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rHE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 18, 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,
Georgia as Mail Matter of Second
Class.
We salute George H. Carswell as
Georgia’s next Governor.
niorr d A f'V Our esteemed friend, Rev. J. W.
KltN’KAlB McWhorter, editor of the Winder
- News, who we regret to note was re-
It is sad and pathetic to be cently defeated for Representative,
Shelved, no matter what may be 'takes his defeat cheerfully as ex-
The „ ause 'pressed in the following paragraph in
Large corporations shelve empires the last ^ r «
When a certain age has been reached ^ Houge of Representatives, we ex-
By the employee. Some ( tend congratulations to our successful
Religious organizations shelve opponent, Mr. George Thompson. Our
Their ministers, because they have best wishes are extended to him in
Reached the age limit. It signifies
That their field of usefulness and
Activities are circumscribed by
Age, and so, they are
Put on the shelf.
It is also sad rind pathetic for a
Political dreamer to have to
Take the shelf. Especially so when
discharging the duties of thqt office.”
In tjie language of Ed Rivers, “if
there is any man in the state of Geor
gia who should be ashamed to come
face to face with, a Confederate vet-
j eran or a school teacher, that man is
■ Richard B. Russell, Jr., the man who 1 superintendents
while soeaker of the house cast the
DR. DUGGAN APPEALS
FOR PLAN TO REMOVE
Deficit for schools
Dr. M. L. Duggan, state superin
tendent of schools, Friday issued a
statement thanking those who had
supported him in his successful race
for re-election, and calling upon all
school officials to center now upon a
plan that will wipe out the defici
in the state school appropriation pay
ments at the earliest possible moment.
The statement follows:
"While complete official returns
from all of the
available my
perintendent of schools is well
sured. Personally I feel greatly
VICTORY FOR CLEAN POLITICS
September
The unparallelled defeat of ex-Gov- or another we look
emor John M. Slaton in his race for month that brings - P ° n
United States Senator against Wm. J. of autumn—gloWm!* 5
Harris in the recent primary is ’ ’ 3
deed a great victory for clean
is in- leaves begin to take
politics jcrimson and of gold
in the state and will be hailed as ’breath of God through f u
suoh from border to border. est gives us the fi rst jtT 8
From the beginning of his cam-1 from ripening mayp 0 n s and ° f
paign, which was under the direction es that raise their he d ™
of Hardwick, one of Georgia’s no- j shumate bushes and br *
torious politicians who perhaps is re- the lowlands glisten 0Wn
sponsible for the type of campaign; choicest velvet, and
U| »« w - with the results that followed, Slaton , boiling syrup mills come
he counties are not yet ■ has abused and belittled Senator Har- send us homeward hnn ° d ° rs
re-election as state su- ( r j d and his record in an attempt to brown biscuit, c- • Sty
| discredit him before the voters of the made product
The dreamer was at one time a man vote that made the 1927 appropria-
Of power. A man of influence. A ticn bill possible. And it must be re-
|Man who had a large following in the membered that it was the 1927 ap-
tate of Georgia. A man propriation bill that made it impossi-
,'hose name was on every tongue. ble for Georgia to properly care for
nd to see such a man and such men her Insane and sick, to pay schools
elegated to the past, put on the and school teachers, or do the other
tlf, with but little hope of
ver being able to come back, to
einstate himself or themselves,
sad, is pathetic. —J. T.
A.
There are a number of motor-driv-
debted to 159 of the 161 county school state. The people, however, were not ton News,
superintendents and nearly all city a* easily befuddled as Mr. Slaton and
superintendents and to the public hb campaign managers had supposed
hearty interest and ^rtlve^M^^xtend- anc ‘ J 11 ® mon ®y> saili to have been
ed in my campaign. | s F ent freely m every county, was not
“I can only repay them and the 1 able to buy the intelligent vote of
voters of Georgia by earnest efforts Georgia as the result shows. It is in
to render better service. To each and deed a great victory for politics in
every one of them I desire to hereby the state gene rally.
