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TheButler Herald
Established in-1876.
C. E. BENNS,
Editor and Pnbiisber. •
OFFICAL ORGAN OF TAYLOR CO,
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hnndred Copied
Entered at the Post Office at Bn tier
Georgia as biail Matter of Second
SUBSCRIPTION S1.50 A YEAR
Taylor county must digout of the
rats, of its bad roads or contract the
dieback.
To avoid trouble keep your dis
tance from the one with the left
sleeve rolled up.
It is claimed, that on account of
the disorderly marketing of their
crops, the citrus growers of Florida
have lost this year around $30,000,-
000.
If the democrats are careful in
the adoption of their platform and
select the right man as their stand
ard hearer they will capture the
country this year without a doubt.
Their chances are the best in years.
The progressive spirit shown in
the past by Schley county again as
serts itself in plans now underway
to pave her highway from the Sum
ter to the Taylor county line. Con
gratulations to our neighbor county.
The program for the annual
meeting of the Georgia Bar associa
tion to be held at Tybee the last
three days of May is now in course
of preparation by the executive com
mittee.
All the folks you see with their
sleeves rolled up don’t mean that
they are prepared for a spring fight
or that friend wife has gotten them
to do the garden. It just, means
that they have been vaccinated for
the small pox.
Odorless fertilizer is produced in
lajrge quantities but the farmers will
have none of it, so the’ manufactur
ers have to “sweeten” it with strong
smelling material, so .that it will be
considered effective. The ruse does
no harm, because the offensive ma
terial has the sam^ fertilizer value
as the odorless product.—Dearborn
Independent.
The Monroe Advertiser, complains
that Bunk Cooper has not yet enter
ed the race for Governor. No need
to bother, Bunk will bulc in some
where later -on unless he has lost
his pep as the champeen butter in
the state of Georgia.—DetCalb New
Era..
Poor Bunk! He .has fallen out of
his bunk so many times we doubt
that he has the courage to make
another attempt- for office.
The human heart heats seventy-
two times a minute and a hundred
thousand times a day! This faithful
little organ throbs' away at such a
rate that in a lifetime it has count
ed off more than two billion strokes;
without a pause! Nay, let it ca
its busy work but a minute; halt
just a few beats in a billion; and it
is death, judgment, heaven, or hell.
How frail this life, that so small a
thing should keep it!
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It is of interest to the voters
Taylor county to know that the re
cent grand jury recommended that
the Austrailian balloting system be
instituted in • future elections in this
county. To make it compulsory It
will be necessary for the October
grand jury to concur in the recom
mendation, as two consecutive grand
juries must recommend to put the law
into effect. We heartily endorse the
action of the recent grand jury and
trust the next will take similar sc
ion.
Uncle John Shannon is not such
r.n old man, at least he doesn’t look
it or show it. but gives this hunch
tr> yrnm'r h’--hands: “That Hubby
who refuses to get busy and mighty
bosv in the r- -rden these sunny days
will hear kdn’othmg from the old
!-ii- close ak'-i. to the compliments
th-’t Andy and Min hand to each
other.”
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Department of Ag-
> perches, shredded,
rre pernor red -'n f->r greater de
mand I-’ - nip makers and iee ci-eam
. n aT8 (he Califor-
ni- - r-dt’ci. Ur. Caldwell recently
ad" ! re"fod a conference of reach
growers and 1 usiness men of Macon
We are firmly of the opinion that
an editor should be the Democratic
National Committeeman for Georgia
We expect to insist upon the choice
of an editor for that position. We
don’t believe anybody else can fill
the place acceptably,” says The
Rome News-Tribune.
Although the News Tribune does
not say which editor, it had in mind,
of course, Maj. Cohen, editor of the
Atlanta Journal, since it is under
stood Editor Howell seeks retire
ment which is commendable of him
after thirty-cdsJ-years service.
Ope of the greatest pleasures we
receive from being a sorry sort of
cr-wtrv editor is the privilege of
readme the ed’torial columns of
scores of well. edited weekly papers,
but sometimes we wonder df an edi
tor ever reeds some of the propo-
ganda that is being sent out and
finds its way into the columns of
their paper.
Grover Edmondson and Mrs. Ly
tle, who have until recently kept
the lamented Senator Watson’s pa
per, The Columbia Sentinel going,
have been given good government
positions at Washington through the
efforts of Senators Harris and
George and Representatives Crisp,
Vinson, Bell and Brand.
