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Sutler and Reynolds
Cotton and Seed Market
C Reported by
Middling Cotton 10c
Strict Middling —
cnme Staples Higher.
S r T COCHRAN, Butler
MUSSLEWHITE, Reynolds
Ton - $23.00
1014c
ED
Seed, P er
The
BUTLER HERALD
s'
Keeping Everlastingly At It Brings Success
TAYLOR COUNTY
IS THE BANNER
AGRICULTURAL
SECTION OF
MIDDLE GEORGIA
lolume
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BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday September, 18 1930.
Number 46.
irVERS TO AID CARSWELL
IN RUN-OFF CAMPAIQN.
ffljor
in Platform
Issues Agreed Upon
Several of
'Rivers’ Planks for Re
forms Accepted by
Carswell.
Seut. 13.—The run-over
’ n f .{ichard B» Russell, Jr.,
'P. alg . h K Carswell for the gu-
nomina.ion recorded its
Iolanta,
ipaign
j George
fcw^tional development Satur.
^^announcement of affiliation
1 Mr Carswell and E. D.
KUo finished third in Wednes-
* Wocratic primary. ■
lllie araiouncemen. was made from
LJU headquarters in Atlanta
Kr. Russell was en route to
Kfia, county seat of Lowndes
V to deliver a speech Saturday
Icha Terming it a joint statement
f principles, Carswell and Rivers
Lined the platform which they be-
Eve will lead to victory on Oct. 1,
jcond primary day.
■ This platform, embodying several
Jlanks from that of Mr. Rivers, in-
ludes reorganization of departments,
btrenchment and economy, revision
k automobile tag distribution, recog.
Jition of right ot working men to or-
lanize, and observation of the sol-
constitutional manuat6-lnat
ELECTION
DRIFTWOOD,
(Contributed)
I
On the 10th the people of Georgia
sounded ‘‘taps’’ for Holder and Riv
ers. Its "FINIS” for these two even
tho each has thousands of friends ov
er Georgia.
It remains to be seen whether or
not Carswell will, after the second
primary, take his place along side
Holder and Rivers in tt^e political
cemetery. If Russell defeats Carswell
in the run-off its FINIS for Carswell
also.
Dick Russell is a young man, and
he must be a pretty good kind of
fellow to command the strong sup
port that he did and . un away with
old timers like Holder and Carswell,
and he is the only one of the four
that can stand another defeat.
FICKLING LODGE
WILL BE HOST TO
MASONIC CONVENT’N
Plans are complete and a gala oc
casion is anticipated when the quar
terly session of the Talbot-Taylor
Masonic convention convenes here on
Friday, September 26th. Fickling
Lodge No. 129 F. and A. M. will be
host of the convention, whose mem
bers are leaving no stones unturned
in preparing for one of the most in
teresting and enjoyable sessions ever
held.
The convention is composed of the
Masonic lodges located at Reynolds,
Junction City, Talbotton and Mauk as
well as the local lodge. A cordial in
vitation is extended by Fickling
Lodge to each of these lodges to send
a good delegation.
The program as announced by the
committee is as follows:
2 P. M. Called to Order (open to the
public).
men, than
Rivers,
Greater men, smarter
either Holder, Carswell ,
the have tried and tried in vain to come
idicial and executive branches be back, and failed. Time and defeat
separate and distinct.” takes its toll in the political field as
Carswell and Rivers intheir joint well as in the sporting arena.
itemerl said they had agreed “to
die a common fight in the run-off Ex-Gov. Slaton tried the come back
impaign against the Holder-Russeil s tunt. Here’s a man that made Geor-
Invocation—Rev. B. E. Whittington,
Woodland.
Song.
Address of Welcome—Rev. E. H.
Dunn, Butler.
Response to Address of Welcome—
Col. J. R. Lunsford, Reynolds.
Address—Hon. Linton B. West, Cuth-
bert.
