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MORTGAGE is
u strange in
stitution . 1 t
makes a man
rustle, and i t
Keeps him poor,
it is a strong
incentive to ac
tion, and a
wnolesome re-
minucr of the
. months and years. A mort-
~‘ re c ,its industry, because it
idle and never rests. It is
Imsom friend, because the
the adversity the closer it
^ w r fellow. It 's like a soldier;
fir hesitates in charging nor
, close on an enemy. It is like
, jjnd-bBK
, of a thug; silent in its
, but deadly in ij.s effect.
F (h ‘ e ver y hand of providence, is
j,l over all creation, and its in-
,lW is everywhere visible. It is
h-ve the grasp of the devil fish, the
' r it holds the greater its
<di 11 wil1 exereise feelin K>
and lend activity to the slug-
•h brain. No matter hyw hard the
’ r WO rks, the morgage works
, fr st iH, It makes a fellow sour,
selfish, unsociable and miser
ly and rarely does him any good
exercise him.
you have one the quicker you
of it the happier you will be.
nergy
We Pull Most When We All Pull Together.
Today s Cotton Market
S.rict Middling ]7 i.jjc
Middling 17 Me
Strict Low Middling 17c
The
BUTLER HERALD
TAYLOR CCUNT7
WHERE farming costs less
AND EARNS MORE
The Garden Spot of Dixie
Volume 53
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday, August 22, 1929.
Number 42
LOCAL SCHOOL
OPENS 1 WEEK
MONDAY.
I'
ISINESS MEN ENTHUSIASTIC
I OVER PROSPECT FOR GOOD
LOCAL BUSINESS THIS FALL
Business activities in Butler the
at W eek have been of the most
scouraging nature, and is
iidered as conclusive evidence
merchants and other busi
es men are confidently anticipating
ii prosperous fall season.
fc merchants are renovating and
Luting their stores and beginning
[0 receive their fall stocks of goods
Ijrhich are larger and better quality
Ithan ever.
Those u'ho are operating small in
dustries are increasing their working
force and otherwise preparing to
handle increased business.
Among the many business changes
soon to be made the most important
announcement of the week is the
lease by Mr. W. A. Payne of the
telephone exchange building which is
[to be converted into an attractive and
Intodern filling station. He will con
tinue to operate his garage at the
present location on an adjoining lot.
Ur. H. M. Parker, who now occupies
he lower floor of the telephone ex-
hange building, will move his stock
of goods to the store building form-
rly occupied by .Mr. J. E. Bartlett.
Another Through County Road
Added to State Highway System
Grand Theatre
REYNOLDS, GEORGIA
FOR THE WEEK
THURSDAY, AUG. 22
Pathe Presents:
"THE SHADY LADY”
Forced against her will to lure
® American soldier of fortune to
•be camp of his most deadly ene-
s ''e discovers that she loves
' 1 ' n b and in the face of menancing
bayonets she—When crook meets
nook, “The Shady Lady” must
ecide what action did she take?
Added Attractions:
JUST IN TIME
„ 2-Reel Western
^°D SKATES—2-Reel Comedy
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23
Pathe Presents:
"THK SHADY LADY” *
hh Robert Armstrong and
.. Wolheim. She was a fugi-
„' e "h* 1 a price on her head—
on two men entered her life and
loved—whom? Come, see the
1 thrilling photoplay of the
season.
Added Attractions
SKATES—2-Reel Comedy
WRATHS OF PANAMA
,n 2-Ueel Comedy
SATURDAY, AUG. 24
Universal Presents:
“THE TIP OFF”
ean - happens when the
crook ^ a "' s t* 1 F° ve with a
"ho’s trying to go straight.
, . 1 amazing things take
. 1,1 the underworld—they’re
sti-i^ nias F | 'ng drama which
an 'l show.
glamour from gangdom
! t in all its ferocitv-
Addcd Attractions
‘AUCY SAUSAGE
2-Reel Comedy
IRa tf:s of panama
2-Reel Comedy
The 1929-30 term of the Butler
I’ublic Schools will begin Monday,
Sept. 2nd. The faculty is complete,
the building and grounds ure being
put in shape, and everything is in
readiness for what is hoped to be a
prosperous year. Due to necessary-
salary cuts, the faculty is practically
new. Supt. C. R. Brown has worked
hard to secure the best teachers
avilable for the money, and with hard
work on their part and co-operation
of the public, a good year muy be
confidently expected. All teachers are
fully qualified and both the elemen
tary and high school • departments
are fully accredited and will continue
to be so. The faculty line-up is as
follows:
First grade, Mrs. Alex Goldstein,
re-elected.
Second grade and Girls Coach—
Miss Hazel Stevens, Sale City, Ga.
She is a graduate of the Woman’s
College at Valdosta.
