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VOLUME 70
T’iB Butler Herald
"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS"
BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JUNE 27. 1946
NUMBER 35
DRAFT EXTENSION,
PAY INCREASE
VOTED BY S0L0NS
Army Plans To Defer
Making Calls During July
And August.
Washington June 25—Congress
continued the draft law and voted
pay boosts for servicemen today
after notification from the Army
that it will draft nobody in July
and August.
The House and then the Senate
speedily passed compromise bills
for three purposes after months of
bickering and sent them to Presi
dent Truman, who is expected to
sign them before the present draft
extension expires Sunday mid
night.
The draft bill continues the act
in force until March 31, bans the
inductions of 18-year-olds while
still requiring them to register,
permits the induction of men 19
through 44 and requires the dis
charge draftees after 18 months’
service at their request.
The pay increase bill is esti
mated to cost $632,000,000 a year.
It provides raises ranging from 50
per cent for buck privates and ap
prentice seamen to 10 per cent for
high officers.
The House agreed to the pay bill
on a voice vote, spent an hour ar
guing about the draft of teenagers
which it originally opposed, and
then approved the draft bill, 259
to 110.
State action came late in the
day an on voice votes within ten
minutes.
Sen. Edwin C. Johnson (D-Col.)
acting chairman of the military
committee, obtained approval fir.=t
of the pay plan and then the draft
extension.
'♦Only Sen. Revercomb (RW.Va),
asked to be recorded against the
draft agreement. He noted that he
had urged release of fathers ana
he now thought calling men fiom
30 to 45 years would be a mis
take.
“These older men do not make
such good soldiers,” Revercomb
said and cast the only audible
“No” vote.
Disclosure that the Army will
make no selective service calls
during July and August came
from Rep. Thomason (D-Tex.) dur
ing the one hour debate.
The Texan, member of the Mili
tary committee, read a letter from
Secretary of War Patterson saying
Patterson and Gen Dwight D.
Eisenhower prefer a volunteer
army and wish to avoid drafting
men if possible.
“It is my conviction,” Thoma
son said that "not a single man
will be drafted after September 1”
either.
Reynolds Lions Club
To Sponsor Dance On
Thursday Night July 4
The Reynolds Lions Club will
sponsor a dance at the Taylor
County Motor Company building
in Reynolds next Thursday night,
July 4th.
The dance will begin at 9 o’clock
with the famous Newsom orchestra
furnishing the music.
Proceeds from the dance will be
used by the Club for civic im
provements.
Carmichaej Will
Deliver Speech
In Talbot July 2
Talbotton, Ga., June 24—
(special)—James V. Carmichael
candidate for Governor, will ad
dress the voters of Talbot and
neighboring counties at Talbotton,
Tuesday, July 2, at 11 o’clock, Co.
Chairman Henry Persons announc
ed today.
Mr. Carmichael has many per
sonal as well as political friends
here, Mr. Persons said, and a gi
gantic gathering has been forecast
A committee to entertain the gub
ernatorial candidate will be named
by Chairman Persons within a rew
• days.
Motorcades from adjoining coun
ties are being arranged, and it was
forecast that Muscogee county
would be well represented at the
meeting.
BURIAL SERVICES HELD
FOR MRS. SUSAN BROWN
AT LOCAL CEMETERY
Former Butler Lady Died At
Her Home In Houston. Texas
January 21. Body Lay In State
Until Shipped Here For Funeral.
All that was mortal of Mrs.
Susan Anna Brown was tenderly
laid to rest in the family burial
lot in Butler on Saturday June 15.
commitment services being con
ducted by Rev. C. L. Glenn, pas
tor of the local Methodist church
with only the near relatives and
close friends of the deceased
present.
The soul of Mrs. Brown winged
its flight heavenward last Jan
uary 21st on the eighth anni
versary of the death of her hus
band, Col. Joseph Morgan Brown.
At the time of the death of each
they were making their home in
Houston, Texas where they had
resided since leaving Butler more
than 50 years ago.
Funeral services for Mrs. Brown
were held at the home of Mrs.
