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VOLUME 78.
ie Butler Herald
K _®J® p 1 N G EVE r lastingly at it is THE SECRET OP SUCCESS”
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MAY 27. 1954.
NUMBER 35.
OBSERVATIONS
After the closing exercises of the
local high school 27 members of the
graduating class will leave Monday
for a sightseeing trip to Washing
ton, D. C., and other points of in
terest. They will be chaperoned by
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Fitzsimmons.
Mrs. Fitzsimmons has been
the home room teeacher for
the Seniors during the past school
year.
• • •
As a general rule motorists have
little patience with a signal light
regarding the stop and go gadget
as a nuisance rather than a de
vice erected to save his or some
other person’s life. We witnessed a
substantial proof of this fact Sat
urday morning at the southwest
corner of the public square when
a local car and an out-of-town ve
hicle plowed into each other and
both cars considerably damaged.
Signal lights are necessary to mod
ern traffic; so we feel no compunc
tion in calling upon city authori
ties to give serious consideration to
placing at least a blinker at the
Baptist church corner and at the
City Cafe corner for the protection
of motorists and pedestrians.
• • •
In an effort to treat their friends
to a pleasant surprise Mr. Huland
Chapman, former assistant post
master and since employed as
plumber, and Mrs. Mdry Lail mo
tored to the home of Rev. W. R.
Lawhorn on the evening of March
18th and subscribed to the vows of
matrimony. Though late in so ex
pressing, we wish them much hap
piness.
* * *
The local Eastern Star organiza
tion is in a flourishing condition.
Each meeting at the Masonic Hall
is well attended and scarcely a
meeting goes by unless one or more
newnames are added to their roll.
Those added to membership at
Friday evening’s, meeting were:
Mr. Edwin Alien, Mr. A. L. Swain
and Miss Amanda Wilchar. Each
appeared in good order Saturday
after riding the sometimes “buck
ing horses’’ the evening before.
* * *
The Herald was delighted Satur
day afternoon by a visit from
bright and ambitious young Paul
Trawick, state news editor of the
Columbus Ledger. Friend Paul is
a son of the 1 ate Paul Trawick
who was a native of Reynolds and
member of one of the county’s most
prominent families in earlier
days. His mother was one of the
state’s prominent editors of other
years having served as editor and
publisher of the Commerce News.
It was while a member of hte Rey
nolds High school faculty that
friendship between Paul Sr. and
MissMera Gober ripened into lasting
love saddened by the death in re
cent years of our esteemed friend,
Paul Sr.
• * *
Congratulations and best wishes
are already being extended on the
approaching event of the Golden
Wedding anniversary planned for
the afternoon of June 13th by the
seven sons and three daughters
for Hon. F. C. Jarrell and Mrs. Mary
McCants Jarrell, life-long and high
ly esteemed Taylor county resi
dents. Mr. Jarrell, a successful
farmer and merchant, was for a
number of years chairman of the
Taylor County Board of Commis
sioners. They have each been active
and influential in the religious,
educational and social interests of
their community as mebers of the
Methodist church. Mr. Jarrell’s par
ents were the late Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Jarrell and Mrs. Jarrell was
a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs
Polk McCants.
* » •
As ws went touring recently on
Red Level south of to.vn—especial
ly that part west of highway 19—we
were most pleasantly surprised in
several instances. First was the
modern farming method compared
with that in practice when we
came along. Not a mule was to be
found in our entire tour. All farm
ing is now done by machinery. Cot
ton, corn, peanuts and vegetables
appeared as if they had not been
affected by the unseasonable
weather such as had prevailed this
month. Second, the evidence of
peach growing is being revived.
This gave us the impression that
within a few years this section will
re-establish its reputation as a
leading shipping point. Leaders in
early varieties of this crop are:
Messrs T. L Fountain, J. W. Ed
wards ana Ed Davis. Special inter-
PEACH PACKING SEASON
BEGINS AT MODERNLY
EQUIPPED SHED TODAY
Tlie peach packing plant
j formerely owned and operated by
| Mr. W. J. Butler, was purchased a
! few months ago by Mr. Walter
| Wainwright. He is an extensive
farmer of Crowell community and
in which section he has under culti
vation a large peach orchard.
