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The ButlerHerald
Established in 1876
C. E. BENNS.
Editor and Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TAYLOR CO.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
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Editor Butler Herald:
Entered at the Post Office at Butler, Ga.
as Mail Matter of Second-Class.
Subscription $1.50 a Year
FOCH TO WIN WAR
AT SMALLEST COST
OF AMERICAN LIFE.
General Foch is continuing his
strategic pressure against the
Aisne-Ourcq salient with the same
firm refusal to be tempted into a
general engagement that has
marked his course since the Ger
mans started to retreat from the
Marne.
Full justification for this policy
of caution has been provided by
the renewed German retreat dur
ing the last forty-eight hours.
General Foch is fighting with
brain power as well as with man
power. This combination does
not provide the quick, spectacular
results that Ludendorff has ac
complished by the use of man
power alone; but it will win the
war with a minimum loss of Amer
ican lives.
It is not necessary for the allies',
purpose to throw away lives
by the thousands in order to gain
the final victory a little more
quickly. The allies’ money can
hold out to whatever extent is
necessary to save the lives of the
allied troops. This is the principle
on which General Foch is work
ing. The depressing effect upon
German morale of Von Hinden-
burg’s retreat from the Marne will
be the same regardless of the
method by which it has been
brought about.
There is encouraging evidence
that the German war lords are
badly frightened at the prospect
of having to tell the German peo
ple what has happened north of
the Marne. For the first time
since the war began, the German
official communiques are de
liberately lying and camouflaging.
The Germans at home have not
yet been informed that Luden
dorff has had to give up his entire
hold on the Marne and is headed
back toward the Vesle and the
Aisne. In all previous German
defeats the war office at Berlin
has been frank for the purpose of
impressing on the allies the belief
- that German morale was suffic
iently unbending to withstand bad
news. This condition no longer
exists. The kaiser dare not con
fess his present defeat outright.
He is breaking the news slowly
and timorously. Well he might,
for his dynasty is in grave danger
of being found out. After Verdun,
the Marne!
As an old
Taylor county boy and a subscrib
er to the Herald I can’t refrain
from writing you concerning the
U. S. Senatorship since reading
the-Hon. G. C. Smith’s letter to
old Tom Hardwick, also to taking
notice to your reference to Old
Tom Hardwick in your tribflteto
the boys who left dear old Taylor
for camp. As^to the boys, most
of them are my personal friends (
some old school mates and of
course I can but be grieved at
their having to go but am glad to
know that they are as red blood
ed as any -boy in Uncle Sam’s
great family. But that’s not what
I started to write you about. Of
course I know you are for baldly
Billy Harris for U S Senator. All
the little political wings are for
Harris and of course you have-
membership in the ring, but we
common people are going to elect
Old Tom Hardwick and all the
little ringsters in the state can’t
help it.
Of course I know_you personally,
your heart is with us but you have
to act as a ringster to stay in the
ring. The little political rings han
dle the financial end of the thing
and of course that makes the
mare go. Just as the common
people put Hon. Hugh M. Dorsey due any public man, yet in his at
in the governor’s chair just so
are they going to send Hon. Thos
W. Hardwick back to the Senate
I wish you would get baldly Harris
or Sly Howard out of the race so
you could give us an interesting
race; we can beat one just as easy
as we can both, had rather have
some fun though.
Now as to the Smith letter will
bet you five dollars that Smith
didn’t write it unless it was dic
tated to him. You were always a
good boy Charlie, come clean, tell
who wrote it, you or Hon. Walter
Steed. Of course you don’t ob
ject to .us knowing. Pray, don’t
write an other like it, we want
baldly to get 100 votes in Taylor
and one more Smith letter will
keep him from doing so. Go
your route boys the Harris crowd
has the squalling end of the cat
and the people are making him
squall and not trying either. Get
Howard to come down, boys lets
have a race, just now its one sid
ed.
Tell us who wrote the letter
Charlie, be a good boy speak right
out.
Respectfully,
T. E. FOWLER,
Ideal, Ga.
ministration, especially through
the present crisis.
