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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, APRIL 29, 1954.
THE BUTLER HERALD
MEMORIAL DAY
Entered at Post Office at Butler,
Georgia as Mail Matter of
Second Class
Memo-
"Hall of Fame" Award
Given J. Roy McGinty
Chas. Benns Jr., Managing
O. E. Cox, Publisher & Bus
Monday was Confederate
Most adult Southerners, even! Calhoun Times Editor
those not too old, can remember l
Editor when the day was a big one in I
LINBBRGH’S LIFE EXAMPLE
OF STRENGTH AND
FORTITUDE
OFFICIAL I ORGAN
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Movie rights have been sold for
Charles Lindbergh’s biography ac
cording to a news dispatch. “The
Mgr. the South. I w ^ re very much gratified Spirit of St. Louis” has been on the
They can remember the white- the accompanying news item ap- best se n er list since its publication!
TAYLOR |CO. ^ a j ref | men w ] 10 p U < L on their Con- Pouring in last week’s issue of the dn September.- It will be healthy I
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hundred Copies
of
and inspiring, in the face of our
federate uniforms and rode thru Ca j boan
the streets in a big parade with the; Roy McGinty, president ui mo( j crn brand of hero worship, for.
Stars and Bars of the Confederacy Calhoun Newspapers, Inc., and ed i-1 our y 0U th to see the real life story,
in front. tor ot tbe Ca lhoun was P f e- 0 f a rea j man ! Although Lindbergh!
* 1 in small towns the soda foun- serdGd a framed certificate o. rn pm ‘ dared to oppose the military power
Coffee is expected tc advance in ta j ns opened for the season,after herein p in the Souths Hall o pj an as headed for World War II
price to $1.50 a pound in a sh° rt heing closed all winter. There were Fame for ihe Living at. the regu ar w j tk tke resu ;ting petty ingratitute
time. [free sodas for the boys and girls meeting of the Calhoun R°ar y i and political ec ii pse , ye t he forged
who paraded through the streets ( - luh at the Rookei 1 Fnday 1 [ahead and made a wonderful
Old Joe Jones says, “Some people carrying flowers to decorate Con- noon - The aw a rd, which was ^‘ comeback.
give compliments
cost money.’’
as thiugh they federate graves.
I Ladies of the U. D. C.
— j programs and distributed
C on . noon. The award, which was an
nounced some time ago, was pre
arranged sented by H - F - Lee,publish er ofl •
flowers L>ixie Business magazine. “The old.-fashioned kitchen and
It is reminded that a hick town|with great hustle and bustle. ,' hoTn^editor^by M^ P Lee for out-j? R mokeh ° US * are losing ground to
1 nn thaf hasn’t anv dangerous. There were picnics,barbecues and noun euuor ny .vi ^ee. 031 ‘Rumpus Room’ Cooking,” says
ItTt chines hours of flowery oratory. * an £ n * ser a lce to his community,| Sister Edna Danie ,. Since our re .
' s ' k " I Buggies and surreys and wagons, lh ® T ® „,!cent Sunday noon visits to the
. ,, A crpnins swarmed to town to honor the’ In presenting the certificate,^ - Doan Dining Room here at home
Thought for the week A genius Lee said those nominated for the we know what our Q uitma n friend
j.sone who can do almost anything ( W{? ^ rem . lnded of ^ days award were selected on the basis; is wriUnff about
Fender & Body Work
TWO TRAINED MEN
With 5 Years Experience
Working At Our Shop Every Tuesday and
Thursday. Also At Nights When Necessary
Work Guaranteed. Prices Reasonable
SPEED OIL COMPANY
V. C. Griggs, Prop.
Butler, Ga.
of a record of achievement covering
their entire lives rather than for
except make a living jwheti the late Mrs. Henry P. Wal
Since its Spring Cleaning Time h> c *’ ^ ^ L J££ SSS? 8 stfV 1 * . sil ? gle f accomplishment or anyj
nrfTP all our neighbors .. , ... ... . , particular term of service. He said
MenZ to let busy ,; ctlv f, and res ‘ d, " g Z" h , he he award is made to 25 men eaeli I
and inends to set busy. |daughter, Mrs. Rate Royal at'
faithfully the J
Dr. Pierce Harris tells us
the bond of matrimony withers and federacy known
ilies, the sacrament of marriage is Edwards Chapter,
gone as well. [honor.
