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fTyToB COUNTY
1 -The Golden Gate"
Between the Mountain,
and the Sea
Volume 57
Herald.
’i G EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS TH.E SECRET OP SUCCESS”
County’s Chief Cities
BUTLER AND REYNOLDS
No section of the state offers
better opportunities for small
industries and delightful citi
zenship than either of these
Cities.
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday March 23,1933
Number 20
head of auto
bureau fired
BY TALMADGE
nuvSTIC ACTION BY GOVERNOR
D xo Inforce his order; ad-
JUTANT GENERAL TOLD TO
CALL MILITIA IF NECESSARY.
■ ■ - •
Atlanta, March 20.-Govemor Tal-
riu-o Monday ordered State Auditoi
C»omto remove the name and
To ,“ Of M. p. McWhorter, head of
rte motor vehicle division of the state
revenue commission, from the pay
r< The governor said his action was
.Jtluated by McWhorter “making a
thait he would wait for a
Sit order” to issue $3 automobile
f““nse tags ordered by Talmadge.
The governor made this notation on
the state budget!
-To Tom Wisdom, state audator;
strike M. P. McWhorter and, salary
mm this budget effedtive this date,
March 20, 1933. “(Signed) Eugene
Talmadge, governor.
Late in the afternoon the governor
-ailed the state adjutant general to
his office and advised him df his order
and instructed him to back it up with
the National Guard, if necessary.
Asked by newspapermen if he would
rive the reason for his order against
McWhorter, Talmadge replied:
“Yes. For lobbying around the leg
islature and making the statement
that he'd wait for a court order.”
The governor said that “under the
budget of 1931, I can revise it at any
Soon after Talmadge Issued his or
der Saturday night, suspending col
lection of all automobile tag tax save
for $3, McWhorter said he would not
issue license at that price until or
dered to do so by the court.
McWhorter formerly was statis
tician for the department of agricul
ture under Governor Talmadge. He
was employed by the state revenue
commission last January immediately
after Talmadge became governor and
assigned as head of the motor ve
hicle tag division.
His salary is fixed at $3,600 and
there is no fixed Hmit to, his term of
employment, merely serving at the
will of the commission.
The governor’s ordoi for ,?3 tags
came after failure'of to
enact tag cost reduction legislation
Saturday night. McWhorter then de
clared:
“The law prevents me from selling
a tag on the installment plan, so that
1 can not deliver a tag on the the
payment of $3, while ithe old scale is
in effect Until the courts adjudge oth
erwise. 1 am under heavy bond, as are
many of my employes handling the
tags an<i tag receipts.
“By accepting the regular price for
all tags, depositing $3 per tag in the
State treasury, and holding the bai
lee in trust from refunds in case the
courts hold the $3 Rat rate legal, all
parties are protected.”
An Explanation of
What Farm Bill
Means To Farmers
Urgent Appeal Made By
Taylor County Citizen For
Protection of Our Forests
ZANGARA GOES
TO DEATH IN
DEFIANT MOOD
In making this appeal, I am going
to ask every man in this county,
every land owner or non-land owner,
white or colored, to think with me for
just a mpmenit, what it would mean
to our county if we could and would
preserve our forest by keeping fire
out or preventing tuem fum being
burned over year after yea., as many
are now doling.
1 realize that it will take patience
and education to make people see the
importance of this work, but it will be
worth the price.
Many of our people who are now
seeking work, could even now be em
ployed if we had kept fire out of our
forests. There are so many advantages
to be gained by tire prevention, that
we as the people of Taylor county
should be more In earnest about'the
preserving of our forest which would
add immensely to the .wealth of our
people.
The protection to game and Ash
would more than repay us for our
trouble.
The timber in just a few years
would be worth more than the land is
worth at its present value.
I noticed in the papers this week
that there will be a meeting at Sa
vannah to be presided over by Dr.
Herty, consisting of northern paper
manufacturers and northern capital
ists, looking to the establishment of
paper mills in the south which would
ITALIAN EXECUTED IN FLORIDA
FOR KILLING CHICAGO MAY
OR.
