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The Butler Herald
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VOLUME 71
BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1947
NUMBER 19
Large Contribution
Raised In Taylor
County Polio Drive
REV. JAMES WINDHAM
TO ATTEND WORLD
MEET OF BAPTISTS
Community Ghcdrmen Express
Appreciation to Publis For Thtir T *£g™“ MB £
Cooperation.
THOMASTON BAPTIST CHURCH WILL
SEND PASTOR TO COPENHAGEN,
DENMARK TO WORLD MEETING
A total of $367.08 was collected n following item from The
in Taylor County during the recent Thomaston Times will be of inter
March of Dimes campaign.
The local Veterans of Foreign - ,,
Wars Post was in charge of the Windham and the late Mrs.
est to the many friends here of
Rev. James Windham, son of Mr.
Mrs. B. H. Newsom
Dies At Reynolds
Home Saturday
George Roberts Jr.
Dies Unexpectedly
At Birmingham Ala.
Reynolds Loses One of Its Funeral Services For
Oldest and Most Beloved Butler Boy Held At
Citizens. City Sunday.
Mrs. Ida Saunders Newsom, wid
ow of the late Hon. B. H. Newsom,
Former
Phenix
Not in a long while has this com-
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
AT BUTLER FRIDAY FOR
MR. JAMES N. KEELIN
DECEASED WAS A NATIVE OF WALK
ER COUNTY BUT HAD MADE HIS
HOME IN ATLANTA FOR THE PAST
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Georgia Farmers
Set Conservation
Record During 1946
Farmers Get Extra Million and
Half In Payments Unearned
By Other States.
Funeral services for James N.
Keenn Sr., 87, a well-known At-
campaign. Members of the V. F. W.
would like to express their appreci
died at her home in Reynolds
Windham. j Saturday afternoon. She was iil
“$ev. James Windham, pastor of I on ^ a f ew minutes.
Mrs. Newsom was born in Tay-
atimTtn The miblic for all contn- the First Baptist Church, was |, Mrs - Newsom was born in Tay
ation to the public tor all contn conereeation Sun- lor county July 19, 1866 the daugh
butions made in this drive. .T a y , . congregation bun T anH Mrs
Amounts ™iwtpri in pacti pitv da Y ^ a delegate to the Seventh 1 ;^ °, tne late James and Mrs.
and bv the vidous chairmen were Congress of the Baptist World Al-, Martha , Wlndham Saunders,
and by the various chairmen were (liance> tQ b(j held £n Copenhagenj | Mrs. Newsom was a member of
ooo'i 73 1 Denmark, next July. Church mem- 1 Reynolds Baptist Church and
ooV.n bers voted to give the pastor a j £ook an active interest in all
as follows:
Butler V. F. W. Post
Butler High School
munity been so greatly shocked ianta businessman, were held Fri
as on last Friday when news was da ^ a. m. at Spring Hill, Dr.
received here of the untimely Louip D ' Newton otliciating Burial
death of Mr. George A. Roberts Jr., ' Vas * n Butler Priday at 2:30 p. m.
which occurred unexpectedly ln lne lam iiy burial ground with
Thursday night at Birmingham, Rev - w - B - Hoats o£ Butler officiat-
Ala. The Roberts family had been
making their home in Phenix City, i Mr. ReeRn died Thursday at a
Ala., since leaving Butler about 10 Private hospital in Atlanta. x
years ago. | He came to Atlanta in 1922 and
George, who was born in Butler or £ anjzed tne Keenn Press uo.,
Butler High School _ J month’s leave of absence and nav ; churctl and civic activities as long Dec 25, 1921, was the only son of witB which he had been associat-
Reynolds Mrs Walter Riley Jr, “° n “ S expenses from the™ her health would permit. Hon. anH Mrs Hp^pp a Rn hf ,, s cd since that time,
and Mrs. Virgil Powell 61.63 n ‘ s traveling expenses from the services were held for
Reynolds High School 10.40 church treasury. He will leave for * her at the f amily iesidence in
Touinr Mill Mrs Harold Gates (-openhagen July 15 via steamer. |“ , . ine Iam ny lesiaence in
Taylor Mill, Mrs. Harold Gates <<The which R l Reynolds at three o’clock Sunday
afternoon. Rev. W. B. Hoats, pas-
Crowell, Mrs. Leonard Cooper and ^. adba ™ described as a ‘fellow-1 tor o£ £be
g 92 sh ij> and cooperative body of all ]
Mrs. Susie Woods of Reynalds is Baptist churches in the world,”
Mrs. Tom Saunders
Reynolds
church officiated. Burial
chairman of the Taylor County In
fantile Paralysis Committee.
