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EUGENE ANDERSON
-Tells About-
PROGRESSIVE REYNOLDS
Around tire Circle
The Butler Herald
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS"
When the short short route is pav-
Ft . Valley, to Reynolds
. Flint river, the distance will
(."reduced to 11 miles. By the pres-
t rilUt e 2» miles must be traveled
'etween the two points.
Grading is being done on the Ft.
Valley side of the river, and hopes
, I'ijp’i in both places.
Through all the years of paving
evnolds has not received a highway
,,j the only through-route connec-
1iun s |,e has leads to Butler, but if a
tourist should go to Reynolds from
hitler, he would find no paving
leading more than four or five miles
, hen dirt roads must be traveled to
any neighboring town. One such un
wished paving goes five miles to
ward Oglethorpe, and another goes
hreo miles toward Roberta. It must
he said, however, that grading and
hanging routes .has been going on,
or 20 or more years, by way of en
couragement.
If the route to Ft. Valley is paved
Reynolds will then be connected with
three thru routes—-that at Butler
m d the two leading through Fort
Valley.
VOLUME 64
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1940
NUMBER 27.
July 25 Deadline
For Candidates
To Qualify In Ga.
No Rules Which Would Bar Gene |
Talmadge from Gubernatorial
Race.
Revival Services Begin
At New Camp Ground
Next Sunday P. M.
Rev. C. M. Dunaway, of Columbia,
S. C., Will Have Charge of the
Meeting.
jack Wright Jr., Gets Internship
News from Jack Wright Jr. of
Marshallville indicates that he will
graduate in medicine at Johts Hop
kins in June, winning honors at the
ige of 22, and he will intern with
he Emergency hospital and dispen
se at Washington, D. C.
Mr. Wright had studied at LSI',
Raton Rouge, La., and at the Uni
fy of Illinois, where he received
Ii. S. degree and later was ad
mitted to Johns Hopkins on the
rtrength of his scholastic record.
Tennis fans will remember him
hru bis victories in Atlanta and
Birmingham a few years ago.
Atlanta, April 25—State Demo
cratic executive committee rules gov
erning the Sept. 11 Georgia primary
adopted today, contain no rule which I
would bar Eugene Talmadge from
the governor's race.
With a few tecnnienl exemptions!
and different dates, too rums weio!
virtually the ::ame a.-, those g-vein- I
ir.g the 1938 elec.ion.
There had been rumors the com - '
mittee might enact a once-prevailing ;
rule that might liar Talmadge.
The committee set neon July 25 as ;
the qualifying druolino
The deadline is just 10 days after 1
the natinal democratic convention in i
Chicago and about six weeks before j
the state primary.
Qualifying entry fees were set at
$£50 for Governor, $250 for Congress
and State House offices, and judges
and solcitors general of superior ,
courts.
Advancing the slogan “One Good I
Term Deserves Another,” Attorney
General Ellis Arnall planked down ;
$250 today and qualified as a candi
date to succeed himself.
The 33-yer-old law department
head was the first candidate to quali- I
The new Taylor County Holiness
Camp Ground is located about a mile
fro m the Peach Valley Egg Farm,
just across the road from the home
of Mrs. Ruth Neisler.
Baptist Young
People Gather
Columbus May 12
Miss Dorothy Jones, Popular
Butler Girl, Will Be Department
Leader.
Farmers Are Selected
For Cooperating With
Conservation Program
Taylor County Farms Chosen at n
Recent Meeting of Conttct
Committee.
Pastors, directors and intermediate
the 1 tals C0U!1 Vy by carrying out
leaders in the 37 churches
Thirteen Taylor county farmers
have been selected for cooperating
with the Middle Western Ocmulgee
River Soil Conservation District in
com-
Columbus Baptist Baptist Associa- }
Work has been progressing stendi- j tion are looking forward with inter-
ly during the past month on the new est to the afternoon of May when
the annual competetive events fea
turing the intermediate Bible sword
drill, and the Young People's speak
ers tournament will be held at Rose
Hill Baptist church, Columbus.
