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“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OP SUCCESS”
VOLUME 77.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY JANUARY 15, 1953.
NUMBER 16.
Sunday’s congregation at the
local Baptist church was highly
favored and pleased with a cornet
solo, "The Sweet Old Story of Old,”
DIXIE HIGHWAY GROUP
DISCUSSES TOURIST PLAN
FOR THIS SECTION OF GA.
Mr. Robert A. Blair, executive
director of the Dixie Highway As
hy Mr. John Davis accompanied at soc j a tjon, Inc., was in Butler Mon-
hte electric organ by Mrs. Julian da y discussing the tourist promo-
W. Edwards I.
• • •
The Mayor and Aldermen, City
of Butler were honored with an
other term of two years without
opposition in a regular city election
Saturday. Those re-elected were -
Mayor, E. L. Harris; Aldermen: E
H. Bazemore, E. D. McCorvey, W. S
Payne, Frank Riley and Murray
Walker.
• • •
A lot of beautiful and most hos
pitable Taylor county homes were !
brightened the more by having 1
many accomplished sons and
daughters home for the Christmas.
holidays, but are now back in the
various schools and colleges of the
state studiously engaged in the
books and classes for anpther five j
months. Hope they may all enjoy
their work and be back to see us
at Easter season if convenient. j
tion program of this highway with
local people.
Residents 01 Crowell Praised
For Community Activities
A Few of the Progressive Steps Rev. Hunter and Family
Taken by This Community |^gyg Jq ^gyy PaStOCate
During 1952.
In Hall County, Georgia
REV. JACKSON FORMER
HOWARD CIRCUIT PASTOR
DIES AT HOUSTON, TEX.
Friends generally throughout
Taylor county were deeply grieved
last week to learn of the death of
Rev. James F. Jackson in the
Methodist hospital in Houston, Tex.
'Stricken a month ago as a result
Following a most efficient service Q f diabetes and nephritis he was
General Assembly
Duly Organized For
Annual Session
Governor Talmadge Urges Rigid
Economy Plans by Members
Of Legislature.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 13—A n evt
Georgia General Assembly was or
ganized Monday to consider an
economy program outlined by the
NOTE: Crowell community comes
—'[first in presentation of a series of h ere f Qr t \vo and one-half years as' para ]i zed in the right side and lin
articles appearing in the Columbus pastor of the local Baptist church, ger ed in a critical condition for
Ledger every Sunday relative to an( j tendering his resignation a some time.
progresstve steps taken during 1952 m0 nth ago Rev. Gordon Hunter Jr. j R ev Jackson was a former pastor
by various farming sections of the moved Tuesday with his interest- of the Howard Methodist circuit' „ nil mh P r of
Chattahoochee Valley. These ar- ing family to Hall County, Georgia. a nd greatly beloved by all Ta y lor lleeislative DroDosak which could
ides are wel1 prepared by Beryl Rev. Hunter has been unanimously county citizens who had the pleas-! c( J t additio P nal P sta te expenditures.
caled to the pastorate of Cross ure Q f knowing him. | _ , , . .
Roads Baptist church located six j He was t he son of Rev. and Mrs. I p bV ; Herman Talmadge and ad-
miles from Hartwell. C. A. Jackson, retired, of the South, ministration leaders, in legislative
The resignation of Rev. Hunter as Georgia Conference, and the broth-, conferences, have borne down hard
local pastor and loss of the family er Q f R ev . q. A. Jackson Jr., pastor ! on a hold-the-line budget policy
Sellers, Farm Editor of the Colum
bus newspaper. In the Crowell
article nine splendid pictures ap
pear, which the Herald regrets very
much being unable to carry with
this story:
In the northeast corner of Taylor
County near Flint river, travelers
will find one of the most progress
ive rural areas in the state or in
in the south.
The name of the community is
Crowell. It’s a prosperous little
community of 57 families. Agricul
ture, of course, is the chief indus
try. There’s also a modern peach
Robert A. Blair, Executive Director packing house in the area.
Dixie Highway Association, Inc.
Corbin, Ky.
Individual initiative coupled with
community cooperation are respon
sible for Crowell’s high standing In
So this is grand old Taylor coun
ty, where if we had a thousand
years to live, ’twould be right here.
