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j^^OR COUNTY
“The Golden Gate”
Between the Mountain*
and the Sou
W’St&fe
SCENIC HIGt
he Butler Herald.
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
County’* Chief Cities
BUTLER AND REYNOLDS
No section of the state offers
bettor opportunities for small
industries and delightful citi
zenship than either of these
Cities.
Volume
57
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday August 24,1933
Number 41
EARLY
RULING
TO BE ISSUED,
SOLONS TOLD
McDonald promises to state
EXACT CONDITIONS FEDERAL
BUREAU WILL REQUIRE IN RE
LEASING FEDERAL ROAD
FUNDS TO GEORGIA.
Washington, Aug. 21.—Representa
tive Carl Vinson Monday advised
Georgians to “quit haggling" with
the chief of the federal bureau of
1 Is about the method by which the
United States proposes to disburse 10
million dollars in federal highway aid
for Georgia.
In a statement issued after the
Georgia congressional delegation had
discussed the matter with Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace and Chief
Thomas H. MacDonald of the bureau
of public roads, Vinson said he does
not expect favorable action on the
Georgians’ request for release of the
funds to Governor Talmadge’s new
highway board. He advised accept-
an;e of the funds on any terms the
President may suggest.
MacDonald arranged Monday to
submit a written statement of con
ditions to be required in order that
Georgia may qualify for approxi
mately $10,000,000 in federal high
ly aid now being withheld.
Ut a conference Monday afternoon
with Secretary Wallace and members
of the Georgia congressional delega
tion, headed by Senators George and
Russell, MacDonald promised the
statement would be completed in a
few days. .... , ,
Members of the delegation asked
for immediate release of the sum set
aside for federal road aid in Georgia
and were told formally that the de
partment of agriculture was not rea-
dv to certify its expenditure because
of legal uncertainty surrounding the
make-up of Georgia’s highway ad
ministration.
Recently the highw-ay board's
make-up was changed at the order of
Governor Talmadge, who declared
martial law.for a time to enforce his
orders.
The delegation was told Monday
that the federal government was not
ready to certify the expenditure to
Georgia pending the uncertain legal
status of the new highway board.
Suits against the members of the
lew' hoard, brought by the ousted
rommisisoners, are pending in the
Georgia courts.
A recent proposal that the fund he
«r,t to Georgia to be soent under the
mwrvision of a federal engineer was
rtiKted by Governor Talmadge, who
tail the state wanted no "dictator”of
its roads.
Representative Carl Vinson of the
Sixth district issued the following an-
Muncement after the conference:
"Senators George and Russell,
fongrssmen Owens, Tarver, Deen.
Cattellow. Brown, Parker and myself
to conference todav with Secretary
Mlace and Mr. MacDonald with
reference to the immediate release of
the road fund to the state of Geor
gia to present the organized state
Mwav department. The delegation
reiterated its insistency that the
moiev be turned over without any
restriction such as was suggested last
’ F «k to Senator George by the de
partment.
"My personal opinion is that the
department will not act favorably
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Georgians In Holiday Mood
Leave For World Fair In
Sunday we had a number of vis
itors from the C. C. C. Camp in
Warm Springs while at the same
time a truck load of our boys visited
the Camp at Warm Springs. We wel
come their visits and hope that it
will help to promote friendship be
tween the two camps. An exchange
of visits is scheduled for each week.
* * *
Our first cook, Hall, says he has
been almost all over the world, but
he had to come to Butler to find a
Simple Simon. We think that he is
referring to Scrap Wallace as he was
recently seen squatting behind one
of the tents with a fishing pole in his
hand waving it’up and down fran
tically.
• * * ,
Rev. W. E. Hightower announces
that he likes the new recreation hall
for holding his services much better
than the open air.
* * *
Work is progressing at a rapid
rate on forestry work in Taylor coun
ty. Practically all of the C. C. C.
boys are now in the field busily en
gaged in surveying, cleaning and
grubbing fire lanes. Additional data
is being secured on the tonography of
the land to prepare a drainage map
of the county.
