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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, JULY 25, 1957.
The Butler Herald
Columbus Praised
Entered at the Post Office in Butler,
Georgia as Mail Matter of
Second Class
Chas. Benns, Jr., Managing Editor
O. El Cox, Publisher & Bus. Mgr.
OFFICIAL ORGAN TAYLOR CO.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hundred Copies.
Phone UNion 2-4485
By W. C. Tucker
A Georgia wife says she will give
up her backseat driving when her
husband gives up his dining table
cooking.
The Hartwell Sun w'isely says:
Two heads are better than one
inless both of them are on the
ame head.”
Men with thoughts tending to
ambition, listen for Opportunity to
knock at their door, but women
look for a ring.
President Eisenhower has ap
proved a 100,000 man cut in the
armed forces to be carried out
within the next six months.
The reason there are so few'
good talkers in public is there are
so few thinkers in private, says
Edna Pfaender in Hartw'ell Sun.
Our good friend Oatis Rowe tells
his prospective customers that at
his two very inviting local cafes
they may expect the best of serv
ice.
An exchange tells us that the
next thing in higher education will
be a post grad course leading to
the degree of Doctor of TV Quiz-
zers.
We must guard against being
smugly satisfied with what we are
and what we have done. We must
grow. We are so small and life is
so big!
Some one has said that backyard
swimming pools are getting so
commonplace that its hard to get
up a good green envy among the
neighbors.
We take no pleasure in announc
ing that ere the year 1957 is out,
crepe will hang on some door in
Taylor county because somebody
speeds on the highways.
The Ocilla Star, splendidly edit
ed and published by J. L. Connell
and Bradford Jr., observed its 52nd
year of publication last week. Con
gratulations to our friends.
An Ohio newspaper says after a
man has w'orked his head off to get
the paper out to save civilization,
it’s pretty discouraging to find out
that civilization doesn’t want to be
saved!
We received a letter 1 some days
ago from a citizen of Kingsland,
Ga., who had attended the South
Georgia Methodist conference in
Columbus last month and he was
lavish in his praise of the com
munity.
“It was ' my first visit there,”
wrote Charles C. Smith, “and what
I saw was beyond all expectations
in view of what I read in the news
papers and magazines when they
were having a cleanup in one of
your nearby towns.”
There is no praise for a city that
is higher than the statement that
one would like to live there and
here is what Mr. Smith wrote in
that connection:
“Of all the cities with a popula
tion such as you have that I have
visited. I would prefer to live in
yoprs. The magnificent churches,
the well-kept streets, the air of
quietness in such a city as large
as yours and the friendliness of
your fine people will not soon be
forgotten.”
Mr. Smith, who is cashier of the
State Bank of Kingsland, said in
his letter that he felt “confident
that in your town there must be
the very best civic leaders that can
be found anywhere an dthey have
done a job of which they can just
ly be proud.”
Friends and Neighbors
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A rather unusual question came
up the other day when a man
asked who his neighbor was and
answered directly — my friend.
Neighborliness is a very desirable
quality and type of living, and
it will never cease to be. The bond
between true neighbors is not a
matter of distance apart or location
of man. It is the closeness of the
human spirit in its best expression
of affectic/n and friendliness.
We all are of the same type, de
siring friends and especially those
we see often or love to have near
us. Many take time to be friendly
and neighborly, but some do not,
and they are the losers. That es
pecially holds trus for those who
are shy and reticent. Once they
realize what it can' mean, they
crave friendship and enjoy it to
the fullest.
Of course I must ask you for a
deposit the landland insisted.
Certainly the tenant replied
| handing over the required sum.
Thanks. Now shall we trust each
other or do you want a receipt?
“It’s a misfortune to grow old
but a privilege to grow older,” de
clared Dr. F. S. Porter, retired for
mer pastor of the Baptist denomi
nation for many years, in his first
sermon from the pulpit since the
Baptists have honored him with the
title pastor emeritus.
Billy Graham is big news, or at
least editors of the nation’s daily
newspapers think so. A survey
just completed shows that U. S.
newspapers carried no less than
31.823 stories on the first four
weeks of the evangelist's "crusade”
in New York. That averages out at
about one story daily for four
weeks in about 60 per cent of all
I newspapers in America.
