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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.