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THE BUTLER HERALD. BUTLER. GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 25, 1013.
Id, John R. Respess,
ufgblfi Local Ciiiien
Xfte Years Gone By
(Note
_To many of Butler's
piti/ens the memory of the
oIdPr Fldrr John R- Respess is
!at ,t, «acred and dear. The sermons
he d cached in a little church he
he pI \ nn his own land and at his
'' W «Dcn S “an<t for which ho re-
°' vn a no salary as pastor, are
cC n cherished by the remaining
s 11 ' 1 f )lis congregation. The
Kjr,is
111 BU f any religious publication
l Mhat day due to the great value
° on his editorials from a
P !aC , s an d educational stand-
, nt He was a great and good
P°" an d his many good deeds
Sow after him. This much is
id in further explanation of the
i“ns interesting article by
25ene Anderson in Sunday's
Son Telegraph:)
Couldn't Be Stepped
V monument in old Salem
cemetery in Crawford county, two
mles from Knoxville toward
SLyth commemorates the deeds
!? one ’of Virginia's bad boys
uho became a great preacher in
fWia though he had in his en-
tjre life a formal schooling of
only three weeks.
The monument was built by ad-
mirin tf attendants upon the
churches which he helped to es
tablish and build. A public sub
scription was taken when he died
m 1859, and on three of the sides
of the main siiaft are listed the
outstanding achievements of this
Elder John Blackstone, who had
never seen his father, because dur-
ing the War of the Revolution Pope
Blackstone was killed in battle;
and John, being the youngest
child was not born until after the
■ at her had visited his home and
a is people for the last time.
“1 was a rude chap” said John
n after years. His mother could
not support the fatherless family
md at the same time manage a
■ude and unruly baby boy. So
John becoming a leader in mis
chief, went out to battle with life
in his own, carrying to his grave
nany of the scars of his conflicts.
He didn't seem to know how he
;ot down to St. Augustine or to
irunswick; or how he became a
nilitary fighter at St. Mary’s. At
east, if he knew, ho kept the se-
ret from his biographers.
And nobody seems to be able to
ell how John ever became con-
lected with the church of the
’rimitive Baptists, or how he hap-
lened to become so desirous of
/reaching the gospel. He wanted
o badly to preach he almost lost
lis mmd and his health in the
truggle to resist the impulse, es-
lecially after he realized how bad-
y he at first preached. He knew
le had no preparation for the pul-
jit; had no knowledge of the
■ules of grammar or syntax, and
mght not to try to preach. But he
vas so bent, on going into the
julpit that he decided to preach
>r die; and he came near dying.
He married Miss Catherine Har-
.’ey, near Augusta in 1799; but
he records don't show when he
joined the church or entered the
ministry. Much can be found,
however, to indicate that he was
a fighter against the missionary
idea which once split the Primi-
time Baptists into two distinct
churches, one the Missionary Bap
tist, and the other the “hard-
shells". Elder Blackstone said as
one of the first to oppose this
Fort Valley Ensign
Praised For Heroism
In Rescue Of Soldier
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 22—En
sign G. E. Brussell of Ft. Valley,
has been commended by the skip
per of a navy blimp for his par
ticipation in the rescue of a
ground crew enlisted man who
was caught in a mooring line and
dragged across the unway as the
craft took off.
Lt. L. .T. Mack, USNR, of St.
Paul, Minn., skipper of the blimp,
who dived into the Cooper river to
rescue Fireman Third Class Harold
Mars, 19, of Milwaukee, said he
“couldn't say too much about the
operation of Ensign Brussell and
other officers and enlisted men” in
effecting the rescue.
He said when he noticed the
drag on the ship he “looked down
and saw the kid. We were mov
ing too fast for the men on the
ground to try to check us. Having i
no brakes, we couldn't stop the |
ship. So I gave the order to take!
her down the ramp and over the j
river, where I dived from the!
window.”
Lt. Mack said Ensign Brussell;
went over the side and swam for,
a boat as soon as the ship stopped
and “it was he who took us off j
the buoy, where I had towed Mars
after reaching him." j
Mars’ condition was described as
“serious.”
movement, that he was sounding
the alarm, because it indicated a |
corrupt tendency and unscriptuval
innovation, which would eventual
ly divide the denomination. Hs
prophecy came true, so far as di
vision is concerned, and for a
time it appeared that the mission
ary Baptists would break clown the
old church by withdrawing from
it or being expelled from it in
such large numbers.
