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^TriE Butler Herald
•‘KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OP SUCCESS”
VOLUME 77.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 1953.
NUMBER 48.
There are more than 15,000,000
children under five in the U. S.
And that explains the number of
frantic mothers.
WM. GEE APPOINTED
TO FHA COMMITTEE
BY STATE DIRECTOR
County Farm Bureau
Membership Drive
To Begin Wednesday
Mr. Wm. M. Gee, R. 2, was ap
pointed to the FRA committee for',
Carroll Purivs Jr., of Charing has | Taylor county recently, P. C. Knox
enrolled at South Georgia Trade &. | jocal supervisor for the agency,
Vocational School as a student in J announces. The appointment was
Diesel Engine Mechanics. { ma de by R. L. Vansant, state direc-
• * * * ! tor at Atlanta.
Idle worker, observing cars en- Mr Gee j s a livestock farmer,
tering Butler on Saturday afternoon I and row . crop farmer. His experience
says: “They come to town in every-j in developing a successful farm,
thing that still has wheels.” jKnox said, fits him well for his
* * * I new assignment in aiding other
Heard a man say the other day! f arme rs to do the same. He will
a good sermon must have a good serve three years.
Local Organization
National Bureau in
Farm Legislation.
Joins with
Sponsoring
Wm. A. Fickling
Adds Another Link
In Business Success
Taylor County Native Chosen
MANY LABOR DAY
WRECKS ARE PREDICTED;
DRIVERS ARE WARNED
An accident everjj 15 minutes on
thestate’s highways during the La-
Official of Macon’s First TV>or Day week end was predicted
! by the Georgia Highway Patrol.
Station. j Col. W. C. Dominy, director of
the Department of Public Safety,
forecast a traffic death every three
Sheriff C. J. Wright
And Alfred Taunton
Critically Injured
Both Injured Men Reported to
Be Resting Comfortably at
Hospital.
Prayers and sympathy are is-
beginning and a good ending; and
further, both should be extremely
close together.
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If anybody wants any informa
tion as to how a “pore” man feels [buy, enlarge," o* develop a farm, or,
about any particular subject he; improve housing and farm |
Taylor County had 92 Farm Bu-1 The attached interesting news! and one-half hours and an injury
reau members during the pastj gtor y appe ared in the Macon Tele- ever Y 24 minutes during the holi-j Sue d by our citizens on behalf of
y ear - 'graph Friday. It deals with the| day period ‘ . \^ot county’s popular Sheriff
, The Farm Bureau sponsored the * ^ success attained during! Troopers will be out in force, he Charlie Wright and Mr. Alfred
5-acre contest in 1952 and a prize j busin ® ss success a g said, in an attempt to prove his
! of $100 was paid the winner. Con- his short number of years of resi- predictions wrong.
(tributions were given for 4-H Club dence in Macon of Mr. William A. j Dominy said “special attention
Knox explained that the county j work also. There is now $323.91 in Fickling, born in Butler and
committee must approve all appli-' t he treasury. reared partly here and partly in
cations for FHA credit before j .phe y ear iy membership fee is
loans can be made.
*''«**•- — - - $5.00; $3.00 of that amount is sent. „...
estate loan is being considered to * the Georgia Farm Bureau Fed- Lucy Wilson Flckling ’ daughter of
• 1 4 J .^1 „ fnnnA ° 1.1 1 T> lINlorm fnr
Reynolds. He is the son of Mrs.
eration for payment of
and
National the late Hon. W. B. Wilson,
years Ordinary of
: termines how much the farm
j worth as security for the loan.
Advice of the committeemen
State Farm Bureau
expenses
$2.00 of membership fee remains warehouseman, and the late
with the County Chapter for use in
Dr.
the first man he meets in the But
ler community.
is I Wlin ^ Iliy 1UI - T 111 1 Walker Fickling, prominent dentist
If anyone calls you a Sinon, is iS0Ug ht on good farm management j pr °™° 10n 0 ™ or W i f Maj W. H. Fickling of Civil War
time for ?ou to get your bristles ; and Qn the ^financing of FHA I These are the benefits which the ^ leading Taylor county
up. History tells us that Sinon was , loans when borrowers build up| Farm Bureau has
a Greek who gained the reputation ienoU g b equity in their property to and won.
will be paid to speeders, drinking
drivers, the line-straddler, the slow
poke, and drivers passing on hills
and curves.”
