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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 1,500 Copies intered at the Post Office at Butler, Ga. as Mail Matter of Second-Class. Subscription $1.S0 a Year Betclia ten dollars that Kaiser Bill fans out on the third strike. Poets license is that thing That gives a fellow nerve To use some word that is a noun When he can’t find a verb And as a “pote” I have failed To fill my heart’s desire To find where Foch will ryme with boche When they are under fire The champ licked fighters in a row ’Till he had whipped them all Then one day he got his K. O. From old King Alcohol —Luke McLuke. His K. O. never came forsooth in these prohibit times For the coin that he has already spent Was not to fathom Fate’s own deep . desire With beer containing one and a half per cent. Never say die! Don’t you know that flowers are “Hyacinths the war.” A Hard-'wick never gave a good flame, it needed trimming to show show even a decent light. Mark Twain had lots of fun with his Jumping frog, wherin by feeding him lead he incapacitated his jumping faculties. But! The huns have found out that feeding lead to the “frog eating Frenchmen” he has made them Jump more. (News item) Amsterdam, May 25, —Germany has only six million swine Gosh! I thot the population of Ger many was larger than that. An American riviter, (colored at that) has won the inventional prize for fast riviting 3470 rivits in 9 hours, whereas the average use to be 800. Don’t you think this will rivit our friendship with the Allies? Salvage and Salvation same thing. They both wrecks. mean the are after Some fellows get along inspite of a college education. A very busy man is Gotch He's no time to feel bored For first he winds his dollar watch And then he winds his Ford. —Luke McLuke. At winding, Gotch is sure is a hir’d So now, it seems to me He ought to, like the lowing hard Wind slowly o’er the Sea. —Newark Advocate. And Friend Gotch has got in wrong If he advice will take For he, as I believe has made A “L” of a mistake. If more women would dip their noses in the flour barrel instead of the vanity box there would be more conservation and less preservation. Von Hertling says the German peo ple want a place in the sun. He means a place under the son—of a' Run, don’t he? There have been, and are, several '‘peaches” from Macon, in our midst that have proven to ye scribe that Butter don’t know how to raise peach es. P. S. This is on the level. While the Third Liberty loan has been filled to overflowing, you would hardly call it the ’’coup that cheers.” There is a bull calf in Butler nam ed Kaiser Bill! We don’t know which is the biggest calf, the one who named it or the one who bears the name. To J. D. S. Peach,brandy is in our midst. ’’Hush” SPIDER. ' - Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a Fav- oritef or Colds. 3. L. Easley, Macon, 111., in speak- las of Chamberlain’s Cough 'Remedy «*ys, “During the past fifteen.years ,tt tea been my sister’s favorite niedi- 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.” THE STRENGTH OF ARMIES Various estimates have been made of the strength of the ar mies contending in France. The correspondent of the New York Times says the German army numbers 5,3000,000 soldiers of which 3,500,000 are* on the wes tern front. To give his figures further; when the war opened Germany had an army of 2,800,- 000, which grew in one year to 4,00,000 and in two years to 6,- 00,000. It then began to dwindle and in August, 1917, the third year it was only 5000,000, and now is 100,000 less than that fig ure. As fresh recruits come in at the rate of 600,000 a year the average loss now is something over a million a year. As to losses of the Germany army figures are not so definite. When the government ceased publishing its casualty lists in June 1917 the dead numbered 1,- 105,760, prisoners and missing 591,966, and the wounded 2,825,- 581—a total of 4,423,307. A well known German statistician says the total loss up to date, in killed and soldiers captured, amounts to 4,456,961, which would indicate a much higher loss than the offi cial German lists. It is harder to say how many allied soldiers are in the field, but Andre Tardieu, French High Com missioner in this country, says the French had 3,000,000 men in the army when the German offensive began. Great Britain, which has stood the brunt of the attacks, certainly must have had almost as many, if not more. The Ameri cans have more than 500,000 and probably nearer a million; the Italians are sending troops to France, and the Belgium army is also there. So without counting the British army the allies have certainly 4000,000 men in France. With the increasing