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PAGE FOUR THE BUTLER HERALD, ’BUTLER, GEORGIA, MAY 10, 1934. The Butler Herald Established in 187ti C. E. BENNS, Editor and Owner 0. E. COX, Business Manager R. B. KIRKSEY, Shop Supt. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TAYLOR CO. UBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Average Weekly Circulation Fifteen Huuaied Copies. SUBSCRIPTION $1 50 A YEAR L...ered at the Post Office at Butler, Georgia as Mail Matter of Second Class. If you try to make yourself agree able to a grouch, you have to listen to him abuse or riuicuie a lot of good people. .Many a man who says, "1 do my best," really doesn't. Ihis also tits the people who proclaim, ‘ We do our part” It is amusing to hear a fellow orate on the money question who doesn’t know enougn about finance to figure simple interest. There is a lot of them uoing it these days. Our best wishes are extended Dan McGill who has ve..tured into the daily field with his Athens Herald, which since its beginning a few years ago, has confined itself to the week ly field. Hitler says he is going to purge the Ilible of Jewish influence. The Pathfinder pertinently adds that when he gets done with that he might revise he play of Hamlet ar.d leave Hamlet out. The Herald has the pleasure of again qomplimenting Dr. M. D. Collins, state school superintendent, additional honors having been ex tended him in being elected director of Vocational Education for Georgia. A corrupt set of officers cannot ad minister an honest efficient city ad ministration. One important reason why many of the larger cities cannot throw off the yoke of gangdom is that the officers are plrying with the gang element. The public has but little patience with the fellow who has a good job but fails to appreciate it enough to give it his best service. And there’s or.e thing we have learned and that is tie public has a great deal of tolerance after all. Taylor County friends of Col. Theo J. McGee, a former Butler young man, feel a deep interest in his can didacy for Representative from Mus kogee county and wish for him a Successful race which is practically (assured from the very start. This paper is in no notion of try ing to conduct a reform school, but most of all we would like to see some sort of reform put into our county ■chool system whereby the teachers of the county could enjoy the privi leges of a pay day now and then at least. Did you ever read of so many au tomobile accidents in all of your life? One reason for it is that we have more automobiles. Another is people hate such little regard for the rights of others on the highways and flirt with death or accident for themselves at an alarming rate Of course everybody has imagined what they would do with their money if they were suddenly to become rich. ■But those who have had the oppor tunity to observe tell us the stingy folks continue to be stingy, while the wasters go right ahead and throw their money away. As might have been expected, Abit Nix has declined the invitation of his friends bo enter the gubernatorial race this year. Abit is splendid ma terial for that important office and all of that, but this is neither the year nor the occasion for him to make his second venture. The friends of the late Pat Griffin long time editor of The Bainbridge Post Searchlight and member of the legislature from Decatur county, are raising funds with which to erect a monument to him in the city of Bainbridge on Scott street at the junction of highway number one and highway 38 The monument will be unveiled on the Fourth of July, when there will be a fit celebration with all of the civic organizations of Bainbridge and many friends of the late editor participating.—Moultrie Observer. 1 Contractors for carrying the air mail evidently had a picnic under former contracts, which were cancel- I ed by Postmaster General Farley two i months ago. When bids were opened | at Washington for carrying the mails for three months, contractors joffered to take the jobs for about half what the government has been paying It is never safe these days for one to get the idea that progress is at an end. When the originator of the four wheel brake for automobiles submit ted it to automobile manufacturers a few of them turned it down The next year they found their cars ob solete because the public demanded j the four wheel brakes. j County consolidation's claim their cause is gaining throughout the I state. We have failed to see it. Pos- I sibly they’re a little louder in their I contention, and mistake it for a growth of sentiment. They won’t be able to pull the wool over Reuben’s | eyes in this effort to minimize the power ar.d influence of rural voters. I —Dawson News. A lady telephoned this office one i day this week to know whether there ' are any government restrictions as j to the planting of gardens. Or I whether it is recessary to make any j report to the government as to what you were planting or desiring to plant. So far as we have been ad