John Blackstone was such a
positive character in everything
that, he touched in life, some have
wondered if he were not a des
cendant from the same Blackstone
family that gave to England the
greatest of law writers. Ur.educat- ,
ed though he was, it seemed evi
dent that he inherited from some
great source an intellectual pow
er that transcends the reach and
I comprehension of pedagogs.
Else, how could he have so
quickly taken over control of
Crawford county in 1822 before it ;
had a county site or a court or a ,
lawmaking renresentation or any
churches or other organization?He
was me first senator, and was
elected nine consecutive times. He
led in the formation of the first j
inferior court for the county; and I
he rained the county site, Knox- I
ville. I
But he did not neglect his I
church work while going after j
polities. He had struggled' too ,
hard over the question of his un- )
fitness for the ministry. He had j
determined to give the Lord the
best he had to give. He was mod- j
erator of the Beulah Association j
for more than 14 years. He had
struggled for and with Macedonia
church near LaFayette, Ala. His
ministry kept him working in
Columbia county, Jefferson county ,
Warren and Burke counties, all in i
Georgia; and then in 1822 he sud
denly appeared in Crawford coun-,
1 tv, where in the course of time he
assisted in organizing Mt. Carmel J
Mt. Faran, Salem, Providence,
j Abilene, Union, Mt. Pisgah (Cal
vary) ; helped organize the Eche-
connee Association in about 1825,1
I and is believed to have been its
moderator.
| Elder Blackstone didn't detract
from his fame when he influenced
ihe noted Samuel B. Burnett to
become a co-worker in the Primi
tive Baptist church. Burnett be
came an elder, and married
Elder Blackstone’s daughter, aft-
erwards living in front of Lizel.a.
school in Bibb county. His grave!
has an outstanding marker in Mt j
Paran church yard, on the hill up |
from Echeconnee creek near Li-
zella, on the Knoxville road.
PAGE FIVE
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GEORGIA
Geo. S. Cargill of Savannah
wrote recently to the Circle editor
about the lives of these two eiders,
saying his wife is a descendant.
Mention of the inquiry brought
biographical sketches from other
descendants, among them being:
Mrs Harry Stewart of Macon,who
knew Mrs! Lou Blackstone Burnell
and is herself a great-great grand
daughter of Elder Blackstone; W
B. Hatcher of 190 Melrose Street
Bellevue, says his family, and the
Ellis family, the Causey ramily
and perhaps many others around
Macon are connected with the
house of Blackstone or the branch
headed by Elder Burnett. S B.
Williamson at Lizella was a Bur-
,u x i ritep"- ** But -
lor in other years the Gospel Mes-
sender and Primitive Pathway,
using as the publishing house a,
nc old home which has since!
bene converted into an apartment
house for Attorney Brown Marshall
of Reynolds and Attorney Charlie
Stone formerly of Macon. The,
respess name also. belongs U>:
Macon, and the publications by J..
R. Respess contain much
graphical ** UL
uiaciwSlone and Burnett.
Farmers Back
!Ttscen:fe-ar Plea
Fcr War Ponds
J-e G. Wccdruff Herds
Gc.-ss-Rccis Campaign in
Georgia Next Month
A. tvlp!c-l>arrrlled drive to sell War
Pi nds in (lecrs'ii in Derewher—one a
PraBs-ructtt plan to Increase Bond by
limin'? Cenvgla farmers, another urg
ing business firms to pay tie Jr Ciirist-
rv.:s bor. vc.. in Bonds and n thir ask
ing the public to give Bonds as Christ
ians prer t'tus—has been mobilized.
The tlirce-wny campaign is an
nounced by Charles A Stair, State
Chairman tor War Bond activity, and
is in Ike with Secretary Morgan-
thau’s policy of year-round promotion
of Bond sales with special emphasis
from month to month on some partic
ular sector of American life.
The farm campaign will be directed
by .loe G-. Woodruff, one of Georgia’s
best-known agricultural executives,
wlio has joined Chairman Stair’s staff
as Farm Division director after long
service with the Federal Farm Se
curity Administration and the Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service.
