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The Butler Herald
“KEEPING EVER LASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 75.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1951.
NUMBER 13.
Mr. B. 0. Amerson
Dies At Columbus
Friday Morning
CHIMES ARE PRESENTED
TO ROBERTA METHODIST
CHURCH BY MR. BANKSTON
Mayor E. L. Harris,
Four Members Old
Council Re-Elected
Dr. Basil W. Miller third district selects j$i 86 Million Budget
To Speak at Butler tournament sites Asked of Assembly
Nazarene Church
AND DATE OF GAMES
By Gov. Talmadge
> Formal Services Held At
Reynolds Baptist Church
Saturday Morning 11 O’clock.
Reynolds and Taylor county
friends of Mr. Benjamine Oscar
Amerson were saddened by the an
nouncement* of his death which oc
curred Friday last, 8 a. m. at Co
lumbus where he had made his
home for the past four years. His
health had, been not so good for the
past nine months or longer follow
ing a mild stroke. For many years,
prior to four years ago when he re
tired from active service, Mr. Amer
son was faithful and most highly
esteemed employee of the Georgia
'S Power Co. in Reynolds. He was born
in Taylor county, July 4, 1874. Mr.
Amerson retained his membership
in the Reynolds Baptist church
while making his home in Colum
bus. Of fraternal organizations he
*\vas a member of the W. O. W.
Funeral servioes were held at the
Reynolds Baptist church Saturday
morning, 11 o’clock, followed by
concluding service and interment
in the family lot, Mt. Olive ceme
tery. Services were conducted by
Rev. H. T. Jalks, assisted by Elder
John Mangham, Godard Funeral
Home in charge of arrangement
with the following acting as pall-
v bearers: Felton Hartley, Odell Hart
ley, C. B. Hicks, Joe Parks, R. H.
Parks and Rev. L. B. Strickland.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Tha-
dius Sizemore Amerson: and three
dnildren, Mrs. Louise Stewart, Rey
nolds, Mrs. Benton Pierce, iMami,
Fla., and Thomas Byrd, Columbus.
” 6 Persons Hurt; 4
Seriously, In Car-Truck
Wreck Tues. Near Roberta
About the middle of the afternoon
Tuesday on the Macon-Columbus
highway, about five miles west of
Roberta, six persons were injured—
^ four seriously—when an auto pass
ed another car and crashed into
the rear of an unloading Negro
school bus.
State Trooper C. M. Stellings, of
the Perry State Patrol Station gave
the following account of the mis-
• l hap:
A 1942 Ford school bus, driven
by Ora Lee McChison, of Roberta,
stopped on a hill and was unload
ing children with the bus stop sign
pjjperly displayed.
Behind it was a 1938 Plymouth
coupe, driven by Robert C. Nix,
white, 29, Fort Benning. Nix slow
ed down and stopped behind the
bus and a third car, a 1948 Pack
ard sedan, driven by Mrs. Lucie Hill-
ner, Thomaston, passed the Ply-
s mouth and plowed into the bus,
smashing the back body forward
three feet.
Stalling said the seriously in
jured included:
Mrs. Hillner, white, suffering a
fractured sternum and cuts on the
4, face and both legs. She is in a
Thomaston hospital.
Three school girls who have been
hospitalized at Reynolds.
YALE DEAN TO ADDRESS
GA. UNIVERSITY JAN. 27
ATHENS, Ga., aJn. 13—Dr. Wil
liam C. DeVane, dean of Yale Uni
versity, will deliver the principal
^ address at the convention opening
the University of Georgia’s Sesqui-
centennial Observance Jan. 27.
The convocation also will mark
the 166th year of the University’s
charter. Chartered Jan. 27, 1785, in
Savannah, the university opened its
doors in 1801.
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STATE GARDEN TOUR
DATES ARE ANNOUNCED
Dates for Georgia’s spring garden
tours are announced by Mrs. Owen
Cheatham, of Augusta, state chair
man. The tours are sponsored by the
* Garden Club of Georgia.
The tours open in Albany March
4. Savannah’s tours are set for
March 9 and 10, Augusta’s for
^ March 17 and 18.