vised there are no governmental re quirements on those who desire to put out gardens as usual. We note in a neighboring city a | bankers convention will listen to an ! address by one of their number on , the subject ‘‘In Defense of the Banker.” How times change. The banker, it appeals, is now on the de fense. In the good old days around here the banker ran things. He set the social customs of the village and was the source of all financial, spiritual and political advice. Is it possible in our enthusiasm for good roads,—paved highways is j a better term—we are giving too lit- I tie thought to educating our t 'oysand j girls ? We want to see a system of highways completed while we are ! here to enjoy them. Eut our greatest hope and aspiration is to see every boy and girl have the opportunity of an education. We can see no ob jection to applying part of the money we are spending for joy riding going into our educational system. They have a nice reason to ex plain why the courthouse burned in Telfair county. A pigeon, so the story goes, picked up a lighted cigarette someone threw down, flew to its nest in the steeple and set fire to the building. This is quite possi ble, and we wouldn’t dispute it for anything, but as long as good stories like that come up we’re reminded that Governor Talmadge isn’t the the only entertaining person from Telfair county.—Dublin Courier Her ald. A woman over in east Texas, ac- fcording to a Texas exchange, is said , to be growing her third set of teeth and her hair is growing darker. It would be wonderful if all could get two whacks at youth instead of one. We could then repeat all our mis takes and follies, run off by spells, stay out late at night, slip off to dances, fall in love and fall out again take in the circus and ball games,- sass our parents, sneak into the victuals between meals and have a (general good time. The Brunswick News reads the officers of the law a lecture: ‘‘The escape of John Dillinger, notorious killer and outlaw with 14 “notches” on his gun as a result of his recent activities in the West, stands today as an indelible mark on the records of the United States Department of Justice for its apparent inefficiency and lack iof brains to bring about the capture or death of the desperado . John Dillinger is bringing disgrace I to the law enforcement agencies of this country A lone desperado, aid- j ed by a few henchmen, is completely I outwitting, outshooting and making the experienced government and state police look like “tenderfoots” when it comes to coping with a serious situation which is menacing the safe ty of innocent persons. Twenty-eight government agents failed miserably in their latest attempt to ‘apture the outlaw,but only after sending stream of machine gun bullets into a private automobile to bring death to a citi zen. Whether Dillinger is living a charmed life and is immune from gunshot fire is not known, hut it ap pears the police have the exceptional ability of making good their shots at innocent bystanders and throwing them wild when firing at the despe rado.” JOHN WILSON, SECRETARY OF STATE Friends all over Georgia of Secre tary of State John Wilson were in hopes he would have no opposition this year. Not that there is any chance, they think, of his defeat, but his record in office is such as merit his re-nomir.ation without the ex pense of a campaign. People gen erally feel that when .n official dis charges duty in the manner John Wilson has he deserves better than to be harassed by partisan politics every two years. An exchange puts it as follows: “He has won an enviable reputa tion for attending to the State’s af fairs in a prompt, efficient manner. It is known throughout Georgia that Mr Wilson conducts the affairs of the Secretary of State's office in an economical, efficient manner, ar.d particularly he is commended for the business methods used and the manner in which he conducts the af fairs of his office without meddling with the affairs of others.” The above is clipped from the Madison Madisonian and is heartily endorsed by this newspaper. John Wilson, besides being a most cap able and efficient state official, is one of the most affable gentlemen within our knowledge. Bom of poor but honored parents he mastered a col lege education through his own efforts, read ar.d entered the law practice. His rise to a high station in public life came slow but steady, hut today is regarded as one of the outstanding public men of the state and in this scribe’s honest opinion is destined one of these days not so many years in the distant to be elect ed to the governorship of this state. To defeat him for his present po sition is entirely out of the question. Girls marry for the same reason that they bob their hair and wear knee-length skirts and paint their lips. Because all the other girls are doing it Sally and Maud and -Ethel have got married and it makes Ma mie and Susie feel sort of left out of things not to be married, too. It is like not even haring a flivver and trying to