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Community Progress Is Ever on the Alert In TAYLOR COUNTY Fvceptional Opportunity Offered SetOT in Taylor County Sods. The BUTLER HERALD Keeping Everlastingly At It Brings Success TAYLOR COUNTY IS THE BANNER AGRICULTURAL SECTION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA olume 54 BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday August, 14 1930. Number 41. FIRST BALE OF 1930 COTTON ARRIVES HERE Letter Carrier Retires Causing & General Re arrangement of Routes iq veB rs’ efficient service as After 19 i’ e ® r l r , w hich term of ra ! l6 w been rendered in connee- -rvice has be ^ p0S t o ffice, Mr. G. on with the “ tire on Sept. 1st. V. Btvina wu' iei Bivins will The . ret f n 3er <>f changes in the S mall service from the local of- c *l „unnees will include the con- Wf ttes one and three Mathews as carrier. * f peed will be transferred now being served by Mr. V^nsl but who retires as above nber four will be re-num- > made number three with "£ Austin as carrier. ffnrmon Kirksey, 4-year-old adopt- K of Mr. and Mrs. Lew A. Har- Foil, received painful injuries, tho ot thought serious by being gored y a cow Sunday afternoon. Tne most were wound was a deep cut across e throat made by the horns of the infurated animal, Forty Thousand Dollars Brought to the County From Melon Crop With. Season Just Half Over The first bale of 1930 cotton to be picked in the Butler territory was brought in Friday Of last week and ginned at the Cochran new gin plant. It was grown by Mr. Mosley Childrcs, who has one of the best cotton crops he has ever grown, and one of the best on the Level the bale was sold to Mr. J. T. Cochran at 12 l-2c a pound. Death of Mr. Jason Shirah It will be a source of regret to his many Taylor county friends to learn of the death of Mr. Jason Shirah. Mr. Shirah died Sunday morning at 9 o'clock at his home at Byromville, the culmination of an illness of several months. He was 42 years of age, and was born and reared in Taylor county ibed here the son of Mr. and Mrs Arzanda 1 Shirah. Besides his widow, Mr. Shi rah is survived by his mother, one daughter and son, 13 and 10 years of age respectively. The Shenandoah of Middle Georgia, MAN BEGINS WHERE NATURE LEAVES OFF, Appeals to Lovers of Nature and Industry New Variety Melons Judge J. L Rustin, of this county, Business has been greatly stimu- ,„.ed during the past two weeks thru the activities of the watermelon,mar ket, which has brought to the grow ers from $100 to $150 per car for more than 300 cars already shipped out of the county, totaling more than J I $40,000 distributed among the farmers j iflg p r0 p a g a ted a watermelon, that is and at a time when money is most a tt rac y n g wide-spread interest among needed. - 'growers of commercial melons and Shipments to date represent half or j, U y ers temporarily located here from less, of the total shipments anticipate distant points. The melon grows to ed for the season, which lasts until. immense side and is of a most de- ahout Sept. 10th. Acreage in the coun- jj c j oug fi aV or. Its meat is of a bright tj is estimated at from 2,000 *0 red coloj and fipe texture. TheiWJiie! , W acres. . ons weigh under normal conditions The market last week was weaken- , from 4Q to , 70 p 0un( j s . p ro f. W. f. id slightly for a few days but 1m- • Bust ; nj son 0 f judge Rustin. has a proved considerably the first of tne (arge field of t jj ese me lons from which present week and has been steadily j ie hag j ust begun shipping. They win advancing in price with good demand proc j uce a carload per acre and are from f.o.b. buyers and all points to j, r j ng j ng fancy prices. A large num- rhich consignment of cars has been ber of these me i on s, weighing from ®sde. 60 to 66 pounds have been marketed —• locally this season and are quick sell- T.E CHAPMAN WINS IN ers. ELECTION IN MARION CO. Buena Vista, Ga., Aug. 6.—In a E ial election held for .the office of r of the Superior court _ T. E. Chapman was elected. He received 346 rates to 137 for his opponnent, W. H. Uj, The election was called to fill the ramcy caused by the resignation of Oade H Lowe. Ripped bandit hurls bomb SILLS OFFICIAL AND SELF Ft. Worth, Texas, Aug. 9.