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about the newspaper business that
when one follows the game very
long, giving to it ■ conscientious ser
vice. their love for it is likened to
no other businesp of which we have
any knowledge. A splendid illustra-
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EMBALMERS
Funeral PUrldrs
G'cwih of city population bn?
ocen fleetly influenced by.the pub
lic utilities and the facility with
which utility service can be procured
In the United States there are now
287 cities. each with a population of
25,000 or more. Their combined
population is 37,000,000.
Forty years ago the combined
population was. 8,600,000 and it is
interesting to note in that connec
tion that 40 years ago. the service of
gas, electricity and street railways
was just beginning.
Before the utility service develop
ed lived in.. crowded streets with
-houses built as closely together as
possible. Through the services of
News from Clearwater, Fla., where
Frank McDowell, slayer of all • his
fainily, is confined in jail says that
he will be put . on trial in the circuit
court there early in May and that
inside of a few weeks his fate may
be determined. The crime with which
young McDowell is charged is at
tracting nation-wide interest. Recent
visitors to Clearwater Who talked to
Frank .McDowell in his jail cell Shy
that he has -changed considerably in
manner and appearance. He is said
to -looki more dejected* and care“Wom
than formerly and does hot talk
with the assurance that he formerly
fid;
ago her newspaper, The Dawson
County Advertiser and the name af
terwards changed to The 1 Cosmopo
lite, has resumed ownership, editor
ial and business management of the
paper and restored the name of the
publication to thaf by which it was
originally known and appreciated
both locally and throughout the
State. Congratulations and best
wishes are abundantly bestowed in
A TEXAS WONDER
For kidney and bladder troubles,
gravel, weak and laro«t back, rheu
matism and irregularities of the kid
neys ■ and bladder. If not, sold by
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hundred Copies
men we have
Siberia 'during
and who
came in contact with the Japanese,
have a strong-dislike for them. One
reason for their dislike, they say, is
that the Japanese were discourteous
and 'disobliging toward Americans,
whenever they had the opportunity.'
STATE HISTORIAN
RIAN AC
TIVELY CAMPAIGNING
KNIGHT
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DFFICAL ORGAN OF TAYLORCO.
PUBLISHED
EVERY
THURSDAY
AGRICULTURE
(Entered at the Post Office at Butler
. Georgia as Mai] Matter of Second
SUBSCRIPTION SL50 A YEAR
Bill Biflem says he will still' be
lieve in political'' miracles in the
event A1 Smith is favored by the
vote of Mrs. Armor.
The Georgia editors will probably
go .to the coast in July for their An
nual bath whether they need. it or
not, in which case we wish Charlie
Rountree, Jim Davidson, Rush Bur
ton and Uncle John Shannon welt—
Butler Herald.
While it does not concern us one
way or the other, we trust We may
• The nan who has most pity is the
best man—is the one most disposed
to all social virtues, to nobleness of
every sort. -
be pardoned for expressing the hope
that Editor Benns also will enjoy the for inquiries, to .put into touch" with
Dr. L, L. Knight, State Historian
of Georgia, is . actively campaigning
for genealogical material of all
kinds for preservation, in the De
partment of Archives and History.
Family histories, charts, trees, etc.,
are particularly desired. In thd
course of the year hundreds Of • in
quires reach him • for assistance
along these lines alone, and it is with
the hope of rendering greater as
sistance in this connection that he
appeals to the families of Georgia to
place in the Capitol copies of their
personal records. To date his De
partment has been able to do little
more than serve as a clearinghouse
“outing.”—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
It all depends on who’ll be there.
To succeed keep watching for the
things you can do in the future, the
things you have accomplished in the
past will take care of themselves.
Chauncy M. D.epew, on his nine
tieth birthday tells how to keep
young—“Keep Cheerful,” enjoy your
work, elevate to the nth degree the
virtue of laughter.”
Don't depend on might, strength
or power alone to win for you in
life’s battles'. They lost in the great
est contest ever staged—the great
World War.
Speaking of the Muscle Shoals
bids, Brisban aptly remarks: “The
difference between Ford and the'oth
ers is this: Ford knows how to pro
duce the power and how to use it
after he produces it. Ford would do
the work with his own money. He
has the money, honestly and' useful
ly made, to do it, and he is interest
ed in public service and water pqw-,
er development, not in adding to his
fortune. Only official corruption, some
Teapot Dome imitation, will turn
over Muscle Shoals to an incompe
tent; would-be grafter, and take it
from Henry Ford.”
Do not waste a minute—not a sec
ond—in trying' to demonstrate to
others the merits of your own per
formance. If your work does not
vindicate itself, you cannot vindicate
it.
What has become of the old-fash
ioned grandmother that used to go
out with a basket and a kitchen
knife about this time of year and
come back with a mess of dandelion
greens ? .
