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The Butler Herald
‘’KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 85
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1960
NUMBER 4
Young Sailor Found Slain Near Butler
Early Wednesday; Investigating Officers
Have Made no Arrests Up to This Time
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Funeral Services for
Mrs. Blannie Rife
Held Here Sunday
Body .... Gej—^ty
Lane Cla, r.. • Faso, Tex.,
On Leave from Charleston.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
agents am cl police here apparently
'have run into a blind alley in their
attempt to solve the death of a
Texas sailor found shot near here
Oct. 19th.
The dead man was 21 year old
Richard Lane Clark of El Paso,
Tex., who was on leave from
Charleston, S. C.
The body was found by a motor
ist beside the road. The road was
a temporary detour on U.S. High
way 90.
Bullets wounds were found in the
man’s head and chest, police said.
Where Clark’s death occurred,
and who may have committed the
crime have police baffled so taT
Indications are that Clark may
have been headed west.
Local Communities
Pay Large Portion
Of School Taxes
* aylor County
Ladies Attend
Clothing Course
Six Taylor County H. D.
Funeral services for Mrs. Blannie
Brewer Rife of Macon who died Fri
day night were conducted at the
residence of Mrs. B. J. Byrd in
Butler Sunday, 3 p. m.
Rev. Ted Griner and Rev. Walter
Club jR. Doggrell officiated. Interment
members and the Home Demon- was in the Bethel cemetery near
Mrs. Walter Purvis
Died at Albany
Wednesday P. M.
stration Agent attended a Clothing
Leader Training Meeting in Ma
con at the Singer Sewing Machine
Co.
Those attending were Mrs. Ben
Neisler, Mrs. Bert Wheeler, Mrs.
Z. R. McCorkle. Mrs. C. O. White,
Mrs. A. B. Floyd, Mrs. Robert Wil
son and Mrs. Kenneth Barrow.
The first day upon arrival the
leaders were given their book
"Getting the Most Out of Your i member of the
Sewing,” “A Training Program for i church.
town.
Pallbearers were Willie D.
Godwin, Hollis E. Brewer, William
Barbour, T. D. Culpepper, Walter
Jarrel and Bill Guy.
A native of Taylor county, Mrs.
Rife was the daughter of the late
Joseph R. Brewer and the late
Mary Turner Brewer. She had lived
in Macon for 22 years, moving
j to that city from Butler. She was a
Butler Methodist
4-H clothing leaders. It was their
guide for the two days. Each step
was demonstrated and time was
given each lady to complete the
things shown.
The course included Steps in
teaching Beginners 4-H Clothing
members; adjustment and care of
machme. machine adjustments for
various weights and thicknesses of
fabrics and machine attachments.
Mattie M. Mims, President,
Taylor Education Association
In the typical community in the
United States, more chan half the
money to finance public schools
comes from the locality. In may
other respects as well, the local
community is far more important
in its relation to schools than is
true in other nations. People in the
local community like to have a
substantial say as to how their
schools shall be run. Accordingly,
the state usually delegates much
of the management of schools to
the locality. Adaptation to local
conditions and needs is possible.
Experimentation is encouraged. In
novations which succeed spread to
other communities. All of these
factors encourage local interest,
and initiative which are basic in
the unique systems of public edu
cation in the United States.
In many communities, extreme
variations in property valuations
per pupil sharply limit the percent
of the local school budget which
the property tax can support.
The states differ widely as to the
per cent ofschool revenue coming
from the property tax.
In nearly all states and localities
there are certain reforms which
should be made in the way the lo
cal property tax is administered.
These reforms are essential if this
tax is to be levied ina way which
is fair to the tax payer and ade
quate in raising the share of school
costs it is expected to finance.
Uniform and Expert Assessment
of Property
Assessments frequently do not
keep pace with actual or full value
of property. Great inequalities ex
ist in assessment of individual
properties in a given locality. Al
so the typical ration of assessed
value to real value of property
varies according to the kind of
property. A recent study of average
practice in 48 of the states shows
that residential property was as
sessed for taxation at from 6.1 per
cent of its sale value in one state
to 61 per cent of its value in an
other. For five types of property
the ranges were:
Residential property, 6 to 61
per cent.