Peanuts, potatoes, peaches, and pe
cans, butter, eggs, cream, velvet D j x j e
beans and peavine hay chickens, | posed o£ federal routes u. s . 25, ond ranking rural community in
hogs and cattle, little cotton for to y s 2 5W, u g 411 and jj g 19> Valiev
battle. Builders sand and china 1 - • ■ - ■ • *’
^ hold-the-line
as citizens are each most sincerely the central Methodist Church in' for this sessi ° n > the thlrd the £° v *
regretted. Fitzgerald. His wife was the former ernor . has faced as state chief
From a substantial list of appli- Miss Helen Thompson of Swains- executlve -
cants the board of deacons has fc oro joining the South Georgia! In opposition to this economy
not yet chosen a pastor to succeed conference Mr. Jackson served pas- policy, contends the administration
Rev. Hunter. torates at Pineview, Lumber City is a 10 per cent pay increase pro-
Rev. E. L. Wainwright of Folks- and Eastman before going to Tex- posed for Georgia teachers by the
ton. Ga., has very kindly consent- as £o become associate to Dr. Paul Georgia Education Association. It
ed to supply for the church in all Quillian, pastor of the First Meth- has already wop the endorsement
of its services next Sunday. od j st c h Urc h, Houston, said to be of a number of anti-administration
— the largest Methodist church in the legislators.
children were encouraged. world. Since then he has served! The Monday session was a rou-
The people insist on a first class £wo important pastorates in Texas, tine organization 1 affair in both
school. Crowell graduates are being pastor at Cedar Bayou, Tex., House and Senate. A veteran team
among the better students in the a£ the time of his death. He was of legislators was named to guide
Mr. Blair pointed out that "The the Chattahrochee Valley today “ ho ®J* of tha . cou " ty . and d ° prepared well for the task to which the administrationprogram.
vi P Highway” program is com- The Taylor county area is the sec- WeU in C ° llege and in G business wa s called and was making for Senate minority leader E
; arid said Blair, “with this route ex- j
world.
A unique
organization of
Crowell community is the Willing 45 years of age
Workers Club. The club carries out
making for Senate minority leader Everett
himself a place among the leading Millican perdicts that Gov. Tal-
tbe ministers of Methodism altho only madg’s plan to write segregation
clay wih lumber will save the da y- ! tending all "the way from the up-'. "‘ There are no sponsoring organ
And at the same time here’s a good Michiean through ,zatlons for ou r community,’ said a “Helping Hand” program
recipe for aiding in the living of a X Peteraburg iid Xng Mts ’ Howard Ful,on ’ the 1952 c0 ' Crowe11 lni, ““ cd a move
nice portion of that time: “Worry {he Tamiami Trail to Miami.” i P resident of the Crowell communi- 1 a home demonstration agent for the
move to hire Chairman H. A. Sealy
ty club. "No one helped us. There' county, the community reached Of PMA Announces Farm
, , .... . Program Is in OperaHon
Eat less and chew more; Waste less P as } four years, according to Blair, ' gether and set our sights on high guidance of not only Vernon Red-1
and save more; Preach less and do and £urthe r saying that Mr J. T goals.” dish, the county agent, but. also
less and work more; ride less and i ” * .. ;ty ciuo. "iNo one neipea us. mere 'c „ F — „
walk more; Frown less and smile I The Dlxie Hl 8 hwa y Association [ have be en no gifts to encourage it. that goal last September,
more; Talk less and think more; bas been ver y active during the we’re just people who worked to-1 Today the community has the
bill will not be offered during the
1953 session of the General As
sembly.
The administration plan would
cut off public school money if
segregation should be outlawed. But
Millican, Fulton County senator,
said the measure will be held off
until the Supreme Court rules on an
We are a regular reader ’of Mrs.
Edna Daniel’s “Special Feature” col
^ ... . , Mr. H. A. Sealy, Chairman of the anti-segregation suit now before it.
