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The Butler Herald
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VOLUME 79
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 9. 1954.
NUMBER 11.
OBSERVATIONS
LOCAL COTTON FARMERS
Let Us All Trade at Home
Each year the Herald appeals to
its readers to “Shop at Tome”. The
reason is that shopping at home is
very important. We realize there
will always be people who will go
out of town to the large cities to
shop, and many of those who
preach shopping at home will prac
tice shopping away from home, but
we cannot get around the fact that
we owe it to our hometown mer
chants to do all, or at least most of
our shopping in our hometown. The
home-town merchant is truly the
forgotten man on many occasions.
He stocks the merchandise he
thinks you will like and he prices
it as low as possible so as to assure
his customers of satisfaction while
at the same time assuring himself
a small profit. We grant you that
on some items the price tag may be
larger here than in Atlanta, Colum
bus or Macon. But when you add
the price of the trip plus other
money you will spend, the cost of
the item is lower in Butler, Rey
nolds or any other Taylor county
town. We have visited most of the
stores in Butler and Reynolds with
in recent days and find they have
almost every item you could wish.
Their display of merchandise is un
usually good. Remember when you
spend money in Atlanta, Columbus,
VOTE ON MARKETING
QUOTAS NEXT TUESDAY
The Secretary of Agriculture has
proclaimed marketing quotas in the
1955 cotton crop. Quotas will not
be in effect unless two thirds of the
cotton growers voting in the refer
endum on Dec. 14 vote in favor of
marketing quotas.
The local ASC Committee an
nounces that polls will be open in
each community in the county from
9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Tuesday. Voting
places will be open in each com
munity at the following places:
Butler district, Courthouse.
Carsonille-Daviston, District court
house.
Cedar Creek, Rupert post office.
Howard, Vanlandingham’s Store.
Panhandle, B. F. Moore’s Store.
Potterville, District Courthouse.
Reynolds, Cily Hall.
Rustin, Brannon Montgomery’s
Store.
James Lee Mosley
Dies Tuesday Night
After Short Illness
Deceased Was a Life-Long
Citizen of Crowell Community
In Taylor County
Mr. James Lee Mosley, 82, of
Crowell Community, died at a Ma
con hospital at 7:45 o’clock Tuesday
evening after an illness of about
two months.
Mr. Mosley was born in Taylor
County on Nov. 17, 1872 the son of
the late Mr. Brantley and Mrs.
Mattie Hall Mosley. He was a life
long citizen of this county and was
actively engaged in farming in
Crowell community prior to his re
tirement a number of years ago.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at Crowell Methodist church
Macon or any other nearby city
your dollars will never come back! proved, price support
to Taylor county to help your city | growers will be at 50
government, churches , your chil
dren or you. When you want some
thing done you call on your home
town mrechant. You want him to
contribute generously to all causes
and you would be surprised if you
knew how many times he is called
on each year. If he gives you a lib
eral donation he never receives the
full gratitude due him, but if he
declines to make a contribution he
is looked upon as disloyal to his
this afternoon at three o’clock. Eld.
Under the regulations, a producer i Mangham will officiate and
having an interest in the actual ; w jjj j, e assisted by Rev. Walter
production of cotton in 1954 either i Flanders. Interment will be in the
as a sharecropper, tenant, operator I Crowell cemeetry.
or owner will be eligible to votej Nephews of the deceased will act
in the referendum. | as p a ]j bearers. They are: Messrs
Should two-thirds of the cotton j Felton prank and Lester Moisey,
growers favor marketing in the ap- Mercer and Hugh Byrd, Virgil and
proaching referendum, rigid con- Howard Cosey and J. C. Causey,
trols will be in effect on the 1925I Surviving Mr. Mosley besides his
cotton crop with a price support 'wife, Mrs .Belle Mosley are two chil-
of
.... „ of
to eligible Crowell; one grandson, Mr. Lee
percent of Saunders of Macon, and one grand
parity. i daughter, Mrs. Rudolph Ragon of
All eligible growers are urged to Macon and one great grand daugh-
Mr. Arch W. Gray
Dies Early Monday
Of Heart Attack
Funeral Services Conducted at
Butlei; Tuesday Morning 10:30
o’Clock.
level of between 82and 90 per- dren, Mrs. Gholson Saunders
I cent of parity. If quotas are not ap- Macon and Mr. Hubert Mosley
community. Let us shop at home
this Christmas or at least see if you
cannot find what you want here
before going to a city.
