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VOLUME XLVnt.
BUTLER, TAYLQR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1924,
NUMBER 18.
HAKE STATE GREAT INDUSTRIALLY.
Brand Theatre
Reynolds, Ga.
PROGRAM FOB THE WEEK
FRIDAY, MARCH 28
“ZAZA"
With Gloria Swanson,, support
ed by H. B. Warner and cast.
“Zaza” is a Paramount picture
.that marks a distinct epoch in
,pw production of “fewer and
fetter pictures” its a masterpiece
You'll marvel at Miss Swanson's
superb performance. And you’ll
Zaza with the best picture that
you ever saw.
; A living volcano of furious
loves, hates and jealousies, il
luminating this famous old love
drama the light of the new-born
greatness. Added attraction, su
per Comedy:
"SMILE PLEASE"
The class of the one you saw
last week. One of the latest -pro
ductions.
~ Admission: 20c & 35c
SATURDAY, MARCH 29
"ZAZA”
It is a characterization which
will place Miss Swanson indis
putably in the front rank .of
emotional stars on the screen.
One of the outstanding perform
ances of the day, brim full-over
flowing with* the kind of picture
that you wlil like. If my asser
tion is not true call by ticket of
fice and express your opinion. I
am requested to do this. Added
attraction:
“RUTH OF THE RANGE” No. 9
The more you see of Miss .Ro
land the" nicfre yotr iike-this —pie-'j-
ture.
Admission: 20c & 35c
PRODUCT IN ONE COUNTY
ALONE WORTH $13,000,000,000
1 SENATOR DECLARES.
Macon, March .—“If we .only
had a Doheny to come here and buy
our clays, Georgia would be one of
the greatest industrial centers in the
world," declared George Carswell,
president of the Senate of Georgia,
in an address before the Civitan
Club on the mineral resources of
the state. He was the guest of hon
or and principal speaker at tne
weekly meeting of the club at tne
Hotel Dempsey. -
Senator Carswell related some
thing of the history of the day in
dustry of Georgia and quoted
figures to show the immense quan
tity of natural deposits exported'
from the state as contrasted to the
negligible quantity turned into a
finished product here.
A hundred and seventy-five years-
ago, clay found in Georgia was
shipped to England-for test pur
poses,” he . said. “The . shipments
were continued for 10 yeais, but
the British government- protested
and said that the industry in Eng
land was being injured. That pro
test was evidently vigorous and ef
fective, for from that day to this
thereh asn’t been a factory for mak
ing chinaware or pottery in Geor
gia.”
He pointed out that the clay -de
posits extend in a belt of 250 miles
in length, from Augusta to Colum
bus, ranging from 50 to 100 miles
in width. In Wilkinson County,
alone, lie said, the clay is worth
$13,000,000 at the low price of $5 a
ton.
“There is enough clay alone in
Georgia to pay- the expense of the
World War,” the senator said. “We
.cglLfiigs^veg-the. Empire State of
Coming April 4th and 5th:
“SONG OF LOVE”
Norma Talmadge in her greatest
picture of today.
mately 900,000 tods.
“Now the question is: Wliy have
_ .these resources not seen greater de
velopment and what can we as Geor-
gians do to develop them?
> “It is certainly not a question of
the quantity, because we have a day
belt extending across the state
which is over 200 miles in length
and twenty to fifty miles m width.
Their thickness, as. far as is known,
is from a few feet to thirty or forty
feet,” he continued.
The value of the marble in Stone
Mountain has been estimated by the
state geologist as being worth' $5,-
280,625,665, Mr. Craswell said, and
-and added that at that tt was worth
scarcely one-third as much as the
kaolin' in Wilkinson- County alone,
’‘If is estimated that there are 4;-
342,400,000 tons in Wilkinson. Crude
clay is worth from $2 to $4 a ton.
Take the average, $3, and you have
$13,027,200,1100. It it were refined it
would be four to five times that
amount.” the speaker said.
'‘like the Stone Mountain esti
mate, this is somewhat fantastic, so
far as the present generation Is con
cerned, but it illustrates our under
veioped resources and wealth.
FESTIVAL AT FT. VALIEV.
Macon, Ga., March 23.—Early T. j - 1 —
Sandrs, 1 29, mechanic, drank the I •' All who can possibly secure i
contents 5 of a four ounce bottle of j mobile accommodations wiil ai
liquid p>ison-in--the presence of his . the great Georgia fete; the Reach
wife and baby here this morning, j Blossom'"Festival,' at Fort Valley,
He died in a hospital a few minutes j today.
later. . \ |. It 'is estimated that not less than
' A fev hburs later A, F.. Shelly, 50,000 people from all parts of the
3i, city employe, held a shot gun to South will be there,
his heat ‘and pulled the trigger with! There will be a great Peach Blos-
his toe, killing himself instantly. [som Pageant in which 700 boys, giris
Sanders was out of work. He en- ‘men and women, will take part, and
tered tl e room where bis wife was j the king and queen will.be crowned.
bathing. 1 their baby, and exclaimed, j Oakland Heights will be the scene
over.” He fell across the bed . of most of the festivity - and here
bottle slipping to the
Mis. Sandeis glanced - to
iler eyes became focused
lisonft label.. on. the. bottle,
onediaid, . but it was -too-
the great barbecue will be served.
