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The Butler Herald
“KEEPING EVER LASTINGLY AT IT iS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS**
\ OLUME 73.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL, 21, 1949.
NUMBER 27.
Sidewalk
Gleanings
By OLD TTMER
EASTER SUNDAY in Butler was
•nest impressively observed. The
skies were clear and the sun shone
brightly. The day had the right
start with a well attended sun-rise
prayer service at the Methodist
church with which we incorporat
ed the following prayer:
Dear God, 1 ask today for strength
That I may gladly go the length
O earthly journey, never fail
To know that faith and love pre
vail.
Let not the evil forces hurled
Orin Scott Held
In Fatal Shooting
Mrs. Raford Adams
Tragedy Climaxed
Sunday Afternoon
The Adams Home.
an
Easter
Party at
Death Tuesday Claimed
Mr. Eugene L. Saunders,
Prominent Reynolds Man
The home of the victim and he*
husband Mr. H. Raford Adams, lo
cated at what is generally known
as the James A. Steed place in
Mauk community of Taylor couty
12 miles west of Butler was the
scene Sunday night of one of the
Today within this war sick world \ most deplorable tragedies ever oc-
Cause us to doubt Thy love and ! curring in this section.
GROUP OF LOCAL CITIZENS
INVESTIGATE PROBABILITY
OF SECURING HOSIERY MILL
Methodist Revival to Begin
Next Wednesday Night 8 o’Clock
power
Will triumph o’er earth’s darkest
hour.
Let us remember, let us see
How Christ knelt in Gethsemane
Vvith sweat of blood upon His brow
Oh, let us feel His kinship now.
how e,vn forces jeered as He
Hung on the Cross of Calvary,
But awed were they when from
death’s prison
Came joyful message, “He is
risen.”
Grant us Thy Grace to find our
way
Through darkness that enshrouds
our day,
This service was followed by
Sunday school exercises at both
Baptist and Methodist churches. In
response to the previous week’s
drive promoted by the two church
es total attending Sunday school
on that day nimbered 308—Baptists
173, Methodists 135 . . . Thi*
brought us up to the 11 o’clock
worship hour at the Methodist
church, the auditorium of which
was overflowing and seats at a
I premium in the balcony . . . The
Easter program of music as re-
I related noth to choir and congrega
tion could not have been improved
upon. Sermon by the pastor, Bro.
J. W. M. Stipe, was most fitting
lor the occasion and impressively
delivered. For his scripture reading
the minister used St. John 20:29-31
“Jesus saith unto him, Thomas,
because thou has seen me, thou
hast believed: blessed are they
that have not seen, and yet have
believed. And many other signs
truly did Jesus in the presence of
j His disciples, which are not written
in this book: But these are writ-
den, that we might believe that
'Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God;
and that oelieving ye might have
[life through His name.’’ . . . The
Easter season was beautifully por
trayed, too, in the lovely floral of
ferings and decorStions ... As
loving tribute to families whose
[memory as co-workers in this
church will never fade, pots of
beautiful Easter lillies were out
standing in the decorations . . .
On the one side was the contribu
tion of Mrs. Kathleen Anthony in
:honor of her husband the late, Mr.
[Lovick Anthony, member of a
Joneer family of the community—
dr. and Mrs. James Anthony, who
n addition to their services with
his qhurch for many years pro-
ided free of charge accommoda-
ions to large groups of relatives
nd friends attending campmeet
ing at Old Hayes camp-ground, 7
niles north of Butler . . . Standing
najestically near by was the plant i
(ontributed by Miss Hortense Da- I
r ant, native of Butler, now resid- !
g in Texas, donated in honor of !
