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VOLUME 77.
'•KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OP SUCCESS-
OBSERVATIONS
Miss Dora Sumerour, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Locke of this
city, played the part of Sir Edryn
in the ceremony of the Round Ta
ble, an annual tradition at Bessie
Tift College Forsyth since 1912.
The ceremony, wKlch
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
HERE FRIDAY MORNING
FOR MR. A. C. JONES
Despite the fact that he had re
ceived the very best of both medical
and personal attention from loved
ones and friends as he suffered in-
introduces; duringly for more than a year, Mr.
senior week, has as its underlying Ale * and f r Calhoun Jones (just
+ , . ... „ .. 0 . plain Calhoun to his friends)
purpose the initiation of the Senior brea thed his ]ast on the early _ _ t
Class into the select fraternity of | morning of Nov. 20 at the Keysville today in the Columbus Enquirer
idealism which Bessie Tift upholds. Ga., Convalescent Home where he j as prepared by that popular daily
and pynpcts frrvm its ramniis lead-i had hoon „ —i.. „i ....I , . .. _T_F _ «
Beryl
BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2771952.
Crowell Community
Praised for Farm
Service by Visitors
Thorough Inspection of Homes,
Farms, Poultry and Cattle-
Raising Made Monday.
Here’s an interesting report made
generally of this county, is greatly
appreciated and sincere thanks ex
tended Mr. Sellers.
"Progressive Crowell community
—in Taylor County—showed judges
r i •> »«iv.ov.tJii uuiuc llc db prepared oy tnat popula
and expects from its campus lead-. had been a patient for only about publication by its Editor
ers. Miss Summerour, vice presi-jone month. Yet an invalid for a Sellers. This report, the contents'of
dent of the Life Service Band, is al- long while, dividing time between' which are well known to citizens
so a member of the Delta Sigma the local hospital and the home of .....
Chi, Future Teachers of America,' his sister, Mrs. J. H. West, each of
International Relations Club, and. which places he had the very best
the BSU, we are told. j of care and attention.
• * * j Mr. Jones was the son of the
Mingling romance with travel, m!ni?? r ' T ^!f Vdd and Frances of the Chattahoochee Valley
. Phillip Jones, than whom Butler. Farm Improvement Program a fine
the latter with wings as that of a never had truer Christian and de-! livestock, pasture,-poultry combina-
‘‘Bird’’ your good friend and my, voted church attendants. They |tion during a two hour tour Mon
good friend Mrs. Nettie Jenkins, came to us from Rome, Ga., where day.
Bvrd traveled from her Taylor 1 the recently deceased member of I “The inspections were a continu
um traveled irom n r y j the family was born Sept 21> 1881< a tion of the grading program for
county home to the extreme nort The D A Jones family or i g inally j hte Valley Contest which will be
west comer of the United States—, consisted of: Mr. and Mrs. Jones; | climaxed with the Awards Dinner
Onalaska, Wash., to be more sped-1 two sons, P. C. and A. C. both now : in the Ralston Hotel at 7 p. m. Dec.
fie—to establish herself into a most, deceased; two daughters, Mrs. Ed- 1 ™
welcomed home, one composed of gar , ( ®I e) T dec t eas + ed -
a noble and loving husband and a <»" th West ,h '
number of bright and smiling-^' 1 " be,n S the ° nl y nurviving
faced children to call her “Mother” j
fnr thp first time This chance of 1 Upon reaching the age of man*
location came to pass some years; haod and having completed his | JJ ri AawJ® SpeCial
aco when Mrs Bvrd—known to .education Mr. Jones moved to Bos- st > and A - w - Jone8 > Alabama mar
hosts Of Sevdea Mends as “Miss I ton, Ga„ where he engaged in busi- ke ( ^g specialist.
