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The Butler herald
“KEEPING EVER LASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET o t SUCCESS”
VOLUME 73.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY 26, 19-19.
NUMBER 32.
Sidewalk
Gleanings
By OLD TIMER
MEMBERS SENIOR CLASS
CHOOSE SEPARATE ROUTES
FOR ANNUAL SENIOR TRIP
ON RECENT VISIT to Reynolds
our heart was made sad as we re
counted the number of missing
laces of those who in life meant so
much to the business, religious
educational and civic interests of
their community . . . While at rest
from their labors and enjoying that
“home not made with hands”
sweetest memories of them and
their noble service among us will
last forever . . . Those we recall
just for the moment were: E. E.
Hodges, depot agent and for many
years mayor; Brown Marshall and
Homer Beeland, lawyers;
Poole and G. T.
Part of Senior Class Will Visit the
Nation’s Capital While Others
Trek to Jacksonville Beach.
Anniversary of
Reynolds Baptists
Church is Observed.
Sunday Exercises
Butler Hi School
Most Interesting.
Synopsis of Interesting Paper Sermon by Rev. Edwards and
Choosing separate routes and
destinations, members of the 1949
graduating class of Butler High
school numbering 35, are planning
Read by Mrs. Dunn on 117th
Anniversary Celebration.
Music by Graduating Class
Feature Morning Program.
Cooling breezes from the outside,
MR. AND MRS. GILL
CELEBRATED GOLDEN
WEDDING SUNDAY
Friends and Relatives from Far and
Near Come to Pay Honor to
Popular Butler Couple.
The lovely horpe of Mr. and Mrs.
Ambrose Jack Gill on Ellaville
street, was made even more at-
by the skilful hands of
Mrs. T. D. Seay, Sr-
Answers Summons;
Euneral Saturday
After Illness of Many Weeks
Beloved Reynolds Lady Is
Called to Her Reward.
Mrs. Minnie Glover Seay, than
whom no lady was better or more
The Herald is indebted to Mrs.
, Martha Dunn, visiting teacher in 1 attractive stage setting, march of
most interesting bus trips set for i rural schools of the county and i cap and gown, smiling faces of tractive
the coming week. j charming addition to Reynolds I sen ior class, delightful program of | llieir charming daughters, was the 1 favorably known in Taylor county.
The first group will leave from citizenship, for the following i music by the class under the di- ~ ceac of a most joyful occasion ' peacefully passed away Friday
snopsis of the history of the Rey- | rection of Mrs. J. W. Edwards, rti-
nolds Baptist church, which she rector of music and most interest
ing and appropriate sermon for
such an occasion, gave the audi
ence that filled the auditorium at
partners in the banking and mer
cantile business; Edwards Mang-
ham and J. W. Rogers, physicians;
Uncle Ed Goddard, merchant and
undertaker; Charlie Pyron, bank
local bus station Sunday afternoon
at two o’clock, bound for Wash
ington, D. C., and side trips there
from. Composing this group are the
following:
Ruby Jean Johnson, Evans Locke,
. . i Loyce Sanders, Benjamin Guined,
Rulfin, business ! Busse ]] Montgomery, Marie Adam',
T. W.
1 June Cooke, Kathryne Spivey, Mary
Luna Cheek, Betty Peterman, Peggy
Peterman, Mary Nell Stewart,
Carolyn Jinks, Cathrine Childree,
i Dora Summerour, Daisy Pearl
Miss Lula
Parks and
cashier; J. N. Bryan, .merchant and 1 Cooper, Christine Ingram and
large land owenr; Charlie Neisler j Maidana Knott. Chaperons are:
and Roscoe Hinton, bankers and
lertilizer manufacturers; Joe
Mathews, livestock dealer and
farmer; J. G. and Clyde Hill, drug
gists Elza and Lilly Barrow, mer
chants; Hollis Aultrnan, J. P. and
City Clerk and Treasurer; Paul
so ably prepared and read on the
occasion—Sunday, May 15—of the
observance, and in a big way, of
the 117th anniversary of this
church. “On May 12, 1832,” Mrs. ■ morning the
Dunn relates, “In what was then '
known as Crawford county (Tay
lor was organized from, parts of
Crawford, Talbot and Marion
counties in 1852) a group of ten
Mrs. Bessie Haywood,
Stanford, Miss Louise
Mrs. Ran Cooper.
