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VOLUME 77.
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■ yjnivctsi y "KEEPING EVER LAS TINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET
OP SUCCESS”
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1952.
NUMBER 5.
With the arrival each Friday of
the Marion County Patriot a sprite-
ly little newspaper published at
Buena -Vista, we center our atten
tion for the first few moments to
front page featured column con
ducted by Rev. R. T. Padgett,
Methodist pastor of our Marion
county metropolis. Through his
weekly contribution this popular
minister is doing a splendid serv
ice and for which we congratulate
him most heartily.
THREE 4-H MEMBERS
GET AWARDS AT POULTRY
SHOW IN MACON FAIR
Taylor County’s entries in the
Georgia 4-H Club poultry chain
show at the State Fair in Macon
last week won Red Ribbons, Vernon
Reddish, County Agent annonced.
The birds were shown by Rolin
Stevens, Patsy Posey and Ronnie
Posey of Reynolds. Besides the rib
bons, they received $4.00 each in
awards.
Brother and Uncle
Of Local Citizens
Killed by Train
Mr. E. A. Gammage, Railway
Engineer, Killed by Freight
Train at Americus Yesterday.
Friends of Mrs. Pearl Gammage
j Hamilton and family deeply sym
pathize with them in the tragic
death to which their brother and
uncle was a victim yesterday at
Americus.
It was Mr. E. A. Gammage, 68
years of age, engineer for the
Butler Is Visited
By Unwelcomed
Weekend Caller
Service Stations Burglarized
Sunday Night; Some Cash
And Other Items Missing.
TALBOT OFFICERS
PROBE SLAIN MAN'S
DEATH ON HIGHWAY
During the quiet hours of Sun
day evening or Monday morning, , . ... XT
two of the gasoline filling stations if ' h ?Negro, and
Talbotton — The crushed, tire-
marked body of . a 20-year-old
Montgomery Negro tru<jk driver was
found in a shallow ditch near Tal
botton a few days ago and a coro
ner's jury ruled that he was mur
dered.
Police in three states were alert
ed to be on the lookout for a white
south of the public square in But-!? V’ ai ] er trupl 1 '\ bicb tha victim
w fomiiio.i,, as thocp nf I Ja 5" k James Webb—was driving.
‘Bedsheet’ Ballot
Awaits Georgians
Five Days Away
Never Before Has As Much
Interest Been Manifested in a
General Election.
Mr H^^ChildreT anflJr'°*A F I Inv estigators last night had not! hope of all candidates that citizens
Locke’were entered by force bv discounted th e possibility that Webb [won’t let the size of the ballot-
party or parties unknown and un-l™? 1 have bee " a ^tim of three ,22x28 inches-scare them away
■highwaymen who — 1 r —~~ — 1, ~
Tho local 4-H members earned
Not so many days ago Grace'the right to participate in the state
Methodist Church, Savannah, cele- show by first winning honors at a
brated its 75th anniversary with, county show here earlier,
a fine program headed by Rev. | Redish said 4-H’ers from 123
Forrest J. Gilbert, pastor. He was counties entered their flocks in the
ably assisted by Mrs. Gilbert and state show. “This event,’’ he said
their son, Emory, who is a i “is the climax to a year’s work in I” 11 ”, * u ‘ uw *" u * u ‘ eu “°°“ l ! PWJose or emnes was mai. through three states
valued member of the South Geor-l*he poultry chain which began J 1 ° clock by one °f the Seaboard s; of burglary. The Childres place of; Aarpnt r
gia Methodist Conference. The early in the year with each par- |^ ei Sht engines, Chief of Americus business is believed to have been
Gilbert family will long be re- ticipating club member receiving ?obce ’ J 1 ' ^ lus11 ^ reported. |the first entered by crashing
J 6 — W. C. Barnes, Seaboard em- door. From fright or some . ., ...
ploye, said he was the first to dis-1known reason the burglars left the|. , . . , w , H sp en . 1 • v ’
the boys and girls grow ‘ out” their I rover the bod y. found between the : scene with but little molestation. L,_ ht n a i is ec as
• * * chicks, following recommendations | Furlow and Hill Street crossing Just across the street from Mr. j Webb’s body was found in a
Some folks who are always talk- furnished by the University^ of; the Seaboard^^freight ^arjis. | CJiiidrfes^^establislirnent is that of sha]]ow ditch by w . L . Shumate j
With election only five days
away—Tuesday, Nov. 4th—the big
gest ballot in the history of Geor
gia is ready for voters and it is the
membered for their ministerial 110b baby chicks.”
