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S Mi EVERLtSTIMflT V AT IT IS THE S E P n C T n b e »/•#•«««< .
fOLUMK 68
THIS
AN’
THAT
There is the greatest amount of
gratification and satisfaction in
one being wedded to his or her
job, whether that job be in the
lower or higher ranks of life. How
ever we should not lose sight of
ihe fact that there must be time
(or rest and relaxation, else our
nerV e strength vanishes and we
become a victim to broken health
and probably the loss of life itself.
Facing such problems it was the
pleasure of the conductor of this
S’b*
TREES PLA 1 1
IN HONOR OF LOCAL
HEN IN ARMED SERVICE
MAYOR J. R. WILSON, SHERIFF J.
M. BONE AND MRS. GEO. FARKEU
PLACE FIRST SHOVELS OF SOIL
AROUND MEMORIAL TREES.
EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1943
NUMBER 6
A beautiful tribute was paid to
Taylor county men and women
served in the armed forces, Friday
afternoon when the Butler Garden
Club and the Lions Club planted
two magnolia trees on the court
house lawn in their honor.
An interesting program in con
nection with the dedication was
given under the direction of Mrs
MR. L. T. BARROW
DIES AT HOME
EARLY LAST NIGHT
Funeral Arrangements Incomplete,
Awaiting Arrival of Immediate
Family.
DUDLEY GLASS
DIES SUDDENLY
ATLANTA HOME
"Thirty" Written For Widelyknown
Newspaper Man; Had Recently
Observed 66th Birthday*
Atlanta, Ncv. 28—Dudley Glass,
column to spend a day recently R - L. Sutton of the Garden Club.
idling along the congested streets
of one of the state's most thriving
cities—Columbus. While doing so
many delightful contacts were
made with old friends and true,
Those taking part on the pro
gram included Rev. E. H. Dunn,
Mr. J. S. Green, Mrs. L. M. Doyel
and Col. C. C. Stone.
Hon. J. R. Wilson, mayor of the
Mr. Lilly Theodore Barrow, 61
[ years of age, died at his home in! dean of Atlanta newspapermen,
Reynolds at seven o'clock Wednes- j whose homespun humor had be-
day evening. .come a daily tidbit in many
Mr. Barrow had been in ill j Southern homes, died early Satur-
health for the past several months i day at Crawford W. Long hospital
and had been a patient at a Ma- | following a iieart attack and a
con hospital until Monday when | fall at his home,
his condition was considered im- j He had been indentified with
proved and he was able to re i Atlanta newspapers since 1903,
turn to his home. (when he came here as one of the
Mr. Barrow was the son of the first city editors of the old Atlanta
late Air. and Mrs. William T. Bar-1 Georgian. He celebrated his 66th
INCOME TAX PAYERS
GIVEN ASSISTANCE IN
FILLING OUT RETURNS
FARMERS ARE INVITED TO MEET
DEPUTY COLLECTOR AT LOCAL
POSTOFFICE DEC. 8-!); REYNOLDS
POSTOFFICE DEC. 10-11.
., . _ row of Reynolds. He was born Jan.! birthday Tuesday,
both among Columbus citizens j clt Y> in behalf of Butler men and 115, 1882 and has been a resident I Mr. Glass apparently suffered a
and those from a radius of forty I women in service, placed the first i of Reynolds all of his life where heart attack after retiring early
miles or more. Among these none shovel of dirt around one of the | he operated a large mercantile Friday evening at his home. He .s
was more delightful t h a n i ^ rees > while Mrs. George Parker, j business for a number of years.
than an hour's Pleasant associa- who> has; foui- sons and a step-son] Complete funeral arrangements second-story window for fresh air
tion with Hon. John W. Trussell, j ^ th ^ a r " e se ™ ce > P lacpd the have not been made at the time and to have fainted, falling upon
one of Talbot county s most be-, s * ovel of dirt around they going to press due to thc fact |the roof of a porch. He was taken
a ua ie second shovel nf Hirt i % -rp | that one daughter is a resident of to the hospital, where it was found
terms to * second shovel of dirt by Sheriff I B Ihe had received hmk P n Ip,
In general, all farmers with
gross incomes for 1943 of over
$624.00 are required to file a
declaration of estimated income
and victory tax on or before Dec.
