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I he Butler Herald
KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OP SUCCESS’*
VOLUME 77.
BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY JANUARY 22, 1953.
NUMBER 17.
Rev. E. H. Dunn has kindly con
sented to occupy the pulpit at the
local Baptist church Sunday for
both the morning and evening
worship in the absence of a pas
tor^ due ot the resignation of Rev.
Gordon Hunter, who with his fami
ly left 1 ast week for Hartwell
where several weeks ago, so noti
fying the local church at the time,
he accepted a call to the Cross
Roads church, six miles out from
Hartwell. The local pulpit was
ably filled last Sunday by Rev. E.
L. Wainwright of Foikston, Ga.
• • •
Almost any town in this coun-
JOIN MARCH OF DIMES
HELP ERADICATE POLIO
THROUGHOUT AMERICA
Mrs. Mattie Kendrick
Devoted Wife-Mother
Succumbs to Stroke
Taylor county mothers, civic clubs
schools and church leaders have
joined hands in a concerted effort
to reach the goal of $2,000 set for
the county by the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis.
Infantile Paralysis is no stranger
to our county. In the past 10 years
there have been several cases of
polio with a few being severe.
Last year there was five cases in
the county all of which were
helped by the National Foundation
of Infantile Paralysis
And Faithful Member
Antioch Baptist Church.
of
At the family residence a few
miles north of Butler, occurred the
Dwight Eisenhower
Assumes Presidency
AtCeremonyTuesday
Tremendous Demonstration
Largest Crowd Ever
Attend an Inauguration.
by
to
Washington, Jan. 20—Here in
chronological order, are high points
sad passing Sunday 2:30 a. m. of' 0 f President Eisenhower’s inaugural
try—Butler no exception—could be;of dollars have been spent on pa-jiis c .
bigger and better and more pros-jtient care for local victims, that | Grimes. The date of her birth is
perous than it is if everyone in it'were contributed Hv th* r—---
Mrs. J. T. (Mattie Lenora Grimes)
Kendrick, following an illness of
only five days due to paralysis.
The deceased was a life-long
resident of Taylor county and
Thousandshte daughter of the late Mr. Mor-
and Mrs. Hattie Bradley
by
the county, given as Sept. 14, 1880. She was
pulled for the town and its insti-'May we urge you to help us carry!a most devoted wife and mother:
tutions. The reason why some our share of the burden. In early womanhood the deceased
get ahead faster than others is that! Fifty coin collectors have been united with the Antioch Missionary
they have more people in themj placed all over the county to as-1 Baptist church and had
address Tuesday:
* * *
. . . Forces of good and evil are
massed and armed and opposed as
rarely before in history.
BILL DRAWN PLACING
COUNTY OF TAYOR IN
NEW JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
We are called as a people to
give testimony, in the sight of the
world, to our faith that the future Murphy of Crawford, who said peo-
Atlanta, Jan. 19—Creation of a
new superior court judicial circuit
w’as proposed in a bill being drawn
Monday.
The new circuit would leave Mus
cogee in a circuit by itself.
Counties in the new circuit
would include Taylor, Marion,
Talbot, Chattahoochee, Harris and
Peach. The latter comes from the
Macon circuit.
A House proposal that Crawford
County, also in the Macon circuit,
be included in the new circuit was
turned down by Rep. R. Clifton
shall belong to the free.
Science seems ready to confer
since u P° n us > as * ts ^’ nal gift, the power
pulling for the town than do oth- sist those who care to give. Coin'been a faithful and regular attend- erase human life from the earth,
ers. A town after all, is the result collectors have been distributed' ant at all services, and known far t ^ sach time * n history, we who
of efforts of its citizens—absolute- through all the schools, both white and near as a devout Christian. iff®,/ 166 must proclaim anew our
ly nothing else. No town that its and colored, enabling the children I Besides an innumerable host of
own citizens desert can expect to to give if they desire. [devoted friends left to mourn her
get anywhere. j The campaign will close with a demise are her beloved husband,
• • • j gigantic Mother’s March Thursday | M r. j. T- Kendrick; one daughter,
’Twas Helecoptors—five in num-lnight of next week when between Mrs. Alton Parker; five sons:
ber and in army formation—and the hours of 7 and 8 an effort will | Horace, J. B., Howard and Hubert,
not fllying Saucers that attracetd be made to contact every house ini 0 f Butler and Robert Kendrick of
our population Sunday afternoon the county who cares to give. jThomaston; three sisters' Mrs. C.