Raiford, Fla., March 20.A snarling
scornful Gulseppi Zangara spat out
his last words of hatred for a capi
talistic world at 9:17 a. m., and com
manded Sheriff Dan Handle to “push
line button.
Nine minutes later, he, was declared
dead, in retribution for the assassina
tion of Mayor A. J. Cerniak, of Chi
cago.
With the same bravado, the same
grimly satrical comments that mark
ed the pain-ridden bricklayer’s de
meanor since he fired six shots in his
mad attack on Franklin Roosevelt, 33
days ago, he made his exit by way of
the state prison’s electric chair.
At 9:26 a, m., the prison doctor ap'
plied the stethoscope over his heart
and announced Zangara was dead.
“Lousy capitalists,” he taunted tlio
witnesses in the execution chamber as
his guards led him through the doors.
Then, with a touch or the sarcasm
that marked* his appearance, he de
nianded:
“What, nobody take pictures?"
cared of
You
give employment to thousands of our
people. This alone would amply re
pay us ioi our efforts in protecting
our forests.
There are many, other advantages
such as the sale of turpentine leases,
which at the present time is turning
loose more money than any other sin
gle industry an the county, the lumber
Industry and numerous others. -
When we bum the woods we bum
the homes of the future generations.
Certainly we should be as thoughtful
of their welfare as our parents were
of us.
So again I make this appeal: “Don’t
bum the woods in Taylor county and
impoverish our home, our people, and
the generations yet unborn.
Respectfully,
R. E. McCants.
“Me no scared of chair,
have to put me in chair.”
He seated himself in the chair and
spoke again: “Push the button.”
Sheriff Dan Hardie, upon whom fell
the duty of throwing the electric
switch, said: “Just a minute, Joe."
Apparently the scornful prisoner
was attempting- to phrase one more
sentence. It appeared
bye.” The electric current,
. _ j «
through the small body, cut the words
short.
The doomed man spumed all offers
of religious solace, and when the
prison chaplain, L. 0. Sheffield, en
tered his cell to read from the scrip
tures, Zangara barked out defiantly!'
“Get the hell out of here." . . .
The chaplain, however, remained in
the cell, and Zangara listened with
some degree of attentiveness as verses
from St. John, 14th chapter, Were
read.
Mr. Rufus Smith Directs
Campaign In Taylor County
For Inn at Warm Springs.
A campaign to raise funds for
new inn at Warm Springs—play
ground for President Roosevelt—was
launched in Georgia yesterday.
A total of $100,000 will be sought
and the new structure would replace
the old wooden inn which now houses
patients at the famous resort. It
would be named “Georgia Hall.”
Mr. Rufus Smith has been appoint
ed to direct the campaign in Taylor
county soliciting the county’s quota
of the cost of the building. Taylor’s
quota has not yet been announced, bui
whatever it is our people, we feel sure
will be glad 1® respond promptly and
liberally.
The follownig explanation of the
practical operation of the Booswelt
Farm Bill was written for the Asso
ciated-.(’ress by W. R. Arnold, chair
man of the Committee of Farm Or
ganization Leaders who presented the
proposal to the president. Mr. Unland
w publisher of the Mitchell, & D.,
Lvening Republican.
By. R. W. Arnold
Washington, March IS.—What the
administration farm bill means to
the farmer is that the Secretary of
Agriculture can proceed by any one
of several methods to bring prices of
larm products back to are .war ex
change vtfl.ue.
While that means suchpricesaa 96c
tor wheat, $7.50 for hogs and U2c for
cotton, it also is true that the con-
sumer ■wig have constant ■considera
tion in order that these .price iad.v*nc-
, ydl not lie made in stnSi :a way as
M^'len the buyer of fnsdstiifffa.
■on^u" 1 0 flexible plan of dealing
*™h complex problems of elevating
„„. c , es °f various commodities in ac-
n riance wSth their peculiarities atp-
2? contemplate aH sorts of
ethodS’ the probability Is that the
fm. r «L tary of Agriculture win proceed
*®rt' along one of the
thr e following lines:
m-n-'r 5 * Marketing agreements with
T rr ' essors and distributors.
