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GEORGIA
R.L.C. COLUMN
Edited by
c. c. WALL, Ellavill®, G*.
Sec. 4t Tree*.
Wife BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER GEORGIA, JANUARY 4, 1984.
(By C. C. Wall)
Fellow Carriers:
Remember!
As you travel along life’s way:
It's the generous deeds we do,
jyul the kind words we say,
That make our friends noble and
true.
Whene’r you meet a fellow carrier,
That seems down hearted and out
of cheer,
Offer to lift for him the barrier,
By inviting him to join us during
the New Year.
I pen you this little rhyme,
To wish you, happiness and £°° d
cheer;
Not only during this New Year time,
But thru all of the coming year.
-c. c. w.
When we look back over the year,
0 r years that have passed, we can
sum up what has been accomplished
am | what was left undone, t but when
we look into the new year, we can
only look with expectancy of our
hopes and aspirations being realized.
As we take stock of our past life,
may we all look into the future with
a greater desire to be of a greater
service to mankind in the future than
we have in the past. No truer saving
was ever uttered than the one, “That
which I gave, I kept, but that which
1 kept I lost.”
If we resolve within ourselves to
give the very best there is within us
to those with whom we come in con
tact, surely it will come back to us in
full measure.
If we must be selfish and keep to
ourselves the things that we could
share with others, we will find in the
final analysis that this selfishness on
our part must eventually rebound
back to us, and we will 'be buried un
derneath the selfikh desires that we
have manifested toward others all
these years.
If we would confront the new year
with the proper spirit, we must have
a spirit of faith; faith in others and
faith in ourselves, supported by the
blessed presence of the wonderful
promies of God.
“The Lord has promised good to you
and to me, ! 1 i
His word our hope secures,
He will our shield and portion be,
As long as life endures."
With this admonition, may we enter
the new year with a full determina
tion to put aside self and live our
lives that others may get a fuller
knowledge of the better things of life.
Believing that every reader of these
columns wants to live just such a life
and with the feeling that you will
gladly do your part, we wish to ex
press to each of you our desire that
the new year will bring you happi
ness, contentment, joy and prosperity.
Greetings: “Rural Carriera”
By a Patron
The bards have sung of rural life,
And told °f countless joys;
But what, I ask, is rural life
Without you Carrier Boys?
You’ve made of us a better race,
Took blindness fnom our eyes;
Enabled toilers of the earth
To higher stations rise.
The isolation now is gone
That set us once apart;
Thru you we learn the latest news,
And scan the market chart.
Thru you we keep in touch with
friends.
Thru you we write for gain;
Thru you we stimulate our minds,
Ary find ads to ease our pain'.
I cannot speak in fancy words,
As they who write in rhymes;
as the New Year rolls around
-I say—another time:
The bards have sung of rural life,
And told of rustic joys;
bat what, I ask, is rural life
Without you “Carrier Boys.”
Nam here’s a wish for New Year
luck—
You see, of rural joys;
°a rank among the best we have,
'° u rural “Carrier Boys.”
(n this department received the
® rhymes about the “Carrier
o y s we were just in the midst of
"unking our columns for this issue,
'/nre dented include at this
a ''r 1 1 0 „ tllp year the sentiments of
c , ' a rn! J ihe routes who so aptly
of tt.° S f ' ^ Pr ^clings toward carriers
f the rural mails.
cow f 0Un>? laily who sen t this in
fii-a j 8 rural route out of Villa
preC"V h6 inRi8tS that her ex -
content , 6 anonymou ®. 80
Press!., ° Pass these beautiful ex-
Tn th ° n t0 ° Ur rea,Iers '
' ''tter which accompanied
mis poem r .
this- “i " d e *P r ®ssions such as
in T( * aVe ^'fiuwed your columns
month J ° Urnal faithfu,, Y these
s > and must admit that they are
just too good to miss.” | The attitude of the average patron of
mail Y s°erv^ n0 H,’ ' W “ 1I, w the 1 rural ruraI route8 can determined large-
mail service does mean quite a lot to ly by the carrier’s attitude toward the
™ a /°! k ., ' \ Truly 11 18 one of P“tron. Lt is up to you and me, the
, ble88lnKS ’ for rural life individual carrier to so conduct our-
would .be bleak indeed without it, so I j selves as to convince the patron that
greet the carriers as one of the pa-1 our real object is to serve the public
tnons of their routes, and want them in a manner becoming the greatest
to know that we really and truly ap- government in all the world. If
heed this good advice. Especially do
we concur in his solicitations of the
brethren paying their annual dues
early in the new year, for this ellmi
nates the necessity of the county, dis
trict or state secretaries having to so
licit their payment later in the year.
