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VOLUME 73.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE. 2, 1949.
NUMBER 33.
Sidewalk
Gleanings
By OLD TIMER
NINETEEN YEARS AGO this
month when the late Dr. L. G.
Hardman, of Commerce, was in
augurated Governor of Georgia
,, nd Hon. Charles H. Neisler, also
now deceased, was a member of
th e legislature from Taylor county,
recognition was given Mr. Neisler
vUC h as never shown a local citi
zen in committee appointments by
my governor previously or since
that day . . . These were the days
when regular sessions of the legis
lature were held in mid-summer
rather than mid-winter as of to
day ... As is recorded Mr. Neis
ler" was Representative from Tay-
Pvt. Wm. R. Wainwright
Hon. Eugene Hook Delivers
Commencement Address Here
Speaker Stresses Lack of Funds
For Educational Purposes in
Georgia.
Pvt. William R. Wainwright son
ior county and widely known for | Mrs \ Estelle Lewis of Butler,
his interest in state affairs, but ? nIlst ® d \ n ln the armed serv '
more especially those at home be- . lco r °™ Ta y lor county in Septem-
ing as he was at the time one of j er ’ ' 8 ’ Wainwright is a
the state’s largest peach growers ’ uate of Butler High school in
his varitd interests in the ! the class of 1945. He received his
business affairs of his county . . . ' bas / c tra,nln f at F <- Jackson, S.C.,
The recognition shown Mr. Neis- ! and now stationed at Showa Air
inc Force Base, Tachikawa Honshua,
Japan, twenty-eight miles west of
Tokyo.
ABOUT TOWN
Pretty lawns — following
and mowing—filled with
comfortable chairs for out-door
parties and comfortablt living.
rains
easy,
People are really talking about
improvement in the looks of the
courthouse, both interior and ex
terior, after a fine job of painting.
With school days over until fall
its a real joy to watch the school
boys happy on their way to the
fishing holes and swimming pools.
Its really next in happiness to
watching the “nigger” getting on
the outside of a 40-pound water
melon. The age limit of the form
er is 65 and that of the latter the
bridle is taken off.
With the start already made,
Fountain’s lake just outside city
limits north of town, could—and
we hope may in the near future—
make one of the show places of
this section as well as affording an
exceptionally fine place for hold
ing club meetings and conventions,
family gatherings and reunions
such as enjoyed by other cities.
Will some poultryman please
tell us? Is it blackberries the hen
cats, or what have you, that pro
duces pink-shelled eggs such as
on exhibition at this office through
the courtesy of our good friend,
Mr. R. G. Culverhouse.
ler by the Governor was his ap
pointment to committee member
ship (most of them of which he
was chairman) of the following
committees: Ways and Means,
banks and banking, railroads,
penitentiary, general agricultural
No. 2, military affairs and Acade
my for the Blind . . . Mr. Neisler’s
investigation in connection with
these committees kept him busily
engaged for many months includ
ing visits to all sections of the
state . . . “Charlie Neisler,” as he
was affectionately known, was
from a lineage of distinguished
German-American families ... He
was a great-great-great grandson of
John (Johan) Neisler, who came to
America from Van Weil, in the
kingdom of Wurtenburg, Germany,
between 1730 and 1740 and settled
in Charleston, S. C. . . . a great-
great grandson of John Neisler,
who married Mary Walter, of
Charleston, S. C. . . . a great grand
son of Dr. Hugh Neisler who was
born July 27, 1799 in Rowan
County, N. C. He married Rachel
Miller. They settled at Athens
shortly after their marriage ... A
grand son of Hugh Mitchell Neis
ler, M. D., who was born near
Athens, Ga., in Clark county,
March 24, 1805. He graduated with
honor at the University of Georgia.