, S I?- 5hV°, ‘T S a Elaine Shellhouse, the home - £ County PMA Committee, an-
well. It s a district of neat looking ,a*ent. I nounces that the 1953 ACP program I
has, Blair, farm homes, most of which arej" ^Reddish is considered one of thej b ° a , ^ klaui U |\ knon t
distributed, modern; it’s an area of green pas- most capable young county agentS (fam] op c r a,„ rs d r i K , U eSi n g assist?I * **' **'
And Local ConuiiunHy
Exchange Greetings
Cochran of Butler is the director
for this town.
The Association
stated, published and
umn in the Atlanta Journal. Her ove r 800,000 copies of their strip jtures and peach orchards and large in the state. have been advised o£ the soil
articles are always interesting ma P. and is presently carrying ad- poultry houses and beef cattle and, Crowell has a uninque plan in < conservation practices approved fori
whether they refer to matters per-, vertisements with Travel Agencies W crops^ choosing officers. >S farm A^ in prev^us years '
taininng to this section or not; but in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, A remodeled church and a mod- The club always elects co-presi-, th 1953 Agricultura , Conservation
in the course of time they reach,™ dWisconsin. |em school building are the center dents-one a man and the other i program provides payment for part I
people and facts worthy of the at-1 The headquarters of this Associa- of Crowell. a woman. In 1952, Mrs. Fulton was of the CQBt incurred in the es tab-1 A personable young brunette
tention of ourreaders.lt was only a tion are located in the First Na-! The “-^l Mettodb the feminine president and Hon. lishment of app r 0 ved soil conserv-1 from Mitchell county in South Geor-
few days ago, and in the same tional Bank Building of Corbin, Ky. Church—was termed by visitors who Clifford Adams was made leader. jn practices 1 ia is th new hom0 dem onstratioa
article, two matters gained Qjir at- ■ It was learned from Mr. Blair that inspected the community during The community programs are ar-1 In preparing for the 1953 ACP agent of Tavlor County
tention. First: “Putnam county [ the vice president of the Association | the 1952 contest a s “the most mod- ranged so that men and women Programf each farm operator was | She - s 2 l-year-old Elaine Shell-
produces more dairy products per fc r Georgia is Hon. Hays Arnold of ern rural church in this section. playan equal part. No one is left contacted and requested to select house who graduated from the Uni
capita than any other county in.Thomaston. Crowell Methodist looks like a out. There is a part for all | the soil conserv ing practices most versity of Georgia only last
the state, which is not surprising: The Dixie Highway Association | city church msicie. There are neat In it# report to judges during thej needed on hig farm The
when one remembers the fine pio- 'currently soliciting memberships inlt jUrda y School rooms. The church 1952 contest, the club stated: ' and community
r r\ n i*r n a. _i . ... 1 1c VloatoH Kv fTOC Qn/t Hootorc Q PO **WTr\ K/inliinrl tViot i n nn* J
Georgia only
county August,
committees re-1 Miss Shellhouse succeeds Mra,
neering of Dr. B. W. Hunt along this section of Georgia, and withj is heat ^ d b y 8 as and heaters are: “We realized that in our com- viewed'the requests’for‘assistance,' Katherine “HamiUon
that line when most Georgia cows their Field Representative, Mr. J. K.|I )rovided in each Sunday School munity, club our greatest fault lay and approved the practices needed: The new agent came here from*
were still wild with ticks on them.” Lewis being in charge of that part ro °™- j in ^ fact that so few people would most t£) the exten t that the county Bibb county where she served asp
By inter-marriage of families Butler of t he program. While in Butler' remodeling project cost $12,^ work, so, in order to remedy this. ; al i ocation permitted. Requests for assistant home demonstration agent
claims the Hunts as partly her own. M r. Lewis will work under the di-'J 00 and , the ?? tir e cost was paid | committees were appointed a nd . assistance m ore than doubled the under Miss Frances Lowe
Second: In listing the names of rec tion of Mr. Cochran. | b y Crowell residents. The communi- every person was given a specified, county al i ocat ion of $39,000. I “I consider it an honor to work
several Georgians doing ‘Big Busi- Mr . Blair said that travel had ; ty c c,u “ P^y ed a rol f- u |3° b to do - j tU _ _ u j Mr. Sealy states that 564 of the in Taylor county,” Miss Shellhouse
ness” in operating “Earthworm con ti nued to grow steadily ever . ^ yards Jrom the church | Crowell entered the Chattahoo- 700 ac tive farms in the county re- said. “Taylor county is a fine
Farms,” she overlooks one of Tay- S i nce this highway program was, 1 ? e s cho °l building There are chee Valley contest in 19o0 The q ues t e d assistance under the 1953 farming area. The farm women of
♦lor county’s most prominent citi- inaugurated> and “from all indica- * !X ^ rades starting with the first, community entered late and found pr0 g ram . These requests indicate the county are progressive and I
sens, Prof. L. B. Strickland of tionSj the four route s of U. S. 25, j Th ^, c°mrn u nity club has helped re- many stumbling stones the first that the establishment of improved know it’ll be a pleasure to work
Crowell community, from whose s _ 2 5W, U. S. 411 and U. S. 19, £! odel , the s P a do«s auditorium, year. permanent pastures i s the most with them.”