William J. Buchmann, a daughter,
with Rev. Thos. W. Summers, rec
tor of St. John the Divine Episco
pal church, and close personal
friend of the family. The body
was cremated and lay in state in
a sealed vault until brought to
Butler for commitment service.
Mrs. Brown was born in Butler
Nov. 28, 1861, daughter of the late
Mr. James and Mrs. Lavonia
Thompson Ahthony, one of the
county’s most prominent pioneer
families. She was happily married
to Col. Brown in 1893, the union
being blessed with one daughter^
Miss Anna Brown now Mrs. Buch
mann, of Houston, who accompa-
nie the remains of her mother to
Butler for interment.
Much might be said of Mrs.
Brown’s love and fidelity to sur
viving members of the parents
family, she being the older of eight
children, but suffice it to say that
with Christian faith and fortitude
she saw each of her young sisters
and brothers reared to womanhood
and manhood with the best of ad
vantages before establishing a
home of her own.
In early life she joined the
Methodist church and of which she
was a faithful and active member.
Carrying with her to Texas hei
church letter Mrs. Brown became
identified with the Bering Memo
rial Methodist church of Houston,
and members of the Ladies’ Wes
ley Bible Class and the Woman’s
Society of Christian Service.
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Mr. A. J. Gowan Injured
In Auto Wreck Near
Thomasville Saturday
Leaving Saturday on an expect
ed plesant week-end trip with his
family at Ocala, Fla., Mr. A. J.
Gowan, connected with the Fed
eral Fruit Inspection Bureau with
temporary offices located in But
ler, was involved in an automo
bile accident near Thomasville
and which he was painfully in
jured.
Being alone at the time passers
by picked up the injured man and
carritd • him to the Archibald
Memorial hospital at Thomasville
where he is being treated for a
number of cuts and bruises be
sides three broken ribs.
Mr. Gowan has made many
friends here during his short stay
in Butler, who deeply regret his
misfortune and wish for him a
speedy recovery.
New Sugar Stamp
Will be Good July 1
Washington, June 15—Sugar ra
tion stamps now valid are spare
stamps 9 and 49. Spare stamp
10 wil become good July 1 for five
pounds of home canning sugar.
Spare stamp 9 also is for five
pounds of canning sugar. Both 9
and 10 will be valid through Oct.
31.
The United Press reported er
roneously recently that the other
currently valid coupon was coffee
stamp No. 49, rather than spare
stamp 49.
Price on Plants Reduced
During the remainder of season
the price will be lowered on genu
ine tested Porto Rico Sweet potato
plants.
R. E. McCants
Butler, Ga.
TAYLOR COUNTY
CAMP MEETING
TO BEGIN JULY 4
Many Well Known Evangilists
Are Expected To Be Present
And Assist in the Meeting.
The Herald is requested to |an-
nounct that the annual ten-day
camp meeting will begin at Tay
lor County Holiness Camp Ground
Thursday July 4, and will contin
ue through July 14th.
Among the widely known evan
gelists who will be in charge of
the preaching during this meeting
will be Dr. John Paul of Asbury
College, Kentucky; and Dr. Harry
Blackburn, Parkersburg, W. Va.
The yo.ung people’s work will be
under the leadership of Rev. John
M. Cox of this city.
Mr. Joe T. Darity of Columbus,
well kndwn song evangelist, will
direct the song services through
out the meeting.
Rev. M. J. Wood, president oi
the Camp Meeting Association an
nounces that plans are being made
for a record-breaking attendance
this year.
Dormitory facilities at the Camp
Ground have been considerably
enlarged and improved since last
year’s camp and are said to be
ample to take care of most o.
ihose from out-of-town who will
avail themselves of the opportuni
ty of coming to spend the entire
10-day period.
These annual camp meeting
here have been held for a num
ber of years with interest in them
growing each year and the ap
proaching series promises to b.
the best in the entire history o.
the camp.
A cordial invitation is extended
every one in Taylor and adjoining
counties regardless of church af
filiations, to attend as many o
these services as possible and en
joy the Christian fellowship^ oi
those who attend.
