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The Butler H
OBSERVAFk?S
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The Heralc ,aff was favored
Monday in the presentation of two
watermelons of immense size and
delicious flavor by our esteemed
friend of many years, Hon. Sims
Garrett.
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In the feature column, “It Hap
pened in Georgia” in last Sunday’s
issue of the Atlanta Journal-Con
stitution appeared this item con
tributed by Norma Alice Turner of
Mauk: “Mrs. Bob Pye, of Butler,
81 years of agp, is cutting her
third set of teeth.
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We firmly believe that old
Mother Nature is making up for
last summer’s drouth these days.
We are having plenty of rain all
over the county and farmers report
bountiful crops of vegetables.
Cotton and corn look good, too. We
say our prayers in asking for rain.
Now, don’t you think we should
say them in thanksgiving.
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An attractive 84-page book in
cluding the cover, entitled “Baze-
more Family Tree” i s being dis
tributed in revised edition by Mrs.
Ruth Bazomore Clark, Secretaiy of
the Bazemore Family Reunion. The
first of the Bazemore Ancestry was
compiled and written by Joseph
S. McGee, Jr., of Macon in 1940
and was recently revised by Mrs.
Clark in a most appreciative form
to all family connection and
friends of this prominent and
esteemed Taylor county family.
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We are falling behind in keep
ing up with the styles. You
could have knocked us over with a
Butler-Reynolds telephone book
when we learned Sunday from
Mary Jane that girls are wearing
hoops again. Yessir, regular hoops
in their skirts just like great
grand -ma knew. Makes the little
skinny ones right cute; but we
heard a gentleman say as he
looked at a stout number in one:
“Now if that don’t look like two
bales of cotton.”
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Now' that one of Taylor county’s
most eligible young bachelors has
joined the ranks of the benedicts,
the list has shortened consider
ably. There are lean pickings in
deed hereabouts an,d the gal with
a matrimonial bent, in the 22-25
age bracket, must look elsewhere
for a suitable mate or languish
unnoticed. Perhaps, like the early
colonists, we need to reverse the
procedure and import a group of
eligible males. That or else we ad
vise the. gals to try a Pen Pal or
join a Lonely Hearts Club—for
better of worse. And so is marri
age.
Successful Surgery
Credited Mr. Minor,
Former Local Man
As evidence of the religious re
spect of our citizens and the vari
ous churches at which they wor
ship, nine churches in the county
are planning extensively for re
vivals within the next few days.
These include: Antioch Baptist,
Rev. J.H. Stanford, pastor; Crowell
Methodist, Rev. M. W. Flanders,
pastor; Mt. Pisgah Baptist; Butler
Baptist, Rev. Jas M. Carmichael,
pastor; Union Methodist and Wes
ley Methodist, Rev. Ernest Coffee
pastor; Midway Baptist, Rev. J.H.
Stanford, pastor Little Bethel
Freewill, Rev. G. T. Holloman,
pastor; Trinity Freewill Baptist,
pastor’s name not learned.
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The weather is very much un
predictable these days. You don’t
know whether to put cn North
Pole pants or swimming togs. But
one thing we are pleased to ob
serve is that Butler merchants are
still receiving paper fans. You, one
and all, know the kind—those hav
ing pretty pictures on front side
and advertising on the back. You
find them at church every summer.
They are mighty handy for swat
ting at gnats and flies when hot
weather comes in. The appearance
of these fans shows our merchants
faith that, come what may, there
will always be heat and gnats in
Georgia in the summer time.
Howard Charge
Ft. Benning, Ga., July 19 — The
Cardiology Clinic at Ft. Benning’s
U. S. Army Hospital has grown
from mere closet space into a
modern 15-room diagnostic center
currently beginning research on an
artificial heart and lung.
The clinic pioneered by Capt.
James B. Minor of Butler, is run
ning at full speed after nearly
two years of careful pacing. Over
all operation is aided by elaborate
mechanical devices and extensive
wiring apparatus.
