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TfesE Butler Herald
VOLUME 70
KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MAY 30, 1946
NUMBER 31
NEGRO WOMAN
ENTERS CONTEST
IN FULTON CO.
Atlanta, May 25—Nell Hall
Jackson, Negro woman, qualified
Saturday with the Fulton County
Democratic Executive Committee
as a candidate for committeewo-
man from the Third Ward.
The ward, which contains a large
Negro population, includes the
county courthouse. She qualified
to succeed F. F. Allen.
Clipped from Macon Telegraph
and News Sunday edition, May 26,
1946. Published at request of
Messrs U. S. Underwood and M. N.
Poole. »
BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES NOW ON
TRIP TO FLORIDA
Twenty two Members of the
Class and four adults leave
For sight seeing trip early
Monday morning.
Mail Goes Through
In Spite of 3-Day
Railroad Strike
Upholding the tradition, “The
mail must go through,” all post
offices in Taylor county performed
continuous service on all first
class, airmail and registered mail
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
last week regardless of the rail
strike that paralyzed hundreds of
thousands of pounds of U. S. mail
temporarily.
The A. B. & C. continued to
operate one mail and express train
each day during the strike thus
furnishing continued service to pa
trons of the Mauk, Charing and
Rupert offices.
No trains were operated during
the three days by the Central rail
road therefore other offices were
less fortunate than those along the
A. B. & C. ^
To serve the Butler, Reynolds
and Howard offices a temporary
route was established between
these points and Macon, the mail
leaving Butler by automobile at 6
p. m. and returning at 10 p. m.
each day.
Twenty-two members of the
Butler High school graduating
class left Monday morning by bus
for Jacksonville Beach, Fla., where
they are spending this week
swimming ana sightseeing.
Two members of the faculty,
Misses Verna Jarrell and Dorris
Callahan, and Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Coleman accompanied the seniors
on their trip and will act as chape
rons.
Practically all the funds needed
to finance the trip were raised by
members of the class during their
four years in high school.
A private bus was chartered for
the trip which will enable the
seniors to visit many points of in
terest in Florida.
Seniors making the trip include:
Bryan Blair
Marjorie Brown
Martha Williams
Lamar Almgreen
Bobby Locke
Mary Sstelle Childres
Martha Locke
Leon James
Alton Crooke
Bobby Brooks
Gwendolyn Blakely
Mildred Woodall
LaRoy Gee
Elizabeth Massey
Frances Rustin
William Purvis
Armenda Purvis
Sue Millirons
Lennelle Waters
Marjory Bone
Janie Moore.
ALL VOTERS MUST
QUALIFY BEFORE
THEY CAN VOTE
Requirements For Voters Are
Outlined By Attorney General
Eugene Cook.-
Campaign to Stamp Out
Rabies-Infested Foxes Is
Launched by Commissioners
The Taylor County Board of
Commissioners at a recent meeting
adopted a rule to pay a reward
of $2.00 for each fox head deliver
ed to the proper authorities at the
county public works camp near
town.
Upon thorough investigation the
Commissioners have learned that
many foxes in this section are in
fested with rabies and are fre
quently attacking cows, hogs, and
other livestock causing animals
thus bitten to have to be killed.
To eliminate this unnecessary
destruction of livestock which are
especially valuable during the
present food shortage the county
officials are offering a reward for
each fox destroyed.
The cooperation of the public in
this important movement will be
sincerely appreciated by your
Commissioners.
This 29th day of May, 1946.
County Commissioners.
REVIVAL
“The Effectual Fervent Prayer of
a Righteous Man Availeth Much”
James< 5:16.
If Ye Abide in ME and MY
WORDS Abide in You, Ye Shall
Ask What Ye Will and It Shall Be
Done.—.John 15:7.
Beloved, If Our Heart Condemn
Us Not, Then Have We Confidence
Toward GOD . . . and Whatsoever
We Ask We Receive of HIM, Be
cause We Keep HIS COMMAND
MENTS, and Do Those Things That
Are Pleasing in HIS Sight—I John
3:21, 22.
