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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, JUNE 20, 1929
The Butler Herald
Established in 1876
C. E. BENNS,
Editor and Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
TAYLOR COUNTY
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hundred Copies
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Entered at the Post Office at Butler,
Georgia, As Mail Matter of Second
Class.
There
feelings.
market for unkind
The wings of slander are borrow
ed from demons.
A face that cannot smile is like a
dsc that cannot bloom.
One of the largest and finest grain
crops ever produced in the county is
aow being harvested.
Editor Howell says according to
his observation it is more difficult to
control p arents than to control
children. Don’t know if Howell isn’t
pretty nearly correct.
The fact that angels commit
ain is largely due to their surround
ings. The same
environment down
here would make angels out of the
last one of us.
RICK-RACK
THE LITTLE THINGS THAT
COUNT
We are living in an age when
buoyant youth refuses to w orship
the dust and bones of a musty past.
Whether the future ye a rs shall prof
it thereby remains to be seen.
It seems like
The Macon Telegraph was rather
Unkind, and that it was an
Uncharitable thrust it made in
Announcing the death of
Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, in
Referring to her as the,
Stanford White’s Slayer Passes
Awa>”. Would it not have been
Belter to have left that unsaid?
The death of Standford White by
Mrs. Thaw’s son was the great
Tragedy of her life, ond none knows
Sa.e a loving, tender
Father in Heaven, just how much
This good, philanthropic
Mother suffered.
The long days spent with her
Heart bleeding at every pore.
The dark, sleepless nights, with
Her pillow bedewed with the
Briney tears of grief.
How gladly would she have given all
To have that rash act of her son
Recalled.
She loved as only a mother can love
She suffered as only a mother can
Suffer.
In death, let the broad
Mantle of charity cover those
Toings which gave sorrow and
Caused the heart to bleed.
She only did that which nearly
Every mother would do for her boy.
An honest effort to save him.
Let us be to a
“Person’s virtues very kind,
And to their faults,
A little blind.’
—J. T. A.
A REAL PACIFICATOR
An exchange says: When people
get lax in the little things it is not a
long step to laixty in the big things.
And we Americans are already
criminally lax in the smaller things,
Mother of and are getting more so every day.
One hears on every side the com
plaint of the failure of the smaf
courtesies. Notes left unacknowl
edged; engagements are not k pt
nor the reasons explained; courtes es
extended receive no recognition. It
has even got to the point where
presents fail of proper and just
thunks. Too much is being taken for
granted. Our conditions are so pros
perous; our pace is so fast; relative
values are all getting muddled up,
and the little courtesies that sweeten
life are either lost sight of or lack
proper and courteous recognition. It
is not that we do not know our man
ners. We do. But our lives are too
rushed, and rush always means care-
The Savannah Press refers to Gov.
Hardman as a pacificator, having
solved several crucial stute problems.
Governor Hardman has taken his
place as a great pacificator.
To begin with he has composed one
of the most difficult situations in
the
BAD GEORGIA ROADS
HANDICAP INDUSTRIES
Examples of how bad roads have
handicupped industries in Georgia
are plentiful.
There is, for instance, the case of
Thomaston, one of the most impor
tant cotton manufacturing centers in
state, when the enemies of John Hoi- Central Georgia.
der called upon Dr. Hardman to re- Thomaston is located on Highway
move from the office the chairman of No. 3, one of the state’s most vital
the highway commission. I arteries, which the “pay us you go”
The state was pretty well dividei, I plan has failed to pave, but has left
and it is possible opposing candidacy I in a deplorable state, with big gaps
for governorship was in sight. A con- | of dirt and gravel,
test which prevailed over a year ago i The highway is paved for a few
confronted the people and an ugly is- | miles on either side of Thomaston,
sue was about to be precipitated. I but you cannot go far without leav-
Then Governor Hardman called the \ ing a hard surfaced roud and strik-
coitfererice. What happened at that | ing one that is liable to become
meeting we do not know, but at its , mire at any time during the year—
conclusion the announcement was and frequently does. Thomaston
made that all the trouble had been i dependent on unpaved roads,
accommodated; That Mr. Holder The proposed $100,000,000 stale
would resign in June 1929, and that a | bond issue would pave Highway No.
popular man had been appointed to ' 3 from Griffin to the Florida line,
succeed him. Everything worked eu* eiimnating the many miles of ter
A RAYON SCHOOL AT TECB
(By Ralph Smith)
lessness. Our thoughts, too. are as p er sc hedule. Mr. Holder has re- ' rible roads to which motorists
The appeal of Gov. Nat E. Harri
for the establishment of a ra .
school at Georgia Tech invites
tention to a subject that is alike
serving and pressing * *
gia cannot afford to lag behind
sister states in embracing the
portunities presented by the ,| ev
opment of the rayon industry i r
South. * * * If Tech is to
stain its traditions, keep step
the industrial awakening of the
tion and fulfill its mission as
leading technical institution of
south, the establishment of a raj
unit in connection with the Aaro
French Textile School cannot be
layed.
