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The Butler Herald
“KEEPING EVER LASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 73.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH, ~24, 1949.
NUMBER 23.
Sidewalk
Gleanings
By OLD TIMER
CREDIT IS BEING GIVEN
SEN. RICHARD RUSSELL
WINS SENATE BATTLE
BY ACCOMMODATING SERVICE
ncl close application to business
our good friend, Otis Rowe, pro
prietor of the City Cafe has
brought that business out of a long
period of red. In so doing he has
had the best of assistance from
Mrs. Roy Kirksey and Miss Bettie
Sue Watson. The trio cannot be
excelled in serving their customers
ith a smile and full value for the
! amount invested.
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THERE ARE TWO MINISTERS
Sin the community who come in
•lose touch with our heart; «.ne, a
Methodist, the other a Baptist. By
name they are Rev. J. W. M. Stipe
land Rev. J. H. Stanford respective
Their sermons are always well
(prepared and ably delivered while
1 their lives are fine examples oi
•■vhat they preach. They are never
Icntical ot indviduals no matter
Jnow great their sins, or party 1o
(political discussions and every
,day gossip. Another highly prized
Virtue is their promptness in visit
ing homes where there is sickness
sorrow adding words of comfort
Jmd engaging in a season of Bible
jading and prayer. May their
lumber be increased.
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LIONS AND LAMBS will place
(heir votes in the same ballot box
April 5th and at this distance
|ts a toss-up as to the winner.
READING OF 50th anniversary
If the first American woman pul
death by electrocution by law
Inforcement officers takes us
lack to the time in Butler more
lan sixty years ago when the
?cond and last public hanging in
[aylor county took place before an
stimated crowd of 5,000 people.The
Ictim was a Negro by the
lame of Jesse Cook, convicted of
axe-slaying of his wife. It was
len our love was kindled for the
Earless, though deeply sympa-
letic officer charged with enforc-
|ig the law, the late Sheriff C. A.
(Jack) Pope, who displayed
/cry emotion of sympathy and
|ve of humanity even to a Negro
lowliest estate. Three genera-
5ns of Popes have come into ex-
tance since those days all bear-
|g the same virtues of Chriot-like
preies possessed by “Uncle Jack.”
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Jour s. s. teacher chose two
■tensely interesting themes for
fscussion last Sunday. First, pray-
ln this she separated s'entence
sentence the Lord's Prayer and
which instance she gave a most
fscriptive version of their meaning
Icondly, friendship, convincing her
hfearers that the best way to get
of an, enemy was to convert
|m into becoming your friend,
lere were thirty present to hear
great message. Wish there
id been more.
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|ITS A REAL TREAT to have old
|ends whom you have known and
yod thrqugh the years to call
ten least expected. Numbered
among these during the past
wile e k were: Mr. A. P.
Tucker, who for many years visited
Butin as traveling representative
the Peeler Hardware Co., Ma-
* cop; Hearn H. Lumpkin, communi
ty development division of Georgia
Power Co., now sponsoring the
"G' To Church” campaign for the
various Chambers of Commerce
Ufr ughout the state; Editor J. C.
Cox of the Georgian-Citizen, Mon
luma; Judge T. Hicks Fort of
Chattahoochee circuit superior
| cojms; Raymond Duncan, Editor
County School Superintendent
|l llaville; Former State official,
ittorney and former Editor
.'ohn A. Smith of Talbotton;
■ v>' Preston, Editor Pike County
■Vnal, Zebulon; District P. O.
i H tor E. R. McKay of Colum-
xnd Hon. Adrian L. Anglin,
tmaster, Lumpkin, Ga.
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pENTIFY YOURSELF at the
dd office and accept due-bill
one dollar in merchandise at
L. M. Doyel Store:
mong those in the congrega-
at the Methodist church Sun-
—Lady wearing a black dress,
1 brim black hat trimmend in
taler flowers; light tan topcoat
lavender scarf tied in a bow;
gloves; black pumps and
j'“r hose.
U REVOIR for this sitting.
Georgia’s Senator Directs Fight
Con. Pace Expects
1949 Lint Acreage
Allotment Excluded
Against
Bill.
