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Does your
ENTHUSIASM
For
VOIR
COMMUNITY
Measure
To the
TOP, or
Towards the
BOTTOM
For Every
BUSINESS
INTEREST in
TAYLOR
COUNTY?
,
Taylor County is just as good as YOU make it—so lets co-operate and make it STRONG in every particular
THE BUTLER HERALD
Butler likely to become
the cross-load of two of the
most important highways in
the State. '
Volume 53
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday, August I,, 1929.
Number 39
One Thousand Dollars Spent for Advertising Here Last Week by One Mail-Order f irm.
QEORQIA’S FARM PROSPERITY u £KSSXr
RIVALS BANNER YEAR OF 1919 "IZ'ZX?
—From Sunday Macon Telegraph• * n Several Years.
...and—
•onvinced that your busi-
; in Taylor County is a
. afT , ir with that of every other
^ MUM.
ire.
feel that a successful
community will make
better, or help your
make a bet-
Are y° u
*> succes;
t| then you'll patronize your fellow
business
yOl'K business
employer’s business,
mark et for farm products, or a
L e r place in which to buy things
need in every way Then patron-
E vour community.
And vou know, too, that with a
strong, sound business community,
sour civic obligations, such as taxes,
, W H1 be less than if you lived in
struggling, poverty-stricken town?
help to make your town
Melon Market
Opens Strong.
August Crop Expected to Put
$30,000 in Pockets of
Local Growers
Tien
suc-
own
jssful by transacting your
hsinefs, and doing your own buying
'In vour self-interest, whatever
vour business, avocation, or work,
tet served by contributing to the
mutual success of every other busi-
in the county. Then for self-in-
Icre.-t, patronize your local mer
its, shops, and all other indus
tries.
laylor county is just as good as
YOU make it—so let’s co-operate
and make it strong in every particu
lar.
TO NAME SUCCESSOR
TO LESLIE STEELj?
Atlanta, July 29.—Congressman L. J.
Steele of the Fifth District rested in
the soil of his native Georgia Mon
day after simple funeral services, at
tended by hundreds of his home-
folks, in Decatur Sunday.
The full Georgia congressional del
egation headed by Senators William
J. Harris and Walter F. Georg
provided an honorary escort for the
dead representative.
Grand Theatre
REYNOLDS, GEORGIA
FOR THE WEEK
THURSDAY, AUG. 1
“MASKS OF THE DEVIL”
With John Gilbert. His most
f'tey romance! The most daring
utd ardent of all Gilbert’s love
stories. What a role—of a man
"hose motto read: “Love ’em and
' eave cm!” The drama all Ameri-
®' s talking about—greater than
Ffeh and the Devil”; bigger
than “Love”!
Added Attractions:
Danger Line
2-Reel Western
NEWLYWEDS, “PESTS”
2-Reel Comedy
Friday, aug. 2
"Masks of the devil”
Take the most ardent love
!C6nea of “Flesh and the Devil”
‘Love”, put them together,
you’ll get some idea of the
Gfh'* ,' n store f° r y° u in John
''belt’s most daring romance!
11 unusu al story of a man with-
* u conscience about women, re;
"crated at last by a pure love.
Added Attractions
NEWLYWEDS, “PESTS”
2-Reel Comedy
—■l' NAL RECKONING. No. 2
SATURDAY, ALjG. 3
“hoof beats of
VENGEANCE
Added Attractions
RS—1-Reel Comedy
■JNAl RECKONING. No. 2
inn .. , We are not Koing to
da- , ° n Monday and Tues-
nin ' ,s un *'* inter in the sum-
er --.Manager.
The greatest marketing event that
has struck this section in many years
opened Monday when watermelon
growers faced a situation that ex
ceeded their most cneerished expec
tation, or fondest hope.
As growers began to load their
first cars of melons for market they
were confronted with buyers offering
fabulous cash prices for the cars
iaster than they could be loaded.
The first four cars were sold for
$1,000 f. o. b. tracks here, while oth
ers brought as much as $350.00 per
car.
Growers around Rupert have been
shipping for more than a week and
for which they, too, have been re
ceiving fancy prices.
The The Soutn Georgia crop has
just been cleaned up having shipped
nearly 20,000 cars while prices and
demand remained good in the east
ern and northern markets throughout
the shipping season.
