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Butler Herald
VOLUME 77.
- E EPING EVER LASTINGLY AT If lS THE SECRET OF SUCCES
BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13, 1952?
Latest figures in Nov. 4th Presi
dential election shows Eisenhower
received 33,043,529
Stevenson 26,600,076.
percentage was 55.4.
votes and
EISENHOWER SPENDS
VACATION IN HIS QUIET
COTTAGE AT AUGUSTA
Augusta, Nov. 8—The setting in
May Stage
Eisenhower s which President-elect Eisenhower
and his family are spending their
post-campaign vacation is one de
signed to the last detail for easy,
restful living.
The former general and his wife
good friend and one of the Her- are living in a small but extremelly
aid’s longest and continuous sub- ^ om£ortab la cottage, owned by golf v “ - ’ °
scribers, Mr. H. S. Wisham of Ru- ln S £ reat Robert T. (Bobby) Jones! since the golden era when pros
per community, accompanied by near the center of the grounds I peroi >f ™ tt0 ? f - factors f at . in their
Mrs. Wisham, establised their resi- Augusta National Golf Club. r ° ’5 e ?.-." a t c b in g Negro
. Ik I ClUh IS 1 J l ! Sm VPS I OT P fl nn 1 1 if tVincn nnlnKt'ot
Due to a long and continued ill
ness of his devoted companion, our
Fifteen Million Dollar
Port at Savannah
Dedicated Tuesday
Savannah, Once
Leading Port,
Come-Back.
Sunday Eventful Day
For Church-Goers
At Talbotton
the South’s First Service Since Extensixe
NUMBER 7.
GEORGIA'S LAST
CONFEDERATE VET
DIES AT FITZGERALD
Citizens of Roberta
Saddened by Death
Of Mrs. Ida Dent
Savannah, Ga„ Nov. 8—Not
Mrs. Wisham, establised their resi
dence at Opelika, Ala., where hope' Tbe f
has been held out—and we trust emer ald 365-acre tract set like
will prove most satisfactory
restoration of her former good
health.
•as to ?em * n Augusta’s finest residen
tial district.
beautiful \ s£aves t°te and lift those celebrat-
• ' e d barges and bales has Savan
nah’s harbor bustled as it will this
week
Formerly a nursery before it was . ' Pbe occasion will be the dedica-
i turned into a golf club in 1931, one j 1*™Tuesday of Georgia’s $15,0Cf0,-
*■ Improvements to Historic Old
Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Dent Was at One Time a
Highly Respecetd Resident of
Butler.
Fitzgerald, Ga., Nov. 11—Death
dame Tuesday to "General” Wm. J.
Bush, 107. the last survivor of the
125,000 Georgians who followed
Gen. R. E. Lee and a lost cause in
the War Between the States.
Bush, who was born July 10,
Talbotton, Ga., Nov. 8 — “The' 1845 on the Bush plantation in
splendor of the building si secon-1 Wilkison County, Ga., enlisted in
dary to the spirit that dwells ( '°’ B - of the 14th Ga. Rgt. the day
there.” I before his 16th birthday.
(In age-old Zion Episcopal L. A .^ he was a vet eran of many
Church where Rev. M D Gable !^ 1V1 ^ ar battles including Atlanta,
‘ iv* «nWl Cross Kf? y and Duncan’s Old Field.
His death Tuesday on the 34th
anniversary of the end of another
The occasion, was the first service !f,!, eat w f’ fallowed an illness of survivors include one daughter
in the 104-year-old church since its 11 ^° wee .^ s '. However the veteran, i Mrs. Hoy Dent of Roberta; one step
spoke those words Saturday, splen
dor and spirit—plus history—were
all there.
Announcement was made early
Tuesday morning of the death dur-
ing the previous night of Mrs. Ida
Dennis Dent, 97 years of age, prob
ably the oldest and certainly one
of the most universally beloved
citizens of Crawford county. She -
was a native of Monroe county.