* * •
Telephone service has been in
stalled at the C. C. Camp and in case
of a forest fire all men are subject to
call to be rushed to the scene of ac
tion with their fire fighting equip
ment and to cooperate with the local
people to exterminate and prevent
fire. For it is fire, we are constantly
reminded,—fire, the enemy of the
forest, and esoecially the young pine
which must be guarded against in
the growth and protection of timber.
Hre lanes will aid in the controlling
nf forest fires.
Bids Request For Camp
Supplying at Local C.C.C
Company 1430 C. C. C.,
Butler, Ga., Aug. 22, 1933.
The following list of provisions
will be needed by this camp for the
week beginning Friday, August 26,
1933:
600 lbs. Irish Potatoes.
2 bu. Sweet Potatoes.
100 lbs. Tomatoes.
200 lbs. Snap Beans. ,,
80 doz. Heads Lettuce.
30 doz. Fresh Corn.
4 doz. Bunches Carrots.
200 lbs. Cabbage.
Bids are requested on the complete
list of the basis of “to be .called for
as needed” 24 hours notice.
Bids will be mailed so as to reach
the undersigned by noon Friday, Aug.
26, 1933.
The right is reserved to reiect all
bids should it be deemed to the best
interest of the government.
HAL C. GRANBERRY,
1st. Lieut., 29th Inf. Commanding.
Senator George Is In
Favor of Inflation To
Increase Farm Prices
COUNTY AGENT TO
HANDLE LOCAL
COTTON ACCOUNTS
MR. LUNDY IS DAILY EXPECT
ING CHECKS FROM WASHING
TON COVERING CROP REDUC
TION PROGRAM.
Cotton checks will be distributed by
county agricultural agents to farm
ers who liave cooperated in the gov
ernment’s crop reduction program,
W. A. Lundy, agent for Taylor coun
ty. was informed Tuesday in a bulle
tin from Mr. J. Phil Campbell, direc
tor of the state co-operative exten
sion sendee.
The responsibility of seeing "that
all parties concerned get a square
deal as to the distribution of money
where more than one person is in
terested,” also is being placed upon
the agent by the government, the
communication declared.
Under the plan, checks for Taylor
county farmers will come to Mr. Lun
dy from Washington, and as soon as
they are received he will call meet
ings of interested persons at the
court house in Butler. Only a part of
the more than 100 Taylor farmers
who have signed the crop reduction
agreement with the government will
meet on any one day, if Mr. Lundy
carries out his plans.
Farmers who did not destroy their
growing cotton sold to the govern
ment by last night, the dead line,
will have no further control over the
portion of their crop -sold, the com
munication said, and local “officials”
will hire men to do the destruction
work and costs will be dedusted from
the farmer's check.
In Taylor county, the "officials” are
Mr. Lundy and his county cotton com
mittee.
Important Notice
Anyone who holds a lien on a cot
ton crop which has been plowed up in
accordance with the Government’s
recent cotton acreage reduction cam
paign, and whose name does not ap
pear on the contract as a lien-holder
and who wants the check and option
made out jointly to the themselves
and mortgager, is requested to advise
me of this fast at once. I have been
notified that checks will be handled
by county agents and that none of
-them will be made out jointly to lien
holder and producer unless so re
quested. We did not make any re
quests in Taylor county to this effect
so if you are interested in any crop,
part of which has been destroyed, it
behooves you to see to it that I am
apprised of the fact.
W. A. LUNDY, County Agent.
Prominent Georgia Woman
Kills Two and Attempts
To Take Own Life
Atlanta, 21.—Governor and Mrs.
■ “gene Talmadge, heading one of the
delegations ever to travel of-
fr,, ni the state, were to arrive
n Chicago early Monday, primed to
K tlsa the Empire State of the
Position 1 t * 16 ^ entury °* Progress ex-
kJ n l!. 0,i(,a - v m °od, the chief executive
ofticai staff, and a group of
lontii num bering more than 200,
njf, .. forward to Tuesday when
. v J K ' a Day will be celebrated at the
J„ 0 , sl .t ,o n grounds. Members of the
Century of Progress com-
w ee predicted that more than 3,000
tut . V s fl om the state would be pres-
»il| W <r n . officials of the World’s Fair
Ert™ C i!? lly welcome Governor Tal
lin sta ff and other leaders in
i/w party . * e ft Atlanta Sunday noon
iwS Actions of the governor’s
Ci! [ n ’ er „ the Southern railway.
