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KEEPING everlastingly at is the secret of success
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1942
A Tribute...
To
. E. F. Parr
By CAROLYN KILBY
Bread for the living is better
flowers for the dead." Do Vou
something good about a
or neighbor? Tell him abou
fell others about it. The Herald
you to do this through its
imns.
motion picture industry has
unique custom of selecting
outstanding performers and
rding them An Oscar, which is
.ickname fora small statue or
'ness and is presented to them
outstanding performance dur-
the year.
s recent Jubilee gives us a
example in the 750 word por-
by high school students of
'pie Who Have Meant Most to
Community."
troduce a friend of yours so
may know them better and so
may know the appreciation
hold for them.
elow we are giving you a good
mple:
the citizen of my county
in my opinion, has contribut-
the State of Georgia most, I
chosen Emory F. Parr, who
bred and buttered” in Tay-
county.
father was a very fine far-
and during his boyhood years
Parr was very interested in
life; but as Mr. Parr grew
manhood his inclinations and,
itions were constantly calling
away from farm life. So when
received his high school and
education, he became a
teacher and taught in the
iols of Taylor county for three
In this capacity he made a
contribution to many boys
girls who now give him much
he credit for any success they
made in life.
Parr was a true citizen and a
patriotic person. So soon after
World War No. One began, he
nteered as a private in the
Although Mr. Parr didn't
an officers’ training camp he
from the ranks and served two
France as a Lieutenant,
ivas honorably discharged from
army in 1919 and was thus
led to return to the United
s.
1920 Mr. Parr entered the busi-
world in Atlanta with the
on Wholesale Music Company,
entering the business, Mr.
became secretary and
surer, and later sales manager.
1926 Mr. Parr terminated his
ection with the Edison Com-
and organized the Atlanta
Company, a wholesale Cor
don, covering the Southern
s. In this corporation Mr. Parr
made vice-president and gen-
manager. In 1929 Mr. Parr sold
MRS. M. B. PITTMAN
GETS UNDATED LETTER
FROM HER SON, DUKE
Friends and Relatives Hopeful That
Letter Means Young Man Was
Not on Ill-Fated Ship.
Monday, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pitt
man of Mauk, received an undated
letter from their son, Duke Pitt
man, who at that time was not on
a ship but stationed at San Fran
cisco, Calif.
The Pittmans werenotified by na
val officials several days ago that
both of their sons, Messrs Duke and
Clyde Pittman, were among those
missing following the sinking of
the U. S. Cruiser Houston, oft
lava by Japanese forces.
Mr. and Mrs. Pittman as well as
their numerous friends hope this
letter from their son, although un
dated, means that these two young
men were not aboard the ill fated
cruiser at the time of its disaster.
Duke’s letter to his mother is i
follows:
“Dear Mother:
“I am only going to write
Ohort note. There is so little that I
can write about. I am not with C,
B. now, my address is care Office
Commander U. S. Asitic Fleet, San
Francisco. I am not aboard ship at
the present time, but may go back
to the same ship any time. I un
derstand the duty I am on right
now is temporary. As far as I know
C. B. is OK. 1 sure would like to
see him. I guess he is pretty home
sick and lonesome. I am well and
thinking of all of you. Sherman
was right when he said, "war is
hell.” I am beginning to agree
with him. I have seen nothing but
bombings and they are not fun
don’t believe any of us will let
you all down, and we are both
counting on being at home.before
the war is finished in the Atlantic.
1 am sure we will get home before
theyear is out. Neither one of us
have received any mail since war
was declared, so you can see that
we are anxious to hear from you.
Give my love to all,
“Duke.”
"P. S.:—Did not get chance to
put this in the mail yet so will add
a line or two. I have a very good
place to eat now, and my living
quarters are fair. I am having
trouble getting my clothes washed
but think I can manage. I still
have had no mail from you all.
“Give my love to all, Duke".
GOVERNOR BARS
ANY NEW TAXES
TO MEET SLUMP
Asserts State Can Carry on
Through Fiscal Year by Strict
Economy in All Departments.
