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“KEEPING EVE R LA STINGLY A TIT IS THE SECRET OP SUCCESS”
VOLUME 77.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 1953.
NUMBER 20.
The local organization of Boy-
Scouts of America in cooperation
with other councils of the nation
are this week observing the or
ganization’s 43rd anniversary and
we congratulate them. Throughout
Georgia elaborate programs are be
ing carried out, these contributing
NEGRO YOUTH KILLED
ACCIDENTLY AT HOME
EARLY SUNDAY A. M.
An early Sunday morning trage
dy among the better class of,col
ored Butler families is regretted
alike by the white citizens of our
community.
Disturbance among the dogs at
so much to the mental, moral and J an early hour Sunday morning
patriotic development of American ' awakened and attracted the atten-
manhood for many years. Special I lion of Jack Tooks, 40 years of age
thanks are due Rev. Frank Bohler ! who with a 38 special pistol taken
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
FOR THE BUTLER CHARGE
Board of Education FRIDAY night feb. 20
Fickling Gym At {Supreme Court Rules
Reynolds Hi. School In Favor Macon Co.
Dedicated Tonight
Gym Named in Honor of Mr.
William Fickling, a Former
Graduate of Reynolds School.
The dedication program of the I
recently completed Fickling Gym at | Macon County School Board with Immediately follow.
Law Provides That
Fleming A. Brewer
Victim to Tragic
Accident Last Week
Counties The c,ate for tbe Tb i rcl Quarterly-
Conference. Butler charge of the!
Have Power to Contract with Methodist church has been an-
. . nounced for the evening of Febru-
Neigh boring Counties. j ary 20th at Butler Methodist church.
Supper will be served by the host
. ’ church at 7 p. m., a brief devo-
Atlanta.. Feb. 10—Contracts of the tional and the business session will
Accidental Shot Brings Instant
Death to Highly Esteemed
Citizen of County.
The entire citizenry of Taylor
county was greatly shocked Thurs
day, Feb. 5th, when news spread
and vice
i.ia.uvs cue u C ., ~~ j «■ “r-™- r lhe Reynolds high school will be .other counties for the education of 11 is k° pe( l that this wil . 1 be thG earT^mornine^ouTof^he samlfday
and Mr. Edwin Allen, president. trom under his pillow, went out tonight—Thursday. The 1 Macon county children have been best amended conference in many i y M Flemming Aaron
—* president of the local,into the yard to investigate the, conc uciea 10 lg . y . 'declared legal by the Georgia Su- years - The evenin S hou r has been that befell Mr. Flemming Aaron
- - - u,i ~ Qt - ^court g |selected for this meeting to make it Brewer, his family and himself
• convenient for officials of the con-1 among the county’s best known
The court held that counties are fcrence t0 att end. Since this con-' and most highly appreciated citi-
empowered by law to make con- emphasis hl the Methodist church I ^en and a resident of Rupert com-
of the local, into the yard to , . . .
council for their efforts in bring- j confusion. He was accompanied up- j public is cordially invited to at-
ing the organization to pass and on the investigation by his son, ( tend.
have adopted splendid plans for the ! Hubert Tooks, 14 years of age. The exercises will begin prompt-
future. | Af ter settling the disturbance, fath- j i y a t 7:30 p. m. with Rev. H. F
er and son re-entered the house' jelks, prominent Baptist minister, fu^lerviceis'an^facmHes coveHni? for the immediate future, all of our! mumty.
it Ctili rforl. \K7itVi rVio ' .1 S rvlc es anti laciJltltS covering npnn i p „ rn iivorpri tn atfpnrt Thp Occasi
News comes to us rather late of i while it was still. dark.With the IIO w retired, delivering the dedica
the sad death some weeks ago of pistol still in hand the father tory address. Following the exer-
Miss Mary Louise Caldwell, daugh- stumbled over a chair in the room cises there will be a basketball
« pr n f thp latp Mr S M Caldwell ! causing the gun to fire a bullet'game between two of Macon’s best ^ ,
and Mrs Amanda Caldwell the ! which struck the lad in the ! teams. The teams will be furnished , men tioned by name in the law, the you come to this meeting.