Nettie’^—was°*happily married to ness for a short time; thence to-! Crowell, a community that pre-
Mr N G Dver a swJiful grain.! Fitzgerald, Ga. During these years j ^ed an outstanding program in
producer and y cattle raiser of Lewis | ^ won the heart and hand of Miss 1951 > put in a strong bid for to*p
County, Washington, This happy B ° sa Markett of Sumter county,
who survives him as does also one
daughter, Miss Mildred Jones. The
next change of residence for Mr.
Jones was to St. Louis, Mo., where
1 he was for more than 25 years or
U. S. President-Elect
Names Six Men
To Cabinet Positions
Names to be Sent to Senate for Geor p an s as a whole were
grieved to learn of the death fol
NUMBER 9.
THOMASVILLE INTERMENT
FOR UPSHAW LECTURER
SOLON WHO DIED IN WEST
Confirmation Following His
Inauguration.
i
Two Former Citizens
Of Butler Die At
Columbus Tuesday
Funeral for Mr. O. G. McCants
Sr. and Mrs. D. O. Brinkley
Here Wednesday Afternoon.
• 10.
“The four judges participating in
the inspection were: Miss Martha
McAlpine, Georgia family life spe
cialist, Miss Alice Peavy, Alabama
home furnishing specialists Loyd
Farmer, Georgia Marketing special-
lowing an illness of several weeks
of W. D. Upshaw, which occurred
a week ago at Glendale, Calif.
Wm. D. Upshaw, often labeled
“dryest of the drys” during 70
New York, Nov. 20—Dwight Eis- years of fighting liquor as lecturer,
enhower revealed today that he'preacher and Georgia congressman
has chosen John Foster'Dulles as 1 at the age of 86.
nf S rfp e trnH ary C ' E / WilS °! ‘‘Ernest W. Upshaw,” as he called
“ f nv De o a s d * fease 8 fretary and;himself, died of a circulatory ail-
Gw Dou g la s McKay of Oregon as ment ni Glendale sanitarium,
secretary of interior. A , u . •>
n „, lM a , . , ... At his side was his wife, the
DuHes 64, has been a principal former Mrs. Lilly Galloway, widow
umn ^«t k M ma h oi foreign P oll . c y of a minister and past president of
artvi laS / "_as a special the California Women’s Christian
adviser to the State Department. Temperance Union.
r president of the I Upshaw became ill after return-
v, Hera! Motors Corp. ing to his home in nearby Santa
McKay, 59, who was elected gov- Monica recently from a speaking
ernor of Oregon in 1949, was one tour in 22 states and seven Eu°
of the earliest supporters of Eisen-1 ropean countries.
jhovver for president. He is known i Georgia’s Fifth District sent him ^u-wp wo
as a leading authority on Western to Congress in 1919 and he served and auditor
problems, including reclamation S years. In 1932 he polled 80,000 j Funeral was conducted at the
land conservation. votes as the Prohibition Party’s Union MetSst church near But
Eisenhower said he would send Presidential candidate. |ler Wednesday' afternoon at four
, the nominations of the three to the A lecturer in schools and church-' o’clock Rev J H ‘ttanfnrri
j Senate after his inauguration. Yet'es on the “evils of liquor” for j Rev £ WHancock officiated In
to be named are the attorney gen- years. Upshaw became an ordained terment was in Camp Ground ceme-
leral, postmaster general and secre- 'Baptist minister at 72 and con- : tery.
;taries of treasury, agriculture, com-|Unued his aettack on alcohol on ( c, Iruiun „ . . ..
jmerce and labor. mission tours. o . vivar 1 s . ir ie' ude his wife, Mrs.
The announcement of his first! His abhorence of strong drink, as dauehte/^fu*
three pabinet selecitons was made he told it from the pulpit, grew out - Sd oJe s on Mr n r ur"
bv his nress spprptarv Ta= r Warr-'of an'encounter with whicir,. a a on G. G - McCants Jr.
all of Columbus; also one grand-
Two former Butler citizens died
at Columbus Tuesday afternoon.
Funeral services for each were
conducted Wednesday afternoon at
4 o’clock.
