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The Butler Herald
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS ”
VOLUME 72.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1918.
Committee Adopts wany new buildings
Rules & Regulations; other improvements
For County Primary " butler
Fees Advanced for Each Office
of Increased
Water System.
To Take Care
Election Costs.
Date for Taylor County’s Primary
Election for the naming of County
Officers has
Tourist
Hotel. Legion Home,
Locker and Many Private Homes
Cottage.
Freezer
Defects In Highway
Dept. In Many Cases
Laid to Politics
Old Practice of State
Attacked by Chief
Engineer.
Officials
Highway
(By Elizabeth McCants)
MR. E. B. ADAMS SR.
DIES AT COLUMBUS
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
NUMBER 14.
Native of Taylor County But Had
Resided in Macon County for
Past 17 Yearn.
14 Candidates Announce
For Eight County Offices
In Primary of February 18
Butler, Ga. Jan. 12—Butler has j Atlanta, Jan. 9—Chief Highway
experienced no post war let-down. Engineer Warren Neel charged Fri-
t -- ' day t hat political pressure keeps
Mr. E. B. Adams Sr., a native of i
Taylor County died at the City Hos- .
pital in Columbus at two o’clock,
Sunday morning January 11.
Mr. D. A. Hutcherson
Dies at Juncfion City
Early Sunday Morning
Closing Date for Candidate*
To Qualify Set for Tuesday,
February 3rd.
been set for Wednes- jexpenenceu no post wa. i»-uuw,...engineer warren «eei cnargeu rn- puai in uoiumous at two o’clock; Interest in Taylor County politic*
day February 18 when voters will Instead, this thriving little city lo- day that political pressure keeps .Sunday morning January 11. j Mr. Dave A. Hutcherson, 87, died is increasing daily with the Coun-
go to the polls to’make their choice j cated midway between Macon and drunks and inefficient employes on , He had been ill for only one week.'at the home of his daughter, Mrs. ty primary only 34 days away,
of county officials to serve during C° lumbas J?™*]? * gilding the state'highway maintenance pay Mr. Adams was a son of the Fannie Posey near Junction City, Up to the present time fourteen
ij^p four Y0cir period boRinnins boom. The 100,000 gallon water tank rolls. l&tG Mr. EzGkiol and Mrs. Marv SunHnv .lannarv d : eandiHntPR have annmmnAii iw.
January 1 1949. I recently built by the city is ready, He said the road ma
Action taken at the meeting of for operation to ^„ ^ ast ™ pr ° ve , staff of 1,800 employes is
~ + ;^ mGnt 0V6r the old 30,000 gallon tank 4+p crrmind for nnlit.icnl
late Mr. Ezekiel and Mrs. Mary .Sunday, January 4. ” ! candidates have announced for the
He said the road maintenance Jane Adams of this county. He! Mr. Hutcherson was born in Tay- eight county offices to be filled in
....... w. ... .. favor ; was _ born Aug. 27, 1877. I lor County May 11, I860 but had th e primary of Febuary 18, 1948.
the County Democratic Executive ment over the old 30,000 gallon tank ite gr o Und f or political appoint- Since 1931, Mr. Adams had made j made his home with Mrs. Posey The date for announcing and
Committee here Saturday is as fol ' the new structure is located on a (ments and “often we can’t fire his home in Macon county where for several years, since the death qualifying of candidates has been
l ows: j 100 I° ot tower. Jsome disinterested worker who he was engaged in farming inter-j of his wife. set for six o’clock p.m. Tuesday
“The Taylor County Democratic' Mayor Lewis Beason declared stays drunk half the time.” jests. He was twice married, his Funeral services were held at ” "
Executive Committee, meeting in 6,000 feet of new water mains has Neel appealed to the public to being Miss Anne Bella Pine Level cemetery with Rev. J.
using political Garre11 who Pitted him in death :L. Whitley officiating.