—Compensation to farmers
« nn c . ln S Poduction, such compensa-
ctssing ** ^ naTlce<1 by a tax on pro-
Smith option plan to
1 cotton prices by reducing acre-
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G1NNERS’ report
ginned^? bale » of cotton
county fr^L^ h® Kinn ? d Taylor
pored wtth n , t i‘L c „ ro ^ 1932, as corn-
crop of I93i 10,240 kales from the
use uue muic
to be. “good
irrent, jolting
Poultry Sale Tomorrow at
Both Butler and Reynolds;
Large Tonnage Expected
There will be a poultry truck sale
at Reynolds and Butler Friday, March
24th. The hours will be Reynolds, 1 to
2:30 p. m.; Butler 3 to 6 p. m. Prices
to be paid are as follows: Heavy hens
10c per pound; leghorn liens 7c per
poiind; Fryers, large 16c per pound;
fryers, leghorns, 14c per pound;
roosters, 6c per pound.
|n order to facilitate handling the
oultry, farmers areurged to have
oops and baskets which may be
_asily opened. Please do not tie feet
of birds in coops and baskets. It takes
time to cut strings and there is dan
ger of injuring birds.
A large tonnage Is expected. Cash
wfll be paid promptly by the banks
at Reynolds and Butler.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Wesley Community Club which was
stponed from last week will be held
turday night of this week at 7:30
o’clock.
“Where Do We Go From
Here” fo Be Presented
Here Thursday Night
Burns Prove Fatal
To Mr. Obie Peterman,
Former Taylor Co. Man
REYNOLDS HOST
TO CHURCH GROUP
BAPTIST ASS’N.
As the result of burns that He
sustained in an accident about
two weeks ago, Mr. Obie Peterman,
30 years of age, born and reared in
Taylor county, died Friday last at
Long Branch, N. J., according to a
telegram received here by relatives.
The announcement caane as a great
shock to his numerous friends and
relatives in the county.
Details of the accident in which Mr.
Peterman received fatal bums have
not yet been received here, his un
timely death, however, lg none the
less deplored.
Mr. Peterman was the son of
the late Mr. J. H. Peterman. He had
been making his home at Long Branch
for the past 8 or 10 years, where he
was engaged as a mechanic and where
he married about six years ago.
Besides the widow, Mr. Peterman is
survived by his another*. Mrs. J. H.
Peterman, of this county, three broth
ers and three sisters, towit: Messrs
Hoy and J. H. Peterman, Jr., of this
county, and J. S. Peterman, of Long
Branch; Mrs. F. A. Stewart, of Birm
ingham, Mrs. Jack Adams, of Alexan
der City, Ala., Misses Melissa and
Lorease Peterman, of this county.
Funeral services and interment
took place at Long Branch Mooiday.
BAPTIST PASTORS AND WOMAN’S
MISSIONARY SOCIETY LEAD-
EKS MEET IN REYNOLDS.
. ,«n adequate cast has been chosen
for the musical comedy, “Where Do
Wo Go From Here” to be given at
the school auditorium Thursday eve
ning, March 80th. Their clever acting
will be sure to please you.
'The operetta, “Where Do We Go
From Here,” is a new production; it
is both patriotic and romantic. If you
enjoy popular music, singing and
dancing, you will be entertained.
The musical numbers for the ope
retta include: “You Are The One”,
“When the Heart Beats True",
“Masquerading, Clover Blossoms",
“Playing with Fire," “I Want to Be a
Butterfly".
Two patriotic choruses, “America
lrst and Last” and “The American
irl” will be given by the Grammar
PROMINENT ROBERTA
ATTORNEY SUCCUMBS
TO PNEUMONIA ATTACK
George Williams, One of
This Sections Best Known
Colored Citizens, Passes
school pupils.
S. S. Training Class
Conducted Here Next Week
Roberta, Ga., March 18.—Funeral
services were held Friday for Julo B.
Green, prominent lawyer who was re
cently appointed Crawford county at
torney. The body was taken to Dublin
his old home, for Anal rites. Mr. Green
came to Roberta from Dublin 14
months ago. Death was due to pneu
monia. Survivors Include his wife,
two sons, Jule and James Green, and
a number of relatives in Georgia,
North Carolina-and Florida.