According to the Worth County
Local it is estimated that there are
growing .at the present time
Worth county a half-million friers
for spring market. We suggest that
the place of meeting for the Georgia
Press Association be changed from
Waycross to Sylvester.
The farmers of Taylor county have
begun their new farm operations
with renewed hope and determina
tion as is evidenced by increased
aCeage of well prepared land now
being planted for food and feed
crops of all kind with a limited
amount of cotton.
The death o" Chares F. Murph',
chieftain of Tammsny Hall, came at
e time Srden he v-:.s actively e::inur
ed’ in promoting !ne campaign of his
old friend, 'V'-.. / ■''red E. SmHli. for
the Democratic rumination for pres
ident. What effect his death will
hhve on the governor's candidacy is
yet to be seen.
Congressman W. D. Upshaw is
seriously considering entering the
race for the Democratic nomination
for the vice-presidency. We recall
having accompanied Upshaw, who
we then knew as “Earnest Willie,’’op
his first trip to New York. He was
off and on the train at every stop
made. According to his record in
Congress he is keeping up his old
game of off and on with most every
bill in the House. But should he seek
a place on the .national- ticket it is
doubtful that he will be on long
enough for many folks to know
about it.
each other the various persons in
terested in a particular family • or
line. But as a State is no greater
than its individual citizens the
history of one is the history of the
other and the State Capitol should
be the depository of the personal as
well as of the official records of its
citizens, in Dr. Knights' opinion.
No particular form is required for
the records being sent in. As rapidly
as possible all wfll be cataloged, in
dexed and made readily usabIe.Com-
munications should be addressed to
Dr. Knight, in care the State Capi
tol, Atlanta.
GRIFFIN NEWS AND SUN.
CHANGES HANDS.
1 The average Georgia farmer
knows by far better how to conduct
his farm than any farmeribanker,
according to James Peters, president
of the Georgia Bankers Association,
who told the bankers in convention
at Augusta that they should give
the farmer encouragement but,- not
advice. '3r|3n
Sen. Thomas J. Heflin, of Alabama
has given the country an explanation
of the Rebublican Administration’s
sudden determination to oppose fur
ther investigations of its officials, in
cluding Secretary Mellon, and of the
propaganda that has been started to
give courage to Republicans in Con
gress. This explanation was given
by Sen. Heflin in a speech in the
Senate a few days ago.
A1 Smith has shot his bolt and is
now in the field. Oh well, we look
for the Convention to nominate Ral
ston of Indiana and really win that
election this fall.That is the way the
thing looks right now. If Smith
should get the nomination- we wonder
what a lot of Democrats will do—
Bainbridge Post-Searchlight.
Let every voter speak for himself.
For we’uns guess it will be a pretty
good time to go a-fishing.
We reproduce part of a rather
long editorial appearing in Sunday’s
Columbus Enquirer-Sun, which just
about size up the after election fight
which is now going on among some
of the ooliticians of the State:
“Pettiness and partisianship have
been for 35 years the outstanding
stigmas on Georgia politics. There
is no fight .being waged for the peo
ple in this bickering over how dele
gates shall be named. It is a strug
gle between factions.
“When' the people—the taxpayers
—are sufficiently aroused to the fact
that they possess not one single
right that has not been tampered
with and mutilated, if not destroyed
by opposing packs of self-seeking
politicians there will be no more tri
vial quibbling and contemptible chi
canery, but straightforward action
which will rid the state of the scan
dal and pest of small bore politi
cians-”
Of State-wide interest is the an
nouncement that the Griffin News
and Sun, which has enjoyed marked
success under the editorial and busi
ness management of Rob. L. Duke
for the past ten years, has been pur
chased by Judge C. C. Givens, of
Madisonville, Ky., from . its owner,
Mrs. - Joseph P. Boyd.
It will be gratifying to the friends
of Editor Duke, who is one of the
most popular newspaper men in the
State, to learn that he will be con
nected with the new management.
The support he will have through
the new owners will only enable him
to carry into effect the plans long
since contemplated of enlarging the
scope of usefulness of. that live
small city daily.
CHILL HAND OF OFFICIALISM
DEADENS ALL IT TOUCHES
■Pat Griffin takes pot-shot at Bain
bridge boot-leggers, and suggests
that there is an opportunity for the
hooded organization to form a valu
ed service in the event' officers,
sworn to do their duty, prove un
worthy of the trust reposed in them.
How different is Bainbridge from
this community? Read what Pat
says and make the comparison for
yourself: “The truth is the truth.
There is lots of liquor being sold in
Bainbridge and it is time now that
it was stopped.lt seems that there hgs
been an overflow of the stuff in the
past month. Men who are abject and
slaves, to the habit are staying’drank
week in and week out, and their peo
ple are in distress. Dirty, sneaking
boot-leggers are selling men liquor
that couldn’t get in the days of
saloons. Like buzzarsd and vultures
they are feeding off of several good
men who are good workers and don’t
seem to be able to resist it and -the
people wonder how they keep on get
ting it.”