Atlanta, March 24—Gov. Tal-
madge said Moday that he would
not condone any new taxes in
Georgia to meet the great slump
in state revenue.
In a budget letter to all depart
ment heads the Governor said he
believed the state can carry on
through the present calendar year
by strict economy and cutting ex
penditures to the bone. He said
that he would not approve any in
creased expenditures for an ex
pansion of services.
Warned by State Auditor B. E.
Thrasher Jr., that the present
shrinkage in state gasoline taxes
indicates a loss of $7,00,000 dur
ing the present year, the Governor
said that the economies he had al
ready put into effect will help save
the situation.
“I believe that we can carry on
the operations of the state’s neces
sary functions, common schools,
old-age pensions, highway main
tenance, higher ’education, health
and hospitals without any new
taxes,” he said.
The Chief Executive signed a
check for $2,666,790 to pay coun
ty highway certificates that will
become due on March 25.
State Auditor Thrasher said that
this payment will leave $8,000,000
still due on the county refunding
debt of $26,666,000, which the
state assumed in 1935 .
The balance amounts to three
annual payments and would have
been paid up in full in 1945, but
the legislature waived three pay
ments during the Rivers admin
istration and discounted the war
rants so that they will become pay-
ablein 1946, 1947 and 1948.
“Keep in mind »that you can
lighten the future tax burden of
our people in these times when
every effort will be concentrated in
bringing victory, by watching ev
SHOWS FOR WEEK
AT DEAN THEATRE
Sun. & Mon.: Preserving all the
charm and artistic integrity of the
„ ! stage production, 20th Century Fox
company and returned to Tay- . e taken he Broadway hit,
noum y in 193 °- I “Rememberthe .Day”, and trans
1931 Mr. Parr organized a| late( j j t j n t 0 the stirring dramatic
try co-operative, which at the The picture is a personal tri-
nning covered the sale of poul- umph f or lovely Claudette Colbert,
products of approximately! wh0 proves once again that she is
ty-five farmers, located in the tops as dramatic actress. Spanning
some of the most exciting years of
our times, the story shows Clau
dette as the inspiration of two men
one destined to be called to the
counties of Taylor, Macon,
Crawford.
short time after this business
n Mr. Parr applied for a char
n which he and the farmers
certain agreements porta in-
l° the sale of the poultry. Af-
he charter was obtained the
nization was named Crowell
[ ry Farms, because Crowell is
immunity in which he was
and now lives and in which
business is conducted,
ce the beginning of this com-
( y venture in 1931, the money
' of poultry and poultry prod-
have grown from approxi-
■y $1,000 per annum to $150,-
Also, Mr. Parr has brought
into the community over
service to defend his
ideals—the
Presidential
other to become
nominee. John Payne has the ro
mantic lead and comes through
with a sincere and moving per
formance in the role of the young
lieutenant, Dan Hopkins. A man
of action, is John Shepherd, a new
star who is "going to stardom,
and give splendid preferences. A
carefully chosen supporting cast
contributes a flawless performance
Included in the cast are Ann Todd
Jane Seymore, ^Fredia Nescort.
Wed. &Thurs.: "H. M. Pulham
Esa ” a popular novel, by J- ”•
Marquand has been filmed by Me-
tro. Heddy Lamar has the lading
role, which required her to discard
her glamorous bob for long h
SPECIAL SERVICES
AT METHODIST
CHURCH SUNDAY
Home'Coming Day At Sand Bethel
Near Rupert Will Be Observed
Next Sunday.
Special services will be held at
the Butler Methodist church next
Sunday morning and evening.
Rev. J. D. Smith, pastor of the
Reynolds Methodist church will
conduct the morning service.
Rev. G. N. Rainey, Columbus
District Superintendent, will have
charge of the evening service.
The local pastor, Rev. F. J. Gil
bert, will conduct a home-coming
day at Sand Bethel near Rupert
on the same day. Rev. Gilbert will
have as a visiting pastor at Sand
Bethel on tills day Rev. Tom B.
