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VOLUME 77.
The Butler Heral
"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OP SUCCESS”
BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1952.
NUMBER 3.
rganizato^jfii:
Taylor L
And Reynolds in 1812
(CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK)
The new-born Reynolds was not
a very vigorous youngster and its
growth was slow. Traditionhas it
that the first store building here
was a small wooden affair stand
ing about where the present post
of ice is located. Next, a more pre
tentious wooden building was erect
ed on the corner where Jim Brew
er’s filling station now is. Next,
Jones Hicks, one of the earliest set
tlers, formerly named herein, erect
ed a one-story frame building on
the corner where the Hinton store
now stands. A little later, a two-
story frame building was erected
on the Goddard corner. Gradually, a
line of wooden buildings came into
existance along Talbot and Win
ston Streets, irregular in outline,
unattractive in appearance. These
stood for many years before any
brick buildings were erected. The
first brick building was erected by
J. N. Bryan and Co. in 1886, and
was the only brick building in the
county except the court house at
Butler. This was toll-owed several
years later by the Souder building,
Jater and enlarged and now occu
pied by D. Coolik and the Tele
phone Exchange. The next was
built by G. T. Ruffin, where the
Prager store now stands, and at
the same time the adjoining roms,
now occupied by Mr. Musslewhite,
were built for a cotton warehouse
to take the place of the wooden
warehouse operated by Paul Mc
Daniel which was burned upon the
site where the First National Bank
building now stands. Gradually,
without the intervention of fire
(with one exception) the wooden
buildings were replaced by the
preesnt attractive brick buildings.
Prior to the Civil War, several
mercantile establishments had
come into existence, had several
for a while, and had disappeared.
Immediately after the War, Mr. E.
A. Goddard came to Reynolds from
Macon and in 1867, established a
business which lasted the remainder
of his life and is still being con
ducted by his son, George: A
rather remarkable history.
In 1897, the first bank of the
town was organized by R. G. Tom
lin, T. J. Marshall, E. B. Waters, G.
T. Ruffin, T. W. Poole and R. A.
Hinton. The real development of
the town seems to have begun with
the banking facilities thus afford
ed, and in a few years the village
of about 400 had grown to a popu
lation of about 1000, and had ac
quired 'the conveniences of electric
lights and water works.
Perhaps the first real citizen of
the town, building and owning a
home here was Mr. Henry Hodges,
grandfather of the present Mayor.
Mr. Hodges .with his brother, Wash
Hodges had come into this section
ahead of the railroad and owned
land along the Flint river. Mr.
Henry Hodges came into the new
town and built his home, which
still stands and is owned by Mrs.
A. J. Payne. This building, if not
the first is certainly the oldest
house in town. About the same
time, Dr. Christopher located in the
new town and erected on the va
cant lot where R. E. Aultman is
preparing to build, what was the
first pretentious residence, this be
ing two-stories and of Colonial
architecture. Dr. Christopher and
his wife died in this home and
were buried in a lot across ‘he
street therefrom, where the pres
ent Neisler residence stands, their
temain.s having been removed to
Hill Crest cemetery. Other -resi
dences gradually came into ex
istence, some built by citizens
whose names no longer exist here.
Among these was the Paris family
and the Paris House, for many
years operated as a hotel and was
known far and wide for its cuisine
and its hospitality. The father and
original settler was a dentist. He
died leaving six stalwart sons and
one daughter to carry on. All of
these spent their lives here and
were progressive and worthy citi
zens, but each died without issue
and the name of Paris is no longer
known except in memory.
The history of Reynolds without
mention of Theodore Coleman would
be wholly incomplete. Mr. Cole
man was the adopted son of Dr.
Coleman, who built the home
which has yow become the Club
house. Theodore Coleman in
herited some property from his
foster father and, by economy and
thrift, built this into a fortune of
approximately $70,000 before he
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FATHER OF BUTLER
CITIZEN IS CLAIMED
BY DEATH FRIDAY
Friday morning, ten o’clock at
the Sams hospital in Reynolds oc
curred the death of Mr. Thomas
Robert Melton the result of cere
bral hemorrhage from which he
is said to have suffered approxi
mately a week.