ier parents, Hon. and Mrs. James |
Davant and grandparents, Prof. 1
md Mrs. P. E. Davant; Coi. and
Urs. W. P. Edwards,—Col. Edwards
nd Prof. Davant, not only gallant
(oldicrs in the Confederate army, j
ut prominent in their day as j
iember of the local bar and super-
ntendent of the Butler high school
spectively while Hon. J. E. Da- j
[ant, now retired from service, was
t a number of years efficient Or- <
[inary of Taylor county, prior to
hich he was member of the local
hool faculty. Their services in
e local Methodist church as well
[s the wife of J. E. and mother of
donor, “Miss Laura” as she 1
as affectionately known, made
beral donations to her church
id as head of the local Chapter
iDC ... To the right of the
irmer was a pot of beautiful
aster lillies donated by Mr. and
rs. Horace Watson and family in
iving memory of their deceased
lother, Mrs. Minnie Philmon
Iriskol, wife of Mr. O. T. Driskol
ad daughter of the late Mr. and
rs. Grant Philmon, who in life
‘sided in Taylor county and
nown for t heir loyalty to the
tContinued to No. 1; Page 4)
The time set by the investigating
coroner’s jury, Mr. J. D. Cooke
coroner, was placed at about 7:00
o’clock Sunday night.
The victim, Mrs. Bessie Cooper
Adams age about 43, wife of Mr.
H. Raford Adams, is said to have
been acting as a peace-maker, it
was brought out in the trial, in an
altercation between her husband
and Mr. Orin Scott, when she is
said to have been shot three times
in the face almost severing her
head, the jury declaring to have
been tired from an automatic shot
gun by Mr. Scott, and whom the
jury charged with murder.
it was late at night Sunday when
Coroner Cooke was notifred. Acting
promptly upon the information re
ceived he summoned a jury com
posed of Messrs John Eason, Ger
ald Barnes, Roy Kirksey, L. A.
Although retired from business
for a long while on account of ill
health, interest in the business af
fairs, its progressive endeavors of
Reynolds, also the city’s religious
activities, suffered a severe loss
early Tuesday in the death of Mr.
Eugene Leslie Saunders.
The passing of this enterprising
citizen and church leader occurred'
at Veterans Hospital No. 48, At
lanta, where he had been under
treatment for several months for
complications.
For a number of years Mr.
Saunders was actively engaged in
the lumber business, cabinet mak
ing plant, grower and marketing
agent of peaches. In his church
activities he was a member of the
board of stewards of the Methodist
church and regular attendant ai i
Sunday school. He was also a j
member of the aldermanic board j
of the city,
I Mr. Saunders, who was born in j
Reynolds, July 3, 1893, was the son j
of Mr. John R. and Mrs. Ida j
Whatley Saunders, by whom he is j
survived. Also surviving him is his |
wife, who before their marriage j
was Miss Lorene Stalnaker and
their two daughters, Mrs. Durwood |
Wilson of Atlanta, and Miss Betty I
Jean Saunders, of Norcross; as j
well as three brothers, Messrs Tom,
Lewis and Willis Saunders, of j
Reynolds; and two sisters, Mrs.
Joe Royeton of Reynolds and Mrs.
Charles Merrille of Harveyton, Ky.
Funeral services were held at the
Responding to a call by Mayor
Lewis Beason a well attended
mass-meeting of the citizens of
Butler was held at the courthouse
Thursday afternoon to discuss a
proposition that had been a few
| days previously submitted to the
; city by representatives of a mill
| known as the North Carolina
Hosiery Mill to open a branch
plant in Butler.
After considerable discussion the
mayor was authorized to apppoint
a committee to visit the home of
fice of tire manufacturers and
make a more thorough investiga
tion of the capital required, the
amount of weekly output possible
for a branch plant, as well as
number of employees and weekly
payroll to be expected.
Those appointed and making the j
trip leaving here Sunday and ex- I
pected home today, included the j
following: Messrs Chas. L. Snyder, j
W. M. Mathews,, Walter Wain-
wright and Carlton Hortman.
A report of the committee’s find
ings will be made at another mass
meeting to be held this afternoon
2:30 at the courthouse when all
citizens are urged to be present.
1 V
! Rev. Ed Fain, Dist. Supt., Will
I
Assist with Preaching; Ban
Hooks, Choir Director.
Rev. Ed Fain, Visiting Minister
Adams, O. W. Rowe and G. N. Car
penter, who after several hours | Reynolds Methodist church Wed-
continued their investigation at the j n esday morning, 11 o’clock, con
ducted by his pastor, Rev. David
Lastinger, assisted by Rev. Park
Smith of Wrightsyille, followed by
interment in Hill Crest cemetery,
Goddard’s Funeral Home in charge
of arrangemcMits.
