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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER GEORGIA, JANUARY 15, 1953.
THE BUTLER HERALD
Entered at Post
Georgia as Mail Matter of
Second Class
Gov. Talmadge and all State
House officers did not go before the
people during the 1952 primaries
Office at Butler,' and elections, and they have two
Lord's Prayer Lithograph Marks MiacrAflAA TAimtu tft
This as Printing Week MllSCOgee tOUllTy lO
Chas. Benns Jr., Managing Editor
O. E. Cox, Publisher & Bus. Mgr.
OFFICIAL IORGAN TAYLOR |CO
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hundred Copies
The distribution of 30,000 litho-
more full years. Talmadge will not graphed prints of the Lord’s Prayer
Ibe eligible to succeed himself. , n Atlanta churches and Sunday
Friends are confident he will sue- sc h 00 ) Sunday morning marked
ceed Senator George in the Senate , th e official beginning of Printing
when that gentleman finishes his week activities in Atlanta.
Go Along with New
Court Circuit Plans
present term.
By Jack Thornton
Designed and produced by an Muscogee county court officials
Atlanta lithographer, tne prayer— and the county's delegation to the
Whatever may be the exigencies, suitable fo r framing—was given Georgia General Assembly will not
one thing must not happen. There through member churches of the oppose setting up separate Super-
must be no curtailment of educa- Atlanta Christian Council as a fea- j or Court circuit for Muscogee alone
tional facilities . . It goes with- lure of Graphic Arts. ! if other counties of the present cir-
Everywhere you hear: “What new^ { that at this critical per-I Mayor Wm. B. Hartsfield Satur- cuit wa nt it.
' J " iod it would be a great mistake to day proclaimed Sunday thru Satur-
weaken the services of any of our'day—the 247th anniversary of Ben-
educational institutions. On the jamin Franklin's birth—as Printing
legislation should or will the Gen
oral Assembly enact?”
President-Elect Eisenhower it
said will be the first “golfer”
the White House for 32 years.
in l
other hand they should
strengthened, no matter what
drain may be.
It was decided at a meeting re
cently that action to create a sepa-1
rate circuit would not be originat-
■1
“How can a delinquent father ex-1
pect more of his children than he i
be. Week.
the' Franklin, claimed by printers as ed by Muscogee County since it is
their patron saint, was born Jan. satisfied with present court opoia-
17, 1706.
Mrs. Shirley Ann McElhannon of
tion. However it was agreed that
if the other counties of the Chatta-
Pittman Carter, formerly Jackson East p 0 i n t, a brunette clark-typist hoochee Judicial Circuit want to L
kiinfif CnVmni CiinorintnnHont lact .... « • i i. ...in conorato thpmcoluoc frrvm thn cif- ' ^
f ec " ralmlv asks Dr. Har-[County School Superintendent, last in a lithographing plant, will serve separate themselves from the
IS himselt, C. y I iimnir ^ninoH Ihp ctuff nf C rPor- _ „ a » rx : i -t o »» thp 1VT11 ccnapp Hplpcratinn
Jewelry is to be worn
week joined the staff of the Geor- ag -printers’ Devil of 1953.”
| gia Farm Bureau Fderation as As-1 She was c hosen in a contest con-
anvwhere!sistant lo President Hi L. Wingate j^ted among the member firms
* V r,nnnrrHnnr tr\ on annOUnCOITlCnt ‘ T *- 1 - :
i
Harris who says:. “He who
has a thousand friends has not one
to spare.”
cuit, the Muscogee delegation wori't
oppose it.
Meeting to discuss the proposal
com- 1 vvere State Senator O. N. Singleton jg
Buena Vista, who is considering in
banquet will troducing legislation to create two
hunuuuj jo circuits; A. E. Smith and T. W. Da-
- , , • 1QC -o are accor d‘ n g to an announcement j j nc trade association
but expected places in 1953, we ar f the Macon offic e. Mr. Carter mercial prin ters
told; but asked no further ques- thp ^ q FB sta ff highly a printing Week
ti° n - [recommended, and with a back-!. B1UB1}V J0 tojsnpui
'ground in Farm Bureau work near- 1 c ii max the week’s activities tomor-
We most heartily co ^ CUT \ ly as old as Farm Bureau itself. | row night a t the Atlanta Athletic j Lawyer - S Club, Judge T. Hicks Fort
Pierce arris w . i — |Club. Mayor Hartsfield will speak. Solicitor General Russell Davison
The Cairo Messenger thinks it Four cash prizes will be awarded j r .. f Court Reporter, R. O. Perkins,
would be nice if every farmer in at the banquet to winners of a high County Attorney J. Alvan Davis,
Grady county could grow sweet po- school essay contest on printing,
week a Birmingham Ala J as did - n s gon0l
court judge, Judge Smith ’
Last
superior
called a prominent witness to the
stand and asked: “Are you Snow?”
