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The Butler Herald
“KEEPING everlastingly at it IS the SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 64
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, Al'RIL 11, 1940
NUMBER 24.
Judge C. F. McLaughlin’s Sudden Death ] Poultry Expert
At Columbus Last Night Great Shock Urges Care Of
To Every Citizen of Taylor County Baby Chicks
Died at 9:40 P. M., Shortly
After Returning Home From His
farm in Talbot County.
(From Columbus Enquirer)
Charles Fraanklin McLaughlin,
judge of the superior courts
of the
died uiiex-
Mr. John B. Fowler
Native of Butler
Dies at Montezuma
Mr. Howard McCants, Formerly
Of Butler Gives Information on
Care of Poultry.
Chattahoochee circuit,
ctedly at his home in Columbus at
i Id o'clock last night.
Alter spending the afternoon at
f arm in Talbot county, Judge
McLaughlin returned home about 7
p. in., and was said to have been
feeling as well as usual. He became
ill within a few minutes, however,
ami died a short time later, a cere
bral hemorrhage causing his death.
Judge McLaughlin was one of the
slate's ablest lawyers and jurists.
Ho was widely known throughout
Georgia, and had many friends in
all sections of the state.
Horn in Greenville, Ga.. March 21,
H82. Judge McLaughlin attended
Greenville High school, and the Uni
versity of Georgia and 1 he was
graduated from Mercer law school.
After leaving the state university
Judge McLaughlin returned to his
Greenville home and studied law in
the office of his father, the late Ben
jamin Franklin McLaughlin, for a
yar. He then attended Mercer and
uas admitted to the bar in 1901. He
began the practice of law in Ham- I
ilton, Ga., in September, 1904.
He became solicitor of the city
court of Hamilton in April of 1905
and served in that office until Jan- 1
uary of 1909, when he resigned and
moved to Columbus. He began the
practice of law here in the office of
the late Judge Will. A. Little.
In 1912 Judge McLaughlin and
Thomas 11. Shanks formed a law
firm, the name of which was Mc
Laughlin and Shanks.
in 1916 he was elected solicitor
general of the Chattahoochee cir
cuit, in which Muscogee,’ Talbot,
Harris, Talyor, Marion and Chatta-
l.ochee counties are located. He car-
lied every county by large majority.
Judge McLaughlin made a splen
did record as prosecuting attorney
and was re-elected for a four-year
term in 1920. He resigned the office
of solicitor general in December of
'922 and reentered the private prac
tice of law, forming a partnership
"ith Judge Frank D. Foley, the
name of which was McLaughlin and
Foley.
It was while he was engaged in
(Turn to Page 8; No. 1)
Mother of Lonnie Taylor
Indian, Father Was
John Taylor, White Man
In the death at Montezuma or. '
Wednesday of last week ot Mr. Jno.
I!. Fowler, 85 years of age, marked
the passing of the last member of
at one time large and one of But-
| ler's most prominent families. He j
was the son of the late Capt. J. B.
j and Mrs. Hammrick Fowler, Captain
| Fowler being an old Confederate
, soldier and for many years filling
the office of Clerk of Taylor Su-
' perior Court with credit to himself
and honor to the county, who
reared and educated his children in
( Butler.
Funeral services for Mr. Fowler
! were held at Little Bethel church
cemetery Thursday, the rites being
conducted by Rev. W. H. Emerson.
Surviving relatives included Mrs.
Florence Gordy and Mr. R. E. Fowl
er, niece and nephew, of Butler; four
sons, C. J. Fowler, Macon; J. W.
and E. W. Fowler of Montezuma; C.
E. Fowler, Brunswick; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Alma Mathews, Montc-
z.uma, and Mrs. W. B. Williamson,
Marshall ville; and more than 70
grandchildren and great-grandchil-
uren.
Officers Seeking Dr. J. G. Mizell Dies Wednesday
Clues to Cause of Of Burns Received When Lounge
Rev. Cox’s Death Catches On Fire From Lighted Cigarette
Mrs. W. T. Davis Passes
At Her Home In Ideal,
After Short Illness
In a letter for publication Rev.
Leo. 11. Culpepper, a native of this
""uiily, now a resident of Ft. Valley
gives some of the possible generally
unknown facts regarding the paren-
l!| ge df Liunie Taylor, supposed to
linvo been a negro and' a "Divine
Healer," who died at his home near
htipert April 1. His letter is as fol
lows:
I do not wish to disrupt the course
u( nature, upset the generally ac-
‘epled plan of the creation of the
"mid or cause your readers to doubt
Lh 1 final coming of the general judg-
11 vnt, hut in spite of others to the
'"I'trary, Lonnie Wisdom Taylor was
"°t a negro.
