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The Butler Herald
Volume XXXXIII.
BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1918.
Numbet 2
Sale of War Savings
Stamps Continues
Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 18. The
war is over, but the big ball
which America wound up to win
the war must be unwound just
as slowly and carefully and at
just as great a cost. The money
which it took to put our boys in
France and to pay the other vast
expenses of prosecuting the war,
was not more necessary than
the sums it will take to bring
them back again and transfer
the nation to a peace basis.
Therefore, it was announced
here today, the campaign for
the sale of War Saving Stamps
and the redemption of War Sav
ings Stamps pledges will be pro
secuted more vigorously that
ever in Georgia. In this connec
tion, a plan, hard lousiness light
to the situation was pointed out
which the people of Georgia will
do well to note.
“The government right this
minute is deciding the question
of whether to raise the money
it needs by taxation or by trying
to sell government securities,”
said a leader of the War Savings
Stamps organization today.
- ■‘■'The big moneyed interests of
the nation have shown that they
favor the latter method by buy
ing up every issue of Liberty
Bonds. The people now are
. answering in the matter of War
Savings Stamps. The man who
buys them says, ‘I don’t want to
be taxed. I want to help pay for
this war by putting my money
''in government securities which
will pay me back dollar for dol
lar at. a good rate of interest.’
The man who fails to purchase
War Savings Stamps is saying,
‘I do not like this method. I pre
fer taxation, even if it takes my
savings for the next seven years’
And as surely as the war is won,
it will take, the savings of all the
people in America for the next
seven years if they vote for tax
ation instead of purchasing the
splendid securities in War Sav
ings Stamps that are offered
-them.”
S
JAMES HENRY TAUNTON
Whereas, it has pleased the
Heavenly Father to remove
from our midst one of our faith
ful and efficient members and
officers, taking him unto Him
self with that blessed commen
dation, “Well done good and
-^faithful servant, enter thou in
to The joy of thy Lord.”
Therefore, be it resolved, that
in ithe death of Brother James
H. Taunton, we have sustained
a great, personal loss, tne lodge
a faithful member among us,
and an officer in whom all confi-
•\ dence was reposed. He was
made of tne finer clay txwu, com
bines a charming personality
with integrity, ability and effic
iency, and enjoyed our utmost
confidence.
Resolved. That we extend to
his widow and family our deep
est sympathy in their great be
reavement.
Resolved by Fickling Lodge
No. 129 F and A. M. that these
resolutions be spread on the min
utes, and a page be kept sacred
prto his memory; a copy be tran
scribed and furnished to his
family and published in the But
ler Herald.
Respectfully,
L. A. HARRELL
J. W. EDWARDS
C. E. BENNS
Committee
A TEXAS WONDER.
The Texas Wonder cures kid
ney and bladder troubles, dis
solves gravels, cures diabetes,
weak and lame back, rheuma
tism and irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder in both men
and women. Regulates bladder
troubles u^hildren. If not sold
by youag^Bmst, will be sent
by °f $1-00. One
o months’ treat-
fails to per-
d for sworn
F. W. Hall,
St. Louis, Mo.
dv.
MAJOR GENERAL OF RAIN
BOW DIVISION COMMENDS
MEN UNDER HIS COM
MAND.
The Forty-second, or Rainbow
Qivision, which is made of troops
from twenty-one states, includ
ing Georgia, and in which are
some of our own Butler and Tay
lor county boys; notably among
them Joe Rawls and Perk Har
ris, occupies the most prominent
part in the history of the world
war.
The men of this division hav
ing made such splendid showing,
holding on to ti.e enemy’s heels
with the most wonderful tenaci
ty, have received letters of com ■
mendation from officers in high
comm; nd. One of sue' 1 letters
and which will be read with
great interest by friends of our
own home boys, is as follows:
To The Officers And Men Of The
42nd Division:
A year has elapsed since the
formation of your organization.
It is, therefore, fitting to con
sider what you have accomplish
ed as a combat division and what
you should prepare to accomplish
in the future.
Your first elements entered
the trenches in Lorraine on Feb
ruary 21st. You served on that
front, for 110 days. You were
the first American division to
hold a divisional sector and when
you left the sector June 21st,
you had served continuously as a
division in the trenches for a
longer time than any oiner Am
erican division. Although you
entered the sector without ex
perience in actual warfare, you
so conducted yourselves as to
win the respect and affection of
the French veterans with whom
you fought. Under gas and
bombardment, in raids, in pa
trols, in the heat of hand to
hand combat and in the long dull
hours of trench routine so try
ing to a soldier’s spirit, you bore
yourselves in a manner worthy
of the traditions of our country.