The intimation that Georgia is
of step with the march of p rogrei
as respects rayon is suggested
Dr. Brittain’s disclosure that All
bama and South Carolina alrea
have made
The public will doubtless unani
mously favor the bill proposed for
jassage by the legislature calling
for a uniform closed fishing season
over the state. There is much need
lor such a law.
The Mediterranean fly is respon
sible for the loss of another big
moneyed crop in Florida. The ban
ias been placed on cantaloupes.
That dreaded pest must be kept out
•f Georgia at all cost.
Watermelons from South Georgia
are pouring into eastern and north
ern markets in train load lots and
for which the growers, through co
operative marketing, are receiving
satisfactory returns.
The Atlanta Constitution says that
"The need of Georgia is for such
revision of the corporation laws as
will make it easy and profitable for
charters to be taken out in this state
and not in Delaware and Florida.
That young man is worse th a n
keyed too much to our superlative;
to the big; to the imposing; to the
thing that is sizable. And the whole
trend is not only unfortunate, but
provision for
now schools at their great technical
are exposed. stitutions at Auburn and Clems
Furthermore, bond advocates point * * * Indeed, Dr. Brittain i
out, the bonds would not increase that Alabama has appropriated
taxation, but would leave the pres- n rayon school at Auburn a sum
ent reasonable rates which have ceeding all the funds provided
signed. Hon. Sam Tate has succeeded
him, and things are working smooth
ly, where an ugly crisis impended.
Next there was a division in the
disastrous as well, for life is not military department. Some of the re
made up of the big things; it isj serve officers objected to the leap- | proved attractive to new industries. Georgia for Tech’s textile schi
fabric woven of the little things; of | pomtment of the adjutant general The bonds could not raise taxes, be- since its establishment,
the little courtesies; of the little am j y, e resignation of a number of cause the funds for their retirement v’ay back yonder in the early 90's
thoughts; and the moment we lose officers in Georgia was demanded, j are readily available in the gasoline And neither Alabama nor Soul
our true relation that these hold to one of them slated to resign defied tax and the automobile license fees. Carolina has a rayon* industry (
the theme of living, we lose the es- order of the adjutant general, I Those favoring the bonds term the parable to the big development
sence that makes for sweet, happy . an( j an excited court martial was in \ argument that these obligations the American-Chantillon Corpon
and satisfied living. We cannot af- | prospect. Once more the governor , would scare away new industries t : on at Rome. * * * an indu
ford to make ourselves insensible to called a conference, went over the
the little 'thought that comes to us J situation, and harmony has been re-
from another; from the seemingly stored. The authority of the adjutant
“ridiculous.” There is not the faint- trial development representing
est danger that any highway bond expenditure of millions, and extei
issue could raise taxes, they declare, ing the glad hand of welcome
small courtesy; fiom the apparently , general is established, the demand Or, the other hand, good roads would young college graduates equipped
insignificant present. With these and ! f or the resignation of the various of-
in these are sometimes found the fleers has been withdrawn, and there
deepest thought, the truest friend- ] j s n o longer a defiance of discipline.
attract industries in
bers.
ship, and the only true thing that, These two instances brought order
foolish who starts out with the sole ' holding on to in life. The little thing
after all is said and done, is worth • out of chaos. They certainly entitle
purpose of being a moneyed man.
First, get rich in manhood. Then the
money part, and all the happiness
which you think money can buy, will
be taken c a re of by a universal
i rovidence that is unfailing. You
can’t beat the laws of eternity. The
man who tries it is doomed alre a dy.
Hon.
J. H. Brannan, “Uncle Hen
ry” as he is affectionately called
around the State Capitol in Atlanta,
representative of the State Board of
Game and Fish, was a pleasant call
er at the Herald office Monday. It
was Uncle Henry’s purpose to give
and instructive and beuutiful moving
picture show here tomorrow night in
connection with the work of his de
partment, but owing to revival serv
ices at the Baptist church he decided
to postpone his engagement until a
later date.
is here the big thing.
DOES POULTRY PAY?
The man who says the county
eau’t afford to pay for the services
•f a county agent is just that much
mistaken. In fact the county can’t
rfford not to have one for in our
opinion he will many times repay the
county with his services.