Ciber! S ° f persons we re said by
»av o”^ the party to be on tne
•'fondav n ay or , P lanni| tg to start
and bus '' regu ' ar train, automobile
•bouMwm P art y numbering
of Hip f . and . including the members
'ommissn 01- ? 1 ? Cen tury of Progress
ernoo n S .,v n Atlanta Sunday aft-
rial ol! J l ,ard the Georgia state spe-
Scott \v I,, N - G. & St. L. railroad.
Stores f Allen > President of Rogers
'oaimUsi™'’ ant i chairman of the
trip n ’ v; as unable to make the
-vice ch: l„ esignatef i Roy LeCraw,
Cfta >rman, to take his place.
Washington, D. C.. Aug. 18.—Im
mediate help for the farmer through
“controlled inflation" is the recom
mendation of Senator Walter F.
George of Georgia.
He said after 1 a conference with
President Roosevelt Thursday that he
had made that suggestion, with the
proviso that if any inflation were un
dertaken it should be done directly by
the government through the federal
reserve system.
“I told the President,” he said
“that whatever we do should be
through the issuance of treasury
notes to retire outstanding obliga
tions.”
Monday, the Senator said, he plans
to take up with Secretary Wallace* a
proposal that “some expert cotton
man be charged with getting a mil
lion bales into some other country,
Buch as Russia, under reasonable
credit and with provision for its use
exclusively in that country.” He said
he made that suggestion also to the
President.
Processing taxes on materials com
peting with cotton, and the grad
uation of the cotton processing tax
“so that the buying power could keep
up with the increase” in prices of
cotton goods also were suggested to
the President in the conference, Sen
ator George said. , A ..
“My idea,” he said, “is that the
processing tax being collected at once
places the full burden on ’ the mills
and puts the cost of textiles up , to
the maximum in advance of buying
power. It would be better to levy *
1 cent tax for the first period of 90
days, a 2 cent tax for the second
day period, and so on up to the max
imum gradually.” ,
He said Secretary Wallace had no
objection to levying a compensatory
tax on materials that compete with
cotton “but he is under the impres
sion he can’t until the tax is actually
levied and collected on cottpn.
■Senator George also suggested that
collection of the tax on floor stocks
be deferred for a time.
Is It a New Kind
Of Politics?
Gainesville, Ga., Aug. 22.—Mrs. E.
C. Palmour, member of a widely
known Gainesville family, shot and
killed her husband and her mother
Tuesday and then attempted to end
her own life. Physicians say she .will
not recover.
Palmour, former president of a
large Gainesville department store,
was shot to death as he lay sleeping
in his apartment.
Mrs. Palmour then strode into the
next room where her mother, Mrs.
Fannie Wilson, 84, slept and shot her
twice. The first shot entered the arm
and ranged through the chest. The
second entered her throat and into
her brain.
Mrs. Palmour turned the 32 calibre
revolver on herself and fired a shot
through her temple.
Mrs. Wilson, whose former home
was in Georgetown, Ky., had made
her home with her daughter at
Gainesville for several years.
Mrs. Palmour, before her marriage
20 years ago, was connected with
Brenau College for a long -number oi
years as dietitian, and was prominent
in social and religious circles, being
a member of the Baptist church.
MANY ENLISTMENTS NOW
BEING MADE IN THE
UNITED STATES ARMY
By W. T. Anderson in
_ . The Macon Telegraph.
Oglethorpe put the big pot in the
little one on Wednesday, in celebra
tion of W, Eugene Wilburn’s becom
ing member of the state highway
board. Wilburn was born in Monti-
ticello, but a long time ago he recog-
“ le peculiar advantages of
Oglethorpe as being suited to his par
ticular type and needs, and shifted
his residence to that city 1 on th°
Flynt. Since then he has been grow
ing e* * banker and farmer. A-
anybody who can make a success of
farming is an outstanding character,
and becomes hews in proportion, it
is interesting to comment that he
operates one of those old-time plan
tations sometimes referred to as em
pires. the extent of which is indicat
ed in his 126 “plows.” As one com
mentator nhrased it, "he owns about
half of Macon county.”
