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VOLUME 67
T
e Butler Herald
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C C E S S
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1943
NUMBER 51
TAYLOR COUNTY MEf
Serving
! IN ASHED FORCES
!
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HRS. CLAUDE BALDWIN
IS CLAIMED BY EATH
REV. H. G. DOZIER
CONDUCTS FINAL
AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS SERVICE SUNDAY
Chief Petty Officer Clifton Mc-
Cants, of Pensacola, Fla., was the
recent guest of Butler friends and
relatives.
last surviving member
OP TAYI.OR COUNTY’S
AND MOST PROMINENT FAMILIES
GOES TO REWARD.
OF ONE
pioxfph C° n 9 r egcrtion Wishes Pastor
As He Accepts Call To Albany
Well
Relatives and friends here of
Mrs. Leila Stewart Baldwin, wife
of Mr. Claude T. Baldwin of Les-
Church.
A-S Donald B. Whatley, son of
Mr and Mrs. Edgar Whatley of j communit in
Reynolds,has commenced training wore saddened to learn of her
as an Aviation Student at Jeffer-1 death which occurred Friday, Oct.
son College, St. Louis, Mo. He has, 8 - at the home of her son, Claude
been designated by Aviation Ca-1 Baldwin, Jr., in Moultrie. Her
(jet Examining Board to be sent j death followed a long period of
to this College for Acedemic and j til health and came, therefore,
Military Training in preparation, not entirely unexpected,
become an Aviation Cadet.
LOCAL CHURCH
NAMES OFFICERS
FOR COMING YEAR
Appreciation for Services Rendered
By Local Pastor Is Expressed in
Resolutions.
An impressive farewell service
for Rev. and Mrs. Hugh Dozier Sunday was a banner day for
followed the regular preaching Methodists of the Butler charge in
Sumter countv £° Ur at the local Ba P tist church the holding of their last quarterly
J Sunday night when Rev. Dozier conference for the year at Howard
delivered his last and very ] with the people of that community
touching message to his local j providing a most delightful table
congregation before departing for, spread at the dinner hour
Albany where this week he enters j The business session of the con-
upon his new duties as pastor of! ference, presided over by Dr. A.
the Byrne Memorial Baptist | W . Reese, Superintendent of the
Columbus district was preceded
service here Sunday nighl
church.
The
to become an aviauun v^ouci. i Mrs. Baldwin was a native of
— I Taylor county being the daughter marked the completion of four
Pfc. Joseph Walch son of Mr. ] of the late Elder Bennett Stewart years of most acceptable service
and Mrs. Frank Walch and aiand Mrs. Mary Turner Stewart, a for Rev. Dozier as pastor of the] and was followed
brother of Second Lt. Mitchell family whose name was promi- local church, prior to which time I splendid message by the
Walch, has completed the barbers nently connected for many years he was pastor of the Marshallville * Superintendent,
and cooks school at the American t with the educational and political and Oglethorpe churches, and pre- j Splendid rc~'
School Center some where in Eng- j affairs not only of thier county vious to his service at these two I the churches
land. but state and nation as well. Eld. i churches he was pastor of the
• Stewart was at the time of his Leary Baptist church. He is a na-
death one of the best known tive of Morgan, Calhoun County,
by a fine message delivered by
Rev. F. J. Gilbert, pastor of the
churches composing the charge,
was followed by another
District
Sgt. Lester Bazemore of Winni
peg, Canada, is spending a few J Primitive Baptist ministers in havin S graduated from the high
days with his father, Mr. C. E.! Georgia, having filled pulpits in sch ° o1 there,and later attending
Bazemore. Sgt. Bazemore has been both Carolinas, Alabama, Florida i Mercer University, in Macon,
stationed at Winnipeg for the past and Georgia. She was a sister of wher ® he received an AB degree.
18 months. This is his first visit the late Walter Stewart, former i„ e did P ° St graduate work at the
home in more than feur years. j Butler postmaster and later Ordi- P ap ! ast .,.' P * iea * 0 ^ ca * Seminary, in
nary of Sehley county; Nathaniel! Lo ^ svl “ e '. Ky ' . .
Recent reports from Seaman IB. Stewart, another brother, was! in their going away and
Julin Anglin, son of Mrs. W. A. >for a number of years consul gen-1 ex en ®°°
Anglin, reveal that he is getting ieral to Barcelonia, Spain; while
along fine. Seaman Anglin is sta-1 another brother, Prof. Horace
tioned at Norfolk, Va. j Stewart, was at the time of his
I death superintendent of the Wal-
Charles J. Peterman cl Camp i lace public schools in Wallace, N.