President’s Proposed j
Washington—To Sen. Richard B.
Russell of Georgia, must go the
lion’s share of the credit for the
successful coup put over by a coa
lition of Southern Democrats and
Republicans in defeating Adminis
tration efforts to tighten up the
rules of the Senate against filibus
ters as a means of passing the
President’s controversial civil rights
legislation. It fell his lot to direct
the fight against the proposed
change in the Senate rules.
Southern Democrats chose the
Georgia Senator as the floor lead
er of their forces at the outset of
the battle. He served in that ca
pacity throughout the hectic period
of the filibuster and later in the
negotiations over the compromise
proposal that was forced upon the
Administration.
And a highly effective floor lead
er Senator Russell turned out to be,
too. As such it meant that he had
to remain in constant attendance
on the Senate giving generalship
to the moves and countermoves for
keeping the filibuster going. He
peiformed brilliantly in his role.
Directing a filibuster over a pro
longed period involves a lot of
work and careful planning. Care
must be taken to have someone
ready at all times to take over the
floor in case a gap appears. A fili
buster, in order to be successful,
must be well organized. Those who
are out to break it up are con
stantly on the alert to take a
speaker off his feet for breach of
some parliamentary procedure.
Aged Mother of
Prominent Talbotton Atty.
Passes at Bowden
Pace Hopes to Know Definitely
About Cotton Acreage Within
Few Days.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday of la^t week at Bowman
Baptist church, Bowman, Ga., for
Mis. John Lindsey Smith, age 90,
the former Miss Melissa Frances
Hall. Interment was in the Hall
family plot at Rehoboth Baptist
church. The services were in
charge of Rev. A. W. Bussey, pas
tor of the Baptist church at Jas
per, assisted by Rev. R. H. Gil
more, pastor of the Bowman church
and Dr. Herman Ihley, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Elberton.
Mrs. Smith was a direct descend
ant of Turner Christian, a Revolu
tionary soldier honored with a
monument by the Elbert County
DAR, and is survived by the fol
lowing children: Mrs. Ida Rice
and Miss Willie Smith, Elberton;
John Andy Smith, Talbotton; Mrs.
Edna S. Jordan, Mrs. Alice S.
Seymour and C. H. S. Smith of
Bowman; and Clarence Smith of
Atlanta; also 14 grand children and
13 great grand children. Zach Sey
mour of Talbotton, is one of the
grandsons. Had Mrs. Smith lived
until May 16th she would have
been 91 years of age.
Relative of Mrs. Steed
Now Recovering from Auto
Injuries Christmas Eve
The following item from The
Adel News bears interesting infor
mation regarding recovery of Mrs.
W. E. Steed’s sister-in-law from
injuries she received in an auto
mobile aepiden on last Christmas
Eve:
“Mrs. W. B. Wilkes will be able
to go to her home from the clinic
this week it is believed. Mrs.
Wilkes was injured when an auto
mobile struck the car in which she
and Dr. and Mrs. Hutchinson were
riding while on their way to Moul
trie on Christmas Eve night and
she has been in the clinic since she
was injured. She is getting along
right well now and is able to walk
a little. Many friends are glad that
she is improving now and hope
that she will soon be all right.Mrs-.
Wilkes greatly appreciates the
kindnesses shown her by many
friends.”
Macon, March 19—Rep. Stephen
Pace of Americus recently said he
believed a final agreement will be
reached soon with regard to ex
cluding the 1949 cotton crop from
consideration in determining fu
ture acreage allotments.
With the 1949 planting time
drawing nearer, he added that he
believed it will be “several more
days before this can be accom
plished,” Pace made the statement
in a telegram to H. R. Yandle,
public relations director of the
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation.
The House has passed a bill ex
cluding cotton and the Senate has
passed one covering cotton, corn,
wheat and rice. Final action on the
subject has been delayed by the
inability of the two houses to rec
oncile their differences in a joint
meeting.
A controversial provision ' in the
House bill says a farm on which
cotton was not planted in 1947 or
1948 shall be regarded as having
a 1948 acreage equal to its 1942
allotment.
