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^ Georgia,,
and The Butler Herald
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1965
Better Newspaper
Contests
Vol. 89 .No. 36
Sooth Main St. P.0. Box 577
Botlar, Georgia 31006
Friday, Sopt. 9, 1966
Prico • Tor Coats
Reynolds Methodists
Plan Lay Mission Meet
The Reynolds Methodist
Church announces final plans
for a lay witness mission this
weekend, Sept. 9-11. The sche
dule includes a fellowship sup
per for Friday evening, infor
mal morning coffee groups,
noon hour luncheons for both
men and women and evening
worship on Saturday.
Climaxing the program, will
be a visiting layman speaking
at the morning worship hour on
Sunday. Dr. Ed Dallas of Thom
as ton and Roger Coleman of
Macon are coordinating the ef
fort along with several other
laymen who will be staying in
Billy Amos Says
Industry Plans
Are Being Made
W. C. (Billy) Amos, Mayor
of Butler and candidate for
the office of Representative
from Taylor and Marion Coun
ties in the forthcoming Demo
cratic Primary made the fol
lowing comments on the pos
sibility of industry moving to
Butler.
"I have been working dili
gently with several prospects
who have expressed a desire
to locate their industrial plants
in Butler. I have not published
this fact for what seemed to
me to be good and sufficient
reasons:
(1) The prospective business
es themselves have requested
that no publicity be given their
inquiries as to locating in But
ler.
(2) Acquiring an industry in
a community is a very compe
titive business. All cities, towns
and communities are on the
lookout for prospects. 1 felt
to publish the name of any
prospect Butler might have
would be giving a lead to our
competitive towns or communi
ties and lessen our chances of
persuading them to locate in
our area.
(3) I personally prefer to
accomplish something and then
publish the fact rather than talk
about something that is not cer
tain or that 1 wish would happen.
“Naturally, I would appre
ciate the support of the voters
of this 57th District but I will
not jeopardize their possibili
ties of obtaining an industry
by betraying any confidence or
taking any chance. I do feel
that the 57th District is very
close to obtaining a manufac
turing plant but until it is a
fact, I do not wish to take any
risk of scaring them away by
publicity to further my per
sonal ambition."
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Callaway for Governor
“BO" ON THE GO—Congressman Howard H. (Bo) Callaway,
candidate for governor on the Republican ticket in the General
Election in November, visited in Butler last Friday when his
bus was parked at the Courthouse Square. Callaway arrived
around 4;15 p.m.
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the community and sharing in
the leadership of the weekend
mission. Donald Whatley of
Reynolds heads the local plan
ning committee.
The main features on the
weekend schedule are as fol
lows:
Friday, 6:45 p.m. - Covered
dish fellowship supper followed
by the evening program; Satur
day, 10 a.m. - Coffee groups
in several homes; Saturday,
12 noon - Men's luncheon at
Flint EMC, Ladies luncheon at
church; Saturday, 8 p.m. - Eve
ning program; Sunday, 10 a.m.-
Visiting laymen will speak to
youth and adult classes; Sunday,
11 a.m. - Dr. Ed Dallas speaks
at morning service; Sunday,
7:30 p.m. - Evaluation during
evening service.
The Lay Witness Mission is
the name Methodists have given
to its version of a movement
underway for some time now in
many denominations which re
captures the New Testament’s
emphasis on the importance of
a layman’s witness for Christ.
In the context of the scheduled
activities of the mission, lay
men talk together about their
greatest needs and about their
faith in the vital issues of life.
This form of evangelism is
centered in the sharing of the
presence and power of God
through the heart and life of
committed persons and not in
money, love-offerings or high
pressure propositions. One of
the basic assumptions of the
mission is that “before a man
really surrenders himself to
Christ he must meet someone
who is totally surrendered to
Christ”. The lay witness mis
sion is a new and vital part of
the evangelistic program of the
Southeastern Jurisdiction of
Methodism and has been offi
cially adopted by that body.
