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General Libra™ 3 BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17. 1957.
University of Ga """
NUMBER 17.
I Have a Rendezvous with Death
Mrs. Same Jones
Dies at Home
Near Reynolds
Alan Seeger
This poem is acclaimed as one
of the best written during World
War II.
I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade
When Spring comes around with
rustling Shade
And apple blossoms fill the air
I have a renedzvous with Death I
When Spring brings back blue
days and fair.
It may be he shall take my hand
And lead me into his dark land
And close my eyes and quench
my breath;
It may be I shall pass him still.
I have a renedzvous with Death
In some scarred slope or battered
hill,
When Spring comes ’round again
this year
And the first meadow flowers ap
pear.
God knows 'twere better to be
deep
Pillowed in silk and scanted
down,
When love throbs out in blissful
sleep
Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to
breath,
Where hushed awakenings are
dear . . .
But I’ve a rendezvous with Death
At midnight in some flaming
town
When spring trips North again
• this year,
And I to my pledged word am true
I shall not fail that rendezvous.
* * m
This is the month for flower
gardeners to plant roses.
Mrs. Sallie Hobbs Jones, 83
years of age, who had been ill for
several weeks, died Jan. 10th at
her home near Reynolds.
Funeral services for the deceased
took place Friday morning at Mt.
Olive church, Potterville, with Rev.
William Childre officiating. Burial
was in the church cemetery;
Goddard Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements
Cong. Forrester
Warmly Praised
For School Bill
Bill Would Prohibit Federal
Agencies from Interfering
With State School Systems.
Dr. Lewis Beason
Is Elected Mayor
City of Butler
New Mayor land Aldermen
Georgia Legislature
Met for 40-Day
Session Monday
Tuesday in February.
An interesting and enthusiastic
local election without ill-feeling or
discord .took place here Saturday
at which time a Mayor and five
Aldermen were chosen for the
defeated
Washington, Jan. 10—A bill to
prohibit federal courts and other
federal agencies from interfering
with the school systems of the
Mrs. Jones is survived by her | state has been introduced in the U.
husband, Levy Jones; one sister , S> House °* Representatives by
Mrs. Rufus Jones, Reynolds; four 1 Congressman E. L. Forrester of the City. Dr. Lewis Beason
brothers, C. B. Hobbs, Mann Hobbs Third Congressional District,
and Tom Hobbs, all of Reynolds The measure has been referred
and Owen Hobbs of Oglethorpe. to the House Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Forrester is a member of the
committee.
The Third District Congressman
says he will call for public hear
ings on the bill if it appears like
ly that it has any chance of pass
ing. If the proposal should seem
headed for defeat, he says he will
not push for hearings.
J. T. Barrow Store
Purchased Recently by
Hr. Paui McDaniel
State Senate leader James Peters
wn . T i, . of Manchester and Dixon Oxford of
Will De Installed on the First Dawson led a Chattahoochee Val-
| ley contingent of eight Senators
and 21 Representatives to Georgia
General Assembly which opened in
Atlanta Monday.
Nineteen of the representatives
are incumbents, with only Clay
County’s J. P. Neese and Marion
County’s Eldridge Perry attending
as newcomers.
In the Senate, both Peters and
Oxford will begin their first terms
as senators. Peters, former state
Democratic chairman and current-
Revival Services
To Be Held at
Taylor Mill Church
Rev. Jimmy Waters of Macon,
Will be the Guest Minister
During 3-Day Revival.
his opponent, Mr. E. L. Harris by
more than a hundred votes. Both
of these contestants were ex-
Mayors of the city. Dr. Beason is ly a member of the State Board of
a prominent Mason and headed Educa tion, will represent the 36th
A three-day revival will begin
Jan. 24th at Taylor Mill Baptist
Church with Rev. Jimmy Waters
of Macon, as guest evangelist.
Mr. Jimmy Capel, student at
Mercer University will be visiting
pianist.
The pastor, Rev. Bradley Brown
will conduct the congregational
Taylor county began the New
Year without a single traffic ac
cident.
One of the largest and most
complete hardware stores in this
section known as the J. T. Bar-
row Hardware Store in Reynolds
was purchased a few days ago by
Mr. Paul McDaniel of Reynolds.
