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Community' Progress
Is Ever on the Aleit In
TAYLOR COUNTY
optional Opportunity Offered
investors in W)°r ( * 1 “ tlt >’ S ° il |
The
BUTLER HERALD
Keeping Everlasting/)!> At It Brings Success
TAYLOR COUNTY
.
IS THE BANNER
AGRICULTURAL
SECTION OF
MIDDLE GEORGIA
-lume 54
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday August, 28 1930.
Number 43.
hool Situation In
aylor County Reviewed
SCHOOLS AT BUTLER
AND REYNOLDS BOTH
By Supi. w. T. Rustin REOPEN MONDAY
have been directly connected with
•jSi Superintendent ofVlols
%s*i;i r srl
years a" d especidiy the last
llnItears we saw that we
W to te faced with a senous
5 S « flnaadtti stand-
; P “ but nU thought of it being
■ - serious as u has been, and
. have been very caretul to
Jadvantage of every opportunity
eewowhe, to the extent not to
bote our school system seriously.
% haw not tried to make any
eress but have been fighting a
rd fight to hold our system togeth-
that we might not snatch from the
' 0 cent childhood of our county the
ost valuable and most sacred right
t they have on earth, a training,
e have had but little hope of keep-
g our schools open for the last 12
onths and it looks just as dark now
it has at any time, with but little
pes of it being pny better any time
the near future. It seems that we
e going to be forced to close our
ors in spite o our very best con-
ientious efforts and judgment.There
one way and only one, by which
e can finance a school system under
e present conditions; • (unless we
t fairer treatment from the state
pitol;) I am appealing to the
nks and individuals that have mon-
to put out on good negotiable pa-
at a reasonable rate of interest to
meto our rescue and save our school
tern and pay to the boys and girls
debt that we justly owe them. I
not appealing to those who take
"tage of the opportunity and
e a game of graft out of it, but
those who are satisfied with a
“viable rate of interest.
It is unfair to employ a teacher
jay her with paper that forces
Plans for reopening of schools in
Butler and at Reynoldss, which have
been in progress for some weeks, are
now complete, it is announced by
Supt. C. R. Brown of the Butler
school and Supt. E. H. Joiner of the
Reynolds school. Both are to open
with, appropriate exercises next
Monday, Sept. 1st. The school build
ings in the-two cities have been reno
vated and made ready for the open
ing; The rural schools of the county
will open the last of September.
Teachers for the two city schools
ere listed as follows:
/ BUTLER:
C.R. Brown, Supt.,
Miss Martha Maxwell,
Mr. W. M. Cowart,
Mr. H. G. Cheek,
Miss Mary Moore
Miss Melissa Ogburn
Mrs. C. R. Brown,
Miss Louise L. Harris,
Miss Myrtle Pool,
Miss Beulah Barrow,
Miss Ruth Wilson,
Miss Lois Jones,
Mrs. Alex Goldstein.
REYNOLDS
E. H. Joiner, Supt,
Mr. J. A. Pendeggrast,
Mrs. Henry Waters,
Miss Marie Barrow, 1 i
Miss Mildred Garrett,
Mrs. Robert Swearingen,
Mrs. Robert Suggs,
Miss Wynnita Taylor,
Miss Margaret Phillips,
Mrs. B. E. Flowers,
Mr3. Otis Ogburn.
PROMINENT WOMAN
VOTER OPPOSES
TAX RATE HIKE
The article of Mr. J. T. Childs in a
recent issue ot the heruld is nlost
timely. The citizenship of Taylor
county are nftt aroused to the serious
ness of the calamity that threatens
our farming people—especially farm
owners—this fail. With the present
price of cotton and the increased tax
rate it will take four bales of cotton
to pay the taxes on a piace tnht rents
for ten bales; that is, we are being
WEEK’S REVIVAL IS
UNDER WAY AT
METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday morning marked the begin
ning of a week’s revival meeting at
the Methodist church, with Rev. H. C.
Griffin, the pastor, doing the preach
ing and Rev. J. YV. Lilly, olj Macon,
musical director.