According to Capt. Minor, the
artificial heart and lung, still in
the infant stage, is designed “to
provide extra circulation for ani-
I mals.” He hopes this process can
be carried over to humans in
medical situations associated with
failure of the blood circulation.
The system operates with two
pumps,one sending blood into the
body an dthe other tunneling it
out. The mechanical lung allows
oxygen to enter while carbon di
oxide escapes.
In using the heart and lung, Dr.
j Minor can produce profound shock
| but here designed to revive and
! stabilize the subject.
| Whtn he arrived at Ft. Benning
] in September, 1953. he inherited a
' small area at the U. S Army Hos
pital which he utilized for making
| electrocardiograms. These show on
I a chart variations of electrical cur-
J rent bsed cn action of- the heart.
At the beginning, the clinic had
j a patient load of 10 to 12 a month.
Last year, the total number of pa
tients reached 2,232. This does not
include the thousands who arrive
I for observation of one kind or an
other on the machines employed
for aid in heart checkups. In fact,
Dr. Minor and his staff recorded
3.300 electrocardiograms alone in
1954.
Still another heart trouble detec
tor is the phonocardiograph, which
records heart sounds. In working
the machine, the operator holds a
miciophone against the patient’s
heart while listening to heart
sounds in an audiophone.
The phonocardiograph operates
at three speeds, since it is potable
may be used for emergency calls.
The clinic will soon get an at
tachment to the machine, as viso-
scope. Using a cathode ray for
writing, this records electrocardio
grams and heart sounds, enabling
the operator to get a clearer and
City of Roberta
Forging Ahead
Wainwright Child
Seriously Injured
In Recent Months Friday Afternoon
Improvements Include New
Water Mains, Pavement,
Homes and Industries.
Child Runs Across Highway
And into Side of Passing
Car.
Taylor Co. Men
Named Directors
Development Assn.
Reports made by George Lan
dry, State News Editor, Macon
Telegraph:
Roberta, July 24 — R. E. Bank
ston, a Roberta merchant who j
doubles as mayor of Roberta, I
thinks his town has seen "more 1
improvements the past 12 to 18
months than any other time in
the last six years.”
The city of about 1,000 plunked
down $4,000 alone to run water!
mains to the new $300,000-plus
Negro high school he said. j
Roberta has also added new.
water and sewage facilities to a
new subdivision in the western |
part of the city.
Population increase is reflected
in the fact that an average of
about one new home per month
has been constructed during the
past year and a half.
The city does what it i s finan
cially able to do in the way of
improvements whenever needed
and as they are needed, the may
or said.
Right now Roberta is in the
process of laying new water mains
to a plant of the new Roberta
Manufacturing Company, which is
being constructed here.
Bankston believes the new plant
altho not set for opening until
September, already has brought a
slight boost in Roberta’s popula
tion.
The city also has under way now
a 2.5 mile paving program, which
was started about 60 days ago and
is expected to be completed in an
other month.
Charlie Wallace Wainwright,
three-year old son of Mr. and Mrs!
Paul Wainwright, wa s seriously
injured at 5 o’clock Friday after
noon when the child ran into the
side of an automobile driven by
Mr. Emmett Fuller, prominent
Taylor county citizen of Panhandle
community.
The accident occurred in front of
the Wainwright home two miles
north of Butler on Highway 19. No
charges were placed against Mr.
Fuller.
According to the Herald’s in
formant, the child ran across the
highway and into the rear fender
of Mr. Fuller’s automobile. Upon
arrival at the local hospital the
child s condition was pronounced
as critical. It i s reported that he is
suffering from a fractured collar
bone, two fractured ribs, and two
pin point fractures at the base of
the • skull.
Latest report from the little
child is that he is improving
nicely.
Herman Talmadge Now
Chairman of Multi-Million
Dollar Insurance Firm
more immediate picture of heart
functioning.
Heart disease, Dr. Minor feels, is
caused mainly by sterptococcal in
fections. Unfortunately, too manv
people think they have heart trou
ble when there is no problem at all
he said.