run around with an auto mobile crowd. Besides, the married girls give themselves airs with their talk of “my husband”, “my home” and they assume a condescending at titude toward the unmarried that is not to be borne, so Mamie and Susie get married just to be in the run ning. Preaching is one thing; good busi ness policy is another. Men find things to criticize in preaching; only a dumb-bell opposes the safe and sane business proposition. If you study your newpaper as you should, then take note of the great number who are overtaken in crime, folly and other wrongdoing. Set the num ber down in your memorandum hook each day for a month The number will astonish you, and the sad total will be a shouting, thundering argu ment for right living. There is abso lutely no excuse for doing wrong, for it is the poorest business policy In the world; why? Because it leads inevitably to disaster. A person might have stood on any corner along the highway in Butler for ten minutes of any hour from 6 a. m. till 6 p. m. Sunday and been able to have counted more people passing in automobiles than attended services at both churches both morn ing and evening the same day, while the amount spent for joy riding Sun day by the people of Butler alone Would have paid the grocery bill of the town’s population for a whole week. Until we slow down on burning joy juice, the money for which goes into the pockets of the multi-million aires, lets quit talking about hard times. Quit so much riding folks, or shutup The Christian Science Monitor, re ferring to the deposing of Curry as a Tammany Hall leader, says: "While President Roosevelt has been credited with personal aloofness from the fate of the Curry leadership, which op posed his nomination for President and the nomination of Herbert H. Lehman for governor, political asso ciates of the President, notably Jas. J. Farley, state and national demo cratic chairman, and Ed J. Flynn, Bronx leader, aided the revolt against Curry. They undoubtedly ‘will be invisible participants in the selection of a new leader. If the in ternal dissensions of the Wigwam can he ironed out within the next few Weens, the first step will have been taken toward a comeback for Tam- tnany. The Farley-Flynn forces will, of course, make every effort to swing | Tammany into line behind a devno- I cratic gubernatorial candidate next fall—iperhaps Mr. Farley himself. jThis would be the first step toward I lining them up behind the democratic Ifiatlonal ticket in 1936.” AN EDITORIAL SERMON (Sandersvilie Progress) The Dalton Citizen editorially calls attention to the lack of appreciation of many people for the blessings which we enjoy, and the points made are apt and appropriate at a time when there is so much complaint among the people, it is reproduced for the benefit of our readers. The Citizen headed the article, “How We Are Ashamed.” It says: "We have so much for which to he thankful, when we compare our lot with the less fortunate, that we should feel ashame and humiliation when we set out to grumble. “There came into our office one day last week an old friend and acquaint ance We had not seen him for years though we knew’ he was in the land of the living. Several years ago his health broke down, and he lost his eyesight. Blind, with other physical infirmities, he ba s 1° be led about, and as he goes among his friends, and they inquire of his health, he tells them: “Oh I guess I am getting along fairly well.” “And what a rebuke this should be to those who have little ailments, and are always complaining. Which suggests to our mir.d that those who do the most complaining in this world have he least cause for it. The real optimists often are those who have been buldegeoned by fate, it would seem, to the breaking point, and they “are getting along fairly well.” The happiest people in the world are those who share the sor rows and misfortunes of their sor rowing friends, not in a doleful, weeping way, but in a cheerful, spiritual way that recalls the fine teachings of the Master. "We do not care for the admonish ment of the friend who is generally berating the other fellow. The one who finds fault with the efforts of those about him may be set down as having faults of his own to hide. And too often seeks to hide them by pointing the accusing finger at a less erring brother “The friend who called one day last week, past eighty, blind, almost helpless—“getting along fairly well” —how little he made us feel! How humble we felt in his majestic pres- ence- “Oh! I guess I am getting along fairly well." DIVERSION The Madison Madisonian directs attention to the fact that “the people defeated George Carswell for gov ernor on a platform of diversion of the highway funds and now then they are going to re-elect Governor Talmadge on the same platform." Yes, and diversion was just as im portant and necessary during the Carswell campaign as it is today. The fact that Carswell championed it carried him this paper’s support because we believed that the state should stop riding high and hand some long enough to pay its hone-i debts. Thus time and public sentiment again vindicate the position taken by this paper, as they have so fre quently ar.d almost unfailingly done in the past.