Stewart, Ga., was recently promot- j c. Mrs. Baldwin was the last sur-
ed the rank of Sergeant. He is the viving member of her father's
son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
man of Butler, Route 2.
J. Peter-
of New York and George j er
Elliston, S 3-c, of Norfolk, Va.
Pfc. James M. Goodwin, who re
cently returned from maneuvers in
the deserts of California and Ari
zona, spent last week with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Good
win. He was here accompanied by
his wife and little son, Denny. Pvt j^ ds “""'sent,
with the educational and political, and Oglethorpe churches, and pre- j Splendid reports were given by
with all financial
obligations met in full for the
year by most of the churches of
the charge.
Plans for the coming year, in
cluding the election of a full board
of church officials, and reports lo
be made to the annual conference
to convene at Tifton November 3,
were made. The officials as chosen
by the quarterly conefrence are as
follows:
Butler
Stewards: Mrs. H. J. Porter, fi
nancial secretary; C. C. Stone, H.
H. Riley, R. C. Montgomery, E. D
McCorvey, W. M. Mathews, A. J
Gill, Eli Garrett, W. J. Butler, L.
R. Adams, C. E. Benns Sr., Chas.
Benns Jr., T. E. Tante, W. G. Wal
lace; Mrs. T. B. Joiner, recording
steward. C. E. Benns Sr., District
Steward and Reserve Lay Leader;
A. J. Gill, Sunday School Super
intendent; R. L. Burnes, assistant;
Mrs. E. G. Blackwell, chairman
Board of Education with Mrs. Ber
tha Bazemore, R. L. Burns
Miss Kathryn Amos and W. G.
Wallace members of the board.
Howard
Stewards: E. H. Perkins, L. H.
Vanlandingham, Rupert Willis, H.
A. Sealy, L. Esslstyn, Clinton
Clark, R. L. Brown; H. A. Sealy,
Sunday School superintendent; R
wishes in abun-
I dance in the future for Rev. and
1 Mrs. Dozier were impressively ex
pressed in short talks and warm
hand-shakes by the entire con
gregation Sunday night.
family consisting of besides Elder
Stewart and good wife, thirteen
children.
Surviving Mrs. Baldwin are a
devoted husband and son, a num
ber of nephews and nieces, in
C. H. Hair, Former
Local Man, To Judge
Poultry At Fairs
Recent guests of Mrs. Alice El
liston of this city, included her
three sons all serving in the U. \ b er 0 f nephews and nieces, in-1 It will be of interest to the
S. Navy. Seaman Herman EL eluding Mr. Bennett Stewart, of i many friends in Taylor and Macon
liston of the Atlanta Naval Air' Atla.nta.; Mr. Fred Stewart, of Daw- 1 counties and elsewhere in the state
Base; Seaman Jason Elliston, g on ; aad Mrs. Lillian Jones of But-1 of Mr. C. H. Hair of Montezun.cj,
I to learn that he has been chosen
| Funeral services, conducted by I
'her pastor Rev. Roy J. Bond, as-]
sisted by Rev. L. C. Fullerton, j
were held for the deceased at the
Ellaville Methodist church of ;
Which Mrs. Baldwin was a mem
ber, Saturday afternoon with a
large number of relatives and
including many
CHARTER NITE PROGRAM
FOR BUTLER LIONS CLUB
TO BE HELD FRIDAY NITE
THE ELLAVILLE CLUII WILL ASSIST
COCAL ORGANIZATION IN PUT
TING OYER CHARIER PROGRAM
TOMORROW EVENING.
The Butler Lions Club of which
Mr. E. G. Blackwell is president,
will hold its Charter night to
morrow—Friday—night at eight
o'clock. Members of the Ellaville
Lions Club are expected to be
present at this meeting and assist
the local club in putting over the
charter program.
The program, which will follow
imediately after the luncheon will
be held at the Home Economics
room of the local high school.
One of the most important fea
tures of the program will be the
presentation of the charter to the
Butler Club by Mr. C. C. Higgen-
botham of the Lions International.
The local Lions Club was re
organized here a few weeks ago
with twenty-one members.
Among those to take part on the
program are E. G. Blackwell; Rev.
