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Taylor county
•‘The Golden Gate”
Between the Mnunteiaa
and the Sea
Traversed by the
SCENIC HIGHWAY
The Butler Herald.
Volume
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS * 1 *
CoMty’e Chief Citlee
BUTLER AND BEYNOLDS
No section of the state offer*
better opportunities for ■mall
industries and delightful ettt-
zenship than either of Umm
Cities.
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BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday November 16,1933
GEORGIA EDITOR
TELLS STORY OF
FIRST PLANE RIDE
editor t. w. wrench, op
CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD,
FLIES TO NEW YORK AS RE-
PORTER FOR THIS PAPER.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: When Eastern
*ir Transport recently inaugurated
nieht plane service ''e tween Atlanta
uS New York City arrangements
»pre made through Georgia Newspa
per Alliance for Mr. T. W. 1 Wrench,
uiitor of the Charlton County Herald
a t Folks ton, and eighth district Alli
ance Board of Control member, to
make the trip as correspondent for
the Butler Herald.
Singularly, the first trip Mr.
Wrench has made to the world's larg
est city was by means of the most
modern method of transportation. He
tens here how it feels to speed thru
the night, 2,000 feet above the earth.)
By T. W. WRENCH
(Special Correspondent for Herald)
(By Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
Some three weeks ago the Georgia
Newspaper Alliance advised the writ
er that he had been voted the honor
of flying.as a,passenger to New York
as its representative, aboard the lat
est model 18-passenger Condor plane
of the Eastern^ Air Transport. This
message came as the editor was hang
ing over his easy chair, in that state
of neutrality that one occasionally
eets into down South, where the ma
larial mosquito makes his habitat and
feeds on such individualo that can be
inoculated and become subject to their
poisori. Taking an air trip, reaching
dizzy heights, did not sound so well,
but nothing was further from my
thoughts than failure to get m shape
for this trip T .
Came the time I was m fit shape to
go as high as the ace would take me.
Question was propounded roe as to
nerve; if I did not fear such an ad
venture, having never ridden in the
air before. The thought of our great
President, 1 Franklin D., Roosevelt,
came in my mind; that one expressed
just after his inauguration, that sure
ly the American people wiould not let
the foolish fear of fear predominate
at the moment that courage .meant
» much to them. Fear is, or,cording
to my contention, mostly a/- cnild-r of
the imagination, and why should I, in
the face of this groat treat, allow
myself to be persuaded that dangers
lurked any more in the air than • on
terra firma ? Fright thus banished
from my system, I was fitted for the
trip.
Some friend was wanting to know
if I was going to sleep in the ' air
ship. My contention was whv do that
when I was riding for a thrill and
the and most exciting events
come in your conscious moments ? No
sleep, says I, on that trip.
His One Big Moment
Well, with a Saturday night plane,
a country editor was aboard for his
one big moment I
Without a big of trepidation, every
movement of the ship and crew was
watched. As the motion of the engine
started, I found there .were two mo
tors, twins, two pilots, and finer still
a charming little hostess who weighed
in less than 110 pounds. That reminds
me that we passengers were weighed
in along with our baggage. The gross
weight is recorded of all the load,
human, mail and- baggage. That made
me ask the question as to the weight
of the flying craft—a mere matter of
15 ton3. The night was beginning to
grow dark, the stars wore out and my
well-wishers said, “You have a beau
tiful night for the trip!" And so I did
but you wait for the story that is
coming. |
After the motor was started I fig
ured that it took some 75-mile pace
to fly the ship from old mother earth.
We rose, the wheels hung low from a
socket and kept spinning. They were
pivot-hung on shock absoibers, rising
they hung some foot or more out, and
p hen landing they gradually tookI up ,
*ben striking the earth.
Our wings spread out with a cover
age of some 92 feet span. The body of.
the bird was 90 feet long, the inside
Cana,city being some 70 feet, with a j
*idth of some 10 feet. Seating capacf-1
7 of 18 passengers. But this night
had a light load. When seated, the
warming hostess saw to it that we
*«e strapped in* comfortably seated
'Jchair sea's similar to the parlor car
'hairs on railroad trains, arranged to
"an back, up, or the most comfort
able wav. The windows gave us a
"cw of the great outside, ventilation
«ming through small individual vents
at our side, they being irranged so as
~ Pve you a direct or indirect cur-
tent of fresh air.