—Thwart 'd in his attempt to obtain $10,000 by 'he unexpected arrival of . police an unidentified bandit exploded a bomb w the lobby of the Stockyards Nat ional bank killing himself and F. P. relton, vice president of the bank. SUPERIOR COURT CONVENES AT TALBOTTON SEPT. 1st. There, is an irresistible tendency on the part of motorists traveling along the Reynolds - Moritezuma highway, upon reaching a scope of country 4 to 5 miles south of Reynolds, to reduce their speed to the minimum, or stop their motors completely, especially at this time of the year, and look with wonder and amazement at what na ture, combined with the brain and hand of man, have done in producing a living picture not surpassed nor scarcely equalled in any other section of the country. This picture, had we a vocabulary of words to describe it, would embrace a beautiful valley to the east of the highway referred to, whose area is more than a score of square miles of fertile soil of a grey, loam type, dot ted here and there with beautiful homes, painted barns and tenant houses, churches and school houses, both for whites and colored, that are the pride of /the community, while all other space save that reserved for dairy purposes and other lines of live stock industries, is devoted to the cul tivation of all sub-tropical crops, fruits and nuts, including corn and other small grain in their respective season, cotton, peanuts, peas and beans of various kind to he harvested for. hay, tobacco, asparagus, water melons, sugar cane, peaches, apples pears, potatoes, etc., all grown com' merciaily as well as for home con sumption. Land lines are easily discernible with the naked eye for miles with the enterchange of crops and all reaching their heads high into the air to greet the sun and whose color have the richness of nature’s very greenest. Where poultry and live-stock are included in the pro gram of activities of these plantations —and there is scarcely one without the other, or perhaps both, throughout this section, where there are in the range of fiftv or more magnificent farms—only improved stock are per mitted. Looking to the west from the same point is a high bluff beyond which are many square miles of table land known also • for its productive ness, cultivated and idolized by master farmers who vie with their valley neighbors for the highest yield per acre in corres ponding crops. Their soil being of a different type to that of the valley re gion—pebble mixed with red clay— gives a variety of soils for that sec tion seldom found elsewhere in _ the state esDecially of such high agricul tural value. Permit this diversion of/the story LARGE QUANTITY SUGAR TAKEN BY THIEVES FROM STORE OF I. F. PEEBLES to pay tribute to the commissioners of both counties—Macon and Taylor— for constructing one of the best sand- clay roads through this section and connecting two thriving cities—Rey nolds and Montezuma—to be found anywhere in the state. This impor tant ‘connecting highway link follows for miles a ridge that is the geological dividing line in this part of the stato. As above stated, on the one side is an entirely different type of soil from that on the other, both, however, most valuable for agricultural pur poses. For scenic purposes alone the selection of the site for this road could not have been improved upon. But commissioners of the two coun ties, acting jointly, have added to beauty, safety and pleasure of travel by giving to the public a wide,, well graded and heavily top-soiled road that is a credit to their efforts. To fully appreciate what the farm ers in this territory, where eyes and mind are allowed to feast from a point of.vantage as we have but feeb ly described, are doing, one has to leave the main highway and follow the well laid system of connecting roads that brings them past these fields and pastures of the valley sec tion and over the plateau. Coming into close view one is more favorably impressed than ever with the magnificent crops, especially cot ton and corn on the plantations, of Messrs Ruffin, Newsom, Taunton, Payne, Poole, Marshall, Hobbs, Car ter, Barrow, Jones, Ricks, Harp, Hicks Parker, Oghurn, R. A. and B. W. Hin ton, Bryan, F. M. and Ricks Carson, and many others of the Valley or Del ta section; Edgar, W.' T., Thurman and J .H. Whatley, T. J. Fountain, E. E. Heath, Leonard Peterman and oth ers, of the plateau section. Seasons have been particularly fa vorable to cotton this year in this sec tion and nature has provided means of control of the boll weevil, which if The grocery store of I, F Peebles was visited by burglars Sunday night Great Spiritual Revival, at Wesley Church 26 Added to Membership The revival which lias Wesley church just ■Juoaf great and a stock of 500 to COO pounds of spiritual success. Interest was mani- sugar and other groceries, was car- ( tested throughout the whole surround- ried off in an automobile. Entrance ing section. was gained to the store by breaking the lock on the back door. It is evi dent that the car was parked in a side alley and loaded from