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The Butler Herald
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
YOLUME 64
L. Callaway
amed Manager
Taylor Co. REA
jbotton Man Succeeds Mr. Jas.
D. Cook Who Recently Moved
To Virginia.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1940
NUMBER 40.
Traffic Deaths Reduced
Forty Per Cent On
Highway No. Nineteen
Taylor County Traversed by Hi eh way
19 Is Giving Hearty Co-operation
To State Officials.
Crusade Caravan
Here Next Week
To Conduct Services
of
It is gratifying to learn through
| reports furnished by Safety Commis-
Talbotton ' eioner Lon Sullivan that the death
rate from traffic accidents in this
Many Young Men and Women Are
Doing Similar Work in Georgia
This Summer.
A group of
per j
I making up one
five
of
u, J. T. Callaway,
' ' ’ ,i v promoted to manager of j
r i County Rural Electric! section has been reduced forty
Sip Corporation, a half- cent during the past year. -
dollar government project | Credit fo . . „ ,
located at Rey- j is largely due to the splendid co-, arrive m Butler next Saturday.
operation of Taylor county officials! This group of young men
young people,
the five Youth
Crusade Caravans now active in
work will
L N. Wainwright
Crushed to Death
By Heavy Tractor
Machine with Which He Was j
Working Crop Overturned Upon,
Him.
Erection of Buildings
On Government Airport
To Begin Early In Aug.
Mr. T. J. Adams
Fatally Injured
In Auto Crash
One Hundred Acres of Land Already
Leased by Government from Local | p^, ^ y oung
Landowners.
this notable reduction , Gpor S ia >' oun S people ‘ s
and
illion
,th headquarte
filhway succeeds Mr. James' and local citizens generally in seeing! women will conduct a series of serv-
,r ' ' '' re sigped to accept a to and maintaining traffic regula- ices for the young people at the
2r position in Lovingston, Va. tions. local Methodist church.
' Cook served as manager of the j A recent survey and report given I Following is the general program
vlnr County Corporation for two . by Commissioner Sullivan is given j for the week:
coming to Reynolds in 1938 as follows: j Saturday, 8 p. m., Caravan and
D. C. While in Three-major routes for tourist 1 youn K people will have set-up
Washington,
is county Mr.
Cook made a number j traffic in and out of Florida rank as
lasting friends and did much to-
aril the up-building of the Cor
ration with which he was con-
ted.
youn g people
meeting at the parsonage.
the three deadliest roads in Geor-1 Sunday, 10 a. m„ Miss Bessie
gi’ a - j Miller, adult counsellor, will conduet
Sixteen persons one for every 14th worship service at Sunday school,
mile perished on U. S. Highway No. | Sundav> n a m > Caravan will
Mr. Callaway was employed as as. ( j, from the state line near Augusta | have chal , ge of morning ser vice.
tint manager of the Corporation . thru Waycross into Florida, during; ...
m and served in this capacity the first ha ,f 0 f this year. &u " da >’ 8 P- ava" wil d.s-
' 1 , , ! cuss history and purpose of Caravan
„til recently. When Mr. Cook re- | 0n No . 17> thru Savannah to Jack-1 nd te „ of accomplishments,
aned as manager to accept a sin - 8onvn i e , 13 persons died and on U. S. | Following win be the daily rched-
ar position m Virginia the board oi 41> thru Central Georgia, there were ' , e from Monday through Friday:
rectors appointed Mr. Callaway as , 21 deat hs. Both ate important tourist j g to 6 . 16 p> m . Song service and
successor due to his efficient J rou ^ es< I
as assistant manager and j y g lg wh ich last year saw 22
persons killed on its 363 miles,
dropped 81 per cent to four deaths
for the first six months of 1940.
The toll for No. 41, while the larg
est for any single route, was exactly
Plans for a one hundred acre gov.
eminent airport to be located just
west of Butler are still underway.
Leases from property owners have
already been obtained by government
officials.
Taylor County
Antioch Sunday.
Farmer At
Mr. Isaac Newton Wainwright, 70
year-old Taylor county farmer and
sawmill operator, was crushed to
death about nine o'clock Tuesday
morning when a large tractor with
which he was cultivating his crop
overturned on him. j is drawing plans for
A grandson of . Mr. Wainwright and the runways
who witnessed the accident called for | A contract has already been let to
assistance from WPA workers who Mr. m. E. Southner, contractor, for
were working on a road project near construction of the buildings. Mr.
by, to rescue his grand-father from Southner is expected to arrive here
underneath the machine. some time this week to begin work.
Mr. Wainwright was pronounced i j0c . a i skilled labor will be used in
Mr. Thurman Jarrell Adams, 37
years of age, son of Mr. H. C.