service, social and educational in- i F be county agent contended that
terests in Butler for four years.
them
Seaboard Railway, at Americus,I welcomed in this vicinity. r^KvI'^T'on^ 11 WIl ° kic *naped and, from the polls,
who was struck and killed about The purpose of entries was that! robbcd 20 P< P?” S on a crime ram- All elections in Taylor county
"age through three states. have ben conducted fairly and hon-
Agent E. B. Deyo of the Georgia I es t] y and true count made. No
., .Bureau of T J
the
ur] c |that Webb had left Macon Friday'
T*° n _ re ^ e . a ) cd | charge otherwise has ever been
made so voters may have no fear
as to how their tickets are han
dled.
A large part of the ballot is of
no special interest to Taylor coun-
Hill Street crossing j Just across the street from Mr.
^ ^ ”j|near the Seaboard freight yards, j Childres’ establishment is that of _, iiajjuvv Ull( _ il u vv -uum
ing about the good old days of 50 Georgia Agricultural Extension Serv ^ ansler s a id Gammage was off du-j Mr Locke, entrance to which was; near his pas t ur / two miles east'o'f j tians - and the y can vote an Y P art
ty at that time. j gained by breaking the panes of | Talbotton of it or all of it. The part they vote
Officials of the railroad told a . glass in a window on the south
grips and check out for India. No, 1 The poultry chain got underway, uncials ot tne railroad told a glass m a winaow on tne sourn | The ]eft side of his head had will be counted and the part not
Sonny Boy, these are—in spite of in 1944 under the sponsorship of 1 ?. ron , s y?,S. uest that , Garam l age ;. in ^ sala s d epartment and; been crushed his rjght j aw vvas voted will be ignored by the elec-
politics which is so rotten at the the Sears Roebuck Foundation , all probability was struck by the of Mr. Locke. In doing so a jbroken, and one of bis ]egs appear- Uon managers.
present time—the best davs many £ince tha4 time the numbercia. Inbound freight for Montgomery j Land was evidently cut by broken, ed to be brokeni GB1 agents re .l By way of explanation of the
of us have ever seen The whole flocks in Georgia has increased the t™ 1 " tbat Gammage ordinarily glass furnishing a GBI representa-| Dorted I “bedsheet” ballot we state as fol-
trouble is that we are too ungrate- from 400 to 1,300. The average eg, j would j™ engineered had hejtive out of Macon ^early Mondayjln Tire marks were found across the!lows
ful for the things we have and too production per hen per year has in- been on dut y- . a s . ma1 . 1 quantl . 1y . of . blood ;body and an open pocket knife was
covetous for the Usings of others creased from 78 to 92 eggs. Reddish Mr. Gammage is survived by his 1 in addition to finger prints from a ]aying on Webb , s ‘abdomen
inings oi or e • stated that over 8 ,00(r farm boys j } vife , an d two children; also several, number of places in the office.^ jtigators said
Friends Sympathize
With Marion Official
In Painful Bums
If by chance we could come into and girls have gained poultry ex , . . ,
possession’ of a gold coin we’d P en ence thru (he 4-H chain since
cheerfully present it to the Butler,^ bc £ an
Drug Co. for their wise selection |
and good fortune in selecting at
tractive, courteous and attentive
girls as their sales-girls and soda-
fount attendants. We are all quite
familiar with how well Miss Sara
Harmon for more than two years
filled these these requirements most,
gracefully. Resigning recently her,From Marion County Patriot:
position to accept a more lucrative
one iooally with the U. S. Govern-} l. R. Youngblood, Clerk of Mari-
ment, Miss Harmon is succeeded at, on Superior Court received painful
the drug store by Miss Gloria Fay , injuries from a gasoline explosion
Locke, daughter of Mrs. Tim Locke, | a few days ago. Mr. Youngblood
who is proving herself to be Miss i was inspecting his pecan spraying
Harmon’s match in every particu I machine which had previously
I ar - ibeen cleaned by running gasoline
* * * j through it. It had subsequently
More Butler products fall victim been filled with water but enough
to the gifted pen of Mrs. Lynda gasoline vapor remained to ex-
Bryan of Talbotton, as related injplode. He struck a match to ob-
her Auld Acquaintance column in serve a leak in the tank and a
brothers and sisters and hosts of Upon checking his loss Mr. Locke j Police sajd the Negr0 apparently
—- ‘together with the inspector listed. had been hit over the head, with a
his cash register, which is said to; blunt instrument, thrown out of
have contained approximately $75, the truck and then run over with
in currency and silver; ^lso a few; tbe ve hicle
checks,charge tickets and important i
papers; two suits of clothes and I
other items of less value. Howard Starling Breaks
'Perfumed' Letter
Is Blamed For Illness
Of Fourteen Persons
From Austin, Texas comes this
remarkable statement:
__ Authorities investigated Saturday
a “perfumed letter” blamed ‘foT
sending 14 persons to the hospital,
four of them violently ill.