Baptist
was in
Hill Crest cemetery.
Pall bearers included: Messrs T.
Hon. and Mrs. George A. Roberts, ed since that time.
Sr., the former having served Tay- £ r * or b * s £°ibg £o Atlanta, he
lor county in the offices of County Bad heen in the printing business
Warden and Tax Commissioner If 1 Walel £h, N. C. his son, J. N. Kee-
several terms each, while both ! in J r -> was associated with him
were held in highest esteem by all m ^ tlaata c° m P an y-
who knew them. I Born ln Walker county, Mr. Kee-
Herman Talmadge
Victor In Second
Suit for Governorship
The 2,600-word ruling of Superior
Court Judge Walter Hendrix at Mc
Donough to effect that Herman Tal
madge is the legal Governor of
Georgia is regarded in legal circles
as being especially able and giving
more than usual indication of ef
forts to be cpmprehensive.
Lawyers practicing in Judge Hen-
ordinarily convenes every live
years but, due to the war, has not ,, IT _ „„ , „ „
met since the Congress held in At- ^ Ba ^! ey ’ Jp’ J^, hat . 6y ’ S’
lanta in'1939. One of the duties of ' Vhatle y> E - Whatley, W. T.
From early childhood George Jr.! } ir l and llls , WiI 1 ?’ ..
possessed a brilliant intellect de- 1 blllle C o W ] nght , Keelln > .
veloped talents for music, art and :t T helr fj* ^ eddlng a nmyersary in
other natural gifts that gained the Jane ’ f 194 ®' He was anactwemem-
attention of the public and be- b * r °! the Druid Hllls Ba P tlst
spoke for him a briliant future the cnarcn - . . ,
, burvivors are his daughters, Mrs
iWm. B. Griffith of Atlanta; Mrs.
the
late Mrs.
eeleorateci
next summer’s Congress will be to
elect a president to take the place
Saunders,
Hinton,
W. D.
Harry
Saunders, B. W.
Powell, David
of Dr. J. H. Rushbrooke of England , J^ nd ^ S _ Ja ™ s -
who died recently.”
20 Killed, 100 Hurt
When Crack Pa. Tram
Jumps Track on Curve
Altoona, Pa, Feb. 16—A Pennsyl-
Surviving Mrs. Newsom are two
daughters, Mrs. T. L. Ruffin and
Mrs. E. W. Hodges; two sons
Messrs E. A. Newsom and Walker
Newsom; four grandchildren,
Marion and Eric Newsom Jr, Wal
ton Hodges Jr. and Mrs. W. T.
Harrell; two sisters, Mrs. J. H.
Whatley and Mrs. D. E. Duck
worth; two brothers, Messrs J. H.
and C. M. Saunders.
vania Railroad train, nearing famed ,. ^ r ‘ G° dard °f Goddard &
“Horeshoe Curve” with most of its *" on . * unPral Home of Reynolds,
drix’s court say that because of passengers asl carried at leas ti was in charge of funeral arran g e ‘
his customary thoroughness in 21 persons to their doath and in .iments.
writing a decision, his ernestness ]Ured about m others earl tod '
and conscientious approach to every as it plunged over a 150 . £ o O t em
angle involved in a case, he enjoys bankment. Coming into Beinnington
one of the best affirmant. r . ec °^, ® curve, two miles west of the horse-
of Superior court judges in e S b oe j n the heart of the scenic Al-
state, having been seldom over- i eg b en y Mountains, the 14-car Red I
ruled during his long seivice on t e I Arrow en route from from Detroit!
bench. to New York, suddenly left the rails'
These lawyers were particu ar y | j n a ma tter of seconds it was a
Wingate Called Lobbyist,
Is Put Off House Floor
cutting short of which by his sud
den passing is doubly sad.
The body was brought back to
Phenix City for funeral service and
interment which were conducted
Sunday afternoon attended by a
large number of sympathizing
fritnds from Butler as well as an
SSSffi hi^ne ST 1 " 8 °V nU
Besides his parents George is
survived by one sister, Mrs. Martel
McGuffin. . •
The home address of the Roberts
family is 1702 McCallister St,
Phenix City, Ala.
