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Community Progress
Is Ever on the Alert In
TAYLOR COUNTY
optional Opportunity Offered
investors in Taylor County Soils.
The
BUTLER HERALD
Keeping Everlastingly At It Brings Success
TAYLOR COUNTY
IS THE BANNER
AGRICULTURAL
SECTION OF
MIDDLE GEORGIA
lume 54
WIN
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday August, 7 1930.
Number 40.
ONWSB
HEAR
iiicK EC0N0M0U
TONIGHT TO
4-H CLUB BOYS
LEAVE MONDAY
FOR CAMP WILKINS
BOILER EXPLOSION FATAL TO
FORMER TAYLOR CITIZEN.
"•r’SK'Si™ “
N' ck ^"activities as radio enter-
reSU " h d sings and will be heard
Itfesttonight fromrSj to 10
lock throug J, t the a j r
^""Lrnal of recent date says:
s" ta 0 { southern radio fans
^“•nht the welcome planned for
ir^Fconomou, Montezuma, Ga„
k and theatrical magnate,
resumes his etheral activities
. ujsB Tuesday night at 10 o clock
- t a prolonged absence from the
‘Recognized as one of Georgia’s
.rffSre,Nick has won a wide
lomhg throughout the south, as
St of numerous appearances
$e Journal station. His debut
rai years ago brought a flood of
mendatory messages from WSB
ners any of whom termed him
most important southern radio
d" of that season. In response to
polar demand he was presented in
er ous other broadcasts following
initial appearance, each broadcast
rvir.g to increase the number of his
“Niclfwas last heard over 1 WSB in
uary, business interests having oc-
pied his entire attention since that
The County Agent, with 20-22
Club boys will leave Butler Monday
morning at 0:00 o’clock for Camp
Wilkins, going in the school truck ot
Mr. H. H. Parks, of Howard. Mr.
Parks “will attend the meetings at
Camp Wilkins and bring the party
home Saturday afternoon, Aug. 16th.
A number of motions and demurrers
in Taylor Superior court cases were
heard Saturday before Judge C. F.
McLaughlin at Columbus. .Those in
attendance at the hearing' included
Attorneys Foy, of Butler; Beeland
and Marshall, of Reynolds; and Jule
Felton, of Montezuma.
News received here of the tragic
death of Mr. John Hamilton, formerly
of this county, occasioned much sor
row among relatives and friends. The
manner of his death is given in the
following Cilispatch from Cordtle:
Cordele, Ga., July 30.—J, H. Hamil
ton, 68, well-known citizen of Crisp
county, died at a Cordele hospital at
3:30 p. m. Wednesday afternoon from
injuries received earlier in the day at
his saw mill located at Paphne, Crisp
county. As he was attempting to cut
the steam off a runaway engine the
feed pipe from the boiler to the en
gine blew out, striking Mr. Hamilton
on the body and back of the head
His skull was crushed at the base of
the brain and lie was internally in
jured by the force of the blow’.
The accident occurred about 9 a. m.
Wednesday and the victim was rushed
to a Cordele hospital but never re
gained consciousness.
Mr. Hamilton came to Cordele from
Macon county about 30 years ago
where he engaged, in the mercantile
business and farming. Besides his
wife he is survived by two sons, T.
G. Hamilton, of Alma, and D. F.
Hamilton, of Cordele.
EX-GOV. SLATON
TO SPEAK HERE
SATURDAY AUG. 16
SENATOR RIVERS
ADDRESSED VOTERS
HERE FRIDAY
Former State Senator E. D. Rivers,
candidate for Governor, spoke to a
large number of Taylor county voters
at the court house in Butler on Fri
day afternoon last. He made a strong
speech urging many reforms in the
present operation of the state govern
ment. He was roundly applauacd by
the attendance at different intervals
of his speech, shewing that he had
numbers of friends in the audience.
