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The Butler Herald
Volume XXXXII.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JULY 11 1918.
Number 35
Letter From Parker Sliealy
Enroufe "Over Thsrs”
July 1, 5918.
Mr. H. C. Shealy,
Butler, Ga.
My Dear Papa:
Your letter received
a few days ago and was appre
ciated. 1 am well. Hope that it
will be so that I can come to see
all of you some day. Don’t be
uneasy if you do not hear from
me often, I am enjoying good
health and getting along just fine.
Hope I will feel this good when I
get “over there," and that I will
be able to find Jay. Am ready to
go over and do my "bit” any time
We can only trust in God and do
our best. Well, take good care of
yourself and don’t worry about
your boys. 1 had rather go to the
front and fight like a man than to
let some one do it for me. You
should feel proud that you have
three boys who can go to the
front, that are in good health,
and pure, clean cut men. I do
hope Jay and Thea will live a
clean life while in the service and
I believe they will.
Well, I will close for this time,
hoping to hear from you again
soon. Give my love to all.
Your loving son,
F. P. SHEALY.
How
F, C. Jarrell
Keeps Irish Potatoes
Recently we have received a
good many letters asking how to
keep Irish potatoes. Out from
Butler, Georgia, about six miles,
lives Mr. F. C. Jarrell. He is what
you call a money making farmer.
He owns quite a large farm, makes
good crops and hence has made
money. Well, we started to tell
you how he kept Irish potatoes.
While at his place we were around
looking at his Duroc and Hamp
shire hogs, his fine barn and big
mules, when we went to his garage
to get into his automobile for a
ride over the farm. He had built
a very large and complete garage,
with cement floor, and imagine
our surprise to see his auto, as it
were “camouflaged” with large
boxes of wheat on one side and a
broad border of Irish potatoes
spread out on the other side. We
can excuse any farmer for having
an automobile who can decorate
his garage in this substantial man
ner, or with such substantial food
products.—Southern Cultivator.
Landing Place For Airships,
The people of Butler have be
come considerably interested and
have pledged their hearty co-op
eration with the United States
government in providing a safe
and convenient landing place, in
the immediate vicinity of Butler,
for aeroplanes. A level tract of
land owned by Mr. D. F. Chap
man and located near his resi
dence has been offered as an ideal
plot for the landing of airships,
and probably will be inspected
soon by an army officer.
The people of this section have
become very much interested in
flying machines. It is estimated
that 3,000 automobiles, all laden
with sightseers, from all sections
of Georgia, including a thousand
people from Taylor county, made
the trip to Americus last Thurs
day to attend the formal opening
of Souther aviation field.
All who attended the opening
watched with amazement the
thrilling feats of the airmen, and
viewed the camp, which has
grown to enormous proportions in
record-breaking time, with won
der and delight.
Considering the immensity of the
crowd, as well as automobiles, it
is almost marvelous that no se
rious accident occurred at or near
Souther field Thursday. The
fact that there were no serious
accidents is largely due the splen
did regulations for handling the
crowd adopted and closely fol
lowed by the military officers and
mounted military policemen.
STATE SENATOR W. F.
WEAVER DIED UNEX-
PECTEDL Y IN A TLANTA
RULES TO GOVERN
CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY
Adopted by Executive Committee for
Third District at Cordele July 2nd
Position Wanted By Man
Over Draft Age.
Mr. C. C. Cooper, who had the
misfortune of losing heavily by
fire at Rupert a few weeks ago, is
seeking a position as salesman in
store or farm manager, and will
appreciate any assistance in secur
ing a place.
He is over the draft age, ener
getic, a man of good habits, honest
and reliable in all business trans
actions, and of a very happy
disposition, He has a fairly good
education.
Mr. Cooper says he could enter
upon service in new position any
time after August 15.
BOLL WEEVIL CONTROL
SEEMS TO BE IN SIGHT
FARMERS URGED TO MARKET
ONLY PART OF COTTON
Not More Than 26 Per Cent in Any
One Month, and to Hold One Bale
in Every Three for Better Condit
ions as to Shipping.
