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0«P‘- °' , U» ta ? < Butler H Mr. G. J. Hortman Dies Suddenly Wednesday Noon Prominent Butler Citizen Found Dead in Automobile Near Hortman Bros. Lake. Mr. G. J. Hortman, prominent Butler citizen and churchman died suddenly shortly after noon Wed nesday of a heart attack. Surviving Mr Hortman are his widow, Mrs. Mattie Lizzie Davis Hortman, two sons, Messrs Wanza and Carlton Hortman of Butler; and five daughtrs, Mrs H. C. Irby and Mrs. Tom Brazzel of Macon; Mrs. R. E. Cole of Hazlehurst; Mrs. M. E. Burdshaw and Mrs. W. H. Elliston of Butler. Funeral services are announced for 5 p. m. Thursday at the Butler Methodist church. Mrs. Stinson Dies In Talbot Hospital Taylor County 4-H Revival at Crowell Members Attend Church Will Begin Americus Meeting Sunday Morning Congratulations of local friends are extended Master Herbert Tante, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Tante, as successful contestant in one of the various projects con sidered at the annual Southwest District 4-H Project Achievement Meeting at Americus during last week. Other Taylor county suc cessful contestants were: Rolin Stephens of Crowell won honors in Farm and Home Elec trics. . Billy Jean Gee of Butler won hon ors in Food Preparation contest. All boys and girls who won top score places at the Americus meet are eligible to participate in the State 4-H Congress slated for this Fall in Atlanta. The group met for a final as sembly Friday night in the Geor gia Southwestern College audito rium where the three-day meet ing was conducted. A special can dle light installation service was conducted for the new district of ficers earlier in the day. New officers include Loreda Lynn, Decatur County, president; Janice Lindsey, Clay, girls’ vice president; Charles Hatcher, Baker, boys 1 vice president; Joan Reeves Sumter, secretary; L. Z. Dozier, Calhoun, treasurer; and Gray Wil son, Randolph, reporter. Mrs. Millie Stinson, 81, of Tal botton died at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday in the Stinson hospital, Talbotton. Funeral was conducted at the White Hall Church near Fort Payne, Ala., Rev. J. M. Carmichael conducting the service. Survivors include five sons, Dr. S. 1 C. Stinson, Waverly Hall, E. H. Stinson, Butler; Grady Stinson, Tal botton; C. P. Stinson, Grandview Mo.; and Dr. R. A. Stinson, San Mateo. Calif.; a sister, Mrs. B. B. I c . . . Browder, Harlengen, Tex.; four|ipent III BlindnCSS brothers, Rev. J. L. Thornberry, Ft. Payne; Rev. J. T. Thornberry, Har- veysburg, O.; B. O. Thornberry, Valley Head, Ala and Thurman Thornberry, Santa Rosa, N. M.; and six grandchildren and erne great grand child. Sight Restored to Girl After 24 Years Zebulon and Forsyth Contest Winners in Soil Contest for Nation Akron, Ohio — Georgia winners in a national soil conservation awards competition were an nounced recently by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., sponsors of the program. Georgia’s first-place winners are C. R. Gwyne Jr., Zebulon, selected by the Towalika soil conservation district as its representative and Tom G. Scott Jr., Forsyth, selected as the outstanding farmer-cooper ator in the grand award winning district. Second place honors for the state It r , ~i r . were won by Upper Ocmulgee I8X TOS 3f L3Sl ieSSIQH River soil conservation district, H. •>. . r • i ■■ . „ D Thames, Forest Park, chairman, I DlCO PnOaV UneXOCCteClIV which named D. H. Kistner, Li- 1 J r J Atlanta, Ga.—-The slim brown haired young woman took a quick glance across Fourth Avenue, and you could tell by the gleam in her pretty blue eyes that she was proud of them. Miss Deolores Schlichting was en joying her 13th month of sight after spending more than 22 of her 24 years in darkness. Miss Schlishting of La Moure N. Dak., was born blind in 1931, due to an injury received by her mother during pregnancy. She re cently toSd this graphic story of how she gained her vision. Almost at the moment of her birth, 24 years ago, her father began a tireless and determined search for a way to give his daughter the ability to see. The usefulness of her eyes had been destroyed permanently, doc tors told him. The only answer was to get her new pair. Ben Hill Legislator, Rev. G. N. Rainey, Ft. Valley, Will be Guest Minister During Revival. Americus Couple Injured in Auto Wreck Near Butler thonia, as outstanding farmer-co- operator. The two Georgia representatives of the first place district along with 98 winners from the other 47 states will be guests of the spon sor on a vacation outing to Wig wam guest report and Goodyear Farms, Litchfield Park., Ariz., in November and December. First and second place district each will receive a bronze plaque as permanent,, symbol of their achievements at a state meeting of the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts later this year. Chest X-Ray Clinic At Health Center Thursday July 21 Chest X-Ray Clinic is