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The Butler Herald
KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
VOLUME 71
BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH G. 1947
NUMBER 21
Mr. and Mrs. Alver Carter,
celebrate Golden Wedding Annive.
on Tuesday, February 25.
prominent Taylor County couple,
sary at their home in Reynolds
Engine and 17 Cars Mr. Thelmon Jarrell MR - L LOCKHART,
Derailed Near Mauk Heads Red Cross former butler citizen
Saturday Morning
Drive In Taylor Co. DIES AT CUTHBERT
Local Young Men
Organize Jr. C. of C.
At Recent Meeting
f* 1 |_T^fj\i SFliVICFS IIFI II V'T ('I I'll
One Crew Member Slightly Injured Quota Set at S767.00. County Will BERT SUNDAY ‘ morning with Thomast on Club Sends Delegation
As Twelve Cars of Fruit
Vegetables are smashed.
and
„ Be Divided Into Districts As In
i
Previous Years I
BC1RIAI. AT PATRICK’S CEMETERY
IN COLL MBLS.
Mr. & Mrs. Alver Carter
Celebrate Golden Wedding
Anniversary February 25
Mr. and Mrs. Alver Carter ot
Reynolds celebrated their Golden
Wedding Anniversary at theii
home on Tuesday, February 25.
A dinner party at which all mem
bers of their family attended, was
given in honor of the occasion.»
During the day a large numbei
of friends and relatives called b>
the Carter home to congratulate
this distinguished couple.
Mrs. Carier was beio.e her mar
riage Miss Lillian Montgomery
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Montgomery of Tazwell.
The gouple were married at the
bride’s home on February 25, 189 <
when she was 17 and he 21 years
of age.
Mr. Carter is the son of the latv.
Mr and rMs S A Carter of Reynolds
Mr and Mrs Carter esiablishec.
their home in Reynolds soon aliei
their marriage and have liveu
there since that time
Among those attending the din
ner pany were, the Carter’s four
children and their families, Mr ana
Mrs. Uhland Carter, and children
Leon, Sidney and Jimmie of Perry,
Mr and Mrs Sam Carter of Rey
nolds, Mr and Mrs Paul Carter and
daughter, Paulette of Oglethorpe,
Mr and Mrs H C Peterman ana
daughter, Theresa of Enterprise,
Florida. All members of the fam
ily were present except three
grandsons two of whom are in
service, Luther Carter of the U. S.
Navy stationed in California, anu
Bobby Carter of the U. S. Air Corps
stationed at Keisler Field, Miss.,
and Carroll Peterman who is at
tending College at Lakeland, Hu.
Rustin Succeeds Morgan
As Local Agent of
Central of Ga. Ry.
Seventeen cars and a power unit Mr. Thelmon Jarrell, chairman
of a diesel-propelled Atlantic Coast G f the Taylor County Chapter, Am-
Line freight train is said to have u > „ .. . ^
. ,, ,, . ertcan Red Cross advises tnat Tay-
left the rails one mile north of *
Mauk, about 2:15 Saturday morn- ^ County s quota has been set
ing, smashing many of the cars ^ ls y ear $767.00.
into cordwood and ripping up! Mr Jarrell states that the coun
track for 900 feet. I ty will be divided into militia dis-
Twelve cars and a caboose of tricts as usual a:id the prorata
the northbound fruit and vegeta- 1 quo ta apportioned to each dis-
ble laden , train remained upright, trict. District chairmen will be
but an unidetified crewman rid- named within the next few days
ing the caboose received a slight an d the annua, drive will begin
cut on the cheek to mar an other- immediately
wise injury-free wreck. | The Amer i can Red Cross renders
Officials at the scene reported a number of services in peacetime
that a broken rail caused the acci- I a g well as in times of war. During
dent the second to occur in that the war the Red Cross aided in
immediate vicinity since last De- communication between slodie.rs
cember 27. 'and family, loans money foremer-
Sixteen of the cars which left the 1 gency leaves, gives funeral as-
rails were ground into a mass of sistance to dependants, and gives
giant splinters by the crash, pil- disaster relief,
ing up in jigsaw fashion along the
u?s ht a°d Three Spillars Brothers
bound and southbound tracks. j- ■ .. -
While officials estimated that it tllllSl III AlT lOfCC
would require four days to clear .. ' £ W II
the northbound tracks traffic All V6lOTdMS Cl WflT II
moved south within 12 hours af- j
ter the wreck occurred.
! Georgia can be proud of the
Mr. Lewis L. Lockhart,- 55, died
at his residence in Cuthbert Feb.
2Sth. He had been in declining
health for sometime but was
seriously ill for only a few days.