Mr. McDaniel purchased the
had operated same since 1925. Mr.
Barrow, it is learned’ plans to re
tire from active business.
The store will continue to op
erate under the management of
Mr. McDaniel.
PTA Meeting Postponed
To Thursday Nite, Jan. 24
Due to the series of revival !
meetinngs at the local Baptist |
Church this week, the regular time |
* • for PTA will be postponed until
nothing the matter Thursday, Jan. 24th, 8 p. m. at the
folks. All they schoDl cafeteria.
A splendid program has been
planned for this meeting. *
There is
with some (?)
need is a tonic being three weeks
ahead in their night life and two
weeks behind in their sleep.
If there is anyone happier than
us folks that the holidays are over
its probably the post office em
ployees. They deserve a pat on
the back for a job well done.
With another increase in the
price of newsprint, the paper the
Herald is printed on, it may be-
"Wool Hat Boys" in
Washington This Week
Attending Inauguration
Atlanta, Ga.—Some more wool
hats from Georgia—of the stocking
variety this time—will move into
the nation’s capital next week
for the second inauguration of
President Eisenhower.
The students leave by special
train tomorrow—Friday—and will
return Wednesday. They will be ac
companied by faculty members
-and adults from Lena Cox school.
Reynolds PTA Meeting
The Reynolds High School PTA
will meet Tuesday night, 6:30
o’clock at the lunch room. All
members are urged to come and
bring a covered dish.
the local lodge for a number of
years.
The Herald is confident that its
readers will be impressed with a
statement by Dr. Beason appearing
elsewhere in this issue regarding
what he plans to do during his ad
ministration.
Mr. E. L. Wilson, Mayor for the
District of Meriwether, Pike and
Coweta counties. Oxford, former
Highway Board member, will rep
resent the 11th District composed
of Terrell, Randolph and Clay
counties.
Other Senators and the counties
in their distficts are:
23rd: Taylor, Crawford and
past two years declined to offer Peach counties; represented by W.
for re-election, desiring rather to | J- Wilson of Ft. Valley.
devote his entire interest to I
personal business.
Also declining seeking to su- !
ceed themselves as Aldermen
were Messrs E. H. Bazemore, Jack
13th: Paul Gill, Ellaville; Schley
Sumter and Lee.
37th: W. P. Trotter, LaGrange;
Troup, Heard and 'Carroll.
25th: L. A. Mallorv. Thomaston;
Suggs, W. S. Payne, E. L. Davis Harris - Talbot and Upson,
and P. B. Childs. In their stead ap- I Representatives:
peared the names of Mrs. L. R. Taylor: Hugh Cheek, Butler.
Dean, Wanza Hortman, Harold Talbot: H. C. Callier.
Lovvorn, Alfonso McCrary Marvin Muscogee: Gordon Young, A,
Peed, Walter Wilson and James I Pickard - John Niland.
T. Smith. I Chattahoochee: J. N. King.
Chosen as Aldermen were: Al- ' MpHwothpr ^wnif Ve ^'p
fonso McCrary received the high- Hardaw * H ke Pet ’
pet \mto orq nnf om | naradway.
Quitman: Joe Hurst.
Guy
est vote, 269 out of 310 votes cast;
James Smith, 225; Harold Lovvorn j
213; Walter Wilson 209: Wanza J
Hortman, 255. These are all
pronimnet local citizens and will
serve the community well
The new city officials will take
oath of office the regular Council
meeting Tuesday night, Feb. 5th. i
Randolph: J. M. Wooten.
Schley: B. E. Pelham.
Sumter: Jack Murr, Thad Jones.
Stewart: Sam Singer.
Troup: C. O. Lam, Frank G. Bird
song.
Terrell: Steve M. Cocke.
Webster: J. L. Black.
Summary of News Events Occurring in Taylor County During the Year 1956
singing with inspiring special mu
sic each night.
There will be services each eve
ning as follows:
Thursday night, Jan. 24th,
“Church Night.,” at which all the
churches represented will be recog
nized.
Friday night, Jan. 25th, “Family
Night” at which the largest fam
ily present will receive an award.
| Saturday night, Jan. 26, “Young
! People’s Night,” at which the
young people will be especially
j recognized.