announced for Thursday, July 21, at the local I I u County Health Center. The Clinic! I WO LOCfll MCA will begin at 9 a. m. and continue Fitzgerald, July 8—Rep. A. A. Boggus Sr. who accused legislators of “skinning” taxpayers recently died at Fitzgerald of a heart at tack. The 58 year old legislator suf fered an attack in a store which he operated with his son and was dead on arrival at a hospital. Boggus was elected to the legis lature from Ben Hill county in 1951 served two terms and his present term would have expired in 1956. One of the last and most color ful speeches made by the well— likedlegislator came a few weeks ago during the special tax-raising session of the General Assembly. Boggus rose, gained the floor of the House and held up a pair of wool-clipping shares and a skin ning knife. “I want to teach you something” he said. “If you clip a sheep this year, you can clip him again next year.” Revival services will begin at Crowell Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and continue throuugh the following Friday night. Rev. G. N. Rainey, pastor of the Ft. Valley Methodist Church will do the preaching. Bro. Rainey will preach his first sermon for us at the evening worship Sunday at 8 mm. There will be two services each day: 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. The public is cordially invited to at tend all services possible. Let us work and pray for a great revival. Bro. Rainey is one of our outstand ing preachers. His messages will do everyone good. Invite your neighbors and friends to these services. M. W. FLANDERS, Pastor. A. T. Fort, Prominent Lumpkin Citizen Claimed By Death Friday Morning Lumpkin, Ga., July 8—A. T. Fort, 60, Mayor pro-tem of Lump kin and President of the Farmers State Bank there, died of a heart attack at 1 a. m. Friday at Pat terson hospital, Cuthbert. Mr. Fort, who had been presi dent of the Lumpkin Bank since 1939 and formerly served as may or, was also a former vice presi dent of the American Bankers As sociation. At the time of his death he was president of Tucker and Fort Inc., Fort Brothers Chevrolet Co. and Forter Insurance Agency. He also was engaged in widespread farm ing and cattle raising activities. Mr. Fort, a trustee of Andrew College, Cuthbert, was a charter member of the Shrine. He was chairman of the Board of Stewards of Lumpkin Methodist church. NOTE: The Columbus Enquirer spoke editorially of Mr. Fort thus: “The death of A. T. Fort of Lumpkin marked the passing of cne of the most prominent citizens of West Georgia. “Mr. Fort was interested in a number of business enterprises, having been president of the Farmers State Bank at Lumpkin since 1939. He was president of Fort Brothers Chevrolet Co., Lump kin and of Tucker and Fort, Inc. “Mr. Fort was engaged in ex tensive farming and cattle raising. He contributed much to the de velopment of agriculture and the livestock industry in this section. “Mr. Fort was widely known for his civic activities and for his in terest in religious and welfare matters. He was chairman of the board of stewards of the Lumpkin Methodist church and a trustee of Andrew College in Cuthbert. “Mr. Fort has had many friends throughout the Chattahoochee Valley who deplore his death. ” Couple Enroute Home from Butler Saturday Night When Accident Occurred. Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Downs of Americus, brother and sister-in- law, of Mrs. R. E. Willis of Butler were injured in an auto accident near here Saturday night. The accident occured on White- water hill 5 miles south of Butler when the Downs car, headed south sideswiped another automobile headed north, and ran into a ditch on the right hand side of the paved highway. The Downs car was badly damaged. The other car involved in th' accident was only slightly damaged. It was occupied by a couple from Connecticut. Neither of the occupants were in jured. Mrs. Downs was the most seri ously injured of the two in the Downs car. Her injuries consisted of a broken left arm, broken left leg, fractured pelvis, and a severe head injury. Mr. Downs sustained a number of bruises and cuts about the head and body. Both were taken to the Sumter County hospital, Americus for treatment. Revival Will Begin Sunday Morning At Antioch Church Talbotton on Road to Prosperity as Described By Mrs. Lynda Bryan In her interesting “Auld Ac quaintance Column” of the Talbot ton New Era last week Mrs. Bry an spoke thus: “The sound of hammer and saw are abroad in the town; churches homes and farm houses are receiv ing consideration scarce felt in years. The Baptist church not long since, renovated and beauti fied; the Zion Episcopal, now a thing of beauty; the Methodist, going forward in the hands of Mr. Westo-n Culpepper and his competent assistans. Mrs. A. S. Calloway and Miss Imogene Smith, busy for weeks in town and country, aided alternately by Mr. Linton Calloway, as to ways and means for prolonging their varied property. The