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“KEEPING everlastingly AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS"
VOLliMK 61
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1940
NUMBER 30.
Hon. George C. Palmer Appointed
Jinliie Superior Court Chattahoochee
Circuit, By Gov. E. D. Rivers Friday
New J ur ist to Fill Unerpired Term
Caused by Death of Judge C.
Frank McLaughlin.
Columbus, May 18—Gov. E.
Rivers yesterday appointed George
, palmer, prominent local attorney
^ judge of the Chattahoochee su
perior court cireiut to All the post
jjade vacant by the recent death of
, Ju( l ge c. Frank McLaughlin.
Mr. Palmer left Columbus for At
lanta during the afternoon to make
preparations for taking the oath and
receiving his commission.
Mr. Palmer, when queried as to
whether lie had any fixed policy as
w the conduct of the office to which
>.e hadbeen appointed, replied as fol
lows:
“None, save and except I shall
scrupulously observe my oath of of
fice and wdl administer justice under
law. No better rule of procedure
,ould be followed by any judge..”
Willis Battle, local attorney and
long time supporter of Rivers, was
offered the post at first, but declin
ed. due to his legal practice.
Mr. Pidmer
Reynolds Seniors
Will Graduate
Tuesday June 4
Butler Hi. Seniors
Honored Sun. at
Methodist Church
Miss Emily Woodward to Deliver! Mr. P. Y. Luther Talks to
Literary Address
Auditorium.
at
School
The Reynolds High school graduat-
Gruuating Class; Rev. Dunaway
Conducts Services.
Members of the 1940 senior class
JUDGE GKO. C. PALMER
Mr. Greenwood James
Former Local Citizen
Buys Americus Property
ing class will begin their commence- of Butler High school were honored
' ment season at the school auditorium at the local Methodist church Sun-
! tonight—Thursday—at 8 o'clock with day morning by members of the
the Annual Music Recital. Mrs. F. Men'., Class. Mr. P. Y. Luther of
: Paul Hodges, head of the music Griffin, was guest speaker on this
department of the school will pre-j occasion. He delivered one of the
j sent her music class at this time, j most interesting and inspiring lec-
] Thursday evenning, May 30, at 8' lures evor to have been heard here,
o'clock the Senior Banquet will be Approximately two hundred per-
given at the Reynolds Women’s Club sons filled the large church audi-
House. \ torium to enjoy Mr. Luthurts talk.
On Friday, May 31, 8 p. m. at. jj,. -p. Tante, teacher of the
the school auditorium an operetta, | Men's Bible Class, had charge of the
| “Little Red Riding Hood”, will be p ro gram. Members of the Men's Bi-
j presented. i ble class of the local Baptist church
| The Baccalaureate Sermon will wen , among invited guests present.
■ be delivered at the Reynolds Bap- ^ Th e local senior class, of which
| tist church Sunday morning, June 2, .Millard Stevens is president, was
at 11 o’clock Rev. E. H. Dunn, pas- ushered to reserved seats in the
I tor of the church will deliver the center aisle of the auditorium,
sermon. | Following the Sunday school hour
; “ Monda y evening, June 3, ‘ he ! preaching services were held at the
j seniors will have an Evening of Mu- churehi whieh algo were atte nded by
I sic and Fun at the school auditon-,^ unusua „ y larf , e g. roup of ]ocal
■ l,m ‘ . I citizens as well as a number of out-
The graduation exercises will
Hon. John I. Allman, President G.E.A.
To Deliver Commencement Address
At Local High School Tuesday Night
JOHN I. A1LLMAN
(Photo by Mac. Tel.)
be
I It is learned here with much in-
was appointed for I tereat by the many friends of Mr. i 1 ne grauuauon «*» of-town people.
Judge McLaughlin's unexpired term j Greenwood James, who was born and | held at the school auditorium Tues-j jjgv. C. M. Dunaway of Louisville,
Hiding Jan. 1, 1941. The regular four reared j n Butler, that he has become '' ay evening, June 4. Miss Trav Ky., w ho is conducting a series of
j car term will be filled by election cwner D f „ne of the most valuable| Woodward of Vienna will —
the September democratic pri-
. ny<) wuu ja luimutuiif, <x bci htb ui
^ ve , e revival services at the New Taber-
imary.
Although no announcement has
been made by Mr. Palmer as to
whether or not he will be a candidate
jin the September primary for nomi
nation to succeed himself in the of
fice, it was understood among his
friends that he would enter the race.
first conceived the idea of
studying law, while acting as secre-
ituvy to the late Judge W.A. Little,
who was at that time attorney gen
eral of this state. When Judge Lit
tle returned to private practice of
law, I continued in his employ ahd
connection with my work 1 pur
sued the study of law.