We appreciate very much what
lireciatp their offnrt.. ' h ... ' ~ **■ "«= Bro. Thornton has to say about the
the patrons efficient and o H ^ .° 13 , we may easily correct false news columns as conducted in The
the patrons efficient and good serv- impressions as they affect our job. I Journal, and feel as he, that this
. I medium is worth all the effort put
According to our past custom it will I f ort h for the general welfare of the
ice.
Such expressions merit the very
best service we, as servants of our
government, can render, and I hope
that the carriers of Georgia will true-
ly and faithfully render the best pos
sible service always "with a smile.”
Message Prom Pres. Thompson
To the Rural Carriers of Georgia:
Happy New Year.
I haven’t words to express grati
tude to my friends who so kindly re
membered me with tokens of friend-
COUNTY AGENT
-By
G. G. DANIEL, Agent
WHAT PLOW-UP CAMPAIGN
DID FOR GEORGIA THIS YEAR
COTTON ACREAGE CAMPAIGN
FOR TAYLOR COUNTY BEGAN
MONDAY. JANUARY FIRST
The campaign to reduce cotton acre,
age in Taylor county for 1934’36 be
gins officially on Jan. lat. The county
committee has been named and in
turn the county committee, according
to government regulations, have ap
pointed community committees. The
work will be in full swing by the new
year. Already several hundred farnu
not be long now until our annual
membership drive will be on in earn
est. This is not as it should be. We
should express our appreciation of
our organization by paying dues
promptly and not wait for the coun-
ty, district or state secretary to call
our attention to this important mat
ter. The December issue of the Kan-
carriers and the service in general
and hope that the brethren will make
greater use of the opportunity af
forded thru this medium.
In reference to the action of the
national convention in- Des Moines
regarding the status of retired car
riers in the association in the future,
| we feel that this action was very
sas Carrier announces that more than j fitting, and our state convention will
a alf dozen counties in that state are I enact legislation at its coming ses-
.... a ready 10® Per cent and it is ex- 1 slons in Atlanta next Julv to conform
ship this Christmas. I can only say I Peeted that the entire state will He > to those as passed at the national
prize them above everything. They
are priceless as they convey a mes
sage that cannot be spoken.
Now, as we enter the New Year
and in making other resolutions, let
us make this our aim:
To be better rural carriers, and put
our service on a higher plane than
ever; above criticism from any source
represent our great government as
100 per cent before the May 30 con- , convention
ventions. It appears that the matters We are delighted that the carriers
of paying dues and frequent meetings 0 f the Tenth District had the oppor-
are closely related. By careful read- • tunity of a conference with their
ing of the National Carrier one wi'l newly elected congressman, and are
find that our northern and eastern
bethren get together quite often,
either as a county, tri-county or dis
trict meeting, consequently the matter
of paying dues is no problem at all as
never before: to he ever on, the alert ’ most of them are in before the •■•tate
to build ourselves and the association ] convention. Why not have more meet
to a 100 per cent membership, Ladies'
Auxiliary, Mutual Benefit, weekly
subscribers to our state paper, weekly
subscribers to the National Rural Let
ter Carrier, then next Christmas will
be the happiest of all.
Your cooperation the past six
months has been all that could be
asked. We have been thru the worst
we hope and believe, but the next few
months will keep our nerves at high
tension. Our problems have been ably
ings in Georgia?
Our Journal page will soon have its
rtrst birthday. How well it has sue
ceeded is evidenced by the interest
manifested by carriers from every
section .of the state. Many articles
have appeared from carriers without
the state. It has Justified any effort
and expense during the past year.
The Journal staff has been extremely
nice and helpful to us since we en-
presented to the powers that be and | tere<1 the newspaper venture and no
we believe when the smoke of battle effort has been spared to make our
has cleared we will be found back at | P®K e interesting and attractive. Lets
our old standard of pay and possibl * I make ** even b >ffS er and better during
benefitted more than some expect. 1934.
