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VOLUME 75.
The B utler Herald
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY li, 1951.
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| CHAIRMAN OF STATE
SENATE COMMITTEE
NAMED RY GRIFFIN
Lieut. Gov. S. Marvin Griffin,
Today we are cofronted with a
terrible problem for the third time
in this short century. Glaring at
us is the ugly fact of war
On the bloody Korean peninsula,
we are at war. At Lake Success, in
the world meeting-place, men rep
resenting nations and interests
huil invective and insults at other
men representing other nations and
other interests. Other men, none the
less passuately, seaich for acorn -
mon ground of agreement upon
which to build a defense against
a world conflict that would suck in
all of us willy nilly.
We, the small people, who only
share in the momentous events
through the newspapers and the
^ radio, look on with fear and doubt.
^ The small people are always help
less pawns in the struggle of pow
er politics, but this time we are un
prepared for a black-and-white
grapple. We are afflicted with
fl'doubt—have the action of our lead
ers been right? Is our—the Western
—case wholly justified? And fur
thermore, there is the carryover
from the horrible war that ended in
1945, a little over five years ago.
Does war solve any problems? We
fear and we doubt, while the
hounds of war strain at the leach.
Where do we go from here?
To an irreconcilably split-up
world embroiled in a death strug
gle? Or to a splitting-up world
which tries to make its splinter
halves come together in a peaceful
manner — solving all differences
Wth compromise from both sides?
If negotiation succeeds in forstal-
ling an immediate world war, will
this bb merely delaying tactics—
ft to gain much needed time?
Hastily retreating southward on
the Korean peninsula, the United
Nations (sic) forces are meeting
deadly defeat after a recent upsurge
of fortunes in the Korean incident.
A massed Chinese army from the
land of Moa is overpowering the
men of MacArthur fighting under
the United Nations flag. This Chi
nese force has crossed the Man
churian border without notice to
* enter into the North Korean side of
the fray. We now talk of "Dun-
kerques”.
At Lake Success special, repre
sentative General Wu meets angry
American and British charges of
Chinese ‘‘aggression” with counter
charges of American “aggression”
in Korea which Chinese "volun
teers” are only helping to defend.
The halls of the United Nations
building are filled with invective
and nobody seems to be talking
about the same thing.
But is there no hope? The state
ments of Wu, Austin, Malik and
Jebb are perhaps only examples of
the political propaganda which
tries to get the world on their.re
spective sides. The talk is as if
* world war is the only turn ahead;
do the nations mean this?
The small nations, led by India,
now seem to hold the only possible
answer to the impasse. At least, the
small nations are trying to do
^(.something about the problem, since
the big nations apparently aren’t
big enough to try to meet for a so-
luion. It is interesting that Canada,
as one of the more important small
nations, is not one of the small na
tions working at Lake Success for
a peaceful settlement.
Where do we go from here?
Some of us are convinced that
the only answer is war. Since Rus
sia and the West can never come
' together, it would be better to settle
the issue for once and tor all. The
supposed western (or American)
advantages is the U. S. stockpile of
atomic bombs.
Some of us who indulge in the
vital democratic quality of self-
criticism find it hard to add up
4' the western actions in the Asian
question and make them total up
to a complete verdict of Right. Have
we made mistakes in Korea and in
China? Do we have complete trust
in our leaders?
But to this there is the answer
4 that negotiation is “appeasement”,
and history shows many sorry ex
amples of what appeasement can
lead to. The answer given to this
charge is that negotiation can be
K “compromise” not “appeasement”.
What again implies that both sides
will give in a little for peaceable
who took the oath of office Tuesday
ior a new four-year term as lieu
tenant governor and president of
the Georgia Senate, Saturday an
nounced the selection of chairmen
of the various Senate committees.
They follow:
Agriculture, J. Henry Harden,
Fitzgerald: amendments to the con
stitution, Spence Grayson, Savan
nah; appropriations, W. Roscoe
Coleman, Richmond County; audit
ing, Henry J. Holloway, Ellaville;
aviation, Charles J. Coffin, Rich
land; banks and banking, James
Peterson Soperton.