“For instance, the majority of in
dividuals with chest pains do not
have heart disease. Many people
who do have heart disease auto
matically think they’re on their
last lap, which i s also far from
true. In fact, frequently an irregu
lar beat attributed to heart trouble
can come from too many cigarettes
or too many drinks,” Capt. Minor
pointed out.
This does not mean one should
stop smoking or drinking, thou, he
added.
“In the average individual,smok-
j ing is not conducive to heart dis-
j ease. Alcohol, taken in modera-
| tion, may be relaxing and probab
ly will not hurt the heart,” the Ft.
Benning doctor explained.
He feels that most patients, once
recovered, “can be rehabilitated to
normal health.”
' Revival Will Begin
Sunday at Wesley
Methodist Church
Ernest B. Coffee,
First Sunday:
Charing 10:
Sand Bethel 11
Howard 8
Second Sunday:
Howard 11:
Howard 8
Third Sunday:
Mauk 11:
Mauk 8
Fourth Sunday:
Wesley 10:
Wesley 8:
Union 11:
Pastor
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The revival at Wesley Methodist
churcn will begin next Sunday and
continue for a week.
The pastor, Rev. Ernest B. Coffee
will bring the messages during
this revival.
Sunday School begins at 10 a. m.
with morning worship at 11 a. m.
The MYF will meet at 7 p. m. at
the church and evening worship
begins at 8 o’clock.
There will be preaching each
evening during the week at 8
o’clock.
The Revival at Union church in
progress this week is being well
attended. The singing is excellent.
Come and be with us in any of
these revival services on the How
ard charge.
Ernest Coffee, Pastor.
Home-Coming Day
Will be Observed
Sunday at Lebanon
All former members and pastors
as well as their friends have a spe
cial invitation to come to Lebanon
Baptist church next Sunday when
Annual Home Coming Day will be
observed.
Everyone is cordially invited to
come’ and bring a basket lunch
and have a grand time with old
friends in Christian worship and
fellowship throughout the day.
Morning worship hour is 11
o’clock with Rev. Jim Flournoy
bringing the morning’s message:
There will be other religious
services during the afternoon.
Come and let’s enjoy the day
together.
—Committee,
Revival Services to Begin
At Midway Monday Night
We begin our revival at Midway
next Monday night at 8 o’clock
God has been gracious to us this,
year. The prospects for a fine crop
are the best we’ve seen in many
years. We want to begin our re
vival with a great Thanksgiving
Service Monday night. If you are
grateful to God for His blessings,
come and join us in this service.
Hours of worship will be 11:30 a.
m. and 8 p. m. each day.
Miss Marjorie Jarrell will lead
our children and young people in
the song service each night. We
urge all parents to bring their
children to the first service and
help u s make this a great feature
of our revival.
The church extends a cordial
invitation to everyone to come
with us and enjoy this season of
refreshing.
J. H. Stanford, Pastor.
Atlanta, Ga. — Former Gov. Her
man Tamadge is listed as chair
man of a new 7 million dollar in
vestment company incorporated to
enter the life and casualty insur
ance business in Georgia.
President of the company, as
shown on a registration statement
filed with the Secretary of State’s
office, is Garland Byrd, former
sTate legislator.
THe statement lists as directors
Congressman J. J. Flynt Jr. of Grif
fin and Pierce Howard, Decatur
attorney and former DeKalb coun
ty lawmaker. Howard is secretary
treasurer and general counsel.
R. D. Harvey and W. R. Mathews
Atlanta insurance men, are listed
j as vice presidents and directors.
Other directors included John
Carmichael, Atlanta-; Joseph Brown
Ridgeland, S. C., and Wilmer Park
er, Ozark, Ala.
Incorporated in DeKalb County
July 15, the name of the company
is United American Investment Co.
Howard Joseph McDow of Deca
tur, and D. A. Camp of Stock-
bridge, are listed as incorporators.
