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Volume
57
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday September 7,1933
Number 43
GEORGIA MAKES
PLANS TO CUT
COTTON YIELD
rFPRESENTATIVES OF FIVE
sAtES AGREE TO PROGRAM
TO REDUCE BALES; COMMIT
TEE GOES TO WASHINGTON.
Georgia Farm Program for 1934
V 1936 adopted at u meeting of
farmers and agricultural workers of
Kgia,held at Wesley Memorial
chunk, Atlanta, Aug. 3, 4 and o..
It is the opinion of the delegates
farmers and farm women, and ag-
r,-ultural workers of Georgia, here
to assembled, that the present de-
itorable condition of Georgia agricul
ture has been brought about largely
uv the unbalanced farm program that
b e en in vogue on Georgia farms
A the Civil War. We believe that
the predominance of cotton in this
nroeram to the exclusion of food and
led crops sufficient to take care of
he families operating these farms,
and a sufficient amount of livestock
S3 poultry t omake these farms and
farm homes self-supporting, has been
f one of the main contributing factors.
This being the case, we urge upon
the farmers of Georgia, the bankers,
the merchants, and all lines of indus-
their aid in establishing and
maintaining on Georgia farms a pro-
eram that will make each farm a
self supporting unit. In order to ac-
mmnlish this, we urge that a cam-
S be launched immediately in
each county under the # supervision of
the Extension forces of the U. ue
partment of Agricutture. the State
College of Agriculture, and the Vo
cational Agricultural teachers with
1 this object in view.
We are of the opinion that the
| ™untv cimmittees now working under
the Cotton Control campaign should
1 he the nucleus of the organization
i machinery set iip f<}J this purpose in
each county, and tiiat they should, in
consultation and under the supervis-
f ion of county agents, home demon-
Plans for Reducing Cotton
Acreage In Taylor Are
Discussed By Committee
county agento, r :
stration agents, and vocational agri
cultural teachers, map such a pro
gram for each county, based upon
I the peculiar conditions and needs oi
I their respective counties.
We believe that the present emer
gencies, brought about by enormous
surplus of cotton and the unusually
large crop in prospect, which tne
United States department of agricul
ture is so nobly aswstingLin solving,
furnishes the pshychWogfcal moment
1 to launch this campaign for a. self-
[supporting agriculture in Georgia and
\ throughout the cotton belt.
We, speaking for the farmers of
I Georgia, assure the National Ad-
| ministration that we are deeplv
grateful for this assistance which
has avoided the complete collapse of
southern agriculture. However, we
are of the opinion that this emer
gency has not passed and will not
pass completely until the huge sur
plus of cotton is considerably re
duced. We believe that it will take at
I least two more years of drastic acre-
1 ate and production control to remove
I this cotton surplus. We are confident
‘ that we can not have this control
without the whole hearted support
aid cooperation of the national gov
ernment during the years 1934 and
1935. We are confident that if we can
get this support, both in a supervis-
I ory and a financial way, that during
the coming two years the huge sur
plus will have been materially re
duced to the point where it will not
be a menace to the southern cotton
farmer and our entire economic struc
ture, and that by that time we will
have made the transition from all
I cotton farming to a balanced, self-
supporting program of agriculture.
I To assist us further in overcoming
this emergency and completing the
I job of restoring Georgia agriculture
I to a profitable basis, we urge that
I for the years 1934 and 1935 the cot-
1 ion acreage and production control
be confined to the 1933 limits. We are
convinced that the most practicable
Jay to accomplish this is by a cash-
I benefit offer made to the farmers on
I a per acreage basis to be paid on all
I lands taken out or kept out of cotton
I Production in 1934 and 1935, provided
I these lands are planted to food and
[fed crops and soil building crops
I for farm or community consumption.