Congressional and legislative re
organization, Archibald Farrar,
Summerville; conservation, Ed
ward L. McCranie, (Eastman;
county matters, Ellison Dunn,
Donalsonville; education, W. O.
Strickland, Buchanan; enrolling
and engrossing, Mark Dunahoo,
Winder; finance, Harold Willing
ham, Marietta; game and fish,
Mose Edenfiold, Darien.
General judiciary, Ira Carlisle,
Cairo; highways, Edgar Blalock,
Jonesboro; industrial relations,
Peyton S. Hawes, Elberton; in
terstate co-operation, Marvin E.
Moate, Sparta; journals, aJmes D.
Gould, Brunswick; military af
fairs, aJmes D. Gould, Brunswick;
moneys and mining; motor ve- I
hides, Wallace Adams; Glenn- 1
wood; municipal government,
Mayo Davis, Perry.
Penal institutions, John L.
Mavity, Rossville pensions, Dr. Ed
gar M. Lancaster, Shady Dale;
public health, Dr. Marcus Mash-
burn, Cummings; public utilities,
Glenn Ellard, Cornelia; public wel
fare, Walter B. Williams Sr., Gray;
rules, Marvin Griffin, chairman,
and Grady Rawls, of Albany, vice-
chairman; special judiciary, Osgood
Williams, Crawfordville; state of
republic, John T. Drinkard, Lincoln-
ron; temperance, T. Guy Connell,
Valdosta;u niform laws, L. A. Mal
lory, Thomaston.
University system, F. Everett
Williams, Statesboro; veterans af
fairs, Bonnell Akins, Blairsville;
Western and Atlantic Railroad,
Ronald F. Chance, Calhoun.
Mayor-Aldermen
Election For Butler
Saturday, Jan. 13
Election for Mayor and Aldermen
for the City of Butler will be held
on Saturday, naJuary 13.
The present mayor and aldermen
offering for re-election are as fol
lows:
FOR MAYOR
E. L. Harris
FOR ALDERMEN
(Five to be elected)
E. H. Bazemoie
Wanza Hortman
W. S. Payne
Frank Riley
Murray Walker
settlement. Or is it too late?
Most of all, those of us who hate
war, especially after the still-fresh
memories of the last mess, dread
the all-too possible damage from
the next and surely most destruc
tive one. Does war solve any prob
lems besides business recession and
over-population?
This crisis will either make or
break the United Nations machin
ery. The breaking-up of the UN in
to East and West Camps culminat
ed into Western UN Force inter
vention in Korea.
To solve this problem means that
the earlier split must also be weld
ed. War can perhaps be avoided
today — if nations - are walling to
compromise and forget about na
tional soveriegnty for international
harmony. From this point it must
be pursued to the place where the
Russian-led East and the American-
led West can live side by side and
settle their differences peacefully.
But this may be a pipe dream.
That is why, we are in fear and
doubt today.
Where do we go from here?
Mrs. Nancie Martin
Dies Suddenly Early
Sunday Morning
Funeral Services Held For Mrs.
Martin At Howard Methodist
Church Monday Morning.
A distinctly sad shock befell the
Martin family one of the be^t
known and most highly esteemed
of this section, when announcement
was made early Sunday morning
of the practically sudden death
shortly after midnight of the pre
vious night of . Mrs. Nancie Averett
Martin.
Mrs. Martin suffered a heart at
tack at 1 a.m. Sunday morning at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Ruth Driskoll, in Butler, weher she
had been for some time. Twenty
minutes following the attack she
was pronounced dead by attend
ing physician.
Mrs. Martin was born in Taylor
county, April 22, 1S74, daughter of
the late Mr. Henry Averett and Mrs.
Permelia Ann Layfield Averett. She
in early life was happily married to
Mr. William Homer Martin, who
preceded her in death, and is sur
vived by four daughters and two
sons to-u'it: Mrs. Ruth Driskoll,
Mrs. Ann Jones, Mrs. Beulah Banks,
and Mrs. Blonnie King; Will D. and
Oscar M. Martin.