Acreage and farm, 7 to 49 per
cent.
Vacant lots. 5 to 58 Der cent.
Commercial. 12 to 79 per cent.
Industrial. 18 to 79 per cent.
A major reform needed in near
ly all states is to get property as
sessed at full value, or in any case
' to get it assessed on an equalized
basis, so that parcels of proDertv of
the same real value are assessed at
the same amount.
Education in Tavlor count'- is fi
nanced at a starvation level! Proo-
ertv in this cmmtv is assessed at
l?i ner cent of its value. A uniform
and expert assessment of property
is needed — not an increase in
millage.
CARD OF THANKS
To my many friends who so
kindly gave their contributions to
the Dewey Johnson Fund. I’d like
to thank each and every one.
May God’s richest blessings rest
upon each and every one of you.
Dewey Johnson & Family.
Taylor Countians
Win Places in Fairs
Surviving are her husband, Bert
R. Rife. Macon; a brother, James H.
Brewer, Reynolds, seven sisters,
Mrs. B. J. Byrd, Butler; Mrs. J. B.
Goodwin. Butler; Miss Clyde Brew
er, Reynolds; Miss Ouida Brewer,
Atlanta; Mrs. Celeste Brewer, St.
Petersburg; Mrs. Ruby Brewer, St.
Augustine, and Mrs. Virginia
Brewer, Reynolds.
Man Turns up Alive
Three Weeks After
His Own “Funeral”
Now that Fair time is over, you
may like to take a look at the
places won by Taylor county la
dies.
Revival Services Local Baptist Church
To Begin Sunday Morning November 6
And Continue Through Friday, Nov. 11
Buchanan, Ga. — A 33 year old
Tallapoosa welder, whose funeral
was conducted three weeks ago,
turned up alive Sunday and was
In the West Central Georgia Fair I jailed on a charge of murder,
places won are: Mrs. Frank Calla- ! The welder, B. J. Austin, was
han, plain loaf cake, 2nd place,
candy (fudge and divinity) 2nd
place, fruit pie, 1st place. Shelby
Jean Childres: Preserve exhibit, 1st
place. Mrs. Gorman Jarrell :Canned
fruit, 3rd place; jelly exhibit, 3rd ,
place; fruit juice exhibit, 2nd
place; pecans, 3rd place; candy
(fudge and divinity) 1st place.
Linda Jarrell: Tomato exhibit, 2nd
place; fruit exhibit, 1st place; rel
ish exhibit, 2nd place. Mary Edith
Jarrell: Fruit juice exhibit, 2nd
place; jelly exhibit, 2nd place, cu
cumber pickle, 2nd place. Pam
Montgomery: Kitchen apron, 1st
place. Marie Neisler: Household
acessories, 1st place; Mrs. Z. R. Mc
Corkle: Layer cake, 1st place, can
dy. 3rd place; -fruit pie, 2nd place.
Dondra Peed; Pajamas, 2nd place.
In the Chattahoochee Valley
Fair, Merita Barrow: Skirt, 4th
place. Betty Gee: Vegetable exhibit
4th place; cucumber pickle, 2nd
place; wool dress, 4th place, pa
jamas, 1st place; stencil cloth, 2nd
place. Mrs. T. B. Green, serving
tray, 3rd place. Mrs. Martin Harris
footstool, 3rd place. Mrs. Gorman
Jarrell: Jelly exhibit, 4th place;
relishes, 3rd place. Mary Edith Jar
rell; fruit juice exhibit, 3rd place,
jam exhibit, 2nd place; jelly ex
hibit, 3rd place; wooden article,
4th place. Linda Jarrell: Fruit ex
hibit, 4th place. Betty Ann Peed:
dress, 9th place. Dondra Peed:
Dress, 5th place. Janice Peed:
skirt, 9th place; dress, 9th place,
Taylor County H-D Council; 5th
place, Taylof County 4-H Council,
7th place.