! Everyone is extended a cordial’
welcome to attend each of these
services.
Rev. Waters, guest evangelist is
a well-known revival speaker.
come necessary for this publica- l COjnsurne( j only day anc j a half.
July 5, 1956 i July 26, 1956 I Announcement of replacement of of COU nty died Aug. 30th at
Byrd Bros, purchased at public | Two important announcements A. D. Chapman store building with b j s home in Shellman. Besides
outcry most of the property of the were made by Rev. Marx at the modern brick edifice,marking re- these, 12 other persons were pain-
J. T. Cochran estate Tuesday; ' local Methodist church Sunday moval of the last wooden business f u n y hurt in collision of two au- heard and viewed widely on radio
sale price was $54,550. j quarterly conference Sept. 2-nd and building on the public square. j tomobiles near Geneva Sunday a nd TV. He is leader of a rapidly
July term Taylor Superior Court ] the revival which is planned for First bale of 1959 season cotton . n i g ht. Remains of U. S. Vet. Sid- growing evangelistic church and
the week of Sept 30th. grown by H. L. Wilchar and gin- ; ne y Whittington, who died at is vice president of the Georgia
—„ —„ - Garland Byrd, local attorney, is j ned at Payne’s gin. First bale for Huntsville, Ala., were laid to rest Baptist convention. He is pastor of
tion as well as other weekly news- | Grand jury with Charles Benns, ' named director of agricultural ac- Reynolds grown by Eddie Lee Fish [ in Mauk cemetery Sunday. the Mable White Memorial Bap-
papers to go to semi-weekly papers . f oreman consumed only half a tivities in thecounty during the 1 and ginned by C. R. Simmons gin. j September 10 1956 tist Church > Macon,
ere 1957 is ended. ^ | day. number of important matters presidential campaign. School opening date for the en- j Commit teemen and* many local'
ThP Tavlor Countv Commission- i tra " sac ^ ed the session. | j. q. wisham, 90,life long farm- tire county is announced for Sept, j fdendg of Hon . E L Forrester a t-
The Taylor County Commission | Mrs . Ward E , dwardSj formerly; e r, retires at his home, Rupert 3rd. ! tend a meeting of the Third Dis-
ers are certainly to be commend- M iss Billie Sa i mon of Rome and | community. , Theo McGee, formerly of this ! . . . confirinin „ the Congresman's
ed fbr improvements now in prog- Atlanta, recent bride, honored with i Mr. and Mrs. Ted Davant, Miss cit y> praised by Columbus citizens nomination Se?t 12i
Hortense Davant and Miss Caro- and newspapers for his splendid Edmocld Hill, ' 15< son of Mr . afld
lyn Davant of Corsicana, Texas, record as attorney for the city of Mrg ^ Bernice mn of Reynolds was
were delightful Butler visitors for Columbus during past three years. fatall in j ured on highway near
Jack Suggs, Mrs. Garland and a week. I He resigns due to pressure from
Mrs. Thomas Byrd. Annual Brooks family reunion j other legal business,
tower. ... ! Caroline, daughter of Mr. and observed at McCants mill Sunday | August 23, 1956
Mrs. Carl Hobbs, was beauty con- i with a large number of relatives: Deaths in the county the past
ress on
the local court house Kce ptj 0 n a few days ago given by
building. One of the most wel- | Mrs j w EdwardS) Mrs. Julian
corned features of these improve- Edwards Mrs. S. Garrett, Mrs.
ments was the repairing of the
The Frederick Fagan family, tegt W m ner j u jy Fourth
for several year^ prominent Butler nolds Golf Club
residents, now residing at Fort
Valley, entertained at a reception
during the evening of Dec. 23rd
honoring their daughter, Miss
Nan Fagan, after her marriage to
Howard N. Evans.
Herald Appreciates
Generous Response to
Subscription Bills
The Herald gratefully acknowl
edges quite a number of renewals
at Rey-j a nd friends from a distance attend- week included Mr. L. O. Blood-1 Funeral * 6 conduct©d'°^at ~CroweIi' as wel1 as ? ew subscriptions dur-
his home Saturday when hit by
auto driven by Charles Duggar,
colored. The negro was arrested for
fast driving but released on bond.
ing.