“When Judge Wm, B. Butt was
fleeted judge of this judicial circuit,
l was appointed official court report
er for the circuit, reporting both
civil and criminal cases until I was
;elected solicitor general of the Chat
tahoochee circuit in June of 1907.
At the time, Judge S. Price Gilbert,
wa, elected judge of the circuit to
succeed the late Judge J. H. Martin,
hi August 1907, Judge Martin re
signed his judgeship, and Gov. Hoke
rinith appointed Judge Gilbert to
'till the
Martin
pointed me solicitor general, which
office 1 held until Dec. 15, 1916.
L’pon retiring from the office of
solicitor general I entered the gen-
nd practice of law at Columbus.
My practice carried me into all the
courts of the state, as well as the U.
District, the U. >S. Circuit court
"t appeals, and the U. S. Supreme
Ull| rt. 1 have also practiced a great
>al in the state courts of Alabama”
■Me job pays $8,000 a year. The
circuit embraces the counties of
uscogeo, Harris, Marion, Talbot
'Sod Taylor.
pieces of property in Americus, hav-; Literary Address. Following her ad- nac j„ here preached at the eleven
ing on Saturday 'last purchased from , oress th « members of the sen.or 0<clock hcmr .
John Sheffield the two-story brick I *!•“ wall be awarded them diplomas Rfiv Dunaway is one of the lead .
building at the corner of Lee and I Prof ^ E - H- Joiner, superintendent (iRg evangelifite in America. He was j eral Agencies; Mr. Harrington, Com
Large Number Attends
W.P.A. Dinner, Monday
Evening at Lunch Room
A national broadcast from Washing
ton featuring a talk to WPA work-
Rev. Hugh Dozier, Pastor Local
Baptist Church to Preach the
Baccalaureate Sermon.
ers and the nation by Mrs. Florence
Kerr, director of P. and S. Projects;
Mr. Carmody, Administrator of Fed-
1 of the Reynolds High school.
in Strives to Wipe Out
invited to this community by
Taylor County Evangelistic Club.
Each of his services are being at
tended by large congregations.
Rev. F. J. Gilbert, pastor of the
Lamar streets, which has been occu-;
pied for the last several years by !
id State Dept. Of Education
at Americus.
The. amount of money-involved
the sale was given as $27,580. The |n Gpnr(f|9
building has a frontage of 41 feet on j“MCiaCy in UeOigld
Lee street and 267 1-2 feet on La- j -
mar street. It is 78 feet wide at the | c; eve] , years ago the State Depart -
east end, the building adjoining an nielR 0 f Education, using Federal public to attend as many of
the 1 missioner of WPA; and Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, was the occasion
for a dinner in Butler Monday.
About one hundred WPA workers
and their friends attended a supper
Methodist church, had charge of the prepared by the P. T. A. members
Sunday morning service. Special • and served in the Butler school lunch
music and beautiful flowers added | room.
much to the service. j Prof. y. P. Folds, Superintendent
The Evangelistic Club invites the j 0 f Butler school, acted as master of
these
alley on the east. The city hall and fwds> launched a nation-wide edu- revival services as possible, which
jail adjoins the property on the phonal program. This program is are being held at ten o'clock each
north. the adult education program
J’he newest part of the building ^ a a ] 0 g an “i, e t us wipe out
on the corner of Lee and Lamar was literacy by 1940." ,
erected as an automobile sales and . [ am sure t]iat t' ne program
service building about 25 years ago , nearly d one this. For 1940 we
using morning at the local Methodist
jj_ church and at eight each evening
; at the Tabernacle near town.
j, as Today — Thursday — an all-day
are meeting is being held at the Taber-
by the late W. G. Turpin. Mr. Shef- j using ' as our slogan, "Beth r health, nacle ; A number of visiting preach-
field has owned the property for the ijg^ter citizens,” still olacing the em- , ers ’ including Rev. E. A. Martin,
last several years. I phasis on illiteracy. I tmnk all the former Pastor of the Butler Meth-
Mr. Janies has been local agent for j ^,pA projects are and have been of ist church, are to appear on the
Chevrolet automobiles and trucks for j g rea t value to our citizens. But 11 Program. The public is cordially in-
the past eight years. He plans to tb j nk the adult education project is‘ v * ted to attend.
use the entire building for his au- by far the greatest. What can be of |
tomobile business, which includes rnore va i ue than to teach our men tx i ■■ nil u i i
new and used automobiles and trucks and wonlen to read and write, who ill* J, III. W(111611630,
‘“ ve adv ‘": Retired Vienna Dentist
, and at the same time ap- ‘‘ ’ y _
■ ... —a—I T *- i. L.ma i-L n 4 ♦ h n/Innrtf mfln 1 V \ A Y Y fT J 1
Dies at Home Saturday
ceremonies.
