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77 YLOB COUNTY
“The Golden Gate”
Between the Mountain*
nnd the Sea
The Butler Herald.
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS’ 1
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.
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BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday April, 6 1933
Number 22
agreement is
reached on
FARM REUEF BILL
onFSIDENT’S DEMAND FOR
P SPEED IN HELPING FARMER
WINS ACTION FROM SENATE
COMMITTEE.
Washington, April
Roosevelt s demand for speed in help-
tog the farmer won Saturday from
Ihe senate agriculture committee
Agreement on a relief bill almost ex-
Sy as the administration wanted it.
After several days’ wrangling over
the bill opposition to the house, ap-
oJoved RooBevelt program, led by
Chairman Smith (D., S. C.), crumbled
to nothing in the wake of the long
conference the committee members
had With the chief executive. Smith
withdrew his proposed substitute for
victory was chalked up in the
committee, however, for Senator
Kendrick of Wyoming, the assistant
democratic leader, whose motion to
eliminate cattle and sheep from the
sweeping farm price lifting bill was
adroted 9 to 6 on his third try.
This done, flax and peanuts were
also taken out, and the committee
decided to report the bill to the sen
ate on Monday. One major question
remains to be settled, members said,
and that is whether to include the so-
called Simpson production cost guar
anty plan.
Members expect this proposal, ad
vocated by John A. Simpson, president
of tne National Farmers union, to be
incorporated in the final draft of the
bill, although it will be modified, and
they will provide that it is an altern
ative to be used by the secretary of
agriculture at his discretion.
Simpson’s suggestion would au
thorize the government to fix prices
on that portion of the farmer’s crop
going into the domestic market, to
insure him production costs, and a
"reasonable return” on his invest
ment . ...
The bill as it stands would give
Secretary Wallace authority to deal
with the problems of wheat, cotton,
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PROBABLE GEORGIA
WILL SOON GET
JOBLESS CAMPS
STATE’S CONGRESSMEN JOIN IN
MOVE TO OBTAIN EMERGENCY
FOREST UNITS.
SECOND QUARTERLY
CONFERENCE TO BE
HELD AT MAUK APRIL 8
Our second quarterly conference for
Mauk and Marion Charge will .con
vene at Mauk Saturday, April 8th.
Sunday school superintendents, presi
dent of young people’s organizations,
president of Woman’s Missionary So
cieties and chunsh lay leaders and
charge lay leaders will please have
their written reports ready for this
conference.
We hope that every steward in the
charge will strive to turn in some
amount of the collections on salary at
this conference. Our churches are the
greatest assets in our communities.
Let’s please be loyal to our churches,
W. H. Wilcox, Pastor.
Washington, April 4.—After a se
ries of conferences Tuesday with of-
ficals of the national forestry service
and department of labor, Representa
tive J. S. Wood was given assurance
that the state of Georgia would be
allotted one or more of the emergen
cy camps provided for under the re
cently enacted administration refor
estation legislation.
In his efforts to have Georgia se
lected for one or more of the camps.
Representative Wood has been joined
actively by Senator Walter F. George,
Senator R. B. Russell and Representa
tive Malcolm C. Tarver, together with
other members of the state congres
sional group.
Representative Robert Ramspeck. of
the Atlanta district, who oiloted the
reforestation measure through the
house, is also anxious to see the state
receive preferred treatment under the
legislation.
Representative Wood spent several
hours Tuesday in conference with R.
Y. Stuart, chief of the forest service
of the department of agriculture. Lat
er he called at the department of la
bor for further conferences. At both
departments he was told that while
final plans were yet to be worked out
for the administration of the act,
Georgia stood an excellent chance of
getting two or more of the camps.
At least one of the camps is expect
ed to be located In the ninth congres
sional district, which is served by Mr.
Wood, while another is scheduled to
go to the seventh district, served by
Judge Tarver. Both districts embrace
a considerable area of the Cherokee
national forest reservation.