• • •
We believe that a year’s subscrip
tion to the Butler Herald is the best
gift for the money that can be giv
en anyone, especially those who
are away from home. There is still
plenty of time now to get your or
der in before Christmas.
vote in the referendum Tuesday.
Funeral Services Sunday
At Antioch Baptist Church
For Mrs. Addie Gassett, 82
ter of Macon; two brothers, Mr.
Lovell Mosley of Orange, Calif., and
Mr. Lavorica Mosley of Moran; two
sisters, Mrs. Lola Cosey of Perry
and Mrs. Lena Gaultney of Macon.
Goddard’s Funeral Home of Rey
nolds was in charge of arrenge-
ments.
Odum High School
Wins First Place in
Mrs. Addie Gassett, 82 years of
age, died at Columbus early Satur
day after a brief illness.
Mrs Gassett was a native of Tay
lor county. She was the widow of
the late Mr. John Hi. Gassett of this
county who preceded her in death a i . pi
about 30 years ago. For the past 1/|1C"ACT i Ifljf UOllICbT
five years she had made her home j
in Columbus with her daughter j The 0 dum High School of Wayne
Mrs. Marie Grandin. County placed first in the State in
Funeral services were conducted Q ass q one-act play competition of ijj n «» ■
for Mrs. Gassett at Antioch Baptist Q eor gj a High School Associa-iMISS MdfflU) lilCKS
church Sunday at 3:00 p. m. She t j on j n Athens Tuesday. '
was one of the oldest members of j Mr q t j ar rard formerly of But-|Q|g£ MOfltCZUITId
Mr. Arch Walker Gray, 88 years
of age, died of a heart attack early
Monday at the home of his daugh
ter Mrs. T. L. Fountain near Butler.
Mr. Gray was born at Carsonville
communijy in the northern section
of this cqunty Aug. 5, 1866 the son
of the late Mr. James H. and Mrs.
Helen Walker Gray. He was mar
ried in early young manhood to
Miss Tommie Peebles of this coun
ty who preceded her husband in
death several years ago. Mr. Gray
was a member of the Methodist
church and a life-long citizen of
Taylor county. He was engaged in
farming urttil retirement a number
of years ago.
Mr. Gray’s death was a shock to
his numerous friends and relatives
for only Saturday afternoon he was
in town and apparently enjoying
his usual good health. He was
stricken ill Sunday and died at 2
o’clock Monday morning.
Funeral services for Mr. Gray
were conducted at the home of Mrs.
Fountain at 10.30 a. m. Tuesday.
Rev. James M. Carmichael, pastor
of the Butler Baptist church of
ficiated. He was assisted by Rev.
Hoke Hatcher, pastor of the local
Methodist church. Burial was in
Butler cemetery.
Pall bearers were Messrs W. F.
Gray, James H. Gray, Wm. F. Gray
Jr., Dr. Gray Fountain, Norris
Sikes and Eugene Gray.
Survivors include two sons
Messrs W. F. Gray of Butler and
James H. Gray; two daughters,
Mrs. T. L. Fountain and Mrs.
W. H. Trussell of Butler; four
grand children, two great grand
children and one niece, Miss Mary
Tom Gray, of Butler.
Edwards Bros. Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements. The fu
neral was attended by an unusual
ly large number of friends and
relatives. The floral offering was
abundant and beautiful.
JURORS DRAW TO
SERVE DURING JANUARY
SUPERIOR COURTTERM
Grand and Traverse Jurors drawn
by His Honor, Judge T. Hicks Fort
on October 27 to serve during the
January' term of Taylor County Su
perior Court.
GRAND
JURORS
Marshall P. Dean
J. C. Giles
Ed Wilson
George Trussell
T. Whatley
A. J. Fountain
Solon Callahan
W. G. Hill
Jack Peed
Janie Montgomery
Woodrow Amos
Hubert Young
R. L. Swearingen
Joe Brown
Clifford Moore
Morris Lawhorn
J. C. Newson
C. B Windham
E. T. Shealy
J. W. Waters
Benny L. Waller
C. Hoyt Clark
E. L. Harris
M. W. Smith
H. H. Riley
Ollle Bazemore
Prank Waller
James Royal
R. L. Bell
T. E. Tante
TRAVERSE JURORS
J. W. Windham B. S. Parker
William Keen GJeason Fowler
Russell IMontgomeryW. H. Suggs
Jake Windham Gorman Jarrell
J. B. Kendrick J. B Parks
Ellis pike Cecil Pennington
Franklin McCants Sammy McCrary
Albert Peed W. S. Payne
Lavelle Stevens W. F. Gray, Jr.
