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The Butler Herald
Volume XXXXII.
BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APRIL 25 1918.
Number
Our Texas Letter,
Cottonwood, Texas.
April 14th 1918.
Editor Herald:
This correspondent
is this evening as void of news as
the proverbial hen is of truth. We
have most assuredly had a show
er of rain. Last week we had a
very good little rain and again
yesterday afternoon we were
visited with another light shower.
The first enabled us to plant in
gardens with some assurance
that the seed would come up and
•the last shower was an advant
age to the little cabbage and to
matoes we put out the first show
er and this afternoon we have a
fine prospect for a little more
rain and we think if the wind
would quiet down it would rain
but it is very blustery.
We have had quite a lot of
sickness in our community this
winter, but it is really giving away
now. Only yesterday afternoon
we buried a boy, son of one of
our neighbors. Minenegitis was
the cause of his death. He was a
bright intelligent young lad. We
extend to the bereaved parents
our sincere sympathy and condo
lence.
Another night has passed and
we still find us in the dry zone,
but yet some prospects of rain
Crops in this county are in
deed backward, in fact there are
scarcely any crops. Since our rain
last week several have planted
some crops, but they have not
shown above the surface. Wheat
and other small grain is growing
up some but the prospects are
gloomy and I fear a hard har
vest awaits us.
Now relative to our correspon
dence to the Herald will say we
are continually solicited to write,
whether it is a matter of courtesy
or there may be some who really
appreciates our feeble efforts we
are unable to tell, anyway we
are perfectly willing to do cur
best and scribble off something
now and then to fill up space.
There is a military air pervad
ing our whole country now, and
many mothers are made sad by
the departure of the boys to en
gage in the warfare of the for
eign countries, some will return
robust and healthy others will
never return. We too are contrib
uting our boys to the fields of
courage and we can only trust
them in the care of the Great I Am
who rules the destines of all men.
He alone can protect and pre
serve them.
We would readily accompany
them were it in our power but
the powers that be strictly for
bids us engaging in the military
service, you see we have outlived
our usefulness along that line and
really along most any line, soon
we will be called to recruit the
ranks in a world to come.
Now to the correspondents of
the Herald we will say we are
ever ready to contribute to the
benefit of all both readers and
correspondents and will always
try to advance the paper to the
best of our ability. I am now
ready to “Keno.”
J. TAYLOR RESPESS.
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Wheatlez t Week
Texas is following in Georgia's foot
steps. This Slate voluntarily adopted
a "wheatless week,” April 21 to 27,
inclusive. The Lone Star State it now-
canvassing a similar movement.
The Flour Supply
Keep closely to observance of the
-wheat conservation rules—six pounds
per person per month. Georgia's in
ventory reports show this State will
not suffer for flour if the supply with
in our borders is properly handled by
the holders. So well have Georgia
people supported the food side of the
war there is an excess amount of
floor in a very large percentage of the
bom* pantries. Holders of this flour
are advised to use it strictly cn the
six pounds basis and to make no fur
ther purchases until that on hand has
been exhausted. This is in conform
ity with the spirit of the adminiutra-
tion’s rulings.
V Late Gardening
Keep on planting food crops. Many
of them may he put in as late as May
16. At the same time the back-door
garden should not be nassed up. Every
plate of food raised at home counts.
Go to it.
Willing To Save It All
Laurens county is strong in its war
Work. The people there, by resolu
tion, have gone on record as being
willing to discontinue the use of wheat
flour entirely until the war is won, if
the government asks it. That’s the
strongest supporting communication
which has come in. The Baptist con
gregation of Savannah, however, jump
ed in behind the wheatless week, by
resolution and asked to be shown how-
best to push it.
The Chicken Rule Off
Effective at midnight the 19th the
rule restricting the killing and sale
of pullets and laying hens is rescind
ed. The egg market benefited as was
desired by operation of the preceding
order.
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Tbe following practical recipes are
prepared to conform with the food con
servation rules, by Miss Esleil Boze
man, of the Home Economics Depart
ment, State College of Agriculture:
Sweets That Save Sugar.
Recipes used by the Junior League
School in the Food Conservation Ex
hibit in the Arcade Building, April:
Devil’s Food Cake.
*4 cup oleomargarine.
1 cup brown sugar.
3 teaspoons baking powder.
% teaspoon salt.
11-3 cups flour.
2 sq. chocolate.
2 eggs.
Mt cup milk.
1 teaspoon vanilla.