__ . Not Scared a Bit
*ne rise was made so easily that if
“"e had not been observing it. it
ould never have been known. There
_as an upward tilting motion of
tw 86 ,’ unt *l an elevation was reached
/wnlaeM ns in the right air current
■*; traveling. Some 2.000 ' feet we
%ing" a< I V ' Se d ig best for northbound
of danger were as for-
J° mv mind ns if I had beepl in
un ?“ ton V'hile, ’n fact the trip I made
mnhiv 1 ? k'elkston, with a voting aut.o-
covering some 200 miles to
• n in four Tinin-q discounted AH
WARM SPRINGS WILL
WELCOME PRESIDED
WITHOUT FORMALITY
AT HIS GEORGIA HOME, ROOSE
VELT WILL AVOID RITUALS
AND CEREMONIALS.
Number 2
C. C. Notes
dang.
; er one would have in flying,
iTum to Page 8, No. 1)
Warm Springs, Ga., Nov. 11.—The
community of warm springs, whicii
has known franklin D. lioosevelt as
piivhte citizen, governor of New
f ork and presidential nominee, will
welcome him as president for the first
time Nov. 18 without formality or
ceremony.
There will be no blare or bands, no
napping of bunting and no wearying
program of speeches when his train
arrives but a simple greeting will be
extended by a committee of his adopt
ed fellow townsmen, neighbors, school
children and members of the C. C. C.
camp at Warm Springs.
To be sure, some handshaking will
take place but no set program is to
be followed in order that he may go
quickly as possible to' his Little
White House here to rest.
Both Warm Springs and the Warm
Springs Foundation, which ’ Mr.
Roosevelt founded for treatment of
victims of infantile paralysis, wear
an attitude of being glad to welcome
home a friend and neighbor rather
than one of excitement over the ar
rival of the president of the United
States.
It.is an attitude Mr. Roosevelt en
courages. When he visits here, he be
comes one of the community, likes to
chat with the patients a he foundation
follow an informal program of rest
and exercises and make frequent trips
to his farm in the Big Pine mountain
country to see how the cattle and
crops are getting along.
As a consequence, little has been
done at the foundation where his cot
tage is located or in Warm, Springs
to prepare for his visit. Offers to sup
ply decorations are being turned
down with many and varied sugges
tions for programs and celebrations.
So far, only three tentative occa
sions are planned duimg his visit. One
will be the presentation of Georgia
Hall the new $100,000 administrative
and general building presented the
foundation by the people of Georgia
in recognition of its work and as a
tribute to Mr. Roosevelt. The Geurgia
Hall committee is to make the pre
sentation Nov. 24 with as little ritual
as possible.
On Nov. 30, Mr. Roosevelt will have
his annual Thanksgiving day dinner
with patients, friends and staff of <.he
foundation—a custom he has followed
since 1924 when ho first began com
ing to Warm Springs. It is a kind of
founders’ day celebration and family
reunion rolled into one but like other
affairs more or less informal. He
plans to meet with foundation trus
tees Dec. 1.
There is ope other function tenta
tively planned for his stay here. The
Civilian Conservation corps members,
who are building a scenic highway
constructing forest fire breaks and
carrying on a beautification program
in this section as a part of the presi
dent’s program of putting idle youth
and idle land to wo,rk together, have
invited him to dine Nov. 29, in their
mess hall. Their hospitality' consists
of pine benches and pine tables in a
barracks building but the president
has written them he hopes to be able
to accept it.
The president will arrive in Warm
Springs late on Nov. 28. after a visit
♦o Savannah, where he is to make a
Georgia bicentennial address.
While here, the president will • live
' - Vs “Little White House” on the
foundation grounds. It too, lacks an
an air of being “made ready” for his
arrival. One of the foundation sur
geons occupies it during the presi
dent’s absence and will merely move
out and turn it over to the Roosevelt
party.
One feature has been added at the
Little White House since last sum
mer. A small guest house has been
built on an upper terrace near one
entrance. The ' guard—a national
guardsman now is on duty at the cot
tage to ward ioff souvenir hunters—
is to be increased and Georgia Hall
is being rushed to completion, but
these are virtually the only prepara
tions for the president’s arrival.