Mr.Milton B. Cai-r of ‘Crawford
county has announced his candidacy
for State Senator from the twenty-
third district which is composed of
the counties of Taylor, Houston,
and Crawford. According to the
rotation system this is Crawford's
time to furnish the Senator. The
friends of Mr. Carr, therefore, in
Taylor welcomes the candidacy of
Mr. Carr, who will make for the
district a most splendid representa
tive in the upper house of the Ga-'
legislature.
CHAIRMAN ADAMS ACT
ED WITHOUT AUTHORITY
Jlon. J. T. Adams, Chairman of
the Taylor County; Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee, is a democrat of
the sort you can depend upon. He
declines to take orders from Atlan
ta as to the appointment of dele
gates from his county to the. State
convention, which county went for
Underwood. In a letter to Miller S-
Bell, McAdoo’s campaign manager,
he denounces Bell’s conduct as un
reasonable, -undemocratic and un
American—arbitary and antocratic.
Hurrah for Adams! The people can
rely on his kind of men.—Pearson
Tribune.
The Herald cannot, as does
esteemed friend, Editor Alien of the
Pearson Tribune, approve the ac
tion of Hon. J. T. Adams, Chairman
of the Taylor County executive com
mittee. We seriously doubt the -wis
dom of such action, or Adams’ au
thority in the matter ’without the
approval of excutive committee.
Since the committee was never con
sulted, the letter to Chairman Bell
should be regarded as the personal
opinion of one man and not the of
ficial acts' of the executive commit
tee; Notwithstanding the fact that
we supported Mr. Underwood, that
we are a member of the county ex
ecutive committee and elected as a
delegate to the State convention,
this does not preclude our disap
proval of the action of our county
chairman. The rule as adopted by
the State Executive Committee is
perhaps wrong, hut the friends of
Mr. McAdoo and those of Mr. Un
derwood were aware of the rules be
fore the primary and they should
have made their complaint then
rather than after the primary. Mr.
Adams should have been too good a
sport to have complained following
defeat rather than before with the
same light and rights before him.
He should have at least called his
committee together and allowed
them to pass on the matter. His
nets, therefore, being unauthorized
should relieve the county of any
criticism. Taylor county has hever
been guilty of rebellion to the laws
of the State nor to party rules, and
we disclaim for it any rebellion in
this instance.
REJOINDER
In the Democratic Presidential
primary in Illinois Wm. G. McAdoo,
unopposed, polled nearly 120,000
votes. An uninstructed delegation,
however, has been arranged by Mike
Brennan and the man who polled
120,000, we are told, is not to he
considered by the State delegation.
How is' this?—Savannah Press.
It all goes to show that we are all
a lot of funny creatures after all
Arthur Brisbane says:—“Every
publisher and printer will he inter
ested to see W. P. Leech’s new
printing process, an inexpensive
process of printing from plates that
promises to do away with steel 'en
gravings. The process is actually
more difficult to counterfeit than
any steel engraving. In an investi
gation of this Leech printing pro
cess, called “Aqutone,” held before
the committee on appropriations of
the House of Representatives, it
was shown that in printing money
by th» new process an appropria
tion of $4,447,500 necessary under
the old methods would be reduced .
to $1,050,000. If you are interested, ^ i nhabi *ants of the Fidsyl ls-
wnte W. P. Leech, at 229 West [ an( j Si jjj the Pacific South sea, believe
Tweuty-eight Street, New york.” • that trees and coconuts have souls.
“We can hardly wait until the end
’-f every week for the coming of the
Georgia weeklies. There's Burton,
Morris,_Shnclc l Williams, Bacon, the
Monroe editors. Benns, Bruner, and
—and—scores more that we enjoy
almost as ljiuch as tackling a chick
en pie and that is going some.”—
Commerce News.
If you could see Uncle John Shan
non shooting a chicken pie—a
Methodist conference size—under
his belt and work out the bones at
the corners of his mouth at the
same time, you would not believe
a word of such flattery. But
he has practiced flattery so long on
the female contengent of press
meets, when he is smart enough to
slip away from Mrs Shannon, that
it becomes natural for him to say
ever sA many nice things about folks
and things in every issue of his pa
per.
There is nothing truer than the
old adage, that we get out of life
just what we put into it. There are'
certain individuals in Butler and
other parts of Taylor county upon
whom we have kept a close eye for
several years who are always hap
py, nothng seems to trouble or go
wrong with them. They seem to
have a plenty and take life easy. To
a man these same persons are de
voting their time and best talents
for community and individual pros-
perty and happiness. There are some
however, who give out too little and
seemingly “carrying a ship on their
shoulders.” Every expression of
their face is drawn and they are ap
parently very unhappy persons.