number of American troops being poured across the ocean it is safe, to pre dict that unless the Turks, Bul garians and Austrians come to the aid of their ally, this fall will find them badly outnumbered in France, and fighting an acknowl edged defensive struggle. THE RED CROSS FUND. President Wilson stated a fun damental truth when he declared that no man can take a real credit to himself for lending the government money at good inter est and backed with gilt-edged security but that all had a chancte to seiye humanity by giving lib erally to the Red Cross. From several communities have come reports of some disgruntled foolish man, who declined to give to this noble cause. We fail to see where any decent human be ing has a right to call himself by any respectable name if he refus es this war charity when he is able to give. Some men we know have hard times to make their daily bread, but many of the poorest elements in the country- have poured their mite into the mercy seat of the nation. They deserve all praise, but the well to do, the rich, the folks with money idle, or much invested, who nig gardly hoards his wealth, refus ing this call to his better self for service, deserves contempt of all, and should be forgotten by those who hold honor and well being above the lure of slimy dollars. WHEN YA SEtiythe PAPER THAT AN'OLD INVESTMENT has MATErfclAUlfcD AN YA CANT THINK WHERE-the SAM HILL YA PUT -the PAPfcE'j ar\d YA LOOK THRU eVCRYTHINfr irvthe H0US£ AND YA CANT FIND EM at the OFFICE HER ANYTH I NO-THEN WftEfcL YA GET HOME, AMDTfcutheWIPfc- SHt SAYS THETY ARE SAFE: J AERIAL FIGHTING IN FRANCE. With the claim by the British that they have brought down more than a thousand German machines since March first comes to a clearer idea of the immensi ty of the war in the air. That the allies have been ascendant in the new field of fight has been evident but recently German raids upon Paris and London, bombing of hospitals and other points along the front have ernpasized the fact the Germans, too, have an aerial fleet. The tragic death of Major Luf- berry, the American ace, has been explained. The machines he fought in was a frail flyer, which had to be . operated with great care, and was vulnerable to ma chine gun shots. The German machines which he undertook to destroy was a huge flyer of steel, carrying two machine guns and entirely armored.Ordinary air planes, armed only with machine guns, stand little chance before, and it is said that six American machines attacked it simultane ously without result before Major Lufberry attempted the impossi ble. The existence of such a ma chine has been known to the al lied high command for some time, as one of them was captured dur ing the recent fighting, and the onjookersl of the great struggle may rest secure in the knowledge that whatever German skill and ingenuity can produce allied in ventiveness and courage can sur- P&S3. OUR SOLDIERS IN FRANCE. Government has cut coal- pri ces ,10 cents a ton, .according to Washington dispatches. We are not expert accountants, but we’ll bet that by the time the' Calcula tions reach the consumer they’ll mean, a 10 per cent advance. Admittedly there are 500,000 Americans in France, certainly there are many more, because since the announcement trans ports have speeded up and the official statement made that the results were five times greater in a given month. In fact, there is a considerable body of American soldiers behind the British lines in Flanders, land this new army to which Lloyd George evidently referred in his famous surprise speech, will be a considersble fac tor in the subsequent fighting. This does not mean that our troops are to be in the front of the defense for many weeks, but it shows that there will at all times be considerable reserves be hind the Britsh that the French will be abie to get up a reserve army of their own, and that later- in the summer, or early in the fall, if in the opinion of Gen Foch the time is right, the allied forces in France will be able to knock the head off the German military monster. It is possible although at pres ent doubtful, that 1918 will be the decisive year of the war. It is within the realm of the may be that a huge offensive by the al lies, backed by a million American troops, and supported by large numbers of Italians, will run the Germans from their present' lines this fall. It may not happen, but why not look at the bright side once in a while. AND SOUND at-trie BAN 1C SAY' A1NT YAObAD YA BANK AT THE FIRST NATIONAL The First National Bank Reynolds, Ga. THIS is A HOT SUMMER. Summer time has about arriv ed, and the therometer does not hesitate to climb into higher alti tudes than comfort demands. With the