DIRECTIONS: Cream butter, add su
gar gradually beating constantly, melt-
td chocolate and well beaten egg. Then
add milk and flour alternalely. Just
before turning into pan add vanilla.
Bake in moderate oven 46 minutes.
Cover with ice cream frosting. Note:
Melt the chocolate over hot water.
War Cake.
1 cup karo molasess.
1 cup of corn syrup, karw.
Vi cup water.
1 pkg. seeded raisins.
2 tablespoons fat.
1 teaspoon cinnamon.
L. teaspoon cloves.
Vi teaspoon nutmeg.
3 cups flour.
Vi teaspoon soda.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
DIRECTIONS: Boll together for live
minutes the first five ingredients, cool.
Add the sifted dry ingredients and
bake in 2 loaves for 45 minutes in
moderate over, if desired one cup of
oatmeal may be used in place of 7-8
cup of flour. It makes from 20 to 25
servings. Cover with maple frosting.
Maple Syrup Cake (No Sugar).
Vi cup butter substitute.
2 eggs.
1-3 cup hot water.
i ^ cup rye or barley flour.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
Vi cup karo.
Vi sup maple syrup.
2 cups wheat flour.
Vi teaspoon soda,
teaspoon ginger.
1-3 cup hot water.
DIRECTIONS: Beat substitute to a
cream, gradually beat in karo and ma
ple syrup; add eggs beaten without
separating, then add alternately wa
ter, and flour, mixed and sifted with
soda, baking powder and ginger. Bake
in pan Ux7’i inches about an hour.
Spread the inverted cake when cold
-with maple syrup into which a few
broken Fecan nut meats have been
stirred.
Memorial Day
Exercises Friday
CHAUTAUQUA
MAY II, 12 AND 14
CORDELE WINS DISTRICT MEET
Dawson Comes Second in
Third District School Contests
Next Events at Fitzgerald—J. C.
Dukes of Dawson Elected President
for Ensuing Year.
Dawson, April 20.—The Third
District High School meet came to
a close today with Cordele win
ning the highest number of points,
25. Dawson came second, with
23 1-2; Americus, 17; Montezuma,
8 1-2; Ellaville, 6; Vienna, 4. The
debating contest was held this
morning with Cordele winning
over Dawson, The subject de
bated was: “Resolved, that the
United States should adopt a sys
tem of military training patterned
after that of Switzerland.” Cor
dele was represented by Glover
McArthur and Lee McArthur and
Dawson by Hunter Bell and Julian
Jordan.
In the literary events the fol
lowing awards were made: Music,
Rosa Clark, first, Montezuma; Es
telle Waits, Fitzgerald; Mildred
McCrory, Ellaville. Recitation,
Elizabeth Harris, Americus; Em
ma Maddox, Cordele; Ella Beck
Colley, Dawson, and Frances Fel
ton, Montezuma, tied for third
place. Declamation, Russell Har
ris, first, Cordele; Louis Petty,
second, Dawson; James Maffett,
third, Montezuma. Spelling, boys,
Ralph Hill, first, Dawson; girls,
Martha Bell, first, Dawson. Ready
writers, girls, Frances McMath,
Americus; boys, Max Bosniski,
Cordele.
Ellaville Wins Athletics.
In athletics Ellaville took first
place, Fitzgerald second, Monte
zuma third. One hundred yard
dash, Cheney, Ellaville, first, time
1:13.5; 220-yard dash, Pittman,
Fitzgerald, 2:51.5; 440-yard dash,
Hill, Montezuma, 56; half-minute
relay, Brim, Mathis, Nasworthy,
Watkins, time, 1:52 2-5; hurdles,
Pittman, Fitzgerald, 17 seconds;
broad jump, Collins, Ellaville, 17
feet 4 inches; high jump, Ricket-
son, Fitzgerald, 5 feet 1 inch; shot
put, Cheney, Ellaville, 34 feet 6
inches; pole vault, Collins. Ella
ville, 8 feet 2 inches.
These contests were run off un
der great difficulties owing to
heavy rains and much credit is
due to those taking part. In the
school exhibits Americus came
first, Dawson second, Cordele
third. Medals of silver were giv
en for the first places in the
literary events, bronze for athletic
and pennants for relay team and
winner of school exhibits.
The association voted the meet
to go to Fitzgerald next year. Of
ficers elected are: President, J.
C. Dukes, Dawson; vice president,
M. C. Austin, Marshallville; secre
tary, J. E. Ricketson, Fitzgerald;
executive committee, A. G. Cleve
land, Ashburn; J. M. Richardson,
Vienna.
