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SERMON
By
£jon Edwards
AT ,T IS THR SECRET OF SUCCESS
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13.1944
n, V* A - PAFFORD
10 ATTEND SEMINAR IN
WASHINGTON, D. C.
NUMBER 24
HE WENT FORWARD
(Read Mark 14:32-42)
Text: He went iorward a little,
and fell on the ground and
prayed.—Mark 14:35.
In a little English village there
j S a connotaph which bears this in
script ion: “Aye, aye, sir, and far
ther.” It is in honor of a World
War soldier. When he had been
asked if he would go where duty
required he answered: “Aye, aye,
sir, and farther.”
The three disciples went a little
farther into the garden than the
other eight. They went with Jesus
under the trees They slept, but
Jesus went still farther.
Prcryer
It is recorded of Jesus that he
worked, ate, slept, wept, walked,
rode, and about twenty-five times,
that he prayed. No doubt he was|
taught to pray by his mother
when as a child he knelt by his
trundle bed. He prayed when he
toiled as a carpenter, and when
he went into the synagogue on the
Sabbath days. He prayed when he
fed the five thousand; before the
F o R ^ E L BUTLER PAST0R is
ISTPI?? F cJt HE HUNDR ED MIN-
STimv ^ ELECTED T0 ATTEND
STUDY COURSE.
TO BE CALLED FOR
PHYSICAL EXAM
From the Montezuma Georgian:
On Monday, April 10, Rev. B. A.
Pafford, pastor of the Montezuma
Methodist church left for
Washington, D. C„ where he will
attend a seminar at the American
University on April H-i3 ( the
subject of which is to be ’world
conditions and trends at the pres
ent time.
This seminar is a part of the
gram set forth by the Methodist
Bishops' Crusade. These Church
dignataries have decided that if
the world is to have justice and
Thirty-Eight
Report for
Saturday.
Colored Men to
Pre-induction Exam
Thirty-eight Taylor County col
ored men will be sent to Ft. Ben-
'nig Saturday for pre-induction
physical examination.
According to Mr. H. K. Sealy,
clerk of the local draft board, this
is one of the largest groups of
men to have been called from
this county.
Mr. Sealy also stated that on
Wednesday, April 26, twelve white
men will report to Ft. McPherson
jfor pre-induction physical exami
nation and at the same time all
REGISTRANTS 18-26 BEN AKIN, NEGRO, A - C. Riley, un opposed
KILLED IN FIGHT
SATURDAY NIGHT
Walter Short, Colored. Held by
(County Officials in Connection
With Fatal Shooting.
FOR STATE SENATE FROM
THIS SENATORIAL DIST.
Ben Akin, colored, 30 years of
age, was killed instantly early
a bullet
permanent peace the churches wiil n, hite 0 m f n in the county now in
have to play a real part S Tie I' 01388 2 n A and 2B under 26 years
peace plans, and they are takine 1 2ge ? lU be calle ? to Ft ‘ McPher ‘
this opportunity to tell our lead^ j S ° n for examination -
ers how they feel. Colored men selected to fill the
The seminar membership has 7°n"* y J? Cal1 for April 15 are as
been limited to one-hundred in tollows -
number, and these men, all min
isters of the gospel, had to qualify
tomb of Lazarus, and when he through following a prescribed
went out alone; but by far his'course of reading, standing exam-
most important prayer was this
shor f one he expressed in the Gar
den that night.
Many people only pray when
they want something. When they
are sick they pray for health;
when they are in danger they pray
for safety; during a drought they
pray for rain. There is another
kind of praying which seeks to
change the will of God. But that
is not the prayer of Jesus.
Caleb went forward and follow
ed the Lord God, and because of
this he could ask for and receive
Hebron. “Now therefore give me
this mountain,” says Caleb. Caleb
inations and writing expositions.
Mr. Pafford is one of the hundred
to thus qualify according to the
plan of the Bishops.
At the seminar will be speakers
of world-wife fame, ambassadors,
Supreme Court Justices and schol
ars who will discuss with the
preachers problems of economic
good, of political unrest and
whatever else that concerns world
justice and world peace.