^ Other tours are Milledgeville,
April 1; Atlanta, April 15 and 16;
Rome, April 20; Marietta, April 21
and 22; Madison, May 2.
* %
From Wesleyan Christian Advocate
'"In Sunday night, December 17th,
Chimes and a complete Norton
Tower system were presented to the
Roberta Methodist Church by Mr.
R. A. Bankston, in memory of his
vife, Ellen Hardeman Bankston.
The Chimes were first used on this
night to honor a special occasion.
The Roberta Methodist Church
Choir presented a Christmas Can
tata, “Chimes of the Holy Night,”
and dedicated it to Mrs. Bankston
and Mrs. J. C. Sawyer who wfere
members of tht choir. Both Mrs.
Bankston and Mrs. Sawyer passed
away since the rendition of the
choirs last year”s Christmas Canta
ta.
The church, filled beyond seating
capacity, was beautifully decorattd
with palms, white Carnations, and
smilax and was lighted by candles
and a huge star which shone from
the top of the choir loft. The flow
ers were given by Mr. Bankston
and Mrs. J. T. Matthews, the choir
director and only daughter of Mrs.
Sawyer.
Mrs. Bankston was very active in
church work. She served as church
pianist for 25 years and was a
member and officer in the WSCS for
a period of 35 years. Mr. Bankston
has always bten very outstanding
in the church service and continues
to be so.
The successful musical program
was recorded and many sets of re
cordings have been ordertd. On
December 24, at 3:30 p. m., the en
tire cantata was broadcast from the
church tower.
The Chimes will be playtd sev
eral afternoons during the week
and on Sunday afternoons at 5:00
o’clock and on Sunday mornings
at 9:45 o’clock.
During the Christmas season the
Chimes were playtd thirty minutes
caeh afternoon. The entire eommu-
ntty"tras expressed its appreciation
and enjoyment for this wonderful
gift which will provt a lasting bles
sing and joy to all.
State Senate Kills
Gholston Secondary
Road Formula
ATLANTA, Jan. 16—Repeal of th<^
Gholston secondary road formula,
branded a scheme to “pave every
pig track and turpentine trail” in
some counties, was voted by the
Georgia senate today.
Ignoring an appeal by Senator
Hawes of Elberton “to rise to full
stature of political manlm^d and
vote for Georgia,” the s e ap
proved 42 to 5 a bill sett up a
new formula for distributing milli
ons in state money.
The bill, which now goes to the
house, wipes out a complicated “no
politics” formula enacted unani-
mousyl by both houses last Febru
ary but never placed in operation.
The Gholston formula would have
required the state to build secon
dary roads first in counties with
the least percentage of their roads,
paved, until all were equalized.
Bethel C. M. C. To Be
Favored By Visiting Minister
Rev. B. G. Carnes, general super
intendent of church extension of the
Congressional Methodist Churches
in Georgia, will visit Bethel church
Monday night next (Jan. 22nd).
The church invites the public to
meet with us, and hear the mes
sage this good man has for us. Rev.
Carnes is an outstanding camp
meeting evangelist.
Jerry Partain, Pastor
NAT F. WALKER TAKES
OATH OF OFFICE AS
REP. CRAWFORD COUNTY
ATLANTA, Jan. 16—Nat F. Wal
ker of Roberta, Crawford County,
today was sworn in as a member
of the General Assembly in time
to vote on bills that came before
the legislature.
Rep. Walker had resigned be
cause of illness. With improvement,
he decided to reconsider. Gov.
Herman Talmadge held up writ of
a special election allowing Rep.
Walker to be sworn in a legis
lator.
Everyone Apparently Satisfied
With Results. Election Mgrs.
Thanked For Their Services.
In a rather spirited City Elec
tion, in and for the City of Butler,
for the approaching biennial term
1951-52, Hon. E. L. Harris, present
mayor was re-elected by a vote of
151 while his opponent, Mr. A. F.
Fain, retired Central Railroad depot
agent, received 113 votes.
Appearing on the ticket for Coun-
cilmen were the following with
their respective votes: Messrs. E.
H. Bazemore, 145; Hoyt Clarke, 117;
A. J. Gill, 108; Wanza Hortman,
116; Harold Lovvern, 111; E. D. Mc-
Corvey, 129; W. S. Payne, 166;
Frank Riley, 145; Murray Walker,
118,H. L. Wilchar, 103.