Atlanta, July 9.—The most im
portant point in the plan outlined
by the cotton states official advis
ory marketing board, at the recent
New Orleans meeting, for the
gradual marketing of the 1918
cotton crop, as pointed out by
Commissioner of Agriculture J. J.
Brown, is this:
“The cotton producers in each
of the cotton growing states are
to be urged not to market more
than 20 per cent of their crop in
any one month; and to hold over
for twelve months, or until such
time as the war is terminated, or
shipping facilities are ample to
move the surplus freely, one bale
out of every three.”
That is the gist of the whole
thing toward the success of which
everything else is to contribute.
Every bale of the 1918 cotton crop
will be needed. Conditions as to
export and otherwise, are such
that it is felt steps are necessary
to bring about the proper, gradual
marketing of the crop.
U. S. Agriculture Department Says
Pest Can Be Conquered by Poison.
Washington, July 7.—As a re
sult of several years’ of test work
i in various parts of the cotton belt
by B. R. Coad, an entomologist,
control of the cotton boll weevil
seems to be in a fair way of ac
complishment, says a statement
tonight by the United States de
partment of agriculture. Since
1913, Mr. Coad and a corps of
assistants, with headquarters at
Tallulah, La., has been experi
menting with various poisons ap
plied in different ways, with the
purpose of administering a dose
that would be fatal to this partic
ular insect, which has invaded
such a large part of the cotton
growing territory.
Experiments also have been con
ducted in the North Delta in
Chicot county, near Lake Village,
Ark., and in Washington county,
near Scott. Miss.
These entomologists, says the
statement, have not finished their
work, but they have proved by
experiments that the boll weevil
can be poisoned under field con
ditions and that poisoning is a
practical method of controlling the
pest. Results have shown that,
yields of from 250 to 1,000 pounds
more of seed cotton per acre can
be raised on sprayed areas than
on unsprayed plats. Details of the
experiment are now being pub
lished in a department buHetin.
Be it resolved by the executive
committee of the democratic
party for the Third Congression
al District of Georgia regularly-
assembled, and it is hereby re
solved by authority of the same
that a democratic primary be
held in each county comprising
said district on the eleventh day
of September 1918 for the pur
pose of nominating a congress
man to represent said district in
the Congress of the United
States.
Second. Be it resolved that
said primary shall be held under
and governed by the same rules
and regulations fixed by the
State Democratic committee to
control the nominations for state
house officers, except as herein
after provided.
Third. Be further resolved
that the candidate receiving the
plurality of votes cast in said
district shall be the nominee.
Fourth. Be it further resolv
ed that each candidate for con
gress in said district and run-
nmg in the primary this day
called, shall pay such assess
ments to the chairman of the
several county democratic exec
utive committees may make
against him, and the chairman
of said county r committee shall
furnish said candidate’s name to
the proper authorities in time
for it to appear on the official
ballot to be used in said primary-
in the several counties compris
ing the district. Each candi
date shall notify the secretary
of this committee of his inten
tions to enter the primary as a
candidate- for the nomination.
Any candidate failing to comply
with these requirements on or
before the first day of August
1918, 12 M. shall not be eligible
to run in said primary, and any
votes cast for him shall not be
counted.
Fifth. Be it further resolved
that the district committeeman
in each county shall ascertain
from the local executive commit
tee for His county", the name of
the successful candidate in his
county and forward the votes re
ceived by each candidate to the
chairman of the district commit
tee who shall consolidate the re
turns from the entire district
and notify the candidate who
aas received the plurality vote of
the district. Then the success
ful candidate shall appoint dele
gate to the district convention
herein after provided for, each
county being entitled to twice as
many delegates in the conven
tion as the county has represen
tatives in the the Lower House
of the General Assembly of
Georgia.
Sixth. Be it further resolved
that the delegates so selected
shall assemble in convention in
Americus, Ga., on the 18th day
of September 191S at 10:30
o’clock A. M. and proceed to con
solidate the returns from the
various committees of said dis
trict, and declare the candidate
receiving- the largest number of
vote in said district to be the
democratic nominee for the Six
ty-Sixth congress in the Third
district of Georgia. Said con
vention shall also elect a new-
democratic executive committee
for the Third Congressional dis
trict of Georgia.
