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rAVLOB COUNTY
“The Golden Gate”
Between the Mountain*
and tne Sea
Traversed by the
SCENIC HIGHWAY
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The Butler Herald
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET 0 V SUCCESS*
County’s Chief CKiea
BUTLER AND REYNOLDS
No section of the state efi
bettor opportunities for sc
industries and delightful
zenship than either- of
Cities.
Volume 57
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday May 4,1933
Number 25
STORY OF GEORGIA
FORESTS TOLD AT
association meet
fnough forest land in THIS
state, says lufburrow, TO
meet all-time pulpwoou
demand. .
FIRST PLACE WON
BY FORT VALLEY
CORDELE SECOND AND RICH
LAND THIRD IN THIRD DIS
TRICT MEET AT AMERICUS.
Savannah, Ga., April 28.—A cora-
nrehonsive outline of Georgia’s pulp
wood posibilities is to be laid before a
eroup of New England and Canadian
piper manufacturers here ’early next
week, according to plans of the Geor
gia Forestry Association, wmch met
* Savannah Friday.
Georgia has approximately 23,000,-
000 acres of forest lands eupable of
supplying any amount of pulp wood
for all time, B. M. Lufburrow, heau
„f the state forestry department, Ha ^ in ’ svllle>
told the convention. ...
This area, Lufburrow said, also
provides enough timber lands to at
tract lumber interests and insures
sufficient stumpage to further tue
turpentine industry. Fire prevention,
he declared, is tire paramount prob
lem at present.
Thos. J. Hamilton, editor of the
Augusta Chronicle, urged the forestry
association to adopt measures for in
creasing the timber supply, thereby
adding to the state’s wealth. He
pointel out that experiments for mak
ing paper pulp from Georgia pines
should be continued, and culled Gov.
Talmadge’s action in vetoing a $20,-
000 appropriation for that purpose
the “crime of the past legislative
lession.”
Reforestation of abandoned lands
and of watersheds in the state to pre
vent erosion was advocated by the Au
gusta editor, as ,was the establish
ment of game reserves.
Eugene Adams, a vocational agri-
tTum to Page 8, No. 8)
Taylor County Agent
Advises Farmers to Save
Austin Winter Pea Seed
2-CENT RAIL FARES
ORDERED IN STATE
BY SERVICE BOARD
Talmadge Issues Emphatic
Statement Against Extra Ses
sion to Legalize Beer in Ga.
Atlanta, May 2.—In the most em
phatic statement he has yet made
aguinst an extra legislative Session
to legalize beer In Georgia,
Talmadge Tuesday said he did not
consider "the absence of legal beer”
an emergency and that if “schools
must depend upon debauchery to stay
open, they ought to close."
The governor’s statements were
made as Representative Eugene Ept-
ing of Clarke county, who has been
taking a poll of members of the gen
eral assembly, advised him that 26
senators and 117 representatives—a
majority of both houses—had signed
pledges for a 12-day beer session.
"That’s not-nearly enough,” said
the governor. “By the time they got
thru arguing about whether the tax
would be $1 per barrel or $1.25 a bar
rel, and other details of the bill, they
would be here for months and we
might not accomplish much then.
"The more I study about this thing
the more I become convinced that
when you go to legislating on any
phase of the prohibition question,
you’ve got to take in the whole sub-
lect. Legalized beer is not going to
stop the drinking of hard liquor—in
fact, j think it would encourage it.
“Georgia is not really a beer drink
ingstate anyhow.”
Epting asked if the governor
thought legalized beer would help
the state’s revenues, and if an en
couraging word from the governor
might not bring additional memoers
of the legislature around to support
of a beer bill.
"It won’t do this country a bit of
good to drink beer and sweat it out"
the governor said. "I don’t want to
encourage it and I don’t think you
ought to.”
THOMASTON CITIZEN
ENDS HIS OWN LIFE
Americus, April 29.—Ft. Valley,
Cordele and Richland won first, sec
ond and third places in the entire
Third district high school meet held
at Americus Saturday while in the
literary division first honors went to
Ft. Valley with 23 points; second
place to Cordele and Richland, tied
with 13 points each, and next place
to Richland with 12 points.