The legeates who attend this
seminar will also have an oppor
tunity to see Washington, to at
tend a session of the Supreme
Court, to see art
Sunday morning with
wound in his head.
Walter Short,
of age, surrended to Sheriff J. M.
Bone shortly after the fatal trage
dy stating that he shot Akin in
self-defense.
The shooting occurred at the
home of John Little, colored,
located on the Tom Carter place
in Prattsburg community, where
the two had been attending an all
night party.
\ According to witnesses there
CANDIDATE IS FT. VALLEY CITI
ZEN; ACCORDING TO ROTA
TION PLAN THIS IS PEACH'S
TIME TO NAME SENATOR.
WILLIE WINDHAM
KILLED IN ACTION
IN ITALY MAR. 2
Atlanta, April 10—Eighty-nine of
the 205 members of the Georgia
House of Representatives and 27
of the 52 members of the State
, Senate face opposition in the
colored, 42 years J Democratic primary July 4, ac
cording to figures by P. T. Mc-
Cutcheon Jr., clerk of the House.
Most of the 116 House members
who are coming back unopposed
are members of the present legis
lature and are on record as sup
porters of the present state ad
ministration.
Gov. Arnall, who has compiled a
list of the Senate candidates who
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis D.
Windham Enlisted Oct. 26, 1942;
In Foreign Duty Over Year.
had been confusion among the, have no opposition, gave out a
guests a short time prior to the | statement Saturday predicting that
1 4- Xl_ i _ a . , • tCkACZ 1 A
shooting but this trouble was ! the 1945 General Assembly will
man and , he ,ef„re capable of con-1 local church programs po ^. w “
' needs
"Caleb" means “capable.” Un-1
fortunately, every man does not i w 0t J\ er past ° rs will go to j
live up to his prophetic name as I SL“ h ^ gt ? n f fT u thls J ° cality are
..— _ I Rev. Mack Anthony of Americus
and Rev. Lowry Anderson of East-
Caleb did. He was a rare com
posite of faith, courage, patience
and holiness. The incarnation of
these qualities in the souls of men
has always characterized and
qualified leadership, irrespective
of race or space. Men thus en
dowed are masters and deal with
mountains more easily than weak
lings do with marbles.
No, Caleb, we see, thy choice
was not foolish. Thy prayer was
not out of line. The Lord had
promised you this mountain for
ty-five years before. Thou hadst
the faith of the pioneer which
uted thee into the glorious realm
° vision. Caleb was a man who
elieved in the promises of God
and prayed accordingly.
God's promises are sure;
fl gains the prize who can the
most endure,
mu° ^ aces issues and never shirks
0 prays and' watches and al
ways works.”
All prayer is to change the will
tiuman, into submission to the di
ne will.”—(F. w. Roberson),
at was the purpose of the
prayer of Jesus in the Garden; a
flayer quite different, we feel,
Jr™ u ,he most of them. “Not my
w,11 > but thine.”
Service
JfS” 8 foun d out as he went a
sp arther that if he were to
haH e , must suffer. Of course he
fnrr. £ artiall y discovered this be-
est cost 1 n ° W he faC6d the great '
Hard work is the open door to
aJ1 greatness.
Some one has wisely said that
man.
Butler-Thomasfon
Highway Re-opened After
Being Closed Three Weeks
Shelly Ross Jr.
Henry Lester McDowell
Charlie Green
Limmie C. Hill
George William Searcy
Richards Threats
Clarence Niles Lindsey
Izel Akins
Philip Gouch
Joe Ford
Robert Lee Walker
Nathaniel 'Troutman jr.
Abraham Searcy
Fred Riley
Curtis Peebles
Lee Ernest Rucker
Sam Jenkins
George Lesley Hicks
Carey Daniel
J. L. Phelps
Manuel Whitfield
R. A. Livatt
Howard Williams
George Windham Daniel
Tommie Dent, Jr.