Shortly after the purchase of the
packing ulant, Mr. Wainwright be
gan replacing the building with a
much larger one and equipping it
with new and improved machinery
of every kind used in the packag
ing of fruit. He announces that this
modern equipment will reduce
labor in the plant as w r ell as speed
up the packaging of fruit.
The packing house is expected to
go into operation today, handling
peaches of the Red Free and Dixie
Red varieties from orchards of
1 Messrs Wainwright, Butler and J.
C. Jones. A freight car load as well
| as a number of truck loads are ex-
1 pected to be dispatched from the
shed today.
Judge Fort Supports
Hon Garland T. Byrd
For Agricultural Post
I
Columbus, May 21—Superior Court
Judge Hicks Fort has offered, his
“support openly and vigorosuly” to
Garland T Byrd in his race for
Georgia Commissioner of Agricul
ture.
In a letter to Mr. Byrd, Butler at
torney, Judge Fort said he would
speak a good word for the candidate
when he could.
He explainer! that with six ses
sions of the Superior Court in Mus
cogee County and two sessions in
other counties of the Chattahoochee
Circuit, he remains in court most
of the time.
Mr. Byrd announced his candi
dacy for commissioner of agricul
ture earlier this week when Gov.
Herman Talmadge announced he
would not run for the office.
Uncle David B. Turner,
One of Georgia's Most
Beloved Editors, Retires
Our intimate friendly acquain
tance over a long period of years
with the subject of the accompany
ing news item brings to our
heart a deep feeling of sadness:
Statesboro, Ga., May 22—D. B.
Turner for more than 50 years edi
tor and publisher of the Bulloch
County Times, weekly newspaper
has sold the paper and retired at
the age of 82.
Widely known to Georgia news
paper people as “Uncle Dave” he
established his home in Statesboro
61 years ago. He entered the news
paper business at Clearwater, Fla.,
at the age of 13.
The Statesboro paper was pur
chased by J. S. Kenan, who becomes
its editor and publisher Kenan is
a native of Statesboro and has been
in the printing business inthat city
10 years.
Mr. Walker Resigns
Membership on City
Aldermen Board
To the Citizens of Butler:
I now take this privilege to
thank you for electing me to serve
as your City Councilman which I
h$ive done to the best oi my
knowledge and ability.
In order that I may devote more
time to my personal business, I am
tendering my resignation as Aider-
man for the City of Butler.
Thanks to one and all.
This the 25th day of May, 1954.
MURRAY WALKER.
est centered on the latter orchard
where trees are heavily loaded with
fruit soon to be gathered and
earlier planted trees coming into
bearing one year and two years
later.
BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL
Graduation Exercises
School
Q 4fmnata>Uum
QrOday May 28, 1954
Processional
Invocation
Chorus
8:30 o’clock P. M.
PROGRAM
‘Pomp and Circumstances” , Elgar
Rev. Hoke 0. Hatcher
. . . Wilson
‘‘In May”
Senior Class
Presentation of Honor Seniors
Gilbert Sawyer
Theme: ‘‘To Live Is To Give”
Fervor to Christianity Lmily Allen.
Understanding to Tolerance . . . , Martha Melton
Love to Humanity .... Mary Joyce Montgomery
Support to Education Merrell Harbuck
r
Appreciation to Fine Arts .... Brabara McCorkle
Zeal to Patriotism Nellie Hart
Awards
Presentation of Seniors for Diplomas
‘‘Alma Mater” .
