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Butler Herald
VOLUME 77.
_*J EP1NG EVERLASTINGLY AT IT 1 jS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1
OBSERVATIONS
NOTE:—We have as our guest
columnist this week Mrs. Lynda
Bryan of Talbotton, a most brilliant
woman and of whom all Talbot
county is glad to call their own.
Butler was at one time most happy
in the fact that Mrs. Bryan—at
that time Miss Lynda Lee—was a
member of its high school faculty.
At that time “Miss Lynda’’ had as
her primary pupil the son of one
of Butler’s most outstanding fami
lies consisting of grandparents who
in reconstruction days following
the War Between the States were
leading forces in healing wounds
and re uniting a broken country;
DR. MARTIN SUCCEEDS
DR. QUILLIAN AS HEAD
OF WESLEYAN COLLEGE
23, 1952.
Reynolds Baptist
To Begin Revival
Sunday Morning
NUMBER 4.
Dr. H. Lewis Battle of Macon,
To Preach; Rev. Forrest
Junkins, Song Leader.
Macon, Oct. 20—Dr. B. J. Martin
of Greensboro, N. C., will assume
the presidency of Wesleyan College
on Jan. 1.
The executive director of the
Methodist College Foundation of
North Carolina was named to the
post Saturday’. ,, „
tv ... _ .... Th e Reynolds Baptist church will
nf A i n i M ' F ‘ ? uill J an be S in revival Sunday and con-
of Atlanta and Macon who has tinue thru Friday of next week.
S tT tHe I Dr ’ H ’ Lewis Batts ° f Macon will
I ath ast fa 1 of Dr< Sllas Johnson. | be the guest preacher. Rev. Forest
Dr. Martin is a native of|Junkin s of Macon will lead the
Bourg, La., attending the Unicersity. singing. There will be services
and parents who were looked upon {of Cincinnati for three years and twice on Sunday—11 a. m. and 7.30
for guidance locally in affairs re- received Bachelor of Theology de- p. m.—and evening services only
garding church, public office, edu- grees from Pasadena, Calif, College' Monday through Friday at 7:30 p.’
cational and civic interests. in 1935-36. I m.
From days of “Miss Lynda’’ as He holds higher degree from the* Dr. Batts, Professor of Religious
a teacher in Butler, friendships. University of Southern California. .Education at Mercer University is
then formed have never grown I ^ f ter servmg as pastor of the I currently also the interm minister
cold — not even luke-warm — as Methodist Church of Reseda, Calif.. j a t the West Point Baptist Church,
by the following contribu-. at Taft, Calif., from'and is active in the YMCA and
Fall Revival Begins I death of h.m. Clements
At Baptist Church
Monday October 27
Dr.} Durward V. Cason of
Hapeville to Assist Local
Pastor During Revivla.
The Butler Baptist church will.
begin its Fall Revival Monday. Dr.
Durward V. Cason, pastor of the'
First Baptist church of Hapeville, I
will be visiting preacher.There will*
BUENA VISTA BUSINESS
LEADER IS DEPLORED
citi-
Short Motor
Tragically
Citizens.
Truck Ride Ends
for Two Local
t '
Sorrow was deeply felt by
zens of Taylor county especially in
the western section, upon learning
of the death during the past week
of Mr. Homer M. Clements Sr., of
Buena Vista, a leading merchant of
that city for a number of years. He
was 58 years of age, a lifetime
resident of Marion county, son of
the late Mr. Robert E. and Mrs.
Mattie McCall Clements.