We are at your service at all times. J
L*t me assure you it is a pleasure to
serve you any way possible.
Gordon H. Thompson,
Pres. R. L. C. Assn.,
Jackson, Ga
Past National President Sick
This department has just been ap
prised of the fact that Brother Fred
L. White has been sufferin'? from an
attack of plurisy, which threatened
to go into pneumonia, but at this time
he is much improved and able to re
sume his duties on his route out from
the Buckhead (Georgia) post office,
with the help of a driver. We regret
very much to learn of Brother Whites
indisposition and hope that he will
soon recover. I am quite sure all the
carriers of Georgia join in this wish
for Brother White’s speedy recovery.
Mutual Benefit Assessment Due
On December 2, the secretary sent
out notices to all members who had
been issued mutual benefit certifi
cates in our association, calling for
the payment of death assessment No.
95, and which is now due. If you
have not yet made your remittance on
this call, please send in $1.10 within
the next day or two.
Father of Mrs. Jiouse Buried
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
E. W. House, of Lumpkin, Ga., will
regret to learn of the death of Rev.
O. L. Kelley, the father of Mrs. House
at her home, on the night of Dec. 24.
Rev. Mr. Kelley had been ill for
several weeks. He was a Methodist
minister, having served charges in
various cities in Georgia.
Mrs. House will be remembered as
being prominently connected with the
Ladies’ Auxiliary of our association,
having served in various capacities in
the local and state branch and was,
for several years, treasurer of the
National Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association.
(Appreciation
Your editor-secretary-treasurer has
truly enjoyed a delightful week oi
ten days, through the many remem
brances that were sent him during
the Christmas holidays. He has been
the recipient of many holiday greet
ings and useful rememberances from
many friends, for all of which he is
very appreciative, and he wishes to
take this opportunity to say “thank
you.”
New Year Rumblings
Ring out the old, ring in the new.
Ring out the false, ring in-the true.
The above may be applicable to
rural carriers in this good new year,
1934. If any of the old and false
ideas relative to the rural service
still persists in the minds of any of
our people we hould use any honor
able means at our command to dispel
such notions. It once was that this
branch of the service was thought as
a tep child of our great postal system
a very costly experiment, but not
really a part of the great machine.
The Des Moines convention amend
ed the constitution in a way permit
ting retired carriers to enjoy every
right and privilege now enjoyed by
regular carriers. This is as it should
be, and our state body should pass a
like amendment at our Atlanta con
vention. We all understand that we
are now carrying retired carriers and
subs at cost; we also understand that
as the men retire our association in
come is lessened; within the next five
years we will have not more than
1,000 members and a corresponding
amount of funds. Would it not -be
wise to ask our retired brethren to
pay a higher rate of dues when they
are extended the same privileges as
now enjoyed by regular carriers?
Most ,of us are agreed that to be re
tired on full annuity is a step up fi-
ancially. Think it over.
A delegation of carriers from the
Tenth District called on Congressman
Brown at his .office in Elberton not
many days ago. We were received in
a very warm and kindly manner and
given all the time needed to present
our case. Congressman Brown stated
that while he felt very friendly to
ward us, he would rather not commit
himpelf to anything definite. He
stressed the point that he was not in
favor of contract work and that the
salary of a rural carrier should be
sufficient to attract and hold good
men in the service. Mr. Brown re
alizes the importance of good mail
service for the rural districts and told
us that as far as he is able to do so,
he intends seeing to it that the rural
service does not suffer. We fellows of
the Tenth District know our con-
gresman and have no fear. You fel
lows out of the district may rest easy
as we can assure you that Congress
man Brown is fair minded in every
respect.
Well, as Will Rogers says, all I
know, is what I read in the papers,
and I learn that my good friend,
Pete Land, is fond of chitterlings. I
am afraid to say what I think of
chitterlings as my wife is also fond
of them, but this I do say. I have
many short'? orb ings, but eating chit
terlings is not one of them. Winter
time brings muddy roads, but Pete
has one consolation denied me, name
ly: winter time is open season for
chitterlings.