Last year, Georgia traffic toll over
the Labor Day week end was 28
Taylor deaths, 375 injuries and 315 acci-
an d dents. Dominy predicted 24 deaths dent while Mr. Taunton was
for the forthcoming holiday period tushed to a Macon hospital, his
for
Taunton for their speedy and per
manent recovery from automobile
injuries received late Monday-
night. The condition of each was
reported yesterday as favorable
as could be expected due to nature
of injuries received by each of
these gentlemen.
Sheriff Wright was hurried to the
local hospital following the acci-
itriita wuiui -
already fought, * a ™ e aI l d
citizen for
and
of being the biggest liar of an- ge p cre( jit from: local banks or oth
tiqiuty by persuading the Trojans lenders, Knox added. Farmers
to take the wooden horse into Troy, can ge p private or cooperative credit
inside of which were concealed, are not e ]jgjbie for loans from the
Greek warirors. i agency,
* * * ! Mr. Gee succeeds Mr. D. W. Cul-j pr0 ved peanut marketing program
A big green post office delivery; ver house, farmer whose three-year ■ j or i953 ( thus assuring farmers of
truck with “Post Office lettered a 1 term exp j re d June 30. Members who J $10 to $13 increase per ton over the
over it, is to be expected to serve j cont j nue to serve are| Messrs W. C. 1952 program
early morning including Sunday, 1 shehee B utler and Jno. S. Mont-
local mail from all parts of the 1 g 0mer y > Reynolds.
nation. This service is now perform-.
ed by the railroad but their serv-1
ices will end on Aug 31 as AfMII £3$^ Ml Hjghwajf
leading
many years, was his
j paternal grandfather.
1. Prevented passage of legisla-
tion transferring some 600,000 acres William is now president of
of cotton acreage allotments to, Macon’s new WLTV Station accord- ^
Western States. | ing to the following from the Tele-1
got an im- j gr a P b - |
After two decades of successful |
—from 5 p. m., Sept. 4 to 7 a. m.,
Sept. 8. 1
Talmadge Grants Stay
Of Execution For Two
17-Year-Old Negroes
Attracting much Interest
No. 3 and 4 have been canceled.,
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It is gratifying to his wi^e circle Ma 19 In Upson County
of local friends to learn that Mr.! r #
Ralph Cox following his recent dis
charge from' the Army was re
cently employed by the Montezuma
Bank in a clerical position. Ralph j
is the fine son of Rev. John M. From Thomaston Times:
Cox and due to his religious service a $100 reward has been offered
in song, has in the past rendered j n the fourth fire on U. S. Highway
valuable assistance in connection 19 South which recently caused
with revival services at local damage estimated at $8,000 to a
churches as well as throughout b eer garden run by Tom Frazier,
this section of the state. | a combination service station—
* * * home—beer garden, owned by Fra-
Cordial welcome as local citizens z j e r, wa ^ completely destroyed by
is being extended Rev. and Mrs. fj re that struck about 3 a. m.
James C. Whitner,
condition being regarded the more
serious of the two.
Internal injuries to either of the
men, as first feared, failed to de
velop upon further examination,
but broken bones and loss of blood
were almost endless. The more se
rious of these suffered by Sheriff
Wright consisted of the breaking
of his right arm, dislocated left
shoulder and a number of painful
flesh wounds on the body. Mr.
— - [Taunton’s left hip and leg were-
257-Gov. Herman I pa infully crushed, his left arm:
besides numerous other
3. Successful in preventing ACP
cut to $140,000,000.
4. Obtained an increase of $1,500
for garicultural research for 1954.