Mayor Lewis
/ water mains has Neel appealed to
xeguicti acbsiuji mis iuui udy ui also been laid, and adequate fire ba R f be p rac tice D f using political | * - - i —
January, 1948; a majority of the hydrants have been installed in the influence to pack the department’s a num °r of years ,ago. He was! Pall bearers included: James Po-
members present; it is ordered by; business and residental sections. payrolls and to retain incompetent a er manied to Miss Gussie Sch- sey, Guy Hutcherson, John Hayes
unanimous vote that a Democratic Construction of a $10,000 commun workers. u° T , county who sur- Jr.^ Lewis Cromer, J. W. Dorsey Jr..
Primary be held at the several j Jty home by the Butler Garden Club , He gaid „ too frequently it has
voting precincts in said Taylor Inc. will begin in the near future, been the custom when we attem pt-
County on the 18th day of Febru- , according to Mrs. L. R Dean presi- tQ remoye some employe for inef .
ary, 1948 for the purpose of nomi-1 dent of the organization. A com- fjde or drun kenness his friends
i* i i -i _ a e ii r n • _ nlotohr onmnnoH nlovornnnn nnn 9
ary, iuao lor me purpose oi nomi-1 ficiencv or drunkenness his friends m . — *** :—* v '*- "*«««»*■ and Lorenzo
nating candidates for the following pletely equipped playground and a form y deleEation to the governor Bloodworth Cemetary yio n d a y Hutcherson, Gastonia, N. C-; also T OA » c.imora H. Adam*
offices, to-wit: Clerk of Superior swimming pool will also be built, th sta te hiehwav board He is i Tl'tn January 12, at eleven o’!a step son, Frank Callier, Mauk; and J : J 1 - Amos For County School
Court; Sheriff; Judge Court of Or- she added. The location selected retained in the department desDite C °? k d ReV ‘ Wm ‘ Jenkins of Ideal three daughters, Mrs. Lydia Jinks, Superintendent: E. H. Dunn, Herman
dinary; County School Superin- »s we st of town on the Columbus d t th P or£Ianizatio P » and Whltly of Mauk officia- ’ Atlanta; Mrs. Lorena Hayes, Thom- Elhston, and Wyman Harris. For
tendent; Tax Commissioner; three Highway. ® , . * organization. ted. ifellbearers inc i U ded Messrs- aston and Mrs. Fannie Posey, f ouaty G ? n ?™ ,ssi ? ner s : »««« Dis
members of the Taylor Countv About half a mile southeast of He emphasized that he was not Floyd Roburn, Clovis Poole, Sid Junction City. trict, E. H. Gene’ Bazemore; How-
Board of Roads and Revenues- the courthouse another building, criticizing administration of James, R. L. Turner, Clyde Gilbert I Mr. Hutcherson was one of the ard District, R. L. Brown, W. R. Tur-
Coroner - and Surveyor. the American Legion Home is al- ~°. v " F ' Thompson or any other and J. A. Levene. .oldest citizens of Talbot county. n 7' and Eewis Watson. Reynold*
Second: That the rules govern- ! most finished. Financed by Ameri- chief executive. He said the unde- Survivors include his wife and six J. W. Edwards II of Edwardr D * str tct, A. S. (Sid) James,
ing Primaries in Georgia be and can Legion Post No. 124, the stru- , Slrab , P ractic es have existed un- daughters: Mrs. E. C. Denney, Thonri|Funeral Home was in charge of ar
the same are hereby adopted in cture is intended primarily for Amer der a11 governors. astonjj Mrs. H. S. Davis and Mrs. ( rangements.
governing said Primary. ican Legion and Legion Auxiliary “It is time for the public to be- ' Adrairt Coker of Dadeville, Ala; Mrs'
“Third: That any voter not now activities, according to W. H. Trus- come sufficiently interested to Roy Gunnells of Pheonix City, Ala;
—- 1 J--J—•— . ■ > • ’ o,r~,f two nnct .. n a back us up in building a compe- Miss Doris Adams of Berton, Del;
tent, sober and experienced state and Miss Gladys Adams of Ideal,
highway maintenance department,” Seven sons; Messrs. H. R., J. C., E.
