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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, APRIL 6, 1988.
The Butler Herald
Eittbliihed in 1876
C. E. BENNS
Editor tnd Publither
iFFlCAL ORGAN OF TAYLOR CO
UBL1SHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hundred Copies.
SUBSCRIPTION gi.jo A YEAR
lntered at the Post Office at Butler,
Georgia as Mail Matter of Second
Class-
The path of duty lies in what is
■ear and men seek it for what is re-
note.
In planning 1933 crop lets forget
cotton but not neglect co.n and al'.
other feed crops for man and beast.
Much depends on your ideal—the
goal that lies in the distance. After
atl, character is no more than an in-
wrougiht ideal.
Perhaps the prohibition law is not
being observed as it should, but may
each of us ask ourselves what are we
doing to improve it?
Uncle Sam is still expecting addi
tional debt payment in June which
again proves the old saying that
lope springs eternal in the human
Breast I.; |> |
The process of balancing the nat
ional budget is now on its way. As
soon as most of the family budgets
of the country are balanced we will
Be back on the road to prosperity
again.
The name of the new secretary of
Columbus Chamber of Commerce is
Pike. Let's hope that the roll of new
members added to the organization
through his efforts will be as tall as
Pike’s peak.
Character is not a growth by an
nexation. It is an empire whose boun
daries are like the universe. There
truth is, everyone is born great—
great if he has the power to sway
the scepter in his own kingdom.
A few observations recently
prompts this: Measure the company
you keep and 'be sure the world will
keep you in that class. Better live a
solitary life than have too much pop
ularity especially with individuals
who have no regard f° r the good
name of others, nor for their own
character arid reputation.
If you are not convinced that the
automobile is not the greatest curse
tf the age, suppose you make a few
observations along the roadside at
night and even in the broad-open day
light, especially on Sunday after
noons. If you are the right kind of
father or mother there will be a re
vision of the rules of discipline in
the home.
No matter how useful a thing is, it
looks all wrong when it is out of
place. For instance a neighbor’s chick
ens in ones front yard or garden.
They can destroy more in one hour
than a year’s efforts can replace. The
writer knows whereof he speaks, but
rather than hurt someone’s feelings
prefers taking the loss. There are
others in Butler in the same position,
we can imagine.
A man that is clean outside and in
side, who neither looks up to ‘the rich
nor down on the poor; who can lose
without squealing and win without
bragging; who is considerate of wom
en, children and pM people; who is
too brave to lie, too generous to cheat
and too sensible to loaf, and who
takes his share of the world’s goods
and let other people have theirs, is
our idea of a true gentleman.
The Dublin Courier-Herald doubts
the value of a college education:
Nearly 400 Georgia schools are
closed. Closing of grammar schools is
a tragedy. But there are thousands of
children in college and high schools
who are wasting time, and costing the
taxpayers money, it is a reluctant ad
mission, but sad and true, most of ui
would be just as well off if we never
went any higher than the seventh or
eighth grade.
It is the cheery worker that suc
ceeds. No one can do his best, or even
do well, in the midst of worry or nag
ging. Wherefore, when you work
work as cheerily as you can. And dc
■ot put even a straw in the way oi
others.
What a difference one month has
made with a new leader in the White
Mouse. Everybody is talking different
and feeling different from what they
did a month ago. Every indication
points to the sending of Roosevelt as
an act of Providence.
We try to keep up with the times in
most things, 'but we still have the
old-fashioned idea that the discipline
of hard work is the best thing ever
devised for the growing boy and we
like the lad who would rather work
at anything than bum his coca cola
money front his dad or his mother.
Its people and not the world that’s
strange. For instance, did you ever
notice how much interest Borne folks
can take in local or private affairs
about which they have no earthly
concern? We have the highest appre
ciation for intellect properly used,
But a meddler invokes our contempt.
Since we have not taken advantage
of the occasion in several weeks to
mention the earnest desire of a ma
jority of the people of Taylor county
to have established a paved road east
and west through the county, don’t
get 'the idea that we have lost hope.
We firmly believe the work will be
done.
The Jews in America must regret
their sympathies towards Germany in
the World War. They have been badly
treated by them recently and we be
lieve that it means the end of ' Ger
many. History shows that every na
tion that ever persecuted the Jews
has passed on.—Bainbridge Post-
Seanchlight.