His graduating essay was written
in original Greek. He received his
M. D. Degree from the University
of Pennsylvania in 1826. During
the latter years of his life he
moved to Butler, Ga., where he
taught school one year. He then
moved to a farm five miles from
Butler. He was widely known as a
botanist. He made ‘several con
tributions in natural history to the
Smithsonian Institute in Washing
ton, D. C. He corresponded with
many of the most distinguished
botanists in this country, and in*
Europe his name was entered in
the Scientific Directory. Two years
before his death he began making
a collection of Georgia plants for
M. Richter Lajos of Budapest. He
married Carolyn Howard of Salem,
Mass. ... A son of John Howard
Neisler who was born Dec. 18, 1842
and married Mary Ann Walker and
who served in the Confederate
Army in Co. E, 45th Ga. Regiment.
• • . Besides “Charlie Neisler,”
their children living and dead
■ were: Carolyn Howard, Mary Walk-
| nr (Tinie), Ethel Winston, Flor
ence, John, Howard and Stella
Ann.
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WHILE OBSERVING National
holiday Monday — May 30—We
commemorated the life of Hon.
i'homas E. Watson, father of rural | and county, who four generations
free delivery mail on its 56th an- j ago were responsible for the
niversary . . . Disputed by some, • growth and development of the
yet recognized by authority, Mr. | county’s every interest by events
Watson, in his early days was a 1 learned by her through newspaper
plow hand on his father’s farm in ' accounts and reports from mutual
McDuffie County, Ga. . . . After a 1 friends. It w'as a most delightful
hard fight by Mr. Watson, known visit—one that will ever be re-
lor his fire-brand speeches on this membered with much pleasure,
and other subjects, Congress in its j * * *
r j2nd session established R. F. D. GRIFFIN HORSE SHOW,
service as “experimental” with an ! Spalding county as a whole is to be
■nnual appropriation of $10,000 highly commended for the inter-
On Feb. 17, 1876 permanent est its citizens are manifesting in
|R F. D. was established by Con- I fine-blooded horses even in this
gress with the first five routes in 1 day of automobiles crowding the
Vest Virginia . . . There are now I highways as evidenced by the an-
(housands of such routes through- nual exhibit of fine, well-trained
>ut the United States with an an- | horses by owners and trainers in
nua l expenditure of millions of 1 Georgia and adjoining states. We
dollars . . . Mr. Watson’s first were proud of Georgia’s record of
public office was in 1882 as rep- blue-ribbon v/inning as we watch-
■ tentative to the Georgia legisla- ed with great interest these ex-
'ure from McDuffie County and ‘ hibits to thousands of thrilled
elected to Congress in 1891 . . .[spectators during the past week-
V e have Mr. Watson to thank for end.
[ giving us rural free delivery serv- ^ AU REVOIR for this sitting.
ice—the greatest service ever pro
vided by Congress for those living
on farms throughout the United
States and for which Mr. Watson
stated just before his death: "The
work that 1 did, somebody had to
do. The abuse I took somebody had
to incur. The losses I have sus
tained somebody had to dare. I
did the work, took the abuse, risk
ed the loss, and am proud of it.
proud of my record, proud of my
principles, proud of my friends.”
MOST INTERESTING VISIT of
many months was that of recent
date at the home of Mrs. Frances
Woodall Miller at Barnesville.
Member of one of Talbot county’s
most distinguished families, the
Woodalls, Mrs. Miller is noted for
remarkable good memory of the
“carpet-bagger” rule days. Though
never having visited Butler she
could recall one after another the
names of citizens, both of city
In his most able address to the
graduates of the local school Fri
day evening Hon. Eugene Cook,
the state’s popular Attorney Gen
eral warned that Georgia’s school
system faces collapse in Septem
ber unless its finances are bol
stered by $20,000,000.
Mr. Cook said the “breaking
point” has been reached. He main
tained that “something must be
| done and done in a hurry.” And
i he said there are only two sources
j from which the money can come—
! either a program of tax revision
i and economy or federal aid for ed-
j ucation.
j Because of its great importance
j to the subject of education to the
j youths of this state we are pub
lishing Mr. Cook’s address for the
benefit of those who were de
prived for any reason the oppor
tunity of hearing him:
The ultimate objective of educa
tion is to equip one to live a full
life. A full life under modern con
ditions is one which is productive
of individual and collective happi
ness and effective service to one’s
community. State and Nation.