Neel declared. B. Jr., J. M., all of Columbus. L. E - pQ|« Pq!jfjCdl POStS
Febuary 3, the following announce
ments have been made and appear
elsewhere in this issue of the Herald
For Ordinary: J. R. Lunsford, in
cumbent. For Clerk of Superior
Court: Thelmon Jarrell, incumbent.
For Sheriff: J. M. Bone, incumbent,
and Charlie J. Wright. For Tax ConV
missioner: (To fill the unexpired
term of P. A. Jenkins which ends
Dec. 31, 1948) Clifford H. Adam*
and J. H. Amos. For County School
No announced
registered desiring to vote in said se H- treasurer of the post and chair-
Primary must register on or before man of the building committee,
the closing date of registration j The total building cost is expect-
books, but may register and vote e d to be about $7,500.
in the general election. . ' Two units of the City Tourist Cot-
“Fourth: The Secretary, with the tages, owned by Earl and Curtiss
cooperation of the Chairman, shall Haywood, were completed Dec. 1.
’13" Hats in Ring,
Says Thomaston Times,
For Surveyor:
Candidate.
The rules and regulations gov
erning this primary as adopted by
the County Democratic -Executive
Committee are given in full else
where in this issue of the Herald.
“We can’t maintain the state’s °I Butler and Roy of Ideal; Thirt- ^
investment of $300,000,000 in its een 8 rand children and two great '
highways with the kind of men
xAxuperanuu ui me cnairman, snail 1 j “j ' ¥ mgimojii wim me uuu ui men grand children. Two brothers, Mr.
prepare and have printed a suf- Neat brick buildings, the modernly we are sometimes forced to keep.” -l em Adams of Thomaston and Mr. |
ficient number of tickets and equipped cottages are located on The engineer, second-ranking of- Vass Adams of Jacksonville, Fla.,
election forms for said Primary the Atlanta Highway north of the ficial in the highway department, and tvvo sisters, Mrs. Charlie Bar-
and distribute same among the business section. said Highway Director John Beas- field of ldeal and Mrs - Bessie Gar-
Work on two additional units will lew was supporting his effort “to , ret Jacksonville, Fla.
jput highway maintenance
efficient basis’’
Neel advocated
(From Thomaston Times)
among
managers of the voting precincts — ...
together with the official registra- begin soon, the owners declared-
tion lists of each precinct, which A modern service station built 18, ■
shall be furnished by the Tax months ago by the Haywood broth- ;
Butler's New Water
Tank Completed and
Now Ready for Use
a constitutional
Commissioner by not later than ers * s located nearby. highway board to take road work
seven days prior to the primary. I Tim Dean Hotel, also brick, fea- out of politics, but said he would
He shall see that all names of all tu res 30 rooms, including five suites not endorse specific proposals of
candidates who have qualified as and 24 baths. Completed April 5, an y single political leader. High-
herein required are printed on the 1947 > I he _ two stor >' building boasts way politics, a perennial issue,
same ticket and that no other an adjoining coffee shop. The hotel may be one of the principle conten-
names appear thereon. Candidates is owned and operated by L. R. tions in the expected gubernatorial
whose names appear on the of- Dean. Iace between Thompson and Her-
ficial ballot must himself or her- Located near the center of town,. man Talmadge
self bd a qualified voter and pay the Payne Motor Company is one! . <Many state senators and repre .
Services Will Be Held
Sunday at Butler
Methodist Church
Jas,
Sunday School 10- a. m., Mr
A. Gibson, superintendent.
I Worship at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p.
m., led by the pastor.
