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Volume 59
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday December 13,1934
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MACON VISITED BY
SERIES OF FIRES
EARLY TUESDAY
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
WAREHOUSE AMONG THOSE
LISTED.
Macon, Dec. li.—While firemen
wt« winding up an ali-mgnt oattie
against a maze tnai uest.u^eu me
naiiieid reeu rums, unee Homes
were dealingtd in L.anier l-iace, out
side tue city, and tnen luter on names
durst iortn iron* tne oluce wont room
un tne seconu lioor oi me Cential oJ
Georgia railway ireight house eariy
Tuesoay.
it was the coldest night of the win
ter, a temperature ot z3 degiees be
ing recorded, and riremen sunered in
their long light. Two went to the hos
pital with manor injuries.
While the Uarneld tire was in prog
ress about 1 o'clock, Tuesday morn
ing there were snow flurries. A gen
eral alarm brought all available lire
apparatus to the scene of the Barfield
blaze. The loss was roughly estimat
ed at $50,000
The homes of T. F, McCallister
and Mrs. J. E. Pressley were de
stroyed on Log Cabin boulevard. The
families were driven into the street,
but neighbors gave them shelter. The
flames also caught the residence of
F. W. Goodrich, but that building was
saved The Pressleys lost all of their
furnishings.
McCallister reported to county of
ficers that he heard a teriffic explo
sion in a vacant house near his home
at 1 o’clock. He said he barely had
time to get his family out before the
wind had carried the flames to his
home.
Estimates of the loss on the three
homes could not be obtained.
Central of Georgia Railway officials
said that the loss to the freight
house was principally from watet
that soaked records.
Lint Referendum
Rules Announed
Harry L. Brown, director uf tltt-
State Agricultural Extension service,
says that absentee and proxy voting
will not be permitted in the referen
dum balloting on the Bankhead Act
to be held tomorrow, according to
a ruling he had just received from
the AAA officials in Washington.
This ruling means, Mr. Brown said
that landowners must vote in the
county in which they own land, and
must be there in person to cast their
ballot.
All plans have been completed for
holding the referendum, he said, and
officials have been named at all
points, many of whom have had ex
perience in conducting state elec
tions.
Cairo Bank Robbed
Yesteday of $5,000
Death Toll In
L; g, Mich. Hotel
Fire May Reach 40
(Mr. O. D. Gorman, of this
city, was for six months prior to
only a few days ago a roomer in
the ill-fated Lansing hotel, and
recounts many pleasant associa
tions with other guests whose
names appear in the list of fa
talities )
Lansing, Mdch., Dec. 11.—The
smouldering ashes of the 300-room
Kerns Hotel, noted political gather
ing place, obscured Tuesday the ex
tent of or.e of the greatest of mod
em American tragedies.
In the ruins of the fire-swept build
ing, which had been crowded with
Michigan legislators there for a spe
cial session, rescurers sought the
bodies of victims trapped by the
blaze.
Twelve bodie had been recovered
and' identified, but the death toll was
expected to reach far beyond this be
fore the grim search was ended. Six
of the known dead are legislators,
but only five of their bodies had been
found.
Belief that 100 persons perished
was expressed by Capt. J F. O’Brien
of the Lansing police.
“I don’t believe I am exaggerating
when I siay 100 persons were trapped
in the hotel,’’ he said.
Fire Chief Delfs estimated that
there were 35 or 40 bodies in the
smoking ruins. Others were believed
to have drowned when they leaped
from the rear windows of the hotel
into icy waters of the Grand River,
which flows behind the building.
Four bodies were taken from the
river Tuesday morning and it was
thor~’ ' v,n * others would be
covered as the day went on.
Destruction of the hotel’s guest
register made an immediate accurate
check of the dead impossible.
Seven other members of the state
legislature, believed to have occupied
rooms at the hotel, had not been ac
counted for at noon.
Police, who attempted to check the
toll by broadcasting an appeal for all
survivors to report, said they had
accounted for about 100 of the ho
tel’s estimated 200 gtiysts
Of the 100 accounted for, 10 were
on the death list and about ten more
critically injured or burned and may
die.
Cairo, Ga., Dec. 12.—Three un
masked bandits Wednesday robbed
the Cairo Banking Company and es
caped with loot estimated by bank
officials at between $5,000 and $8,-
ooo, • ■
A customer and three bank em
ployes were locked in the vault by the
bandits, who worked swiftly. They
took all the money in sigh 1 and s P ed
°ff in a southerly direction.
