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EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
REYNOLDS WINS
FIRST PLACE IN
HI. SCHOOL MEET
Take Honors in Spelling, Reading,
Declamation, Home Economics,
Essay and Piano Events.
Reynolds was high scorer in
literary events and total at the
the Third District High school “C”
m eet held Friday on the campus
of Georgia Southwestern College,
Americus. Abbevile was second in
these events, with Ideal In third
place, and Preston, fourth.
Montezuma’s William Hurdle was
awarded first place in the 100-
yard dash, his time being clocked
at 11.5 seconds. Walt, of Abbeville
was second; McCarty, of Ideal, 3rd
and Martin of Bonaire, fourth.
Honors in the 200-yard sprint
wen to Ideal, with Ted Parks’
time being 25.2. Ledford of Abbe
ville, came second; James Moffett
Montezuma, third, and Stewart,
Bonaire, in fourth place
Ideal copped the hurdles event,
Ronald Hall’s time being 18.5 sec
onds. Mann of Abbeville, second,
and Fowler of Montezuma, third.
In the high lump event, Ogle
thorpe’s Jesse Joiner was tops;
McCarty of Ideal, and Fowler of
Montezuma, were in a tie for sec
ond place, the winner going In the
air five feet two.
Jack Thomas of Montezuma,was
tops with the broad jump of 18.4.
Tanner, Ideal; Wester, Abbeville,
and Weltner, Bonaire, were win
ners in the order named.
Literary Events
Literary events, declamation—
Julian Whatley, Reynolds; Rich
ard Martin, Bonaire; Billy Joe
Tarrer, Ideal.
Home Economics—Virginia But
ler, Reynolds; Fannie Ruth Hardy
Preston; Rebecca Hunt, Bonaire;
Emily Hollingsworth, Abbeville.
Boys Essay—W. W. McKinnon,
Preston; Earl Hightower, Reynolds
Billy Larke, Abbeville; Billy Joe
Tarrer, Ideal.
MINUTES li ?
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27.1944
NUMBER 26
MEETING v ' .i'lOR
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COMMISSIONERS PLACE HEAVY TAX
ON RETAIL SALE OF BEER AND
WINE IN TALOR COUNTY AT RE
CENT MEETING.
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
The Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues of Taylor County, Ga,
met in regular session the First
DRAFT HALTED SENIOR CLASS DAY Georgia s senators
FOR MEN OVER EXERCISES TO BE |hold limelight for
26 IN GEORGIA IOBSERVED SUNDAY
All Non-Essential Men 25 and
Under Will Be Called Up First
By Draft Boards.
Atlanta, April 22—Col. James N.
TnpcHav iri ivT u Tu . Keelin, state selective service di-
Tuesday in March, the same being j rector / Saturday flatly
Mr. Polk Jarrell. An Alumnus of
Local School, Will Be Princpial
Speaker.
ordered
nresfnt 7 ;; 19 ^’^^ 311 ™mbers ^ draft""boards to
present to-wit. J. R. Cooper, Chair-1 postpone induction of all men 26
and R. L.
man, W. M. Brown
Swearingen with L. P. Anthony, I d ”~ try ‘
Clerkl Saying
and older who are in essential in-
Minutes of the last meeting were
read, approved and ordered signed.
Bills were introduced against
the county and ordered paid with
Warrants Nos. 8528 through 8600
inclusive.
Upon motion the Board approv
various interpretations
had been given the recent Wash
ington order by local boards, Col.
Keelin issued the following gen
eral order:
“You (draft boards) are directed
to postpone the induction and pre
induction physical examinations
ed a fee of $75.00 (Seventy-Five 0 f all registrants 26 years of age
Dollars) for retail beer license forj or older with the exception of
the year 1944. 'those who are volunteers, those
It is also approved by the Board, who are morale cases or delin-
that a fee of $25.00 (Twenty-Five
Dollars) be assessed ror wine re
tailers for the year 1944.
Any party or parties desiring
license for the sale of beer and-or
wine in Taylor County shall come
before the County Commissioners
applying for said license giving
location and type of place planned
to be operated. No license shall be
quents, and those who are in ac
tivities non-essential to the war
effort or who do not contribute to
the public health, safety or inter
est.
“This directive will remain in
effect until cancelled by this head
quarters.”
