightful celebration.
ENTERTAINMENT AT MIDWAY
CHURCH FRIDAY, NOV. 25
The public is cordially invited to
attend an entertainment at Midway
church Friday night, Nov. 25th, 'be
ginning at 7 p. m.
The occasion is for the benefit of
the church and those in charge invite
all who can do so to attend.
Rev. EM A. Martin, pastor of the
Butler Methodist church stated yes
terday that he will conduct a spec
ial Thanksgiving service at his
church at the eleven o’clock hour
Sunday morning, Nov. 20.
(Sunday’s services will be the first
Rev. Martin will have conducted here
since his return from the annual ses
sion of the South Georgia Conference
and will 'begin his third year as pas
tor of the local church.
Rev. Martin also stated that Sun
day evening at 7 o’clock Rev. J. A.
Smith of iMacon, agent of the Meth
odist Orphans Home in Macon will
have charge of the service.
Rev. Smith will preach at the Rey
nolds Methodist church at the Sunday
morning hour.
“Here Comes Charlie”
At Central Fri. Night
“Here Comes Charlie”, a farce
comedy in three acts will be put on
at Central- school building Friday,
Nov. 18, 7:45 p. m. Admission, 10c
and 20c.
Oast of Characters:
Nora Malone, Sara Peterman.
Officer Tim MoGrill, Ben Neisler.
Mrs. Fanny Farnham, Mildred
Montgomery.
Larry Elliott, Blanford Jarrell.
Ted Hartley, James Jarrell.
Vivian Smythe-Kerey, iM artha
Strange.
Uncle Aleck Twiggs^Murray Jarrell
Charlie Hopps, Emily Jarrell.
Mr. Caroline -Smythe-Kersey, Mil
dred Peed.
Mortimer Smythe-Kersey, Felton
| Posey.
TRAINING UNION
TO BE HELD AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
Session to Begin Promptly at Six
O’Clock Saturday Evening,
Nov. 19.
Saturday, Nov. 19, is the date for
the Baptist Training Union Rally at
the Butler Baptist church. The first
Bession begins promptly at six o’clock
p.m. After the first service there will
be a fifty-minute recess for basket
dinner to be furnished by those at
tending the meeting. Everyone is
asked to pack a lunch basket with
things to eat and bring it with them
to the meeting.
At the conclusion of the dinner
everyone will return to the chapel for
the second and last service. This will
probably be the shorter of the two.
The business session will toe during
this part of the program. At the
close of the' second service there will
be a novelty program. By this is
meant the local talent from visiting
communities will toe asked to join in
the program, which is composed of
short talks, songs and instrumental
selections. Several out-of-town speak
ers will take part on this program.
Of special interest to local people
will be a song given by little Billy
Poole, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Poole, of Butler. Billy will sing,
“Jesus Loves Me.”
The program will be as follows:
Prelude, Mrs. Edwards and Or
chestra.
OrcheW.-hl selection, “Faded Rojos'
Violin duet, “Brah'm Lullaby"
Recognition of communities and
pators present.
Song by Congregation, “AH Hail
the Power.”
Prayer, Visiting minister.
Vocal Trio, B. T. U. Girls.
Reading, “Touch of the Master's
Hand”, Leita Mae Folds.
Song -by congregation, “The Touch
of His Hand on Mine.”
Vocal Solo, Jesus Loves Me,” Billy
Poole
Address, “We Thank Thee”, Shep
Sheppard, a State B. T. U. worker.
Vocal Solo, “Is Your All on th«
AJtar’, Mrs. Bankston.
-Recess for Lunch.
Second Session
Orchestra selection, “At Sundown’
Violin duet, “Sing -Me to Sleep.”
Song by the Congregation, “Count
Your Blessings.”
Prayer, Visiting minister.
Vocal solo, Mrs. -Bankston,
Address, “The B. T. U. Praises
God,” Miss Mell Tolbert.
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A. E. Locke Elected Chairman,
P. A. Jenkins, Secretary of
New Committee
Col. Dudley Taunton, recently
elected Senator from the 23rd sena
torial district of Georgia held his
convention at the West Hotel here
Saturday, Nov. 12. The convention
was called to order toy the former
chairman, Hon A. C. Riley, who
called for the election of officers for
the ensuing two years.