The bandits escaped through a back
door and entered tneir automobile.
Locked in the vault were Howell
McKinnon, cashier' Miss Ptiulilie i
Mims and Miss Rosalyn Harper,
clerks, and E, Yi EskeW, a customer.
^ ’ATTENTION!
' v. FftUtT CAKE BAKERS
\. ' - —
* We have the following ingredients:
cherries, citron, currants, pineapple,
figs, almond*, dates, lemon peel, mace
raisins, English walnuts, Brazil nuts,
pecan*, sugar, and Ballards cake
Hour. When you get ready to bake
that fruit cake just give us a call
for any of the above items.
Jarrell’s Dept. Store, Inc.,
Butler, Georgia.
Marion County Farmer
Burned To Death In
His Home Monday Night
Buena Vista, Dec. 11.—Horace Lan
caster, Marion county fanner, was
burned to death Monday night or
early Tuesday morning when his
home was destroyed by fire. The body
was discovered Tuesday by a rural
mail carrier.
The position of the body indicated
he was asleep in his bedroom and
made his way to the dining room be
fore he was overcome. His family
spent the night with neighbors
Lancaster lived about 10 miles
from Buena Vista.
J. J. Brown, Former Agri.
Commissioner, Seriously
Stabbed By Employe
GINNERS’ REPORT
LANDED GENTRY WILL REVIVE
(Editorial From |Macon Telegraph)
More than once in the course of human events the farmer has
been on top of the wave, the most learned, the most respected and
the most honored 1 of his country, and if conditions continue to im
prove as they have during the past two years life on the furm will
ngain become glorious.
But conditions will not continue to get better if the cot
ton production control bill is killed. They will be as -lad or worse
than before the Government threw its protecting arms about the
farmers. The farmers of the other sections of the country may not
make any such blunder, and the future may continue to rook bright
for them, but the plight of the Southern farmer, as a whole, will
bring heartaches and chaos.
Let’s see what has happened. In 1932 agriculture was begging
for emergency relief in all directions. Seed and production loans
were made to prevent starvation on farms, and many could not pay
back. In 1933 this help was increased. The Roosevelt administration
gave the farmers more help than had ever been granted to them in
the country’s history, even though the cotton farmers were facing
the terrible problem of what to # do with a forty-million-bale ac
cumulation. The Government manipulated the supply in such way
that the farmers collected 1 twice or three times as much from cot
ton sales as they had expected to get. They began to pay their
debts. In 1934 in South Carolina and Georgia they owed the Govern
ment approximately $6,200,000 for lqans. By Nov. 30 they had paid
practically every dollar of it that was due. The Government gives
them the highest kind of rating as payers of their debts. Eleven as
sociations in important Atlantic States centers have reported one
hundred per cent collections of their farmer loans; and in about one-
third of the 102 associations in the district farmers have paid 96
per cent of the total borrowed this year, and the other four per cent
is said by the production credit corporation to be not yet due. In
deed it looks as if the farmer is paying up 100 per cent. When was
that ever possible before in the cotton belt ? With what other group
is it possible now? Can the farmer stand prosperity. He will answer
by his vote or interest in having the Bankhead Bill.
Anne Halley To Give
Interesting Broadcast
Program Monday Night
Little eight-year-old Anne Halley,
attractive little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Halley, of Reynolds, will
Tree To Be Lighted
Nights of Christmas Week
Honoring Deceased Vets
The regular meeting of Butler
Unit 124, was held Friuay afternoon
at the home of Mrs. J. S. Green. Fol-
Waycross, Ga., Defii 12-—J. J-
Brown, former agricultural commis
sioner of Georgia, was brought 10 a
Waycross hospital Wednesday after
noon, and is believed tft be in a seri
ous condition as a result of a knife
wound he sustained earlier in the af
ternoon at his farm north of Alma.
Mr. Brown told attendants that he
was stabbed by a man named Ellis,
an employe on the Brown plantation.
Ellis was killing hogs at the time of
the attack, it is stated. The wound is
deep, just below the right lung. The
extent of the injury has not been tal
ly determined. .
Mr. Brown was rushed to Alma and
then by ambulance to the Ware Coun
ty hospital.
STOP WORRYING! Let us shoul
der the burden of that business you
be heard in a special broadcast over lowing the business a short program
was givar.i after which refreshments
were served.
A committee was appointed to ar
range for lighting a Christmas tree
on the court house lawn in memory
of the county’s World War veterans
and the war dead, this being a cus
tom of the local Unit each Christmas.