Third Grade—Miss Ruth Wilson,
re-elected.
Fourth grade—Miss Beula Barrow
Reynolds, Ga. Miss Barrow has had a
broad experience in some very fine
schools and is at present attending
summer school at Merce:
Fifth Grade—Miss Miriam Smith,
re-elected.
Sixth Grade—Mrs. J. H. Newton.
She was formerly Miss Louise Ham
mock, is an A. B. graduate of Wes
leyan with several years’ teaching ex
perience.
Seventh Grade—Mrs. C. R. Brown,
graduate of G. S. C. W., Milledge-
ville.
High School English—Miss Ellen
Griffin, Blackshear, Ga. She is an A.
B. graduate of Columbia College.
South Carolina, and successfully
taught her subject in Blackshear last
year.
Latin and French—Miss Bessie
Young, Covington, Ga. She is an A.
B. honor graduate of the Woman’s
College at Valdosta.
Science—Miss Ruth Wolfe, an A.
B. graduate of Limestone College,
Gaffney, S. C. Miss Wolfe is a sister
of Rev. H. M. Wolfe, popular pastor
of the Butler Baptist church and
comes highly recommended.
Mathematics—Miss Martha Max
well, Talbotton, Ga. She is an A. B.
graduate of the G. S. T. C. at Athens
and has successfully taught math for
three years at Thoamston and Junc
tion City.
History and Boys Coach—Mr. J.
Kenneth Brown, College Park, Ga.
Mr. Brown is a graduate of the Bap
tist Junior College, Greenville, S. C.,
and has done extra work at Mercei,
Oglethorpe and Emory Universities.
Music—Mrs. Julian Edwards who
needs no introduction having given
splendid satisfaction in the same
place for several years.
Road Extends from Geneva Thru
Junction City, Howard, But
ler, Reynolds, Crosses
No. 3 at Butler
will
Every citizen of the county-
feel it a personal privilege 10 ex
tend sincere thanks to the members
of the legislature as a whole and es
pecially those taking an active part
in giving the county the benefit of
the change.
After a vigorous fight in the legis
lature the public road from Howard
to Reynolds, through Butler, has
been taken out of the county system
and added to the state highway sys
tem. The road intersects route num
ber 22 at Geneva on the west and
Knoxville on the cast.
Twenty-six miles of Taylor county
roads are involved in the change
This means a considerable saving to
the county in roud work, hut the bes;
feature, perhaps, is that eventually
of giving the county two important
paved highways running directly
north and south, and east and west
through the county each crossing tne
other at Butler. Another iitem of
interest is that it will give to tho
road fund of Taylor county a con
siderable amount of additional gas
tax money, while still another im
portant feature to be appreciated - is
the fact that every marketing poin.
and postoffice in the county, with on-
ly two exceptions, can be reached by
a state highway.
Loan Plan Is ‘‘Exactly What
Growers Want,” Carl Wil
liams Comments
Hundredth Anniversary Antioch
Church Celebrated Sunday
Exercises Attended by Record
Crowd. Historical Data
Given by Mrs. Wood
ward ; ’Cue Dinner
Antioch Baptist church, located
ten miles north of Butler, held its
centennial celebration last Sunday
and was one of the biggest and hap
piest events on record in this county.
Rev. E. H. Dunn, Antioch’s pres
ent pastor, was mas.er of ceremonies
The eleven o’clock sermon, wnich was
instructive and uplifting, was de
livered by Rev. J. T. Adams.
The history of Antioch church,
from the date of its organization by
Henry Hooten and James Steely
January 25, 1829, to the present time
which was ably prepared and read
by Mrs. Nora M. Woodward, featur
ed the day’s program. She was in.
troduted in a few timely and touch
ing remarks by Hon. Pickens Riley,
for many years a deacon of this
church. Mrs. Woodward is one of this
section’s most saintly women. She
has been a member of Antioch
church for more than seventy years,
Though aged by years she is strong
and active, both in mind and body.
She possesses rare intellect and su
perb traits of character. Mrs. Wood
ward has given more than fifty years
of efficient service in the school room
having taught some of the state’s
most prominent men and women of
today. She received her college de
gree at Bessie Tift in 1863. At that
ime this institution was known
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
Swainsboro, Ga., Aug. 18.—Mrs.
Hassie Hollis was shot and seriously
wounded at Swainsboro Saturday by
T. E. Rich, 14, who was spending the
night at the Hollis home and mistook
her for a burglar. She has an even
chance for recovery it is said.