Thus from the above it will ap
pear that the five highest number
of votes were cast for Messrs Baze
more, Payne, Riley, Walker and
McCorvey, Mr. McCorvey being the
only new member, he succeeding
Mr. Wanza Hortman.
A Divine Promise
Made When Uniting
With A Christian Church
When a person unites with a
Christian Church—as all people un
der God should do—they make a
promise in the presence of God that
they will be faithful to the church
with their prayers, their presence,
their service, and their substance.
Now here is something to think a-
bout. If all the people in our local
community who have stood before
God- and- made such a- vow were to
attend the worship services of the
church this Sunday morning, every
church in our community would be
filled to capacity. Therefore, is it
not logical to conclude that any
thing short of that means that
somebody has broken their vow
before God. The world may never
know their names, but one thing is
certain—God knows them.
We invite all to worship God
with us at the Butler Methodist
church this Sunday. Begin the Sab
bath defy by attending Sunday
School at 10:00 A. M. There is an
interesting lesson for this Sunday.
At the morning worship service,
11:00 A.M., the pastor will preach
upon the theme, “And Still The
Macedonian Cry.” The young people
will meet Sunday evening at 6:45
I want to encourage your at
tendance at the evening service to
hear a message on “Building Anew
Broken Altars". This is a timely
and relevant message. I encourage
you to read before you come I King
18: 17-41. The Text will be verse
30 of this chapter. Pray for the
services Sunday—and be present.
C. H. Hancock
William Jack Hammock ,
Promoted To Major
William J. Hammack, Commis
sary Sales Oficer at Fort Jackson, S.
C., has recently been promoted to
Major. His wife is the former Clyde
Evelyn Giles of Butler, Georgia, and
the brother of George F. Hammack
also of Butler.
Major Hammack was on duty in
Japan from April ’47 to September
1949. He has been on his present as
signment at Fo^ Jackson since 1
September 1950.
NATIONAL AIRLINES’ PLANE
BURNS AT PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14—A four-
engine commercial airliner crashed
and burst into flames at Interna
tional irport today, killing seven
persons including a heroic steward
ess who rescued 10 passengers from
the fiery plane.
The National Airlines DC-4 skidd
ed on- an ice-sheathed runway,
smashed through a picket fence
and roared into flame, spraying
burning gasoline ovtr a 200-yard
area.
An official at the morgue said
the victims were five women and
two babies, a girl and a boy.
Unusual Treat In Store For
Citizens of Butler and Com
munity January 20th.
This is a rare privilege we have
to hear a great man discuss sub
jects he has made an intensive
study of for many years. The service
will be Saturday, aJnuary 20th at
7:30 P. M. The speaker will be Dr.
Basil W. Miller, of Kansas City,
Mo.
Dr. Miller is among the greatest
writers in the religious world today.
His books are in all book stores,
many libraries and have gone a-
round the world being printed in
many different languages. He is
the author of books such as “Bible
Readings On Holiness”. “Bible
Readings On Personal Work”, “How
They Were Won”. In the latter book
he tells of the conversion of people
such as Wilfred Grenfell, George
Mueller, Stanley Jones, David Liv
ingston and others. Also he has
written numbers of books on the
life andw orks of outstanding mis
sionaries, personal workers and
Christians. His latest book is the
“Life of Fanny Crosby”.
Dr. Miller will be speaking on
the Sunday School and Personal
Work of the Church Today. You will
miss a blessing and a lot of help
ful information if you miss this
service.
Everyone is cordially invited.
F. M. Bohler, Pastor
W. A. Jarrell Is
Elected Director S. F. P. A.
Corporation at Thomaston
THOMASTON, Ga., aJn. 16—The
Georgia Farm Products Sales Cor-
portation, Thomaston, Ga. held their
Annual Meeting of the Stockhold
ers, Tuesday, aJnuary 9th in Thom
aston, Ga. Mr. Roy Stephens, Presi
dent of the Corporation presided
over the meeting. The first order
of business was the roll call of the
stockholders and a majority of the
stock was represented in person or
by proxy, 'the president announc
ed that seven directors were to be
elected, four for a term of two years
and three for a term of one year.