Other members of the local
planning committee for the mis
sion include the following:
Housing-Ola Hicks; food -
Frances Smith; attendance -
Naia Goddard; coffee hos-
tesses-Mary Halley; welcome-
Mary Lou Van Landingham;
transportation-Holmes Harri
son; publicity-Tegler Greer;
correspondence-Hazel What
ley; prayer-Ray Brewer; liter-
aturejDarw^n^iorders^^
Please Pick Up
1966 Yearbooks
Some of the 1966 Taylor Coun
ty High School Yearbooks that
were ordered and a deposit
paid on them have not been
picked up by the owners. Would
those that have a deposit paid
on a yearbook that has not been
received, please go by the High
School and get them at any time
during school hours.
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Political Campaigns
Gain Momentum With
6 Days Before Election
PROMOTED-Left to right: Maj. Gen. Walter
B. Richardson, center commander, pins silver
leaves on newly promoted Lt. Col. David L.
Beason, chief of the optometry section, U. S.
Army Hospital Specialized Treatment Center.
He is assisted by Mrs. Beason.
Barrow Family
Meets In Macon;
Taylor Natives
The family of Mrs. L. T. Bar-
row of Macon held a reunion
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Barrow in Macon on
Saturday, Aug. 27. Mrs. Barrow
and the late Mr. Barrow were
formerly of Reynolds where all
the children of the couple were
born and reared.
Those present were Mrs.
Barrow, Mrs.Louise Reid and
Miss Anne Reid of Macon, Mr.
and Mrs. B. B. Tbrner of Thom-
aston, Mr. and Mrs. Bailey
Turner, Cindy and Leslie, of
Atlanta, Mrs. Lewis Minor,
Tippi, Donna and Jimmy, of
Butler.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Parrish
of Tallahassee, Fla., Mr. and
Mrs- Bobby Parrish of Augus
ta, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Barrow, Pam, Jan and Jim of
Macon.
Reynolds PTA
Meeting Set For
Monday Night
The first meeting of the Rey
nolds Elementary Parents -
Teachers Association is plan
ned for the evening of Sept.
12, beginning at 7:30 in the
School Building. All those per
sons who are interested in the
improvement of the school are
invited to attend, join the PTA,
and help to make this the very
best year yet for the Reynolds
School.
Swearingen Is
Named To The
GSC Deans List
Edward Hicks Swearingen has
been named to the Deans List
at Georgia Southwestern Col
lege for the summer quarter,
according to an announcement
this week by Dean John W. Teel.
To attain this honor, a student
must have earned credit in at
least three academic courses
(normal load) and must have
received an average grade of
3.20 or higher.
Edward is the son of Mr.
Ed Swearingen and the late
Mrs. Anne Swearingen of Rey
nolds. He attended Reynolds
High School and graduated from
Fort Valley High School in 1966.
Beason Is Promoted
To Lt. Col. At Gordon
Lt. Col. David L. Beason,
chief of the optometry section,
U.S. Army Hospital Specialized
Treatment Center, was pro
moted to his present rank in
ceremonies here last week. He
Taylor County
PTA To Meet
Monday Night
The first meeting of the Tay
lor County Parents-Teachers
Association will be held in the
Taylor County High School Caf
eteria, Monday night, at 8 p.m.
with Mrs. Herman Hill pre
siding. The teachers of the
school will be introduced and
plans announced for the year.
An executive committee
meeting will be held Thursday
afternoon at 3:30 p.m. in the
High School Library to com
plete plans for the meeting.
In meetings prior to this time,
work has been done toward
making this the best year yet
and further planning is expected
to be done at this time.
Byrd Answers
Atlanta Editorial
The following statement was
issued today by Garland T.
Byrd, candidate for Governor.
The editorial, “Mr. Byrd
Lays an Egg”, in the Atlanta
Constitution of Friday, Sept.
2, very kindly calls attention
to my efforts to save the peo
ple of Georgia from forced
submission to the illegal direc
tives being issued by the feder
al government to our local
school systems.