You were withdrawn from
Lorraine and moved immediately
to the Champagne front where
during the critical days from Ju
ly 14th to July 18th, you had the
honor of being the only Ameri
can division to fight in General
Gouraud’s Army which so glor
iously obeyed his order, “We will
stand or die”, and by its iron
defense crushed the German as
sault and made possible the of
fensive of July l^th to the west
of Reims.
From Champagne you were
called to take part in exploiting
the success north of the Marne.
Fresh from the battle front be
fore Chalons, you were thrown
against the picked troops of Ger
many. For eight consecutive
days, you attacked skillfully pre
pared positions. You captured
great stores of arms and rruni-
tic;.s. You forced the crossings
of the Ourcq. You took Hill 212,
Sergy, Meurcy Ferme and Ser-
inges by assault. You drove the
enemy, including an Imperial
Guard Division, before you for a
depth of fifteen kilometers.
When your infantry was reliev
ed, it was in full pursuit of the
retiring Germans, and your ar
tillery continued to progress and
support another American divis
ion in the advance to the Vesle.
For your services in Lorraine,
your division was formally com
mended in General Orders by
the French Army Corps under
which you served. For your ser
vices in Champagne, your assem
bled officers received the person
al thanks and commendation of
General Gouraud himself. For
your services on the Ourcq, your
division was offically compli
mented in a letter from the Com
manding General, 1st Army
Corps, of July 28th, 1918.
To your success, all ranks
and all services have contributed
and I desire to express to every
man in the command my appre
ciation of his devoted and cour
ageous effort.
However, our position places
a burden of responsibility upon
us which we must strive to bear
steadily forward without falter
ing. To our comrades who
have fallen, we owe Hie sacred
Taylor Has 355 Men
In Army Service
Taylor county has furnished
for service in the great world
war 355 men, including those
who have volunteered and those
inducted under the selective
draft system, aivided as follows:
Volunteers,37; first draft, 79;
second draft, 239; third draft,
318. Many of these are expect
ed to be mustered out and re
named to their homes about the
first of the year.
Out of this large number of
men, some of them going
through the hardest battles of
the war in France, it is remark
able that there have been
so few casualties, eith
er on the battle field, in camps
in Europe, or in American
camps. So that nearly all of our
boys will return, rich in exper
ience and happy in having serv
ed their country in a righteous
cause.
The overseas address of Ser
geant William W. Steed is as fol
lows:
Sergeant W. W. Steed,
Co. 11 O. A. R. D., A. E. F.
Rev. L. A. Harrell Attending
Methodist Conference
Rev. L. A. Harrell left Mon
day for Valdosta to attend the
annual session of the South Ge
orgia Conference which convenes
this week in that city.
Rev. Mr. Harrell has served
ihe Butler Methodist circuit only
one year, but during that time
has done a wonderful work.
Ail the assessments have been
paid and the indebtedness of the
churches paid.
The members of the churches
of the circuit expect his return
as pastor. He has been faithful
and his sermons show thorough
study in their preparation, after
prayer and meditation.
Rev. J. H. Allen, of Reynolds
Methodist church is also attend
ing conferennce. He has served
mat church only one year and by
word and deed has been a living
example of the gospel he has
preached. His return is sincere
ly desired by not only the entire
member-ship of his church, but
all the citizens of Reynolds as
well.
TRAVELING MEN
AREJADLY HURT
EX.. Drauglion, traveling sales
man for the Georgia Medicine
Co., residing at Reynolds, Ga.,
and A. L. Knight, salesman for
the Macon Grocery Co., are in
the Coraele sanitorium suffering
from severe injuries, sustained
when their car swerved and
turned over as they were pass
ing around another car Friday
night near the concrete • bridge
on the National Highway north
of town.
Dr. T. J. McArthur examined
their wounds and stated that
Mr. Knight had a lower jaw bro
ken and other less serious in
juries. Mr. Draughon has inter
nal and hip and spine injuries
that only time can show their
character.—Americus Times-Re-
corder.
obligation of maintaining the
reputation which they died to
establish. The influence of our
performance on our allies and
our enemies cannot be over-esti
mated for we were one of the
first divisions sent from our
country to France to show the
world that Americans can fight.
Hard battles and long cam
paigns lie before us. Only by
ceaseless vigilance and tireless
preparation can we fit ourselves
for them. I urge you, therefore,
to approach the future with con
fidence but above all with nrm
determination that so far as it is
in your power you will spare no
effort whether in training or in
combat to maintain the record
of our division and the honor of
our countrj.