Adams and the late Mrs. Mary Lee
Jarrell Adams, was fatally injured
dead when workers finally suc
ceeded in removing his body from
beneath the machine. His chest and
head were badly crushed.
Mr. Wainwright was born in Tay
lor county in March,' 1870, the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Aden Wain
wright.
At tile present Mr. H. C. Barker, twelve miles north of Butler Friday
U. S. Engineer, is located here. He morning when his pick-up truck col-
the buildings lined with a sedan on the Columbua-
Macon highway near Carsonville.
Mr. Adams, it is reported, was
crossing the highway from a side-
| road. His truck was hit broadside by
a Dodge sedan occupied by two At-
I lanta ladies traveling toward Co-
1 lumbus. The pick-up was overturned
j several times. Mr. Adams, according
1 to eye witnesses was knocked sev-
j eral feet into the air and fell with
: the top of his head striking the
; pavement. His skull was fractured ia
the erection of the buildings.
Mr. A. Conner has been awarded
the contract for grading the field
and preparing the runways. He will
arrive here about September 1st. .
Immediately following grading , !>e ^^ a A p
work the field will be lighted and
the erection of a tall and pwoerful
of the firm's 1
irvices
;enera! knowledge
iperation. I
Mr. Callaway is the son of Mr |
morette Callaway of Talbotton. Ha j
raduated from the Talbotton High 1
bool and received his degree m | Ila){ . number 0 f death in the com-
•lectricial engineering ^ from ^Auburn , parative perjod of im
Safety Commissioner Lon Sullivan
niversity, Auburn, Ala. He
ember of the American Institute of
eetric Engineers.
Others members of the personnel |
if the Taylor County R. B. A. are j
iliss Louise Hill, bookkeeper and j
[rs. Loui c e Waters, clerk. j
Members of the hoard of directors I
f this firm include: Messrs H. W.
ppington, J. H. Neisler, F. H. Ta-
r, M. S. Vinson, B. T. McDaniel
d E F. Parr and Mrs. Chas. Mc
Kenzie and Mrs. H. E. Taylor.
The Taylor County Corporaeion
distributes electricity throughout the
ral areas of Taylor, Crawford,
Peach, Houston, Macon, Marion and
hattahoochee counties, and also
serves large seections of Bibb, Mus-
ogee and Talbot counties.
Mr. E. H. Morrison
Schley County Tax
Collector Dies Wed.
reported that the total for Georgia
was 319 deaths, 24 less than last
year. By districts, the death toll fol
lows:
Griffin 50
Cartersville 39
Gainesville 19
Madison 24
Americus 30
Thomasville
Perry
Washington
Swainsboro 60
Waycross 34
(Note: Ten otl
cated by districts
1939 toll of 343).
1940
1939
... 50
72
39
30
19
25
- 24
29
30
23
27
27
. 23
28
_ 7
16
__ 66
44
34
28
deaths
not lo-
e included in the
H.
Mrs. Dave Hutcherson
Dies at Her Home In
Talbot County Monday
Mrs. Dave Hutcherson, 73 years of
amusements.
5-15 to 6 p. m. Classes will be
taught on the following subjects:
(1) Recreation.
(2) Community Service and
Missions.
(3) Worship.
(4) Personal Religion.
(5) Adults Working with Youth.
6 to 7 p. m. Picnic supper on
Parsonage Lawn. (Bring sandwiches
when you come to church at 5 p. nv.)
7 to 7-30 p. m. Forums.
7- 30 to 8-30 Worship. Everybody
invited.
8- 30 to 9:30 p. m. Recreation.
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock
will be Personal Religion hour.
Friday night the Consecration and
Candle Light Service will begin at
7:30.
The public is extended an invita
tion to attend the worship services
each night from 7-30 to 8-30.
The Caravan will be composed of:
Miss Bessie Miller, Cairo Ga.
Miss Edna Earl Reynolds, Camay,
Arkansas.
Roy Mauser, Calhoun, La.
Jim Livesey, Jackson, Miss.
Miss Dorothy Burkhart, Corsicana,
Texas.
Every young person in Butler and
Taylor county twelve years of age
and up, is cordially invited to share
in the spiritual feast that these five
visitors will bring to the community.
He was highly respected by his i beacon light will begin,
many friends throughout this section. 1 it is anticipated that the field will
He was a hard working man and a 1 be in operation around the first of
good provider for his family. In; January. ,
early life he became a member of j _ .
Turner's Chapel Freewill Baptist
church.
Funeral services were held for him
at his residence at two o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon. Interment was in
Turner's Chapel cemetery.
Goddard's Funeral Home, Reynolds
was in charge of arrangements.