Silver trophies awarded schools in
spelling, track and to winner of meet
contests were awarded schools at
Chipley, Cordele and Ft. Valley.
In fie piano contest Vivia Waters,
Cordele, won first place, Mary Hall,
Hawkinsville, second and Dorothy
Giles, Richland, third.
Frank Harrison, Ft. Valley, won
first place in declamation, his subject
being America’s Dream, with Morris
Abram, Fitzgerald, second and Tom
Marshall, Americus third.
In the reading contest, Martha
Giles, Richland, won first honors;
Helen Wheeler, Ft. Valley, second,
and • Elizabeth Betts, Hawkinsville,
thi-d
Allyne Harris, Cordele, won first
place in the home economics contest,
with Dolma Lane. Dawson, second,
and Murel Lewis, Vienna, third.
Awards for winners in district con
tests were given the following boys
and girls: Central section, Edward
Vinson, Cordele; Sara Cronin, Daw-
.pn: eastern Msrt.ion, Morris Abram,
Fitzgerald and Mary Weldon Seals,
Hawkinsville; northern section, Har
old Bridges. Vienna and June Wil
liamson, Vienna; eastern section.
Pierre. Wav°rlv Hall and
Virginia Grubhs, Cuthbert.
Debate awards were presented to
schools as follows: Ft. Valley, first
prize, affirmative, Evelyn Young and
Frank Harrison, representatives:
Plains, second. ne»ati v e, Virginia
Andrpws and Donnell Carter, repre-
oop+ntlvPR
‘ Tn the' district spelling contest
Chipley won fir** place with 92.19
per cent; Hamilton second, with 91.33
(Turn to Page 8, No. 1)
A great many farmers plan this
year to save Austrian winter pen seed
for their planting this fall. Inis is an
excellent idea, as ordinarily seed can
be saved and still a part of the bene
fit of the crop having grown on the
land can be gotten by planting the
land to a hay crop, such as soybeans
or cowpeas or lute corn for roasting
ears or grain.
Austrian winter pea seed can be
harvested by raking the vines up into
windrows with a hay rake as soon as
the seed is mature. At this time the
vines will be practically all dead. This
method is possible because the vines
first decay at the ground and are
weakened enough to break when
pulled by the rake and the fact that
the seed do not shatter very readily
when ripe. The crop then can be
hauled in and stored for threshing or
threshed in the field when the vines
and seed are fully dry. If stored or
stacked, the vines should be arrang'd
so they will not damage by nesting
or molding. The seed then can be
separated with a regular grain
thresher, or for small lots, by beating
them out with sticks as is sometimes
used with cowpeas. If the threshing
machine is used the speed of the cy
linder should be reduced to about one
half of that used for oats or wheat
This will prevent cracking of tb«
seed.
If the crop is growing along with
grain the seed can be saved by .cut-
tine- with a binder or mower when
both crops are matured and threshing
with the regular threshing machine.
The seeds can be separated with a
sieve or a spiral separator made for
this purpose.
The weather conditions most favor,
able to Austrian winter pea seed
nroduction is a fairiv cold winter fol
lowed by a late, cool spring with suf
ficient moisture for other crops. If
these conditions nrevail during the
blooming and seed setting time and
on until the pods begin to fill out
reasonable seen cron should result
Ordinarily higher vields of seed per
acre are gotten with thin stands
land not too rich.
W. A. LUNDY, County Agent.
REDUCTION OF ROUND-TRIP
TICKETS TO ONE AND ONE-
HALF CENTS PER MILE, EF-
FECTIVE MAY 10.
Twenty-Two Taylor County
Boys Chosen by Local
Board for Forestry Job
Reduction in railroad passenger
fares between all points in Georgia
to 2c a mile for one-way tickets and
to 1, l-2c a mile for round-trip tick
ets has been ordered by the public
service commission, J. A. Perry, the
commission- chairman, nnounced Mon
day. The new rates will become ef
fective May 10.
The round-trip tickets are good for
four days.
“We believe that the lowering of
I he fares will increase travel and
therefore increase the revenue of the
railroads’” Chairman Perry said. “The
rate is experimental and will run for
a six-month period.”
