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^ evidence that we live in one
f the best church going com-!
^unities in the state, the attend-,
JL Sunday at services, both
miming ai ld evening at the
Ve.hodTst church, and at thiee
*:, l0C k in the aftemoo i at Te.hei
Primitive Baptist church, fully
justifies this statement, ihe
Methodist congregation was in-
spired by two able messages de-,
iivered by the new pastor, Rev. C
L Glenn. He is not only a most!
excellent preacher, but a sohg
leader of excellent talent. To Mrs.
r M. Babb for her contribution |
and arrangement of flowers lor j
the church, and to Mrs. Julian W.
Edwards II, for special music by
her junior choir at the evening
service a vote of appreciation is
due , A double treat was enjoyed
bv those attending services at
Bethel, in the first instance it
was the first service in the new
brick-veneered church, one that is
attractive in every particular. To |
those most Inmiliar with chuich
building debts, the announcement
by Prof. W. T. Rustin, chairman
of the building committee, that
all obligations to date had been
paid in full and other items cf
expenses; including new seats,
would be contracted on the pay-
as-you-go plan, created much in
terest. Secondly, being favored in
the acceptance of an invitation by
Elder W. H. Hancock, prominent
Baptist minister of Macon, to
preach the first sermon in the
new church, added much interest.
His message was the highlight tf
the occasion, x x x Butler can
claim as one of her citizens a real „
musical genius in the person of M. RlleV ElirOllS
little five-year-old Ins Wallace, *•..**► i.i.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon fa fa AVldtlOIl 13061 At
Wallace. Iris has never been in-
jet 3 he can reproduce Maxwell held, Alabama
almost any music she hears. She •
plays the songs for the children j
in the Primary Department at Frank N. Riley son of Mr. and
Sunday School. When listening to Mrs. H. H. Riley of Butler has
anyone play, if there is a false been enrolled as an aviation cadet
note struck, she instantly detec.s in the Army Air Forces pre-flight
it and if standing by piano will school for pilots at Maxwell Held
■trike the right key. It has been Montgomery, Ala. At Maxwell
frequently remarked that “the Field he will receive nine weeks
world will hear Iris." x x x Miss of instructive military, physical
Hortense Davant, a former Butler an< 3 academic training pieparatoiy
girl, but for the past few years a to beginning actual flight instruc-
resident of Corsicana, Tex., writes tions at one of the army s pn-
a very interesting letter to Butler mar >' flying schools.
friends.lt will be remembered! A-C Riley is a graduate of But-
that her father, Judge J. E. Da- ^r high school and received a
vant, was for many years Ordi-|* S. A degree irom the Urn-
nary of Taylor county. The many 'verity of Georgia this year
s? r.ei^.'r ! *„ c t
fir,- 2EJ2 - p ~■
back in the "old home town.” , mon ths ago.
Miss Hortense leads a very busy j ' ” ^
life taking an active part in Girls Athletic Club
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1943
“0ur Deepest, Most Heartfelt Thanks.
0 lord, for the Blessings of life,
liberty and Material Midi Being, and
for the joys of family, friendship and Happiness’
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PRAYERS such as that are being offered all over the
nation today, just as they were when that first little group of
grateful colonists offered theirs in celebration of the first har
vest in their new land. Hundreds of harvests, hundreds of
Thanksgivings have passed since then. As a nation, at each of
these Thanksgiving observances, we have had much to fce
thcnkful for; each of them saw our country a little further
down the road of history, a land growing in power, in area, in
wealth . . . and. most of all. in the happiness and well being
of a free people.
Today, THANKSGIVING. 1943, we see our country engaged
in a tremendous effort that is testing all of our capacities for
ingenuity, for skill, for courage and patience. We can be
Thankful—and with confidence in the future—that the past hes
proven our ability to meet problems and to solve them, and
that while our present position is a new one in history, it is not
without precedent in kind and most certainly will yield to
solution by the combined efforts of a people made incredibly
strong by the blessings of nature and three centuries of
freedom.
