Newspaper Page Text
VOLUME 66
The Butler Herald
^ ••KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS'' ? ! ■ •
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1942
NUMBER 46
TAYLOR COUNTY MEN
Serving
IN ARMED FORCES
TWO OF TAYLOR COUNTY’S PIONEER
CITIZENS DIE IN DISTANT CITIES
DURING THE PAST WEEK END
Mr. Edwin P. Jones, 22, son of
Mrs. Myrtle Rhodes Jones and the
late Mr. Bailey Jones, of Reynolds,
has been made a Staff Sergeant
Pilot in the Army Air Force. He re
ceived his "wings” at the gradua
tion exercises held at Spence,
Moultrie, Ga., last Sunday. Sgt.
Jones was graduated from Reynolds
High School and attended Abraham
Baldwin at Tifton. He was accepted
for aviation student training at
Maxwell Field Jan. 24, 1942. Those
from thsi section attending the
graduating exercises at Moultrie
Sunday include Mrs. L. R. Adams,
of Butler, Mrs. Jones and Mr. Roy
Jones of Reynolds, mother and
brother respectively of the avia
tor.
Mr. Harold Davis and Mr. Julian
Anglin, both of the U. S. Navy,
stationed at Norfolk,Va., spent last
week with their respective families
here. Upon their return to Norfolk
Mr. Anglin will be assigned to a
ship and Mr. Davis has made ap
plication to attend a trade school
near the Great Lakes.
Corporal Hubert Payne of Au
gusta was the week end guest of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Payne. Corp. Payne was recently
promoted from Private First Class
to Corporal. He is in the Air Corps
ground prew.
Sgt. Bernard J. Fuller, who has
been stationed at Camp Rucker,
Ozark, Ala., for the past several
months has been transferred to Ft.
Benning where he will attend the
Motor Mechanics Technical School
for three months.
Pvt. Mitchell Turner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Nat Turner of Rupert, who
• has been stationed at Ft. McLellan
Ala., has been transferred to Ft.
Dix, N. J. Pvt. Turner, who before
entering the service was a Rural
Letter Carrier at Rupert, is in the
Postal Replacement Pool.
Pvt. Ralph B..McCants, son of Mr
.-.•nd Mm R. E^MoCants, of Butler
has been transferred from Miami
Beach, Fla., to Chamite Field* 111.
Corp. John Turk, son of Mrs. T.
G. Turk of Butler, was recently ad
vanced from Private to Corporal.
Mr. Turk is now stationed at Camp
Blanding, Fla.
Pvt. Raymond Parks has been
transferred from Walla Walla,
Wash., to New York, N. Y. He is in
the 401st Bomb. Sqd.
Mr J. C- Driskell, son of Mr. and
Mrs O T. Driskell of Butler, who is
serving in the U. S. Navy is a mem
ber of the Gun Crew and sailed
recently from Brooklyn, N. Y.
Below we are pleasend to publish
several letters recently received
from Taylor county young men now
serving in the armed forces of the
nation. Norfolk( Va _ Sep . 2, 1942.
Charles E. Benns Jr.
Butler Ga.
Dear Charlie: '
Permit me this opportunity to
express my gratitude for the receipt
ofThe Butler Herald, Georgia's
leading weekly newspaper, each
week. I look forward to its arrival
'',"havf“Snly »i«y,d real.™
the'letters to Mrs. Pittman, of Mauk
from her valorous and brave son.
She certainly must feel a gratifying
sense of pride and satisfaction to
know her sons are doing more than
theh share to defeat the purpose
of the Axis, as do other Taylor
county mothers whose sons are in
lh Th“wla“a* ml.y
Paid. a J.‘i.JMiX
Rites Here Sunday for Mrs. R, R-
Phillips; Was Recent Reynolds
Resident.
Funeral Services for Mrs. L. R.
Wright Held in Macon at Noon
Tuesday.
Reynolds and Taylor county as a
whole lost one of their oldest and
most beloved citizens in the pass
ing of Mrs. Harriet Respess Phillips
who died suddenly Saturday af
ternoon about 5:30 o'clock when
she fell in one of the
rooms of her home at Reynolds.
