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The Butler Herald
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT is THE SECRET Of SUCCESS”
VOLliMK 64
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1940
NUMBER 36.
ederal Graft
barges Faced by
load Engineer
Young People’s Division
Local Methodist Church
Reorganized by Leaders
lount
Fees <
Grease,
Charged with Collecting
on Gasoline, Oil and
New Set-Up Calls For
School, Senior and Junior
Organizations.
Sunday
League
year-old
The leadership Training School
held at the Methodist church ended
, last Thursday night with four
| young people receiving accreditation
certificates. Those receiving credit
Atlanta—Gray-haired 52-y
. ,• Blount was charged by a
.I!,,, grand jury Tuesday with
linir his if4,800 annual salary
“Cddant Georgia highway en- were: Sara Neisler, Laurette Kick-
i e er with commissions on
ine, grease and oil sales.
' f 0 ,,r-count indictment accused
-an of 16 years service with the school, but did not complete the
J,eVee ‘‘ department of fraudu-- *’<»* for accreditation.
,gaso- ling, Josephine McCorvey and Wil-
j ma Gill. Several other young people
were faithful in attendance upon
highway
lently receiving iff),019.62 on
l0 h , : s department between March 1.
and last Jan. 1
During the same period the grand
; u ry alleged he enriched himself by
sales | The organizational set-up of the
church school was changed as a re
sult of this school and the efforts of
leaders in the church to secure
more stable organization and to fa-!
Drivers, Drinkers
And Smokers Pay
Additional Taxes
Native of Butler
Dies After Short
Illness In Miami
Taylor County People Will Help
Pay Cost of National Defense
Program.
Mrs. Lula Montfort Was Member
Of One of Butler's Most Influ
ential Families.
Taylor county citizens began Mon
day morning paying a special luxury
tax to help the nation finance the na
tional defense program. A special j drett which occurred Friday at
tax was placed on cigarettes, alco-, home at Miami, Fla., following
holic beverages, gasoline and movie illness of only one week,
show admissions.
Every grade of gasoline advanced
one cent a gallon, while cigarette
prices went up one-half cent per
pack, cost for standard brands now
ranging from 16 to 19 cents.
Beer drinkers also must share in
Taylor Co. Motor Co.
To Open At New
Location Saturday
Iicynolds Automobile
To Largest Store
County.
Firm Move*
Building in
The Taylor County Motor Com
pany located at Reynolds, will next
It will be grievous news to her -Saturday have their formal open-
, , , . , . , , ' ing of their new location, lhe pub-
many Butler friends to learn of the ] * . g u> ^ by and
death of Mrs. Lula Montfort Scan- ; j ng p ec t this handsome new building.
her; ^r. II. L. Swearingen, owner of
J. J. Windham
Formerly of Butler
Dies Tragically
Funeral Services Were Held for
Automobile Salesman at Bethel
Church Sunday.
additional $4,592 in comm.ss.ons, ^ ^
l( n gas, oil and grease sales to con
tractors working on state and fed-
ral aid road projets.
cilitate the work of the church | the new taxes because of an increase
Mr. James Jackson Windham, 41
years of age, son of the late Hon.
Jim J. Windham, for many
years one of Butler's leading mer-
an this well-known automobile firm re- j chants and mayor of the city, and
| cently -purchased the three-story j Mrs. Sarah Hall Windham, of Butler
Being the daughter of the late ! brick ^ i,diBl * in Reynolds just was ins tantly killed Friday^ftei-
Hon n „d Mr, Richard Montfort a- aCr ° SS fr ° m the , God ? ard Mer '' noon when he plunged from a win-
Hon. and Mrs. Richaid Monuort, a canti]e store an(i better known as „ , , *
family prominently connected and t he old Barro-w building. This struc- j dow on tbe nintb floor the Wil-
well known in public affairs in But- ture is no doubt the largest and ! Ham-Oliver Building at hive Points
ler for many years, Mrs. Scandrett mos t erpensive stone buildings in !
was bom and reared in Butler. Fol- the county.
lowing the completion of her educa-; Many improvements, have been
tion at the old Butler Male and Fe- j made in the building since Mr.
the new set-u-p is as
follows. The pastor, who has gen-
i eral oversight over the whole work
of the church and church school.