1 w allowed to lie fallow during these
Wars. We believe that this cash re-
I jjaneration should be offered, first, to
I ‘he farmers who Bigned or offered to
j cotton acreage reduction con-
IKftc during the 1933 campaign. We
Ijjp-ve that the cotton control ad-
IJyration should go further in its
IFMuctipn control measures, even to
II , ; ' ln K of a confiscatory tax upon
I n!. ° n ginned above a certain
Wta a ll owe d each farm.
t». res P R ctfully urge that these
»f°htrol plans be put into effect in
a Jl. cotton producing community in
IlMi State s during the years
and 1935.
«*ri. e „n ecomme nd further that all
ern f„ ra ' credit extended to south-
■| as »H rmefs during these years be
\v ;p°n this program.
I whol!» pled se our loyal and
tbis n, arte< support in carrying
c 'usion° gram a sneeessfnt con "
I the^latt ai T 1 ? ge to roads and fields,
done tw w ^’te with cotton, has -been
this sectio Week ' )y excessive rains in
The Taylor County Agricultural
Board met with the county agent last
Tuesday evening at 7:46 o’clock to
discuss ways and means of handling
the campaign for reducing the 1934
cotton acreage, but on account of in
sufficient information as to the De
partment of Agriculture’s plans, it
was impossible to decide just how we
wil handle it. However, some very
definite recommendations were made
as to how land taken out of cotton
production should be utilized. These
recommendations will appear in this
column at a later date.
One recommendation made by the
Agricultural Board which has the
hearty endorsement of everyone who
has tried it is the planting of Coker’s
Clevewilt cotton. This year has prov
ed conclusively to all of us who have
watched the various varieties being
grown in Taylor county that thihs is
the variety best suited to this county.
It is positively wilt-resistant. It is an
unusually heavy bearer. It staples
this year from one to 1 1-8 inches.
This is the same variety the seed
of which were sold by Mr. Carter
last spring. Mr. J. T. Cochran, local
ginner and warehouseman, is so well
impressed with the cotton that he is
cleaning out his gin, ginning separate
and saving all Clevewilt seed which
come to his gin. He will swap 4 these
seed pound for pound to those who
would like to plant this variety. He
has been paying a premium of 50
points over the 7-8 inch market for
this cotton.
* * *
Approximately 10 tons of field,
peas, mostly “purple hull,” were sent
to R. V. Crives Cannery at Cairo last
week by eight or ten farmers of Tay
lor county. The peas were picked at
the right shelling stage, and included
20 per cent at the "snap” or half
grown stage. The grown peas were
sold at $12.00 per ton f. o. b. fields
and the snaps at $25.00 per ton. Mr.
O. C. Kelley, who is buying. these
peas for R. B. Crine, of Cairo, has
suspended hauling until Monday,
Sept. 11th at which time he will be
glad to have any peas ready for ship
ment. Growers please notify County
Ageijt.
G. C. C. Notes
TAYLOR’S PART IN THE N. R. A.
The NR A plan is designed to put five million men
back on the payrolls in a snort time. When this is done
20,000,000 people (assuming four to each wage earn
er’s family) will suddenly be placed in position to buy
the normal necessities of life. That means that the to
tal trade volume of the nation will, upon the complete
acceptance of this plan, be lifted by from 10 to 20 per
cent. J
Taylor county will have a definite share in this in
creased prosperity to the extent that it participates in
the plan, so there is a responsibility on every citizen here to cooperate to
the utmost to make this gigantic national plan a complete success. Every
EMPLOYER and every CONSUMER nas a definite responsibility to as
sume. | I . 1
THE EMPLOYER’S RESPONSIBILITY:
NRA calls upon every employer to shorten hours of labor, so as to
make room for more employes.
Each industry will before long adopt its own code which will fix the
increased labor obligations to be assumed by all firms associated with
the particular industry. Until that time all employers are asked to sign
the President's Agreement and to meet the hours and wages established
in that agreement. This agreement is sometimes referred to as the Blan
ket Code.
The success of NRA therefore calls for the cooperation of EVERY
EMPLOYER. '
It is to the employers self-intereest to do this. Why? Because more
people working, with bigger payrolls will increase the market for his
goods. Every dollar spent by an employer now for increased payroll will
return many fold as business flows from a consuming public, once more
able to buy to supply Its unfilled needs.