Rev. Lilly arrived Monday after
noon. Following the service Monday
night he organized the singing con
tingent into junior and intermediate
groups. This feature of the meeting
asked, many of us, to pay forty per is proving a great treat. He is a sing-
cent of our gross incomes co our gov- er of fine ability and possesses a win-
SENATOR
TO SPEAK AT REY
NOLDS SATURDAY
Indications are that a large crowd
of Taylor county citizens will hear
Ex-Senator E. D. Rivers, of Lakeland
Ga., when he speaks at Reynolds Sat
urday afternoon, beginning at 2:110
o’clock, in the interest of his candi
dacy for Governor.
Mr. Rivers’ unusual ability as ora
tor, and the fact that he is well-
known throughout this section, will
Taylor County’s Tax
Rate Too High;
sed
10 Mills This Year
,
How to Reduce a Part of It
Up to now 1 have remained peac-
ubie ami quiescent aoout our increas
ingly mgn tax m.e lor iayior county.
i uo not expect very mucii to come
of wnat 1 here wrke about this mat
ter. Tne overouruened and bard rid
den tax payers oi this county nave
been ami are now too busy trying to
emment. Beiore the Christian era the
government of Rome levied only 10
per cent on conquered nations. We
are a free people living in a Christian
land, all ot us Democrats, but we are
asked to pay 40 per cent. And if we
do not -pay, our property is taken
from us and soldt-This year in Taylor
county the, home and only property
of a widow and orphan children
sold for taxes.
Our
our taxes.
16 CTS. SET AS FARM
COST TO GROW CROP
Byromville, Ga., Aug., 23.—Georgia
farmers will suffer a cash loss of 30
to 40 million dollars this autumn 'n
the cotton crop, at prevailing prices,
cut her salarV ‘ten per'cent m3 j
jay interest on the paper until it in a g p eecb at Byromville Satu'Amy. ! spend on roads or the part left of It ,business engagement.
“The average cost of producing ‘ after the cut and build a court house
doubtless attract a capacity audience. maKe“ ends meet" and to S^p SE of
ning personality, and these attributes
mark him as an evangelical worker
of power. The ichurch feels fortunate
in having him.
The pastor preached Sunday morn-
His address in Butler a short time
ago drew a record crowd that filled
the auditorium of the courthouse, and
an even larger crowd is likely when
he appears at Reynolds next Satur
day afternoon.
ing to his usual size congregation i, ^ r ’ R * ver ® * ost Taylor county when i tbe wind,” or hurling snow-balls
mg to ms usual size congregation he ran agmns t Governor Hardman i t j t
and at night-to a capacity house. lhe, two years ag0 but has been gaining“
congregations at each service since; strength here since which fact en -i ? : e - . ... .
SunHav has been unuauullv large I Hlren » xn nere since, wmen iaci en g u t as a tax payer and citizen of
„„„ »« n <iay n “S ,»«en unusually mige, courages bls fnends to believe thatk, , , a..: believing in good
was;evincing an interest in the meeting| he wlI1 carry the C0Tmt y this year. government whe H
I. -Following, his., graduation from
bunKruptcy to give this matter much
attention.
1 am very much aware of the fact
that what i may write, or say, about
the matter, too, will rult amount to
much more han “straws cast against
commissioners, who regulate Services at the Baptist church Sun- ’ y ou &Harris College and some time county, state or national,my own inter
, tes, are men we have always day night were called off,, Rev. Dunn gp-ntM a Khoolteacherhe wm ad- est a “. u sen8e of the law of self pre-
considered just and capable men, wor- and his congregation worshiping with m itted to the bar and began the prac- moves me to beat the gong
thy of the trust and, as it now seems, I the Methodists. The spirit of co-ope- Uce of law at Cateo Whei Lwier ? f r ‘‘ v , olt u * am *t deplorable condition*
unlimitied power- given them. We are ration between the two churches has county was crea ted he moved to the ^orb tint countv tax l mte° nab 6 a " a
been abundantly manifested from . -v ... —■ exoiDitant county tax rate.