Mr. Lockhart was formerly from
Columbus and Butler.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Minnie Pollard, five
children Dovard Lockhart, Colum
bus, Mrs. W. C. Grier, Columbus,
Cathryn, Mary, Nancy Lockhart of
Cuthert; three sisters, Mrs. L. W.
Hill, Forsyth, Mrs. W. O. Whitley
of Mauk, Mrs. Oscar Howard of
Manchester; H. L. Lockhart of
Cuthbert, E. H. Lockhart of Colum
bus; two granddaughters, Mar
garet and Hazel Grier of Colum
bus; besides several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held at 11
o’clock at Shaffers Funeral Home,
Cuthbert; Rev. S. S. Oliff officiat
ed. Burial was at Patrick’s ceme
tery, Columbus, at 2 p. m.
Mr. Lockhart was a member of
New Life Baptist church, Mauk.
Pall bearers were L. W. Hill, E.
J. Lumpkin, Roscoe Foster, Rufus
Lumpkin, Loira Morris and Ervin
Lumpkin.
Here to help
Organization.
with New
Mr. J. Lewis Rustin, it was an
nounced Monday, was the success
ful bidder with a number of other
contestants for the position of
what is commonly known as j up the ties
“Depot Agent” at Butler, but of-1 yards
T , Agent
The 1,300-horsepower engine
dragged its second unit counter- . „ .. , . _
° , „ „ . , . All three young men have enlisted
part and one boxcar almost 250 . .. .. „ . „ ... . .
three Spiilers brothers of Butler-
Veterans Given Until
yards after the other cars had left
the rails, the second unit and the
boxcar finally tipping over into a
slight embankment after chewing
for more than 200
in the Air Forces at Robins Field
after having served as members of
the armed forces during the re
cent war years. They are the
sons of Mrs. B. H. Spiilers of this
county.
Clifford, 21, the youngest son,
August 1 to Reinstate
War-Time Life Insurance
He has two
private first class,
years prior service
Son number three, Paul Spiilers
27, has the longest war record,
having served more than five
finally designated Local „ . „ , . ... . ...... . 6 ^,„
tor the Central of Georgia Railway! f ,Ktr f ‘ ‘ os ^ 0 . ai ? a holds the rank of Staff Sergeant.
Company which carries with it f. vt ' cr .f n ° “ ^ e f r ® ® aivlce Ult He Is a veteran of many months
the duties of representative both,, ® rai roa > Te f >0 * C( ^ .. 1S S P C< ^ at of overseas service with the 15th
of the Western Union and Tele- between 3a and 40 miles an hour, Air p orcG) and j s curren tly assign-
graph Co. and Southern Railway j w ^ en the wreck occurred. ed as Military Police Sergeant at
Express. He was installed into, “I didn’t even know we had had the big Georgia Air Base.
ocu.ii or these positions yesterday, a wreck until I stopped and saw j Calvin Spiilers, 23, is now a
it is learned. “ ! that the second diesel unit was
Mr. Rustin in assuming the du-i tipped over,
ties ol me local office succeeds | “When my brakes went on I
Mr. J. L. Morgan who has given]simply thought we had broken a
most efficient, accommodating and coupling.”
courteous service since the re- The Atlantan, who spent nine year s—wjth more than two years
dement of Mr A. F. Fain about a months in a hospital back in 1925 o£ overseas duty. He was a mem-
year and a halt ago, and resigned after a wreck near Manchester, h Gr o£ the 509th ParatrooDe Reei-
in order to give closer attendance] als „ said his tw0 Negro helpers, i„Italy lor m^ch^ol that
to his mercantile business at | the fireman and brakeman, were time. Now a corporal, he is as-
Junction City and other business surprised to learn of the derail- signed as a baker to the squadron
interests in Talbot and adjoining ment . . j mess at Robins Field. He was for-
counties. “That engine,” he said fondly, mer ly employed *by the Ideal
Lelore leaving Butler, Mr. Mor-1 < r j des as smooth as your automo-. Bakery in Griffin
gan visited a number of business ; hile » | All three boys are graduates of
places m the city to thank pei-i The splintering crash ripped Butler High school and all three
sonally those in charge for, as he, open many carSi S ome of them of were active in sports during their
stated, ‘ SL1 ^ a delightful ,,®J” ess , the refrigerator type, exposing ice- student years. All three gave as
dealings while in Butler. those, pac k ed ce iery chilled oranges and their reason for enlistment, the
whom he failed to contact he re-: ] ar g e cans o£ grapefruit juice
quested the Herald to express for j
him his regret in not seeing them 1 . . .
and to further state that he had TnirQ DlSmCt MlISlC
never found a more congenial I ^
group of business men nor more 1 Festival To Be Held at
delightful people generally than
composed the citizenry of Butler.