Shipments have lightened up con
siderably for the past week with de
mand still good and prices soaring.
The outlook is therefore bright foi
.he growers of this section to cash-in
as never before for this product of
tne farm that can be produced at
•ioas cost and with less labor than
any other one item.
A very large acreage has been
planted and the prospect is good for
a fine crop that will be gathered
throughout August.
It is estimated that 100 cars or
more will be shipped from Butler,
Rupert and other points in the coun
ty and from which the growers are
expected to receive around $30,000.
Among the growers are Messrs J.
A. Payne, H. L. Wilchar, O. S. Cox,
H. W. Cox, W. A. Payne, M. R.
Cameron, J. J. Bone, G. C. Smith
and J. T. Childs, Butler; J. T. Coch
ran, A. F. Harvey, J. W. Cooper, E.
L. Cooper, J. T. Cooper, W. R. Law-
horn, J. W. Bennett and.S. Hill, Ru
pert; J. W. Musslewhite, Pebble.
Agriculturists Experiencing Most Favorable Conditions in Tears,
While Business Houses Report Steadily Increasing
Trend of Buying Activity.
(ED. NOTE—In the preparation of the story which appear below,
The telegraph has endeavored to be extremely conservative, in order
that it might not contain any false optimism. The figures for the crops
listed are based upon the official crop figures for 15128, plus the best es
timates from growing conditions that can be made for the 1929 crop.
The pessimist will have to be reckoned with, of course, but until he can
produce figures that will be more authentic than these, they will stand.)
By G. W. GRIFFIN
Georgia farmers are pulling out of the hole. Not since 1919
—the banner year for the growers—have conditions been as fa
vorable for prosperity throughout the state for the fall and winter.
And, with proper management aud favorable growing conditions,
experts see no reason why the prosperity should not continue.
High prices that were obtained on early products gained mo
mentum with the marketing of the 5,000 cars of peaches that
were salvaged from this year’s unfavorable season for that crop;
reached greater heights with the marketing of the finest melon
crop ever produced in the state and is reaching its climax now
with the marketing of a wonderful tobacco crop and what promis
es to be the best cotton crop since the arrival of the boll weevil.
Statisticians have figured that
HUGE RATTLESNAKE
KILLED BY WOMAN
Mrs. Tom Chapman, popular
young matron of this community, is
being highly commended for her
bravery in battling with a huge rat
tlesnake which she encountered Mon
day afternoon along the bank of Lit
tle Patsiliga creek while fishing.
Being alone and realizing the dan
ger of an attack upon her by the
reptile Mrs. Chapman seized a large
stick, which happened to be conven
ient, and landed blow after blow up
on its head while it made desperate
eiforts many times to strike her. She
was fortunate in being able to kill
the snake without being injured her
self.
The snake was the size of the av
erage person’s arm, measured six
feet in length and carried eleven rat
tles.
ST. LOUIS FLIERS
LAND AFTER v
420 HOURS FLIGHT
St. Louis, Mo., July 30.—The mon
oplane “St. Louis Robin,” piloted by
Dale (Red) Jackson and Forest
O’Brine, glided to safe landing at
Lambert-St. Louis field at 7:38 p. m.
Tuesday, ending a record breaking
endurance flight of 420 hours and 21
minutes.
The fliers had been in the air al
most 18 days and had exceeded the
old endurance record of The Angele
no by 173 hours and 37 minutes when
with Jackson at the controls, t e
plane swooped gracefully over the
field, made muddy by drenching ram
an hour earlier, and settled to eait .
VALUE OF GEORGIA
CROPS ESTIMATED
A conservative estimate of
the vatue of Georgia farm
crops tms year is snown in the
vv atermeions
$ 6,000,000
Peaches _ _
5,000,000
Peanuts
10,U0U,00U
Tobacco
16,000,000
Cotton
140,000,000
Wheat
2,000,000
Corn - - - -
45,000,000
Oats
5,000,000
Sweet potatoes
9,UUO,UUO
Irish potatoes
2,0,00,000
Hay
9,000,000
C.owpeas
3,000,000
soy beans _
360,000
Sorghum -
l,80u,000
Sugar cane — —
4,0U0,0uo
Cabbage _
10,00u
Tomatoes
350,000
utimia _ —
iOw,v.
