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THE BUTLER HERALD. BUTLER GEORGIA, JANUARY 18, 1934.
The Butler Herald
One hears n grant deal nowadays
about cooperative selling but not
Established in 187<i
C. K. BENNS
Editor and Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TAYLOlt CO.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hundred Copies.
SUBSCRIPTION *1.50 A YEAR
Entered at the Post Office at Butler,
Georgia as Mail Matter of Second
Class.
Theodore Roosevelt once said: "1
extend pity to no men because he nas
quite so much ahout cooperative buy- to work. If he is worth his salt, he
ing. The latter has been tried in a . will work. I envy the man Who has
number of caseB and very often it
has been managed profitably to the
advantage of those who bought.
A town can boom when ordoily so
ciety iB recognized, and when greater
opportunities arc given to its people
in the enjoyment of their material
and spiritual blessings; when its in
stitutions are supported by its own
people who are consciously active to
prove their loyalty.
This has been said time and again
and will bear repeating especially at
this season when the farm program
of the year is about to be launched:
The furmer who has a crib full of
corn a pen of hogs, a barrel of syrup
a smokehouse that is never empty, a
Speak the truth always, but do not hill of potatoes and come egg laying
work worth doing and docs it well
There never has been devised any
GOATS
By Henry M. Miller
The sign of Capricorn is a goat.
For centuries the gout has been hang
ing around Capricorn trying to get
law which will enable a mar. to nuc- ! I hut corn, and yet will continue being
ceed save by the exercise of those ju sign for Capricorn as long as he
qualities which have always been the , ca’t get the corn. Corn always gets
prerequisites .of success, the qualifies | somebody's goat.
of bard work, of keen intelligence, of
unflinching will.”
Make few promises.
Never «pcak evil cf anyone.
always seek the truth.
Success is the foundation stone on
which happiness is 'built.
Don't judge a town by the thilgs
about its loitering places.
Income taxes increase worries and
worries decrease income taxes.
hens, is never looking for crcait.
A newspaper operator is little less
than a maniac if he covets the idea
that his earnest endeavors for the
community is appreciated by those
whose interest he is serving most. He
can manage to get interest manifest
ed in chambers of commerce, women’s
clubs, -D. A. R.’s, etc., but when he
Fleece is the goat’s long suit, and
sometimes he is sheared so badly that
only his whiskers arc left. Some men
wear puttees to hide their fleece, and
gont whiskers, goatees,-.to show they
have been fleeced.
If goats weren’t so butt headed
they couldn’t bo fleeced.
However, Billy has many redeeming
features. He tukes life as it comes,
laughing, ,(B-a-a) at all his misfor-
Noting the fact that business is on
the upgrade, the Dawson News says:
“Georgia is sloughing the shackles of
depression and coming into her own.
Merchants report the best business in
several years. Not only has the situa-
ntion been materially improved by the
people having money to spend but , , , ,
more valuable still, if possible, thei tunes - His ^factious chuckle, when
state of mind of the people is so much I transferred to the diaphraga of man,
better that the battle is half won < causes astonishment. Next time you’re
hereby were there no other evidences • ,n a erow d watch the goat laugh,
'hat we are ,on the way out.” .endeavor to discover which of your
friends has been running around with
. | g oa j. g>
The enthusiasm that lifts us as on , Goa( . ^ that-whether it
eagle’s wings makes for joyous serv- |)e eating or butting .
ration this spring. H is p oaiUo „ i(l
that since federal funds are being
spent for every other lines , 0 f bus!
ness and activity- that the schools
una school teachers should receive
their just share. We venture the ag _
sertion that before many weeks he
will secure aid of this kind.
In an article, under date ,of Nov. 6
Governor Talmadge had the follow
ing to say about Dr. Collins:
‘‘We had a great meeting! at
ice. The ability to run, to press for
ward unweariedly in the chosen
course, makes it easy. But to walk day
after day, only able to trudge along
the right road slowly, while the vic
tors with wings sweep above us, and
NUTE WORTH f ACHIEVEMENT S
B» hi All*. SClluUL, tiCl'f.