Department of Public Safety
technicians were attempting to de-Jfar been obtained.
termine whteher a "strong odor of j
cheap perfume” had been used to l/a • ... .
cover the smell of a poison. 0/ U60rQI3flS All6ll(l
Four employees of the Interna-j
tional Life Insurance Co., were un- H M A innVPIltiAII
der treatment at Brackenridge Gen- 1 *
Out of Jail House Here
Much to the surprise of Mr. i
Locke a telephone call about noon
Monday advised him that his cash
register, previously broken open! at • ki J li> ■ «
and relieved of its contents, had UUG’inQ MOilGdY NlQitl
beeq ffMnd in the. underbrush be- * *9
side 'a creek along'the highway
near Cordele.
No evidence as to who disposed
of the register, as related, has
,,,. .eral Hospital. Their condition waslA^ Dal&snk kl C
the New Era last week in the fol-1 blinding flash of fire burntd him; re p 0 rted “satisfactory.” The others "I nalCiyil, li, l,
Fowler of Macon in the home of | in the face and on the left arm. | rece i ved emergency treatment after
Fowler of Macon in hte home of; He received emergency treatment 1 the letter was opened in the 10th
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith rings a and was back in his office at the I fj oor office of the
bell school days memories in But-(court house Monday morning with
his arm covered wdth bandages. His
injury was extremely painfuly but
he thinks Yio permanent injury will
Crawford Listed One
ler, Roy’s native heath. From early
childhood he manifested an absorb
ing interest in trains as he grew
older, it became and obscession, so j result,
when the 11 o’clock Central pas
senger was due one day, Roy lifted
his hat from the peg and gently (
away to the station, the fellow n f* *• imu ■
students watched the teacher, j UT / L0UI1TI6S WITHOUT
squirmed and wiggled, but the n • ■ ■ rji • •
teacher looked far away into space, nCSIQCIIt I hYSICIdfl
and saw nothing when the whistle j
sounded for our toward Howard, ™ . , .
Roy returned, hanging his hat on I , Tberp . 1S an a ’ a ™mg shorty u.
tnc* now rocnm^H doct °rs in rural Georgia today we
insurance com
pany.
J. P. Cotman, a Post Office De
partment inspector, said the letter
appeared to have been "saturated
in some sort of liquid.”
Federal authorities, he said, were
interested in determining whether
the perfume covered some toxic
substance.
O. H. Howard, vice president of
the insurance company, said the
leetter was “routine correspondence
and I don’t even know if the per
son was a policyholder.”
However, Coleman said he under-
Athens, Oct. 25—Sixty-nine Geor
gia housewives and home special
ists left behind husbands, children
and friends to fend for themselves
as best they can without tfcem for (months ago upon
are told, and medical care, in many I stood the letetr had been written
areas, is almost non-existent.
by a “disgruntled claimant
colored woman.”
Glenn McLaughlin, chief of the
identification division, said he un
derstood the letter had been mailed
from Oglethorpe, Ga.
The fumes spread over the 10th
floor and into the elevator shaft
One Hundred and Thirty
4-H Members Attend Fair
In Macon Last Saturday
the peg, resumed his studies. Many
years have passed. Roy has been a
valued employee of the great Cen-, D advances in the
tral Railway of Georgia ever since: \ 8tAen £ of “ racticing med icine, de-
He knew what he wanted and got lspajr &m in % even couafies
1 * , • • I where there is no physician.
