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The butler herald KEEPING EVER LASTINGLY AT l'l IS THE 4ECRE1 « * K » . S S 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. * * * 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 (Turn to Page 4; No. 1) 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 (Turn to Page 4; No. 2) 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. - 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.