H,e is a bachelor—not an “old”
bachelor. For there are no gray hairs
in his head, and no wrinkles or lines
in His face to indicate that he takes
too I seriously his business cares. His
phyfeique and bearing indicate that ho
is about 40 years of age. Despite his
reputation for owning property, he
is not conspicious in a crowd. He
might be taken for an ordinary
"clod hopper,” out on a picnic with
his friends.
The mayor of Oglethorpe, in talk
ing about his city’s nride over Wil
burn’s rise to prominence in state
matters, said Wilburn was a bache
lor by reason of his good hearted-
ness^—that he couldn’t marry all the
girls he liked and who liked him.
and rather than dissanoint any of
them, he kept himself in position to
make them all happy as circumstanc
es would perit.
Governor Talmadge said in his
speech that he had appointed Wil
burn in recognition of “West Geor
gia’s right to representation in the
important matter of road-building.
There was some murmur in the
speaker's stand over this “West
Georgia” as applied to Oglethorpe,
but the governor was probably re
ferring to the territory between Ma
con and Columbus, compising the
Middle Georgia district, from which
there has never been a highway com-
misisoner, all of therQ for this road
district having been from betv/een
Macon and Augusta, the eastern side
of the district.
The governor said he knew the
stuff, that Wilburn was made of, that
he runs a bank “and you got the
people’s money there for them when
they want it, haven’t you, boy?" “He
is my sixth cousin.” said the gover
nor. His grand father ar.d rfiy grand
mother were first cousins, and I have
figure-) it out that that makes us
half-third cousins, and according to
my arithmetic, half of a third is a
sixth. So he is my sixth cousin, and
he was chosen to see that district
gets a square deal. If you don't get
It, come and tell me about it.”
Wilburn sat on the front of the
sneaker’s platform in a group with
Chairman Mangham and Judge Max
McRae, and the three were called on
to stand up and take a bow, so the
audience might look them over and
see what kind of men are undertak
ing to eliminate waste and graft and
noiitics and partiality from the state
highway department., to use the tax
paver’s ‘money to build roads instead
of operating, the State Senate.
More than 60 Georgia boys have
enlisted in the United States Army
during, the past month. There are
vacancies at all the large posts in the
Fourth Corps Area. The big army
establishment at Ft. Benning with
its numerous advantages has vacan
cies in Infantry. Field Artillery ahd
Tanks.
For full information write to Maj.
Chas. T. Senay, Recruiting Officer,
U. S. Army, 603 Post Office Building
(Old), Atlanta, Ga.
HALF-HOLIDAY ENDS TODAY
Thursday half-holidays will end in
Butler for the summer season after
today, this being the last Thursday to
observe the half-holiday, according
to an agreement entered into by all
the merchants of the city beginning
of the summer season.
Lieut. Cranberry Explains
Why Local Purchases For
Camp Are Not Greater
Company 1430, C. C. C.,
Butler, Ga., Aug. 21, 1938.
Mr. C. E. Benns,
Butler, Ga.
Dear Mr. Benns:
If within your province would you
please give publicity to the following
item through the medium of the But
ler Herald.
It is felt that the merchants of the
community are due an explanation of
the reasons why purchases for the
camp have not been made locally to
any great extent.
Two classes of supplies are used by
this camp—the first consisting of
material for the buildings of camp,
was purchased on bids. Requests for
bids were sent out to various con
cerns and the law requires that the
lowest bid be accepted, thus protect
ing the money of the taxpayer and
assuring the quality of the article
purchased. Bids were (accepted from
local merchants and from concerns in
Macon, Americus, Columbus and At
lanta. In practically all cases, firms
of Macon were the low bidders and
contracts were so awarded as re
quired by law.