Youth Fellowship, 6:30 p. m.,
mainte- Miss Gloria Bazemore, president; l
The political spotlight has set
tled on Upson county with intense
interest centering around the
sheriff’s race where three have al- Butler’s new hundred thousand
j ready announced and rumors have gallon water tank is now complex
jmast three and possibly four ed and ready for use.
imore men contesting for the office' Citizens of Butler are pointing
for which Sheriff Grady Meeks has with pride to their new water
'announced he will not seek. system. Several months ago new
incumbents include Commission six-inch main lines were laid
j f. r . /' A- Barror b T ax Collector E. D. throughout the business and resi-
1 atson, Sr., Tax Receiver F. D. 'dential sections of town.
a^ C e ^ n f y ’ ^ erk °I Superior Court,} Construction crews are expected
-rs. Odessa Allen, Sheriff C. G. to return within the next few days
l Meeks, County School Superintend and connect the main lines with
*" t . ?■ R - Hoistun, Ordinary J. M. the new reservoir.
Middlebrooks, Coroner Johnny Bar- j New standard size fire plugs
ker and Surveyor J. B. Smith. have also been placed throughout
1 h i o u g h announcements and the city which will give local citi-
" 1 —: . YUl1 - 1 - .r J ~ : 'Tr, .. Many state senators a
the entrance fee ft) the Secretary of the most modern in this section sentatives feel that the
of the Committee on or before 6 According to Miss Catherine Payne, ■ nance denarimpnt a nio™ Mr pnri do ‘ ^ 1 * “ 1 u u s “ announcements and the citv which will eive 1
P.m. (EST) February 3, !948. | bookkeeper whose father, W. A. : for s a ° d/ .^hey dlors d ^ y ’ Coun * qualifying information it has been zens better fire protection.
Entrance fees which are hereby as- Payne, owns the company, the buil- ,i m - t ro-xii™ ^ f learned that those w'ho will defi-;
sessed for the purpose of paying ding is 90 x 120 feet, providing am- T/fSent m. -> ’ T™J° 1A y0U about nitcl y Seek reelection will be Dr. u — .
expenses of said Primary or Pri- P ie space for garage, display of s ’ ajd di j . * : . ng .®°° dnc J '°^, had a de ' H - A - Barron, E. D. Watson Sr., and Hr. E. ^ SHCdlV Nd 1116(1
marie* should it become necessary automobiles and tractors, and auto- 'discoursed If . L2T T r LVZ rl°l > oursel / ? K Th ^- the Coroner Johnny Barker. Sheriff C. ! " ,
to hold a run-off, shall be assigned mobile and tractor parts. The com- to remoV)? incomoetpnt^ nrt else it wnniri must Dl vine, G. Meeks has announced that he MdVOT Of R0YflOldS III
of 6 Sup^Court f ° 11O $125^0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ —"JT he^ £ S £ ||S oTSSta
?. rdl "! ry $125.00 I_’a freezer locker plan,, owned «»« SSU'T Mi?? Li !t'f » candi LltjJleCflM
Ordinary $125-00
Sheriff $125.00
Tax Commissioner $125.00
School Superintendent _ $125.00
County Commissioners:
(Each District) $ 50.00
Coroner $ 1( j.00
Surveyor __ $iq.00
A freezer locker plant, owned by do the best they can „
E. H. Bazemore, optmed for busi- N eal is one of the veteran mem-
ness in April, 1947. The plant has bers of the department. He began
room units now in use. A cooline , lhe Present uie mgnanu man, ana James McDaniel, all can-
room is also a oart of Bazemore’s gtncy was . or e anl zed in 1917 and hol y privilege God offers us thru didates for sheriff; Rex Turner and tuulu;11 "*emuers. me mree
P - |served continuously until 1930. He His Church to worship Him, and if Robert Bethel, candidates for clerk council men elected are L. W. Cook,
xo>7 we nrpnam nnpcoi,™ „ ^.f o..».—i— x. — — - - - - Woodfin Hinton and C. B. Hicks.