XS3WS%S&5SRfl think the people o< Geer*,
predation to them by personal letters clqarly understood hll that was in-
things any self-respecting state must 1 a (. this time. But what I appreciate volved in the senatorial campaign,
do.” far more than a re-election to office Distorted facts and attempts to be-
So
Modern!
iS „l^fpr d f 0 n r r en ?mnroveZntr S iJ? ,C our his P ublic servlce has not ln an Y
Press day at the annual South- [j^Uc sc ) 10 ol system, and especially measure weakened Senator Harris.lt
eastern Fair will be on Friday; Oct. such emphatic endorsement of the has won for Mm a great victory and
earnest fight I am making for the restored him to public office with the
payment of the three and quarter ass , urance 0 f public confidence,
million dollars unpaid balances due _ , , , ,
A..« n.iuiin .nUnni,. 1 oofi opri i Qoo I: rom the trend of state eie
10, according to announcement by —
m rattle-traps used on the highways L. Morris, president of the Georgia
nd streets of this town particulirly Press Association. The board of
our public schools for 1928 and 1929,
elections
One Taylor county farmer is said to should be stopped.
*kave cleaned up $3,000 on his water'
’ melon crop this year.
n Sunday nights, driven by negroes, ’ managers, the Press Press Haven i and future provisions for "as prompt there is evidently a general feeling
[and without either license tags or Committee and the Press Institute j I*Wtj M»Uie nation that the United States
iglits. They are the greatest nuisance committee will hold a joint business [ to ,, ... pn[ iorsement " eeds a ^° ve else a tamper
have to contend with and which session at the Piedmont Hotel early | as was give g n by y the voters in the re- $ Everv
I in the morning of Press Day. All of ;cent Democratic primary I pledge a spans bility. Every state should be
<tu differences politically.
Prohibition and Christianity both
might be-made successful IF we could ’more ignorance, and
morning of Press Day. All of ; cen t Democratic primary I pledge _ . „ . , ..
. the visiting editors are to assemble at!continuation of my fight for the com- stimulated to contribute to those
Clarence Poe says: “We keep our 11:30 o’clock in the morning at the mon schools of Georgia with an un- qualities by the character of the sen
wavering faith in its ultimate ana a tors it sends to so great a legisla-
ea jty successful culmination. tlve cbamber , Georgia has thus in the
«M«rL I ,, C .ndSia,' U .n P d"S »-*«*»* Sen.tor H.rrl. .«.»■
friends of the common schools to join tributed her part,
with me in heartily and actively in
drsing the best practical plan that
commendable will bring,about the early and full
—-—— children from school in order to make Fair Association headquarters at
The greatest test of a'gentleman is , a surplus of cotton—And then this Lakewood, after which they will em-
lis willingness to forgive, especially surplus of cotton makes prices so low bark upon the round of entertainment
•nly get some of our politicians to try
them.
—That then we are so poor that we i being planned for them,
can’t spare our children time to go to
school—And so more cotton makes
ignrance
makes more cotton.”
One of the most
! things Ed Rivers has etfer been known | discharge” of -the state’s unpaid oWi-
1 nations to our public common scnopls
^ to do—-one which marks him as a , higher educational institutions, Con-
A rpppnt rnnnt nno nlp-ht of mitn- ‘loyalist and patriot—was ontheeve of federate veterans, sanitariums, etc.
mobiles traveling highway three ^ canSes In «to^
one of the candidates in the run-over state is vitally mord important
over bore either no light or one light only , primary, to compromise with him on ( ^han the election or-re-election of any
Then why be surprised should some, 80 " 16 of the main issues in the first man to offioe ”
fearful accident occur in which life campaign for the best interest of the
Hon. John N. Holder passed thru J mobiles traveling
Butler Monday, but didn’t have time showed that out of 68 cars counted 42
to stop. The election was then
you will remember.
You may say what you . please ^ins been lost or some one crippled for| 8tate - We have always had great re-' It.^s a
about Ed Rivers, but he has a head,life? Where are our officers who per-, spe ? t for _ d *** vers > but our conn- c arswe u know that Senator Ed
full of good common sense and he is
■sing it well.
Have you been observing about 6:30
•’clock in the eveneing a star of un
usual size and brilliancy in the south
west? Many have beep attracted by
its beauty.
