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BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1956.
NUMBER 28.
All local churches were ac
corded splendid congregations for
both Sunday school and worship
hours Easter Sunday.
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The fourth quarterly conference
of the Butler church will convene
at the church Wednesday evening
April 25th, Rev. Roy McTier, Dis
trict Superintendent, presiding.
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Easter, a major observance of the
ecclesiastical, fell on the first day
of April this year. The observance
occurs between March 22nd and
April 25th each year, depending
on the moon changes.
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Butler really has a creditable
brass band and leader as shown
by their concert at the school
gym Thursday evening, and . in
which these were assisted by many
vocal and piano numbers from
splendid young men and women
music students.
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Congratulations are being ex
tended the Garden Clubs of Geor
gia and to Mrs. A. D. Culpepper
for the most outstanding flow'er
grower and to Mrs. S. W. Brown,
Macon for outstanding flower ar
rangement in the first Bulb Show
of Perry Garden Club at Perry
March 10-11.
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The writer of this column accom
panied by his wife and daughter
Mrs. Margaret Seay of Columbia,
S. C., had the pleasure of spending
a couple or more hours during
Dr. Jos. Martin
To Preach Sunday
At Reynolds Church
M. W. Flanders, Pastor
Dr. Joseph Martin, president of
Wesleyan College, Macon, will
preach at the Reynolds Methodist
church Sunday a. m. Dr. and Mrs.
Martin will be dinner guests of
Rev. and Mrs. M. W. Flanders at
the parsonage.
Dr. Martin is one of our most
outstanding preachers in the
Methodist Church as well as a
great leader in the work of Chris
tian Education. We hope to have
a well filled church to hear his
message Sunday morning. Bring
some friends with you.
The pastor will preach at the
evening worship hour beginning
at 8 o’clock. “Some Signs of Dis-
cipleship,” will be the sermon
subject. After one of the greatest
Easter Sundays which filled our
church into the balcony last Sun
day, we hope to continue in large
numbers to all services. We will
be looking for you.
Lions Club Will Sponsor
Fish Supper at Legion Hall
Thursday, April 12th
The Butler Lions Club will spon
sor a fish supper at the American
Legion Home in Butler beginning
at 6:30 p. m., Thursday, April 12.
Everyone is invited to attend the
pre-Easter afternoon on Pine serve-yourself supper. The price is
Mountain, the highest elevation of $1.25 for adults and 75c for chil-
land in Middle Georgia, the guests dren under 12.
of our good friend, Mr. Albert T. Proceeds will go to the Lions
Mathews, former superintendent of j Club sponsored projects. The Lions
the Thomaston cotton Mills and at I hope that the citizens of the town
present a retired capitalist. !and entire community will help
From this lofty point all Thom- ■ them make this Project as success-
aston is visable on the south side as th e y did their gasoline sale
and many miles of Pine Mountain i day earlier this year.
Valley on the north side adds at- I “
tractiveness which is appreciated. j
When first approaching the
mountain we followed driveway T Wft Vp»rC fftr
after driveway, reversing our|"*"'»*l I “w iCOI) IUI
course a number of times to view \ Turn Man
with admiration all hillside, jflOOTIlig I WO PllM
ground literally carpeted with i
spring bulbs in full bloom, and Thomaston, March 29—An Up
as far as eye could reach in every son Superior Court judge told a
direction, with bfiliant azalias woman here that she and her
and camellias. Strolling among husband “are two of a half dozen
these were more than a hundred , people just determined to defy the
peafowls, many of them with their | decent people of this county” as
plumage spread several feet in he sentenced her to one year in
Talbot County
Primary Held
Tuesday, March 27
Several Changes Are Made in
Talbot County’s Official
“Family”.
Herman Talmadge
Spoke Thursday
At Buena Vista
Ex-Governor Lashed Out
High Court’s Ruling
Segregation.
at
on
Thomaston Woman
length. *
Mountain side trees were laden
with beautiful song birds of every
kind.
each of two cases. The terms are
to run consecutively.
Mrs. Estelle Thompson, charged
in two cases with assault to mur-
Standing at the very pinnacle der was told by Judge J. H. Mc-
of Pine' Mountain is the home of Gehee that “officers of this county
Mr. and Mrs. Mathews. Entering set up nights watching a few rat
the home we found quite as much
to delight as was on the exterior;
rare birds mounted, exquisite pot
plants, beautiful arrangements of
cut flowers. There was also a
cabinet filled with imported porce
lain birds, decorated in natural
color by famous artists. These mas
terpieces are imported directly
from London, England to Mr.
Mathews.
Where known Mr. Mathews is
regarded as a philanthropist; a
most generous donor to charitable
and religious causes. At least five,
possibly more Thomaston and Sil-
vertown churches, have been do
nated a Hamlin organ in recent
years by Mr. Mathews, we are ad
vised. Civic activities generally in
Upson county have also been bene
fited by his generosity.