July 12, 1956 I August 2. 1956 Mauk.
Wilson Jarrell and family return | climaxing an illness of several j * e , vival \ n u progress this week at
from Perry to Butler to make their Mr . Legter Locke passed ; the local Church of the Nazarene.
home after residing several years a Monday. Also among deaths'. M . rs - George Theus undergoing
in the Houston county capital. Mr. nf thp r-,. nirp | treatment for broken hip sustained
Jarrell has purchased an interest widow of H D bot h
former residents of Mauk.
Interesting recent social event
in the city was the marriage Sun
day of Mr. Gene Kirksey and Miss
Ernestine Davis. Another marriage
of local interest was the wedding
of Miss Clarice Giles and Mr
worth and Mrs. Fannie Whitley of for m Lewig Byrd> 4?> who died ing recent days.
Among renewals were two sub-
| scribers who have been on our-
| mailing list for more than half a
in the cotton gin of the Cochran
estate and will operate same in
j the future.
A number of churches were
conducting revivals in different
sections of the county during this
week.
News item relates that M.
The Herald welcomed a call Fri
day afternoon from a former
prominent Butler citizen and es-
temecl friend in the person of Mrs
Lucy (G. W.) Fickling of Rey
nolds. Her father, the late Hon.
Judge Court” of Ordinary,Baylor j News J 16111 relates ^ a L, M - P - Wayne Pilcher. Another was the
county and her husband the late Lester, Macon, named WOW man- marr j age a t Lebanon church in
Dr Walker Fickling, was a very ager of State Camp for Middle Ga. w hi c h Miss Verna Wisham be-
urominent dentist in Butler and Interesting report of Gordon-; come the bride of M r. Robert
prommwi uu „, irvl u or Carson Chapter Reynolds UDC
Reynolds for a ^ • made at Reynolds Club house June
28th
Olin Miller tells us that a per- •
son with an agile a p g | Six Taylor county youths honor-
smooth flow o w cnv<5 . "An ed at 4-H Club meeting at Ameri-
in his hands. He also says: An , - .. - 6 ~
11 . i i . . i :
honor; Freddie Jarrell, Steve
Brown, Margaret Parr, Jimmie Co
sey and Herbert Tante.
Deaths of Mrs. Cora Trapp, Mrs.
in a fall.
Sunday, Mauk Baptists will dedi
cate the recently completed Sun
day School annex. Rev. J. M. Car
michael, pastor of the local church
will occupying the pulpit.
August 30, 1956
at his home in Ellaville. He was
born and reared in Taylor coun-
ty Local Baptist church pllns har-1 century. One of these was Dr. Eli
C-arrett of this city who has been
vest round-up festival for Thurs
day evening, Sept. 27th.
September 13, 1956
Judge Hicks Fort, retiring as
Judge of Superior court, this cic-
cuit, presented portrait of himself
painted by Patrolman T. D. Du- j
Rev. J. C. Whitener, pastor for Bose of Columbus.
several years of the local Church
of the Nazarene Announced Sun
receiving the Herald for approxi
mately sixty years. The other
‘‘half-century-plus” subscriber was
Col. Dan Beeland of Reynolds and
Columbus whose name was placed
on our mailing list Sept. 16, 1905.
It is not that we appreciate any
the less those subscribers who
Rev. J. C. Whitener is expected to bave be en with us for a shorter
preach farewell serbon Sunday as
day that he had accepted the pas- P a stor of the local Church of the
Nazarene. He will move next
week to Barnesville.
Annual reunion of J. A. He*ath
family and Gaultney family • ob
served Sunday.
Death of Mrs. Bertha Jinks, 75,
explanation, by a bio-chemist, of
something you may have been
wondering about: “A kiss is thrill
ing because it stimulates the
a drenocortiscomorphic elecent of
the pituitary at the base of the
brain.”
torate of the Barnesville church of
Q r j this faith effective Oct. 1. Con-
August 8. 1956 congregation deeply regrets losing
3 his services
Dr. Hamp Riley, 68, son of late purchase from W. F. Gray of Mc-
Sheriff M. L. and late Mrs. Julia Ean t s Mill property by Garland T.