“No,” said the witness, “I am
Rainwater.”
Give me the money that has been
spent in war, and 1 will build a
school house in every valley over
hte whole earth. I will crown every
hillside with a place of worship
consecrated to the Gospel of peace.
—Selected. ,
by. They probably will as soon as
the government lifts its quarintine
regulations. The Herald differs very
much with the Messenger editor.
Well do we remember when farm
ers brought us potatoes on Herald
subscription at 50c a bushel fol
lowed by the greatest waste imag
inable.
BUILDING MATERIALS
We are headquarters for nationally known
building materials including hardware, plumb
ing wiring, light fixtures, paints, etc.
Pittsburg Paints, Celotex, Doors, Hardwood
‘‘Like all of you. 1 grew, up with Jsidered, Muscogee county would be-11 p| oor j n g WittdOWS, Lime, Brfck Blocks, Sheet
Bad Colds of Old Differ
From Colds of Today
State Senator Robert Jordan of Tal-
botton, and Muscogee Legislators
Howell Hollis, Mac Pickard and J.
G. Young.
Under the proposal being con-
bad colds,” Sister Edna Daniel of
Quitman, tells her Atlanta Journal
readers. She further states: "You
never heard a cold referred to as a
strep throat or one of the virus in
fections which makes your nose run
i just like noses used to run with
come a separate court circuit. The 1
other five counties of the circuit—
Harris, Marion, Chattahoochee, Tay-,
lor and Talbot—would unite with
Peach and Crawford counties to 1
form another circuit.
In the present circuit Superior
Court transacts most of its business
in Columbus and meets only twice
a year in the smaller counties.
The court now meets six times a 1
year in Columbus. With another
1
The year 1953 is expected to see
religious denominations in their , . .,
greatest effort of church-building | bad colds. And you sneezed in the
. to keep pace with Atlanta’s rapidly , sam c way and your feet were cold
Adlai Stevenson has made up his i increasing population. Every re- ln tb e mormn g and in the after
mind that the Eisenhower adminis-. source 0 f their churches will be n ° on you were feverish . . . what
tration is going to need a respon- taxed to the utmost as they reach tb ^y called an elevated temperature ....
sible, but aggressive and articulate, out with new buildings to provide when they are tixing to give you ^circuit, backers of the proposal say
opposition. He has further made up pj aces Q f worship in unchurched Pouioillin.
his mind that he is the man to: communities or additions to You go to bed and call the doc-
lead this opposition. churched communities or additions tor wb cb no one ever d * d with a
l to churches that have become mere u bad cold Grandma would
With nine candidates in the race ;( , rowded we are told .reach for a tablespoon and the
for Congress from the Second Dis- j _J. castor oil bottle and having dosed
trict of Georgia, the contest be- TT „ , . .. [you she would tie a piece of flan
comes a free-for-all, in which a[ , H °w we | do , we remember those ne j soaked j n turpentine around
Rock, Wall Board and many other items.
A complete stock for large and small jobs
» at prices to save you money.
Inquires solicited and appreciated.
§
number of good men will vie
votes among the people of the
counties in the district.
for days recorded below by A. C. Jolly y OUr ne ck and the resulting misery
14 in the Bartow Herald, Cartersville: ma( j e y OU forgte the bad cold. So
i “In the horse and buggy days, j had a cold and read my Merry
— - | some jurymen lived so far out on Christmas and Happy and Pros-
Was the midnight baby first or bad roads they couldn t make p erous New Year cards in bed with
last? The- question was asked last round trips to the court house daily made y OU forget the bad cold. So
week for tiie purpose of keeping the and be on tirr ? e - They received $2 one eyo s } lu t and plenty of Kleen-
incoaie tax. straight if a baby born a day *-°r services then, and could ex a f hand.
on the stroke of midnight the first b Y at a boarding house for $1i «j had no desire for eggnog even
baby of 1953 or a last second in- a day > including sleeping. Some. jy offered which it wasn’t. The tur-
few sponged on relatives and key had a dried odder taste and
friends and took home their totuljabout all that was appetizing was
the P a y. which wasn't bad when they; mi]k toast. Just think of coming
an- often served two or three weeks at to such a doddering state after all
Eugene a tinne.
of wide
J T. Dennis in his column of
come tax deduction for 1952.