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The writer of this column is in
debted to his good friend of many
years, Mr. Wallace Monk, former
ly of Butler now a successful
business man of Malden 48, Mas
sachusetts, for this interesting let
ter:
Dear Mr. Charlie:
In many instances, the Publish
er and Editor of a paper is pri
marily interested in the policy of
their paper, and leave to their Ad
vertising and Business Managers,
the advertising field.
Thought possibly you might be
interested in the pulling power or
results secured by advertisers us
ing the Butler Herald as a medium
for increasing sales.
While your Mr. j. B. Albritton
and the writer have never met, it
was through his advertisement in
the Herald that consumated the
sale of his place in Reynolds, to
the writer, as you can attest by
checking Deed Title Book No. 7,
page 331 at local court house.
This is unusual, due to the fact
holes in this county and when I
get hold of a rat I’m going to get
rid of it.”
Mrs. Thompson was charged
with shooting a Griffin and a
Barnesville man in front of a night
spot operated by her and her hus
band.
Civil Defense Director
Will Speak Here Apr. 10
Mr. Harry Jackson, Area Direc
tor, Civil Defense of Georgia, will
speak at the court house in Butler
Tuesday, 8:00 p. m.
Sheriff C. J. Wright has been ap
pointed Civil Defense Director for
this county and urges all citizens
of the community to attend and
hear Mr. Jackson discuss this im
portant matter.
Talbotton, Ga.—H. L. Dixon,
you n.g vocational agriculture
teacher at Talbot County High
School, won the race for superin
tendent of Talbot county schools,
defeating Mrs. F. L. Carter, the
incumbent.
* In the race for sheriff, Talbotton
garage operator R. A. McKinnon
went into office with 308 votes
over six opponents.
Renominated in Primary without
opposition were:
R. H. Callier, clerk of Superior
Court; R. A. Cartledge, tax com
missioner; T. H. Mahone, ordinary;
H. C. Callier, representative to the
State Legislature: Jno. A. Smith
surveyor and Tom Wimberly, coro
ner.
Mr. Dixon came to Talbot High
from the University of Georgia
where he graduated with BS de
gree. He was born and reared
at Climax, Ga.
Important Forestry
Bill Is Passed by
General Assembly
Ranger Austin Guinn of Taylor
County Forestry Unit informed lo
cal citizens that forestry in Geor
gia moved another step with the
passage of key woodland con
servation bills by the recent, ses
sion of the Georgia General assem
bly. The bills provide for the noti
fication of County Forest Rangers
by land owners prior to burning
and for clarification of offenses
resulting from woods burning.
Ranger Guinn told Taylor county
citizens that they should become
familiar with/ and abide by these
new forestry laws. Ranger Guinn
explained that the notification
law provides that anyone burning
woods or other inflamable ma
terials, first must give notice of the
time and place to their County
Forest Ranger. Failure to give this
notice is a misdemeanor.
“Under the woods burning law,
the Ranger continued, a person
committing these acts is guilty of
a felony: Willfully setting fire to
the land of another; letting fire on
his land escape to the lands of an
other: the destruction of any tools
or equipment used in the detection
or suppression of fires.”
The Ranger said the bill concern
ing tower sites provides for the
acquisition by the Commission of
small tracts of land to be used as
forest fire lookout towers and the
reconveyance by the commission
of such tower sites to the original
owner when they are abandoned.
“These 1956 bills were a com
bined effort of the Georgia For
estry Commission and Attorney
General Eugene Cook,” Ranger
Guinn pointed out “and they have
resulted in a comprehensive and
urgently needed revision of the
laws relating to forestry in the
state.”
Butler Baptist Young
People to Give Program
Afetr an appreciated call on
Butler friends last Thursday morn-
Senator George
Denies Report
He May Retire
Washington, D. C.—Sen. George
said recently he will seek re-elec
tion in Georgia this year—“and
I’m going to win, God willing.”
George’s statement followed a
Washington dispatch in the Chatta
nooga Times saying the 78 year
old dean of the Senate had indi-
^;F0^rG^m™'San“Si: h 'r‘?\' etlre « rnc.'Twa7’orm€d"at
matie principal ad- January because health and
States’ Rights
Council Organized
In Taylor County
Organization Gets Off to Good
Start with More than 70
Charter Members.
madge made the principal ad
dress of the day at a well attended
States Rights Council Rally at
Buena Vista.
In his Buena Vista address Mr.
Talmadg'.- lashed out at the Su
preme Court ruling on segregation
asserting that “no authority can
force people to do some
thing against their will.”
“Regardless of what the Su
preme Court does and says, Geor
gia people will continue to run
Georgia,” he declared, urging every
section of the state to organize
and present a united front on
segregation and states rights.