Col. C. W. Foy, prominent Butler
attorney, introduced Mr. Rivers. He
declared that he felt an introduction
was unnecessary, since Mr. Rivers
was well known here and made
ATLANTA OFFICIALS
RESIGN THEIR POSITIONS
Atlanta, Aug. 2.—Three members
city council, the general manager
city parks, and a city physician,
under indictment, submitted resig
ns Saturday. - . _
Eight other members of council are, mos t creditable race both in the state
i:r indictment following many : an( j county two years ago when he
nths of grand juiy investigation of received the largest. popular vote of
any candidate for Governor opposing
the incumbent.
During the course of his speech
Senator Rivers touched upon the po-
. litical situation in the state and point-
licalan Witn < TtrriUt ed out some of the important needs
UldltiU IT IIU LACIU9CO 1 s t a t e> He advocated as a meons
Wi -•’vducir.a operating expenses. Ahj.
j abolishment and consolidation of vari-
*’ jous departments and bureaus in the
a i m, ! state government. He said the number
rdele, Ga., Aug. 1.—Churning the coulc] be cut from eighty to fourteen.
' rs of the Flint river into a iury jj e wen t into some details on this
unite spray, tne $l,2U0,bUU Crisp point giving his views and showing
that he had given the matter consid
erable thought.
The major issue in the present
campaign, lie said, was the common
schools of Georgia. If elected, he said
he would do all in his power to pro
vide a nine months free school to chil
dren of rural districts, and with it
free text books. He would provide in
some way fof the prompt payment of
salaries to teachers. He stressed also
the importance of paying promptly
the amounts due Confederate veterans
the state institutions especially those,
at Milledgeville and Alto which are
now in distressing financial condition.
Advalorem taxes on real estate are
out of date and should be removed im
mediately, Mr. Rivers told his hear
ers. He felt confident it would be
done, too he said, since these taxes
rges of municipal graft.
is New Power Plant
With Exercises
ounty hydro-electric plant, the only
ner plant in the United States
led and operated by a county,
ing into operation F’riday evening
tne cljmar to a gala dedication
gram.
ormally dedicated by W. H. Dor-
president of the Crisp Board of
’e, tlie giant plant sent its urst
ignment of power surging thru
emission lines to Cordele's new
ray, and as the serried lights
the night with their gleam,
iople assembled from all parts
s state gave vent to a spon-
cheer.
rete and vocal declaration of
i Georgia industry,” Senator
■ F. George termed the hydro-
enterprise in an
DEAN OF YOUNG HARRIS
COLLEGE NAMED CAMPAIGN
MANAGER FOR 1 ED RIVERS
Atlanta, Aug 2.—The following
statement was issued Saturday from
the campaign headquarters of former
State Senator E. D. Rivers, candidate
for governor:
“At a meeting of the ‘Rivers for
Governor Campaign Committee,” com
posed of Judge J. B. Jones, former
judge of the northeastern circuit at
Gainesville; Hon. A. B. David, former
state senator and president pf the
Bank of Calhoun, of Calhoun; Hon.
A. S. Mitchell, county commissioner
ofUpson county, of Yatesville; Hon.
B. G. Lastinger, clerk of the superior
court of Lowndes county, ana past
president of the Georgia County Of
ficers’ Association, of Valdosta; and
Judge W. R. Smith, judge of the su
perior court of the Alapaha judicial
circuit the home circuit of Senator
Rivers, residing at Nashville; who,
with the late Hon. C. C. Brantley, as
chairman, have been directing the
‘Rivers for Governor Campaign’ since
its inception, announced that Hon.
Stephens Grady Miller,dean of Young
Harris College and former state sen
ator, will act as campaign managers
and be in charge of the headquarters
from this date.”
address
stressed the momentous im-
of Crisp County’s progres- are levied by the Governor in co-ope
ration with other state-house officials.