DROUGHT AND FARM
BOARD ACTION BOOST
TO COTTON MARKET
New Orleans, Aug. 19.—De
cision of the federal farm board
to iend farmers on this season s
crop coupled with F^RFier cables
and continued drought in the west
caused a sharp upturn in cotton
prices Monday. At the highest
reached in late trading, 1 ■
showed gains of nearly $2-o0
bale with December at IS.00 or 46
points net higher. The oplion clo -
ed at 18.83, with the general mar
ket steady at net advances of 7 to
8 points. Prices continued to aa-
: vance after the start on buying
promoted by higher Liverpool t -
I bles and continued drought in
West Texas.
Monroe Female University.
Mr. and Mrs. Ichabod Cox, grand
parents of General John B. Gordon,
Were among the thirteen persons wm,
constituted the roll of members ol
Antioch church upon its organiza
tion. The remains of Mrs. Cox now
rests in the cemetery near by while
that of Mr. €ox is said to rest at
Buena Vista. General Gordon
tended worship regularly at Antioch
during his boyhood days. A woman
slave, the property of General Gor
don’s grand-parents, was one of the
first to be received to membership
following the date of organization.
Included in ihe small roster of char
ter members were the names of two
negro slaves, Tom of Color and Judy
of Color, as they were designated.
This is another of many evidences to
disprove the North’s charge that tho
negro in ths South while in slavery
was considered the “man without i
soul.”
Other features of the day’s cele
oration included reminisences by Rev
M. T. Gaultney and other former
pastors of Antioch church and short
lalks by members and friends of the
church.
The occasion was attended by one
of the largest gatherings of people
ever brought together in the county,
A mammoth barbecue and basket
dinner was served on the grounds at
1 he noon hour.
The Herald is under lasting obli
gations to Mrs. Woodward for a copj
of her paper on the historical data
of Antioch church which appears
elsewhere in this issue.
Washington, Aug. 19.—Cotton
farmers are to receive the full cusli
equivalent of this year’s crop in ad
vance whenever they are “in distress
and must have money,” under piuns
announced Monday by the federal
hoard.
The funds will be advanced thru
the cotton co-operatives. The boaru
itself will advance 25 per cent of the
value of the'crop, 65 per cent will be
loaned by the federal intermediate
credit banks, and the remaining ten
per cent will be paid from the capi
tal reserves of the co-operatives.
How much money actually will be
required was said by the board to
depend solely on the needs of the co
operative associations. It is expected
hat the sums involved in this year's
marketing operations will run some
where between $5,000,000 and $10,-
000,000, but board members said
they stood ready to go as far as the
industry required.
The advances to be made by the
Marketing Facilities In Readiness
For County’s 1929 Cotton Crop
Competitive Buying, Honest
Weights and Grading
Insures An Active
Local Market
Cotton Farmers May Get
Pay For Crop In Advance
MR. J. T. SPILLERS MARKETS
FIRST BALE OF NEW COTTON
board will he on cotton upon which
“a definite value hus been fixed by
hedging in the future murket.” A
statement accompanying the an
nouncement suid the effect of the
secondary loans to be made by the
board would he “to permit the co
operative associations to make final
settlement with a member grower
when the latter desires to sell hii
cotton without forcing that cotton on
the market at a time when buyers
may be over supplied.”
The decision to make these loans
was reached by the hoard after con
ferences with officials of the Ameri
can Cotton Growers exchange. Local
associations in 11 states throughout
the South are represented by the ex
change.
For the time being, the board is
withholding decision upon the se
lection of a cotton commodity ad
visory council, which would include
representatives from the exchange
and the other independent cotton co
operatives.
The plan is “just exactly what the
cotton growers want,” Carl Williams
who was appointed to represent the
cotton industry on the board, com
mented.
COUNTY TAX RATE FOR
YEAH RbUflAlNd UNCHANGED
Reports have reached this office of
several bales of cotton of the 1929
crop having been picked and ginned
in this county since the first of the
present week.
However according to the best in
formation obtainable Mr. T. J. Spil-
lers, of Panhandle section is entitled
to credit for the first bale of the
season which is said to have been
ginned at the II. E. Neisler gin Fri
day ai.-f'later marketed at Reynolds.
Mr. Spillers is said to have a fine
prospect this year being one of the
few farmers whose first planting of
cotton was not killed early in the
spring, thus his crop being two
weeks earlier in maturing than the
crops of many of the farmers of the
county thereby cheating the boll
weevil out of a large percentage of
the crop.
It is indeed gratifying to know,
that in spiie of a consideiahie de
crease in tux values of the county
tea '. with the fact
. suffered around
$5,um> spring irom dam
age to loads amt bridges uy heavy
rainfall, the County commissioners
have been able lo linunce tne alfairs
of the county without increasing the
tax rate, which was fixed at their
lust regular session at the same rata
Us last yeiW.
Rigid economy in the administra-
ton of the affairs of the county by
the Commissioners is perhaps direct
ly accountable for these favorable
conditions, and for which they are to
be most highly commended.