Hi* mother was seven-eights Cher-
" te Indian. His father was a white
' M, n His father was a neighbor of
ather and sent me the first
jP'' en nugar cane T ever saw-. My
“tiler was Lonnie's father's family
I'bysician for nearly 20 years. I know
I, I x), inie was born and where.
house where he was bom still
^ 'L'nding. He was born in 1880 and
"mild have been 60 years old this
^ ming May. He was nine-sixteenths
'i* 1 ' all< * seven-sixteenths
niade no pretentions to
Mrs. W. T. Davis, 75, prominent
citizen of Ideal, died Wednesday of
last week at her home in Ideai. She
was the former Mary Leona Mcln
vale and a native of Ta; lor aunty,
having been horn in tins roomy in
] 865. Her parents wen Nathaniel T.
Mclnvale and Mary Eliza Windham.
She was a mem hr ■’ of the Bethel
Baptist church.
Surviving her are her husband,
farmer of the Ideal District; four
sons, R. H. Davis of Ideal: N. V. ;
Davis of Newnan; v\ D. Davis of
Minneapolis, Minn., an 1 H. S. Davis
of Columbus; two daughters, Airs.
G. L. Windham oi Ideal and Miss ;
Clytie Davis of Tovoa; two broth-|
era, R. N. Mclnvale of Ideal, and C. j
D. Mclnvale, of But hr.
Funeral services wore held Thurs-!
day at Little Bef'el church, with |
\r-v. W. H. Emersi o officiating. In- i
torment was in Bethel cemetery. J
Funeral Services Held
For Mr. E. 0. Garrett
At Buena Vista Tues.
Editor's Note: This is the 3rd
, in a series written by Howard
W. McCants for the farm page
of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun,
Mr. McCants is well qualified to
write on the care and manage
ment of baby chicks because ho
majored in livestock and poul
try disease at the University cf
Georgia. He is connected with
Cosby-Hodges Co., at Columbus.
Management p ays a groat part in
ru'sing baby chicks. Your methods
maintaining sanitation, ycur ous
ter. conditions and your feeding p)o
gram are considered raeri points in
successful mano^ -intent.
Strict sanitation methods is the
test way to prevent diseases that
i.re most common in baby chicks.
Keep your houses clean, never lot
tiro litter become dirty ami wet. li
jour litter becomes wet. remove the
vet portion a t once and replace
v. tli fresh dry litter. The material
med for litter b sawdust, shavings
crushed wheat straw' and any ma
terial the farmer might have that
will serve as an absorption ujwcr.
Floor rearing baby chicks under
wood, oil, coal or electric brooder#
( are the ones most commonly used.
I The type of stove or heat does not
stem to make so much differolice.The
1 size of the stove used of course will
1 depend on the s'ze of your house. A
'house 12 by 14 feet is the most enm-
mon. Allow for each chick one-half
I .quare foot of floor space.
| You should be very careful to see
I that the chicks :.ever get overheated
Over heating causes a much higher
mortality and more chicks are over
heated than chilled. The temperature
at the edge of the hover brooder
should be 90 to 96 degrees and tho
room 70 to 75 degrees. You will cer
tainly find that your chicks will grow
much faster and feather earlier
(Turn to Page 8; No. 3)
tlhja, Law Enforcers Believe Senary {„j llre d
Boiler Bapfis. Preacher M# ^ ^
Murdered. ,, . ,
iRupert rhurs. Night
Sheriff E. H. Rackley of Gilmer,
Vandeviere
Masonic Temple Threatened by
Flames Which Prove Fatal to
Local Dentist.
Burned half way around the body-
county, Solicitor Grady Vandeviere from his waist-line to face about
of the Blue Ridge Circuit, Lieut. O. : Mr. Jas. W. Horne Jr., of The mas- one o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Dr. J.