blaming them only in part for' the
situation, for they are hampered by
the antiquated taxing system our
state legislature has perpetuated far
beyond its usefulness. And let ' me
pause here to say that our candidates
for representative should make it
clear through our county paper just
what their views on tax revision are. 1 power from on high is indeed with
We do not want a representative who ' him. They are plain, gospel truths
will not work, for tax revision. But no and are finding lodgment in the
one should deceive himself as to'the {hearts'of Jus congregation,
responsibility for the present tax bur-1 Services are held one hour only,
den in Taylor county; the state levies twice daily beginning promptly at 10
four mills and our commissioners are ; a - m - a,w l 7 p. m. Everyone is
adding the other . forty-four. These i cordially invited to attend as many
commissioners have in their hands °f the services as possible,
the power to cut our taxes in half. In
time to time but especially since the hT'ba-i resided ^p'serv ^ doing so, 1 do not question the
meeting begun this week where he has since resided. He serv- motives and honesty of purpose of our
The pastor is doing the preaching f or Jwp^Wsars as State Senator county commissioners. ■ Peisonally, I
throughout the series. His sermons.^d was president pro tern of the think they are doing the best they
are able and forceful. He is a min- i ® 1™***J.luring'that: time. 1He is every think they can with a top-heavy and
ister of great ability and in his ser-; ae ?™ s8 ‘'?' y . oun „f™ a " and is wwrinK burdensome inherited system, which
mons this week it seems that the 1 f. gh 4 has tome °''? r to th , em . from .more
the state for the governorship. ; prosperous times and when road con-
. jditions and the means of working and
REV. J. W. HOWARD, i keeping them up were quite different
FOUNDER OF CHURCH fl °m what they ure today. But I do
IN COLUMBUS, DIES
blame their judgment and their ac
tions in attempting to carry this un
necessary burdensome system upon
Rev. J. W. Howard, 90, founder ol their own backs and the backs of oth-
the Rose Hill Baptist church of Co- ers . Jt, j s far,too heavy for them and
lumbus, Ga., at one time pastor oi t be f ax p U vers of the county to carry
. . the Butler Bap.ist church, died at [ on „ The heavy strain has already
Mr. O. D. Gorman, former promi- Columbus Friday.Known as the “mar- reached the breaking point,
nent citizen of the county, now of At-: tying parson of Muscogee county” i instead of struggling and stumbling
lanta, was shaking hands wuh many|, Uev . Mr . Howard had officiated at! alon g witb the unnecessary burdei^
of his Butler fnends for a short while, ceremonies that bound more than 2,-| this veritable millstone about our
lue«lay He was accompanied by Col o°° couples. . I necks, which is bleeding our tax j»y-
. .. R- S. Elrod and other distinguished Rev. Mr. Howard was born in Ten-1 ers > wb jt e an d gradually working a
been a disgrace. But the commission- Atlanta friends, the party being en nesseei joined the Confederate army I confiscation of their hard-earned
ers could take the $72,000 they now route„to Amerigus for an important an d made his home in Georgia after pr0 perty, why not .frankly confess our
view of the present price,of cotton
they should make the cut. It would do
more to relieve the farmers in Taylor
county than all the “farm relief" that
will ever come from Washington.
’ As to the court house, it has.long R. S. Elrod and other distinguished
There is no end to the embarrass-
t that has been brought about by
state not meeting her obligations
the schools; the teachers cannot
their bills which passes the em-
"isment on to every one that is
ected in any way with the schools,
ray opinion, this administration
he so indelibly imprinted in the
‘ of the school children of .' the
-i umi rven, in oia age. tney win
t have to refresh their memory to
,hs at an instance the present ad-
straton as'being the most trying
■n the history of the state school
im.
he state owes the 82 state depart-
« a little more than $6,006,000
to the one department, the De-
ent of Education, she owes more
54,000,000 and to the other 81
cotton in Georgia this season ■ is 16c
a pound," Mr. Westbrook said. “When
the spot price go'es below that figure
it means a net loss to the • average
grower."
Mr. Westbrook’s speech was heard
by more than 600 farmers of Georgia
and Alabama who gathered at the
farm of S. D. Byrom at Byromville
to inspect a 100 acre test field of fine
cotton. •
“In this tept field,” he said, “is an
example of what can be done with
cotton on Georgia land. The yield will
be over 90 bales, or practically a bale
to the acre. The cost per pound a.cj
cording to accurate record is 10c/
That means a profit of about $15_ per
acre, even at the present low pride.