?a^ilfL Zny yea,“Trominenl'right side six inches below the through the courtesy of William™led that the law applies t. There
citizens of Butler. The residence ' shoulder blade. Immediate aid was Fickling, for whom the gymnastic j U1C1U » luu -
they erected in this city is now oc- 'given the youth by members of the'institution is named, and Charlie) Another Macon county case, in-
cupied by Mr Bobby Parks and • fumily who were aroused by the {Wood, President of the Amateur | volving an attempt to remove all
family was at that time recog- gun fire and screams from both jBasketball Association in Macon, [five members of the county school
rized as one of the most desirable father and son, but the latter was i
in this area. The family later found to be lifeless before a phy- j
moved to Hawkinsville where two sician could be summoned. ) Jgy|Q|» COUfltV FdrillCrS
Bisters, Misses Emma and Effie now j Summoning a juify an inquest [ * *
reside. At the early age <?f five j was conducted by Coroner J. D. j . Tl*l*<* Farminfl
years, the deceased displayed mu-; Cooke, composed entirely of col-^UITi TO IlCC rdrlliiny
sical ability which she continued ored members, who after careful in-'
till her last illness. She has-served vestigation of all facts and circum- ; For Additional Income
as instructor of piano in H'awkins- . stances in connection with the un-
ville, Darien, Monroe, Quitman, fortunate affair rendered a verdict
Cartersville and for more than 20 I hat the lad came to his death by
years had served as Supervisor ot the firing of a pistol in the hands
people are urged to attend. The | Occasioning the accident was a
of the church must be-fall sustained by Mr. Brewer upon
Music in schools of Cedartown.
A freak accident occurred about
of his father and that the same was
accidental.
The lad’s mother was before her
3 o’clock Friday morning when one j marriage Margie K. Turner,
Taylor County farmers who turn
to tree farming as an added source
of agricultural income are growing
a product for which there is an
ever-increasing demand in our 20th
of Great Southern’s large transfer daughter of Robert Lee Turner and ent ury world o£ scientific and in- School will send renre
trucks left the highway two miles his wife now deceased. This couple _i jnolcis High School will send repre
dustrial progress.
That’s the word of the Taylor
north of Butler and passed directly | also classed among the best citi-
through the front porch of a store zens of their race in the communi- _ . , „ TT .. , . .
building occupied by the renter, jty. Surviving the youth besides hisl.J^”^ „L, p™
Charlie Renew who was asleep at'parents are one brother and one
the time just inside the building j sister. Hubert was a ninth grade-
out that new uses are arising every
day for wood. The inventive chem
ist has turned his attention to
a period up to 50 years if they program
so desire. „ presented to you~ and you will help j Ms return to the home following
Although school boards are not the pastor and other lay-leaders if investigation as to the cause of
1 considerable disturbance among his
will be services at the j dogs on the premises, presumably
local church Sunday. The pastor about 3 a. m. As he entered the
will preach at both the morning house the loaded gun he carried in
and evennig hours. Our last Sun-1 his hand fired as Mr. Brewer made
day together was filled with high!a misstep on the narrow concrete
| board, was ieferred by the Su- experiences for the soul. The| Kte PS the entire charge of the gun
1 preme Court to the Georgia Court church membership came with j striking and removing a portion of
of Appeals. The Supreme Court earnest interest in worshiping God.;his face and practically all of the
said it lacked jurisdiction in this The services of the evening hour, front part of his head. He was
still lingers for many of us as a \ breathless when his wife reached
spiritual benediction. So these serv- j him after hearing the report of the
ices Sunday will be, if you come. C un -
Coroner J. D. Cook after being
summoned empanelled a jury
which upon investigation imme
diately declared Mr. Brewer’s death
to have been caused by accident.
Funeral services said to have
been one of the largest ever at
tended in the county was conducted
at Pleasant Hill Freewill Baptist
I church Friday, 3:30 p. m., with Rev.
"Dead Man’sR- Lawhorn assisted by Revs.
J. B. Lumpkin and C. O. White in
charge of the service. Interment was
in the church cemetery nearby. Mr.
Brewer had for many years been
numbered among the faithful
Reynolds School to be
Represented at District
Convention Feb. 28th
Future Homemakers from Rey-
sentatives from their Chapter to
to your place in the church.