15. Farmers who are single or not
living with spouse are required to
RITES HERE TODAY
FOR MRS. BATEMAN
NATIVE OF BUTLER
Well-known
At Macon
Night.
School Teacher Die*
Hospital Early Last
file returns and pay tax due on
or. before Dec. 15, according to in
formation released by Marion II.
Allen, collector of internal revenue
through the Treasury Department.
Farmers must include in their
returns all income from sales cf
farm produce, such as peaches,
watermelons, peanuts, cotton, corn
believed to have gone to an open potatoes, tobacco, cattle, hogs,
first shovel of
~ ,
loved citizens, most
county official with many
his credit and others we trust to J - M. Bone in behalf oi Taylor
follow as Clerk of Court. Mr. Trus- county men and women in serv-
eell's health, which has been i ce -
somewhat impaired for a number I Following is a list of men and
Texas. lRe Had received a broken leg.
Rev. Leon Edwards, pastor cf Ear i y Saturday he suffered anoth-
the Reynolds Methodist church of ® r heart altack - which P rovt)d ta
which Mr. Barrow was a member j a *
<T months, has, his friends will te ’ women from this county who arc will be in charge of funeral serv-1 _ Ironically, his Saturday column
delighted to to know, taken a, now in Ihe armed service: I ices, ! in the Atlanta Constitution hu-
decided change for better follow- Butler I Mr. Barrow is survived by his < ^ or ° us ty touched upon his inabil-
lng a major operation and hes-1 W. R. Anglin, John F. Anthony, j wife, two sons, Messrs Paul Barrow I ® s.eep in a stiange room at
pitilization. Mr. Trussell was deep- Raymond Amos, Julian Anglin,‘of Macon and Theodore of Rey-1, ome '
ly interested,as has been demon- jReo E. Anglin, Wm. B. Adams, j nolds; four daughters, Mrs. J. H. j Gnly a tew weeks ago the Navy
strated by him on many occasions Oscar Adams, Lester I. Beatty, Ce- Reid of Elpaso, Tex., Mrs. B. g. j reP° rted Mr - Glass eldest son, Lt.
in all things pertaining to Taylor cil W. Butt, James C. Eeason, I Turner of Thomaston, Mrs. R. L. i Cortl ™ ander Dudley Glass Jr., as
county and its citizens. Our time Joseph Eugene Bone, James Braddy I Parrish of Newport News, Va., and missmg . on 3 submarine, but the
was well spent in hearing many Forest H. Brown, Joseph Frank I Miss Thelma Barrow of Macon;, P° Iumaist , ad .used to £ ivc ‘ U P
cheering reports from him about Barnes, David Beason, James H.'four sisters, Misses Etta MaeJ b ° p ^ mlght yet be re P° rt *
the good people of his home com- Bazemore, Arthur S. Blair, H. Beulah and Marie Barrow of Rey
munity and those with whom he Blakely Jr., Charles Lester Baze-
was acquainted in Butler and to more, Hulan Chapman, Abner B.
whom he wished to be remember- Chapman, James D. Cosey, Wm. L. I Messrs J. T., E. E. and Willis Bar
ed. x x x It has been refreshing to 1 Carpenter, Lewis Coulter, James I row
his many Butler friends to note H Childree Otis B. Cox Isaac Goddard Funeral Home of Rey
the presence of Col. Homer Bee- and Aaron Dreizin, Harold Davis, | no i ds
land, prominent member of the J. c. Driskell, Wanza Davis, Wm., ° Q
Taylor county bar, and a big H. Elliston, Jason L. Elliston, Geo.