CHARLIE UNDERWOOD
Boxspring, Ga., March 21.—’’Uncle’
Charlie Underwood, age 8&, died
his residence Saturday and was buried
the following day in the County Line
Baptist church 'cemetery. His passing
takes from Chattahoochee county a
highly respects! citizen and the last
Confederate 'veteran.
Two standard training courses will
be given at the Methodist church next
week. Rev. G. E. Clary will teach:
Organizing for Christian Education in
the Local Church. Rev. L. A.. Harrell
will teach: A Course on Worship.
Books are now available at the par
sonage. Classes will meet for the first
class period Sunday p. m. at 2:30.
After Sunday class periods will be at
7:30 p. m. running thru Friday eve
ning.
Rev. L. A- Harrell will teach a
Cokesbury coum at Union church be
ginning Monday p. m. at 3t00, run
ning thru Thursday afternoon.
Rev. G. E. Clary will teach a
Cbkeshory coarse at Westey chunch
on: The Meaning of the Christian
Religion, "Monday afternoon through
Thursday afternoon.
’W. E. Hightower, Pastor.
The announcement of the death of
the death of Georgia A. Williams,
tolored, which occurred Monday after
noon about 3 o’clock, at his home In
Butler, will be a source of sinceie re
gret to his numerous friends, both
white and black, throughout this sec
tion.
Born, at Raleigh, N. C., in the 60’s
of slave parents was himself sold at
Columbus, Ga., into a prominent
white family who gave him a fair edu-
catlon and later his liberty following
I which he came to Butler and fo~
many years Was a most
ant in the faifitiy of the late llott, R.
G. T/pulla..After the death of Mf.
Rniuin, worge took up the fcrftd* of
brick-layer at which he wop success
ful. .
He was in many w£ys a very unique
character, of Y&usual intelligence
and most remarkable memory. He
Work of the Baptists pastorates of
the Kehoboth association was dis
cussed by about 40 pastors and rep
resentatives of Women's Missionary
societies in the ossoeiationat coiuer-
ence in Reynolds Tuesday,
About 20 Macon pastors and W. M.
U. representatives and many from
other sections attended the con
ferences, which began at 11 o'clock
Tuesday morning and ended at 8:U0
in tne afternoon. Dr. Acquila Cham-
lee, president of Bessie lilt college,
and chairman of the association pro
motional committee, presided.
Among those who made talks were
Dr. J. E. Sammons, president of the
Georgia Baptist convention; Rev. J.
F. Eden, Mercer university trustee,
who told plans for celebration of the
university’s 100th anniversary; Rev.
J. M. Reed of Ft. Valley; Rev. B E.
Donehoo of Montezuma, and Mrs. E.
M. Poteat of Macon and Mrs. M. D.
Reed, representing the W. M. U. Re
ports of church activities were made.
Rev. J. A. Ivey of Marshallville,
pastor of the Reynolds Baptist church
was host pastor for the association.
Lunch was served by the Reynolds W.
M. U. in the town community dining
room. _
The association sent telegrams of
approval to Senators Walter George
and Richard B. Russell, Jr., for vot
ing against legal beer, and adopted a
resolution against repeal of the pro
hibition amendment. Another associa-
tional conference will be held in June
and the annual convention of'the as-,
sociation will be held in Muzella in
October. .
Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Windham,
Prominent Butler Couple,
Celebrate 54tli;, I!lW c rsa f,
Mr’, and Mrs. £ J. Windham were
the recipients Monday of a flood $f
blessag-fi *f congratulations on (the
event o'f. their C4th marriage ,-anni
versary. Both have spent thrfr entire
lives in the county, the past thirty-or
more as citizens of Butler and.
numbered among the most prominent
— - people of this section. Eadh
fWpnHs remarkably blessed in ma~ -
making strong and lasting f &«**', KKth arofaT the‘
with Si classes, both white col- |ke™ J™ jve pmm ^ ** C(m _
orwl and by *hom he will be greatly, Qf uae f u i nes „-' many more
mtsRixt Hp was instrumental in th®l,n the mrilHis -ar.