that point, as Indicated by fresh automobile tracks after a rain in the early part of the night. No clue as to the guilty parties has been obtained. Boys Go to Camp — Fifteen 4-H club boys from various sections of Taylor county farms left Monday, by motor, in charge of Coun ty Farm Agent W. A. Lundy, for a wonderful trip to Camp Wilkins at Athens, for a week of study and recreation in company with club boys from ail parts of the slate. We cunnot praise Brother Griffit too much for the brilliant and spirite filled-sermons he delivered. His mat- sages were simple but direct. Through the course of the servicac eighteen were baptized, twenty-law- were admitted on profession of faith and four persons were admitted to transfer. The older members say that this was the most successful meeting they have seen in this section m. years. JAS. F. JACKSON, Pastor.. A large house cat, supposed have been afflicted with hydropn caused considerable excitement xmt the Baptist church Sunday morning aw the congregation was leaving the church after Sunday school hour. Tfcf. cat was killed by a volley of ptoB shots fired by several parties. Funeral at Reynolds For One of Four Death Victims In Automobile Accident At Savannah Friday Warrants in 45 criipinal cases awaiting investigation by the Talbot county grand jury at the regular Sep tember term of superior court at Tal botton, to be convened there the first Monday in next month by Judge C. * McLaughlin have been received at the office of Solicitor General A.J. Perry man at Columbus and bills for pre sentation before the grand jury are being prepared. There are no murder cases awaiting investigation. There are a few in which assault with intent to murder is charged, three burglary cases, some for driving cars while drunk and drunkenness on the highway r larceny, pistol toting, etc. 1 Dean of University of Georgia, DESCENDANT OF REV. WYATT BROOKS, LATE OF BUTLER, Awarded World Traveling Fellowship Georgia, and the entire south feels K*, ln the announcement made 'tJS*®? of the award to Dr. Pres- »wooks, dean of the school of com- ffi* at the University of Georgia, ■“world traveling fellowship of SL^ert Kahn Foundation, of New 5.Dr. Brooks will sail from San cisco August 30, on a trip around in!? 0 ?. und ®f the provisions of the ^ip. The award includes $6,- Dcan Brooks is a descendant of Watt Brooks, deceased, who for Z7 ea » was prominently connect- a the South Georgia Methodist -fence, and in his latter years his residence in Butler. He is lt» relalei1 to the Brooks and |F an families of this section. irnw 18 , years ago an eminent eii nT a ?J te . r , Albert Kahn, estab- th Kahn traveling fellowships, inwiu a '$3r fostering the growth 't -i glfifd-will, by the mak s?hni lb e / or a number of Euro pe. fo travel around the c l'anffim, tlng - Dkeminded people and at thpi- Vlew s and information i fellnJlk- espec ^ ve countries. Only (United St P ates. year iS awarded to ur »verriL h !!? £ een connected with uously <5i„„ u. Georgia almost con- l9 °l. and „ he entered it as a boy consequently has many friends throughout the state. On re ceiving his A. B. degree he was given the first Rhodes scholarship from Georgia, and spent three years at Brasenose College, Oxford, receiving his A. B. degree in modern history. Returning to the university in 1907 as a member of the history department, Dr. Brooks has remained since then, except for the year 1911-12, when he went on leave to the University ot Wisconsin, winning his ,Ph. D. de gree in one year. , Some 10 years ago Dr. Brooks eb- came head of the school of commerce and more recently has been director of the Institue of Public Affairs held each summer at the university, wJucn has attracted national attention. « was largely because of his work in the Institute of Public Affairs that Dr Brooks received the fellowship. Dr. Brooks will'sail from San Fran cisco on the Japanese liner Chichibu Maru going directly to Japan. three weeks, he will go to China for a three months’ stay to study condition • From China he goes, via the Philip, pines and the East Indian Archpelag to India. There he will spend th months after which he wilj K° , . Egypt. His efforts will be directed to ward and understanding of the ca , of the civic commotions in China, tlia and Egypt. About July 9 Brooks will join his family in 1‘iante. People of Reynolds and vicinity and was interred in Hill Crest were shocked beyond expression upon tery Monday afternoon, funeral scijk receipt of the news from Savannah ices being conducted at the grave to that Mr. James Hobbs had ueen killqd Revs. Ivey and Williams, instantly in an automobile accident | Mr. Hobbs enlisted in the U. SL Friday night and in which three oth- army service three years ago and me ers lost tneir lives and two seriously . regarded as one of the finest in£a»- injured. I irymen stationed at the Fort Sene he* Those killed in Friday’s tragedy" post. were . i He was 25 years of age, the eldal. Jas. H. Hobbs, of Reynolds, a sol-|s°n of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hobbs, wto dier at Ft. Screven garrison and an survive him as does also two brothes enlisted man in the Eighth U. S. ill-land five sisters. Mr. Hobbs was M fantry. Mr. Hobbs died from concus- j member of the Reynolds MethodiA continued favorable, most fields will sion of the brain. i church. produce a bale of cotton per acre, while some will rate as high as a bale and a half per acre. The drought a few weeks ago retarded com consid erably, but there are many fields where 40 bushels per acre seems a certainty. If you are seeking an opportunity to give your system a thorough re charging of optimism we would re commend first of all a trip over the section that might be well termed the Shennandoah of middle Georgia and which is,.within only a few hours reach of you. Edward Dyer, of Savannah, former “ high school athlete, whose neck was OSCAR DREIZIN LEAVES FOR. broken and a deep cut in his throat almost severing, the juglar vein. Sergeant John Holland, of Newark, N. J. an enlisted man in the Eighth U. S. infantry, stationed at Ft. Scre ven. Lieutenant Thomas C. Dolan, of OUTLOOK PROMISING FOR SCHOOLS COMING YEAR Preparations are being made for the opening of school in Butler on Mon day, Sept. 1st. Watch the Herald for further details regarding the prepa rations. . Just at this time it is sufficient to say that the Board of Education will leave no stone unturned that our schools may function well in the in terest of our children. A thorough school system with adequate equipment in the matter of teachers, laboratories, libraries, etc., is always one of the greatest assets of any town or community. \ . The Butler Grammar school is in thorough keeping with the require- (Continued to last Page) (Column Six) Lowell, Mass., athletic and recreation | night for New York where he will offeer at Fort Screven. spend about ten days selecting hii The first two named died at tne stock of fall and winter goods. scene of the accident, the third, two ! With a bright outlook for the fall hours later and the fourth lingering from fine returns of a bumper wato- until Sunday morning. | melon crop and the largest cotta* The courage of the latter at the crop produced in the county since the time of the accident was the subject advent of the boil weevil, Mr. Dreisiai of high commendation from military i said before leaving that his stock that and civilian sources. | fall would be the largest he had evwe Those injured in the same accident I purchased since the people were m. were A. C. Martin, of New Smyrna, | need of the goods after denying thea- Fla., and P. J. Heller, of Wisconsin, selves of many necessities during Use Pleasant Callers The Herald enjoyed a most delight ful visit Saturday morning from Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Taylor, of Talbotton. Besides being editor and publisher of one of the oldest established and best country weeklies in this section of the State—The Talbotton New Era Mr. Taylor is Superintendent of Schools of Talbot county, and one of the very best in the state. Their visit to Butler was for a oonference with Superintendent/ Rustin with reference to schools located near the line of Talbot and Taylor counties . Judge M. J. Yeomans, of Dawson, Judge of the Superior Court of the Pataula circuit stopped by Monday for a short visit' as he was returning home after several weeks’ confine ment at an Atlanta hospital where he had been under the care of physicians since July. 9th, when hife right arm was broken in eight places and bad ly crushed as the result of an auto- NEW YOKA TO PURCHAMT HIS FALL STOCK OF G(X)JK " Mr. Oscar Dreizin, who operates imb of the largest dry goods stores in thm section of the state, left Satunto Pertinent Questions Asked Commissioners By Hon. J. T. Childs To the Board of Roads and Revenues of Taylor County: I have just read the act of August 5th or your body adding five mins to tne aneauy too mgn tax rate to build a new court house in Butler. Why not publish the last audit of the county’s financial affairs so that tne public may see wnere n stands'.' I believe the people are going to resist, by force of law. I know there is an idea prevalent that there is no limit to the authority of the Commis sioners in raising taxes, but there is. The Supreme Court holds that tne people may resist an unreasonable tax. Nearly everybody is bankrupt, and the county is bankrupt, and is getting worse. We never will pay out with tne management we have had for the past several years. Instead of retrenching, we are con tinually adding expenses. I have no.