ELIZABETH WICKER,
County H-D Agent.
Rev. Culpepper
Will Preach in Macon
Revival Next Week
Rev. Virgil Culpepper pastor of
Reynolds Methodist church will
preach at the South Side Methodist
church in Macon each evening
next week — Oct. 30 thru Nov. 4.
Rev. Culpepper will assist
Rev. Emmett Roberts, the pastor
of the South Side church.
held without bail in connection
with the death of an unidentified
man who was found burned be
yond recognition in Austin’s sta
tion wagon Sept. 29.
The man originally was identi
fied as Austin and was buried after
Coroner Russell ruled that his
death was acidental.
The autopsy and Subsequent in
vestigation . showed that the un
known man was “undoubtedly
murdered,” Sol. Gen. Dan Winn
said.
Mrs. Jane Bloodworth
Died at Her Home
Saturday Night
Mrs. Jane Mahalie Bloodworth
died suddenly at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Minnie E. Blood
worth, Saturday at 7 a. m. Her
death was attributed to a heart
ailment.
Mrs. Bloodworth was born in
Taylor County June 3, 1886, the
daughter of Jim Amerson and Jane
Amerson and had made her resi
dence in this county al her life.
Funeral services were conducted
at Mt. Olive church, Taylor Mill,
Sunday at 4 p. m. with Rev. Wm.
Childree, officiating and assisted
by Rev. W. J. Owens. The de
ceased was a member of the Mt.
Olive Baptist church. Interment
was in Mt. Olive cemetery.
Pall bearers included: R. B.
Dent, Jr., Felton Windham, George
Youngblood, Cecil Mclnvale, John
L. Youngblood and Morris Mor
rell.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Minnie E. Bloodworth; a son
Mr. Horace L. Windham and a
brother. Mr. Wm. Riley Amerson.
Goddard Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Missing Banker’s
Body Discovered
Near Cochran
Dr. Bascom Anthony of Macon
District Superintendent, will preach
at the Crowell Methodist church
Wednesday, Oct. 26th, followed by
quarterly conference.
Cordele Airman
Killed in Plane Crash
Sgt. Hardin A. Bailey, 29
Cordele was one of the seven vie
tims when a giant Air Force tanker-
plane crashed on an abandoned
bombing range and exploded short
ly after takeoff at Langley Air
Base, Va.
Mrs. Eldora Weeks Purvis, wife
of Mr. Walter P. Purvis, died in
Albany Oct. 19th at 5:15 p. m. Her
death was attributed to a heart
condition of about fourteen days.
Mrs. Purvis was born June 21,
1894 the daughter of F. M. Weeks
and Mary B. Weeks, in Marion
county and had made her home in
Taylor county approximately all
her life, having moved to Albany
only a few months ago.
Funeral services occurred at Mt.
Nebo church on Oct. 21st at 3:00
p. m. with Eld. Bentley Adams
officiating. The deceased was a
member of Mt. Nebo church. In
terment was in the family lot,
Bloodworth cemetery.
Pall bearers included Harmon
Montgomery, Cliff Clark, Marvin
Purvis, Benny Waller, Lewis Wat
son Jr. and Dave Harbuck, Jr. Hon
orary pall bearers were Dr. C. E.
Whatley, John Pennington, Carroll
Purvis, Lewis Watson Sr., Frank
Oliver, Jake Bell, Aubrey Stewart,
Lester Garrett, Harper Woodall,
Jack Woodall, Junior Welch and
Buford Watson.
Mrs. Purvis is survived by her
husband, five daughters, namely:
Mrs. Louise Montgomery, Mauk;
Mrs. J. R. Brewer, Thomaston; Mrs.
F. E. Posey , Butler; Mrs. Alton
Turner, Albany; Miss Betty Purvis
Albany; four sons, John of Albany;
Milan, Americus; Walter, Denver,
Col.; William Purvis of San Diego
Calif.; two brothers, Jim and John
Weeks; six sisters, Mrs. Mary
Weeks, Miami. Fla.; Mrs. Emmie
Halloway, Gainesville, Fla.; Mrs.
