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Butler Herald
Volume XXXXII. BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1918.
Number 52
First United War
Work Campaign.
SPECIAL DEPARTMENT.-
Devoted to the Interests of the
COLUMBUS DISTRICT
. Editorial Staff.
Frank Phillips, District Chairman
R. C. Steamcs, District Director
Walter J. Riley, County Chairman
C. E. Benns, County Pub. Director
At the time ,of this writing
(Monday morning) two very
heartening and comforting re
ports have come from right and
left wings of our forces in Col
umbus district. From Gay in
Meriwether came a written re
port showing the names of sub
scribed and the amount each
would give, while from Butler
and Reynolds we have received
the report of two of the largest
“war meetings” ever held in Tay
lor county.
The significant fact about the
report sent in by. Team Chair
man Estes of Gay was that he
went over the top by making it/
$800 instead of the $500 origi
nally appointed to thaJ com
munity.
The salient facts about the
meetings in Taylor county were
the heart to heart appeal of Hon.
D. M. Parker, the evident spiri'j
of responsiveness on the part
of the people and the proud
claim of “he leaders that they
not only would go over the top
on Monday, the eleventh, but
would go “way over”.
We congratulate County Chair
man Eakes and Team Chairman
Estes on the report from Gay
and County Chairman Riley and
his coworkers, J. H. Neisler,
L. A. Harrell, G. C. Smith, C. E.
Benns, J. H. Allen and Miss Bon
nie Newsome on the success of
the meetings at Butler and Rey
nolds and particularly on the
intelligent and thorough manner
in which they were advertised.
We have spoken of the strug
gles on the right and left flanks
—what can be said of the cen
ter? Even a casual glance at
the Sunday morning papers
would convince the most fearful
and timid that all is going well
there. Chairman Dimon an
nounces ihe names of the mem
bers of his teams and there are
“six hundred” of them. All of
the Rotaiians in Columbus and
Muscogee county are found in
this list and the same is true of
practically ail of the names of
the rest of the people who do
things in that city and county.
“Immortal Six Hundred”, shall
we say? Let the results on No
vember 11th answer. We await
thal answer with supreme confi
dence.
Harris and Talbot counties
remain, and of these two coun
ties it may be said that Harris
county leads the whole
district in the number of rallies
already announced while Talbot
promises an almost unanimous
attendance of team workers at
Talbottor. on tomorrow (Nov.5).
We are feeling fine, thank
you!
District Chairman E. G.
Thomas reports that the colored
peqple in Columbus district are
going to do their full share in
the campaign. In Muscogee
county alone there are twenty-
five teams in each church, which
means a great host of campaign
ers, and we leam that they are
not going to permit any member
of their race to escape.
Every man under Pershing is
on tiptoe with eagerness to fin
ish the war. They understand
that now is the time .to strike
the hardest and quickest blows.
They are reported to scorn even
the mention of going into winter
quarters. They are not stopping
to contemplate the early conclu
sion of hostilities; they are
fighting and their thrilling ex
ample says to every citizen here
at home, the non-military army
behind the enlisted men, “you
fight too by your willing service
your contributions and the en
couragement you give the boys
by making them feel that every
body at home is doing every
thing possible to show his per
sonal interest in the men who go
into the trenches. “There are,”
said Napoleon, four great ele
ments in every successful army
—armament, military technique,
numbers and morale, but th ree-
fourths of the whole is morale.”
The paper nex'j week will be
published after the campaign is
over; therefore we must say our
final words in this issue. These
must include a word of thanks
to the editor for the use of this
column and a special message to
the team members.
This has been a very unusual
campaign. Plans which had
been carefully worked out
through months of preparation
had to be abandoned almost over
night on account of the epidemic
of influenza. Besides, certain
labor troubles in New York de
layed the shipment of advertis T
ing material. We have, human
ly speaking, only two things to
depend upon but they happen to
be two of the best things in the
world—the personal interest of
a large number of red-blooded
American men and women,
known, for the time being, as
team workers, and, second the
everlasting patriotism and love
of liberty that bums in the
hearts of American citizens at
large.
The team workers must bring
ihe message to this American
citizenry and God pity the team
worker, man or woman, who lags
or falters in this great hour.
Every man and woman in your
vicinity should be given an op
portunity to subscribe, and this
task of visitation will not be at
tainable without the most thor
ough oiganiza^on and system,
and a willingness on the part of
our busiest and most prominent
citizens to leave the plow' or the
store or the counting house and
spend some hours in seeing
those with whom he is influen
tial.