Mr. Rustin, the new agent is a
native ol Taylor county, son ot
Mrs. J. L. Rustin, of this county
Americus Tomorrow
desire to make careers in the Air
Force. Lt. Robert Marshall, who
swore in the two older brothers on
Feb. 17, has revealed that more
than 300 young Georgia men have
enlisted in the Air Forces at Rob
ins Field since the first of the
Full information on how veter
ans can take advantage of the
chance to reinstate their lapsed
National Service Life Insurance
is now available at the veterans
Administration Contact Office at
Columbus Georgia, Joe R. Walters,
VA Officer-in-charge, reported to
day.
New legislation just passed by
Congress gives veterans until Aug
ust 1 to reinstate their war-time
policies without a physical examin-
aion or red tape. Low-cost NSLI
policies have long been described
by insurance experts as the insur-
mount of protection under the
most leberal terms at the lowest
cost.
For the next several months, vet
erans may reinstate their NSLI
term policies simply by paying two
monhly premiums and filling out
a reinstatement form.
The Contact Representatives at
the Columbus Office will assist vet
erans in filling out the form. The
office is located at 200 First Na
tional Bang Building.
The form may also be obtained
by writing directly to the Insur
ance Service, Veterans Administra
tion Branch 5, Atlanta 3, Georgia.
A delegation from the Thomaston
Junior Chamber of Commerce and
two representatives of the State
Junior of Commerce met with a
number of the local young busi-**
ness men Fridajr night to assist
with the organizing of a Butler
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
There were about twenty-five
local men present all of whom re
gistered as charter members of the
organization.
Mr. Wanza Hortman was chosen
president of the local club with
Messrs. Thelmon Jarrell secretary,
and J. A. Gibson, Treasurer.
Members of the Thomaston Juni
or Chamber of Commerce present
included Messrs. Merrit Zorn
president, W. C. Cochran, Ed. Trice
Lucius Long, George Ford, Joel
Freeman, Grant Stallings, Jimmie
Culpepper, Red Haygood, Harold
Lifsey, Summers Noel, reida Jones,
H. P. Chalficld and J. C. Johnson.
Application for charter was
made by the local organization and
will be presented to the members
at an early date.
Charter members of the Butler
Junior Chamber of Commerce in
clude:
I H. H. Payne, Carlon Hortman,
] W. M. Brown, Jr., J. A. Hardwick,
E. L. Davis, E. L. Swain, Edgar
‘McGee, Rufus Trussell, J. L.
Saunders, W. F. Gray, Jr. R. T.
Cochran, Forest H. Brown, C. E.
Pennington, John Pennington, Ver
non Allgood, C. E. Benns, Jr, C. L.
Snider, Jr., C. W. Parks, Johnnie L.
Caldwell, Thelmon Jarrell, Morris
Saunders, J. A. Gibson, Wanza
Hortman, and Jason Elliston.
Rep. Garland Byrd
Begins Fight For Better
Roads in Taylor County
i year.
, L. Wingate Urges
>tton Farmers To
ttend Meeting March 18
Americus, March 5—Representa-
and the late Hon. J. L. Rustin. Hves from 11 schools will partici-
He has been in the employe ot pa£e i n the annual Third District
the Central railroad for a numbei High School Music Festival to be
of years with several years’ ex- j h G j d j n Americus tomorrow—Fri-
perience in agency work. His day —Mrs. \\r. T. Maynard, teacher
more recent assignment
Hampton, Ga.
15 Year-Old Drivers
Barred by Talmadge
Columbus Baptist
Association to Sponsor
Enrollment Program
lacon, Ga.,—(Special)— Mem-
s of the cotton industry in
ry section of Georgia were urg-
today by H. L. Wingate, Ma-
, president of the Georgia Farm
eau Federation and vice-presi-
t of the National Cotton Council
the Chamber of Commerce in
anta, March 18.
he Farm Bureau leader said
t plans for a Statewide cotton
cational program would be laid
the Atlanta meeting. He pointed
that such a program would
e Georgia cotton men an oppor-
ity to participate locally In the
ionwide program conducted on
ialf of the cotton industry by
Cotton Council.
“he morning session will begin
9-30 at the Atlanta Chambe* ol
nmerce. During the afternoon
Council’s Georgia delegates and
dsory members will round out
ns for cotton projects in the
te during 1947.