. , ... , .. j-c, ou.uu.uo the Southern!;
hat if f pons °n ff hfu ' lythe States from Maryland to Okla.lj
hat if local chapter of Daughters of Con- homa _ He sajd among ofher re j
as f ‘ a ace cipients of the award this year were
named in their
The Confederate monument that
U. S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd, of
Virginia and James S. Childers oL
, , the Atlanta Journal. j
A Herald reader recently re- graces the public square was erect-, .‘ Among the activities of the Cal-'
minded us that things were differ- ed thru efforts of these fine wom- ;houn publisher were two terms of!
ent in grandpas day when people cn. !service in the Georgia State Senate;
did many tilings without being of-j Rach Momoricil Day foi many Senator from the 43rd District,
fered money. - | years an able speaker from a dis- ® 0 term9 as pres ident of the GeorU
—— —— j tance was secured by the local g j a p resg Assn , one term as Mayor I,
It is with sincere regret that we t hapter tor special address, one of 0 j Calhoun and a five-year term on [
learn that Mrs. Ralph Hobbs of the most favorable in our memory State Board of Education.
Cataula, has been forced by declin- being that of the late John T. “He h as also been active in the ;
ing health to resign from the Boifcuillet, of Macon, who among a ff a i rs 0 f the National Editorial As-1
Georgia Education Commission. .other things said: sociation, served as public member
| “More than a third of a century and c hairman of War Labor Board j
The Eighth District Press group bas Passed si nee the war ended, panels during the war years, and
met at Alma recently at the attrac- More than half of those who lived served as chairman of the Georgia
live Lions Club building for its ,hra " ow s,Ge P the sle _ e P of d eath Press institute. He is a member of
spring meeting. C. J Croame vJr., i a J? d „ that reminds us . ,ha t we too the American Arbitration Associa-
editor of the Almas, was host and sha11 Gr ° ss ° VGr tbe ',' ver f and res j tion, Sigma Delta Chi, professional
I under the shade of the trees, and journalistic fraternity; Rotary In-
| while we may not leave behind us ternational and is on the state
i-m „ „ij Mr, vr i cou.tr, „„„ wealth tor our children we vfilli board 0 f the Young Men’s Christian
110 : vear :°! d New Y m S ‘.t man leave them something nobler and Association of Georgia.
an automomie. >. better than wealth. We will leave, "On March 15, Mr. McGinty
i precious inheritance of marked the 25th anniversary of
courage, of highest conse- his service as editor of The Cal-
cration to duty, of purest patriot- houn Times, having acquired the
welcomed the guests.
was killed by
minds us of the old mountaineer , bem
who drank corn liquor all his life. man ] v
dying at 102. Neighbors said,
knew it would get him. ’
“I
ism.
Mrs. Margaret Jones of the Ca
toosa County News. Ringgold, tells
her readers that “another good
Ihing about small towns is that a
fellow doesn’t have to explain a
BLACK EYE. Everybody knows.”
‘THE RESURRECTION
AND THE LIFE’’
paper on March 15. 1929.”
WHY FISH BITE
of this county who is a patient at
If animals really do think, as an Vets Hospital, Augusta, Ga.
eminent scientist has solemnly as-!
sured us, then a rabbit no doubt in these days of war, turmoil, un-
vvonders just which one of a hun-! rest and strife
Scientists at Rutgers University
_ are invading forbidden ground—or
. by P °P G Boot ^ rather, water—in trying to pin
point just what it is that makes a
fish decide to strike at a baited
hook. The teettube artists, bless
them, have already taken the won-
n , - , , , der out of such eternal questions
dred furs its skin is going to be | Remember Him who said “I am the ag wJly grass j s cr r een and to-
after it is dead —Louisville Times, j Resurrection and the Life.” gether'hclorophyll and science have
j lc arG tbe ^ ords °f ,be world’s p Ur ifie d enough things without al-
We are told that a group of on y oly One, lowing them to take the fun out of
Philadelphia poker-playing wives Of the blessed Trinity: Holy Spirit, fishing. The mystery of what makes*
were arrested on complaints by. Father and Son? , fj sh bite is one that can just as
their husbands that they were! well be left unsolved,
spending too much time raising Was man the best loved by Him Besides, think of the disastrous
each other and not enough time aione of the Trinity f consequences of knowing the whole
raising their families. With men and years to the heights
l of infinity;
awful truth! As it is now, the very
fact of not knowing exactlv what!
Clocks were turned ahead an , When sin or evil or wrong run will attract a 5 pound trout or bass '
hour in at least 16 states last Sun-1 rampant and rife, enables fishermen (or some of
day. Some government centers in'Does He live on as the Resurrection them) to take p i easur0 in get t’ingi
Georgia were included in the new' and the Life? up in the middle of the night to
time schedule. We are quite sure From infernal depths to Mt. drive unearthly distances over un-i
the hour advance caused many Ptsgah s lofty height, civilized roads and brave brambles, 1
persons loss of sleep. , „ flics, boulders and even a ducking.
is the Way the vvhat else could justify this sort of
masochism? Moreover the well-
I Everywhere, He
Truth, and the Light;
married to a 78-year-old woman
lie’s known for 58 yeats. This ac
quaintance should be of sufficient
duration both should know the oth
er faults,” Thf Ocilla Star tolls us.