^ COUNTY SCHOOL
BOARD ALMOST
OUT OF DEBT
Supt. W. T. Rustin Says Board
Soon Will Be Clear For First
Time in Quarter of Century.
church and civic affairs of her
Steads a A t B °Ltr,o iIe a “o.dan Wins Basketball Game
Sj a, ob S h ; r vam d or 0 , f h rma a „ y y Over Hi School Team
line traits of character, broadness j
of mentality that are so very il-1 Gee w hiz! Did we surprise But-
luminating, refreshing, we are ler Hi (and should we say all the
confident Robert O. Rogers and rest? Friday afternoon, Nov. 13th
his lovely wife, who will celebrate vvhe ‘ n W e played our first game,
at their home at Charing their The score vvas seven to one in fa-
Golden Wedding anniversary r.e.A yor of the Athletic Club.
Hnday, will be undenied that, We wish to thank Sgt. Charles
happy entrance some sweet day. tATight and Mr. G. T. Jarrard for
xxx Living a happy, contented refG r ee ing the game.
Ue ar >d in the same home estab-1 The ji ne . U p vvas as follows:
lished just after their wedding! gutler Hi: Forwards—Martha J.
day more than 56 years previous- Ellistoni Anette Harvey, Joyce
is a blessing that comes to but AlelVlilliin ’ Betty Gill. Guards:
Ievv couples. When in 1887 Mr. Caro iy n Bazemore, Mary Wright
Dedication Of Trees In
Honor Of Those In Service
To Be Held Friday P. M.
Two magnolia trees will be
planted in the court house square
at Butler as a living memorial to
the Taylor county men and women
jn the armed service of our na
tion.
The local Garden Club and
Lions Club are sponsoring this
tribute to those in service.
Mrs. R. L. Sutton of the Garden
Club, will be in charge of the pro
gram which will begin at three
o'clock Friday — tomorrow—after
noon. The public is cordially invit
ed to attend.
The program is as follows:
Song, “America,” Everyone.
Prayer by Rev. E. H. Dunn.
Address by Mr. J. S. Green.
Poem, “Trees”, Mrs. L.M. Doyel.
Roll-call of Taylor County Men
and Women in Service, Col. C. C.
Stone.
Planting of trees.
The local Boy Scouts will act as
escorts and assist in the program.
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Thomas D. Seay and Miss Minnie a “ d ”‘j a ne Harris,
plover plighted their lives together Athletic Club:
Georgia Auto Tags
For 1944 Go On Sale
Jan.,1 Officials Say
Atlanta, Nov. 22—Sale of Geor
gia's 1944 automobile license
plates will start Jan. 1, the cus
tomary date, instead of on Dec. 1,
as originally planned, J. A. Lati
mer, director of the revci.oe de
partment's motor vehicle division,
announced Tuesday.
Ill- saio the plan to accelerate
sines- by beginning a month ear li- r
than usual had to be abandoned
because the law specifies the* the
tags shall not go on sal? before
Jan. J. The purchase deadline
however, has been extended by
statute from Feb. 1 until April 1.
In past years because ofa last-
minute rush to buy tags, the dead
line has been regularly extended
by executive order. Now, said
Latimer, no extension beyond the
time set by law is contemplated.
Instead of the date tags issued
this year for attachment to old
license plates, new but smaller
tags have been manufactured at
the state prison at Reidsville for
1944. Sufficient steel was left
from previous years to make the
550,000 tags ordered.
Latimer said that no special
numbers will be received next
year. The tags will carry yellow
numerals on a black background
Patrolman H. A. Poole
Obtains Confession From
Pair In Murder Case
in the
Forwards—Jua-
presence of many loved ores n - ta Fenns, 2, Martha Chapman,
and friends a notable event wrs ./ p 0 7js Goodwin, 1, Ruth Peed,
recorded in the hearts and minds E j S j e uni, Wynelle Goodwin, 2.
0 the people of Panhandle com- Guards: Nellie Saunders, Bertha
(Jr, y 'u most of whom have rre ' Bazemore, Emmagene Theus, Hel-
tdtd them to that eternal rest. nuDree.
