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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.”