So EVERY, EMPLOYER SHOULD SIGN PRESIDENT’S AGREE
MENT AT ONCE.
THE CONSUMER’S RESPONSIBILITY
Every individual, man and woman, who buys anything, owes it to him
self and his community and to the nation, to buy only from those employ
ers who have taken the increased burden of increasing payrolls to oring
bark prosperity. This is to the selfinterest of the consumer because no
citizen can fail to share in this added prosperity. -It will reflect itself in
increased values for everything he owns. It will make his present position
more secure by reversing the process of deflation.
SO EVERY CONSUMER SHOULD SIGN THE CONSUMER’S
PLEDGE, which commits him to dohis part in this great national eco
nomic experiment. . I
The duty of every citizen of TayloV county is therefore plain. The
President has said: , (
“On the basis of this simple principle of everybody doing things to
gether, we are starting out on this nation-wide attack on unemployment.
It will succeed if our people understand it—in the big industries, in the
little shops,, in the great cities and in the small villages. There is nothing
complicated about it and there is nothing particularly new in the principle.
It goes back to the basic idea of society) and of the nation itself that
people acting in a group can accomplish things which no individual acting
alone could even hope to bring about.”
Taylor county must do its part in this great plan.. It has never failed
when the nation called and it will not fail now.
Negro Youth Killed
When Thrown From
Cotton Truck on Rt. 3
A most regrettable accident occur
red on Route Three, between the
Flint river bridge and Thomaston,
Monday afternoon when Eugene
Whittaker, a negro about 30 years of
age was thrown from a truck driven
by Mr. Gardner Pye and was instant
ly killed. •
The victim was an employe of Mr.
Pye in transporting cotton from this
section to the Thomaston cotton
mills and it was while on one of his
return trips from Thomaston that the
accident occurred.
The negro was seated on the plat
form- of the trailer attached to the
trpek. In rounding a short curve Mr
Pye observed a road machine only a
short distance ahead which necessi
tated him steering his machine sud
denly and sharply to the outer edge
of the road. The unexpected swerve
of the truck caused the negro to lose
his balance and fall to the ground
beneath the wheels of the truck,
which passed over his head and,body
crushing his skull and killing him in
stantly.
The accident was investigated by
officers of Upson county and Mr. Pye
was exonerated of all blame, but who
regrets the occurrence exceedingly
and has done everything possible in
rendering assistance to the family of
the victim in preparing the body for
burial.
Whittaker, whose home was near
Garden Valley, was serving his first
day as an employe of Mr. Pye when
the accident occurred.
Mr. R. W. Edmonson
Died Wednesday After
Illness of One Year
Tilings are moving along just fine
in camp, yet it is a bit lonely as 60
boys are spending some time at home
on their furloughs.
Word has just been received that
\ye will have barracks to live in this
winter. Work will begin in time for
them to be completed before winter
comes. , .
Our new Corporal arrived Saturday
Corporal Canada, from Fort Benning
Ga. He seems to be a real nice fellow,
A fellow I’m sure all of us will like.
Just a few days ago we were issued
over sea caps which everyone seems |
to appreciate as they go very .nice
with our uniform and are comfortable
too.
Rev. Hightower delivered us a very
interesting sermon last Sunday
morning. We always enjoy having
him with us. , . ,
Many of the boys attended church
services in Butler and always enjoy
them for it seems that the people in
Butler wish us to enjoy ourselves and
feel at home.
Surely hope we can in some way
show the people of Butler how much
we appreciate their being so nice to
us. -
Personally I think we are very for
tunate in being in such a nice com-
munity> HERMAN J. GRAY,
Camp Reporter.
Fort Yalley Woman Freed
At Hearing Following
Death of Her Husband
Fort Valley, Ga., Sept. lA-Mrs.
Bob McCant, who had been arrested
at Ft. Valley charged with the mur
der of her husband, was freed Friday
at the close of a commitment hearing
before Justice of the Peace Russell
Granham. The hearing, begun at 3 p
m. lasted until 9 p. m.