Erven Lee Durham
Ozzie Corbin
Wesley Parker
Robert Lee Bivins
Charlie Character
John Thomas Edwards
Warren McCrary
Transferred from other
Harry Walker
Aaron Chapman
Thomas Williams
Fred McCrary
Robert Townsend
George Chatman
thought to have been over. A lit- j approach or surpass that of 1943 in
tie later, however, through the I patriotism and statesmanship. The
help of others, Short secured his ] Governor has many times charac-
pistol, a 32-calbre, from his home j terized the 1943 legislature as the
which was only a short distance 1 best in the history of the state,
away. Short stated that later! The Senate candidates without
Akin, Akin's brother, ana Tom | opposition are:
Gray attacked him with rocks] First District, D. S. Atkinson,
and knives and that he shot Akin I Savannah; Thirteenth District, C.
in self-defense. |L. Battle, Ellaville; Fourteenth
Akin was struck in the left side! District, D. V. C. Daves, Vienna;
of the head just above the ear Fifteenth District, Guy Stone’,
and died almost instantly
A murder warrant has been
sworn for Short and he is being
held in the local jail without
bond. Ida Lee Mozell, cousin of
the defendant, is being held by
officers, as a material witness.
Sheriff Bone stated that the date
of commitment trial has been set
for Saturday morning at ten
o'clock.
Boards:
Butler Methodist Church
Observes Holy Week,
Commemorating Good Fri.
Glenwood; Sixteenth District, Jim
L. Gillis Jr., Soperton; Seventeenth
District, Dr. W. H. Bennett, Syl-
vania; Nineteenth District, Hawes
Cloud, Crawfordville; Twentiein
District, Marvin Moate, Sparta.
Twenty-first District, A. M.
Greene, Gray; Twenty-third Dis
trict, A. C. Riley, Ft. Valley; Twen
ty-fifth District, J. L. Bentley,
Thomaston; Twenty-ninth District
John Drinkard, Lincolnton; Thirty
first District, Frank Cross, Toccoa;
Thirty-second District, Arthur Nix,
Dawsonville; Thirty-fourth District
Mell Turner; Decatur; Thirty-sixth
District, O. W. Hill, Greenville;
Thirty-seventh district, H. W. Cald
well, LaGrange; Fortieth District,
Highway Number Three between
Butler and Thomaston was re-1
opened to traffic Friday after hav- ]
ing been closed for the past three i
weeks due to a washout in the j Af Dinar ani- Cmua
road at McCants mill pond five iICCradllF urOYc
Funeral Services For
Mrs. Janie Barfield Held
miles north of Butler.
The reopening of this road is of
great value to the local citizens as
well as to the state at large. All
bus and automobile transportation
between Butler and points north
were completely cut off for several
days during this period. During
the remainder of the time all
traffic was routed via Howard or
Fickling mill.
there
ls a lways room at the top.
P —* wivvays
and olevator is not working,
to oiiJi ° nly way to get there is
and - * AB ot is a climb
p a struggle.
(safk?: G , Who love an ordinary life
in S ed with well enough) are
ei S( T n-M {lan g e r of doing nothing
are in ° USands our fellowmen
and J? g in darkness, confusion,
cess Don i ° rness - Yes, we have our
We nn S m Society - Even in what
of P , res Pectable society, forces
luestinn U ? tl0n are at work - The
is, "Wi /° r men °* sa *t (service)
stop ,h are we g° in g to do to
these Se forces and remedy
enough con ditions?” it is not
unclean t0 decide that tbe thin g is
alone' n 3nd We should leave it
touches a the con trary, when salt
d ecay it checks it. Yea,
Turn to No, 1; Page 3)
Gwinett County Schools
Hit By Fire; F.B.I.
Studies Possible Cause
Atlanta, Ga., April 11—Federal
Bureau of Investigation chemists
Tuesday studied contents of what
appeared to be a fire bomb found
in the one-story stone school
building at Snellville, in Gwinett
county.
Several school houses in Gwin
ett county have been damaged by
fires in the past three weeks. Total
damage has been estimated at
more than $150,000.
A small glass vial containing a
white, chalky fluid, with a match
tied tightly to it with a rubber
band, was found on a window sill
of the Snellville school yesterday
morning by the school principal.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
agents, headed by Capt. Wm. E.