There is a sense in which the age
•f invention lays a deadly par a lysis
an the finer accomplishments. For
instance: The modern girl is not
accomplished because she c a n grind
aa some Hungarian raphsody with
She crank of a pianol a or by the
turn of a handle on a phonograph.
It is surprising to find that even
Hoover newspapers have already
found at least two misfits in the
President’s cabinet, the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Interior. The country is holding its
breath while waiting for announce
ments of the farm bill commission.
At best the new law will furnish lit
tle or no relief to the farmers and
with a few misfits on the commis
sion, pop goes the whip and Mr.
Farmer will receive the worst lash
ing he has ever had.
In answer to this question we
would direct you to the record re
cently established on the farm of
Messrs Theus Bros., near Butler.
These gentlemen are engaged in
farming in general and do not de
pend on cotton and corn alone as has
been the rule with many farmers for
too long a time. They have directeu
their attention to other crops that
have netted them good returns at a
time of the year when the farmer
needs money the most.
Their experience in the poultry
business this year, the record from
which shows that on April the first
they stocked their poultry farm with
one thousand baby chicks. Since that
time their feed cost hus been around
one hundred dollars. On June lOtli
nine weeks from the date of pur
chase of baby chicks, they .sold the
entire lot for $500.00, yielding a net
profit of $275.00.
Governor Hardman to the title of
pacificator, since he has smoothed out
two ugly situations.
The Greer Daily Tribune, Greer,
X. C., makes its bow to the public.
The Tribune is edited and published
»y our good friend Mr. C. B.
Vaughan, formerly of the Washing
ton (Ga.) News_Reporter. Congratu-
fetions and best wishes to Bro.
Vaughan.
Two prominent figures in the
jport world advanced in the legal
profession recently. Bobby Jones,
golfer, was admitted to the bar
Atlanta, and “Muddy” Ruel, back
stop of the Washington Senators
was admitted to practice before the
United States Supreme Court.
Voltaire, the great French philo
sopher, wrote a humorous satire on
life called “Candide.” In this work,
the author pictured a few characters
going through life ever seeking, hap
piness or contentment in new and
different experiences of all conceiv
able natures. Strangely these char
acters remained unhappy and dis
satisfied until they finally settled
down to the occupation of spending
their time living simply and rais
ing vegetables and flowers in their
gardens. Here it was that they fin
ally found satisfaction and content
ment in life.—Wiregrass Farmer.
If trouble were a bull you could
bet on someone being the red rag.
Thomaston Times: “Thomaston is
paying the penalty of being a grow
ing town and having the name of
being a good town. Everybody that
has something to sell or is out of a
job thinks that all they have to
«fo is to come to Thomaston and
riches will pour in on them. There is
hardly a day passes without one or
more of those people coming to
your place of business or home with
something to sell or looking for a
job. It has come to the point that
tliis practice has become a nuisance
and the business men and house
keepers are getting sore over it.
There is nothing one can do about
B however but get rid of the of
fending one as quickly as possible; it
becomes an art after a while.”
Blackberries, the fruit about
which more newspaper jokes have
originated than any other fruit
known, is again plentiful. Large
numbers of negro women and chil
dren are daily peddling them about
town. The blackberry, the most pro
lific of all wild fruits, is one of the
best that grows in this section, can
be used to greater advantage and in
more ways than any other fruit.
The Thomaston Times makes the
following announcement: “On and
after July 1, Mr. O. F. Miller will
become associated with the Thomas
ton Times. Mr. Miller has been con
nected with the Thomaston Cotton
Mills uptown office for several years.
He will be a general utility man in
the Times office. He will solicit ad
vertising, job printing, do reporting
and edtorial work, and generally as
sist in the conduct of the printing
and publishing work of the Times.
Mr. Miller has had sopte experience
in this line of work and his duties
will not be entirely new to him. He
a young man of splendid reputa
tion and the Times bespeaks for him
the cooperation of the business men
and patrons of the paper. We have
some plans for enlargement and bet
terment of the Times and its print
ing business which we hope to put
into effect soon and we have em
ployed Mr. Miller to assist in carry
ing out these plans. It is our aim to
keep abreast with the growth and
progress of the community and we
shall spare no effort or expense to
this end.”
Pretty soon the halls of legislation
in Atlanta will be active. The main
fight will be on the question of
changing the state’s tax system, and
the issue of road bonds. Members of
the Legislature hold widely varying
opinions on both the tax question
and the road question.—Savannah
Press.
State Road Bonds Retired
From Fees
growing num- training to take up and carry o
I manufacture of artificial silk.