County Forest Ranger
To Be Selected By
Forestry Board Today
Vital Importance of
Preserving Private Estatesj Range" 1
From Legal Intanglements
The Taylor County Forestry Board
is scheduled to meet at the court
house Thursday—today—for the pur
pose of selecting a County Forest
Mr. Adams was rushed to a Thom- ‘
aton hospital where he died Friday
j night having never regained con
sciousness since the accident.
I A negro riding in the back of the
I truck sustained a fractured leg and
other bruises about the body. An-
cther negro riding in the truck cab
by the side of Mr. Adams was not
injured. Neither of the ladies in th 1
car were hurt.
The truck and the automobile
were both badly damaged.
Mr. Adams was a member of a
large and influential Taylor county
I family. He was a native of Butler.
! Mr. Adams was known by his fel-
] lawmen to have lived a life of serv-
j ice. He was always willing to be of
service to others. During his lifetime
he was a liberal contributor to the
church and those in need. He lived
a life of service and aid to his par-
He had many friends in the busi-
nes world with whom he did business.
He appreciated the friendship of the
people with whom lie had business
dealinfs and wanted them to count
him as their friend.
Survivors are his father, Mr. H. CL
seven
Rev. Wallace Mangram
Ellaville, Ga., July 31—Edgar
wrison, Schley county tax collector i age, died at r.ei nome m
- r the past 15 years, died unexpect- I trict of Talbot coun > i on > • _
IZrJZSZZ I Arrives In Reynolds
Mr. Morrison only recently had
teen elected to a new term as tax
wllector.
Funeral serv ices Thursday at 3 p. mourn the loss of
at the Ellaville Methodist church 1 mother and sister.
County officers will serve as honorar- '• Miss Vassie, as she was affec-1 logical student ae Emory Lmvers.ty
ary pallbearers and Masons will have : tlona tely known to all, will be arrived in Reynolds several days ago | haraea.
She is survived by her husband, rn - Ao<,jo4- Rny Smith
eight children, several grand-children 10 ASSISI IU5Y. dllllUl
one brother, and one sister who j
devoted wife, ,
‘ Rev. Wallace T. Mangram, theo-
charge of burial rites.
Revival Services Closed j went an
May at Antioch Church
forgetting self. She was a
missed She was of a cheerful dis- j to assist Rev. J. D. Smith, pastor
' . ^ 1 of the Reynolds-Crowell Methodist
|H She'cast sunshine wherever she charge for the remainder of the sum-
,1 bad a kind word for all mer.
she came in contact, Rev. Mangram has already organ-
of others and ized about 40 young people in the
member Taylor Mill area and about 30 young
Revival services closed
■ 'Sht at Antioch Baptist church. The
''rival meeting was started with a
Pome-coming July 21 and was en-
.mi'il by all who attended.
I! ' v. Robert T. Jones, of Macon,
-irected the music and Rev. H. B.
‘ Uepberd, pastor, did the preaching
' he members were received for
uptism, and this ordinance will he
“'"'mistered August 18th at the
“lurch pool.
Hand tuning
„f the Methodist church for a number people in the Crowell section. Under
, of the ! his leadership a splendid religious
' ay "interment was at Norwich ceme- 1 and recreational program is already
tery.
Revival Services Begin
At Midway Church
Next Sunday Aug. 4
Mr. R. D. Frankiln, assistant di
rector of the state division of fores-
i tr y- wiH meet with , ‘ he board ‘ Ws ents7 brothers* and'sis^.'
occasion. Mr. Franklin will outline 1
(By Walter E. Steed) j the duties of the board and of the
A former client of mine who, with ranger,
considerable experience in the prac-1 The ranger must have a degree in
tical world of affairs, recently called forestry before being able to qualify
my attention to the waste and for this position. It is understood j
disipation of small estates after long that five applications will be con- ,
labors of their creators on account of sidered, one of which will be select-j Adamg . seven brothers, J. Henry
the neglect of their owners to make ed by the board. He will be named as Adamg> Macon; A. C., A. E., M. L.
any provision by will, or otherwise to County Forest Ranger. 1 >nd N E Adams all of this city; A.