‘ 10 frail and feeble in health; Wo [ nv j te one and all to at-
" oy have reached the sunset < f . . the r, ame between the Ath-
e surrounded by devoted chil- . .. C1 b and Butler Hi Friday
S?" ^cst ot friends. X x x Dee. 3, at 3:15 o'clock
ie general appearance of a sto:e . local high school court.
a great factor in the ultimate ‘ —Pub. Chm.
success of the establishment, and _ — —
' s f act is the reason for the T * i
ustant changes and re-arrange- ScHcols HclVe LxOrg
uicnt which the modern merchant, i <y Holiday
? s » Mr. o. Dreizin, making in Thanksgiving llOliaay
Mr. Oscar E. Stewart,
Former Butler Citizen,
Dies In Atlanta
his
store. The merchant who hrs
ls best interests at heart s The school children 0
j'ur satisfied with his store and ty on leaving school , ,
• r Dreizin is, therefore, con- afternoon at the close
■ “tty Striving to better it in day's work will not retu
Reynolds Lady Receives
Letter Of Appreciation For
Red Cross Bag Contribued
Several weeks ago the Taylor
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross purepared 144 Army
kits and filled each kit with use
ful articles and greeting card from
the County Chapter signed by the
person contributing the articles
Last week Mrs. D. W. Payne cf
Reynolds, one of the contributors,
received the following letter of ap
preciation from Cpl. John D.
Sleain, into whose hands her kit
was delivered by the Red Cross.
Cpl. Sleain, as the address indi
cates, is now in foreign service.
A. S. N. 32175636
Btry D, 761 AAA Gas Bn.
A.P.O.836; % Postmaster,
New Orleans, La.
Taylor County Chapter,
American Red Cross
Mrs. D. W. Payne:
Many thanks for your gift to rr.e
a member of the armed forces en
route overseas. Such courtes es
make me realize what I am fight
ing for. I’m sure the other boys
feel the same way. One hundred acres good farm
I am from New York City ard land; 50,000-ft. timber ready to
should I be traveling through saw; one dwelling, tenant house,
Georgia, I‘ll make it my business barn and one large chicken house
some
wa y or another. He an- next Monday, a rrai *
Pates the needs of his business G f four days in ob
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It will be a source of regret to
his many Taylor county friends
to learn of the death of Mr.
Oscar E. Stewart, 62, which oc
curred at his home in Atlanta
some days ago.
Mr. Stewart, native of Schley
county was a son of the late Mr.
Eli Stewart and in early life at
tended school in Butler. At the
time of his death, Mr. Stewart was
connected with the Georgia Public
Service Commission.
FARM AND FARM EQUIPMENT
FOR SALE
I will visit all of the schools in
(he county before the Christmas
holidays. A complete survey of
the buildings, equipment and
grounds will be made on this tfir>-
I am asking that each principal
to list all building repairs, repair
and replacementof equipment, new
equipment needed, improvement
and bautification of grounds, and
other needed improvements. This
list will be filed for study by the
County Board and the most essen
tial items from each of the
schools will be taken up for con
sideration when the 1944-45 bud
get is made up in July.
No improvements to building,
equipment, or grounds will be
made before July 1, 1944, except
in emergency cases. If we operate
within our budget for the remain-
dor of this school year which goes
through June 30th next year, our
buildings and equipment includ
ing school buses will be paid for
and the County Boafd will not
owe anybody anything.
The school system has been
operated on a deficit for more
than 25 years which means that
the system has been in a financial
strain over a pediod of many
years. During the last nine years
we have constructed $90,000.00
worth of modern buildings, .pur
chased $15,000.00 worth of all
steel school buses, put in pressine
tank water systems and length
ened our school term from seven
to nine months. The County Board
mill make up a budget next July
without having to set up funds to
take care of a deficit for the first
i time since 1 have been County
’ School Superintendent.
| Our greatest financial struggle
I came with the depression after
World War One. The County Board
as well as the treasurers of most
Note—The following article will 0 f the local school districts were
be read with interest here as Pa- j n debt. State funds were irregular
trolman H. A. Poole, now station- and uncertain; county and district
ed at LaGrange is a former Butler taxes could not be collected as
citizen. Mr. Poole is the son cf (he people were not able to pay.