& win' He attended Gordon Institute, „ __
be services twice daily: 10:30 a m. i Barnesville, and wasa graduate of*g etbe r Saturday about noon with
and 7:30 p. m. We have always re-| the Univer sity of Georgia. jin the City of Butler must come
joiced at the good gospel singing L, Since his graduation from college .from their own lips,
of these revival services and look | r ‘ CJements has been in the gen-j Nevertheless as matters now
forward again to inspiration pro-!„ ral merchandising business in, stand Mr. Lawson W. Wilson, ice
vided by the singing of the eospel ■ Buena Vista. He was superintendent i manufacturer of Butler, also opera
1 ° ® or nf Morinv. nniinL. x. _ I I n rtf n flrtrtf _ C I e _ 11 *
Mr. Lawson Wilson
Hospitalized After
Unfortunate Mishap
Facts as to just what actually
transpired between two of Butler’s
well known and most highly es
teemed citizens as they rode to-
shown by the following contribu-i* n and at ^ ailu
tion from our most highly esteemed ! 1940 to 1942, he was named vice j civic clubs of Macon. He has taught
Talbotton friend: | president of Asbury Theological j a t Brewton-Parker Junior Collfge
7 Wl mere, Ky., in 1945' and Hephzibah, and was for five
Butler and Talbotton JJJ atar bec f assistant to the | years Secretary of the Georgia Bap-
' verqifv nt ° f ° klahoma Clty Uni " I tist Training Union. He is listed in
! h» _ .. .. I Who’s Who in America, and holds
, H ,'h. Wa ^2Sl e Sf£ e p f- D : a '8ree from the Hartford
Louege rounda-j School of Religious Education.
Slhare Honors
By LYNDA BRYAN
icf the Methodist
When Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Da-, tion of North Carolina in 1949. ; R ev . Junkins is at Dresent a Sen
vant of Houston, Texas and Miss | Dr. Martin was elected tohis|j or at Mercer University and sings
hymns. There will be a period of
singing for the young people of
the community prior to the evening
worship. A place will be provided
gor a Youth Choir each evening.
Oi|r evangelical churches have al
ways found a strengthening of
spiritual life through revival ef
forts; Our individual lives have
been strengthened as we have met
and sung and shared our Christian
expediences. It i s hoped that the
people of our community will give
testimony to their Christian ex
perience as by their presence they
of Marion county schools for a tor of a fleet of trucks for public
number of years, was a deacon in
the Buena Vista Baptist church, a
hauling is expected to be a pa
tient at the local hospital for some
Hortense Davant of Corsicana, Tex., new office at the annual meeting of j n the Mercer choir. He is serving 1 support these'servics
made them visit to Georgia last the board of d,rector of Wesleyan i,he Evergreen Baptist Church Tear i dT Cason U
Other items of business included Cochran and the
(he election of Rev. Melvin E.
Georgia
week they bestowed their interest
imaprtially upon Butler, their native
hearth of the Davants and Talbot
ton, the one-time home-town of
their grand-parents, the late Col.
P. E. Davant and family.
Guests of the local home like
Dean Hotel they sought the old ac
quaintances of the years, and in
turn were welcomed with a loyal
cordiality—school mates and elders
renewed friendships and renewed
the “don’t you remember?” with a
sentiment warm and glowing for
they were the children of the late
J. E. and Laura Edwards Davant,
beloved and honored .through years
of noble living and gentle minis
tries—they had grown up in the
town and had given of their best
to the schools, churches and so
ciety.
Because of the removal of their
brother, Mr. William Davant, to
Texas they followed and establish
ed themselves in an outstanding
way. Philip married a
from Ohio and Texas who called
herself a “Yankee.” If
“Yankee” give
many more of
Peavy, Cordele, district superin
tendent of the Americus district to
serve the unexpired term of the
late Dr. T. D. Ellis, and the elec
tion of McKibben Lane of Macon
to serve the unexpired term of thg
late Dr Johnson.
D. A. Turner of Columbus was
chairman of the special nominat
ing committee for naming the new
president.
Tax Relief for
Servicemen Who
Exchange Homes
Baptist Church, Sparta, as pastor,
and will be at the services starting
Monday evening.
You are cordially invited to at
tend any or all of these services.
Buena Vista Lions Club
Honors Memory of a
Former District Member
C^son is a pastor that is
Mineral Springs j gratly loved in Georgia. He is presi
From Marion County Patriot:
Memorials honoring Edward H.
McMichael, who was an active
member of the club at the time of
his death, were presented at the
meeting of the Buena Vista Lions
Club October 7th. Memorial resolu
tion in his memory was read to
the club by Lion C. W. Duncan and
dent of the Georgia Baptist Pastor’s
Conference and will preside over its
annual meeting in Atlanta next
month. He is a past president of
the Baptist Training Union of Geor
gia and still active in promoting
activities for young people in our
churches. The Hapeville Church
under his leadership has shown a
wonderful growth and they are
now in the second phase of a large
building program.