The thought Shat is upper
most in the minds of all both in
the appeals we offer and in Hie
responses we make, is so graphi
cally represented in Charlotte
H. Crawford’s poem, “Vive La
France”, that I venture to quote
some of its verses. It is probably
the most pathetically beautiful
poem that the war period has
produced.
“Franceline rose in the
dawning gray,
And her heart would dance
though she knelt to pray,
For her man Michel had
holiday,
Fighting for France.
“She off ered her prayer by the
cradle-side,
And with baby palms folded
in hers she cried:
‘If I have but one prayer,
dear, crusified
Christ—save France!
“But if I have two, then, by
Mary’s grace,
Carry me safe to the meeting
place,
Let me look once more on my
dear love’s face—
Save him for France!
“She crooned to her boy, Oh,
how glad he’ll be,
Little three-months old, to set
eyes on thee!
“For rather than gold would I
give”, said he,
“A son to France.”
“She came to the town of the
290,773 Men Must
Report To Camps
Largest Single Call Under The
Selective Service Act Is Announ
ced By Crowder.
Washington, Nov. 2—Draft
calls for the mobilization of 290,
773 additional men at army
training camps before November
21, were announced tonight by
Provost Marshal General Crow
der. Between November 11 and
15, it was announced 253,335
white men physically qualified
for general military service will
entrain, making the largest sin
gle call issued under the selec
tive act.
The remainder of the Novem
ber total so far as announced,
will be made up by negroes for
entrainment November 19 to 21.
With the assembling of the
men provided in these calls at
camp, the total number of men
inducted into military service
under the draft will have passed
the 3,000,000 mark, and the num
ber of men in the United States
Army in the field or in training,
will total more than 4,000,000.
Men who registered Septem
ber 12 under the act extending
draft age limits will make up
the largest proportion of the No
vember mobilization as the eli
gible list remaining from previ
ous registrations largely was
exhausted by the October calls.
To The Peanut Growers Of
Taylor County.
I have appointed Mr. T. Bailey
Joiner of Butler as County
Chairman of The Georgia Pea
nut Growers Association.
The purpose of this organization
shall be the advancement in ev
ery legimate way of the Peanut
Growing industry.
It. shall seek to perfect the
methods of the harvesting, grad
ing and marketing of the pea
nuts.
It shall endeavor to improve
the iveneus through which the
crops shall be marketed, also to
ascertain the reasonable cost of
production and to assist in se
curing for the producer a reas
onable profit and return for his
labor.
Now we want to know approx
imately what there will be in
each county for sale in the pea
nut growing section of Georgia.
I will leave with Mr. Joiner
a lot of blanks to be filled out
showing about! what you will
have for sale this season.
Please call on Mr. Joiner and
fill out the blank. Thanking
you in advance,
I am yours truly
J R LOWE,
Field Representative State
Bureau of Markets.
GIN DAYS
From inis date, my gin plant,
which by the way is second to
none in the county and with few
equals, will be in operation on
only Monday, Wednnesday and
Saturday of each week.
The public will govern them
selves accordingly.
F. C. JARRELL.
nameless name,,
To the marching troops in the
street she came,
And she held high her boy
like a taper flame—
Burning for France.
“His regiment comes. Oh,
then, where is he?
There is dust in my eyes for
I can not see—
Is that my Michel to the right
of thee,
Soldier of France?”
“Then out of the ranks a
comrade fell—
Yesterday—t’was a splinter
of shell—
And he whispered thy name,
did thy poor Michel,
Dying for France.”
“The tread of the troops on
the pavement throbbed
Like a woman’s heart of the
last joy robbed,
As she lifted her boy to the
flag and sobbed,
Vive La France.”
Mr. Grice Lucas Died
At Fort Valley Tuesday
Announcement of the death of
Mr. Grice Lucas came as a great
shock to his many friends
throughout the county. It was
known that he was quite sick;
but up until a very short time
before his death his condition
was not regarded as serious. His
early passing has cast a gloom
over this entire section, where
he was well-known and held in
the highest esteem by all.
Mr. Lucas’ death occurred
Monday morning about eleven
o’clock at Fort Valley, in which
city he had been residing during
the past twelve months or more,
being one of the most highly es
teemed employes of the Fort
Valley postoffice. His death
was due to pneumonia and other
complications.