The deceased was one of Marion
county’s most successful farmers as
well as best known and most
highly esteemed citizens of Marion
county, a resident of Brantley
community practically all of his
life. He was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs.R. T. Melton. The date of
his birth is given as Dec. 28, 1893.
Surviving the deceased are his
wife, Mrs. Abbie Lee Nix Melton;
two sons, Woodrow Melton, Butler,
and Robert Lee Melton of Buena
Vista; a sister, Mrs. Louise Sim
mons, Columbus and three grand
children.
The funeral was 2:30 p. m. at
his home in Brantley. Rev. J. L.
Whitley of Taylor county conduct
ed the service.
Edwards Bros. Funeral Home,
Butler, had charge of arrange
ments.
Atlannta Wife Gets
Life Sentence in Her
Mate's Triangle Murder
Atlanta, oct. 9—A 35-year-old At
lanta switchboard operator, Mrs. D.
W. Shattles, was sentenced to life
imprisonment for putting a pistol
to her sleeping husband’s temple
and shootig him to death on Aug.
Sth.
A Fulton Superior Court jury
quickly found Mrs. Shattles guilty
of murder with a recommendation
of mercy. No defense had been of
fered.
Judge W. C. Hendrix announced
the sentence.
Chief Prosecutor Carl Copeland
submiteted a signed confession as
, evidence as the state briefly out-
1 lined its case. Two city policemen,
Patrolmen C. R. Davis and Detective
W. E. Petty told how they went to
the Shattles home after Mrs. Shat
tles called the police.
Taylor One of Thirty
Counties To Attend
Carrollton Meeting
Parent Education Workshop to
Be Conducted at Carrollton
November 11-12.
Industrial Home
At Macon Chooses
New Officers
Macon, Oct.f 11—New trustee/ for
the Georgia Industrial Home were
elected atthe annual meeting ofthe
group recently.
Trustees elected for-a three-year
term include G. W. McCommon, C.
A. Baldwin, J. N. Birch, Jr., T. R.
Denmark, W. C. Scott, W. E. Cars
well and H. E. Fourcher, Jr.
Officers for the coming year
were also selected at the meeting
an dinclude C. A. Badlwin, presi
dent; C. W. Walger, v-president; G.
G. Abney, treasurer; C. C. Morgan
secretary, and C. L. Whaley, chair
man of the board.
New members of the Executive
Committee include R. A. McCord Jr.
chairman; J. T. Morgan, G. G. Ab
ney, H. S. Wilder and C. A. Bald-
win - 'JPf
At the business meeting, the
trustees went on record as thank
ing the local Moose Club for its ef
forts to raise $45,000 for a senior
boys cottage at the Home. The new
cottage will be named MooseSenior
Boys Cottage.
By MRS. BERNICE McCULLAR
! Leaders who will help Northwest
I Georgia parents organize study
| groups to talk about family prob
lems will be trained at the Parent
: Education Workshop at Carrollton
| Nov. 11-12.
| This is one of seven such work-
| shops scheduled for this fall on
the college campuses of Georgia
! under the sponsorship of the Geor
gia Congress of Parents and
Teachers. Miss Inez Wallace of
Atlanta is chairman of the Parent
Education PTA committee. In
charge of the Carrollton Workshop
are Mrs. E. G. Dallmus of Macon,
Miss Mary Free and Collus John
son, Carrollton, Mrs. Frances Poole
Forsyth, Mrs. Oscar Spurlin, Co
lumbus and W. J. McGlothlin, At
lanta.
Each PTA in the 28 counties of
the district had been invited to
send at least two of its members.
These leaders will be trained in
the techniques of getting fathers
and mothers together in informal
discussion-study groups to learn
more about the big problem of be
ing good parents.
“The PTA has long recognized
that good homes are vital factors
in the building of the stable per
sonalities that the modern world
desperately needs,” say the PTA
leaders. “Parents realize how enor
mous is the job of building goood
homes and good family relation
ships, and they are seeking help in
this area.”
How to use resource materials
available in their communities,
where to get good boosts, good
films, and speakers who can come
and talk to them about their prob
lems will be featured on the work
shop program. Exhibits of the lat
est materials will be displayed
The main theme of the workshop
will be insistence upon every par-
rent’s realizing that he or she has
some contribution to make to the
group.