Spence, GBI director, are investi
gating the fires
Funeral services were held Sun
day morning at ten o'clock for
Mrs. Janie Barfield at Pleasant
Grove church, Rev. Amerson con
ducting the service.
Pallbearers were Mr. Sam Car
ter, Mr. Hollander, Mr. W. D.
Harp and j. H. Simmons.
Mrs. Barfield was the daughter
of Owen F. and Sallie Massee Hill
and had been a rsident of Macon
county all of her life.
She is survived by four sons,
namely: B. B., Moody J., and Lem-
mie of Macon county, and W. A.
Barfield of Brunswick, Ga. She is
also survived by one sister, Mrs.
Hollis Hobbs of Fitzgerald, and
four grandchildren.
Her husband preceded Mrs.
Barfield in death Dec. 31, 1935.
Beginning Monday Evening, April Dr. C. J. Welborn, Blairsville; For-
3rd, continuing through Friday, ty-second District, Tom Cook, Sum-
the Butler Methodist church ob- ] merviile.
served Holy Week. Rev. C. L. i Forty-third District, Roy McGin-
Glenn conducted the services in j ty, Calhoun; Forty-fourth District
the evenings, presenting to his John Mavity, Rossvilie; Forty-
congregation sermons on “Christ's : eighth District, C. C. (Bud) Walk-
Last Week on Earth.” ! er, Fitzgerald; Forty-seventh Dis-
On Friday at the noon hour, con-itrict, George Branch, Tifton; For-
tinuing until three o'clock in theity-ninth District, Dr. D. L. Deal,
afternoon, Good Friday services j Statesboro; Fifty-first District Jes-
commemorating the Three Hours, ] see Baggett, Lawrenceville.
Agony of Christ on the Cross of j
Calvary, were held. Rev. Glenn,' I T h J jn
with two guest ministers partici- j J. I.DVrO, IS,
pating, Rev. W. B. Hoats, pastor] _
of Reynolds and Butler Baptist |J|g$ At DcUlQlltCr 5
churches, and Rev. Leon Edwards,
pastor of the Methodist church of
Reynolds, conducted, in the most
solemn observance, the meditation
on “The Seven Last Words” of our
Master.
The messages were delivered to
an attentive congregation. Appre
ciation is expressed for the co
operation of those who manifested
interest in the services.
Home Tuesday Morning
Red Cross War Fund
Drive In Taylor County
Extended Into April
This is to announce that Taylor
County’s War Fund Drive will be
extended into the month of April.
The county is five hundred dollars
short of its goal. All persons who
can, are asked to contribute more.
Give the extra amount to the
worker in your district or send di
rectly to Mr. Thelmon Jarrell.
Some workers failed to see somp
residents
Preaching Services
To Be Held Sunday
At Antioch Church
Mr. John Thomas Byrd, 73
years of age, died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Robert Parker
of Butler Tuesday morning at 4
o'clock.
Mr. Byrd’s death was attributed
to a heart ailment from which he
had suffered for several years.
He was born in Taylor county
Sept, 25, 1870 and had always
made his home in this county He
was a member of the Midway
Baptist church.
Funeral services were held for
Mr. Byrd at Glover cemetery Wed-
Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Otis D.
Windham of Butler were notified
Tuesday by the War Department
that their son, Pfc. Willie A.
Windham, was killed in action in
Italy on March 2nd.
Pfc. Wndham was 24 years of
age. He enlisted in the Army from
Taylor county Oct. 26, 1942 and
was serving in the infantry.
Windham had been in foreign
service for more than a year and
had seen action in North Africa,
Sicily and Italy.
Three weeks before his death
he had been recommended for
promotion to Sergeant, however,
this advancement had not been
completed.
Besides his parents, the young
man is survived by several sisters
and brothers. i
Below is a copy of a letter from
Platoon Leader Lt. Ashly Dick,
written to Mr. Windham's father,
in which he pays high tribute to
Taylor county's latest war trage
dy victim:
Anzio Beachead, Italy,
March 16, 1944.