Wouldn’t it be grand if these latter
few could absorb some of the quali
ties of the former class, and make
the community just the. right place
to live in and raise our children.
The truth should be the ultoma-
tum sought in all enquiry, or inves
tigation. So, let us see how wrong I
was in the action which I took ar.d
still stand to in the above critism by
my good and life long friend.
Charlie Benns. In the first place. I
was duly elected a member of the
Taylor county democratic executive
committee, and by that committee
elected its chairman. The primary
for county officers, was, by that-
committee set for the 19th of Mar
ch, and held accordingly. This date
having,' by the State Democratic
Executive Committee been set for
the presidential preferential pri
mary. March the 20th the vote of
the county for county officers knd
for presidential preference was by
the county executive committee con
solidated and the county nominees
declared. The vote polled on the 19-
th showed that Underwood carried
the county by 351 majority, and ac
cording to custom and time honored
usage of democracy, the executive
committee, in session assembled,
appointed delegates to the Atlanta
convention to he held April 23rd, and
who were Underwood supporters in
the primary. The delegates thus ap
pointed, were gievn certification of
their appointment signed by me as
chairman of the committee.
Now comes the milk in the cocoa-
nut. Is the above as outlined in con
formity with the principles and us
ages of democracy ? If error was
committed ,at which . point, please ?
I hold to the opinion and stand by
my position, that the above has the
ring of pure Jeffersonian Democra
cy. Then, if this be true, what right
has Mr. Miller S. Bell, of Augusta,
chairman of the ’ McAdoo sub-eom
mittee to name the delegates who
shall represent the vote cast in., Tay
lor county, and by so doing nullify
and set at naught the action of the
Executive Committee of Taylor
county? Who, following in the time
trodden paths of Democracy had the
right to delegate to Mr. Miller that
right? Could it have been done with
out contravening the principles of
democfacy, and for which Taylor
county stands? I say no.
Then, further, Bro. Charlie Benns
says that I should have called the
executive committee together and
have gotten my authority from the
committee as a whole before I wrote
the letter to Mr. Bell? I wrote the
letter in question as chairman of
the committee. I did it in defense of
the committee’s action and of de
mocracy. Should I call the commit
tee together and request that com
mittee to rescind the action, by them
previously taken, thereby robbing
the democrats of Taylor county of
those guaranteed rights and privi
leges vouchsafed by untrammeled
democracy? I think not and did not.
Yes,- Brother Charlie, I am a good
sport and if you do not believe it,
jus't offer me a good cigar and see
if I refuse.
"7 J. T. ADAMS.
A NEW COMIMTEEMAN
From the Macon Telegraph:
It is currently reported that Jack
Cohen of the Atlanta Journal has
stated that in the event there is a
vacancy in the post of National
Committeeman he .should greatly
appreciate and would accept the
honor if it were tendered to him by
the powers at this time.
The Telegraph stated editorially a
few days ago that there could be
no justification of any attempt on
the part of the McAdoo forces to L
humiliate Clark Howell by dethron-J
ing him from the place of national [
committeeman, which position he has j
held for the past 20 years, as a j
punishment for Mr. Howell having
failed ; n the recent primary to es
pouse the cause of McAdoo as
against Mr. Underwood. The Con
stitution was charged by McAdoo
forces with having supported Under
wood, and that inasmuch as Mc
Adoo won, a new national commit
teeman was in order.
We argued then and argue now
that a national committeeman should [
be neutral, if such a thing were
Dossible, and although' Mr. Howell
had not been neutral in other Pres
idential primaries, those former af
fairs were not under discussion, and
the McAdoo-Underwood campaign
was the one by which to judge him.
Tf this he true, then Mr. Howell
should not he singled out for the
venting of malice and spite.
Fast upon the heels of this argu
ment, there appeared in The Atlan
ta Constitution a statement by Jas.
A. Holloman, associate editor of the
Constitution and first friend of Mr.
Howell declaring that Mr. Howell
did not want the position of
national committeeman, was not an
applicant for re-election, etc.
If this statement may he taken ar
authentic, and we can only presume
that it may, in the absence of any
denial by Mr. Howell or retraction
by Mr. Holloman, then there can he
no objection to the selection of Mi-.