And This Is the Confidence That
We Have in HIM, That If We Ask
Anything According to HIS WILL,
HE Heareth Us: And If We Know
That He Hear Us, Whatsoever We
Ask, We Know That We Have the
Petitions That We Desired of Him.
—I John 5:14,15.
Worship Services Held Daily at
the hour of 8 p. m., Taylor Mill
Baptist Church, beginning Sunday
morning, May 26, 11 o’clock. . . .
The Spirit and the Bride Say Come.
And Let Him That Heareth Say,
COME. And Let Him That Is
Athirst COME. And WHOSOEVER
Will, Let Him Take the Water of
Life Freely.—Rev. 22:17.
Whirlwind Courtship Brings
Strangers to Hymen's Altar
At Schley County Capital
From Ellaville Sun:
Romance blossomed and reached
hastily fulfillment in the soggy
twilight at Ellaville a few days
ago when a soldier and a girl were
married in the courthouse a half-
hour after a chance meeting on a
downtown street.
Th,e bride gave her name as Lou-
ella McNew, of Maxie, Virginia,
and the groom said he was Wm.
LeRoy Hatcher, of Donalsonville.
Ordinary Mary Battle officiated
and Morris Hill and Senator Buddy
Battle witnessed the ceremony.
The bride alighted from a bus
here late ni the afternoon, and the
soldier had arrived in town on a
gasoline truck. Cupid shot them
down at the Gulf Service Station.
They said they had not met pre
viously.
American Legion Post 124
To Meet Each Second
And Fourth Tuesday
Officers of the Amrican Legion
Post 124 wish to advise all mem
bers that there will be two regular
meetings of the Post each month
instead of one meeting as in the
past.
Meeting dates are the second
and fourth Tuesday’s in each
month.
All members are urged to attend
each meeting.
LOCAL DEPT. STORE
IS PURCHASED BY
ATLANTA MAN
Mr. E. H. Bazemore Sells Business
After Serving the public For
18 years.
Requirements for qualification of
voters in the July 17th primary
have been given by Attorney Gen
eral Eugene Cook, who cites the
following constitutional stipula
tions:
1. A person must be 18 years oi
older on or before November 5.
2. A registrant must have been
a Georgia resident for one year
and of the county where he intends
to vote “six months next preceed-
ing an election in which he offers
to vote.”
3. A person must qualify undei
one of these constitutional stipula
tions:
A. Be of good character and un
derstand the duties and obligations
of citizenship under a republican
form of government.
B. Be able to “correctly read in
the English language any para
graph of the Constitution of the
United States or of this state and
correctly write the same in the
English language, when read to
them by any one of the registrars,
“or, if unable to comply with this
solely because of physical disabili
ty, be able to ‘understand give a
reasonable interpretation of any
paragraph’ of the federal or. state
Constitution.”
Cook emphasized that a person
not 18 years old but who will at
tain that age on or before Novem
ber 5, of this year will be entitled
to register and vote in the 1946
primary and general election.
The Attorney General also de
clared that voters’ oaths “should
be actually made, “and asserted,
“if the applicant can not read oi
sign his name, upon request the
officers in charge should read or
repeat the oath and sign the ap
plicants’ name.”
While the above clarification
was being given, other state offi
cials and leaders were urging the
people to register and vote, to
make democracy work at its best
in Georgia and obtain the finest
results from our political system.
“The way to get the best governoi
or other officials,” they said, “is
to secure the heaviest possible
registration—and then get out the
vote.”
July 5 is the last day for regis
tration.
Mr. Charles L. Snider of Atlanta
has purchased the Bazemore De
partment Store in Butler from Mr.
E. H. Bazemore, the transaction
having become effective Monday,
May 27.
The Bazemore Department Store
is one of the largest and best
known mercantile firms in this
section. Mr. Bazemore began his 1
mercantile career here 18 years
ago and his business has grown
steadily since that time.
Mr. Snider has had a number of
years experience in the mercantile
business and comes to Butler
highly recommended. He plans to
move his family to this city just
as soon as he can find proper
housing facilities.
The firm will continue to operate
on the south side of the public
in the large two-story building
square and will operate under the
firm name of Bazemore Depart
ment Store as heretofore. Mr.