5. Supported passage of Com
modity Insurance bill designed to. .
expedite cotton exports to friendly f nt ^ p nses fo^some^O years fol-
business operation her6, Wm. A. —
Fickling is branching out into an-! Atlanta, Aug.
other “Macon first.” (Talmadge late Tuesday granted 30-[broken
Fickling is president of television I da Y sta y executions to two 17-; cuts and bruises. His condition was
station WETV, which recently be- j year '° ld N 0 egro inmates of the State regarded the more serious of the
gan telecasting from its local stu- Training School for Boys at Mil-1 two men, appearantly, however, he
diGS jledgeville who were scheduled to will in the course of weeks be out
. „ , ,. . die Friday in the electric chair for again.
sta T t'i , o„ P kafb e e n en acUvrrn S business 1 the ra » e of » P romlnen * ^ «"> °" «’<* return
foreign countries.
6. Prevented move to possibly
destroy ga6-tax refund to farmers
age.
lowing his
University of Georgia.
The governor acted on the re-1 trip from Macon, traveling by way
from the quest of the State Pardon and Pa ' 1 of Roberta and highway 19 from
Ir i role Board which recommended ; the halfway,house. The sheriff was
ithat he grant the request of Sa- 1 driving Taunton’s comparatively
UCBll QA When UHF Channel 47 becomes | vanna h attorney F. D. Dilworth III new Oldsmobile. Nearing the top*
which has meant over $6,000,000 to j anbl H ted today, Fickling will have j that he be given “sufficient time” of a long grade from Tim’s creek:
farmers of Georgia since its pass-jf n ° th# r J“ b , to work into an already ; to bring the case before the board. a few miles north of town, the
v.,:local car was intercepted by a
| large truck and an unknown pas-
Membership is what counts, and
the larger the membership we
[full
A
schedule
native of
his wife and Tuesday" Although “the" business is 1 Bureau. Farmers need a stronger | sinoe -
their bright 11/^-year old son,' no t classed as a Honky Tonk, the I organization to combat opposition |
Lanny. as they took up thei? abode stretch of road South of Thomaston j ar *d convince Congress and the
at the Benns apartment Tuesday. is known as Honky Tonk Row. (Secretary of Agriculture that we
Rev. Whitner is the new pastor of! j t was the fourth fire on this I rteed 90 per cent of parity as well
the local Church of the Nazarene.! s t re tch of road within 30 days and , as many other benefits.
He has for the past two years was t h e third total loss. Earlier! Thelmon Jarrell, Sec-Treas.,
been pastor at Meldrim, Ga. He is ( this month two buildings were Taylor County Farm Bureau,
a native of Dalton, Ga, and grad- j completely burned to the ground
and) « - Reynolds, Fickling '
have spent some time there as a school ityfay NOW CleUT
in the state will mean a stronger I teacher before coming to Macon to |
backing to our Congressmen and | become associa e wi a ■; Worlf
Senators as an influence and aid, enterprise. ,1114 DCtjiniHlNj WOHI
in getting legislation passed for the He opened his own realty firm i n | . ,
benefit of the farms. i the summer of 1937, and has been Qp MdCOfl HOSOItBI
Don’t forget to join the Farm! climbing the business ladder eve,,''"
After merging with Tharpe Real-
senger automobile both traveling
north, these crowding the sheriff
off the road, his car overturning
several times, being almost de
molished and resulting in injuries
to the men as above stated.
Mr. Taunton, about 26 years of
age is the fine son of Mr. Eddie
B. Wil-i Taunton and the late Mrs. Taunton
driver’s
building
alertness
from the
uate of Bethany College, Bethany, j vv hii e a truck
Okla., while Mrs. Whitner—the saved a f our th
former Miss Helen Walker—is a| same f a t e ,
native of Sweetwater, Tenn. | Frazier told the Times that “I
j will personally give a $100 cash re-
Our love for a beautiful rose is
due primarily to the folllowing
facts:
You can talk about the beauty
Friends Interested in
Changes in Personnel
At Taylor Mill Plant
ward for information leading to
the conviction of the person, or
persons, responsible for the fire
that destroyed my business.”
m „ An arson investigator from the
Of a night thats filled with stars |gt a fe Fire Marshal’s office has
And a moon o’ solid silver o
Throwing beams down from afar few weeks investigating the fires.; connection with information con
' Just 48 hours before the fire; Gained in last week s issue of the
Judge Chester A. Byars had charg- j Herald with respect to Mr. H. S.