W. Whitehurst and Sergeant Adams ville, was tnken to the Montgomery G. Mizell, well known and highly es-
of the State Patrol, were in Butler hospital here Thursday night about teemed Atlanta and Butler Dentist,
Thursday assisting Taylor County 9-?0 o'clock following an automobile died at the Montgomery Hospital in
Sheriff J. M. Bone in checking up on accident near Rupert. j Hutler Wednesday .morning 7:30
clues that may lead to the arrest of 1 Mr. Horne's car, a 1934 Ford se- o'clock.
party or parties responsible for the dan, struck the rear of a 1936 Chev-1 As w-as his usual custom Dr. Ali-
cieath cf Rev. J. E. Cox. rolet coach driven by Rev. W. R. ; fell lay across a lounge in his of-
Sheriff liackley, Solicitor Valider- ' Law-horn of Rupert. IJotli cars were ! fiee, which is located in the Masonic
viere and Lieut. Whiteside told Sher-! traveling north on state highway j building, a large two-story brick
iff Bone that they were positive Mr. Number J9. The accident occurred in
Cox was murdered. | front of the Rupert school building.
According to Mrs. J. R. Harmon ' Mrs, Horne, who was riding with
with whom Air. Cox was boarding, ; her husband at the time of the ac
he left Butler Thursday afternoon, cident was not hurt.
Rev. and Mrs. Lawhorn were the
cnly occupants of the Lawhorn car.
Mrs. Lawhorn suffered' several
bruises and cuts about the body but
was not admitted to the hospital.
Rev. Lawhorn was uninjured.
Mr. Horne, it is learned, was in
jured internally and his condition
considered serious. He was removed
Tuesday morning from the local hos
pital to a Thomasville hospital.
a uiacK -cvioue-A rum 1 wunvcit-
Coupe. Its license tag bore the 'J 1 ^ Tq SDOnSOr
ber A-28-826. _ * ' k ^
LIVESTOCK FOR SALE
Several goed farm mules for sale
at reasonable prices. Also several
milk cows now fresh-in for sale or
exchange for dry cattle. (4112p)
M. A. LIFSEY,, Reynolds, Ga
March 21, stating that he was going
to I.aGrangs to see his family and
that he would return not later than
the following Sunday. He was seen
later in the afternoon of the same
day on the streets of Columbus by
Mr. Wanza Hortman of Butler,
According to members of his fami-
1> at LaGrange Mr. Cox did 1 not
reach that city.
The automobile he was driving and
which so far has not been located,
black Mode-A Ford 1 Convert-
able
number A
The badly bruised body of the 62- j “GOOfl-Bye Mr. Chips”
year old Baptist minister was found ! ^
Thursday afternoon, March 28, on a ' DfiJUl I nGftlF6 IIIGS.
hillside 12 miles north of Ellijay. I
One week to the day from his de-1
parture from Butler. I ’ppp | oca | p. -p, a. takes pleasure
I he two bottles partly filled w-ith - n anno uncing the showing of "Good-
poison and an empty bottle found ( j, ve \[ r chips” with Robert Donat,
necr the body first led detectives to ! al ‘ the Ix , an Theatre next Tuesday,
believe that Mr. Cox had been pois- matinoo will be at one o'clock p m.
oned but an examination by the j and night show at 7,30.
state chemist laboratory revealed j -pile book from which the story is
that poison did not play any part in token was wri tten by James Hilton
his death. . i an( j , s on recommended list -for
The bodv was found by William fjjgfj School students. It deals with
Patterson, farmer ot near Ellijay, understanding that should exist
who w r a? looking for lost hogs when (j e i weeri teacher and pupils and also
has a romantic story running thru
he stumbled across the corpse. It
wa s estimated Mr. Cox had been
dead two or three days.
FRYERS FOR SALE
Plump, fat Rhode Island Red
Fryers for sale.
R. L. SNYDER. Butler, Ga.
Judge C. Frank McLaughlin Succumbs
Kalin
Indian,
“divine
K as
nich, whatever. He did
(Turn to p a g e 8; No. 2)
The many Taylor county friends of 1
Mr. E. O. Garrett will regret to j
learn of his death which occurred ;
Monday last at his home at Buena <
\ ista following an illness of about
three years from heart ailment. Mr. 1
Garrett, who was in the 7lst year of
his age, was a native of this county :
son of M.r Samuel and Mrs. Bell
Anderson Garrett, and is survived
by eight children, four sons and four 1
da lighters. His wife, who w-as before j
her marriage Miss Mattie Guy, died
about three years ago. Funeral serv- ■
ices and interment took place at Bue
na Vista Tuesday, services conducted j
by Rev. A. B. Wall, pastor of
Buena Vista Methodist church.
Suspension WPA Work
At Butler & Reynolds
Just before going to press the
Herald has been advised by Mayor
J R. Wilson that all P- W. A. street
and road work both in Butler and
Reynolds has been ordered tempo
rarily at least, suspended, effective
Saturday, April t3th.
the
the entire plot. Besides an enter-
j taining picture, it's starring actor,
| Robert Donat, was given the Aca-
1 demy award for the best performance
by a male actor in the 1939-40
awards. Vivien Leigh in Gone With
j the Wind, shared equal honors with
I him.