Snider plans to handle groceries,
meats, dry goods, furniture and
hardware. He will probably add
other lines of merchandise in the
near future.
Mr. Snider announces that the
same staff of employes will con
tinue their connection with the
firm. Mr. Bill Bazemore will be in
charge of the meat department
and Mr. Mack Miller will be head
of the grocery line.
Mr. Bazemore states that he has
not yet made definite plans for the
future but expects to devote most
of his time to his large farming
interests.
a. m., next Saturday.. All members
Butler
$59.49
are urged to attend and help in
Reynolds
60.31
the business matters of the church
Mauk & Charing
11.20
at this conference.
Carsonville
10.00
Sunday school at 10:30 a. m.,
Howard
9.00
Sunday. Good classes for all ages.
Be sure to attend this Bible study.
TOTAL
$150.00
Students Plan Huge
Meeting At Athens
For J. V. Carmichael
Vacation Church School
Begins Monday, June 3
At Reynolds M. E. Church
Children from the age of three
through fourteen are urged to at
tend the Vacation Church School at
the Reynolds Methodist Church be
ginning Monday, June 3 and end
ing Friday, June 7.
Be sure to come each morninp
from 9:30 to 11:00 o’clock and bring
your friends. We are sure that every
one will enjoy the program plan
ned.
Mrs. John Mims, Supt.
RADIO SERVICE—10 years ex
perience. Pickup and delivery.
Prompt, efficient service on all
makes. Shop l G cated at my home.
FOY COX, BUTLER, GA.
Students from nearly a score of
Georgia Colleges are planning a
mammoth rally at Athens on Fri
day, May 31, in honor of the ap
pearance in the Classic City of ub-
ernatorial candidate James V. Car
michael.
Plans for the occasion were an
nounced this week by George A.
Doss, Jr., Co-Director of the Student
League for Good Government,
which is supporting Carmichael’s
candidacy throughout the state.
Doss said that the students would
hear Carmichael speak at 4:30 in
the afternoon and would be feted
with a supper and a street dance
afterwards.
The rally comes as a climax
to straw polls conducted in most of
the state’s colleges which gave Car
michael huge majorities over other
candidates.
At the University of Georgia, Car
michael polled 85.5 per cent of the
vote, while Talmadge received 10
per cent and Rivers only 4 per cent.
At Tech, Carmichael received 87
percent; Talmadge 8 per cent and
Rivers 5 per cent.
At West Georgia College in Car
rollton, Carmichael polled 86 per
cent with 14 per cent divided be
tween the other fourcandidates.
Agnes Scott gave Carmichael 450
votes out of a possible 462; Everitt,
five votes; Talmadge four; and Ri
vers, three.
LaGrange College polled 98 per
cent for Carmichael and 1 percent
each for Talmadge and Rivers.
Other colleges over the state re
port approximately the same per
centage divided between the candi
dates.
Doss stated that representatives
from all student groups attending
the rally would participate in the
program.
MRS. EMILY PERRY 81
DIES AT HER HOME
NEAR REYNOLDS FRIDAY
Fuaeral Services Held at Little
Bethel Free Will Baptist Church.
Rev. W. R. LawAorn and Rev.
W. H. Emerson Officiating.
Mrs. Emily A. Perry, 81 years of
age, died at her home near Rey
nolds early Friday morning, May
24. Her death was attributed to a
stroke of paralysis which she suf
fered about a week ago.
Mrs. Perry was born in Marion
county, July 23, 1864‘the daughter
of the late Mr, and Mrs. Solomon
F. Phillips. She was married to
Mr. G. D. Perry who preceded her
in death a number of years ago.
Funeral services were held for
Mrs. Perry at Little Bethel Free
will Baptist church near Ideal of
which she was a member, Friday
afternoon at 4:30. Rev. W. R. Law-
horn and Rev. W. H. Emerson of
ficiated. Interment was in Little
Bethel cemetery.
Pall bearers were Messrs Hugh
B. Cromer, Calvin R. Grace, Morris
Tarrer, Rudolphus Tarrer and
william C. Littlejohn.
Surviving are four daughters
Mrs. W. C. Bussey of Reynolds,
Mrs. Horace Cromer of Ideal, Mrs.