These efforts were success
ful in Taylor County, and 1
feel sure that other Georgia
counties would like to be in
the same position. When I am
Governor, 1 shall see that ALL
Georgia school systems have
the same “egg” laid for them.
Byrd Eggs are particularly
desirable this year, and much
in demand. Some other Byrd
Eggs, which the newspaper fail
ed to mention, are a minimum
starting salary of $5,200 per
year for teachers; reduction in
price of passenger and pickup
truck automobile tage; a State
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received the silver leaves from
Maj. Gen. Walter B. Richard
son, center commanding gen
eral.
Col. Beason has been chief
of the optometry section since
May 1963, when he arrived at
Ft. Gordon from William Beau
mont General Hospital in El
Paso, Tex.
A native of Butler, Ga., Col.
Beason first entered the ser
vice in August 1941, four months
before the Pearl Harbor bomb
ing. He is the son of Mrs.
Lewis Beason and the late Dr.
Beason.
Djring World War II he ser
ved as an enlisted man in the
South Pacific with the 43rd
Bomb Group, U. S. Army
Air Corps. Upon recall to ac
tive duty in April 1950, he was
commissioned a second lieute
nant in the Army.
Col. and Mrs. Beason live
at 1109 River Ridge Drive in
Augusta.
Did You Miss A
Birthday Calendar
Anyone who did not receive
a Birthday Calendar or who
received one that is in error,
please contact the Taylor Coun
ty High School and the com
mittee will be happy to correct
the error.
Goodner Attends
Griffin Field
Trials Meeting
The Flint River Field Trials
were held in Griffin last Satur
day morning. Mr. Date Goodner
attended the event and entered
two of his beagles in the com
petition. The two made a good
showing in the field, placing
third and fourth in class among
thirteen being shown.
Sales Rising
Retail sales in Georgia dur
ing the second quarter of 1966
totaled $2,018,899,600 as com
pared to $1,836,404,671 during
the second quarter of 1965, a
Georgia State Chamber of Com
merce survey showed today.
The business volume in Tay
lor County totaled $3,188,000
in the second quarter of 1966
as against $3,019,451 during the
same period in 1965.
Campaigning is at fever pitch
as the time draws near for the
Democratic Primary to be held
next Wednesday. From the gu
bernatorial race down to the
representative from the small
est district, candidates are
working hard to reach the voting
public with their message of
ASC Election
Set Next Week;
Vote By Mail
The election of the ASC com
munity committee for Taylor
County will be held by mail
during the period Sept. 13-23.
Ballots will be mailed to all
eligible voters on record by
Sept. 13. They must be return
ed to the county office by Sept.
23. Ballots will be counted pub
licly by the incumbent county
committee on Sept. 26, at 1:30
p.m. at the county office.
For each community where
elections are being held, three
regular committee members
and two alternates will be elect
ed. The chairman, vice chair
man, and third regular member
of the elected ASC community
committee will also serve as
delegates to the county conven
tion where farmers will be
elected to fill vacancies on the
ASC county committee, and
where the committee's chair
man and vice chairman will be
chosen for the coming year. The
alternate committeemen will
also serve as alternate dele
gates to the convention. The
county convention will be held
Sept. 30, at 1:30 p.m. at the
Taylor ASCS County Office.
The county committee super
vises the ASCS county office and
is responsible for adminis
tering the price support, acre
age diversion, agricultural con
servation and other programs
in the county. The community
committees assist the county
committee and are particularly
responsible for keeping their
neighbors informed about the
programs.
Generally, a farm owner, te
nant, or sharecropper may vote
in the community committee
election if he is eligible to take
part in one or more of the pro
grams administered by the ASC
committees. Eligibility to vote
or to hold office as a commit
teeman is not restricted by rea
son of race, color, creed or
national origin. Questions on
eligibility to vote and hold of
fice, or on the election proce
dure, will be settled by the in
cumbent community committee.