Asparagus
500,000
Cucumbers
60,000
Strawberries
35,000
Pecans _ -
l,0UU,OUU
Cantaloupes
85,000
Apples
750,000
Pears _
260,0UU
Total _ —
$267,360,000
if hot, reasonably dry weather
continues for two weeks longer,
so that the full cotton crop now
in sight can be saved, that there
will be a total of $267,360,000
poured into the pockets of the
farmers of the state in what is
considered the greatest farming
year in a decade. And those fig
ures do not touch all of the farm
products from which money is
derived. In addition to numerous
items of truck, not included in
the list, such as pimento peppers,
upon which it was impossible to
obtain an estimate; the poultry
industry, which is becoming high
ly prohtable; the live-stock and
dairying industry, which is mak
ing rapid strides in Georgia, and
many other features are not list
ed.
Retiring Old Debts
Farmers are already retiring
their old debts and establishing not only credit, but fat bank ac
counts throughout the southern half of the state. In the northern
half of the state conditions are also considered better than in
years and with the marketing ot the apple crop and the cotton
crop from that section, the tanners there should also be in good
financial condition.
Collections are better than in years, according to business
houses. Bankers report that deposits are increasing and debts
are being reduced or wiped out entirely. Everyone appears to be
filled with optimism.
Liberal buying has started in. Merchants report that while
much of this is for cash, there is good trading on credit—on the
prospect of a successful cotton crop and a successful watermelon
crop here in Middle Georgia, which is now at its peak.
Business Trend Upward
July business is running far ahead of June and is even bet
ter than the record established in July of last year. From now until
the end of the year, experts in credit and in business believe that
Macon and Southern Georgia will have the best period since 1919
which was probably the biggest business year in the history of
this section.
Georgia produced 1,020,000 bales of cotton last year,
which brought $92,820,000 to the growers, excluding seed.
Last year’s tobacco crop brought in $11,178,000; the
wheat crop, $1,727,000; corn crop, $39,910,000; oats, $4,505-
000; peanuts, $14,969,000; sweet potatoes, $8,699,000; white
potatoes, $1,934,000; hay, $8,077,000: C ow peas, $2,696,000;
soy beans, $356,000; sorghum. $1,728,000; sugar cane $3,045-
000; melons, $2,663,000; pecans $1,690,000; apples, $1,540,-
000; peaches, $8,100,000; peas, $245,000; asparagus, $358,-
000; tomatoes $250,000.
It can be seen that there are increases in the value of prac
tically all crops this year. There were increases in the production
in most crops and also increases in the price of each commodity
grown on the farms.
Marked Improvement Shown
, Henry Martin, manager of Bradstreet s Commercial Agency,
than whom there is no better posted man on business conditions in
Macon’s trade territory, declared recently that there had been a
marked improvement in business conditions since early in July.
Continued to Last Page
Old Landmark
Reduced to Ashes
Colonial Home, Known as the
Montfort Place, Burned to
Ground About 3 o’Clock
Wednesday Afternoon
One of the heaviest fire losses But
ler has sustained in a long while oc
curred about 3 o’clock yesterday af
ternoon, when the Montfort home, a
targe and beautiful Colonial building
near the Bap.ist church, was burned
co the ground.
A more recent owner and occupant
of the building at tile time of the lire
•vas Hon. C. c. Cooper, Tax Receiver
of Taylor county, who purchased tne
Home from Mr. Ira Chambers about
I tfiree years ago.
1 The cause of the fire was from the
j explosion of an oil stove in the
kitchen which part of the building
was hopelessly afire when the dis
covery was made.
The building is estimated to have
been worth $5,000 part of which was
covered by insurance.
Most of the furniture in the house
was saved though badly damaged in
removal.
BROTHER OF MRS.
M. R. CAMERON DIES AT
JACKSONVILLE HOSPITAL
Mrs. M. R. Cameron, of this city,
and Mrs. W. M. Pettis, of Senoia,
left the first of last week, for Jack
sonville, Ha., where they had been
called to the bedside of their brother
Mr. W. S. Cartledge, who was re
ported to be critically ill at a Jack
sonville hospital.
News was received here Saturday
of the death of Mr. Cartledge at
10:30 o’clock that-morning which was
the source of sincere regret to our
people whose warm friendship he
had won by occasional visits to th^
city.