Mr. Lucas, who was reared in
this county, was 32 years of age
the son of Hon. and Mrs. C. M.
Lucas, of Panhandle district.
Besides his parents he is surviv
ed by a grief-stricken wife, two
sisters and one brother, all of
this county.
He was not only a model
young man, but a Christian gen
tleman in the full sense of the
term. He was a member of the
Methodist church and his life
was truly in keeping with the
doctrines of his church.
Ilis remains were laid to rest
in the cemetery at Crowell
church Tuesday afternoon, the
funeral services being conducted
by Rev. L. A. Harrell, and large
ly attended not only by his many
friends in Taylor county, but
many from Fort Valley and ad
joining counties.
The greatly bereaved ones
have the sincere sympathy of
the Herald.
LIGHT VOTE IN
COUNTY TUESDAY
Pei'haps the lightest vote ever
cast in the county was polled
Tuesday in the election for Gov
ernor, State House officers, U S.
Senator, Congressman, State
Senator and Representative.
The total vote cast in the ccun
ty was only 220 out of a regis
tration of more than 1200.
The only interest manifested
in Ihe election was for the U. S.
Senatorship and the fifteen a-
mendments. The Democratic
state ticket was the only one vot
ed and practically every name
thereon received the full volie
cast.
The result for United States
Senator and the amendments
was as follows:
W. J. Harris, Democrat, re
ceived 166 votes; G. H. Williams,
Republican, 50 votes.
AMENDMENTS.
Fust, for 30; against, 57.
Second, for 29; against, 52.
Third, for 76; against, 42.
Fourth, for 48; against, 71.
Fi f T .h, for 57; against, 51.
Sixth, for 92; against, 41.
S<" enth, for 58; against, 62.
Eighth, for*80; against, 47.
Ninth, for 61; against, 63.
Tenth, for 42; against, 56.
Eleventh, for 33; against, 58.
Twelfth, for 42; against, 52.
Thirteenth, for 78; against, 57.
Fourteenth, for 56; against, 59.
Fifteenth, for 57; against, 44.
RETURNED SOLDIER TO
MAKE THREE ADDRESSES
IN COUNTY SUNDA*.
Lieutenant John H. Noble, of
New York, recently returned to
the United States from Europe,
where he was in military serv
ice on the battle front for many
moo hs, will speak to the people
of T iyh r county next Sunday in
the interest of the United War
Work campaign. His speaking
dates are as follows: Butler,
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock;
Wesley, afternoon at 3; Rey-
nc Ids, in the evening at 7 o’clock.
Taylor County
Ready For Drive
Everything is in readiness in
Taylor county for the drive for
the United War Workers, which
begins next Monday and contin
ues for one week if needs be, al
though it is hoped that the coun
ty’s quota of $2500 will be rais
ed the first day.
This county has not failed to
exceed its quota on any of the
Red Cross, Liberty Loans and
other campaigns, and Walter J.
Riley, prominent young man of
this city, who is county chair
man for the coming drive, feels
confident that the organization
he has perfected over the county
will easy go “over the top” a-
gain. Every section of the coun
ty is well represented in the or
ganization, and the work will be
carried on very much the same
as during the other drives.
M. R. CAMERON’S GREAT
B EING drafted into the army, and as I stand subject to call at any time, am
forced to make a great sacrifice of my stock of Dry Goods in order to meet
my obligations as near as possible.
Therefore, today, I am putting one of the best stocks of goods in Georgia on
the market at rock-bottom prices.
If you need anything to wear, men, women and children, I can save you
money. Get my prices before you buy elsewhere. The following is just a few
of the many items carried in stock:
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Men’s and Boy’s Shoes, Hats, Caps, Clothing, Overcoats, Rain coats,
Sweaters, Underwear, Shirts, Collars, Ties, Etc., Ladies’ and Children’s
Shoes, Dress Goods and Trimmings of all kind, Underwear, Sweaters,
Corsets, Skirts, Hosiery and the largest stock of ladies, misses and chil
dren’s Coats ever shown in this section. All to be sold WITHIN THE
NEXT FEW DAYS AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.
Due to prevailing conditions your purchases will be considered a personal
favor by me, and will be a money saving proposition to yourself.
Nothing Charged During Sale
Positively no goods charged to any one at any price during this sale.
M. R. CAMERON