booster for his home city—Rey- c. Elliston, John Franklin Eng-
noius—in Butler more frequently land, Ben Hamilton England, Chcs
than in days of yore. We attribute p. Fickling, Thos. Gray Fountain,
this largely to an increase of legal Leonard N. Guy, Wm. .F Gray Jr.
practice and secondly to improve- Elmer Lee Gay, Edward Gay, Jack
ment of his health, both of which Hollis, Jack S. Howard, Herman G.
is gratifying to his friends. Aside H il 1( Eddie L. Harris Jr., John R.i
from his law practice to the enter- j arnes willie J. James, Jchn R.| _ ,. _ _ . , . . . , , - „ - „
prising spirit of Col. Beeland the T inks Horace q joiner Roy T 1 ° rdinar y J _ R - Lunsford^ chair-1 nual season of Metropolitan grand
ed a survivor.
nolds and Mrs. J. H. Humphries' ,1 “‘i™ °‘ T . r f n ' on ’ T 5 n P-
ot Dalton, Ga.; three brothers S“ ss I „ a ',S” d "“Tf P ° lyl ?T'
1 me Institute at Auburn, then
worked on newspaeprs in Memphis
in charge of arrangements.
W. J. Butler Named Ohm.
jo? Agricultural Advisory
Committee Cf This County
Funeral services will be held at
the Methodist church in Butler
this afternoon at three o'clock
C.S.T., for Mrs. Lucile Frierson
o Rateman - The Sdrvices will be In
file if they have a gross income ? harge c ° f A R f' Ho » per V Rec '
of over $500.00. Severe penalties “V* Andrew-Episcopal church
are provided by law for failure to Fort VaRcy ’ which Mrs. Bate-
1 man was a devout member. He
will be assisted by Rev. C. L.
Glenn, pastor of the Butler Meth-:
odist church. Interment in the
family lot Butler cemetery. Mrs.
Bateman passed away at an early
hour last night at a Macon hos
pital where she was taken a week,
ago from Bainbridge where she
was on a week-end visit at thc
home of a devoted friend wheie
she was stricken having gone
from Cairo where at the time and-
chickens, eggs and all other pro
ducts produced on the farm, as
.well as amounts received from
A , ,. . „ , , I for a number of years she had
?n fhi / Department or )been a mcmber of the Cairo high
nnv nnnt^ 1? lu m r’ pa ^ y school faculty. Her death was due
payments, etc. All proiits from the' , , ......
^ 'to pneumonia and complications
it is learned.
Mrs. Bateman, native of Butler,
sales of farm lands, timber, fire
wood, pulpwood, cross ties and!
turpentine rights constitute farm
income and must be reported.
Mr. Allen has arranged for his
entire field force to assist tax
payers throughout the state in
preparing their returns. In so do-
was the daughter of the late Capt.
and Mrs. T. II. Frierson. She was
in the 70th year of her age. After
graduation from the local high-
school she received her degree
from G. S. C. W. at MilledgeVille.
Nashville and Savannah befo.e
' coming to Atlanta at the turn of
icentury.
| vYhen the late Forest Adair wrs
|traveling over the United States!
i in the ’20’s, helping to organize
'Scottish Rite hospital for crip-. The Salvage Division of the War
| pled children similar to that in ' Production Loard has designated
! Atlanta, Mr. Glass traveled with' this time for an intensified cam-
ing one of these Deputy Collectors ]\j ovember 29, 1899 she and Dr.
will spend four days in the coun-1 william Clyde Bateman were
ty: Dec. 8 and 9 at Butler; Dec.; happily married but were separat-’
10 and 11 at Reynolds. Space will'
be provided at the postoffice in
each of these towns for the con
venience of the public.
Citizens Asked To Give
Old Clothes To Help
Our War-Tom Allies
ed by the death of Dr. Bateman
in 1903, since which time she lias
closely identified herself with edu?
cational wprk, teaching in some
ofthe best schools of the state.