Congressman Pace To
Address Farm Bureau
At Americus Tuesday
Stephen Pace, member of Con
gress form the Third Congressiona
District will be the principal
speaker at the meeting of Farm
Bureau chapters of his district tc
be held in Americus Tuesday, ac
cording to a joint announcemen
by A. S. Boyett of Buena Vista
and J. W. Cannon, Jr., of Cordele
members of the Board of Director!
of the Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration.
With the appearance of this
outstanding agricultural leader in
the Congress, it is confidently ex
pected that the Sumter county
courthouse will be filled to ca
pacity by farmers, business anc
professional men of the Third Dis
trict. Congressman Pace is autho.
of the Pace Parity Bill which i-
now pending in Congress, and he
is expected to discuss this legis
lation in detail when he addresses
this Farm Bureau session in
Americus Tuesday.
The principal speaker will be
introduced by H. L. Wingate, of
Pelham, state president of the
GFBF. During the years he has
been executive head of the Geor
gia Farm Bureau, Mr. Wingate has
worked closely with Congressman
Pace and is thoroughly familiar
with the record of this outstanding
leader in agricultural affairs in
the national capitol.
In addition to the speech by Mr.
Pace, the Americus conference will
hear an address by President
Wingate.
Second Dist. Meeting
Upatoi Association To
Be Held At Shiloh
Union Meeting of the Second
District Upatoi Primitive Baptist
Association will be held at Shiloh
church four miles north of Howard
on Friday, Saturday and Fifth
Sunday in June.
Rev. M. W. Walker, of Colum
bus, announces that several visit
ing ministers are expected to at
tend and a cordial invitation to
the public is extended.
SUPERIOR COURT
BEGINS HERE
MONDAY JULY 1
Judge T. Hicks Fort of
Columbus Will Preside
Over This Term Court.
The regular July term of Taylor
county superior court will convene
here Monday morning at nine
o’clock.
Judge T. Hicks Fort of Columbus
will preside. Other court officials
of Columbus who will be present
during the court session will in
clude: Solicitor General Ed
Wohlwender Jr. and Court Report
er R. O. Perkins.
Sheriff J. M. Bone stated that
there are about forty cases to be
investigated by the grand jury,
four of which are murder cases.
Those charged with murder, ac
cording to the sheriff, include:
Tommie Dent, colored, charged
with the murder of George Bryan
at Reynolds on December 12, 1945.
Thurman Kimble, colored,
with the murder of another Negro
at Carsonville January 11.
Leon Peebles, colored, charged
with the murder of Aportion
Hodges at Mauk on March 17.
Eva Jordan, colored, charged
with the murder of Asa Riley at
her home in Butler on May 11.
There are a number of civil
cases set for the first few days ol
court according to Thelmon Jar
rell, clerk of the court.
GRAND JURORS v
.1. A. Sealy J. N. Turner
Hanford Jarrell O. G. Bloodworth
Terrell Smith Z. R. McCorkle
vl. R. WilliamsonG. L. Cooper
.. H. Pierce J. T. Mathews
i. T. Cooper W. D. Pool
F. Rustin G. D. Locke
V.E. Marshall Sr.Alfonso McCrary
oe Brown A. W. Adams
.R.WiUiams L.H. Vanlandingham
i.' LT SWearingdfiC. E. Whatley
J. A. England W. T. Rustin
i. B. Parks
B. F.
Kirksey
.). S. Cox
C. R.
Simmons
l. L. Bell
B. F.
Moore
TRAVERSE JURORS
J. E. Heath
Abe
Jordan
J. C. Gholson
J. E.
Barnes
V. R. Lawhorn
J W.
Windham
t. M. Jinks
R. C.
Kirksey
d W. Smith
H. B.
Parks
Villiam WoodallL. R.