Pat Griffin says that there are
thousands of people who will believe
almost anything they hear, and then
turn right round and show doubt of
the things they should have sense
enough to actually see. Pat evidently
knows what he is talking about, at
least such cases come under our ob
servation nearly every day, and we
don't think the people of Bainbridge
are so much different from those of
Butler or elsewhere we know any
thing about.
mm lenitives
A long time ago someone said that
if a man makes a better mousetrap
than anyone else the world will beat
a path to his door. This may have
been true in the day that it was said,
but it isn’t true today. The world is
traveling too fast to ever find a
crooked pathway to someone’s door.
The difference between today and the
day in which this was written is that
instead of the world beating the path,
the producer must beat the path from
his door to the world. The generally
accepted means for this path beating
business today is advertising.
As an evidence that 3.2 beer has al
ready struck Jefferson, Ga., we re
produce the following editorial para
graph just as it appeared in last
week’s issue of the Jackson Herald
edited by Uncle John Holder, former
chairman of the state highway depart
ment:
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One Georgia farmer who has solved
the problem of marketing his prod
ucts, a problem that is causing dis
cussion throughout the country, ac
cording to reports, !b C. S. Jones, of
Worth county, who has found a ready
market for all the .cane syrup he pro
duces. Mr. Jones says his success Is
due to his care in keeping his syrup
uniformly good, following the process
of manufacture with scientific tests.
An equally important step, he says, is
presenting the syrup in attractive
containers.
When Jesse iBidor Straus was
named Ambassador to France recent
ly, It caused joy In Talbotton, Ga.,
the home town of the Straus family.
Miss Virginia Persons, of Talbotton,
expressed the sentiment of the com
munity when she wrote the new Am
bassador congratulating him on his
appointment. Mr. Straus replied that
the best wishes he received from
Georgia touched him more deeply
than any others. He is a grand-son of
Lazarus Straus, who formerly lived in
Mrs. C. L. Pyron, Mr. and Mrs Talbotton.
Henry Waters and Mrs. Wlllian
Parker were in Macon shopping ont Aftermath of the banking difficul-
day last week. ties Js a dri ve to bring all of the 12,-
' Mrs. Thfirmon Whatley, Mrs. Al 000 state banks into theFederalR^
bert Hicks, Misses Elizabeth Whatley serve System. S ™ e ° hs *™™ JJJ
an d Frances Williamson spent Thurs-^t this is not enough-.n‘ ove.
day in Atlanta 80 P 6 * cent of the bank failures in-
J a ' volved banks of less than $200,000
Elder Woodward, of Hawkinsville capital ana they believe this to be
filled his regular appointment at Newproof of a need for extension of
Hope Primitive Baptist, church Satur- branch banking. Others point to the
fact that thousands of small banka
are excellently managed, and are as
sound or sounder than many big banks
and hold that banking legislation
should simply seek to eliminate poor
management and dubious practices,
whether the product of dishonesty or
inexperience.
day and Shnday.
Startling information has been re
vealed by forty-eight life insurance,
companies of the number of appii-
cats for insurance that have been re
jected during the past year. Insur
ance companies report that every
seventh man examined for life insur
ance. is rejected. The records of 48
companies show that 2,276,000 people
made application for life insurance
and that 327,000 were rejected as 'be
ing undesirable risks. They were un-
rble to pass the medical examination-
The Georgia delegation in Washing
ton—both Senators and Representa
tives—is a unit for the best interest
of the state and backing the admin
istration in its program of govern
mental economy and aiding in clear
ing up the unemployment situation.
While we are shouting praises for
President Roosevelt let’s not forget to
show our appreciation of Senators
George and Russell and the ten con
gressmen who are so seriously con
cerned over the many problems con
fronting them.
The true man is one of the things
most prized by the great world. True
manhood is the wisest, sharpest,
strongest, most clear-sighted, far
sighted contestants in the battlefield
of life. Manhood carries the sharpest
sword, gains the truest success and
wears the brightest crown. No one is,
nr can be, the best preacher, the best
Inwver, the best physician, or the
best business man, who is not trulv,
grandly, and unselfishly, a man. But
greater than a good nian is a good
woman. Both, however, must be good
to be great.
The reckless speed at which auto
mobiles are driven on the streets of
Butler at late hours of the night,
while boistrous talking and laughing
are carried on by the occupants of
these cars, has caused considerable
comment and a desire thatthe word be
passed to the guilty parties that they
kindly refrain from such practices in
justice to those who do not like to
have their sleep and rest disturbed
by such gaity. This practice is for
innocent amusement, no doubt, and
all that is needed to reduce it is a
gentle reminder, we are quite sure.