The Statesman:
Or. M. U. Ooilin3, State Superin
tendent of Schools, void Uic people
during t-he 1932 cumpuign that no
would oot attempt to dictate to the
general assembly and the governor
about the methods to be used to
raise school revenue. He promised
that he would work with the general
assembly and the governor to secure . Chestatee. Dr. M. D. Collins, stato
every possible aid for the schools and , superintendent of schools, made a
the teachers of Georgia. j good speech, and the doctrine he is
His record of achievement during : spreading should bo spread over the
1933 has been highly gratifying to state of Georgia.” ’
tiic school people. Despite the trials , School officials and patrons com-
nnd tribulations facing every line of [ mend Dr. Collins not only as an in-
endiavor, the State Department of j defatigable worker in behalf of -he
Education has been notably success- j school, but for the success in getting
whatever he goes after-.
In conclusion, we cannot do better
than to quote Editor DeWitt Roberts
of the Valdosta Times, who said:
“Posies for Dr. Collins"
“Congratulations to Hon. M. D. Col
lins, state school superintendent,
upon his efforts ,on behalf of the com
mon schools ,of the state. Here is a
ended and againct all odds,
When prosperity returns business
s going to be better than it has been
[for many years. For instance there
,rc more buildings, residences and
arm buildings that need painting
;lian there has been at any time in
he past. When recovery gets well on
he way the paint business will be the
icst business in the country for a
'hile.
j*
Olin Miller, of the Tlvomaston Times I
thinks that more attention should be | The government is) pledged to a
given to plowing under the wild oat , program of helping the farmer who
I will help himself. A fanner is not
trying toholp himself unless he prac.
needs assistance he must fight single ^] K , s t, r( >ng runners dash by us toward
the goal, leaving U3 far behind—this
is hard. To keep courage, press for
ward and not grow faint-hearted may
at last be the greatest victory of all.
ful in the year’s work.
Although all state appropriations
wore reduced 29 per cent, the depart
ment of education functioned normal
ly throughout the year, owing to the
fact that Dr. Collins anticipated a re
duction in revenue and reduced sal
aries (including his own) and expense
_ _ | immediately upon assuming office on
Gogetters are the first cousin of the j January 10. By spreading the reduc- public official who has done somc-
the goat and are sought as salesmen; [tion over the entire year, he was not, thing more then complain plaintively
for thhey bring ome the candy to the j compelled to dismiss any employes or about the sad state of the schools, at
kids. further cut salaries in the last quar-j a time when every community In the
Every sales manager should use a | ■ state is making teriffic sacrifices to
goat for his model at sales meetings, During the year 1933, Dr. Collins , kee P them open at all. Instead of
as Billy could show them how to be I saved the teachers of Georgia $8,000 scolding the people of Georgia in the
by eliminating the charge for issuing | customary idiom of pedagogues, Mr.
and renewing state teaching cert ifi-! Collins obtained money from the
crap.
A flirt is a man who crosses a rail- ! form of diversified farm-
road track without looking or looks «ufTi,cnent to feed his family _ and
somewhere e-lse while driving above
normal speed.
Although he found up absent from
our desk at the time we apprecated
the call extended the Herald office
Saturday by Hon.' Quimby Melton,
editor of the Griffin News.
Several names have already been
livestock and unless he grows at least
one cash crop In addition to cotton,
and feeds his land by growing le
gumes.
Although it is many months until
the November biennial congressional
election, the campaign in many states
is beginning to warm up, with a
small army of candidates already in
the field. Gossip has it that there
About the time this country gets a
complete system of highways con
structed the matter of air transporta
tion will have been worked- hut. Fresh ,
vegetables and fruits will be loaded I be som = Kcnu.ne surprises in' a
on air transports in tie South which | few congressional dstricts in this
suggested as probable candidates for will rise to the cold strata of air in I state ' g0 ' ng to be a peculiar jear
the legislature from Taylor county > the hjgh a i t ;tude and deliver the car- m P olltlcs to say the least. A Variety
in the coming September primary. It
is most too early yet, however, for
much manifestation of interest in the
campaign.
go fresh on the market in a few
hours without the necessity of icing.