In a statement, Col. Keelin said
it was not the intention of a pre
issued without the approval of the 1 vious order to locate boards “to
Board. I have registrants over the age of
The following funds were receiv- j 25 reclassified but merely to have
ed and ordered deposited in the them set aside by means of a
County Depository:
$87.50 From J. W. Edwards for
hauling dirt.
$206.00 From Reynolds Truck &
Tractor Co., for hauling dirt.
$2,675.24 From the State of
Georgia representing Gas tax al
lotment.
$1,774.20 From P. A. Jenkins, T.
C., representing 1943 tax collec
tions.
postponement of induction.”
Under the previous order, local
boards were processing men 26
and older, in and out of essential
industry, once they ran out of
those in the younger 18 to 25
group.
The new order requests "the in
duction of every available regis
trant under 26 years of age by
July 1.
$186.95 From P. A. Jenkins, T.C., |. “ The 'reclassification of all reg-
represeritiilg 1940 and 1941 tax listrants in this age group,” it con-
collections. jtinues, “who are presently in class
$42.75 From P. A. Jenkins, T.C., l2 A or 2 ’ B > and for whom defer
ment was ordered withdrawn
Girls Essay—Rachel Gaultney,, , manr
Reynolds- Bernice Everett Preston I representing 1942 tax collections, rnent was ordered withdrawn un-
jnoias, uernice Everett, ireston| Warrants Issued less approved by the state director
Dons Fowler, Ideal; Inez White,, List of Wmrants^ssued . shou i d ^ be comp l e ted at once.”
8528 Suggs Garage parts & L This means men under 26, un
repairs $51.73 less connected with activity di-
Crurn to No. 1; Page 3) irectly supporting the invasion,
must be called.
Abbeville.
Reading—Marion Hollis, Rey
nolds; Emogene Kennedy, Bonaire;
Abbie Gillespie, Abbeville; Nan-
nette Park, Ideal.
Piano—Ruth Allen, Shellman;
Carol Barrow, Reynolds.
One-act play—First and second
honors went to Abbeville and Ideal
respectively.
Spelling event was won by Rey
nolds with 87.6 points, with Shell-
man 84.08; Plains 83.82 and Pres
ton 73.5.
Vocal solo, boy—Charles Parker
Abbeville. Girl—Martha Jo Byrd,
Reynolds, and Lillian Perdue,
Bonaire.
Typing—Joyce Dozier, Plains;
Charles Cannon, Abbeville; Bur-
relle Key, Preston; Jackie Blanch
ard, Bonaire.
Quartet—Abbeville, with Abbie
Gillespie, Edith Parker, Bennie C.
Parker and Sugette Shackelford as
contestants.
Oglethorpe Wins
Pole vault honors went to Jesse
Joiner of Oglethorpe,, the height
being 9.3. Thomas Levins, Ideal,
second; Wendell Kirnnan, Monte
zuma, third, and McDuffie, of Ab
beville, fourth.
Typhoid Clinic Under
Direction Of County Nurse
To Begin Here April 28
Rules Whereby Soldiers
| “Wherever replacements can be
j reasonably expected or where
farming operations can continue
in the absence of the registrant
without serious disruption, these
men should be reclassified to 1-A
and made available for service,”
the order added.
This month as in previous years | it referred to “the extremely
we begin our clinic for immuniza- j urgent need of the armed forces
tion against Typhoid fever in i for mn of this age group 18-25.”
Taylo rcounty for the benefit of | — „
every person in the county.
More than ever, we should taae \
every precaution against diseases i |J a y Aro fiivon Ru
in this perilous time of war when VtOj TUIC MIC UlYCfl Dj
tered wUh j War Ballot COmmlSSlOn
so many doctors being called into |
service. We realize that our phy- Rules whereby men in the armed
sicians are over-worked at all (forces may vote in the State
times, and if our citizens will take j Democratic Primary July 4th are
immunization they may prevent j given by the State War Ballot
some serious illness and thereby i Commission as folows:
spare the doctors some of their j First . an Y member of the raili
ng | tary service, his relative or friend
Every person should take this | ma Y g. iv( ; th e Tax Collector or Tax
oDportunity for immunization i Commissioner of his county the
iuunn. ft _ ic Hrpnripri riispasp I name and address of the member
Shot put, the distance being 30.8 g « ic wi]1 be be id i n Butler i of the military forces with the re-
vvas won by Edwin Wester of Ab- beeinnhS April 28 i dUest that registration card be
bevlle. Harkins, of Bonaire, was H m"v5 I mailed to him. Any member of the
second, and McCarty of Ideal, was
third.