“A 93-year-old insurance com
pany executive savs he’s getting'At the peak of success and in the equipped- fisherman >s an tmpor-i
” depth of despair, tant factor in the economic sub-j
I can find no tnend with my Christ sist pnce or the boat and outboard
o compa.e motor industries, not to mention!
For when I m dust or sod. both day the purveyors of such perplexing;
,r ;! n ' nig .. ’ ^ , paraphernalia as rooai coachmen,!
e it S T a lit e ^ ay ’ the Truth anrI rolling lures, spinning rods, retls,
j tie Light. leaders, swivels and the like.
Nothing could bo more disillu-1
Barring disaster from freeze or Zoning than to find that all the;
;disease we come to the conclusion Rains and assorted gadgets have
The Hartwell Sun tells us that
way back yonder when the Indians
settled this country there were no
taxes, no debts, no atomic worries
—and women did all the work.
Then the white man settled here—
thinking he could improve on a
system like that!
last week while traveling along the absolutely nothing to do with the I
highway in Macon, Houston, and question, nd that fish bite because 1 1
Peach counties that Georgia this they ta 'Ke extraordinary corn-
year should live up to the words Passion upon their human suitors
Thomas!on’s first Automobile on i,s auto lags—“Peach State.” or because tnev’re just plain bored.
Festival lias been planned for the The vo . rnal 1 oc l ui a° x has come and ^^ wou ‘ d aa ™ 0V _; any rema ining
week of May 3rd and the eight new!^ - , Apn1 winds have made off f oubt ba aG .g Grs are preyanca-
car dealers in the community have f W1 the f. ,ainty bloss '^s and now tors, and it would absolutely ruin
lined up four nights of free enter- j t,ny P p ae.ies are startin
tainment and arranged to give
away a top-rate used automobile,
The visit to
the Thomaston Times tells its read- only of three days’ duration,
to form. the basis of most respectable fish
| stories Why fish bite, indeed!
,, , , , Might just as well ask why fisher-
New Nork, though men fish!—The Washinghon Post,
was
Preparations, we are told, are be-
mn enjoyable one states our valu-i It V /as announced in Washington
VV ' C ’ TU ^ r C - er ° f lHe C °" recently tha t the United States had
- nimbus Enquirer. Lpon our re- grant ed a 100-million-dollar loan
ing completed for the 104th annual urn says Tucker, “from an auto to the six-nation Western European
session of the Medical Association ; trip that carried us to Washington C oal and Steel Community P The I
of Georgia which opens at Macon and to New York and return, the credit is the first ever extended to
next Sunday. Dr. Wilson Harbin of speedometer showed we had an international organization of I
Rome, president of the MAG, will Raveled 2,090 miles.” Congratula- this tvre lr Ts ain^H .^ln^l,l !
preside and formal reports from of- .tions upon being able see or stir for j ng European unitv " ^ I
fir-orc ana .u« or . several days. 1 1
ficers and committees of the
ganization will be presented.
Congratulations
Defnese Secretary Lovett
Washington, D. C., Saturday
pressed “warm thanks” to
Amreican press, radio, television brief
and newsreels to withholding the
news of President-elect Eisenhow-
to our estemed
Lt Marvin Griffin said recently friend Editor J. Roy McGinty of the
that the campaign for governor;Calhoun Times who states that
fh ■ was sba Pi n g up as a race between “spending all of my prior lifetime|
the himself and M. E. Thompson. In a without a high school affiliation.!
interview before ho spoke at T at last have one. The Sugar Val-'
a dedication program for Cusseta’s l py Aumni Association did me the!
er’s trio to the Far Fast while he new water system and a celebration honor of electing me to honorary]
was in Korea. Lovett said: “We H le anniversary of membership at their annual ban
wish to express to the American
Chattahoochee County, Lt. Gov. Q uet Saturday night, and more
press, radio, television and news- Gtiffin expressed confidence that than ever \ou 11 find me among the
reels the warm thanks of hte of- tbe P eo Pl e °f Georgia would sup- Sugar Valley rooters f-om now on.
ficials of the Department of De- P ort a P r °gram to save the present They’re a fine group cf people and
fense for their assistance in main- , s >' stem of schools if the Supreme T appreciate my affiliation with
taining the necessary security . Court ba u= segregation. .them.”
Beginning Saturday, May 1
&
P.M
Enjoy Our
Will Be Open
From 11:00 A. M. Till 11:00
Come Out and
MALTS
MILK SHAKES
BANANA SPLITS
SUNDAES
SHORT ORDER
PIT BARBECUE
With Homemade Sauce
HOMEMADE
CHICKEN SALAD
HAMBURGERS
DINNERS
PAY YOUR
WATER BILL
AT
WALKER’S GROCERY
May 1 all water bills lor City
be payable at Walker Grocery
EHective
ot Butler will
in Butler.
City otlicials urge your cooperation in
paying your water bills at this store.
E. L. HARRIS
Mayor City of Butler