Survivors include one daughter,
I of the club’s proudest possessions' 000 state P ort '. including $6,000,000 j in the 104-year-old church since its 11 . W ° wee ^ s '. How ?ver, the veteran,. Mrs. Hoy Dent of Roberta; one step
Friends—numbered by thousands' is a 300 : yard lane from the en-| in new facilities. restoration in original form |?P ry Yr .° his 106th y ea r, had daughter, Mrs. R. T. Moore, of Mu
—of Mr. Lawson Wilson deeply re-1 trance to the clubhouse, lined with! Savannah, once the South’s lead- More than 150 Episcopalians and months’ 1 ■ ng health in recent j sell; two sons, D. W. Dennis, of De
gret that the crushed bones in the! < 1 '’° se '' set ma K n °lia trees more than Mngport, came to know evil days [friends from other churches joined! Now onlv eieht Confederate Vet
elbow of his right arm have not | 100 years old - | after the War Between the States | in the afternoon sendee in the 1 erans are stin Hvin^
been knitting together as satisfac-; Eisenhower has been a mmber of i as Souths economy and world ( quaint, old auditorium Which has!
torily as hoped for and necessitat- tbe exclusive club, of which Jones! condltlons changed. It has since been spared modernization. |
ing his transfer Monday to an At- iis President, since 1947 when h e ! made _ a considerable comeback. The
lanta hospital for further medical 1 was army chief of staff. The club I n . ew facilities are expected to make
attention. This injury received by! is limited to 200 members, only 30|? r again one of the nation’s most
itif-. ur:ir i r 1 f)f whom 1 i vn in A n mio+o r PV»^ ; importcll
Mr, Wilson was only one of a num-! °f whom live in Augusta. The re
ones he re- I ™ainder of the members come from
important gateways.
Next Spring, Zion will be e li ! SeflatOf GeO^ Ul^S
ber of most serious
ceived in a most unfortunate mis
hap on October 18th when he fell
from a moving truck a short dis
tance from the public square in
Butler, but on the Atlanta high
way.
A most gala occasion was that
recorded at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Long at Americus the
past week end in which celebrated
the home return of a great grand
mother who is 93 years YOUNG
and spry enough to repeat lengthy
airplane rides should she so choose.
The Americus celebration—a very
happy one—brought together all of
her children (Mr. A. J. Gill and
Mrs. Eli Garrett of Butler, being
among the number) numerous chil
dren and a number of grand ^xil-
dren; also great grand children of
Mrs. Gil] filling honorable es
tates over Georgia and in other
states. Dr. and Mrs. Clark Gill
with whom Mother Gill spent sev
i '28 different states.
Macon Institution and
Individuals to Inherit
McCommon Estate
Macon, Nov. 10—The late Geo.
W. McCommon left $50,000 to Mer
cer University and $15,000 to Vine-
ville Baptist church with the bulk
of his fortune being set up in a
trust fund tor his wife.
The president of Atlantic Cotton
Mills at Macon held considerable
downtown real estate and stock in
various corporations.
Upoft Mrs. McCommon’s death hanomTnX
the trust fund will he divided in t b « cormn g
any manner she outlines in her
vvill. if she does not specify a di-
I vision,, however, the McCommon
Pine Seedling Planting
Time Draws Near in County
Forestry Agent Says
With Taylor County about to be
gin its annual forest seedling
planting season, the County For
estry Unit pointed out that those
who set out tree crops are invest
ing in a commodity, the annual
worth of which in Georgia is more
than cotton, corn and tobacco com
bined.
cated as an Episcopal Shrine in a j
program to be carried out by the | US-*.,:*.. I x » n .
Atlanta diocese. MinOrilY LCfidCI S lOSt
Rev. Gable, deacon of Trinity Epis- 1 _ _
copal Church in Columbus, recalled 1 for Stflfltor KIKCPlI
the first Christian churches and re- JCIIOIVI lUftMTII
minded the congregation of tne
humble beginning of Christianity.
"In the early days,” he said, “the
Christians had to meet
Macon, Nov. 7 — Sen.
George (D-Ga.), today suggested
„„ in the ! tha t his colleague, Sen. Dick Rus-
people’s home. There again it was sell be appoinnted minority floor
ndt the splendor of buildings butI leader in the new Republican
Land, Fla.; and Earl W. Dennis of
Clearfield, Utah; several grand
children and gTeat grandchildren.
Funeral was conducted yesterday
afternoon, 2 o’clock, at the Provi
dence Primitive Baptist church
with Elder C. E. Darity and Rev.
J. S. Winn officiating. Burial in the
Roberta City cemetery with Webb
and Bankston Funeral Home in
charge.
Another regretable death to the
Walter' citizens of Cra wford and adjoining
. ’ counties was that of Mrs. Troy
Raines, nee Miss Emma Bryant,
who passed away at a Macon hos
pital Sunday night.
spirit that existed.”
'* Rev. Gables said the restoration
of Zion, built in 1848, was a dream
of the late Rev. J. B. Walthour, bish
op of the Atlanta diocese.
Poem Penned by Negro
'.Carrie McRoss, at the Talbotton
congress.