Her death preceded by only a few
minutes her customary late after
noon stroll through her flower gar
den which she so highly prized.
Mrs Phillips' death was at
tributed to a heart attack. Follow
ing her fall a physician was sum
moned,who responded quickly, and
pronounced her dead on arrival at
her home.
Mrs. Phillips was born in Upso.n
county, Ga., July 22, 1858, the
daughter of Elder John Richard
Respess and Mrs. Eleanor
Respess, the family moving to But
ler about 1865 when Elder Respess
practically of his own resources
erected a beautiful church building
on a tract of land in Butler near the
present school building and of
which he served as pastor until
the time of his death in 1895, and
at the same time edited and pub
lished the Gospel Messenger, the
official organ of the Primitive Bap
tist church of Georgia and a num
ber of other Southern States. Mrs.
Respess,wife of the Elder and moth
er of Mrs. Phillips, preceded her
husband in death by about ten
years.
In early life the deceased mar
ried Mr. Rufus R. Phillips, a prom
inent business man of this section
and for a number of years Mayor
of Butler. They reared to
womanhood five lovely daugh
ters who have been an honor to the
name and a credit to the respective
communities iql which thev reside
and 'establishing families of theii
own. The surviving daughters are:
Mrs.' Lewis Lucas of Barnesville;
Mrs. S. H. Bryan, of Reynolds; Mrs.
R. C. Blanks of Concord; Mrs. W.O.
Tarver of Savannah; and Miss
Margaret Phillips, of Reynolds.
She* is survived also by the follow
ing sisters: Mrs. Pulaski Holt, of
Rome; and Mrs Arthur Bussey, of
Columbus; also the following grand
children: Capt. Phillips Bryan, Ft.
Oglethorpe; J. P. Tarver, Bainbndge
Mrs. J. L. Jones of Jacksonville;
Mrs. James Cooke of Virginia; Mrs.
r. N. Morrison of Savannah; Miss
Lucy Bryan of Reynolds and Mary
Baldwin College, Va., and Sydney
Bryan Jr., of Reynolds.
The remains of Mrs. Phillips were
laid to rest in the family lot, But
ler fcemetery, Sunday afternoon at
four o'clock with an impressive fu
neral service conducted by Rev. J.
D. Smith, pastor of the Reynolds
Methodist church, with the follqw-
ing acting as pallbearers: Messrs
Howard Eubanks, F. M. Carson,
Clav Bryan, David Montfort, Wal-
ton Hodges and Dr. H. C. Whatley
Mrs. Phillips was a truly conse
crated Christian woman. Her life
was one of devoted service to her
Master, her children, grand-children
and other loved ones. She was a
member of the Primitive Baptist
church from early childhood.
Those from out of town attending
the funeral included: Mrs. Pulaski
Holt of Rome; Mrs. Arthur Bussey,
Mr John Bussey, Mr. and Mrs. Neill
and Mrs. Charles
Funeral services for Mrs. Geral
dine Tomlin Wright, widely known
and greatly beloved Butler-Macon
citizen, were held at her late resi
dence, 254 College Street, Macon, at
noon Tuesday followed by inter
ment in the family burial lot in
Riverside cemetery , the last sad
rites being conducted by Dr. George
Stores, pastor of the Mulberry Street
Methodist Church of which Mrs.
Wright was an active member since
her removal to Macon from Butler
more than fifty years ago where
she took a leading part in the Sun
day school, Missionary Society and
other departmental work of the lo
cal church. Pallbearers for the fu-
TAYLOR MILL SCOUTS
INVITED AS NEW TROOP
IN 6A.-ALA. COUNCIL
Col. Chets. C. Stnoe of Butler
Chosen to the Chairmanship
District Committee.
Reynolds.—Troop I, Taylor Mills,
Boy Scouts of America, of which J.