Many thousands of dollars In bo
nuses will he awarded employees of
Industrial corporations, financial in
stltutions and the rank and file ot
b sines3 cat:. prison in December. As
a curb to inflation and as a profitable
investment habit. Secretary Mongan-
thau hopes to pipe off a substantial
amount of this vast and dangerous
re rvoir of cash from the pockets or
wJl-paid worker 7
Tim Treasury Department has cre
ated a colorful Ckritltnas envelope
aa a Bend container, designed by a
noted nrti I nirtl depicting a typical
Yuletide scene. The envelope is util
itarian as vv. 11 as attractive and wall
be available through all bond issuing
agencies.
The banking division, the school
division, the field division and the
women’s division ot the Istate bond
organization will actively co-operate
in forwarding tar urban and rural
phivves ot the Dr ,mber drive.
In November, Georgia's American
Legion shouldered the burden of the
State’s $11,010,000 Bond quota and un
der the miiif.mt leadership of Quituhy
MGtcn, 'editor of the Griffin News
and 82nd Div ion veteran of World
War 1, I: /ached a whirlwind cam
paign, fc: l.r rni by a successful mil-
liun-dollcr-a-day drive with statewide
victory c. iebic.tions on Armistice Day.
Complete returns front the Legion
campaign had not been reported by
tho Federal Reserve Bank as this Is
sue w at to press,
Mr. Woodruff, director of the farm
drive, a native of Walton County,
Georgia, assumed his post as Farm
Division director of War Bond activity
in the state after being transferred
under civil service from the Farm Se
curity Administration, where he had
served for the past six years as chief
of the FSA tenant purchases program
in Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
A graduate of the University of
Georgia, be first served as county
agricultural agent in Savannah, help
ing found the livestock shows there
which spread over the southeast, later
being engaged in the testing of the
TVA phosphates as assistant district
agent of the Georgia Extension Serv
ice.
An agricultural advisory committee
appointed by Mr. Stair to support
Mr. Woodruff’s December War Flond
drive among Georgia farmers in
cludes:
Floyd C. Newton, Madison, and Rob
ert A. Stiles, Gartersville, leading mas
ter farmers; Walter S. Brown, direc
tor, agricultural extension service;
Tom Linder, commissioner of agricul
ture; H. L. V.inegato, Pelham, farmer
and president of the Georgia Farm
Bureau; Edgar C. Young, state direc
tor, Farm Security Administration;
Claude H. Boolrer, chairman, agricul
tural committee, fir rein Flankers As
sociation; T. R. Breedlove, adminis
trative officer. Agricultural Adjust
ment Agency; Harry L. Brown, gen
eral agent. Farm Credit Administra
tion; Mr. D. Mobley, director, voca
tional education; and T. L. Asbery,
co-ordinator. Soil Conservation Serv
let.
Announcement of the campaign by
five of Its leaders will be broadcast
December 1st by all Georgia radio
stations in conjunction with state
wide farm rallies.
LEGAL ARVERTISEMENTS
LEGAL SALE UNDER POWER
OF SALE
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
Whereas, on December 22. 1941.
B. A. Woodman did execute to C.
Waters a certain Security Deed to
j the following land, to-wit:
Lots of land Nos. Sixty-eight
(68) and Sixty-nine (69) and the
North one-half of lot. No. Sixty-
seven (67) in tho Fifteenth (15th)
Land District of Taylor County,
Georgia, containing Five Hundred
Six and One-fourth (506 1-4)
acres, more or loss.
Said deed having been given to
secure the payment of certain
notes described therein and is
recorded in the office of the Clerk
of Superior Court said Taylor
County in Deed Book “Z” folio
120, and said indebtedness haw
ing become in default,
i Now, therefore, according to
the terms of said Security Deed
and Notes, the undersigned will
expose for sale to the highest
and best bidder for cash the above
described lands, on the First
Tuesday in December, 1943, the
same being the 7th day of De
cember, 1948, within the legal
hours of sale, before the court
j house door of said county. The
proceeds from said sale to be
used first for the payment of said
indebtedness and the expenses of
said sale, and the balance, if
any, to be delivered to the said
B. A. Woodman.
This 1st day of November, 1943.