Mr. A. E. Locke of Taylor county
was elected chairman of the new
committee and Mr. P. A. Jenkins
also of Taylor county was elected
secretary. . , ; | , I
Three persons from eaoh county in
the district were elected to compose
the new executive committee to
serve until the next convention.
Those elected were: Messrs J. W-
Edwards, A. E. Locke and E. W.
Hodges of Taylor county; Messrs J.
P. Etheridge, Dr. H. P. Dobbins and
M. E. Akin, of Houston county;
Messrs H. M. Reeves and E. S. Han
son of Crawford county; Messrs A.
C. Riley, Joe Davidson and Judge
M. C. Mosley of Peach county.
The newly elected chairman, Mr.
A. E. Locke, announced to tbe con
vention that under the rules former
ly prescribed, Taylor county would
furnish the .Senator forthe next term
beginning Jan. 1, 1939. The chairman
read a certificate from the secretary
of the Taylor County Democratic
Executive committee, that Dudley
Taunton had duly qualified from Tay
lor county and that he was regularly
dominated without opposition.
(Mr. E. S. Harrison of ’Crawford
county placed the nomination of Ool<
Taunton foF State Senator from the
Twenty-third .Senatorial district be-
j '} x t f . ,'intlbn. Col. Tauntoi|
was offered the nomination toy a
unanimous vote of the convention.
Mr. J. P. .Etheridge of Houston
county and Mri E. 9. Hanson ol
Crawford were appointed ns a com
mittee to notify Mr. Taunton of the
nomination.
Col. Taunton was notified and ac
cepted. In his acceptance Col. Taun
ton clearly outlinjed his policies in
connection with his duties os State
Senator.
It was pointed out in the conven
tion that Crawford county should
furnish the Senator from this district
in 1941.
A motion made toy Mr. H. M.
Reeves was duly seconded and car
ried was, “that the rotation system*
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Herald Contributors
Asked To Hand In
Copy Early Next Week
It has been a custom of the Her
ald for a number of years to go to
press on Wednesday night 'before
Thanksgiving in order that our em
ployes may have Thanksgiving day
off.
We are asking that our correspon
dents as well as all contributors co
operate with us this year in order
that we may continue to carry out
this custom.
It would be of great advantage to
us if you would prepare and hand in
all news and advertising copy one
day earlier next week than usual.
This will enable us to publish the
paper one day earlier and also give a
complete coverage of the news.
CASH FOR PECANS
Bring your pecans to Doyel’s Store
in Butler next Saturday. I will have
a pecan buyer from Atlanta at the
store on this date and he will pay
cash for your pecans.
L. M. DOYE’L, Butler, Ga.
Mr. Luther Massey
Former Taylor County
Man Dies In Fla.
Mr. Luther Massey, a former Tay
lor county citizen and son of the late
J. K. Massey and Mrs. Lizzie White
Massey, died in a Tampa, Fla., hos
pital on Oct. 8th.
He was toom Jan. 5, 1901 near
Rupert in this county where be lived
until he reached manhood. When
grown he went .with his brother.
Billie, to Florida. Billie was killed in
a wreck soon afterward.
After Billie’s death, Luther disap
peared for twelve years, his where
abouts not toeing known toy his rela
tives in this section.
He married at Tampa, Fla., Nov.
6, 1937. It was at the time of his
marriage that his relatives finally lo
cated him. He had been with a con
struction company during tbe timd
of his absence from Taylor county.
Mr. Massey was sick for five.weeks
before his passing. He is survived by
his wife, at Tampa, Fla.; two sisters
Mrs. G. W. Ray, of Charing; and
Mrs Ida Pye, of Griffin; also six
brothers, Grady, Jim Henry, Byron,
Robert, Thomas and Lester Massey,
The body was -brought back to the
county- of his nativity and laid to.
rest at Prosperity Primitive church
near Rupert. Rev. W. R. Lawhora
conducted (he funeral and his six
brothers served as pallbearers.