The American Legion will have
charge of directing the traffic and
cities: - throughonb .'Georgia have :-of-
fereid’-.to furaSshr'sufficient • police
forces to patrol the city and--handle,
the-crowds properly.
had been drinking,’ /the
irt.- and when his family
alone in the house he ob- — , T _ T
gun and killed himself, fcOlUmbUS WOWOn
r e was assigned for-this actr *
Dies in Jail.
Poultry and Eggs a New
The
Peach Men
Form Company.
Montezuma, Ga., March 22.—The
peach growers of the community or
ganized a company for the manu
facture of by-products from the
peach and other fruits and vege
tables. L. C. Cheves was elected
president. Yynn McKenzie and J. L.
Harrison, vice-presidents, J. F. j?spy
secretary and treasurer. This com
pany will begin immediately t he
erection of a building to contain the
machinery for the manufacture of
the South, and yet, we are like
cow—being milked every day. ■
The secret of developing Georgia,
he said, was not in the vast mineral
resources, but in “the greatest uh-
I developed resources of Georgia—our
untrained boys and girls."
“The value of pottery, that
chinaware, sanitary ware, electrical'
porcelain, et cetera, during the year
1921, the latest available statistics
amounted to $84,000,000 and we
import from England and elsewhere
an additional $12,000,000. Of this
amount, Georgia consumed approxi
mately $1,500,000 and yet with the
vast deposits of kaolin or china clay
not a. dollar’s .worth, was- manufac
tured, but all imported from else
where,” Senator Carswell salcii
“This takes no account of face
brick and refractory brick. We can
boast of only one refractory bricx
plant, the one at Stevens Pottery,
and there is not a single plant man
ufacturing light-colored race brick.
It-is somewhat encouraging to no-
EGGS FOR HATCHING WILL BE FURNISHED RY TAYLOR COUN
TY BANK—LOCAL STATION FOR CHICKENS AND EGGS,
ESTABLISHED AT STORE OF MESSRS HILL &| PAYNE
these products. J. A, Russell, chemi- j
cal engineer, will be in charge of j tice that our production 0 r kaolin or
the operations. Mr. Russell will china clay has increased from 28,000
leave at once for northern points to tops in 1917_ to 116,000 tons in 1920
obtain the machinery necessary to . but it is small in comparison with
equip the plant the English production, -f approxi-
Spinsters’ Convention to Ire Presented I .Bntler
Tuesday Night by Wesley School P‘,T. A.
Prepare for
School Meet.
PLANS UNDERWAY FORENTER-
1 TAINMENT OF DISTRICT CON
TEST.
' Montezuma, Ga., March 22.—Plans
are under way for the entertain
ment of the Third District school
meet which will he held in Montezu-
t ma April 16, 17 and 18.
W. J. Bennett, of Fitzgerald,
• president of the Third District Edu
cational Association, has completed
the program in which all the high
schools of the district will take part
and which will comprise contests in
declamation, recitation, debate, ath-
- leties, music, ready-writing, spelling-
and home economics. /
Three hundred contestants are ex
pected to compete in the' various
events.
ENTERTAINMENT TO BE GIV^N
BY WESLEY SCHOOL
P. T. A.
It will be of interest to the peo
ple of Butler to learn that “The
Spinsters’ Convention,” sponsored by
the Wesley School P T. A., will be
be present in Butler next Tuesday,
evening at 7:30 o'clock’at the High
School auditorium, to which every
body is cordially invited to attend
A. small admission fee will be
charged. This entertainment was the
source of much enjoyment to the
people of Wesley community last
Saturday evening, and is brought to
Butler by special request.
An extended source of revenue
has been provided for the farmers—
especially the women folk of the
farmers—of this section, by the es
tablishment Tuesday, through the
efforts of Mr. John T. Rigdon, the
enterprising agricultural agent of
the Central of .Georgia Railway, of
,a_brgijch. station .at Butler to_ the
Columbus Creamery for the market-'
ing by our farmers all the hens,
friers, roosters and eggs that can
be produced on the farm, Tor which
they will receive in cash the same
price at which these products sell in
Chicago and other markets less the
necessary expenses for handling.
The station will be operated by
Mr. W. G. Hill at the Hill & Payne
store and in like manner to the [
cream .station now in operation at
the I. fr. Peebles store.