By W. T. Anderson in Sunday’s issue was a secondary consideration with
of the Macon Telegraph. him. I had seen that he was reckless
„ . , in. the expenditure of the people’s
Permit me to congratulate you most money an(l bad more political em-
heartily and express great apprecia- plo ye 3 than J. J. Brown ever dreamed
tron of your decision to support, x ha(1 boped and worked for the
George Carswell in the run-off remo val of the political manipulators
against Dick Russell for governor. 11 of Georgia, and if Holder could be
feel especial pleasure in this because' gotten rid 0 f, a i on g with Brown,
you are giving concrete evidence of Georgia would stand a better chance
your devotion to public welfare and - - ■
the advancement of Georgia’s inter
ests. It is a kind of vindication of me
In my endorsement of you in a previ
ous campaign.
Two years ago the Telegraph sup
ported you for the governorship be
cause you convinced me that you had
the state's interests at heart and that
you would clean up the highway de
partment and take it out of politics.
As this is tho largest department and
spends more money than any other of
the state government, and because I
had been a member of that depart
ment and knew the importance of
taking it out of politic-; and as I had
been greatly- impressed with the
state’s handicap in the 'manipulation
of the agricultural department under
J. J. Brown and his oil inspectors, I
saw a greater menace in tho manipu
lation of the highway department un
der Holder. I had seen that Holder’s
first thought was in promoting him
self politically, and building roads
kept
[action.” John N. Holder, former
Jiehway commissioner referred to
finished fourth in Wednesday’s pri-
nary. • 1
[ Mr. Carswell also issued a personal
titement in which he said he was
ideed gratified that Senator E. D.
.vers and myself have arrived at a
lu-.ual basis of campaign principles
j set forth in the joint statement
jsued Saturday. Senator Rivers, be
ing convinced that Mr. Russell is the
(liter ego of John N. Holder, has con
futed, based upon the principles
luted, to support me. I deeply ap-
eciate this support.
| “A study of the result of Sept. 10
‘ an inspection of the map as it
fleets such result, will convince any-
5 that this assures my election,” he
id.
I Mr. Rivers also issued a statement
(Continued to Page Five)
THEATRE
REYNOLDS. GEORGIA
FRIDAY, SEPT 19
IHE VAGABOND LOVER”
bdy Vallee, Sally Blane, Marie
DKr and cast in a glowing fes-
lof songs and romance the
kh brings to you the Wonder
ir and his Connecticut Yan-
presenting songs: “I’m Just
I* Vagabond Lover” “A Little -Kiss
|Each Morning” and many others.
lAdded attraction: Comedy in two
■reels,
I^AST WORK With Charley Chase
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20
MATINEE, 3 P. M.
night, 7:30 & 9:00
“THE VAGABOND LOVER”
With Rudy Vallee supported by
|, 8 V Blane, His Connecticut Yan-
ees "dll give you the entertaiment
All-talking and singing
l a ‘ music. The (Vagabond Lover
please you. added attraction
Comedy, FAST WORK
12-Reel
Monday & Tuesday
sept. 22 & 23
“STRICTLY MODERN”
fc^h Dorothy MoKaill and cast
Peppiest, cleverest, smartest
screen comedies, and its rich in
| matic thrills, too. Throw away
0,d ’'leas, learn what it
C to Bo Strictly modern. The
of a girl w ho thought she
oil about love and then she
a man who was different. This
0(1 Pep, and will give you
y of entertainment. See how
I ,° v ® rs of 19 30 fought the eter-
a!? ° f the sexes 5n a new
^Wom attraction > Vitaphone
DEAD OR ALIVE
Hugh O’Connell.
Lecture—Dr. Guy C. Lunsford, Cor-
dele. /
Discussion, “What Induced Me to Be
come a Mason”—Led by Rev. J.
C. Adams, Atlanta.
Discussion, “How to Make a Lodge
Active’’—Led by Rev. I. R. Kel
ley, Geneva.
3 P. M. Convention Formally Opened
Transaction of Business. -
4 P. M. Conferring E. A. Degree—
Robet J. Ward, Cuthbert, Acting
Robert J. Ward, Esq., Cuthbert,
Acting Master.
Announcements.
Refreshments.
7:30 P. M. Master’s Degree Conferred
by Americus team.