He said he would remove the tax, if
elected, from farm lands regardless of
the legislature. Other reforms which
m P | „„ he advocated, too, he- said, he pledged
ople of Georgia will be afforded a to see put in operation, if elected, if
ardstick by means of whicn tney I he had to do so by refusing to sign
be able to measure power cost warrants for expenditures and sal-
' N°t only will industrial enter-
lp> be attracted to South KGeorgia
t*se of the advantages accruing
ra this plant,” he stated, “but the
■ - -T- IV 1UV.UOU11/ yu" —
o power profits, subject of spirited
raroversy in national circles today,
just and adequate regulation of
enterprise will result from
aries now being paid.
A unique stunt was injected in Mr.
Rivers’ speech just before closing that
prbvoked considerable merriment and
dertakings like this. As one who .laughter when he waved aloft an im-
vors regulation of public utilities |mensc screw-driver—measuring 33
*d by private corporations, 1 look inches in length to be exact which
1 this step as a momentout one. ihe said had already saved the people
1 great pioneer spirit exploring a of Georgia $1,500 by the revoking of
country, Crisp County has made an order by the Governor for a bath-
vJ? by this step. room in the Governor’s private office
Citizens °f this county have over- at the capitol as an item of expendi-
supreme obstacles in their fight ture in renovation and reconditioning
this instrument of hydro- the State Capitol. He said he would
use the screw-driver also to remove
the doors to the Governor’s private
office whereby all callers at the Capi
tol might be permitted to see him at
any time and address him as Ed .
Mr. Rivers is a South Georgia man,
his home being at. Lakeland, Ga., m
the new county of Lanier which Has
neither a court house nor a county
jail, he said, because the people P>' e -
ferred to use their money for school
purposes, having, he said, a brick
school house and it well equipped m
section of the county. Mr.
P ROirer manufacture. In —
.v‘! e y have dedicated themselves
• n ?bt for freedom, not only in
but economic and industrial
Me modern developments of
nem" century life, there has been
Bn® n } om entouB or more far-
111 its ultimate signification
y ,, s action on the part of Crisp
Slowing tribute to the late Mr.
J? L. Brown, editor of the Cor-
ispatch, and the part he played
i, f the plant a possibility, was
i’ Congressman Chas. R. Crisp,
.heroic qualities of this man
R® after his death by his
. People of the county and
V| 8 j„ ® a vital part of their bat-
pharles p ld foresi Eht on the part
rs all B f own , as far back as 15
hve cnn’nv en ,^ e relumed to his
ea Per°nm, and began his fight for
powe '-, carried this figfct
beautiful
J. Mr a,mu. 1 cere mony, Dr. Thorn-
I the dprijov’* mas ter of ceremonies
feta PoriwV 011 * P ro Kram, unveiled
i it the late Mr.Brown
btform i n j°w above the speakers’
PROMINENT MACON MAN
EXONERATED IN DEATH
OF PROHIBITION AGENT
Macon, Aug. 2.—A Lamar Patter-
ion, 58, prominent landowner, busi
ness and society leader of Macon, was
cleared of blame in the killing of
Herman Warr, prohibition agent,
Saturday night thru the testimony of
four prominent people of the.city.
Macon, Aug. 2.—A. L. Patterson,
prominent Macon landowner, was
jailed Saturday on a charge of mur
der growing out of a spectacular ~un
battle on his property late Friday
night in which a special prohibition
offcer and an alleged rum-running
negro were slain.
The dead agent was Herman Warr,
shot twice in the chest when he and
deputy prohibition administrator Fred
Dismuke of Macon led a raiding force
which captured 40 gallons of liquor
allegedly en route to Macon. In the
same battle, Sam Knight, a negro,
was killed.
Rev. Jas. F. Jackson is conducting
a series of revival services at Wes
ley church assisted by Rev. H. C.
Griffin, pastor of the Butler Metho
dist church.
Hon. John M. Slaton, cx-governor
of Georgia and candidate for the
United States Senate, will be a dis
tinguished visitor to Butler Suturday
August 16th, when he will deliver i
political address at the Taylor county
court house.
The public, ladies especially, are
cordially invited to be present, and it
is hoped a large crowd will be out to
hear his message to the voters of this
county.
