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VOLUME XLVin.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1924.
NUMBER 16.
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EVERY MI ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST PAY, I
WAS TURNED
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Grand Theatre
Reynolds, Ga.
PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK
FRIDAY, MARCH 14
Selection by Grand Theatre Or-
, „ chestra.
“BLOOD AND SAND”
Rudolph Valentino, Lila and
Nita Naldi. The screen's great
est lover in the greatest modern
love story ever written. So daring
all the men idolized him, so hand
some all the women loved him.
See Rudolph in this wonderful
picture. You’ll quake as Valen
tino risks his life in the most
dangerous sport known to man—
bull fighting. You’ll thrill at his
impassioned love making. Eight
gorgeous, breathless reels you’ll
never forget. Added attraction:
“WEEK END PARTY”
A bull Montano picture for
Metro—a comedy.
Will show a traitor for “Jeal
ous Husbands” coming March 21.
ADMISSION 15c & 35c
Saturday, March 15.
“BLOOD AND SAND”
From the sensational novel
written by Vincente Blasox Iba
nez. Don’t miss this great picture
the same author that wrote “The
Four Horsemen.” This picture is
considered Valentino’s largest and
best production. Fiom start to
finish you will be field with
thrills, the kind that you like.
Added attraction:
“RUTH OF THE RANGE”
With Ruth Roland.
ADMISSION 15c & 35c I
Coming: March 21, “Jealous Hus-
NAPIER RlllES ON .
TAXES FOR. 1923.
DON’T HAVE TO
ORDER TO VOTE
19 ELECTION.
BE PAID IN
IN MARCH
Atlanta, March 8.—It does not re
quire payment of 1923 taxes to
qualify to vote in the primary elec
tion to be held March 19, according
.to a ruling made today by Attorney
General Napier, and yet participants
in the primaries of that aate—and
the same would apply to any pri
mary held prior to June 20—may be
disqualified from voting in tne gen
eral election later in the year.
Answering a question asked by
the ordinary of Wqjton County, the
attorney general says “code section
127 provides that ‘any primary elec
tion held by any political-party . . -
shall be resided over and conducted
in the matter and form prescribed
.by the rules of the political party,”’
but the rules made by such party
shall have to conform to 1he exist
ing laws.
Directly applying t 0 the question
of qualification to vote in rfie pri
mary of March 19, on a question of
qualification by payment of the re
quisite taxes the attorney general
holds.
“There being n 0 provision for reg
istration lists to be made up annual
ly throughout the Mate for i pri
mary election at tli\s time, tm reg
istration list now dutstanding to
gether with the nanfes since placed
on voters hoiks wouil seem ta con
trol, unlels special regulations have
'been made up by the bounty liemo-
cratic executive committees, vhose
rules are not in
'•law.”
confli
ROAD TAX NO ICE
Road Ti
a
The. Road Tax for th
will be $ff.OO. The
Will open March 15th
1st 1924. By order of
Commissioners.
H. P. WALLflE, Clerk.
with the
year 1924
'ax Books
close May
le County
In tbe other card I wrote to the
Herald I did not intend to irritate
Mr. Mims as it seemed to do. It was
not my intention to do any mud*
slinging, or hinder Mr. Mims in his
clean campaign. I simply tried to
correct some unfair reports that
were being circulated, by stating the
facts.
My first statement was that on
the day I qualified I tried to get Mr.
Mims to discuss with' me a division
of the pay from the office of tax re
ceiver. And he refused to discuss
the matter with me. Now this he
admits in his card. So where is any
back-biting or mud-slinging?
My next statement was that Mr.
Foy, as my attorney, discussed the
matter with Mr. Marshall, Mr.
Mims’ attorney, and offered to pay
Mr. Marshall for the time Mr,
Mims served, and Mr. Marshall
would not accept the offer, for he
contended that Mr. Mims should be
paid for the work he did, and not
for the time he served. Now Mr.
Mims admits that. S 0 no mud-
slinging or back-biting in that state
ment.
My next statement was that Mr.
Foy and Mr. Marshall discussed be
fore Judge Munro the contention
each had as to how the pay should
be divided between Mr. Mims and
myself, and that Judge Munro told
Mr. Marshall that Mr. Foy was cor
rect in his contention, and the pay
would have to be divided Detween
us on a basis of the time served by
each, and then again Mr. Foy of
fered to pay for the time Mr. Mima
served, and again this offer was re
jected.. There was no -defifial oT : this
statement by Mr. Mims, so surely,
no mud was slung there.
My next statement was that Mr.