F. J. Gilbert, Hon. Raymond Sulli
van, president of the Ellaville
Club, Miss Anne Halley of Rey
nolds, J. V. Dupree, Hon. C. C.
Higgenbotham of Lions Interna
tional and Hon. J. B. Luther of
the Americus Lions Club.
Charter Members of the local
Club are: E. H. Bazemore, E. G.
Blackwell, J. M. Bone, R. L. Burns
Frank Callahan, P. B. Childs, J. R.
Cooper, Julian T. Cooper, Oscar
Dreizin, J. V! Dupree, Rev. F. J.
Gilbert, P. A. Jenkins, Thelmon
Jarrell, Roy F. Jones, J. H. McCall
John S. Reid, W. H. Suggs, J. N.
Turner, John W. Turner, Chas.
Benns Jr. and J. B. Forehand.
Registration For Ration
Book Four To Be Held At
White Schools Oct. 22-23
NEGRO CONVICTED
OF MURDER TO
DIE DECEMBER 3
Grand Jury Recommends Change
In Date for Holding Superior
Court.
to judge poultry exhibits at a
number of fairs in this and other
states.
As owner of the Feeders and
Growers Exchange in Montezuma,
Goodwin is
Forest, Tenn.
stationed at Camp trom Butler anc j Taylor county.
Pvt. Willie Dock Cooper, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Goodwin re
turned last week from maneuvers
in California and Arizona. He is
stationed at Camp Pickett, Va.
Appearing below is an interest
ing letter from Lt. Jack Hammock
a former Butler citizen, who is
now stationed at Santa Fe, New
Mexico.
Santa Fe, N. M.
Butler Herald.
Dear Charles & Force:
Just a few lines to give you my
change of address, so a
Reynolds Lady Gives
Beautiful Tribute To
Local Men In Service
Mr. Hair is a life member of the | l,_ Brown, lay member annual con-
1 American Poultry Association, the 1 [ eernce
I World’s Poultry Congress, Inter-; Union
national Baby Chick Association | Stewards: E. C. Gholson, A. H.
1 and the Georgia Baby Chick Asso-! Jarrell, Fred Jarrell, Thelmon
j ciation. Jarrell, J. M. McCants; Hugh Me
in past years he was a breeder j cants, Sunday school superintend-
I and exhibitor of fancy poultry and j en t.
| has shown his chickens from Mad- Wesley
From your county and home you
have been sent,
m , . . - vainer S- C., the week of Oct. 25th, the
To fight for freedom you are being » ’
ison Square Garden in New York
City to Tampa, Fla.
He has been engaged to judge
the Tri-County Fair poultry ex
hibits at Manchester during this
week. He is judging this fair for
the third year. He will judge at
the Orangeburg Fair, Orangeburg
lent.
Stewards: Charlie Butler, Charlie
Hammock, J. A. Heath, Terrel]
l Robbins, W. M. Spinks, R. M.
I Suggs, W. J. Willis; W. J. Willis,
Sunday school superintendent.
Mauk
Stewards: Mrs. R. M. Jinks, W.
M. McFarland, Harman Montgom
ery, R. L. Waller, Irvin Williams;
Mrs. R. M. Jinks. Sunday school
Georgia State Fair at Macon, Oct.
. + „ . f „ rrv , 29th, the Sumter county fair. Nov. i superintendent.
Nomatter in ^ hat ^ ad ’11st, and the Charleston S. C.) fairl pastorial relation
When we think of you, our hearts Nov . g tb _ Mr Ha.i r judged the r l Brown, R. L.
( are sad - | chickens in Atlanta last July at 1
not to ■ No matter what rank—high or low ! their lawn show and the comments
miss the paper due to moving That we are
around. We always look forward always know,
to receiving it each week. You are away from
I was transferred from Camp and friends,
Barkley, Texas, Sept. 14th. We ; You are waging
came by Carlsbad Caverns, N. W. trends.
thinking of you,
(Turnto No. 2;
Eli Garrett,
Waller, Thel-
Page 8)
family, home
war with evil
on his work there brought letters
from fair secretaries who know |
him in South Carolina, Notth
Carolina and all over Georgia.
Mr. Hair says, “It is no easy job
to judge poultry as every exhibitor
and spent one day going through In your battle for freedom in every naturally wants first place, and
them. It is needless to try to ex- l and ’ .. n . rnura(?eous ^ Can „ ® ee t Why ^
Plain the unbelievable points of | You are taking a most courageous, ch|cken does not get
interest created
were in a group
making the tour and had lunch in
But
a modern dining room 750 feet be
low the surface.