Robert Scruggs of Raleigh, N. C-;
his son, James N. Keelin Jr.;
granddaughters, Mrs. Dorothy Mil
ler of Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs. Ruth-
well Huggins, ol Kaleigh; grand
sons, Wm. K. Scruggs, of Decatur;
Keelin of Atlanta
I -
White Primary Bill
Passes In Senate 36-15
Services at Union
And Wesley Methodist
Churches Next Sunday
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 17—H. L. Win
gate, head of the Georgia farm
commendatory of the Judge’s meth- "foisted steeT'and the cold Bureau federation, was ordered off
od in basing his Governorship de- dear ajr wag rent b ^ crieg f the floor of the house of represen-
cision, in narrowing the whole le-, its shocked passengers Natives twice within . a half nour
gal discussion down to a single] By mid . aftern0 on the bodies of today afte r> several legislators ob-
Regular preaching services at
Union_Church at 11:45. ne£t..g_un-
day morning led by the pastor,
Rev. J. W. M. Stipe; Church School
preceding preaching hour with Mr.
Hugh G. McCants as superintend-
point and branching out from there.' n had been brought into the mor . jected to him as “a paid
“The case,” he ruled, “so far as gue and £our bodieg werg en _ Rep Stafford Br Q oks
the motions and demurrers are con- to m bed in the coaches and sleep- f' e ^ d ’ f' rs£ invoked a
lobbyist.’
of Whit-
house rule
cerned, can come down to one j ers tba£ j ay scattered along the
forbidding the floo/ to lobbyists
single question. One simple ques- ■ cinder . covered embankment. The after Win e ate had been seen talk ’
tion is involved and the answer i dead included three of the £our en . mg to several legislators. Wingate
to this question will determine j glneet8 and f irem en who manned ^mediately but returned about
these motions and demurrers. It £be £wo locomotives in the train’s
hard climb over the mountains.
can be resolved into one simple in- :
terrogatory:
“When Governor-elect Eugene j
Tamaage, died, did that give Gov.
Arnall another four-year term?” |
He then set forth that “if under
the constitution, when the Gover- i
nor-elect died before being inaug- 1
urated, Gov. Arnall was entitled to
another four-year term, then, in a
Young People's Department
Of Local Baptist Church
To Sponsor Sunday Services
Brooks again took the floor, read
a provision of the state constitu
tion prohibiting lobbying and said,
“there is a paid lobbyist sitting
over there in the corner x x. Mr.
Speaker I ask again that you en
force the rule.”
I Asked by Rep. Pierce Howard
of Dekalb if he was referring to
i Wingate, Brooks replied, “I am re
ferring to Mr. Wingate, who does
proper proceeding, this court should Thp Young p e0 pi e > s department not have the Drivileee of the
lend him every aid.” 1 o£ the Butler Baptis£ Sunday h£We the P rlvllege o£ the
, Hendrix held that, under School will sponsor services at the
Georgia constitution, the Lieuten- c h urc h Sunday evening at 7:30
ant-Governor-elect does not succeed
to the Executive power, and ihat Rey w B Hoats, pastor of the | state ”slTocTk hands* with**” several
counsel opposing the Talmadge c hurch will deliver a sermon i f ta .,’ shook baads 'Y lth spvera l
claims did not so contend. Instead, which ’ wln be o( nartlbular lnteros " legtslators and then departed.
their claims rested on the reslgna- thp vm i n a rrnrmlo
Butler Insurance Agency
Observes 25th Anniversary
During This Month
Wingate, whose farm bureau is
vigorously supporting two bills de
signed to curb labor unions in the
1 The Senate Tuesday passed the
House White Primary bill, slight- g nt ‘
ly amended by a vote of 36 to 15.
When the ballot went over to the
House late Friday afternoon tor
concurrence in the Senate amend
ments, one immediately struck a
snag.
Rep. J. Robert Elliott of Mus
cogee asked the House to disap
prove the Senate change which
gave the superior courts power to
prevent and punish frauds in any
and all elections. Mr. Elliott said
the amendment which mentioned
political parties and groups would
defeat the purpose of the white
primary law because it would
place the state back into the regu
lation of primaries. .
The House had previously con- '
curred in four other amendments
to the bill passed by the Senate.