Clay Smith is Scoutmaster,was in
vested as a new Troop in the Geor-
gia-Alabama Council, Friday after
noon in the school auditorium. The
investiture ceremony was conducted
under the direction of C. L. Adams
Scout Executive, assisted by Roy
M. Hall, assistant scout executive.
On Friday night at the Methodist
Church in Reynolds the Taylor
County District Committee met to
make plans for Fall and Winter
activities and also to extend the
program of Scouting to all com
munities of the district. E. G. Black
well, District chairman, presided,
neral service were: Messrs George \ The comrn itt e e listened with inter-
Wright,. Willard Murphey, Archie es£ £ o £ he detailed account of the
Drake, Fred Guttenburger, Ruffian
Chesteney and C. D. McCowen.
Surviving Mrs. Wright is an only
sister, Mrs. Walter J. Butler, of- this
city. Other near relatives are two
daughters, Mrs. J. Campbell Jones,
of Athens; and Mrs. T. W. Holt, of
Jacksonville, Fla,; and several
grandbhildren.
Mrs. Wright had been in de
clining health for several months
being in the 84th year of her age.
She was a member of two pioneer
and distinguished Butler'families
being the daughter of the late Hon.
and Mrs. Robert G. Tomlin the for
mer having represented this county
with outstanding service in the
Georgia legislature soon after the
county was formed out of parts of
Muscogee, Talbot and Marion
ELLIS ARNALL, RICHARD RUSSELL
LEADING STATE IN GUBERNATORAL,
SENATORAL RACES RESPECTIVELY
Taylor County Honors Eugene
Talmadge with Majority Vote at
Every Precinct.
As stated in the above head note
Taylor county honored Governor
Talmadge by according him a safe
majority vote in each of the ten
election precincts in the county.
Senator Russell was accorded a
splendid vote in the county over his
Attorney-General. Arnall Leading
Talmadge by 94 County Unit
Votes.
At the hour of going to pres*
lnoon Thursday) from the best in
formation available the vote foe
Governor in the state was as fol
lows:
Arnall: Counties carried, 86;
county unit votes, 252.
Talmadge: Counties carried, 73;
activities of Troops as submitted by
W. G. Wallace, district commission
er. Hiss account showed that the
Troop in Butler and the Troop at
Taylor Mills are functioning
smoothly and carrying out the
Scouting program. His report also
showed progress being made no the
organization of the Troop at Rey
nolds and prospective troops and
patrols in other sections of the
county.
Chas. C. Stone of Butler, was
elected to the chairmanship of the
district advancement committee to
{ill the unexpired term of M. P.
Dean, who was recently called into
the armed service.
Other members of the district com-
ent and discussing plans for the
extension of Scouting, were F. J.
Hall,
., __ 1 J LAlCllalUn Uf OLUUUH^I WC1C A • ll•
counties. He was also a large land Gilbert and w G Wallace of But .
owner and farmer and instructed ler; j D Smlth> N . L . Halley and
his neighbors in thei improved I Df F R Sams o£ Reyno i ds; and
methods of farming long before the, L Adams, and Roy M.
state took up the work.Besides, he „ F ti
contracted for and was one of thel Council Executives.
largest contributors in the erection j
of . a large two-story school build- kyl-- Uf * Adame
jrjjy, was the pride of this en I’ll', n. M nUOllll
tire section at the time and housed f i t U/_J
what was then known as the Butler |||gS jllOOCIUY WCU.
Male and Female College. She was| ... .
the widow of the late Mr. Leonard Hf Ha Larlf
R. Wright, a member of another j wl
illustrious family of landmarks ofj
this section. Mr. Wright whose; Mrs. Kidda Lee Olive Adams, 60
father gave his life in the service of J years of age, died at her home near
his state and beloved Southland. in! Carsonville suddenly of a heart at-
'' tack Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Adams was born in Talbot
county on Sept. 4, 1882 the daugh
ter of the late. Mr. E. J. and Mrs.
Mary Cole Olive. She was married
in early young womanhood to Mr.
A. W. Adams, well known Taylor
county farmer.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced at time of going
to press this morning.