The election of four directors for a
term of two years was taken up
and the following stockholders were
elected: Dr. C. E. Downs, Mr. L. E.
Hancock, Mr. Roy Stephens, and
Mr. Charlie B. Haygood, Forsyth,
Ga. The election of three directors
for a term of one year was taken
up and the following stockholders
were elected: Mr. Charles B. Jenk-
ing, Jr., Mr. L. L. Butts, and Mr.
W. A. Jarrell, Butler, Ga.
On adjournment of the stock-
rolders meeting the newly elected
directors went into session and the
following officers were elected for
the coming year: Dr. C. E. Downs,
president; L. E. Hancock, vice presi
dent, and C. A. Bryant, secretary-
treasurer. On order of the president,
a meeting of the Board of Directors
was called for Tuesday, January
16th at ten o’clock.
Warm Welcome Awaits
Everyone at Antioch
Sunady School at 10:30 A. M.,
Sunday. Phillip Jarrell,Superinten
dent. Start the new year right by
attending the Bible Study each Sun
day.
Preaching will be at 11:30 A. M.,
by the pastor. We plan to repeat
our message of last Sunday at An
tioch this Sunday. If you didn’t
read the scripture last week, please
read the 9th chapter of Acts. Ouj?
text is the 5th verse. God is moving
in a special way upon us today.
May we hear his call and accept
His challenge. We urge every mem
ber and friend ofo ur community
to hear this message. We think it
it extremely timely and applicable
to htis hour. Bring some friends
with you. Preaching, prayer and
praise service Sunday evening at 7
o’clock. The public is cordially unit
ed to attend all these services at
Antioch where a warm welcome
awaits you. Pray for the services
and for the pastor.
J. H. Stanford, Pastor
CORDELE, Ga., Jan. 11 — Third
District representatives met yester
day at Cordele to select sites and
dates for boys’ and girls’ basketball
tournaments to be held in February.
The Class C boys’ division tourna
ments will be held at the Union
High in Leslie; Stewart County High
School at Lumpkin; Pineview and
Pinehurst, Y. T. Sheffield, secre
tary of tht district announced.
Cusseta, Chauncey, West Crisp
and Oglethorpe are to be the sites
of the Class C girls’ tournament.
Dates of the Class C girls’ tour
nament are Feb. 6, 7, 8 and 9, with
tht boys’ tournament to be a week
later, Feb. 14, 15 and 16.
Winners and runnersup in each
of the four Ciass C. divisions will
meet at yet unnamed sites to de
termine district champions. Class
C district champion and runnerup
boys and girls will qualify for the
statt tournament to be held in
Macon.
Cusseta is defending Class C
champion, and Montezuma, while
being Class C defending champion,
is also stale Class C champion.
In the Class C girls’ tourney Rich
land meets Stewart county in the
first round. At the Ogltthorpe divi-
tion, Schley County meets Marshall-
ville. Also in the girls’ Class C divi
sion at West Crisp Union High
plays Lee County. In the Cusseta
division of Class C, the Plains girls
meet Shellman.
In the boys’ tournamtnt, Plains
and Richland will meet in the first
round at Lumpkin. At Pinehurst,
Schley County will meet Monte-
'buma, defending state champion.
Union High School will be playing
on its home court since Leslie was
selected as a site for the Central
Division. Union High will play Lee
County in the first round.
Special Tax Budget Set Up
In 1949 Will Expire On
June 30.
Death at Montezuma of
A. C. Riley, Former
Fort Valley Mayor
The death of A. C. Riley, former
mayor of Fort Valley who served in
that capacity over a long period of
years, occurred in a Montezuma
hospital Tuesday morning, January
9, at 3:30 o’clock.
Mr. Riley was taken last Friday
to the hospital for a routine check
up, having suffered a heart ailment
for several years. On Saturday fol
lowing, his condition was pronounc
ed serious but a slight improvement
on Sunday was said to have been
encouraging to his family, many
friends and associates, and his
death was unexpected.