If he does not accept the post,
Sen. George believes it will be of
fered to Sen. John Sparkman (D-
Ala.) unsuccessful candidate for
the vice presidency. |
In making his suggestion, the i
community house, whose grand- Georgia senator predicted good
parents were slave members of I business for next year, despite the
wcic aiave inemoers oi i uuamess lor next year, despite tne
The Unit also pointed out that Zidn Episcopal church, wrote the I Republican victory. He believes the
pc crons unlike com cotton ana following poem as her tribute to the! Republicans will have little trouble
wim wnum iviuuier t-iiu spent sev- *•*'•-«******'«»
erai months in their lovely home at iV ?!r 0 X ldes w *n £° £o
n: : i ... I Mrs. McCommon’o Hancrl-itro
tree crops, unlike corn, cotton and
tobacco, are little affected by dry
spells. It is only in long, extended
periods of drouth that trees start
affected by lack o:
4 X * k ’*''**l ” IUV I * 1V.IW1 J . lie UC11CVC& tuts
following poem as her tribute to the j Republicans will have little trouble
104-year-old house of worship. j organizing Congress with only a
“The Episcopal Church is about I slim majority.
104.
>f M‘£ his is a be auty to sec, I know.
' This church has been remodel-
water, and when htis occurs, other ... . , - —
row crops have long ago dried up stand s as a city on a hill,
an dperished. . are invited ni at your own
Taylor county farmers, therefore, i W1 ,!,L 0 ... , .
who intergrate forestry into their I m „ a P ,t a Sh 5 P -.. had thls church re
farm plans are investing in a crop! m ° dc1 ed , ? nd Jt r . e ? lly looks good,
Birmingham, Mich., piloted this de- :r rs ; .McCommon’s daughtre, Mrs. f arm p i ans are investin'? in a crooi m ?? eled and jt rea Hy looks good,
vout Christian woma'n and regular the rest to | which P not ^nfy e SvfdSS L™ Jj d CVerything to P—e
church attendant to Georgia by au- fiercer■ university. | j n j a ter v-earc but which al«n w iii! „ uood.
lomobile last week. Due to busi- M^ USte , e n° f / he i U £ d iS the First :help “pay the bills” when disaster' ■ -l n sJaver >' m y grandparent
ness engagements of the doctor, l al Baa J anti Trust Co., which j may have hit their rQW crops Tay i vi ^* ed thls churdh,
they were unable to remain for the lors h J th L e McCommon, is execu-| ]or County citizens who during! tion ^ve it justas^uch" g6nera
“Some day it may be a shrine,
“We don’t want
about these things,”
stated.
to be little
Sen. George
week end celebration,
larned with regret.
it was
tors of the will , . - , -
McCommon left to his sisters '°T g W<? ? S } set out £orest
Mre - !SS". s“S
throughout the nation for its re-
Miss Lavonia McCommon and Mrs.
As a never fading monument to Johnson, each 100 shares of com-
w. v.„, j — - 1 mon stock i n Atlantic Cotton
one of God’s beloved saints, the stock
late Elder John R. Respess, there .Mills
stands today on the identical spot. [ To his brother, R. L. McCommon,
forestation program. The Georgia
Forestry Commission’s extensive
nursery program is geared to meet
lnotZr^‘ “S w35 cem-' | J vas_ bequeathed" 350 *sh*ares'"of "Xt- 2S n ^ 0 TX ,, "5., e <te ^; «
structed in like manner to the| la . nti c Cotton Mills common stock,! manc j s in turn _ hrmioh^fb
former building which was con-j wdtb nephew R. L. McCommon Jr. I a r ’} S i n g position of nfominencc’
structed almost wholly by Elder and Jack McCommon each getting | by hioh p ro | uc P ts fro " tree emps en '
Resness- the latter hv Rev Rrank bO shares. ,. , irom tree crops en-
Aid Promised Soon
In Lower Prices
All Cuts of Meats
Ga.-Aubum Football
Game Is Big Event for
Columbus This Weekend
Macon, Nov. 10—Steaks and
roasts, long a luxury item in many
“R,,t t, 7.” : ’ (households, may soon assuipe their
miifd* 1 f ver W1 1 Hnger in my j once prominent place on the Middle
u ■ i (Georgia housewife’s weekly shop-
For here in slavery my grand- Iping list. * P
ohali d i G ° d ‘th- t, v, ! The rea son: Meat prices are
So I shall love this church no (dropping, the mark-down is not
duuctcu diniuai wiiuny uy iLiuer '
Respess; the latter by Rev. Frank shares.
Bohler. His pulpit, also like that of. ^ nun
Elder Respess, occupied regularly i niece s were left $10,000 each
by himself. The greatest difference
as to these two churches is that
church doctrine and government.