The House rejected the amend
ment by a vote of 101 to 81. The
bill now goes back to the Senate
for agreement in the House action.
If the Senate disapproves, then the i
bill goes to a conference for ud-, Buena Vista, Ga., Feb. 16—M.
Services will be held at Wesley
Methodist church at 10:15 Sunday
morning and at 7:30 p. m., with
Bro. Stipe in charge ot both serv
ices.
Do you long for the good old
days in church going? Do we be
lieve that God is the same today
as He has been in the past? Then
if we will meet Him at His
house and meet His conditions as
others did in the good old days—
can't we believe He will bless us
with His presence and power and
we will enjoy and he helped as
men used to be in other days?
Give it a try.
Funeral Rites Monday
At Buena Vista For
M. E. Short, 95
A million and a half dollars, ori
ginally allocated to other states,
will be paid Georgia farmers for
1946 conservation practice in addi
tion to the $5,704,000 originally
granted Georgia. It is an all-time
high for the State.
Preliminary estimates indicate
that farmers will receive more
than $7,000,000 from the 1946
program, T. R. Breedlove, state di
rector of the Production and Mar
keting Administration statod Sat
urday. In 1945 farmers of the state
earned $4,200,000.
A new high was reached dur
ing the past year. Indications
are that 10 per cent more Georgia
farms participated in the 1946 con
servation program than in any pre
vious year and that 60 per cent of
all crop land of the state was in
cluded in the program.
“You do not need ngures to tell
of the progress made towarde con
servation. A trip through any sec
tion of the state will give visual
proof. The participation of farmers
in the conservation program is evi
dent,” Mr. Breedlove said. “Final
summaries of practices carried on
by farmers may up these prelimin
ary figures, if reports coming in
on cover crops, annual lagumes and
permanent pastures are an indica
tion.”
I The 1947 program is off to a bet
ter start than in 1946, Mr. Breed
love said. He predicts that it will
be even rhore extensive than last
year if plans under way are car
ried through.
I Georgia has been allocated $6,-
158,000 for 1947. But the amount
received by farmers may again be
in excess of that figure if other
6tates fail to earn the amounts al
located to them.
Mr. Breedlove attributed most of
the increased participation to coun
ty and community ACA committee
men and county conservation as
sociation employes who, he said,
work with farmers and trade groups
in obtaining needed supplies of
seed, phosphate, imestone, terracing
services and other facilities which
encouraged increased participation
in the conservation program.
The money received for conser
vation practices is only a small part
of the vaue of the program to Geor
gia. Farm incomes have been stop
ped up through increased yields
and the expansion of the livestock
industry which has been made pos
sible because of the program.
justment of differences.
their claims rested on tne resigna- the young people,
tion of^Gov. Arnall a few hours af- >p be pub^c is extended a cordial
ter Lieutenant-Governor-elect had invitation to attend this service.
been pualified by the Legislature as |
Lieutenant-Governor.
However, Hendrix continude,
counsel on both sides held or ad
mitted that the constitution allows
the Legislature to elect a Gover
nor in one specific instance. This
provision has remained in tiie con
stitution for over one hundred years,
he asserted, being placed or re
tained in the constitutions of 1824,
Services To Be Held At
Trinity Baptist Church
Next Sunday Morning
Public Is Urged To
Attend Church Services
At Mt. Pisgah Sunday
We cordially invite you to at-
The Butler llnsurance Agency of
which Mrs. Irene Peed is agent is
observing its twenty fifth anniver-
Services will be held at Trinity sary this month.
Free-Will Baptist church Sunday i Elsewhere in this issue of the
1 ‘TskT YxtT a nd 1°45 It morning at 11 o’clock. ; Herald is an advertisement in which
i861, 1865, 1868, | The pastor, Rev. B. T. Gill will Mrs. Peed expresses her apprecia*
ls . s . , ’ , ,, i r . „ rom be in charge of the service and ex- fi° n t° tbe public for the business
mte?oXat revSed the constitui «»«■ ■ welcome to every, Siv™ her during the pant twenty
tion only recently “was composed , one t0 atten d- ' • 9
of the petitioner in this case and
others.”
He reminded that “we must not
lose sight of the fact that the peo
ple write their own constitution.”
