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| FIRST* SECTION THE#feuTLER Herald EEPING EVEBLASTINGLT AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS" VOLUME 7# BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1945 NUMBER 8 E i LIST OF JURORS FOR JAN. TERM SUPERIOR COURT Court Will Convene Here Morakry Morning. January 7; Judge T. Hicks Fart to Preside. Grand and Traverse Jurors drawn by Hon. T. Hicks Fort, Judge Superior Courts Chattahoo chee Circuit, to serve at the January term of Taylor superior court: GRANS JURORS L. A. Peed W. R. Lawhom T. Whatley O. R. Montgomery J. W, Windham A. L. Waters J. B. Byrd E. T. Shealy W. E. Neisler M. W. Smith Frank Callahan J. H. West B. M. Montgomery L. T. Peed F. C. Jarrell M. L. Parks D. R. Theus David Childree E. C. Gholson L. A. Adams J. W. O’Neal J. W. Woodall C. K Whidby Thos. Montgomery Jas. Montgomery C. B. Hicks H. B, The us J. L. Anthony Gann Nelson H. G. McCants TRAVERSE JURORS W. A. Taunton J. A. Stevens A. B. Shehee G. J. Young F„ T. Eubanks, Sr.H. W. Cox G. Z. Young W. J K. TrusscU H. W. Jarrell O. C. Keen Byrd Posey D. R. Theus Arnold Griggs Gleason Fowler Joe Brown W. F. Rogers H. W. Woodall J. L. Saunders W. J. Braddq Wanza Hortman Ed Stringf'eld E. A, Nelson J. R. Massey Mosley Childres L. J. WainwrightJ. T. Mathews H. M. Waters Clay Smith J. M. Cox W. D. Pool C. D. Johnson Ellis Pike p. E. McDaniel Z. R. McCorkle H. H. Gholson J. W. Mott J. W. Edwards 11 Homer Cox Carol Purvis J. H. Brown W. M. Gee Jr. J. R. Wilson Cleophus Montgomery J. T. Cox M. A. Ufsey D. T. Montfort Oscar Dreizin Daniel Posey W. M. Hollis H. E. Childres W. E. Marshall, Sr. Lee Posey C. H. Horton H. T. Blakely Jas. A. Hollis S. Garrett E. M. Ivey B. F. Hill W. A. Childs S. E. Cox Merry Christinas early Beloved: Mrs. Hoats and 1 wish to make Lis a personal message to you as it friend, co-laborer and kindred l our Lord Jesus Christ. We are unable to see each of )u personally before Christmas nd the New Year so here is our •eeting to you. God has been exceedingly good , us since last Christmas, and a reat portion of His kindness to s has come through you. May His love keep you and less you throughout this season ad the New Year. ead on, O King Eternal Thru the dim, vast unknown, oday Thou dost give assurance Thou shalt go before Thine own In our hearts there is implanted n eternal memorial of you that ill always be mentally visible to In our hearts there blooms a garden Of lovely flowers that grew From seeds of cheery friendship— Planted there by you. Each blossom is a memory That prompts us to expres A. wish that’s true,—and just for you, For worlds of happiness! The Hoats Family. 16 MORE MEM RETURN] HOME WITH DISCHARGE All Returning Service Are Welcomed Bock Into L'lvUiau. Life. Sixteen local white men have been given discharges from the armed service during the past lev. days. Each of these fonne service men are receiving a warm wel come by their numerous relatives and friends here. Five colored inductees have al so been granted discharges and have returned to the place of their nativity. White Men Calvin Taunton Bernard J. Fuller William R. Turner, Jr. Benj. Hamilton England (Navyi Ray Ennis Luck Charles F. Fickling (Navy) John Harold .Underwood (Navy) Josh Newsom Kirksey Lewis L. Wilson Horace L. Kirltsey Frank Peterman Jr. Arnold Jackson Wainwright James McChaigue James McDaniel Wm. Chester Yarborough (Navy, Grady Trussell Colored Men Samuel Knowlton Harding Harris Robert W. Mathis Ross Mathis Millard Gooch Forsyth Boy Showerd With Mail from All Sections of Georgia Forsyth, Dec. 15—In response tc a news story in the Macon Tele graph Friday telling of thi Christmas tree for Bennie Pritchet suffering from a rare and lata) disease which may take him awa before Dec. 25, cards and letter from all points in Georgia an hsowering the box. He is elated over his Christmas party and the shower of inaiL Bennie seems better but it if fictitious strength which meant nothing. His real condition is un changed and specialists who ex amined the boy declared that hi had only a short time to live a: the disease had progressed too far Bennie’s mother is unwilling ti give up and his teacher, M r s. Gee McMullan voices the wish that i these days of miracles with sur gery Bennie cou : d be flown t some place where such miracle? are performed. She feels that it might save Bennie and that if it did not it might save some othe- victim of the same disease. Bennie’s classmates each day b the school room pray for him tc get well or at least that he maj not die. Bonnie never complains and Mr. Charles Lamon Monroe, count; visiting teacher, who sees the bo> every day, declares that the brav ery, he is displaying, k» heart breaking to those standing by s helpless to stay the dread dis ease. TWO MEN SEL-K SENATE POST IN SCHLEY COUNTY Ellaville, Ga., Dec. 17—Charle Battle has announced his cand' dacy for state senator to fill tb unexpired term of his father, th late C. L. Battle. R. S. Greene, Schley count;- farmer, is also a candidate. He i a former member of the house c ■epresentatives. The special election will bo helc Dec. 29. 