The Editor is indebted to Mr.
j Thomas Hay, editor and publisher
of the Lithonia Observer, for plac-
| ing the Herald on the Observer’s
mailing list. This is perhaps the lat
est established weekly paper in the
j state and from indicattions prom-
j ises to become one of the best. The
first edition made its appearance
Friday.
A waiter in one of our nenghbor-
ing dailies is interested in the ori
gin of names. He w T ants informa
tion as to how Hard Cash, a station
on the Southern Railway between
Elberton and Bowman got its
name. As a town it is about out,
but the name remains. Like this
inquirer, we would also like to
know the origin of the name; Also
that of Scott’s Station.
“Goodwill Days” Off
To Good Start
From Pelham Journal:
Hundreds of people came to
•town last Saturday to participate
i in the beginning of “Goodwill
days,” which is a project of the
Pelham Business Men’s Club and is
being made possible thru the co
operation of local merchants.
‘‘Goodwill Days” mean exactly
what the name implies—it is the
aim of all business firms to win
the goodwill of consumers all over
South Georgia. Everyone of the
Pelham Merchants who are taking
part in the special events realize
that every shoppper wants to buy
where he can get the most for his
money, therefore they are not only
offering free prizes every Saturday
but are offering bargains that are
hard to find anywhere.
What a Plant Will Do
For a Town
Here is what happens when 100
new factory workers are added to
a community:
296 more people are added to the
population.
112 more households are estab
lished.
51 more children are enrolled in
schools.
$590,000 more personal income
per year is added to the communi
ty payroll.
$270,004 more bank deposits.
107 more passenger cars are
registered.
174 more other workers are em
ployed to serve the 296 newcom
ers.
4 more retail establishments are
opened.
$360,000 more retail sales in
crease the flow of money.
Tribute to the Flag
We do honor to the stars and
stripes as the emblem of our
country and the symbol of all that
our patriotism means.
| We identify the flag with almost
anything we hold dear on earth. It
i represents our peace and security,
| our freedom of religious worship,
jour family, our friends, our home.
We see it in the great multitude of
| blessings, of rights and privileges
that make up our country.
But when we look at our flag
and behold it emblazoned with all
our rights we must remember that
it is equally a symbol of our du
ties. Every glory that we associate
with it is the result of duty done.
A yearly contemplation of our flag
strengthens and purifies the na
tional conscience.—Calvin Coolidge.
Earlier Days in the County
These items appeared in an issue
of the Herald published during
August of 1903:
“Progressive Fits,” is new game
just struck Georgia; but we don’t
want it in Butler. No, no!
An extremely sad and unfortun
ate accident occurred at Fickling
Mill Friday in which Mr. J. D. Beall
lost his life.
Among delightful events of the
season was when Miss Nettie Ward
Frierson entertained a ho6t of
friends Friday evening with a
party.
Dr. C. F. Fickling, Albert Hicks,
P. E. McDaniel, Hoke McDaniel,
J. M. Hicks, Misses Mattie, Lizzie
and Kate Hicks and Miss Lillie
McMichael visited Charleston last
week.
Old Vets from Talbot, Upson,
Crawford, Macon and Marion
counties attended the Veteran’s
Reunion in Butler Saturday. They
seemed to enjoy the day.
Miss Margarett Harp, a beauti
ful young lady while in bathing at
Rushin’s pond near Buena Vista
came near being drowned a few
days ago. Her sister who was
standing on the bank of the stream
and seeing her sister sink for the
last time sprang in and saved her
from a watery grave.
The general meeting of the upper
district, Friendship Association will
convene at the local Baptist church
fifth Sunday in August, 10 o'clock.
This meeting is of a purely relig
ious nature and will include the
fifth Sunday. The program is one of
public interest and has scheduled
some of the best ministers in the
association. It is earnestly hoped
that they will be present.