In addition to the above the Tay
lor County Bank is arraging to fur
nish tot farmers, or the wives of
who are interested two
of thoroughbred, eggs,, ei-
ode Island Reds or Barred
owing the farmers to pay
back this fall either with
or-’in- cash,- the price of,tha
eggs. The Bank would bb glad, to
have anyone. interested in this prop
osition call and talk the matter over
with the Cashier.
The Bank is doing this to help
and encourage the farmers start a
good poultry business and have as
sisted in the opening of a station
here in order that they might be
CORONOR’S JURY DECLARES
THAT MRS. MOLLIE C. MEEKS
DIED OF ACUTE ALCOHOL
ISM — ARRESTED SUNDAY
NIGHT
Columbus, Ga., March 25.—After
Jailer W. D. Layfield early yester
day morning found Mrs. Mollie C.
Meeks, 47, dead in her cell in the
county jail,a coroner’s jury declared
that the woman’s death resulted
from acute alcoholism. Mrs. Meeks
was jailed by county officers after
they found her prostrate on the
River road nearly three miles from
the city near her home late Sunday
night. •
HON. A. P. PERSONS
TO BE MEMORIAL
DAY ORATOR.
It is announced that Hon. A. P.
Persons, of Talbotton, one of the
moBt brilliant men of South-West
Georgia, has accepted an invitation
to deliver the address at the memo
rial day exercises to our Confede
rate heroes on April 26th.
This news will be received with
ranch pleasure by the people of But
ler and vicinity, where Colonel Per
sons has a hasU»,j>f warm -friends.
who already have learned, to admire,
him.-as an eloquent* speaker.
PROF- W. T. RUSTIN RETURNS
THANKS^D- HIS iFRIENDSc
To thg voters of Taylor County:
Regarding it a privilege, as well
as a great pleasure to express my
sincere appreciation to the voters of
Taylor County for their support of
my candidacy for re-election to
Superintendency of Schools, I take
this means of assuring, each ■ and
every individual- 1 of my thanks.
It will be my earnest endeavor to
render the best .service to the pub
lic, and in behalf of the schools of
the county, possible, and I asjk the
Continued support of the voters, to
aid* me.
Respectfully,
W. T. RUSTIN.
CARD OF THANKS
To the voters of Taylor County and
my frfends generally:
. I am without expression when it
County officers said they, placed, comes to words sufficient to express
‘ - htdue ! ?*? sincer^ u tbanks to you for your
to the fact she was under the in- j
Be otr the-19
able to get the best market price in found the woman dead.He then noti-
cash for them at all times. fled- Coroner Woodall.
, .... . Inst. I want to say that I will al-
fluence ofwhmkey. She h^d not been J wayg ^ grateful to you for this
struck by an automobile, it was kindness, and the trust reposed in
stated. me, and will- try my very best to
His ' attention attracted to her ‘prove myself worthy by giving you
still form in the cell as he was mak the -£* tbat ’ s \ n me * th ® °*
.. ■ . , • , - _ ‘ service and courteous treatment. I
mg his regular rounds about 5:30,-, h that x couId
express my sin-
Mr. Layfield, upon investigation ( cere feelings to you, but there is
STUDENTS CONFESS FIRING
. GORDON SCHOOL DORMITORY
Barnesville, Ga.,. March. 22.—J.W.
Bushbee, 17, of Lincolnton, and
Kenneth Matthews, 14, of yVidalia,
both students at Gordon Institute,
have confessed to the burning of the
Gordon dormitory March 13, and
both are now in Lamar county jail
awaiting further developments.
Their arrest and confession rer
suited from activities of W. S. Ri
viere, thief of police of Barnesville,
who has been at work on the ’ case
for some time.
When confronted by Chief Reviere
and the school authorities, Busbee
and Matthews made a complete con
fession, it is announced, but assert
ed they did not fire the two dormi
tories burned Nov. 18, and Feb. 9
•last.
Authorities believe, however, that |
Busbee was • connected with
burning of all three buildings,
his confession he' stated that he did j Babe Ruth," the
BIG PREPARATIONS BEING MADE FOR
When the Yankees meet the Ro
chester dub of the International
League at Columbus on April 2, the
fans of this community will see the
highest salaried aggregation of base
ball players in the history of the
major leagues' The game willbfi play
ed at the Driving Park stadium,
Columbus, at 3:00 p. m. Last year
the payroll of the world champion
New Yorks reached the $250,0(10
mark. This SJprijig,—with the ad
vances given to various players un
der their contracts,---the high mark
of $275,000 has been attained. This
sum is close to that which Col.. J.
Rupet paid for the New York club
when they purchased it in 1914.