^ T ,1 The seven—Baker, Chattahoochee
Our good friend, Mr. Jacob, Crawford, Dawson, Echols, Quitman
Prager, for a number of years * a ml Webster-have not one doctor
wellknown Reynolds merchant^ n ^ v ' j residing in their limits, according i when the letter was opened
a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y fa- to a su by the Department of 1 P
vored us recently with a most in- (p u blic Health.
teresting document in the form of p or comparison, take the sizeable
‘Proclamation of Israel Indepen- cities of Americus, Moultrie, and
dence, issue at Tel Aviv on May Thom a svilIe—with a comparable to-
14, 1948. Would that we could pub- tal population—which now have
lish the entire document as it|j be services of 56 doctors, and pic-
would give interest to many of our i u j e them without a single doc-
readers. However, a few extracts is , tor.
the best we can do as follows:
“The land of Israel was the birth
place of the Jewish people. Here dent State may not be revoked. It (4-H Club members
their spiritual, religious and na-(is, moreover, the self-evident right County attended the Fair in Ma-
tional identity was formed. Here of the Jewish people to be a nation'con with thousands of other
they achieved independence and (as all other nations, in its own sov-! members from all over the state
created a culture of national and ereign state. Accordingly, we, the} One of hte high lights of the
universal significance. Here they members of the National Council, 1 fair was the annual 4-H Club poul-
wrote and gave the Bible to the representing the Jewish people in . try show which was held at 11 a
world. Exiled from Palestine, the Palestine and the Zionist move- m. Saturday. There were three
Jewish people remained faithful to ment of the world, met in solemn members who entered hens in the
ir in all countries of their dis- assembly today, the day of termi- poultry show from this county
persion, never ceasing to pray and nation of the British rqandate for. Some of the finest livestock, ma-
hope for their return and the res- Palestine, by virtue of the natural chinery and exhibits from Georgia
toration of their national freedom, j and historic right of the Jewish and the southeast were shown in
On Nov. 29, 1947, the General As-'people and of the resolution of the (Macon.
sembly of the United Nations (General Assembly of the UN. |
adopted a resolution for the estab- ! Hereby proclaim the establishment
lishment of an independent Jewish of the Jewish State of Palestine, to
State in Palestine and called upon be called Israel. With trust in Al-
the inhabitants of the country to mighty God, we set our hand to Brunswick. Ga., Oct 27—U S
take such steps as may be neces-lthis Declaration at this session of District Judge F. M Scarlett today
sary on their part to put the plan the provisional state council, in the!awarded 559 000 in damages to a
into effect. This recognition by the;city of Tel Aviv, on this Sabbath family struck by marhinegun bul-
UN of the right of the Jewish eve the fifth of Iyar, 5708, the 14th j lets on the Camp Stewart military
people to establish their indepen- day of May, 1948.” [reservation at Hinesville
Hiding for days until a more
conveninent season a steel bar
so found in the corridor of the coun
ty jail, Howard Starling, a white
man about 25 years of age, drove a
hole through the brick outside wall
of the local jail shortly after mid
night Monday and successfully es
caped. Of the several other prison
ers in jail at the time Starling was
the only one who had access to the
damaged wall, or the opportunity
for escape.
The escapee is thought to have
caught a ride to Atlanta imme
diately after gaining his freedom
and has not yet been apprehended.
Arrested at West Point about two
warrant charg-
a jaunt to Raleigh, N. C., this week ling abandonment Starling has
end but they’ll be back in time for j been unable to furnish bond and
that Halloween party. was in jail awaiting trial at the
They’ll be better homemakers on | January term of Taylor Superior
their return, too, for they are Geor-1 Court,
gia’s delegates to the annual meet
ing of the National Home Demon
stration Council at Raleigh, Oct.
25-29. Here they will hear addresses
by prominent educators and states
men and participate in panel dis
cussions on home, community and
world affairs.
Five Boys Killed
In Congregation;
Sermon Omitted
Mr. W. E. Scott to Speak
At the BuHer Methodist
Church Sunday Morning
Christianity is a lay movement.
