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The Butler Herald
Established in 1870.
C. E. PENNS.
Editor and Publishes.
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Unlike oil and water, manhood and
religion mix
Prejudices, like millstones, may
drown a man .
Peach trees are in full blossom and
present a scene fit for the gods.
Some men are like mountains, they
are easier to contemplate than to
master.
Its funny but Taylor County is
younger at 73 than she was at three.
Its all in the way we are living.
Taylor county hens are very in
dustrious. Coop apples have dropped
in price from 60 cents per dozen to
25 cents.
In the course of time the joy walk
ers will be eliminated, but the joy
thinkers will be here when Gab
riel toots his bugle.
We read and hear so much for and
against technicalities of the law that
we are just wondering as to the sen
timent of the people of Putnam
county on this point.
Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, will
preside as speaker of the House in
the Sixty-Ninth Congress and John
Q. Tilson, of Conneticut, will be re
publican floor leader.
Senator Harris has made a wise
selection in the appointment of Mr.
J. C. McAuhffe, a former president
of the Georgia Press Association, as
his privat- secretary.
The wether of the past few days
has been akin to the fishing kind, but
has been put to much better use—
planting gardens and getting ready
for corn and cotton planting.
In order that they will not have to
put off their flying until they reach
the next world, Henry Ford is build
ing an airplane that anybody can
operate and buy at small cost.
Mr. McCamie C. Gettys has been
appointed postmaster at EUaville to
succeed Miss Dollie Allen; w r hile
Miss Bertha W. Fincher succeeds
herself as postmaster at Roberta.
Boosting doesn’t get n community
anywhere, unless it is backed by hard
work and a united front by the peo
ple.—Greensboro Herald-Journal.
There is a lot of truth in that
statement.
There is one thing sure about the
dastardly crime committed by thugs
in Putnam County last Wednesday,
that section has the sincere sympa
thy of all sober-thinking people of
Taylor bounty.
South Carolina has passed the lazy
husband law, an act whereby the
county can imprison all lazy -hus
bands and pay out of the treasury
the sum of $1.50 a day to their
wives.
People have gotten so freakish of
late that the disease has extended to
the vegetable family. Nearly every
paper you pick up there’s an account
of some vegetable resembling a veg
etable of entirely different kind.
John D. Rokefeller, Jr., has given
$1,000,000 to the Hampton and Tus-
kegee Institutes for negroes. Mr.
Rockefeller’s donation was made un
conditionally and brings the endow
ment fund now being / raised to $3,-
500,000.
The fire that damaged the Atlanta
Constitution building Sunday is very
much regretted by the newspaper
friends of the Constitution through
out the State. The assistance ren
dered by the Journal is in keeping
with the fine spirited men that com
pose the official staff of that paper.
In regard to the fuss between Art
ist Borglum and the Stone Mountain
Confederaet Memorial Association,
we are strictly neutral. We have al
ways thought, however, that the
time and money spent on this monu
ment could easily have been put to a
better use—paying those who fought
for the cause and the widows who
lost their companions in the great
struggle for instance.
JONES AND BLOODWQRTH
CASE HAS BEEN
REPEATED
The State is horrow-stricken with
another atrocious crime—a repetition
we might say of the Jones and Blood-
worth murder and robbery in this
county.
Hon. W. C. \Vright, one of Put
nam County’s most distinguished
citizens, and one of the State’s best
educators, while riding along a coun
try road last Wednesday came upon
two men tramping along and offered
to give them a ilft. They accepted
the invitation to ride, and when they
reached a lonely spot they fell upon
Mr. Wright, beating him into in
sensibility, and dobbed him.
It will be recalled that H. F. Un
derwood, who was a traveling man,
| was riding in his automobile along a
I road in Taylor county, when he over
took Jones and Bloodworth, and of-
| fered to give them a ride. They ac
cepted his offer and later killed and
robbed him.
Keener interest than ever before
will now be felt in the Jones and
Ulcodworth case since they have thus
far escaped paying the penalty pre
scribed by the law and the courts on
nothing less than mere technicali
ties.