At the top of the" list of Yankee
th*’ salaries stands the startling sum of
lumbus with his home sights geared
to the proper notch. The Babe car
ries no fewer than 22 bats, which
weigh 54 ounces each. These' are the
heaviest bats in use in the big lea
gues.
The Yankees will march into -Vi. ;
lumbus with their, world champion,
outfit intact and with new strength
in several positions. Earl Combs, the
outfielder for whom they paid more
than $50,000 to Louisville,"bids fair
to win a place with the established'
not sufficient words in the English
language to do this, so I hope to do
this with kind and courteous treat
ment to all, remembering at all
times ^hat the office belongs to the
people and I am glad to he your se
lected servant.
Respectfully,
C. C. COOPER, R..T..R;.
MR.
ALLMAN THANKS FRIENDS
WHO VOTED FOR HIM
It is with a deep feeling of grati
tude that I wish to extend my heart
felt thanks to my numerous friends
who so loyally supported me in ray
race for Tax Receiver. Although I
did not receive enough votes to elect
rue I feel highly complimented 'by
the nice vote I.did receive. Tj my
successful opponent I hereby extend
sincere congratulations ' and Lust
stars of the game .He can hit and w: ‘ shes for * pleasont and success-
field, and is as fhst as a streak. •
Pipp is on first again, with Ward
at second, Scott at short and Dugan
at third. Ruth, Witt, Meusel, Combs
Hendricks and Haines compose the
outfield squad. Schang, Hofman, Be-
gough—these are the catchers. Hoyt
In $52,000 paid annually to the great i Bush - ^ ones ’ Penn ° c , k > Shawkey, Pip
/ ~ most stupendous, ^ ras ’ Rodger, Olsen, ^ Dumon-
not know whv he did it, but that it. | slugger of all time,—the king 0 f' these are the lea ing pic ers. ar-
1 j-ence Rowland, American League um-
ful term of service to the people of
the grand old county of Taylor.
Respectfully,
R. P. ALLMAN.
CARD OF THANKS
HATCHING EGGS FOR SALE!
Pure American Strain White
Leghorn eggs $1.00 del. carriers re
turned, or 15c to come and get
(5:6-24)
R. C. PETERMAN,
Butler,: Ga., No. 2.-
got 1 ' on his mind and he could not. them all. This 'year it is Ruth’s in- . --• „
I.. ... . „ 1 pire, will*be behind the!bat.
get it off.
The authorities - are still
tention to set sail for a new record
pushing | of 60 home runs. He wants to beat
the investigation and believe
may be other developments.
there
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank the voters of Tay
lor 'County through thil issue of
The Herald for their lo^al support
in the primary of March 19th, and
especially the voters of my district
who gave me 1 a one-hundred , per cent
vote. '
I will serve the County as a mem
ber of the Board of Comnfissioers to
the bets of my ability, ‘and - will,
deal just, honest, and, fair with all
parts of the County.
Yours to serve,, V. V
H. S. WALL
his mark of 59 land thinks tha£ if
the feat is to be recorded it will
have to- be done in. 1924..
- Last sfeason Ruth tried as much
for the batting championship of the
American. league and skill in the
field as he did for his home runs.
As a result he had the greatest sea
son-ever enjoyed by a ball player,
He tied Cy Williams of the Phillies
with £1-home hits.'.Hit better than
-3‘O for the best average of his car
eer, and came within a few points
of Harry Heilmann, the league title
winner, and played his finest. out
field game of his life.
.Ruth has recovered fully, from tie
attack of flu which laid him low at
Hot Springs and will come into Co-
The Rochester club, which will
play 6 games with the Yankees is
sure to make trouble for the world
champions. George Stallings has a
knack of coralling able youngsters
and has athered a club which tnreat
ens the Baltimore champions for the
International pennant.
NAME DEMOCRATIC
/ CONVENTION DELEGATES
Atlanta, March 23r—McAdoo state
caihpaign committee now is engaged
in'making up, the list* of deTegates|to
the Georgia State - Democratic Con
vention which convenes.fiere 'April
23, according to a statement given
out by M.S. Bell, McAdoo campaign
manager in Georgia;
To the voters of Taylor County:
I wish to express my deep and
sincere appreciation ' and heartfelt
gratitude to the men and women
voters of Taylor County who so
splendidly rallied to the support of
my candidacy for Ordinary of Tay
lor county.
Having been chosen by the voice of
the people to this ’ position, it shall
be my earnest endeavor to discharge
the duties of the office to the best of
my ability, relying implicity on the
continued support and co-operation
of those voters who expressed their
desire for my election.
Respectfully,
L. T. PEED. ’
LOST
.Between Reynolds and Carsonville
March 24, one Blue! Willow Baby
Carriage, one Straight Chair, one.
Table, and one Baby Wagon. Notify
this office, and. .receive reward.
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