C. W. Hancock, Pastor.
Highway Work to
Eliminate Sumter's
'Dead Man' Curve
and only a few feet away. The student of _the local colored school' wood flber o| . WQod cel|s rrom that
damage to him was that caused by and said to have been very am-
work has come artificial silk, non
Americus, Ga.
Curve” one of Sumter county’s top
Meigs on Feb. 28 to the‘ district | traf fic hazards will soon be elimi-
convention. This is one of four { nate d, the State Highway Patrol
meetings for the entire state dur- anc * State Highway Department an-
ing the spring jnounces.
.. . After the major job of moving 81 members of Pleasant HSll church.
The spring conventions are of te ] ephone poles from the west side) Pallbearers were: Messrs Byrd
special interest and importance be- of the road tQ the east j completed j Posey, Julian Cooper, Judd L. Guy,
cause it is here that the new of- 1
fright from which he has not yet, bitious. He was also a talented | transparent paper, ? aUSe 18 here / hat tbe t ne ™ ot ' then the Highway Department will Earl Brewer, Thomas Burnette and
fully recovered, it is said. The musician and member of the brass i Jhotographfc fn'm S electric nnsula- j are nominatedfor district and ahea d and realign the curve. William Brewer; honorary, Messrs
4-Un. ta ! Ko r^r\ in l-.;| jJiiuLugi a xinwo, ctuvuiv. I State, and there the minntp ° ° I - — _ . _ _
driver of the truck was Robert D ! band in his school.
Cochran, of Atlanta, who lost con-j The funeral has been announced ^° n ’ campaign s P eeche s
two minute
are heard.
At present there are two curves JJ. T. Cochran, J. Ran Cooper,
trol of the machine when it was for 2 p. m. today—Thursday,
descending a steep grade. He was
only slightly injured.
{Forestry Thinning
Exquisite is truly the word to be | . _ .
applied to the camellia garden of UCVnOnSlTdTIOn 111 TSVlOr
Mr. Walter J. Butler, two miles east 1 *
of Butler and to which is attracted
numerous local and out-of-town
visitors daily. Since our first ac
quaintance with the camellia as wc
visited the Shealy home at Ogle-
County Next Tuesday
mite and smokeless powder, cel- j- F’ JL 8 ' ", of two different degree rises, caus- J Mitchell Turner, Greysden Allmon,
lulouse paints, and washable wall 1 ^ atures o£ the FH f inDr a CTro£,t f1f>a1 HaI1 rhfl r ,ip wHo-ht
ing a great deal of trouble by mo- Russell Hall, Charlie Wright,
torists traveling north from Albany. I Edwards Funeral Home was irt
The Future Homemakers, who The highway patrol reported that charge of funergl arrangements,
aao mnvpri tn thp Smith wherp cot- i carry . on _ their activities in con- during last year eight persons havej Mr. Brewer was born in Taylor
tnn - ac omwn cn arp tmlav’c n „_ 13 unc ^ on school home been injured in accidents at the)County March 27, 1911 the son of
no miiio mmii’mr tnwarri r pnrai a • mak ^ ng educational program, have curve resulting in $4,850 worth of .the late Mr. B. C. Brewer and Mrs.
tor here South”wood'fibeMs 1 early . hal C a milllon members Eul “ Albritton Brewer. He was
erowhte faster cheaner and ,n throughout the coun,ty - conc, ' rnc '' Th - highway department will im-
greate, 6 abundance tha P n anywhere “omea fte‘ DromoUon If °hf^v P '| Ve ‘ h ‘ S COndlt , l ,°" ° f mak ' n 5
Prof. B. F. Grant of the Universi-'else in the United States. Ifamily' relationships, an Increase in widening thTtoad. ' em " 8
paper.