We have a pretty good idea how
the citizens of Putnam county are
feeling now. But what will be the
outcome of the case is of interest to
a lot of folks. We shall see what we
shall see.
CONCERNING INJUNCTIONS
AND WRITS OF MANDAMUS
To the Editor:
I have made a study of the law
for forty years and from an investi
gation of all cases, I never knew of
a judge to use the State’s Writ of
Mandamus to compel an officer to
discharge his duty. I always thought
that the State’s Writ of Mandamus
was the only process that would
compel an officer to discharge his
duty or to mete out punishment in
the event of failure to discharge it.
It. seems a sheriff failed to stop
some cracks in a wall built by him to
enclose the gallows; and because of
this an injunction was granted de
laying the proper enforcement of the
law. This, too, just after Judge Lit
tlejohn’s Law Enforcement meeting
in Atlanta.
Just on the heels of the meeting,
Governor Walker called a big meet
ing in Atanta for law enforcement.
When this injunction was granted
Gov. Walker called off his meeting
just as quickly as possible.
One Superior Court judge told the
writer that if an application had
been made to him for an injunction,
that he would not have granted it,
but would have granted a mandamus
and set the case for hearing at But
ler on the morning of the execution
.at 9 A. M.
I see that a case very much like
this case has just occurred in Put
nam county.
Very truly yours,
“M.”
EUaville, March 5, 1925.
There is about as much pleasure in
riding a harrow over plowed ground
as riding in an automobile from But
ler to Reynolds, the two most im
portant points in the county, yet
they tell us that this road is in bet
ter shape than most of the roads in
the county, which if true is a shame
on somebody in view of the tremen
dous expense for road work on the
tax payers of the county. While one
has to suffer temporary martyrdom,
on account of the bumps in making
the trip between these cities, there is
one place in particular that is ex
tremely dangerous, or was Sunday,
and has been so ever since the heavy
rains of several weeks ago. Whose
duty it is to look after these roads
had better do so, otherwise somebody
mav be killed or injured and the cun-
ty made defendant in a heavy dam
age suit. But all this is side-tracking
a little. What we started out to call
attention to is the fact that
the main thorofares of the county
ought to be put in good condition be
fore working here and there on
short roads over the county, and we
sincerely trust our commissioners will
some day wake up to this fact.
Artist Borglum complains that a
great deal of the money subscribed to
the Confederate monument on the
side of Stone Mountain went to pay
ing the salaries of people who oc
cupied sine-cures in the offices of the
memorial association. We shouldn’t
be surprised if he was right. Enter
prises of that sort are just like the
offices of government—there are al
ways a number of soft jobs found
for favored people.
Prsident Coolidge evidently has
confidence i n the newspapers. He
gave them his inaugural address five
days ahead of time.
THE GOVERNOR MOVES A
TIMELY TRUCE
Under the above caption the At
lanta Sunday American expresses
the sentiment of thousands of Geor
gians in the state-wide controversy
as .to the cases against Artist Bor
glum, who showed the weakness of a
child in destroying the models for
the Stone Mountain Monument. But I
be that as it may the undertaking is
as the American says is too close to
the hearts of our people to be crip
pled by a useless controversy.
The following, to which we fully
agree is what the Sunday American
says:
The Sunday American sincerely
congratulates Governor Walker upon
the timeliness of his suggestion to
the Stone Mountain Memorial Asso
ciation that it withdraw its request
of the Governor of North Carolina
for the granting of requisition papers
in the case of Mr. Borglum, the
sculptor lately in charge of the Stone
Mountain Memorial undertaking.
We congratulate with equal sin
cerity the Stone Mountain Memorial
Association upon its residy response
of the Governor’s excellent sugges
tion. It was the common-sense, pa
triotic, fine thing to do.
The Sunday American, in common
with hundreds of thousands of Geor
gians, Southerners and citizens of
the United States at large, has view
ed with genuine distress and misgiv
ing the pending controversy, pad-
ticularly in that it seemed to extend
its ramifications as it grew daily to
larger and larger proportions.