Funeral and interment took place
at Howard Methodist church and
cemetery Monday, 1 1a.m., conduct
ed by Rev. Williams, of East Point,
assisted by Rev. C. W. Hancock and
Gordon Hunter, pastors Butler
Methodist and Baptist church re
spectively, with J. W .Edwards II,
of the Edwards Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were: Messrs. Dock
Culverhouse, Clinton Clark, Carl
Brown, Carson Parks, Paul Jones
and Herbert Sealy.
Methodist Conference,
Columbus Dist. Opens At
Fort Gaines Today
Much interest among Methodists
of this section is the annual ses
sion of the Columbus District Con
ference, convening this morning at
j 10 o’clock at Fort aGines.
The Rev. J. Ed Fain, district su
perintendent, will preside and the
Rev. R. O. Edenfield will be host
pastor.
Principal speakers on the confer
ence program will be Dr. J. W. Hi 1 -
lis of the Cherokee Heights church
in Macon; Dr. aJmes W. Sells, ex
tension secretary of the Southeast-
! ern jurisdiction Atlanta, who will
; speak on the mid-century program
of Methodism, and Bishop Fred P.
’ Carson of Philadelphia, who will
discuss “The Advance of Christ and
j His Church.”
Routine business will be trans-
| acted including the renewal of li
censes to preach and reading of
committee reports.
Services To Be Held
At Mt. Pisgah Sunday
Mt. Pisgah Baptist church Sunday
School will be held at 10:35 A.M.,
Carroll Peacock, Supt. Classes for
all ages. Start the New Year by
attending this helpful service of the
church.
Preaching will be at 11:30 A.M.,
by the Pastor, Rev. J. H. Stanford.
Please read the 9th Chapter of Acts,
j Our text will be the 5th verse. God
is calling and challenging men to
day. We need to hear this message
as it is applicable to the hour in
which we live. Bring some friend
with you.
Preaching, prayer and praise
service Sunday evening at 7 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend all of these services. Come,
praying for the services and for
the pastor.
JOHN STANFORD, Pastor
WARNED AT 40 TO SLOW
DOWN DIES AT 102
San Francisco, Jan. 6—Mrs. Ma
tilda H. Perley was warned 62 years
ago by her doctor that she must
slow down and take lLe easy. She
died Friday at the age of 102.
Mrs. Dorothy Amos
Dies at Her Home
After Long Illness
Deceased Was Widow of the Late
T. J. Amos, Former Prominent
Taylor County Farmer.
At her home in Wesley commu
nity, Taylor county, on Friday night
last, 8 oclock, occurred the death
of Mrs. Dorothy Willia Amos, wid
ow of the late Mr. T. J. Amos, who
was born in Upson county April 5,
1875.
Mrs. Amos had suffered long and
patiently, it is said of her, and had
the best of care and attention of
loved ones and friends.
She from childhood was outstand
ing in the affairs of Wesley Metho
dist church of which she was a
member and where funeral service
and interment in the cemetery near
by occurred Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock. Rev. J. H. Stanford was in
charge of the services assisted by
Rev. C. W. Hancock. Pallbearers
included: James Halstead, Ferrell
Willis, Alfred Wilson, Ed Slaughter,
William McDaniel and Billy Amos.
Surviving near relatives are list
ed as follows: One son, Mr. Wood-
row Amos; two daughters, Mrs. Ol-
en oJhnson ot Savannah; and Mrs.
Allie Mclnvale, of Jacksonville,
Fla.; four step-children, J. H. and
J. T. Amos, of Butler, Mrs. Hoke
Byrd, of Reynolds; Mrs. Robert Hal
stead, of Macon; and six grand
children, besides two sisters, Mrs.
Clyde Franklin, of Thomaston, and
Mrs. Allia Fowler, of Howard; one
brother, Henry Willis, of Columbus.