From Reynolds section, of this
issue edited by Dr. T. G. Turk,this
interesting item appeared:
The Confederate Vets of Taylor
county met at the court house in
Butler Saturday to organize a
camp. In the organization there was
an enrollment of about 80 mem
bers. Though in its infancy the
camp was enthusiastic when called
to order by the temporary com
mander. The name given the camp
was Capt. J. M. Bateman, a uni
versally loved commander in the
Confederate army, and for 50
years or more a resident of this
county.
Officers elected were: Capt. T. C.
Butler, Commander: A. S. Wallace
Adjutant.
Altho total casualties on our
highways are continuing their
steady climb, which should be a
matter of concern to all of us, the
most recent figures of the National
Council estimates that we in the
U. S. are actually doing little bet
ter per mile traveled, than we
were doing several years ago.
We are told that chances are the
next orchid milady receives will be
the product of an obscure nursery
nestled in the hills of Meriwether
county. In the quiet solitude of the
country Mr. anti Mrs. Calvin Har
man raise thousands of orchid
plants in three scientifically con
trolled green houses.
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I Notice Fishermen (
Hicks Mill pond will be drained
for fishing on Saturday, August 17th
Pond located 6 miles from Rey
nolds, Ga. just off Reynolds and
Oglethorpe highway.
$5.00 per person will be charged
for fishing with no seins or nets
allowed.
Fishing will start at 10:00 A. M.
Tickets now available at pond site.
Georgia’s finest “crop” is its
youth.
H. BUTLER |
Owner
Reynolds, Georgia R. F. D. No. 3 I
Sen. Talmadge states no law on
Civil Rights are needed, however,
President Eisenhower has handed i
the Senate a double-barreled vie-!
tory in the Civil Rights fight by 1
voting to take up his program and I
then rejecting a move to send it |
to committee.
The Conyers News: At Williams- |
burg, President Eisenhower told .
the Conference of Governors they '
! should meet their state problems |
! instead of handing them over to 1
.the Federals in Washington..
! And all the time, we thought he j
! was plugging Federalization of cur ,
highways, health and welfare serv
ices- We hope Congress was listen
ing and will cut that billion and a
half school aid money out of the j
budget, quick!
NOTICE
Someone said the other day that
a daily paper reported this year’s |
peach crop as a record one. Well, I
if they were talking about a rec-
cord number of peaches or a rec
ord price for them, they could not
have been more wrong, according
to the Fort Valley Leader-Tribune.
.
A lengthy telegram came to our
office recently from Gov. Griffin
j relative to development of Stone
! Mountain into a Memorial State I
Park. The Governor is willing to ’
spend State money if the people
jwant it. The financing can be ar
ranged, he says, thru issuance of
bonds without costing the taxpay- 1
ers any additional money. The
way we see it, this is a project that
the state would do well to develop,
i | It is already a tourist attraction. If
you favor it the Governor wants
you to write him a letter, He will
abide with the wishes of the peo
ple.
Our auto repair 'shops will close at
12 o’clock noon on Saturdays. Beginning
August 3, 1957.
HART’S GARAGE
SUGGS MOTOR CO.«
PAYNE MOTOR CO.
STANDARD OIL PLANT
H. H. PAYNE, Agent
This interesting item to all Geor
gians was written by G. C. Patten
and appeared recently in the Adel
News: “Recently, we carried our
father-in-law, Uncle Bill Snead, 91.
over to Andersonville to the Union
cemetery which was written up in
the Magazine section of The At
lanta Journal a few weeks ago. It
had created an interest in him to
see it. You feel like you are walk-
> ing cn hallowed ground when you
i approach Providence Fountain and
drink of the water. It is said that
the Union soldiers were dying of
thirst and they prayed to God for
water. Lightning struck in their
midst and there came forth water
from the side of the hill. Water
has been running there ever since.
It will do one good just to take a
drive over to Americas and go thru
this cemetery. Half a day will do |
’ the job.” m
SOUTHERN CROP DUSTERS
Airplane
Dusting & Spraying
We have 4 dusters to serve the
farmers of Taylor county.
For Prompt Service Call Collect
TAylor 5-544S Ft. Valley, Ga.
JIMMY TENNILLE, Mgr.
10 Years Experience Aerial Application