missed. He was instrumental m Ifivities of lif*
organization of a local lodge of col- | „ a v „
ored Master Masons and for *n6Ii? | ■ A .' . .ndha
QUICK COME-BACK IS NOW
ASSURED BABSON ASSERTS
Babson Park, Pla„ -March 18.—The, being separated from the bad; also
swift and courageous action of Presi
dent Roosevelt marks the beginning
of better times. Even though business
is temporarily hurt by the bank clos
ings, I am 'highly qptimistic over the
future. Nothing hut a financial hurri
cane could have enabled any Presi
dent to put thru these bold and con
structive reforms. Jf congress an!
the public crntuiue Ho support cur
President, the recovery will be swift
er even the anwst optimistic could
have dreamed two nnonths ago.
For the first 'time in 40 months bas
ic remedies are being applied, which
beyond question of doubt, will bring
better business, safer banks, soundeT
government finance, more employment
and higher prices. Complete reor
ganization and readjustment of the
banking situation can not, of course,
occur overnight, bait a fine start has
been made and confidence will steadi
ly return. .■ . .
Recognizing that the basic prob
lem is to restore confidence, the pro
gram is skillfully doing that thru
the following steps: (1) By taking
tlie banking skeleton out of the closet
and exhibiting it to the public view,
President Roosevelt lias shown it to
be a far less- ghastly thing than the
peoples* fearful invalidation had P
posed, and one which the „
measures of the new banking
will surely and safely overcome. (Z)
By providing a vast temporary
rency based on government obliga
ticms and sound hanking ® sset f s ' “®
has thrown Into the gap of frozen
checking deposits a means
[business while the good banks are
(providing a controlled expansion of
currency in which people can have
confidence. (3) Recognizing that con
fidence in any sort of currency, in
hank .deposits, in government bonds,
depends wholly on a sound national
budget, he proceeds toward that goal
by reducing expenses instead of by
increasing taxation.
By .proposing to lop $760,000,000 off
the budget at one stroke, he strikes
a blow for sound government credit.
As the banks and exchanges reopen
they will have a reliable foundation
on which to build. The scaling down
of deposits in the weaker banks and
disturbing effects of the banking shut
down may temporarily hurt purchas
ing^ power in some sections. However,
business thrives on confidence and
purchasing power will increase as
money comes out of hoarding and
goes into active circulation,
• Mort important of all for business
improvement is the confidence that we
are now headed in the direction of a
balanced budget restored government
credit, and firm commodity prices. The
United. States is fortunate that in
this critical hour we have a strong,
well-balanced program. We are not
resorting to the crazy panaceas which
have so often led .nations into a fi
nancial morass under similar crises-
The administration recognizes that
the medium of exchange in the Unit
ed States has been, and must be.
checks on bank deposits. It does not
propose to abandon that system and
try to act on a permanent cosh and
currency basis. However, recognizing
the need for emergency currency, un
til these bank deposits can be fully
freed, it provides a currency backed
oy -the bonds of the United States and
the good bank assets. This currency is
not of the “shinplaster” or “green-
baric” type. It is not “say-so” money.
It is as good as any other Federal
Reserve notes, into which it is re
deemable. Hence, though it may cir
culate temporarily in great abundance
it is capable of being drawn in again
when check deposits come back into
their full and normal functioning, and
when hoarded currency is fully re
turned to the banks.
This new currency does not per
manently dilute our money system, as
unsecured “green backs" would cer
tainly have done. While the great ex
pansion in currency should bring some
rise in prices, it differs sharply from
that type of currency inflation caused
by lack of confidence in the financial
solvency of the nation. We can have,
and doubtless will have, a deflation of
prices, which will be helpful in re
storing buying, encouraging business
expansion, and providing employment.
This new currency law and .the
changes ‘in the Federal Reserve regu
lations provide about $11,000,000,000
of new money in addition to the $8,-
000,000,000 now outstanding. Total
currency needs at the present rate of
business are not over $4,000,000,000.