Riley, passed away in an At- Byrd a , nd p ierce Harris announced 1 occurred at Montgomery hospital
cus,“ namely*:” Betty Jean“bee,“ top laIlta hospital after an illnss of in this issue of H erald. Also state- Wednesday. Funeral at Howard
several weeks. Funeral at local ment that
new owners would con-
Methodist church Sunday p. m. vert | be property into pleasure re-
Stricken ill at the Bazemore re- gold £0 be known as Lake Butler,
union at McCants Mill Sunday, public Service Telephone Co. ap-
Thursday.
September 27, 1956
The annual session of the Co
lumbus District Methodist Confer-
W. G. Simmons and Mrs. ’ Elba 1V ! rs : Hattie C. Stripling of Perry, plieg for j,n cr e a sed phone rates at ence begins at the local church
BILL SEEKING CUT
IN AUTO TAG PRICE
WILL BE INTRODUCED
Lewis saddened the county during dled shortly after reaching a Ma-
past week. 1 C °I?» hospital.
Mr. Horace Watson and brother ^ rs< Mary Peavy, _2, a Monte-
Attis Watson, Jacksonville, Fla., ^ uma mother of 2, died at her
having drifted apart and not * st I r °m a self-inflict-
knowing each other’s whereabouts ed s h°I g un waun ..
_, p p n - E iect Ed Wil- for 37 years met unexpectedly at Mr \ Chesley Hollis,
M S mans^o introducrin Howard th^ week. prominent local contractor, later
son say General Assembly a Miss Ann Griggs chosen secre- moving to Columbus, now retired,
wu to reduce the price of auto li- tary of the South Georgia Confer- apeat days this week with
cense plates effective in 1953. j ence MYF at the assembly at Baylor county relatives and
who defeated adminis- Wesleyan College a few days ago. Irier ‘ ai >.
Smith Pharmacy building owned August 1j, 1956
by Dr. W. W. Edwards estate and Church of the Nazarene an-
occupied by Dr. Jimmie Smith is nounces revival for the coming
in process of remodeling both in- weeks. Baptists engaged in re-
terior and exterior. * I vival during present week.
Butler, Culloden, Reynolds and Ro
berta.
Appearing in this issue death no
tices of Mrs. J. M. Melvin, H. B.
McDaniel and Mody Rogers.
this evening.
Death claimed the life of C. D.
Williams of Tazewell at his home
at Tazewell.
Revival at local Methodist
period of time, but we believe all
our readers will concur with us in
the belief that both Dr. Garrett
and Col. Beeland have attained
quite a record as Herald readers.
Mrs. Sims Garrett Sr.
Has Been Re-Appointed
To Responsible State Post
Mrs. Rebecca Garrett, wife of
Hon. Sims Garrett Sr., of Butler,
has been reappointed to the State
| Board of Paroles and Pardons by
Gov.Griffin. Her term will continue
Butler delighted Monday over church scheduled to begin Sept, j through 1963.
Wilson,
tration floor leader
Groover Jr., in the Democratic pri
mary last May, said he is con
vinced his bill will pass “if we are
able to get it out of committee.”
Denmark
many years vis i t of new Superior Court officials 30 with Rev. Bruce Wilson, as
to our city. * guest minister. Rev. Harold Beaty,
September 7, 1956 Talbotton Methodist church will
Death of three well known per- lead singing,
sons recorded in this issue, name- Annual meeting of Flint Electric
ly: Mr. Ambry Aultman, killed in Membership Corporation planned
car accident s/n highway near for Oct. 12th.
Bivins place. The other occupant, i Theo McGee, formerly of Butler
Mr. Otis Scott, painfully injured, leaves his home in Colujnbus
Mr. C. C. Bryan of Reynolds died Sept. 12th for trip overseas. He
Aug. 31st. Mr. J. J. Shealy formerly , will be accompanied by his wife.
Mrs. Garrett was first appointed
to the board by Gov. Herman Tal-
madge after serving in the House
of Representatives from Terrell
county. Her work has won wide
acclaim from both state and prison
officials.
Mrs. Garrett is receiving sincere
congratulations from numerous lo
cal friends as well as frem those
throughout the state.