There has been strong agitation
for increased pay for. mailmen.Post-
master General New says they are
entitled to more but the department
ioses money.
The postal employees are efficient
workmen and render good service
but as to advancement in postal sys
tem their future is blocked by quag
mire of partisan politics.
Such political limitation of oppor
tunity should be strongest argument
with workmen aginst extension of
public ownership to various lines of
private industry.
The great point to consider in the
question of public ownership is how
it would hurt the future of the
American people by limiting the
chances of the worker to better his
material condition through his own
ability, foresight and energy.
• Tens of thousands of day laborers
are constantly rising through their
perseverance and ambition, to high
positions in, or owners of our lead
ing industries.
Can.any illustration be cited • to
show where the workers in the gov
ernment-owned postal system have
risen from the ranks to positions of
influence or financial reward in the
postal department ?
Would such a system where the
dead hand .of officialism crushes op-'
portunity for advancement, have
built up America’s wonderful in
dustrial system with its modern con
veniences and labor saving devices,
unequalled by any other nation in
the world?
This is the point to consider when
supporters of socialistic schemes ad
vocate an extension of public own
ership to various lines of American
industry.—Industrial News Bureau.
During the Winter of 1914-15
when the war situatifin . made the
shipment of cotton to Europe al
most an impossibility and prices
went to smash with nobody willing
to buy and the farmers in despair,
Asa G. Candler of Atlanta rushed
to completion a great warehouse,
and made a bold offer to lend six
cefits a pound on every pound of
cotton stored in that warehouse. He
practically agreed to stake every
dollar of his vast fortune upon cot
ton * for the express purpose of
changing the pessimism of the hour
into optimism.
His action had a very marked ef
fect throughout the entire - cotton
growing regions of the South. Other
people began to have faith in cotton
and realized that if a shrewd, level
headed man like Mr. Candler was
prepared to risk $25,000,000 or $30,-
000,000 or more in backing the cot
ton market for the protection of the
industry, they too would follow. The
result was a spirit of optimism, cre
ated throughout the whole Central
South.
There is a somewhat sifnilar con
dition, in one respect, which needs
just, such ho’d daring leadership, but
relates to cot-on lands rather than
to cotton. By reason of the boll we
evil in part, am: several successive
years bad weather, many farmers in
Georgia , and in some other parts of
the Central South, badly hit by the
deflation campaign and then by the
shortage in cotton, have grown de
spondent. Farm lands have decreased
in selling price, although inherently
as valuable as ever.
The possibilities of agriculture in
Georgia are just as good as .they
ever were, in some respects better,
for while the boll -weevil is a men
ace, it has been proven that the boll
weevil can be wiped out by intensive
fertilization and cultivation on re
duced acreage, and .then Georgia has
o. soil and climate splendidly adapt
ed to the widest diversification of
agriculture. In some parts of the
State, the farmers are making mon
ey is raising tobacco, and in some
Other sections they have developed a
great peach and watermelon indus
try, in other peanuts offer a' field
for profitable work.
A diversification of farming is as
feasible in Georgia as in any other
part of the country. It is a good
(state for dairying and for the poul
try industry. Indeed, almost every
line of agriculture that- can be car
ried on in any part of this country
•ran be .profitably conducted in Geor
gia. * '
Instead of pessimism on the part
n f Georgia farmers as to the value
of their land and their opportunity,
they should be abounding in. optim
ism. " '
If the business men of the big ci
ties like Atlanta, Macon, Savannah
end Augusta will back up the farm
ers in spirit and in capital; will
stand by them as * they may slowly
win their way out of the defects of
deflation; will create home markets
for diversified products, and thus
tide the situation over during a per
iod of pesimism, Georgia will
time become as noted for its diversi
fied agricultural prosperity as any
State in the Union. This diversified
prosperity, is certain sooner or later
The natural conditions will practi
cally compel it, but that day can be
hastened by the leadership| on - the
part of men of wealth and influence
If the towns and the cities will
stand by the farmers; help them to
carry their present burden; en
courage them to hold on to their land
and not force them out of owner
ship of their farms.
Tenant farmers who are worthy
and capable should be assisted in.
buying farm lands and encouraged
to reduce cotton acreage and in
crease diversified acreage.
The very idea of pessimism pre
vailing as to the future of Georgia’s
agricultural conditions seems almost,
absured on its face. That State, so
long the. center of the South’s pros
perity, phould continue without halt
ing or hesitation to meet and over
come the problems which' its farm
ers have had to face by reason of
adverse weather and the boll weevil
and deflation, and win back its posi
tion as one of the outstanding cen
ters of agricultural and industrial
prosperity of the whole country.