as they settled for a night’s rest on | This Mother’s March will be,H. Pender and Mrs. Lizzie Hunt of
the local air field and visited by sponsored in Butler by the Garden!port Valley and Mrs. W. A. War-
hundreds of interested spectators. Club, Reynolds; the Woman’s Clubl ren of Macon; one brother, Mr. M.
These turtle-like monsers with tre- Crowell, the Crowell Improvement jc. Grimes of Macon; and seven-
mendous wings attached to the | Club; Central, Mrs. Jack Peed, Mrs. teen grandchildren.
’faith.
* * •
It is our faith in the deathless
dignity of man, governed by eter
nal moral and natural laws.
* * *
This faith rules our whole way
of life. It decrees that we, the peo
ple, elect leaders not to rule but
to serve.
top are built for especially rapid j Franklin McCants; Five Points, Mrs
service on Army field and capable,Calvin Jarrell; Rupert, Mrs. Joel
of transporting, each of them, 12 Hollis and Mrs. Julian Cooper;
to 15 wounded men from field to | Mauk, Mrs. L R. Pike and Mrs.
hospital. The occasion of their vis- Randall Waller; Taylor Mill, Mr. j
it here was due to heavy rains 1 and Mrs. Piper. j
while enroute to Fort Benning from | The Colored March will be spon
Funeral services and interment
took place Monday, 11 a. m., at
Antioch Baptist church and ceme
tery; the obsiques being conducted
by her pastor, Rev. J. H. Stanford
with the following acting pall
bearers: Messrs Bernard, Jack,
It is because we, all of us, hold
to these principles that the political
changes accomplished thsi day do
nO[t imply turbulence, upheaval or
disorder.
we were advised
rection of Prof. Robert McDougald
and Reynolds School drive under
Prof. Brown.
thG . City ° f ™^ nigt0n ° T n6arby ’ and Cecil Kendrick;
William and Rev. Johnnie Shelley
with Edwards Bros. Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
Sen. Cheek Honored
With Some of Best
Committee Appointments
A few days ago we were taking a
ride around the residential section
here in town. To our delight we
found many beautiful new homes BdOtlSf COflYCfltlOfl
recently completely. Especially true I
was this in large area generally )T A AnpH ^pCCIAfi at
known as the Elder J. R. Respess; ,w V F CTI JWWWI HI
property at one time and where U arA „ Ufttlflav n m
Eld. Respess pioneered in peach PIOLUIt PlUIIUujf |J. III.
growing for Eastern markets in j
Middle Georgia. All of these homes; Macon, Jan. 21—The
would be a credit to any com-[Baptist Convention will
represent the Twenty-Third District
composed of Taylor, Crawford and
Peach counties.
He declared while at home thatl dan £ er is discord.
Georgia
begin a
munity. If a person is deciding on ! statewide evangelisic conference in
settling in a town one of the first ^ Macon Monday afternoon and con-
things that helps him make the tinue through Wednesday,
decision is to see new, moder, well j The First Baptist Church of Ma-
kept homes dotting the city. He! con will be host to pastors, Sunday
knows he will find a wide-awake, school workers, training union
progressive city where people care j helpers and many others active in
enough to want to own a home no church work.