I An accumulation of knowledge
through our educational process
may be considered in the same
manner that we consider an ac
cumulation of money. Both are
means of providing a full, happy
and productive life.
The first problem presented to
one who has accumulated an
enormous amount of money is to
determine how it may be best in
vested. A wise investment is al
ways determined by the character
and dividend potentiality of the
security or company in which the
investment is made. As it is will,
money investments ( So it must be
with education.
1 am recommending to these
Seniors tonight and to those who
will come after them two deposi
tories-or investment sources for
their accumulation of knowledge
through education which are both
gilt edge and necessary. These are
the Christian home and Govern
ment.
Every good thing we have in
America today has its inception in
the early American homes. From
this unit of our society developed
the strongest and happiest nation
of people on earth. Our Georgia
and our nation of today were con
ceived in and nurtured by the few
| scattered homes of our forefathers
on the Atlantic Coast Line. Today
we, their posterity, circumscribe 48
States reaching from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, from the Gulf of
Mexico to the Great Lakes, in a na
tion of people who enjoy a greater
sense of security, a higher stand
ard of living and more freedom
than any other nation of people on
earth. Through it all we have never
relaxed our emphasis upon the im
portant place in our social, eco
nomic and political scheme occu
pied by our homes. They are in
deed the bedrock of our American
civilization and way of life.
The fruits of a happy and pro
ductive home are made possible by
our machinery of Government.
Without our State and National
Constitutions and the laws made
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Schedule of Worship at
Local Methodist Church
Sunday School, Worship and
Youth Fellowship at the usual
hours Sunday. Everyone of all ages
are cordially invited.
This is the last preaching ap
pointment before Annual Con
ference convenes at St. Luke
Church in Columbus June 8th to
continue through Sunday, June 12.
The race is not won nor finished
until the finishing line is crossed;
let’s put forth every effort to finish
in a way that will bring joy to
ourselves and pleasing in the sight
of God .A good finish of this Con
ference year, will give us high in
spiration to begin the new year in
the work of our church.
It is hoped that everyone who
possibly can, will take in as
much of the conference as possible.
It is seldom this near in its meet
ing places.
J. W. M. STIPE, Pastor.
trU^ERAL SERVICES HELD
SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR
MRS. H. T. THOMPSON
Mrs. Thompson, Who Was 86
Years of Age Died Friday Nigtt
After Long Illness.
Reynolds Graduates
Hear Sermon By
Rev. D.A. Lastinger
Pastor Reynolds Methodist
Church Chooses Text from
Beautiful Bible Story.
Hon. Eugene Cook
Peach Paching Season
In Taylor County will
Begin at an Early Date
The race is now on. Three cheers
in advance to successful winner as
between our own Capt. Walter J.
Butler and Mr. John David Duke,
of Fort Valley, in shipping thc-
first carload of peaches to Eastern
market. Each of these extensive
peach growers are priding them
selves in producing a peach that
eclipses in formation, flavoring,
coloring and size any peach ever
developed known as the South
land. Mr. Butler’s packing shed is
now in readiness for handling not
only ihe crops of several varieties
from his own orchard, but all
peaches grown by Messrs Campbell
Jones, M. R. Williamson, T. L.
Fountain and Edwards Bros. A
fair estimate of the combined
crops from their orchards, we art
advised by Mr. Butler, is estimated
at approximately 50 cars.
Mr. Walter Wainwright anothe;
prominet grower and packer
representing the Panhandle sec
tion of Taylor County anticipates
shipping from 50 to 75 cars of
peaches from his new packing
plant this season.
Not only will Mr. Wainwright
pack and ship from his own large
orchards but it is learned that he
has contracted for quite a num
ber of orchards in Panhandle dis
trict as well as from Reynolds.