Each year during April or May
this elimination contest is held
within the association. The winner
will represent Columbus association
at regional competition in Newnan
1 on May 18. The N'ewnan winner will
compete in statewide contests in
June, and then the state winner will
go to Ridgecrest, N. C., to the
! southwide leadership conference to
I compete in competition with repre-1
I sentatives from all states in the
Southern Baptist convention.
piete program of soil and water con
servation on their farms. The pro
gram also includes participation in
the cooperative farm forestry pro-1
Many Attend Co.
Commissioners
Three-Day Meet
Taylor County Well Represented
At Convention Held This Week
In Atlanta.
Several Taylor county officials
were among tile hundreds of out
standing Georgians from every sec
tion of the state attending the coun
ty commissioners' association held in
Atlanta Monday, Tuesday and Wed-
ject in proper forest management nesday.
Those from this county wore:
Hon. H. H. Riley, chairman county
commissioners; Dr. G. W. Fickling,
county commissioner; Col. C. C.
Stone, clerk county commissioners;
Messrs J. F. Helms, county warden;
Rev. C. M. Dunaway
Merchant Doesn't Mind Joking
By His Friends
Harry Fowler has a fine restaurant
and meat market at Reynolds and,
seeing what popular jokes did for the
tin lizzie of other days, he makes no
objection to the jokes manufactured
about his business. For instance, a
customer called up a few days ago
ar.d asked: “Is that Fowler's Tough
Beef Market?" “Yes.” “Well, have
have you got any brains?” “Naw”.
Hoke McDaniel is known all thru
that country as the champion wag
and he makes his headquarters a*
Mr. Fowler's market when things
run slack on the farm, but the othei
day Hoke went to Roberta and re
ceived a terrible fright. He had
never seen so many troop transports
and so much maneuvering among
soldiers, those on their way by that
mute to Columbus. He scooted back
to Reynolds to tell the news. Every
chair was occupied by diners at
Fowler's and everybody who could
wait on tables was busy rushing
dishes.
“Something 1 terrible has happened”
shouted Hoke. “Roberta has just cap
tured Knoxville, and I saw a sub
marine coming up Sandy Creek.”
Weaver Crawford and Zack Weav
er lend a hand at the restaurant, but
they have baseball aspirations, and
Hoke tells this one on them:
fy with Mrs. Fre Stone of Toceoa, — —
secretary of the executive committee 1 tabernacle which is expected
who said she would establish head
quarters here soon. Arnall appointed
to the post in Feb., 1939.
Under other committee action,
county and congressional district
committees may set their deadlines
earlier but not later than July 25.
County emomittees and state sena
torial district committees will
their own entry fees for
candidates.
The state democratic
to
completed by Saturday afternoon.
This edifice will seat about nine
hundred people.
Rev. Charles M. Dunaway of Co
lumbia, S. C„ oneof the most out
standing preachers in the South, will
be the evangelist in this meeting.
You may recall that 'Rev. Duna-
set way's preaching has brought over
legislative i five hundred preachers among whom
is the distinguished Bishop Arthur
convention ' Moore. Taylor county is indeed for-
was called to meet in Macon Oct. 2 1 tunate in having this great man of
in event no second primary is need- God.
c-d. If a runover is necessitated the | Services w ill be held each Sunday
convention will be held on Oct. 22. , afternoon at 3 o'clock and at 7-30
Committeeman Milton Fleetwood | o'clock p. m. each week day. A ou are
of Cartereville tendered the qualifi-1 cordially invited to attend each
cation and fee for gubernatorial can- j se rvices. It is expected that the new
didate Hugh Howell, who said in a ; tabernacle will be filled each even-
written statement he would support | >ng. Come and tell other about the
and conservation and use of forest
products.