Both the secretary of agriculture
and the American Farm Bureau
Federation have recently urged the
agriculture committees of the
House and Senate to take action on
the matter. The secretary is in
agreement with the AFBF in ask
ing for exclusion of the 1949 acre
age.
Capt. Gray fountain
Welcome Home After
Long Stay in Japan
Captain T. Gray Fountain has re
turned to tne states, having com
pleted his tour of duty overseas.
He was first stationed in Askiyo,
Japan; later sent to the Medical
General Dispensary, Yokohoma,
Japan where he served on the
medical staff until March 9th.
Capt. Fountain was sent home
by plane to Oliver General Hos
pital where, he is recuperating
from an illness which he suffered
in Japan.
July 1st he will go to Emory
hospital, Atlanta, as resident doc
tor in surgery.
Upson County Fat
Cattle Show at
Thomaston April 12
The fourth annual Upson County
Fat Cattle Show and sale will be
held Tuesday, April 12, in Thom-
aston.
Approximately 40 steers will be
exhibited by members of the 4-H
Club and FFA from Upson, Lamar
Pike, Meriwether and Talbot coun
ties.
Cash prizes will be awarded the
winners in the exhibition and
judging contest. Dr. M. P. Jaragin
of the University of Georgia Col
lege of Agriculture, Athens, will
officiate as judge.
The sale is set for 8 p. m. follow
ing the all-day show.
I "We are anticipating this to bo
the best lot of steers ever exhibited
in the history of the event,” C. A.
Bryant, Upson County Agent, re
ported.
Mayor Frank Binford is General
Chairman of the Show. He will be
assisted by a committee of cattle
men from the participating coun
ties.
Change of Office Dates
Announced by Dr. Webb
Dr. Willis L. Webb, local op
tometrist, has announced the
changing of his office day in But
ler from Saturday to Wednesday.
Dr. Webb also announces that he
maintains offices in Fort Valley
and Montezuma.
miss Peggy varnadow, Reynolds Students Winners
FREQUENT BUTLER VISITOR, J
SIGNS MOVIE CONTRACT
lst-2nd Places Spelling Contest
The Young Lady Is a Grand-
Da ug*v ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Vamadow.
Miss Peggy Vamadow, of Athens
Tenn., granddaughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Vamadow, and niece of
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Green recently
has signed a contract with Uni
versal-International Pictures, of
Hollywood, Calif.
Miss Varnadow, whose stage
name is Peggy Dow, the Dow be
ing the last syllable of her name,
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.
A. Varnadow, of Athens, Tenn. Her
parents state that on the same day
the movie contract was signed con
tracts also were signed fo; radio
and television. She now has a 7-
year contract and is to play lead
ing parts in several pictures to be
made during the next few months.
The family moved to Athens,
Tenn., three years ago from Louisi
ana.
Miss Dow is a charming young
woman, a blonde with blue eyes,
is 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighs
123 pounds. She is a graduate of
Gulf Park college, at Gulfport
Miss., and received her B. S. de
gree, w'ith speech major, from
Northwestern University, last June
After her graduation she was with
radio station WWL in New’ Orleans
La., and was invited to Hollyw’ooc
for a screen lest in September,
1948.
Miss Varnadow’’s grandparents
and aunt are very proud of the
progress the young lady has made
and state that Miss Varnadow’ has
a younger sister wvho is also very
talented and plans to follow in hei
older sister’s footsteps.
Butler society has been high
lighted by Miss Varnadow’’s nu
merous visits to Butler as the
guest of her grandparents and the
J. S. Green family.
Public Worship at Union
And Wesley Methodist
Churches Next Sunday
Wesley Church: Worship 10:15 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school
following morning w'orship; Mr.
Addis Scott, superintendent.
Union church: Sunday School at
10:45 a. m.; Mr. H. G. McCants,
Supt.; worship at 11:45 a. m.
Moral and religious forces in the
nation have great confidence in J.
Edgar Hoover. In a radio broad
cast the urged family worship.