The second group having as
their destination Jacksonville Beach
Fla., will leave local bus station
Wednesday morning, June 1st, is
McDaniel, owner of the telephone j composed of the following:
exchange; J. G. Hicks, postmaster; j Billy Sullins, Shirley Dunn, Mary
F,. J. Poole, city marshall; Paris j j c Harvey, Susan Almgren, Mary
Bros., hotel operators; David T. , j>j an Mott Clarice Taunton, Erma
Montfort and many others who had j Woodall, Bobby Gene Swain, Bobby
for their beautiful and pro- j Spillers, Nelson Brady, Wylie
gressive little city the very high- | Williams, Jimmy Edwards, Johnnie
est ideals inculcated in the pres- j B Rustin and Rita Hogg,
ent generation as evidenced in the I This group is to be chaperoned
recent completion of a new post- | by Superintendent E. H. Dunn
office building, three new store '
buildings, REA office building,
modern hospital nearing comple
tion, homes and business houses
repainted, recreation center, schools
and churches well cared for, pav
ed streets and they well kept.
New Members to be
Received Into Methodist
j Church Next Sunday
BACK IN THE DAYS when Maj
or W. H. Fickling was a member
of the Georgia legislature from
Taylor county no thought was
given of what tne year 1949
would mean in the matter of busi
ness success of one of his grand
sons ... In the late 70’s and
early 80’s Major Fickling was be
ing honored in his home county
and state at large for his out
standing service as a Confederate
soldier. Those too, were the days
when such men as Alfred II. Col
quitt, Alexander H. Stephens, Hen
ry D. McDaniel, and last but by no
means least, John B. Gordon were
Governor of Georgia and Major
Fickling enjoyed their warmest
friendship and at times visits to
his hospitable home in the northern
section of ,the county and where
too, he was the community’s larg
est land owner. He was a great
churchman and Mason . . . Today
his only living son, Dr. Walker
Fickling, is doing a fine dentai
last Sunday when this popular { May 20, 3 a. m., at the Macon hos-
couple celebrated their fiftieth pital where she had been a patient
wedding anniversary. for about six weeks for complica-
Mr. Gill, the son of the late Mr. tions including a major operation
Z. D. Gill and Mrs. Elizabeth Gill, | in the hope of saving her life,
the Butler school building Sunday j and Bo ss ie Parks Gill, daugh- i jyj rs s ea y t widow of Hon. T. D.
feeling that they I ° ' 10 ^ r - and Mrs. D. p- I Seay, for many years Commission
were in the holiest of holy places. | L al ^ s ’ were horn aiui reared in’
• . , , . , . _ . „ r | Taylor county and have reared to
Lsmg for his text Proverbs 9:6, manhood and wo .»anhood the fol-
“Go in he way of understanding, lowing sons and daughters: Messrs
I etc. and as his theme The Way j p L Gill of E , laville; and Julian
, Jot Understanding,” Rev. Leon Ed- i ri11 f o hollmn „, _ nii1 „
persons met and signed a covenant . Dastor of Tneleside Metho- I * L 0 , hhellmjn > MlS - Lima Blue
-• — -• -- I waras, pastor ot ingles me memo f Butlcr; Mrs _ Eva Halley of Rey-
dist church, Macon, delivered one nolds; Mrg _ j A Gibson o£ Butl
of the finest sermons ever heard | Migs Atho , ine Gi] , But]er; Mrs , j
on a commencement occasion in| Wi Mimbs of MilledgeviHe; and
Butler. “In a day of world con- | Mrs . G T Garrard of Valdosta .
fusion,’ he said, ‘where is the, Calling from 4 t0 6 0 -. clock p . m
word certainty? Is the voice of au- to extend congra tulations and I The body of Mrs ' Seay was re ’
thority heard on the battlefield, in 1 bearty good wishes for future moved from Macon to Reynolds
a book, in the laboratory, in the j years wer(l scoves o£ friends f rom | and funeral services were held at.
home? Was the boy leading a I £ar and near ‘ ' | the Methodist church Saturday
modern attitude back into an an- They were received at the door afternoon at 3 o’clock conducted by
cient setting when in answer tc | by Mrs Ed Garrett s j s£er G f Mr ' her P astor > Kev * David Laslingez,
the question, “What was the great- j Gilwho d i rectL . d them to the re- followed by interment in the iam-
Jas.
Sunday School 10 a. m. Mr.
A. Gibson, superintendent.
Morning worship, 11 a. m. Youth
Fellowship, 7 p. m. Mary Luna
Cheek, president; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Riley, counselors.
Those uniting with the church
during our recent revival will be
received into the membership of
the church at the Sunday morning
worship hour. Everyone is urged to
attend. Let's help to make it a
service long to be remembered in
the minds and hearts of our peo
ple.
This being a fifth Sunday, the
evening worship will be at the
Baptist church.
