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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 11, 1930.
The Butler Herald
Established in 1876
C. E. BENNS
Editor and Publisher
OFFICAL ORGAN OF TAYLOR CO
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hundred Copies
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 A YEAR
Entered at the Post Office at Butler,
sire
If owners of “wild lands" who do-1 We do not subscribe to the theory
re the state to tax these lands lit- that a man gets what he deserves in
... . . 1 . a.- n 11.. 4-V.of
tie or nothing would spend a little ' this life. Personally we feel that
money to keep forest fires off their ' there are a great many misplaced re-
lands, they would reap enough profiits | wards in life. There are many men
thereby to enable them easily to pay , who are the salt of the earth, the bed-
the taxes which those lands pioperly jrock of the community, sound, solid,
should bear; and if they would spend ’ sane, liberal of their time and money
a little more money for forestation in every public enterprise. We have
work, many of them soon would be sedp them go through life blessed
on Easy street.
The advance guard of the “black
sh'rt" gang stru :K Butler SV.u’-day
night. Two of the number landed in
jail before they had been in town an
RICK-RACK
.1 > ■ free work on u« ruuus 01 me tuun.j - , ,,
Georgia as Mail fatter of Second ■ when court convene a in October. They wards mankind as he deserves, but
with a meager material reward,
the other hand we have icon men who
were utterly selfish, were shallow
superficial, crafty, greedy straddlers
who were showered with material re
wards. It is a theory that man gets , ,
on this earth what he deserves. It is , !t marks the div,din « line B i et ' veen
the*roads'of the'eouniy they largely ho ° ey ’ God re ' ' The past and th ® f “ tUre “ S 14 18
THE
Tenth day of September is a
Day that will long be
Remembered by a large number of
Georgia’s citizens. It will
Mark the political destiny of
On Persons who are aspiring for
Political preferment. But, it is
Not only a great day,
Politically for the
State of Georgia, but to me,
Class.
Business could be woise, but here’s
hoping it wont.
Georgia must go
must Taylor county,
forward and so
were a sweet bunch to change con
ditions that have existed ever since
the negro was freed. Another case of
the remedy being worse than the dis-
man’s fellowmen do not always.
WE ARE HOPING
Along with thousands of other dem
ocrats throughout the nation, and es-
pccially those democratic voters in
My birthday anniversary. So,
I greet it with heart-felt thanks,
And a spirit of gratefulness to the
Giver of All Good for
His unceasing love;
His long forbearance;
His tender care,
j His watchfulness and
Toget money to buy a tombstone
— for her husband’s grave, whom she , , , . , , ■
. .. ,, , . . . „... t I the southland, wo arc looking forward Poi-triveness to me
The fire was pulled out from under shot, Mrs. Rebe Hightower, of Knox- rorgiveness 10 me,
the political pot yesterday. I ville, Tenn., has asked police to rc- j t° the fall elections. We are hoping, j During the past years of my life.
'turn the pistol with which she killed and not hoping without foundation |The number of which,
Congratulations to the Early Coun- him. Hightower was slain in a quar- either, that this year will see
the
ty News upon its 72nd birthday,
It ought to be a crime in Georgia
for anyone to attempt to commer
cialize on ignorance and prejudice.
rel with his wife. A grand jury failed Democratic Party gain control in the
to indict her, although she admitted | national Congress. The unuotial busi-
tt'O killing. Under Tennessee law a
The entire world sympathizes with
poor Santo Domingo in its great loss
of life and property by a hurricane
pistol can not be returned to the per
son from whom the police have taken
it
ness depression, failure of the faim
relief program, strife between the
president and the congress, dissatis-
action over the new tariff laws and
other things seem to be working in
favor of the Democrats. The Republi
can party may have their man in the
Deponent saith not.
I have trusted a
Merciful Father so far, and as
Other days, weeks, months and years
Shall approach,
I shall trust Him still. —J. T. A.
AMERICUS HAS NEVER—JUST
. READ IT
The following item Irom the Cor-
dele Dispa.cn snouid appeal to every
that*almost 'wiped it "off” the’map 'young man: "It takes good material _______ _
Thursday of last week. Lto make anything woith while, from president’s office this year without a
“— ) “ ! a cake to a raan ’ your J”? 1161 in majority of votes in Congress.
In spite of its reduced size, a dollar eggs are not the best neither will i This would of course mean thftt| . . . , .. .
bill goes farther today than for sev- your cake be satisfactory wnen it■ »' for the first timo since the decline of Igeem's to hold more “
eral years. And, by the way, how finished. A sorry, idle boy makes the Woodrow wilson - 8 rcign in the Whitc ' 8eGmS
long is it since you have seen a large- same kind bf man. There must be
eized one? good material as a foundation before
■ . you begin to build, if you aim at sue-
Sorry that Taylor county could not
give all of the candidates a majority.