In the first instance it was of the
Primitive Baptist faith; the latter
that of the Nazarene. It is here the
membership of other churches will
gather for a Thanksgiving Day-
service at 7:30 o’clock on Wednes
day evening, Nov. 26th. The mes
sage of the evening will be de
and
Movement Started to
Make Mercer Law
Center of Southeast
matter where I may trod.”
Record of Eleven
Women In Congress
May Be Broken
Macon, Ga., Nov. 8—A movement
livered by Rev. Gordon A. Hunter |° eie ^f a $2,700,000 Southeastern
pastor of hte Butler Baptist church; ^ e ” er oa the ca mpus of BIDS FOR 4 . LANE HIGHWAY
church -
joy in today’s financial world.
Today’s forest farmers are aware
that the uses of wood are increas
ing daily. The farm woodlot in
Taylor county no longer is the “for-1 .. , „
gotten 40”. It is, instead, a source 1 Washington, Nov. 6—There will
of valuable income to farmers in r e . 01 ? e and Perhaps two—new
this area. .feminine faces in the newly-elected
Everyone was glad to see the douse .’ vvhile one familiar face win
rain this week; .68 inches was re-1 e A rn i SS /u g '
corded at the Forestry Unit Head- And the all-time record* of 11
quarters ! wome n lawmakers in any one ses
sion of Congress will be broken of
general and is still confined to cer
j tain cuts and grades of meat but
I there is a definite trend.
| For housewives plagued with
cost-riddled budgets the news takes —*'■ »
the form of easy-to-reach steak Morris,
with all the trimmings.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 10—The red
and black and the orange and blue
will take over Columbus during
the week end as time has come
again for our biggest football game
Georgia - Auburn, which means
we 11 have our gayest round of par
ties with the town overflowing
with visitors from over the South.
And if all predictions come true,
there’ll be shades of 1942, with
only hte element of surprise lack
ing.
Ga.-Auburn week end will also
mean a reunion for the Dudley
family 7 , it will bo hte first time
that the eight living brothers and
sisters have been together in many
years.
The family will start arriving
Nov. 13 and will remain several
days after the game. Lucille Luete
and Helen Stubbs will come from
l.os Angeles, Ralph Dudley from
New York City, and also Ed Luete
who has not been here in 11 years,
will come from New York City, and
Belle and her husband Col. W. S.
will join Verna Dudley,
Donkey Baseball Game
At BuHer Legion Home
Tonight at 8:00 o'Clock
South being RECEIVED BY STATE
The Donkeys are coming! A Don-
Austin Guinn, Forest Ranger ! fi un ?! L ? n fT ess wld be broken of key Baseball game will be staged
| • vlrs - Gracie Pfost, a Democrat, wins at the Butle r Legion Home ball
j her fight *o unseat Rep. J. T. Wood grounds tonight—Thursday—at 8
the Republican incumbent in the o’clock.
first District of Idaho. | Proceeds from the game will go
A Pfost victory would put 12! to the Local Boy Scout Troop Ad-
..... , .. -. v^aiuuna Law scnooi I in th ® new Con g ress - U in | vance tickets are on sale at the
ssss xzzi?vse ™7‘ s „“. n d B ^ 8a '' f-r saw H ^ ^ coM ln
can ptasibly <!o so are urged to at-[ |ho , among S ”in Highway Boar r d C Nov d n ' he S “ te ;" n ' l S8iv e Mra Pfost 54,575 votes! Come see local "Dare Devils" risk
etnd this special service. i s | r „ c „‘on it minor offletals in the I Beading the list are olans to ev f a ,3 - S f: Wood-has refused i their lives on these trained don-
’ ' ' jadminislaation of Justice. jtend the four-lane pavement on U..'outcome'^ won"' !S||eve^one P ' en ' y ' Un
Tuesday was Armistice Day. Up- 1 A .. s ? minar ol } tbe P r °P° sed cen-1 U. Highway 41 South of Jonesboro. | official canvass. ! y
on the lapel of every coat to be! l< l r ^ as o£ annua l ceremonies James L. Gillis, chairman of the
seen was the memorial flower— ~ , 4 ^ rcar s Walter F. George Law highway board, said contracts have
Poppy—instituted by the American °° ' wa ® led by Charlton Og- been let for construction of the Atlanta Wftman Ctill
Legion and Legion Auxiliary. So l e Uri \.°^ ^ ew a trustee of the mur-lane road south from Atlanta "DOIIIO TTOHIhII, jTIII
long as we live we hope never to f . ou * e astern Law Center Founda-iinto Clayton County. Under the /\.i ■ ■
be deprived of paying respect to l 1 . 011 *. Inc - Assistin g was Baldwin ■ board’s present building program IjUlfC AClIVC. L6l6brdtCS
our gallant soldiers both living ^*acon another trustee, the highway will have four lanes
and dead. Since this is November i r ‘ born But ler and . as far as Griffin.