The mother of Bob McCant said
that her son had told her while he lay
dying that his wife had .struck him
over the heed with & soft drink bot -
tie* v
The widow, however, showed that
she had gone to the home of her
mother in Montgomery, Ala., but re
turned to Ft. Valley when she heard
of her husband’s death. She attended
the .funeral and collapsed during the
^McCant’s wife said that her hus
band had been drinking heavily and
that he had fallen from a truck a
number of times. She said that in
jury, she believed, caused his death.
She denied that she had shtruck him
with a bottle. , t .
At the close of arguments by the
lewyers, L. L. Brown, Jr., for the
state, and George Culpepper, Jr-, and
Herbert Vining for thedefense.Jus
tice Branham ordered the woman r
lased.
Program Is Announced
For Christian Index
Celebration Sept. 14
The centennial celebration of the
Christian Index in Georgia will be
held at the First Baptist church, of
Washington, Ga., on Sept. 14, 1933.
with B. H. Hardy, chairman of the
Christian Index Board, presiding.
The program is as follows:
Morning Session, East. Stand. Time
10 :90 Devotional led by Dr. W. A.
Hogan, Lincolnton, Ga.
10:10 Welcome address by Pastor
W. T. Evans, First Baptist church,
Washington, Ga.
10:20 Response to welcome address
by Dr. J. C. Wilkinson, pastor First
Baptist church, Athens.
10:30 Greetings from distinguished
visitors: Dr. J. E. Sammons, presi
dent Georgia Baptist Convention; Mrs
-Ben S. Thompson, president B. W.
M. U.; Mr. James W. Merritt, execu
tive secretary treasurer, executive
committee; Dr. Spright Dowell, presi
dent Mercer University; Dr. Acquila
Chamblee, president Bessie Tift Col
lege; Hon. Abit Nix, Athens, and
others.
10:40 Music by choir of First Bap
tist c-hur,ch, Washington, Ga.
10:45 Address by Dr. Rufus W.
Weaver. Washington, D. C.
Afternoon Session
Messages from living former edi
tors,. introduced by O. P. Gilbert,
present editor.
2:00 Address by Dr. I. J. Van Ness.
2:20 Address by B. J. W. Graham;
(Dr. Louie D. Newton, only other
living former editor cannot be pres
ent because of previous engagement)
2:40 Pageant, “A Century of Ful
fillment,” by Miss Lillian Lee. pre
sented by local talent.
Plate lunches will be served
Thursday at 40c per plate. Guests will
be provided free entertainment at
night.
Information To All Who
Obtained Crop Production
Loans In Taylor County
Instructions from Washington ad
vise that persons who have obtained
crop production loans from the Crop
Production Loan Office may have cot
ton sold immediatjly or may store m
a Federal bonded warehouse or may
handle thru the cotton co-operative
of the state.
Where cotton is sold buyer should
be instructed to draw check less one-
half cent per pound of lint in favor
of the Governor, Farm Credit Ad
ministration. I will visit warehouses
each week, take-up these checks and
leave receipts for borrowers.
This abrogates any and all prior
instructions.
L. V. DAVIS,
Field Supervisor for Macon, Schley,
Sumter and Taylor counties.
Rev. J. M. Williams, Serving
Time For Son’s Death, -
May Establish Innocence
Charleston, S. C., Sept. 4.—Break
ing open a bath locked at the Isle of
Palms Monday, police discovered a
budle of men’s clothes, and a suicide
note which contained a purported
confession to the slaying of a sailor
named Grady Williams near Augusta
at an unspecified date.
The note was signed “J. E. Heath"
without an address.
It said “I have took enough poison
to kill me in a short time. Just leav
ing body in the ocean for the fish to
eat.”
Officials said they believed the
suicide note was genuine but they
admitted the possibility of a hoax.
FEARFUL PROPERTY
LOSS BY STORM
ON WEST COAST
DEATH LIST MOUNTS AS RESULT
OF HURRICANE WHICH EX-
TENDS FROM FLORIDA TO
TEXAS; THOUSANDS HOME-
LESS IN GALE’S WAKE.