Speakers on the program were as
follows:
Col. C„ C. Stone as representative
of the County Board of Commission
ers.
Prof. W. T. Rustin, County Super
intendent of Schools.
Mrs. Blanche Hicks, Supervisor of
Commencement exercises for the
Butler high school graduates of 1940
will begin at the school auditorium
tomorrow (Friday) evening at eight
o'clock with Senior Class Night.
Miss Doris West, tenth grade
home room teacher, is in charge of
the class night program.
Millard Stevens, class president,
will be master of ceremonies.
Mary Whitley, Class Prophecy.
Frank England, Class Will.
Milliard Stevens Giftorian.
Dan Callahan, Class Poem.
J. E. Trussed, Class History.
Next Sunday morning at elecen
o'clock the Baccalaureate Sermon
will be delivered by Rev. Hugh
Dozier, pastor of the local Baptist
church.
Rev. Mr. Dozier is well known to
the people of Butler, and ranks high
in the ministerial world and the
members of the senior class feel that
they are indeed fortunate in secur
ing the local minister to de
liver the sermon on this occasion.
Mrs. J. W. Edwards, head of the
music department of the local school
will have charge of the music.
The graduation exercises will be
held at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening at
the school auditorium. Hon. John l.
Allman, president of the Georgia
Education Association, will deliver
the commencement address.
Mr. Allman is one of the out-
standing educators in the state. He
will be introduced by Prof. V. P.
Folds, superintendent of the local
school.
Wilbur Neisler, valedictorian of
the Senior Class local high school
will speak on the subject: “Farewell
to Class-mates.”
F. C. Jarrell, Jr., class salutatorian
will have as a subject for his address
“Greeting to Class-mates.”
At the conclusion of Mr. Allman's
address diplomas will be awarded
thirty-five members <xf the senior
class by Supt. Folds.
Those composing the senior class:
Lucy Carroll, Ethyl Dunlap, Helen
Eubanks, Doris Goodwin, Merilou
Locke, Willie George Parks, Leona
Peterman, Margaret Peterman, Mar-
Sewing Room.
In Mrs. Hicks’ talk she pointed I «i<> Peterman, Johnnie Pittman, Win-
cut that in the past 12 months the j ifred Purvis, Hazel Stamiridge, Doro-
govemment has spent $13,670 for ; thy Taunton,
salaries and material compared to
Americus Students
unit Hitler in Effigy
SHOWS FOR WEEK
AT DEAN THEATRE
l just hope that the educational
department of our nation will real- ;
| izt this that we have and always!
I w ill have underprivileged boys and
' girls and that adult education will
Dr. J. M. Whitehead, who for a
have a permanent place in our edu- number of years operated a dental
Sunday and Monday: Spencer | rational program. office here as well as in his home
Tracy, fresh from him triumphs in j Visit our classes from May 20 to city of Vienna, died Saturday follow-
Bovs Town, and in the recently com- 1 25 and see for yourself what we are * n
pleted Northwest Passage, and Hedy doing.
Lamarr, the screen's No. 1 Glamour;
from the screen's newest ro- 1 —
Girl
BUTLER MAN ONCE SWAM
Americus, May 16—Adolf Hitler
Va ' hanged in effigy Wednesday
Ll't by (leorgia Southwestern Col-
*' students, who paraded dowli-
j with :i dummy strung in -i
1 r| e dummy was deposited at
of the American Doughboy
jthp foot
•-"iiUTnent, but later removed.
’ SKI > CABS FOR SALE
One
(45,000
«°ndition; tin
fne i<)o 6
pier
1936 Chrysler 4>-door sedan,
miles; with radio; in good
good; price $265.
bid eoacli with trunk,
motor and transmission;
"files; price $300.
IJ - W. PAYNE, Reynolds, Ga.
mantic team in the dramatic story
of New York, “I Take This Woman” MEUSE DURING 1918
The drama, front the pen of Charles
McArthur, deals with a hard-work- Columbus, May 18—Hoke Wind
ing young doctor who devotes his ham, of Taylor county, World
life to humanity in the slums of New veteran, now working with the
7 ork and bis love for adarling of eral liquor revenue officers of
the city's cafe society. “I Take This Columbus district, discussing
r her first op- hard fighting now going on in the
dra- Sedan sector ' of France between
a brief illness.
Dr. Whitehead who was 74 years
Louellen Taunton, Teacher. °f age, retired from active practice a j
i short time ago on account of ill j
health. He was a former Mayor and |
one of Vienna's most outstanding I
civic leaders. For a number of years I
he operated the Ford Agency at Vi-1
war e >ina. He was a member of a promi-
fed- nen t Dooly county family and active , community,
member of the Vienna Baptist j
$954 spent by Taylor county; 9,984
garments have been made and given
I to the poo r people in this county
during the past 12 months.