the national flower is the chrys- j SP o” hl rfnA 3 ° y !? 00d , days here. | __—
anthemum and Nov. 2-9 was Na-° n , lc f . 500 Jud f es - lawyers and po- EL fc VEN airmfn rpniur
tional Flower Week. Other days of ' . J?, ‘Sa 1,68 from Georgia and, M
national significance are listed as , orin 8 states gathered for the NAH DIE IN
Frank Dudley, Charlie and Nettie
Helen Joer K and Mary and
Wilfred* Gross.
They will all stay for the Auburn
Clemson game the folowing week
in Auburn.
At Antioch Baptist
Church Next Sunday
Her 109th Birthday
national significance are listed as
follows: American Education Week
8-12; Children’s Book Week, 9-15;
I Law Day events.
phpictmlc Sff incorporated, 1919
OVER-SEA CRASH
Savannah. Nov. 7—Eleven officer-, tutUKUCU „ C1 1UUU
and airmen from Hunter ,Air Force | birthday Sunday with a dinner par
Christmas Seal Sale, Nov. 17 to Dec . Nov. 10—U. S. Marine Corns or-'cao * o ‘ ounuay wnn a uinner par-
25; 4-H Club Congress, Nov. 30 to i panized in 1775; Noy n_ Ar mi s tice I ? a y a nnah lost their lives ty at her home in Atlanta. She does
Dec. 4; National Hotel Week, Nov. | Day World War I 1918- Nov 16 _! he " ^ heir jour-engine B-50 bomber I her own cooking but her children
30th to Dec. 6. Special days, All (Federal Reserve System ’established 1 - rasned and burned near Dunmow. nrotest when it rnmps tn irnnimr
Saints Day, ,1; National Author’s j 1914; Nov. 18—Congress adopted
Sunday School 10:30 a. m. Phillip
Jarrell, Superinetndent. Good class
es for all ages.
I . , ! Preaching at 11:30 by the pastor.
I Atlanta, Nov. 10—Mrs. Mary Please read the 13th chapter of
(Spainhour Sisk, descendant of John’s Gospel. Our text will be the
(Southern pioneers and the mother! 3rd, 4th, and 5th verses. A vital
land grandmother of several noted j principle is discovered here. It is
educators celebrated her 100th ( one the church today sorely needs
to re-discover. We urge all members
Benefit Entertainment
At Rupert November 14'
Your Presence Is Urged
Rupert school win sponsor a
square dance Nov. 14-in the Rupert
school auditetfium.
The proceeds of this dance will
be used to equip the lunch room
with heaters.
During intermission there will be
an old fashioned cake walk.
Music for the occasion will be
furnished by a local band.
® p ' m - Admission:
81.00 per couple; 75c stag; chil
dren under 14 years, free.
Day 2;, Thanksgiving Day, 27. His
torical dates, Nov. 8—New York
City’s first newspaper, Gazette, by
Wm. Bradford, 1725; also Nov. 8—
Standard Time, 1883; Nov. 19
Lincoln’s Gettysburg address; Nov.
28—First U. S. Government Post
Office, 1783.
crashed and burned near Dunmow,
England, it is reported.
The accident occurred while the
aircraft was participating in a rou
tine training flight, the'Savannah
base announced. Cause of the crash
has not been determined.
protest when it comes to ironing
the family’s weekly wash.
With her were four of her chil
dren and a number of her grand
children and great-grandchildren.
She was born near Morganton,
N. C., in 1852.
to hear this message and bring
some friend with you.
Preaching, prayer and praise
Sunday evening at 7 o’clock.
Antioch extends a warm welcome
to all the people of hte community
to worship with us Sunday. Pray
for the services and for the pastor.
J. H. Stanford, Pastor.
Afanta Celebrafed 34th
Armistice Day Nov. 11th
Atlanta Thirty-four years after
the end of a war that was to
make the world safe for de
mocracy,” Atlantians observed Ar
mistice Day Tuesday.
More battle and more dead sep
arate Nov. 11, 1918, from the Tues
day observances at Five Points and
the parade down Peachtree Street.
Ali valiant men and women who
served and are serving their coun
try were honored at the ceremonies.
State and Fulton and DeKalb
county employee had a day off.