Honorary pallbearers were: Messrs
E. P. Hodges, Walton Hodges, R. a.
Bell, David Whatley, D. W. Payne,
Eugene Payne, Jack Payne anci
Dr. F. H. Sams.
Funeral Services Sunday
For Mr. Chas. Stringfield
Funeral services for Mr. Charles
Stringfield were held Sunday after
noon, 3 o’clock, at New Prospect
cemetery, four miles north of But
ler.
Mr. Stringfield had been in de
clining health for several months
and was admitted for treatment at
the State Hospital at Millegevillo
where he died last Saturday. He
was 76 years of age and the son of
the late “Uncle” Price Stringfield
and member of a once large arid
well known family of this county
with only one of the members sur
viving, Mr. Ed L. Stringfield.
Mr. Stringfield joined the church
in early life and was a regular at
tendant at Sunday services as long
as his health permitted.
Funeral services for Mr. String-
field were conducted by Rev. David
Lastinger, pastor of the Reynolds
Methodist church.
court house in Butler Monday
morning and at the conclusion ot
which they rendered the following
verdict: “We, the jury find that
Mrs. Bessie Adams came to he:
death Sunday night, April 17th L
i:ne yard oi her home by the blast
of a shotgun in the hands of the
man at the truck and facing the
house, the same constituting mur
der.”
While the name of the party
actually doing the shootii.g was
not given inthe coroner's verdict,
Mr. Orin Scott was the party re
ferred to as doing the shooting, it
is claimed by the officeis, where
upon he was committed to jaii
without bond.
After further investigation Robert
lBillie) Watson and Gurvis Lloyd,
were bound over for further in
vestigation as material witnesses.
Their bonds were placed at *500
each, which were promptly furn
ished followed by their release
from jail.
The body of Mrs. Adams lay in
state at the Edwards Funeral Home
at Butler from late Sunday night
until Tuesday morning when fu
neral services were conducted am.
her remains peacefully laid to rest
in the family lot at Bloodwcrth
cemetery, services being conducted
by Rev. J. H. Whitley.
Mrs. Adams was the daughter of
Mr. Bryant Cooper and the late
Mrs. Eulola Gassett Cooper, and is
survived, besides her husband and
father by one daughter,M rs. Wil
ma Gurka of Blanford, Penna., one
son Pvt. James Adams of the U. S.
Army and located at Ft. Benning
and three grandchildren.
Coming by plane to Atlanta Mon-
uay night Mrs. Gurka was enabled
to attend her mother’s funeral.
m.;
Ad-
Reynolds Baptist Church
Equipped with New Pews
Last Sunday the Baptist people in
Reynolds left the church feeiing
mighty grateful; they held their
heads erect, praising God for His
goodness to them; their feet seemed
lo move a little faster than usual
and their hearts were lighter, too,
for they were met upon entering
the church auditorium Sunday
morning with the gratifying sight
of new pews throughout the audi
torium; pews as handsome and
good as can be bought.
Funeral for CpI. Casey
Near Sylvester Tuesday;
Killed in Action in 1943
Rev. Stipe Announces
Preaching at Union and
Wesley Next Sunday
Wesley: Worship 10:15 a.
Sunday School following; Mr.
dis Scott, superintendent. Evening
worship,)8 o’clock.
Union: Sunday School 10:45 a.
m.; Mr. H. G. McCants, superin
tendent: worship, 11:45 a. m.
“See you in church Sunday,”
let’s keep up the Easter attendance
until Pentecost, fifty golden days
of evangelistic oppportunity.
May 1-8 is National Family
Week. The old family pew, was an
institution we might well reestab
lish; it brings us together, it points
us on to the finer things of life.
A Christian Home
1. Where Christ is known and
loved and served.
2. Where the children learn to
know Him through their parents.
3. Where the welfare and Chris
tian training of the children are
put ahead of the social ambition
of the mother and the business am
bition of the father.
4. Where the father is determined
to carry on this business in con
formity with the mind of Christ.