The guard also is preparing for ad
ditional names on the guest book at
the Little White House on which be
tween 40,000 and 45,000 sightseers
have written their signatures since
last July.
STATE HIGHWAY BOARD
WILL LET NEW CONTRACTS
ON FRIDAY, /NOVEMBER 24
Atlanta, Nov. 13.—About $1,200,000
in highway contracts, the second lot
under the public works road building
program in Georgia will be let Nov.
24, the state highway board announc
ed Monday. , , , ,
M-u-e than $500,000 worth of fed
eral projects, applyin ' on Georgias
$10,091,000 share of the public works
road fund, were let last week.
The new list of projects includes
about 45 miles of paving and will
complete the Atlanta-Sayannah paved
route, filling in the Madison-Eatonton
gap now unpaved.
In one of the roughest games ol
football ever experienced in this sec
tion tne local camp football team aet
feated the much touted Warm Springs
eleven here Saturday by the scoie ol
6 to 0. This victory was more than the
mere winning ol u football ' game, it
was a revenge victory over the Warm
Springs lads who trounced the local
camp boys in baseball this fall; it
was a victory well earned and one to
which the Local team points with the
utmost of personal priue. The entire
local camp team played "head-up”
football; iJloyd at center played a
strong defensive game as did Hollman
Pffkington and Harrington. The entire
back field functioned smoothly.
» * *
The second team of the local camp
football team journeyed to Americus
Monday and played the all star
Americus town team. The local boys
were defeated by the score of 28 to 0.
Most of the camp team was made up
of new men who arrived in camp last
Friday. A return game will be played
Monday, Nov. 20, in which the first
stringers will see action.
* * *
The first team will journey to Fort
Benning Sunday, Nov. 26, to play the
strong 29th Infantry team. On
Thanksgiving Day Robert E. Lee In
stitute will be the opposition for the
local camp eleven. This game will be
played here.
.* * *
“Georgia, we are here” were the
first words spoken by the 86 new
Mississippi men who arrived at camp
Friday afternoon. These men were
greeted cordially by the “old men”
who are also from Mississippi; These
men are welcome to our midst and we
hope them a pleasant and profitable
stay here. This camp is one of the
best C. C. C. Camps in the South.
* ♦- *
One of the best inspection records
ever given the camp was Tuesday
afternoon when the camp Was visited
by Col. Munson, commanding officer
of District “H” and Major Lewis,
Adjutant of District “H.” The inspec
tion report read “Satisfactory.”
* * *
Each week new improvements can
be noticed at the camp. The long fence
in front of the camp has been white
washed; the new headquarters and
infirmary buildings have been com
pleted, the flag pole has been painted
white and moved to the center of the
camp barracks and many other minor
improvements have been- made.
* * *
Sunday brought the largest number
of visitors to the 1 camp since the
camp was organized. People as far as
.Macon and Columbus visited the
camp and were high in their praise
of the camp and the high type of men
in the camp.
* * »
Interest continues to increase in the
daily classes that are being conducted
by the officers and others > interested
in the welfare of the camp. The
courses taken up include mathematics
english, spelling, forestry, surveying,
first aid and sanitation and history.
Si * *
Lieut. Rhyne who has ' been on
special duty at Camp Douglas is back
with us, bringing the total number of
officers on duty with the local camp
to four.
* * •
Several promotions were made
among the men during the week by
the Camp Commander. Assistant
Leader Chamblee was promoted to
Leader while Workmen Sanders,
Boyd, Anderson and Frank were
promoted to Assistant Leaders.
• » «
Official information was received
the first of the week that a sufficient
number of mer. would be received at
the local camp to bring the total en
rollment up to 206. If the 16 local
men who have nut in their applica
tions are accepted by the army, the
strength of the local company will be
191.
• * *
Th“ came hoys were called out by
the Forestry. branch Tuesday after
noon last to fight one of the largest
fires so far this season. This fire was
in the taction known as woods 500,
shout five miles southwest of Butler.
The m°n left camp ahojit 4 o’clock
and did n,ot get back until after
eight o’clock.