matter how small it may be. "IThe opening session beginning Mon
* * [day at 2 p. m. in the church audi-
The esteem with which the' torium. Rev. S. S. Garrison, presi-
service of most of the weekly news-1 dent of the Georgia Baptist Con-
papers of this area are conducted' vention and pastor of the Bull
Is most gratifying. These papers de- Street Baptist church, Savannah, j he was highly pleased with the
vote 52 times a year a large por-jwill deliver an address entitled Our:lack of fan-fare of the first week’s
tion of their space to the various; Challenge following opening cere- session of the Legislature and the
agricultural and home demonstra-1 monies and special music. outlook for a very quiet and busi-
tion work of the county, its church-) Dr. H. J. Stokes Jr., pastor of the[ness-like session from start to fin
es and its schools, court proceed- ( host church, will welcome the ish.
ings for weeks prior to and follow- church workers. I Assignments on Senate Commit-
ing each of the terms of court each; One of the features of the meet- 'lopo to Mr Cheek are a« follows-
year these without cost or expenese ing will be special emphasis on the
to the county.Just last week it was j relation of the Sunday School to
noted that for publishing the grand [evangelistic efforts,
jury presentments—less than aj Paul McCommon, secretary of the
column in length—the Stewart- ] department of church music for the
County body recommneded that its j convention and W. L. Wood, or-
local newspaper be paid $30.00 outiganist of the First Baptist church,
of the county funds. That was .will furnish special music during
showing by the body appreciation j the meetings.
for service that could not be ob- j —
tained otherwise and without cost
to the county.
The enemies of this faith know
no good but force, no devotion but
its use. They tutor men in treason.
They feed upon the hunger of
others. Whatever defiles them they
torture, especially the truth.
* * *
Freedom is pitted against slav
er.?." light against dark.
The faith we hold belongs not to
us alone but to the free of all the
world.
pie in his county wish to stay in
the Macon circuit.
Peach County Rep. F. B. Little
said people in his county had no
complaint over present service in
the Macon circuit but felt that an
increase in court business in large
Houston county, also in the Macon
circuit, would necessitate a change
at a later date.
Counties withdrawing from the
Muscogee circuit are doing so be
cause of the increased court busi
ness in Columbus.
’Commitment Day' Next
Sunday by Methodists Is
A Family Responsibility
Mr. Jeff Harmon
Killed In Automobile
Accident Yesterday
Funeral Services at Mount
Pisgah Church Tomorrow at
Eleven o’clock A. M.
Mr. Jeff Riley Harmon, 65 year*
of age, was killed about 5:30
o’clock yesterday morning in auto
mobile accident a few mi les out
from Valdosta.
Mr. Harmon was alone at thd*
time of the accident, and was drivr*
ing a late model pick-up trucR
loaded with household furniture.
He was in the process of moving
back to his home near Butler from
Oklawaha, Fla., where he and his
wife had made their home for the
past six months.
Mr. Harmon was born in this
county February 22, 1887, the son
of the late Mr. Henry K. and Mrs.
Susan Harris Harmon. He was one
of the best known farmers and
poultrymen In this section. He lived
in Taylor county his entire life
until about six months ago at
which ’ time he moved to Florida
hoping that the change in dim*
matic conditions would prove bene*
ficial to his health.
Funeral is announced for Mfc,
Harmon at Mt. Pisgah Baptist
church tomorrow (Friday) morning
at 11 o'clock. Rev. John M. Cox will
officiate, followed by interment ill
The Fourth Sunday in January- , ce ! ne “ ry - ,
next Sundav—is set aside in the Sur vivors include his wife,, Mrs*.
" ex * l u n . ! Minnie Cox Harmon; four daugfc-
Methodist church as Commitment „ Lr
Sundav l ters ’ Mrs ’ Ernest Singleton, Butler j
’ r, , ,, , , Mesdames Brown and Frank Eu«-
Because of the dangers that con- banks of R |d an „
n„, ,h J ' OU h n 5,.^° P L, '? UB u , “'“‘ “eKinney, of Warner Robins; t£>
hoi, the hazards that a.eohol pto-l ns M Tom „ ^
vldes for anyone who drives ourl Ha Bull tWfJ
highways or even crosses the T D ^ Ib , „ . „ ’ __
streets—(as long as alcohol Is * *" d H Harmonj.
