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}kli a% - a"! E Butler IIerald
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS**
VOLUME 77.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5, 1953.
NUMBER 19.
“How he cured the flu,” a friend
advises: “Take two aspirins, drink
a quart of fruit juice, take two an-
ti-histimine pills, a short of Hiram
Walker Imperial, a hot bath and
stay in bed three days.”
THURSDAY NIGHT FEB 12
TO BE EVENTFUL OCCASION
FOR REYNOLDS CITIZENS
The student body, alumni, facul
ty and all others associated with
Reynolds High School will be in
terested in the program planned for
Thursday evening, Feb. 12th, at the
, .. newly constructed “Fickling Gym”
According to report 554 of the 7UU| The occasion is t he dedication of
active farmres in Taylor county ^is gymnasium which, two years
have requested assistance under
the 1953 Agricultural Conservation
Program of the Production Market
ing Administration.
* * *
Greer’s Almanac, with its store
Taylor County Gives
$931.67 In Recent
March ofDimesDrive
Chairman of Local Polio Drive
Is Well Pleased with Response
From Over County.
The Annual March of Dimes was
brought to a close in this county
with a dramatic Mothers March
Important Valley
Bills Now In Hands
Of Gov. Talmadge
REV. CHARLIE MOORE'S
DEATH FRIDAY BROUGHT
SORROW TO FRIENDS
These Bills Received Final
of
ago, seemed an impossibility.
The exercises will begin prompt
ly at 7:30 p. m. with Rev. H. F
Jelks, prominent Baptist minister,: Thursday night with scores
now retired, delivering the dedica-[mothers visiting homes all over the
tory address. Following the exer- 'county. Butler, Crowell and Central
cises there will be a basketball (mothers visited all homes which
nf nractieal helDS and information game between two of Macon’s bestjgave them a welcome with a
1 f hitpation But we I teams. The teams will be furnished (lighted porch light. Reynolds, Ru-
i s a wonderful publication. But we , through the courtesy of William j pert, Daviston and Mauk conducted
miss htat colorful Barker’s Almanac Ficklingj for w hom the gymnastic daylight drives,
with those intriguing puzzle pic- j institution is named, and Charlie
tures That was the granddaddy of J Wood, President of the Amateur
almanacs with us. Also, Barker’s; Basketball Association in Macon.
it
Liniment. Reckon it got so hot
burned the almanac out?
i Sunday Was Eventful Day
In Local Methodist Church
Private Home
in
At his home in Taylor Mill
community, Taylor county, early
Approval of the Legislature Friday morning occurred the sad
Durine 1 Third Week passing of Rev. Charles Henley
Moore, who has for many years
been a most faithful minister of the
Atlanta, Feb. 3—Seven local bills Gos P el and servant of his neigh-
and two general bills of interest to bors and fri end s when need for . the crash
the Chattahoochee Valley now rest sucn service came his way. His,
in the hands of Gov. Talmadge.
One Killed 2 Injured
In Auto Wreck
Near Here Saturday
Julian B. Toney, of Turner Air
Base, Albany, Was Instantly
Killed.
One of the worst scenes resulting
of an automobile
ministerial relationship wa s with( was , witnessed here during the
. the Freewill Baptist Church^ eek en< ’ and may possibly still
These bills received the Georgia seryi that denomination in vari- be seen b y visiting the parking lot
“ ous sections of the state. | of Pa y ne Motor Company.
Rev. Moore was born Nov. 14,1 ™ ree arm y f u ,iers ™ ere occupants
1884 at Salisburg. N. C„ the son of, of the automobile when the crash
legislature’s final approval during
its third week and are being put
into official form for the governor’s
signature.
Although they were not among
the first small bundle of bills to
the late Cyris W. and Mary M.! ca ™? Saturday about six miles
Moore. He came to Taylor county
u Tu i f 53 years ago sinpe which time he ,i,u ‘ ^
reach the governors office before ■ maflp hic hnmp Bprp |pear, only
the Legislature went home for the
,week end, they are expected to go
All schools in the county, white . ..
and colored, participated in the the Legislature went home for the
drive.
The colored mothers of Butler few d
conducted a night march and - ' „
helpers in giving signal for the'. Included m the Valley groupware j the
i south of town on State Highway
No. 19. Remarkable as it may ap-
one of the three occu-
themselves from
made his home here.