Mr. O. G. McCants, member of
one of the largest and most influ
ential families in Taylor county,
died at the City Hospital, Colum
bus, about four o’clock Tuesday
afternoon. He had been ill only a
short time.
Mr. McCants had made his home
in Columbus for the past 15 years
where he was associated with the
Co-Op Cab Company as bookkeeper
couple left their 2400-miles away
home Oct. 15th, paying visits
along the way to kindred and
friends at Hermiston, Oregon;
Caldwell, Idaho, and Ine, Nebraska 25 years or
arriving in Butler Nov. 20 for a | ^m t n ® ™t l*
. visit until after the Christmas holi-p :
da y s - (Electric Co.
* * * 1 Funeral services for Mr. Jones
A long lost friend to the writer I were conducted Friday, 10 a. m. at
and to every interest in Butler has *he home of Mr and Mrs. J. H.
been found in the person of(W®J-interment in the
_ . AJ , . , 'family lot local cemetery. These
Mr. J. B. Dunbar, one of Atlanta s i 0 b S iq Ues W ere in charge of Rev.C.W. i , u
most prominent real estate brokers | Hancock of the Methodist church, 1 uTeahv S ^
with offices in the Peter’s building.. assisted by Rev. J. H. Stanford,! » Cr owell leaders mft the contest
J. B. is the son of the late Mr. PJJ” ^f^ 1 ° ch ® ere^beaSSSl : graders and Columbus businessmen
John Dunbar, for many years one j Edward Fun Jf al Home b w “ ! in Farm Agent Vernon Reddish’s
of the best known contractors and I *Z ge of aSmTicJ?i«S in t ^ Butler ' The ^ escorted the
builders in Middle Georgia with his: bearfrs were: M^ssrT V, Bufle” | norSeasTTSon of^he
home in Butler. His mother was the | W. H. Suggs, T. B. Joiner, H. E. ! ^unty n ° rtheaSt sectlon of the
“After a meeting in the church
building, the visitors toured the
community.
“They inspected a new bathroom
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Bailey.They looked over John Mont
honors in the 1952 contests.
“The community presented a well
rounded agriculture program which
included livestock, poultry, peach
es, row crops and pecans.
“Under the direction of Mrs. Cleo
Fulton and Cliford Adams, the co
presidents of the Community Club
Crowell residents first showed the
judges their remodeled Methodist
church. The community spent $10-
000 to carry out the church project.
Today the church, which is 126
years old, is one of the most mod
ern rural churches in Georgia.
Judges found attractive Sunday
school rooms and observed that the
by his press secretary, Jas. C. Hag-! of an'encounter with whisky when
erfy, as the President - elect h e wa s 16
lunched with British Foreign Sec- j “J drunk on whisky and broke
retary Anthony Eden as part of his m Y poor mother’s heart,” he would
double effort to prepare for his trip j raletfe.
to Korea and to build his new ad- Born on a farm r^ear Newnan,
ministratoin. Ga., Upshaw sufered a spine injury
State " ----- i
Mrs. D. O. Brnikley
Department officials in ! at 18 that left him bedfaTt’for seVen n ,^ rs - !?: °‘ Brinkley, a former
ton generally were nlpaspri; years. His wife said wac nr, “ utler citizen died at a Columbus
son and a number of
relactives aind friends.
other near
hospital at 6:30 Tuesday evening
following an emergency operation.
Mrs. Brinkley, a native of Co
lumbus, made her home in Butler
for a number of years while her
husband was connected with Coch
ran’s Warehouse of this city as
UUiiic: in uuiici. mo mo ^uuuici, il. jcj
late Mrs. Leila Brown Dunbar, who Allen, Mosley Childres and H. E
previous to her marriage was a Childres.
most highly regarded instructor in j Included among those from out
art and painting as a member of of town attending the funeral were
of the faculty of the old Butler j listed the following: Mrs. S. H.