Said the G-man:
“If there is any hope for the fu
ture of America, if there is to be
peace and happiness in our homes,
then we as a nation must return to
God and tlie practice of daily pray
er. Can we have eternal peace
without morality; can we build
homes without God; or have
worthy parents who do not know’
and practice His teachings! Our
nation is sadly in need of a rebirth
of the simple life—a return to the
days when God was a part of
each household; w'hen families
arose in the morning with a
piayer on their lips, and ended the
day by gathering together to place
themselves in Hys care.
“A godless home is built upon
sands; it is inviting breeding
ground for moral decay
and crime. My hope for the future
of this nation is perdieated upon
the faith of God which is nurtured
in the family.”—United Evangeli
cal Action.
Family worship will inspire
public worship, and public worship
should encourage everyone to go 1
out and put into practice a more
God like spirit in all our dealings
with our fellowmen.
HEADLINES
Am. Legion club house at Rober
ta nears completion . . . Bessie Tift
College million - dollar building
fund campaign is started by Ga.
Baptists . . . Ten t housand At
lantans get rail wage boost . . .
Four persons want to bid on
Jekyll Island lease ... Its against
the law, but Georgia has 1,348 slot
machines in operation . . . Geor
gia Glee Club will visit Montezuma
tomorrow . . . Colorful ball club
looms for Atlanta . . . Eight per
sons admit thefts of 44 bales of
cotton in Baldwin county . . . This
is wedding week in Georgia if ever
there was one . . . Post strength at
Ft. Benning has increased from 15
to 20 thousand men . . . Thirteen-
year-old pop is assured of job on
his 14th birthday . . . Negro is
nominated by grand jury for school
post in Bibb county. . . . First and
second class railway express rates
will be hiked 13 to 15 percent in
Georgia April 1st. No extension ol
auto tag deadline beyond April 1st
. . . Georgia was greeted by high
winds and chilling rains on first
Spring morn’ Monday . . . Resig
nation of Miss Ethel Adams as
GSCW dean is announced . . .
Commerce Hospital is purchased
by five Jackson county physicians
. . . R. P. Balkcom is new' warden
of Tattnall Prison . . . Construction
will begin soon on a chapel
building for Georgia Southwestern
College at Americus . . . Tulip
gardens in Atlanta expected to be
at peak April 3rd . . . Cook county
Chamber of Commecre registered
99 new members last week ... El
Nasik Jr., is campaigning for sher
iff in Newton county on horseback
with 17 others in race . . . Warm
Springs will be site for Boys’
State . . . India soils expect ob
servers conservation methods in
South Georgia • . . . 100 lew cost
housing units will be erected in
Macon . . . Indian Springs state
park will open April 1 . . Emory
University launches training for
ministers’ wives . . . Georgia gains
most business firms in Southeast
since 1939 .... 28 "Wesleyan col
lege art students are soon to tour
Washington and New York . . .
Margaret Truman is to sing in At
lanta Oct. 13th . . . Forty percent
of peach crop is said to have been
damaged by cold . . . Georgians
wrote checks for six billion dollars
more in 1948 than in ’47
Mr. B. H. Bazemore
Will Supply Sunday for
Pastor at Mt. Pisgah
Miss Sylvia Swearingen Takes
First Plate; Will Represent
County in District Meet.
Championing over all other con
testants in the Taylor County
Spelling Bee which was held at
the local court, house Thursday
night, March 17, was young Miss
Sylvia Swearingen, eighth grade
student from the Reynolds high
school and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Sw'earingen of Reynolds.
In addition to winning the county
wide contest, she was also declared
winner for the two eighth grades
in the Taylor county school sys
tem. Sylvia is now boning for the
district final which will be held in
Americus Friday, April 1st.
The county winners for the
grades listed are as follows:
Fourth grade—First place, Fred
Hortman, Wesley school; second
place, Jackie Brady, Mauk school.
Fifth place, Donny Lane, Rey
nolds school; second place, Mary
Ann Trussell, Reynolds school.
Sixth grade—First Place, Eliza
beth Hammock, Wesley school;
second place, Wilma Freeman,
Reynolds school.