Who in Georgia will do for the
agricultural interests what Mr. Can-
.dler did for the cotton growers when
he took the lead in saving the situ-
atiqp and inspiring courage where
they had been discouraged?.
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENT S BUTLER SCHOOL DISTRICT
Report As of Dec, 31, 1923, As Rendered by Eli Garrett, Secretary and
Treasure.
.1 respectfully submit herewith for your‘inspection and approval- my
report of receipts and disbursements of the-Butler School District, Eli
Garrett, Secy. & Treas. June 22. IS 23" to Dec. 31st, 1923.
RECEIPTS
June 22, 1923. To balance) cash on hand
Received from Tuition
.Received from J. JT. McCants, I*. C.
\ Received, from J. J. McCants, T. C.
Received from J. J. McCants, T. C.
Received from J. J. McCants,' T. C.
Received from J. J. McCants, T. C.
Received from sale of old Bldg, i
Borrowed from Taylor County Bank
Borrowed from Taylor \pounty Bank
$ 74.30
1220.75
600.00
75.00
1400.00
216.45
200.00
195.29
1500-00
442.00
Total Receipts
Teachers' Salaries, White
M. E. Flowers
Miss Rials
DISBURSEMENTS.
— $5923.79
Miss Ella Foy
Miss McMicnael
Miss Martin
Miss Adams 1
Miss Childs
Mrs. Riley
Balance on Old Salaries:
L. H. Riley
$450.00
330-00
240.00
195.00
195.00
195.00
195.00
113.75
Miss Ella Foy
Mrs. Peagler _
Mrs. Monk
Miss Adams
Miss Childs
Miss Harrell,.
$166.24
80.00
65.00
80.00
65.00
65.00
65.00
$2499.99
L. H. James
COLORED
Claudie Bivens .
Adaline Baldwin
Carrie Rumph
Carrie - Rumph
Betsey Roquemore
Hattie McCrary _s._
Algier Harris
34.50
21.25
40.00
50.00
•40.00
40.00
$ 305.75
Transportation
I. O. Cox, Bal.
J. E. Locke,. Bal.
S. J. Huie. Bal
Clem Waters, Bal.
I. O. Cox
W. A. Williams _
C. D. Mclnvaie
John Turner
$160.00
122.00
36.00
18.00
225.00
225.00
215.00
10.00
$1011.00
Miscellaneous:
Taylor Co. Bank, by note paid
Butler Insurance Agency for
Refund on Tuition
Secy. & Treas. Salary
Secy. & Treas. Salary
N. Y. Exchange on -Bonds
Incidental Expenses:
$ 87.00
175.00
$ 454.00
100.40
loZ.OQ
262.00
650.00
Butler Herald bill to 9-10-23.
J. C. Rumph, wood
Janitor
Wilson,'Carpenter work
C. L, Searcy, Carpenter work
I. F. Peebles, Mdse.
Geo. Williams, work
Henry Mimms, drayage
Adams & Turner, on Picture
Suggs Garage, on Delco
L. T. Elliott, tuning piano
Cash Grocery Co. Mdse.
J. E. Bartlett, Express
J. E. Mangham, Rent on old Church
Hollis Hammock, work : ;
Digging ditch
Ira Chambers, Mdse.
$27.50
15.00
91.92
47.10
15.42
.50
5.60
1.40
50.00
35.00
5.00
-.60
4.53
60.00
.30
1.90
6.90
Miscellaneous Expenses
To balance cash on hand
Total Expenditures
Dec. 31, 1923
9.01
$ 378.68
129.97
$5923.79
We were due the Taylor County Bank Dec. 31, 1923,
, for
note
This note was paid Jan. 3, 1924
Interest on the above note
$1500.00
We owe another note to the Taylor
nty Bank for
73-54
453.85
Total amount bills payable. 12-31-23
Less amount paid Jan. 3, -1924
$2027.39
1573.54
Amount of billi payable Jan. 24-‘24.
$ 453.85
Statement of receipts and disbursements of the Bond monev of the
Butler School District to July 30, 1923.
. RECEIPTS
Sept 27, 1922, Sale of Bonds *20 665.00
Interest on Bonds _ . ’397.62
Donated by City on Seats' 386*00
Total
DISBURSEMENTS
Total amount paid’ contractor for
receipts
$21448.62
which we hold
, Advertising and nbtices in
Plumbing
Work on grounds
Architect, for drawing plans
Recording papers
Attorney’s Fees
Ordinary’s Charges
Part payment on desks and
Freight and work on desks and
• Part payment on heating plant
To balance cash on hand July 30, 1923
$18,658.99
58.10
26.60
12.00
505.00
53.75
225.00
8.00
920.00
142.07
835.00
4.11
^ $21,448.62