Hence, there is no permanent need
for more money, but a need to get
money circulating. The new currency
should be regarded as a temporary
stopgap to fill the hole capsed by
hoarding and by the tie-up in clieck-
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ears Worshipful Master
>dge 226 A. F. & A. M.
Williams and his wife,
Hams, reared to maturity
of children, who have Bought and
found splendid positions in various
sections of the country and who canie
home for the funeral Wednesday.
Among them arc: Mary E. Mills,
Moultrie; Horace W. Williams, Ma
con, Carrie McCrary, iMaywood, I'll.;
James Williams, New Haven, Conn.;
Ruby Williams, Chicago, 111.; Helen
Lyles, Maywood, I'll.; Ralph Williams,
Rosa Hern, Chicago, 111.; Margaret
Williams, Birmingham, Ala.
Funeral services, attended by one
of the largest gatherings of colored
people ever witnessed here, as well as
a large number of white friends,
were conducted here Tuesday after
noon at 3 o’clock by Rev. C. J. Roque-
more, with members of the colored
Masonic lodge attending in formation.
- in the various ac-
lndham was for a number of
of Butler .V^ars actively engaged in the mer
cantile and warehouse business, later
Ida Wil- as building contractor and is today
a number . seeing the county as Treasurer.
Rev. A. B. Jones, Former
Butler Man, Heads
Atlanta Exchange Club
The following news item appearing
in a'n Atlanta daily newspaper of
Sunday last will be read with Inter
est by the nmy Butler friends of Rev.
Ashton B. Jones, a native of this city
and son of Mrs. Florence Jones, now
of Atlanta:
“In an effort to form 'a clearing
house for the exchange of commodi
ties and services the Co-operative Ex
change Club with 15 Inman Park
firms, including drug and grocery
stores, laundries, filling stations and
printers, as members has been or
ganized by the Rev. A. B. Jones, who
has opened offices at 959 Highland
Terrace, N. E. Under the plan of ope
ration when a member of the club has
a commodity to offer he reports to
the club and the organization agrees
to buy the commodity at a fair valu
ation paying in Co-operative Ex
change Checks. If it is services that
are offered, the club recommends them
to some member who needs their serv
ices and they are paid by the club in
Co-operative Exchange checks. The
checks can in turn be exchanged for
merchandise or services with other
members of the club.”
They have reared to manhood and
woman-hopd nine children who, like
themselves, have been a great blessing
to the world, serving their day ana-
generation in a most acceptable man
ner; two of these, however, have died
pi-nre reaching their majority.
The Herald joins their numerous
other friends in extending to Mr. and
Mrs. Windham sincere congratulations
and the best of good wishes for many
more years of happiness and success.
Sheriff McGuffin Has Auto
Tag Blanks; Extra Charge
To Be Made After April 1
Application blanks for 1933 auto
mobile license tags are now available
at the office of Sheriff R. P. McGuffin
in the court house. The price of tags
will be $3, until April 1 and after that
time there will be a sheriff’s fine and
a small penalty added to the cost of
the tag.
Applicants-will now have only to
fill out the blanks, furnished by Mr.
McGuffin and send the $3 with it to
get a tag.
After April 1, all applications' will
be signed by the sheriff and a $1'
sheriff charge and a 20 per cent fine
will be added to the $3.
The sheriff said yesterday a num
ber of applications were being given
out, as motorists flocked to his offee.
AGED BUENA VISTA NEGRO IS
KILLED BY HIT-RUN DRIVER
Columbus, Ga., March 19.—Ernest
Walker, Chattahoochee county negro,
living three miles from Cusetta, was
-arrested Saturday night by Sheriff j.
B. McGlaun and Deputy Sheriff J. B.
Miller and placed in the Chattahoochee
county jail to be held for Sheriff Sid.
Wiggins, of Marion county, charged
with murder with an automobile.
The Walker negro is alleged to
have run down and killed another
aged negro on the outskirts of Buena
Vista Saturday nigtt. The driver of
the death car, a Ford roadster, is said
to have speeded on. He was found at
his home near Cusseta