Sixteen Local Men
Enroll For CCC Work
Sixteen Taylor county young men,
selected by the local i committee and
approved by the federal board under
the new allotment to this area, re
ported Tuesday to the forestry camp
located near Butler. Those who .en
rolled were:
John P. Anthony I
Claude R. Blakely
James Draughon
Hamilton England
James Haywood
Millard Hicks
Blanford Jarrell '
.Tudaon Musslewhite
Louie McGee
Emanuel McMillian
Alton Parker
J. Carson Parks
Norman Peacock
' Jaokson Peed
Walter Turner.
Valuable Information Given
On Canning Meats By
MISS LEONORA ANDERSON,
County Home Demonstration Agent
Canning Meats
When meat is butchered, it must bo
cured or canned. The weather is so
changeable that it cannot be depended
upon alone to furnish a temperature
long enough to insure keeping of the
meat. While the curing of meat with
salt and then smoking it has been
and still is, in universal use, the can
ning ,of meat is rather new. The per-
fection of the steam pressure cooker
has made the canning of meats more
successful and much safer. With
steam under pressure it is easy to
get high temperature required to
properly sterilize meats. It is neces
sary to subject meat to a temperature
of, 250 degrees F. for varying periods
of inie owing to quantity of can.
. Steps in Canning Meats
1. Handle all meats in a careful
manner. 1
2. Chill and as soon as animal heal
has disappeared the meat may be
prepared for canning.
3. Cut into pieces to fill the can.
Wipe' with damp cloth. Season the
meat according to individual taste,
and ,(iook until 'he center is no longer
red.
4. Prepare as tho for immediate
serving and pre-cook-roast, fry, broil
bake or stew.
5. Pack into the cans, filling within
one-half inch of the top, then pour
in boiling hot gravy.
6. Seal while very hot.
7. If contents of can are allowed
to ccfol off, it is necessary to exhaust
the can.
8. Place in steam pressure canner
and bring up to 15 "pounds and hold
at that temperature for remiired time.
See steam pressure time table.
Recipe for Pork Sausage
3 parts fresh lean pork
1 part fat pork
Grind through meat grinder, using
coarse plate. Weigh the meat. Foi
each 26 pounds ground meat, add:
1-2 pound salt
1-2 ounce fine sage
1-2 to 1 ounce black pepper
1-2 ounce (more or less) fine red
pepper , •
1-4 .ounce ground nutmeg may be
used.’ :
Mix thoroughly and run again thru
meat grinder, using small plate. Make
out cakes and fry in fat until lightly
browned. When several pansfull have
been cooked, pour off grease. Add
water to tho brown 1 part in the frying
pan to make gravy stock. Pack sau
sage in cans very hot. Finish lllinp
with boiling hot * gravy stock. Seal
cans while very hot. Process at 260
degrees F. or 15 pounds of steam
pressure.
No. 2’s and pint cans, 50 minutes.
No 3‘s and quart cans, 60 minutes.
' Canned Meat Stews
Lamb, mutton, beef or veal make
foundations for Brunswick and other
meat stews. The meat may be cut un
into onp inch cubes and browned In
hot fat.Or, It may be boiled in enough
hot water to cpver until bones may be
removed easily. Chop meat up using
heavy kitchen scissors or sharp v nife.
Reason with salt and pepper to taste.
Pack into hot cans, seal and process
No. 2’s for 50 minutes at 15 pounds
of steam pressure. When 1 ready to
serve, reheat and combine w’th fresh
ly rooked vegetables#>Hv adding vege
tables at time of serving the stew
they are not mushv and overcooked
as well as the saving of space in the
AMERICUS COLLEGE WILL
RECEIVE BUILDING LOAN
Atlanta, Nov. • 14.—The Georgia
public works advisory board, meeting
in Atlanta Tuesday, had before it for
approval a revised public w,orks build
ing program for University of Geor
gia system. The revised loan requests
totaled $3,226,565.
Hughes Spalding, chairman of the
hoard of regents, announced the re
vised request late Monday. He ex
pressed hope it .would be approved
this week by the Georgia board and
by Dec. X, at Washington.
Individual projects in 1 the proposed
building program included: Georgia
Southwestern College Americus, girl’s
dormitory, $69,990; bam $3,00; class
room addition, $16,950.