My wish for each of you is that the
new year will be good to you and that
you will realize every reasonable wish
and last, that Pete will be permitted
to eat as many chitterlings as he
wants before the winter is over.
W. G. Thornton.
We are, indeed, glad to incorporate
this timely message from Bro. Gor
don Thornton, a member of the ex
ecutive committee of our state asso
ciation. ,
The good wishes and advice offered
at this sesaon of the year are, indeed
timely, and we hope every one who
reads Bro. Thornton’s messagl e will
glad that they hold him in such high
esteem. It has been our privilege to
have quite a bit of correspondence
with Congressman Brown, and we
have found him at at all times very
attentive to our wishes, and most
anxious to cooperate in every way
consistent with good judgment.
In regard to Brother Thornton’s
part of the message relative to the
fondness of Pete Land for chitterlings
I am fearful that he Is liable to get
a controversy started with him ex
pressing himself as he has about hi*
attitude toward this most appetizing
dish. I know .of many of the brethren'
who share the same attitude toward
this dish as does Bro. Land. Your
editor is very fond of this delicacy
himself, and will concur with Bro.
Land. I heard Horace Peacock say
some few weeks ago that he could eat
one as long as from Fairbum to MeX'
ico, and take a “tom thumb” at every
station between. Not wanting to give
out any secrets, or start a controversy
but I also happen to know that Park
Hall, circulation manager of The Jour
has expressed himself as being
partial to this part of the “hog kill
ing," and would go, any time, 100
miles to partake of an old fashioned
ohitterling supper. So you see Gordon
that besides your wife, there are oth
ers that share with Pete Land a fond
ness of this delicacy. %
C. W. A. Approves Phony
Peach Eradication Campaign
U. S. Peach Disease Laboratory,
Fort Valley, Ga.
To strengthen the work of the
phony peach eradication campaign the
CWA has approved a project for the
destruction of wild peach trees in
45 peach producing counties of Geor
gia, where the phony disease is so
serious as to threaten the future of
the peach industry. Taylor county il
included in this project.
It is important that, as far as is
humanly possible, we destroy all of
the wild peach trees in the areas
where the phony peach eradication
work is carried on, as these trees are
a serious drawback to the commercial
industry. Wild peach trees are not
only of no value whatever but, unless
they can be eliminated, they will con
stitute a permanent reservoir of rein
infection for the phony peach disease
and will harbor other destructive
diseases and insects.
Growers and all others who are in
terested in the industry can be of
much assistance in promoting this
work if they will furish information
concerning any groups of wild peach
trees along woods or at places where
culls have been dumped, either fnom
packing sheds or canning factories.
Such information should be sent to V/.
F. Turner, U. S. Peach Disease Field
Laboratory, Ft. Valley, Ga.
NOW IS THE TIME
TO BUY FARMS SAYS
LEADING LOCAL MAN
This is the time for the landless
farmers to buy a home and farm.
Never has there been a better oppor
tunity for those without 1 homes, or
without farms of their own to buy
and own them than now. With the
government offering every opportuni
ty to farmers to lift mortgages from
their farms and to pay for farms out
right that have been bought, a dis
tinct challenge is made to the farm
ers. It is offering this opportunity to
each and every one of us. Farm land
is cheap at present prices. The
means of acquiring and owning your
own home and farm is at your com
mand. Wake up to your own present
and future interest.
Home ownership, too, makes far
better and more substantial citizen
ship. It makes for better conditions,
domestically and nationally.
If a man owns his home and fire
side he will naturally, if need be,
fight for it. No one scarcely ever
heard of a man shouldering a gun to
fight for a boarding house.
WALTER E. STEED.