CLOCK ATOP SCHLEY
C OUNTY COUfiT HOUSE
EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRICITY
Atlanta, Ga., March 5—Herman
was at o£ pu blic school music in the city Talmadge declared Tuesday “ill-
schools announces. Mrs. Maynard advised” a 1943 order of Ellis Ar-
— is chairman of music for the Third nail, then governor, reducing the
j District in the Georgia Music minimum age for driver’s licenses
j Educators Association. from 16 to 15, and ordered the pro-
Schools which will have repre- clamation “revoked and annulled.”
sentatives in the music festival Governor Talmadge said the result
are: of a counter-proclamation he is-
Reynolds, Dawson, Cordele, Fitz- sued would be to cancel all licen-
From Ellavui.? Sun
The town clock, a four-squares
target for criticism for generations gerald, Plains, Parrott, Fort Valley, ses issued to persons under 16 yrs.
because it wouldn’t keep time, is Columbus Hi and Jordan Hi of of age. He also ordered the minim-
off the citizenry’s list of complaints Columbus, Preston and Americus. um age of chauffeurs moved up
which it once headed. Electricity is Mrs. Maynard pointed out that the from 17 to 18.
the answer. 1 music festival is not a contest af
The county and city government fair, as each student is given £
got together sometime ago and rating.
agreed to modernize the big clock] Instumental portion of the festi- _ , »,
atop the courthouse. The County V al, including the bands, piano jUdudV Af 161110011 AT
paid for the conversion to elecricity solos, etc., will be held at Georgia
Services to be Held
and the city is supplying the pow- Southwestern College, there being TrinitV BdDtlSt ChllTCh
er. no other place large enough to ac-1 * ^
Now the old clock ticks along comodate the large number of par-J
with the “radio” and sounds the ticipants, Mrs. Maynard said. The Services will be held at
the
correct number of strokes on the vocal events, including solos, glee Trinity Free Will Baptist Church
hour. clubs, etc., will be held in the Sunday afternoon February 9 at
What brings gratification to old- audtorium of Americus High three o’clock,
er natives is that their cherished sc hool. The marching band event Rev. B. T. Gill, pastor of the
public timepiece no longer is sub- w ni be held on the baseball field church will be in charge of the
jected to the ridicule of those who a£ the Community Center at 4:30 service.
do not appreciate its traditional Irti- o'clock, preceded by the baton The public is extended a cor-
portance. twirlers event at 4 o’clock. dial invitation to attend.
The Columbus Baptist Associa
tion will sponsor a Sunday School
enlargement program put on in
nearly every church in the Asso
ciation.
The programs begin next Mon
day night at 8 o’clock. Antioch
and Midway churches will hold
their meeting together. The first
meeting will be at Midway Mon
day night and again Tuesday
night. The Thursday and Friday
night meetings will be at Antioch
church.
A field worker will be with us
to teach and direct in enlargement
plans for the Sunday Schools.
All members and friends of
these churches are urged to at
tend.
There will be a field worker at
Mt. Pisgah church for four nights
also beginning next Monday night
at 8 o’clock.
I This is a fine opportunity for
our churches to get the services
of a well equipped man to give
instructions to us in the hope that
we may be able to improve and
enlarge our schools.
Let us all be in our places and
help with our prayers and at
tendance.
* —J. H. Stanford, Pastor.
Hon. Garlan T. Byrd, Taylor
County’s representative in the
General Assembly of Georgia has
been appointed to several of the
most important House commit
tees.
In carrying out his pledge to
the voters of the county Mr. Byrd
is endeavoring to obtain the most
beneficial service possible from
the state for his county and sec
tion.
More and better roads in Taylor
county is one of his most cherish
ed ambitions. He is now working
with members of the highway de
partment on several projects
which include:
Resurfacing of Highway No, 3
from Butler to the Schley County
line.
Paving of State Highway No.
137 from Fickling Mill to the in
tersection of State Highway No.
122.
i Placing the Butler-Ideal road on
the State Highway System and
improving said road.
| In an effort to obtain these un
dertakings Representative Byrd
has the support of the entire
county.
Preaching at Mt. Pisgah
Church Next Sunday
Remember Sunday School at Mt.
Pisgah Baptist Church Sunday at
10:30 a. m. Come and study God’s
Word with us.
Preaching at 11:30 a. m. by the
pastor. Read, the 3rd chapter of
Exodus; our text will be the 2nd
verse of this chapter. Why was
the bush not consumed Is God
1 above nature or bound by nature?
Hear this message. Bring a friend
with you.
I We will have a report on our
building fund Sunday morning. Do
your best to make this report a
fine one.
I Preaching at 7 o’clock Sunday
evening by the pastor,
j To all these services the public
is cordially invited. Pray for the
pastor.
Rev. J. H. Stanford, Pastor.
WANT TO RENT
Play pen for babby for few weeks.
Mrs. L. P. Anthony Sr.
Butler, Ga.