Cohen as his successor—not that
Jack Cohen is entitled to -c by rea
son of his having supported McAdoo
f r that would he a cheapening of
the support by trying to offer him
pay for it; and v.-e have a right to
assume it was rendered freelv and
generously as a sendee to the whole
people as viewed by the editor of the
Journal and not with the hope of
any personal reward; but Cohen
should have it because of his fitness
for the place, his long experience in
public affairs and the confidence the
public reposes in him to do the cause
greatest good, to deal fairly with
all questions and persons in the ad-
•m'uistration of the office. -
Under the circumstances, if they
are correctly understood and outlin
ed, Jack Cohen’s selection as nation
al committeeman would be highly
pleasing to the entire people 01
Georgia—and that is the only kind
of committeeman we should have,
now that the transient hut ever re
curring storms of political strife are
over
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FOR OVER 40 YEARS
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Pat Griffin in the editorial col
umns of his paper, The Bainbridge
Post-Searchlight, never shoots at
random We have long since learn
ed to admire his courage of $which
the following is a fair sample:
‘Congress votes 10 million dollars
to Germany of the people’s money.
Any congressman or senator that
voted for that thing ought to be
kicked out of the capitol. What
right have'they to vote money to
-Germany, who has been killing our
boys when our own soldiers have not
been properly provided. Some of the
fool congressmen that did,-that stunt
would holp up their hands in holy
horror and yell “no money” if they
were asked to vote a few dollars for
southern farmer or tax payer. It
seems under the law that some one
could enjoin congress from voting
our money to foreigners. Where is
such right lodged is one thing that
we would like to know. Why is it
that our governing body thinks more
of the Germans than they do our
southern farmers is more than we
can understand, and we hope to get
the list of the birds voting for that
money to be given Germany when
half of our people can’t pay their
taxes.” 1
The possibilities for development
of the^ natural resources of the
South are discussed in an interest
ing manner by L. A. Downs, Presi
dent of the Central of Ga. Railway
Company, who has given much time
and thought to this important topic.
Mr. Downs points out that real
progress is dependent upon the de
velopment of both industry and agri
culture. He shows how by-products
of the peach and the pecan can dup
licate the growth of cotton seed in
to a great business. He also points
out the exceptibnal opportunity for
the stock raiser.
Quoting the figures as tc the
great growth of textiles and the
phenomonal development of the coal
and iron industry he says that
possibilities in other lines are
boundless and have scarcely been
touched. The weak point is the fact I
that so many raw materials.
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The seismograph, tho instrument
wM'-h recor-'• earthqus 1 —s. is so sen
sitive that it will show how much the
buildings on opposite sides of a busy
street tilt inward when traffic is at its
heaviest during the day, and liow they
recover their position when it ceases.
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Eugenics.
Eugenics is from a Greek word
meaning well born, and was first used
by Francis Galton, the noted- English
scientist, iu 18S3, who defined it as
“the science which deals with all influ
ences that improve the inborn quall-
ties of a race.”
pecially minerals are being shipped j
elsewhere for manufacture instead
of being manufactured at home.
The superiority of Kaolins has
been proved, but manufacture lags;
for instance, there are no light col
ored face brick manufactured in ei
ther Georgia or Alabama, although
Georgia clays make an excellent
face brick, and there are about a
billion such brick made annually in
the United States.
Barytes, Alabama Graphite, Full
ers earth and Mica all await de
velopment. Of 52 commercial min
erals 44 ate found on the lines of
the Central of Georgia.
President Downs pledges the co
operation of the agricultural anl in
dustrial departments of the Central
of Georgia in developing the natural
resources of the section thru which
the railroad runs.
TEAMWORK
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It's all very well to have courage
and skill
And it’s fine to be counted a star,
But the single deed with its touch
of thrill
Doesn’t tell us the man you are;
For there’s no lone han in the game
- we play,
We must work to bigger scheme,
And the thing that counts in the
world today
Is how do you pull with the team.
They may sound your praise and
may call you great,
They may single you out for fame
But you must work with your run
ning mate
Or never you’ll win the game;
For never the work of the man is
done
By the man with a selfish dream,
For the battle is lost or the- battle is
won
By the spirit of the team.
It is all very well to fight for fame,
But the cause is a bigger need.
And what you do for the good of
the game
Counts more than the flash of
speed;
It's the long, long haul and the drea
ry grind, ( .
Wherethe stars but faintly gleam
And it’s leaving all thought of self
behind
That fashions a winning team.
You may think it fine to he praised
for skill,
But a greater thing to do
Is to set your mind .and set your
will
On the goal that’s just in view;
It's helping your fellow man to score
When his chances hopeless seem,
It's forgetting self till the game is
is o’er
And fighting for the team. / \