The earliest progress of the Chris
tian faith was the result of the
consecration of the lay members of
the Christian church. Since that
time every period of tremendous
advancement has found that spir
itual vitality among the lay people
has been the spirit of success.
The surest way for our Christian
religion to die is to conceive that
the backbone of its strength is in
The column on the extreme left
of the ballot is for the state, district
and county officials who were
nominated in the Democratic pri
maries earlier this year. To vote for
all these candidates will require
only one mark in the place indi
cated. No presidential candidate is
named on the ballot, but at the top
of the extreme right hand column
(turned edgeways) are listed the
name of the Democratic electors
and the republican electors. Those
who want to vote the Democratic
ticket will merely make a mark in
^th,§ place shown by the side of the
Defriocr&tie electors. If they want
to vote for the Republican candi
dates they will make a mark in
the place shown by the side of the
Republican electors. If they want
to vote independentthey will write
in names in the next column. In
other words you can vote for any
Presidential electors you please and
still vote for the state, district and
county Democratic candidates.
The constitutional amendments
listed are for the most part of local
interest to other counties or cities
in the state, but are of no general
interest. The first 10, however, ara
of some general interest, with 1, 2,
3 and 10 of especial interest. Num
ber 1 is the amendment deciding
whether or not the county unit
system shall apply to general elec
tions.
Number 2 is the one regarding
the appropiration of funds for high
way purposes.
Number 3, is the amendment pro
viding for the reduction of the state
property tax rate from 5 mills to
1'4 of a mill.
Number 10, is the one concerning
amendments of the constitution that
affect only counties or cities, pro
vide that they be voted on only by
the communities affected.
Canton, O., Oct. 26—Rev. I. A.
Frick preached no sermon Sunday.
“I just can’t meet the congrega
tion,” he said, weeping.
Earlier the minister had told the |' ,s c ^ ar ^- v - Such professionalization
parents of five boys that their sons'°£ faith would be detrimental to
had died in a train-auto wreck at' lbe cause of Christ. It is then by
nearby Louisville. 1 mere accident that our church
The boys’ Sunday school teacher 1 Pi an ® f° r the observance of Lay
Hon. Garland T. Byrd
To Speak Over Ft. Valley
Radio Station Mon. P.M.
"S “S “
* Ikilled.
559,000 GIVEN IN
ACCIDENT LAW SUIT
American Education Week
November 9-15
General Theme:
“Children in Today’s World”
Daily Topics
Sunday, November 9
Their Churches
Monday, November 10
Their Homes
Tuesday, November 11
Their Heritage
Wednesday, November 12
Their Schools
Thursday, November 13
Their Country
Friday, November 14
Their Opportunity
Saturday, November 15
Their Future.
church this day will be ob-
(served with special services Sun-
Iday morning. Mr. W. E. Scott, a
(prominent lay member of the Pa-
(tillo Memorial Methodist Church of| fl t this time,
Decatur, will be our guest speaker
at the 11 a. m. hour.
Mr. Scott is a consecrated lay
man of the church. He has many
friends already in Butler and Tay
lor county. In this service he will
endear himself more into our
hearts with bold frankness of
Christian witnessing. It is hoped
that the members of every church
on the Butler Charge will attend
this Lay Rally.
At the evening hour the pastor
will speak on the subject, "The
Thief in Our Church”. We are be
ing robbed, and every person who
is interested in doing something
about it is urged to attend this
evening worship Sunday.
C. W. Hancock, Pastor.
Hon. Garland T. Byrd of Rey
nolds, Chairman of the “Young
Democrats" of Georgia will speak
over the Ft. Valley Radio Station
WFPM, Monday afternoon, from
1:45 to 2 o'clock.
Mr. Byrd will explain issues of
the County Unit System in this
address.
All citizens of Taylor and ad
joining counties are invited to
listen in on Mr. Byrd’s radio speech
Donkey Basketball Game
At Gym Tuesday Night
There will be a donkey basketball
game Tuesday night at the Rey
nolds Gym. The teams will be
composed of hte men from Rey
nolds and Butler. If you have never
seen a donkey basketball game
you have really missed something.
Plan to attend and have a good
laugh at your nylons. While wait
ing for the election returns re
gardless of who you vote for, see
hte laugh of your life. Starts at 8
p. m. at the Rejfnolds gym. If you
can’t laugh don’t come!