Funeral services were conducted | ^ers''‘released _
to his desk for signature within a: for tbe deceased Sunday afternoon ) tbe wreckage an( j walked away.
1 at 2 o clock at the Mt. Olive Free 1
will Baptist church, in charge of
pastor, Rev
The name of the death victim
Hollman* & with • was given Ss Julius B. Toney, about
was no electricity.
Thank God every morning when
you get up that you have something i A.. J
to do which must be done, . H,IU
whether you likeit or not. Being
forced to work, and forced to do
your best will breed in you tem
perance, self-control, diligence,
strength of will, content, and a , ~
hundred other virtues which the. Sunda y. there were other occasions f their time and money f or
kr)0W- Charles Kingsley. I tbal ke P* tbe population astir and | great humanitarian cause
start noticed lamps where there,lour Muscogee bille-one of which friends ^ as pallbearers and ,27 years of age; while those injured
Iwoiild give Muscogee five county present ministers £ f a „ churchea , were listed as Lester Echols and
, , x commissioners instead of three. . , .. - 'Allen Brown. All -were attaohed to
Altho the coal of $2,000 was not .... served in the past by the de-' . _ . . ^ _ . ,,
, , :/ * : . , ..I Other Muscogee bills awaiting ! pp tbe Turner Air Force Base at Al-
reached the amount raised was the 1 ^ ^ . , , . , , , ceased acting as honorary escort, i, , .. .
'highest yet reached in Taylor : Gov ' Talmadge s Slgnature would F M nf nnr J arH ^..(bany. They were traveling in a
Besides the regular morning wor-] County Messrs M. P. Dean and i i ? crease the
ship hours, preceded by Sunday. Thelmon Jarrell, who headed thej 61oners
pay of county commis-1 * ,
$100 a month, raise the
i school at each of
churches for whites
the three dr jy e w ish to
in the city
thank all workers
Muscogee salary of
idle never
(attended by a vast number of out-
, iof-town interested friends.
There is but one way to make a i ^ beautiful dedication service,
success of any business and that is | conduc ted by Rev. C. W. Hancock,
by sticking to it. Your whole pro-(pastor; assisted by Mr. W. G. Wal-
gram of operation may have to be i lace, Chairman of the Board of
changed to meet changing con- Stewards, was conducted from 3:30
dititions, but by following the poli-jto 4.30 at the Methodist church
cy of determination and will power, This service included the rendition
success is sure to come in spite of of a most highly cultivated dedica
the Superior
,: , , i Court reporter $50 a month, and
-5° 1TI° U S g t h V is !make this quorum for City-County
I Health Board meetings four mem-
I bers instead of five.
Listed below for your information I A lso given final approval by the
,is the box score of the. drive by General Assembly last week were
communities; white and colored: local bills to change the date of
Goddard of Goddard Fu
Home, Reynolds, was
charge of funeral plans.
Besides his devoted wife, who be-
■ n j five-passenger automobile and en.
route to Atlanta when the accident
occurred resulting from a blow-out
of the left front tire of the automo-
perhaps many discouragements.
'* * *
The famed Punxsutawney, Pa.,
groundhog saw his shadow Monday
forecasting six more weeks of win
ter, but a Wisconsin rival predicted
an early spring. The nation’s three
top groundhogs, bitter rivals all,
made their annual Feb. 2 trip from
their liars to tell an anxious pub
tory organ recital rendered by Prof
Wilbur H. Rowand, F. A. G. O.,
Wesleyan Conservatory of Music,
Macon, and organist for the First
Presbyterian Church of the Central
city.
The dedication proper was that
of a beautiful Hammond Organ,
given to the church by Hon. Sims
Garrett, Sr., in loving memory of
Butler
. $457.40
Reynolds
. 143.11
Crowell
91.51
Rupert
17.48
Central
41.25
Daviston
10.00
Cross Roads
7.25
Taylor Mill
19.72
Mauk
14.90
High Point
20.15
Coin Collectors
. 110.65
Total
. $931.67
ifc'what "the weather “CrtTf be. The bi f de ™ted wife the late Mrs.
Adele Lucas Garrett. Those from a
distance attending the service in
addition to our va$t citizenry over
flowing the recently carpeted audi
torium of the chuTch, included the
following:
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Stowe,
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Rogers and
Mrs. Mack Lucas, Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Watson, Mr. and Mrs. C: E.