Santa Fe is advertised as “the
city different in the land of en
chantment.’’ I will give them cred
it for it being a very strange
looking place. The larger portion
°f the buildings are what they
call adobes, but to us of Georgia
vv e would call them mud. They
excavate quite a lot of dirt from
'ho spot where they plan to build
! hen wet it and mix in small por
tions of straw, molding into
not get as many
natnrp We! stand. . j points as a blue ribbon winner.lt
Y IK npnn i(. You are facing dangers in every j there j s any protesting, it is sure
oi ibD p p ! jj nej j t0 be f rom an amateur or a
with a spirit' drunk »
we are sure
Miss Frances Hutchens
Local Weather Bureau
that's fine.
When on, or in the ground, when ,
on or in the sea, or in the air
Know that this is our daily prayer: * DacHiaii With
May God give you strength each ACC6ptS rOSIflOfl WITH
day, , .
With which to face dangers and
pains that come your way.
And when the glorious victory is
won,
May you come home safe, our
Taylor County son.
And for your comforts
pleasures defiied,
and
County School Children
Render Valuable Aid In
Preventing Forest Fires
Taylor county school children
are being offered quantities of
valuable forest bulletins, posters
and other material in interest of
local forest developments it stated
in a bulletin received here thie
week from SOS Forest Fire Com
mission in Atlanta.
This is one of the South's model
counties in fire prevention,
through the county warden sys
tem, the bulletin states.
Several local leaders of the
Miss Frances Hutchens of Win-; Taylor County Plan are to be
blocks about four inches thick by should we plenty and peace for s j t j on as instructor at G. M. C.,
six inches wide and about 12 j you provide. j Milledgeville.
‘aches long, then lay these in the' Andsoon in united peace, may the ■ other members of the local bu-
su a to bake. . I whole world be, j reau office include: Mr. D. A. Bush
The streets are very narrow;'with no other World Wars horrors ( superintendent; Mr. M. V. McMul-
just wide enough for two cars to j ever to see. ' I lan, Mrs. Martha Chapman and
^cet and pass. Seems to be peo-! At the special program, ; Miss Alma Cooke.
Pic of all descriptions on the 1 ed by the Gorron- a ^°” -
sheets, Indians of the Pueblo, j 0 f the United Daughters of th FOR SALE
Jaos and several other tribes/confederacy, in the
der arrived in Butler Monday to I requesed to speak at the Georgia
accept a position with the local! f° r est Rally t0 be held in Alamo
weather bureau. Miss Hutchens
succeeds Mr. Wyman Harris, who
resigned last week to accept a po-
Nov. 19, it was stated by W. L.
Shaddix of the Commission, who
was here recently in the interest
ofthe work in this section.
If You Are A Farmer
AND CAN OTHERWISE QUALIFY
Methodist j
^st of whom dress in* full Indian
ashion, and busy selling many
hinkets whichthey claim to make,
fnere are many old-time Mexi
cans. Even though much of
(Turn to No. 1; Page 8)
I I can sell you Galbanized Iron
j Roofing for re-covering your house
] or other buildings; the amount
] not to exceed 25 squares, to one
One 410-ga. and one 12-ga. shot | customer. This offer is for a lim
T 7 Rpvnnlds Ga Oct. 3,1 One 410-ga. and one 12-ga. shot | customer, mis oner is ior a um-
iS« C Miss Kate Hicks made the gun and shells; $15 each or trade j ited time only, in order to relieve
ma, Taylor county's for corn; one 1935 Plymouth Coupe i pressing needs. If you need the
above trlDai ar med forces. At Sport model; A-l condition; good , Roofing please see me real soon.
561 men , hef friends it is tires; price, $350. If interested, sec
in our
the the request of
published.
Johnnie H. Newton before Nov. 1.
see
Respectfully,
J. T. MATHEWS, Butler, Ga.
The War Price and Rationing
Board of Taylor county announces
that the registration for War Ra
tion Book No. Four will take
place at all of the white schools in
this county Friday and Saturday,
October 22 and 23. The school
teachers and high school seniors
will assist in the registration.
Persons applying for Book No.
4 will have to present their War
Ration Book No. 3 in order to be
eligible for the new book. All
books belonging to each family
should be presented when apply
ing for Book No. 4. It is urged
that only one responsible person
from each family apply for the
books.