Mrs. Louellen Taunton, Teacher of
Adult Education.
Each of these speakers extended a
most cordial invitation to the public
to visit the WPA projects this week.
In Taylor county are the following
projects:
■Butler School Lunch Room.
Sowing Room at Butler.
Commodity Warehouse at Butler.
Butler Library at school building.
Traveling Library.
Reynolds Library at Woman’s Club
Educational Projects.
Visit these projects and see for
yourself just how they benefit your
th e church.
Woman,” offers Lamarr
MRS. MCKENZIE’S SERVICES
HELD AT MONTEZUMA HOME
portunity to portray a tense dra- Sedan
' ;e her first French and German forces, recalled
HOMING PIGEON LOSES
WAY, LIGHTS IN BUTLER
Montezuma, May. 17 — Funeral
I services were conducted at the resi-
A beautifq! homing pigeon that dence in Montezuma Friday for Mrs
swam the l' a( l evidently lost its way alighted Wm. Hill McKenzie, formerly lone
late Monday afternoon at the home Lewis, beloved Montezuma citizen,
is among the many of Judge L. T. Peed. ! whose death occurred Wednesday
,„atic characterization sine
.soar to fame in Algiers and for the Friday that on the morning the ar
liist time she will be seen in smart mistice was signed on N“
sophisticated gowns of today. ! he, with other soldiers,
Wednesday ami Thursday: “Shop Meuse river \t Sedan,
i nwl (be Comer” a humorous Mr. Windha
i n 11 human ’parcel with it's thousands of Americans who follow . The fowl had a band on each leg. night at a Macon hospital.
U " 1 ii,nirable qualities, including closely reports of the movements of A metal band on its right leg was, Mrs. McKenzie was prominent
superiority''in production,’ direction, the two great armies in the
ami cast, is catalogued among the area.
Pansy Vann, Mary
Whitley, Jannie Neisler, Frances
Cooke, Joe Homes, James Bazemore,
Jack Rooth, Corliss Brown, Dan Cal
lahan, Frank England, Cecil Gault-
r.ey, Jack Hollis, F. G. Jarrell, O. C.
Keen Wilbur Neisler, Donald Parks,
F. E\ Posey, Millard Stevens, J. E.
Trussell, Charlie Wilson, Horace Mc-
Cants and Milton Childres.
Three Butler Persons
Will Graduate From
University of Georgia
In addi-;
top-notchers of the year. ■ . . . „ TItNINr
lion to the fine performances of Jas. 1 IANO IlNING
Stewart and Margaret, there are the'
spic contributions by Frank Morgan
and adolescent Wm. Tracy.
Sedan marked AV. 39 WMAZ 753, Macon, j throughout the state in civic and pa
Ga. On its left leg was a rubber triotic work. She was a charter mem-
band marked Y 275. , her of the Montezuma Woman's Club
MULES FOR SALE
Have your piano tuned by an ex- j
pert tuner. I also sell new and used ,
Friday & Saturday: Bobby Breen pianos.^A representative
Kent Taylor in Escape to
In Pioneers oi me
403 W. Gordon St.
; organized in 1906. She also was a
| member of the D. A. E., the U. D. C
j the Colonial Dames and the Monte-
a' zuma Garden Club. For a number of
Several fine young mules and
of Lester J number of second-hand mules for | years she had served as superintend-
Pardaise Piano Manufacturers. (5‘2“Sp) 1 sale. Also two pair of splendid brood . ent of the Baptist Sunday shod.
--- . , ,L C. W. SMITH j mares. Come and see them. Besides her husband she is surviv-
ar ,d Bill Elliott in 1 mnee s | 40g w Gordon st> Thomaston, Ga. D. W. PAYNE, Reynolds, Ga. 1 ed by three children
Frontier.
Three Butler young people will be
among the 766 persons to receive
diplomas from the University of
Georgia at the graduation exercises
Friday, May 31, at 7 p. m.
Those from this city to receive
degrees at that time are: Mr. Har
ley Riely, Jr., Miss Laurette Fick-
ling and Miss Miriam Dreizin.
Alumni Day has been set for May
31, also. A barbecue is scheduled for
noon.
Senior class features of the week
end will include a Glee Club per
formance on Thursday night, a dance
following graduation on Friday.
The university will break precedent
this year by holding out-door exer
cisos late in the afternoon. The bac
calaureate sermon is scheduled for
Sunday.
WHITE LEGHORNS WANTED
Am in the market for 200 to 300
White Leghorn Pullets, six to ten
weeks old. Anyone having same for
sale will please notify,
M. A. LIFSEY, Reynolds, Ga.