The 1934-1935 acreage reduction
campaign like the 1933 cotton plow > mreuuj several nunurea urm>
up campaign will depend for its sue- erB have called at the County Agent’*
cess on the loyal support of the i ° ,rice and at Reynolds and have re.
farmer. There is no room in this pro, I ceiv ed contracts to be filled in by the
gram for selfishness and very little farmers with the assistarxe of busi-
selfishness will be exhibited in 1934 I nes s friend*.
if the farmer will study the contract. | Due to the amount of figuring nec-
While this is a reduction campaign, essary to complete these contracts by
as a matter of fact a large number of February 1st at which time the : ; rit
Georgia farmers will be permitted by | lap of the campaign must be com-
the terms of the contract to actually pleted all business men are urged to
increase their acreage and be paid enter into the spirit of the movement
rent in addition. This can be under- and help farmers to fill out their con-
stood when we consider that Georgia I tracts. The few business men already
farmers, (some of them) started with approached on the subject have
high acreage in 1928 and had reduced agreed gladly to do anything possible
to a low In 1932. The average in this to rush the “sign up” campaign so
case woulj raise the acreage permit- j that Taylor will be one of the first
ted to be planted in 1934 under the ' counties to complete its campaign,
contract. The rentals would he figured More definite information will f»e
off this average for the period, 1928 given in the next issue of the Butler
thru 1932. | Herald. Some of the business men at
The Texas farmer on the otheT Charing. Mauk, Rupert, Howard, But-
hand will reallv do the reducing since i *? r and Reynolds have responded to
he started with a low in 1928 a^d the urK ® to hel P *n this campaign but
when averaged with his high of sub-' f con J p lete survey has not enabled us
seouent years would bring the figure. *° Print the names at this time,
down to the base instead of up to base | The personnel of the community
a» in the case of the farmer of the committees have been reduced to 6 or
Southeast. This is not true in every • ^ men as against twice that number
case. There will be exceptions In ■ in 1933. These men will have their
Georgia. I hands full checking contracts and
The one thing to be remembered In helpin « with the sign up but will need
this campaign is the fact that our and welcome assistance from any
goal is to reduce acreage. The gov-! ? our P e in order to get the campaign
ernment has no earthly use for the i ln hR na at the earliest possible
rented land on It’s own account, ex-1 jnoment. Farmers do not have to wait
cent in so far as this act will redound l£ r committeemen to contact them,
to the benefit of all cotton farmers I w n° nave completed their con*
bv reducing sunnly which always In- I may turn them in 'to the Coun-
creases demand expressing it's self in ‘Y Agent a office. The earlier the
higher prices. While the farmer is , j, 1
pvrmlv pnM for his cooperation, he .{. nd: Ice'tiong are that Taylor oounty
should enter into the spirit of the ““ complete her quota in short order
movement n"d rent to the government * nd wi*“ enthusiasm,
as an act of helping not only himself ‘ r r ‘ AXTIt ' 1 ‘
but his fellowman.
Vmv getting to the caption of this
article. A survey of 43 counties in
rteor<rt« shows some reel effo.ts of
the 1933 plow up campaigp. Bullock
farmers fathered 22.000 bales of cot
ton this year valued at more than
$1,000,000 as against $350,000 in 1932
Cotton agreements brought an nd^h
tional $150,000 to the cooperating
farmers.
Sumter county reports that little
cash was received in the oounty from
Seed Loans in 1933 but a total of
more than $100,000 has been receiv
ed for plowing up cotton acreage.
Over the state as a whole business
has increased in agricultural towns
from 30 to 100 per cent as compared
to November 1932. The report states
further, “schools remain open, sev
eral thousands of dollars worth of city
and county improvements are in sight
and tripled bank deposits have com
bined to restore confidence."
The farmers .of the state have put
at rest the old adage that farmers
will no cooperate; times are gradual
ly improving, and we are gradually,
and not too laborously, scaling the
heights to our chosen goal of pros
perity under the wings of the blue
eagle.
CALCIUM NEEDED, POULTRY
MAN SAYS
G. C. DANIEL, County Agent.
SOUTH MAY LOfii
HEAD OF WAYS AND’
MEANS COMMITTEE
Athens, Jan. 2.—Arthur Gannon,
extension popultryman, the Universi
ty system of Georgia, this week com
mented as follows on the diet needed
by laying hens:
"Laying hens require calcium for
their egg shells in addition to the cal
cium for their other body needs and
it is therefore necessary to supply it
in a form they can use. Crushed oy
ster shells are probably best for this
purpose, although limesteme grit is
used in some sections of the country.
In Georgia, however, oyster shell
generally preferred. , na.c w* un to cooperate m tne :
“With the small flock, when the nlation of a tax urogram which
< . PrOClHanf Will nslr 4lti>
hens are running on free range, sufti-
cient egg shell forming material will
probably be picked up, but where the
hens are confined to houses or yards
it is essential to Iiav_ crushed oyster
shell before them all the time. A con
venient method of supplying this is to
tack a box on the wall a few inches
above the floor an^ keep it filled.
