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THE BUTLER HERALD. BUTLER, GEORGIA, AUGUST 8, 1946.
Governor-Elect Talmadge Thriving Cement Block
Said to be Best Known j Industry in Georgia Is
Man In State of Georgia Rapidly Coming to Front
PAGE FIVE
(By Jim Wilson)
(Editor’s Note: Today there is
keen interest throughout the state
in Eugene Talmadge, Georgia’s
only four-time elected Governor.
Talmadge is the best known man
in Georgia and widely known
nationally, but few people are
cognizant of the Talmadge an
cestry. Our Atlanta correspondent,
J. C. Wilson, has rewritten a fea
ture article he prepared for Liber
ty Magazine in 1940 after extensive
research. He herewith throws light
on the subject in a most interest
ing article.)
How many Americans can trace
their ancestry through eleven
generations of American forbears
Not many, since the present gene
ration is only the eleventh or
twelfth since English colonists
first landed upon these shores.
Eugene Talmadge is the 11th in
line of direct descent from Thom
as Talmadge, who landed at
Boston in 1631 from a little sail
ing %hip, the “Plough,” which had
brought him and his three sons
from England to cast their lot with
the Massachusetts colony.
At that time, the Massachusetts
colony was exactly eleven years
old, having been founded by the
Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth
Rock in 1620. As of that date, the
Boston settlement could hardly be
called a town. It was merely a vil
lage.
For seven generations the Tal
madge family lived in Massachu
setts, New York and New Jersey-
Some were lawyers, some doctors,
some preachers, some merchants,
some farmers, some traders on the
sea.
Then came an adventurous
young scion, Thomas Talmadge,
born in New Jersey in 1799, who
resolved to branch out for newer
settlements, and who in his teens
maue his way southward to Geor
gia and took grant of fine land
in what is now Monroe county,
then a wilderness abounding in
Indians and wild animals. Thus
was found the Georgia branch
of the Talmadge family, and the
Monroe county plantation has re
mained continuously in their
hands ever since, now being the
property of Eugene Talmadge.
Three times Commissioner of
Agriculture and thrice Governor
Mr. Talmadge is now to be Gov
ernor a fourth time. His landslide
vote recently was even greater
than his previous vote when he
swept the state for re-election in
1940.
One quality stands out above all
others in the personality of Eu
gene Talmadge. That is the quali
ty of declaring himself on any
public issue presented to him. As
Raymond Clapper, the noted
Washington commentator, said the
other day in writing on the sub
ject of statesmanship:
“The privilege of political inde
pendence is a rare one bestowed
only upon those who chow the ca
pacity to deserve it. Lesser men
must today and toe the mark, and
that is not always good for them
or their constituents or the pub
lic.”
The writer has frequently criti
cized politics and acts of Mr. Tal
madge, but all the way along
has admired, and still admires his
forthright courage. From the start
of his political career in the mem
orable campaign of 1926, when he
overthrew the powerful machine
of J. J. Brown, Talmadge has nev
er dodged and never pussy-foot
ed.
His recent election against ag
gressive and powerful opposition
was a very great tribute to his
ability, his honesty and his cour
age. He deserves and the writer
hopes he will have the whole
hearted support of all factions,
and that his administration will
measure up to the people’s high
expectations.
His son, Herman, who managed
his campaign is an able young
lawyer, a charming gentleman,
and almost as good on the stump
as his father. He is a real chip off
the old block. Some months ago
his father proudly said of him:
“Never by one single word or
act has Herman embarassed me
since I have been in public life.
By VIOLET MOORE
Reynolds, Ca., May 9—Even the
most casual traveler over Georgia’s
highways and byways, now that
wartime restrictions have been re
laxed, cannot have failed to notice
the decided increase in the use of
the cement bfpek for utility build
ings such as gasoline stations,
small factories, barns, chicken and
hog houses.
This increase stems from two
causes. First, the shortage of sea
soned rough and dressed lumber,
and, second, the realization by
contractors, businessmen and
farmers that in the cement block
they have the combined advan
tages of speed in building, dura
bility and neat appearance.
Coincident with this enlarged
utilization has necessarily come a
mushroom of plants for the manu
facture of the blocks. Almost every
town of any size in middle Georgia
now has a block factory, where
thousands of gray, wet casts are
turned from the molds every day
and arranged to dry on specially
built racks.
Here in Reynolds three ex-
servicemen and the father of two
of them have formed a working
partnership, rented a large down
town building formerly occupied
as an automobile ■ agency, and,
when this story goes to press will
have been in business for them
selves just exactly a week.
D. E. Byrd, Reynolds native with
a farming background, is the fa
ther of Veterans Thomas and Gar
land T. Byrd, both ex-army men.
Twenty-six-year-old Thomas, dis
charged April 23, after three years
of service, many months of which
were spent fighting over French
and German territory, is the older
brother. Garland, just 22, also
has served three years, seeing ac
tion in Europe, and was discharged
November 27. The fourth partner
is ex-Navy man G. L. Parks, who
was released in October, 1945,
after 42 months in uniform. Parks
is well remembered through this
section as an outstanding football
player for Lanier High, Macon.