Stanford, of Macon.
Mr. Fred Rustin will have charge
of the special musical program at
Sand Bethel on this occasion.
Dinner will be served on the
church grounds at the noon hour.
Sand Bethel is one of the oldest
churches in the county and has
recently been completely remodel
ed.
Services at Sand Bethel will be
gin at 11 a. m. and 3:30 p. m.
Services at the local church will
begin at 11 a. m. and 8-30 p. m.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend each of these services.
New Priority Rating
Set For April 1st To
Affect All Industry
Wshington — A fundamental
change in priorities system, de
signed in effect to 'bring yirtuallyt^hi
all industry under the production
requirements plan, took the nation
a long step closer Mondy to the
goal of gearing the whole Ameri
can economy into the war program
Effective April 1, most blanket
priority ratings now on the War
„ _ Production board's books will be
ery expenditure you make and ask- revoked or allowed to expire. Com
ing yourself if such expenditure. pn i es operating under such ratings
will lead toward additional state
taxes,” the Governor wrote depart
ment heads. “If so, have no hesi
tancy in eliminating the expendi
ture."
Local Firms Begin
Half - Day Closing
Today At 1-00 P. M.
TEN TAYLOR CO. MEN
LEAVE FOR INDUCTION
INTO ARMY TUESDAY
Induction Includes Two Volunteers
And Eight Draftees; All Are
White Men.
We, the undersigned merchants
and business firms of Butler, agree
to close our places of business on
Thursday of each wees: i eginning
Thursday, March 26th, and to con
tinue closing through Tlunsdflyj]
August 27th. The hopr of closing j indicate a tighter control over in
Svill be 1 o'clock p. m., War Time, i ven t or ies, and prompt requisition-
An exception will be made to 1 j n g 0 f idle stocks of scarce Tna-
this rule during court week when | t er ial s . Various industries are be-
these places of business will re- (ln g told to sell certain stock to the
main open throughout the day on government, at set prices, or face
will be required to apply for priori-
tiesaid under PRP.”
This plan, announced last Decem
ber,already has been extended to a
number of companies. Under it, a
company makes a single applica
tion covering all of its materials
requirements for a three-months
period. Ratings are assigned on the
basis of indicated importance of
the company's products to the war
effort or essential civilian needs.
WPB thus will be able to exrecise
closer control over the flow of raw
materials to industry and improve
its efforts toas sure that "first
things come first.”
Trends in WPB operations also
Ten Taylor county white men are
scheduled for induction into the
Army next Tuesday. They will go
to Ft. McPherson, according to Mr.
H. K. Sealy, clerk of the local
draft board.
Two of the ten registrants are
volunteers. They are James Hinton
Harris of Butler, son of Mrs. Lucy
Belle Harris, and James Robert
Lail of Butler, son of Mrs. Pearl
Lail.
The remaining eight men are
draftees. They are: Leonard Albert
Smith, of Butler; John Robert
Parks, of Howard, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Parks; John Dovard
Green of Butler, son of Mr. J. F.
Green; Ennis Ray Luck, of Howard
Willis Windham, of Reynolds, son
of Mrs. R M. Windham; Willie
Jack James, of Butler, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. James; John Doug
las Purvis, of Charing, son of Mrs.
E. H. Morrison; and Marvin James
Youngblood who is registered with
the local board but transferred to
Inverness, Fla., and is leaving from
that city for induction into the
army.
Mrs. W. C. Sealy
Sponsors In Launching
Of Twin Ships
Mrs. W. C. Sealy, whose husband
is a resident in surgery at Duke
hospital, and whose father is chief
of construction for the U. S. Mari
time Commission, was in Baltimore
Maryland, on Saturday, March
w ii f t e ‘ she 'was
sponsor with her mother in the
twin launching of Liberty ships.
This is believed to be the first
time in the history of the Maritime
Commission that a mother and
daughter have participated to*,
gether in a joint launching.