Funeral Services Held
Monday Morning For
Mrs. Myrtle Taunton
Funeral services, conducted by
Elder W. If. Hancock, of Macon,
were held Monday morning, 11 o’
clock at Bethlehem Primitive Bap
tist church for Mrs. Myrtle McDaniel
Taunton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John McDaniel, near the aTylor-
Macon county line.
Mrs. Taunton, 27 years of age,
was the wife of Mr. Howard Taun
ton, of Manchester. She died Sat
urday at the LaGrange hospital
following an illness of several
weeks.
Mrs. Taunton is survived by her
husband, Howard Taunton; three
children, Roxie Ann Taunton, Mar
garet Taunton and Morris Taunton,
all of Manchester; her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. John McDaniel of Rey
nolds; one brother, Fred McDaniel,
two sisters, Mrs. Eunice Bishop and
Mrs. Bernice Cook.
Goddard Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
.
Representative Byrd
Wants To Be of Service
To His Constituents
Manifesting the greatest of inter
est in rendering to the people of
Taylor county, irrespective of piliti-
cal affilliation, his laudable am
bition to serve them without favor
or affection in all public matters,
either of stale or county, Hon. D.
E. Byrd, Taylor county’s represen
tative in the general assembly of
Georgia, spent much of last week
visiting various districts and com
munities of the county calling up
on their leaders and ascertaining
their views on public issues to be
determined at the present session of
the legislature and so near as pos
sible acting in accordance with the
view's of a majority of our people.
In all his visits Rep. Byrd im
pressed upon the people his deire
and the hope they would at any
time get in touch with him by mail
or telephone, either while at home
for week ends or during the days
he is in Atlanta, when he might be
of the least service to them.
In committee appointments Mr.
Byrd was favored by the governor.
A full ist of these however, had not
been received up to the hour of go
ing to press, but will be published
next week.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
MEMBERS BOARD OF
EDUCATION TAYLOR CO.
GEORGIA, Taylor County
Pursuant to a resolution of the
General Assembly of Georgia pro
viding for the selection of members
of the Taylor County Board of Edu
cation by the voters of Taylor Coun
ty as showm on page 482 et seq. of
Georgia Laws, Extra Session 1949,
regular session 1950, and of a proc
lamation of Honorable Herman E.
Talmadge, Governor, that said res
olution amending the Constitution
of the State of Georgia had been
ratified by the people.
Notice is hereby given that an
election will be held in said county
on the 7th day of February, 1951,
for election of nine (9) members
of the Taylor County Board of Edu
cation, one from each militia dis
trict in said county, each militia
district having been designated as a
school district in said resolution.
Only the registered and qualified
voters in each district shall vote
for the election of a member from
that district and a majority vote is
necessary for election.
To be eligible to hold office as
a member of the Taylor County
Board of Education a person shall
be of good moral character, have
at least a fair knowledge of the ele-
mentry branch of an English educa
tion, be favorable to the common
school system and be qualified to
vote for members of the General
Assembly.
All candidates shall file written
notice of their candidacy with the
Ordinary of Taylor County by 5:00
p. m., January 27, 1951.
The polls in all nine districts will
be opened at the hour of 7:00
o’clock a. m., and will be closed at
the hour of 6:00 p. m.
Said election will be held in ac
cordance with the provisions of all
laws of the State of Georgia ap
plicable to elections.
This January 5, 1951.
J. R. LUNSFORD
Ordinary
1-11-18-25&2-1
Candidates for Mayor And
Counciirnen City of Butler
To the voters of Butler;
We, the undersigned, respectfully
announce that we are candidates
lor Mayor and Counciirnen of the
city of Butled for the two ensuing
years in the election to be held
January 13th, 1951.
FOR MAYOR
A. F. Fain
FOR COUNCIL
Hoyt Clark
A. J. Gill
Harold Lovvorn
E. D. McCorvey
H. L. Wilcher
Your vote and influence will be
appreciated. If we are elected we
pledge an honest, business like ad
ministration, w'ith a square deal to
ail. Economy will be our motto.