Empty Bottle and Glass Found;
Husband Tells of Disputes
with His Wife.
Knoxville, Ga., Sept. 13.—Poison
bought eight years ago to lull mole*
vf making some progress. j brought death to three human being*
For these reasons, and because I a.mother and her two children, early-
thought Governor Hardman could not j ^ at ^ day r, ttt a Crawiord county fame,
or would not do the job, we turned to i? yro J 1 * vno £ vl e road about,
you as a basis of hope. You have been ! S0 Y?” m .“ e * ^‘ on l Hyr°n.
quite effective in the senate in pre-L Mr f s - Art 'f. , L - Smith, 30, mother ol
venting Governor Hardman from re-K^e l wo childen, swallowed a fatal
moving Holder, and it struck me that ft 8 ? °, f m tha P°, i80n “fter she>d given
If you used this same acumen and of-, ^ al .®°}P» a F ed '» »«d Margie, aged 4,
fort toward cleaning up the highwayk,A 1 ™ P ar >,,ft S L’ according to the ver-
department, it could be accomplished ttttbldlby a coroner’s jury. The
You told me' positively that you were f.Rpn Ly W p,°p t e f i, an ^v ^ ho .
under no obligations whatever to Hol*i“ 8 ,"L i ^
& th ^iu 0 «^o P u 0 did
Is the 1 Smith's'room to see why there was n.
■EE!" irL-Dt It answar t0 Ethel's knock.
lmvo it remain ns 1 Mrs ’ Smith and her two children
would Bo hotter to have it remain a8 iwere supposed to have been spending
nnt make the ,,i S ht with her mother, Mrs. irfin-
any promise, and you did P ot J¥^ pile Holloman at a nearby farm while
one of any nuture, exc °P* the gmend her busband Artis g m j tb wa8 on *
one that you would take the highway fox hunt witb Chnrlcg Bryant ami a
I h^d a great m«S$ people to Wl'gE? of Macol > untl Crawf ° rd
(Continued to Page Five)
Al\V;
Blar
ays the beet
a <lmission.
of, pictures,
Sept.
26-27: “SKIN DEEP”
gia one of the best Governors we ever
had; a man the peer of any man /in
Georgia in matter of brains and other
attributes that go to make up a great
man, but he failed.
As smart as he was and is, he had
long ago been consigned to the po
litics^ burying ground, but he didn’t
have .sense to know it.
And this reminds us that there is
nothing to the old adage that “we for
get and forgive”, in politics. In other
affairs of life we may, and do, forget
and forgive, but nothing doing on this
line when it comes to politics.
The only Interest that the average
voter, the great masses of voters have
in a political contest is to vote for
and elect the best men. to office. The
trouble, the differences, comes about
becuse we have different ideas as to
which and who of several candidates _ „ .... ....
is the best man. Inflamed by jealousy is said to be
responsible for the death of Annie
l £? o a ni y tvJnl a ® e > an<1 the serious wounding of Os-
have different ideas when the several W(Jst ne both from tbe effects
different candidates take issue with f sbot ’ « & tbe bands of Monk
each other on every possible Question Hod tbe doub I e
that can enter into a political con-1 trag | dy ’ occurring a f on ^ tbe public
road leading from Charing to Taze
T*
Another Letter From Miss Ogburn.
WOMAN KILLED, MAN
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
BY INFURATED NEGRO
test.
(Continued to Page Five)
RUSSELL SPEAKER HERE
AND AT REYNOLDS <
NEXT SATURDAY P. M.
The 1930 tax levy is illegal in sev
eral of its items, since it is not law
ful to levy for a specific purpose
more than is to be used for that spe
cific purpose or than is necessary for
that specific purpose. In Item.Three,
8% mills are-levied to repair ferries,
bridges and the jail. We have no fer
ries. We repaired the bridges last
year after the series, of most disas
trous floods. They could not need so
[very much repair. Less than five
| years ago a ten-mill levy (or approxi
mately $20,000) was made to repair
the court house and jail. Apparently
not much of this amount was spent
on the court house, since it did not
make any showing and we are being
asked to build a new one. We certain
ly do not need 8Va mills ($16,000) on
our jail and bridges. At least half pf
this levy must be illegal.