Male and Female College. Miss [ Bryan, Reynolds: Mrs. Lucy Lucas, Da u ey .n iey uKwea over jonn
Birdie Brown, sister of Mrs. Dun- Roberta; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones gomery’s improved pastures The
bar made her home here as a mem- and son, Columbus; Mrs. E. H.! visitors went through Mr. and Mrs.
her of the Dunbar family. J. B. Joiner and Mrs. B. E. Flowers, Rey-j Clarence Barfield’s newly furnished
was born 60 years ago in the same nolds; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ward, 1 home which is one of the most at-
Butler residence to which this writ- i Ft. Valley; Mr. D. B. Stewart, At- tractive in the Chattahoochee Val-
f ^ viuvuuo ill j * ****** ovuiuol 1U1 OCVCll
Washington generally were pleased ! years. His wife said he was on
with the election of Dulles because j crutches until last February when
of his long record in foreign af-| he became able to walk unaided
fairs and recent successes in ne-if° r the first time since his injury,
gotiating the Japanese peace treaty I Upshaw said he beemae crippled
and other Far Eastern jobs. | while working with a “mean mule”
Dulles conferred with Eisenhower i on his father’s farm and as he told
today a short time before his selec- j congregations- “That mule kicked ran s vvarenouse or this city as
tion was announneed. He said they I the devil out of me and the fear of I bookkeeper. Following Mr.. Brink-
discussed all aspects of interntional' God into me.” | le y’s death several years ago, Mrs.
'relations. | While an invalid Upshaw wrotel Brinkle y returnedto Columbus to-
After Eisenhower’s announcement 1 poems and sketches which earned make ker home.
Dulles said he will “gladly serve” i him enough to enter Mercer Uni- Funeral for Mrs. Brinkley was
in t^ie quest for “a just and dur-|versity at Macon when he was 31. conducted at Columbus Wednesday
able peace.” In all, Upshaw wrote seven books I followed by a brief graveside serv-
Dulles has advocated use of Chi-1—collections of poetry, patriotic es- i ce at Butler cemetery. Rev. E. H.
mese National troops on Formosa says and sermons. r ' 1 ’
I against Communist China and His body was returned to Georgia
when a member of the U. S. dele- and laid to rest at Thomasville.
Igation to the UN, promised that the
| UN would stand by its effort to
'achieve a unified Korea, he has
'called for a strong striking force
'capable of retaliating against Com
munist aggression on grounds that
it was too expensive and military
I “impossible”’ to have armies posted
everywhere in the free world where
I the enemy may attack.
| Other Appointments
$14 Million Talmadge
Memorial Bridge to Span
Savannah River Soon
er carried his accomplished school ! lanta,
teacher bride ten years later. After 1
attending the local school J. B.
completed his education at Mercer
University, following his locating in
business in Atlanta.
The morning worship hour at
the local Baptist church was a
most interesting one to the large
congregation present. Besides the
rendition of a fine musical pro
gram under the direction of Mrs.
Julian Edwards, prominent speak
ers from a distance were intro-
Macon Youth, Charged
With Attempt To Wreck
Central Passenger Train
Macon, Nov. 20—A Macon youth
celebrated his 18th birthday yester
day learning that he had been
charged by city police with at
ley. Later, they saw
pastureland.
“Visitors view a pasture that had
been converted from an old peach
orchard on the farm of Mr. Walter
Wainwright, a progressive farmer.
They went through the chicken
yards on the farm of Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert Mosley. At the final stop,
they inspected a screened porch
converted into a bedroom in the
farm of Mr. and Mrs. Lavelle Stev
ens.
“Returning to the Crowell school
house, a neat brick building adja-
cenet to the church, the judges and
Savannah, Nov. 22—A massive
skyline bridge and drive which
, T , .-- will connect the heart of Savannah,
M ,,, , ^ ew York - Nov - 21—Dwight Eis- with the South Carolina line will!
Mr. Barfield s ; enhower today put a staunch j begin its rise high above Georgia’s 1
Dunn had charge' of the fu
neral. Pall bearers were Messrs
J. T. and Robert Cochran J W
Edwards II, R. L. Brown, T. B„
Joiner and Charles Benns Jr.