Tile farms selected at a recent
meeting of the Contact Committee,
which was designated by a group of
interested farmers in a meeting a
few months ago, are: W. A. Payne,
E. A. Hollis, W. E. Neisler, C. C. | sioner; It. M. Slappy, state highway
Heath, H. A. Sealy, O. G. Blood-' engineer; and H. W. Rogers, local
worth, Frank Callahan, D. B. Posey highway engineer. Messrs It. L. Sut-
H. K. Sealy, B. M, Montgomery, Al- ! ton and Ci w - Butt of Lumpkin
fonzo McCrary, J. W. Woodall and j joined the Taylor county party here
B. F. Kirksey. These farms were se- j Monday and accompanied them to
lected so as to have as nearly as , Atlanta.
possible each community in the coun- i ^his was the 20th annual commis-
ty represented in this first group. ; sinners convention. Approximately
Four plans have been developed to ; one thousand persons registered at
This tournament type of program ^ am| others - n this g- roup are , the meeting.
being worked as rapidly as possible.
As soon as these are finished other
farms will be taken up. A number ot
applications are on file with the
county agent.
The farmers are being assisted in
formulating and carrying out these
programs by Mr. W. F. Benibry,
County Agent; Mr. W. G. Wallase
offers an excellent opportunity for
development of the youth in use and
appreciation of the Bible, and in
speaking effectively for Christ. It is
hoped that every church will have
entrant ready.
The associational contest was pur
posely postponed from April 28, un-
be ; til two weeks hence, May 12, to al-i
low more time for preparation. I &f the " state nivifsion of Forestry j director of the American road build
Each church’s director should noti-l nd Mr _ KL England of the Soil- ers association,
fy the department leader who his | <3 onsenr . a tj on Service. I According to Hon. Julius A. Me
Among those who took part on the
program during the three-day ses
sion were:
Gov. E. D. Rivers; State Highway
Chairman W. L. Miller; Representa
tive Wilmurn Cartwright of Okla
homa, chairman of the house roads
committee; and Hon. Chartbs M.
Uphem, of Washington, engineer-
church’s entrant will be. For Inter
mediate (sword drill), notify Miss
Carlyle Beggs, mail care Bibb City
school; for young people's (speaker's
tourney) advise Miss Dorothy Jones
of Butler.
A Total of $1,255,000
Paid To Soldiers At
Ft. Benning Recently
These plans are
carried out over
years.
Captain J. M. Wilder
Given Hearty Welcome
On Recent Visit Here
designed to be Curdy of DeKalb county, committee
period of five ' chairman, homestead and personal
property exemptions, sponsored bv
Governor Rivers in his “Little New
Deal” program, cut heavily into
county revenues. The association es
timated the losses by exemptions at
$2,500,000 annually.
ul! democratic nominees
dent down.
from Presi-
SHOWS FOR WEEK
AT DEAN THEATRE
—Publicity Direc.
Mr. Willie Heath Dies
At Lanett Ala. Sun.,
Funeral at Manchester
Friends of Mr. C. E. Heath syrnpa-
death of his
Sunday and Monday: Victor Hu
go's medieval melodrama, “The
Hunchback of Notre Dame”. It pos-
pusses those ingredients which make | thize with him in the
for almost universal appeal. Far brother, Mr. Willie Heath wnich oc-
above the average performance the curved Sunday nigld.
magnificent performances of which Mr. Heath was bor
They went"dowiT to"South' Georgia the portrayal of quaaimodo, the sis- the son of the late
to try for places with the Orioles, shapen bell ringer by Charles Laugh
Residential Section Of
Butler And Reynolds
Columbus, Ga., April 30—'For the
purpose of paying the First, .Fifth j
and Sixth Divisions and the perma
nent personnel at Ft. Penning;
funds totaling $1,255,000 passed
through two Columbus banks Mon
day.
The money w'as brought to Colum
bus in two armored cars, of Brinks,
The many Butler friends of Capt.
