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None Preaches Better Than the Ants and They Say Nothing. Their Mounds Are Built by Co-operation
THE BUTLER HERALD
A QUOTATION FOR TODAY
TT IS not tilicil happens to you in life
that matins) it the way in which.
you face it.
— Davit! Lloyd Qeorgt
Volume 53
BUTLER, Taylor Cpunty, GEORGIA, Thursday, August 8, 1929.
Number 40
t,jk gently 1 U is better far
t rule by love than fear;
gently! Let not harsh words
roar
ight do here.
The good "-e m
, nt iv! ’Tis a little thing,
Sptak L ,1 in the heart’s deep well,
Xt leioy, which it may
bring.
Eternity shall tell.
“There Is No Failure Save In Giving Up.”
—Motto all should adopt.
COTTON ESTIMATE
Taylor County produced last year
6,978 bales of cotton as compared
with 10,064 bales in 1927. With fa
vorable seasons the 1929 crop is es
timated at between ten and eleven
thousand bales. It is predicted the
> arket price will be higher than last
itear, opening at around 18 cents.
SOUTH GEORGIA POWER
COMPANY SELLS STOCK
AT ADVANCE PRICE
MELON
ESTIMATE INCREASED.
I^ok Now Indicate! County
Will Ship 200 Carload!;
Price! Good
THREE DEAD, SEVEN
HURT IN A SERIES OF
ACCIDENTS NEAR GRIFFIN
With 150 rar
rloads already shipped
, peak of t he
. j U st been reached.
tiling
watermelon season
A conserva-
stimate places the shipment for
reason at 200 cars or more, in
casing last week’s estimate of 150
The market remains active with
„ ranging from $175 to $350 per
The farmers are expecting to
Ve $50,000 from this crop alone,
many of them already to
tfull settlement of their fertilizer
s for crops of all kinds for the
well as meeting some obliga-
ns of several years’ standing tlie
result of profits from the water
melon crop alone.
Taking the crop as a whole the
melons are bringing t he growers
(100 per acre, it is claimed.
The story is told of one small
grower selling his crop in the field
for $500 and from which the pur
chaser has realized a net profit ol
,400 from shipments already
ade.
GEORGIA COUNTIES
APPEAR OPTIMISTIC
OVER CROP OUTLOOK
EMOURATS MUST
SUPPORT PARTI
Atlanta, Aug. 5.—Anti-Smith Dem-
crats in tlie rifih Congressional dis-
rict of Georgia will be required to
ledge their support of the Derno-
ratic party platform betore they
ill be eligible to vote in the Sept. 11
rimary to choose a candidate to suc-
eii the late Representative L. J.
teele.
In addition, rules adopted Monday
the district executive committee,
! it imperative that all members
party who bolted the omith
1 last November, agree to vote
idle organization in future elec-
Griffin, Ga., Aug. 5.—Three are
dead and seven are injured as the
result of four automobile accidents in
and near Griffin over the week end.
The dead are Mrs. A. W Hodnett, of
Atlanta; Redding Padgett and Miss
Cora Bell Warr, both of near Brooks
Ga.
The injured are W. B. Malone and
Mrs. I. A. Abbitt of near Brooks,
Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Griffin,
and Mr. and Mrs. George J. Conkle
and young son, of Griffin.
Redding Padgett, 26, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Padgett and Miss
Cora Warr, 14, were instantly killed,
when the car which W. B Malone
was driivng went off a fill on the
Vaughn road late Sunday night.
Mrs. A. W. Hodnett’s car was
sideswiped by an unknown driver
and her car forced off the road near
Jester’s Mill about ten o’clock Sun
day morning. She was rushed tc
Jonesboro and later taken to an At
lanta hospital where she died.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Brown were en
route to Macon from Griffin when a
car in attempting to pass them,
caught the front of the Brown carter sc hare. On this basis
turning it over. Mr. Brown lost one
finger on his left hand and was seri
ously cut about the face. Mrs. Brown
was cut by the flying glass and se
verely bruised.
