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The Butler Herald
VOLUME 81.
‘’KEEPING
EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
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OBSERVATION*
Crop-dusting airplanes were busi
ly engaged Monday dusting the
cotton crop which gives promise
of a bountiful harvest.
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Among recent improvements
around the public square is the
paint job given the walls and roof
of the L. L. Minor building. New
residences are also still going up
in the new subdivision of the city.
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According to the calendar these
ov'fV'S Goodwin
tes at Savannah
Of Heart Attack
Mr. Willie Z. Goodwin, bom
Dec. 21, 1902, died almost sudden
ly of a heart attack at a Savannah
hospital Monday, 4 p. m.
Mr. Goodwin was born and
reared in this county, son of Bee-
late Mr. Will and Mrs. Alma Bee-
land Goodwin. He had made his
home in Columbus for the past sev
eral years and was employed as a
are termed Dog Days. Traditionally | contractor for the Standard Oil Co.
dogs are supposed to go mad in this s P ent ^ as t week-end in Colum-
season, and with the heat we’ve
been experiencing, the condition
has spread to a lot of humans.
Short tempers and high tempera
tures seem to go together.
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Herald news contributors who
wait till Wedensday morning to
send in material for publication are
respectfully requested to get this
material in at least by Tuesday
morning (better still Monday) so
the news will be sure to get in the
paper.
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According to the latest reports
from U. S. Treasury Department,
the People of this county are still
buying Government Bonds despite
the cry of “hard times.” So far this
year they have bought $20,288
worth of E and H Bonds or 29.8%
of the 1957 goal. Of this amount
$1450 worth of E Bonds were
bought in June. So it looks like
conservative people are still mak
ing money and buying bonds.
Revival Services
At Midway Church
To Begin Sunday
NUMBER 44.
Rev. E. H. Dunn, Pastor of the
Church Will Preach at Each
Service.
Revival services will begin at
Midway Baptist church Sunday,
there will be two services daily
through Friday, Aug. 9th.
Let us all begin now to plan and
pray to the end that we shall wit
ness a great revival in our church.
Don’t wait until the meeting is
nearly over to start attending. At
tend every service and receive the
full blessing of these few days of
fellowship and worship together.
Remember Sunday through Fri
days.
Baptist church,
with us during
Come
these
bus with his family, leaving Sun
day afternoon for Savannah where
he is constructing a service station.
He worked until noon Monday.
Shortly after lunch he suffered a
heart attack and was rushed to the
hospital where he died a few hours
later.
Funeral services will be con-I Midway
ducted Thursday afternoon with in- I worship
terment at Crowell Cemetery. Full '
arrangements are incomplete
awaiting arrival of his daughter,
Mrs. Lem Sawyer Jr., who is resid
ing ir England with her husband
who is serving with the U.S. Army
and stationed on the European
continent.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Thelma Driskell Goowin, Colum
bus; two daughters, Mrs. Wynelle ... T i on r- no
- j t Vienna, July 29—Former U. S.
Jones of Columbus and Mrs. Lem c ena f OI . Walter Georee was reDort-
Sawyer Jr., of England: two grand- , ,, , ,, . ® . p .
ohiiriron- We ed “gradually growing weaker and
E. H. DUNN, Pastor.
Ex-Senator George
Reported Gravely III
At Vienna Home
children; two brothers, Mr. Joe
Goodwin of Macon and Mr. Paul
Goodwin of Atlanta; also a sister,
Mrs. Paul Montgomery of Taylor
county.
At Assembly of God Church;
Rev. Wilson, Guest Minister
A young man in a nearby
C aHma,e W wi,h ha an ouTof'^Ira” ReViVal NOW HI P^SS
ternal club, had planned to raise
the initiation fee by selling some
of his prize porkers. One of the reg
istered hogs escaped the pen and
promptly surrendered its freedom
and life under the wheels of an
auto. The saddened farmer
quipped philosophically,“don’t ever
count your hogs before they’re
sold.” We know a young local
grower of registered stock who per
haps would like to join the out of
county young farmer in this state
ment.
The Butler Assembly of God
church is conducting a revival with
Evangelist H. C. Wilson of Thom-
aston as guest speaker.
At the close of the revival next
Sunday there will be a homecoming
at Lake Butler.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend the revival and the home-
Did you ever pause to wonder, coming.