Ruth Chapman and Mrs. R. D. Hall
of Macon; Mrs. Richard Cates, At
lanta; Mrs. Mott Mathis, Phenix
City. Ala.; and several grand and
great grand children.
Edwards Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Upson County Filed
Referendum Petition
On Liquor Issue
Thomaston, Ga. — Counter,
counter petitions may be the se
cret weapon in the hands of the
Upson Board of Legal Control
which has filed a petition calling
for a liquor referendum which was
131 names over the required num
ber.
Speculation has run high as to
what weapon the Legal Control
group may have and a spokes
man for the Upson County Tem
perance League says a member of
that group has seen a counter,
counter petition. Such a petition
presumably would be filed by a
person who signed the Legal Con
trol Group’s petition, then signed
a counter petition for withdrawal
and finally a counter, counter pe
tition to nullify the request for
withdrawal.
City Officials Urge
Voters to Support
Amendment No. Four
Rev. Grammer, of Columbus,
Will be Guest Evangelist
During Series of Services.
Cochran, Ga. — A middle-aged
Cochran banker who vanished Aug.
22 and left behind a shortage of
$240,000 in his institution’s ac
counts was found shot to death in
a lonely abandoned farm shack
eight miles from Cochran. A pistol
was found beside the body with one
bullet discharged.
Sheriff Gus Giddens announced
after aninvectigation of several
hours that Mrs. Taylor Cook had
identified the body as that of her
husband, 49 year old president of
the Cook Banking Co., from cloth
ing and a pair of spectacles.
Cook, who left a note hinting at
suicide and indicating a shortage
in his deposits was the motive, had
been shot in the temple.
Milledgeville Escapee
Captured in Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga. — Cowering in the
darkness underneath a house, a
21 year old convict surrendered
without resistance a few days ago
to face charges of stabbing his
sweet heart to death.
Herman E. Peppers crawled out
meekly when police acting on a
tip shined their flashlights and
orderedhi m to emerge.
He is charged with slaying Mrs
Geraldine Elliott, 19. The youth,
dirty and unshaven, declined to
talk to police about the stabbing
The escapee from a Milledgeville
road camp had been the object of
citywide search after the slaying.
The girl was stabbed eight times
in the chest.
Citizens of Butler, Reynolds and
throughout the county are urged
by Mayor Alfonso McCrary to
“join other Georgians in voting for
progress by voting for Constitu-
tional Amendment No. 4 on Nov.
8th.”
This amendment is the one
which would permit the state to
aid cities and towns.
City governments throughout the
state have adopted resolutions urg
ing passage of the amendment.
Gov. Vandiver, Lt. Gov. Byrd,
House Speaker Smith and Senate
President Pro-tern Carl Sanders are
among state leaders who haye
endorsed the amendment.
The Board of Managers of the
Association of County Commission
ers has endorsed it, as well as
the Associated Industries of Ga.
Mayor McCrary said the amend
ment will write into the Constitu
tion of Georgia a basic principle
of government which has been
missing.
He said that when the amend
ment is passed, leaders of the Ga.
Municipal Association then will
meet with state and legislative of
ficials and with representatives o f
statewide organizations, to work I
out specific legislation.
“In itself,” said Mayor McCrary i
“Amendment No 4 establishes the |
constitutional right of our cities |
and towns to take their proper
place in affairs of government in
Georgia.
It is a recognition of the In
creased responsibility and import
ance which the municipalities now
have. The majority of Georgians
now live within the boundaries of
a city or town, and many more de
pend on the city or town for jobs.
If we are to continue to progress,
we muSf modernize our govern
mental structure.”
No organized opposition has de
veloped to the amendment, which
will be voted on jn the General
Election Nov. 8th, Mayor McCrary
added.
Revival Begins
Friday Night
Revival services will begin at
the Church, Back tothe Cross Re
vival Center, three miles north on
highway 19, Friday (tomorrow)
and continue for about two weeks.