Cook and Hinton were elected to
Church, or there would not be the date.
many who remain attentive and Candidates definitely in the race ' Mr - E - T - Sb eal y has been elec-
392 reeular lookers and 2*68 curing T7 7 1C uc Parunent. He oegan faithful to the Church. Let’s ex- include Arthur Bailey, John Holli- ed as the new mayor of Reynolds
room units now in use T coolinf i J FOad Work When the P^sent Perience for ourselves the high and man, and James McDaniel, all can- a recent election of mayw and
io .. nf D a 8 tn cy was organized in 1917 and holy privilege God offers us thru didates for sheriff: Rev Tn,™, three council members. The three
„x.w , eq Llithe e r nt Harris, agent for South- a nd 1937 S 3 '! ourselve ^for worship :of superior court; E. D.'Watson‘s‘r‘
“Fifth- Each voter pa “ hie 'em Stases Ine and National Trail 1 ^ d ade chlef engl * d put something into serving tax receiver incumbent seeking re
or her ba^inTe r owi g t ri" ^ £ m^nS f ^ ShSt. the election; Bethel Salter andVrs
ULl ■ ° n aomimstration last March. brethren in His Church, we are not Irene Persons, candidates for the of
and Managers are instructed not brick building in August, 1946. Re-
to receive the ballot of any voter novations and additions to the old
outside of their own Militia Dis- structure cost approximately $,0<K).
tHct. j Private homes are going up too,
“Sixth: The candidate receiving as the building epidemic continues
the majority of votes shall be de- hi this Middle Georgia town.
dared the nominee; but if no can- j
didate receives a majority of votes
cast, the two receiving the highest
number of votes shall be the can
didate in the second Primary,
which by the same authority is
ordered to be held March 3, 1948.
Seventh: Should any candidate
desire to contest the results of the
rimary Election he shall wdthin
Judge Underwood of U.S.
Supreme Court Bench
Wants to Retire in March
Nofice of Special Election
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
WHEREAS, P. A. Jenkins, Tax
Commissioner of said County, re-
j signed on December 31, 1947, ef
fective January 1, 1948, after hav-
| ing been elected and commissioned
for a term of four years ending
December 31, 1948.
NOW, THEREFORE, I,. J. R.
worried but that each one will be Hce of ordinary; Dr. H. A. Barron
richly repaid for so doing. Give county commissioner seeking re
God a chance at your heart and i election; J. M. Barker, coroner, in
life this year!
Public Invited to Attend
Services at Crowell
cum bent.
Other incumbents have
that they will make announce
ments next week. #
u u. j- x«. L r j Regular Scout Meeting
Methodist Church Sunday |F or Loca | Troop to be
Held Friday Evening
succeed themselves and Hicks was
chosen to fill the unexpired term
of Mr. Shealy, who resigned to
run for mayor.
C. B. Hicks was elected mayor
pro-tem; R. L. Bell was re-elected
stated i c * ty clerk; J. R. Lunsford was re
elected city attorney; J. Hugh
Windham was re-elected chief of
, police with E. C. Hill re-elected a*
his assistant.