The Charlton County Herald' calls
ttention to an important matter in
bat “the only tax you will have to
ay to register your name is n poll
ax, unless you are due back taxes
eyond 1932. If you urc 60 years of
ge you do not have to pay a cent to
otc. Your duty to yourself is vote
'or men that will It. free of taint,
and ready and willing to stand up for
Remember that the table is a place 'better government.”
for good comradeship with one’s chil
dren aud not for discipline or nag
ging. Take it for granted that the
child will eat happily
There i3 a saying that half the
world doesn’t know bow the other half
everything lives. A reader of this paper gives it
served to him, and be sure that he be- as his opinion that this is another
comes acquainted with a variety of saying that lives because it sounds
foods. • ' I well, rather than because it is true.
This reader tells us that in his neigh-
Souie one has discovered that there borhood this never was true. The
is a chance lor all in the following: | neighbors know all about how he lives
“Lean men and clean men, wild men I a «d if there is anything they don’t
and mild men, jobbers and robbers
get married. Tall girls and small gil a
neat gills and sweet girls, cash girl3
and hash girls, crooks and cooks mar
ry them.”
The- Herald is pleased to acknowl
edge receipt of an invitation to the
marriage of Miss Josephine Hardman
daughter of former Governor and Mrs
L. G. Hardman, to Mr. Linton McGee
Collins, the wedding to take place
Jan. 3t)th at the First Baptist church,
Commerce, Ga.
The uniform accounting system for
the various counties of the state as
advocated by Hon. J. J. Wliitofield,
county commissioner of Pulaski coun
ty, is one that deserves serious con
sideration. Nearly every tine a coun
ty changes auditors, the system of
accounting is changed. One system
for all the counties should be a big
money saver for all the counties, both
in equipment and the amounts paid
tho auditors each year.
know they ask him about it.
A noted writer gives this thought:
“When men stop chasing thrills and
there will be no problems to forget
then there will be no drunkards. But
as long as thrills can be had by talc
ing enough long swallows and liquor
remains efficient as an eraser of
thought and consciousness, reformers
may talk till doomsday and women
nmay shed tears and sane men feel
sorry, drunkenness will still remain
among us as one of our most de
pressing and awfulest sins! The only
way to have a sober nation is to have
a wise and a healthy nation.
The Augusta Herald declines to
get excited over a mere martyr ,of a
25 billion dollar debt: “A billion dol
lars is more money than the avera."
mind can comprehend. The country
stood aghast when we had our firs’
billion dollar Congress some ye-” -
ago. And now with a national inde’ t
edness of ,‘*23.806:000.000 staring us ’’
the face, with a debt that Mr. Po.f'se
“elt nla 'os at $31,000 000 000. by .T""
t, 1935, it is rot to be wondered t’ - "’
so many of us, at first bhHi. rt t, v
litters. But even so cons"--'-"t i V p
nublication as the Mage-me of re-’'
Street sees nothing in tb ! s fc 'tuct’""
to create alarm. As tin's
min's out. the present 'VM 1-
a bi'lion n-d a half rf ri-o w- r f»—
neak. But. it adds, if 25 bi'b'o-i d : d •-*
"nt the irovemment in d'-e rtr-i’a
then, if it did not -care ns 1- l’" , °
why should it give us e-o'd c’ ■
now ?”
of issues and personalities promise to
give the campaign ns much impor
tance as any that has occurred in
many years outside the presidential
elections.
SAFE COUNTRY BANKS
The Butler Herald, published in the
county seat of Taylor county, had
this complimentary reference to the
financial institutions of the county in
its last issue:
“The banks of Taylor county have
closed one of the best years in their
history. No county was ever blessed
with better banking institutions than
the ones doing business touay, and in
them the people have the utmost con
fidence. We trust the New Year will
bring to them even greater prosperi
ty.”
The small town with a bank that is
conservatively and safely managed
has an asset that is of great benefit.
It aids the merchants, the farmer and
the professional man in enabling
them to meet their financial obliga
tions and successfully to put in ope
ration progressive movements that
make for the general benefit of the
community.
The bank in a small town, as a rule
is .owned and controlled by business
men of the immediate community who
know the wants of their clients and
who keep the bank in condition ti o
meet tho demads of those with whom
they do business. It is the safe country
bank that is conservative ar.d thought
ful of the needs of its patrons, that
shares in the prosperity of its imme
diate locality and pays a good divi
dend at the end of the year.