“Oyster shell for chickens can be
purchased from most feed stores in
When Congress reconvenes the first
week of the new year the House com
mittee on ways and means may have
a new chairman.
Representative Doughton, of North
Carolina, the present chairman, would
probably accept an appointment to
the tariff commission, where there I*
a vacancy by the recent death of the
late Representative Collier, of Missis
sippi. In the redistricting of his state
Mr. Collier lost his seat in Congress
and his appointment to the tariff com
mission' was one of the first made by
President Roosevelt.
Should Mr. Doughton foil' w his
predecessor in the chairmanship of
the ways and means committee from
that powerful legislative post i 0 a
place on the tariff commission, Rep
resentative S. B. Hill, of the Stale of
Washington, would succeed Mr.
Doughton at the head of 1 the way*
and means committee.
By occupation' Mr. Doughton is a
farmer and stock raiser. He saw serv-
ice on the hoard of agriculture of
North Carolina before Ms election to
Congress.
Mr.Hill is a lawyer by profession, a
graduate of the University of Ar
kansas and has had experience bothas
a prosecuting attorney and as judge
of the superior court for seven years.
He was elected to the 68th Congress
at a special election in 1923 and has
been reelected to each succeeding
congress.
Mr. Hill is now chairman of the
subcommittee of the ways and mean*
committee, which has been holding
on the revision of existing tax ’ law*
for several weeks.
Upon his return from conferences
with the President at Warm Springs,
Ga., the Acting Secretary 1 to the
Treasury, Mr. Morgenthau, after con
sultation with Mr. Hill,- announced
that the treasury department would
submit specific recommendations for
revenue legislation for consideration
by the ways and ' means committee
well in' advance of the reconvening of
Congress.
, , This means that the administration
18 | and democratic leaders of the house
have begun to cooperate in the form-
president will ask the congress
adopt at the coming session.
As Ms ad”isor on' tax matters, M
Morgenthau has annointed Prof. Mi
gill of Columbia University, who wl
represent the treasury department i
consultation with the subcommittee <
which Mr. Hill is chairman.
The fact that Mr. Doughton woul
prefer to round out his public servii
as a member of the tariff commissic
an<i that his appointment would brir
to the chairmanship of the ways ar
means committee a man of the abil
■ ; inemiH commiu.ee a man oi me an
100 pound bags, or in smaller quanti- j ty and experience of Representat
Li - Ti 1 - t — — - —. — —I..— MM J ...ill .. .1 J IT III 0 IU It« —n m. 8— — — - A. _ — _ 1
ties. It is inexpensive and will add
little to feed costs since one hen will
eat only about three pounds a year.
“Experiments have shown that a
lack of oyster shell in the - ation will
cause three things: The hens will lay
fewer eggs. The eggs will be smaller
In size. The shells of the eggs will
be thin. Be sure to provide your hens
with a supply of oyster shell and see
they are never out of it, even for a
day.”
"Peach trees with a heavy crop of
fruit buds may be pruned heavier
than trees having a short crop,” G. H.
Firor, extension horticulturist, the
University System of Georgia, says.
“The lemoval of too much wood from
a bearing tree will seriously affect
the yield. The peach tree needs to be
pruned to produce fruit and not to
control the market.”
Hill of Wasbingtpji mnkes it orob
able that President Roosevelt w
look w'th favor upon Mr. Doughtoi
aspiration;
The two most powerful committe
of the house are the committee .
wavs and means, which recommen
to the house how money should
raised to run the government, a
the eommitttee on aoorooriatioi
which tells the house how the mon
should be spent. 1
POSTING NOTICE
GEORGIA—Taylor County:
This is to advise all parties con
cerned that the following land has
been posted according to law, an<t
that all hunting, hauling wood, and
making roadwavs or paths across
said land is strictlv forbidden. ' The
lan-1 is ns fMlows:, lot No. 140 in the
12th land district of Taylor county,
Georgia.
This 18th dav of December. 1988.
MRS. KATE L. PUTT ER
Butler, G*.
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