farm is shipped each year hundreds 1 f orm ing the Dixie Highway, should Tbere bave be Pn many improve-1 However, it was a different story need ed practice on the majority of' Miss Shellhouse grew up
• ' ’in 1.951. The club jumped to third lhe f arms • -■ - - 1 K
of pounds of earth worms, better h ave t h e best travel year in their i m f, nts in the lunchnxnri.
known as “Fish Bait”, to all parts history,” reported Blair.
of the United States. Besides a; ‘
successful farmer he is Superin
tendent of the Mauk school, a
teacher in this county for many
years.
Worship at Antioch
Church Next Sunday
While not much fanfare has re
sulted the three outstanding
churches in Butler have completed da y. Phillip Jarrell, Supt
or modernized church buildings or . classes for all ages,
homes of their beloved pastors dur-j Preac hing at 11:30 a. m. by
ing the past year, these doing
on a
-v - „ . , . . , ... „ . . —- in the county. Other arm in Mitchell county. Her par-
ioday a Grade A card hangs in place with a well rounded porgram practices included in the 1953 ACP ents are Mr. and Mrs. W. J Shell-
the lunchroom and the community, This year the community moved Pro g ram are seeding legumes, aply- house
club is chiefly responsible. Many up another notch and this year wiil ing miner ais, planting forest trees, I She graduated from Sale City
large schools cannot ciaim a Grade be aiming at first place. !constructing terraces, ditches, wat- High school in 1948 and entered
Abraham-Baldwin. Two years lat-
Sunday school at 10:30 a. m. Sun-
Good
the
A rating. j Crowell county 104 children and jerholes,' and farm"pond' dams.
Crowell community came into be- 83 adults in its midst. |
ing in 1829 when Henry Crowell A total of 141 take part in Sun-jQ in •
gave 15 acres of land and built a day School or church activities and J vdfluKIdTCS nCfTIdltl
church to satisfy his wife’s longing 302 are engaged in community im- ■ |* P J n» ±
for a place to worship. provement activities. Ill mC jCCOflQ UlSlTICl
Nearly all residents of Crowell Last year, Crowell farmers put n
are descendants of the first settlers. 1,840 acres in improved or perma- vOnQlcSSIOfldl K3CC
g . t . > | i Before hte 1930’s, community nent pastures. This compared with:
credit to any community in Ameri- f be ’ chapter^Our *text S ^ P be farmer s depended on cotton and 1 079 in 1951. farmers planted 1,3661 LATER: Since the following was 1 years and i s a former president of
ca. The members of each of these th 98th vpr „ P Thi« text will be COrn and a * £arm work was done of winter pastures as compared put into type the Herald has been the Sale Citv Club
three denominations have buckled! th h is f ' New Year’s Medi- by mules with li327 in 1951 - Thp y mowed 700 officially advised of the withdraw-! «jt’s always been my ambition td
... —basis for a New Years Medi , During the 30 , s dive rsification be- acres of pastures in 1952 and 650 al of Mrs. Cox from the race. become a home amDlUOn ™
familiar - -
on the whole armor the result of
which is plainly visible as we
draw near these sacred spots. As
evidence the Missionary Baptists
have just cause to be proud of their
recently completed and newly furn
ished pastorium, the Nazarene
Church, of which and for which
| auiaiiaiu-Dctiuwiii. 1 wo yGcirs
er she enrolled at the University of
Georgia and last August received
a Bachelor of Science degree in
Home Ec.