Mrs. Lula Poole of this city. He [t was almost impossible to keep
has served as a member of the our schools open and if it had not
State Patrol the past three years: been for the loyalty ofour teacheis
LaGrange, Ga., Nov. 23—How a the schools would have closed,
state trooper, investigating the: We will never forget what the
robbery of a service station near' (Turn to Page 8: No. 3)
LaGrange, played a “hunch” _ ... .. ,
which resulted in two of the hold- nCV. J. N. JilClS m3H1€U
up suspects confessing that earlier ,, .
they had killed a former Miss's- Pr6Slu6nt Uf MClllOdlSl
sippi sheriff was related Tuesday ..... . ...
by Patrolman II. A Poole MllllSterS ASSOCiatlOfl
Poole said two men listed on 1 _____
highway patrol records as M. M. I Rcv j N Shelli pastor of Easl
Shimniok of Madison, Wis., ,anc t Highland Methodist church at Co-
J. M. Leemon of Bessemer, Ala., j um b us andformcr pastor of the
had signed statements admitting p 0 y no i ds Methodist church was
they killed former Shoiifi' 1. S e j ec t ed president of the Methodist
Boykin near Waynesboro. Miss. Ministers* Association Sunday at
They were arrested, along with Columbus,
two other men identified as Chas.| Mr. Shell succeeds Rev. N. M.
C. Mullennix of LaGrange an. C. Lovein, pastor of the Rose Hill
F. McClanahan, by LaGrange city church, who becomes vice presi-
police following the service sta- dent. F. L. Robertson, pastor of
tion holdup, Poole reported. The the Baker Village Methodist
officer said he thought McClana- church, was elected secretary:
han vvas from Emmett, Ark. : The association voted to open a
Poole said Shimniok and Lee- Methodist service center for service
mon were AWOL'from the Navy men in Columbus and Ft. Benning
at Pensacola, and the other two at the St. Luke church. This pro-
were AWOL from New Orleans. ject will be under the direction of
Poole gave this version of the St. Luke church with other Cplum-
arrest and subsequent confession, bus Methodist churches cooperat-
Thc four were arrested at La- ing.
Grange last Wednesday a few I Rev. A. W. Reese, Columbus
hours after the service station rob-; district superintendent, announced
bery, questioned and charged with that a District Missionary Insti-
armed robbery and also with j tute for Methodist churches in the
stealing an automobile in New Or- Columbus district would be held
l eans> |at the Rose Hill Methodist church
During the investigation, Me- at 10 a. m. ( Nov. 30.
Clanahan chanced a remark that 1
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to look you up and thank you
personally.
Many thanks again.
Yours trulv.
John D. Sleain.
with chicken yard fenced; ako
good mare mule 10 years old; all
plow tools. Farm located about
75 yards from state highway. See,
G. B. Jarrell, Butler, R.2.
S.-W. Ga. Singing
Convention Sunday
On next Sunday the South-West
Georgia Singing Convention will
Mr. C. L. Funderburk
Appointed As Member
State Barber Board
The announcement made in At-
= _ ^ o lanta a few days ago that Mr.
be held all day in Manchester ac- Charles L. Funderburk, of Talbot-
cording to an announcement this ’ ton, had been appointed by Gov.
week by Messrs J. L. Dean and A. | Ellis Arnall to membership on the
H. NeSmith of that city. A cord'a’ ' State Barber Board is most grati-
invitation is extended everyone [ fying to his many friends in Tay-
to attend. lor county.
Mr. Funderburk was born and
reared in this county and for a
number of years conducted a suc
cessful barber business in Butler.
Miss Agnes Funderburk, mem
ber of the Butler High School, is a
daughter of the appointee.
GARDENS PLOWED
Anyone needing plowing done
is requested to see me before
employing some ’one else.
TOM ROWE, Butler, Ga.