Newton, Mrs. J. M. Newton, Misses
Adele Burgin, Celia Lucas, Dot
Greene, Victoria Newton and Miss
Miss Maxine Turner,
Former Local Student
Honored by CHS, Columbus
The Herald is delighted to pub
lish the following interesting clip-
fore their marriage was Miss . bile resulting in the car’s overturn
Christine Elizabeth Rodgers Rev. ; several times while desce nding
Moore is survived by one daughter
Mrs. Louise Kent of Griffin; one
son, Clifford Moore of Taylor Mill;
two brothers, Claude Moore of Ma-
Riehland City Elections, shift a Clay ™"! Oscar Moore of Salisbury, S.
county superior court from Septem- j C '' ? ne slstar ‘ Mrs. Hattie Causey
ber to November, and raise the payi cf Macon; S1X grand children and
of Talbot county commissioners
from $5 a meeting to $600 a year.
The two general bills would
give Meriwether county two hopse
seats after the current session and
permit the
water,
A,local bill to fix the Muscogee
salary of the Chattahoochee circuit
superior court judge at $4,500 a
year is on the Senate’s calendar for
final approval.
six great grand children.
Funeral Services Here
s tat e to p^p«<'"^Thursday Widely Attended
By RelaHves and Friends
a
steep grade and finally dashing
into an embankment on the side of
the road.
The home address of neither of
the young men nor their rank in
service could be learned.
The body of the dead man was
removed shortly after the accident
to the air base at Albany; the in
jured men were given passage to
their company base following
first aid at the Montgomery hos
pital.
Mr. R. L. Gaultney
Dies at Macon Home;
Interment at Midway
Reynolds Baptists Plan
Advance in Two Directions
Duringthe Year 1953
A petition signed by office-holders:
and every place of business in But- i
ler was presented his wife and
relatives as related to closing hour
for funeral service of Dr. Hugh J.
Porter at the Butler Baptist church
Thursday afternoon, Jan. 29.
This sad service was conducted 'church Jan. 25.
by Revs. J. H. Stanford, E. H. Dunn As their first move, the Baptist®
and Gordon Hunter Jr., each at j voted to send no less than 15% ot‘
Following funeral for Mr. Robert Various periods the beloved pastor’their designated offerings to the-
Lester Gaultney, retired building of tbe deceased - In their remarks'! various Southern Baptist mission-
Advance in two directions was
approved by the Reynolds Baptist
final score was Pennsylvania over
Wisconsin by two to one.
* * *
Seeing during the past few days
such a great number of beautiful,
fresh from the factory school buses
passing our door enroute to points
west of us both in Georgia and
other states, reminded us that Tay
lor county has its fleet of school
buses in better condition from all
appearances as they pass our door
twice daily than we have ever seen' sar^Long o7*Macon" Mrs** ....* i<110 4UIluai ,
them before. It is indeed gratify-l Ka , and Mr w ( G Pearlmarii a number of years employedI as fac- (Rey j w Waterg officiating . Pal i. ner including frequent presentation, the church with a large dining andi
ing that the County School Board is | of Atlanta; Editor j ere Moore and i ult J members of the local school bearers were; E Gaultney, E. M. ° f valuable gifts, their regular j recreation room, a kitchen, a pas?
Mr. Sims Garrett Jr., of Milledge-! and dunn g whlcb tbey . wo . n Gaultney, M. T. Gaultney, Monroe Sunda y attendace and in the end i tor’s study, and six additional Sun-
ville; Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bateman ( a /i ry I Crook, Vaughn Mosely and W. B. | “
P in f fr ° n l B1 , ue „ S . t ^ aak ;. a „ Co i l , , ^ l “ a i contractor,, who died at Macon hos- 1end <?r words were spoken with ary causes. This represents an in-
pital Friday afternoon following a ! * e ^ erence ^ r - Porter's devotion! crease over any previous year,
brief illness, took place at the to b * s Sunday School class of men | As the second move, the congre-
High School publication. Maxine i
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. |
Mack Turner of Taylor county. | cka pei of Hart’s mortuary, inter- ^ ort y years and each their love;g a tion voted to erect a wing to tha-
or 'ment Monday in Midway cemetery °* h * m manifested in various man-(present building. This will furnish*
Both Mr. and Mrs. Turner were
furnishing such safe, dependable
trnasportation for the children of
the county, both white and colored.