available to those who drivel-: l alS0 17 gIandchlldrcn ^
the tragic damage
to important
relatonships that can result from
lossened tongue, or the lowered
standards of even an occasional
drinker; the incalculable waste of . , -
We know, beyond this, that we j human potentialities that occurs AlMI 3 LUO Of CoflGG
Inaugural Attendants
Paid 40c For Hot Dog
are linked to all free peoples not when the alcohol “susceptable” |
merely by a noble idea but by a takes on, (with a casual drink) the . Washi t Jan 21 _ F
simple need. problem which is likely to prove a ’ t .. , ^ In
beyond his control, the ways in inaUgUral da y visitora whose tastes
Georgia State Senator Hugh G.
Cheek was with his family and
friends here for hte past week end
after devoting his undivided atten
tion and inteerst for the first week [markets in the world for the sur-
on the Senate side of the Georgia | pluses of our farms and of our fac-
General Assembly. He was chosen tories.
in last Fall’s general election to
No free people can for long cling; which members of hte family are bo^eht^T^ho/'rfnJ 0 - edib ^’'
any privilege or enjoy any safety conditioned toward acceptance of g 1 CU P ° co *~
to any privilege or enjoy any safety | conc| itioned toward acceptance
in economic solitude. For all our | alcohol use as a normal thing-
own material mi#ht, even we need radio, T. V., magazines, newspa-
So we are persuaded by neces-
fee.
The price—25c for a hot dog, I5<t
for coffee—are in line with govern—
pers, billboard advertising, the so- " ‘ t w “" BOV,:ra *
cial drinking nattern of fho«> r*. "lent price regulations, in Inaug
ural Committee said.
The Herald was favored a few
days ago by a visit from three
dear friends, these being Mrs. J. G.
(Clifford) Stokes, Mrs. James A.
(Clara) Cameron and Miss Lola
McCants. They are lifelong resi
dents of the county and having fol
lowed closely in the foot-steps of
their beloved parents have been a
wonderful blessing to the feeble
bodied by illness and privation in
their community, to the religious,
educational and social interest of
the entire county. They are daugh-Tor conservatism in state spending,
ters of the late Hon. J. J. and Mrs. the chief executive pledged him-
Jennie McCants. the former “Uncle[self to take “full responsibility”
Jack” in the early days of Taylor;for the successful financial opera-
county brought this section to the \ tion to the state government if his
front by his legislative efforts as | budget recommendations are adop-
member each of the Senate and t ted.
House, representing the district, Stressing that the government is
at various times. He was head of, being operated close to the bone
the Democratic party, jcounty and | with “no margin of safety”, the
state for many years and loved | governor said his recommenda-
people as they loved him and tions “barely cover the cost of
Aviation: Congressional and leg
islative Reappointments; Conserva
tion; Education and Public Schools
of which he is Vice-Chairman.
Finance; Journals; Military Af-
cial drinking pattern of those
spected in the community. ,
The Young Adult Sunday School l jn F °° dandb f Verag ( f were f ol< *
Class would like to urge Family h " S * concessions
sity and belief that the strength of i CouncrU on these important con-1 a *L^Parade e roU e to the In *‘
all free peoples lies in unity, their j ditions > and that you help us get| j
as many as possible out to church 1 T , _
and to sign # the Commitment IflyiOr. TfllDOt 3310
We wish our friends the world ; cards for tota > abstinence next Sun-1.. # _
over to know this above all: We da y- MdriOII DiSiTICt BOV
face the threat—not with dread
and confusion—but with confidence
and conviction.
—Reporter.
We feel this moral strength
cause we know that we are
helpless prisoners of history,
are free men.
be- 1
not i
We'
Methodists of State
We hold it to be the first
task of statesmanship to develop
fairs; Penal Institutions; Uniform |the streng t h that will deter the
System of Georgia.