“This field is not unusually fertile
r3r~;#IP ; .S3? &
1S u Car .i ly ~ i tivatd frequently; side dressing ap-
, rds of the entire burden plied, and adequate weevil' control
invfiYWinr.e n vo I l . 7 . , n .• j? I - .In
AMERICAN LEGION
TO SPONSOR PLAY
AT EARLY DATE
nbut we school folks that are in-
7™ >n educating the childhood of
-in 7 e not ' ot) king for any more
t 'E administrations.
y lt . ls , another strange thing
hnndeftcit or obligation to the
at *!' 1 . auditor’s report shows
7 s 7 e l l° es not owe the col-
Srt 'T'On their 1928 appro-
’ at U same report shows . , .
? ame state owes the rural Miss Jimmie Rarish, a highly
on rfniin out one and one/half mil- recommended coach f for the Daniel
irtlio . on their appropriations' Producing Co., will] arrive next week
n year - This does not look 1 to coach the play vChocolate Drops
deal to we rural schbol to be staged at (the Butler High
, I School auditorium j Sept. 9th, under
t J teen called to our attention the auspices of thtb American Legion,
■ “ e constitutionally allocated j There is certaiWly a treat in store
PoU tax) which amounts to ; for the public in tfhis novel entertain-
iito P er yeur is being used ment.
S, ,)u ''Poses, rather than for > — ,
. ("mar schools for which pur- FOUR PERSONS) HELD IN
ural I e ui e .?V and collected-. Surely CONNECTIO
ke
rural „ \ Tv“ m
’tifu sch ,o°! s ate entitled to their
.iitional allocated funds
: state owes Taylor couhtv
tor the year of 1928 and 1929
murder/
WITH DOUW.fi
AT VAID'itjg.'
~Aug. 27.—Four
tare
h. - jtfti ux xv&o miu liizo Valdosta, UaJ., -r-- r '- -- . , •
than $16,700.00 and with that white men, a fither-in-law and his
■Paid and prompt payment of tyree'sons-m-ljiw, were held at Va-
Ptunda' Tyl would have a cash dosta yesterday by officers for m
of $5,000.00 at the beginning vestigation W connection with toe
"'Menu of schbol which would en- murder of W. H. Browning and his
.* to pay off at the end of each wife at their filling station south oi
promptly. But instead of this Valdosta Thursday night.
. f ? rce <l to carry $16,700 for the I 1
'C W „ 01 IT; teachers and truck '| By special'.invitation Miss Frances
3* most . , ! Owens, of Macon, who is the attrao-
4 tiv? guest thfis week of Mrs. M- A.
Plavintr witn^l, 11 P 0 I ] lcla, ? s Chapman, rendered several vocal se-
c ampaiM th Mn n Ch ° 01 s 7 stam m i lections at the Khvanis Club dmnei
P th " mif'air tro^^t" h f S fi X ' I at Montezuma*'yesterday. She was a
*'° n schools j re .? tment u 9^ icompanied a dhe piano by Mrs. J. W.
1 a "v man tw the mor , e Edwards, of flutter, both going over
? f State qrvfoni Q 1, l! 6 - . the , ° f x ' fl ' onl here for the engagement. Be-
6 one of tv, ^ u P® r i nt 5 ndent sides her natu ral fine talent M
M hns 1 actuallv’ox-1 tax, tpUoctor W- A.
has La has fought a good fight 1 wishes to call special attention to i
"ad no chance, in fact, no matter of paying the counts^roa tax
which is now Hue and must be pma oj
Sept. 15th. ]
•
the
^Trusty” Completes His
Life Sentence Imposed
By St&te Court
in one or two or three years. The con
victs could be turned over to the state
or leased to some other county and
produce an income for our county.
Some of our important roads are be
ing turned over to the state anyway.