thei r children or heirs-at-law. [ The .Ranger selected by the board B ftnd c]ifford AdamS) Reynolds;
He cited several instances coming will probably assume duties on or twQ gisters Mrg Lester Bazemore of
under his personal observation of before the 15th of August. Macon and Mrs. M. E. Haywood of
how many of his personal friends i The forestry program was adopted Butlef
and acquaintances had labored and by the County Commissioners at a Funera , gervice8 werfi he)d fm ^
saved up estates which at the time of recent meeting. The program is for Adamg at j j Sunday mom-
their passing away amounted to sev- the primary purpose of preventing ing at Antioc h church near here,
eral thousands of dollars, some of and controlling forest fires. This Rev g H _ shepherd, pastor of the
which on an actual appraisement, protection will extend to all acres in churc h and R ev . E.H. Dunn a former
amounted to small fortunes, and sug-, T'ayior county. j pastor, officiated. Interment was in
gested that while the great majority 1 Sixty per cent of the cost of for- Ant j oc b cemetery,
of owners of small or large estates 1 est protection in the county will be Out-of-county attendants at the fu-
would read and let such suggestions paid by the county and the other nera | jnc | uded; Mr. and Mrs. Pleas
go by unheeded, that it might inspire forty per cent by the State Forestry, Adamg> Mr and Mrg L u Parker
some few, at least, to make suitable Division. ... and Leonard Parker Jr., of Talbotton
provision for their children and rela- The County Forestry board is ,p j^ p ar j e y and T. F. Reeves, Mr.
tives by will or otherwise for the composed of the following: Messrs and Mrfi c H Coc h ran andl jq r- j l.
disposition of their properties. I am, G. C. Smith, Butler; Frank Callahan HmS(m of Thomaston . Mrs . Fre<J
therefore, adopting this suggestion K u pert; W. A. Jarrell Carsonville; p owell Mrg Laura Adams and Mr.
and taking the time to pass it on to Hugh Perkins, Howard; J. B. Byrd, L B sh ard of Macon>
your readers—a s a public voluntary Reynolds; one of the County Com-
service, if, indeed, it can be so re- ■ missioners; and one of the members
of the State Forestry Division.
During my many years of general 1
practice, I have known the waste and
costs incident to the division and
litigation of estates, both small and
large, which in some instances have
resulted in the destruction and dissi-
pation of estates for sheer lack of |
direction by will, or otherwise, one Erom Talbotton New Era:
of which, at least amounted to many Mrs. J. H. Jackson, age 83, died
thousands of dollars in this imme- suddenly at her home in Junction City C. Stone to be registered and fitted
diate county. Saturday. She was a native of Tal- with regular Boy Scout uniforms.
hot county and was beloved by all Col. Stone stated that there are
who knew her. She was a faithful several more members of the local
member of the Junction City Baptist Scout Troop who will obtain their
church . uniforms within a few days.
Funeral services were conducted at Members of the local Scout Troop
Mrs. J. H, Jackson
Dies at Junction City
Seven Local Boy Scouts
Obtained Regulation
Uniforms Yesterday
Seven young men of the Butler
Boy Scout Troop went to Columbus
yesterday with Scout Master Chas.
Manufacturer's Representative
Ustc r Pianos.
, C. W. SMITH
^ • Lorilon St. Thomaston, Ga.
Telephone No. 56
underway in both of these communi
ties.
A program which will include
baseball, football and tennis teams,
in being worked out for the young
i folks of Reynolds. The full outline of
I the program will be given by Rev.
■ Mangram at the Reynolds Methodist
i Rev'. Mangram 0 hT*had a great J pr0 P ert y. maybe the accumulations of
will be assisted by Rev
held, of Macon, who will
preaching. , ,
The public is codnally invited
attend these services.
deal of experience in the leadership
young people.
The public is cordially invited to
ar him at the Reynolds M
do • the ; church next Sunday morning,
1 ° f ^ peopie
" Rev. M. T. Ga ul tn _ey v ;- a --; d | h the Reynolds Methodist
In addition to the orderly and
peaceful division and gifts of proper
ties of estates by will, it not only
preserves and conserves the proper
ties of the father, mother, uncle, 1
aunt or any other testator, but such the Baptist church in Junction City are: Emory Gilbert, LeRoy Gee, Wal-
owner of any kind of an estate has a (, nine o'clock Sunday morning by j ter Almgreen, Herman Johnson, Al-
| the satisfaction of knowing that his : Rev. E. H. Dunn of Butler. ton Heath, Homer Rogers Jr., Billy
Mrs. Jackson is survived by one Pennington, Edwin Allen, Thomas
life-time, will descend to his heirs brother, Mr. W. S Palmer of Jackson. Mathews and James Garrett.
according to his wishes and desires. Miss., one sister, Mrs Georgia Lump- |
kin of Woodland and several nieces FARM FOR SALE •
and nephews.
Rev. Smith, pastor of the church
to will deliver the Sunday morning mes-
I sage.
Then, too, it prevents much famils
disagreements and heartaches which
frequently snap assunder domestic
relationships, causing life-long fami
ly feuds and hatreds which might
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1 For the latest designs, see the new
Hollywood Patterns o f the month at
Maxwell's 5c and 10c Store in Butler.
Farm located hear Griffin and
Barnesville and situated on a fine
market road. See or write
J. B. WOOD, Griffin, Ga.