Surviving relatives include one
son, Mr. T. W. Bateman of Fort
Valley; two sisters, Mrs. J. W.,
Hall of Butler, and Mrs. M. E.
Everett of Macon; one brother, F.
S. Frierson of Macon; besides a
number of near relatives and hosts
of friends locally and throughout
Ihe state. ' •
ihim and assisted greatly in suc
cess of the program.
In the gala days when the an-
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thanks of the public in this sec- Rirks’ey, O. C. Keen Jr., Alonza J.! man of the County . War F | nance opera was the outstanding social
(Turn to Page 8; No. 3)
tion is due for installing the first Locke Raloh j Locke Marvin T., Lon ?miuee aavises mat ine wiw
telephone system in the county, Lockwood Lvnn McGee Charles 1 Agricultural Advis ° r y CommiLee D ud i ey Glass’ stories of the opeia
connecting first Butler and Rey- Moore Wanza Moore Harold F bas been a PP° int f d and the I
nolds with a good system of te/e- 1 ^’ Lewis 3 L Mhior Jr Robe 11 tollowing ar T e ™ r Y ing an . this
Dhone communication which he ^,? are ’ ,) V1S , U M n °5 ’’ i 0 , . mittee: W. J. Butler, chairman; Dr. i
f , ‘-ommumcauon wnicn ciiflord Montgomery Jr., Cecil J. „ „ Rrvan Mrs r H Neis’er I
ater extended to Panhandle dls - M oore, Julian H. Mott, Grover Mott, ^ r _ H '' E ^ j oi ^I M^srs Frank
tnct, one of the best farming sec- T h F 0 rrell Tr Harrv Orreil ^ , S ,‘ r" J01der * iV1 ® ssrs T
lions of thp mnntu pnrl with Job *' urreIi , jr -> na “ y „ J ’ Callahan, E. G. Blackwell, J. V. |
ns or tne county and witn j okn g Pennington, H. Hubert ; n T R FnrP hand Ilov Jones I
which at the time he was closely Z? ' a r ._ n Pp nnin^tnn Een S Du P ree > 10 J reaan , ’ Koy J0 „
Identified through large farming Sns Horace Pop? Geofge A B - L ' Br0Wn and Thelmon JarrolL !
Interests, x x x Back in the good H Sai a Fr P a n C es Riley I The objective of this committee
old days the boys waited until tne E ’ w . dlGr j Hii e v Jr Milton ls to P romote the sale of War
girl got good and ready to have nu ^ Fraak ^ rS Harfoy H. ^amps and Bonds among farmers
the wedding. Now the girl sits L. Boss, Frank M.Kiey.Haitvsytu o£ this county .
and waits (or does she?) until Le Rlley .. N 2 . Pa ^p ’g) I The present committee is set up
can get down out of the sky, or ; ^.' for the duration according to the
Jim Besson, U. S. Navy,
Visits Home For First
Time In Over Two Years
home from the front, or otf the
ocean, long enough for the parson
to say the words—and they're
separated again. Vvar and cupid
can't get things adjusted some
how. xxx the mystery of how
both Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Minor aie
renewing their youth and adding |
more weight to their physical j Elect i on for AAA community
name is revealed in the fact that comrn itteemen and delegates to 1
hey are consuming quantities cf attend the county convention will ] a
home-churned huttpr milk riailv. , . +urx irormnc pnmmunl-
Ordinary.
Communify Committeemen
For Taylor County A. A. A. Terrace Buildinj Demon.
To Be Elected Next Week Be Held Thursday. Dec. 16
At Old Musslewhite Place
Chief Petty Officer Jim Beason,
of the U. S. Navy arrived here
Monday afternoon to spend a few
days with his parents, Dr. and
Mrs. Lewis Beason.