W. A. Chapman of Waynesboro,
Mrs. Abe Jordan of Reynolds; and
one son Mr. G. D. Perry of Collins;
three brother and two sisters,
thirty grandchildren and forty
great grandchildren.
FOURCANDIDATES
QUALIFY FOR
TAYLOR PRIMARY
Local Primary Set For Same Date
As State July Seventeenth. All
Entries Closed Saturday.
Services To Be Held
At Midway .Baptist
Church Next Sunday
Church conference will be held
at Midway Baptist church at 11:30
Taylor County Raises
Quota in Recent
Cancer Control Drive
Preaching at 11:30 a. m. Sunday
by the pastor. Our subject will be
“A Staggering World—Is There Any
Hope for a Better World.” The text
will be Psalms 127:1. Be sure to
hear this message. Bring a friend
with you. Pray for the pastor and
come to this service in a spirit of
true worship.
Services Sunday at 3 p. m., at
Horeb Baptist church. All members
and friends of the church are
cordially invited to attend this
service.
To all the services Sunday the
public is cordially invited and we
trust that God’s spirit will guide us
in all our efforts.
J. H. Stanford, Pastor.
Mrs. T. L. Fountain, Taylor Coun
ty Commander of the American
Cancer Society reorts that the coun
ty has met its quota again this
year.
Assisting Mr. Fountain in this
drive were Mrs. C. S. Sawyer, Rey
nolds, Mrs. Hugh Perkins, Howard,
Mrs. Sims Garrett, Charing, and
Mauk, Mrs: H. G. Cheek and Mrs.
W. A. Jarrell of Carsonville.
The following contributions were
made
Miss Reba Lou Turner
To Be Awarded Diploma
At Georgia Southwestern
Americus, May 28—Reba Lou
Turner, of Mauk, will be awarded
a junior college diploma by
Georgia Southwestern College at
commencement exercises to be
held in the college auditorium on
June 11.
Dr. Peyton Jacob, Southwestern
president, announced 60 students
will graduate at the exercises
j which will begin at 10:30 a. m.
: Rev. John Wilson, pastor of Lee
i Street Methodist church, Americus,
1 will deliver the address.
The commencement sermon will
i be preached at First Methodist
church Sunday, June 9, by the
pastor, Rev. James Wilson.
Saturday Night Services
To Be Held At Bethel
Baptist Church June 8
There will be no morning ser
vice at Bethel Primitive Baptist
Church Saturday, June 8, tiowever
services will be held at the church
Saturday evening at 8:30 o’clock.
The puolic is cordially invited to
attend.
County Races Form
In Macon Primary
Oglethorpe, May 26—The time
limit for qualification for entrants
in the State and County primary
expired in Macon county Saturday
noon with persons offering for
election.
7- L. Coogle, of Oglethorpe
qualified for representative to the
General Assembly, to succeed Mrs.
John B. Guerry, incumbent, who
did not offer for re-election.
For County Commissioner from
the Montezuma District Ed M. Mc
Kenzie, incumbent, will be op
posed by J. S. Averill, Sr., and for
County Commissioner from the
Ideal District, Love Felton, incum
bent, will be opposed by F. L. Ra-
burn.
Tom's Cafe Undergoes
Many Improvements
Messrs Tom Harmon and Vernon
Algood, owners of “Tom’s Cafe” in
this city are to be congratulated
on the many improvements they
are making in their place of busi
ness.
The cafe which is located near
the Citizens State Bank has been
closed this week for repairs. The
building has been completely re
modeled, from floor to ceiling,
large circulating fans installed,
and a number of tables added.
REV. F. B. CHERRY
TO PREACH AT LITTLE BETHEL
CHURCH JUNE 1ST & 2ND
Evangalist F. B. Cherry will
preach at Little Bethel Church in
Macon County, Saturday and Sun
day. The public is cordialy invited
to attend. Hours of service, Satur
day, 11:00 a. m. and8:00 p. m.;
Sunday 11:00 a. m.
Come and worship with us and
enjoy the acquaintance of this
great man of God.
Mr. P. B. Childs, Secretary of the
Taylor County Democratic Execu
tive Committee advises that two
candidates have qualified for each
of the offices to be filled in the
Democratic primary of July 17. En
tries closed at six o’clock Saturdy
afternoon, May 25.