“What were the thoughts of the i Worship each evening at 7:45
Confederate soldier? Or, “What o’clock. Dinner Sunday, 1:30 pan.
were the thoughts of the Confed
erate when in battle, after the
battle, and during the war? May
be you have Wondered about this,
maybe not. We have just finished
reading some letters written by a
Taylor County Confederate; also
his diary. This diary and letters
cover most of the period 1862 thru
the end of the war. Here we have
found all that makes up the
thoughts and actions of a man of
war. Pathos, pity, devotion to duty,
bravery, cowardice, wonder, and all
the thoughts a fighting man may
have.
J. B. Weldon, Pastor.
Gov. Griffin Principal
Speaker at Thomaston
Meeting Wednesday
Thomaston, July 28—The prin
ciple speaker at the barbecue-
welcome ceremony of the Third
Division office of the State High
way Department will be Gov Grif
fin according to L. A. Mallory Jr.
chairman of the program commit
tee.
Griffin will be introduced by C.
B. Short. The program will begin
at 1 p. m. according to Mallory
who will act as master of cere
monies.
With the unpleasantness of the
extreme hot weather and tire ag
gravation of the pesky gnats and
mosquitoes, both of which are
identified with summer time there
is some compensation to make up
for the warm days and the shooing
of gnats and mosquitoes. For it is
during these hot months that the
great majority of folks take their
vacation. Of course the seashores Llj-p Voarc a| Ann
and the mountainsides claim the MIIC I CGI 3 Ul HyC f
bulk of the vacationers; but hj.. .£ 1.6111(611113
every now and then some of those UIC» Ul LCUKClIlia
folks who have a little time to vis-;
it home folks, and during the j Americus, July 29—Death
the outlook for him was very grave
at Vienna Monday night.”
In a bulletin on the senator’s
condition, Dr. M. L. Malloy, Vienna
physician and the George family
doctor said:
“The ex-senator’s condition defi
nitely is getting worse.
“But it is possible even yet he
may improve, however the outlook
is very grave.”
The former senator, now Presi
dent Eisenhower’s personal ambas
sador td NATO, lay gravely ill of a
heart condition Monday night.
He will be 80 next January.
Day reports said the exsenator
was ^“weaker” Sind a report Monday
night was that he had suffered a
minor setback but the latter could
not be confirmed.
Altho he was critically ill, the ex
senator reportedly talked and
joked with his family and two doc
tors attending him and one of the
physicians said, George was “bright
as a dollar.”
Dr. J. W. Hurst, heart specialist
and professor of medicine at Em
ory University School of Medicine
arrived Monday p. m. from Atlanta
to attend the distinguished states
man.
Also with the former dean of the
U. S. Senate was Dr. M. L. Malloy,
Vienna physician who is the
George family doctor and a lifelong
friend of the ex-senator.
Mrs. E. H. Joiner
Died at Reynolds
Sunday Night
Mr. Sam P. Edwards
Died at Hospital
After Brief Illness
Funeral Services for Mrs. j Mr. Samuel Paul Edwards, a
Joiner Conducted at Reynolds *? tir , ed U ', S ' . Army ma ' n . died at
i the local hospital July 24th clirriax-
Methodist Church Tuesday. j in 8 an illness of one week.
I The deceased was born May 22,
1887, in Jasper County. He was a
Funeral Services
Here Wednesday for
Mr. J. T. Mathews
Reynolds was visited Sunday
night by one of the saddest deaths
in quite a while when Mrs. Sara
Theresa Harp Joiner, wife of Prof.
E. H. Joiner, principal of the Rey
nolds high school, passed away.
Her death occurred at her home
climaxing an illness of about two
months.
Mrs. Joiner was born Feb. 20,
Deceased Was One of Most
Faithful Members of Butler
Methodist Church.
Mr. James Thomas Mathews, one
Mrs. Lena V. Edwards who pre
ceded him in death by 17 years.
Mr. Edwards’ affliction was at
tributed to heart ailment and pa
ralysis.