The other class of supplies consist
of supplies of perishables and dry
stores consumed daily in feeding the
hundred and seventy-five people of
the camp. Supplies of tjhis class are
requisitioned from the quartermaster,
60 days in advance, for a 30 day per
iod. The calls for provisions are as-'
sembled in New York from the three
thousand camps over the country and
purchase pf the consolidated amounts
made in quantity, thus obtaining bet
ter prices. Meats are purchased from
packing houses where the handling is
under the inspectors of the Federal
Government. We are thus limited in
the amount of money that can be
spent locally and naturally we have
to buy at the places where the most
advantages can be taken of low costs.
However, it is my desire to turn as
much trade as possible to the com
munity and to that end there will lie
published from week to week a re
quest for submission of bids for sup
plies, any concern who so. desires may
submit their bid which will be given
due consideration.
Yours truly,
HAL C. GRANBERRY,
1st. Lieut., 29th Infantry.
E. H. BAZEMORE
IS PURCHASER OF
BARTLETT'S STOCK
ONE OF OLDEST MERCANTILE
ESTABLISHMENTS IN BUTLER
CHANGES HANDS AND WILL
CONTINUE BUSINESS AT SAME
OLD STAND.
C. T. Harden of Oglethorpe was
the chairman of the committee on ar
rangements. He was everywhere and
knew everything and everybody. He
was also the conductor. He and his
committee had evidently studied out
every detail to the nth degree. Never
before had 9,000 pounds of meat
been so deliciously cooked and sauc
ed. So far as the audience was con
cerned, there was not a slip-up any
where. A microphone had been in
stalled in the sneaker’s stand, and
amplifiers shot the remarks out oyer
the crowd to the furthermost limits,
so that everybody heard all that was
said.
The crowd was banked into the
city’s wide streets for a distance ot
three blocks, and those who could not
get into the solid phalanx of 'hu
manity peeped out of windows in two
story buildings, a great many were
in the clock steeple, right under the
face of the clock, affording a vantage
point for half dozen valiant souls
who seemed to think the higher they
climbed the better they could see and
hear.
On the side lines and running out
into cross streets, were additional
people; it was estimated that three
thousand negroes filled in the places
that the seven thousand white peo
ple didn’t require. I cannot ' recall
that I have ever seen that many
people in Georgia in one gathering
before. It was a heap bigger crowd
than we were ever able to muster in
Macon on the palmiest and best of
old-time circus days.
It was hot. There had been a hea
vy rain the night before, and water
stood in the gutters and drrtins. The
sun. came out next day and bore
down on the wet ground and added
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Relative ot Neisler Family
Fatally Injured In Car
Accident In North Carolina
News was received here Monday to
the effect that Mrs. Myrtle Neisler,
of King’s Mountain, N. C., had been
killed and four others seriously
wounded in a collision between two
automobiles in Fairfax county, Vir
ginia. Details of the accident or fur-
there results of njuries to others
figuring in the accident, have not yet
been learned.
Mrs. Neisler, who was killed, was
comparatively a young woman and
one of the most prominent in her
section of the state.
Those who remember Mrs. Neisler,
who has been an occasional visitor to
this section, were greatly shocked by
the announcement of her tragic
death.
Funeral services for Mrs. Neisler,
which were held at King’s Mountain,
Tuesday, were attended by Hon. and
Mrs. C. H. Neisler of Reynolds, in
whose home the victim has on several
occasions been a most welcomed
visitor.
Jury Revisers At Work
The jury revisers of Taylor county
met at the court house in Butler
Monday morning and began work of
making an annual revision of the
names of jurors, both grand and
tallies, in the jury box. They wiil
probably complete their work today
including the drawing of jurors for
the next term of Taylor superior
court which will be held here begin
ning on the first Monday in October,
Those composing the boardof revisers
are: Messrs R. A. Hinton, chairman;
J. H. Neisler, J. R. Wilson, J. A.
Heath and C F. Rustin.
$1.00 EXCURSION TO MACON,
$2 TO ATLANTA AND RETURN
An excursion rate is being offered
by the Central railroad to the people
of this section which will afford them
the opportunity of visiting Macon or
Atlanta at a cost in reach of all.