J. W. M. STIPE, Pastor.
' ABOUT TOWN
Interesting to watch steeple-jacks
as they apply the paint brush
around the clock and dome of the
court house and most of all rob
bing the thousands of bees of the
honey they have deposited through
of 12 principles of rightly living
and service to God signed by John
Ross, Thomas Bloodworth, Luke
Brown, Allen Jones, Abe Windham,
H. Pinkston, Delia Brown, Sam
Jones, Mary Wells and Penlope
Smith. At the time of signing of
the covenant a church was organ
ized with the same ten members
and one addition by baptism—John
Windham. John Ross was chosen
modelaior and a month later Rev.
Henry Bell was elected pastor of
ihe new church which was then
known ‘Arill Meeting House ’ . .
At the Dec. 5, 1845 meeting of the
board of deacons it was unani
mously voted to move the church
to Union in Macon county . . . Tn
January 1848 the meeting house
formerly occupied by the church in
the then Crawford county was sold
at public sale.
This same year the following
committee was appointed to se
lect a place to build a meeting
i house: Joseph J. Carson, Geoigo
j McDowell, Wm. Wells, Asa Mar
shall, Henry Hodges.
) Asa Jolly, Joseph Gleason, Wm.
! Wells, James Whitehead, and
Henry Jordan were to collect funds.
Two years later a building com
mittee was selected Joseph Carscr.
Asa Jolly, Wm. Wells, Henry Cor
bin, Jones Hicks, and James
Whitehead.
August 1852 is the first record we
have of a collection for African
missions. The amount was not
named.
In 1855 there is an entry where a
brother and sister were excluded
for dancing. It was declared a vio
lation of the church to dance, at
tend dancing parties, or play bil-
(Turn to Page 5; No. 2)
er of Taylor county and successful
farmer of Reynolds district who
died Jan. 15, 1944, was the daugh
ter of the late Mr. Frank E. and
l Mrs. Pauline Christopher Glovei,
pioneer and Taylor county citizens
j while in life. She was in the 82nd
year ot her age, the date of her
' birth being recorded as of Sept. 21,
; 1367 at or near Reynolds where
I she spent her entire life.
est miracle in the Bible
he i
ceiving line where stood the hon-
ily lot Hill Crest cemetery Rey
nolds, the following acting as pad-
register presided over by Mrs. , bearers. Messis Ira Kirksey, David
Julian Gill. j Montiord, Virgil Powell, James
The sweet voice of Mrs. J. W. | TYlussit-wliite, J. H. Neisler and
Edwards II was heard in song ap- Gharl.e B. Hicks, with E. M. God-
propriate to the occasion with Miss . daid> The Goddard Tuneral
Ann Hailey presiding at the 1 home, 111 charge of arrangements.
pi ano | The lloral offering was elaborate
The daintiest of refreshments and beautiful attesting the love
wrote: The greatest miracle in the j orees o£ tbe occasion, then to the
Bible was when Joshua command- register presided over by Mrs.
ed his son to stand still and he
obeyed.” What voice among the
many sounding today shall we
obey? In the days before World
War II a young man said to a
school man 'the trouble with me
today is, 1 have no reason for liv
ing. i see other young people who | y,-ere served including the wedding a ** d esteem held for her by neign-
seem to exist without any reason, j cako w Hh other choice sweets, bors and friends. The service was
largely attended
They simply desire to obtain work sandwiches
to earn money to buy things to
have a good time. An aimless ex-
istanei* is fit for an animal, but a
man needs a reason and I have |
none’ and this school man sought i
while groups of
church organizations and U. D. C.
of several variety
and punch, these served by Mrs.
Eva Halley and Miss Atholine Gill. Uhapter, in each of which Mrs.
Mrs. Wilma Gibson cut and served ^ ea y took an active part, occupied
the wedding cake. ^ seats in the church especially pro-
Tables lined the walls of an ad- , vddGd for them.
to give the answer in a book of 3U(J | joining room where artistically ar- | Besides her church activities Mrs.
pages, bearing the title ‘The Rea- ran g ed were beautiful and costly Seay, who found in life all that the
gifts from loved ones and friends word beautiful
near and dear to the family. active in other
As guests bid adieu each pro J the betterment of humanity. In her
nounced the occasion one of the pathway she scattered sunshine
most delightful they have ever at- j and devotion—lighting many heavy
Supreme Court Action
Need Pointed Out by
Julius R. Lunsford Jr.
son for Living.’ Sometimes the
animal, or the savage, may appear
best to represent us; but we are
not satisifed to leave it there.