FARM IS SOLD NEAR ELLAVILLE
Ellaville, Ga., Nov. 8.—A business
deal of interest transpiring recently
was the sale of 18 acres of land one
mile from the city limits of Ellaville
on the Americus-Ellaville highway, by
Dr. J. R. Jordan in exchange for a
dairy farm near Miami, Fla. Included
in the sale was a cash consideration
in favor of Dr. Jordan.
BEAUTIFY YOUR PREMISES
For estimates of cost installing
lily ponds and landscape gardens
please write or 'phone me.
E. P. HODGES, Reynolds, Ga.
WE HAVE A NEW BLIGHT 1
PROOF pear equal .o the Bartlette.
Ask for information. Wight Nurseries
Cairo,Ga.
Death of Mr. B. B. Rawls
Occasion of Sorrow To
His Many Friends Here
A telegram was received here yes
terday in which it was stated that Mr.
B. B. Rawls died at an early hour tho
same day at-his home at Clearwater.
Fla., and that funeral services und
interment of tho remains wouid take
place today at McRae, Ids native
home.
The passing of Mr. Rawls brings
much sorrow to his host of Taylor
county friends.
For many years Mr. Rawls was
one of Butler’s most prominent citi
zens. During his residence here of
many years lie operated a large naval
stores businoss and In which ' enter
prise he was very successful.
After operating all pf his hold
ings in timber leases in this section,
he with his interesting family, moved
to Clearwater, Fla., where he en
gaged in the hotel business and which
he operated successfully until the
time of his death.
Ho is survived by a number of
children, among them Mrs. Lowry
Riley of Butler and Atlanta, who was
on ii visit here when the news of his
death was received. Mrs. Rawls pre
ceded her husband to the grave by
about three years as the result of an
unfortunate motor vehicle accident.
Davises, Convicted Kidnapers
Transferred to Prison Camp
C. L. Davis and W. B. Davis, who
have been in the Taylor county . jail
here since their trial and conviction
at the October term Taylor superior
court charged with kidnaping, were
separated Friday for .the first time
since they were brought here follow
ing their arrest late in September.
They were sent to the Meiriwcther
and Worth county camps, respective
ly, to serve pen terms of 4 to 6 years
each.
The convicted men, whose homes
were at Americus and Cuthbert, re
spectively, were charged with. having
ion the 25th day. of September last,
kidnaped L. W. Brown, prominent
Americus business man, and for the
purpose of enticing Mr. Brown ir.to
the purchase ,of certain machinery in
volving a cash consideration pf $11,-
400.
While the kidnaping of Mr. Brown
took place in Butler, where he • was
induced to meet the Davises, the al
leged illegal business deal transpired
at Macon, to which place Mr. Brown
was alleged to have been carried by
force of arms by the Davises.
The entire affair, while unusual in
its nature, is one of the most regret
table that has appeared on the court
records in this county in a long while,
due especially to the prominence of
all the parties thus involved.
Colored Child Fatally
Burned Sunday Last
Her clothing ignited fpm a blaz
ing straw broom in the hands of her
sisters, Kathrine Jackson, colored,
five years of age was burned to death
Sunday before help arrived. The chil
dren were playing, about the house
while older members of the family
were temporarily away from home.
The unfortunate accident occurred
on the J. A. Matthews place in Pan
handle district.
Griffith Promoted
Of interest to the people of Taylor
county generally is the following an
nouncement:
“Eatonton, Ga., Nov. 13.—Lieut.
Powell Griffith, youngest son of Mrs.
P. B. Griffith of Eatonton, and a
brother of Dr. E. F. Griffith, has just
received announcement of his promo
tion and appointment as surgeon and
medical supervispr of ten CCC camps
in Pennsylvania. Lieut. Griffith com
pleted his pre-med course at Geor
gia and graduated from the Augusta
Medical College. He immediately en
listed in the U. S. Navy and was
stationed at Norfolk, Va.”
The parents of Lieut. Griffith were
former prominent residents of Butler
and Reynolds. ’
Mr. W. A. Johnson
Mr. W. A. Johnson, highly es
teemed Taylor county ‘ farmer, died
Friday afternoon last, following an
illness .of several months. He was 69
yeras of age and is survived by his
widow and nine children who have
the sympathy of their many friends.