First Aeroplanes at
Americus Camp.
AMERICUS, April 23—The first
five aeroplanes which will be us
ed by students at Souther Field
here arrived today and the work
of unloading them will com
mence tomorrow.
The machines reached Ameri
cus loaded on gondolo cars and
were brought here by the Cen
tral of Georgia railroad. Where
the shipment originated is not
known. There are now in Ameri
cus about 300 officers and men
who are engaged in various ac
tivities at the camp. Flights are
expected shortly.
Despondency Due to Constipation.
Women often become nervous and
despondent. When this is due to
constipation it is easily corrected by
taking an occasional dose of Cham
berlain’s Tablets. These tablets are
easy to ttake and pleasant in effect.
Taylor's Boys
With the Colors
The following is a list of white
men who have enlisted or have
been drafted from Taylor County:
Walter J. Butler
Brooks Posey
James Guy Windham
Eric Newsom
Robert E. Alley
J. Morgan McCants
Jas. Edgar Whatley
Aubrey T. Aultman
Robert E. Aultman
Sim Harbuck
H. Clyde Walker
J. Henry Peacock
Paul Hodges
Walton Hodges
Howard L. Riley
Grady Smith
Sankie Trussell
Luke Adams
C. Frank Slaughter
Hyran Sidney Long
David T. Montfort
Olin F. Sealy.
Otis E. Ogburn
Frank Musslewhite
Joe Rawls
Zach Respess
Wallace Carson
Robert Carson
Tom Carson, Jr
Jay Shealy
Thomas Wilson
Alma Montgomery
Jos. W. Montgomery
Horace Grady Gassett
Yancy J. Garrett
Henry G. Thompson
Jim Hogg
Elam B. Griffith
Walter Sidney Martin
Hamp Riley
Mack Mathews
R. L. Bell
Homer Shines.
Died in Service.
The following have died from
natural causes while in service:
Hardy G. Cooper, Jr
Claude D. Watson
Ten Selectmen Leave Friday.
In addition to the above there
will be ten white men sent to
Camp Gordon tomorrow, April 26.
CENTRAL TRAIN HITS
ALTO ON CROSSING.
Griffin, April 22-Seamon Griffin,
15 years old, son of Clifford Griffin,
of Hampton, was instantly killed
about 1 o’clock this afternoon when
a south bound Central of Georgia
rain struck t car in which young
Griffin and Thomas Nipper, automo
bile salesman, of Fayetteville, were
riding. Nipper is in a local hospital
and is not expected to live.
The accident occurred at a road
crossing near Hampton. Nipper had
sold the automobile to Mr. Griffin
and was on his way to deliverit when
the train struck the car. A
AUTOS IN HEAD-ON
FOUR PERSONS HURT
Americus, April, 22.- Mrs. J. A.
Griffin, of Bainbridge, was badly hurt
and J. L. Ham, a workman employed
at the aviation camp here, had his
leg broken when two automobiles in
which they were riding collided head
on near theHansford place, three
miles south of Americus, on the Smi-
thville road, late last night. Mr.
Griffin, who was returning with his
wife and a Chinese servant from a
trip to Macon, was severely bruised
and cut about the head, while John
Hall, of Americus, who was at the
wheel in the Ham car, was also in
jured.
LOST OR STRAYED.
One heifer, light red , unmarked,
about one year old. Has been gone
about six weeks.
J. H. CURRINGTON,
Howard, Ga., No. 2.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy a Fav
orite! or Colds.
J. L. Easley, Macon, 111., in speak
ing of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
says, “During the past fifteen years
it has been my sister’s favorite medi-
cinefo r colds on the lungs. I myself
have taken it a number of times when
suffering with a cold and it always
•relieved me promptly.”
An interesting program has
been arranged for the Memorial
Day exercises to be held in the
Methodist Church tomorrow,
Friday, t April 26th, at eleven
o’clock.
The old heroes of the 60’s will
be honor guests of the U. D. C.’s
at their homes. No lunch will be
served down town as has been the
custom in the past, owing to the
great stress being put on food
conservation.
Each grave will be marked
with a flag of the Confederacy,
and at the conclusion of the pro
gram the children of the school
will pay a tribute to the dead
heroes by placing flowers on all
the graves.
Program for Memorial Day.
Song—“America.”
Invocation—Rev. H. 0. Fowler.
Song—“Tenting Tonight.”
Address—Rev. L. A. Harrell.
Song—“Dixie.”
Presentation of Service Flag to
the County—Miss Christine Rawls.
Acceptance of Flag—Mr. O. T.