This is Mr. Beason's first visit
home in more than two years
paign on the collection of dis-1
carded clothing and rags. |
The need for clothing to aid in j
the rehabilitation of people in the'
liberated countries and tor relief :
purposes here at home has made
this drive necessary. In addition,
I rags are desperately needed by oui
Armed Forces and industry for
wiping cloths and other essential
uses.
Any clothing which the owner
knows will be used now or in the
immediate future is NOT WANT
ED. Discarded clothing, only, is
wanted.
All types are needed for men,
women, boys, girls and infants—
woolen, cotton or rayon.
Rev. C. L. Glenn
Prepares List Of
Bible Questions
Rev. C. L. Glenn, pastor of the
|Butler-Howard Methodist charge,
plans to contribute a list of livfe
Bible questions each week foT
publication in these columns.'
These will be followed next week
by five more questions and the
answer to the preceding questions.
It is the desire of Rev. Glenn
that every Herald reader will take
part in this method of Bible
study.
The first group of questions a'fe
Here is a marvelous opportunity
for the people on the Home-Front | as ^ follows:
to match the gallantry of our
fighting men on the battle front.
during which time he has served j Without the garments Amei ican | \Vhfch is the only miracle of
number of foreign ports and “vijlans can give, the hungry,. 2. Which only miracle
1. How many times and where in
the Bible is Palestine called the
in a
has seen considerable action.
Young Beason enlisted in the
Navy while in the junior class of
the local high school and after
half-clad population of the war
lorn countries may not survive i Gospels.
this cruel war.
If you will join with your whole
Jesus recorded in all four of the
__ terrace building demonstra
churned butter milk daily. be be ] d j n the various communl- n on w jn be held Thursday, Dec. j education. However, on Dec. 7,
x xx Time permits our attendance tjes of the COU nty during next 16) 2:15 p. m., at the old Mussle ! L941, when the Japs attacked Pearl
ftt our g Qod friend, Dr. Dean's week[ according to an announce- ^vhite place near Reynolds. This I Harbor young Beason immediately
picture show only occasionally. m ent this week by Mr. H. A. Sea-1 j s now being operated by Mr. R. j left his school work and volun-
serving four year he returned heart in this work, the campaign
home and re-entered school with | willbe tremendous success. We aie
the determination to complete his | counting on you . . . Your country
is depending on your help!
tr; . * ment wccn ^ J • , 10 UUW U
j 15 pictures are usually the best j chairman of the county com- H . Parks.
a J r h o e ™“ er selection and we m j ttee> | ^ he demon stration will be un-
V s ! ntGreStlr V 5 1V i ng I The time and places of com-,^ the rvision o£ lhe AAA.
otLf r f the bGSt l ° be ha< ?- An munity elections are as follows: i Extension ServicGi and the Soil
atfention L a lways attracts our, Howard District, Dec. 7, 10 a. m., (Conservation Service .
aucntion when we visit this place vanlandingham's Store.
ot amusement is the absence ofj Daviston District, Dec. 7, 1:30 p.
rowdyism among the great num- m Wesley Church.
b0r of youths in attendance. From | carsonville District, Dec. 7, 3 p.
many towns come reports that bad m ^ central School building.
induct among boys with manag-. cross Roads District, Dec. 8, 10, nnri offi-
ars powerless to prevent, has given I a> m C ross Roads School building, j 3 flwi AAA ^ rnnsprva .
leered for the Navy.
Besides the terrace-building pro
gram there will also be a demon
stration of the most effective
manner of planting kudzu.
A number of leading farmers
Mr. H. K. Sealy, Clerk of the
Taylor County Draft Board stated
l ° preveni ’ ‘T glvcl ‘! a - m., Cross ,^: ii r op “8T*Si ; cials of the AAA, Soil Conserva- Monday that the local board had
our ° Uble * P roper j Cedar Creek Distric , • > • ti on Service and Extension Service j succeded in getting permission to
Twenty-Eight White Men
To Be Called Into Armed
Forces On December 28
£ Ur young people are receiving a t’ p . m ., Elliston's Store,
ome, from the school room and Rustin District, Dec. 8, 3 p. m.,
ineir organizations so splendidly | Jack Turner's Store,
officered are contributing factors i panhandle District, Dec. 9, 10 a.