rising mercury comes the eternal orry and fuss about getting ice to keep cool. Wecredit about one half of the heat we have to endure to the ice situation which produces so many remarks and makes necessary such exten sive watchfulness to get what you want when you want it. Then this summer we are up against the order-your-coal now proposition. This being a strict war conservation, and a common sense proposition, we take quite a liking to it, and advise every body to boost their summer tem perature, if necessary, by think ing about the supply of fuel for next w-inter. It has to be done in order to avoid a shortage next year. At this time we are ready to order, but we know of no one ready to book the order, we ex pect its the same with others, but everybody must keep trying—it is a long ways to winter again. the American arms striking un daunted and with high courage. It is grim and desperate work over there, but it does call for the high and saving qualities of that counts life but a pawn in the game, that deems it good to die if death will serve the large purpose and where honor and devotion to duty are the supreme virtues. It is to such a test our men are about to be exposed. It is in such a test that the best in them will come out. And we know they will keep the faith.—Macon Tele graph. Some Neighborhood Comment IDLERS FORCED TO WORK. National applause will greet the new regulations of Provost Mar shal General Crowder which com pel idlers and loafers to work or fight. Commendations also greets the new idea that those employ ed in unnecessary occupations must get in line to take the place of the necessary industrial works who have been palled to war. For months the people of the country have desired some such action taken. It is not enough however that those who are registered should be compelled to work or fight, and the workers in non-essential activities should be trans ferred to war work, but it is also demanded that those above and below the draft ages should be compelled to work, and if engag ed in unnecessary occupations, transferred to war industry .When millions of men are shedding blood it is no time to put up with men who dawdle; the nation needs manpower elsewhere besides the trenches and by all the power of laws she should have it, and that plentifully. ' Optimistic Thought. A prince of talent wlU recognize the talent of others. THEY SHALL NOT PASS. The Germart high command has again sent his legions crash ing the Allied will in France and this time for forty miles the im pact hurls itself against the lines Foch holds with the armies of Pe- tain, Haig and Pershing. It is the iost German effort this year, the last of the war we may set up, to roll back and divide the British army from the French, create a great gap and then destroy the line that holds from the middle of battle to the Channel ports be- for the Americans can get into the fray in strength enough to give Allies numerical and general all-around fighting superiority on the Western Front. It is the su preme German effort in the race against the hurrying time that is bringing even to the admission of their war and Prussian mad souls the certainty of defeat. They will not get through this time, just as they failed in the other two. It is not that their as sault will be weaker. It may be stronger than it ever ha§ been, but the spirit and the strength uf the men who stopped them be fore-are as unbroken as ever. They should not pass is still the slogan, still the deathword and the watchword of the roads that leads to Paris and the ports, and the Anglo-Saxon and Gaul will make it good as ever it must be made good. We will get our first experi ence of the sort England, France and Canada have been bearing up under for over three years. There is every reason to believe our troops brigaded into the hold ing line in numbers sufficient to roll up long casualty lists in such a great drive as this one. It will come soberly and strongly to us that our blood and bone is far into the issue across the seas and that it is falling, when * drop it does, with its face to the foe, with THE SLACKER. (Talbotton New Era.) There has always been and al ways will be a lot of people who think a worthy thing should be done, but with them it’s “let John do it.” The time has come when the public is going to de mand an accounting from every individual, and it is time to quit making John do it all. If one person should subscribe the whole of the county’s quotafthat wouldnl relieve any man or woman.from doing his or her duty in sub scribing. It’s not what the other fellow is doing to day, but it is what are you doing? “TOP DRESSING” MAY BE CARRIED TOO FAR Soil Type Should Be Considered In Applying