3UTLER GINNERY TO BE PUT
INTO OPERATION TODAY
with ample warehouse facilities and
all, with perhaps one or two excep
tions, the best of gin accommoda
tions. The type of competitive bid
ding that has been maintained at
each of the points always give our
At every point in the qounty where farmers the very highest prices on
cotton is ginned or marketed, or 1 the market, which with honest grad-
both, annually, activity has reached ing and weighing has resulted in all
the highest point during the past two the cotton grown in the county being
weeks in placing ’ warehouse facili- sold locally.
ties as well as gin machinery in Various estimates of the size of
class “A” condition for handling the the crop for tho year in the county
cotton crop of the county. Buyers are have been given, some ranging above
also whetting their knives, ready to and some below the 10,000 bale mark,
which is considered a normal crop
since the advent of the boll weevil.
The county produced last year only
6,978 bales. Undoubtedly it will go
considerably above these figures this
year.
take samples and receiving all nec
essary office supplies preparatory to
giving prompt and efficient service.
Taylor has the following market
ing places: Butler, Reynolds, Howard
Rupert, Mauk and Charing, each
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY—H. T. Bartlett brought the first
hale of new cotton to Butler. It was weighed at the Edwards Bros,
warehouse and purchased by J. J. Windham. The price paid was 18c.
* * * The Central railroad ran ai excursion to Columbus; 141 tickets
were purchased at Butler. * * * The annual reunion of Confederate
veterans of Taylor county was held in Herd’s park. Mayor Steed deliv
ered the principal address of the occasion. The day’s program included a
' mmnnitv barbecue. * * * Governor Brown increased the reward
offered for the arrest of Ben Garrett from $220.00 to $320.00 *
Miss Leila Allen, of Americus, the attractive guest of Miss Mae Booth,
was complimented with a straw-ride.
Fourth
The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Baptist church,
trict of the Columbus Association will convene with the local Society at
the Baptist Church next Thursday. A delightful program is being ar
ranged with a large attendance anticipated. A luncheon will be served at
the noon hour.
/
Mr. J. T. Cochran, owner of the
Butler ginney, informs the Herald
that his plant, which is electrically
equipped and fitted with modern ma
chinery throughout, will be put into
operation today.
The saws have been sharpened and
every piece of machinery has been
thoroughly overhauled. A man with
years of experience in the gin busi
ness will be in charge of the plant,
all of which insures the farmer that
only the best of samples will be ob
tained from cotton ginned at this
plant.
FREE DELIVERY
After September first every article
large or small, purchased at my
store will upon request be delivered
promptly anywhere in Butler. ’Phone
me your order, hang up the receiver
and goods will be there in ten min
utes. Give me a trial.
M. T. CHAPMAN.
AD EXPERT DIES IN HOSPITAL
IN ATLANTA MONDAY
Atlanta, Aug 19.—St. Elmo Mas-
sengale, 57, president of the Massen-
gale Advertising ugency, died at the
Wesley Memorial hospital Monday.
His wife, Mrs. Massenga.e, is a pa
tient at the hospital where her hus
band died.
Mr. Massengale was a leader
among Southern advertising men and
was first president of the Associa
tion of Advertising agencies of the
South. He uided in organizing the ad
clubs of- the world and at one time
served as vice president of that body.
LARGER RETURNS
IN FARMING SHOWN
Thomaston, Ga., Aug. 19.—
Large returns from farming in the
Carolinas and Georgia already are
being reflected in the most prompt
payment of installments on tne
federal land bank’s loans of ap-
proxmateiy $68,000,000 to 35,000
farmers within its district, declar
ed the secretary of the banks, It.
J. Taylor, when talking to repre
sentatives of local National Farm
Loan associations in this area
in Thomaston at their annual
meeting Monday. This is one of a
series of 20 meetings being held
this month throughout the district
and affords the officers of asso
ciations and borrowers opportuni
ty to discuss the mutual problems
o fmaking long-term, co-operative
first mortgage loans in these three
states and Florida.
Seeing a placard with the inscrip
tion below tacked on the door of ttie
Ordinary’s office, at the court house,
friend Lum Cooper, who is minding
the gap in Judge Peed’s absence,
when asked what it was all ahoui
replied: “I believe in advertising as
well as being distressingly in need
of the revenue from the sale of *
couplar hundred marriage licenses
and which I am offering at bargain
prices this week. That sign's sellin'
’em fast, too, oh, boy,” he said.
Here’s the wording of the placard:
"Single men out of a job are to be
pitied as they have no wives to sup
port ’em.” Thus wedding bells may
he heard to ring soon. * * * *
By the way, Mr. Cooper told the re
porter confidentially that he would
furnish the rice if he could find out
just how Martin Peed got that set of
license he is guarding so closely
and venturing to show only to a
limited number of his friends.
r '?' *