Stronger than the sullen tom-tom
of savage instinct ) or the brute
lust to possess or destroy, is the
insistant music of a divine bir,th- j
right, now we are the children ol
God, how can we walk in the way !
of understanding unless we are j
aware? To discover the cathedral j
in one’s own life is to begin to
sense the presence of values that
are unseen and eternal. To be- |
lieve in a Power at the heart of .
things that makes for righteous- j
ness, to know that out of death |
implies, she was
organizations for
tended.
Honors Conferred Upon
Oscar Adams on Honor
Day at Emory May 19
hearts. She was always of an op
timistic nature, full of wit and hu
mor, yet ready at a moment’s
notice to lend a helping hand for
a noble cause, or to provide for the
poor and needy.
Surviving Mrs. Seay are the fol
lowing children: Messrs E. T., C.P.
T. D., Chas. L. and William Seay,
practice at Reynolds, where he and j f be yPars in the clock tower. This
j “Miss Lucy,” enjoy the warmest of | thrilling experience was performed
lriendship of all who know them, | by Mr. W. E. Streetman. Other im-
while a grandson—son of Dr. j provements are being made includ-
| Walker and “Miss Lucy”—William
j Fickling, of Macon, is one of the
most successful and best known
j real estate agents in Georgia . . .
A striking evidence of William’s
1 success in business was the ap-
Ipearance in Sunday's Macon Tele-
lgraph of a full page photo illus
tration—both exterior and interior
■of the $100,000 recently completed
| Macon home of William and his
interesting family . . . Old Timer,
loyal friend of
ing new ceiling in the superior
court room. One hundred forty
pounds of honey is reported to
have been recovered.
New gasoline station under con
struction south of the public square
by Mr. Elzie Swain.
The F. A. Peed electrical equip
ment stock has been moved to
other quarters, the building reno-
the entire family • vated and now occupied by gro
in the February, 1949 issue of
the Virginia Law Review there ap
pears an article entitled
It will be of interest to his many I son s; Mrs. E. W. Erickson and Miss
friends to know that Mr. Oscar S. : Mearle Seay, daughters;, besides a.
Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. j number of grand children, nieces
. Adams of Butler, was recognized as and nephews.
and strife shall rise the dawn of an j an ass0 ciate member of Sigma Xi, j
ampler life. To be sure that in oui , na Uonal honorary science society, , . ...
consciousness there is not only a I in Honors Day ceremonies at Em- MidWdV 10 DC HOSt
market, an office, a work-shop, a i ory university, Thursday, May 19. 1
home; but above all a cathedral. I
i Mr. Adams is a graduate student
sc °k and see the good in otheis ■ a£ Em0 ry in psychology, and is a
U11 Trade- ; aad lo 8* ve good a chance foi i mern ber of Delta Tau Delta social
mark Infringement and Confusion • highest development through our f rate rnity.
of Source: Need For Supreme Court I t-‘ on fr den ce, loyalty and love. Ihisj Honors Day is an annual event
Action ” by Julius R. Lunsford Jr., 1 wa Y That will lead us into a£ (be University. At this time
Atlanta attorney. redemptive comradeship with Jesus
The author of the article is the • Whilst and into spiritual fellows ip
son of Hon. J. R. Lunsford, Ordi-| vvith the faithful of all time, who
nary of Taylor county, and Mrs. I have glimpsed afar the shining
Lunsford. He was graduated from 1 g ales °f the City of God. And one
Reynolds High school. He studied g| ad da y beyond the tragedy o
at Mercer University and received j bitterness, Pilgrims along this way
an LL.B. degree from the Universi- | vvd i chorus: We see the poweis of
ty of Georgia in 1936. Some of his | darkness take their flight; we see
writings have been published by
the United States Trade-Mark As-
l through three generations, extends ! ce ry and fresh meat market of Joe sociation and other periodicals,
sincere congratulations to William. ] vvillis. W. E. Sullins has moved j Mr. Lunsford points out that the
the billiard parlor from the old ; public uses many trademarked
Butler Banking Co. building to the j articles in the course of a day but
building vacated by Mr. Willis. All | what concern makes the articles is
of these changes are the result of j not important to the average con-
plans for improving the old bank j sumcr. He states the Supreme
building by Mr. Sims GaVrett, Court long ago recognized the pe
JOUP.NEY1NG THROUGH LIFE
I many sad events cross ones path
way . . . Numbered among such
is the 17th anniversary of the last
I session of the Confederate veterans
reunion, the 41st annual session of I
I which was held at Montgomery,! Ordinary
| Ala., June 2-5, 1931, and the 70th | q U i e tl y in
valuable
present owner.