Survivors include her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Knowles of Co
lumbus; two daughters, Mrs. Fred
Woodall of Chattanooga, Tenn.;
and Mrs. Zack Weaver of Way-
cross; also several grand children
and host of friends and relatives.
Butler School
j friend of Sen. Robert Taft on his j port .city within two months, *and j |$ 9 HiflH WlflllPr
-jwhen the job is done, many of | **
~• ***• **u*u^mcj, GU. G1CVC A »» -c . . , ....
land, as secretary of the treasury.
cabinet when he appointed indus- 'when the job is done, many of!
. 0f - CIeVe ' j America ’ s most famous bridges will 11|| Qn^Act PldyS
The President-elect also chose
Herbert Bronwell Jr., one of Eis
enhower’s chief political strategists
act was to announce that he was
asking J. Edgar Hoover to remain
as director of the FBI.
have met their peer.
The new skyline drive—already j .
named the Eugene Talmadge Me- Rntipr Hioh . •
moria, Bridge is the biggest j pi^n jf jhe” ThM^isttirt^ne^rt
a s attorney general. Brownell’s first ; bridge-building project ever under-! J!!? 1101 * . T x hird D | str ict one-act
act was to announce that he was' taken 'in r:pnlif° J ^ under -, play contest. In the finals at Vien-
taken in Georgia
The Eugene Talmadge Memorial
Bridge will not only be something
na Monday night, Butler and Vi
enna tied for this honor. This was
the second time these schools had
Eisenhower also announced that new in bridge-building in the I 1 , thase schools ha<
Harold Stassen would suceed W. A. state'but it mav blaze a new trail |tl&d ln the .P ,a y s - In the prelimi-
Harriman as director of the Mutual in bridge Jinance traUjnary contest of circle two, these
Security Agency to run the foreign , beelT de!
tempting to wreck a Central of,u • t0 tne cnurcn > tne Judges
Georgia passenger train Wednes- IpTnsoreTf serfes of' Pr ° gram -
skits
duced and special collection j day-
amounting to $712.00 was taken to | Detectives said Robert L. An- “They'inspected the Crowell ex-
bring to five thousand dollars al- jderson of Macon placed concrete hibits of food and fancy works and
ready on hand for church building L a ^ s 0 the tracks at the Pio went through the classrooms,
fund. The out-of-town speakers in-, O ver P ass - on >y to have been j “The program ended with lunch
eluded Mr. C. C. Willis, Moderator I rem ° vad f ° ur minutes before a j in hte school lunchroom, which in-
of the Columbus Baptist Associa- 1 ^ uth ' bound pa8S <mger train came | cidentally boasts an “A” rating.
' Dy ‘ 1 "Crowell is carrying out a pro-
^ ^ Associa
tion; Mr. Walter Owens, prominent
Columbus attorney; and Rev. Wm.
1 Barkley, well-known and greatly
beloved Columbus Associational
Missionary, who delivered an able
sermon of 30 minutes. The highly
esteemed pastor, Rev. Gordon Hunt-
Senior Dance
. 4 „ inatcu uii me uveruass iracKS d\
er, was in charge ot the program i Anderson but reported no damage
of the hour. In his announcemen to tbe crac j^ er streamliner,
for worship next Sunday the pas
tor stated as follows: “Rev. John H.
Stanford will be the visiting min
ister at our church next Sunday.
The membership of the church is
happy to have Bro. Stanford accept Come one, come all! To the local
this invitation to speak at the community house this evening
morning and evening worship. An! Thursday, Thanksgiving evening-
invitation is extended to all the 9 to 12 to the Dance. Admission,' $1
people of the community to come: per person.
and worship at the Butler Baptist Music by Uncle Herman and his
church. The hour for the Sunday Record Ramblers.