We think there may be something
to say on both sides; there usually
are two sides to every controversy— j
albeit one side may outweigh the.
other. But there is much more to be
said of the great project itself—the
beautiful an magnificent thing pro
posed—than possibly could be said
upon either side of a controversy in
respect thereto.
This great undertaking, so close to
the heart of Atlanta, Georgia and
the South, nevertheless is not whol
ly our ambitious vision.
It long ago came to be a matter
of nation-wide concern!
When the Stone Mountain Memo
rial is completed—and The Sunday
American believes it will be—it
will stand as a monument to a noble
cause, to a wonderful and inspiring
people and period in American his
tory, and to the memory of a gal
lant citizenship and a glorious man
hood and womanhood.
And it will stand, too, for a re
united people—a people joined in
patriotic purpose and endeavor to
memorialize and immortalize a great
thought!
It will mark for ALL time the
sure and definite passing of every
shade and color of bitterness between
the sections.
It is such a mighty thing within
itself that all controversies in re
spect of it must sink into relative in
significance!
The Governor of Georgia did a
praiseworthy thing when he made
the suggestion above noted, and the
Memorial Association has added lau
rels to its crown of glory in accept
ing it with such ready grace and un
derstanding.
THE GEORGIA PEACH
Dedicated to the Fort Valley Peach
Festival.
Sweet Pomona, lovely goddess,
In a green and quiet glade,
Stopped to take her noon siesta
’Neath an almond’s grateful shade;
But the merry little sunbeams
Sliding down from Persian skies
Had a jolly dance, together,
In Pomona’s lovely eyes.
Then the fairies gathered branches
From the willing amond tree,
Laid them softly on her eyelids
Where the sunbeams d anced in
glee;
And Pomona, soundly sleeping,
In her fertile mind and brain
Dreamed a strange and new confec
tion,
Made of sunshine, soil and rain.
And the little twigs of almond,
Shot with sunshine from above
Felt their being palpitating
With the new-born pangs of love—
As they pressed each moment closer
To Pomona’s lovely face;
Filling bud and sap and sinew
With new loveliness and grace.
Then Pomona, stirring, wakened;
And with knowing smile and nod !
Took the branches from her forehead
Pressed them deep into the sod:
And the branches growing upward,
From their bolls to outmost tips,
Caught their color and perfection
From Pomona’s cheeks and lips.
Then Pomona called the fairies
To behold this lovely tree—
Bade them lade a bark with seedings
And put out across the sea
To the land we call Fort Valley
Where as far as eyes can reach,
In the fullness of perfection
j Grows the luscious Georgia peach.
[ —JOHN W. GATEWOOD.
FRANK J. DUDLEY GIVES
REASONS FOR OPPOSING
UNIFICATION PLAN
(By Frank J. Dudley.)
Columbus, Ga.—My good friend,
the pastor of one of our leading
churches takes me to task for ex
pressing my conviction on the plan
proposed for unifying Methodism
North and South.
I claim no patent right on argu
ments used against the plan he ad
vocates; I hold no brief as auditor
or referee to pass on the rights of
any one to discuss the proposition
neither do I contend that every one
should see the thing just as I see it,
but I do claim the right to express
my views and convictions on issues
that involve interests very dear to
my heart. And I think the brother
has a good stock of “assumacy” (I
did not coin that word but it happens
to fit) and it also happens to be true
that I am not opposed to unifica
tion as a general proposition.” In
fact I would support the measure if
I had any idea that it would result
in a "Union.” Conscientiously I am
opposed to the plan because I am
satisfied, after careful consideration,
that it will not work. I shall not
fall out with my man who differs
with me, and accord him the same
privilege of feeling justified in form
ing an opinion if he predicates his
belief on facts and deductions that
follow after an earnest search for
the truth.
Then the Brother goes further and
“assumes” that a majority favor the
plan, but so far as I am informed
the majority is against its adoption.