Both the petition for the charter
and the registration statement
said the company proposes to sell
3,500.000 shares of non-par com
mon stock at $2 a share! Half the
registration statement said, will be
used to organize a legal reserve
life insurance company to be
wholly owned by the investment
firm. The company will be named
the United American Life Insur
ance Co.
An accident and casualty insur
ance company to be known as the
Tourist Indemnity Co., will be or
ganized with another $1,500,000,
the statement added.
The balance will be used to en
gage in the mortgage loan busi
ness and related fields.
Emory L. Harris, Butler and R.
L. Swearingen, Reynolds, have
been appointed to the Board of Di
rectors of the West Central Geor
gia Development Association for
the ensuing year. They will
represent Taylor county on the
board.
John H. Woodall, Sr., Woodland,
has been re-elected president of
the Association and on reelection
declared "we are launching an all-
out program to benefit agriculture
and to secure industry in our eight
county area during the next few
months.”
Other officers of the West Cen
tral Georgia Development Associa
tion include Cyrus Neuner,
Barnesville, first vice president,
and R. L. Swearingen, Reynolds,
second vice president.
James E. Hays, executive secre
tary of the Thomaston and Upson
County Chamber of Commerce was
elected secretary-treasurer of the
W.C.G. Development Association.
“We mean business,” Mr. Wood-
all -declared at a recent re-or
ganization meeting of the Associa
tion held in Thomaston. We voted
to employ a stenographer to assist
Mr. Hays in the W.C.G. office
shared with the Thomaston and
Upson County Chamber of Com
merce. During the next seven
months we intend to use all efforts
to secure industry for West Cen
tral Georgia and to do everything
possible to aid and benefit agricul
tural interests in the area.”
Last year the Association, while
adopting a program of work to in
clude industry, work primarily on
agricultural developments since it
the belief at that time that
only one project could be carried
out at the time. “With a full-time
stenographer to follow through on
the paper work we believe that
during the next six or seven
months the 100,000 people of the
area will recognize the work of the
West Central Georgia Development
Association.
Early after the meeting Mr.
Hays was busy securing informa
tion from Crawford, Pike, Taylor,
Talbot, Lamar, Monroe, Meriweth
er, and Upson counties for an in
dustrial prospect.
"We will compile all the data
normally required by an indus
trial prospect,” Mr. Hay s pointed
out. “And when we.get one inter
ested in the area we will give him
all the data and let him select the
county in which he desires to lo
cate.”
Meetings have been scheduled
to determine the direction agricul
tural, forestry, and soil conserva
tion program should follow.
The West Central Georgia De-
Baptist Revival
Begins August 1st,
Continue to Aug 7 j
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Rev. C. Henry Preston of
Chattanooga, Tenn., Will be
Guest Preacher.
A series of revival services will
begin at the local Baptist church
Monday evening Aug. 1 and con-
REV. C. HENRY PRESTON
tinue through Sunday evening,
Aug. 7.
Morning worship will begin at
10 o’clock and evening services at
8. p. m.
Rev. C. Henry Preston, pastor of
East Ridge Baptist Church, Chat
tanooga, Tenn., will be the evan
gelist. He is a life long friend of
Rev. James M. Carmichael, local
pastor, having lived in the same
community in north-west Ala
bama and a room mate while at
tending the Seminary.
A cordial invitation is extended
to everyone to come and hear this
man of God.
More Extended Facts J
Regarding Recent Death
Of Mr. G. J. Hartman :
Funeral services for G. J. Hort-
man who died July 13th af
ter suffering a heart attack were
conducted Thursday, July 14th
at the Butler Methodist church
with Rev. H. C. Marx and Rev. J.
C. Whitener officiating.
Although Mr.
Hortman had
been in declinig health for several
-TV.O, vci.iai Georgia De- Y ears > bis sudden death came as
velopment Association is now inl a shock since he had made a trip
its second year. It was organized I to town earl ter in the day and
to bring together the 100,000 peo- | acl been enjoying his favorite
pie of the eight counties involved ! Pasttime of watching his grand-
i.n n c philrlrnn nlon
in a program for mutual progress.