Seventh- Be it further re
solved that the newspapers of
the district be requested to pub
lish these resolutions.
Cordele, Ga., July 2nd, 1918.
Win. R. BOWEN, Chm.
EDWARD A ROGERS, Sec.
Death, Which Occurred at
Ten O’clock Yesterday, Re
sult of Injuries Received in
Automobile Accident Tues
day. Funeral at Reynolds
Today.
COLORED SELECTMEN CALLEQ
TO SERVICE NEXT WEEK.
The Call is for 42 Men Who Will be
Sent to Camp Gordon. Day Ap
pointed for Leaving Not Set,
Like a bolt from clear skies
came the news yesterday of the
sad and untimely death of Hon.
W. Frank Weaver, former Mayor
of Reynolds, and at the time of
his death servipg his first term in
the State Senate from this the
twenty-third district, which is
composed of the counties of
Crawford, Houston and Taylor,
His death, which occurred at 10
o’clock Wednesday morning at
St Joseph’s infirmary, was the re
suit of injuries he received Tues
day, when the automobile in which
he was riding collided with
another car near the Terminal sta
tion in Atlanta.
Both branches of the legisla
ture adjourned out of respect to
the memory of Mr. Weaver as
soon as the announcement of his
death reached the capitol. Com
mittees were appointed by Presi
dent Oliver and Speaker Holder
to attend the funeral and make
any necessary arrangements. The
Senate committee is as follows:
Senators W. P. Andrews, of the
Thirty-fifth; M. J. Yeomans, of the
Eleventh; H. H. Merry, of the
Ninth; J. B. G. Logan, of the
Thirty-fourth; Floyd M Blackwell,
of the Fortieth, and R. T. Hum
ber, of the Thirteenth.
The bouse committee is com
posed of: Representatives Mc
Crary, of Schley; Foy of Taylor;
Wright of Jones; Richardson of
Houston, and Baldwin, of Talbot.
Senator Weaver was 38 years
old, a son of Rev and Mrs. 'L. T.
Weaver, prominent citizens of
Reynolds for twenty years, but
now residents of Perry. A wife
and five children, the two young
est being twins born last Christ
mas, survive him as does also a
brother, Mr. J. M. Weaver, of
Reynolds.
A coincidence in connection with
Senator Weaver’s death is the
fact that at the last session of the
legislature Senator A A McCurry,
of Hartwell, was run down by an
automobile on the streets of At
lanta and died within a few days
from his injuries.
Mr. Weaver was a graduate of
the University of Georgia and was
prominent in collegiate social
circles, being identified with the
fraternity life of the institution
and taking a prominent part in
athletics.
His record as a member of the
bar of Georgia is a brilliant one,
while as a man and a citizen he
was regarded with highest esteem
throughout this section and where-
ever his acquaintance extended.
The news of his unexpected death
is a great shock to our people and
has cast a shadow of gloom oyer
the county.
The body of Mr. Weaver is due
to arrive in Reynolds this morning
accompanied by committees above
named, as well as relatives and
friends who were summoned to
his bedside as soon as the serious
ness of his condition was realized.
Funeral services over the remains
of Mr. Weaver will take place
from the family residence at three
o’clock this afternoon.
The following is alist of color
ed registrants, to whom the lo
cal board is this week sending
out notices to appear in Butler
next week, day yet to be deter
mined, ready for intrainment
for Camp Gordon to be inducted
into military service of the
United States.
These names are drawn in a,c-
cr rdance with positive instruc
tions from the Adjutant Gener
al’s office, and it is earnestly re
quested by the board that no one
intercede in behalf of any regis
trant to have him placed in later
call, as little or no changes will
be made.
While the list includes fifty-five
registrants only forty-two will be
inducted into the service at this
time.