Thos. Montgomery Grady Gassett
Jack Woodall j Hugh Wlnaham
L. S. Whattey George Hammock
H. G. Cheek C. F. Bennett
E. E. Jarrell Jackson Moore
Andrew C. Borders H. W. Jarrell
C. H. Horton Thomas Massey
William Netsler Eli Peterman
Antioch church. Rev. J. H. Stanford j ler is p rinc ipal of the Odum High 1 ,
Butler and Taylor County citizens
have received their annual letters . . . -v,.,,.!, rwffiruntod m-*“ v “ w *
with T. B. Christmas Seals en-!f aslor , of tbe ^Tnti^h cemetery SC ' ho ° 1 ' The play was directed by
closed and Mrs. J. F. Sikes, local of the dSased acted Mrs ' Erma Jarrard als ° a*”™*
Grandsons ot the deceased 1 ■ Butler citizen, daughter of the late
rva 11 hparpre < . -» . _«* ■»*
chairman, will appreciate it if each
one who received these seals will
send her a check for whatever they
can spare. The funds go to a good
cause and a portion of same is left
here for local work.
• • •
This is the beginning of what
should be observed as the “Be Kind
to Postman” season. Already the
Butler post office is feeling the
pressure of the seasonal increase
in mailings. Postmaster Carl Hobbs
asks for the cooperation of the
public during this heavy mailing
season. He urges that all packages
be wrapped securely and addressed
properly.
as pall bearers.
She is survived by three daugh
ters: Mrs. Grandin of Columbus;
Mrs. Edgar Gaultney and Mrs.
George Booth of Butler.
Mrs. Carrie Woodward,
Former Butler Lady,
Dies in Atlanta
News was received in Butler this
week of the death of Mrs. Carrie
Woodward which occurred at Geor
gia Baptist hospital, Atlanta, a few
days ago.
Mrs. Woodward was a former
Butler lady, Miss Carrie Wood
ward. She married Mr. Sam Wood
ward who preceded her in death a
Mr. A. J; Gill and Mrs. Gill
Odum High’s presentation was
“The Red Key."
Second place went to Redbud
High of Calhoun with a presenta-
Following Short Illness
Montezuma, Dec. 3—Funeral serv
ices were conducted at the Monte
zuma Methodist church on Dec. 2
| for Miss Martha Hicks, 41, whose
H. H. Gee
Jack Harris
T, A. Robbins
Tom Bone
C. L. Hart Jr.
J. E. Locke
Clem Adams
H. A. Locke Jr.
Ed Swearingen
C. J. McCrary
J. T. Amos
E." E. Heath
E. H. Griffith.
W. M. Hollis
O. G. Bloodvorth
Carl L. Turner
B. W. Hinton
L. C. Kirksey
Bobby Parks
Charles Downs
A. C. Adams
William Maxwell
Carson Parks
C. C. Heath
John C. Tuckre
E. J. Stinson
J. B. Clark
John W. Byrd
H. L. Wllcliar
A. J. Locke
W E. Marshall, 3r.
Henry T Blakely
H. B. Walker
L. L. Windham.
tion of “Balcony Scene”. Winterville. death °<' cu i rr ? d at her home foilow-
High was third with “Last Flight | dlness^ She^ had been
Over”, and Bryan County High won
fourth place with “Special Guest.”
City Officials Ban
Sale of Fireworks
childhood.
Survivors include her mother,
Mrs. Brown Hicks of Montezuma;
three sisters, Mrs. George Bracty of.
Reynolds; Mrs. Phil Cunningham of
Hollywood, Fla.; Miss Ruth Hicks
of Macon; her grandmother, Mrs.
Dan Hicks of Montezuma and sev
eral aunts and uncles.