It was Garland’s idea, to tell the
truth. He’d been eager to start a
block plant since taking a course
in architectural engineering at
William and Mary before entering
the Army. All through those
months of service he mulled the
plan over, and, home at last,
broached the subject to his father
and brother. They, too, found it
sound and workable.
| The plant, already operating
full tilt filling local orders, has a
capacity of 1,600 8x8x16 blocks
every eight hours. To measure up
to the high standard the Byrd &
Parks Company have set for them
selves, these blocks must dry out
slowly for 30 days. The blocks
will be tested by the Georg,a
School of Technology, and the in
gredients, Portland cement and
crushed granite shipped from
Stockbridge, Ga.. will follow a
strict, unvarying formula.
The partners expect to employ
six men to assist them when run
ning at capacity. They will man
ufacture eight different types of
, blocks, suitable for every building
purpose.
Tennesse Town Is Calm
Under Rule of Minister
Athens, Tenn., Aug. 3—Rev. B.
Hampton, a straight-talking min
ister who once was a “cop” him
self, took over the law enforce
ment of this hill-county today, and
with the cooperation of “sober
men and right-thinking citizens”
hoped to prDvent any recurrence
of Thursday night’s bloodshed
which left 20 men wounded-
Hampton, elected with two oth
ers to serve on an extra-legal com
mission to preserve order, said to
day the county was quiet.
Last night there has been a
brief flare-up at nearby Etowah,
where a high-spirited group of
sympathizers with the GI faction
which bloodily seized control here
wrecked the town’s only police
car, riddling it with bullets. No
one was injured and the town was
quiet today.
Etowah, like Athens, had been
without county police protection
since Thursday night when Sher
iff Pat Mansfield of McMinn
county and other officers went in
to hiding. Mansfield still could not
be found today.
BANK RESOURCES
SHOW INCREASE
OF $74,654,564
S- N. HARRIS, 69,
TALBOTTON. DIES
Talbotton, Ga., Aug. 6—Samuel
N. Harris, 69, retired rural mail
carrier, died here Monday after a
lingering illness. Mr. Harris was a
member of the Junction City
Methodist church, where he had
been trustee and Sunday , School
superintendent for many years.
He was a mail carrier for 34
years and only recently retired be
cause of ill health. Prior to the
time he was employed by the
Singer Sewing Machine company.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Martha Wood, and
Lhe following children: R. W. Har
ris, Atlanta; S. N. Harris Jr., and
B. M- Harris, Talbotton; E. L. Har
ris, St. Marie, Idaho; Mrs. Mary
Moses, Uvalda; Miss Christine
Harris, Macon, and Mrs. Ruth W.
Rinkle, Atlanta.
DES $2,000 IN POCKET.
IEN GIVES COAT AWAY
Atlanta, Aug. 6—The kindness
a Navy veteran and his wife
tve brought them heartache and
e loss of their life savings, it
icame known Monday when Jas.
Smith reported the loss of $2,-
0.
Smith, recently out of the Navy
ith that sum as his entire sav-
gs, had four old coats stored in
s home. He told his wife to give
e coats to someone who needed
othes.
Mrs. Smith gave the garments to
ie garbage collector, she told po-
-e. Smith meantime remembered
? had hidden the $2,000 in the
jcket of one of the coats.
SUICIDE THEORY ADVANCED
IN MORRIS CLEMENCY PLEA
Atlanta, Aug. 6—Attorneys for L.
H. Morris, convicted for the slay
ing of his wife, pleaded with the
state prison pardon and parole
board today to commute his death
sentence to life imprisonment be
cause Morri? might have been
“unjustly convicted.”
A. M. (Phil) Anderson and T.
A. Jacobs Jr., both of Macon, told
the board there was some doubt
Morris’ killing his 34-ycar-old wife
in Macon. The two attorneys said
there was a strong possibility she
might have committed suicide.
Morris was convicted, sentenced
to death then given a reprieve by
Gov- Arnall while the state pardon
and parole board studied the mat
ter of commutation. Today’s hear
ing was a continuation of previous
testimony offered the board.
0 1A N 0 TUNIN' 5
C. W. SMITH
Phone 497-W Thomaston, Ga.
SALES & SERVICE
209 E. Gordon Street
Total resources of 262 State
banks and seven branches showed
a net increase of $74,654,564 as of
June 29, 1946, compared to June
30, 1945, John C. Beasley, superin
tendent of banks, has reported.
“A review of the records disclos
es a sound investment trend
among the state bankers as they
increased U. S. Government se
curities owned $46,207,553 and
state of Georgia and municipal
bonds $2,007,916,” Beasley said.
“Demand savings and time de
posits increased for the same
period $77,504,207. Another en
couraging feature is that surplus
undivided profits and reserves in
creased $4,264,768.
“The tabuation also shows a
worthwhile entry, that is, a reduc
tion in other real estate holdings
of $293,146 and a further reduc
tion in capital notes of $858,575.
“Georgia state bankers, with
very few exceptions, adhere
strictly to the policy of smaller
dividends and larger reserves for
the postwar period, thereby pre
paring themselves to meet any
emergencies,” he continued.
“This report not only shows a
progressive situation from a 'bank
ing viewpoint, but it demon
strates that business, industry and
agriculture are on the upward
trend.”
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