J. E. Stoddard, publisher of
Washington News - Reporter,
nounced last week that
Phillips, a newspaperman
experience and a former official in J l. Dennis in
the U. S. information program in “Random Thoughts” in last week’s
the merry holidays to which I have
become accustomed. I may add that
the only New Year’s greetings that
really comforted me was a letter
Europe and Southeast Asia, will be issue of the Elberton Star told his from Cousin Vasco out in Texas
associated with him in the publi
cation of his newspaper.
readers that on a windy day a who had just been let out of the hos
it would be possible to hold court
in the small counties four times a
year. i • !'> s ' ; rv 1
Setting up a separate circuit
would necessitate election of an
other judge and solicitor general,
and appointment of a court report
er in the new circuit. The only ef
fect the move would have on Mus
cogee county would be a slight in
crease in salaries the county at
present pays the solicitor general j 8
and the court reporter. ^
Butler Lumber Co.
Phone 51 Butler, Ga.
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woman turned the street corner,
holding tight her hat, while her
Announcement was made last skirt blew higher and higher above
week by E. T. Methvin, publisher, her knees. In response to the curi-
that Harold Powers has accepted ous gazes of some men lounging
the position of editor of the Hawk- on the corner, she frankly com-
insville Dispatch and News. Mr. mented: “Gentlemen, wha tyou are
Powers succeeds F. A. Jones who looking at is 40 years old; what I
for the past several months has am holding on to is brand new.”
served as editor of hte Abbeville
Chronicle as well as the Dispatch This item regarding our near
and News. i friend of many years, Mr. Paul T.
jHarber, native of Commerce and at
Dr. F. W. Farmer, widely known one time very popular president of
Macon deritist who served as presi- the Georgia Press Association, now
dent of the state dental associa- as for many years prominent in the
hotel interests of Florida and
pital after a long illness, both of
us, a child of sorrow and ac
quainted with grief.”
Old Familiar Face Missing from
State Capitol During
Legislature
tion in 1952, was honored a few
evenings ago as the “most out
standing” dentist of the year by
the Central District Dental Society.
The award for distinguished service
was made at a luncheon session in
connection with
tific meeting of
Memorial cknie.
Georgia, represented last week a
large group of select Georgia ho
tels whose co-operative effort have
made it possible to engagee Paul’s
service for the winter season. Our
an all-day scien- best wishes are extended to Paul
the R. H. Mason and those with whom he is asso-
I ciated in business.
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Childres Service Station
Butler, Ga. Phone 63
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life
OIL PRODUCTS
“Time to Change to
X-100 Motor Oil”
| Taylor County
Are Now
Current reports are htat Roy
Harris, a” guiding hand in the Leg
islature for many years, may not
attempt to wield the powerful di
rect influence over the General As
sembly that he has in the past, we
are told by M. L. St. John.
As House Speaker, Harris domi
nated the Legislature during the
Rivers and Arnall administration.
He was defeated for the legisla
ture in 1946. However, through his
friendship with the House leader,
Harris continued to wield his influ
ence. Altho not in the General As
sembly he came to Atlanta during
sessions, roomed at the Henry
Grady, and spent much time in the
speaker’s office at the State Capi
tol with Speaker Fred Hand.
Tax Books
Open
Valuable Gift Awarded
Boys Estate
By W. R. Smith, of Cochran
get the point the hard way.”
We have anything you need in Goodyear
tires and tubes. We handle all sizes oltires
from tractor to car tires. Distributor of
Shell oil products.
Boys Estate, sanctuary for boys
from broken homes, destitute par-]5
ents, orphans, and many who have J
never had a chance by reason of •
circumstances beyond their control /J
is richer today by $25,000. •
j An anonymous contribution from •
I Columbus, has just be%n received J
by Arddll Nation, founder and •
guiding genius of the unusual *
haven for boys. j •
I Mr. Nation is jubilant over this •
generous and unexpected donation. *
He has labored through the years •
in his work of love for Boys Es- •
tate. Many times he must have J
felt that he had an impossible task •
before him. His financial struggles j|
have never ceased. i •
•
I a
How times have changed since 5
man merely dragged his bride to a
the cave of his choice, Dr. Pierce S
Harris remarks. The greatest of the a
changes have been since January S
29, 1903—nearly 50 years—accord- a
■^ing to our way of thinking.
To Receive State and County Tax
Returns For The Year 1953
All persons owning property January 1, 1853, must report
it for taxation purposes.
In order to get the benefit of HOMESTEAD and PERSON
AL EXEMPTION it will be necessary for you to file ycur
plication on or by April 1.
I will appreciate your calling by the office first time
are in Butler and making your return.
Yours to serve
ap-
you
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C. H. ADAMS
Tax Commissioner, Taylor County
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