“Doing the right thing at the right
iiac . iTiictc me uui uuiueia >viiu per- i
mit such disregard for the law to ex- <Jence in him as a safe leader and con-
Governor Roosevelt, of New York,
scientious in his pledges for the bet
terment of the state, has been greatly
increased. Ed Rivers is still young
supposed to have his eye upon the an< * we s * nec rely believe the future
nomination for the presidency by the | Holds both for him and the state great
Democratic party, has declared him- j possibilities,
self in favor of the the repeal of the
Eighteenth amendment, nnl by so do-
jing he apparently has weakened his
time will keep matters right all the standing with his party in the South
time," says the Wrightsville Head
light. But too few of us do this seems
to be the great trouble.
The State convention will be held at
and in the opinion of many, has vol-
utarily eliminated himself from the
race for the presidential noination.
SYMPATHY FOR ALL
SUCCESSFUL CADIDATES
A kitten playing in the sun
As sly as sly could be.
A bumble-bee came buzzing by
To see what he might see.
The kitten thought ’twould be great
fun
To catch that bumble-bee
“Its just the very thing I want”
The kitten said, said he.
campaign for Governor. This abso- He caught the bumble-bee, but not
lutely assures—not only the election Qne moment did he pause
of Mr. Carswell but the payment of .. That bee - a so hot » the kitten saidf
the money the state has so long owed »
the school teachers, the Milledgeville v He scorched m> very claws,
asylum, the Alto sanitarium, the Con- So oft in life the things we crave
federate veterans and other institu-1 We later find are not
tions. The Carswell campaign will be rp be thj ngs that we would better have
vigorously pursued along the same, ...
lines that met with such popular ap-1 They re so all-fired hot.
Rivers has concluded to back Mr.
Carswell’s candidacy in the run-over
Wesleyan Advocate: “Rev. H. C.
Griffin closed i meeting recentlv at Hnes tnac met wltn sucn Popular ap- -
orirnn closed a meeting recently at p roval i as t Wednesday .The paramount Mr. Editor:
issue will continue to be the payment You found these verses in your mail
of the state debts. This will be done j You wondered whence they came,
by diversion, for one year only, of five ' ... * . '
million dollars from the automobile as best you can, you fail
Butler. He did his own preaching, of
which the "Butler Herald” says: “Hi*
sermons are able and forceful. They
are plain gospel truths and are find
ing lodgment in the hearts of his
congregation. He is a minister of
great ability and in his sermons this
week it seems that the power from on
Monticello News: “The editors of
Macon Oct. 17th. Third Congressional .The News heartily endorse what
conevntion, which will formally re-1 Charlie Benns, editor of The Butler
nominate Congressman Chas. R. Crisp Herald, has to say in the following 1 hi gb indeed was with him.” He was
is being held at Americus today. jscrib: It is to be hoped that every ! ass i s t ed bjr Rg V j_ -yy. Lilly, pastor of
jeountyinthe State will co-operate Bibb circuit, who had charge of the
Two of our weekly exchanges came, with the president of the Georgia , music. “This feature ,of the meeting
To find the culprit’s name.
-Winder News.
to us last week with hrilf the pages ( Chamber of Commerce in his cam
printed and the other half blank., paign “sell Georgia” to her people.
Since the election is over others of us , The idea is a wise and practical one
may have to adopt the same policy or and should have the encouragement
to out of existance entirely.
How will Richard B. Russell, Jr.,
pay the state debt that he created by
his vote in 1927? Until he gives an
answer to that question that is feas
ible, logical and practicable, he does
aot deserve the confidence of the
voters.
of every citizen in the state."
We have about come to the conclu
sion that the state highway depart
ment is about as big political machine
and unreliable for its promises as
when John Holder was chairman. But
who can say that Mr. Holder is not
still the whole cheese. If South Geor
gia is ever to get her share of road
building some radical changes are
necessary in the personnel of that de
partment. The election of George
larswell as Cover
that respect.
lor is our only hope
Saw Rush Burton’s picture in the
L,vonia Times (and it didn’t spoil the
If the people of Middle and Smith I appearance of that newsy weekly ei-
Georgia really understood what the -Jlher.) Under the picture appeared ihe j to work reclaiming
election of George Carswell mo*nt to j following: "Nominee for Represents
is proving a great treat” says the
Herald. “He is a singer of fine abili
ty and possesses a winning person
ality. The church feels fortunate in
having him. The attendance was
large and there were seventeen addi
tions on profession of faith. One
thousand dollars was paid'on th»
church debt.”