Mrs. Harry M. Kandel of Savan
nah is president of the Georgia
Congress of/the PTA.
February 18-21 Date
Set For Georgia Press
Institute in Athens
Man Electrocuted
In Ala. for Murder
Of Fishing Trip Pal
Deasmon Miles Dies at Kilby
Prison for Death of
Alton Hill.
M. P. DEAN NAMED
CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR
FOR MARCH OF DIMES
Mr. M.
servation
P. Dean, local Soil Con-
! Technician has accepted
James the appointment as Taylor County
Campaign Director for the 1953
March of Dimes.
In accepting this important as
signment, Mr. Dean solicits tfte as
sistance of all churches, schools,
In complance with Alabama Gov.
Gordon Persons’ instruction Deas-,
mon Miles was put to death in thcj c * v * c clubs, fraternal organizations
electric chair at Kilby Prison community groups and all citizens
shortly after midnight Friday * n reaching the goal set for Tay-
j morning for the swamp shotgun I* 01- county.
j killing of his fishing, companion,! National headquarters inform us
James Alton Hill near Andalusia! that the fight against polio has
I Ala., 17 months ago. The body of'reached a critical stage, perhaps a
jthe slain man was not found until turning point. We must be equal to
jmore than a month after the trage- ' our responsibilities, ready to ex-
: dy. | pioit the advantages which we
| Both men were residents of Ro-jhave gained and for which we; Montgomeryhospit al
berta at the time of the tragedy.' have labored so long. The 1953 she breathed her last,
j Miles was arrested in the slain j March of Dimes must solidify these
'man’s car after a traffic accident' gains. It must be our greatest ef-
! near Luverne, Ala. , | Tort.
I Both at the trial and later at a j — — —-
' clemency hearing before the gov- \ MI1 .
ernor’s legal adviser, the defense Pf|A DlStriCT I f|9S
Mrs. Waif Horn
Claimed by Death
After Brief Illness
Laid to Rest Yesterday Beside
Late Husband in Cemetery
At Statesboro.
i
: insisted that Miles is mentally irre
sponsible. His attorney produced a
letter from a school teacher saying i
it took hte defendant five years to I
get through the first three grades, Vienna WST JaTUlQcy
and he quit school after, that.
Delightful Meeting at
Native of Butler Is
Interested in Search
For Oil'in This County
Butler and surrouunding com
munities were thrown into deep
grief and sorrow Tuesday morning
when announcement was made of
the death shortly before midnight
Monday of Mrs. Waif Bivens Horn.
The death of Mrs. Horn is
thought to have been due to cere
bral hemorrhage from which she
was ill about a week during which
time she was a patient at the
and where
She was in
the 83rd year of her age.
From early womanhood to age
of retirement, Mrs. Horn was one
of the state’s best known telegraph
operators. Her last service in this
capacity was at Statesboro, Ga.,
where her heart and hand were
sought and won by Mr. O. W. Horn
leading business man of that city.
Following the death of her de
voted husband and her retirement
from telegraph agency work, Mrs.
school, we registered and took our
We ^were in conversation Monday
with a native of Butler and resid
ing here until after reaching his
yeaijs of majority as one esteemed |
most highly by all of us. 1 . ...
The one referred to has been a fieats ln the auditorium. The meet-
leading citizen of one of the prin- ,J n £ was called to order by Martha
cipal cities of Texas for several j pucker, Vice President of District I.
years and has given Considerable I were welcomed^by Ouida Hand
time, thought and interest to the I | e y> President, of the Vienna Chap-
Horn returned to Taylor county, the
The FHA of District I had a very home of her nativity to make her
nice time at the fall meeting Sat-j home with her sister, Mrs. Laura
urday at Vienna. |Bivins Jordan; these occupying the
The bus left the high school at | the old Colonial home—one of the
8 o’clock Saturday morning with | best preserved and most beautiful
20 passengers from the Butler j in Georgia—locate on U. S.
Chapter and 10 from the Reynolds j Highway No. 19, 12 miles north of
Chapter. Miss Myra Byrd and Mrs. j toAm.
Marie White, Home Ec teacher of j This property a few r years ago
the two groups accompanied them, j was transferred by sale to Mr.