Appeals from such decisions
may be made promptly to the
county committee and to the
State Committee.
Qualifications of persons eli
gible to hold office as commit
teemen include eligibility to
vote in the election and being
a local resident. It is also high
ly desirable that nominees be
currently active farmers who
are qualified for community
committee work and who will
be representative of the various
sections and types of agricul
ture in the community. Further
information on committeeman
qualifications may be obtained
from the ASCS county office.
what they intend to do if elected
to the office they seek.
On the home front, four can
didates from Taylor County are
offering for positions in the
state government. Garland T.
Byrd offers in the governor’s
race against five other candi
dates. Walter Wainwright seeks
the position of State Senator
from the 17th District. He is
opposed by only one other can
didate. In the race for Repre
sentative from the 57th Dis
trict, Billy Amos and Ward
Edwards will face each other
in the Primary.
Mr. Byrd, well known lawyer
and businessman from this
county, is opposed by Ellis Ar-
nall, Jimmy Carter, Lester
Maddox, James Gray and Hoke
O’Kelley. Mr. Byrd has had
experience in the State House
of Representatives, the State
Senate, as well as serving as
Lieutenant Governor for a term.
Arnall has served one term
as governor, Carter is known
Cotton Causes
Georgia Problems
Most of you who read this
article are most likely aware
that for the past five or six
years Georgia has rapidly given
up its place in the sale of
merchantable cotton. This is not
due to the fact that the grade
and staple of the cotton has been
inferior. The entire trouble lies
in the fact that the fiber strength
is weak. Our neighbor cotton
producing states grow cotton
measured in breaking pounds
from 80,000 to 95,000 pounds.
Our Georgia cotton runs a low
break of from 65,000 pounds to
a high of 78,000 pounds. The
normal requirement of practi
cally all the cotton mills is
80,000 pounds, minimum. Con
sequently, our cotton is not
wanted. Cotton is shipped in and
trucked in from other states
by the thousands of bales to our
Georgia mills
Here are some of the rea
sons I myself, and other cot
ton and mill men believe to
be a factor in the strength of
our cotton: (1) Defoliation: Cot
ton should not be defoliated too
early. Most likely the bolls
on the lower half of the stalk
are matured, but the upper half
of the stalk has bolls on it
that have not fully matured and
defoliation retards or stops the
growth of these bolls and gives
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best for his work in the Gen
eral Assembly, Gray who is the
only candidate not a native
Georgian is an Albany news
paperman, Maddox has made
headlines as a businessman and
is well known throughout the
state while O’ Kelley is possibly
the only man in Georgia his
tory to ever make five efforts
to capture the gubernatorial
title. Mr. O’Kelley is a lawyer
with an educational background
few people can boast.
Mr. Wainwright is seeking the
Senate office from the 17th Dis
trict and is opposed by John T.
McKenzie of Montezuma. One of
these men will represent the
counties of Taylor, Schley, Up
son, Harris, Talbot, Macon and
Marion. A peach grower and
packer, Wainwright has exten
sive farming interests as well
as car dealerships in the area.
In the Amos-Edwards race,
both men are natives of Taylor
County, both make their home
in Butler where they are busi
nessmen and members of the
Butler Methodist Church. Mr.
Amos is presently mayor of
Butler and has worked toward
obtaining industry and other im
provements for the city. He is
active in both the Butler Lions
Club and the Taylor County
Jaycees and a member and of
ficer of the Parent-Teacher
Association.
Mr. Edwards has worked at
the state level of government
as liaison officer of the State
Highway Department and a
member of the Lieutenant Gov
ernor’s staff. He is a veteran
of the Korean War and works
in the American Legion and
VFW organizations. He too is
interested in obtaining indus
try for the area.
In another race of vital in
terest to our people, Jack
Brinkley, Erie Cocke and C.
E. Walker have qualified for
the race to succeed Howard
“Bo” Callaway as Representa
tive from the Third District.