The new fare schedule was opposed
by railroads operating in the state at
a hearing before the commission last
week. Representatives of the carriers
pointed out that it was a purely ex-
(Tum to Page 8; No. 6)
Program At
Methodist Church Sunday
Night Sponsored by W.JYL&
Saturday; April 29th, the local R.
F. C. comimttee, composed of H. fa.
Wall, chm., J. T Chilus, L. T, Feed,
P A. Jenkins G. A. Kobei'is, \V. T.
Kustin and W A. Lundy, met and se
lected Taylor county’s quota of 22
young men to attend one of the Ci
vilian Conservation (or Forestry)
Camps.
Ou; of about 47 applicants, the
following young men were cnosen:
Hughlar.d Chapman, Ira Whittle, C.
W. Trussed, Emory Harris, Murray
Walker, Frances Perd, Millard Wil
liamson, Joseph . Dickerson, Dana
Downs, Cecil Pennington and Harley
Gaultney, of Butler; Hendley Saun
ders, Robert Newsome, C. D. Wind
ham, Joe Bloodworth, Herbert Gauit-
ney, Wilson Jarrell, Eugene Locke,
George Youngblood and Samuel,
Stringfellow, of Reynolds; Chester Memucon, a Prince—Paul Fain
Yarbrough, of Mauk; Bentley Adams, 1 Marsena, a Prince—Lucille Mitchell
The .Young Women’s Missionary
Society of the Butler Methodist
Church will sponsor a delightful .pro
gram presenting “Esther, The -Beau
tiful Queen” in music and song at the
Methodist church Sunday evening .be
ginning promptly at 7:45. Tne puo/ir.
is cordially invited.
The program to be presented is as
follows:
CAST
Esther, the Queen—Helen Young
Ahasuer&s, King of the Medea oui
Persians—Linwood McGee.
Haman, a Prince—Wanza Hortman
Mordecai, a Jew, the King’s Officer at
the Gate—John Anthony
Hatach, Esther’s Servant—Aurelia
Trussed.
Abagtha, a Scribe—<Ruth Dunwddy
Thomaston, Ga., April 27.—W. L.
l.oles, 33, filling station operator,
was found shot to death in the bed-
room of his home, Thursday. He was
alone, the family being in the yard.
" hen they entered the house to in
vestigate, after hearing the shot,
'n&y found the body, they reported
J 0 c °unty officers. A charge of shot
>rom a single-barrel shotgun had en
tered his heart. He had been in poor
health for some time.
He is survived by his wife and three
small children.
OFFICIAL RAINFALL REPORT
Andrew College to
Celebrate May Day
With Georgia Pageant
May day celebration at Andrew
college in Cuthbert this year will -be
in the form of a Georgia bicentennial
pageant, Georgia’s Two Hundred
Years Rythmic Progress, which was
arranged and is being directed by
Miss Ruth Bale, teacher of physica
education and dramatic nr:. It will
be sponsored by the physical educa
tion department, although a number
of children from town will also take
part.
The program will include the Greet-
ing of May, an interpretativ dance by
Miss Adalyn Worrill and a bevy of
dainty little girls in frilled organdy
frocks and carrying May baskets. The
pageant proper begins with an Indian
dance by Misses Mary Glanton, Mil
dred Shirah, Marjorie Hobbs, Helen
Coleman, Elsie Frutral, Margaret and
Martha Williams, Adelaide Stafford
and Mary Pierce. ,
Next will be the Landing of the
Anne processional, composed of all
other participants of regular events
who enter with a rocking step in snip
formation, than a greeting with tne
Indians, which completes the prologue
of the pageant.
Miss Elsie Jackson takes the part
nf General Oglethorpe: Miss Adelaide
Stafford of Tomochiehi and Miss
Frances' Brinoon of John Wesley.
This is followed V _ a group of
peasant dancers by Misses L. Oil it,
Virginia Huie, JemelleFarmer. Cachet
Brown, Mary Berryhill. Madalme Mc-
Haffey, Hazel Brokintnn, Marram
Holloway, Mary Weir, Harriett Winn
tnv Ames Watkins, and a wlo donee
by Miss Elizabeth Cox as the Chero
kee Bose. Miss Cox’s dance '"’ll n
heralded by a group of small chil
dren in the song and dance of vne
Cherokee Rose. Next there will he
the statelv Colonial Minute to ”ad-
erewski’s famed mi'"'c, which will he
danced by Misses Florence Flanders,
(Turn to Page 8, No. 2)
Rainfall for Butler station from
Ja o- 1, to April 30, 1933 is as follows:
Amount of rainfall 17.46 In.