-—-, —, criticism to offer as to the ability ofjhy mends in Taylor county ot J. 6. our county agent and vocational, Henderson, who for a number of year teacher. These we could do without operated an extensive peach business both infantrymen at the Fort Screven post. The party of six men, traveling in the same automobile, were returning to Fort Screven from Brunswick, where they had been attending a base ball contest in which the Fort Screven team was a contestant. Holland was driver of the car in which the men were riding, a wheel of which ran off the pavement caus ing the driver to lose control of the car. The body of Mr. Hobbs was shipped to Reynolds, arriving there Sunday, past two year of depression. Rev. E. H. Dunn, pastor of the Boi ler Baptist church, is engaged thac week in a series of revival services at. Horeb Baptist church in the western part of the county. Friends of Prof. J. P. Nelson, af Oglethorpe, superintendent of sclinote of Macon county, will regret to tears of his serious illness. Bu.ler relatives were summoned to his bedside Bus- day. Valuable Property of J. S. Henderson, WHO MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED TWO YEARS AGO, May Revert to State of Georgia The following dispatch from Green- .etc., for the orchard for the year 192R ville, Ga., will be read with interest I He did not come, and in ihe course at time the superintendent began writiag; for we can’t pay the teachers we a! ready have. Surely the authorities do not hear the groanings of the people.lf they do it seems to fall on deaf ears. See the at three points in the county—Butler Reynolds and Mauk. The mysterious disappearance of Mr. Henderson has caused considerable concern among his many friends here during the past Hen- mobile accident. It will be gratifying roada with free labor cheaper than to his friends throughout the state to , t Bey can w ith convict labor, why may know that he is well on the roa<l to county expect -to build roads recovery now and will soon be able to i resume his duties on the superioM (Continued to l est Page) :ourt bench. (Column Six) tax collector’s books; a greater per tw ° year ?, : ,„ a to cent of 11 fas are Issued: mtoy year. de £on S’ S Meriwethl^county in it looks to me like it is time to ao,7^*® UJI u,,.,.,. hfc hpino- some pruning, instead of grafting Vork state He made many to this tree of politics of both county. }. u] hnno-ht a irreat manv and slate. Nearly every state depart- ^A mde heJe fn 1926 in the ment is so highly systematized that it ■ pche ?' ? he purchased an or- flrini & jzsu mzxmm* its convicts according to law, on a paying basis. Counties wherein are located large cities may use them to an advantage. The convicts belong to the state, and they should build roads with them, if it is cheaper than free labor, If the slate can construct two seasons, spending the time Greenville during the peach season, looking after his own orchard and buying peaches from others. He spent his winters in Florida, there buying citrus fruits for the firms he repre- sented. On Dec. 28, 1928, Mr. Henderson wrote his sueprintendent in Meri wether county that he was leaving Florida in a Tew days, coming to Greenville to arrange for the pur chase of fertilizers, spray materials, letters to see if he could locate hie employer. Letters were written to the concerns he had represented and to the towns in New York state where; he had lived. It developed that he haC no relatives, and nothing whatever could be ascertained about him siaoe he left the town in Florida, supposed ly. The fruit farm had incurred sonae debis, and the superior court to- pointed a receiver. The crop of peac es in 1929 paid the farm entire); tot. fdebt. This year under the courtftn order it was rented to another chardist. There are between seven arid eight thousand trees on this faxm, and this year it is understood thgy yielded 15 cars of peaches. The orchard i* said to be in splendid condition. If Henderson does not show up it wlK be operated by the receiver for five; more years, making seven . in alL when it will revert to the state. Henderson was about 45—a bache lor, well educated, and of pleasivg personality. It is believed at Green ville that while en route from Florida in December, 1928, he was murderek! by some one for the purpose of rob bery, and his body done away with-