The indictment set out that Blount The General superintendent (Mr. V
was duty bound to serve the state \ p p- 0 1J s ) who has general supervis-
with “unclivdied allegiance am j on 0 f the work of the church school,
not to profit from any public busi- -j^ en t h e church is divided into
r.e.-s under his supervision but that ( tdiree divisions: The Children's Di
ke entered into a “secret” agreement
of $1 on the per barrel tax. Just
what system will he used to pass
this on to the -consumed was not
available. Some dealers indicate the
male College, she was hap-pily mar- Swearingen purchased it several
ried to Mr. William Scandrett, mem-. months ago.
her of another of Butler's most I The first floor which is approxi-
prominent families in those days. 1 mately 50x100 feet will be used as a
n for automobile and
tax will increase the price of 12c hot I Their married life was one of not-; display
in Atlanta.
Mr. Windham, who had been en
gaged as an automobile salesman in
Atlanta for the past 20 yeara
left several notes, the contents of
which have not heed disclosed.
He was widely known throughout
the state and had many friends who
were shocked to learn of his tragic
tie beers to two for 25c and the 1 able happiness and success until p al -ts. The office will also be located . death.
with an American oil company rep
resentative for commissions on sales
made thru his personal and official
idlueiice. His commission on gaso
line was a half cent a gallon, the in
dictment said.
price of 17c bottle beers to two foi
35c.
The schedule of movie taxes be-
vision, the Young People's Division j gins on tickets costing 21c or more,
and the Adult Division. I Seats which formerly cost 25 cents
The Young People's Division will Monday went to 28c
have tu»> meetings each Sunday, the j For the benefit of their customers
morning, or Sunday School, meeting - the Dean Theatre at Butler has re-
and the evening or Epworth league duced-its tickets to 20c so that there
meeting. This division is divided into j will be no tax levy. The 10c and 15c j
The oil company representative the Senior Department (ages 12-15) j tickets will remain the same,
as named as W. H. Conyers, who an the Young People's Department j Ladies' perfumes will cost them j
died in Feb., 1939. Neither Conyers 1 (ages 16 and up till the young peo- j no more, but the price on nearly all
nor the oil company was charged in p] e enter the Adult Division.) liquid medicines, because of their j
.he indictment with any law viola-, Mr. G. T. Jarrard will he the I high alcoholic content, will advance |
tion. ! counselor of the Young People's de- j from 25 to 50 per cent. The small I
The four indictments against ; partment. This new set-up will not j tax on the perfumes will probably j
Blount alleged commission checks 1 effect the classes that are taught in , be absorbed by the manufacturer, j
on illegal transactions were sent the Sunday School hour. t —— j
through the mail, and the federal j New officers were elected for the
- ail fraud statute thus was violated, i Young People's Department last
If sustained by convictions, each may Thursday night, and it is believed
bring a penalty as heavy as five Ly all who are taking part that the
.ears in prison and a $1,000 fine, a work of the young people in our
j church is going to be a great suc-
| cess. We invite all of you to come
and be with us Sunday night at
j 7-1-5. —A Member.
total of 20 years and $4,000.
he I
^Theological Student To
Come to Reynolds to
Assist Rev. J. D. Smith
SHOWS FOR WEEK
AT DEAN THEATRE
Agricultural Workers
Inspect Several Farms
In Taylor Co. Thurs.