I use the word adoption advisedly for
as yet the annual conference have
not voiced their wishes. My esti
mate of how the people feel on the
matter is first hand mostly. That is
to say after getting an expression
from those who hold a franchise in
the M. E. Church, South. I can name
one church where thirty out of for
ty Stewards have expressed them
selves as being opposed to the plan.
Then a Steward from another church
(And by the way he favors the plan)
says that he is the “only” member
of his official board who favors it
At one Quarterly Conference not
many weeks ago, at one of the Cir
cuit churches, not a single man stood
for adopting the plan. At another
Quarterly Conference not many days
ago first hand information was that
the church there was almost unani
mously opposed.
On the very highest authority and
coming from one in position to know
the Methodist preachers of the Co
lumbus District are about evenly di
vided on the question. From reliable
source I am advised that this ratio
holds good throughout the State and
practically all over the Southern ter
ritory. There is a difference of
opinion as to how the border states
will stvnd, but the rank and file of
Southern Methodists are opposed.
I stilj contend and hold that an in
definite contract is obviously inop
erative. The Brother objects to this
attitude, but what you agree to, and
what you are “going to agrbe to do”
is a very different proposition.
Then just because the “restrictive
rules” are (lot changed does not
vouchsafe the framing of “a consti
tution” that will be acceptable, nor
does it mean that the TMscipiline will
not be changed, for in the program
there seems to be some provision
for some very rdical charges.
I apprehend that the good brother
would not “assume” to take the posi
tion that all the brains are concen
trated on either side: Then if that be
true, those opposing the plan have
as much right to theorize on re-ults
as he has. He says “advocates of
the plan “claim” that it does begin
the work of “unification.” The other
side "claim” just the reverse, and
there are just as tenable grounds on
which to base their judgment. But
suppose it did “begin,” how could
there be a consummation where (as
he puts it) "The plan gives the
Southern minority in the united Gen
eral Conference the same aggregate
voting power as the Northern .ma
jority.” This on its face argues that
the minority would be able to re
strain the majority and that would
be the “beginning” of a dead lock,
where neither side could proceed;
that condition would seem to indi
cate that this state of affairs would
be the beginning of another dis
union, even before a union had been
completed; nor necessarily all men do
not get the same vision of any ques
tion where there is an issue, and
therefore there could be little chance
of the majority passing it over the
heads of the majority. The propo
sition is unthinkable that such con
dition would be conducive to that re
lationship of “Loving and' trusting
'each other, they will grow together”
| “A Constitution,” the M. E. Church
South, has been doing business for
i practically eighty years under laws
enacted by its General Conference
and codified in the Book of Discip
line. It has made progress and in
augurated movements that is be-
|ing felt around the globe. As a
, Methodist I have accepted the Discip
line as embodying the constituted
jlaws, where the college of Bishops
interpret and apply the law and hold
veto powers. I am loyal enough to
hold to our Discipline and am not
ready to swap it off for an unwrit
ten and unidentified Constitution.
Under the proposed plan who
knows what will be incorporated in
“a constitution” the proposal does
not intimate what he newly consti
tuted body will be named.
Now as to a "monoply on sus
picion.” Past history warrants sus
picion, not prejudice (because of the
precedent where a sacred contract
Was violated. In fact Unification is
the child of the program growing out
of an overlapping of territory, and
the supremest need for a union is to
regulate or remove any conflct grow
ing out of such conmpetition. Hence
if this one thing could be accom-
plshed I would favor unification, but
it is specifically stated that occupied
territory will not be surrendered.
That can not solve competition there
fore I am against it.
WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BET
What Taylor county needs as
much as any other thing Is for
more men to go to work and
quit galloping up and down the
road in Tin Lizzies. Too many
men are seemingly afraid • of
work.—Butler Herald.
What is true of Taylor county is
true of the rest of Georgia.
Georgia last year, according to re
liable authorities, spent more money
for automobiles than the entire cot
ton crop amounted to. And by the
way it is.just as well to remember
that the 1924 cotton crop of 13,500,-
bales brought the growers $100,000,-
000 less money than the 1923 crop of
10,000,000 bales.