For that purpose only is this item
written.
A lengthy editorial in Herbert
Wind’s paper, The Cairo Messenger,
in which the mistakes of the recent
session of the Georgia legislature are
pointed out, concludes with the fol
lowing paragraph: “Frankly, the
Governor, apparently drunk with au
thority and political power, cannot
escape responsibility for at least a
good part of the mess in which the
Legislature has left the state—'and
we confidently believe that as his ad
ministration wears on, like Humpty
Dumpty of the Mother Goose rhyme,
the erstwhile popular Governor is rid
ing for a fall, an opinion which we
have even though we have been one
of his friends and are among his
well-wishers.”
THERE MUST BE TAX
REDUCTION
In 1930 the population of the Unit
ed States was a trifle less than twice
that of 1890.
The national wealth was six times
as great.
The tax collections of government,
federal, state and local, were 12 times
the 1890 levies. An 827 per cent in
crease was registered by the federal
government, with state and local taxes
jumping 1,764 per cent and 1,139 per
cent respectively.
Since 1930 taxes have continued to
increase. National income has taken
an appreciable drop. There has been
little change in population. At the
moment, more of the individual and
business dollar goes to government
than at any other time in our history.
During 1933 it is estimated that tax
es will take at least 30 per cent of
the national income.
Taxation is as serious an economic
problem as we have ever faced. There
has been, on the one hand, an un
precedented collapse in incomes and
values—on the other, an unprecedent
ed orgy of government spending ano
indebtedness. Until taxes are reduced,
there can be no recovery—unless tax
es are reduced we face a bleak future.
FICKLE DAME FORTUNE
The recent appointment by Presi
dent Roosevelt of J. W. Collier, of
Mississippi, to be a member of the
Tariff Commission, emphasizes how
Dame Fortune hands out her favors.
Mrs. Collier was appointed to the
place on the commission recently va
cated by our own Hon. Chas. R. Crisp
who resigned shortly after being ap
pointed by President Hoover, when
the senate held U P confirmation of all
appointments made by Mr. Hoover.
Herbert Plummer, Washington cor
respondent of one of the leading press
associations, discusses the appoint
ment as follows:
“It’s a strange reversal of position
and one of those queer twists that
politics so often takes that two old-
time cronies and former key men for
their party in Congress are just now
experiencing.” Continuing, the Wash
ington writer says: “Charles Crisp, of
Georgia, and Jim Collier of Missis
sippi, both must have thought this the
other day when President Roosevelt
named the latter to be a member of
the Tariff Commission.
“For years the two men had work
ed side by side on the powerful ways
and means committee in the days
when the chances of the Democrats
ascending to power in the House
looked Ather slim.
“Collier was one notch higher than
Crisp in ranking, with the result that
when the tide die* \wing in favor of
Democrats in the 1930 congressional
elei tiers and put them in control of
the House the Mississippian became
chairman of the committee.
“Crisp moved up into second place.
"Came the first of the 72nd con
gress, however, and chairman Collier
was stricken ill. The tremendous task
of furnishing the leadership for bal
ancing the budget by the raising of
additional revenues fell upon the
shoulders of Crisp.
‘‘Day after day in those tumultuous
days he stood on the floor of the
House trying to jam the tax bill
through.
“With the job finally completed,
Crisp turned his eyes to a seat in the
Senate caused by the death of one of
Georgia’s senators. He went back to
Georgia, made a bid for the post and
was defeated.
“Meanwhile Collier, now recovered,
had run into trouble in his own
state. He failed to enter a primary
because a lower federal court had
ruled the Mississippi reappointment
law invalid, and when the Supreme
Court held otherwise, it was too late
for him to run.
“Thus both found themselves with
out jobs after years of public serv
ice. Collier had been in the House 24
years, Crisp 22.
“It wasn't long before announce
ment was made by President Hoover
that he had named Crisp as a mem
ber of the Tariff Commission. The
Democrats, however, flushed by the
November victory, had laid down
policy that the Senate would refuse
confirmation to any of Mr. Hoover’s
major appointments.
"This forced Crisp into private
life.
“Now President Roosevelt comes
along and names Collier to the same
position.”
DOLLARS COME HOME
Trace the course of a dollar spent
for property improvement, repairs
or replacement.
Part of it goes to local merchants,
who provide the needed materials.