But to the successful ones in yester
day’s primary we can give a splid |
vote in November, which we will •do.
The number of new automobiles
passing through Butler practically
every day would indicate that there is
more prosperity or less saneness in
South Georgia than wi.i.eased there
in a long while.
Shope of the Dalton Citizen says:
"Writing paragraphs when you can’t
think of any is as-hard as paying
debts when you are busted.” Con
stantly experiencing both wo
just how Shope feels.
House, the southern people would
really have a voice in the govern
ment. We do not mean that they
have not had a voice at all in our
ational affairs, but, we do mean to
Frequently newspapers carry sto
ries saying that such and such a man
or woman held a record for having
failed to do certain things in a life
of Americus
“Haven’t" records
than anyone else in modem history.
Believe it or not, J. J. Mauck, who
is employed by the Seaboard Railway
shops at Americus, has never: Been
fishing.
, , , . Hnd a haircut, shave in a barber
ay that our interests are not always .
■nasi iLS&sr" b * by ,he i ■ »**‘*»««-<»;> *■»» „
We people o( Ocorjta, and of Tay-“*» 40 h » ur * ,rom w « ,k
!or County too, nre looking forward | ° yaars ‘
;o these fall elections, all over the na-
Smoked, chewed tobacco or used
ion. vWc know: that Georgia will send
Democrats to the Federal Capital.She
always has, even when many other
liquor.
Been to church in 20 years.
And he is 78 years old. proving
Roger Babson says the farmers will
know f ee j better times first. The farmers
; furnishes a large share of the market
and it is to be presumed that good
man y times must come to him before they
Cou^ern states wYt back on their «-»« thatfinance from certain
own party and voted for Hoover, .W"* 8 makes, a man healthy and wise
Want to see how our party brothers 1 ~ if not wealthy.—AmerLus Time,
11 fare in the vting. Most, and may- R eco ™ er -
™ all, of the southern states will | But what we would like to learn
climb back into the fold. But, we are ,from Brother “J. J. , what does he
hoping that some of the other ctaies want to live another 40 years for any-
will turn Democratic tl.in year, too way?
Did you stop to think how
things there were to think about be- re - urn t 0 a f ew other classes. But in
fore making up your mind fully how the face of exig ting circumstances we
to mark your ticket with as many can ’t like Babson, see them coming
candidates in the field as were in yes- thls faH> It will take longer than that
terday’s primary? for f nrme rs to recover from the dc-
. pression, but it can’t come too soon
A hen that can produce $9.00 worth to suit us.—Dawson News.
of eggs in ten months is worth more j ..
to bey r""’pr t.he few dimes she I , , . . ,, „ .
has cost invested in an oil well. Yet If we were lookln ^ for the most
that is the record of one Taylor coun- outstanding man in a community out
ty clucker. She is one of a large flock firat P ick W0llld be a P la5n farmer
all wi'.h nearly as good record.
According to the New York Sun the
like the one referred to in the follow
ing item from the Jackson Herald:
“Over a period of 40 years of mar-
idealYo'm Thumb golf match would ? ed }f’ all ,, the ™ at and lard *
be between the man who writes the b °ught would not have amounted to
declaration of independence on the “ ora than declares Homer A.
head of a pin and the fellow who slie- Lungfonh well-known Hal County
es the chicken or a lunch-room sand
wich.
farmer. Carrying further his policy
of being independent of outside
sources or his edibles, Mr. Langford
states that he raised his own fruit,
Does poultry pay? With a start in corn for mea , tato beanSi ,
the poultry business four years ago and oth(jr vegetable8 which can be
with seventy pullets one Taylor coun- drjed or canned »
ty woman has today a separate bank
account of $900 with all expenses
, ... . , , The rains of the past few days
paid and a liberal use of poultry and _ , , . .
. • . . * makes it possible for us to have
eggs for home consumption.
dandy good fall garden. Turnips, kale
„ . , and spinach make plenty of green
Most every school board has trouble stuff juBt when you need it most .
at least, but it remains for a York, Kale, with slight protection during
Pennsylvania board to have some- the colde8t weat he-^ „ffl pfeouce ex-
tting out of the ordinary in that a cellent greer> tfll winter and until
Mrs. Ralph Moody aged 12 has a Son , ate in tV * pring . Radishes, lettuce
The law requires children to attend and . ^stard may be sown with profit
school up unti| the age of 16 with no
provision made for married children.