Public Invited To Attend
Services Next Sunday
At Baptist Church
The Butler Baptist Church extends
a welcome td all people to attend
its services. Services begin Sunday
! with the Sunday School at 10 o’
clock; Hoyt Clark, superintendent,
will be in charge. The worship serv
ice will follow this service imme
diately with the pastor speaking as
Christ and Humility” The Training
Union will be at 6:30 and the ev
ening worship at 7:30.
We were pleased last Sunday to
have Mr. Carey C. Willis, Moderat
or of the Columbus Association of
Baptists, to worship with us. Mr.
Willis assisted in the ordination ol
the pastor and the laying on ol
hands. We are always glad to have
visitors with us and extend the in
vitation to all.
GORDON HUNTER, Pastor
Notice To The Public
Dr. Lewis Beason announces the
opening of office for the Practice
of medicine.
Office is upstairs in Masonic
Bldg. Hours 9 to 11 A. M., 2 to 5
P. M., Sundays 2 to 5. Phone: Of
fice 121, Res. 49-2.
Orin Scott Case
Ends In Mistrial
For Second Time
Three Felony Cases and 21 Mis
demeanors Disposed of on Crimi
nal Division of Court Last Week.
In the criminal division especial
ly one of the busiest sessions of
Taylor Superior court ended its reg
ular semi-annual term on Thursday
afternoon last and was dismissed
by His Honor Judge T. Hicks Fort
until the first Monday in July next.
Leading in interest among the
large number of criminal eases
disposed of was the second trial of
Mr. Orin L. Scott, member of a
prominent Taylor county family,
charged with the murder of Mrs.
Bessie Adams, wife of Mr. Raifordl
Adams, in the shot-gun slaying of
Mrs. Adams at the home of herself
and husband at Norwich on the
western border of Taylor county, on
Easter Sunday, 1949, being the 17th
day of April 1949. All parties en
gaged in the day’s celebration were
and had been the best of friends
for a long while. What precipitated
the shooting resulting in the death
of Mrs. Adams, has never been dis
closed—Mr. Scott neither admitting
nor denying the charge.
At the regular July term of Tay
lor Superior Court after careful in
quiry into the charges against Mr.
Scott, the Grand Jurors for the term
ordered Mr. Scott held for murder.
He was duly brought to trial a few
days later and after hearing all the
witnesses in the case the trial jury,
consisting of 12 men, wore unable
to agree upon a verdict, a mistrial
thereby being declared on the 8th
day of July 1949.
Witnesses in the case were list
ed as Gurvis Lloyd, Billie Watson.
Gene Adams, Railord Adams, hus
band of the slain woman and High
way Patrolmen Thaggard and Nich
olson.
A mistrial having been declared
Mr. Scott was permitted to make
bond and has since been at liberty
and engaged in the gasoline 1 filling
station business.
Following a re-hearing on the in-
dictment against Mr. Scott
consuming considerable time?
of the court last week
the 12 jurors, like those at the
July 1949 term of Taylor Superior
Court, were unable to arrive at a
verdict and a mistrial again, or for
the second time, was declared.
Three burglary cases disposed erf
last weqj< in Taylor Superior Court
included the following:
Nathaniel Riley, colored, who en
tered a plea of guilty to the charge
of burglary of the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. T. Giles, goods to the value
of $150.00 being taken therefrom.
This occurring on the 28th day of
November 1950. He was given a
penitentiary sentence of from 7 tc*
10 yeais.
Hunter Russell, colored, also en
tered a plea of guilty to a grand
jury indictment in which he was
charged with breaking into and un
lawfully taking therefrom consid
erable merchandise from the store
of Mr. William Allen Jarrell on the
night of the 7th of November 1950.
His sentence in the penitentiary
was placed at 3 to 5 years.
Jimmie Sternes, colored, admit
ted having burglarized the home of
David Henderson on the 28th day
of September 1949 and was sent up
tor 3 to 5 years.
In addition to the above 21 mis
demeanor cases were disposed of
during the week just passed.
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