Another part goes to. the workman on
the job. 1
The workman spends his part for
the necessities of life. The corner
grocery, the drug store, the depart
ment store get it—and through them
it goes to their employes, to the
farmer and the manufacturer. Then
the circle begins again—the money
enters new pockets, passes thru other
industries, travels to other sections
of the country.
The part of the dollar going to the
store providing the supplies follows
much the same course, It pays the
store’s workers. It pays bills. It goes
to factories to purchase new stock.
From the factory it goes *to other
w'orknien, to related industries sup
plying raw materials, to investors.
And at last, the dollar comes back,
through one channel or another, to the
original spender.
In a short length of time that dol
lar has a thousand uses. It has done
the work of a thousand dollars.
That’s the beauty of money which
is actually circulating—it is used an
Infinite number of times, and it does
as much good each time.
Now is the time to obtain needed
repairs at the lowest cost in decades
—and at the same time do your bit in
fighting depression.
Jobs are cheaper than charity—
and without jobs, there won’t be any
thing for charity.
A diamond is no less precious when
encased in a rude mounting. Poverty
ofttimes graces the richest gems.
THEORY AND FACT
Commenting on a cartoon in The
Statesman which was used to illus
trate an article by Mr. Roy LeCraw,
of Atlanta, who is doing a great work
in connection writh Forward Georgia,
Inc., the editor of The Cuthbert Lead-
>r has the following:
“A recent Tom Sanders cartoon,
shows an old man sitting on a block
on a city street, clothes patched, toes
sticking out, and an expression on his
face showing that he is almost “down
and out.” To his right is a, block of
city buildings, factories and such like.
In front stands a robot machine, with
the wording on it: “The machine has
permanently displaced the man." Be
hind him is a panorama of comfort,
peace and plenty—nice farm homes,
pastures, orchards—a golden oppor
tunity for the man without a job.
“There is nothing misleading about
the picture—cold hard facts staring
people in-the face all over the South
land, a land noted for its wonderful
climate, a land capable of year-round
crops, growing everything for man
and beast, its beautiful scenery of
woodland and flowers, the myriads of
varied and attractive wild life—it
Bhould be a land °f happiness for all
Its citizens. This is not theorizing-
all who care to may see this preach
ment as actual facts.
“Yet there are sometimes little
rocky paths and difficulties of life on
the farm that escape the man with the
brush, some little unavoidable disap
pointments too often overlooked by
the man who can sit in a good warm
room and write about it, especially he
who has never experienced any but
town life.
“With the nation’s trade flowing at
even rate, markets open, the ability
of non-producing consumers to buy all
their needs, the superior advantages
of farm life becomes a fact. It Is to
be hoped that this condition will again
prevail ere long. With a highly prom
ising government, together with
proper state co-operation, confidence
will get a great boost.
“At present there are large num
bers of vacant farms, others are be
ing sold under mortgage, conditions
of the last few years, together with
the present and near future preclud
ing the borrowers’ ability to ever re
pay the loans. There are tenants on
farms who have nothing to go on, no
stock, no seed, no credit; their land
lords cannot obtain any, even if they
were so disposed. They have sold hogs
of last year’s crop at 2c and 3c, com
at 26c, .cotton at 6c and 6c, potatoes
—no demand; other things In propor
tion—no market at all. Too many city
people had nothing to buy with. There
was no over-production—there was
no money to buy with. There Is noth
ing appealing in the cartoonist’s pic
ture to the country citizen in that
condition.
“Even then to the man with noth
ing to do and no money, a home on
the farm should be most attractive.
No wood or water to buy, a range for
his chickens and cow, and the thrifty
man can almost make enough with the
hoe, of others things to live on.”
ST. ELMO IS OPENED
The opening to the general public
on Saturday of “St. Elmo,” the fam
ous old mansion that figures in the
widely-known novel of Augusta Evans
Wilson by that name, by its owner,
Miss Florence Augusta Slade, was an
event of real interest throughout the
literary world, as well as attracting
the attention of those who love the
traditions of a day gone by.
Located on the Franklin D. Roose
velt highway just as it enters Colum
bus from Warm Springs, this attrac
tive ante-bellum home is one of
Georgia’s rarest antiques. It was built
during Revolutionary times, and the
present generation is deeply indebted
that it brings down to us the stately
architectural features of the former
period.
Its 18-inch walls of sun-dried brick
were made by the slaves, of clay from
its -surrounding acreage, and the
house remains exactly as it was built
The encircling veranda and its im
pressive columns were added during
the Greek revival in the architecture
of the early American republic.