Williams ’Killed in 1930
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 4.—Solicitor
General George Hains said Monday
night that a purported suicide note
found Monday in Charleston, S. C., in
which the writer confessed killing a
man near here, undoubtedly referred
to the slaying of Raford Grady Wil
liams, 19-year-old ( navy sailor, whose
father is serving a life term for the
murder.
The solicitor said he would send a
man to Charleston Tuesday to inves
tigate the matter but added that it
“sounds funny.”
The note was signed “J. E. Heath”
Hains said that no person named
Heath had been mentioned in con
nection with the Williams killing to
his knowledge.
Young Williams’ body was found
partially concealed near Augusta
shortly after he had left his father's
home at Rochelle, Ga., to return to
his station after a furlough in the
summer of 1930.
Soon afterward the father, the Rev
J. M. Williams, a minister, was ar
rested and charged with the killing.
Authorities traced cotton market
transactions in which they said the
father had lost money, and charged
he killed his son to collect insurance
on his life.
The father throughout the case
has maintainel he is innocent. He
said the last he saw of his son was
when he carried the boy to Atlanta
to catch a bus for New York. At
the trial the state introduced evi
dence intended to show the father
and son were seen together on the
road from Atlanta toward the place
where the body was found.
The father’s first trial resulted in
a hung jury. He was convicted and
sentenced to life imprisonment at
second trial. His last appeal recently
failed and only a few weeks ago he
was assigned to chain gang to serve
his sentence.
BANK SCREEN REMOVED
Roberta. Ga., Sept. 6.—A would be
robber evidently an amateur, remov
ed the $creen~Trom a window at the
rear of the Crawford County bank
during Monday night. He left,, how
ever, without disturbing anything.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 6.—Esti
mates ot property damage from a
tropical storm that swept paits of
Southern Florida were placed at well
over $1,090,000 Tuesday and the
death list was increased to two.
Broken communications still pre
vented an accurate check up on the
damage but several east coast towns
notably Stuart, were appealing for
aid.
The greatest property damage was
along the coast from Lake Worth to
Vero Beach, where the storm first
struck Sunday night, and in interior
north of Lake Okeechobee where the
hurricane Monday damaged the rich
citrus growing section to an estimat
ed 80 per cent of the crop.
Although not in the direct path of
the storm St. Petersburg experienced
11 inches of rain from 8 a. trf. Mon
day until 8 a. m-. Tuesday, the second
heaviest fall recorded in 24 years the
weather bureau there has been estab
lished.
Streets were flooded and there was
some minor damage from the water
but otherwise the city escaped.
As the lessened storm recurved in
land from the gulf Tuesday accurate
trace of its velocity wap lost as towns
along the route do not have wind
gauges, but th eJacksonville weather
bureau said the force of the blow
was diminished and estimated Thom-
asville, Ga., directly in the path of
the storm had a wind velocity of pos
sibly 60 miles an hour or “perhaps
slightly above."
The damage to property at Stuart
and Ft. Pierce was estimated at $1.-
000,000 Tuesday and accurate esti
mates of the damage to the citrus
crop inland had not been compiled/
Edmourg", Texas, Sept. 5.—Twelve
known dead, more than 50 injured
and many millions of dollars damage
was the toll of the gulr hurricane
which Monday night laid waste to
the rich and populous lower llio
Grande valley.
Ten men were killed nt Harlingen
and two at Rio Hondo. These we e
the-only verified kvat.ol. Seven "W. .-o
injured and in a hospital at Mercedes
and 48 were nt Harlingen. Of the in
jured at Harlingen 10 probably Will
die.
Some estimates of the citrus crop
It will be a source of regret to his
many Taylor county friends to learn
of the death of Mr. Robert William,
Bob Edmonson as he was affectionate
ly called, which occurred at his home
about six miles northwest of Butler
Wednesday morning about 7 o’clock
following un illness of about one
year from Brights disease.