The others/could, be kept up for a
year or sp' by the old system of every
tax payer giving or paying for sev- _ , , ,
eral ddys of labor. Unless there is a The gates of death opened last
great change the rohds will not do w a ek $ admit another interesting
us «jhuch more good anyway, for tie character, an old darkle of tne ante-
shhll not be able to buy any more I ^ edum fyP e > a ‘ ,d on 9 deprived for
arSi many years the enjoyment ot ms
Why not 'take that $72,000 to build ^ e ? dom . by . , the one a . ct of W ® lV e
a courthouse? In one year’s time we f ka t made him a prisoner ot the
could see but little difference in- the,*‘9™ _ u .
roads. As it is, often a road goes a , lhat * P e , rsori "’as Dan Hardy, a ne-
year without any work. AnVsurely ! gV eve ^ years -°! age ’ % h ?, ( ' led
. -mi- . Friday at the convict camp following
every tax payer in Taylor county nn m 7 ess o£ several weeks .
would be willing to give several days’. Although a murderer in the eyes
work m order to.have his taxes sub-| 0 £ ^he law, Hardy was a remarkable'
stantially reduced. Will our (commis-j^hajacter. He was industrious, affable
sioners not take this plan under sen*. p 0 nte and trustworthy. Being worthy
ous consideration. And will they not o£ trus t he was made yardman of
temper with mercy the authority we the camp and performed these du-
have entrusted, them with—cut our ties as faithfully and efficiently as if
taxes in half, in view of the present a £ree man .
low price of cotton,, instead, of. in- Hardy was convicted of the murder
of another negro in Richmond county
in the year 1901 and sentenced to life
imprisonment for the crime. He serv
ed eight years in the coal mines of
Georgia, a short time at the state
farm at Milledgeville and from there
was transferred to the road gang in
Bryan county thence to the Taylor
county camp some three years ago
and was regarded by Capt. Helms as
one of his most reliable men.
Following his death -he was given a
respectable burial by the county.
creasing the already heavy burden?
(MISS) MELISSA OGBURN.
NEGRO WIFE SLAYER
SURRENDERS TO MACON
COUNTY AUTHORITIES
It was learned yesterday that Will
Smith, who is charged with the mur
der of his wife at Oglethorpe, had
returned from his flight after the
crime and had surrendered to Sheriff
J. O. L. Jolly.
The killing occurred Saturday and
a blanket of guards had been spread
by officers to apprehend him.
DAIRY ASSOCIATION
RALLY AND BARBECUE
The Taylor County Dairy Associa-
LIST OF REGISTERED
VOTERS IN COUNTY
> SHOWS LOSS
The registration list for Taylor
county, as compiled by the Board of
Registrars for the county, show a
tion held its annual rally and barbe- total of 1,228 white registered voters
cue on the Flint river plantation of in the county, divided up as follows:
G. W. Bivins yesterday. A crowd of Butler, 529; Reynolds, 228; Panhandle
150 interested dairymen - , together 114; Carsonville, 96; Baviston, 65;
with their families, greatly enjoyed Howard, 77; Rustin, 108; Cedar Creek
the day’s program, which included 89; and Potterville, 122. There are 49 ! DEMONSTRATION AGENT
able addresses by W. A. Lundy, Coun- : colored registered voters in the coun- -
ty Agent; Prof. F. W. Fitch, dairy ty. .
specialist of the State College of Ag- - -
riculture;. G.. E. McWhorter, Agricul-J Rey B E whttington, of Wood-
the War Between the Stages. He held inability to support and maintain oui
several pastorates during his life tune ; mostly chaingang system oy giving
and assisted in organization of sev- the state due alul timely notice, and
eral of the Baptist churches of Co
lumbus. His last pastorate was at the
Rose Hill church, which he left 10
years ago.
J. T .OLIVER, JR.
Ellaville, Ga., Aug.^ 23.—Funeral
services were held Saturday at Coun
ty Line church for John T. Oliver, Jr.
four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
T, Oliver, who died Friday night as
the, result of being kicked in the nead
by a mule. The child followed his fa
ther to the barn where several mules
were kept and one of them kicked him
in th head, fracturing the skull.
\
delivering the large number of con
victs we have to feed, clothe shelter
and guard back to the state, and with
the improved road machinery work
the roads with free hired labor. It
would be less expensive. Other coun
ties far richer than ours, have done
it with great profit.
No man’s jot) is paramount to the
interests of the poor and overburden
ed tax payer of this county.