The country banker is the confidant
an^ friend and advisor of many who
put their trust and confidence in him
and it is not often that this confidence
is abused. As long as a country bank
er does not get ambitious to accom
plish greater things than his sur
roundings and environments warrant
he is a safe adviser. It is when one
gets too ambitious that he gets dan
gerous. A country bank with a noun
try clientele and operated upon a
rourtrv bank basis, is an a^set to ; ny
| town it serves. But when it rims t'
t"ko fbe n'ace of the c’tv ha~k or re
I hiK'-s in seoevlntien and e-dp"vor= t<
j J e nv’-h fie li"-i*p(I cn-’t'I <•’»
j 'ums"rihed resources a’d a sms' 1
, 0, ’ ,a ”n I* it'
nestable.
I pt-Hn-rr to h.e>-'p folks e-d t« h-m-
!ntpvps*S is a mio-M-v ’
I „ pniiiit,,.. V.n-1- t, r» > r* r-
“gogetters,” including the buttheaded
ones.
Our night mare probably came from
the goat. You get somebody’s goat
and then he has a night mare.
However, Bill is like a dynamo, he
will shock you if you cross his wires.
cates. He felt that since teachers are
required to have certificates and have
worked hard and spent money to
qualify for teaching certificates, thej
should not be required to pay one
So the next time you intend to get, doUal , for a certificate from the de-
Bomehody’s goat, think twice or you
may need a set of shock absorbers.
A LONG WEDDED LIFE
Most parents would be shocked if a
daughter eloped an d got married at
the age of 14, and in most cases their
apprehensions would be justified. But
one never can tell, as a recent news
story illustrates.
lief administration for the rural
schools and for adult education in the
cities. Posies for Mr. Collins and scal
lions for some of the cheap politicians
who have been hackling his adminis
tration.
pertinent. Eight thousand certificates
were issued or renewed during ’ the
year. This service was rendered en
tirely free to the Georgia teachers.
Another noteworthy accomplish
ment was in behalf of the teachers
attending the Ellijay Summer school. .
For years the state department of P«f ls preparmg to tear up the patch
education has operated a summer this spring. On the contrary, perhaps
school at Ellijay attended by hun- : Progress Argus will admit it
A Tennessee girl named Marv Ade |dreds of teachers, but the department, looks the other way when the tin lizzie
a lennessee girl named waij Ade- . work done at market is good on tho farm. Watch
me fell in love with A. V. Deadrick. • wou ld not recognize t what haDDens after mule and horse
this summer school in applying crcd- wtlat aa PPens after mule and horse
its Through diligent effort and in i makcs ‘he farm prosperous again;
cooperation with the University of ■ the tin lizzie will return in gayer col-
Gcorgia, the work done at the Ellijay “ rs than ever.
WITH OUR EXCHANGES
The Jackson Progress-Argus says it
is always a sign of good times when
tho horse and mule market is good,
and that “it looks like Ole Man Pee-
line fell in love with A. V. Deadrick
but her parents forbade her to marry
because she was only 14. She ran
away from home and married her
lover who was 21, and later received
her parents’ forgiveness and blessing
That was a long time ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Deadrick lived to
celebrate their 82nd wedding anniver
sary, surrounded by six children and
more than 50 grand children and
great grand children.
Brieflly stated, their recipe for a
happy married life is: Be considerate
of each other; face troubles with a
smile; work to the same end in life;
each do his or her part in the best
way possible; practice self denial.
An excellent formula, no doubt, but
regardless of its success in the case
mentioned, we would advise young
people not to be too impatient to put
it into practice.
WHAT MAKES A NEWSPAPER?
A mistaken idea with some people
is that the newspaper is an individual
propositon. If they don’t like the
editor, they feel they must knock the
paper and stand in the way of its
success whenever possible. They, do !
not realize that the local paper is
just as much a part of the community
as the schools, churches, or anything
else. The newspaper is different from
any other business, it is a community
affair.
You may not like the editor and
the editor may not love you any too
well—but the paper he is responsible
for does just as much for you as the
service rendered to others. There is
nothing personal with it, it is here for
Summer school during 1933 was fully
approved and the teachers attended
were given credit on their teaching
certificates for the work done.
During 1933, the school census of
Georgia was taken and the final chock
up showed an increase of 5,000 school
children over the census taken five
years ago.
The next textbook adoption was
effective in 1933, which requires the
state superintendent of schools to
handle all orders for grammar text
books for the Georgia schools. During
the year, orders for more than one
million text books were taken care of.