Mims had sued the county for more
than the salary of the office amount
ed to. This Mr. Mims denied. So
let’s see who is correct. Mr. Mims
told you how nflich the county paid,
for the year, $771.60, but did not
tell you how much he sued the coun
ty for. I will give you those figures,
$860.34. I l.ave a copy of Mr. Mims
suit against the county, before me
at this writing. So if I am correct
in this statement, then J have slung
no mud, or committed no crime, but
simply stated facts.
My last statement was that nei
ther Mr. Mims nor Mr. Marshall
had ever been to me for an adjust
ment of the pay for this office, but I
had been (o Mr. Mims and Mr.
Marshall, and was turned down
every time. This statement Mr.
Mims does not question.
Now I will go further and say
that Mr. Marshall told Mr. Foy the
first time a division of tne pay was
discussed, that I was due Mr. Mims
nothing, that they were looking to
the) county for Mr. Mims’ pay and
not to me. And immediately there
after suit was filed against the
county.
Now the one thing that seems to
give Mr. Mims more pain than any
other, is the fact that 1 have not
paid the Griffith estate for the time
Mr. Griffith was tax receiver in
1922. Let me tell you, Mr. Mims,
why there has been no settlement
between The Griffith heirs' and my-'
self, it is because you have sued the
county for more than they are due
all of us. I have agreed with the
county to pay whatever judgment
you obtain against it to the extent
of the entire amount paid me. Now
when your suit is over and your
judgment paid, if any part of the
sum paid me by the county is left,
I shall do my best to have a settle
ment with the heirs of Mr. Griffith;
and I hope they will be more agree
able about this matter man you
have been.
Mr. Mims discusses his pay up to
March 14th, 1922, the day on which
the election was held. A clause in
the opinion rendered by Judge Mun
ro in our contest, reads .as follows:
“I find Mr. C. C. Cooper received
145 votes and Mr. E. J» Mims re
ceived 136. I hereby declare Mr. C.
C. Cooper duely elected tax receiver
of Taylor county, at the., election
held in Taylor county on March 14,
1922.” J
' Mr. Mims was the only man who
prevented- me from qualifying Im
mediately after this election. Then
should he be allowed to get pay for
his own wrong If the court holds
that he is, I will pay it.
Again the commission I received
from the Governor, leads as fol
lows: “This commission to continue
in force from May the 2nd, 1922, to
January the 1st, 1925,” etc.
Now, Mr. Mims is the only man
who said I was not entitled to'quali
fy immediately after the date of
this commission.'Then should he be
paid for his own wrong? If the
court so holds, he will get it.
I may have taken the erroneous’
rumors too seriously. It may be that
I should have passed them unnoticed
for very probably the public cared
but little or nothing for them. But
when I heard them, after having
tried in every way known to me,
from the day I was qualified to
now, to prevent'any unpleasantness
or misunderstanding about a di
vision of the pay for the office, and
having been turned down
every time I offered to adjust the
matter, I was just a little sore
about- it,—Advertisement.
C. C. Cooper.
CROP IS S AFE.
Oliver ! Snapp, in charge of the
Govemmeht and State Laboratory at
Fort Valley, said Tuesday afternoon
that, judging by the experiences of
other years, the fruit crop has not
been handed.
‘The Hileys, one of tile most pro
lific of the Georgia varieties, are in
full bloom and, of course, will be
in the greatest danger,” said Mr.
Snapp.
“But thb wind that preceded the
drop in temperature dried the buds
so that the danger of damage
reduced to a minimum. A year ago
on March 20, we had a temperature
of 23 degrees, following two days of
rain, when the late varieties were
in full bloom and yet we had a good
crop of
“If '40" j?er cent of the Hileysjwere
to be kilted by the freeze we would
still have? a big crop of that variety.
It is impossible to tell whether there
coldly u ’as been damage or not, but I do
not believe that the crop has Demi
hurt, and as said, I base that opin
ion on past experiences with low
MASTERFUL ADDRESS DELIVERED HERE
IM SATURDAY BY DR. N1 HALIM
MARKED INTEREST' IN SATUR
DAY’S. SESSION Of TEACHERS
INSTITUTE HELD HERE.
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CANDIDATES QUALIFY
FOR COUNTY PRIMARY.
AN AGGRESSIVE FIGHT BEING Mr. C. C. Cooper, the incumoent in
WAGED BY SOME OF THE
CANDIDATES. PRESIDENTIAL
AND COUNTY PRIMARY TO BE
HELD AT SAME TIME. .
All entrants fo r the county pri
mary to be held next Wednesday,
March 19th, in connection with the
Presidential primary, have qualified
by paying their assesments before
the time set for qualifying which
was last- Saturday afternoon at 6:00
As usual there was a rush at the
last moment, but none ' failed to
have their names, accompanies by
the assessment, recorded in ample
time to be included on the ballots
which are to - be printed and sent to
all the voting precincts this week.