The Men’s Bible Clas of the
local Methodist church is spon
soring the annual Senior Class
Day exercises at the church next
I Sunday at 11 a. m.
Mr. Polk Jarrell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. C. Jarrell of this city, and
a former graduate of the local
high school, will be principal
speaker on this occasion. Mr.
Jarrell is assistant state vocational
rehabilitation supervisor. He has
served in this capacity for the
past four years during which time
he has contacted as many if not
more young men and women
than any other person in the stae.
Members of the Junior Cals will
have charge of the music on this
occasion.
The program is as follows:
Prelude, M. H. 455.
Hymn, M. H. 20, “ We gather to
gether to ask the Lord’s blessings.
Prayer.
Responsive reading, 45, Sunday,
First Reading.
Gloria Patri, M. H. 570.
Announcements.
Choir Hymn Anthem, M. H. 455.
Offertory.
Hymn, M. H. 118, O Master work
man of the race.
Address, Mr. A. Polk Jarrell.
Hymn, M. H., 266, O young and
fearless prophet.
Prayer.
Members of the Senior Class are
as follows:
James Adams
Walter Almgreen
Kathryn Amos
Willa Barfield
Carolyn Bazemore
Cathryn Culverhouse
Doris Culverhouse
Martha Jane Elliston
Betty Fehring
E. M. Gaultney Jr.
Mildred Gay
Joan Gill
Annette Harvey
Jane Harris
Ruth Hobbs
Ruth McChargue
Carolyn McCrary
Joyce McMillan
Dan Millions
Frances Mott
Fay Sawyer
Frankie Sikes
Mavis Stevens
Carol Jane Waller
Wanza Wisham
Mary Wright
RECENT SENATE ACTION
BOTH RUSSELL AND GEORGE
PLAY IMPORTANT PART IN THE
PASSAGE OF SEVERAL MAJOR
BILLS.
Bob Writmer, of Bonaire, was in
first place in the discussion event.
Harry Wood of Ideal was second;
Hilly Sloan, Montezuma, third,and
Gannon of Abbeville, in fourth.
The distance was 80 feet, 1 inch.
1 he relay champ of the events
\\as George Fowler, of Montezuma
the time being 1.50. James Moffet
Y. as ru nner-up with William Hur-
<He and Gene Harden, third and
iourth respectively.
Other winners in the various
events of the day were as follows:
Tennig (boys singles)—James
Moffett, Montezua; Blanton,Plains,
'•Gs singles—Marion Parks, Ideal.
°ys doubles—Gene Harden, Neal
u mble, Montezuma; J. D. Clem-
erits, Plains; Howard Jones, Ideal.
j Hrs doubles — Nanneth Pail,
tfeal; Lois James.
PLANTS FOR sale
Several thousand certified pure
rod s kin P. R. Potato Plants; also
'“-“globe and new stone Tomato
dnts - If interested see me at
»nce as plants are now ready for
“"livery. Call, write or see,
P- A. JENKINS, Butler, Ga.
and continuing
and 12.
through May 5. ....
military service may register up to
In Butler the clinics will be heldj and dur ! ng the day of election,
in the courthouse from 8 to 12 a. I Sec ° nd ’ any member of the mili-
X Hotoc i tary, his relative or friend may by
m * ° n tbe . ab .° R ld ni h 1 giving the name and address of
The clinic in ^ b .same, request the County Regis-
held in the sc o ® jtrars of his county to forward a
to 3 p. m. on re same a • j ballot to the member of the mili-
Any person taking tba tbra ® 1 tary in general primary to be held
vaccines are asked to come and ’ July 4th, provided that the mem-
get started with them on t e t ber Q{ tbe military is a member
day of clinic, as we will not start of tbe po iiti ca i party holding said
anyone for three treatments after pr i mary and j s otherwise qualified
the first clinic-day. to VO ( e This application to the
All persons taking three vac-1 re gi s t rar s applies to the. primary
cines last year are advised to take e i ec ti on only.
one vaccine this year and each | Any member of the military, his
year thereafter. ( relative or friend upon furnishing
As usual, a fee of 75c will be, the name and address of same may
charged for the three vaccines or request the Ordinary to furnish a
25c for one. This fee goes to the member of the military a ballot
doctors for their services. j for use in the general election
I will also give Diphtheria Tox-. November 7th.