J. R. Lunsford sits
his office dispensing
public information—
year since the Confederacy was
bom in the same city and which ! no Idle"gossip, thank you—to daily
time Jefferson Davis was inaugu- ! rou Une of callers.
rated President . . . Yes, it was a |
sad occasion then, and remembered
culiar needs of trademark owners
and subsequently decided that a
distinctive trade-mark possesses
commercial magnetism. Yet the
court fails to recognize that trade
mark protection has become a con
cern of the nation and affects in
terstate commerce. In conclusion
The Taylor County Tax Equaliz- j the author states: “Does the re-
as such today, when the tottering j ors are now engaged in the equaii- ! fusal of our highest court to review
steps of the aged heroes laid down [ ^tion of the taxable property of a trademark case at the present
their arms and surrendered only to lbe county. The board is composed time signify an indifference to aid
the morning break’.”
|that great Conqueror—Time
tegular attendants on these an-
jnual occasions fiom Taylor county
For many years were Uncle Boney
Joiner, Uncle Jack McCants and
of Messrs H. A. Scaly, G. L. Cooper the business w'orld and preserve
and P. B. Childs. ! commercial good-will which in-
I volves millions of dollars? Both
The Logue Thrift Store, big de- trademark owners and lawyers hope
partment store recently opened t that the court will act as the um-
Uncie Andrew McGee. They, too, , here, is planning the opening of pire in a speedy interpretation ol
I have long since passed. In fact the j another branch store at Buena Vis- the rules involving infringement
(Turn to Page 5; No. 1)
ta June 3rd.
and confusion of source.”
Mrs. W. P. Britt's Death
As Result of Fall, Brings
Sorrow to Many Friends
Funeral services were held at
Jacksonville, Fla., for Mrs. Daisy
Wilson Britt Monday, May 16th.
Mrs. Britt was a native of Taylor
county. She was the daughter of
J. and Elizabeth Wilson of Davis-
ton community. She was a gradu
ate nurse of an Atlanta hospital
and continued in that capacity
until the time of her death. She
suffered a fall in her home ten
days prior to her death.
She is survived by her husband
Mr. W. P. Britt; and four sisters
Mrs. Eula Sealy and Mrs. C. F.
Smith, Macon; Mrs. Leila South-
well, Atlanta; Mrs. Cora Morgan,
Washington, D. C.; one brother,
Herbert Wilson, St
Fla.
Church for the Fifth
Sunday Union Meet
newly elected members of honor
societies are announced, special
awards presented, divisional and , for the Fi£th Sund Unjon Meet .
service awards made, and all i nt ,
Mt. Pisgah, Horeb, Midway and
Antioch Baptist churches will meet
Sunday w'ith the Midway church
members of honor societies recog
nized.
Dr. D. A. Lockmiller, president of
the University of Chattanooga,gave
the Honors Day address and Dr. G.
C. White, president of Emory, pre-
sidde.
Emory-af-Oxford to
Confer Junior Degrees
On Richard Parks Jr.
Mr. Richard Parks, Jr., son of Mr j
and Mrs. R. H. Parks of Reynolds, i
is a candidate for graduation from J
the Junior College Division of Em-
ory-at-Oxford at the approaching
commencement, it has been an
nounced by Dean V. Y. C. Eady.
In addition to his scholastic
achievement, Mr. Parks has beer,
active in campus organization at
Emory.
Plans for commencement week
include the baccalaureate sermon
on May 29 at 11 a. m. by Rev. J.W.
Segars, pastor of the First Metho
dist church, Carrollton, and the
baccalaureate address at 1 0a. m.
June 3rd by Dr. E. E. Loemker,
Peteisburg, | dea n of graduate school and pro-
I fessor of philosophy at Emory Uni-
1 versity.
ing of this group of churches.
Sunday School begins at 10:39
a. m. Bring all the schools to Mid
way for our Bible study.
Preaching at 11:30 a. m. by the
pastor. Read the 23rd Psalm. We
will use this as a text. This fee
loved Psalm still speaks its mes
sage to this age.
Midway church extends a most
cordial invitation to all the
churches to worship with them
Sunday. The pastor . earnestly
urges a full attendance of all our
members to this union worship.
Dinner will be served .on the.'
church grounds at the noon hour.
Round table discussions begin at
at two o’clock in the afternoon.
Our subject for Sunday will be
“Revivals.” Come prepared to bake
a part in this discussion.
The public is cordially invited ti*
enjoy this entire day with us.
Pray for the pastor.
J. H. STANFORD, Pastor.
Stmt Meeting
All boys of Scout age are invited
to meet at 7 p. m. Monday in the
annex of the local Methodist church
fer the regular weekly meeting.
—Scout Masters.