He was a Master Mason, mem
ber of Fickling Lodge 129. The Ma-
1889, daughter of the late Mr. J. I f ons took P art in the funeral serv-
W. Harp and the late Mrs. Amanda * ce d * d Bev - Jack Ayers of the
B. Harp in Macon county. She had ! Junction City Baptist church and
been a resident of that county and| Rev - Grier « pastor of the Howard
Reynolds all of her life and had I Met ' hodist church,
enjoyed splendid health until her Pal1 bearers were: Messrs Joe
recent attack which caused alarm Culverhouse, Jim Halstead, Joe
among relatives and friends. She| Brovv,n ’ James Brown and Asbury
was active in civic work; was a i McCants.
past president of the Woman’s Club I . F1< ? ral offering was one of, if not
of her city; and was also active
in U.D.C. and in the Ladies Bible
Class of the Reynolds Methodist
church.
She was a devout member of the
Methodist church of her home
city for many years.
Besides the devoted husband,
Mrs. Joiner, is survived by a daugh
ter, Mrs. George DeLoaeh of Akin,
S. C., and two sons, . Lt. Tommy
Joiner of Ft. Benning and Mr. Jas.
W. Joiner, Reynolds: two sisters,
Mrs. A. C. Blount of Chattahoochee
Fla.; Mrs. Algie Flowers, Reynolds;
also four grandchildren.
Funeral services for the deceased
were conducted in the Reynolds
Methodist church Tuesday, 3 p. m.
Impressive service was in charge
of her pastor, Rev. Charles Hillis,
assisted by Eld. John Mangham a
life-long friend of the family.
Interment was ,in the family lot
Hill Crest cemetery,' these services
being atttended by a large gather
ing of friends from Taylor and ad
joining counties and from other
sections of the state.
Pallbearers were:
Thompson, R. C. Brooks, Lewis
Hicks, Edgar Scarbrough, Howard
Neisler, Cleveland Harp, I. P. Cox
and Robert Bell Jr.
son of the late Mr. Sampel B. Ed
wards and Mrs. Davlean Edwards
Mr. Edwards was the husband of P f Butlers oldest citizens, died at
his home here Tuesday, 10 a. m.
He had been in declinig health
for some time.
Mr. Mathews was born in Craw
ford county, July 19, 1872, son of the
late Mr. Thos. F. and Mrs. Kathe
rine Peterman Mathews. In early
life he united with the Methddist
church in Crawford county and
later transferred his membership
to the local Methodist church
where he had been a faithful
member for more than 50 years.
For many years, he served as Sun
day School Superintendent and
later as Secretary-Treasurer of the
Sunday School. At the time of his
death Mr. Mathews was an honor
ary stewart of the church and was
serving as a member of the Board
of Trustees.
Funeral for the deceased was
conducted at the local Methodist
church Wednesday — yesterday —
the largest, ever seen in Howard.
Edwards Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements. Brothers
of the National Hunters Associa
tion were honorary pall bearers.
Surviving Mr. Edwards is one
daughter and four sons, to-wit:
Mrs. R. L. Barnes, Jr., Messrs S. B '. ! aft . ernoon at 4o’clock. Rev. Ted
Edwards, James Edwards, William • Gr ner ’ P ast or, was in charge. He
T. Edwards and Johnny M. Ed- ™ as ^ R<?V , i am » S
wards. Survivors also include one ! Carmichael pastor of the Butler
sister who resides in Texas.
Baptist church and Rev. Charles
j Cunningham, pastor of the Church
j of the Nazarene of Butler, Mrs. J.
I A. Gibson in charge of music. In
terment was in the local ceme
tery.
Active paillbearers were Messrs
Jordan Giles, Frank Riley, Wanza
Hortman, Vernon Reddish, Jim A.
Gibson, T. E. Tante, L. P. Anthony
Funeral services for Mr. Ira Eu-jand Walter Suggs,
gene Rodgers took place at Turners | Honorary pallbearers included:
Chapel Freewill Baptist church Dr - Eli Garrett, Sims Garrett, H. H 1 .
near town Friday afternoon. | Riley, Thelmon Jarrell, T. B. Joiner
C. E. Benns, Sr. Charles Benns Jr.,
Funeral Services Friday
At Turners Chapel Church
For Mr. Ira Rodgers
Mr. Rodgers died at his home in
Columbus July 24th, climaxing an
illness of about two months.