The Americanism chairman, Mrs.
H. C. Walker, has asked co-workers
in each school district to assist in
getting flag poles up and flying the
flag each day of school, where there
has not already a flag been placed
This progra'm was sponsored by the
Butler Legion Post a few years ago
and each school was presented with
a flag. Let us strive to have the flags
flying again oveT every school in
Taylor county before Christmas.
A committee was also appointed to
collect, repair and repaint toys for
several of the less fortunate local
children in time for Santa Claus to
get them. Anyone having toys to
give are requested to please send
them to the Butler Drug Co., by
Saturday, Dec. 15th. Please do not
let this opportunity pass to help
brighten the lives of these little chil
dren.
Only two new members have been
added since our last report; Mrs. W
H. Mott and Mrs. V. P. Folds.
—Publicity Officer.
station WRlB, Columbus, Monday,
Dec. 17th, beginning at 3:16 o’clock
p. m., central standard time.
This program is being sponsored
by the Georgian-Americani school of
the air, Louis T. Rigdon, director.
Anne will render the following
piano selections:
1. Prelude, C Minor—Chopin.
2. Prelude, A Major—Chopin.
3. Salfiegetto—Bach
4. Invention, F Major—Bach.
5. Dance of the Elves—Parlow.
6. By a Meadow Brook—MacDowell.
Part II
1. By the Watch Fires—Durra.
2. Consolation—Mendelssohn.
3. Elfin Fountain'—Braithwaite.
4. Knecht Ruprecht—Schumann.
LeSecret—Gautier.
Part III
1. No. 14 Pedal Studies—Mrs. Cros
by Adams.
2. Scherzino—Denne
3. Aragonaise—Massanet.
4. Feu roulant—Durvernoy.
Christmas Trade Improves
With business generally running
ahead of last year merchants and
business men of Butler expect the
best Christmas shopping season for
Some’ years.
A spirit of confidence seems to be
cidedly to the point, they have more mffht^at myhome; Wednesday^
m< AU y sMtkL of the United States church; Thursday and Thursday night
report a similar condition attributed “J.myj\ome u Jn«t^ctmns^ ; given^m
o improved farm income, larger pay
rolls, emergency government expen
ditures and more stable banking con
ditions. These are factors that make
for confidence as individuals look
ahead and present spending reflects
optimism for 1935.
In Butler this year one finds °
VOCATIONAL CLASS WORK
Classes taught each Monday,
blacksmith work, mathematics, spell
ing and reading exercises. Everybody
invited to attend.
W. B. Posey, Teacher.
7~ ,,u pr p want to own and manage We need 1 a
Census report shows that the I man ager right there in Taylor
were 7,526 bales of cotton gmned in j wut^ Bg ^ ^ ^ ou „es
Taylor county from the crop of 1934 pvnerience of Americas best
ste sS OJPSU *
*>,607 bales ginned to Dec
of 1933.
, Laughter & Fun! Where? Butler
High school auditorium. When. Pri
day, 7
Are you going!
I p. ID. AIC O'"--a ■ .
Who is making the fun? The school
boys and girls Let’s go and join m
the song, choruses, tap dancing
Stunts, fun and laughter, and en
courage aur local boys and girls.
You will find toys, dolls, wagons,
tricycles,, wheel-barrows and many
useful gifts for the entire family at
Jarrell’s Dept, Store.
America s
soiling: organiza-
Company, Memphis, Tenn.
UNWANTED for Rawleigh route
of*800 families. Write '"jmejhatei.
Rawleigh Co., Dept GAL-100-SA,
Memphis, Tenn.
Pay your taxes now and avoid the
penalty as
the tax books close Thurs-
Have you paid your taxes yet? If
not, don’t forget that next Thursday
. Dec. 20th, is the last day you have
much larger assortment of Christmas . to to this important matter
merchandise and merchants report ^fore the tax ooolcs -.lose
Rev. E. E. Garner, Former
Pastor Reynolds M. E.
Church, Dies at Waynesboro
News was received here this morn
ing that Rev. E. E. Gardner, who was
pastor of the Reynolds Methodist
church some years ago succumbed
yesterday to an illness of only a few
days at his home at Waynesboro
where he had only recently been
assigned by the Methodist conference
as pastor of the church at Waynes
boro for the coming year and had
been in his new work only a few
weeks.
He is survived by his widow; one
stepson, James Walker; three sons,
S. N. Gardner of Athens; P. E. Gard
ner of Macon; E. F. Gardner of At
lanta; one daughter, Mrs. Ford Wure
of Macon; and three brothers, Chas
Gardner of Oglethorpe, Forest Gard
ner of Winter Park, Fla., and George
Gardner of Ideal.