He said mixing the races is con
trary to “the laws of God and Na
ture . . . You never saw a blue bird
and a black bird in the same
nest.”
The state is spending millions to
breed purebred cattle, for certified
seeds, and to improve the quality
of all livestock, he said, “now they
want us to tear down the fences
and mix up two different races.”
“There are two things God never
made—a mule and a mulatto.
Has made them and you see what
has happened.”
Blistering attacks on the Su
preme Court decision were also
made by Leonard Wilson, who was
expelled from the University of
Alabama for statements he made
while Negro Autherine Lucy was
a student there; Peter Zack Geer,
Colquitt attorney and former Mill
er County Representative.
Cooking School at Local
School Gym Is Planned
For April 18th and 19th
A cooking school will be con
ducted April 18-19, at the Butler
High School Gym, according to an
announcement by the Taylor Coun
ty Home Demonstration Council
which is sponsoring the event.
The school will be conducted by
Miss Amelia Fletcher, Electrifica
tion Advisor of the Flint Electric
Membership Corporation. Miss
Fletcher will be assisted by Mrs.
Evelyn McCrary and Mrs. Ann Hill
Flint Electric Home Economists.
A different program is planned
for each session of the school,
which will include home uses of
freezers and refrigerators, as well
as the cooking demonstrations,and
appliances will be furnished by the
Hammack Electric Supply Com
pany of Butler.
other factors.
George, chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, said
“there is positively nothing” to the
report. He said his health has
never been better.
With a smile, George remarked
to a reporter, “of course I might
be run over by a street car.” And
then he said “God may take any
body.”
The Chattanooga Times story
said George “is reliably reported
to have told several senators that
health and other factors may now
dispose him to seek retirement at
the end of his present term in
January.”
George said “I have made no
such statement or intimation to
anyone. I am very much surprised
at the report.”
He announced several months
A Taylor County Council of
States’ Rights Council of Georgia,
, Inc., was formed at a mass meet
ing in Butler Friday night and
70 persons signed up as charter
members.
Hon. Garland T. Byrd of Rey
nolds, attorney, was elected presi
dent. Other officers named in
cluded:
Charlie J. Wright, Butler, first
vice president.
Harold Gates of Reynolds, sec
ond vice president.
C. H. Adams? of Butler, third v-
president.
Evans Locke, of Butler, secre
tary.
Walter Wilson of Butler, treas.
President Byrd announced that
an intensive membership drive
would get underway immediately
to enlist every person in the
preservation of constitutional gov
ernment and the maintenance of
j segregation in the public schools.
At the meeting resolutions were
ago that he would seek renomina- “ r i J T ^ i
.. . ., c * u ^ .. I Constitution and By-Laws and all
tion in the September Democratic!--. . , , .. ’*
Primary. A win in the primary is ' r aotl ?"% ° f "? e T States
tantamount to election in Georgia. Rlghts f. ouncl1 of <***#*> a Ir \ c “ »
George is expected to have for- ™ n ; pa *' 8an organization dedicat-
mer Gov. Herman Talmadge of f. d to , the Preservation of institu
tional government in this country
. . . (and) the maintenance of har-
Gov.
Georgia as an opponent.
George has set up campaign
headquarters in Atlanta with for
monious race relations In the
mer Representative Steve Pace as State throu S h preservation of the
arm o? r ' S i traditional establishment of segre-
manager.
Mr. jack Braddy
Died Suddenly at
Woodland March 28
Trinity Baptist Church
Hammack Electric Supply will
give as a door prize a new electric conviction gave him the trust of
Mrs. Jack Brooks, local post of
fice clerk, was called to Woodland
March 28th occasioned by the
death of her brother-in-law, Mr.
Wm. Jackson Braddy. He was a
prominent farmer and peach grow
er and cattleman. He died sud
denly while inspecting his farm.
In 1909 Mr. Braddy opened a
drug business in Woodland and
remained in that activity until
1930.
From 1930 to 1938 he was as
sociated with the U.3. Bureau of
Entomology and during this time
his headquarters was at Fort Val
ley. For several years he and his
family lived in Ft. Valley.
When ill health forced him to
retire from his government po
sition, he returned to Woodland
where he developed his peach
business. In 1950 he pulled the
peach trees and turned his land to
cattle.
Mr. Braddy was respected by his
many friends for honor and in
tegrity of character. His depend
able character and honesty of
water heater, and Flint Electric
will award a Mix Master to an
other lucky visitor. Admission to
each of the sessions, the April 18th
class scheduled for 2:30 p. m., and
the April 19th class for 8:00 p.m.,
will be 50c per person, and tickets j of woodland town council
may be obtained from members of !
the Taylor County Home Demon
stration Council.
all who knew him.