At Georgia, Miss Shellhouse was
a member of the 4-H and Home
demonstration clubs.
She was a 4-H member for 10
demonstration
tation. We urge a full attendance^— 7 ammai r wo^dV "far mens inT95lT " “ i“'The"“ Herald" haV'^prteted and a !TnT” ,he
f rtad . a ™He«y o, crooa Farmers planted 700 pounds of delivered Themis Ind a few “£ stnh^te Is a member of
every men,h'ly’meeting fhls yeSr «- Baptist church.
Invite a friend to come with you.
peanuts, an dtrupk crops. Tractors pounds of fescue and 7,223 pounds gressional District their official
Preachine nraver and nraise made the!r a PP earance - . of crimson clover. election ballots to be used in thej
c imHav g ’ in P y # 7 W P ’ Durin e the rtepression, E. F. Parr The beef cattle population total- Special Election scheduled for Feb.
aunaay eve ing ai ociock. w Ptarted an egg r0l ,t e to Macon and ed 965 in 1952 as compared with 4th in each of the counties of that
Rev. Frank Hohler has labored so| ar f f. pray d n? L t ° r a . B °° V n,!rVraver" from a flock of 100 chickens built a G29 in 1931 - The y raised 593 b °gs in district to fill hte vacancy therein T a |#a |y| K Himtor'c PlarA
^ — 1 ork a 1 ave >our pray - big poultry business. Other families 1952 and 531 in 1951. Chickens caused by the death of Congress-, PllS. flUllTcr S lIcCS
Mr. James Brown to
building, f nd C0 °P erat * a p we succeed We became interested in poultry. Today raised in 1952 totaled 20,000
s ’ invite the public to worship with us tbere
Sunday at Antioch.
J H. Stanford, Pastor.
earnestly and faithfully are
worshiping in their new
while the Methodists are inviting
their friends to attend and enjoy
with them in special services Sun
day Feb. 1st at which time dedi
catory formalities will take preci-
dent over most other matters fol
lowing the installation of a Ham-'Peed, for many years a Steward-
mond organ the gift of Hon. Sims I Trustee and otherwise outstanding
Garrett in memory of his late wife, [member of the church. The presen
recarpeting and repainting interior tation was made by Mr. Peed’s
of-the church, a number of other widow, Mrs. Irene McGee Peed,
improvements;last but by no means herself a faithful member of this
least, three large and handsome church.
are
On Butler School Faculty
by the death of Congress-
and^an Eugene E. Cox last Dec. J.2.
approximately 30,000 19,076 in 1951. i With two of the first announced
chickens in Crowell. Women of the community canned j candidates dropping out there re-1
Later the hog and cattle popula- 7900 quarts of foods last year. In .mains ten qualified candidates as: Mr. James Brown of Covington,
lions increased. Farmers learned 1951 the canning total was 6,000. follows. Mrs. E. E. Cox, wife of the has been, elected to teach science
silver collection plates dedicated much about fertilizer, soil testing They froze 3950 pounds of food in late Congressman.and J. C. Robin- in the Butler High school. He is
to the memory of Mr. Frederick A. a nd improved pastures. 1952 as compared with 2,110 in 1951 j son, both of Camilla; H. G. Rawls succeeding Mrs. Gordon Hunter
Walter Wainwright, one of. the 1 Today there are 53 homes with and J. N. Peacock Jr., both of Al- i who resigned at the end of the
Valley’s most progressive farmers running water and 34 with bath-|bany; L. L. Brookard of Norman first semester.
built a modern peach packinghouse rooms. Park; J. D. Cook of Tifton; F. L. | Mr. Brown is a graduate of North
gives employment to many. The value of new buildings, re- Lunsford of Leary; J. L. Pilcher of,Georgia College. He has taught in
and
persons during the peach season, pairs, remodeling, painting costs Meigs; J. E. Sheffield Jr. of Quit-Jordon Military College, Florida
Crowell places emphasis on the for farms and homes during 1952 man and H. L. Wingate Jr. of Pel-! Military Academy, and Randolph-
young people Organizations for, totaled $39,000. ham. j Macon Military Academy