In Item 6, one mill is levied for
coroner. Our coroner says he investi
gated two deaths last year and the
cost to the county including his own
service, the service of a jury in each
case, and a fee for the bailiff in each
case was less than $40, yet we want
to levy $2,000 for next year. If you
make the liberal allowance of $100,
nine-tenuhs of a mill here is illegal.
In Item 7, two mills are levied, that
is, about $4,000, to pay juries a per
diem compensation, when the amount
needed is around $800. Then one and
one-tenths mills arp levied illegally
here.
in Item 7, three arid one-half niills
.—“—, well, two miles from Charing, about
I am rather inclined to Dunk that 9 :30 0 > c i 0c k Sunday night.
The Hodges negro is said to have
met West and the woman on the road
as they were returning from church ^ f
and almost without warning opened, are i ev j ed to pay off an indebtedness,
fire upon thein with a double-barrel -p bere j s no excuse for an indebted-
shotgun which he had been seen with ness wben we bave been paying a rate
during the earlier hours of the night. of 38 m jn S) wb ii e our neighboring
u.. T.p Wvntt of Atlanta will a ttemptuig to flee after seeing coun ti e s pay 18, 19, 23, or 27 1-2
Hon. Lee Wyatt, of_ Atlanta, win what was abou t to take place West mil , St 3^*^, a poor county like ours
is out of debt, has money in the treas
ury, and good roads, and she pays on
ly 17 mills against our 38 mills last
year. Of course, she had to get rid of
^ v; "'d,,;!”., Wvntt will e-o to ... her convicts before she got out of
he-will 'deliver a I sheriff , McGuffin and his deputy deb t. And if this indebtedness of ours
^ address at 4 Vclock p m! £ era calIed th | ,f eae of tu the ^our |W as incurred by . our road building
The nubHc is cordially incited to Ble immediately followng the shoot- then the entire three and one-half
P MrWvatt atefther or both ^ offlc ® rs t . ar . n r ed is illegal,-and the indebtedness
ir ME Wyatt at euner o Hodges had fled. Every effort is being cok l d certainlv have bei
made to capture the murderer which
has thus far proved unsuccessful
nun. ncc j > ----- wnai was aaout 10 luae pi ace west
address the voters at Butler Saturday and ^ be woman were both shot in the
afternoon at 1:30 o clock in the in- back and g j de> >p be woman died al-
terest of the candidacy of Hon. Rich- mos t instantly while the man will
ard B. Russell, candidate for Gover- probab iy recover Unless complications
nor in the run-off primary October 1. set in
- • "r. Wyatt will go
he will deliver
similar address at 4 o’clock p
T1
hear
places.
a new court house has been taken
care of in another paper, and is now
generally accepted as illegal. Thus,
counting, it all up, 16 mills or more
of our tax levy are illegal. It I have
made a mistake anywhere I snould be
glad to be shown where I am wrong.
1 have had every statement and every
figure verified by a well-informed le
gal authoity. He tells me that every
thing I have said is correct.
1 should like to call the taxpayers’
attention to the petition being circu
lated in the county this week. Above
Mrs. Smith was to have appeared
at Knoxville, county seat, Saturday,
to answer a peace warrant taken tho
afternoon before by her husband arid
served later by Sheriff Giles.
An altercation in which Mrs. Smith.
’ (ndished a pistol and fired it int»
1 the air from the back porch sent ter.
Smith to Knoxville to swear out the
peace warrant, it developed at the in
quest. 1
Tho difference grew out of an order
for Robert, the negro man on the
place, to chop stove wood, which
which Smith unknowingly counter
manded with instructions to rake up
the hay before a storm broke.
“We were continually having dis
putes,” Mr. Smith testified, “not over
any serious questions but over little
things. Just like tho stove wood.
Jewell was nervous and high strung
and when anything did not go just at
she expected she got all wrought up.