5. Where both father and mother
are determined to make their social
life conform to high Christian
ideals.—Paul C. Payne in “Beyond
Courage.”
J. W. M. STIPE, Pastor.
Funeral Rites for
Mrs. E. C. Lancaster
Monday in Marion Co.
At her home near Mauk shortly
after midnight Saturday oc
curred the passing of one of the
community’s most beloved women,
Mrs. Vivian Quinn Lancaster,
widow of Mr. E. C. Lancaster who
died April 9, 1948.
The death of this truly good
woman and shining light in the
church of her choice followed an
extended illness in which she had
the best of care and attention of
loved ones and devoted friends.
Mrs. Lancaster, who was born
September 30, 1878 had been a
member of Bethel Methodist church
since early childhood, and where
funeral services conducted by Rev.
Dan Hooks, Choir Leader
Imoprtant Baptist
Meetings During Next 2
Weeks in Various Cities
Columbus, April 18—The 29th an
nual session of the Georgia Baptist
Sunday School Convention will be
in four sections of the next two
weeks.
The sections will he in Columbus
Monday and Tuesday; Brunswick,
Thursday and Friday; Elberton,
April 25-26; and Marietta, April 28
and 29.
Dr. T. W. Tippett, Sunday school
secretary of the Georgia Baptist
Convention, said that more than 3,-
000 persons will attend the conven
tion. •
,Dr. Louie Newton, Atlanta, con-
Our annual revival campaign
begins next Wednesday evening
and will continue through Friday
; evening, May 6th. The services will
be held at the usual worship hours
twice daily. A prayer service will
precede the hour of worship each
evening during the revival,
i We feel very fortunate in secur
ing Rev. J. Ed Fain, our District
Superintendent, as the visiting
minister and the return of Mr. Dan
Hooks to direct the music.
Brother Fain is one of the most
popular ministers in the South
Georgia conference. He always
brings messages of high interest*
practical help, and spiritual in
spiration. We are sure everyone
will be benefitted by attending all
of these services.
Brother Hooks renders violin and
vocal solos that are inspirational
and worshipful. He is also good in
leading congregational singing. We
are sure everyone will be inspired
and prepared for worship througn
his musical programs.
Our ministers of other days
would say, “The visiting preacher
can’t bring a revival in his suit-
! case; it's got to be prayed down
I and worked up.” The evangelist
. would hold each individual over
'[ the “fire and brimstone until he
j would repent and confess.” We are
of the conviction that if we are to
: repeat some of those high spiritual
| and wide-sweeping experience of
our forefathers throughout our
■ communities today, we must some
how bring an individual feeling of
a crying need for and definite per
sonal responsibility for a revival
among the masses.
| The iaw of retribution in other
[ realms of life prove to us, “We can
| count on getting out, in like pro
portions that we put in”. It is the
“Second mile and the bountnuJ
sowing” that brings blessings and
joy to our spiritual lives.
J. W. M. STIPE, Pastor.
'Open House’ At Warner
Robins Office Flint ISA
Set for Tomorrow P. M.
Printed invitations were being
mailed out Tuesday for an “Open
House” at the new home of the
Flint Electric Membership Corpora
tion at Warner Robing from 4 p.
m. to 8 p. m. tomorrow—Friday.
. , _ ... . . .. , The new building of the unit of
vention president, \u s P c ‘ a a e (he Rural Electrification ASsocia-
morning session o e irs ay oi t j on j s j oca tect on Watson Avenue,
Funeral services were held at
Kimball church near Sylvester
Tuesday afternoon for Cpl. Hancel
M. Casey who died in action in
the Pacific theatre Sept. 19,1943.
Members of the Sylvester Post of
American Legion and Veterans of
Foreign Wars served as pall bear
ers.
Cpl. Casey was the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Casey and j w?"Scool^ of^GenevI assisted
each section. His subject will he
"Some Baptist Imperatives.”
Other speakers will be leaders of
the Georgia Baptist Convention and
the Southern Baptist Convention.
Musical program will be under
the direction of Dr. B. B. McKin
ney, secretary of the department of
music, Baptist Sunday School
Board, Nashville, Tenn., and Mrs.