The following are included in
this call:
Frank Cummings,
Hoke Smith,
Dave Andrew,
Jackson Sims,
Charley Dent,
Willie Everett,
Ed Lockett,
John Henry Raines,
Allen Sanders,
Johnnie Ward,
John Lee,
Harris Wilchar,
Monroe Lockett,
Henry Hill,
Judge Willie Newsom,
Brown Mathews,
Martin Millirons,
Chas. A. Counter,
Clifford Walker,
William Searcy,
Monroe McCrary,
Earnest Corbin,
Charley Roquemore,
John Alford,
Charley Dugger,
Alfred Dugger,
Leslie Wilchar,
Eldridge Russeau,
John Henry Jackson,
Ramon Carson,
Roy Dugger,
Davis Hicks,
G. Isaiah Lockhart,
Lonnie Mathews,
Thomas Beall,
Sam Collatt,
Homer Shines,
Horace Tenyson,
Sam Character,
Lonnie Nailor,
LetCer Ross,
Cliffdd Hicks,
Asa Drain,
Andrew Edwards,
A lbert Troutman,
Ira Lockhart,
Willie Mosely,
Lvron Turner,
Abe Searcy,
Eugene Rogers,
Charley Lockhart,
Freeny Edwards,
Henry Raines,
Birdie Dowd,
Steve Turner,
“Meaning of The
American Red Cross”
Take Warning!
666 cures Headaches, Bilious
ness, Loss of Appetite, or that
tired aching feeling, due to Ma
laria or Colds. Fine Tonic.
It is a matter of right, and the
consumer’s just due, that he have
correct weight in the purchases
which he may make, whether the
purchase be from a merchant or
producer. So, I call attention to
the producer of Butter, not to de
pend upon the buiter-mould for
correct weight, but to weigh the
butter and see that half pound
contains 8 ounces and that each
pound contains 16 ounces. And
not to be governed by the butter-
moulds as heretofore. I intend to
see that the consumer has his just
due. J. T. ADAMS,
Food Administrator for Taylor
County.
Butler, Ga., July IB, 1918.
From the above topic Rev. L. A
Harrell will deliver an interesting
lecture at the Methodist church
next Sunday night.
The preaching hour at the
Methodist! cnurch Sunday night
will be devoted to the aims of the
American i led Cross and what it
has already accomplished for hu
manity, anA more especially for
our boys in t^e present war both
in this country and in ( the theatre
of war in European cd intries.
Rev. Mr. Harrell lias recently
returned from an important state
wide Red Cross meeting held: at
Athens, at which were present
400 delegates, and from which
meeting he received a wonderful
inspiration and will be a We to
bring to his congregation Sun
day night interesting and helpful
messages.
If j ou are a member of the But
ler chapter Red Cross it is to your
duty to be present and hear Mr.
Harrell’s report from the meet
ing which he attended. If not a
member, you, particularly, are in
vited to hear this message: His
lecture which will not only be a
source of information to you, but
entertaining as well.
Only Small Edition Next Week
As has been our custom for
many years to suspend publication
of the Heraid one week in July,
except sending out a small issue
carrying the legal advertisements,
we will follow this course next
week. This is done to enable us
to attend the annual meeting of
the Georgia Weekly Press Asso
ciation, of which body the editor
of this paper .'s secretary and it is
important that be be present.
The press meeting this year will
be held at Wrightsville, Ga., and
convenes Monday night for a two-
days session.
The hospitablepeople of Wrights
ville and Dublin have combined to
give the newspaper men royal
entertainment while in that sec
tion of the state.
President Paul ilarber has ar
ranged a moot excellent program
for the business sessions of the
association widen includes many
special features of more than
ordinary interest to members of
the craft.
Wesley community, which has
been a forerunner in church,
school and civic interests, as well
as in agricultural lines, has placed
in her crown another wreath, a
number of patriotic citizens of
that section haying pledged their
time and their effort in the inter
est of the American Red Cross,
culmination in the organization on
Sunday afternoon last one of the
most active Red Cross chapters
in this section.
The chapter was regularly or
ganized with Hon. R. M. Suggs,
chairman; Miss Margaret Heath,
Secretary.
The executive committee is com
posed of Messrs R. M. Suggs, D.
L. Sealy, B. W. Adams, Mrs. T. J.
Amos, Miss Margaret Heath.
Messrs F C Jarrell, D. L. Sealy,
C. Slaughter, Mrs. H. T. Wail and
Mrs. J. A. Heath constitute the
membership committee.
Thirty-one persons were en
rolled as charter members of the
Wesley chapter, with the pros
pect of increasing the number to
fifty or more within the next few
weeks.