Upon arrival at the Vienna high i William Allen Jarrell, who while
oil fields of the Lone Star State. j ter - A v '- r y impressive
Ho deeply interested us in the I ceremony was
fact that he had under considera- i County School
tion the search for oil in Taylor
county by the drilling of a well at
what he considered a most favor
able point.
Basement rock in this area, un
derlying of which our friend be
lieves to be plenty of oil for com
mercial purposes, is said to be two ■
to four thousand feet under theJ
surface.
A nice cash sum is pledged by
state authorities to be paid to the
drillers of the first commercial oil
well in the state. We sincerely
trust our friend and our county
many claim the honor and credit
for securing these great benefits.
Athens, Ga., Oct. 12—The Geor
gia Press Institute will meet in its
silver anniversary session Feb. 18-
21. The date was set Saturday by
the Institute Committee and the
Board of Managers of the Georgia
Press Association meeting at the
University of Georgia’s Henry Gra
dy School of Journalism.
The committee, headed by John
Fleetwood of the Cartersville Trib
une-News, was directed to proceed
at once with plans for the 25th an
nual session. Other committeemen
are Norman Chalker, Sylvania Tele
phone and E. T. Methvin, Eastman
Times-Journal.
The Institute chairman is the son
of Milton Fleetwood, former Insti
tute chairman and former presi
dent of the Georgia Press Associa
tion.
Dental Group Again Preaching at Antioch
Endorses Movement to jChurch Next Sunday
Purify Water Supply
Savannah, Oct. 12—Leaders in
the Georgia Dental Association at
'the start of their 85th annual con-
i vention in Savannah Sunday, re-
i affirmed their endorsement of
: flurodation of public water supplies
and urged renewed activity toward
extesion to all parts of the state.
New communities now fluoridat
ing their water, they reported, are
Rome, Gainesville and Monroe. De-
|Kalb County was ‘he first Georgia
'community to add fluorides to
| water and Athens was second.
Dentist said that “fluoridation of
i water, at most negligible cost, has
; been demonstrated as a definite
I control of dental cares.” Results
after a year's use in DeKalb were
termed “spectacular and highly
gratifying.”
I Sunday School at 10:30 a. m.
.Philip Jarrell, Supt. We have a
| good school and urge you to be with
Us Sunday for the study of a great
lesson.
| Preaching at 11:30 a. m. by the
pastor. Please read the 9th chapter
of Acts. Our text will be the 5th
j verse. This is a very revealing text.
i Some great truths emerge from it.
Won’t you come aud brihg a,
friend to hear this message?
Preaching, prayer and praise at'
7:30 p. m. This is always a helpful
service. Come and enjoy it with us.
Antioch church and its pastor ex
tend a most cordial invitation to
all the people of the community to j
worship with us Sunday in all our
services. You will find a warm!
welcome.
Come with prayer for the serv
ices and for the pastor.
J. H. Stanford, Pastor.
Woman Found Dead
Of Shotgun Wound
At Richland Home
emblem
given by the Lee
Marsha Tucker in
troduced Senator Walter George
who gave a short speech. Mrs.
Bernice McCullar was speaker of
the day. A picnic lunch was served
at 12 noon. After lunch (he pro
gram consisted of a talent show,
talk on the Inez Murray Award by
a former winner, ways of observ
ing National FHA week and Poster
Winner announcements.
The hosless Chapters wgre Vien
na, Hawkinsville, and Unadilla.
This day was spent in a very
profitable manner.
Those attending from Butler
were Louise Childree, Earline Chil-
dree, Shirley Harmon, Patsy Brady,
Merrell Harbuck, Mary Jo Harbuck,
Maxalyn Miller, Mary Ann Moore,
Mary Frances Jones, Dean Stewart
Betty Jo Jarrell, Virginia Max
well, Betty Watson, Doris Martin,
Gordene Blackston, Mary Ann 1
Wainwright, Nancy Childs, Emily [
Jane Barney, Leila Robinson, Ruth
Kendrick. Mr. E. T. Eubanks drove
the bus.
with his family are occupying the
residence, granted Mrs. Jordan and
Mrs. Horn the priviege of continu
ing residence in the home as
long as either or both of the ladies
might live
Mrs. Horn’s parents were the
late Hon. James H. and Mrs. Mary
Walker Bivens, both of whom
passed away many years ago. Her
nearest surviving relative is Mrs.