Among the scores of prominent
citizens, both men and women, from
over the State attending the dedi
cation exercises at the local Metho-
, of
Mrs. C. D. Lucas, Mrs. T. Whatley,
, n. *11 j , the students and the patrons of ~
and Mrs. Alma Strickland, of Fort I . . . r (Gaultney.
Valley; Mr. and Mrs. Otis B. Le | tne ‘ cno °*- j Mr. Gaultney was born in Taylor
May, Jr., of Columbus; Mrs. Grady During more recent years Mr. I county and had lived in Macon for
Long, of Americus; Lt. Gov. Mar- and Mrs - Turner have been em-j4o yearS- He was a member of Mid-
vin Griffin of Bainbridge; Mr. and P'°y ed b y tbe Muscogee county
school system as valued faculty
members.
The Herald and other local
friends extend sincere felicitations
tor of the Lnion Recorder, Mil-1 Garrett and daughter, Sara Jane, i to Maxine upon
ferred on her by
dist church Sunday afternoon were Mrs Bonnie Ruffin, Mrs. J. A.
our good friends from their boy-1 Pendergrast and Mr. Garland Byrd
hood days, Hon. Jere N. Moore, Edi- 0 f Reynolds; Mr and Mrs. Willie
way Baptist church
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Lena Mosely, Macon;
son, W. F. Gaultney, Macon;
daughters, Mrs. James
their attendance in a body at his I day School rooms
funeral and the beautiful and i
elaborate floral decorations that'
covered his casket in
The building committee, made
up of Mrs. Clay Whatley, Mrs. Eci
tVinco . . . . add,tlon to Swearingen, Messrs H. L. Russell
!. _ a i Pr ° fUSi0n ornament - and Ben Hinton, was authorized to
supervise the work.
ing the church.
Relatives and close friends from
a distance attending the funeral
five i included the following: Mr. Dan
A finance committee was ap
pointed later to arrange for meeting-
,ht.e expense of erecting and furn-
Stapleton. L. Porter, L. H. Roden and Miss i ishing the addition. Serving on this
the honor con-(Mrs. J. J. Harrison and Mrs. J. C. Lillie Porter, of Scottsboro, Ala., |committee are Mrs. C. E. Whatley
ledgeville and Editor S. Marvin I jyj rs j -p GairetL Mrs. M. L. Bras-! ferred on her by her classmates. | Echols, of Macon; Mrs. I. J. Aiken brother and sisters of Dr. Porter; Mrs. C. B. Byrd, Mrs. Lewis Ruffin*
Griffin of Bainbridge, Lieutenant-. well Mr and Mrs Lewis Watson, | The clipping reads as follows: (Jacksonville; Mrs. John Beards- Dr. and Mrs. C. G. Boland, Mr. and (Mrs. Frank Sams, Mrs. Emily Harp
Governor of Georgia, therefore pres-l of charing; Miss Joan Peddy, of' The DAR > S “Good Citizen” award ( worth - C> klahom a City, Okla.; 17, Mrs. H. C. Boland, Mr. and Mrs. F.jMrs. Richard Parks, Messrs Woodfir*
ident of the State Senate. (Just be- Dawson . Mrs T B Wright and Mrs' goes td Maxine Turner this year for lgrand child ren; four great grand-|C Boland and sons and daughter, | Hinton, Earl Weaver, Floy Bullock^
tween us Marvin doubtless will be r L williams of Buena Vista. I^er outstanding service to the' children: and several niebes and John and James and Miss Patsy Ben Hinton and H. Clay Whatley,
occupant of the Governors Man-1 From 4:30 to 6:30 o’clock Sunday („ ph _-, and rn mmunitv .nephews.
sion during the next term of office, afternoon the home of Mr. and Mrs. | , , . ,
following his good friend, Herman' Charles E B enns Sr., was open for All seniors were asked to nomi-
Ta]madge ' ) | the reception of callers to extend " ate thirls from the r class for ; Representative Byrd
oo fVw, this award. The top three girls iwfivwiiyiiffc wjiw
were then voted on by the faculty. |
The other finalists were Carolyn’
Gtenn and jane cope, important Committees
Is Named to Several
The winning “Good Citizen” was
(felicitations as the host and hostess
The occasion having arisen for so observed their Golden Wedding an-
great a number of deaths and fu- niversary which was attended by
neral notices for this issue of the more than one hundred friends.