The fourth accident involved Mr.
and Mrs. George J. Conkle and their
young son. They were on the Dixie
Highway north of Griffin when a
car attempting to pass, caught the
bumper of the Conkle car, turning it
over. Mrs. Conkle received injury to
one shoulder and the boy received an
injury to the leg. Hospital authori
ties could not say how seriously they
were injured.
the i
Acquisition of the physical proper
ties o fthe Columbus Electric and
Power Company, of which the South
Georgia Power Company is a subsi
diary, by the Commonwealth and
Southern Corporation, of New York,
effective Aug. 1, was announced re
cently by H. W. Patterson, manager
of the Albany office of the South
Georgia Power Company.
What effect the sale will have on
the Butler and Reynolds offices is not
known pending the arrival here ot
officials of the new company. It is
understood that the Commonwealth
and Southern Corporation has pur
chased all the common stock of the
Columbus Electric and Power Com
pany, hut did not purchase any of the
prefrerred stock.
The Commonwealth and Southern
Corporation was organized in May
of this year and incorporated under
the laws of Delaware, but its head
quarters are located in New York
City. The new corporation is one ot
the largest of its kind in the state.
The physical properties of the
Georgia'-Alabama Power Company,
which had its headquarters in Albany
were tsken over by the Columbus
Electric and Power Co., December
31, 1925, and since that time the Co
lumbus company has operated the
local power plant, as well as the oth
er properties of the old company.
In exchange for a share of com
mon stock in the Columl-us Electric
and Power Company, the stockhold
ers will receive four shares of com
mon stock in the Commonwealth and
Southern Corporation, with an addi
tional option of purchasing two more
shares after September 1st, at $30
share of
common stock in the Columbus Elec
tric and Power Company is valued at
$112, with the option for purchasing
the two additional shares.
Purchase of the property of the
Columbus Electric and Power Com
pany will give the new corporation a
continuous chain of power systems
throughout the Southeast. Albany
will be a central location for the
power system throughout this sec
tion of the state, and what part But
ler and Reynolds will play in the
new organization plans will be made
known after the visit of the new cor
poration officials.
CORDELE PLANS HIGHWAY
CELEBRATION AUGUST
21
DIES AFTER
ATTACKING couple
-larietta, Ga., Aug. 6.—A man
beaten, probably fatally, his
1 e injured severely and his two
"t sons struck by a negro ma-
u er wbo entered their home neat
ane * ta e *dy Tuesday and was it.
fn died by the husband and fath-
am '.j a fur >ous battle to protect his
firand Theatre
REYNOLDS, GEORGIA
FOR THE WEEK
Thursday, aug. 8
. the lariet kid”
(v rr ‘U8 Hoot Gibson and Ann
- . J *n a real Western picture
# action and thrill.
Added Attractions:
2-Reel Western
THE CUT UPS
FRIDAY, AUG. 9
*EE LARIET KID”
Added Attractions
the cut ups
final
RECKONING, No. 12
"Tn?, URDAY , a UG. 10
AIL THE HORSE
s thieves
l" 1 -’ lom Tyler.
Added Attractions
Flv i, 1 ' Reel Comedy
AL RECKONING, No. 12
Cordele, C,a., Aug. 4.—With plans
for celebrating the completion ot
paving on the National highway ful
ly shaped in their minds, committee
members from Turner, Dooly and
Crisp counties met at the assembly
rooms of the board of trade at Cor
dele at noon Saturday and fixed Wed
nesday, August 21, as the time for
the occasion.
The governor, state and highway
officials will be invited to attend anti
delegations from all counties with
Macon at the north and Valdosta at
the south, along the highway, will be
sent in motorcades for the grand as
sembly in Cordele,
Here floats of the chief industries,
of the leading business houses and of
the local civic clubs and other inter
ests will be arranged and there will
be an elaborate parade as a feature
of the program.