He served for a number of years
as Justice of the Peace and for
many years was a member of the
Ga. Fruit Growers Exchange. He
served several terms as a member
Sunday morning service
Trinity Freewill Baptist church will
be at 11 o’clock and Sunday night
at 7:30. All singers are invited to
attend Sunday, 2 p. m. *
The Young People’s Department
of the Butler Baptist church will
present the evening worship Sun
day night, April 15th in the ab
sence of Rev. J. M. Carmichael.
The subject for this service will
a t be “Christian Leadership.”
On this occasion the Seniors of
’56 Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y Clubs and
the Methodist M.Y.F. will
guests.
21 Persons Killed
In Crash of Airliner
Sunday Night
Wesleyan Faculty
Member Hurt; Mother
Killed in Auto Wreck
gation in both public and private
areas." A Constitution and set of
By-Laws for the local group also
were ratified and the charter
members agreed by resolution to
limit their activities to the official
programs of the State group.
Hon. Eugene Cook of Atlanta,
Attorney General of Georgia, was
principal speaker.
Among dignitaries present were
Hon. John Lan, Solicitor General
of the Chattahoochee Circuit, Co
lumbus.
Mrs. Sims Garrett
Sustained Injuries in
Fall Few Days Ago
The accompanying news item
appearing in Atlanta newspapers
March 28 brought sorrow to hosts
of Butler and Taylor county friends
of Mrs. Sims Garrett, wife of Hon.
Sims Garrett of this city.
The news item read thus:
“Mrs. Rebecca Garrett, member
of the State Board of Pardons and
Paroles suffered a broken shoul
der in a fall, her office reported
March 28. She was taken for
treatment to Georgia Baptist hos
pital.
“The accident occurred at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kem-
brough in Atlanta. Mr.Kembrough
is also a member of the State
Board of Pardons and Paroles.
“Mrs. Garrett, a dinner guest,
had paused at the door to say good
bye and tripped on the top step.
“Mrs. Garrett’s husband was not
with her at the time. They live in
Butler and she resides at the Gra
dy hotel when she is in Atlanta.”
Macon, March 30—A Wesleyan
College professor, bringing his
mother to Macon to live with him
because his father died last year
in Ohio, was injured and the
Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary
meeting has been postponed until
Friday, April 13th at which time
the group will meet at the home
of Mrs. H. H. Gee.
Pittssburgh, April 1—An east-
b e bound TWA airliner slammed ilnto ! mother killed in an automobile ac-
a hillside Sunday night and burst | cident March 28.
Fwrwne is cordiallv invited to into flames seconds after taking ! Maynard Samsen, 41, associate
attend y this service cn April 15th. j»« Greater Pittsburgh Air-! professor of speech and director of
Public Invited to
Open House of
Nazarene Parsonage
The Butler Church of the Naza
rene will observe open house for
its newly acquired parsonage
this evening—Thursday—7 to 9
o’clock p. m.
Securing the parsonage was
made possible thru the kindness
The program will begin at 8 p.m. P 0 ^-
Coroner
my home in Malden, Mass., 1,200
miles northeast of Butler, Ga.
With every good wish to you,
yours, and the boys, I am
Sincerely yours,
WALLACE M. MONK.
Antioch Baptist Church
Sunday school at 10:30 a. m.:
Bro. Howard Kendrick, Supt.
Worship services at 11:30 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
Thanks to everyone who helped
us go o'.cr the top last Sunday in
Sunday School. Our goal was 50
and we went ten better. Join us in
both services next Sunday.
E. H. DUNN, Pastor.
W. D. McClelland said I his mother, Mrs. Ida C. Samsen,
121 bodies were removed from the 78,were apparently enroute here
i smoking wreckage. when their car and another auto
I Thirteen survivors were taken to collided near Leesburg, O.
two nearby hospitals. Samsen was tossed from the car
I Sewickley Valley hospital said it but was not seriously injured a
had received 11 persons injured in i UP report said. The driver of the
the crash some of them in serious j other car, Mildred Terrell, 49 of
condition. z J New Vienna, O., also sustaiined
Two other survivors were treated , minor injuries,
at St. Clair Hospital and permitted ! Dr. Richard Klemer, assistant to
to return to their homes. the present at Wesleyan, said
TWA reported two or three crew Samsen apparently left Macon
among the sur- after the school’s spring holidays
stage facilities at Wesleyan and [ and goodness of God and the
members were
vivors.
began.
sacrifice and generosity of mem
bers and friends of the church.
This church group wishes to ex
press through the Herald, deep
appreciation for all that has been
done and the membership is
more than grateful to everyone
who has had a share in this
project.
Rev. and Mrs. Whitener and
members of the Nazarene Church
group extend a cordial invitation
to the public to call during the
open-house hours and inspect their
new parsonage.