As a member of the national fores
try commission Senator George will
insist that Georgia be given full con
sideration in the development of the
camps. Senator Russell has been
equally active.
Officials told Representative Wood
Tuesday it would be impossible to sav
just yet how extensive the Georgia
camps will be, but indicated that sev
eral hundred persons will be emplo v ed
at the start. Under the terms of the
measure as passed bv congress. "Ol
sons emploved in the reforestation
program will be given an allowance
of $30 monthly in addition to cloth
ing, housing, food and medical atten
tion.
TAX PAYERS PLEASE
TAKE NOTICE
The County Commissioners at their
regular meeting April 4th, last, de
manded of me to turn all tax execu
tions over to the sheriff after April
20th, next, with instruction to him to
make immediate levy. You will please
pay your taxes before then.
Yours truly,
G. A. ROBERTS, T. C.
“U. S. PROSPECT NEVER
BRIGHTER,” SAYS OCHS AT 75
West Palm Beach, Fla., March 11.—
America is recovering from a “wild
debauch of frenzied finances, crazy
speculation and insensate greed,” but
“never has the country had brighter
prospects ahead than at present," A.
S. Ochs, publisher of “The New York
Times” said at West Palm Beach on
the eve of his 7'5th birthday anniver
sary.
Mr. O.ohs, also the owner of The
Chattanooga Times and for 30 years a
member of the board of directors of
the Associated Press, passed the day
with his wife ami Mrs. A. H. Sulz
berger, his daughter.
“I am in full sympathy with Presi
dent Roosevelt’s program to have on
ly the Federal Reserve Banks issup
currency, and that based on liaui^ as-
7' of the banks, to mobilize tbe gold
the country and to maintain the
gold standard,” said Mr. Ochs.
. “There is no need of gold currency
ln this .country, and what we have, as
we have plentv. should he held to pre-
serve our credit throughout the world.
“Never in its history was the
United States so rich, so strong, so
Powerful and with brighter prospects
than it is at present. We have
arely scraped the soil of our oppor-
i 8 .’ our inimitable resources, our
nous tries and inventive genius.
We are for the present recovering
oin a \\did debauch of frenzied fi-
atice, crazy speculation and insen-
i„7 "‘feed. Everybody seems to h«ve
■ t their sense of the responsibility
,] wealth and a get-rich-quick epi-
u em,c swept thfi country<
n-,/ think the situation is now well
on,i s t ,n jd and we are sobering un
der eettiT1 2 onr house in or-
; n ' ..® tr agic experience we are hav-
that care ” 8U ' t ®^ ucatin S the People
. an d conservation are as
sary in economics as in physical
health, Mr. Ochs stated.
“The Ten Commandments and the
Sermon on the Mount cannot be ig
nored or forgotten,”, the publisher de
clared, “and should be our guide and
philosophy of life.”
Declaring he had lived through oth
er periods of economic depression and
then had seen the country “chastened
end bettpr for the experience.” Mr.
Ochs said healthy minded and indus
trious men “would gain knowledge
an experience that they could capi
talize to their “everlasting advan
tage."
"The world,” he said, “is on the eve
of nst.nnishlng developments in science
and industry. The inventions and de
velopments of the lest 75 years will
be far surpassed within the n-»xt score
or more of years.
Mr. Ochs expressed ssdne=s ove)
“the calamity that has struck south
ern California.”
Mr. Ochs was bom at Cincinnati
March 12. 1858.
In excellent health, active and alert
Mr. Ochs keeps in closp touch w’tb
his two newspapers and the Associat
ed Press. He an-’ Mrs. Ochs celebrated
Iheir 60th wedding anniversary re
cently.
Former Butler Pastor Spon
soring Erection New Church
Rev. H. C. Griffin and J. Y- Go *’ en
were in Waycross this week secunny
material to complete the Traders niii
Methodist church. Work has begun
and it is being rushed to completion.