Fertilizer THE COIN OF THE REALM. (Tifton Gazette.) While you may not have your share, American money now in circulation is almost $50 per head, twice what it was when Bryan first ran for President and three times as large as at the end of the Civil War, while the per cap ita wealth is $2,400 against $1,000 in 1896 and $500 in 1865. Money is about the cheapest thing we have now, but one of the hardest things to get your hands on and keep them there. THE LOAFER. (Albany Herald' The loafer has become more than a liability. He is a positive menace. His idleness has become a crime against society and the State. The only thing which it once was possible to say in his defense, viz, that his labor was not particularly needed, can be said no longer. His labor is needed as never before in the history of his land. SOON TO VOTE EVERYWHERE. (Eatonton Messenger.) If we can read the signs cor rectly, women will soon be al lowed to vote all over this coun try; and all you who oppose it had might as well change your minds. STILL GAME. (Darien Gazette.) This paper has labored for 44 years for certain needed reforms and is willing to keep up with the fight for bettering conditions in definitely. SOUNDS REASONABLE. (Lumpkin ilndependant.) A subscriber suggests that in dealing with loiterers we exempt the fishermen. The practice of "top dressing” or “side application” of fertilizers haa been common for many- yeara and in many instances is carried to extremes The object of dividing the entir# amount of fertilizer into two or more applications is to prevent loss of plant food by leaching down in the soil be yond the reach of plant roots. Plant food leaching is most extensive in. soils of a sandy texture with rather porous subsoils. These soils are rep resented by sands or sandy loams and soil3 with a predominance of sand in the subsoil. Soils with a loam, clay loam or clay surface or underlain by fine textured subsoils of clay or com pact sandy clay are not subject to leaching to any great extent and. therefore, will io3e little plant food from fertilizers by leaching. Soluble phosphoric acid and potash when added to the soil are not readily lost through leaching. They are quick ly fixed in the soil within reach of the plant roots Nitrogen is lost to a much greater extent than any other plant food and the more soluble the form when added as a fertilizer the more it is lost by leaching with the drainage water. Organic forms o' nitrogen carrier*, such as cotton 3eed meal, dried blood, tankage or fish scrap, are not as sol uble as nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia, and are. therefore, not aa liable to loss from leaching. When complete commercial fertilizers are applied in amounts of 400 to 009 pounds per acre or less, it is doubtful if more than one application need be made. This is certainly true on the soils of the Piedmont Plateau which have heavy subsoils as shown by re sults from the field demonstration plats of the Agronomy Division of the Georgia State College of Agriculture, Complete fertilizer of a 10-3-4 compo sition was applied at the rate of six hundred pounds per acre on corn and) cotton. Corn showed the largest yield where the fertilizer was all applied be fore planting, while cotton showed no advantage from side applications. In the sandy soils of the Coastal Plain section of the state where ni trate. of soda is used as the source of nitrogen, side applications may be made as a means of preventing loss of nitrogen. However, where other sources of nitrogen are used, this method of applying fertilizer will have little value. Care must be exercised where side applications of fifty pounds or more per acre of nitrate of soda are made. These applications should not be made late in the growing season. The application of nitrogen tends to extend the growing season and to de lay maturity. Side applications late in the season may decrease the yield of corn by prolonging the growth of stalk and leaves. Where boll weevil is pres ent the snsecess of cotton production depends upon making the crop as ear ly as possible, therefore, side appli cations of nitrogen will tend to delay maturity and will possibly cause a loss in- yield through injury by boll wee vil to the late maturing cotton.—Prof. George A. Crabb, State College of Agri culture. , Is There a Baby in Your Home? Babies and Children Need BWEASE. . Absolutely Harmless—,\o Opiates It Keeps Their Little Insides Right. For Constipation, Diarrhoea, Worms, Cold, Feverishness, Loss, of sleep, Sour Stomach, Convulsion, Colic, and Teething Troubles. Druggisto sell and recommend it. None Genuine -without the signature. ^/O/Zca/lcAcJtt r. P. MARSHALL, Manufacturing Chanda*. Atlanta, Georgia.