ed the Upson County Grand Jury (Gates resuming his former po-
with the responsibility of looking, sition as Superintendent of Taylor
into the arson cases in Upson Mill at Potterville.
county.
rtucr judging wm. Macon, Aug. 21—Mayor L. —
ty Company to form a partnership, i son has received the go-ahead to, industrious farmer residing in the
Fickling and Tharpe joined the sign a contract with a Houston, Cross-Roads community, * f
Robertson and Walker Insurance &
new Macon Hospital.
“It is hoped,” the mayor said, “ba
have workmen on the job in less
than 30 days.’
Authority to sign the contract
Real Estate Company to become
Fickling & Walker, Inc., in Decem
ber, 1938.
He was resonsible for many hous
ing projects that gave an over-i ... . .
crowded Macon relief during World came in a telegram from an off cial
7 a few
Texas firm for construction of the mdes south-east of town. He has
of recent years been an esteemed
employee at Warner Robins.
Besides? his injuries, Sheriff
Wright suffers a serious disappoint
ment in that he will be unable to
kuiiiv u ®ccept as offered him a free course
of hospital service in Atlanta. It is F ® de ^ Purea “ Investigation,.
Vine-ville Homes, Houston Heights ' Probribly the last
Hillcrest Heights, Warner Robins | work necessary before construction
niece of naDer lastin g 90 days, for which purpose
piece paper the gheriff ^ p , anned £ j£ aye .
Of a lake among the hills
Like a river neath the pines
Throwin’ back the rays o’ sunshine
Like a diamond from the mines.
Or the tip o’ sorqe high mountain
Whose peak the snow enshrouds
Standin’ guard like some ol’ Colonel
Drillin’ hosts of fluffy clouds.
Or the song of red breast robins
From the top o’ swayin’ trees
Cornin’ down in notes of silver
Floatin’ on an evenin’ breeze.
All these things make life worth
living
For the one who beauty knows
But the greatest work o’ nature
projects
buildings,
Fickling will step into the presi
dency of WETV without any pre-
, vious experience in radio or tele-
The following article recently v iison, bu\ will carry a wealth of
been in Thomaston during the past .h anded us is of further interest in; informa-tion about Macon and Mid-
die Georgia.
He has served as chairman of the
Macon War Development Fund,
president and director of the Ma- \
con Chamber of Commerce, presi-j
dent of the Georgia State Fair As- j
— j begins for Washington next Sunday, he
and other apartment e |^ s ' chambers Company subm , t . being one ot only two such ap.
Sale of Southwestern
Division of Central Ry.
Approved by Court
ted the low bid of $4,120,000 for the ; pointments tend ered in the state,
job on Aug. 6. ! r
Mayor Wilson said he and local | pjfl LOTTOtl Mill
hospital officials have been assur- j •
ed that the work on the new hos-1
pital will be completed in 18'
months.
Harris County Man
“President Hertwig makes the j SOC i a tion and president of the Ma-j Files $75,000 Suit
following announcement concern- con Area Development Comipis-
ing certain important changes
the organization of the Bibb.
in
Columbus, Aug.
suit was filed in
Sl He' ,a also chairman o f .he Bibb ^ ColllOlbUS C0UT»
“Due to the unfortunate death of (county Commissioners, following
Mr. L. C. Sheehan, who has head- his election in May, 1952. He is a
ed our Methods and Standards De- director of the Citizen and Southern
partment, it is now necessary that I National Bank, Macon,
certain changes be made in our or-| Flanking Fickling in the new un-
ganization so as to cover this job der t a Ri ng are other Maconites of it ypoliceman involving an alleged
— (properly, and to cover other i° bs |high standing. beating of a Harris county resi-
Macon, Aug. 24—A three-judge j necessitated by this change. j yice presidents Q f the station in- dent,
federal court today approved sale] “Mr. O. N. Fisher, formerly as 'l c j ude . ! The petition was filed by
At Forsyth Is Booked
To Suspend Operation
Forsyth, Aug. 25—The Burling
ton Mill, Forsyth’s largest industry
will cease operation in that city
Sept. 15.