Mr. Wainwright plans to ship his
peaches direct to northern markets
and thereby save brokerage com
missions.
Important Conference
At Midway Baptist Church
Next Saturday Morning
Church conference Saturday 11:30
a. m. at Midway Baptist church.
We urge a full attendance of the
membership at this important
meeting of the church.
Sunday School at 10:30 Sunday
morning. Good classes for all ages.
Preaching at 11:30 a. m by the
pastor. Please read I Samuel, Sth
chapter. Our text will be the 19th
and 20th verses of this chapter.
This text perfectly fits the situa
tion today. The people then re
fused to depend on God, anu we
are facing the same situation to
day. Our only defense and hepe is
in God. Try to hear this message
Sunday. Bring a friend witii you.
We are praying for a great service
and extend a very cordiai invita
tion to everyone who can do so to
attend this service.
Preaching at Horeb church Sun
day at 3:30 p. m. We extend a
warm and cordial invitation to the
people of that community to wor
ship with us.
Pray for the pastor.
J. H. Stanford, Pastor.
Mr. James Harmon
Completes Law Course
Funeral services were held at the
old Hayes church and Camp
ground Sunday afternoon at four
o’clock for Mrs. Marcella Ann '
Thompson, 86 years of age.
Mrs, Thompson, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom Joiner, 1
was a native of Taylor county i
where she spent her entire life !
until her illness nine weeks ago
when she was removed to the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Free
man Culverhouse, whede she died
Friday night. She was preceded in
death by her husband, the late
Mr. Henry Thomas Thompson.
Surviving her besides the daugh-
tre, Mrs. Culverhouse, is one son,
Mr. Eugene Thompson, of this
county and several grandchildren.
She was a member of the Metho
dist church at Thomaston and
held in high esteem by all who
knew her.
Funeral services were • conducted
by her pastor, Rev. Lancaster, as
sisted by Rev. J. W. M. Stipe.
Pallbearers were: Messrs James
Snoot, Jim Culverhouse, John
Parker, Carl Giles, Mathew Thomp
son and Cecil Thompson, with J.
W. Edwards II, of Edwards Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Esteemed Member
Pioneer Local Family
Dies in Atlanta
Older citizens of Buller and Tay
lor county to '"whom she was held
near and dear, were shocked and
grieved to learn of the death of
Mrs. Jewell Bullock Warren, of At
lanta which occurred last Friday
as the result of a heart attack
while visiting her daughter, Mrs.
W. H. Brown, in Madison, Wis.
Mrs. Warren was born and
reared in Taylor county, the
daughter of the late Mr. E. and
Mrs. Sallie Hayes Bullock, also a
grand-daughter of the late Mr.
Jim and Mrs. Mary Ann Turner
Hayes, who were among the
county’s most prominent families
in their day and geenration.
Mrs. Warren was a member of
Electa Chapter No. 6 (the oldest
chapter in Georgia), Order of the
Eastern Star, and was elected
mother of the chapter many years
ago.
She also was a member of
Backiti Court No. 25, Orienfal
Shrine of North America.
Mrs. Warren is survived, in ad
dition to her daughter, by her hus
band, Nevin Warren, of Atlanta; a
son, C. A. Tidwell, of Atlanta; a
brother, Ralph Bullock, and a sis
ter, Mrs. D. P. McArthur, both of
Miami.
To acrowded audience at the
Methodist church Sunday Rev.
David Lastinger, pastor, directed
his message of the morning to the
gradating class Reynolds high
school, extracts from which are
given below:
Text: Esther 4:14 and 16—“ . . .
Who knoweth whether thou art
come to the kingdom for such
a time as this? ... I will go
in unto the king . . . and if
I perish, I perish.”
Introduction: This book is a
beautiful story into which is woven
heathen custom, romance, and di
vine purpose. Israel w'as a bondage
people. Ahasuerus was king of
Persia. Esther was successor to
Queen Vashti, who displeased the
king by refusing to obey his com
mand to display herself before a
company of drunken men. Vashti
was deposed and Esther, a Jewish
orphan girl, took her place.