11 Tuberculosis Drive Is Somewhat Disappointing To Those in Charge The Taylor County Tuberculosis Association has not collected what it had hoped to collect. The rea son is not because people do not want to fight .tuberculosis, but because they put their Seals aside with the best of intentions, and then failed to mail in a check for them. It may help to emphasize the impotrance of mailing a donation of we note only that while healthy people prepare for a fes tive Christmas, somewhere in this country a person dies every nine minutes of tuberculosis. —Publicity Officer. Girl's Athoiefic Club To Sponsor Dance On New Years Eve The Butler Girls’ Athletic Club is sponsoring a New Year's Eve dance at the new Dean Hotel. Admission: Cot pi", 50c; stags 40c; time T:0: •’ proceeds will go to the Community House. District Superintendent Announces Dates for Quarterly Coferences Rev. A. W. Reese, District Super intendent of Columbus District Methodist Churches, nnounees that the Quarterly Conferences will be held at the following churches on dates indicated: Buena Vista, Jan. 18, P. M. Butler, Jan 11, A. M. Cusseta, Jan 13, A. M. Cuthbert, Jan. 28, P. M. Geneva, Eox Springs, Jan. 29. Marion, Brantley, Jan. 19, A.M. Talbotton, Jan. 11, P. M. Talbot Circuit, Centerville, Jan. 12, A. M. Waverly Hall, Jan. 6, A. M. Woodland, Jan. 10, A. M. RURAL CARRIER DIES WHILE DRIVING ROUTE BICYCLE FOR SALE Boy’s Bicycle In good condition for sale at reasonable price. Lorenza Doyel, Butler, Ga. Lizella, Dec. 17—George Lee Brown, rural mail carrier died Saturday of a cerebral hemorrhage while driving his car on his route near Lizella. He was stricken about two miles west of the city. Brown, 69, was born in Culloden and had lived there all his life. He is survived by his wife, a son, Al lison Brown, overseas. three daughters, Mrs. Al Noll, Miami, Sue and Mae Arlis, both of Cul loden. Brown had been a rural carrier for about six years. Butler High School Closed for Holidays, To Reopen January 2 We regret the misunderstanding and confusion in regard to the school closing In Butler before the scheduled time. The children were sent homo Tuesday morning tx>cause of the frigid weather. Instructions were given to all concerned to return just as soon as the freeze ended. Several of the buses failed to make their run Wednesday and neither of the buildings were heat ed. We did not desire to take a chance of making your child sick by keeping him in a cold school •om and instructed the school to 'uose until after the holidays. Butler and other schools served by the Butler buses will reopen .diary 2. Crowell, Potterville and Reynolds schools will reopen on January 7th. E. H. DUNN,' Superintendent, Taylor County Schools. Watch-Night Service for Local Church Announced Rev. C. L. Glenn announces that plans are being fomulated for a watch-night service to be held at the local Methodist church. Further details will be an nounced later. Fanners Asked to Report Conservation Practices Before Jan. 15,194& The 1945 AAA Conservation Pro gram will end on December 31 and Taylor county farmers are request ed to file a report of the practices they have carried out on their farms during 1945, according to Roy F Jones, County Administra tive Officer. The closing date fur reporting 1945 soil building prac tices is Jan. 15, 1946. Mr. Jones states that the purpose of conservation payments is to en courage farmers to adopt con servation practices that will im prove their farms. The payments as a rule amount to approximately 80 pe rcent of completing the practioe. Soil building practices for which payment was provided under th< 1945 program included applying limestone, superphosphate, bask slag, or potash; establishing lespe- deza, crotalaria, kudzu, sericea, cr vegetative waterways; construct ing terraces, or ditches; clearing, seeding, mowing, or renovating pastures; harvesting blue lupin vetch, crotalaria, or kobe lespede- za seed. Mr. Jones states that he is anx ious that every farmer carrying out one or more of the practices out lined above file a report and sign an application for payment as soon as convenient. **