J. M. Wilder of Griffin were de-
lighted to see him when he paid a ^ Beautiful At This Season
short visit here a few days ago i
I after being away on account of ill-
r.ess for more than a year. I Much credit is due the ladies of
About a year ago Captain Wilder, Butler especially .for the many
was stricken seriously ill and suffer- l>eautiful lawns, shrubbery and flow
ed the loss of both legs. At that time ] ers which add so much to the beau-
he was 65 years of age. Many of his j tification of our little city.
friends told him he would never be
able to walk again but Mr. Wilder
told them he would and now he
Inc., from tile Federal Reserve Bank | thig statemem by walkin g.
of Atlanta. The division pay funds
William
i March 8, 1874
Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Heath of Tayior
ed from Reynolds to
were checked in and out of the Co
lumbus Bank and Trust Co. and the
First National Bank, as armed
guards lined the streets in front of
the institutions.
The money for the post proper
was taken over and handled by the
banks, as customary.
The money taken to the respec
tive division camps will be distribut
Practically every home here is
surrounded by a carpet of rich green
grass with a background of dark
green shrubbery. Beautiful summer
flowers of all kinds add greatly to
the attractiveness of hese homes.
No matter which street you may
After a tryout the tailor was sent ton is as fine-grained a bit of mum- c ounty He movedl K....‘ " j e d today,, soldiers' payday, when the
. mery as the screen has been offered Manchester and .argr moved to i.d ,
for, and he began to measure them
for what they thought was a proper in many
baseball suit, but they soon discover- P r
ed they were being fitted up with a , and spectacles
sack for picking tomatoes. They did ported by
"at make the grade for the ball team Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell
but as everybody goes to that sec- ' and others.
tion to get jobs in vegetable season . Wednesday al1 ,
d was naturally supposed the Key- feature, “Nurse Edith Cavell is ma-
no 'ds boys would be delighted with ideally mounted and must be -
the next best thing 1 knowledged one of the more si|
ca nt contributions to the new season.
Anna Neagle is i the title role gives
seasons: the elegance of its nett, Ala.
reduction values abounds in sweeps i A little more than a year ago
Mr. Laughton is sup- : Heath lost his daughter Mrs. Jim
Sir Cedric Hardwick, LaGrone and six weeks later his |
In reference to his condition Capt.
Wilder said:
“I am thankful it is no worse. It |
could have been, and God spared my 1 choose whether north, south, east or
life when it seemed ail hope was ' west you will agree with us that
gone. 1 am not ungrateful to Him.” 1 time, effort and money have not
At more than 66 years of age Mr. 1 been spared in the beautifying of
Wilder purchased two false legs and ; our residential section,
is rapidly learning how to use them. I It looks as though this year there
Soon after Capt. Wilder began to I are more beautiful lawns, shrubbery
recover from the shock of his great | and flowers than in the past even
loss he began to study how he was in spite of the extremely cold winter
payroll of the regular garrison at to ma k e a jiving for himself and which we have just experienced.
yjc'Ft. Benning, approximately $500,COO j family. He recalled that from time If the farmers of the county can
will also be paid. 11 0 time he had writtena number of enjoy the same favorable results
b j s | The funds distributed were for | p ()ems w hich were highly praised by j with their crops as the ladies of But-
Thursday: The He is sur
companion, Mis. Ophelia Whittle j enlisted personnel alone, it being a his friendsj .
Heath answered the final summons, custom of the treaury department to Acting upon the advice of friends
I iin ie onrvived by three sons of | P a Y the commissioned personnel m . Capt> wilder had several of these J
Lanett, Ala., Messrs Eugene, Willie fh “ lcs
ac- l’ope and Coleman Heath; one bro- 41
gnifi- ther, Mr. Ed Heath of Reynolds; and | <™d divisions, including the pay of the
iioif.hvnthcro. Messrs Charlie I the officers, will approximate $2,- H
poems published in pamphlet form
The combined payroll for the Fort i w hich he is offering to the public at
ther,
two half-brothers, Messrs Charlie j .
and James i M0,O0O, the largest in the history of
modest sum of 10c each.
ler have with their flowers, 1940 will
be a bountiful year.