Mrs. Adams is survived by her
husband and the following daugh
ters: Miss Mary Adams of Macon,
Miss Dorothy Adams, of Carson
ville, and Miss Jessie Adams of
Los Angeles, Calif.; also one sister
Mrs. J. D. Cook, of Butler; and
three brothers, Messrs R. E. and
D. R. Olive of Talbot county, and
J. L. Olive of Pennsylvania,
_ _ Bickerstaff, Mr.
nurchasing more than their share Wool£o i k 0 f Columbus; Mr.-and
nf'war Bonds. The accumulation of Mrs _ j ame s R. Atwater and Miss
War^Bonds not only helps Uncle
wAUebTas welhlh^men^sth^^d
here really belong to the ten per
The purpose of this letter is two
fold 1 (1) To render thanks for your
paper, and; (2): To give my ad
dress to Taylor County Service men
in this vicinity. I live at 105 Crom
well Parkway and my phone No. is
80318. You men from Reynolds and
Butler in this district please get in
touch with me.
With best wishes to you and to
your readers, I am
Cordially yours,
Julius R. Lunsford Jr.
Ensign U. S. Naval Reserve.
ON Maneuvers
Somewhere in Louisiana
September 2, 1942
Herald, Butler Ga.
Dear Mr. Benns: ■
Received copy of the Herald and
(Turn to Page 6; No. 1)
Richie Atwater, of Thomaston; Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Jones, of Jackson
ville, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tar
ver, of Bainbridge; Capt. Phillips
R Bryan of Ft. Oglethorpe; Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Johnson and Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Davis of Barnesville
J04 INDICTED FOR
EVASION OF DRAFT LAW
Macon, Sept. 3—Draft-dodging
has replaced bootlegging as the
chief crime investigated by a Mid
dle District of Georgia grand jury.
Adi burning yesterday, a Federal
grand jury indicted 104 men with
violating the Selective Draft Act.
Twenty-Eight were in the Macon
division.- Most of the men were ne
groes.
Bootleg liquor busiess, hit by the
war and sugar rationing, saw only
57 men indicted by the jury iieie
for violating the Federal liqor tux
laws.
the Civil War when he and his
brother, Mr. W. H. Wright, were
but mere lads. The two having
completed their education in Butler
In early manhood formed a part
nership in the construction of rail-
load lines in all parts of this state
and in Alabama. Being also owners
of large tracts of virgin pine tim
ber in this and other states which
they disposed of in the building of
railroads they accumulated quite a
large fortune, the same being used,
besides that of support of his fam
ily, education and superior advan
tages for his children, he con
tributed largely of his portion to
his church and civic improvements
hero and in Macon .
Mrs. Wright was herself promi
nently identified with religious, ed- j
ucational and civic affairs as long
as her health permitted. Her death
is a distinctively sad loss, not only
to her family, loved ones and
jriends but in the various organi
zations in which she served long,
faithfully and well.
As a tribute to her loving memory
many friends of this city and sec
tion contributed in a large measure
to the beautiful floral offering sur
rounding the remains of Mrs.
Wright following her demise early
Monday morning and at the
grave side on Tuesday.
Legion Auxiliary
Meets Mon. Nite
opponent, Hon. W. D. Upshaw.
Tabulation of the Governor's
races so far as Taylor county is
concerned is given below.
Hon. J. W. Edwards was re-elected
Taylor County Representative in the
General Assembly without opposi
tion.
Polls were opened at each of the
ten precincts of Taylor county at 8
a. m., all polling places closing at
4 p. m. except Butler which re-
1 maiued opened until 8 pr m. It was
not until 4 o'clock this (Thursday)
morning before all the votes .were
counted at the Butler (ounty seat)
precinct.
While interest was at high point
in the Gubernatorial race in Taylor
county there was not the slightest
confusion or disorder at nay of the
ten voting precincts and at each of
which the best material available
was placed in charge of the ballot
ing booths.
Never before in the history of the
county when interest was as tense
as in yesterday's primary, has there
ever been recorded such friendly
feeling as existed between friends
of rival conditions.
Taylor's vote precinct by precinct
was as follows:
Governor’s Race
A call meeting of the Legion and
Auxiliary has been requested for
next Monday night at the court
house here beginning at 9 o'clock.