There are no new developments in.
the line-up of candidats during |the
past three weeks, although there was
some talk that there would be one
or two late arrivals whicn If they
had developed would have added a
keener interest in some of the of
fices to be filled.
In all there are twenty candidates
qualified for Wednesday’s primary.
For four of the offices to be filled
the present incumbents are unop
posed, to-wit: R. P. McGuffin, Sher
iff; O. S. Cox, Clerk Superior Court;
J. J. McCants, Tax • Collector; J. E.
Brewer, Treasurer; Ordinary A. H.
Riley is opposed by Mr. L. T. Peed;
Tax Receiver’s office, has two op
ponents, Mr. R. P. Allmon and Mr.
E. J. Mims; present incun-.sent W.
T. Rustin is being opposed for
School Superintendent by Miss Me
lissa Ogburn and Col. H. P. Wallace
Mr. F. C. Jarrell is the only one of
few instances candidates are waging
an aggressive fight.
As the consolidation of the coun
ty’s vote will be .made on . the day of
publication of our next issue, we
willarrange-. tolipldforms open
til rtf ter the' consolidation' hr~ord(
far give the result of the election ac
cording to the official tabulation.
However we hope that publication
will not be delayed .for more than
one or two hours.
the-old' County Commissioners t 0 of
fer for.re-election, Mr. H. J. Gar
rett and Mr. J. H. Whatley pre
ferring to retire following their
present term. Those announcing for
this office are: Messrs P. C. Jarrell,
T. J. Fountain, J. I. Fuller, G. C.
Smith, R. E Watkins and H S Wall.
It requiring three persons to con
stitute this office the county execu
tive committee has ruled tnar vot
ers must cast their hallois for three
persons to fill this office, and will
not allow a vote counted that does
not bear the required number. This
is. in order to prevent “single
shooting” in behalf of any candi
date for this office.
With only a few days more before
the primary the campaign is taking
on considerable interest and -in a
More than usual interest, both in
attendance and things accomplished
was manifested in the regular
monthly session of the Teachers’ In
stitute held here Saturday under the
direction "~bf Superintendent W.' T.
Rustin, who was given valuable as
sistance Jn making the day one of
much profit by the teachers and pu
pils of the Reynolds High School,
they taking a leading part in the
following program:
Song,
Bible reading.
Song, “Georgia Land.”
Address of Welcome—Rev. O. L.
Kelley.
Music—Reynolds Orchestra.
Physical Exercise—Reynolds High
- School-
Music—Reynolds Orchestra.
Minuet—Pupils Reynolds High School
Introduction of Speaker—Ross Lu
cas, of Reynolds High School.
Address—Dr. N. H. Ballard, State
Superintendent of Schools.
Too much praise cannot be said of
the Reynolds orchestra under the
leadership of Mrs. A. J. Pender-
grast These young people together
witlr fheir instructor are well wor
thy of all the'HCommehdatiqn to be
said of them. Any |oym’..jrith such
musicians and as . nearly • perfectly
organized is indeed fortunate?' „ Our
heartiest congratulations are ex
tended the Reynolds High School
especially those taking part on tills
most splendidprogram.- ... . .J s -'
The address ; Jjf*DK‘- '
of the children of the present gen
eration making supreme sacrifice
for their educational interest.
We regret not being able to se
cure extracts or the manuscript in'
full of this address as it ought to be
read by citizens not only of this
community but by the entire State.
The address, in a large measure,
revolved 'ground the teachers' and
parents’ responsibility in the educa
tion of children entrusted to * them.
His words rang true and carried an
appeal that every one who heard
him should heed.
He paid a tribute to the earlier
settlers of Georgia in their system
of school, but was later badly handi
capped by a flood of immigrants
who were successful in their efforts
to repeal all- tax laws for education
al purposes.The new system of high
tuitions proved disastrous to the
State, under which illiteracy grew
with astonishing speed. We. are just
now getting back where we left off
he said and with the present system
of schools which we have' we are go
ing to give the children of this, and
the future generations such oppor
tunities as no country nas ever
known. To the Marshalls, Hills,
Cobbs, Alexanders, Clays, and many
others he also paid a great tribute
for the work they did establishing|a
good system of schools,in some sec
tions \oi' the State.
•It-was a great addrpss, one that
will do good v outside the confines of-
the-: school;.robin. -The things to
which he ^pointed . . will d 0 good in .
the religious and social development
of our State. ' r
.While he had a large crowd to
hear him, we are sorry that all our
people, did not hear and enjoy this
most-able, address.
remarkable and appealing- to teach-? On our people will be mos
livered before : this body was mdst. 1 _ The impression Dr. Ballard made
Postmaster’s >Exr
amination Mar.29
The United State Civil Service
Commission announces anlopen edm-
petitive examination -to’, be ' held
March 29th to fill the position of
Postmaster at Butler apd| Reynolds.