School is 9:45 with Mr. E. J. Stin- | This Dance is being sponsored by
son leading. The evening worship'the Senior Class of Butler High
hour is 7:30.” school.
i/ui a uiu-
Anderson, according to Detective | gressive farm program There are
G C. Britt and Officer Bbb Utley, some 20,000 laying hens for corn-
told them, “I did it to see what: mercial purposes in the cummuni-
would happen ” ! ty. The community has some 600
Officers said the Atlanta-bound > acers of peach orchards. A fine pas-
Nancy Hanks hit a piece of wood i ture program has been carried out
placed on the overpass tracks by Food preservation has aided the
’ families of Crowell. The beef cattle
program is expanding.
“One Columbus ieader said that
the Crowell community had the
best pastures he’d seen all Fall.
“At the brief church meeting,
Mrs. Fulton welcomed the visitors.
The invocaiton was given by Rev.
C. E. Smith and Rev. C. W. Han
cock made a talk. Mrs. Clifford
Adams reported on fchurch work.
Mrs. B. F Moore on the school pro
gram, Roy Philmon on the agricul
ture program and Mrs. Lavelle
Stevens on clubs.
“Crowell women reported that
they now have a Home Demonstra-
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Byrd
To Celebrate Their Golden
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Jess B. Byrd will
celebrate their Golden Wedding an
niversary at their home in Pan
handle community next Sunday
from 3 to 5 p .m. Friends are invit
ed to call.
Advanced notice was published in
the Herald last week by mistake.
The event is scheduled for next
Sunday instead of last Sunday.
Ing $2,100,000 toward building the dared co-winners with each re-
Sh A „ n0, !’ er $12 ,' 5,, ° 000 wil > H reiving hie same „S| s and tral
j cate? to" be Ue aaicl 1 phies ’ ° n Det ' 3 - these tw ° schools
be aaid off by tolls will compete for the honor of seeing
j charged foi use of the brdige. Pres-
! ent plans call for a 30c per vehicle
| charge.
"Just For Their Sake"
Will be Methodist Pastor's
Theme Sunday Morning
who will represent the Third Dis-
trit in the state meet. There will be
no points or trophies awarded to
the winners in this contest; only
the right to go to state. Three of
• he cast in hte Butler play, “We
Brents Pay Our Debts,” were
j given honors. Harold Sullins won
I fourth place as the best boy actor;
(Glenda Giles received second place
; as the best actress, while Preston
Opportunity for the worship of ? hild ? wa8 declared the best actor
God will be ours at the Butler i n tbe . dlstn ct. Priscilla Jones
Mothmiict Sundav Our* urned in a s Pl enc hd performance
and received
i Methodist church Sunday. Oui-__, . ,
Sunday School begins at 10 a m received very high praise
'Let’s keep our class attendance 1 l r0ni : tb f Judg ? s was not & iven
high by being present every Sun- f g J tt' Jarg ? CTOwd
(ion Agent—Mrs. Katherine Hamil- day. aeciarect tnat the Butler play was
ton. She joined the Taylor County j The pastor will speak Sunday f 116 ° b tble beSt dramas tke Y had
Extension Service staff two months' morning on the subject, “Just for
0 g°- ' j Thei r Sake” based upon the text
“Frank Kirven of Kirven’s, C. E. (found in Genesis 18:26. The Youth
Beall of Strickland Motors, Inc.,
Ed Jenkins of Kirven’s, Felix Terry
of Southern Foods, J. R. McCollum
of McCulloum’s Studio, and Joe
Windsor, assistant executive direc
tor of the Columbus Chamber of
Commerce.”
Thei r Sake” based upon the text I ^ be Sutler High debate team,
found in Genesis 18:26. The Youth £° rn P° sed of Glenda Giles, Gordene
Blackston, Buddy Dunn, and Harold
Sullins won second place in the
Fellowship will meet at 6:45 p. m.
And we will have another great
evening worship service at 7:30 p.
m.
Be in each of these services and
you will be blessed.
C. W. Hancock, Pastor.
debates. They were defeated in the
finals by Vienna. These were very
close contests but Vienna received
the winning votes.
Both the debates and the play
were coached by Mr. Compton.