Directors Directors include R.
C. Murphey, Crawford; C. M. Neu-
ner, Lamar; G.W. Hardaway, Meri
wether; Jim Christian, Meriwether;
Hal B. Hatcher, Monroe; Joel Ed
wards, Pike; G. M. Strickland,
Pike; R. H. McRae, Talbot; J H
Woodall, Sr., Talbot; Emory L
Harris, Taylor; R. L. Swearingen,
Taylor; J. E. Hayes, Upson and
Leon Smith, Upson.
Singing at Mauk Aug. 7th
The annual all day singing is
announced for the first Sunday in
August—Aug. 7th—at Mauk school
building. Make plans now to at
tend another good singing at
Mauk. Everyone invited.
Butler Methodist Church
H. C. Marx, Pastor
Church School 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.
Mr. F. F. Morntan
Dies at Miami, Fla.
The many Taylor county friends
of Mrs. J. G. Dugger, former local
citizen, but at present a Macon
resident, sympathize with her in
the death at Miami, Fla., July 21,
of a brother, Mr. F. F. Morman,
after a brief illness.
The deceased, a resident of Mi
ami for a number of years was
owner of the Morman and Miller
Office Equipment Company and
as active in civic affairs.
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All-day Singing at Horeb
Church, Sunday, Aug. 7
There will be an all day singing
at Horeb Baptist church near
Howard Sunday Aug. 7th.
A basket dinner will be served
at noon.
The public is extended a cor
dial welcome to attend.
Herschel E. Whitley, Pastor.
Penalties Will be Placed
On Farmers for 1955
Excess on Cotton Crop
Farmers who did not comply
with (he cotton acreage allotments
established for their farms will be
subject to a marketing quota pen
alty on each pound of excess cot
ton, T. J. Kite, chairman of the
Russell County Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation Com
mute, said recently
Penalties on 1955 crop cotton are
17.7 cents per pound for upland
cotton 36.6 cents per pound for ex
tra long staple cotton. Rates are
based on 50 percent of the June
parity prices.
Chairman Kite pointed out that
the cotton farmers with excess cot
ton acreage have 20 days after the
date to dispose of the excess acre
age. It therefore i s likely that few
farmers will be subject to the cot
ton penalty, he said.
Any farmer who knowingly over
plants and does not adjust his
farm cotton allotment will also be
ineligible for price support on the
crop of cotton which was oper-
planted.
children play.
Survivors include his wife, Mat-
tie E. Davis Hortman; two sons,
Carlton and Wanza Hortman, of
Butler; five daughters, Mrs. H. C.
Irby and Mrs. Tom Brazzeal, Ma
con; Mrs. R. E. Cole, Hazlehurst;
Mrs. M. E. Burdeshaw and Mrs. W.
H. Elliston, Butler.
Active pallbearers were: Earl.
Haywood, Curtis Haywood, Millard
Stevens, P. B. Childs, E. L. Davis
and Edward Davis.
Honorary pall bearers were: L.P.
Anthony, E. A. Griggs, Harold
Louvorn, W. M. Mathews, E. D.
! McCorvey, W. H. Suggs, Jack
'Suggs, T. E. Tante, Edwin Allen,
Jordan Giles, Carl Hobbs, James T.
Smith, Dr. Frank Sams, Thelmon
Jarrell, J. R. Wilson, C. T. Wright,
J. W. Edwards, J. C. Harris, H. E.
Allen and Walter Jarrell.
Burial was in the Butler ceme
tery.
Date for Midway
Revival Changed to
Monday, Aug. 1st
We are changing the date of our
revival at Midway from the first
Sunday in August to Monday-
night after the fifth Sunday in
July which is Aug. 1st. The meet
ing will continue through the
week, closing cn regular preach
ing day, first Sunday in August.
The clean-up day for the church
grounds will be Thursday before
the fifth Sunday in this month.
Please make your plans for this
new date and tell others of the
change.
J. H. Stanford, Pastor.