The agricultural workers in the
death separated them several years on the first floor. I Funeral services were held Sun-
ago. Much of the married life of this | The second story will he used as a j day morning at ten o'clock at Bethel
splendid couple was spent at Cor- garage and repair shop. Primitive Baptist church. Rev. F. J.
dele while the latter of which was - The third story will he devoted to Gilbert, pastor of the Duller Metho-
spent at Adel. In each of these cities storage only. j dist church officiated. Interment was
they were numbered among their j Florressent lighting system is be-1 > n the Bethel cemetery,
most prominent citizens. ! ing installed to light the large dis- J -Surviving Mr. Windham are two
The remains of Mrs. Scandrett play room. According to Georgia daughters, Misses Annie and Helen
were laid to rest beside those of her j Power Company authorities it is one Windham, of Jeffersonville; also two
husband at Adel Sunday afternoon, of the few display rooms to he brothers, Messrs W. G. and C. G.
Surviving members of Mrs. Scan-; equipped with this new lighting | Windham of Tifton and Thomson
drett's immediate family included system in this part of the state. respectively and four sisters Mrs. J.
one son, Mr. Richard Scandrett, of | The widely-known Reynolds auto-1 T. Mathews and Miss Sara Windham
I Miami, and two daughters, Miss! mobile company has a complete line Butler. Mrs. Ira Chambers of
■Marie Scandrett, also of Miami, and of machinery with which they are Jacksonville, F.a.; and Mrs. W. W.
I Miss Jeanette Scandrett of Savan- , able to make any kind of repairs or ( Wallace of Atlanta.
-nah b erf-das a large number of adjustments to any make of automo- 1>al1 bearers were -Messrs Leon
| nieces and nephews; also one sister . biles. ^eus, Hubert Payne Charles Ben ns
I Mrs. B. P. Ethridge of New York, 1 Ten especially trained men and 1 • B. Childs, H. B. Walker and L.
| the only surviving member of a once one bookkeeper assist Mr. Swearin-
lurge and interesting family. She gen in giving to the people of this
I was a sister of the late Hon. O. T. entire section the best in automobile
Montfort for more than twenty years sales and service,
clerk of the superior court of Taylor. MA Swteari-ngen has bieen cinn-
I county, and of the late Hon. F. B. \ nected with this automobile firm for
i Montfort, for many years one of the fifteen years.
R. Adams.
EtfKards Bros. Funeral Home of
Butler in charge of funeral ar
rangements.
largest cotton merchants of Middle
Sunday and Monday: “Strange
Cargo." The story of a hardened, es
caped convict from a penal colony
proves a fitting follow-up role for
Clarke Gagble after his Iihett Butler
assignment. Joan Crawford, co-
starred as a cabaret entertainer puts ' county entertained 12 local farmers
glamour aside for dramatics and, Thursday afternoon who are coope-
youl'l admire heracting tremendously! rating with the so.l conservation on
6ut it's Ian Hunter, as a Christ- j their farms. . _
The group left Butler about 3:30
Rev. J. D. Smith, pastor of the, eorR
Reynolds Methodist church, Tuesday | —
mett S. Johnson of Eimory Univ end" Democratic Delegation
young man who was scheduled 1 to [Leave Atlanta For
assist Rev. Smith this summer, had PnnVOntmil Illlv H
been carried to Johns Hopkins for a UMlVtJIUlUH JU1)' LO
serious operation and would -be un
able to come to Reynlds.
Rev. Johnson stated that he had Atlanta, July J — The Georgia
already contacted another young man delegation to the Democratic nation-
to fill this place and he would ad- 1 al Convention will leave Atlanta on
vise Rev. Smith of the full details 1 a special train Saturday, July 18,
at once. I arriving in Chicago at 10 o'clock
Young Smith, who is a Theological | Sunday, it was announced Saturday
Doctor Faxton Seay
Becomes Assistant of
Dr. R. C. Montgomery
He began as a salesman for Hon.