BUTLER REGRETS TO LOSE
AS ONE OF ITS BEST
CITIZENS MRS. J. J. McCANTS
It is with sincere regret to her
many friends that Mrs. J. J. Mc-
Cants has left for Americus to make
her home in the future. She carries
with her the best of good wishes of
all our people
REV. H. C. GRIFFIN PREACHING
SETTlES - SERMONS AT GENEVA
Rev. H. C. Griffin, pastor of the
Butler Methodist church, U doing
the preaching for revival services
being conducted at Geneva by the
pastor of the Methodist church at
that place.
Atlanta, Aug. 4.—The Constitu
tion Sunday said reports it had com
piled from every county of Georgiu
indicated that “the slate faces the
most prosperous year since the war”
especially in agriculture.
“The brilliant crop prospects,” it
was declared, “have brought a feel
ing of security and optimism not on
ly to farmers but to merchants and
bankers of the state and it is gen
erally agreed that 1929 will go a
long way toward establishment ol
records in Georgia agricultura.
fields.
“Cotton, still clung to doggedly by
numbers of farmers as a main crop,
faces its best year since the dread
boll weevil blight attacked the crop.
Insect infestation is unusually light
over the state save in one or two
counties, and in these the pest is be
ing fought to the last furrow.
“Out of the entire state only two
counties reported prospects dark, and
one of these had been swept by the
early spring storms that destroyed
every crop planted and necessitated
complete replanting of all crops.”
The excellent tobacco crop, with
high prices, was cited. Grain crops
were said to have brought consider
able prosperity and diversification
had obtained a good foothold in most
counties. Truck farming was report
ed on the increase. Advance also was
noted in growing of pimento pep-
P ers - I
BLACKSHEAR JURY ORDER-}
DEPUTY SHERIFF HELD
IN JAIL DEATH CHARGE
MR. R. A. TURNER SUCCEEDS
MR. J. E. BARTLETT AS
BUTLER EXPRESS AGENT
Mr. J. E. Bartlett having resigned
as local agent of the American Rail
way Express Company was succeed
ed in office Tuesday by Mr. R. A.
Turner.
Mr. Bartlett has been in charge oi
the local office for many years, ms
services being most satisfactorily
rendered both to the corporation he
represented and its local patrons. His
resignation is doubly rogreted be
cause of the fact that he is planning
to move his family to Hogansville,
*., in the near future where he win
engage in the mercantile business.
Mr. Turner is one of the most
competent men to be found in this
section to take charge of the office
having assisted in the express agen
cy work in Butler for a number of
years anti well acquainted with the
.luties of the office.
In making this change the office
will be transferred, it is learned, to
the depot, with a delivery and “pick
up” service being operated once-a-
iay in the business part of town.
DEATH CLAIMS BELOVED
AND AGED CHRISTIAN
WOMAN—,MRS. J. B. GLOVER
ALABAMA STATE OFFICIAL
FACING SERIOUS CHARGES
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 6.—Arti
cles of impeachment were voiced
against C. E. Thomas, state superin
tendent of banks, and 26 true bills
were returned against 16 persons by
a Jefferson county grand jury Tues
day following a four weeks’ investi
gation into the closing of four banks
in the Birmingham district.
Blackshear, Ga., Aug. 6.—Deputy
Sheriff Jim Walker late Tuesday
was . held on a charge of man
slaughter following the verdict of a
coroner’s jury which found Walker
had been responsible for the death
of D. B. Rowell, who died of a frac-
.ured skull in the Pierce county ja.l
Monday.
Rowell, a farmer residing near
Blackshear, was arrested Sunday on
complaint of his wife, who told of
ficers he was intoxicated and had
threatened her. Brought to the jail
at Blackshear, Rowell was said by
officers to have been boisterous and
abusive, and Coroner Sutlive ssid
Walker admitted to him that he
struck the prisoner on the head with
a black jack.