Plan Conference-wide
Visitation Campaign
Scouts Win Trophy
Worship at Mt. Pisgah
Church Next Sunday
Gov. Talmadge Monday
Submitted to Assembly
229 Million Budget
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 19—Gov. Tal
madge Monday asked the General
Assembly for $229,932,292 budget
for each of the next two years, but
at the same time warned that his
recommendations arc the “absolute' will be the 28th verse. Discipleship
maximum” the state can afford. is discussed in this chapter and the
In a speech emphasizing the need' text is a solemn warning to all of
us to seriously and prayerfully con-
Sunday School at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday; Carroll Peacock, Supt.
Good classes for all ages.
Preaching at 11.30 a. m. by the
pastor. We are repeating our mes
sage of last Sunday. Please read
Luke, the 14th chapter. Our text
The Taylor, Talbot and Mariort
District of the Georgia-Alabama
Council Boy Scouts of America worn
the President’s award for having
[the highest attendance at the An-
_ ,, . n ual Council Banquet at the Couri-
The Methodists of the South try Club in Columbus Friday eve-
Georgia Conference will conduct a ning. The trophy is now on dis-
Conference-wide Evangelism Cam-;lay in Butler in the window of
cared
need.
for their every wish and
continuation of the services
being provided."
sider the cost involved in being a
true disciple. Bring some friend
with you to hear the message.
Preaching, prayer and praise at
7 p. m. Sunday.
The church and pastor extend an
earnest invitation to the public to
worship with us Sunday in all our
services. You will find a warm
welcome and Christian fellowship.
Come praying for the services
now land for the pastor.
| J. H. Stanford, Pastor.
forces of aggression and promote paign beginning April 18 and con-1 Allen Hardware Co
the conditions^ of^ peace. |tinuing through April 24. All the! Eighteen Scouts from the local
| ministers of the Florida Conference Ttood 33 and threp lpadprc at
We stand to engage withjwili come to South Georgia and as- the banquet at which Dr ElbSt
all others in joint effort to remove sist local pastors in this great K. Fretwell Chief Rov <?pnnt
trust 03 among “atiOTs^and 11 ® ^to m . OVen } ent : In May the South Geor - Scouts of’ America was guest
uust among nations, and so to gia ministers will go to Florida for speaker
make possible drastic reduction of a similar campaign.
armaments.
. . . We shall never try to pla- J. B. McManus Chosen
cate an aggressor by the false and y k u
wicked bargain of trading honor 10 jUCCcCQ AYCrCTl 3S
for security. For in the final choice a( Pah.iM /*»
a soldier’s pack is not so heavy a, vYOruCll 0T LOllYICT vSITip
burden as a prisoner’s chains.
* * * i County Commissioners E. H.
Conceiving the defense of free-1 Bazemore, Lewis Watson and Wal-
dom, like fredom itself, to be one te r Wainwright of Taylor county Sealed proposals for carrying: the
and indivisible we hold all conti- have appointed J. B. McManus as U. S. Mails between the lial Post
nents and peoples in equal regard j warden of the County Public Works Office and the Central of Georgia
and honor. # ^ # Camp to succeed Hamp Averett. Railroad are requested.
* * Averett has been appointed deputy This service will not be let for a
♦ the Umted Nations as warden and will be in charge of stated period ,and no written con*
the living sign of all peoples’ hope!the motor patrol. ,tract with bond is required
tor peace, we shall strive to make) McManus was officially approved Mail messenger will be naid
it not merely an eloquent symbol by the state effective Jan. 15. He 'monthly by the Postmaster at the
but an effective force. .was formerly connected with the local office and no more than fair
, jcdy police department in Thomas- and reasonable compensation will
e must be ready to dare all for ton. b e a u owe( j f or t j,j s ggrvjce
our country. For history does not | The commissioners also appoint- Blank bids may be secured from
!°" g .. e „ n _. rUSt _ tbe c " e ,® f freedom to , ed Emof y Har ris as clerk to sue- your local Postmaster upon appli-
Iceed L. P. Anthony. j cation therefor.
America was guest
I Attendance of the local scouts
[was made possible by donations ot
a number of Butler citizens.
Bids Open for Mail
Messenger Service from
P.0. To Railroad Station
the weak or the timid.