Dear Mr. Windham:
I am writing this letter to you,
not as Willie's platoon leader, but
more as his friend and one who
learned to love the boy as a
brother. “Georgia”, as all of the
boys and I called him, died like a
true soldier and a gentleman, do- '
ing his duty to the very end. I
don't know how to express my
feeling of grief and sorrow when I
found out about him and two com-
! rads. He had just knocked out a
tank and the first tank that we
had shot and I had just talked to
him and told him how proud I was
of him.
I want you to know that he died
without any suffering at all, along
with the other two lads.
I am pretty new in this outfit,
but had the -pleasure of knowing
“Georgia” and associating with
him for little better than two
months, and during that time I
learned to admire him for his
cheerful disposition and his un
complaining way of getting a job
well done. All of the fellows were
crazy about him and the loss was
a great shock to the whole platoon
as well as to the many friends
throughout the outfit. I am happy
to say that I had him made
Sergeant, a job that he really de
served, about three weeks before
his death.
Again I express my sympathy
and keen regret to you and your
folks at a loss which can never be
tilled. He was a Christian gentle
man if I ever knew one.
Sincerely yours,
LT. ASHLY DICK,
Command 1st Platoon.
The public is cordially invited to 1 „ eS da£ afternoon a(T:30 o'clock
». ir? eS « rf‘LT‘ nE a, i Rev - Fred Johnson, pastor ot the
.Antioch Baptist church. The pastor Mauk Baptist church officiated
will use as his subject, “Will Re-j Pall be F rers were ’ Me “" c as
ligion Survive This Global war?”! Clifford. Clark Montgomery JanS
The response of the People of Byrd( Fred McDaniel and y Grady
Passmore.
Mr. Byrd is survived by one son
Mr. Mimbs Byrd, of Macon, and
Robert Parker
Edwards Bros,
was in charge of
of their communites.
Capt. Spence stated he attempt--They are requested to complete
ed to ignite some of the fluid
found in the bottle, “but it would
not light.” He pointed out, how
ever, that neither would dynamite
light when a match blaze was ap
plied.
their canvas now. Our couniy
must not fail. Everybody is urged
to help; schools, clubs and all or
ganizations, as well as individ
uals.
Publicity Chairman.
Antioch and adjoining communi
ties to our announced subjects for
the past two months has been
most gratifying. We are having one daughter'* Mrs
large and attentive congregations.! 0 f Butler
You are urged to hear this dis
cussion Sunday. The church will
accord you a hearty welcome.
Fine singing is a feature of the
service, old and new hymns be
ing used. You will enjoy the wor
ship in song and meditation.
Look around you, find someone
who really wants to go to churcl
and bring them along with you.
Antioch is the “friendly church”
and we are expecting you Sunday
at 11 a. m. to enjoy this service
with us.
J. H. Stanford, Pastot
Funeral Home
arrangements.
Senior Class Day Exercises
To Be Held At Methodist
Church Sunday, April 30th
Quarterly Conference
To Be Held At Union
Church Friday Aprl 14
MULE FOR SALE
The Second Quarterly conference
of the Butler-Howard Methodist
charge will be held at Union
church Friday, April 14. The con
ference will begin at 11:30 a. m.
(CWT).
Senior Class Day exercises which
were scheduled to be observed at
the local Methodist church next
Sunday morning have been post
poned until Sunday, April 30th.
Rev. C. L. Glenn, pastor of the
church, announced that the reason
for changing the date of the Class
Day exercises was in order to se
cure the desired speaker for the
occasion.
Senior Class Day has become an
annual event here and is spon
sored each year by members of the
Men s Bible Class of the local
Methodist church.
April Term Marlon Co.
Superior Court Canceled
Due To Small Docket
Good farm mule for sale at
leasonable price. This mule is in
good condition and will do splen- { __ itwiii aij
did work anywhere. See or write, | the churches in the charge Ts" ex-
Ernest Davis, Butler, Ga. pected.
Rev. A. W. Reese, District Su-1
perintendent of Columbus will be
in charge of the meeting.
A large attendance from all of
Buena Vista, Ga., April 10—It
has been announced that due to
the small number of cases on the
docket that the April term of su
perior court will be dispensed with
and all grand and traverse jurors
whose names had been drawn to
serve have been notified to that
effect.