—Walton Tribune. The Herald was also among those who shared the views of George Carswell and proudly accorded him liberal support in his race for gov ernor, and still believe if he had been elected and his policies adopted by the legislature the state would today be in a much better financial condition. EXPOSING ONE OF THE MANY BUSINESS RACKETS! Frequently you receive by mail a proposition or are approached by an individual offering to sell you at “wholesale” certain articles of mer chandise. A great many people fall for these schemes thinking they are really getting something at whole sale prices. If they carefully con sider and investigate there is always a catch in the proposition cither in the pree or quality of the goods. If you w-ill take the proposition *"> your home menchant he will nearly always be able to expose the racket or give you the same goods or bet ter at a price that will be equal or lower than that quoted by the cata log or individual offering merchan dise at wholesale. The Better Business Bureau of St Louis has investigated a num ber of the propositions ard has warned its clientele .of the danger in dealing with the so-called “whole sale” schemes. What is true in the cases they investigated is doubtless true in many others all over the rountry. The public should be warned about the situation and look with suspicion on all schemes of this kind. It might save a lot of money for the people if they would just turn a cold shoulder to all propositions of the kind . DR. C. N. HOWARD WRITES OF CUSSETA ON COUNTY CONSOLIDATION Every few weeks some one of the big daily papers writes an editorial advocating reducing the number of of counties in Georgia. They claim it would reduce taxes and the cost of government. Just how it would it do it? We pay our county officers and expenses of courts almostcntirely with a system of fees. To get any particular benefits in local taxes we we would have to rewrite the Cons titution which would require a Cons titutional convention Any two counties in Georgia, or even three of four, can consolidate now if they are dissatisfied and want to make the change. The present law, written by our forefathers, is is amply sufficient and just and fair. If Muscogee county should want to spread out by taking over Harris county and if a majority of the voters of Harris county want to be merged or adopted, it is just as easy and as simply as any law (that is fair) could possibly be . The present law requres that you have an election in each one of the counties; ami if a majority of the people in Harris want to climb in the lap of Muscogee, for the citi zens of the city of Columbus accord ing to the latest and most advanced ; ideas, if Harris county wants to rub out the county line then Muscogee mist find out by an election, if she really wants to be bothered with more farm lands,and with Hamiton and Chipley and the mountain which may become a beautiful resevation. The election in Muscogee county will be settled by the city vote in Colum bus as all other county elections have always bees. We have to have an election in each county before county lines al ready established by the Constitution, can be wiped out. Besides this is the only way to preseve “Local self gov ernment.” If you read the Editorial in Sat urday’s Enquirer, the editor wants the next legislature to pass a new law “making it easier.” wonder what that kind of bill would look like. Who can possibly think it right to take .over, or adopt, or manage or control, or govern, or wipe off the map a whole county without first get ting its consent? Whats the matter with the big newspapers? Why inject this matter into the next session of the legisla ture? If counties want to economize ar.d reduce taxes there are other ways. We have reduced taxes in Chttahoo- chee from thirteen mills to eight the past two years.A saving .of five dol lars, if you own a thousand dollars of property. Our tax rate is lower than the ten and one-half mills in Fulton, two years after it swallowed up its two adjoining counties. This is not intended especially as an argument against consolidation counties. I want to discuss that at length some othertime. I simply call your attention now to the fact that our present law is just as adequate and as fair and as easy an any law can be if two counties really want to merge and join hands. It sometimes is like a marriage, not too easy. There should be a pe riod of courtship and thoughtful con sideration, and certainly both coun ties should be in' favor of the union. You know at one time, I grew a little suspicious of my friend, the editor of the Enquirer-Sun. I thought perhaps he wanted Fort Benning. It is growing to be such a beautiful lit tle city, and it is really close to the Muscogee county line. We have al ways let the Enquirer and the City