Rowell was found dead in his • cell
•the next morning and the coroner
began an investigation when it was
learned the man had a fractured
-kull. Walker admits hitting Row-ell
over the head with a black jack while
trying to quiet him.
MR. R. L. COOPER FORMERLY
OF THIS COUNTY, DIES
AT HIS HOME IN COLUMBUS
Friends and relatves here and else
where of Mr. R. L. Cooper will re
gret to learn of his death which oc
curred at his home in Columbus Sun
day afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Mr. Cooper was a native of this
county but had spent the greater por
tion of his life in Columbus. He was
61 years of age an 1 is survived by
wife, six sons and To.n daughters:
O. O. Cooper, of Macon; R. L., Jr., T,
W., Edgar, Edward and Lewis; Miss
Hadel Cooper, Mrs. Mary L. Ellison,
Mrs. Ethel Parish and Mrs. W. Domi
nick; one brother, G. L. Cooper, Rey
nolds; two sisters, Miss Emma Coop
er, of Columbus, and Mrs. Zol Nel
son, of Reynolds.
Dr. W. J. Anderson, Eye-Sight
Specialist, will be at the Butler Drug
Co., again Saturday, Aug. 10th.
MEETING COUNTY COMRS.
POSTPONED ONE WEEK
Owing to the absence of Commis
sioner Whatley, who had been called
to Florida, the monthly session of the
Board of Roads and Revenues was
postponed Tuesday until the follow
ing Tuesday, August 13th.
ASSAULT MADE BY NEGRO
UPON RUPERT MERCHANT
MR. G. F. AMOS, SATURDAY
A negro known in Rupert com
munity as T. J. James is in the coun
ty jail upon two warrants, one
charging assault and battery the
other carrying a deadly weapon con
cealed, as the result of an attack the
negro is claimed to have made Sat
urday upon Mr. G. F. Amos, mer
chant at Rupert.
Mr. Amos was struck a severe
blow by the negro which felled him
to, the floor, the negro then attempt
ing to attack him with a large pock
et knife when others in the store
stopped him.
The negro’s bond was assessed at
$200.00 which he has been unable to
make.
FOUND
Gold watch charm with Masonic
emblem. Owner may recover by i
ing at the office of Judge L. T. Peed,
Ordinary Taylor county.
Those who recall with a great deal
of pleasure Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Glover
and their lovely daughter, Miss Caih-
rine Glover, us former esteemed citi
zens of Butler, mourn with other
friends and relatives in the State anil
elsewhere the deuth of Mrs. Glover
which occurred Sunday lust at home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Freeraa%
near Woodland, being the last sui-
viving member of this once promi
nent Butler family.
A few years after the fumily es-
tablislied their residence in Butler
Miss Glover became Mr*. Scaly mar
rying Mr. G. L. Sealy, son of MY.
and Mrs. J. C. Sealy, r.n.tther of the
city’s best families, but who tiltA
after a happy married life of only
six or eight years. Mr. Sealy and liu!
two fine sons,—Glover anu Hume,—
who blessed this union are now Br
ing in Brooklyn, N. Y. These grand
sons are the nearest relatives sur
viving Mrs. Glover, she being pre
ceded to the grave by her devoted
companion who passed away in But
ler on July 9, 1908.
Mrs. Glover was a native of Talbot
county. Her maiden name wa« Mary
Adelaide Durden, a daughter of Mr.
John and Mrs. Matilda Peel Durden.
She was born Feb. 10, 1856, and wax
married to Mr. John B. Glover in
1873, they living happily together
until Mr. Glover’s death in 1908, as
stated. Since that time Mrs. Glover
made her home with relatives, the
past five of these with Mrs. Freeman
where she died. Mrs. John M. Taylor
of Talbotton; and Mrs. A. J. Routes
of Manchester; are next of kin sur
viving Mrs. Glover.