Seventh grade—First place, Arm
Guinn, Butler school; second place
Merrell Harbuck, Mauk school.
^ Eighth grade—First place, Sylvia
Swearingen, Reynolds school; sec
ond place, Shirley Trussell, Rey
nolds school.
To these winners and to all those
who took part in the contest go the
congratulations of the people of
Taylor county.
Chicken Dinner at Mauk
School Friday Evening
TIMBER WANTED
I will buy yourstanding gum
timber or. logs suitable for cross
ties in any quantity of 5,000 feet.
(324) W. G. Wallace, Butler.
A chicken dinner will be served
at Mauk school Friday evening
from 6 to 10 o’clock; price, 75c
per' plate.
The chicken dinner is sponsored
by the WSCS and Sunday school
and the proceeds will go to paint
ing Mauk Methodist church.
Sunday school at Mt. Pisgah
Baptist church 10:30 Sunday
morning. Carrol Peacock, superin
tendent. Bring the entire family to
this Bible study. We have good
classes for all ages.
The pastor will he away Sunday
and Bro. B. H. Bazemore will sup- |
ply for the pastor. Please be in
your places to hear this Godly
layman bring a special message to r
laymen on their responsibility to
God and the church. The pastor
urges your presence. The test of a
good church is what its members
do when the pastor is forced to be 1
away. We again cordially invite i
every person in the community to j
hear this message.
The pastor will pray for these
services and asks that you remem- ,
her him in your prayers.
J. H. STANFORD, Pastor.
Prominent Montezuma
Businessman Is Injured
In Head-on Auto Crash
Montezuma, March 18—G. F.
Bunn, prominent Montezuma busi
nessman, is in Macon county clin
ic as a result of injuries received
Thursday in an auto wreck.
Bunn’s auto was involved in a
head-on collision with another car
on the highway near Mossy Oaks
in Houston county.
He received a head injury, five
broken ribs, a broken knee cap and
internal injuries, according to
clinic attaches.
Bunn is engaged in an electrical
supply business in Montezuma.
Butler's New Dept.
Store Sets Opening
Date Friday, Apr. 8
^ In conference yesterday with Mr
Ellington, business manager ol
Logue’s Thrift Store, we were au-
[ thorized by Mr. Ellington to an-
: nounce the opening date of tins
new enterprise in Butler as of Fri
day, April 8th.
The large store building, next
door to Walker's Grocery, has been
completely remodeled and rewired
for electric lighting, handsome fix
tures and new plate-glass front
with large display windows that at
tract attention from the opposite
side of the street.
A stream line of trucks are ar
riving daily at the new site bear
ing wood-crating boxes, heavily
laden with new goods, direct from
the factories, and consisting of
carefully selected merchandise of
every kind usually handled by de
partment stores in larger cities
such as to please the ladies as
well as men and children, in their
wearing apparel.
Those who have signed con
tracts as salesladies with the
Logue Thrift Store and assisting
them in the arrangement of their
new stock of goods include the fol
lowing: Miss Nettie Bigbie, man
ager and Mrs. R. L. Burns, as
sistant.
Plans Complete for
W. 0. W. Convention
At Macon April 11-12
Macon, March 21—The Heac
Camp of Woodmen of the Work
will hokl its state convention ir
Macon April 11-12, according tc
Head Clerk Arley D. Finley o:
Hazlehurst.
Prominent speakers to be presen
for the session include Farrar New
berry of Omaha, Neb., president ol
the Society; E. D. Rivers, Lakelanc
national director; Jno. B. Cobb
Nashville, Tenn., national director
and Dr. H. B. Kennedy of Omaha
Neb., national medical director.
More than 200 delegates from all
parts of the state are expected tc
attend. Macon Camps arc cooperat
ing with Head Camp officers in ai
ranging for the convention.
Among the highlights of the twe
day program will be a parade Apri
11 from Hotel Lanier to the Boys
Club where a flag pole and flag
will be presented to the club b>
Newberry. City Court Solicitor O
L. Long will accept the flag on be
half of the club. Police Chief Ber
Watkins will be marshal for the
parade.