of Columbus claim it, like the boy claiming old spot’s calf, but we don’t want them to put a rope op its neck and yank it out of the lot. I grew a little susicious for a time, but lately I have decided it is the government park up in Harris and Meriwether, and the President’s “Little White” at Warm Springs that Columbus really wants. Would this kind of merger be a sucess. Why not four countie j? Why be a kicker. The City Com mission of Columbus could run the towns, and the county commissioners of Muscogee could run the counties. The editor of Enqcirer-Sun thinks it would save taxes. Even if it fail as “a noble experiment" in civic and local government, Muscogee will have more taxable wealth, ar.d under the seven per cent clause in 1he Const itution can issue more bonds, but do we want that? i Lets keep this thing out of the legislature. It would be a disturbing issure and cause us to neglect real methods of reducing taxes on real- estate. There are mat y ways to reduce the expense of state and county govern ment. We could have one county manager who could levy and collect all the taxes. We could change our court methods and reduce grand DIXIE DEWDROPS (By oiin Miller) Gosh, we hope nobody thj nk , streamlining the dollar- Sheza Moron thinks Charle, ry ens is just the nicest man, an ,, "r says she’s replying to those u, he’s publishing. ” nri * • * No, Sir: Spring or no spring, not voing to putter around in ., , * den. Just look what happen* i, Adam. 1 1,1 • * * Middle -age l.ns set in when y somewhat resent a 20-year-old call * 1 ing you "mister,” ar.d feel that he’ a bit fresh when he calls you l,v vn„! first name • • • The entire responsibility doesn’t always rest upon the one who |i eg Often the blame is shared by the one who asks him questions about per. sor.al matters. • • • The Eskimo language consists of an extremely limited number of words, we read. But, then very little happens to an Eskimo worth talking about anyway. * * m A national weekly thinks it has discovered a joker in the New Deal its editor saying that the country is headed for the left. Well, if the're’a anything left, we want it. • * • Clyde Beatty’s handling of ani mals isn’t so impressive when it is considered that Franklin D, Roose velt drove the wolves from millions of doorsteps. • • • Probably the most difficult task in connection with the boxing racket is training a referee how to count up to ten. But the some of the people you can fool all of the time haven’t much worth fooling them out of * * * Love hasn’t reached a really seri ous stage until they begin saying, we simply can’t go on like this!” • • • This country would be well pre pared to enter a war if there were any way to mobilize Dillinger. • * • There’s very little difference be tween a high hat and a dunce cap. SILK STOCKINGS In addressing the Georgia Con ference of Social Workers at Macon, Dr. Arthur J. Todd, dean of the Department of Sociology of North western University, declared: “If women would eat four slices of white bread daily and wear cotton stockings, agriculture and industry would have no further problems of consequence ” ‘ We shouldn’t think it would be any great difficulty to induce the women to eat the white bread, but nothing short of a revolution would move them to wear cotton stockings. And after all, can you really blame them when you think of the allure of the silk-clad leg? In its passage through the eco nomic storms of the last three years so much more severe than those of previous years, the educational sys tem in the United States has born more than its share of deprivation. Teachers and school children have been penalized as they never have been during the depressions and “panics” of the past. Particularly ii this true in Georgia, and even more disastrous as we draw the curtains bn our own local situation which is a disgrace to a fair county like ours. Those in charge of the educational system of Taylor county are to pit - tied, if not censured, for being un ' (able to control the situation an)' better than they have been success ful in doing the past year juries to six and trial juries to three- We could abolish all our county ficers and let the manager hire 1 clerk to keep all the records, if econ " omy is the only consideration. We can perhaps save a littl* money by taking the government away fr 01 * " the people and turning it over to s business man, if we really want to <h> that. But all these things can be done without passing a new law “to w* g the Consolidation of counties easier Just having a few counties has no solved the tax problems in Alabama- Their taxes arehigher than Georgia 5 and the Alabama school were clo-in? by April and will have to have nea r ly a half million dollars more f e(ier al aid than we need. When we have fewer and l are ^ counties in Georgia we learned b> * perience that sections and dist rl - far from the countyBites were n e J ieetd and land had no value - ° ^ we are beginning to build good r "‘^ every where and taxes are being duced. Chas. Howard.