0 fhe good behavior of our young ! m t IL F. Moore's Store, Fickling
Poople on all occasions and under Mill.
611 circumstances, xxx The busi-, Reynolds District, Dec. 9, 1:30 p.
^ sl lady vve know was the hap-l m j city Hall.
picst one talked to this week. She| p 0 tterville District, Dec. 9, 3:30
°cs her own domestic work, in-i D< m,, Underwood's Store.
will be present.
Farmers throughout the county
are urged to attend this demon
stration.
permission
1 postpone the December call for 28 j
Card Of Thanks
The local pressing clubs have
offered their services in getting
these clothes cleaned on a non
profit basis.
All communities in the county
are urged to organize and collect
the old clothes.
Citizens of the Reynolds district
will leave the clothes at the homa
of Mrs. John Mims.
All clothes that do not require
laundering or dry-cleaning should
be marked “clean”.
—Salvage Committee.
Lt. Chas E. Salzer
Stationed In England
tluuing co^iderable"'sewing toj*^s^uth'Yulier District, Dec. 11. 10 end most heartfelt thanks to our.Mr. Sealy.
herself
white men from Recember 17 un
til the 28th of this month.
Mr. Sealy stated that this would i
enable the men selected to fill th'sj
call to remain at home during the, Lt. Charles E. Salzer was recent-
holiday season. • ly awarded his pilot wings from
On December 30 there will be a' the Boswell Army Flying School
We want to express our deepest; call for 25 negroes, according to in New Mexico.
WeparaS to"* Vnsfve ^NorlkTu^DlSrlc., Dec. «, 3 kind to us in our mlstortune
^ as giving. But she also spent i p< m>i Court House.
L \ er al afternoons in religious and j The delegates elected at
: many friends who have been so
in FOR SALE
the loss of our home by fire Nov.
the 6th.
^k’ic work, visiting and distribut- community elections will convene
n K gifts, flowers and sunshine, on Dec. 18 and elect the y
(Turn to No. 1; Page 8) committee to serve during 1944.
Mr. & Mrs. Horace Kendrick
And Family
Mrs. R. W. Edmonson.
Two cows, two mules and a
of farm implements.
Mrs. B. H. Spillers,
Butler, Ba., Rte 2.
lot
Lt. Salzer is
England where
3. Which of the Gospels does not
give the “Sermon on the Mount’’-?
4. In the Bible, by whom was
the first letter written?
5. Which of the Gospels does not
have mention of children in it?
Two Mauk Students
Named On Paper Staff
At Georgia Southwestern
Americus, Ga., Nov. 28—Turner
Byrd of Barney, has been elected
editor of the Sou’wester, student
publication of Georgia Southwes
tern College. Gloria Carter, of
Plains, was named assistant edi
tor, with other members of the
staff as follows:
Marilu Doster of Rebecca, news
editor; Floy Durham, of Americus
assistant news editor; Neal Rob
inson of Oglethorpe, club editor;
Herbert Schomberg of Albany,staff
phototgrapher; Doris Lane of Lake
Park; Eleanor Chapman, of • Ear-
wick and Eleanor Fort, of Ameri
cus reporters.
Business staff: Business man-
now serving in
he is in active lager; Willie Mae Cook of De^Soto;
combat duty. He entered the Army
Air Corps from Miami, Fla., in
April, 1942.
| Mr. Salzer is the son of Mrs.
'Mae Rawls Salzer and Grover W.
I Salzer, former citizens of Butler.
assistants, Mary Ann Gregory of
Americus; Ouida Smith of Mauk;
Ruth Carey of Americus.
Circulation: Mary Ann Hearon,
of Richland, and Raymond An
thony of Mauk.