She thought I was tryig to run the
everything, we should not be -satistieo _ tIluUMI1L , wil , LO run , nc
"In* a CU ^ ? n y ^^i,- nl v, S iin!v! Ce . [house wheft she found the wood hai
mills are entirely too high. Bibb pays L 0 t been cut j d j d „ ot ovell 1^,^
18 mills, Talbot 19, Marion 23, Chat- Robert was to cut some wood. When I
tahoochee and Harris about half what found it out, I sent him to do it. Tho
we pay, Macon county pays 27 1-2 woo d was cut on the porch.”
mills, while Stewart, as has already
been mentioned, pays only 17 mills. M A „. DT
We are most conservative in our de- fflK. M. A. HART
DIES AS RESULT
OF PISTOL WOUND
Norwich community, in the Wes-
The 9th section of the Ga. Bankers'
Association which includes Bibb,
Crawford, Houston, Jones, Lamar,
Monroe Macon, Peach, Taylor, cles the illness of one of its employes,
— - ’ x *-- —ill
It is with regret the Herald chroni-
could certainly have been incurred in
no other way, in view of a 38-mill
rate that should have taken care of
everything else.
The Item in regard to the levy for
mands. We ask for a 24-mill rate and
even would be satisfied with 30 mills,
which is more than any of the above
mentioned counties have. If you will
circulate this petition in your com
munity you will do your bit toward Item part ’ofThe"cottutyTjyaTgreatly
cutting our tax rale down. You can I shocked bn Wednesday last, wnen it
take it from this paper. It reads as ■ was learned thut mi. mose halt/50
follows: # years ol' age, a well known farmer
Whereas, 48 mills, the proposed tax , 1 s! ’ 0t
rate -of Taylor county, is higher and, fire/int^ hi.Alm| t01 ’ the b8 ‘ beinK
in some cases, even double ihe rate in M d H .. rt a Bead,
our neighboring counties; ahd | of moo(l unco^scSbi- mefcrf
Whereas, it is estimated that fully his family who heard ihe shot He
60 per cent of the taxes paid in ’fay- died two hours later without regaim-
lor county last year were paid with ing consciousness,
borrowed money which should be paid J Mr. Hart was an honest, upright
bac- this fall; and iman, was born and reared in 1 aylor
Wheisas, the price of cotton is | county. He leaves to mourn his un
lower than in many years and the timely death his widow; one daughter
crop short; and
Whereas the proposed rate of 48
mills, in our opinion, amounts to con
fiscation; and
Whereas, working our roads with
convicts 1 has proved too expensive to
be profitable;
Mrs. J. B. Lumpkin; one brother, Mr.
W,. W. Hart of this county; one sis
ter, Mrs. Mabell Hudson, of Thoma
son; besides many devoted friends and
relatives.
Funeral services and .interment
took place at Pine Level cemetery at
We, the undersigned, respectfully }° o’clock Thursday morning, Rev. H.
petition' our County Commissioners to Lumpkin conducting the funeral
reduce the proposed rate of 48 mills servlc e.
to 24 mills, or 30 mills .at the most,
and to turn all convicts ever to the
state in order to keep the county’s ex
penses in reasonable bounds.
(Miss) MELISSA OGBURN.
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION
Twiggs’and Wilkinson counties, will Mr. Barnes Kirksey, who was taken ifri. py TO POP API!
hold a meeting and supper at Perrv. quite sick while on duty Monday and KLV. KLLLLI 1U rKIlALn
“ ” IT — HERE SUNDAY MORNING:
REV. WILLIAMS AT NIGHT
Thursday evening, Sept. 26th. Mr. H. has been confined to Mb bed since that
K Sealy of Reynolds will make a talk time. His condition was reported as
on "Financing Farm Production in showing improvembnt last night with
1931 ’’ County Agent W. A. Lundy the possbility that he will he on duty
will also be on the program. again today or tomorrow.
MISS BREWER PROMOTED
STILLS CAPTURED
The Methodist congregation, and
others who are ■ accustomed to wor- f
shiping with the Methodists, will > be ' Sheriff
The Third Congressional District
Convention will be held in Americus
today at which time the votes cast in
the September 10th primary for Hon.