Ordination Meet
Set For Sunday
The Butler Baptist Church
extends an invitation to ordain
ed deacons and ministers of
Missionary Baptist Churches
to compose the ordination pres
bytery of Bro. J. R. Griggs
as deacon this Sunday at 4
p.m. The ordination is to oc
cur the following Sunday.
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CAPT. ANDERSON
FISHERMEN - Frank Riley, Bobby Peed and Marvin
Peed joined a group in Panama City, Fla., for a fishing
trip aboard the Captain Anderson last week. The group
reported no big catches but did bring home some fish.
NOBODY VOTES IN MY TOWN - WHAT ABOUT IN YOURS?
BY 87776
It is election day. Much is at stake in my state. But most
of my town’s 4,700 inhabitants are chronic misfits who couldn't
care less. Still, they are quick to argue politics. And, because
time seems longer, tempers are shorter In my town. Therefore
such arguments are more apt to end In mayhem where 1 live.
The name of my town Is Southern Michigan Prison.
Even as breakfast is served, a young murderer and a middle-
aged burglar come close to blows In a debate on the abilities
of Governor Romney. An alert guard breaks it up just in time.
The burglar is serving his fifth term in my town. 1 know
him well. So, after he cools off, I needle him a bit, saying “1
take lt you voted for Romney.”
“You kiddin'?" he said. “I never voted in my life. 1 got
sense enough to know no matter who’s elected, the best John
Q. Public’s gonna get Is the worst of lt. The heck with votin’I”
That’s seditious philosophy, isn’t lt? “The heck with votin’I’’
means down with democracy, your country, your government and,
consequently, every home (where government really begins) in
the land.
Yet, I’ve voiced such sedition myself. It came out something
like this; “Couldn’t make it to the polls. I had other things
to do on election day.’’ The reflection lures me into deep con
cern and holds me down with this hard and heavy fact: I am
stripped of my voting rights for many elections to come. What
I feel leaves no room for self-esteem.
I begin to wonder how my fellow Inmates feel about not
being allowed to vote. Later, I Interview nearly 300 of them.
Almost 90% merely shrug or otherwise indicate lack of con
cern. Eighty individuals admit that they’d never votedl (Could
the deeds that landed us here be germane to such disregard for
democracy?) Consider three responses to the question; “Did
you vote regularly when you were free?”
Gambling syndicate underling (age 33, serving 5-10 years):
“The organization always saw to it that I voted; even told me
who to vote for.”
Alcoholic (doing 1-2 for non-support): “They’d let us off
work in time to make it to the polls, all right. But I’d stop
at a buddy’s house to talk the election over. There’d be a bottle
or two around. And somehow, before 1 considered all the issues
and candidates and decided who’d get my vote, It was either
too late or 1 was too loaded to care any more.”
Vote fraud fall-guy (age 72, serving 1 1/2-2 years): “Election
days was gravy days for me. I alwayz voted. Got five bucks
a ballot. Sometimes, I made fifty-five, sixty dollars."
As for me—well, it’s occasionally difficult to face the mirror
of patriotism and like what you see. Instead of voting, I’ve
often gone hunting or fishing; attended to selfish matters of
assorted kinds. Indeed I’ve leaped on every lame excuse in
the American voters’book. But the future will offer opportunities
to prove my determination never again to skip a chance to vote.
In the meantime, what about you?
Like many other sheer blessings in America’s full-fashioned
freedon, the privilege of voting is never completely appreciated
until it Is lost. I know. So 1 must agree with the immigrant
who said, "Americans don’t adequately appreciate their system
of government because they don’t unerstand what it ain’t.”
However, our Star Spangled Banner waves best when every
thread is intact. Similarly, the government lt represents needs
every vote.
But nobody votes in my town. Nobody may.
What could be worse, patriotically?
Only your town, where every adult may vote...and you don’t I
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Be sure this election day, YOU are not one of those indifferent,
unconcerned citizens who will fail to vote. Do you care enough
about Georgia and about America to vote the way your own con
science dictates ?