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The Butler Herald
Established in 1876
C. E. BENNS.
Editor and Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TAYLOR CO.
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HIT OR MISS
Little town of Butler
Lets patriotism lag—
Does her work for Uncle Sam,
But doesn’t float a flag.
The ‘Auslandanziegegesellschraft’
is the name, of a German society
that gets public information; no won
der those fellows feel ‘kultured.’
Slyhoward is a re-lie-able sort of a
cuss, isn’t he?
To Her - -shucks, you say it
I’ve tried to write a poem to her eyes
I e’en have admired her Golden
Hair
Sometimes Pegasus softly whispers
To sing to her of her face so fair.
But some how or other I have failed
And cannot, my noble theme com
plete
For every' time I cast my glance her
way
My gaze rests, a foot above her
feet.
Or the Goblin-Huns E'L Git Yer
U. S. spells us, and it means you,
Say, have you done your “bit?”
If not just take advice from me
“You’d better get up and git.”
Do you think the Weather man and
the Ice Man have gone “cahoots”?
Sammie was a Yankee
Sammie was a peach
Sammie went to Cantigny
Where the “whizz bangs” screech.
Sammie found some huns there
So the papers tell
Sammie he got busy
Sammie gave ’em h-11.
Love laughs
warm nights.
at locksmiths these
Apologies to 5Ir. Kipling.
When the Buglar’s last reveilee is
sounded, and the cannons are ail
laid aside
When Peace again hovers o’er us, and
all this hatred has died
Shall we rest in the quiet seclusion,
that we have done our part well
Or will our conscience plead guiity,
and give us the torture of h-1.
Oh you that did give of your plenty,
did you give it with ever a
thought.
Was your heart in the gift as you
gave it, or did y'ou have to be
bought?
Did you give at the first call to duty,
full measure, and just a bit more.
Did you wait till some hard-worked
committee came begging of you
at your door?
Can that Boy “Over There that is
fighting, put faith in a beggardly
crew,
Who stay “Over Here” in saefty and
care nothing of what he may do ?
Can you look in his eyes when he
comes back, with an honest con
viction that you
Did your bit! Ah yes; and suffered?
Say folks, it’s right up to you.
Heavy Stuff.
Don’t you think that Slyhoward has
a “Long, l-ong,” way to go, by Geor
ge, before he gets to the United Sta
tes Senate?
The Scotchman would probably say
“be sure your Sien Feins vou out.”
A fellow has to get up early these
days to find out what goes oh in the
Marne.
A Small Class.
Adam and Eve were the only grad
uates at the first ‘commencement.”
For a heavy eater, Johnny Spen
cer certainly writes in a light vein.
GOVERNOR DORSEY.
The announcement that Gove
nor Hugh M. Dorsey is giving se
rious consideration to his well-
known inclination not to permit
the use of his name as his own
successor has very promptly elic
ited expressions from all parts of
the state emphatically protesting
against his giving even a thought
to such a course.
It is a fact that a governor of
Georgia who depends upon the
income from his office comes out
at the end of his term a poorer
man, so far as money is concern
ed, than he was when he went in.
The salary of governor is barely
enough to meet the actual neces
sary living expenses of the man
receiving it, and when the extra
incidental demands that are levi
ed upon a governor are taken
into consideration, every day in
the governorship entails a meas
ure of financial sacrifice.
That would not be material to a
governor of indipendent resour
ces, but Governor Dorsey is not
so situated.
He takes the position that while
he is young and active, he can
return to the practice of his pro
fession and earn three or possi
bly four times what he is receiv
ing from the state in the govern
orship; and he believes he owes it
to his family to at least give se
rious consideration to the wisdom
of taking such a step at the end of
his first term.
That there is much to be said in
favor of that position will admit
of no controversy.
Yet, all things considered, there
is infinitely more to be said in op
position to it.
First of all, Georgia needs Gov
ernor Dorsey’s service for anoth
er term.
And we believe that there is an
obligation on his part to remain
where he is for another term.
It has been many a year since
any governor of Georgia has been
tendered a second term without
even a suggestion of opposition;
yet so splendid has been Gove-
nor Dorsey’s record that every
body concedes that a second term
in the governorship waits upon
his mere statement that he will
accept it.
Furthermore, Georgia is con
fronted with enough political con
fusion and turmoil over the sena
torial contest, which in itself will
give the state about as much po
litical excitement as it can handily
take of in a hot summer’s cam
paign.
To open up another Pandora’s
by precipitatinganother contest in
a fight for the governorship would
be to put a greater burden upon
the state than its people should be
called upon at this time to bear.