The tax payers of Taylor county
ure paying out in direct taxes on their
property, be it little or much, all ex
penses, interest and credits considered
not -less than $2,000.00 per month,
nearly $26,000,00 per annum to main
tain our present convict camp system,
I with the county already in debt and
Three serious fires were narrowly j getting deeper'in debt year by year,
averted,within the past.few days. One| with tax raves going higher and high-
" sr.
Our tax rate is by far higher than
any adjoining county. It being now,
Dwing to a recent raise in the county
tax rate nearly five cents, to be ac
curate, it is now $4.80 per hundred', or
48 mills against 38 mills last year,
when it was $3.80 per hundred, which
means that every man has to pay,
with some slight deductions with re
spect to school ‘ax,rates in different
districts, the sum of $4.80 on every
Hundred dollars’ worth of property, or
proportion thereto, that he has re
turned for taxation. This high rate of
taxes has got to come regardless of
whether you have only a few pots,
pans and a little furniture, or wheth
er you own a little sandy land, or
many acres of red land, it must be
paid, or your property is sold for
whatever it will fetch.
Last year, if I am correctly inform
at the filling station of W. A. Payne*
another at the Cochran gin and an
other at the West sales stables. In
each instance the blaze was controlled
before gaining much headway.
COTTON ADVANCED
SEVERAL POINTS AT
CLOSE YESTERDAY
Cotton jumped up 25 points on the
close of the market yesterday and an
increased demand lent encouragement
to the belief that additional strength
will be gained during the week. The
close'Tvas $1.25 a bale better than the
closing for the previous day.
The market dropped below 10 cents mickii
last week for the first time in years e( j tbe ra£e wag 33 m jn s f or the coun
but renewed vigor was noticed in the t . hich with the state rate 0 * 5
New York quotations Tuesday and j „fo Ig wag ?3 . g0 hundred, high
CO mi nue • yesterday. .... j enough for any reasonable purpose.
The price quoted on the local mar- xhig B year it has bcen increased 10
ket today is: mills more, making the highest dis-
Mlddlln S ,ni'/ C trict and county tax rate $4.80 lack-
Middling : T* ' <c ling only 20c on the hundred of being
Some staples bring as high as llc. ! five cent
Cotton seed $25.00 per. ton. I am informed that five mills of
The same figures prevailed at Rey-. thj s is levied to create “a court house
nolds according to an announcement building fund” and the other 5 mills
made this morning by Mr. Ed Mus-, to meet actual indebtedness. This
slewhite at the Neisler warehouse. | court house fund to be laid away and
not touched until enough is “gradual
ly levied” to build a new court house.
IS OFF ON VACATION ; Well this much of the present tax
_____ 1 levy is illegal and cannot be collected
Miss Ella Foy, County Home Dem-1 tested in the courts by any tax
Senator C. B. Marshall. Breeding,
smtsmx? sms as?*
was' superb,
(Conti
fact,
'nued to Last Page)
Between 40 anil 50 cars of water*.
. melons have been shipped from But
ler this, week on a very weak mar
ket.
A telegram was received here yes
terday announcing the serious illness
of Mr. Jesse Hall at Fort Meade, Fla.
The illness of Mr. Hall, who is a;
brother of Mr. J. W. Hail, of this! The City Barber Shop announces a
city, will be learned with regret by, reduction in prices of all work done
his piany Butler friends. hy them.
onstration Agent is leaving this week P ay 9 r of .J a > d ? r a ? d Ti!^ S Q »Ito
for a well-earned vacation. She will i be done if it is not 1fled. The state
x , tax is limited to 6 mills. There is no
return about the first of September, j Hmit t0 county taxes for certain
and resume her interesting work,, p-jmoses. Tho any tax levy must be
which has meant so much to the worn-1 mad e for expenses incurred during
Pelham the year in which the tax is levied. No
tax can be levied to build a court
house in the future.
A TAXPAYER.
en and girls of the eounty.-
Joumal.
Miss Foy is a native of this county
and sister of Col. C. W. Foy, of But
ler. Her many friends here are very Lost, strayed or stolen—One black
much interested in the success of her I and white setter male dog named
work elsewhere and which is receiv.
ing state-wide recognition.
ter male nog nameu
“Jack”. Notify H. H. Gee, Butler, Ga.
and get reward.