John M. Shipps progressive in ideas; Miss Mary Mathews painting and reviv ing her hospitable home on Col lege St. while in Woodland, a home in anticipation is in process of erection — ’tis Rose Kendricks —planning for Danny, when he comes marching home from Korea. All in all, a note of progress is in progress is in the air, and hope is singing in the heart.” Cuthbert Church Is Revived After 10 Years Our revival begins Sunday morning. The pastor will bring a special message at the morning hour for the church. We urge every member to be present and suggest you find someone and bring them with you. Worship Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. Special song program for the children will feature this serv ice. We will have worship daily dur ing the week at 11:30 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday School at 10:30 a. m. Good classes for all ages. We extend a most cordial in vitation to everyone to attend our revival during next week. Plain gospel preaching and good con- gregational singing will feature each service. J. H. Stanford, Pastor 4-H Club Campers Will Take a Break From Project Work After working hard on their 4-H projects all year, thirty-three Tay lor county club members will take a vacation from their farm and home chores. The group left for camp Rock Eagle Monday at 8:30 a. m. and will return July 15. They will attend county 4-H Camp at the state 4-H Club center near Eatonton. Those attending the camp are: Jerry Mclnvale, Mardge Ballanee, Diane Powell, Betty Gee, Stanley Gee, John Locke, Bobby Clark, Rog er Clark, Sue Moore, Shadrick Bar nett, Emory Parr Jr. Kay Dunn, Betty Willis, Patricia Montgomery Jimmy Cosey, Bob Cochran, Mar garet Tante, Elaine Posey, Shelby Jean Childres, Mary Carolyn Joiner, Dale Posey, Douglas Booth Marshall Dean, Charlotte Cosey Sue O’Neal, Hugh O’Neal, Jean O’Neal Vandy Gates, Steve Brown Freddie Brown, James Hinton, Ro lin Stevens and Sandy Harris. Miss Ann Smith, Home Dem onstration Agent aAd County Agent Vernon Reddish accompa nied the group. Mr. W. R. Cosey, bus driver will be with the party during the entire week. Two Men Arrested Saturday Admit Robberies in Taylor Men Arrested Near Buena Vista Saturday When They Meet with Auto Accident. Two white men arrested near Buena Vista early Saturday after an automobile accident confessed to several burglaries in Taylor county the night before their ar rest. The men were listed as Thomas Painter, 24, and J. W. Craft, 27, both of Marietta. Craft is reported to be an escaped convict from Tattnell County prison at Mc Rae. The two men reportedly broke into the post office at Howard an dthe L. H. Vanlandingham store there. A few canned goods, cigarettes and other items were missing from the Vanlandingham store. Nothing was reported missing from the post office. The men confessed to breaking into the L. R. Pike store in Mauk where they took a pistol and other small items. Later the same night they at tempted to break into a store at Tazewell, Marion County, and were frightened away. In their attempt to escape they lost control of their car and overturned near Buena Vista according to officers. Marion county officers arrested the pair otn charges of attempted burglary and possession burglary tools. Craft was injured in the accident and received medical treatment before being placed in the Marion county jail. Painter was not in jured and is also being detained by Marion officers. ■ | Columbus District Youth Fellowship Group Chooses Its Officers Columbus, Ga. — Margaret Shep pard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sheppard, Cuthbert, was elected president of the Methodist Youth Fellowship, Columbus Dis trict, at the recent business ses sion. Dot Heath, member of Rose Hill Methodist church, was elect ed vice president. Others elected were Gary Brant- Iy, Dawson, secretary; John Rog ers, Buena' Vista, treasurer; Mar gie Youngblood, Talbotton, Pub licity chairman. Chairmen chosen were: Mary Jim | Clark of St. Paul Methodist, Chris tian Witness; Patsy Alford, Sher wood Methodist, Faith; Sally Cur tiss, Waverly Hall, Citizenship; Kay Culpepper, East Highlands McKinney, Fort Gaines, Fellow ship. Cuthbert, Ga. — A little church at Cuthbert died 10 years ago in its 40th year. 'Lost Tribe' Discovered; Indian Burial Groud Is Found Near Abbeville until noon. All persons desiring a chest X- Ray will please be present during these hours. The Clinic is under the direction of Mrs. Eppie Mae Arnold, Public Health Nurse. CLINTON, S. C., WOMAN NAMED TO FACULTY AT MERCER UNIVERSITY Macon, July 8—Miss Margaret Har ris has been appointed to the fac- , ... „ ulty of Mercer University as an j Church School Join U.S. Air Force Mr. Harold Sullins, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sullins, and Mr. Benny Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs Luke Adams left last week for San Antonio, Tex., after their en listment in the U.S. Air Force. Butler Methodist Church H. C. Marx, Pastor instructor of English. She attended Presbyterian College and received the master’s degree at the Uni versity of North Carolina. Her home is in Clinton, S. C. 10:00 a.m. (James Bazemore, Supt.) Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. M. Y. F. 7:15 p.m. Evening Worship 8:00 p.m. Mid-week Serv., Wed. 8:00 p.m. Abbeville, Ga.—Extensive work is converting to a park a mysteri ous Indian Mound believed to be a lost Ocmulgee River tribe's buri al ground. The mound, which already has yielded 12 graves and skeletons of about 60 bodies, is reportedly well over 400 years old and was found in a thick swamp on the river bank about a mile from Ab beville. It is believed to be that of a long-sought "lost tribe” known to have made its home somewhere below Hawkinsville. Two snake and ’gator hunting brothers who have spent their lifetimes along the muddy river banks and swamplands it feeds made the discovery! They said they dug “every mound from Hawkinsville clear down to Lumber City in Tel fair County.” The brothers are Lovett and Zan Rogers, who made a specialty of trapping “rattlesnakes (and milking them), ’gators and most anything else we could find in the swamps. But the story doesn’t end there. A new chapter began recently. The doors of the Mission Church of the Epiphany were opened again, as the Rt. Rev. A. R. Stuart Episcopal bishop of Georgia, re dedicated the chapel. About 100 persons filled the tiny chapel, then overflowed onto the church grounds to hear the bishop preach his sermon commemorat ing the event. The church was established 50 years ago under the leadership of a young couple who moved to Cuthbert from Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hansell. The Hansells set out to make a church home for themselves and other Episcopal- iians in the area. ! Th e ground was donated by G. A. McDonald, who lived on the adjoining property. The small con gregation bought a concrete block mold which turned out masonry blocks in Mr. Hansell’s garage. Hansell himself drew plans for the building. He did most of the actual construction himself, even built some of the church furniture in a short time it was complete, ready to worship in. In one of his last official acts as bishop of the Diocese of Georgia the Rt. Rev. C. K Nelson dedicated the mission in 1905. In that year, the diocese as divided in half and Bishop Nelson became the bishop of Atlanta. New Sinclair Service Station Completed Here Wild Hog Killed On Beachwood Farm Weighing 500 Pounds A wild hog weighing 500 pounds or more and standing 3 feet and 6 inches high and 6 feet, four inches long was killed by Mr. E. H. Baze more and Mr. Willard Brunson Fri day -night. The animal was killed on Mr. Bazemore’s Beachwood farm on Flint river. • Mrs. Bazemore stated that the hog, a “domestic type” is known to have gone wild about nine years ago. He has tried to catch this animal for the past six years during which time it has caused considerable damage to corn and other field crops along the edge of the swamp. The head of this hog is a sight to behold, weighing 50 pounds and measuring 25 inches from tip to tip of ear. One tusk measured more than three inches long, the remainder of his tusks had been broken off. The hoofs of this animal were as large as those of a half grown bull yearling. Increase in Deposits Shown by Local Bank Compared with 1954 Bank deposits in Taylor County’s | _ at Butler amf at^e vnofd s—a s ptTb* j t A ™ encU! J- Jul Y ll—Contributions lished elsewhere in^his^Issue^of electric ^rgar^ the Herald in enmplianoe with | ^Ud^ng at ClaSS ' A new modern Sinclair Service Station has been completed in Butler located just south of the City square on Highway 19. The station was built by Mr. W. F. Gray, Mrs. W. H. Trussell and Mrs. T. L. Fountain with Mr. Jor dan Giles as building contractor 'and has been leased to the Sin clair Oil Co. This service station is one of the most modern and up-to-date to be found in this section of the state. This new enterprise will be open for business within the near fu ture we are advised. Funds Solicited for Organ For Americus College State Banking Laws, show grati fying increases of deposits over that of a year ago. The Butler bank on June 30, 1954 showed total deposits of $1,317,493. For the same period in 1955, $1,- 472,615 or an increase of $155- 121. The Reynolds banking institu tion as of the same date last year showed deposits of $1,008,459 at the close of business June 30 this year deposits were $973,676 Georgia South western College are being received daily from the college alumni. The first contribution to the alumni organ fund was made by Cathe rine Gamble of Dawson and Macon. The alumni organ project was initiated by J. F. Myers, Americus Attorney, who is presi dent of the Georgia Southwestern College Alumni Association. Alum ni may send donation to Alumni Organ Fund, Georgia Southwes tern College, Americus.