All of the people of Taylor coun
ty are invited to come to these
services. You will find a cordial
welci^jje to all of the services and
we ask you to invite and bring
! your friends.
GordQn A. Hunter, Pastor.
Vienna Newspaperman
Is Chosen President
Of Dist. Press Group
member and past president of the! time while receiving treatment by
Buena Vista Lions Club, a member | physicians for two painful injuries
of the American Legion and Phi .of the skull, a badly fractured nose
Delta Theta, and served in the 1 and the left arm cruched at the el<
Army in World War I. j bow, besides other bruises about
While attending the University i the body.
Mr. Clements was an all-Southern | Mr. J. C. Haywood, operator of
baseball player for three years at Haywood Brothers Tourist Court
which time he won many college j just north of the business section
honors for his athletic activities. jbut within the city limits, being
Mr. Clements had been a patient J informed of Mr. Wilson’s fall to the
at the Veterans hospital in Dublin, j pavement nearby from the truck
Ga., where he died Saturday, fol-1 previously occupied by him and Mr,
lowed by funeral services at the j James Saunders, rendered imme-
First Baptist Church at Buena Vista diate aid hurrying the unfortunate
Monday afternoon.
Forsyth Woman Is
Stabbed Many Times
By Mental Defective
Atlanta, Ga.—Special provisions
to ease the federal income tax for j was "adonted^Fni w7n 77777 77*
M rrsTj? Ell
many more ol them. Her name is State Department of Vets Service 77 r*. Tbe C ub by Ll0n A ‘ S-
Grace and her every motion and said todav ’IBoyette. It was accepted in behalf
utterance emanates GRACE, DIG-1 Recent legislation amended the! 3 Club President R - T -
N1TY and CHARM. | internal revenue law to provide that j th 7 official" emblem P tf\ion" S Ctab * Perry Hotel in Perry Suhda7after'-
Hortense is lovely flower to j money obtained by selling a house underneath which the following in I noon - He succeeds Mrs. Nora Smith,
r a Vr OWn| a rase in bloom ;|. ls not taxable as a capital gain ifl scription was engraved Buena v£‘ Editor of the Wiregrass Farmer,
while Philip is all that a fine and lit is used to buy a replacement' ta 1 Z rnl if Si f 1. ‘ "
consecrated business man can be. | within a year or after the sale of KdwarcJ H McMichS3* ° f Ll ° n
At Talbotton the scene changes i bte house. If the replacement is I
Mr. Claude Methvin, editor of
the Vienna News was elected presi
dent of the Third District Press As
sociation at a meeting^ at the New
and panorama that rolls back to order, it must be started
nearly a century. 'Twas in Talbot- j wit hin a year after the sale and
ton the Davants’ grandfather was | completed six months thereafter.
President of the historic LeVert-j ,7 be new law expands this pro-
College. ’Twas in Talbotton that! v * s i° n b Y adding to the year any
their father attended Collingsworth active military duty of 90 days or
Institute. Twas in Talbotton their m ore. This means that a service
grandmother’s brother, Dr. E. C. P ef son who sells his hpme after he
Moyer, practiced medicine and the reports for military duty and not
pay income tax on the proceeds of
the sale provided he buys another
house within a year after the end
of his military service, and pro
vided further that all the proceeds
from the sale of the old house are
reinvested in the new house.
Two limitations must be borne in
mind: Purchase of another house
Moyer family were prominent in
every good word and work, and
later their aunts, Miss Lily Moyer
and the Minhinnetts went to the
cities and became famous in vari
ous civilian services.
’Twas at Talbotton that one of
Philip’s earlier teachers was a stu
dent under the great iP. E. Davant
and his daughters, Misses Gertrude
and Mattie.
It was in Talbotton Mrs. John A.
Smith—“the little Susie Fowler of
Butler years”—now dwells and at
present is visiting Roy Fowler,
Philip’s pal and friend of school
days.
Also the Davant’s charming rela
tive, Mrs. Carter Matthews’ family,
is prominent in every laudable en
deavor.
The Davants also visited the Ed
wards’ kin and relatives at Perry;
re-uniting with Mrs. Jeanette Wal
lace Oliphant in Macon.