There is but one issue in the
campaign for United States sena
tor but represented by two fac
tions, one the endorsement of the
administration, with four candi
dates representing this foption,
the other the anti-administra
tion faction with Senator Hard
wick as leader. While we are
proud to belong to the former we
are no more for Harris than for
Shaw, nor for Shaw than for
Howard, but for either of these
gentlemen who may be able to
lead the host to victory. If it
takes this to be a “ringster” w r e
wear the badge with pride, and
consider it an honor to be . asso
ciated with those who compose
the bond.
We have no word whatever,^of
criticism of those who intend sup
porting Mr. Hardwick, for among
his supporters are some of warm
est friends, men who are as
goodor better than are we as wor
thy and patriotic citizens as the
country affords—but we fail to
understand how they can be so
woefully misled by a man who
has without warrant attacked the
President, the newspapers and
nearly every thing else.
Before Senator Hardwick’s vis
it to Butler we showed him every
courtesy, favor and consideration
aims for her sons in striking the
fetters of German militarism from
the civilized world,—our loyalty,
our devotion to the freedom of
mankind made us cast our lots
with Wilson and the nation when
it went to war.
Senator Hardwick tried to keep
us from sending our soldiers to
fight. He tried to keep our young
men out of the- aviation corps
PROPERTY TAX OF TAYLOR COUNTY
• SHOWS INCREASEjQF $354,149
Butler District..
Reynolds “ ^
Panhandle “
Carsonville”
Property*
IwoSSTl 32.00
742.677.00
135.788.00
136.539.00
86,502.00
107.644.00
Prof. Tax
$ 90.00
70.00
Poll Tax
$ 320.00
235 00
104.00
73.00
' 81.00
93.00
Daviston “
10.00
10.00
Howard
Cedar Creek
Southland Property
148.505.00
131.442.00
' 1,137.00
87.00
88.00
Total Returns White Tax Payers
Total Returns Col., Tax Payers..
2,029,366.00
151,040.00
180.00
1,081.00
632.00
Aggregate White and Colored
Returns.. .
2.180.406.00
7,955.00
2.188.361.00
1.834.212.00
354,149.00
180 00
180.00
1,713.00
1,713.00
Total from Wild Land Digest..
Grand Aggregation.
1917 Aggregate .. .
GAIN..
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Germany [and Turkey.
There has come no confirma
tion today of the report that Tur
key has broken with Germany.
It is hoped this is true on the gen
eral principle that it lls better to
have the country an enemy of
our enemy than to Jiave their re
lations remain that of allies. The
German influence is so strong
and so pronounced in Turkey that | in the campaign, for
it will require a very deep-seated
and aggressive movement to. dis
lodge the Teuton there
For Mr. Fowler’s information,
or any one else who may per
chance be of the same heart and
mind, the Herald trusts fits rea
ders will bear with patients while
we propound a few important
facts in the Senatorial race.
In the first place the Smith com
munication above referred to Was
written by the Hon. G. C. Smith
himself so far we have the least
knowledge or concern. It was
published verbatum et literatum
as furnished us by Mr. Smith
above his own signature.
Secondly, the Herald has not
only withheld taking an open
stand for any of the five candi
dates in the race for United States
Senator, but has refiained dis
cussing even the political issues
the reas
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Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
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three ounces of orchard white for a few
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hands each day and see how freckles
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It is harmless.
that while the editor of this pa
per has convictions that are his
by every known right, and ex
tends the same right to every in
dividual, he recognizes the prov
ince of a country weekly news
paper to be that of disseminating
the news, especial that in the lo
cal field, and has tried to mand
the Herald’s ship of state within
that sphere. But herein and
hereafter we shall declare our
selves aligned with the nationa 1
administration which has at its
head a man recognized through
out the world as the greatest
chieftain that has ever lived, and
will support of those seeking of
fice only such as will pledge
themselves to uphold his hand
and lend his every aid to the ad-
tack on the newspapers he ex
cused none, “large or small” to|
use fiis own language.
He says the newspapers an
fighting him because he securei
a raise in the newspaper postage
rates. He asserted in his address!
here that Postmaster ' Burleson
sent him to the task and won.!