C. WATERS. Reynolds, Ca
J. R. Lunsford,
Attorney at Law
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORS
j GEORGIA—Taylor County:
All creditors of the estate of Mrs.
Luna Vann Edwards, late of said
I County, deceased, arc hereby noti
fied to render in their demands to
! the undersigned according to law,
, and all persons indebted to said
estate are required to make im-
. mediate payment, to me.
j This November 16, 1943.
’ S. P. EDWARDS,
■ Administrator, Mrs. Luna Vann
( Edwards. Deceased; Postoffice
j Address: Howard, Ga., Rte. 1.
LAND SALE
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
Take Notice: That on the 7th
day of December, 1943, the under
signed will sell at public outcry
tu the highest bidder for cash be
fore the court house door of Tay
lor County, Georgia, within the
legal hours of sale, the following
described property:
All that tract or parcel of land
situated, lying and being in the
Fifteenth (15th) Land Dislrict of
Taylor County, Georgia, consisting
of the west half of lot of land No.
One Hundred Eighteen (118), con
taining One Hundred One arid
Quarter 1101 1-4) acres, more or
less, and being the home place of
J. M. Downs in May, 1920.
Said sale authorized under
Georgia Code by virtue of the
power vested in grantee in Deed
to Secure Debt dated the tenth
day of May, 1920, and recorded in
Clerk’s Office Taylor County Su
perior Court in Deed Book “O”
page 375, and in deed from said
grantee to John Kenner recorded
in said Clerk's Office in Book
“V”, page 258, and in deed from
John Kenner to the undersigned
recorded in said Clerk's Office in
Book “V", pages 261-262, said
Deed to Secure Debt of $900i00
principal, given by J. M. Downs
to The Georgia Loan & Trust Com-
ny and the full debt declared due*
by the undersigned because of de
fault in payment of obligations
secured thereby. Debt on Sale Day
will amount to $1136.45.
Upon completion of sale the
undersigned will execute Fee
Simple Deed to purchaser.
Dated this 9th day of Novem
ber, 1943.
L. C. SHEEHAN,
By W. E. STEED
His Attorney at Law.
Sit£~u?F SALES
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
There will be sold before the
courthouse door in said Tavior
County, Ga., on the First Tuesday
in December, 1943, the same being
December 7, 1943, within the legal
hours of sale to the highest and
best bidder for cash the following
described property, to-wit:
Fifty (50 acres of land, more or
less, in lot Number 115 in the 12tlk
land district of said Taylor Coun
ty and bounded as follows: North
by lot of land No. 115; south by
lotof land No. 116; west by lot of
land No. 115; and east by lot Ot
land No. 142.
Said property is levied upon and
to be sold as the property of Earl
McChargue. Levied upon by virtue
of an execution for State and
County Taxes for the years 1936.
1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, and
1942 held by W. M. Phelps, trans
feree. Levy made and returned to
me by J. M. Downs, L. C.
This 8th day of November, 1ML-
J. M. BONE, Sheriff,
Taylor County, Ga.
FOR LEAVE TO SELL
FOR LEAVE TO SELL
GEORGIA—-Taylor County:
Notice is hereby given that
S. P. Edwards as administrator of
( Mrs. Luna Vann Edwards , De
ceased, has applied to the Ordi
nary of said County for leave to
sell land belonging to the Estate
of said deceased for the purpose
of paying debts and distribution.
, Said application will be heard
at the regular term of the Court
of Ordinary for said County, to bo
held on the First Monday in De
cember, 1943.
This 1st day of November, 1943.
J. R. LUNSFORD, Ordinary,
Taylor County, Georgia.
FOR LETETERS OF
ADMINISTRATION
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
To All Whom It May Concern:
Thurir.on Whatley having to
proper form applied to me fa*
Permanent Letters of Administra
tion on the estate of Thomas
Tooks and Emma Tooks, late of
said County, deceased, this is to
cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of said Thomas
Tooks and Emma Tooks to be and
appear at my office within th*
time allowed by law, and show
cause, If any they can, why per
manent administration should not
be granted to said Thurman
Whatley on said estate.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this 1st day of Novem
ber, 1943.