They wended their way home
ward to the Lone Star State, leav- The Harmony Quartet will ap
ing memories bright and lasting. 1 pear in concert at Cross Roads
school Saturday, 8 p. m.
« | - I The school will sponsor a Hal-
LaKe jdlC lowe’en Carnival before the con-
cert.. There will be a fish pond,
01 0 u 1 rti ;cake walk, plenty of hot dogs, home
The Dorcas Sunday School Class made candy drinks and {ortune
of the Reynolds Methodist church. telling. A quilt will be
will sponsor a Cake and Pie Salei some ] ucky person
tomorrow’—Friday—at the D. W. | Evervone i s cordially invited
Payne office in Reynolds. The sale hear the Harmonv Bovs’
Talbotton Becomes Lively
Livestock, Poultry Center
(By Mrs. Lynda Bryan)
Talbotton and its environs have
become sources of pride and in
terest. As one drives about the au
tumn touched pastures, there is an
uplift and thrill at the pictures of
cattle on the green hillsides. Such
far seeing men as Messrs L. G.
Parker Jr., J. L. Taylor, R. H. Mc
Rae, A. P Persons, R. H. Chris and
Forsyth, Oct. 19—James Lamar,
23-year-old former inmate of the
state mental hospital, has ad
mitted stabbing Mrs. Theo Rumble,
wife of the retired school superin
tendent at Forsyth, after breaking
into her home according to Police
Chief Paul Wilson.
Mrs. Rumble was stabbed over 30
limes in the back, adbomen and
face. While her condition is not
considered critical the exact extent
of her injuries is undetermined.
The attack occurred at 11 p. m.
an d before bloodhounds could ar
rive from Jonesboro, Wilson, on a
hunch, went to Lamar’s home for
an inquiry at 4:15 a. m.
The young colored man was
found in bed with bloodstains on
his hands and clothing, the chief
said. A weapon was found nearby.
He rpadily admitted the attack,
Chief Wilson said. Lamar had been
picked up on “Peeping Tom”
charges previously, but because of
his known mental condition, charg
es were dropped, the chief said.
After an attempted arson case last
year, Lamar was sent to Milledge-
ville.
Circumstances surounding
pital were
known.
not immediately
Georgia Baptist
Association Holds
169th Convention
must take place witihn four years!Thomas Callier, Jesse and Henry
after the first house was sold; mili- Gumsden who major in hogs; these
tary service after Jan. 1, 1954, may | men ha ve paved the way to an in-
not be counted toward extending dus try far reaching in it’s commer-
the purchase deadline. * cial possibilities.
Barrett invited interested persons
to call by the nearest branch office
of the State Department of Vets
Service for advice and assistance.
Barbecue Tomorrow Night
Harmony Quartet Coming
To Cross Roads Oct. 25th
! Barbecue will bes erved at S. S.
Moore’s Store Friday—tomorrow’—
! trom 6 to 8 p. m. Proceeds will go
I to the building fund of theUble ways to show where
j Turners Chapel Church. Price ofjey goes” he said, “but it Is spent
1 plates will be $1.00 Each. Public is in a way one wouldn’t notice and
cordially invited.
Ashburn.
Other * oficers elected for a
one-year term included Charles
Benns Jr., of the Butler Herald,
Butler, Vice President and Ivy
Peebles of the News Record, Fort
Gaines, Secretary.
Cooper Ethridge, Editor of the
Houston Home Journal, guest of
the association and President of
the state press association, in a
splendid talk before his visitors
stated his gratification that the
body had voted to meet with Third
District legislators Friday, Dec. 5th
in an effort to create better rela
tions and further co-operation be
tween the two groups.
dres"° before 'the* body 6 was" fcnf E^H• CQ —n"' Xj ? , ™
tor and Publisher Carl Rountree of & Dt ed hv thP inoS , Were
the Dawson News, recently return- *3 S tZ r 69th 3
ed from a 30-dav trin abroad sion of the Georgia Baptist As-
The Dawson published described *£?‘cliTrch^Th^ Semln^TtFl P
effects of the war and living con- f EJ a Se t m ' nary Ar lcl f
ditions in Europe, defense develop- d m n a J d ■ 38 a stand ’
ments after World War II and told j The next
of vast black market activities October 373 3 7 d 3
which plague France. 1 h . j . ’ . „ e Salem Baptist
Rountree salt! none ot the hun. !? U / ch „ " 1Cou "</■ w ‘‘ h ®fv
dreds of people he quizzed could Go n P . r 7 3 L l nC ? n
say specifically where Marshall j B aoti t P h 3TV 3, tbl6 Coshe £
Aid monies provided by the U. S.! P int 3 h ’ scheduled to preach
had been spent. “There are no vis .; the introductory sermon,
the mon-
victim to the hospital, where he
was given prompt attention noting
the seriousness of his condition.