Dedication services will be had ana
announcement of same will be given.
Presiding Elder Warwick will come
down and preside at the dedicatory
services.—Charlton County Herald.
Georgia Man Member of Crew
Lakehuret, N. J., April 4.—
One Georgian, Win. T. Hill, of
Jefferson, Ga., was aboard the
ill fated Akron when it crashed
early Tuesday.
UNITED STATES NAVAL DIRIGIBLE AKRON
CRUMPLES INTO SEA-74 LIVES ARE LOST
Ship Crashed From 1,600-Foot Elevation. Severe Storm Is
Blamed. Surviving Officer at Loss As to Cause of Dis
aster, But Thinks Lightning Didn’t Hit Ship. Dis
aster Occurred 25 Miles Off Jersey Coast.
New York, April 4.—The U.,S. S. Akron, largest airship in the
world, crashed in flames at sea early Tuesday with 77 men.
Ten hours later only four of these, men had been found and
one of them died later, making this apparently by far the greatest
disaster in the whole history of lighter-than'air flights, a history
which has been spotted by numerous major tragedies.
The Akron was caught in a violent
electrical storm shortly after mid
night 25 miles out from the sand
dunes of the Jersey coast in the *e-
gion of Barnegat.
The coast guard station at Asbury
Park, N. J., reported Receiving SOS
signals from the Akron, but the air
was filled with static and they were
not heard elsewhere. The German
tanker Phoebus saw a flare in the
darkness. Presumably the Akron was
struck by lightning and set afire, and
so the navy reported to President
Roosevelt.
Among the missing was Admiral
Wm. A. Moffett, chief of the navy’s
bureau of aeronautics. Among the res
cued was Lieut. Commander H. V.
Wiley, executive officer of the Akron.
The other rescued were enlisted
mmbers of the crew, as was the man
whose body was rehovered.
The coast guard destroyer Tucker,
after abandoning hope of finding fur
ther survivors, started for the Brook
lyn navy yard with the body of the
dead man and the survivors. A wire
less cali was sent ahead to have an
ambulance ready for the injured.
The tragedy occurred In the worst
of flying weather. Besides the peril of
the ‘ electric disturbances, visibility
was exceptionally poor and the flying
ceiling was close to sea level.
$25,000 Crop Loans
Approved For 550
Taylor Co. Farmers
Five hundred and fifty .checks have
been received by farmers in Taylor
county during the past ten days from
the Crop Production Loan office in
Washington. These checks, ranging
from $60 to $300 each, total approxi
mately $25,000.
Loans are made to farmers through
a crop mortgage, to be paid out of
the first receipts from 1933 crops.
Other checks are expected to arrive
here at an early date which will in
crease the number of loans for the
year to 600 or more.
Mr. A. E. Guinn, Taylor
County Poultryman, Makes
Success With Undertaking
Mr. Hoyle Peterman, Former
Taylor County Man, Meets
Tragic Death Near Buena Vista
News of the tragic death of Mr.
Hoyle Peterman, native of this coun
ty-and son of Mrs. J. H. Peterman,
of Charing community, was the
source of much sorrow, Sunday, to
his relatives and friends here.
According to information received
here Mr. Peterman was struck Satur
day night by an automobile as be was
walking along the highway between
Buena Vista and Tazewell en route to
his home three miles east of Buena
Vista, the unfortunate accident occur
ring a mile frpm Buena Vista.
Northern Johnson, colored, whose
car it is believed struck Mr. Peter
man, testified before a coroner’s jury
that he saw an object lying in the
middle of the road, and that he blew
his automobile horn but before he
could bring his car to a full stop, the
car had passed over the object which
proved to be Mr. Peterman. The de
ceased received a badly fractured
skull and was dead on arrival of
nearby persons.
According to last reports the negro
was being held in the Buena Vista
jail for further investigation.