The Francis Lightfoot Lee was
sponsored by Mrs. L. R. Sanford of
Washington, mother of Mrs. Sealy
andthe George Calvert, was spon
sored by Mrs. Sealy. The launch
ings were at 11:30 and 12 o'clock,
noon.
The vessels, fourteenth and fit
teenth launched at the yard since
September, are of 10,000 tons each.
The above was taken from the
Baltimore and Durham papers of
Sunday, March 15.
Dr. W. C. Sealy is the son of Mr
and Mrs. H. K. Sealy of Reynolds
Price Of Eggs Pegged
Af 29 Cents Per Doz.
NUMBER 22
TAYLOR CO. COURT
POSTPONED WEEK,
JUDGE IN FLORIDA
Regular April Term to Convene
Monday, April 13; Official
Order Appears Elsewhere-
Thursday.
E. H. Bazemore
W. H. Trussell
The Cross Shop
Oscar Drelzin
Cash Grocery Co.
j. W. McKenzie
Mrs. Bertha Bazemore
W. H. Brown
City Barber Shop
B. J. Byrd
Joiner Brothers
Doyel's Store
Bert's Beauty Shop
John M. Cox
Alene's Beauty Shop
Suwannee Store
Negro Farmers* Conference
Proves Most Successful
The Reyonlds Colored High Ag
ricultural & Home Economics De-
youth’to middle age, It was deem- {^^"program recently at which
she was tf one for the role. th B eme „, ea was , -Feed
Robert Young, who also g "Freedom.”
youth to middle age, was chosen Fo Jroxlmately three thousand
as the best one to share Miss La ^^chicks were purchased as a
mar's opportunity to ** re sult of this program.
lng performances in difflTOK
demanding roles, he piays Pulham
Ruth Hussey plays the No ^ E "^
land girl. Others selected in the
supporting cast are Charles
Ooon r yearS a PP roximately Marquand! has been filmed by
K ron i the sale of poultry V.amar has the lea
e R£!s for the farmers.
1934 Mr. Parr was elected Tay- I
7^1 Representative and and classlc knot and pass from
A *D , S„7 1 h“i «“ m “ le '- l
iicecl an egg grading law,
1 ra| sed the price of eggs from
° ton cents per dozen. Thru
efforts at building up a mar-
r the farmers Mr. Parr has
ea at Macon one of the best
0 s from the standpoint of
n United States.
1935 Mr. Parr started working
icials of the Georgia Power
,? ny looking toward the con-'
non of
burn, and Bonita Granville.
, Fri. & Sat.: Lynn Barri, and Alan
an electric light line' r tls j n <-we Go East. Also the
Reynolds to Fickling's Mill In thre e musqulteers in, “Code of the
tTurn to Page 6; No. 1) Outlaws."
LIVESTOCK FOR SALE
Two work mules for sale cheap.
Also several young cows that will
be fersh-in right away, ^vo elec
tric brooders 500-capacity. See call
or write at once.
M. A. LIFSEY, Reynolds, Ga,
the probability that the inventories
will be seized.
Co-Op Poultry Sale
Tuesday, March 31
A co-operative poultry sale will
beheld in the county next Tuesday
at the following points:
Reynolds: Tuesday, 3 p. m.
Butler: Tuesday, 4 p. m.
R. L. Warren bids as follows:
Colored hens 17c
Leghorn Hens 15c
Cox 11c
Turkey Hens 23c
Turkey Toms 17c
Dux 10c
Eggs, per case .... $7.50
Stuffed poultry doesn't ship well.
Taylor County Poultry Club,
E. G. Blackwell, Co. Agt
COTTON GINNERS REPORT
There were 4,685 bales of cotton
ginned in Taylor county from the
crop of 1941 for the entire season
as compared with 6,854 bales for
the entire crop of 1940.
SEED POTATOES FOR SALE
Porto Rico Seed Sweet Potatoes
Cor sale, for sale. Enough to supply
any reasonable demands. See or
write for prices.
R. L. Philmon, Butler, Ga., R. 2.
The April term of Taylor Superior
court scheduled to convene here on
the first Monday In April has been
postponed one week and will com
mence on Monday, April 13, with
Judge George C. Palmer of Colum
bus, presiding.