The verdict will be universal
that Governor Dorsey should de
fer to the popular wish and re
main for another term right
w’here he is—where he is serv
ing with infinite credit to himself
and to the general satisfaction of
the whole state.—Atlanta Consti
tution.
THE SUBMARINE RAID.
“Monday’s reports of German
U-boat raids on American shipping
just off our own shores are in
tended to throw our people into a
state of panic—but the Huns don’t
know us!” says the Atlanta Con
stitution.
There is nothing to be gained
in trying to minimize the serious
ness of such a daring exploit on
the Hun’s part; but it will by no
means give rise to pessimism.
It will have just the opposite
effect.
Of course, the enemy’s funda
mental objective in this desperate
nautical venture is to disrupt the
morale of the American people, to
frighten them to an extent that
w'ill give rise to a demand that our
naval units—or most of them—
now in service in the eastern
Atlantic be brought home to pro
tect our own coast, and such a
shifting of our naval strength
would be followed by a great
naval movement on the part of
the enemy on the other side.
At all events, there is only one
duty ahead of the American peo
ple in this connection, and that is
to “sit steady,” keep cool, let
Washington alone and trust to the
wisdom and the ability of our
authorities to cope with any
situation that may arise.
Whatever the , game of the
kaiser may be he will be beaten at
it in this instance,-as he has in the
past in others.
WHEN YOU'VE FAITHFULLY
taken part 0 f your
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Are There Any
Slackers in Taylor?
Hey! Hey!! Stop, look, listen
all ye, who in objecting to the
conscript act when it was first put
into operation said, with a frown
on your face and ire in your
speech: “Let’em come over here
(meaning the Germans), we’ll
show ’em,” be sure to read this:
“20 American Vessels Sunk by-
German Submarine off Jersey
Coast.”—Monday’s War Bulletin.
So they are here, now what are
you going to do about it? YOU!
Yes, we remember some of you
and we are going to keep our eye
on you. A man—a slacker to the
country that gives him freedom—
God pity him. Are there any
slackers in Taylor County?
“Let ’em come over here, we’ll
show ’em.” Note: “American
cities Take Precautions Against
Air Raids.”—Tuesday’s Dispatch
es. What do vou think about it
British writers are surprised at
the treaty whicli France recently
negotiated with Germany for the
exchange of war prisoners. Noth
ing was known of the proposed
pact until it was signed, and the
British want to know whether a
general policy of exchange has
been agreed upon or whether
disabled prisoners alone will be
exchanged.
We are not sure whether it j ncw ?
w T ould be a good idea to have a * *
general exchange of war prisoners I “Harrowing Storv Told by Sur- j
at this time or not, but we realize j vivors of the Carolina, Whenj
the hardship which the captured Landed on Deleware Coast.”—’
soldiers oneachside suffer through Headline yesterday. The Caro j
imprisonment, and it means some- j ij na Lad 350 persons aboard. Sunk j
thing to alleviate this torture for Sunday' afternoon by German
many thousands even if the w-ar
is necessarily prolonged thereby.
The world will probably think
about such a proposition in the
future, when France and Ger-. money, your time and your labor.
many begin their mutual exchange. I " I 1
The British have already!
negotiated such an agreement | SlM NfilgilDOrhOOO 001111118111
with the Turks, and dispatches
submarine U-37. “Let ’em come
over here, we’ll show ’em.” Did
you ever say it? Then get busy.
There are plenty places for your
state that for each British soldier
surrendered there will be releas
ed one Turk and a half. The food
shortage of the Central Empires
makes the lot of allied soldiers,
in captivity, especially hard, and
their faithfulness in battle entitles
them to consideration w'hen the
exchange of prisoners is up for
serious consideration.
Every little bullet,
Shot from Sammie’s gun
Seems to sweetly whisper
One More Hun.
Its funny that a Sub could get so
dose to Barnegat, N. J. The biggest
“mosquito fleet” Uncle Sam owns is
just off the Jersey shore.
SPIDER.
A CALL FOR
INFORMATION.
The Council of National Defense
declares that “the War Depart
ment desires photographs, draw
ings, and descriptions of bridges,
.buildings, towns .and localities
now occupied by the German
forces in France, Belgium, and
Luxemburg, and likewise in that
part of Germany lying west of the-
line running north and south
through Hamburg.
A the request of the War De
partment the Council of National
Defense asks you to secure all
possible material of this character.
A large quantity of material is de
sired, and without any attempt to
avoid duplication. It will not be
practicable to return the material
of the contributors.