CHARLES T. MENOHER,
Major General, U. S. Army
United War Work Drive
in Ga. Huge Celebration
ot American Victory
People So Busy Celebrating First
Day Or Two Of Drive That Sub
scriptions In Many Counties Were
Delayed—Georgia Led Nation A
Chase
Atlanta, Nov. 18—Many coun
ties in Georgia reported sub
scriptions of their full quotas
early during the United War
Work Drive, which began on
Monday, November 11m, and
continued through Monday, No
vember 18th. The thirteen
counties which raised their
quotas on the first day were
Randolph, Troup, Cherokee,
Clayton, DeKalb, Hancock, Bald
win, Putnam, Wilkinson, Thomas
Clarke, Greene and Walton.
Many othercounties would have
reported “over the top” on the
first day but for their wild cele
brations of the end of the war,
which hindered active work in
the drive. By Thursday night
of the week, forty-four counties
had reported fully subscribed
quotas, and during the entire
week the state led all other
southeastern states a merry
chase for first place.
State Campaign Director Ely
R. Callaway and the entire or
ganization of directors and
workers were highly elated over
the warm response of patriotic
Creorgians to this timely call for
an expression of gratitude to the
soldier and sailor boys who have
saved the world from Prussia’s
ruthless heel and have establish
ed peace for a suffering human
ity. It is highly probable that
Georgia has won an honor hut
to be named for her on the smok
mg battlefields of France or Bel
gium, and it is also probable
that American soldiers doing
patrol duty on the banks oi the
Rhine,while Germany rises
from a seething mass of revolu
tion, will find recreation and
comfort in a hut over the door
of which will be placarded, “Geor
gia.” It is not impossible that
boys from Georgia, and from
this very county, will find joy
around sucu a hut, and this pos
sibility , recognized by the peo
ple of Georgia is sufficent inspi
ration for a heavy oversubscrip
tion of the important war wel
fare fund.
This county was thoroughly
organized for the drive, and the
various directors, committees
and teams, which have exerted
themselves so nobly, are deserv
ing of high praise. If there are
those who have not subscribed
their full share, they should do
so at once, and thus swell to a
more magnincent height the trib
ute to our gallant boys on for
eign seas and battlefields. The
most important period of the
war is the period which follows
closely a cessation of hostilities,
when the fellows are abandoned
to the fancies which homesick
ness and relaxation breed in
abundance. Money given to the
seven ’organizations embraced
in the United War Work Cam
paign will be used carefully and
effectively in caring for Ameri
ca’s soldiers and sailors during
this period of relaxation and de
mobilization, and will be a vital
factor in guaranteeing their safe
and happy return to their own
fireside.
Arms School At Columbus
Will Be Made Permanent.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 18.—Ap
proximately three hundred per-
sons have been ordered to appear
before United States District
judge Newman in Atlanta on
January 4 to answer the petition
of the United States for the con
demnation of 115,000 acres of
land in Muscogee and Chattahoo
chee counties. This is the land
upon which the infantry school
of arms and Fort Bennmg is to
be built.
Taylor County Fair
Next Week
The new Fair date is Nov. 25
to 30. The grounds are being
prepared and the management
has secured attractions for one
of the largest Midways ever
seen at any of our Fairs.
Little John’-s United Shows,
augmented by Harringtons’
Great Southern Shows, will be
there, witn ten shows and Rid
ing devices and 20 concessions.
The war is over, the Flu has
been lassoed and hogtied and
everybody is feeling good.
Come each day and night and
make it the biggest ever.
The band will play, the lights
will flash, the Free Acts will daz
zle. The midway will fairly
sizzle with fun. Automobile
races on the speedway everyday.
Georgia S. S. Association
Makes Fine Report
Splendid progress was made
in the work of the Georgia Sun
day School Association for . the
last six month according to a re
port submitted by Mr. D. W.
Sims, State Superintendent to
the semi-annual meeting of the
State Executive Committee in
Atlanta, Tuesday, November 12.
His report showed the employ
ed workers of the Association
have help in eighty-six County
Conventions, thirteen other
meetings, traveling 23,582 miles
and delivered 401 addresses be
sides helping in seventy-five con
ferences and committee meet
ings. The report also showed
that from the office of the
Association in Atlanta 45,878
pieces of mail were sent out in
the past six months, an average
of 294 for each working day.
The financial statement indi
cated that the Association’s re
ceipts for the six months were
considerably more than what
they had been for the same pe
riod of any previous year. The
officers consider this a direct
result of the growing popularity
and appreciation of the work the
organization is doing.
Many plans for new and ad
vanced work were adopted by
the committee. Among other
things it was decided to secure
larger quarters for the office.