The body of Mr. Peterman was
brought here for interment in the
family lot at Crowell cemetery Sun
day afternoon, funeral service" being
conducted by Rev. W. E. Hightower.
The deceased is survived by his wife
and two children besides his mother
and several brothers and sisters.
SPRING TERM
SUPERIOR COURT
OPENED MONDAY
SHORT SESSION EXPECTED BY
OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF THE
COURT. CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
DOCKET EACH LIGHT.
The story of Taylor county’s suc
cess witn quality eggs was related By
P. J. Richardson, extension poultry-
man, of the State College of Agricul
ture recently.
“The folks with poultry down in
Taylor county had a real objective in
minjj when they bought their first
chicks, and this was quality eggs.
With the assistance of County Agent
Communication concerning rescue
efforts was hindered by continuing
static. Third naval district headquar
ters in New York reported that all
wireless receivers there “went dead”
about the time of the crash and re
mained out of commission for a con
siderable period.
Rescued Commander’s Story of
Disaster
New York, April 4—Lieutenant
Commander H. V. Wiley, one of the
three survivors of the Akron disaster,
Tuesday told his own story of the
greatest air tragedy in American na
val history. He said:
“The first thing I want to say is
this—I am going to conduct the in
terview with you newspapermen. I’ll
answer no questions about opinions
and technical matters.
“I’ll answer questions as'to my own
observations so you will get this story
straight.
“Suppose first I give you an outline
of what happened.
“We left Lakehurst about 7:30
Monday night on a regularly sched
uled flight. One object of the flight
was to calibrate some radio direction
finding stations in New England.
“The ship, was in good flying con
dition, slightly heavy. The lightning
to the south became extensive. It also
appeared to the west. '
“About 10 o’clock, after we had
left the Jersey coast, the storm be
came general all around us.
“I do not think the ship was struck
by lightning. There was no indication
of it at any time, although, as I say,
there was plenty of lightning all
around us.
“We continued eastward for about
an hour out to sea.
“Then we reversed our course.
When we reached land once mote we
saw a group of lights and identified
the shore line. It was about midnight
then and the course was changed to
the southeast.
“About 30 minutes later the ship
began to descend rapidly from 1,600
feet and I tossed out emergency bal
last. The fall was stopped at about
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Lundy, hatcheryman A. E. Guinn and m |nl11[ . w „
a few other leaders, the poultry pro-1 School of Technology about 1909, and
ject was launched. Chicks were bought Btudie d architecture. He was a mem-
from the local hatcherwman in lots'of
300 to 350. These chicks were hatched
from hens and male birds of known
quality. Several poultrymen last year
raised nearly, one hundred per
cent of the chickB bought. Strong,
husky chicks turned into strong, hus
ky pullets laying large white eggs.
The interest spread and the large
white eggs were in good demand,
even in the spring when eggs are so
plentiful.
“One community now sells around
40 cases a week together, according
to Mr. Richardson. All eggs are stan
dard weight, 24 ounces to dozen or
better. All are clean and white On
the large end a stamp, Morning Star,
identifies the product.
“They sell readily, when eggs are
seance and when eggs are plentiful.
Quality sells them. A regular trade
has been built on these quality eggs
and the supply does not meet the de
mand at the present time,” Mr. Rich
ardson declared.
“Altogether something over 80
cases a week are being sold out of
Taylor county. It has been only a few
years ago that 1,000 white Leghorns
was the sum total in that county.”
Macon County Young Man
Injured In Saw Mill Mishap
Montezuma, -Ga., March 30.—Carl
Stafford, a young man- residing near
Ideal, was admitted to the Macon
county clinic at Montezuma recently
for treatment of injuries received
when he was caught by the drive-
shaft of a sawmill.
Both bones in the lower right arm
any lower left leg were broken. He
was rushed to the hospital and ac
cording to last reports his condition
was satisfactory.