Lunsfnrri nrHi nn p„ ^ 7 '7 “'I CTowell Methodist church *ex-
ty Georgia bv virtu ^ or Coun ‘ tends to all of you a cordial invita-
■Judge Emory Mar-! thority vested in by law "do X ^ Xu tbe K scrvices Sunday
• Dy law> do Sunday School begins at 10:30
Regular Services Will Be
Held at Antioch Sunday
three days Ittej the rrimary,“fUe vln'undcroSod, 'lor l 17 years'senior i hereby tauTsDeci^elertio’nT h° Sunciay $ c h°ol begins at“ lOdJO 1 t? gu,ar meeting of the local! E ;? gu ! ar worship services will be
With the Secretary of this Com- judge of the United States District held in , etion to be followed by morning worship at Troop No. 33 of the Boy Scouts of conducted at Antioch Baptist
•hittee, in detaU, Z grounds ofWs Court ?or tL nS«S SstriTS o January°S tTfiXX ^ Youth at 615 p '’daT Sehool^^ ^ ^ ^ X XX neXt h Su " day ‘
^ her contest, with a deposit of Georgia and one of the most widely fice o S L ' * °. f ' m - and tvening worship at 7 p. m. f ay , X ? assembly room of the I Sunday school classes for all
510.00 to defrav the" Z! « known and best loveS juTte in the £Sn£ StZe teltf PaSt ° r ' ReV ’ W ‘ Park Smiih ’ 6°o m Meth ° dlSt church Friday XrZXl 1 10:3 ° m ' With
hn Smith written President Tm. eoiH Z x ! l UneXplred ^ rm of will preach at both the morning 6 £■ m ’ _ | preaching by the pastor at 11:30
-aid contest. It shall then be the South, has written President Tru- j said P. A. Jenkins to-wit- For the , ^ ‘ : "V
>" duty of the Chairman to call a man that he wishes to retire “from ! term ending on December 31 f iQ48 i &nC cvening services,
n'vnng of the Executive Commit- Tegular active service’ March 5. iThe hours of "keeping open the »
to kT-u glving throe da Y s ’ notice Judge Underwood celebrated his election polls shall be from 7 00 a POStlllfKtpr DeIK
both parties of the time and seventieth birthday Dec. 11, and his m. to 6:00 p. m . 9 HllWlCl 1/lCj
T !‘ Ce ° f con ducting the contest, decision to retire is based on a long I All candidates shall file written Df Plffll? ImilNPC
contesting candidates shall time conviction that judges should notice of their candidaev with thn ! ‘ IIIJUllCS
* * rrot nf f t Vi n UnnrtVi fVi/vii non ,1J m .
the morning
FOR SALE
hav f- 6 v.anuiuaiea Mian nmc iwiv«,uuh mat snuuiu nuiice oi tnelr candidacy with the
evi l flVe dayS in which to collect “get off the bench before they are Ordinary of Taylor County bv 5 00
illeorf ° f illegalit Y- Evidence of so old they are incapacitated with- j p. m. on January 16, 1948. * ' Summerville, Ga., Jan. 12—Jas.
sworn lt ^.. may be presented by out knowing it. I Said Special Election will be I- Matthews, 32, postmaster here
Und, affldav,ts or ora l testimony ] ‘Retirement is voluntary,” ex- held in accordance with the pro- dicd at the Trion hospital Monday,
right *° ath ' Each Side Sha11 have plained Judge Underwood in an in- visions of all laws of the State of He Was injured late Sunday when
. em P!oy council but each terview at his country home near Georgia applicable to elections. tho smal l airplane he was piloting implements for sale” See
thirty Sandy Springs, “but I want to stop This 3rd day of January 1948 crashed a few miles west of La- Wesley. Price reasonable
of at- now while I THINK I’m in my right T " ' f *
The next Court of Honor will be a -
Feb. 23rd. The Troop has set
goal of every Scout passing a test
by that time and invite our par- is
ents to this meeting in February.
Scoutmasters:
Rev. J. W. M. Stipe,
Prof. W. H. Elliston.
m. Evening worship begins at
a 7:30 o’clock.
The pastor’s
* ( . e s hall be limited to
lr iutes for arguments
'Continued to Page 8; No. 1)
mind!”
%
morning message
based on an unusual text from
the third chapter of the book of
Habakkuk and is especially time
ly. Are we so busy enjoying the
fruits of God’s marvelous inven
tions that we lose sight of the
Giver? Hahakkuk was certainly not
j guilty of such ingratitude.
Two pair mare mules, also farm! To both the morning and evening
me at services the public is extended a
- - | cordial invitation to come and wor-
J. R. LUNSFORD, Odinary, I a y“ tte - He is survived by his wife,(182tp) Clyde Wilson, ship with us at Antioch.
Taylor County, Georgia. and son > Judson Jr. | Butler, Ga., Rt 1 I J- H. STANFORD, Pastor.