Plans to close the mill, whiclx
has an average weekly payroll of.
$11,500 and employes 228 persons,
were announced recently to City
23 a $75,000 and Chamber of Commerce officials
U. S. District , an d local business men by corn-
court this week against two state
revenue agents and a Harris coun-
at-
pany representatives at a meeting
at the mill offices.
Ed Jenson, president of the
Monroe County Chamber of Com
merce, said the mill had the larg
est single payroll in the Forsyth
of the Southwestern Railroad Co. to Isistant superintendent of the No.r - " ' , , , torneys R. M. Martin, LaGrange, j area - reasons for closing the mill,.
Is the sweet old old Southern rose the central of Georgia Railway Two Mill group, will take over the! m P ® y „" u __ ars °"’„ P . “f f and Fred New, Hamilton, for Mon-| Jen s°n said were given by company
When the dew te on its petals
And the dawn is in the sky
Then it fills the air with fragrant
Kisses for the passer-by.
Every color of the rainbow
It has captured for itself
As it proudly shows its petals
Like a little fairy elf.
When the sun has crossed the
heavens
And is falling in the west
Then it lifts its heart in greeting
To the ones bound home to rest.
Its a gift Trom God’s own Heaven
and dissolved an
against the transfer
been obtaiied by minority
holders. j Fisher, we are promoting Mr. N. J
The judges held that the Inter-! Piper, now superintendent of Tay-
state Commerce Commission’s or- 1 lor Mill to the position of assistant
jiginal approval of the sale for a (superintendent of the No. Two Mill
fair value of $75 a share was “pre-1 group.
county.
Frank Williams
Railway Two Mill group, will take over the! Pe y ton And ^ rs ° n ’ pubd sher of the ^ Hamilton,
injunction i position orinially held by Mr. Shee- j Te egmp an ow , f oiived of Harris cour
which had han. (radio station WNEX; Ed Lowe, of ^ suit names Frank
stock-j “To fill the job vacated by Mr. ^°' ve F ec ric o., en oo a nd Jack Spence of Harris County
1 J !Columbus, co-owner of radio sta- . _. - -
tion WDAK there; and Howard Pill
of Montgomery, Ala., co-owner of
station WDAK in Columbus.
Other officers including Ells-
dicated on a rational basis.” ] “To fill the job vacated by Mr. (worth Hall, partner in the law firm and Garrett are state officers and Rep. Steve Pace of Americus, Ga.,
The Southwestern has about 340;Piper, we have employed Mr. Har- °f Hall & Bloch, secretary; and E. {hat Spence is a Harris county po-:and two others were named to new
and Clyde Garrett, Talbot county,
as defendants and charges them
with violating the constitutional
(rights of the plaintiff.
The petition states that Williams
as transportation difficulties.
Former Congressman Pace
Reappointed to Bank Post
Washington, Aug. 24 — Former
miles of track, bridges and depots [old Gates, who was formerly super
in the heart of the Central ofjintendent of Taylor Mill.
Georgia system, running from Ma-1 “The above changes became ef-
con through Albany into Alabama, i fective August 19th, and Mr. Hert-
As on earth it blooms and grows The line has been under lease to j wig has Bespoken the cooperation
Man can’t even make the image I the Central of Georgia for many of the whole organization for the
Of the beauty of the rose. iyears. (individuals concerned.”
£’• McLeod, general manager of liceman. | terms as directors of the Central
WBML, treasurer. On July 24, the petition alleges,: Bank for Cooperatives.
Company officials say this com- Mr. Oliver was stopped in his carj Pace and L. A. Chapin of New
bination of persons accustomed to (by the officers who accused him of (York City were re-appointed to 3-
serving the public make a fine! discharging a pistol. On denying j year terms. M. J. Briggs of In
team in the preservation of
other service.
an- the charge, the plaintiff avers, he dianapolis was appointed to a termsi
I was beaten by Officer Williams. (ending Sept. 15, 1955..
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