The state board of education passed a
resolution requesting local school of
ficials to gradually introduce the next
text-books, so that the school patrons
would not be compelled to buy an en
tire set of new textbooks during the
year.
In connection with the textbooks, it
is noteworthy that Dr. Collins ap
plied to the railroads and bus lines
for a reduction in freight rates on
school books. Through his efforts,
books were transferred from tho first
class to third and many thousands of
dollars were saved school officials and
patrons .on the freight rates of the
school books.
During the summer of 1933, Dr.
Collins, in cooperation with the Uni
versity .of Georgia, operated a sum
mer school for school superintendents.
At the school, .courses were given in
administration, finances and educa-
a purpose and that purpose is to do [ tion. This was something new in
what good it can in every way it can;
the greater the support of those it
undertakes to serve the better service
it can render. It takes the people to
make a good newspaper and without
the help of the people no one can run
a successful newspaper. It requires
money to operate any kind *>f busi
ness—even the .churches—and the pa
pers are no exception, and for this
reason they must have the financial
support of the business interests as
well a the good will.
Few newspaper publishers make
more than a -comfortable li\ ing and
scarcely .one is reported wealthy from
money made in the newspaper busi
ness. They deserve to be trusted and
to be understood by the people—it is
the editor and not the plant that
makes a newspaper useful in a com
munity, though liberal patronage is
necessary if the paper is to be a
credit to the town.
school administration, but it was a
course that was highly appreciated
by the school superintendents. More
than one thousand superintendents at
tended the summer school and Dr.
Collins has received a petition that
the school be held again during the
summer of 1934.
Beginning in the fall of 1933, Dr.
Collins began to work with the fed
eral and state relief commissions to
secure positions for unemployed
teachers. The Georgia plan for fed
eral aid to teachers was the first one
written out and approved in the en-
tier United States, and the federal
authorities secured copies of the
Georgia plan to send to other states.
Up to January 1, more than 1,090 un
employed teachers had secured po
sitions. The work is still going
strong.
TliroiiG’h the building department of
The Cuthbert Leader editor is get
ting so versatile, his people are call
ing on him to show them how to half
sole shoes, he says. He has the ad
vantage .of editors who don’t know how
to do anything but edit.
The Gainesville Eagle is very un
happy over NRA. It declares that
every time somebody starts out "to
get it from tho government”, some
body else should rise up and say, from
whom is the government to get it
An exchange has said that women
are as intelligent as men. The Lee
County Journal declares this is faint
praise.
The innocent always suffer along
with the guilty, exclaims an exchange.
A wife beater was sentenced by the
court. He was required to kiss his
wife every day for a month.
The Dublin Courier Herald says a
newspaper would be much more en
tertaining if the editor could publish
all the gossip from people who don’t
know what they are talking about.
But the editor is afraid of tne police.
An exchange says brains of a givi.n
number of senators were weighed and
found to be heavier than the brains
of the same number of congressional
representatives. Now the editors are
gussing whether “bone” makes the
difference.
The Soperton News says editors pay
for nearly everything they get in life,
but they can get bored for nothing.
The Baxley News Banner says the
farmers feel that they are “seeing
the light” better than for many years.
The Griffin News tells of a hus
band who sued a corporation rer
$200,000 because his wife liked her
job with the corporation so well she
would not give it up to devote hersc
entirely to keeping house for hubb\.
The Dublin Courier Herald bewails
the predicament of the western far 1 ®
ers, who find grasshoppers colll ' n
along to destroy everything th. t * e -
hoped the government would a'
bought; but it says those fellows ou
there who pursue agriculture <
the denartment of education, many congress with equal zeal know
hundreds of 1 school buildings Have
been erected red repaired, ac"or^'ne
to plans furnished free to the school
officials. This work was arconrelished
and is stall going forward with the
CWA plans.
Dr. Collins is now eoncentraMng on
securing federal aid to enable the
Georgia schools to continue in ope-
to fight, and are accordingly nskJ |^
congress to spend two and a ^- a ^
ilon dollars to kill tlie grass^on er i
oO tbe farms will produce sonv *
fox t^e government to buv. Th- 011
ier Herald understands the scheme
thire-g ari( i gees humor where ^
westerners doubtless see plcmy
: tragedy