Funeral and interment took ' place
Saturday morning at 11 o’clock at
Bethel cemetery.
Judge L. |V Peed received this
morning a ched', for the pensioners of
Taylor county i‘ov the first half of
July.
HUGE MOTORCADE
SET FOR DEC 15
CELEBRATION PLANNED FOR
OPENING OF PAVED ROAD
FROM ATLANTA TO TALLA
HASSEE.
Americus, Ga., Nov. 14.—Thirty-
five persons attended u meeting of
U. S. Route No. 19 association at
Americus 1 Tuesday afternoon. The
purpose was to urraqgu a motorcade
in celebration of the completion of
paving on this route, which embraces
route 3, between 1 Tallahassee, Fla,
and Atlanta. The date for this motor
cade was tentatively set fior either
Dec. 12 or 15 and subject to comple
tion of the highway by those dates.
John Pnschal, representing Tho
Atlanta Journal, accepted an invitn-
tion of the association to man.ige and
conduct the motorcade on behalf of
that newsnaper, and arrangements
for the affair were placed in his
hands. A committee embracing one
ronvesontative fmro ohcli town along
the route of the highway was named
to cooperate with Paschal and others
in handling the motorcade. Other At
lanta newspapers, as well as publica-
Koncj along the entire route of the
highway were asked to cooperate in
hnn-lling the publicity relative to the
'effort.
Only three miles remain to be
naved nlopg the entire highway and it
was brought out at the meeting Tues
day that this will he completed, un
less weather conditions prevent, by
Dee. 12.
.Tames Lott, Amerieus,- president of
the. association for-this district, pre
siding during the meeting, and Miss
Hattie Harvey, secretary of the Al
bany Chamber of Commerce, acted as
■eerntiivT., jt; wij announced at the
conclusion of the meeting that the
route would nrohnhly start from both
canitals, with governors of both
Georgia and Florida meeting at
Americus. where luncheon will be
served, with memVrs of the nartv
going to Albanv later .for ;■ dance
••nd entertainment features at Radium
Springs.
“Stunt Night” Program
Sponsored by Butler Hi
Will Be B:g Event
With the date ,of presentation of the
unique “Stunt Night” event set • for
Friday night, Nov. 24, at the Butler
High School auditorium, the re
hearsals will begin ■ Monday. Each
high school class will present a stunt
and a prize will be given to the class
for the best presentation. - Beautiful
and fitting costumes are furnished for
the. choruses and the repertoir of the
entire show promises to be unusual
and highly 'entertaining.
The local High School is sponsor
ing the performance and plan to use
the funds for the school library. In
next week’s issue of the Butler Herald
a complete program of the show will
be published. And when the curtain
is rung up for this occasion it is ex
pected that as large an audience a*
ever witnessed a public event in this
section will be present.
Local Boy Enters
U. S. Marine Corps
Macon, Nov. 14.—The enlistment in
the U. S. Marine 1 Corps of Ira B.
Peterman, son of Mr. L. E. Peterman
of Butler, is announced by Lt. Col.-H.
W. Stone, in charge of the Marine
Recruiting Office, Macon.
After several weeks preliminary
♦mining he will be assigned ) to the
field music, school for Instruction.
Upon completion of this training he
■•dll be rated as either a bugler or
drummer and assigned to duty aboard
a battleship or large, cruiser or to
one of the many foreign stations
maintained by the Marines.
Boys who are between 17 a”d 18
years of a ire only are eligible for
service as buglers. They are required
to have completed the eighth grade
of school. ,
Young men accepted for general
f.nrvi'-e must he high school graduates
and between the ages of 18 and 25
years. *
Box Supper and Cake Walk
Cross Roads School Nov. 29
The Ladies Improvement Club,
Cross Roads school, will sponsor a
box supper and Cake Walk at the
school building Wednesday night, Noy.
29. No admission charge but those in
attendance will be invited to purchase
boxes and contribute to features of
entertainment.
GINNEUS REPORT
There were 6,333 bales of cotton
ginned in Taylor county prior to Nov.
1, 1933 as compared with 4,686 bales
ginned to Nov. 1, 1982.