J. R. LUNSFORD, Ordinary,
Taylor County, Georgia.
j GEORGIA—Taylor County:
Notice is hereby given that
IL. P. Whatley as administrator of
J. M. Whatley, deceased has ap
plied to the Ordinary of said
.County for leave to sell land be
longing to the estate of the said
| J. M. Whatley for the purpose of
. paying debts and distribution.
! Said application will be heard
at the regular term of the Court
of Ordinary for said County, to be
held on the First Monday in De-
! cember, 1943.
i This 1st day of November, 1943.
! J. R. LUNSFORD, Ordinary,
! Taylor County, Georgia.
FOR YEAR'S SUPPORT
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
The appraisers upon application
of Mrs. Cora M. Spillers. widow cf
B. H. Spillers, deceased, for a 12
months’ support for herself and
two minor children, having filed
their return; all persons concern
ed hereby are cited to show cause
if any they have, at the next
regular December term of this
Court, why said application should
not be granted.
This 8th day of November, 1943.
J. R. LUNSFORD, Ordinary.
FOR LEAVE TO SELL
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
l’o Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that Heat
hen Riley, as administrator of es
tate of Cliff Gray, deceased, hav
ing applied to me by petition far
leave to sell the real estate of
said Cliff Gray, deceased; an A
that an order was made thercoa
at the November term, 1943, far
citation, and that citation issue;
all the heirs at law and creditors
of the said Cliff Gray, deceased
will take notice that I will pass
upon said application at the De
cember term, 1943, of the Court of
Ordinary of Taylor County; axuB
that unless cause is shown to the
contrary at said time, said leave
will be granetd.
This 10th day of November, 1943L
J. R. LUNSFORD, Ordinary.
READ THE AD$
Along With the New*
Oldest Rural Mail Carrier
In United States, Dies
Then'll help pu SAVE ELECTRICITY
and make pur Appliances last longer
Albany, Ga., Nov. 22—M. A.
Phelps, 38, and the first rural mail
carrier with a regular appointment
in the United States on a stated
salary, died at Albany Nov. 18 cf
a heart attack at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. J. C. Richardson.
The funeral was held Saturday
with Rev. Hugh Dozier, pastor cf
Byne Memorial church, officiating.
Mr. Phelps, who had lived in Al
bany 20 years, was a member cf
the Cuthbert Presbyterian church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Richardson and Mrs. A. L. Spence,
both of Albany; a granddaughter,
Miss Martha Richardson of Albany
and a sister, Mrs. L. II. Johnson,
of Mieanopy, Fla.
Conservation is the password of our 102
Service Representatives-—assistance to you.
in conserving Electric Appliances and Elec
tricity in your home!
For more than 14 years our Home Serv
ice Representatives—all experienced home
economists—have called on our residential
customers to counsel them ;;i more efficient
and economical use of their electric appli
ances and lighting. And since February
when it became apparent that Georgia fam
ilies must make their appliances last for
the duration, our newer corps of Customer
Service Representatives has been at work.
It’s surprising how many suggestions our
Service Representatives ran make concern
ing more efficient use of your electric appli
ances—suggestions which will eGect savings
SELL YOUR Idlt APPLIANCES
TO “HELPLESS” FAMILIES
HELP some “helpless” family ami yourself, too!
Sell your idle Electric Appliances to somebody
who :iesds litem, i ou ran invest the cash in \\ ar
Bonds for postwar purchase, of the new Electric Ap
pliances you want. List your idle appliances with
the Ac 2 lance Exchange Information Center at our
nearest store. The odds are that several ‘‘prospects’*
are listed, anti you will he put in touch with them.
You should make a Satisfactory sale ri(Jit away!
in your use of electricity that will outlast
the urgent National Conservation 1’rogram.
Take your refrigerator, for example.
When our Service Representative calls, lie
or she will point out how you can increase
its efficiency and thereby reduce its use of
electricity by defrosting it regularly —
whenever it has as much as a quarter-inch
of ice on it. Other refrigerator suggestions:
care in storing foods, in keeping door
closed as much as possible, and in keeping
condenser cleaned and the unit oiled.
Thus, our Service Representatives go
over all your electric servants with you to
help you get them in tiptop shape and to
use them most conveniently and economic
ally. If you want some free assistance in the
care and use of your electric equipment,
just cal! our nearest office. You’ll have help
as soon as possible!
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