Herald—some of these no less The Benns home was most at-
than tragic, our thoughts dwell i tractive with golden candles and chosen for her dependability, which (
upon the following anonymous quo-’ exquisite baskets of golden flowers 1 mcl udes truthfulness, loyalty and j Hon. D. E. Byrd, Representative
tation: “The days of the years of! gifts of friends. punctuality; service, which includes (from Taylor County in the Georgia
our pilgrimage are three score and' Guests were greeted by Mrs. c. jcoopemtion, courtesy, and consider-(Legislature, was honored as was
ten. The generations crowd each L. Seay of Columbia, S. C., Mrs. ation of others ; leadership, which, our county recognized in the place-
other off the stage of time in swift [Farley Reeves of Thomaston and! lncludes personallity, self-control, ( me nt of Mr. Byrd’s name by those
succession. The sand runs out in Mr. Charles Benns of Butler, daugh- 1 ahiiRy to assume responsibility;and j n authority on quite a number of
the hour glass. Time is only the tick ; ters and son of the couple. jpatriotism, which includes unselfish (the most outstanding committees
of the second hand in the clock of j A lovely damask cloth, elaborate (interest in family, school, communi- jn the Legislature.
niebes and John and James and Miss
Boland, all of Atlanta; Mrs. M. R.
(Cameron of Griffin; Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Butler, Mrs. Janette Oliphant
Mr. A. F. Fain and Mr. Kenneth A.
Davis of Macon; and friends from
all points in the county.
Construction will begin when suf
ficient funds are on hand.
Returned Holy Land
Visitor and Lecturer
Here Tomorrow Nite
the ages. Some morning the senses ly decorated with handwork and a
will fail to resume business. Every five branch silver candalabra, both
door will be locked, every shutter j used on bride’s table 50 years ago
drawn. Eye, ear and hand will fail were on the table from which Mrs.
to respond. There will no longer (W. T. Bateman, niece of Mrs. .Benns
be any medium by which to enter poured coffee. Mrs. Charles Benns
the temporal. An invisible hand | and Mrs. Julian Edwards II served
has written ‘finis’ across another [the elegant golden wedding cake, a
human career, and people say ‘the gift of Mrs. Jeanette Oliphant and
man is dead.’ He has not ceased to
be; he has
time.”
merely finished with
ty and nation.
This honor bestowed upon Max
ine climaxes her outstanding record
at CHS. As well as being in the
Fieles Tri-Hi-Y and Presidents*
Council, she is president of the Na
tional Honor Society and Rutledge
Minnix Debaters’ Society, secretary
of the Junior Red Cross and secre-
Mrs. M. E. Everett of Macon. Little' tary-treasurer of the Quill and
Ann Benns, granddaughter .of the (Scroll. She is also on the Blue
couple, passed mints. [streak Staff.
Funeral for Mrs. Minnie Lee Bus-
bee was conducted at 2 p m. Sat
urday at Mt. Olive church, Taylor
Mill, with Rev. Carl J. Ayers of
ficiating.
= |. t j , | Burial was in the cemetery near-
These include Lake > Ind - who has made recent | by Mrs B usbee died at her horne
Mr. Marvin Osburn from Winona
Mrs. M. L. Busbee,
Died in Macon County
Following Short Illness
the following:
Education No. 1
Sec. Military Affairs
Pensions.
Highway No. 2.
Public Library.
Rules Committee.
Sanitariums at Alto and Rome.
Special Appropriations.
State Prison Farms
State of Republic.
Western & Atlantic Railroad.
tours of the Holy Land and taken
moving pictures of that section of
the world, will be at the Butler
Nazarene Church Friday—tomorrow
evening at 7:30 o’clock.
During this hour he will discuss
interesting events of his tour and
will show pictures made in the
Palestine country. Don't miss this
service. Everyone is cordially in
vited.
F. M. Bohler, Pastor.
in the Hicks district of Macon
county, after a brief illness.
Survivors include two daughters*
Pdrs. J. M. Slaton of Reynolds and
Mrs. Minnie J. Ryon of Macon; 7
son!*, R. F. Jones of Thomasville, H.
E. Jones and S. C. Jones both of
Butler, R. H. Busbee of Cordele; W.
F. Busbee, H. R. Busbee and M. G.
Busbee all of Reynolds; 22 grand
children and four great-grandchil
dren.