Just as textile mills many years
a successful farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Annie Short Brewer; two sons,
Floyd and Willard Brewer; ono
j lyof Georgia School of Forestry ar >d J Veneer manufacture is a more j health and recreation in their com- However before this can be ac- daughter, Linda Brewer, ail of Ru
thorpe 60 or 65 yeras ago we have Extension service in cooperation Than three^ million dollar a >ear i munities, and the deveplopment of complished the Southern Bell Tele-j pert; his mother, Mrs. B. C. Brewer
never seen anything to match inl' v *. tb . * 0 Georgia Forestry Com-j industry in Georgia, where red gum international goodwill. phone Company has to complete its I of Ellaville; two brothers, Marvis
beauty and grandure the blooms, m * ssl °n conc l uct two forest | white oak, cherry, tupelo, magnolia Barbara Hollis is president of the transfer of 80 sets of telephone, and of Americus and Fred D. Brewer of
large and small also of every color management c ^ ernonstratl ons in Tay- j yellow poplar, black gum, wslnut | Reynolds chapter. The Chapter ad- telegraph wires from one side of I Rupert; and six sisters, Mrs. Nan
Imaginable. Of Mr. Butler’s seven- County Tuesday at the Shehee; maple, bay, sycamore, and ol h er j V iser an d homemaking’ teacher is the road to the other. J Peacock, Mrs. Harold Dillard and
ty-five or more varieties, which are; brotbers ^ arm two miles south of species are providing materials f° r ,Mrs. Marie M. White. Officers are: "The line is one of the heaviest Mrs. Walton Hambrick all of Ella-
fifty less than prior to the winter j ^ oac ‘ s scao °l- interior finishing, furniture, boxes, j B a bs Bond, vice president; Shirley toll lines in the country,” Lane ville; Mrs. Blan Wall of Ft. Valley
freeze three years ago, are grown I a re , are many planted pine {baskets and crates. | Hollis, secretary; Sylvia Ann Hart- Watson, Southern Bell’s Americus j Mrs. J. W. Tarrer of Ideal and Mrs
in semi-shade and reach, most of s t anas that are large and od ( Ever-increasing demands are be- man, treasurer; Jeanette Barfield, manager said. It handles circuits as!Grover Stevens of Stone Mountain,
them, more than ten feet in height c>nou £ b to begin thinning lightly to ; ri g made upon Georgia forests for parliamentarian; Connie Wain- tar away as Cuba, Key West and!
Baptist Associational
tiicriii, iiiuic man ten tutl ill utrigut p painaiwciuai tan,
and in spite of almost hourly cut- remov f sorno °t the inferiior trees. t tele P hone, telegraph, electric power wright, song leader,
ling of blossoms are full of blooms ’ Also there are many natural stands, po i es and cross ties. Demands for;
from bottom to top. The soil has pf young timber tobe thinned. aS wtimber continue increasing as 1
been analyzed by agricultural! Ibere " be ,wo thinnings; one to Those who have been growing this
chemists and said to be remarkably ; Show ^ P r °P er wa Y to thin a | produc t over the years in Taylor
adaptable to their cultivation, i p ^ an ' e< ^ stand, and one to show thei COun t y can testify.
Among his collection is the “Aunt way to thin a nat «ral stand. There'
Jetty,” claimed to be the first in-! 'ytll also be a power saw and fire
troduced in America and planted } n demonstration.
Vernon R. Reddish
County Agent
Austin E. Guinn, Jr.
County Forest Ranger
Death Claims Former
( Miami to cities north of Americus.
It also carries telephoto, teletype) 1
radio network wires and rural tele- j Proclrlont nf ftjcfrrirt
phone lines. The lines were moved | ■ * vMUCIII wl Vl2>IIIl»l
Revival at Taylor Mill
Church to Begin Monday
Chicago. In the home of Mr. Butler
is to be seen something rather un- j
usual in the form of a camellia in a
sealed glass case in as perfect col- j
or and condition including the'
leaves, as when placed there more
than five years ago. Those inter
ested in matters of substantial na
ture financially are equally
amazed as they inspect Mr. Butler’s
great herd of beef cattle, mostly, Revival services at the Taylor
registered, numbering more than Mill Baptist church will begin next
150 and increasing daily. His im- ( Monday with Rev. Guy Rainwater
mense pastures consists of 80 acres j of Atlanta in charge . Everyone is „ _ _
Fescue Grass. oO acres coastal plain , urged to attend these meetings Reynolds Baptist church for
Bermuda, 30 acres Pensacola bahia, regu larly and make this a great | week beginning next
10 acres common Bermuda a nd_ evivali [morning is as follows:
white Dutch clover with crimson | - b
clover and 30 acres temporary j
crimson clover oats and j
Our challenge today in Taylor { Worker Will Occupy the
county lies not in creating a de I
mand for wood products, but in I P|||mf ClinHau
filling that demand. Care with fire, LOCdl I UipiT JUnGcy
in or near the woods and a pro- j
gram of selective cutting and har^
vesting over the years will help
meet the challenge.
without a single interruption
service, Watson said.
of
Church Calendar for the
Reynolds Baptist Church
Beginning Sunday A. M.