_ Charles R. Crisp, for Representative
On Thursday last Sheriff McGuffim in the 72nd Congress, will pe consoli-
captured a small still in the lower dated and Judge Crisp formally nomi-
part of the county, which is said to nated. A new executive committee will
have been hot and ready to go tho be chosen at the same time. The
—1.™. Hu. — : -- 1 present members from Taylor county
COTTON PRICE GOES HIGHER
ON REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN
■ j $ will be a source of interest, to the
New Orleans, Sept. 16.—The cotton f r i e nds of Miss Clyde Brewer to learn da yj n tbe absence of
market was comparatively Quiet Tues that she bas been promoted to the,®”® 0 ' .. P as i or -
day and (prices were narrow, but the p 0S jtj 0 n of manager of the Power According to t plans perfected yes-
trend was upward. Cables were favor* Company office at Ashburh and has! te . rda y R ev. L ft, Kelley j of Geneva,
able and the weather map showed too been succeeded J n the local office at will P reac b at thell o clock hour
much rain in the central and eastern g ut i er by Miss Marie Payne. The only,and Rev. M. O. Williams, the Methe-
belts and Insufficient inthe west.ihese re g re ttable feature of the change is d ’ Bt pastor at Reynolds, will bnng
influences and large exports for the j t removes f rom Butler one ofthe Jbe^ me savage at the evening hour,
day caused prices to advance n '-‘ r ‘ y city’s most charming young ladies,
half a dollar a bale during the morn- who f or a numb er of years has been
ing or eight points above the pre- close j y identified with the social life
vious close. While this bulge attrai. - and cburcb activities of this city. She
ed some ring selling, causing a d‘P ig beb j j n tbe highest esteem by all
five points, the market soon mine wbo kno w her and will carry with her . . .
again to the Mghs. .the best of good wishes of her nume- advised that the sqining season has
-— 'rous friends. .been closed and all persons are warn-
Rev H C> Griffin left Monday for I In the selection of Miss Payne as ed against any violation of the game
Macon where he will spend a week or SUCC essor to Miss Brewer the Power and fish laws of this state. Hunting
ten days assisting Rev. J. W. Lilly w\ Company has chosen well and is to licenses are now on sale at the sher-
a series of revival services in which pe congratulated upon its careful iffin Butler and the store bf
Rev! Griffin wiU deliver a series of Action. J. H. Windham in Reynolds,
evangelistic sermons.
found
7:30 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited to
attend each of these services.
Mr .Hoke Windham, county game
warden requests that the public be
deserted when the officer arrived.
Saturday, near Cooper’s mill, the are C. E. Benns, of, Butler, and Mrs.
' ~ 600-gallon outfit, A. G. Hicks, of Reynolds.
In addition to the members of the
executive committee thosb attending
the convention as delegates frsm Tay-
case. ;lor county are: Hon. J. T. Childs, De.
and Mrs. R. C. Montgomery, Mr. L.
/-i™ t,„„„ 4. R- Adams and Mrs. C. E. Benns, ol
.J, 9 Iem Watershasbeentrans-1 Butler; Hons. C H. Neisler and C. R
ferred from Butler to Reynolds as Marshall, Mrs. Erw. Hodges and Ms
saflfcas jrfcgS: - «««^
ORPHANS’ HOME DAT
Hosts of friends of Mr. Waters regret
very much to see him leave.
SUGAR CANE ON MARKET G .o®.%S2Si.f ay c.SU'S. S °o“
Sugar cane is on the ' market at phanage at Macon, will be observes
Butler and is taking first place in line by the Butler Methodist Sunday
of fresh fruits to eat. It is the red; school next Sunday. Exercises appro-
variety and while not large, the slen-'|priate to the occasion will be held. A
der, long-jointed stalks are very collection, which it is hoped will bt
sweet. Cane generally throughout this j substantially large, clue to the needy
section has suffered for rain. Recent of the Home, will be taken._ Evert
showers, however, have been very ( member, as well as every friend of
beneficial and it is possible that a the Methodist Sunday school, is asked
goad crop will yet be made. to contribute.
as