Mr. Slaton is an interesting and
able speaker and is considered to be
one of Georgia’s really big men. He
has a large following throughout the
Btate and from all quarters comes
the word that he is receiving much
Bupport in Mb race for the senate.
HIGHWAY B0ARD~
PROMISES COMPLE
TION OF ROUTE 3
NEW TAYLOR
COUNTY COURT
HOUSE ASSURED
Cobb County Barr Commends
Judge C. F. McLaughlin
The Taylor county delegation re
turning from Atlanta Thursday night
after a conference, lasting several
hours, with the State Highway Board
was very enthusiastic over the pros
pects looking to the completion of
the unpaved portion, of Route Three
within the next eighteen months.
In fhet definite assurance was giv
en the delegation by the Board that a
large part of the work would be done
this year.
Hon. J. A. Davis, of Albany,
chairman of Route Three Association;
Congressman Chas. R. Crisp; Mayor
Fort, of Americus; and other promi-
Inent South 1 Georgians, accompanied
| the Taylor county delegation and
backed local speakers in presenting to
the Board their cause for immediate
action.
After listening attentively to our
cause for complaint the members of
the Board, each for himself, admitted
that Route Three had not reseived the
attention due it for various reasons
which could not have been welfavoid-
ed, they said, but that in the future
there would be no occasion for com
plaint. They then and there, pledged
Dreams of a Temple of Justice for
the county, commensurate with a
rich and progressive section like that
of Taylor county, will be an actuality
in the near future provided there is no
hitch in the action as taken by - the
Board of County Commissioners
Tuesday when they passed an order
levying an additional 6-mills adva
lorem tax for building a new court
house.
The Board went on record as ap
proving the tearing down and remov
ing the present building and on the
same location erecting a handsome
structure, modemly equipped, the
work to begin Immediately upon ad
journment of the April 1931 term of
Superior court and to be completed
and re^dy for use for the fall term of
court in October, 1631.
The need of a new court house has
been realised fully for a number of
years by all citizens who have felt
any particular pride In their county,
or interest in the preservation of the
legal records of the county. The mat
ter has been discussed by the commis
sioners every year for the past ten
years or longer, all favoring prompt
action, but out of consideration for
the tax payers during the strenuous
financial period the matter has been
delayed from time to time. Since
building material is at the lowest
nrice in years and unemployed labor
is in need of work, which coupled
with the prospect of the best crops in
this county in years, the action of the
commissioners to do the work in the
near future is undoubtedly justified.
The county in general congratulates
the commissioners and pledges to
them their hearty co-operation in
seeing the work put through and the
best building erected that the money
invested will buy.
High commendation for Judge C. F.
McLaughlin is expressed in a resolu
tion passed by the' Cobb county bat
association at Marietta Thursday fol
lowing the adjournment of Cobb su
perior court there, presided over by
Judge McLaughlin for Judge John S.
Wood, who is a candidate for con
gress from his district. A heavy doc
ket of criminal cases >vas disposed of
during the past week, the civil busi
ness of the term having been disposed
of the previous week. Judge Mc
Laughlin returned home Friday night.
Following is a copy of the bar resolu
tion: ,
‘‘Georgia, Cobb County:
“We, the members of the Bar of
Cobb county, take this method to ex
press to his Honor, Judge Frank Mc
Laughlin, of Columbus, Ga., our sr.n'i-
ments of esteem and our personal ap
preciation for his fair, faithful and
able conduct of our criminal court
during the week and during the ab
sence of our Judge, Hon. Jno. S.
Wood. We commend him for his fair
and courteous treatment of memb s
of the bar, for the dispatch of the
business of the court and for conscien
tious treatment and sympathy aor all
those who were in any way connected
with the administration of the busi
ness of the court during the week.
“It is therefore resolved that mis
testimony of our esteem and appre
ciation be spread upon the minutes
of the court. This July 30, 1930.”