Pike
,. B Griffith
W. L.
McFarland
f. H. Harris
W. I.
Williams
1. T. Sheaiy
H. H
Parks
J. J. WainwrightDavid
Childree
j. W. Amos
E. H.
Griffith
t. L. Philmon
C. B.
Hicks
’lifford Moore
J. B.
Locke
•’rank Callahan
J. B.
Amerson
... M. Doyel
M. J.
Hobbs, Sr.
.Valker Newsom
N. L.
Haliey
Javid Posey
T. B.
Joiner
). L. Averett
C. D.
Lucas
1. T. Locke
E. H.
Kilby
A. Adams
II. C.
Lowe
J. E. Peterman
H. G.
McCants
j. G. Crook
W. E
Hobbs
JV. Otis Dent
I H.
Kirksey
A. R. Lawhorn
W. R.
Cosey
. larvey CallahanHoward Kendrick
M. L. Parks
P. B.
Childs
. M. Downs
W. J.
Butler
J T. Cochran
Franklin McCants
>V. R. Merritt
J. H.
Merritt
3. J. Byrd
Fred
Jarrell
Lt. Clifford Montgomery
Assigned as Physician
Of Famous War Criminals
Lt. Clifford Montgomery of the
U. S. Army Medical Corps, now
stationed at Nuernberg, Germany
has recently been assigned as
physician for several of the no
torious German war criminals now
on trial in Germany.
Lt. Montgomery and two other
medical officers have been as
signed to this post. It is required
that one of these physicians at
tend the the trial of these men at
all teimes.
Among the criminals under
their care are Hess, Goebbel and
Von Ribenstrop.
Baptismal Services ,
To Be Held at Union
Sunday Afternoon
The relatives and friends of Mr.
and Mrs. George E. Towson are
invited to attend the baptismal
service for their daughter, Mitzi
Elaine, to be at Union Methodist
church (Camp. Ground) next Sun
day at 4:30 p. m.
MISS MARGARET TAYLOR
DROWNS IN OCMULGEE
RIVER AT HAWKINSVILLE
Sister Stands Helpless
Nearby As She Watches
Her Sink Out of Sight In
The Dark Waters.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Taylor, of Reynolds, sympathize
with them in the tragic death of
their daughter, Miss Margaret
Taylor, 22 years of age, who Mon
day is said to have been drowned
when she fell or plunged into the
waters of the Ocmulgee river
from the trestle of the Southern
Railway near Hawkinsville.
The -tragedy was reported by a
sister oi the victim, Miss Bertha
Taylor, who told of, having fol
lowed Miss Taylor as she pro
ceeded towards the trestle, but
was unable to prevent the fatal
plunge. She said she saw her sis
ter rise to the surface and sink
from sight in the dark waters of
the river. The victim is said to
have been very despondent in re
cent weeks due to continued ill
health
The body was not recovered un
til 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon
in spite of every effort being
used by friendly hands and with
motorboats.
Mr. Taylor, father of the two
girls operates a large timber camp
on the Beachwood farm while
they occupy a home in Reynolds.
The two girls resided with their
grand father, Mr. G. Ferrel at
Hawkinsville and had been em
ployed at a peanut plant at
Hawkinsville.
Besides her parents and grand
parents the young lady is survived
by the following sisters, Mrs. Ber
tha Taylor Beeson of Hawkinsville
and Miss Lucy Taylor of Reynolds
six brothers, Norman Jr., Howard,
John, Denriis, James, Harvey and
William Paul Taylor, all of Rey
nolds, and her grandfather, Bill
Ferrell with whom she made her
home in Hawkinsville.
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Fifth Sunday Union
Meeting to be Held at
Mt. Pisgah Sunday
Antioch, Midway, Horeb and Mt
Pisgah Bapt'ist churches will hole,
their Fifth Sunday Union Meeting
with the Mt. Pisgah church next
Sunday.
The services will begin with a
Union Sunday School at 10:30. A1
the schools of the several church
s will meet at Mt. Pisgah prompt
ly at the appointed time. Various
teachers from the several churches
will conduct the classes. We urge
all our Sunday School teacher:
and officers to be at this service.
The pastor will preach at 11:3C
a. m. on a subject of vital im
portance. Our subject will be,
“Who Is Your Master?”