Waving black and gold,
CLASS MOTTO
, “To Live Is To Give”
CLASS FLOWER
Glads
CLASS COLORS
Yellow and White
MASCOTS
Linda Blackston and Bucky Reddish
Dwight S. Compton
W. II. Elliston
. . Tommy Theus
. . Senior Class
SENIOR CLASS ROLL
Emily Allen Nellie Hart
Barbara Barfield
Yvonne Barfield
Gordene Blackston
Ferrell Bone
Frederick Bone
Robert Cooper
Sylvia Cosey
James Dunn
Tom Edwards
Clay Griggs
Richard Guined
Merrell Harbuck
Riley Harmon
Priscilla Jones
Betty Maddox
Barbara McCorkle
Martha Melton
Mary Joyce Montgomery
Janet Neisler
Gilbert Sawyer
Eugene Streetman
Floyd Robinson
Clifford Swain
Tommy Theus
Mary Ann Wainwright
James Williamson
HONOR GUARD
Maxl.vn Miller Dean Stewart
Jesse Bone Charles Lancaster
FACULTY OF BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL
Dwight S. Compton, Principal
Miss Myra Byrd Mrs. Bessie Nelson
Msr. Margery Fitzsimmons Jerry Partain
Mrs. Edith Guy Miss Annie Spillers
William G. Hornsby Mrs. Mabel Stinson
E. G. McCants Mrs. Nan Summerour
Mrs. Lewis Ruffin, Music
LOCAL SWIMMING POOL
DISCUSSED AT MEETING
HERE TUESDAY EVENING
Talmadge Stops
Plan To Call Special
Session Legislature
The local swimming pool au- „ . ... „ , _ _
thorities met Tuesday evening at! Move to Draft Talmadge fo£
Another Term Stopped by the
Governor Himself.
the Community Center to discuss
plans for construction of a Munici
pal Swimming Pool this summer.
Mr. C. A. Mees of Atlanta, con
sultant engineer with the Georgia
Power Company, Mr. H. H. Lump- The Herald joins a large percent
kin of Columbus, and Mr. Hi. L. ■ 0 f Georgians in speaking praise for
Russell of Reynolds, both connected Governor Talmadgein his appeal
with the Georgia Power Company, to the draft group to ceaS e their
met with the local committee. efforts to convene the state legis-
Mr. Mees, who is very familiar , i a t ure in special session for the
with this type of work, gave the purpose of repealing a guberna-
committee much valauble infor- torial succession,
mation as to the size pool needed I He sa j d (hat he would not run for
for this community and the ap-1 the office of Commissioner of Ag-
proximate cost of construction both 1 r i cu ]ture and he announced further
with and without filter system. 'that he would not call the General
The local committee of which j Assembly into extraordinary session
Mr. Jack Peed is chairman is made;f or the purpose of passing on the
up of representatives from all lo- submission of a constitutional pro-
cal organizations, as well as repre-; vision extending his term of service
sentatives from the City Council I four years.
and County Commissioners. I His decision against offering for
A good start was made toward [ commissioner came after he had
raising the amount of money K considered the matter several days,
j needed last year but several [The possibility he would run arose
| thousand dollars more will have to when Commissioner Tom Linder an-
be raised this summer before con- jnounced he would seek the gover
norship.
While we were inclined to believe
Mr. Talmadge would serve with,
ability as commissioner of agricul
ture, it would seem that the pro
posal that he run for commissioner
might have been marred by the pos
sibility he would step down before
the completion of the four year term
to run for the U. S'. Senate. Since
he would be conscious of this pos
sibility, his candidacy would he
viewed widely as a political effort
designed to use the office of Com
missioner of Agriculture as a step
ping stone in the path to the Sen
ate.
Mr. Talmadge said that at the
struction work can begin.
The next regular meeting of the
committee i£ announced for Monday
night, June 14th.
Local Convict
Fatally Injured by
Road Machine
Every effort possible was was
made by County Warden J. B. Mc
Manus, hi.s aids and members of
the group of county convicts to save I , , ,. ,
.i- c c,.u . , conclusion of his term as governor
I he life of one of the convicts , . 6 ,
, ,, _. , ..._ i I will have engaged m war and
Thursday afternoon. The unfortun-
! ate accident occurred when the man
.fell beneath the wheels of one of
the local works camp about
year.