Doe* farming pay? Here’s the ans
wer. A farmer and his son who have
been farming rented lands for several
years decided early this year that
they wanted some property of their
own. A $1,700 farm near Butler ap
pealed to them. They negotiated for
the property and moved thereon. The
fields were badly washed and fences
down but this did not deter them,
neither did the need of an extra mule
feed, seed and fertilizer. They went
discarded land,
tag sale unless some other plan can
be suggested that is more practicable
and which will provide the money
with equal promptness. Neither Rich- . , ,
ard B. Russell or John N. Holder, A man bead over heels in debt, go-
who is backing the Russell campaign, ing in more all the time,and arguing
have suggested any possible plan of for the e£edit system, reminds us of
tefi ^RnS«“ d ,hS ln he " El,d
We confidently .predict the over-; Calton Citizen.
whelming election of Mr. Carswell | ■ ■ 1
end the final and ^finite repudiation
of John N. Holder. He has for too
long been a pernicious influence in
Georgia politics and the people will
not uermit him to .make further in
roads upon the tax payers’_ money
while hiding behind Dick
coattail.
these sections in the one particular of
road-building they would do all in
their power to give him an over
whelming majority in the primary on
Oct. 1st. ,
The social page carried by the Cal
houn Times and edited by Mrs. J. Boy
McGinty is perhaps the best in the
state, at least its the best edited page
®f its kind that comes to his office.
Congratulations Mrs. Mack and con
gratulations .also to J. Roy on having
such able assistance.
The wreck on the National High
way Tuesday which caused the death
of one man, focuses attention to the
ever-increasing toll claimed by auto
accidents. Intensive campaigns are
now being'conducted throughout the
nation to make the public highways
■safe, for careful, competent and re
sponsible motorists and to banish the
danger presented to life and proper
ty by-reckless driving. It is deplora-
able that so • many accidents have
taken place within the past several
years, declares The Vienna News.
tive of Franklin county. Burton re
ceived 818 votes against 572 for his
opponent, Mr. A. J. Owens.” When a
country editor can get his picture in
the paper and elected to an important
office all at the same time it is con
clusive evidence that his wife is
good campaign manager.
borrowed the money for feed and
seed, rented a mule and purchased
fertilizer, $600 worth on a credit. To
day—just seven months after taking
over the place—they have thirty bales
of eotton to apply on the purchase
price of the land at 14c per pound ac-
a • cording to contract and 11c on ferti
lizer account, fifteen tons of cotton
seed at $26 per ton, $600 worth of
corn at the present market price, be
sides products of other kind valued, at
several hundred dollars. They have
paid out nothing for labor,in cultivat
Excerpts from a day’s news:
Princeton senior shot dead by robbers
at social affair in Cleveland. * * 1 *
Gang arsenal in Brooklyn flat in
cludes enough dynamite to wreck half, ing and but very little for harvesting
of Manhattan. * * •* Bandit kills two | of their crops. With the tabove calcu-
U. S. officers and holds up train. * *|lation this farm should have, after
Two hundred and fifty thoqsand job- paving for renc cf, and h (d for mu’e,
less in New York City. * * * Father paying his guano bill and paying the
kills, daughter. * * * Son kills father, contract price for the land, three
* * * Jealousy causes killing of worn- [four hundred dollars to the good,
an and shooting of her escort. * * *
Woman administers strychnine to her
two children and herself from which
the three die. * * * Five felon prison
ers escape and all get on a drunk and
are locked ip. * * * Disabled World
war veteran slain and lobbed by rel_
ntive, etc., etc., etc., and this is civi
lized America.
I would rather win honor than hon
ors.
I would rather have genius than
wealth,
Russell's.* woul( I rather make my name than
inherit it. —Selected
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