oid to anyone desiring it. This a Resolution
treatment is given free to children, Copy of resolution and motion
between the ages of six months unanimously adopted by the State
and five years. jWar Ballot Commission April 13:
We have had very few cases of Whereas, the entries under the
Typhoid in our county during the rules of the state democratic
past eight years. We attribute this executive committee closed April
to immunization against this dis- 1, and whereas, it is necessary
ease. j that the ballots be printed by the
SARA WINDHAM, county democratic committees as
County Health Nurse. ' (Turn to Page 6: No. 2)
Miss Lula Stanford
Elected To Membership Of
Honor Society Mercer
Miss Lula Stanford, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Stanford of
Butler and a student at Mercer
University, Macon, was recently
honored with membership to the
Cardinal Key, a national honor
society for women.
Miss Stanford was one of four
young ladies to receive this honor.
Others were: Miss Margaret Sams
of Macon; Miss Charis Knapp, of
Moultrie; and Miss Ann Slate of
Dalton.
Miss Stanford is a member of
the Junior class at the University.
She received her high school edu
cation at Adel. At Mercer Miss
Stanford is a member of the Glee
Club, I. R. C., Ciceronian Club,
Card “M” Club, secretary of the
YWA, a former member of the
business staff of “The Mercer
Cluster,” and a member of the
business staff of the Silhoutte and
sports editor of the Cauldron.
Washington, April 22—Georgia’s
two Democratic senators, Walter
F. George of Vienna, and Richard
B. Russell of Winder, take turns in
occupying the limelight in their
legislative activities.
This is not due to any prear
ranged plan, but by circumstances
governing the way the Senate
handles measures in which they
play important parts.
Right now, and throughout the
Spring, Senator Russell has been a
major figure in work on several
pieces of legislation. But through
out the fall and winter Senator
George occupied the dominant
spot.
First, Senator George held in
terest for weeks as he guided the
tax bill through the Senate in his
capacity as finance committee
chairman. While this fight was
going on, and later, he also was
leader in postwar planning dis
cussions, in his role as chairman
of a special Senate committee on
postwar economic and financial
problems.
Senator Russell then began to
dominate the scene on several is
sues.
The roles he is now playing are:
1. Member of an unofficial three
man committee planning strategy
to fight the anti-poll tax meas
ure.
2. Chairman of the Senate’s ag
riculture appropriations subcom
mittee. In this capacity he has
started a fight to continue the
FSA, which the House thus far
has declined to continue beyond
June 30, 1944.
3. In the same capacity he has
obtained agreement of the Senate
Agriculture Comm ittee to an
amendment continuing the federal
aid school lunch program for an
other year. He has been made a
member also of a special commit
tee to study bills on the subject,
including one of his own which
would establish the program on a
permanent basis.
Sen. George, in an interview in
Atlanta following an Easter va
cation at his Vienna home, said he
would concentrate on simplifica
tion of income tax procedure.
WAYNE RUSTIN
KILLED WHEN HIT
BY CAR LAST NITE
Funeral Services Will be Held at
Baptist Church at 4:30 o'Cloclc
This Afternoon.
MR. J. H. CARRIED TO MACON
HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT
Mr.- J. H. West who has been
confind to his bed for the past
week, was carried to Macon yes
terday for a major operation at a
Macon hospital. Best wishes for a
speedy recovery is extended Mr.
West by hosts of friends. Mr. West
has been associated with the H. E.
Allen Hardware Co., this city, for
a number of years.
FOR SALE
Fifty-acre farm on paved high
way well improved; peach or
chard; near town. Write if you
mean business.
A. B. WOOD, Griffin, Ga.
Local Baptists Apply
Large Sums To Sinking
Fund And Orphanages
Important among the items of
business transacted at a church
conference held at the local Bap
tist church, following the regular
preaching hour Sunday morning,
was the financial report read by
a member of the board of deacons,
(Mr. G. W. Hill.
i The report showed on hand for
I building and repairs the amount
of $1,067.00 By unanimous vote of
the church, the treasurer was di
rected to invest $1,000.00 in War
Bonds, the balance to be applied
to immediate necessary repairs on
the church.