I At the time of the accident which
gaged
politics for 13 consecutive years.’*
He added that he “would like to
. , . , . , , have some time to spend with mV
the countrs targe road machines. fartl]y farm and rny personal
: The injured man was listed as a ff a j ra »
Homer Lowe 31 years of age and We t ' hink Gov . Taladge has made
serving a 3 to 5 year term for bur- a sonsible decision in this regar d.
glary having been convicted in Up- He is a man . He has aJong
son Superior Court. Of this term tjme ahead of him for a political
r, ( ! W( L . a , ,f,!T career if he chooses to reenter poli
tics after a period of retirement.
It has been no secret that Gover-
, , _ , nor Talmadge has been giving
was given as about 5 p m„ the much thought to he possibility of
county group was engaged in grad- running for the Senate at the ' on _
mg on a rural road near Pebble.it clusion of Senator Walter George’s
was from a motor grader driven by term jf , h( . sonjor senat(>r deeides
another convict that Lowe fell andj against 0 f er jng aga j n . Sen.George’3
,the wheels ot the grader crushed , term ends in January 1957 and the
fns head and chest and inflicted Plection to fi]] his seat therefore,,
injuries on other portions of his wilJ come u in 1956
body. I
Lowe was rushed from the scene
of the accident to the Montgomery
hospital where he died about one
hour later.
The body was claimed by Lowe’s
wife and other relatives and inter
red in an Upson county burial lot j
Friday. Besides his wife Lowe is i
survived by five children. " 1
Interference with School
Building Work at Talbotton
Denounced by Judge Fort
Three Dunn Children
Will Receive Diplomas
During Next Few Days
Talbotton, May 24—Union inter
ference with construction of three
Talbot County Negro schools was
ordered halted Monday.
A temporary restraining order was
Signed Monday by Superior Court
Judge Hicks Fort ordering that in
terference be stopped until after a;
court hearing June 3. The union
was ordered to show cause at the-
hearing why the restricting order
Pupils of the local school as well should not be continued,
as those from State Colleges and ; i n the petition filed by Attorney-
Universities are now counting the Robert Jordan for the contractors,
days and hours before the annual 1 Cecil’s of Spartanburg, S. C., it was
summer vacation begins. The warm charged that three unions have-
weather and sunshine is making been using “force, intimidation and
them restless to get nut and go throats” to interfere with the work
fishing or enjoy some other sport. I on three schools.
1 Already class picnics are being
enjoyed prior to the final school
closing.
We know a few quite happy par
ents who are gratified by the
fact that their children have been
absent from home for the past term
Butler Methodist Church
(Hoke Hatcher, Pastor)
,, ,. , , Church School, 10 a. m. Mr.
attending school and building a Janies Bazem General Superin _
rnnnnntinn for thnir ciinnnce in ltfo _ . 1 *
tendent. Classes for every ago
group.
Morning worship, 11 a. m. Ser
mon by the pastor.
, , .. ... , , , I Youth Fellowship 7:15 p. m. Mr,
gratulatiom We refer to Rev and Frank Riley> Adul ? Counselor. All.
foundation for their success in life.
In this particular instance we
hope you will pardon us for call
ing names, so abundant in their
blessing and receive their con-
Evening worship, 8 p. m. Sermon
Mrs. E. II. Dunn who are to witness the youth u ed to attend .
the graduation of three of their Evening wo
children. The first of these is Buddy by the pastor
?“" n ' vh ° r fT S lt hiS diploma : Daily Vacation Bible School will
from the local school tomorrow eve- be F riday
r g: ff.°r y nL Wnn ’ ^ W H U gr f dU 'i Pra >' er meeting Wednesday, eve-
ate from Georgia Southwestern,! n j ng g.pp
Americus June 6th; and Shirley | W e‘have a great church and
LCn.Jn t th be TT aWard f d hei ; can do a greater work if we all do
sheepskin at the University of our part
Georgia on June 7th. SUNDAY.
SEE YOU IN CHURCH