In his summation, Judge Hendrix
set forth that, “Construing the con
stitution as we do it is clear that
General Assembly had a right 'to
Local American Legion
To Hear Clifford Clarke
At Meeting Feb. 25
The Butler Insurance represents
four leading insurance companies
and one leading bonding comptny.
CHICKEN SUPPER AT SCHOOL
BUILDING FRIDAY NIGHT
y Come on down to the Butler Hi
Commander M. P. Dean of the School Building and satisfy yoifr
decide when there was no election : local American Legion Post an- appetite with a huge plate of home
nounces that a special feature of cooked chicken with all the trim-
the regular meeting on Tuesday, mings. The food will be delicious
February 25th will be the presence and the social atmosphere swell. All
of Clifford Clarke, of Savannah, the neighbors and friends will be
Ga., who recently won National there so join them anytime between
honors in the, American Legion 6:30 and 8:30 Friday evening, Feb-
can ] Oratorical Contest at Grinnell Col- ruary 21st. 75c per plate. Sponsored
‘ lege. by the Senior Class.
E.
i Short, 95, oldest resident of Mari
on county, died at his home Sun-
j day. He had been sick for seven
days.
Funeral Monday at First Baptist
! church, Buena Vista. Rev. Mr.
Smith, pastor, assisted by Rev.
John Henderson, pastor of Eas-
j tern Heights Baptist church, Co-
j lumbus, will officiate.
j | Mr. Short was born in Marion
tend our services Sunday. Sunday CO unty and lived there all his life,
school will be at 10:30 a. m. Wej Surviving are two sons, E. L.
have good classes and you will Shortf Columbifs, and M. F. Short,
enjoy the study. Try going Sun- Bainbridge, Ga.; four daughters,
day and see if you don t really en- ]yj rs Bessie Ross, Annapolis, Md.,
. Mrs. J. W. Holleman, Mrs. Thomas
Preaching at 11:30 a. m. Dy/1Iie Miller and Mrs. Harvey McMickle
pastor Our text will be Mafhews a jj o£ Marion county; 22 grand
12.41. Read this chapter. Pray tor children, and 23 great-grand-chil-
trje pastor as he brings this mes- d ren .
sage which is so applicable to our
times. Bring a friend to this service u * 4 J D
Preaching at 11 a. m. by the pas- MdMV ATTT3CT0G DY
tor. |
We urge all our members to be
I present and cordially invite our
| friends to these services. You need
t the church, the church needs you.
J. H. Stanford.
Unusual Bright Light
Last Thursday Night
Plans Being Made
For Easter Seal
Sale In Georgia
J. Clayton Burke, President of
Crippled Children League of Geor
gia, announced today that the So
ciety is organizing for the 1947
Easter Seal sale Drive for the
month before Easter.
The Crippled Children League of
Georgia joins 44 member state so
cieties of the National Society for'
Crippled Children and Adults in
the nation-wide distribution of
these gaily colored Easter Seals to
voluntary contributors who share
in the Society’s program of service
for the crippled and handicapped.
"Records show that 17,000 of
Georgia’s children have some
physical handicap,” Mr. Burke said
"and it is well known that not all
crippled children have been locat
ed by the workers in this field.
, Every one of them should have a
chance for improved physical con
dition, proper schooling, opportuni
ty for recreation, and vocational
guidance into a useful occupa
tion.”
by the people, ln our opinion, the
constitution then put the duty and
responsibility on it to elect an in
stall a Governor. This duty and re
sponsibility it decided as it saw fit.
When it (the Legislature) acts
within its authority, courts
not interfere.”
FOR SALE
Nobody seemed to know what it
was. Some said it was an airplane
crash, others a rocket plane, some
ventured so far • that it was an
STRINGFIELD PLACE—Lot No. 67 atom bomk.
one half mile N. E. of Butler. 202 j Several reported that at *7:45 a
1/2 acres. Farm and timber land streak of light passed over Butler
on Fickling Mill Road. j making no noise. Others reported
Mrs. M. K. Turner.
3610 14th Ave.
Columbus, Ga.
j similar stories. In Ellaville, Buena
i Vista and Americus it was report
ed that the light was seen also.
World Day of Prayer
Will Be Observed At
Baptist Church Friday
The World Day of Prayer will be
observed Friday—tomorrow—after
noon at 2:30 o’clock at the Rey
nolds Methodist church. Every one
is invited.
—Publicity Chairman.