Those qualifying include:
For State Senate from the 23rd
Senatorial District: L. R. Adams and
John B. Giles.
For Taylor County Representative
in General Assembly: Garland T.
Byrd and L. R. Dean.
The following is a complete list
of candidates for state offices who
had qualified with the State Dem
ocratic Executive Committee when
entries for the July 17 primary
closed at noon Saturday:
Governor: James V. Carmichael,
lloke O’Kelley, E. D. Rivers Eu
gene Talmadge and Hoke Willis.
Lieutenant Governor: Belmont
Dennis, Spence M. Grayson, Mar
vin Griffin, Frank Gross, Dr. L.
N. Huff, M. E. Thompson.
Secretary of State: Ben W.
Fortson, the incumbent, Napier
Burson.
Attorney General: Eugene Cook,
incumbent, Irwin R. Kimzey.
State Superintendent of Schools:
Dr. M. D. Collins, incumbent, John
E. Manning.
State Treasurer: George B. Ham
ilton, incumbent, Arlie D. Tucker.
Comptroller General: Homer C.
Parker, incumbent, E. B. Dykes and
Zack Cravey.
Commisioner of Labor: Ben T.
Huiet, incumbent, Harry E. Monroe.
Commisioner of Agriculture: Tom
Linder, incumbent, J. C. (Jim)
Manning.
Public Service Commission (two
races): Walter R. McDonald, in
cumbent, Tom Durant. Allen Chap
pell, incumbent, W. P. (Bill) White,
Glenn Allen.
Supreme Court: R. C. Bell, T. S.
Candler, T. Grady Head, all unop
posed.
Court of Appeals. Hugh Mac
Intyre, opposed by Robert F.
Church and Earl W. Butler; I. H.
Sutton, unopposed.
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES
Atlantic Circuit: M. Price, in
cumbent.
Atlantic Circuit: Virlyn B.
Moore, Edgar E. Pomeroy, Bond
Alrnand, Frank C. Hooper, all in
cumbents.
Tallapoosa Circuit: W. W. Mun-
dy, incumbent, Astor Merritt,
Griffin Circuit: Chester A. Byars,
incumbent, S. B. Wallace.
Rome Circuit: Claude H. Porter.
Middle Circuit: Robert H. Hum
phrey.
Northeastern Circuit: Boyd Sloan.
Flint Circuit: G. Ogden Persons.
Cordele Ciscuit: O. T. Gower,
incumbent; A. J. McDonald, D. E.
Griffin.
Ocmulgee Circuit: George S. Car
penter.
Souther Circuit: George R. Lilly.
Augusta Circuit: A. L. Franklin.
Ogeechee Circuit: J. L. Renfroe.
Macon Circuit: Mallory C. Atkin
son, unopposed, and A. H. (Phil)
Anderson, to succeed Malcolm D.
Jones who is retiring.
Waycross Circuit: Walter Thom
as.
Brunswick Circuit: Gordon Knox,
incumbent, Douglas F. ’Hiomas,
Herbert A. Strickland.
Pataula Circuit: C. W. Worrill.
CONGRESSIONAL RACES
First District: Hugh Petelson, in
cumbent; Prince Preston, of States
boro Charles R. Cochran, Savan
nah.
Second: E. E. Cox. incumbent; J.
N. Peacock, Albany.
Third: Stephen Pace, incumbent,
unopposed.
Fourth: Sidney Camp, incumbent,,
unopposed.
Fifth: Judge James C. Davis and
Capt. W. C. Lowe. Mrs. Helen
Douglas Mankin, incumbent
Sixth: Carl Vinson, incumbent;
Harvey Roughton, Sandersville.
Seventh: Malcolm C. Tarver, in
cumbent; Fred M. Todd, of Rome,
and Henderson L. Lanham, of
Rome.
Eighth: John S. Gibson, incum
bent; W. M. Wheeler, Alma.
Ninth: John S. Wood, incumbent;
Harry T. Oliver, Gainsville, attor
ney.
Tenth: Paul Brown, incumbent
unopposed.