Average for this period, 18.00 In.
deficit 1 54 i„ t
MRS. H. P. WALLACE.' Observer.
Homes Burned
said°tJ, e l of f ? lIr ne f ro families were
of an n a a 7 e teen destroyed by fire
Tuesday^gh™ med ° rigin at Reynolds
FORMER SCHLEY
MAN IS HONORED
Ellaville, April 27—L. E. H ol *°-
way, who was reared in Schley coun
ty on the Ellaville-Andersonville
road, was recently elected president
of the Melon Distributors association,
a national organization of melon
growers and shippers at the conclud
ing session of the annual convention
which was held the past week m
' al Mr. Holloway is the son of the late
L. M. Holloway, prominent plants
of Schley county. He is 'veil known
in Georgia and Florida, .
has made friends by his integrity and,
strict business principles.Mr. »oi-
loway is at present residing
lanta.
LELAND HARVEY TRIES
TO STRIKE A BARGAIN
WITH GOV. TALMADGE
WILL QUIT TRYING ESCAPE
IF GIVEN HOPE OF HIS
FREEDOM EVENTUA L L Y
Use to Which Government
Loans May Be Applied
Is Explained Below
Borrowers are free to use the pro
ceeds of their loans for any needed
supplies within the regulations, using
their beat judgment to obtain the
best possible value for the money ex
pended.
This quotation from a letter issued
by the Crop Production Loan Office
of the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, clears up any confusion that
may exist Yunong farmers as to the
use of the money obtained. The letter
clearly points out that regulations
governing crop production loans do
not contain any requirements or even
suggestions that certain brands or
makes of materials be purchased.
The letter in full, as received by
Extension Directors, and transmitted
to County Agents and others, reads
as follows:
“To All State and Field Supervisors:
“The regulation governing crop
production loans do not contain any
requirement or suggestion to borrow
ers as to the purchase, from the pro
ceeds of loans, of supplies of any
particular brand or manufacture. Bor
rowers are free to use the proceeds
of their Joans for any needed sup
plies within the regulations, using
their best efforts to obtain the best
of Howard,
These boys will fill out their appli
cations Wednesday morning, May 3rd
and as soon as notified from Atlanta
will proceed to a nearby recruiting
station, where they will be given a
physical examination. Those physical
ly fit will bo forwarded to Camp Ken
ning, there to undergo a ten-days’
training period before being trans
ferred to a Forestry Camp.
Seed Loan Office
Officially Closed After
Approving $52,000 Loans
The Seed Lqan was officially over
April 29th, at which time our-last
application was taken. Of course
there are a few incomplete applica
tions and many checks yet to be re-
ceived, but these should all be in Dy j 9l’ e , en '
May 10.
Milledgeville, Ga., April 29.—Le-
land Harvey Friday tried to strike a
bargain with the governor of Geor
gia. He told Gov. Talmadge he would
quit trying to escape from prison if
his sentence was leduced to a period
that he might have some hope of
eventually getting out of prison. Har
vey is tile convict who is serving a
sentence of 110 years for a series of
burglaries and who has escaped from
prison so often that it seems to have
become a habit with him. .
The governor while in Milledgeville
Friday saw Harvey and talked with
him for some moments. It was during
the course of conversation that Har
vey advised the governor if he was
given a prison sentence that he could
work out he would give to the state
of Georgia the" very best in him as a
prisoner and that neither guards nor
prison officials nor anyone else would
have any trouble with him in the fu
ture.
“Governor,” the convict is quoted
as saying, “reduce my sentence to
some term which will have an end to
it in my life time and see whnt a
difference it will make in me and my
conduct in prison. Fix my term at lfl
years, which would be ample punish
ment for the crimes for which I have
been convicted and see what a model
(Turn to Page 8; No. 4)
Poultry Sale Saturday,
Better Prices Offered
The Taylor County Poultry Coin
mittee announces that there will be a
poultry truck sale at Reynolds am'
Butler, Saturday May 6th. The truck
will be at Aultman’s store at Rey
nolds from 10 a. m. till noon. From
one to four o’clock the truck will be
at the county agent’s office at Butler.