Rev. John Prays, of Barnesville,
and his evangelistic party will
bring the messages in Bible de
liverance and gospel singing. Serv
ices each evening will begin at
7:45 p. m.
You are invited to come.
R. E. BARNETT, Pastor.
Carolina Boy Died
From Rattler Bite
A special series of Evangelistic
Services are planned for the But
ler Baptist church beginning Nov.
61 h and continuing through Nov.
REV. HENRY GRAMMER
11,h. The services will be twice
daily: 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
The visiting evangelist will be
Rev. Henry Grammer, pastor of
Porter Memorial Baptist church in
Columbus.
Rev. Grammer is a native of
of Carson-Newman College and
the New Orleans Seminary. He has
been pastoring Porter Memorial
church for three or four years.
The best in the way of envange-
listic music is being plan d.
These services are being presented
for your spiritual enrienment and
a cordial invitation
to all to attend.
Walter R.
Pastor.
Huge Sum Stolen
From Savannah Bank
Savannah, Ga. — For the sec
ond time in two years, the Garden
City Branch of the First Federal &
Loan Association of Savannah has
lost a large sum of cash to a lone
gunman.
A man wearing a stocking over
his head and brandishing a large
gun held up the branch and es
caped with more than $13,000.
Tom Strozier, branch manager,
said the man, who also wore < hat
nulled low and heavy gloves hand
ed him a sack and ordered him to
fill it up.
is extended
Doggrell,
Butler-Reynolds
Road Work Set
For Late Spring
Paving on the “Old Pebble Road”
between Butler and Reynolds will
likely begin in the late spring,
C L. Gregory, assistant division en
gineer, Ga. Highway Dept, said re
cently.
A public hearing in Butler a few
days ago brought out five persons
but not cne objected to the 10-
mile route, and the highway de
partment planned to turn the plans
over to Taylor County officials for
acquisition of the right of way.
Eight Killed in Traffic
Mishaps Last Weekend
Mrs. Julia
Mrs. Audrey
Idina Pickahr and
Mathews both of
Savannah, Ga. — A 16 year old Montezuma, following a head on
South Carolina boy died in a Sa
vannah hospital the day after he
was bitten by a large rattlesnake
while working in a corn field.
Howard Williams was bitten on
the left leg before noon Saturday
near Hardeeville, S. C. He was
brought to Memorial hospital, Sa
vannah, and died early Sunday.
Relatives said the width of fang
marks on the calf of the boy’s
left leg indicated he was struck
by a “tremendous rattler.”
Williams was working in the
field when the snake bit him.
Know Your School
collision of two automobiles on
U.S. Highway 41, six miles north
of Perry. Mrs. Pickard was reported
killed in the crash and Mrs. Math
ews died several hours later.
Mrs. D. C. Sutton of Rochelle,
was killed in a head on pile up
Saturday near Pitts; Frank Wilson
of Putney was fatally injured in a
two car mishap near Albany and
R. C. King 33, of Tifton was killed
in a headon collision north of Tif
ton.
All told the highway traffic fa
talities for the week end was
placed at eight.
Justice of the Peace
The home coming date has been ( Candidates Named
set for Nov. 18th. Plans have been I
made for a parade in the after- | These persons have qualified for
noon and other activities before Justice of the Peace and Consta-
and after the game. All alumni ble in the Nov. 8th election:
are urged to make plans to at
tend.
Mr. Marchman stressed to the
Student Council members that the
program would be for the students
to carry out without classroom
time taken for the preparation. The
floats will be the work of the stu
dents under the direction of the
sponsors.
As further plans are formulated
they will be announced.
Justice of the Peace
Emory Harris, Butler.
W. M. Hollis, Reynolds
C. D. Lucas, Panhandle
E. M. Gaultney, Carsonville.
W. W. Am n s, Daviston
W. H. Flowers, Jr., Howard.
Carl Turner, Rustin
Julian Cooper, Cedar Creek
Lee Posey, Potterville.
Constable
Ernest Parker, Potterville.