Mr. Edmonson, who Was an up
right Christian gentleman, good
neighbor and citizen was born in
Maoofl'j^fi'fty Mar h 6, 1870 the son
of Mr. -William Coierrtah ahd Mrs 4
Mary Edmonson, and came to this
county in his early manhood since
which time he was engaged in farm
ing until his health failed him.
Besides his wife Mr. Edmonson is
survived by three daughters, six sonB loss in the Rio Grande valley ranged
and four brothers. 1 as high as $3,009,000.
Funeral services will be conducted 1 _ The property damage at Rockport.
for the deceased followed by inter
ment of the remains at Bethel ceme
tery at 10 o’clock this morning, Eld.
Morgan Williams conducting the fu
neral rites.
Mr. G. M. Daniel Now With
Dreizin Dry Goods Store
It will be of interest to the friends
both of Mr. George Daniel and the
Dreizin Dry Goods store to learn that
Mr. Daniel has accepted a position as
salesman with this well known and
popular local mercantile establish
ment. Mr. Daniel is a salesman of
many years’ experience in the county,
but who for the past few years has
been engaged in railroad employment.
That he has decided to return to his
first love and will in the future re
main among his friends in Butler will
be gratifying news ta the public in
general, who also congratulate Mr.
Dreizin in his good fortune in secur
ing the service of Mr. Daniel.
Baptists To Hear Rev.
L. L. Day Next Sunday
Rev. Lon L. Day, of Brooklet. Ga.,
who comes highly recommended as an
able, minister, has accepted an invi
tation to preach at the Baptist church
here next Sunday morning and eve
ning. The church has been without a
regular pastor since the resignation
of Rev. E. H. Dunn, who accepted a
call to Columbus several months ago,
but it is the hope of the officials of
the church to be able to supply the
vacancy at an early date and with a
man best qualified for the position.
The local Baptist church is one of
the strongest churches of any de
nomination in this section of the
state and a man of ability is being
anxiously sought to supply the va
cancy.
GEORGIA TO GET FEDERAL
TEN MILLION ROAD MONEY
Washington, Sept. 6.—Agreement
was reached at a White House con
ference Wednesday on a $10,000,000
road construction program for the
state of Georgia.
President Roosevelt approved
plan whereby the work will be start
ed with the public roads bureau re
serving the right to inspect the con
struction.
30 miles northeast of Corpus Christi,
was placed at around $1,000,000 and
this was but a fraction of the de
struction wrought in cities along the
gulf coast.
Reports from Larfedo indicated that
the storm was pursuing a southwest
course and might beat itself out
against the mountainous country near
Monterrey, Mexico.
A 1,000 foot section of the, high
way causeway connecting Corpus
Chrisfi with the San Antonio road
was washed out by hammering seas
and Capt. T. W. Bailey, division en
gineer for the state highway depart
ment. said it was “entirely possic.o'
that additional sections had bee.i
washed away. He estimated the
known damage to the causeway at
between $50,000 and $60,000.
The tide, which reached a maxi
mum of eight feet, rolled angrily
over the sea wall protecting Corpus
Christi and inundated about two
blocks of the business district.
The Corpus Christi Yacht Club
house was lifted from its foundation,
spun like a top in the surging waters
and hurled upon the beach where it
was pounded to wreckage. The club’s
pier was also washed away.
Remarkable Increase In
Ticket Sales Here Shown
By the Central Railroad
As an evidence that business gen
erally is picking up in this section
the records of ticket sales made by
Mr. A. F. Fain, local agent for the
Central railroad at Butler, shows that
his ticket sales for the first few days
of September amounted to $460.00,
an increase of fully 200 per cent for
the same period a year ago. Freight
shipments have also made a lecided
increase during the past few weeks,
Mr. Fain says.
Moonshine Outfit Demolished
By Taylor County Sheriff
Acting upon a tip furnished his
office, Sheriff R. P. McGuffin made a
raid in the Wesley section of the
county Friday when he succeeded in
locating and demolishing a sizable
moonshine outfit together with a
quantity of mash and beer ready for
an early run.