W. A. Anderson, Atlanta, pianist.
Special music will be presented
by Miss Edith Bugg, Bessie Tift
College, Forsyth, and the Bessie
Tift Sextette. |
agfSpsTUTsSay 8 SU" Hollingsworth, Sylvama
will be held.
Warner Robins.
Manager of the corporation is
Mr. S. J. Tankersley of Reynolds.
Mr. Gene Peterman of Warner
Robins, is in charge of mainten
ance and Mrs. Maude Harris is in
charge of the Warner Robins of
fice.
The new building, recently com
pleted at a cost of some $16,000,
will serve as a sub-office of the
corporation, which has its main of
fice in Reynolds.
Ordination Service For
Newly Chosen Deacons at
Mt. Pisgah Next Sunday
for a number of years a resident of
Butler. Survivors include five
brothers: Messrs Tommie Casey of
Butler, S. A. Casey of Sumter, Dave
Casey of Moultrie, Mack Casey and
as | Edward Casey of Albany; his wife
| now Mrs. Annie Paul of Ty Ty,
We invite all our friends to come and a son, Jerry Casey,
worship God with us in our beau- '
tiful and comfortable house of 'Gone With The Wind’ At
of
worship. We assure you of the
best of instrumental music as well
as splendid singing, and the
spiritual atmosphere is as de
lightful as is to be found anywhere.
Come to the church where “every
body is somebody,” and where you
will always find a cordial wel
come for your entire family.
W. B. HOATS, Pastor.
Reynolds Theatre 27-28
‘Gone With the Wind” in Tech
nicolor will be shown at the Grand
Theatre in Reynolds Wednesday
and Thursday, April 27-28.
Matinee Wednesday morning be
ginning at 9 o’clock. Admission 30c
! for adults and 15c for children.
I by Rev. T. O. Lambert, ' of Buena
I Vista, were held Monday afternoon
| at 3 o’clock, with interment in the
family lot nearby.
| Surviving Mrs. Lancaster are
! four sons and two daughters, to-
| wit: J. W. Lancaster, of Fort Val-
; ley: Fred Lancaster, of Chatta
nooga, Tenn.; Chas. Lancaster and
Rev. Clyde Lancaster of Thomas-
fon; Mrs. Forest Anthony, of Co-
I lumbus and Miss Ruth Lancaster;
also eleven grand-children and two
| great-grand children.
Those from a distance attending
the funeral included Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Lancaster and sons, Billy and
Lewis of Ft. Valley, and numerous
relatives and friends from other
j parts of the state.
Postmaster, Reelected as
President of Ga. Chapter
Atlanta, April 13—Clyde Hollings
worth, of Sylvania was installed
April 13th for his second term as
president of the Georgia Chapter of
the National Association of Post-
Sunday School at 10:30 a. m. We
urge a good attendance Sunday for j masters.
our Bible study. Mr. Hollingsworth was nominat-
At 11:30 a. m. we will have the ed Tuesday at the convention ho-
ordination service for the deacons tel and nomination is regarded as
church elected some weeks ( equivalent to election.
ago. We will have several preach-
ers with us to assist in this service.
I We cordially invite the public to
1 attend this very impressive service.
Others nominated to serve with
him during the ensuing year were:
Mrs. Norma Hawes, of Elberton,
first vice - president; Howard
The pastor urges a full attendance Thompson, of Alma, second vice-
! 0 f membership of the church, president; Mrs. Sara Barnett, of
1 thereby showing a concern with Leary, third viee-president; Mis.
the church and an interest in these Lois Mathews, Iviusel)a.f uunh vice
I men whom you have called to this president; Mrs. Miriam Malory of
high office. 1 Concord, secretary-treasurer; Jas.M.
1 Preaching Sunday evening, 7:30 Peacock, Dublin, editor ol ine
! by the pastor. | Cracker Postmaster; Joe Nelson,
I Pray for a great day Sunday and Cartersville and Mrs. SteHa Barrett
' especially remember your pastor. Union City, state membership di~
J. H. STANFORD, Pastor. rectors.