The deceased was born in Mus
cogee county May 20, 1899, son of
Messrs Jack ^ Iate Mr p L - Rod ^ rs and J ate
Mrs. Davis Rodgers. He moved to
this county with his parents in
early life and returned to Colum
bus later where he was employed
„ , , , t, , TI . .as a carpenter. For the past 15
?? ddard Rl l 1 l er P™ J d P me WaS in | years he had been employed as a
cabinet maker in Columbus.
In early life Mr. Rodgers united
with the Freewill Baptist church
charge of arrangements.
Acreage Reserve
Agreement Payments
To End This Week
Hon. Garland Byrd
Is Guest Speaker at
Sylvester Kiwanis Club
Montezuma Girl,
The local ASC Office announces
that payments for cotton placed in
the acreage Reserve Program are
expected to be • completed this
week. The bulk of the payments
were made in June, but suspensions
due to incomplete inspection re
ports of designated acreage placed
in the program has delayed com
pletion of the payments.
According to Roy F. Jones, Office
manager, farmers in this county
were paid $100,740.50 for 1,8072
came
course of their visit they usually | Sunday for Gail Cothran, nine-year acres of cotton placed in the soil
pet around to see some of their \ 0 id Montezuma girl, who had been Bank. A total of 203 farmers par-
old friends and that is where we suffering from acute leukemia ticipated, placing 26 per cent of
come in. For occasionally they | since last November. the total cotton allotment for the
drop in at the Herald Office to say | a fund was started recently by county in the Acreage Reserve Pro-
hello to the office force. ; Montezuma and Macon county citi- gram.
zens to assist the girl in her battle The Acreage Reserve, a part of
— against the dread diseas. Stores in The Soil Bank Program, is designed
1 Montezuma, Oglethorpe, Ideal and to reduce the vast surplus of cer-
i Marshallville were collection points Tain agricultural commodities by
I ;, n the drive. j making payments to farmers who
The child moved to Montezuma | reduce planted acreages,
with her parents from Plant City,
Widow of Former
Georgia Chief Justice
Died Sunday in Crash
Sylvester, Ga.—“We should all
take pride in the leadership of
Senators Dick Russell and* Herman
Talmadge in the civil rights de
bate” Hon. Garland Byrd told the
Sylvester Kiwanis Club at a recent
meeting. “Each of us should pledge
ourselves to work in a calm and
lawful way for the preservation of
state rights,” he said.
Mr. Byrd, a prominent attorney,
businessman, and farmer, who is
president of the Young Democrats , #
of Georgia, was featured speaker at ; EflUIDltlCtlf
the Kiwanis meeting. I ^
Byrd, who is vice president of the
United American Life Insurance Co.
is a former state legislator from
Taylor county and was associated
in an official capacity in the gu
bernatorial administration of Sen.
Talmadge. He is a resident of Rey
nolds.
Walter Butler, Charlie Wright,
Clifford Adams, Lawson Wilson, H.
E. Allen Sr., W. H. Trussell, Rob
Wilson, Tom Fountain, L. L. Min
or, Sr., R. C. Montgomery, I( J. W.
Edwards, I, O. C. Keen Jr., H. L.
Wilchar, E. E. Jarrell, Alfonso
McCrary, Carl Giles.
Mr. Mathews is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Eula Windham
Mathews: two sons, W. M.
Mathews, Sr., of Butler and Dr.
Robert M. Mathews of Knoxville,
Tenn., one daughter, Mrs. W. F.
and maintained membership at l Gra y Sr -> of Butler; seven grand
Turners Chapel church. Officiating {children; five great grand-chil-
at the funeral was Rev. Ward, a! dren ; three brothers, J. C. Mathews
close friend of the deceased who is|°f T’erry; W. A. Mathews of Birm-
a minister of the Assembly of God lingham; W. P. Mathews of Florala,
Church in Columbus. Assisting was ! Ala -; three sisters, Mrs. F. L.
Elder W. R. Lawhorn of Butler. i n -' Bacham . Mrs - B - L - Andrews and
terment was in Turners Chapel j Mrs ; w - F - Andrews all of Roberta
cemtery. Nephews of the deceased j bes ides a number of nieces and
served as pall bearers.