There never was a greater false-l
hood palmed off on Georgians
He did not secure the passage ofl
the increase in newspaper pos
tage. There isn’t a man in Geor
gia who knows Senator Hard
wick’s record in Washington for|
the past two years but that ha?
already found that he ( cannot pas;
anything in the senate or any
where else in Washington. He i
one of the most worthless o:
public office holders known
Washington. He has no influ
ence and enjoys nothing but th
steady and unstinted contempt
all congress. Talk about passin
a law! He has fought every meas
ure designed to assistin the pros
ecutionofthe war until he com
mands no fellowship of the na
tion’s law makers. He never sej
cured the passage of the
which Postmaster Burleson prop
posed for relieving the shortage
in postage income.
The newspapers in Georgia are
not fighting Senator Hardwicjk
because of this. They are not
fighting him because he v had any
thing to do with imposing a part
of the war burden on the news
papers. , Most of them are too pa
triotic to do that. They have
harder burdens to bear than the
increase in postage. The tre
mendously increased burdens
following one after another in the
publicity campaigns for Red Cross,
War Savings Stamps, Liberty
Bonds Y. M. C. A. War Work, and
dozens of other things are cost
ing the news much more than the
light postage increases. The
newspaper are bearing greater
burdens than a few cents a week
on increased postage and Sena
tor Hardwick knows it. What he
is saying about them is untrue,
every word of it.
You might travel the country
over fronr one end to the other
and you will never find a more
loyal newspaper support than
that which has been given Presi
dent Wilson and in congress in
Georgia in the great struggle
which is no.w but -half begun.
Their pride has never been shak
en in all the history of this com
monwealth so shamefully and so
disgracefully as it has heen shak
en by Senator Hardwick.' We
bow our heads in shame „ as we
think of this man walking into the
duties of the late Venerable A. O.
Bacon, a man who was loyal arid
respected by the whole nation.
Our love of our state, our high
seen the
up and
Kaiser’s
Kaiser’s
tage.
There is scarcely a newspaper
in Georgia, even his own home
paper—that is not out spoken
against Senator Hardwick. They
take that stand because of their
pride in the patriotic loyalty of
Georgia’s sons in the trenches.
They want their men on the fir
ing line to know they are sup
porting them. They want their
public servants in Washington to
work in unison and harmony with
tjie government and the nation’s
commander in chief so faithfully
and honestly as to make the
Georgians who are facing the fire
in Europe know that back home
the hand of a powerful nation is
raised to strike its most -power
ful blow. W# want these men to
have faith in their state and na
tion because we want them to be
brave fighting men.
Senator Hardwick is living with
out that confidence and hij acts
might dampen their arder. That’s
why the newspapers oppose him.
And further, to use the lan
guage of one of our contempo
raries, “Senator Hardwick calls
himself loyal and he calls himself
a statesman. His friends prate
of his great ability. And yet—if
we had had Hardwick running the
coflntry—what would have hap
pened?
“We would have had a war
with Germany, but no army rais
ed to fight Germany with.
“We would have had last win
ter ,4he whole nation tied up and
in chaos and anarchy for railroad
failure and collapse, with actual
starvation in sight for millions of
people and all war prosecution
brought abruptly to a stop.
‘We would have seen food in
the hands of profiteers and out of
reach of any but the rich, the
speculator and the manipulator—
at whose hands the Southern
farmer has only too often been
forced to pay heavily in blood toll
and the fruits of his husbandry—
running riot and enriched in
profits and opportunity for profit
and our Allies forced to undergo
even greater food retrenchments
than the pitiful enough rations
they are on now notwithstanding
our best and most efficient ef
forts.
“And we would have
German agent walking
down the land doing the
work and spreading the
money with no way to get at him
effectively; we would have seen
the German owned publications
still scattering lies about our
President and our Allies and
way to stop one of them;
would have seen, in short, this
whole, great country an open
field of operations for German
agents to hold back the full sup
port of the people for the men in
the trenches.
“With Hardwick successful in
these things he has tried so hard
to do and has now tried to justify
we would today have lost the war
and be looking forward to resi
dence in a Prussian-ruled world
—our very existence dependent
[on either a life and death strug
le, in which both peoples might
erish, singlehanded against the
erman^empire, or an intolerable
lliance with the most unspeak-
ble people who have disgraced
he earth since the days of Atilla
the Hun—instead of winning it as
the glorious news from “over
there” now tells us we have defi
nitely set in at last to do.