Tickets will he on sale for all regu
lar passenger trains leaving Butler
August 26th and 26th at the remark
ably low rate of $1.00 to Macon and
return, or $2.00 to Atlanta and re
turn.
A complete line of staple an fan
cy groceries; your money’s worth, oi
yo-u- money efunded. If you want to
visit the largest General Department
Store in Taylor county then come to
see us.
Jarrell's Dept. Store, Inc., Butler, Ga.
The stock of merchandise of the
late Mr. C. M. Bartlett has been- pur
chased by Mr. E. H. Bazemore from
the heirs of the Bartlett estate.
The purchase price has not been
made public, but is considered to have
been most reasonable considering the
size of the stock and the care with
which handled.
Throughout his many years of
mercantile experience Mr. Bartlett
was regarded as one of the most
careful buyers among the merchants
of this section. His reputation for
quick turn-over thereby preventing
an accumulation of so-called hard
stock was well known to his many
customers, while he gave the very
best of care and attention in tho
matter of keeping his stock nicely
displayed, clean and free of dust.
In checking over it is said Mr.
Bazemore found but few articles of
mercahndise for which there is not
ready demand and at a price that will
apneal to the public.
The stock consists of practically
everything usually carried in the
general mercantile line including dry
goods, notions, shoes, groceries of all
kind, hardware, etc.
Mr. Bazemore has been busv this
week checking the stock and placing
orders for new goods where needed.
He has leaded the store building oc
cupied by Mr. Bartlett and will Con
tinue to do business at this well es
tablished stand which is located "ext
door to the H. J. Porter Dmg Store
wherp ’’ft invites his friends to call
upon him. , 1 .1
Revival Services at Antioch
Church,Conducted by Rev. J.H.
Stanford,. To Close Tonight
•«
Revival services, which have been -
in progress at Antioch Baptist
church, north of Butler, during the
past week will come to a close to
night, it was : nnounced yesterday by
R'. v J. T!., 'Stf nford who has been
doing the pfeaching throughout Hii
series. Rev. Mr. Stanford says that
he regrets very much that ho will be
unable to-remain longer due to other
engagements. Mr. Stanford, who is nt
present pastor of the Adel Baptist
church, is a former nast.or both In
Butler and at the Antioch church and
is without a superior in popularity
throughout the county. His visits
“back home” have become an annual
event, one that is always looked for
ward to with the keenest of interest.
The congregation at each service at
4.rtio"h this week baa been exceed
ingly large and tonight’s attendance
•s expected to be an over-flowing,
house.
Commerce Minister To
Preach Here Next Sunday
By special invitation Rev. Enman
Holt of Commerce, Ga., will occupy
the pulpit at the Baptist church here
next Sunday, having charge of both
the morning and evening service. He
comes highly recommended both as a
minister and Christian gentleman. A
most cerdial invitation is extended
by the church to all church-going
people of the community to come, out
and hear Mr. Holt and to worship
with them.
PENSION CHECKS ARRIVE
Pension money for half of the May
payment, to Confederate pensioners
of Taylor county was received here
Friday by Judge L. T. Peed, ordinary
and he immediately began giving out
the individual checks to the one. only
Confederate veteran and 23 widows
entitled to receive them. The pay
ment to each was $16, or a total of
$360.
UNIOTf AND WESLEY
1 METHODIST CHURCHES
Revival services will begin at
Union next Sunday morning and will
continue through next week.. We
extend all in reach a cordial invita
tion to attend these services.
Preaching at Wesley next Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. You are in
vited to worship with us.
W. E. HIGHTOWER, Pastor.
Rev. T. B. Stanford, former pre
siding elder of the.Columbus district,
and who is most pleasantly-remem
bered by many Butler friends, was
called to Cnrtersville last week on
account of the death of his brothel.
Rev. Stanford and family were spend
ing a vacation at St. Simon when the
messae-e was received. While enroute
from St. Simon to Cartersville. Rev.
Stanford was slightly iniured in an
automobile mishap while passing
through Odum, Ga.