Mr. Rodgers is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Lula Moore Rodgers,
and one son, Mr. Floyd Rodgers of
Columbus; and three brothers,
Messrs Paul Rodgers, Moultrie, J.B.
and R. C. Rodgers of this county;
and one sister, Mrs. C. G. Wain-
wright of Butler.
nephews.
Gardner Watson Funeral Home
of Montezuma in charge of arrange
ments.
Peach Shipments This
Season Fall Below
Normal Fruit Crop
Is Being Added to
Byrd-Jarrell Gin
Revival at Charing
Methodist Church
Will Begin Monday
Revival services will be in prog
ress at Charing Meihodist church
next week with the pastor, Rev.
Tegler Greer, in charge of the two
services each day.
Everyone is cordially invited to
wick, July 28—Mrs. Chas.
55, widow of a former chief
of ’ the Georgia Supreme
vas killed when two cars
in the ' rain on a curve
unswick.
i county patrolmen S. D.
nd W. E. Haynes said Mrs.
f Atlanta, was in a car
by Mrs. Hugh Dobbs of At-
Mrs. Reid was killed and
,bbs and two persons in the
car injured, the officers
Fla., only four weeks ago. She had All flay SiflOilin 3t Mftllk
been hospitalized several times MM 01 1*101111
since last January.
Home Coming Day
New Prospect Church
Sunday, August 4th
The first Sunday in August is
Home Coming Day with an all-day
singing at New Prospect Freewill
Baptist Church. Everyone is ex
tended a cordial invitation to at
tend. Basket dinner will be
served at the noon hour.
Sunday, August 4th
The annual all-day singing at
Mauk is announced for Sunday,
Aug. 4th at the Mauk school build
ing.
Singing will begin promptly at
10:30 a. m.
Basket lunch will be served at
the noon hour.
Everyone is extended a cordial
invitation to come out and enjoy
an entire day of splendid gospel
singing.
You are requested to make plans
now, to attend and enjoy the day.
j Georgia packers this week are ap-
|L r °? Chin i ! h n Cl °f ° f a shipp | a ® | fossage * of^linL
j season that has been among the
I most unpredictable in this state’s
i long history of peach shipments.
It was generally agreed by the
industry that the yield of early va
The Byrd-Jarrell Gin at Butler is
now undergoing a complete over- ; attend the meeting next week at
haul job by Lumus Gin Manufac-|the Charing church. Hours of wor-
turing Company representatives in iship are 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
preparation for the cotton crop this;Monday thru Friday, with the
fall. pastor bringing the messages.
In addition to the repair work Sunday will be regular preach-
being done to this gin a new'ing at the Charing church and the
Lumus Lint Comber is being add- J pastor will occupy the pulpit at
ed. Purpose for this new equip- '11:30 a. m.
ment is to comb the cotton and j
clean out the trash, thereby giving
better sample and a minimum
The Byrd-Jarrell ginnery, for
merly owned and operated by the
late J. T. Cochran, is under the
management of Mr. Wilson Jar-
rieties would be lighter than usual reR-
due to the mild winter, which in
terfered with the normal dormant
period of the trees. However, most
growers and packers expected that
later varieties would have a more
normal yield, and that total ship
ments would exceed those of 1956
by a comfortable margin. While no
final count will be possible for sev
eral weeks, it is certain, the USDA
said, that this year’s shipment will
instead fall several hundred cars
short of the 2,700 cars or carlot
equivalent shipped a year ago.
Girl's Trio from Nazarene
College Coming to Local
Church on August 8th
There will be a special service at
Mr. Jarrell states that Mr. Crum j the Church of the Nazarene on
Shehee, well known Taylor county ] Thursday, Aug. 8th, 8 p. m.
farmer, and at present an ir.sur- At this time a girl’s trio from
ance agent, will be connected with the Nazarene College, Nashville,
the local ginnery and warehouse , Tenn., will be visitors to the local
during the forthcoming fall season.! church of the Nazarene. These
In fact Mr. Shehee will assume his | ladies will render a musical pro-
new duties within the next few gra m and give some interesting
days. ! facts about our denominational
Mr. Jarrell anticipates a good j college,
cotton crop this year and with j Every one cordially invited to
better gin equipment he hopes to attend this meeting and enjoy the
obtain the highest prevailing mar
ket price for this season.
program.
Church of the Nazarene.