ELLAVILLE GIRL
SUCCUMBS TO MALADY
A distinct shock to Ellaville people
was the death of Eugenia Jordan, 12-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
rtoney Jordan, who succumbed imme
diately after an operation performed
at the Davis-Fisher hospital, Atlanta,
at 5 p. m. Monday.,
She had been ill-at home in Ella
ville for several days before being
removed to Atlanta, where specialists
decided she was a victim of tubercu
losis of the glands, a peculiar and in
sidious disease.
Possessed of an advanced mental
faculty, the little girl was a child of
unusual talent, being particularly gift
ed in oratory and music.
. i
Parents wishing their children
coached see Mrs. Lucile Bateman or
’phone 28.
PASTOR AND BRIDE
. SHOWERED AS THEY
START HOUSKKEPIN6
The Bap.ist congregation compli
mented their pastor, Rev. E. H. Dunn
and his recent biid« with a double’
shower last week as they began house
keeping in their new apartments at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
TEACHERS STUDY COURSE
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
—
Miss Edwina Wood of Columbus, is
conducting a study course at the local
Baptist church each night this week.
The Butler people have been fortunate
to have Miss Wood teach a number
of Sunday school text books but we
believe this course is the most prac
tical of them all. The title is “Teach
ers That Teach”. Every Sunday school
teacher should read this book. It will
help them overcome some of their
problems and help them to become
better teachers.
But more important than even the
text book is the teacher, Miss Wood,
who is known and loved by everyone
fills the teaching with the spirit of
Christ. Any Sunday school teacher
will be made stronger by attending
her classes. She loves Christ, the Sun
day school and the lost world.
piaillL. IIICJ WICll UIIU UICIC JllCUgCU p
themselves to a definite 1 program of | ur ? y, _ ,
work that was entirely satisfactory to A pantry shower on Wednesday
the delegation. ' sponsored by the male membership of
The Board assured the delegation! t * 1 ‘ s * ar K e congregation included most
that their program for this year’s ' K en . er °us gifts of edibles of all kind
work would include paving from Ella- j”! Kroen and fresh groceries to
nlle north to the Taylor county line, i staple articles and canned delicacies,
grading from that point to Butler and I n Friday afternoon at the home of
paving from the Spalding county linei™ rs . J R. Wilson, Mrs. Dunn was
to Thomaston, and that during next, 8' ue . s " °f honor at a most delightful
year they would pave from Thomaston • a ^ ulr |d ann< ’d by the Woman’s
to the Schley county line through Missionary Society and at which time
Taylor county. she was the happy recipient of a linen
' | and miscellaneous shower for the
BUS UNE BE1 WEEN GRIF FIN j The generous response manifested
AND AMERICUS OVER ROUTE ! on these occasions by the' Baptist
THREE NOW IN OPERATION congregation demons:rated their
___ l church loyu|Ay and the very high es-
It .will be a source of interest to the held for Rev. and Mib Dunn as
traveling public to know that effective th eir pastor and co-laborer, and whose
August 1st the Central Motor Line n e ^ ts ,.^ r tL° w J vl J t . h as th «y ro-
has inaugurated a bus line between "" “ ~ ~ 1 '"' < ”' J
Griffin and Americus over route three
with a most convenient schedule and
at prices for fare that are very rea
sonable.
The bus is one of the largest, most
attractive and most comfortable of
the many styles of motor busses now
In operation in the state.
Payne’s Service Station has been
adopted as local transfer point.
Schedules are as follows:
SOUTH BOUND
fleet upon the motive that actuated
their deeds.
Leave Griffin
. 9:00
9:20
Leave Thomaston
10:10
Leave Five Points
„ _ 11:00
Leave Butler
11:25
Leave Rupert
11:40
12:15
.. 12:40
NORTH BOUND
Leave Ameriucs
_ _ 1:00
ALLEN MOODY, ROBERTA
YOUTH, DROWNED
IN SWIMMING POOL
Roberta, Ga., Aug. 4.—Allen Moody
12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Moody, was drowned in a small pool
near a trestle, a miles south of Ro
berta at a late hour Sunday afternoon.