Or to New York; Portland,
Maine; Boston; Halifax, N.S.
Circle Tour Fares
Golnfc One Way, Returning Anotha
Excursion Fares
Goinft and Returning Same Route
Ticket* include meals und berth on ship.
Information cheerfully furnished by our travel experts, who will plan y<
Consult any of our Agents, or write
JOHN W. BLOUNT, General Passenger Agent, Savannah, Georgia
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
“THE RIGHT WAY”
(rip.
Four-fifths of Highway
System Is Still Unpaved
Governor Franklin Roosevelt holds
equally as warm spot in the hearts
of the people of- Georgia who know
him as he does in the great state of
New York, which after refusing
three times to allow the use of his
name for Governor, drafted him for
that great office. A recent issue of
the Hamilton Journal speaks of him
as follows: “ ‘Twas The Journal
scribe’s good pleasure to witness
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt take
a farewell drive around the pretty
Main street park in the business
center of Warm Springs the day be-
for his departure for New Y’ork
state where official duties called him
for some time to come. It was also
good news to learn that one of the
results of the Governor’s several
weeks’ stay in Georgia was the im
provement of his Pine Mountain
Scenic Highway to Dowdell’s Knob.
This new highway is a beautiful out
ing and is now quite safely traveled
by all who wish to visit a super
beauty spot.”
A primer of the state highway bond issue for Georgia:
Q. What is proposed?
A. A state bond issue of $100,000,000, of which $25 000 000 will go to
repay counties that have advanced money for roads, and the rest to
complete the paving of the main highways—roads needed urgently by
the 300,000 motorists of the 3tate.
Q. Will these bonds add to the taxes of the state?
A. No, they will be retired from the gasoline tax and from automo
bile license fees.
Q. Can the Legislature authorize the bonds?
A. No, only the people can. The Legislature is requested merely to
submit the constitutional amendment involved to the voters of the state.
Then the people maj approve or reject it at the next general election.
If you believe that the Legislature, at its session this summer,
should submit this agitated question to the people—in accord with the
principles of a democracy—instead of taking it out of their hands en
tirely. sign the coupon printed herewith and mail it to The Atlanta
Georgian. Y ;
If you yant to do your part to secure highway bonds,
SIGN THIS PETITION!
To the Members of the General Assembly,
State of Georgia.
I, as a citizen of Georgia, do petition your honorable body to
give the people of Georgia the right to vote upon the question of
whether the state shall issue highway bonds or not.
Name
Address
Mail immediately to the Highway Bond Editor, Atlanta Georgian.
delayed, while still others were
over until the present year.
Up until the present tlnie '. n ° n
contracts of moment have
this year, and In the state auuito
port published In April, It *' as
cated that no funds would be
able for new construction an
end of the year. -
Commenting upon these tar '
Joint Committee for Highway
that while the funds
states
state derived from gas tax
and s
Highway Map of Georgia, at of April 1; paved road* ahown by hi
lines, unpaved by light lines.
The state highway system now com
prises 6,300 miles, of which 1,396 miles
are paved with either high or low type
of paving, 2,767 miles have been im
proved but not paved, and 2,137 miles
are still unimproved, according to
highway department reports. This
represents the result of ten years of
work of the state highway depart
ment, operating under existing high
way laws.
The total highway still to be paved
Is 4,903 miles, or four-fifths of the
entire system.
The largest amount of paving laid
down In any one year will be the pres
ent year, when 309 miles uow finish
ed or under contract, will be placed
in commission. During 1928, a total of
252 miles were paved.
Practical!/ all paving laid down in
1928, and 1929, was contracted for In
December, 1927, and May and June,
1928, when more than 500 miles of
hard surfaced roads were placed un
der contract. At that time, it was be
lieved that this amount could be fin
ished under existing schedules nearly
within a year’s limit. However, the
system of financing under which the
department was operating failed to
provide the necessary funds, with the
Result that many of the contracts were
mobile license fees aro K r0 ® n A,
year to year, the state cannot
accelerate its paving program
great extent for a number
under the existing method of u
Even If the annual paving ‘ alu
|Jil V .Ij
was raised to four hundred ® ^
would still take too long <° - -
system. Much of tiro Y
laid down, it Insists, Is 0 ^
light typo that It will bsva gf
laid before many years nave r
and this will still further 11
stem-
completion of the entire sy
By Issuing bonds to car >
paving program just
paving can bo laid ec0, !‘.iT' B o(
committee states that null u p
lars will be sav d, both In
and maintenance of tn
themselves and in the op
upkeep of automobiles.