Prices to be paid are as follows:
Colored Fryers, lfte per pound
Leghorn Fryers, 17c per pound
Bare-back Fryers, 17c per pound
Colored Hens, 8c per pound
Leghorn Hens, 7c per pound
Stags, 7c per pound
Roosters, 5c per pound.
We would not hold this sale but for |
the fact that the above prices quoted
on fryers are unusually good for this
time of year, and there are quite a
number of fryers now ready for sale
over the county which should be sold
Queen’s Maids—Mrs. Ruth Dr.sccft
and Mrs. Myrtle Cooper.
Bizthi, a Chamberlain — Margaret
. Butt
Zeresh, Wife of Haman — Onidz
Brewer
King’s Bodyguards—J. C. Driscoll an&
I-Iughland Chapman.
Haman’s Child—Carolyn Bazemone
Soloist—Mrs. O. B. Bankston
(a) Loudly Sing, Loudly Sing
(b) Behold This Mordecai
(c) Haste to the Banquet
(d) Long Live Our Beauteous Quwro.
Soloist—Mrs. Edwards,
By the Waters of Babylon.
SYNOPSIS
Esther was born in Persia 500 year*
before Christ. Being an orphan from
infanty she was adopted by her cous
in, Mordecai. who, recognizing her
great natural beauty, trained her it.
the accomplishments of highest wom
anhood. She was chosen by the Kimr
nf the Realm to be his wife arifi
She did not disclose her
nationality. Haman was Premier apfl
About 530 application’s were
prove.., ana it is estimated out tne
totai amount borrowed in tne eounty
is auout $02,0011.00, as compared wait
048 applications in 1932 app.oximat-
ing $49,000.00. In otner woras, the
mone.y was more widely distributed,
each boriower being ueterinined to
get along on less.
From reports received from ferti
lizer dealers, a greater amount of
fertilizer was bougnt with tins money
tip.! favorite of the King. Haman hated
1 Mordecai because he would not wor
ship him as the King h"d commard-
ed. He did not know Mordecai’s rela
tion to the Queen. To be r-veneed he
obtained a decree for destroying ah'
the Jews in the provinces. Mordivni
discovers the plot and .charges tbn
Queen to petition the Kirg for the
safety of her people, which she doe*
at the peril of her life, on account of
law Dint, no one shall go unto the-
1983 than in 1&32. This is a good King unbiddei\ Ktog^hears
sign, it assures a larger yield, other
conditions being equal, and indicates
tnat our farmers are m better shape
petition, and Haman is defeated. Ha-
man has prepared n gnllows for
Mordecai. An attendant informs tw
the Seed Loan money was spent for
rertilizer. This year many estimate
possible value for the money expend- j ^het a f mucn as Y0 per cent was used
ed. It is not a part of your duty to lor < Dus purpdse.
suggest or direct crop loan borrower! I Anotner interesting item was the
to buy goods of any particular brandamount ot livestock owned by Seed
or manufacture, or to purchase sup-1 Loan borrowers this year. When we
from the standpoint of food and teed'King of the fact. The King or< iere
supplies, in 1932 only 40 per cent ot I Haman to he hanged from ;t ghd
proclaims Mrirdeeal Premier m his
-toad. After this the people rejok*.
plies from any particular source
Very truly yours,
C. W. WARBURTON,
In charge of Crop Production Loans.”
County Agents have all received
this letter. Any questions on the sub
ject farmers may wish to bring up
will be answered immediately thru
*he agent’s office.
Home Demonstration Agent,
Talbot County, Resigns
nrst started taking applications
1930 (there were about 76 that year)
about one farmer in ten had a hog or
two. This year nine out of every ten
farmers, have hogs. Of course there
had been a serious cholera epidemic
in 1929 which had destroyed large
herds all over the county. Then, too,
Griffin Man Injured
In Crash Near Butler
Miss Ruth Eberhardt, home deir.on-
startion agent of Talbot county, ren
dered to' the county board of educa
tion her resignation to take effect
May 1st.