W. F. Oliphant, Prominent
Macon Architect, Died
Sunday After Long Illness
It will be grievous news to his
many Butler friends to learn of the
death of Mr. William F. Oliphant,
prominent Macon architect, which oc
curred Sunday last, after an illness
of six weeks.
Mr. Oliphant was bom Aug. 31,
1891, in Thomaston. He was the son
of G. Frank Oliphant, now superinten
dent of the Georgia Academy for the
Blind, and the late Mrs. Jeannle Gray
Oliphant. They moved to Macon in
1906, and W. F. Oliphant finished his
secondary education at Lanier high
school. _
He • later entered the Georgia
The Spring term of Taylor Su-
>erior court opened on Monday mom-
7 of this week at 9 o’clock with am
e charge to the grand jury by
Judge C. Frank McLaughlin, highly
esteemed jurist who has presided over
the courts of the Chattahoochee Cir
cuit for a number of years. He urged
the people to practice thrift and
economy and thereby come back to
prosperous conditions. The judge was
listened to attentively by a good crowd
of jurors, witnesses ana other inter
ested parties as he always hns a
word of good cheer and sound advice
for our people.
The grany jury was duly organized
with the election of Mr. H. H. Riley,
foreman: Mr. F.. W. Conk, clerk: and
Mr. G. R. Windham, bailiff
A number of important matters of
intemst to the welfare of the county
and the public at large are being con
sidered by the grand jury with the
rest of their actions to be incorporat
ed in their general presentments to'be
submitted at the reconvening of court
this morning, it is learned, and the
body dismissed for the term.
Approximately flftv civil cases had
been disposed of at the time of going
to press, leaving only a few others on
the docket to be disposed of. The civil
calendar Is said to be the lightest
and in best general condition In sev
eral years.
The criminal docket will probably
be taken up today and completed'to
morrow.
All possible speed has been used to
shorten the term so that tbe lurors
nnd others interested, most of whom
are farmers, msv get berk to their
crons and also decrease the expense
of the court.
Fishing License Reduced
Judge Peed Is Advised
The General Assembly recently ad
journed at least reduced the tax bur
den on one class of our citizens. It
voted a reduction of more than 50
per cent in the license fee required of
persons who sell fresh water fish.
Formerly the fee was $10.60 but the
General Assembly reduced ^it to $5.
However,-the new law, as pointed out
by the Commissioner of Game and
Fish, Peter S. Twitty, applies to
every person who sells fresh water
fish. The law specifically states that
no person or class of persons is ex
empt from its provisions. Fish mar
kets, stores and other places of busi
ness heretofore exempt are'now re
quired to obtain this license.
The licenses are now on sale at the
office of Judge L. T. Peed, Ordinary,
and as the law is already in effect,
All persons who sell fresh water fish
are advised to obtain their licenses at
once.
Mr. E. W. Hodges Elected
J. P. Reynolds District
Mr. E. P. Hodges, editor of the Rey
nolds New Era and prominent young
business man of Reynolds, was elect
ed Justice ol the Peace. 741st district
G. M., Saturday to fill a vacancy
caused by the recent death of Hob.
H. H. Aultmaii.
ber of the Kappa Alpha social fra
ternity at Georgia Tech.
When the United States entered
the World War he enlisted in the
327th Infantry of the 82nd division
and left Macon April 1, 1918. He soon
was^ent to France, and served there
about 14 months. In the rank of cor
poral he was subjected to intensive
warfare at the front.
Another Poultry Sale
Scheduled This Week
There will be another poultry sale
next Saturday, April 8th at Butler and
Reynolds. The poultry truck will be
at Reynolds Saturday morning from
10 to 12 o’clock. From there it will
proceed to Butler, where the sale will
be held from 1:30 to 4 p. m. This will
allow plenty of time in which to
weigh and load the poultry.