He was born in Marshallville in
1885, and was the oldest of three
sons of the late Judge A. C. Riley
and Mrs. Lula Frederick Riley. He
was prominent in the life of Fori
Valley and Peach County. He served
for a number of years as represen
tative in the Legislature and in the
State Senate. He was a member of
the Methodist church, a Mason, a
member of hte Scottish Rite Order,
the Kiwanis Club, a veteran of the
first World War and a member of
the local American Legion Post and
attended the Adult Bible Class.
A practicing attorney Mr. Riley
was city attorney at the itme of
his death. He maintained law' of
fices in the Evans Building. Posses
sed of a rare sense of humor, he
was in great demand as a speaker
throughout Middle Georgia.
Young Couple Found
Dead From Gas Fumes
In Columbus Home
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 15—A State
budget of $145,120,923.86 for the
next fiscal year has been present
ed to the General Assembly by
Governor Herman Talmadge.
In addition, the Governor submit
ted a contingent budget of $40,-
931,120.00 wliich would beeome op
erative, when and if, the additional
revenue became available.
In his budget message to the As
sembly, delivered in person last
Monday, the Governor called at
tention to the fact that the propos
ed sales tax is not expected to pro
duce its full anticipated revenue
before the third year' of its opera
tion, and that state services can
only be expanded so far as revenue
permits.
Governor Talmadge reminded the
legislature that the emergency tax
measures, which were passed in
1949, will expire on June 30, 1951,
and that the money thus lost to
the state must be replaced, if the
services it provided are to be con
tinued.
Replacing these funds would thenr
“cut down new money” to $14,500,-
000, the Governor said. He outlined
as follows how this new money
would be distributed: $62,200,000 to
the educational agencies of the
state; $2,200,00 for the construction
of roads; $1,400,000 for public health
purposes; $2,665,000 for public wel
fare benefits; $500,000 for the state
institutions; $1,535,000 for various
other activities of the state, mairny
the Agriculture. Forestry, Revenue
and Public Safety Departments.
"The Budget Bill is so drawn”,
the Governor said, "that in the
event, additional money, is received
hte first year in excess of the a-
mount contemplated, appropria
tions in the contingent section o£
the bill can be immediately ma -2
available to the various agencies
of the State.”
The Governor recommended that
the Assembly appropriate $4,300,-
000 annually for State aid to total
ly and permanently disabled per
sons, and asked that the one cent
per gallon increase in the gasoline
tax be continued to finance this
appropriation.
The Governor assured the legis
lators that the same strict and rig
id economy which the administra
tion has practiced in the last two
years will be faithfully followed m.
the next four.
He said: “We will keep the State
out of debt, and preserve its solven
cy and credit.”
1 Columbus, Ga., June 12- -A young
| couple w'as found dead late yester-
j day in a duplex apartment they
1 had occupied only about two weeks.
I They had died in bed, apparently
| while asleep.
A coroner’s jury, impaneled at 6
I p. m. ; about an hour after the
1 bodies w'ere discovered, ruled that
deaht was “due to monoxide poison
caused from a burning gas heater
in a closed apartment.”
Coroner E. L. Howell identified
the couple as Cecil Erval Griswell
and S^rah Alice Griswell. They liv
ed at 1029 Fifteenth street. Mr. Gris
well was 24 and his wife about 22.
’
Albany Said Excited
Over Prospect of Marin
Depot Established There
ALBANY, Ga., aJn. 13—Although
the recent announcement that a
$20,000,000 Marine depot would be
erected near Albany was expected,
it has stirred considerable excite
ment to the city and its people.
"It’s one of the greatest things
that has ever happened to Albany,”
declared busy Mayor Menard R_
Peacock, enthusiastically.
The Mayor expressed a belief
that the city would be able to take
care of any problems which might
arise through the Marine installa
tion’s construction.
Acknowledged to be the largest
single installation for this sec
tion since the building of Turner
Field in the early 1940’s, the Ma
rine depot will assuredly bring its
problems. And city officials and
the Chamber of Commerce, which
has worked toward getting the
project for the past three years,,
are looking at the problems realis
tically.
The mayor said the depot,
which will employ more than 1,000
civilian workers and 400 Marine
technicians, would necessitate the
early construction of the contem
plated Federal-State Flint River
bridge. The project has been ten
tatively set for next fall.
Him
mate