0 H. Neisler in 1925 and served in ^
this capacity until after Mr. Neis-
leris death at which time he pur- j
chased the .business in 1984 and |
has continued to operate it under |
the same firm name since that time. I Mr. Faxton Seay, son of Mr. and
Mr. Swearingen is being heartily Mrs. Emory Seay of Reynolds, Mon-
congratulated by his numerous day became associated with Dr. R.
friends for the success of this well
known firm of which he is the
head.
like man of mystery who merits the[ V“^ , Mr . W . A. Payne's student at Emory University, was by Roy V. Harris, manager of the
wost superlatives. Peter Lorre «d j _ ov „ a11ptl , stiUld of ! the third person to -be chosen for, state democratic headquarters.
■ aul Lukas supporting.
will be at the
immortal here the went to
fantasy, could not have been more northern part of t e
magnificently produced. Shirley hj Mrs.
Temple is the star of this story of with’treated seed ’ details will he worked out and
the .search for the Blue Bird of Hap- vhicn P f f j • * ■ ,J L 4
Pine,,. It's lovelv to look at the and part of wh.ch were untreated.
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Hcllander
At Reynolds June 21
farm where an excellent stand of the third person
... . , „ _ , Klldzu hav W as inspected. Front 1 this particular work. The other two; The delegation
Wednesday & |Thursday: The • )o a f . lrm jn tbe Rev. Paul Saunders and Rev. Beverly j Palmer House and Stephens Hotel in Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian
Hue Bird.” Maeterlinck's immortal here e „ ,, coun t y owned Watkins, were transferred to other I Chicago, maintaining headquarters ’ Elizabeth Hollander, wife of Sgt. F
Bertha Bazemore and was localities. ! at both hostelries. I Hollander of Miona -Springs, were
part of1 The Reynolds pastor stated that | . <The Georg j a delegation to the held at Goddard Funeral Home tn
national convention will take the | Reynolds, June 21. Interment was in
student would be sent to Reynolds lea d in renominating President - Hill Crest cemetery. Rev. Whatley
lovely to look at the ana 'i'T.'L ! within a few days to assist him Roosevelt and this nomination should pastor of the Oglethorpe Methodist
results of seed treatment were j within a few
putting little Miss Temple
Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce,
Collir
P''.w,,-up S should enjoy its lavish- The prom this farm the 1 there.
JUSt aS mUeh aS Children - S a ^ g,oup proceeded to Mr. H. H. Riley's,
/die farm where a trench silo and pas- 1
ture improvement work being done
ers (,alR Sandergaard and oth- jure^ ^ - nspected ^
it ., n „ v f form visited was that of Mr
I nduv & Saturday: Jacqueline 1 Neislev on which the soil con 1
hells and Bruce Cabbott in, My " • • .
Sun i s Gully. Also John Wayne in servation an •
Ride 'Em Cowboy.”
service have
completed a plan of work,
j This concluded the tour and a fish
- fry was enjoyed at McCants mill
j after which Mr. England and Mr.
Wallace showed the group a series of
l.i . slides depicting work being
alt n Sh P ann °T e t0 my Pat T on along their lines over the state.
lat n»y Beauty Shoppe is now lo-
ated i n the home of Dr. L. R- 7.7v77i t p v
Reason m I LEGION AUXILIARY
Governor Appoints His
Son Chairman of
State Industrial Board
come on the first ballot,” Mr. Har- -
ris said.
“There is no second choice. The |
delegation resolution presented to
Mr. Roosevelt made it plain that he ^
is the only man to guide the destiny
of this nation in the emergency grip-,
ping world afairs.”
Maj. Clark Howell, of Atlanta, is j
RUTH’S BEAUTY SHOPPE
i1 ' 1 '' FOR BUSINESS
chairman of the delegation and State
Auditor Zack Arnold, of Ft. Gaines
I is vice chairman. J. W. Greer Jr., of
| Codele, is secretary, and M. V.
church officiated. He was assisted
by Rev. Ayers of Oglethorpe.