“Nothing can erase his record,
nor wipe out the infamy of his
enmity to the processes along
which his country has been
marching to victory.”
GOVERNOR DORSEY’S
COURT APPOINTEE
ASKS RE-ELECTION
Judge Frank Harwell Seeks
to Fill Out Unexpired
Term on Court of Appeals
Bench.
JUDGE FRANK HARWELL, OF
■LA GRANGE.
Pledge Support.
More than 600 members of the
Association of Western Union
Employes, of Atlanta have pass
ed resolutions and forwarded
them to President Wilson pledg
ing him their support in the
country’s crisis and guaranteeing
to stick to their posts so as
not to interrupt telegraphic com
munication.
Appointed by Governor Dorsey In Out.,
1917 Judge of Court of Appeals to suc
ceed Judge George. Judge Frank Harwell
announces for re-election to the unexpired
term.
He was re-elected by the people of his
home county (Troup) for foJr consecu
five terms of four years each.. Judge of
the City Court of LaGrange, and resigned
that position to accept this place on tha
Court of Appeals.
He has made £ splendid record on the
Court of Appeals since his appointment
In October, and his work on the C’oui t
is commended and endorsed by the mem
bers of the bar throughout the State.
He Is prominent in fraternal circles
being a Mason. Knight of Pythias, Ked
Man, and Odd Fellow.
He was Grand Master of Odd Fellows
of Georgia 1915-1916,
He is a member of the Board of Trus
tees of KaGrange Female College.
He was a schoolmate of Governor Dor-
6ey, and managed the campaign of Gov
ernor Dorsey two years ago.
Judge Harwell was not k candidate for
Judge of the Court of Appeals in th*
primary or in the convention of 191.1,
and is not responsible for the many past
defeats of his only opponent in seeking
this and other elective offices.
He says in his iJflhouncement, "If t
have faithfully, intelligently ami impar-
tiahy discharged the difficult duties of m
office, I feel that I will be accprded, unde*
precedent, the endorsement I ara seek
ing.
"My experience upon the bench has
emphasized my conviction, in which i
am sure ydu concur, that judges should
be selected solely from the standpoint ot
personal character, legal ability, judicial
experience, and temperamental fitness
for the place. t
“While X would like personally to pre
sent my candidacy to the voters of “ the
duties of my present position
Velvet Bean Meeting.
A general meeting of the vel
vet bean millers, dairymen and
stock feed brokers and jobbers of
Georgia will be held in Macon
August 8th. All interested in the
upbuilding of the velvet bean in
dustry are invited to attend.
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selves gravels, cures diabetes,
weak and lame back, l’heuma-
tism and irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder in both men
and women. Regulates bladder
troubles in children. If not sold
"By .your druggist, will be sent
by mail on receipt of $1.00. One
small box is two months’ treat
ment, and seldom fails to per
fect a cure. Sertd for sworn
testimonials. Dr. F. W. Hall,
2926 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo.
Sold by druggists.—Adv.
, , F‘C.JClll PUolUUIl
are heavy and exacting and will prevent
the making of such a campaign^
— wca-itfr*- T—
therefore^rely upon the fair-mfJJ|^Fri
zens of Georgia who will parSSIte In
the primary, to Investigate the record 1
have made and to judge me by the re
sults I have accomplished.
If, as the result of such Investigation
or inquiry, you should deem me worthy
of your endorsement, I will deeply ap
preciate your aid and support."
Some men are pronounced ad-'
vocates of “freedom of the
press”—only when such freedom
is exercised in their behalf c.r
favorable to those issues they
represent.
' Not a Good Soller.
“Is this a free translation of Homer
you have made?” “Guess it is,” gloom
ily responded the author thereof. “I
can’t seem to sell It to anybody.”
The dedication of the new
Methodist church at Fort Valiev
brought together | several hut -
dred people Sunday morning. T1 e
dedicatorial sermon was preach
ed by Bishop W. A. Candler, of
Atlanta. Special music was a
feature of the service and the
formal dedication was made by
Bishop Candler as the stewards
and trustees gathered about the
altar.
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