Miss Eberhardt has been home
demonstration agent in Talbot county
for the past two year. She has done
a wonderful work in the county. All
the girls and women of the county,
with whom she has worked, regret to
learn of her resignation—Talbotton
New Era.
Negro Preacher Held
For Stealing Mules
Oglethorpe, Ga., April 27.—Book
Kleigler, a negro Holy Roller preach
er, has been arrested for mule steal
ing. It is charged that this negro
stole mules in Crisp, Schley, Dooly
and Worth counties, carrying the
mules to different places and selling
them. So far there has been 16 mules
recovered.
For several months during the
past two years complaints have come
from farmers in Reynolds district and
the southern part of the county of the
mysterious disapnearance of
borrow in 1930. At the same time,
farmers without cows, hogs and
chickens this year were so scarce as
to be very noticeable. This is one ad
vantage of hard times which we hope
will not be lost when prosperity re
turns. There can be no real prosperity
for dny farmer nor community com
posed of farmers who do not include
livestock and poultry as an important
source of income.
Dr. Oman Mathews, of Griffin, was
given medical treatment here ard_ ac
companied back home Saturday night
as the result of injures received ra
an auto mishap about 7 o’clock.
many good farmers borrowed govern- Dr. Mathews was a member of *
ment money this year who di d ..not,^Vln-rthe w^k end, using route
Three, which is under, construction la
making the trip.
To avoid colliding with a read top-
chim j-, oDeration p short istance
south of town, the driver of the car
bearing the Griffin party made a
sudden and sharp cut to the outer
edge of the road but in d'ing fo lorft
ontrol of the machine which struck
an embankment turning completely
over and resting on its ton, which be
ing mete’ framed HnubHees prevented
more .serious results. Except for
few minor bruises other ir.embtTs of
the party were unhurt.
Court House Officials to
Observe Thursday Holidays
!
Owing to the quietness, and lack of ,
business through the summer months
we will close our offices each Thurs
day at 12 o’clock, noon, and remain
closed till the usual hour Friday
morning, but will remain 'to serve yow
if notified and will come if callefi-
L. T. PEED, Ordinary,
R. P. McGUFFIN, Sheriff,
THELMON JARRELL, Cle*.
Notice to Local Members
Burial Associatioa
Mother of Butler Citizen
Dies in Crawford County
News received here yesterday of
the death of Mrs. T. F. Mathews,
which occurred at her home in Craw
ford county Tuesday afternoon fol
lowing an illness of about ten days.
She was the mother of Mr. J. T.
Mathews, well known Butler citizen,
and eight other children in separate
parts of Georgia and Alabama. Mrs.
Mathews was in the 84th year of her
age and regarded as one of the best
women in Crawford county. Funeral
services will be held near the home
of the deceased today.
Married Teachers Barred
mules which is believed attributable
to visits from the Holy Roller.
Keep Bicycles Off Streets
Bicycle-riding on the streets of
Butler is strictly prohibited by an or
dinance of long standing aH which
The Taylor County Board of Edu
cation, acting upon instruction from
their the State Board issued an order
now. This is positively the last sale ( will be rigidly enforced, accord’ng to
to be held this spring.
W. A. LUNDY, County Agent,
Tuesday excluding all married women
from teaching in the schools of the
county during the 1933-34 school
year.
CHURCH NOTICE
The annual home-coming at Bethel
M. church, will be observed Satur
day, May 13th. Come and let’s have a
a statement to the Herald yesterday I good day together,
by Marshal Anglin. B. R. BIRDSQNG, Pastor.
I have arranged with merchants as.
follows to take dues for the Fanners
Benevolent Burial Association;
Jarrell’s Dept. Store, Butler, Ea.
G. H. Goddard & Co., Reynold^’Ga.
Mrs. L. B. Brown, Howard, X5a.
Take notice card with dues anfl
three cents postage. By this means,
you will save money order fee.
The above named merchants wIE
buy produce, if necessary, to amoiui!;
of dues. However you may mail direct:
to office at Cairo, Ga., if you prefer.
J. A. BURGESS, AgL .