Mr. Cartledge had been in ill
health since December of last year,
much of which time had been spent
in the hospital undergoing treatment
hoping that he mignt regain his
health but to no avail.
Mr. Cartledge was a native Geor
gian, born and reared in Calhoun
county, but had spent the past twen
ty years in Jacksonville where he es
tablished large business connections
and in which he had been quite suc
cessful. For a number of years he
was railway mail clerk operating be
tween Jacksonville and Pensacola,
Fla. He was 48 years of age, a de
vout members of the Methodist
church and prominent in fraternal
circles.
Mr. Cartledge is survived by his
wife and one ^daughter, Miss Louise
Cartledge, of Jacksonville. Other
near relatives surviving him are four
sisters: Mrs. M. R. Cameron, of But
ler; Mrs. W. M. Pettis, of Senoia;
Mrs. J. H. Cook, of Adel; and Mrs.
T. O. Fountain, of Adrian.
Funeral services and interment
took place at Jacksonville Sunday.
COUNTY AGENT TO BE
CONSIDERED TUESDAY
An open session of the Loun'.y
Commissioners will be held Tuesday
for the purpose of hearing dis
cussions and considering the propo
sition relatives to employment of a
County Farm Agent for Taylor
County for the year 1930.
Those interested in the matter are
requested to meet with the Commis
sioners and present their claims.
This is a matter that is of vital
interest to every taxpayer in the
county and it is hoped that they will
take advantage of the opportunity
and if a majority of them appear to
favor the County Agent plan we are
sure the Commissioners will be glad
to comply with their request.
From the very best source of in
formation and the most conservative
estimate Taylor county will produce
this year the best crops witnessed
here in ten years. The corn crop is
practically made and will exceed the
crop of last year by thousands of
bushels. The peach crop, though
small, brought the growers good re
turns. The peanut crop, the largest
ever planted in the county is most
promising and the price expected to
be good. The watermelon crop has
just begun to move with many car
loads to be shipped and the price the
| highest on record iji the county. Two
weeks more of favorable weather
and a bumper cotton crop will be
produced and the price of the staple
expected to be as good or better
than last year.
Indications, therefore point the
way to hundreds of thousands of dol
lars more in the pockets of the far
mers this fall than lit any time since
1919.
The crops have been produced at
less cost than crops of preceding
years, and there is therefore every
reason to believe that the farmers
will be able to settle many of their
obligations that have been hanging
over them ever since the clcno of the
World War and leave them with
enough money to invest in things
they have needed yet had to do with-
sult of most bountiful crops of all
kinds ?
The big question is, where will
this extra money be spent and who
will reap the benefits of the trade
that will be unprecedented as the re
sult of most crops?
The mailorder houses having al
ready been posted as to enormous
amount of money coming into Geor
gia and Taylor county from the mar
keting of our crops and are flooding
mails with their advertisements and
catalogues hoping to take from this
territory as much as possible of the
trade that the Herald believes the lo
cal merchant is entitled to. As an
evidence of this fact, catalogues val
ued at more than a thousand dollars
were distributed through the Butler
postoffice alone in one (toy last week.
The Herald has been conducting
one of the most aggressive “trade at
home” campaigns that is possible for
a newspaper to put forward. We
have not grown tired of the job and
will continue to do the lion’s share.
But if the merchants of Butler,
Reynolds and other trade centers of
the county expect to sit idly by and
leave the fight in their behalf to the
news columns of the Herald, we are
afraid the local merchants are going
to experience the greatest disap
pointment in many years in the col
lection of their accounts and dis
position of the splendid stocks of
goods they are loading their shelves
with at this time, preparing for a
good fall business.
If there ever was a time when the
merchant, the farmer, the business
man and the newspaper should co-
onerate for the protection and bene
fit of each and the community as a
whole that time is now.
Merchants should advertise their
goods and prices.’ The money
brought to the community from
products raised in the community be
longs to reamin in the community so
far as possible. It is the newspaper’s
business to help bring these things
to pass. We are doing our best, are
you? Or are you leaving the mail
order house to come in and take the
cream ?
LEGISLATURE APPROVES
TEXT BOOK BILL
Atlanta, July 30.—A legislative
dispute of nearly 15 years’ duration
was disposed of within an hour Tues
day by the House, with passage of a
bill to create a state text book com
mission. The final vote was 172 to 3.