I Besides the picture, the Butler
1 High School Queen of May will he
crowned at the theatre at the night
(icrformance. Vote for your choice
by paying one cent (1c) per vote to
any of tiie following contestants:
Janie Neisler, Frances Harris, Nel
lie Sanders, Drothy Adams, Grace
Jarrell.
Come, help your school, the P.
T. A., and also get your full money's
worth in the two hours of entertain
ment. It's a date!
—P. T. A. Pub. Chm.
W. L. Miller Restored
To Highway Post
Judge C. Frank McLaughlin, of the Chattahoochee Circuit Superior
Courts, died at his home in Columbus last night at 9:40 o'clock after
he suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage attack.
Atlanta, April 10—The Georgia
Supreme court gave sweeping legal
sanction today to W. L. Miller’s right
to the state highway chairmanship
from which Gov. Rivera evicted him
four months ago.
Making no immediate move to dis
solve his martial law lockout against
Miller, River withheld comment and
motored to his South Georgia home
to study the decision.
Miller hailed the decision as a
victory "for the democratic princi
ples of government,” and said the
time when he would seek admission
to the guarded’ road building would
depend upon counsel's advice.
Within the ten days allowed, spe
cial attorneys are expected to re
quest rehearings on the mandamus
injunction and contempt cases in
volving the present three-man road
lioard, a gubernatorial aide and cap-
itol guards w-ho twice forcibly
ejected MiMer from the chairman's
office.
structure on the north side of the
public square, for an after-luncheon
nap Tuesday. As an inveterate
smoker it is presumed that Dr. Mi
ze 11 was smoking at the tiime lie fell
asleep and that a lighted cigar or
cigarette caused the fire that almost
completely enveloped the building
and room before attracting others or
persons passing the building at the
time.
Former Slheriff It. P. McGuffin
who was passing the building notic
ed the dense smoke which had com
pletely filled the hall. He found the
-smoke to be coming from Dr. Mi-
zelle’s office on the first floor. Mr..
AIcGuffin called for help and with
the assistance of several persons
was able to exting-uish the flames
which threatened' for a time the de
struction of the building.
From bums and suffocation, Dr.
Mizell was practically unconscious
when assistance arrived and remov
ed from his body the unburned yet
flaming parts of clothing. H* was
carried immediately by automobile
to the local hospital where every
thing possible vvas_done to save his
life but to no avail.. His suffering
was said to have been intense from
the time of the unfortunate occur
rence until relieved 1 of same by
death early Wednesday.
Except for an interval of about
two years from 1936 to 1938, which
time was spent at Ideal in the prac
tice of dentistry, Dr. Mizell had been
a resident of Butler since 1934, con
ducting a large dental practice here
and where he was heldi in high es
teem by all of our people who are
greatly shocked and saddened by his
tragic death.
Funeral sendees will be held for
Dr. Alizell at the local cemetery this
afternoon at four o'clock. The Rev.
F. J. Gilbert, pastor of the Ilutler
Methodist church, will otliciate.
Dr. Mizell is survived by one
brother, Dr. Walter E. Mizell of
Jackson, Miss., and one sister, Mrs.
Charles Nuckolls, of Memphis,
Tenn.; also three nephews and a host
of friends throughout the state.
J. S. Hall, Native
Of Talbotton, Seeks
Post Held by Wilson
Atlanta.—Jesse S. Hall, Atlanta
attorney who ran for secretary of
state in 1932, today announced he
would be a candidate for that office
in the Democratic primary.
John B. Wilson, incumbent, is con
sidering making a race for governor.
Subject to Wilson's decision, two
other potential candidates have an
nounced, Rush Burton, Lavonia edi
tor, and iMilton Fleetwood, Cartere-
ville editor.
Hall's announcement |included no
such reservation. “I intend to make
an active campaign in all sections of
the state,” he sank
A veteran of the VVtirld War, Hall
is a native of Talbot county. He is
14, married and has two children.
Wounded in the war, he lost an arm.
FOR SALE
Three dwellings located one mile
south of Thomaston on Highway 3,
also in same section one 7-room
dwelling and 3 acres of farm land.
All dwelling new and equipped with
all modern conveniencies. Can be
obught on easy terms.
C. C. ROYAL, Thomaston, Go.