Mrs. Hollander died at the Mont
gomery hospital in Butler following
an illness of long duration.
She was a native of Galveston,
Texas, being - born in that city Nov.
18, 1-878, daug-hter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. John Ivarowakt.
She moved with her husband to
C. Montgomery and the Montgomery
HdhpffaH
Dr. Seay is a graduate of Rey
nolds high school. He received his
B. S. degree from ■ the University
of Georgia and his medical degree
from the University of Georgia Med
ical College at Augusta. He served
as an intern at the University hos
pital in Augusta.
Dr. Seay is not a stranger to the
-people of Taylor county although he
has -been away attending college
for a number of years. His many
local friends are glad to welcome
him -back and are proud of the splen
did record he has made.
Dr. Seay and his wife are mak
ing their home in iButler where
they have apartments at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. Montgomery.
Revival Services Begin
At Howard Methodist
Church Sunday, July 7
cason on the east side of town, j
1 Re Shoppe is open for business j
llld >’°ur visits will he appreciated, j
Mrs. Ruth Peed, Butler, Ga. -
timber
to
MEET WITH MRS. PERKINS
Atlanta, June 29—Gov. E. D. |
Rivers today appointed his son, E. D.
Jr., to chairmanship of the State In
arried dustrial board. 'Crowley, Atlanta
The 25-year-old attorney succeeds j ^ ^
H M. Stanlev, was retired on a pen , '
smn May 1. The appointment^ to the j AJ CEMETERY
$5,000-a-year job is subject to Sen-1
ate confirmation next January. The |
tenure is four years.
After swearing in his
banker, is treas-
Miona Springs about three years
agp at which time he retired from
I the U. S. Army.
! Survivors include her husband
Sgt. F. H. Hollander, and one son,
Mr. Lewis Jqfm Nevelli of Galves
ton, Texas,
Honorary escorts from Ft. Ben-
FOR SALE
place
R interested see or write
J. D. BEFJLAND,
Care: Rogers Store,
Fort Valley. Georgia.
ning included: Sgt. Harrison, Sgt
... .. renure is lour years. , The people of Bethlehem communi-1 Whitsell, Sgt. Boling, Sgt. Cody,
he reguiar monthiy meeting , - n hjg sor)i the ty are requested to meet at Bethle- Sgt. Turner, Sgt. Riley and Sgt.
the American Legion Auxilia > | c ] as ped his hand and said: j hem Primitive Baptist church Tues-' Puckett.. Active pall bearers were:
be held Friday—tomorrow at 3 P- j ® # ^ job now » day, July 16th, for the purpose of (Messrs Roy Childres, 0. S. Simmons
With Mis. 1- er ms | young Rivers has been serving the cleaning and beautifying the church j David Whatley, L. E. Peterman,
board as attorney since May, 1939. | and cemetery grounds. Those in-
He was admitted to the Georgia bar terested in this important work are
the Pine, gum, poplar and oak ; Howard. The subject of the prog^,
-h, V™ i.
Bill
Wilson, Mrs. Harmon and Mr
! W ill he in charge. All members urg
led to be present
—Pub. Reporter.
at the age of 16, the youngest
state-history, and practiced with his
father in Lakeland. -
requested to meet at 8 o'clock on
the day appointed and bring along
tools necessary to do the work.
Powell and J. H. Underwood.
FOR SALE—Two lots 25x120 and
two lots 50x120, in Southland, Ga.
MRS. S. P. SMITH, Hartwell; Ga.
Revival services will begin at the
Howard Methodist church Sunday
morning, July 7th.
Rev. F. J. Gilbert pastor of the
church, will be assisted by Rev. W.
W . Whaley, of Oglethorpe.
-Services will be held each morning
and evening throughout the week.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend these services.
EAR CORN FOR SALE
Approximately 300 bushels of
good ear corn for sale at $1.00 per
bushel at my barn.
S. E. COX, Butler, Ga.