The Committee also voted to re
quest all County and Division
Officers of County Sunday School
Associations—about eleven hun
dred in all—to meet for a “Coun
ty Officers Conference” in At
lanta, December 18th.
The time, place and program
for the next annual State Con
vention was referred to the Cen
tral Committee of the Associa
tion.
A unanimous call was extend
ed Mr. P. E. Green of Birming
ham, Ala. to become superin
tendent of the Young People’s
Division of the Georgia Sunday
School Association. It is under
stood Mr. Green has accepted
the call and will take up the
work about November 20th.
In discussing Mr. Green’s fit
ness for the work, Mr. D. W.
Sims, State Superintendent, said
“it is doubtful if any man in the
South is as well qualified for this
particular task as Mr. Green.
He has not only specialized in a
technical way but has had eleven
years experience as a field work
er and Superintendent of Sun
day School work, Presbyterian
Church, U. S. A., Synod of Al
abama.”
In view of the splendid ser
vices Prof. Floyd Field of Atlan
ta rendered this summer and fall
on part time, the committee yok
ed to retain him as part time
field worker, it not being possi
ble to secure him on full time.
Lame Shoulder.
This ailment is usually caused by
lheumatism of the muscles. All that
is reeded is absolute rest and a few
Mrs. Forest Highsmith
Died At Maiik Wednesday
On Wednesday afternoon, Nov
13th, at Mauk, occurred the
death of Mrs. Forest Highsmith.
Her death was due to influenza
and pneumonia. By ner conse
crated home-life and her seren
ity and cheerfulness under all
circumstances this beloved lady
had become very dear to many
friends in the county. Words
are at besi but feeble means by
which to convey the blessings of
a life such as this.
Mrs. Highsmith was about 24
years of age. Funeral services
were conducted Thursday at
Mauk.
The husband and other be
reaved ones in their sorrow have
the tenderest sympathy of the
Herald.
Sad Deattti of Neil Chapman.
Nell, the twelve year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
F. Chapman, foimerly of this
county, but for the past nine
years of near Albany, died at her
father’s home last Tuesday mom
ing at one o’clock, after an ill
ness of forty-one hours of hem
orrhagic fever. Her remains
were brought to Butler Wednes
day morning, accompanied by
her father and mother, Miss
Ruth Chapman, cousin of the de
ceased, and Mrs. Twitty, the lat
ter two of Albany.
Nell was a very sweet girl,
just budding into young lady
hood, carrying with her all the
grace and charm that is embod
ied in that purity of life and
loveliness of disposition which
fills the homes of our own South
land with sunlight and happi
ness.
Nell was the only daughter in
this home, and her place can nev
er be filled. There will ever be a
vacancy in the hearts of this
father and mother. A dark shad
ow across life’s path way. The
voice forever hushed in the si
lence of death. The cheery
smiles and ripples of laughter.
These will ever be remembered
and sacredly enshrined in the
hearts of those who knew and
loved her best.
The funeral service was con
ducted from the cemetery by
Revs. H. O. Fowler and J. T.
Adams, witnessed by a large con
course of sympathizing friends
and relatives.
Those at a distance attending
the funeral were: Mrs. Twitty
and aIise Ruth Chapman, of Al
bany, Mrs. Leonard Peterman,
Mrs. B. P. Jones and Mrs. J. L.
Royal, of Reynolds; Mrs. T. E.
Arrington, of Howard; and Miss
Sadie Avungton, of Talbotton.
CARD OF THANKS.
Mr. and Mis. John F. Chap
man, with greatful hearts ac
knowledge the kindness, sympa
thy .-nd hospitality shown them
by the good people of Butler,
Reynolds ana Howard while on
their °ad mission caused by the
death of their only daughter.
Nell, and will ever pray God’s
richest blessings to rest upon
them.
COUNTY VISITED BY
HURRICANE SUNDAY
A violent wind crossed the
county from Southwest to North
east Sunday doing considerable
damage to small buildings, fenc
ing, timber, etc. The storm
passed over the east section of
Butler about eleven o’clock. The
residence of Mr. J. E. Trussell
seemed to have been in thecentre
of its path and was badly dam
aged while large shade trees
were uprooted and out buildings
lowered. A number of negro
houses and telephone poles in
the same vicinity suffered heavi
ly from the wind. In crossing
tne level, south of Butler, the
residence of Mr. W. A. Payne lay
in the wind’s path and was also
considerably damaged.
So unexpected was the wind
that, very few people in Sutler
knew of its visit unto ■several
hours after it had passed over.
Assistant Secretory of War
Crowell has wired here that the
work on the Columbus camp will
be completed regardless of ±he
approach of peace.
sadicstions of Chamberfain’s Lini
ment. .Try it.