This is not an examination under
Civil Service act and rules, but is
held under an Executive order of
May 10, 1921, providing for such
procedure.
Under the terms of the Executive
order any of Hie highest three qual
ified eligibles for an office may be
selected by the Post Office Depart
ment for nomination by the Presi
dent. The Commission will deter
mine who are the highest thre^
qualified eligibles by carefully
weighing the evidence it secures as
to the qualifications of each of the
entire, number of applicants for the
office. The .highest three will be giv
en percentage ratings.
The places of examination are:
Americus, Fort Valley, and Atlanta.
LOST
Ford Car Tag for year 1924, No.
81590. Leave at Porter’s Drug Store
and receive reward.
BUTLER TO SEND REPRE
TIVE TO PEACH BLi
SOM FESTIVAL^:
be.
We have been requestei
managers of the Peach Bios
rival to be held at Fort Vi
on March 27th, to elect on
young ladies to represent B'ftler in
the'Festival as “Miss Butlei
■ Each town in the peach belt will
be represented.
Immediately following .the- picture;
next Friday night , March 14th, an
election will be held to determine
who will represent Butler.Be .sure to
come to- vote for your favorite.
There will be no expenses .to tne
winner.
The winner can get particulars as
to costume and etc. to be worn from
G. C. Smith. < -
SPECIAL NOTICE
The Wesley P. T. A. wishes to
call attention to a change of date
for the Spinsters Convention. The
play will be given Saturday night,
March 15th instead of Friday night
March 14th as originally planned.
The public is cordially invited and
an evening of fun is promised t 0 all
who attend.
(MISS) PEARL ADAMS,
P.-T. A. Sec. Treas.
It is being reported that the
County Commissioners paid out for
Jure, s n eals the sum of $1,697.75.
The Auditor’s Report shows, un
der head of Superior Expenses:
Jurors Meals, $1,697.75. This should
have been Jury Scripts paid and
Meals for. Jurors.
Of the above amount, J. E. Brew
er paid $1,162.00 for Jurors, iof this
amount J. J. McCants, Tax Collec
tor . took in on Taxes $514.00;
which makes a 'total of $1,67.6.00
and the balance $21.75 was paid for
Meals by order of the Judge.
The Commissioners do not issue
Jury Scripts, but they are issued by
the Clerk of the Superior Court.
’ The meals for the jurors are or
dered b£ the Judge of the Superior
Court.
For any further information call
on O. S. Cox, Clerk; J. E. Brewer,
Treas.; or H. P. Wallace, Clerk of
Commissioners.
We do not know who the rumor
is intended to reflec upon, but cer
tainly no well meaning citizen will
think for a minute that this can re
flect upon us.
The full Auditor’s Report will he
be published for the inspection of
the people of the county^ and the
grand jury at the April term.
This March 12th, 1924.
J. H. WHATLEY, Chairman,
H. J. GARRETT, -
r F. C. JARRELL,
Taylor County Commissioners.
Dreiziifsii Anniversary
|le Opens Tomorrow.
The 4th Anniversary , Sale at.
Oscar Dreizin’s store, which begins
tomorrow, is expected to prove one
of the' biggest sale events In the
history of Butler for merchandise
and making friends..
Everything is in readiness for the
opening with the largest stock this .
store has ever handled. Efforts will
be made to make each day of the-
sale bigger and better for the trad
ing territory.
Full information about this big'
Sale will be found in a double-page
advertisement in this issue of the
Herald.
TAYLOR HAS 2,049
REGISTERED VOTERS.
Total registered voters t>f Taylor,
county as per registration books of
J. J. McCants, Tax Collector, as
purged by registrars of Taylor
county for 1924.
District
Men
Ladies
Tot
Butler
534
115 .
949
Reynolds
__ 269.
.118
387
Panhandle
151
14
165
Carsonville _
__ 99
34
133
Daviston — r
_ 117
8 -
125
Howard
128
26
154
Rustin
_ 91
25
116
Cedar Creek
__ 147
18
165
Potterville _
__ 138
7
145
Total
1674
365
2049
Ansley’s Big Sale, at Americus, is
Drawing Crowds from all Sections.
According to information reaching
us the Ansley Sale at Americus is
drawing great crowds from this ter
ritory and proving -a big success
both to Americus’ merchant king,
Mr. Chas. L. Ansley, and their many
customers.
People for miles and miles around
are attending the Salfe and taking
advantage of the unusual bargains
prepared for them.
Owing to the size of their stock it
would be impossible for them to dis
pose of their goods within the few
days in which this Sale has been
running, therefore, abundant bar
gains await your early visit to the-
store, where you | will be -
with a cordial welcome.