College at Americus
Americus, Ga., Feb. 6—Dr. Peyton
Jacob, 69, president of Georgia
Southwestern College from 1934 un
til his retirement in 1948 died in
the home of his son, Dr. Peyton
Jacob Jr., in California Jan. 31.
The body was returned to
Americus for funeral and interment
which were conducted Sunday.
Dr. Jacob died of pneumonia
worker in the 7 Houston*' Association Epson while Grant Stalling and • which developedl from a cold he had
Two New Officials
Have Been Added to
Thomaston Bank
Thomaston, Ga:, Feb. 10—Robert
Cravey has bpen elected vice presi-
Rev. Hornsby is an associational c ^ en ^ an d cashier of the Bank of
Rev. C. H. Hornsby, of Vienna,
will preach Sunday at the Baptist
church at the 11 o’clock worshop,
hour only.
and has been in the ministry for a
Dr. D. L. Head Jr. have been! contracted on his return to Cali-
numbeT of^years."He“ls'the'father elected to the bank’s board of di- fornia from Cuba where he spent
of W. G. Hornsby, member of the , rectors. {Christmas holidays with his daugh-
Butler high school faculty.
A schedule of services at
the j
the |
Cooper Locke, Pastor.
grazing
rye grass on which the cattle feed, 1 lege and filled with energy, faith
furnished food sufficient to keep, and determination to obtain prac-
Ihe cattle in splendid condition, tical experience in farming, stock-
And, too, Mr. Butler maintains his liaising and fruit growing, Mr.
reputation for being the leading j Butler aligned himself with the late
peach grower of this section. His Hon. R. G. Tomlin and fully real-
trees today are in a most healthy, ized from the beginning that ex
condition with swelling buds ex- perience is the school where man
pected to be in bloom shortly and ! learns wisdom. This he worked for
it is hoped may be spared a kill
ing freeze. Coming to Butler more
than 50 years ago fresh from col
and obtained without measure and
to the gratification of his host of
admiring friends.
Sunday
10 a. m. Sunday School.
11:00 a. m. Public Worship.
6:30 p. m., B. T. U.
7:30 P. M. Public Worship
Monday
3:30 p. m. W.M.S., Circle No. 1.
8:00 p. m., W.M.S. Bonnie Ruffin
Circle.
Tuesday
3:30 p. m. Sunbeam Band at the
Church.
Wednesday
7:30 p. m. Prayer Meeting Time.
Phillipians, chapter four.
Sunday j CpI. James Gragg
Killed in Korea
C. M. Pasley Jr., president of the ter.
Bank of Upson, made the an-|
nouncement of the new officials HaII TKpA MrfiPP
following a recent meeting of the mCWI!
officers and directors.
H. D. Storey Jr. was elected as
sistant cashier of the Bank of Up
son at the same time the others
were elected.
Mr.Cravev, one of the original of
Attending MeeHng in
New York This Week
, Theo J. McGee, chairman of the
A telegram from the War Depart- ficials of the Bank of Upson, first Columbus Housing Authority’s
ment in Washington Tuesday an- served as cashier. Mr. Storey is also j Board of Commissioners, a native
nounces that Cpl. James Gragg was cne of the employees that joined i a nd beloved Butler gentleman,
killed in Korea by accident while
driving an army .truck Feb. 1st
The telegram stated a letter would
follow.
Mr. Gragg is the son of Mrs.
Selma Spivey, who lives two miles
north of Butler.
the bank at the time it opened in
Thomaston.
According to Mr. Pasley, the two
new directors are additions to the
board. The board of directors for
the Bank of Upson now numbers
13.
is attending this week a meeting
of the National Housing Conference
in New York City. Mr. McGee is a
director of the organization and
will remain in New York for sev
eral day s following the meeting in
further interest of the organization.