The services were conducted by
The Mayor and Council desire to
state that the ban on sale of fire R ev . McCoy Johnson and Rev. Steve
... „ , ,, , works is still in effect in the City of Johnson. Burial was in Felton
Within a very few weeks the pres- Butler lady, Miss Carrie Wood- u u t] er And they further advise that! cemetery,
ent Mayor and Councilman of this ward. She married Mr. Sam Wood- the time allowed for shooting fire j
City will complete another two ward who preceded her in death a ^vorks brought in from other sec-
years term in office. We are sure number of years ago. Itions has been limited to Dec. 15 I IlfllAr ^lafip Flprfafl
that there are some local citizens For a number of years Mrs. ; to January lst and we want to ask LUIIICI JIQUC LICIICU
who do not agree with everything i Woodward made her home in At- cooperation of those shooting
they have done while in office. ] a nta with her daughters, Misses works to refrain from shooting
But we think many civic improve- Mildred and Frances Woodward.
ments have been accomplished!
during their administration. We
wish to express our thanks and ]
congratulations to Mayor E. L. Har
ris and members of the present City
Council: Messrs W. S. Payne, E. H.
Bazemore, F. M. Riley, E. D. Mc-
Corvey and P. B. Childs.
« • •
Last week we mentioned in this
Butler High Boys
Forfeit Ball Game to
Pinehurst Tuesday Nite
The Butler boys forfeited the
_ basketball game to Pinehurst Tues-
column that we hoped the City of-[day night 14 to 9 when Coach Mack
ficials would soon put up Christ- 1 Marchman of Butler called his team
mas decorations in Butler. Early [off the floor after seven minutes of
this week we were gratified to see! the first quarter. The game was be
a large Christmas tree erected onjing played at Pinehurst.
the court house square by Chief of Marchman apparently was dis
Police J D. Cooke. The tree is cov
ered with beautiul lights and the
top of th epolice station house on
the northwest comer of the square
is also draped with holiday decora
tions. These lights were turned on
for the first time Tuesday night
and they add much to the beauty
of our fair city as well as helping
to arouse the Christmas spirit of
our citizens.
satisfied with the referee’s de
cisions. Pinehurst scored all
their points via the free foul shot
route according to an observer.
Mr. Alfred Robinson of Butler
won the cake given as a door prize
but returned it to the referee with
a few kind words.
In the opening tilt the Pinehurst
girls had easy going as they defeat
ed the Butler girls 61 to 27.
same around hospital or near any
residence where sick persons or old
persons reside. Noise from fire
works might upset or disturb such
persons.
Thank you,
E. L. HARRIS,
Mayor.
Capt. Robert Waller
Returns from Korea
Mayor of Roberta,
City Election Dec. 1
The many friends of Capt. Robert
D. Waller, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.
D. Waller of Mauk will be glad to
. °: learn that he arrived in Seattle,
Wash., on the USSGeneral Mann
Nov. 27th and is at home with his
parents now.
Capt. Waller has spent the past
17 months in Korea. He will be
stationed at Ft. Jackson, S. C. for
about six months before receiving
his discharge from the armed serv
ice.
Mayor Luther A. Slade and Aider-
men John Seagler, H. C. McGee, Os
car Starnes Jr., Jacob Liles and Jack
Dent were elected without opposi
tion in Roberta’s City Election
Wednesday, Dec. 1.
Capt. Cecil Parks
Home from Korea
Capt. Cecil Parks, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Parks of Howard, re
cently returned home after serving
16 months with the U. S. Army In
Korea.
Capt. Parks is now spending a 30-
day leave with wife and daughter
who have been making their home
in Thomaston during his absence.
Capt. Parks has been assigned to
duty at Ft. Benning after Jan. 12.
Wednesday, December 15
Proclaimed in 48 States
As Safe Driving Day
Next Wednesday — Dec. 15 — has
been officially proclaimed by the
Governors of the 48 states, with the
’ personal support of President
I Eisenhower, as National Safe Driv
ing Day. All drivers and pedestrians
iare asked to cooperate in making
[this a day completely free from
traffic accidents of all types.
S-D Day is an experiment in
highway safety. It is an experiment
which can prove that the American
people can end the needless and
| shameful tragedy of automobile ac
jCidents if they choose to do so. It
can prove that 40,000 people don’t
[HAVE to be killed by the automo-
1 bile each year; that the millions
[more who are injured in automobile
[accidents don’t HAVE to be in
jured; and that there doesn’t HAVE
to be an almosct unbelievable bill
returned against the American peo
ple as the price paid for accidents.