Sow a fall garden by all means
ind be independent of tin can goods
Ive at home and have the best that
[may be had at practically no cost,
here is no section of the state where
;hese vegetables can be grown more
luccessfully, or cheaply, than right
ere in Taylor county.
The Lavonia Times gives its idea of
what makes a desirable city: "The
Hast census has caused lots of folks to
JOURNALISM IN THE HIGH SCHOOL
By LOWRY AXLEY,
Savannah High Schobl
Practical newspapermen are prone to look with contempt upon
Louie L. Morris, president of the talking about the goodness of
Georgia Press Association, authorizes their home towns instead of the big-
the following: “Effective with the ness - That’s a fine idea. A city isn’t
August-September, 1930 number, the necessarily a good city because it 1
staff of “The Editor’s Forum,” offl- 1 bi B> nor bad because it’s small.lt is
cial publication of the Georgia Pr»Rs good if the predominant element
Association, which has been so ably the people are honest, industrious,
edited in past years by Hal M. Stan- j liberty-loving and church-going peo-
ley, corresponding secretary, will be pie regardless of whether there are a
augmented by the addition of L. K. hundred or a bundled thousand people
Starr and associates as publishers.” in it. The best city to raise a family
Friends of Mr. Starr will watch his in is the best city for folks to live in.
new connection with interest as it is Cities that talk goodness and act
also planned at the same time to eiv- goodness will have a normal growth
large the 3ize of the Forum and add and that is all any city should ex-
new departments. pect.”
the efforts cf the hign schools and colleges to teach journalism. De
partments and schools of journalism have been subjected to the
withering attacks of many able editors whose opinions cannot be
scoffed at noc lightly laughed away. At the annual conference of the
American Society of Newspaper Editors held in Washington earlier
in the year, Sam M. Williams, editor-in-chief of the St Paul Dispatch
and the St. Paul Pioneer Press, in submitting the report of the com
mittee on schools and departments of journalism, made the following
devastating criticism:
“The schools of journalism themselves are remiss for the unsat-
isafetory product that is being foisted upon the newspapers. We have
found that many of the schools of journalism have selected the course
in journalism as the easiest way of getting through college, and in
our own offices we have found that only one out of twenty graduates
of the schools makes good.”
Edward H. Butler, editor and publisher of the Buffalo Evening
News and president of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Asso
ciation, said at the same meeting that an editor employing a gradu
ate of a school f journalism “should have the right to feel that the
applicant has bridged many gaps that the average newcomer would
have to overcome in the course of his regular/vork.”
A writer in the February, 1929, number of the Writer’s Digest
is even more severe in his condemnation of school journalism. Among
other things he says:
“At the present moment Bchool journalism appears to be one of
the by-products of modern education. Not even its champions are so
bold as to class it with the educational facilities of either school or
college.
“One is completely at sea in attempting to find out where school
journalism stands today. No one has a clear thought on the sub
ject.
“Practical every-day journalism cannot be taught in schools. It
is too much like life to be confined within the covers of
book: . . .
"The statue of school journalism iB neither that of an educational
facility nor of a regularly constituted course of training for a pro
fession. It takes up the student’s time with activity that he could
■ well afford to miss."
In the face of all this adverse criticism it may seem presump
tuous of me to attempt any sort of defense of school journalism and
even more presumptuous to urge upon practical newspapermen the
advocacy of the teaching of journalism in the high schools -of the
state.
As the basis of my own position in this discussion, allow me to
quote an excerpt from an article of mine in the May, 1929, number
of the Writer’s Digest in answer to the article previously men
tioned:
“Every new movement must go through its formative period,
and there must be much change and much readjustment as experience
shows what is necessary to -be done. School journalism should not
be tolerated unless it can be justified by the most rigid educational
standards; neither should it be scouted simply because it is not all
that it might be in its present stage of development.”
In the case <ff regular departments and schobls of journalism,
the admonitions of practical workers in the newspaper field should
certainly be heeded by those who guide the destinies of such depart
ments and schools; but I shall not take time to discuss this phase
of the subject, as I am primarily interested in what can be done in
the high schools.
In considering the course of journalism for the high school, let
me lay down some imjiortant negatives.