Haman was chief minister of
Ahasuerus. He disliken Mordeeai,
who refused to “reverence” him.
Mordeeai was a Jew, cousin of
| Esther, who he reared in his home,
j Haman, seeking revenge, secured
I an edict from the king which
meant destruction of all Jews in
the kingdom. Mordeeai was great
ly distressed for himself and his
people. Therefore, he sent a mes
sage to Esther, requesting her to
go to the king and intercede for
the Jews. Esther feared to ap
proach him, on account ox the law,
unless he sent for her.
I. “Who knowest whether thou
art come to the kingdom for such
a lime as this?” This is part of
Mordecai's reply to Esther’s pro
test when she feared to intercede
for the Jews. In answer she accept
ed the challenge, in spite of dan
ger. “I will go in unto the king
. . . and if I perish, i perish.” For
Esther possibility became respon
sibility; opportunity became obli
gation. For us possibility IS re
sponsibility; opportunity IS obli
gation.
“Who Knows?” From this ques
tion rises a halo of challenge and
romance. It appeals to the roman
tic, to the adventurer. What possil
bilities were hidden in young
Esther’s life? or in ours? Search
ing for answers to these questions
we will dream dreams, and truth in
any case may prove stranger than
fiction, more wonderful .than
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Mr. James Harmon, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Polk Harmon of this
county, will receive his degree in
law from the Atlanta Law School
ot commencement exercises which
are to take place at the Tower
Theater, Atlanta, Thursday—this
evening—at 8:30 o’clock.
j,
Butler Legion Auxiliary
To Sponsor Fashion Show
Here Tuesday Evening
A fashion show sponsored by the
American Legion Auxiliary will be
j presented by J. A. Kirven’s of Co-
; lumbus on Tuesday, June 7, 8:30
| o’clock. The show will be held in
, the Butler High School auditorium.
| Admission will be by donation of
any amount and the proceeds will
be used for beautification and im
provement of the Legion Home.
Fifteen local models will present
the latest fashions in dress, sport
and evening clothes for all ages
from teens to middle age and for
all sizes from short to tall. These
models are being trained by the
fashion coordinator of Kirven’s for
the show.
A musical program will be pre
sented and refreshments sold dur
ing the evening. There will be
cake walks and auctions.
Everyone is invited to attend for
a most enjoyable evening.
Two Upson County
Brothers Killed in Wreck
Thomaston, Ga., May 26 — Two
j brothers, killed in an accident near
| Barnesville Tuesday night, were
I buried in Upson county following
funeral services at Antioch church.
Funeral at Macon Sunday
For Sgt. Aaron Dreizin
Killed in Action Overseas
Funeral services for Sgt. Aaron
Dreizin have been announced for 4
o’clock Sunday afternoon at Hart’s
Funeral Home, Macon.
Sgt. Dreizin, son of Mr. and Mis.
Oscar Dreizin formerly of Butler at
present residents of Macon, enlist-
; e d in the U. S. Army on October
24, 1942 and after having served
j overseas only six months was re
ported to have been killed over
German territory on Jan. 20, 1944.
He was a member of the U. S.
Air Corps and was decorated for
bravery and skill displayed while
j participating in five separate
I bomber combat missions over ene
my occupied continental Europe.
Sgt. Dreizin was born in Butler
March 6, 1922 and a graduate of
j the local high school.
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Revival Begins at Bethel
Church Sunday, June 12
j Our revival is to begin at Bethel
C. M. Church Sunday, June 12th.
Bro. A. A. Williamson, of Wedo-
i wee > Ala., is to be with us to do
| the preaching. Bro. Williamson is
j a splendid preacher. He loves God
I with all his heart, and loves sin-
; ners but hates sin.
| We trust that everyone who is in
I leach of this church will come and
make this your meeting. We covet
the prayers of all Christians for the
old time power.
Your brother in Christ,
O. B. SHEETS, Pastor.