Mrs. Glover had been an invalid
for three years preceding her death,
and confined to her bed eleven weeks.
The remains were brought to But
ler and laid to rest by the side of the
husband and daughter in the City
Cemetery Monday afternoon at .3
o’clock, a large gathering of sorrow
ing relatives and friends, many at
them from a distance attending the
last sad rites. Rev. B. E. Whittington
pastor of the Woodland circuit, M. K.
church, conducted the funeral serv
ice, assisted by Rev. J. T. Adams, at
Butler. The pall bearers were: W. X.
Oneal, Edwin Nelson, Mr. Hay.
Claude Chapman, of Woodland;
Charlie Nelson and H. J. Bryant, ot
Talbotton.
No person was ever held in higher
esteem, respected, honored and lovfed
more by those who knew her than
this "mother in Israel.” She was one
of the truest types of Chris tins
womanhood that ever blessed hu
manity. The religion of Jesus Ch’-m
was for her a glorious reality, and
the hardest sinner could see the life
and light of Saviour of mankind be
ing greatly manifested in every
moment of her life. Truly to know
her was to love her. From early life
until the time of her death Mrs.
Glover was a devoted member cf ike
Methodist church.
Central of Qeorgia Renews Its Pledge of Co-operation
For Industrial Development of the South
The industrial possibilities of
South are reviewed by President A.
E. Clift of the Central of Georgia
in a statement published elsewhere
in this edition.
Recognition of the South’s many
natural advantages has in recent
years brought a marked expansion in
both the number and the output of
its manufacturing plants,” says Mr.
Clift. “This expansion has been by
no means confined to textiles, but has
included every branch of industry.
Although the yearly optput of 'he
South’s cotton mills has a value of
nearly one billion dollars, this is less
than ten per cent of the annual value
of all products manufactured in the
South.
“Numerous factors have contribut
ed to this industrial growth in the
South. A favorable climate permits
year around factory operation, while
in winter mild temperatures and rel-
the | atively long days keep expenditures
for heat and lights at a minimum.
The labor supply is efficient and
plentiful. Taxes are uniformly lower
than in other sections, and there is a
general public disposition to co
operate with those investing money
in southern industries.
“The raw materials of the South
include mineral, forest and agricul
tural products, and are practically
limitless. The numerous and widely
distributed rivers and streams of
Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee not
only furnish cheap hydro-electric'
power but, supplemented by artesian
supplies, furnish abundant water for
industrial use.”
Discussing the South’s transporta
tion facilities, without which indus
trial expansion would be impossible,
Mr. Clift calls attention to the fact
that this section has one third of the
total railroad mileage of the United
States, and that in addition there are
regular coastwise freight and pas
senger steamship lines operating
from Savannah, as well as other
lines operating regularly to foreign
countries.
The Central of Georgia was a pio
neer in the industrial development
and co-operative work that is now a
feature of the program of practically
every well operated railroad. Its own
Industrial Development Department
was organized in 1888, and President
Clift offers its services to anyone in
terested in developing or upbuilding
this section. In closing, he says:
“The Central of Georgia believes
firmly in the industrial possibilities
of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and
other southern states. It desires to
co-operate in their industrial de
velopment, not only by supplying the
best transportation service in its
power but in every other way that
it can.”
MR. MACK MATHEWS
PURCHASES THE McCANTS
HOME IN BUTLEE
The attractive residence of Mrs. A.
J. McCants, near the school building
was purchased last week by Mt.
Mack Mathews, one of Uncle SamY
popular employes, being connect**!
with the free rural mail service.
John Hill says, “I doesn't ker how
hi de chickens roosts as long as
Mister Allen Payne grows such big,
juicy watermillions. Dare is no fence
’round ’em, so Ise not skeered cf
Mister Fred Chapman an his littfe
ole pop gun.”