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The Butler Herald
Established in 1876
C. E. BENNS.
-Editor and Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TAYLOR CO.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
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intered at the Post Office at Butler, Ga.
as Mail Matter of Second-Class.
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THURSDAY. APRIL, 4, 1918
- This paper has enlisted
with the government in the
cause of America for the
period of the war
Help the
Government.
The announcement that the next
Liberty Loan will be for $3,000,-
000,000 is a surprise, as most ex
perts were looking for a larger
amount to be .asked. The thing
to do now is for everybody to
hustle around and get the $3,000,-
000,000 subscribed at once, and
then pile up an oversubscription
of that much more.
The government, you see, asks
for only $3,000,000,000 but it
plainly says it can use more if you
will advance it at this time, and.
that oversubscriptions will he tak
en. The opening of the new drive
for money is the anniversary of
our declaration of war, and every
patriotic American should lend
his share as much as he can.
Now, if you can’t buy a bond,
you can always buy a War Sav
ings Stamp, or a Thrift Stamp,
and there is no excuse for any
American not having some of
these. By putting in a quarter or
or so at a time and getting others
to do the same, the sum which the
government will get is enough to
help and you can spare a quarter
almost any time. Let us all do
better in the matter of War Sav
ing Stamps, and let the govern
ment know that the monev of
the people is ready for its call.
A list of the things which the sol
diers in France can buy follows:
Biscuits, books, brushes, bouil-
ion, candies, candles, canned
goods, holiday cards, chewing
gum, chocolate, cigarettes, cigars,
cobs dental creams, various soft
drinks, flashlights, fruit, hand
kerchiefs, heaters, jam knives,
leather goods, malted milk, evap
orated milk, mirrors, nuts, pencils
pipes, razors, shoe polish, shoe
laces, soap, sponges, tobacco, tow
els, and woolen gloves.
The Question
Of Labor.
The need of more labor at this
time cannot be met by the in
creased prices paid to laborers.
As many writers have observed
whenever a certain class of work
ers make as much in three days
as they formerly made in six they
stop work for three days. This ap
plies to the south in particular,
but has been reported from all
sections of the country.
In times of national needs every
man who stays at home should be
compelled to do what he can to
uphold the mighty arm of the
soldier. If a man can do nothing
else he can at least labor reason
ably every day, and thus make
up in a measure the lack of ade
quate workmen in the shipyards
and war centers. The loafer in
the city or country is helping the
enemy, and every American state
and community should see
to it that all able bodied men,
whether dependent upon their la
bor for existance or not, is giving
his country an honest day’s work
for every day.
We think it a good idea for the
legislatures to pass laws defining
vagrancy so as to force all men
to work, and all women who are
without legitimate support, and in
the abscence of satisfactory show-
j ing the loafers ought to be turned
j over to the government for work
i where labor is needed. In this
j way the shortage in the ship-
J yards can be supplied, and the
[ war industries of the nation kept
i going.
j The people of this state must
I realize the present situation and
j which they will in the future,
i confront. It is inevitable, unless
! proper steps are taken, that loaf-
j ers and idlers will continue to rest
I three days out of week as long as
l they do not need the money and
I have no ambition to spur them on.
j To the laborer of this type noth-
I ing will apply except the law,
and it should be without delay.
What Must We
Send Abroad?
With hundred of thousands of
Americans in France it is natural
that their loved ones should re
member them with packages,
containing choice remembrances
and little things to brighten their
military existance. An impulse
so natural, and so worthy, is not
to be trampled upon needlessly,
so the post office department has
advised those who wish to send
parcels to France of the actual
conditions there, so that friends
and relatives will know what to
send to the boys.
Because the number of soldiers
in France is to be greatly increas
ed the mail and war materials to
be transported will also increase,
and for reasons unnecessary to
dwell upon it is imperative that
all the shipping space possible be
conserved for essential supplies.
The attention of the public is
called to the fact that every pound
of parcel post matter sent from
the United States, which can be
purchased by the soldiers in
France, forces off the ships am-
unition and other needed war sup
plies without adding to the com
fort of the soldier.
In view of this situation the
post office department says “it
becomes the patriotic duty of the
public of this country not to send
to the soldiers in France eatables
or any other character of articles
which can be bought from the ar
my or the numerous recreational
centers that are established
wherever troops are encamped.”
A LONG WAY
FROM PARIS.
For several months it has been
Von Hindenburg’s vainglorious
boast that he and his barbarian
hordes would be in Paris “by
April 1.”
When the great drive was
launched about two weeks ago
“On to Paris,” and “To Paris by
April 1” were tiie battle cries of
the boches.
April 1 was near at hand, and
during the first few days of the
drive the distance between Hin-
denburg and the French capital
seemed to be shortening by leaps
and bounds.
But something happened! And
what happened completely upset
Hindenburg’s plan for an April
Fool’s dinner in gay Paris!
“They shall not pass,” said the
French heroes at Verdun! And
“they” DID NOT pass!
“They shall stop,” said the
British, Freqch and American
heroes along the new battle line.
And “they” DID STOP!
And Hindenburg’s plan’s for
visiting Paris were all tipped over
and spilled into the fire!
Now Paris is a long, long way,
and it is getting farther and far
ther away from him each hour.
And right here The Constitution
wants to venture a prediction, and
that is that if Paris ever sees Von
Hindenburg it will see him either
as a CONQUERED AND SUB
DUED CIVILIAN AFTER THE
WAR OR AS A PRISONER OF
WAR.
Hindenburg, as a Hun comman
der, NEVER WILL SEE PARIS!
—Atlanta Constitution.
Marion Reeks Booze.
The following letter and com
ment copied from the Constitu
tion needs no comment by us:
“Editor Constitution: I am a
reader of the Constitution, also a
newcomer to Qeorgia, and from
what I read in the papers this is
supposed to be a “bone dry” state
but from the appearance of Ma
rion county and other adjoining
counties, you would not think
there was such a law.
“A poison is being manufact
ured out of syrup and other in
gredients and sold all through the
country. No one does a thing
about it. Where are our law abid
ing citizens?
“There are men here whose
names are a by word in every
home as being in the liquor busi
ness. The men know positively
where it comes from, but they
will not tell for fear they could
not buy any more. For the sake
of the wives and mothers and lit
tle children, won’t somebody
please, in God’s name, step for- j
ward and proclaim himself man i
enough to clean up Marion and
Taylor counties?—Mrs. C. W.
Fouche, Tazewell, Ga.”
The business of dispensing in
hibited liquor in this state has just
about reached the point where
the people must decide between
the blind tiger and their own self
respect.
Violations of the state and fed
eral liquor prohibition laws have
become of so frequent occurrence
as to disgrace and put the state
to shame; and if the open and
flagrant disregard for this partic
ular law is permitted to continue
it is certain in time to breed dis
respect and disdain for all law
that fails to conform to individual
fancy.
Elsewhere we present a pro
test from a Marion county wo
man who says, in effect, that
booze flows like water in that:
vicinity. The vast majority of
the people of Georgia want a clean
state. It is only a small minority
that sympathize with the blind ti
ger industry.
We have all the law necessary,
both state and federal, to rid the i
state of those pernicious menaces;!
and the law enforcement authori-1
ties could speedily do it if they!
would—Marion Couuty Patriot. t
The recent grand jury did its!
full share toward breaking up'
and selling whiskey in Taylor
county, and its action, we think, j
will go.a long way in the right di-i
rection.
It is up to the sheriff and other j
officers to handle the situation
until the next grand jury con
venes and here’s hoping they will j
do their best.
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The Jews learned the art of brick
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uel. 12:31). A complaint is made by [
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