In addition to the above, the re
port showed in the hands of the
treasurer the amount of $1,100.00
and by the same action to be di
vided as follows: Contribution to
the Georgia Baptist Orphanage,
$100.00; Georgia Industrial Home,
$100.00; Orphans Home at Baxley,
$100.00; for Missions, $100.00; re
mainder of $500.00 to be retained
as sinking fund and current ex
penses.
Prof. Ward M. Pafford
Has Been Accepted For
Service In U. S. Navy
From the Emory Wheel:
Ward M. Pafford, son of Rev.
and Mrs. B. A. Pafford, assistant
professor of English in the Col
lege of Arts and Science, has been
accepted by the Navy and will
leave in the latter part of May.
Pafford, a University graduate,
received his A. B. degree in 1932
and his M. A. degree in 1933. He
taught high school in Moultrie
from 1933 to 1936 and went to
Clemson in 1936. He joined the
faculty of Emory-at-Valdosta in
1937 and remained there until he
was transferred to the University
in 1942, when the Valdosta branch
was closed for the duration.
A deplorable tragedy in the
family circle of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Rustin about eight o’cl ock last
night had a most depressing ef
fect upon the entire town.
Victim to the tragedy was their
only son, Wayne, 11 years of age,
and one of Butler’s brightest and
most promising youths.
With the consent of his parents,
Wayne left the family residence, in
the northern section of the fcity,
about 8 o’clock to go to this’ pic
ture show. Walking alone pn the
righ hand side of the paved .high
way he was struck by an auforno-
bile traveling in the same direc
tion. The father of the child was
one of the first on the scene • of
the accident. A rain confiing up
about the time the lad left home,
Mr. Rustin stepped into his ; cqr to
overtake his son and parry him. to
the show and was only a short
distance behind him when th€
tragedy occurred. On learning
what had happened Mr. Rustin
gathered his son in his arms(
put him in the car and cart-ied
him to the hospital anti was
prostrated with grief when Advis
ed by hospital nurses that the lad
was dead. ; „
The car that struck the boy was
that of Joseph McDougald, a well
known local negro, with 1 Mc
Dougald driving and having as his
only companion Fred McCrary,
another negro well known about
town. The two negroes surrendered
immediately after the accident to
Sheriff J. M. Bone, declaring tne
occurrance as purely accidental.
As the Herald goes to press this
morning McDougald is being held
for further investigation.
Besides his parents, Wayne is
survived by two sisters, Mrs. J.
Robert Knepley and Miss Frances
Rustin, as well as a large number
of uncles and aunts, County School
Superintendent W. T. Rustin being
one of the uncles and Mr. J. L.
Rustin of this county, and Mr.
John Parker, of Birmingham.,
Ala., grand-fathers. The father,
Mr. J. M. Rustin, is a well Known
rural mail carrier serving patrons
on route two from the local post-
office for a number of years.
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at four-thirty
o’clock at the Butler Baptist
church with Rev. Hugh Dozier of
Albany, will be in charge. Inter
ment will be in the Bloodworth
cemetery near Charing.
Honorary pallbearers will in
clude Merrell Wells, Joe Lockwood
Frank Calhoun Jr., Buddy Brown,
Walter and Thomas Mathews,
Billy and Harold Sulllns, all class
mates of the deceased.
Funeral Services For
Elisha A. (Gus) Waters
Held At Bethel Friday
Elisha Augustus (Gus) Waters,
81 years of age, died at the home
of Mr. Henderson Hobbs near town
Thursday morning, April 20. His
death was attributed to a heart
attack which he suffered only a
few days earlier.
Mr. Waters was born in Taylor
county Feb. 19, 1863, son of the
late Mr. Elisha and Mrs. Hannah
Whittle Waters. He was never mar
ried and was the last surviving
member of a pioneer family of this
county. He was a member of the
Ft. Valley Methodist church.
Funeral services were held for
the deceased at Bethel Primitive
Baptist church Friday morning at
11 o’clock with Rev. C. L. Glenn
officiating. Interment was in Beth
el cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Messrs H. E.
and John S. Barrow, H. T. Blakely,
Johi Blair, Jack Harris and A. J.
Locke.
Survivors include: three nieces,
Mrs. A. H. Rogers, Mrs. Maggie
Mae Underwood and Mrs. Viola
Jones; and six nephews, Messrs
Ed A., Vester, Monroe Chester,
and Roy Waters, and Johnnie
Shelley.
FOR SALE
Electric Refrigerator in good
condition; almost new. Contact,
BUTLER HERALD.