One of the most interesting rooms
in the building is the basement din
ing room, where the impressive fea
ture is a huge log fire-place with an
ancient oven of the earlier type. For
mer presidents and statesmen of years
ago walked the halls of this historic
edifice, and there are many momen-
toes of the former days that prove of
keen interest to the spectator.
“St. Elmo” has now become another
particular feature of interest in Co
lumbus and environs, which is making
a bid tc the tourists of' the nation to
come our way.—Columbus Sunday
Ledger.
A girl’s chances of making a good
wife depend entirely upon the girl.
It takes force of character to love
deeply and be worthy of the deepest
love.
NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN
„ ^ «reat deal is being said about re.
lief for the unemployed in this coul
try, and everyone of course, want, *
help this unfortunate class of our ciu
izens and to put those who are jobless
back to remunerative work as snnn
as possible. This is our first duty
There are, it is said about twelve mil!
lion unemployed people in the Unit*)
States. There Is a terribly large nu *
ber and In itself mute evidence of the
necessity for relieving the situation
as fast aa possible. /
But there are some facts which
ought not to be lost sight of. There
are 88 million people In the country
who are still employed. They must not
be forgotten, either. And one reason
they must not be forgotten is that it
is on them that we must count for
support of any program to relieve the
unemployment situation. The large
army of the jobless must have imme-
diate help, and is getting such help
The aid, however, and this must not
be forgotten, must come from those
fortunate ones who are still employed.
Even the federal government cannot
get money out of the air. It must raise
it by taxing those who are still work
ing.
In framing any program for the
relief of the unemployment situation,
and to put the idle back to work, we
must see to it that the legislation is
sound and practical. If It is not sound
and practical; if money is wasted and
the burden of taxes increased, there
will be a further slump In business
and more increases in the number of
the unemployed. Depression feeds on
itself. The greater the burdens which
private enterprise and the Individual
citizen have to bear, the greater stag
nation, and the more relief which is
necessary. On the other'hand as bud-
gets are balanced, tax burdens lessen
ed, confidence regained there is a
quickening of the business pulse which
will mean re-employment for the idle
and less necessity for relief of the un
employed.
The best way back to normalcy in
business and employment is thru sane
retrenchment and not through im
practical schemes which instead of re
lieving the situation only add to the
troubles of those who are still car
rying on and doing their best to help
in the present unpleasant situation.
APPROVES THE IDEA
To the Editor of The Telegraph:
I have been a subscriber of your
good paper a number of years and al
ways read y° ur editorials with great
interest as they are always in favor
of what is right.
I read your splendid editorial about
the Macon Savings Bank find I be
lieve it is the proper thing for the de
positors to accept the plans offered by
Mr. Hart. I well remember when I
was with the state banking depart
ment under Mr. T. R. Bennett, who
was superintendent of state banks at
that time, that he sent me to Butler,
Ga., to liquidate the Butler Banking
Company but instead of liquidating
same I got the depositors to agree to
accept installments and wait on c0 '"
lections, which they were glad to do,
and on this basis I paid the deposi
tors 100 per cent and the records will
prove the above statement. Under
President Roosevelt’s plans our South
land will soon come back to the good
times and real estate will enhance in
value and all of our good banks in
Macon will be rendering the people
the same good service which they
have done in the past.
JAMES L. DENT.
NEWS INSTEAD OF RUMOR
(The LaGrange News)
A criticism frequently made of
newspapers is that they publish
things which' it would be much better
to keep still about. Such criticism im
plies that publishing even the truth is
dangerous. It is an unjustified atti
tude.
The recent banking crisis serves as
a good illustration of the real value
of authentic published news as against
word-of-mouth rumor. The trouble
seemed far worse when there was
nothing but rumor to act upon. When
everything was brought out into the
open, the crisis passed, and the res
toration of health could begin. Many
previously dubios bankers have come
around to that viewpoint now.
“The newspapers have done splen
did work in presenting news of the
bank holiday fully, accurately awl
fairly,” declares one of them. ‘‘Bank
ers, generally, have learned one im
portant thing from this situation,
isfar better to have the truth publish
ed boldly than to sit silent while ru
mor mongers and whispers sprea
falsehood." . ,
This is equally true of other kinos
of news, particularly relating 0
crime. The public is incomparably
better off because reliable newspaper 3
learn and publish the fact than tbe}
would be if telephone gossip aa
streetcomer rumor were all it bad 0
go on.