When questioned by investigate
ing officers, Mr. Saunders stated
that Mr. Wilson in some mannea
either fell or leaped from the cab
i of his truck at an unexpected
| moment while the two were riding
i together. They had ridden together
| only a short distance before the
mishap.
Mr. Wilson requested that a war-i
rant be taken for Mr. Saunders
charging him with “Assault with
Intent to Murder”. Such action
was promptly taken and arrest ot
Mr. Saunders was made. Bond in
the amount of $1,000 was fixed by
Justice of the Peace W. G. Hill
which was immediately furnished
and he resumed his business as
sand pit operator.
Therq will in all probability bs
no further court action until grand
jury hearing at the January term
of Taylor superior court.
Universally Beloved
Albany P. M. Retires from
Race for Group's President
Regrettable to his many friends
throughout the state was the an
nouncement Saturday that Al
bany’s postmaster, Hon. Dan L.
mar's release from the Slate h£ ^ bS °"
COME!
given to
will begin at 11 a. m. Sandwiches,
pie and cake and coffee will also
be served.
to
program
of Gospel songs and spirituals, and
enjoy the fun that goes with Hal
lowe’en before the program.
When? Friday—tomorrow—7 p.m-
What? Hallowe’en, hotdog sup
per and carnival.
Where? Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones’
garage.
Given for the benefit of the
Howard Methodist Church Sunday
Schoal rooms.
Everyone invited. There will be
cats and ghosts both greet and
small, and a jolly good time will
be had by all.
is really doing a wonderful job.”
Hallowe'en Carnival at
Crowell October 25th
Son of Judge Fort
Buys Partner's Interest
In Real Estate Firm
dacy for president of the National
Association of Postmasters of the
United States.
Gibson, who was believed to
have had better than even chance
tor election to this office, withdrew
his candidacy in a last-minute de
cision.
The election was held Saturday
in Boston and final results were
not yet tabulated at press time.
Gibson made his withdrawal
known in the form of a telegram
to his associates in the Albany
postoffice department. The tele
gram read in part: “The cards were
stacked against me and the ma
chine was rolling.”
Postal Fraud Is
Laid to Daughter of
Georgia Postmaster
Columbus, Oct. 20—T. Hicks Fort
Jr. has purchased the interest of
„ . Mr- and Mrs. Ed Wohlwender Sr.,
Crowell PTA will sponsor a “Hal- and Ed Wohlwender Jr in the
lowe’en Carnival” at the school j Wohlwener-Fort and Co’ realtv
house Saturday night, Oct. 25th. firm.
Fun for all. Bingo, fish pond, Fort joined the organization as
cake walk, plenty of hot dogs, j manager from 1941 to 1944 when he
chicken salad sandwiches, home went into the Air Corps Upon his
made candy and popcorn balls.
The big event of the evening will
be crowning hte“King and Queen.”
Don’t forget the date Oct. 25th.
return he became a partner.
The 25 year old firm will now op
erate as Fort Realty Company with
offices at the same location.
Savannah, Oct. 17—A postmas
ter s daughter has been charged at
Savannah with issuing approxi*
mately $2,7000 worth of postal mon*
eyorders fraudulently for her own
benefit.
She was identified by assistant
U. S. Attorney Julian Hartridge as
Mary Jo. Rolinson, 24, daughter of
the Ohoopee, Ga., postmaster.
Hartridge said 35 of the fraudu
lent certificates were issued, he
added that the defendant was not
an employee of the Ohoopee office.
U. S. Commissioner W. A. Wells
Jr., said Miss Rolinson admitted the
charge. He released her after a pre
liminary hearing under $500 bond
to await action of a federal grand
jury. _,