We suggest that each of you take
time to visit every street in Butler
and admire the beautiful lawns,
shrubbery and flowers. We are sure
is many local friends are glad that you will be more than pleased.
l,Ri J. S. GOLDEN
CONGRESS RACE
Gel
las per, Ga., April 28.—Dr. Jas. S.
‘den, Jasper dentist, qualified Sat-
"rday as a candidate to succeed
Ninth District Congressman B.
I lank Whelchel.
troup of Pickens county
which qualities also mark the j Funeral services were held at the
carefully selected sup- -Manchester Methodist church Tues-
Mae Oliver, day afternoon, Rev. Smith officiat-
A
ft lends journeyed to Commerce and
Paid his $250 entry fee.
lb'. Golden, who is 46 years old,is
a biriuer member of the State Wel-
!arc Board and the State Demo-
'i itic Executive Committee. He is
a "'"'Id War veteran arid the grand-
"ii of two Confederate veterans. He
n.is been a resident of Jasper for 20
years.
Funderburk of Talbotton
,, convincing and restrained perform ; Funderburk, of Texas,
ance,
work of a
porting cast, with Edna
George Sanders, May Robson, Zasu ing.
Pit £ id a a n y Saturday: Preston | “GONE WITH THE WIND”
Foster, Lynn Band in, “News Is AT SILVERTOWN THEATRE
Made at Night”Also George O’Brien j
in “Bullet Code." I. ~7 h 7 0 “"h Saturday' the "nationally 1 of curious pedestrians.
the!
Ft. Benning.
Some of the money was turned
over to the army here without hav
ing actually entered the banks. It
was checked out of the armored cars
by bank officials and was then
checked in to the officers of the
three divisions.
to leani that Mr. Wilder is recover
ing rapidly and trust that he will
visit our city again real soon.
COLUMBUS ROBERTS IN
RACE FOR GOVERNOR
We wish to call attention to the
advertisement of Hon. Columbus
Transfer of the money, brought in j j^oherts, Commissioner of Agricul-
Beginning yesterday and continu-1 f ' arl y in tho da >’> attracted a large ture and cand i date for Governor ap-
; mg
I famous
picture, “Gone With
PIANO TUNING i Wind”, is showing at the Silvertown LIVESTOCK FOR SALE
Have your piano tuned by an ex-' Theatre in Thomaston. The manage-
, tliner , a i S o sell new and used ment of this show extends a cordial
nianos A ’ representative of Lester | welcome to the people of Butler and
Piano Manufacturers. (5‘2*8p> surrounding community to see thus
c W SMITH picture which is shown each day at
403 W. Gordon St. * Thomaston, Ga. 10 a. m„ 2 and 6:15 o'clock p. m.
Last year several Butler citizens
won prizes in the Flower Show at
Reynolds. This year local people will
again enter exhibits in the show
which will be held at the Reynolds
Woman's Improvement Club house
within the next few weeks.
We have observed, also, in driving
over the residential section of our
neighboring city of Reynolds that
interest in beautification has been at
of its zenith with property owners
1 there for the past several months,
pearing- elsewhere in this issue
tl>e Herald.
In his statement Mr. Roberts sets even extending- to the city officials
at rest any question of whether he in the care of streets in the business
Several good farm mules for sale j will run for Governor in the Sep- section. Such interest as manifested,
at reasonable prices. Also several j tember primary by saying: “I am in, both in Butler and Reynolds, we dare
milk cows now fresh-in for sale or I the race to win and will be there at say, cannot be
exchange for dry cattle. (4112p) the finish regardless of who or how
M. A. L1FSEY,, Reynolds, Ga. many others may offer."
say, cannot
other town
state.
surpassed by any
small city in the