Montfort.
Song—“The Star Spangled Ban
ner.”
Legislature Will Be Asked to
Amend Act—Three of the
Big Counties of Geor
gia in Delinquent
List.
Atlanta, Ga., April 2G—■
There isn’t any doubt about a
stiff fight being waged in the
next session of the General Assem
bly to amend the new law which
forfeits one-fourth of the com
missions of all Tax Collectors who
fail to make their final settlement
with the Comptroller General on
or before April 20.
The record, checked up in Gen.
W A Wrights office today, shows
that just one more than half of
all the Tax Collectors in Georgia
have come within the provisions
of the law this year. Reports
have been received and final set
tlement made by 77; the remain
ing 75 have not settled and will
lose a part of their commissions.
It is notable that among those
who will be penalized under the
law are three of the “big six”
counties; Bibb, Chatham and Ful
ton. Richmond, Floyd and Mus
cogee, the other three have set
tled within the time limit, Mus
cogee getting in at the last min
ute.
General Wright has pointed
out that, under the 1917 act, he is
given no discretion;the forfeitures
of one-fourth of the commissions
is made mandatory. Under the
old act there were certain dis
cretions permitted on the part of
the Comptroller General-under
providential causes and for other
legitimate reasons. As the pres
ent situation stands, though the
only avenue of relief for the 75
penalized collectors is the Legis
lature itself. They are responsi
ble to the State under their bonds
for the payment of tax coltections
under the terms of the controll
ing law, and relief from that im
position can be granted by spec
ial action of the Legislature.
Any failure by Tax Collector
McCants of Taylor county to make
settlement within the time al
lowed is not chargeable to any
neglect of his own but to the tax
payers of the county who have
failed to do their part.
The dates for the Chautauqua,
which is looked forward to with
much pleasurable interest by peo
ple not only of Butler but through
out the county, are announced as
being Friday, Saturday and Mon
day, May 11, 12 and 14.
The Chautauqua will be held
under canvass oa a convenient lot
in Butler and will bring to our
midst some of the foremost speak
ers of the country and each of
these will bear messages of vital
import and significance to the
people.
A strong, united pull is neces
sary for the success of the enter
prise. There is no way of ade
quately estimating the vast
benefits rendered a community by
a great Chautauqua and every
citizen who believes in the refin
ing, educational and inspirational
entertainment should lend his ef
forts to its success.
The financial cost of the enter
prise is large and those whose
public spirit and liberality assure
the entertainment should not be
forced to make up a deficit.
Most of us are believers in the
fundamental principles of the
chautauqua and appreciate its high
standards and ideals. So let’s all
pull together and make this, our
first effort, of such successful
event that we will want to make
it a seven-day instead of a three-
day chautauqua next year.
Atlanta. April 24.—
Busy Political Season.
Politics are going to be livelier
this year than it looked a couple
of months ago and, while the “big
noise,” is going to be the
senatorial race, the little fish will
splatter around in the pond some
themselves.
The capitol and hotel lobbies
are beginning to pass around re
ports now more numerously than
heretofore.
Tom Hudson Talked About.
Today’s contribution to the
column is the report that Tom
Hudson is going to run for secre
tary of state. That will mean, so
far as talk goes, at least three
candidates for the office which the
late Philip Cook filled so long and
so acceptably. Judge H. B.
Strange, of Statesboro, appointed
to the vacancy by Governor Dor
sey, will stand for election and
S. G. McLendon is about to be put
into the race by his friends.
Wheatley For Treasurer.
There has been some talk about
Croft Wheatley, of Americus, tak
ing a crack at the secretary of
state office, but in a recent con
versation with Mr. Wheatley he
made the positive statement that
it is the office of treasurer he is
going after. He had a consider
able experience in the legislature
and, while his interests are large
in Sumter county, he would like
to be at the state’s seat of govern
ment.
Keese to Run Again.
Dr. Alex E. Keese, who run last
time against M L Brittain for state
superintendent of schools, is go
ing to run again. This time Dr.
Keese will go into the race, he
says, on a straighout school book
and improved teaching platform.
Gubernatorial Situation.
There’s a lot of talk, of course,
about what would happen in res
pect to the governorship “if Dor
sey should run for the senate,”
but nothing, about what’s going
to happen if he doesn’t. It is
about a definitely foregone con
clusion that the governor isn’t go
ing to worry about a return trip
to the office, unopposed if he
wants it.
Fight Will be Waged on War
Penalizing Tax Collectors.
STATE POLITICAL GOSSIP.