Accompanied by a younger Nbrother
he had gone to the pool for a swim,
The brother became
frantic and
d. He found
lardly make
PRIMARY LAW EXPLAINED
Rivers said the people of his section
of the state are solidly back of him in
his present race for Governor.
During his address Mr. Rivers was
given closest attention, and when he
had concluded a number pressed for
ward and pledged their support to ms
candidacy.
Rev. S. C. Oliff, President of An
drew College, was a visitor to Butjei
for a short while Tuesday in the in
terest of his Bchool.
The descendants of the late W- ) •
Cox are holding their annual fam .
’. rin and Mrn”w' ; SS? ffiSS*? 13 reunion and barbecue at Paynes i
^htinuedto Bltr’Five) 0 fT pnnd
Georgia has a peculiar
election law. It is modeled after law
in election of a President. Popular
vot# a candidate receives cutB no fig
ure unless such candidate gets vofie.s
sufficient to give him the plurality
vote of a county.
It is possible and probable, under
Georgia laws, for a candidate to get a
majority of county unit votes and
the nomination while at the same
time receive nothing like a majority
of the popular vote.
A county has twice as many unit
votes as it has members of house of
representatives, therefore this county
has two unit votes and the candidate
that receives a plurality of popular
votes in the county gets the two unit
votes.
To illustrate the operation of this
law: Suppose in Taylor county the
popular vote cast should be, say 750,
Leave Zebulon 4:10
Arriv Griffin 4:30
Connection will be made at at
primary then let Carswell or any other receive Griffin for Macon, Atlanta and all
251 votes, the next highest man, say {northern points; at Ellaville for Co-
Rivers, get 250, and Holder 249, Cars-. lumbus and Alabama points; and at
well while only getting one more than Americus for South Georgia
one-third ef popular vote would get
the unit vote of the county. If the
Mr. Molton hurried to the scene, ac-
mpanied by the brother. He re-
| covered the body at once and used
1 first aid methods quickly in an effort
to resusciate the victim, but without
Leave Elalville 1:20 ava ij.
Leave Rupert 1:50 He then carried the body to Robe
Leave Butler 2:10 aIM j physicians continued the work,
Leave Five Points 2:35 (j U j failed to restore life.
Leave Thomaston 3:20
votes cast in the county were practi
cally evenly distributed between the
five candidates for Governor the can
didate getting just one more than one
fifth of popular votes would get the
county unit vote.
A vote cast for a candidate counts
for nothing save in the county where
cast,—it counts for nothing in State 4
wide vote such candidate polls.
This is unfair, it seems, but is
nevertheless, the law. It requires that
successful candidates get majority of
county unit votes,—not majority of
popular vote polled.
A VOTER.
PLEASANT CALLERS
The Herald had a delightful caller
“j Monday morning in the person of Mr.
a 1 Paul T. Harber, of Tavares, Fla. He
Florida points. T , !was accompanied by his little niece,
i a/ 6 'a"‘ Miss Beverly Syfan, of Commerce. Kr
ton is 95c; to Griffin, $1.95; to A>.- Harber , g a y fo / mer ’prominent - .Geor
gian and past president of the Geor-
lanta $2.95; Butler to
to Amricus, $1.25.
Ellaville, 80c;
gia Press Association. For a number
... of years, as at the present time, he is
JUDGE RAINEY IS secretary of the Lake County (Fla.)
REPORTED BETTER Chamber of Commerce, one of the
___ j most active organizations of its kind
Atlanta, Aug.V-The condition of He was enroute, while
Judge E. L. Rainey, chairman of
Georgia prison commisssion who
ill at St. Joseph’s Infirmary in At
lanta, was reported Saturday “much
better."
Judge Rainey was taken to the
in North Georgia, where he will spend
a month’s vacation.
Hon. Linton II. West, of Cuthbert,
Btate senator-elect from his district,
hospital Thursday after he suffered a i Mtd prospective President of the next
slight stroke. Senatorial body, was a distinguished
visitor, to the city Tuesday.