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 Bister’s favorite medi-
cinefo r colds on the lungs. I myself
have taken it a number of time3 when
suffering with a cold and It always
relieved me promptly.”
ROOM FOR ALL
IN THE ARMY.
Must Stop the Cause.
Governor Dorsey’s reply to the
Negro Welfare League last week
was indeed strong. He pointed
out to the negro race that it was
incumbent on them to stop the
heinous crimes which are being
committed on white women, and
when this is done the lynchings
will stop. Mob law is altogether
wrong, but just as long as negroes
persist in their brutal crimes lynch
law will prevail, for it inflames
the white race to such an extent
that violence is inevitable.—Tal-
botton New Era.
The United States preferred to
raise its army by conscription and
na odium attaches any citizen who j
does not volunteer blit who waits; And now on top of the demands
the operation of the law. When- j made by the government and war
ever this country needs more | endeavors for free space
men it will get them via the draft,
which is the best method in the
world, when properly administer
ed.
However, notwithstanding the
the papers come the candidates
with no hesitancy in their re
quests. When will it be learned
that papers are as important a fac
tor in supporting the publishers
laws, there is plentj . of room for; anc j their families as they are by
any who want to go into the army these requests admitted to be im-
regardless. \\ henever you hear: portant factors in supporting the
a man talk about being anxious ; government and furnishing it with
and dying to get in the European j officers?—Oglethorpe Echo.
scrap, tell him he can get in. Re- j
cently, we heard a man publicly; There is a totai eclipse of the
proclaim his desire to take part in sun scheduled for the 8th of June,
the war, yet he had been put in a : the exact schedule being post
poned for an hour. Now this is
deferred classification.
The point is this he. could not
have been placed there except for
physical defects unless by his own
consent and willingness. There
is nothing against a man claiming
the advantages given him by law,
but he should not then go forth
| pretending he wants to fight.
not the result of an error in the
calculations of the astronomers,
nor is it due to an order by a
modern Joshua, that the sun stand
still, but is chargeable to the
operations of the new daylight
saving law as a result of which
clocks of the United States were
Join These Americans
On the Rqad to Victory
See the crowd! It is a happy crowd ! Why ?
Because it is on the road to Victory. It is an
old road, the Thrift road, the broad highway to
personal success. And as usual, the success of
the individual means the success of the Nation.
The Nation to-day wants Victory. The individ
ual here at home can help best by winning a mil
lion smaller victories over waste and extravagance.
Join the crowd! Take the Thrift pledge!
Raise the W. S. S. flag and keep it flying. Put
your quarters and your dollars behind your sons and
husbands and brothers on the sea and in France.
JOIN THE CROWD!!
Be
a War
Saver
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WULSCTOGS SUMPS
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UNITED STATES *
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Be
a Life
Saver
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Butler, Georgia.
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set forward an hour on March
31.—Milltown Advocate.
CALOMEL
“Our worthy and efficient Con- j
gressman, Chas. R. Crisp, does not
believe in Uncle Sam giving his
officials any more privileges than
he does any other citizen of the
country aqd has introduced a bill
in congress to that point.”—
Lumpkin Independent. For all of
which, as in many other instances,
he has the hearty approval of ev
ery right thinking man.
DYNAMITES
A SLUGGISH LIVER
S, Child Labor
Law Unconstitutional
Washington, June 3.—The fed
eral child labor law of 1916 for
bidding interstate shipment of
products of child labor was today
declared unconstitutional and in
valid by the supreme court.
Injunctions restraining the
government from putting the
statute into effect and restraining
a Charlotte N. C., cotton mill from
discharging children employed by
it were sustained by the court.
Crashes Into Sour Bile Mak
ing You Sick and You
Lose a Dav’s Work.
Calomel salivates! It’s mercury.
Calomel acts like dynamite on a slug
gish liver. When calomel comes into
contact with sour bile it crashes into
it, causing cramping and nausea.
If you are bilious, headachy, con
stipated and all knocked out, just go
to your druggist and get a
bottle of Dodson’s Lier Tone, which
is a harmless vegetable substitute for
dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful
and if it doesn’t start your liver and
straighten you up better and quicker
than nasty calomel and without
making you sick, you just go back
and get your money.
If you take calomel today you’lt
tfe sick and nauseated tomorrow; be
sides it may salivate you, while if
you take Dodson’s Liver Tone yon
will wake up feeling great, full of
ambition and ready for work or play.
It’s harmless, pleasant and safe to
give to children; they like it.