Dinner will be served on the
church grounds at the noon hour.
A good song service will begin
at 2 p. m., and this will be fol
lowed by a discussion of some
important subjects.
We cordially invite all the
members and friends of each oi
these four churches to come and
be with us for the entire day. Any
member of any church not includ
ed the above named churches
have a special invitation to at
tend.
Let us all come praying for a
great day in the Master’s work.
J. H. Stanford, Pastor.
Arlie D. Tucker
Candidate For State
Treasurer Visits Butler
Hon. Arlie D. Tucker, candidate
for Steate Treasurer in the ap
proaching primary, wal in Butler
Tuesday in behalf of his cam
paign.
Mr. Tucker is a native of Nash-
War I. He served as speaker of hte
ville, Ga., and a veteran of World
House of Representatives during
the administration of Governor
Dick Russell.
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Services At Butler
Methodist Church Sunday
- ■ *
Rev. C. L. Glenn, pastor of the
local Methodist church will have
charge of services at the church
next Sunday.
The public is invited to attend.
Wm. R. MITCHELL
IS APPOINTED
TO STATE POST
Named Comptroller General
By Arnall To Fill Vacancy
Caused By Parker’s Death.
Atlanta, June 25—William tt.
Mitchell, 37-year-old friend <£
Governor Arnall, became Geor
gia’s comptroller general today.
Gov. Arnall named Mitchell, wi»
has been associated with the
comptroller’s office for about IS
years to succeed the iate Homer
C. Parker.
Mitchell has served in the past
as chief clerk and deputy insur
ance commissioner under the
comptroller general. He left the
state office several months ago to
enter the insurance business bet
was asked to return to the comp
troller’s office to assist in its ad
ministration during Parker’s lonjg
illness.
Arnall said he had name*
Mitchell to the post “with the unu
derstanding that cis soon as cir
cumstances will permit, he will he
released from state service so he
can re-enter private business.”
Mitchell said he intended to car
ry on the "work of the office in
such a way that I will be a credit
to the office.”
He was born in Dakota (Tumur
County.) He attended Lanier High
School, Macon, and the University
of Georgia Evening College.
When he left the comptroller'*
office he became vice president af
the U. S. Insurance Association.
He severed connections with the
insurance firm upon returning to
the capitol.
He said he would return to pri
vate business upon completion oK
his duties in the new office.
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Three Gubernatorial
Candidates to Speak at
Buena Vista on July 4
A six-county political rally wil
be held at Buena Vista Thursday*
July . 4
Three gubernatorial candidates:
James V. Carmichael, E. D. Rivers
and Eugene Talmade are sched
uled to speak during the day. At
the noon hour a barbecue dinner
will be served to the public.
Later in the afternoon two base
ball games will be played.
Then to close the day’s activities
a dance will be staged Thursday
evening.
All Taylor county citizens are
extended a cordial invitation to
aettend.
Conservation Practices
Already Completed Must
Be Reported By June 30
All conservation practices com
pleted on Taylor County farms be
fore June 15 must be reported by
June 30 if the government conser
vation payments are to be made,
according to Roy F. Jones, County
Administrative Officer.
Mr. Jones states that under the
procedure now in effect a-farmer is
required to file two performance
reports each year. One report co
vers the conservation practices
completed between January 1 and
June 15, and the second report is
for the June 15 to December 31
period.
The principal practices for which
payment is provided that should)
be reported prior to June 30 are
winter legumes that obtained a
good growth this spring, oats not
harvested for grain, pastures seef,
ed, fertilizer applied to pastures
or legumes, limestone applied t*
either cropland or pastures, and
forest trees planted.
The payment for planting fores!
trees was emphasiezd as this prac
tice was not included last year. The
payment for planting pine trees is
$3.00 per acre, and there is still >
large acreage of pines set this
spring that has not been reported
It was pointed out that the re
sponsibility for reporting conser
vation practices is with the farmer
as farms are no longer visited to
determine the conservation prae-
ices that have been completed.