On account of the fact that the sale
held last week was not completely ad
vertised, many who wished to sell
their poultry did not hear about the
tale in time to do so. For that reason
we are holding it a day later this week
In order to get ample newspaper pub
licity over tne county.
Prices to be paid are the same as
last week with the exception of a one
cent per pound reduction in the price
paid for heavy hens. They are as- fol
lows:
Heavy hens 9c
• Light hens ' 7c
Heavy fryers J 16c
Light fryers 14c
Roosters 6c
Stags 7c i
This will likely be our last sale If
the year.
W. A. Lundy, County Agent.
REVIVAL SERVICES TO BEGIN
AT THE BUTLER METHODIST
CHURCH EASTER SUNDAY
Revival services will ‘begin at the
Butler Methodist church Easter Sun
day, April 16th. Rev. T. O. Lambert,
pastor of the Cochran Methodist
church, will arrive in Butler on Mon
day, April 17th, and will do the
preaching. The meeting will run
about twelve days. We urge the en
tire citizenry of our town to join us
in making this a revival that shall be
of lasting benefit to the entire com
munity.
W. E. Hightower, Pastor.
PENSIONER PASSES
Mrs. Lizzie Morrell, 76. widow of
Confederate Veteran J. H. Morrell,
died Thursday of last week at the
home of her son, Mr. L. E. Morrell.
She was sick .about two weeks with
pneumonia.
W. P. Hornady, Prominent
Schley County Citizen,
Dies After Long Illness
Taylor county friends of Hon. W.
P. Hornady, and they are legion, were
grieved to learn of his death which
occurred at his home, near Ellaville,
on the Ellaville-Americus highway
Sunday morning last. He had been in
ill health for the past year, but his
condition did not become serious until
ten days ago, it is learned.
Mr. Hornady, w.ho was 69 years old
and one of the best known and most
highly esteemed citizens of his sec
tion, was born and reared in Schley
countv. He never married, but lived
with his brother and two sisters.
About 25 years ago, they moved to
Dawson, where Mr. Hornady was on-
gaged in the shoe business. After liv
ing there for about, ten years they
moved back to Schley county. A few
years ago, they built an attractive
residence on the Americus-Ellaville
highway. ‘ r. • .< .
Mr. Horendv "'ns prominent in tbe
affairs of the Methodist church. For
manv vears he served as lay leader of
the Ellaville M. E. circuit, and was a
delegates to the South Georpie Metho
dist conference many times. He was
an active prohibitionist, and was nop-
resse-i of consider"hle literary talent.
His poems have delighted hi" manv
f-lendB having apneared in this arid
other newspapers in the state.
Surviving are one brother. E. R.
Homadv. and two sisters. Mrs. G. P.
DeWolf and Miss Mary Hornady.
Singing At Mt. Pisgah
Proves Delightful Occasion
The song service held at Mt. Pisgah
church last Sunday afternoon proved
to be a splendid success. Quite a
number of visiting class leaders M
well as other visitors co-onerated with
the peoule of our community in mak
ing this an enioyable afternoon.
Amonjar choir leaders and instrumen
tal musician attjndinpr this service
were: Mr. R. N. Mctnv»le. Ml«s Luttie
Mclnvale, Mr. and Mrs. Gresham,
Mr. B. L. McDaniel. Miss Rita Pea
cock, Messrs W. T. Gostin and Claude
Bl A r ’cordial invitation is extended to
nil to meet again with us on the first
Sunday afternoon in each month ana
assist'in making these somr serv
ices both enjovable an* unliftmg oc
casions. This class is striving to make
this tbe best year ever and to do so
we shall deeoly annreciate your pres
ence and co-operation.
—Class Leader.
LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET
The regular meeting of Butler
Unit No. 124, American Legion
Auxiliary will be held Friday, April
7th at 3:00 p. m. at the Butler Bap
tist church. All members are request
ed to be present. The program will be
arranged by Mrs. J. S. Green.
—Publicity Officer.
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