Court has been postponed due to
the fact that Judge Palmer will be
in Florida on business at the regu
lar time of court for this county.
The local bar association re
quested Judge Palmer to postpone
court one week rather than to ask a
visiting Judge to preside.
Solicitor General, Hubert Calhoun
andCourt Reporter R. O. Perkins
will be present during the April
session of court.
Primitive Baptists Of
This Section Plan Group ,
Meeting At Talbotton
Ellavllle March 23—Elder S. H.
McCorble, moderator of the Upatoie
Primitive Baptist Association, has
announced a union meeting to be
held at Shiloh church, in Talbot
county beginning Friday and con
tinuing through Sunday of this
week.
Delegates and visitors are ex
pected to be present from Mt. Mo
riah church In Muscogee county.
County Line church, in Chattahoo
chee county, Mt. Pisgah church in
Marion county; Mt. Paron. church,
in Talbot county. Ministers expect
ed to be present are, Elders Cayce
Phillips, Ellaville, Morgan Wil
liams, Columbus, M. W. Walker,
Richland, S. H. McCorkle, Ella
ville.
Pegging of the U. S. No. 1 egg
price at 29c was repotted due for
Georgia poultrymen by L. S. Trim
ble and J. W. Denson, Macon men
sent by the agricultural council to
a meeting In Atlanta Tuesday
The two attended a session call
ed by Tom Linder, commissioner of
agriculture, to follow federal mar
keting and grading specialists to
discuss the national egg-buying
program.
Mr. Denson said that the govern
ment is offering to buy assembled
and graded eggs to strengthen the
market and supply armys tores.
The buying agency will take
amounts from 10 cases up.
Several points In Georgia will be
designated as assembly spots and
Macon looms as one of them.
“The 29c price has not been
made definite in Georgia as yet,"
Mr. Denson explained. “It is the
considered price, however, and it is
expected to apply in the next few
days. Prices have alr4ady been set
in other states."
The program will teach farmers
of the area the value of culling and
careful handling of eggs, Mr. Den
son said. "This should react to the
benefit of the industry even after
the war.”
CAR FOR SALE
Roosevelt Deeds Property
In Georgia To Warm
Springs Foundation
New York, March 23—President
Roosevelt has deeded all his Geor
gia properties, with the exception
of the “Little White House,” to the
Warm Springs Foundation for in
fantile paralysis, Basil O’Connor,
president of the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis, said
Monday.
O'Connor declined to discuss the
transaction except to say that the
gift included the farm lands with
all equipment, livestock, and
buildings.
Mr. E. A. Hollis
Back At Home;
Condition Better
One 1929 Chevrolet Coup In
good mechanical condition; four
good tires. For further information
call or write,
H. C. Bond Jr., Reynolds, Ga.
FOR SALE: Day-old N. Hamp
shire Baby Chicks at 12c each;
every Friday.
. Esselstyn, Howard, Ga.
The many friends of Mr. Ed A.
Hollis will be glad to learn that
he has returned to his home after
undergoing an operation at a Ma
con hospital several days ago. Mr.
Hollis’ condition is reported as
much better.
Mr. Hollis plans to return to the
Macon hospital in about two or
three weeks for another operation.
Barbecue Dinner
Mon. Night, Apr. 13
The local P. T. A. will sponsor a
barbecue dinner at the Butler
school lunch room Monday night;
Apirl 13. Everyone invited to at
tend.
COTTON SEED FOR SALE
Coker 4 & 1 strain 4, wilt-resis
tant and Ceresan treated. One
year from breeders—Cokers Farm—
to to 1 1-8 inch staple and 37 per
cent lint. Germination test 90 and
above. Call or see me at once.
T. L. Fountain, Butler, Ga.
HELP WANTED
MOVIE OPERATORS AND MAN
AGERS BUTLER DISTRICT MOVIE
CIRCUIT WORK. 1622 Rhodes
Haverty Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.