1. Journalism in the high school should not be tam-u
cational subject. To teach it as such is to invite condemn. - as 5
invite condemnation 0 *
— • . . * * borough trainino- ■
principles and much practice are of more value than n ‘M
ing of many things. a mere
3. There should not be held out to pupils th e hone th *
those who complete the course in a highly satisfactory miw” '
because of that fact alone be qualified to embark upon a ™ er
continue to prepare for a journalistic career, M even
What, then, is the good of a course of journalism in tv ■
school? What purpose should it serve? How can it b' e justifi 3 hg l
part of an already crowded curriculum ? J ed as il
As I have previously said, a course in journalism . .
justified in the high school unless it meets the most riirid !li 1
tional requirement. First and foremost, therefore, it should br UCl1 "
sidered a course in practical English composition.’ Basing the”* "Y
on news and the principles of news writing furnishes motivati° UrS *l
purpose to the activity. It is a course in advanced composition* °1
which pupils learn a technique of writing that will be of gre t • *
mediate value to them in expressing themselves in terse* f 54
English on subjects that are throbbing with the life of the’ nr 1
An incentive to the best effort is encouraged by the possibili^
publication in the school paper or some local newspaper. y
Corollary to the foregoing advantage is the acquiring i
technique that may at any time be called into use in the writin !l
brief news stories such as mariy people not in regular newsn ° f ‘
work have occasion from time to time to submit to newsnanf^
Recognition of news values will prevent the sending of much nl|
matter to papers, and a knowledge of how to prepare a etorv f !i
publication may save wear and tear on the nerves of the editor kl
gets the finished product. From my own experience several years T
as the editor of a country weekly, I know something 0 t the Tl
twaddle that comes to the editor’s desk. The Society for the po
tion of Cruelty to Overworked and Long-Suffering Editois mirht* «
recommend a course in journalism to would-be correspondents '
Along with practice in writing goes the development olhAitson
accuracy—accuracy in the statement of facts and accuracy ot ex
pression, There is perhaps no better way of impressing upon y^l
pople the necessity of accuracy, than in a course in journalism. Tul
practice the pupils get in covering news events, reporting speec *
conducting and reporting interviews can give to them an attii
toward accuracy that I believe no other course in composition
give.
One of the greatest values of a course in high school joumal™
is the training of young people to read newspapers intelligently. Tfcl
newspapers- lecord history in the making. The press is the grutj
teacher of current history and the great guide to vital problems tint |
touch us at every point of our life. A course of study that should do ]
no more than to awake in young people the realization of the power
and significance of modern newspapers and some appreciation of
their value would amply justify its existence. A course so conceived
concerns itself not so much with bookish theories as with richer and
more significant living. Although it need not be a mere selfish end
that might actuate newspapermen to encourage the teaching of I
journalism in the high schools of the state, I am sure th e news-
papers will reap worthwhile material rewards in time if young peo-l
pie in the high elhools get the sort of training I have outlined. Of I
still greater importance, those who receive such training will be bet-1
ter citizens, because they have studied the problems of citizenship I
and have learned something of its responsibilities.
Last and by all means least, those pupils who have an inslinationl
toward newspaper work as a profession and feel that they havej
some talent for the work will be enabled to try themselves out and|
decide whether they should continue to prepare for a newspapei;
career or not. While journalism has no justification in high school a
a Purely vohational subjest, yet those who have definnitely decided t_
prepare for a newspaper career will get a start that should be ofl
considerable value to them. i
I cannot close this discussion without acknowledging my indehti
edness to the two newspapers in Savannah for the assistance the/
have given me in teaching a class of journalism in the Savannas
High school. Members of the staff of each paper have been mon
generous of their time and talents; and I am suye if other teachen
of journalism are half so fortunate as I have been in securing th(j
co-operation of active newspaper workers, the problem of keeping ii
close touch with the practical side of newspaper work will be solved.
The influence of workers in the field is most salutary in dispelling
any illusions that pupils might have about newspaper work as a
career and in giving to the course a touch of reality that it mighl
otherwise nffss. I
I thank you most heartily for the opportunity of presenting this
matter to you.
Why Patronize the Railroads?
Railway service offers to shippers and travelers dependa
bility, combined with promptness, safety, comfort and mode
rate prices. The railroads ask for the patronage of the public
upon this basis, ond with the assurance of a satisfactory stan
dard of service.
There are other reasons for public support for the rail
roads. They are large taxpayers, and help bear the expense of
schools and government. They are large employers of labor,
and their payrolls put money into circulation in every communi
ty that has railway service. They are large purchasers of equip
ment, material and supplies. They cooperate in the upbuilding
the upbuilding and development of industry and agriculture.
In any emergency the railroads are called upon to extra
ordinary action. As an example, unusual service and a 50 per
cent reduction of rates on livestock and feed is the contribution
o fthe railroads to save the drouth-stricken territory from dis
aster.
No other means of transportation can equal the railroa s
in all-around usefulness. The railroads are an asset to ®
country and the people—an asset which should be guarded an
built up by patronage and a sympathetic, public interest in their
welfare.
Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited.
.... . A. E, CLIFT,
President, Central of Georgia Railway Company-
Savannah, Ga., September 9, 1930.