Jordan, her sister with whom she
lived as stated above.
The remains of Mrs. Horns were
moved by ambulance frem Butler
to Statesboro Tuesday andlay in
state at the Methodist church until
Wednesday morning at 10.30
o'clock where and when funeral
took place being conducted by Rev.
John S. Lough, pastor of the
church and Rev. C. W. Hancock
pastor of the Butler Methodist
church and of which the deceased
was an active member.
A group of local citizens and de
voted friends of Mrs. Horn motored
to Statesboro to attend the fu
neral services.
Richland, Oct. 11—A 23 year old
mother of two was found dead in
her home hpre« yesterday .
Stewart County Coroner J.E. Hall
of Lumpkin said death was the re
sult of “a self-inflicted gunshot
wound.”
Mrs. Sara P. Anderson, wife of
W. S. Anderson, was found lying
across a bed shortly after a neigh
bor heard the shot. The coroner
said a 16 gauge shot gun was
found near her body.
The coroner also said that a note
left by the young woman indicated
suicide intentions.
Mrs. Anderson, the daughter of i Club Friday—-tomorow
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Perry of Rich-1 Soil Conservation
land,attended high school here and
was married about four years ago.
Prominent Farmer and
Conservationist of Peach
County Coming to Crowell
Mr. Houser Davidson, past presi
dent of the Georgia Assocoation of
District Supervisors and Master
Farmer from Peach County will
address the Crowell Community
night on
One of Georgia’s leading Master
Farmers, Mr. Davidson puts into
She leaves her husband; two chil-j practice what he advocates and
dren, a daughter, 3 years, and a
son, 13 months; and her parents.
Persons with Heart
Conditions Can and
Should Work Tis Said
one need only to visit his farm to
see the proof fo his belief.
Preaching at the Butler
Methodist Church Sunday
Layman's Day to be
Observed by Reynolds
Methodists Sunday
Sunday will be a very important
day in the Methodist church. This
is the day when the program, im
portance and responsibility of the
laymen are brought before the pe-
ple.
Our Charge Lay Leader L. W.
Cook will be in charge of our
morning worship at 11 o'clock. Our
guest speaker will be Harold F.
Lumley, active layman of the Sec
ond Street Methodist Church in
Macon.
The evening service at 7:30 p. m.
will be sponsored by the Woman’s
Society of Christian Service with
Mrs. F. M. Carson, president, in
charge. At this hour the work and
interest of the WSCS will be pre
sented; also in observance of
United Nations Week, important
facts of the United Nations will be
presented.
Everyone invited, and our mem
bers are especially urged to at
tend and take part in these two
important services of our church.
C. E. Smith Jr., Pastor.
Atlanta—"Because the heart pa
tient’s social, economic and mental Evening worship begins at 7:30 p.
There will be services at the But
ler Methodist church Sunday. The I
morning worship wiii begin at 11 1 Hallowe'en Carnival at
condition has such a direct effect
on his physical condition, he
should be allowed to do work he.is
able to do,” Rome A. Betts, execu
tive director of hte American Heart
Association announces.
Mr. Betts is. in Atlanta to lead a
two-day conference of about 30
representatives of heart associa
tions in five Southern states. They
are North and South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Georgia and Florida. The
meeting is at the Ansley Hotel.
m. At the evening hour the pastor
will speak on the theme, “No Time
Like the Present.”
Sunday School begins at 10 a. m.
Members are urged to give faith
ful attendance to their classes. The
teachers are preparing their lessons
lor every member. Let not the con
secrated effort be wasted as far as
you are concerned.
The Youth meetings begin at 6:15
p* m.
Crowell October 25th
Crowell PTA will sponsor a “Hal
lowe’en Carnival” at the school
house Saturday night, Oct. 25th.
Fun for all. Bingo, fish pond,
cake walk, plenty of hot dogs,
chicken salad sandwiches, home
made candy and popcorn balls.
I The big event of file evening will
~ w l. r, . be crowning hte“King and Queen.”'
C. W. Hancock, Pastor. 1 Don’t forget the date Oct. 25th.