All ex-service men and their
wives are invited to attend.
A Bigger and Better Fair will be
discussed at this meeting. . Come
and share-a-ride with someone
E. H. Dunn, Commander.
RUG FOR SALE
Distirct:
Arnall Talmadge
SHOWS FOR WEEK
AT DEAN THEATRE
Sun. & Mon.: “My Gal Sal,” is
the celluloid story of Dresser's, the
most successful song-smith of his
age, prolific, extravagant, profes
sional and romantic lief. Tuneful,
toloiful, lushly told.lae story is bio
graphical — possibly authentically
so—rather than, dramtic. There is
humor, suspense, emotionalism nor
mally charcteristic of this type of
film musical screen play. It is very
valuable for skilful direction, tech
nicolor photography, and cast per
formance. Reta Hayworth is as
good as in previous performances,
Victor Mature, does nothing less
than top performances. Supporting
Miss Hayworth and Mature are:
Carole Landis, John Sutton, James
Gleason and others. In, "My Gal
Sal,” there are songs and romance
that will live forever in this pic
ture that you will never forget,
“Live again the gayest years of the
Butler
142
243
Reynolds
66
90
Potterville
4
58
Panhandle
15
74
Carsonville
27
46
Daviston
8
33
Howard
4
45
Mauk
14
21
Charing
14
23
Cedar Creek
22
60
Total
316
693
Senator's Race
Russell
Upshaw
Butler
211
154
Reynolds
129
23
Panhandle
49
33
Carsonville
37
35
Daviston
19
19
Howard
20
28
Mauk
25
10
Charing
22
14
Cedar Creek
62
20
Potterville
45
15
Total
619
351
Ellis Arnall
Stephen Pace
Hon. Stephen Pace was re-elected
Representative of the Third District
in Congress without opposition in
Wednesday's primary.
county unit votes, 158.
Other races in which interest was
keen throughout the state may be
recorded with the following most
probable results:
Three of the five Congressmen
facing opposition, returned..
T. Grady Head, of Ringgold, will
probably succeed Mr. Ellis for At
torney General over his opponent,
Randall Evans of Thomson.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel C.
Atkinson opposed for re-nomination
by J. M. B. Bloodworth, to be con
tinued in office. The same is doubt
less true relative to HOn. Vivian L.
Stanley over his opponent Mary. D.
Goudelock, for State Prison and
Parole Commission; also Homer C.
Parker, incumbent Comptroller
General, who was opposed by Hon.
E. B. Dykes of Vienna.
sical romance of 1942.”
Wed. & Thurs.: Preston Foster
and Patricia Morrison in “Night in
New Orleans.” Also Penny Sln-
“Go
One All-wool Rug, size 9x12 feet;
in splendid condition and priced
reasonable. If interested see:
Mrs. T. L. Fountain, Butler, Ga. I gleton and Chas. Ruggles in
I West Young Lady.”
FRYERS FOR SALE Fri. & Sat.: Lloyd Nolan in “The
Nice Fat Red Fryers for - sale. Man Who Wouldn't Lie.” Also Don
Prices right. W. E. Cox, Butler, Ga.' (Red) Barry in “Missouri Outlaw.
Blairsville Young Lady
Added To School Faculty
Since the opening of the Butler
High School Monday, Aug. 31st one
of the two places on the school
faculty vacant at that time has
been filled by the recent election
board of Miss I
Morgan of Blairsville, Ga., who
heads the Commercial Department.
Miss Morgan comes highly rec
ommended both personally and for
her qualifications' for the duties
for uvhich she has been elected.
Butler and the school—both faculty
and students—bid Miss Morgan
welcome.
204 Advance Trainer
Ships Visit Landing
Field Here Tuesday
A record was set Tuesday of 204
advance trainer ships visiting the
local airplane landing field. These
ships were from various airports
over the state.
Since the construction of the local
landing field about two years ago
which is. used by a hundred or
more ships every day, there has
been no serious accident to occur
at or near the landing field
One or more trained men are
kept on duty at the local field 24
hours a day to report, on weather
conditions and other information
essential to aviators.