It has not been announced as
yet what the new book will be
used for but every person is en
titled to one and should make ap
plication on the dates above men
tioned.
There will be a meeting of the
school teachers on Wednesday.
Oct. 20, at the local courthouse at
4:30 p. m, at which time instruc
tions will be given for the issu
ance of the new ration book.
Singing Convention
Will Be Held At
Oglethorpe Oct. 24
The Fall term of Taylor superior
court adjourned Friday after
completing the civil and criminal
dockets. Judge T. Hicks Fort of
Columbus presided over the ses
sion.
A number of important civil
cases were disposed of during the
first two and a half days of the
week.
The most important criminal
case to be tried was that of Rock
Hooten, charged with the murder
of Vann Jackson, another negro,
near Reynolds on the night of
May 12. Hooten was found guilty
by the jury and sentenced to die
in the electric chair. The date of
the electrocution was set for De
cember 3rd.
Another important criminal case
was that of George Slaughter, ne
gro, charged with breaking into
the home of Dr. and Mrs. R. C.
Montgomery. Slaughter was found
guilty and sentenced to serve 18
to 20 years in the state peniten
tiary.
Several other criminal cases
were heard in most of which cases
the defendant was given an op
portunity to pay a fine rather than
serve a prison sentence.
The case against William Gault-
ney, charged with automobile
theft, was postponed until next
term of court.
Besides members of the local
bar, those taking part in the court
were Col. Jule Felton of Monte
zuma; Col. Sam Mathews, of Ft.
Valley; and Col G. R. Jacob of
Talbotton; Solicitor General Ed
Wohlwender and Court Reporter R.
O. Perkins of Columbus.
It was recommended by the
Grand Jury of which Hon. E. W.
Hodges was foreman, that Rep
resentative J. W. Edwards secure
the enactment of a bill to change
the court session to the third
Mondays in January and July.
Funeral Rites Sunday
For Robert E. Fouche,
Prominent Ideal Citizen
A. B. Robinson, president of the
Macon County Singing Association
announced this week that the an
nual singing convention would be
held Sunday, Oct. 24th, at the
Oglethorpe High school audi
torium.
This one-day affair has attract
ed such crowds in former years
that the officers are certain of a
good attendance this year. Several
outstanding soloists and quartets
will appear on the program, Mr.
Robinson says.
The officers are asking that
those attending bring with them a
basket lunch for their party, to
spread and eaten on the school i
campus at noon.
Mr. Robert E. Fouche, 59, native
of Marion county, son of the late
fylr. and Mrs. W. W. Fouche, died
Friday at the Macon county clinic
at Montezuma the result of an
illness of more than a year during
which time he was a great but
most patient sufferer.
Mr. Fouche, who was a resident
of Ideal, was one of Macon
county's most prominent and suc
cessful merchants and farmers. As
a member of the Ideal Methodist
church Mr. Fouche took an active
part inthe religious affairs of his
community as well as in the edu
cational interest of his home city
and county at large.
Followed by funeral services at
the Ideal Methodist church at It
o'clock Sunday morning the re
mains of Mr. Fouche were laid to
rest at Crown Hill cemetery, Al
bany, Ga.
Mr. Fouche is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Orista Garrett Fouche;
one daughter, Mrs. Oreta Fouche
McCarty of Ideal; one brother, S.
R. Fouche of Montgomery, Ala.;
and five sisters, Mrs. Allie Fouche
of Atlanta; Mrs. Mamie Halley,
Buena Vista; Mrs. Pearl Halley,
Albany; Mrs. J. A. Garrett, Meigs;
and Mrs. M. T. Horne, Atlanta.
Car Owners Urged To
Apply For Renewal Of
'A' Ration Books Now
LOST
One Beige Tan Wool Skirt; Lost
about four months ago. Probably
packed up in someone’s moth
proof bag. If this skirt is found
among your clothing, please notify
B. J. BYRD, Butler, Ga.
,A11 car owners are urged to
make application for renewal of
the “A” books as soon as possi
ble. While the new books will not
become valid until Nov. 9th, the
Local War Price & Rationing
Board would iike to have them in
the owners’ hands before the valid
date.
Application blanks are avail
able at all filling stations and at
the office of the local board. Each
application must be accompanied
by the tire inspection record and
the back from the old ‘A” book.