This is a direct appeal to you for
cooperation. Please give the prob
lem some serious thought and lend
your personal support in making
Wednesday 100 percent free from
traffic accidents. Be aware of the
killing power and strength of your
automobile and handle it with re
spect and intelligence.
As drivers, give pedestrians a
break; as pedestrians, be alert to
drivers who forget. Observe the
traffic laws — they were made to
protect you. Keep your speed down
and play it safe. For yourselves,
your families and everyone, try to
make ever day a safer driving day
than the one before.
Make it your buisness to prevent
traffic accidents.
Senior Grademothers
Will Sponsor Cake Sale
Save yourself the extra work of
Christmas baking by buying your
cakes from the Senior Grademoth
ers. Cakes will go on sale Tuesday,
Dec. 21, at Willis Grocery in But
ler.
1 Killed Scores Hurt
As Storms Strike In
Ga. and Ala. Sunday
Considerable Damage Was
Reported at Ellaville, Preston
And Manchester.
(Macon Telegraph)
Tornadoes struck South Georgia
Sunday and Sunday night Killing a
Webster county Negro girl and
dealing a $75,000 blow to the city
of Ellaville in Schley county.
There was no immediate reports
of damage in Middle Georgia al-
tho the area was “alerted for pos
sible tornadoes and service thun
derstorms” during several hours of
Sunday.
Americus State Patrol Station re
ported 15 persons were injured ia
Webster county where Charlie Price
and his family wexe dug from the
debris of their wrecked home in the
Churchill community.
The Patrol was not able imme
diately to identify the eight-year-
old fatality.
Twisters also struck near Blakely
Richland, Manchester and Dawson.
A tornado hit just inside Ella-
ville’s city limits Sunday afternooa
and Mayor C. C. Williamson esti
mated damages at between $50,000
and $75,000.
Mrs. J. B. Johnson, a grandmother"
was injured but not seriously. She
was in one of five homes damaged
in Ellaville. Mrs. Johnson was ad
mitted to an Americus hospital.
Mrs. Johnson was in the home of
Mrs. Margie Hill, a daughter and
with her in the home also were Mrs
Lonis’ two months old baby. None
of the others were hurt.
Across the street from the Hill
home, the twister damaged homes
belonging to Paul Tondee, Roy El
lis, W. A. Murray and E. E. Collins.
Schley County High School Coach
Ray Flanders said he was driving:
along U. S. Highway 19 when he'
saw the tornado approaching. He
said it ‘|roared like several freight
trains and spun my car around
completely four times.” He was not
injured.
An unidentified Texas motorist,,
driving along the same highway,
said “It tossed by car across the
highway into a cemetery.”
Telephone lines in the Ellaville
area were down and the state pa
trol blocked the Americus-Richland
highway as a safety measure due
to fallen trees.
Rudy Hayes, Macon Telgraph
State correspondent at Americus,
provided telephone reports on the
storm damage in the area.
Two other Schley county homes
were reporetdly knocked down by
the storm, which blew down the
Eberieezer Baptist church four miles,
west of Ellaville. Several frame
houses in that section were report
edly badly damaged.
Two miles southwest of the dty
Dr. Paul Gill, who owns a small cub
plane in a hanagr at a small land
ing strip, said the craft was torn to
pieces.
At Dawson City Policeman Clyde
Hooper ..reported the home and ; '
farm of Charley Hautman was dam
aged when a twister hit in Yeo
mans, a rural community in Ter-*:
rell County. Hooper said Hautman!
reported his chicken bam was
blown down, the chimney ripped off
his house and considerable dam
age was done to his porch. His
water system was knocked out on
the farm near Dawson, where wind
“rattled a few windows” and heavy
rains and winds hit the city but
did no damage.
Richland Fire Chief T. D. Puri
tan said a tornado seemed to cut a
path between Richland and Lump
kin, twin*cities in Stewart county.
Two homes damaged in the
Churchill Community in addition to>
the Ryles family, were those be
longing to W. P. Chappell and J.M.
Austin both along U. S. 280, Puritan
sail.
At Draneville, 15 miles northwest
of Americus, the residence of Jack
Harvey was demolished but there
were no reports of injuries.
A report late Sunday night from
Mrs. Ben Griffith said “hail as big
as marbles” fell in Forsyth, which
also was hit by heavy rains and
wind, but no damage was report-
de.
The State Patrol said the twister
missed the main section of Ellaville
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