The people are spending far too
much money in proportion to their
income. The money sent north for the
joy buggies stays there. The money
sent to the west for hay and com,
meat and lard stays there. Cotton,
great money crop that it is, cannot
pay for all of these things and leave
the grower a net profit.
A lot of people have not recovered
from the 1918-19-20 jag. The year
1925 is a mighty good time to crawl
off the high horse and get down to
serious, hard work and practice com
mon sense economy.—Jackson Prog-
ress-Argus.
“COLD IN THE HEAD”
is an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh.
Those subject to frequent ‘'colds” are
generally in a “run down” condition.
HAIA/8 CATARRH MEDICINE is a
Treatment consisting of an Ointment, to
be used locally, and a Tonic, which acta
Quickly through the Blood on the Mu
cous Surfaces, building up the System,
and making, you less, liable to ‘‘colds/'
The Central of Georgia Tells How Co-operation Bet-
tween The Public and the Railroads Benefits Both
Much has been said during recent years about co operation between carrier and shipper as
a means of improving the service that transportation renders to business. “Co-operation” is more
than a catch-word. It has become an actual fact in marking relations between the railroads and
their patrons.
It is both interesting and important for the public to understand the means by which
this satisfactory situation has been brought about. It did not just happen, but id the result pri
marily of a better understanding of certain general principles and the carrying of those principles
into practice.
It may fairly be said that railway management has displayed an increasing recognition
of its obligation to render service that is efficient, to supply that service at reasonable rates and
to take the people into its confidence by furnishing accurate information about transportation af
fairs. The public, with a better knowledge of railroad matters, has come to realize that transporta
tion is not apart, but something intimately conneted with the. prosperity of each individual and of
the country as a whole. Understanding that as the railroads prosper-they prosper the people
are no longer regarding the roads with hostility and distrust, but are according transportation the
same square deal and fair treatment that is given other industries.
An interesting illustration of the operation of the principle of co operation is found
in the Shippers Regional Advisory Boards. There are eight of these in different sections of the coun
try. That for the Southeast is in session today inSavannah, Georgia. The purpose of these Boards is
stated as follows:
“To, form a common meeting ground between Shippers and Railroads for
the better understanding of transportion questions, to adjust informally
car difficulties which may arise between carrier and shipper and to give the
shipping public a direct voice in the activities of the Gar Service
Division on all matters of mutual concern.”
To carry out this purpose representatives of shipper and carrier meet, at regular intervals
around the conference table on a basis of mutual confidence and good will. They heir renorts Hi*
cuss problems and- make plans for handling business. Attendance is voluntary, the oroceedmire are
informal, but largely as a result of the information presented and the contact esSsh d It h
. been possible for the railroads to handle a record-breaking volume of traffic without car shortages
delay or interruption to business. a Uttt5CS ’
There is no question that business suffers when transportation is slow, uncertain or made-
quate Shippers who have wisely furthered the purpose of the'Regional Advisory Boards bea^ wit
ness to the saving m interest charges the speeding-up of business, and the benefits to individual 7n-
terpnsesand to industry in general, because of more dependable transportation.
in, '■
thte M hnnuM to 4,1«G ton mil.,; or p.ttln, it .n th,, v.-*,, „hil» the t’%
the demand for transportation increased 239%. ‘ v increased 70%
It is reasonable to assume that the demands upon the railroads will continue to increase It
is a fair question to ask what the earners are doing to meet this demand Thev are ‘" .r lv,
year one billion one hundred million dollars in expanding and increasing their faciPtia ? -r!, ? ^
lie will benefit from the increas d efficiency that will res It. faciUies. The pub-
The Central of Georgia Railway appreciates the assistant
pers Regional Advisory Boards. The Central of Georgia is always elad to of q* 8 ',. the Ship '
ful ideas advanced by the traveling and shipping pubUc. B ‘° ^ ltself of hel P‘
Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited
Savannah, Georgia, March 10, 1926.
L. A. DOWNS,
President, Central 0 f Georgia Railway Company.