The funeral services were held at
Pinehurst this morning at 11 o’clock,
Rev. J. O. J. Taylor, of Waycross, of
ficiating.
Third Funeral Wednesday
For Members Of Hart
Family At Ellaville
Ellaville, Dec 11.—Miss Eileen
Hart, age 20, of Ellaville, at. 3 o’clock
Tuesday morning at the home of her
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Hale, in Columbus, following an ill
ness of more than two weeks caused
by a gland disease.
Miss Hart was the daughter of the
late Mrs. Katie McNcal Hart, who
died seven years ago, and the late
Ike J. Hart, who has fatally injured
in an automobile accident near Co
lumbus on Thanksgiving day, this
year, when another daughter, Arlney
age 12, was killed.
Miss Hart is survived by one sis
ter, Mary Kate Hart; her step-moth
er, Mrs. Ike J Hart; three aunts, Mrs
Hale, of Columbus, and Mrs. M. D.
Herring and Mrs. Lynn Ellis, of Ella
ville; and one uncle, C. C. McNeal,
also of Ellaville
The body was brought to Ellaville
Wednesday and funeral services con
ducted at the Ellaville Methodist
church at 2 p. m., the Rev. H. C.
Griffin, officiating.
Temperature of 24 Degrees
Recorded Here Yesterday
Cutting winds that began blowing
here Monday and continued through
Monday night and Tuesday, brought
the coldest weather of the season
here so far and which was preceded
by heavy downpour of snow lasting
about one hour Friday midday.
The low points reached were: Mon
day morning 28 degrees; Tuesday
morning 24 degrees.
Entire South Struck
An Associated Press dispatch yes
terday gives the following high-
points of the chilly blast:
Snow which covered Chicago and
many other northern cities also vis
ited the south. Flurries were report
ed in Richmond and vicinity as well
as in Atlanta, Columbus, Ga., and
other ponits in the deep south.
While temperatures of zero or
lower were recorded in Minnesota,
Iowa and Michigan, the south suf
fered proportionately. Readings un
der 20 degrees were common in
Georgia and Alabama, Atlanta and
Birmingham both reporting mini-
mums of 18 degrees.
Snow Falls in Tampa for First
Time in 28 Years
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 11.—Snow fell
in Tampa Tuesday for the third time
in 40 years, and the first time since
1906.
Only a few flakes fell, but it was
ergiugh to create a sensation.
A heavy frost was forecast for
Tuesday night with the possibility of
freezing weather. The temperature
was 34 degrees at noon Tuesday.
REMEMBER EVERY
CHILD THIS XMAS
TAYLOR COUNTY PEOPLE ARE
URGED TO EXHIBIT CHRIST
MAS SPIRIT.
With only a low more days to
wait ueiore tne arrival oi Cnnstmas
anti tor the visit ol tne good old
burnt Nicnolas, me children of
aaylor county and the whole world
are counting tne uuys and even the
hours, li niey aren t, tney must be
sick or abiioinu.1. Aiieauy, lists have
been maue,' leiteis written to Santa
Claus and the long wait tor the time
to come being borne impa lentiy.
While Christmas is primarily a
children’s holiday, the grownups of
3aylor county wall have a gieat part
in making it a real success, i he very
loundation of the observance of
Christmas is giving and without this
there would be no Christmas.
To some people Christmas giving
has come to mean an “exchange of
gifts," rather than any unselfish giv-
mg. We give to those from whom we
expect to receive and give in propor
tion to what we do receive. By doing
so, we lose the real meaning of the
observance and the joy we might re
ceive.
Wouldn’t it be a fine thing this
Christmas if every citizen of Taylor
county would accept the responsibili
ty of givii.g something to someone
less fortunate than himself and thus
help to lighten that person’s load a
little? There are so many people
around us, who through no fault of
their own, are having such a strugglel
for existence that even a little would
help so much.
We read in the newspapers of the
larger cities where the welfare asso
ciations have prepared a list of the
neediest cases that have come to
their attention and help is solicited
for these. Money and assistance id
given by rich and poor alike to help
these unfortunates.
While we may not do this in Tay
lor county, still ali of us know of
some child, some man or woman when
unless some outside aid is received,
will have a rather barren, cheerless
Christmas. Surely, we couldn’t ■ enjoy
our Christmas as much if we failed
to share our much or little with oth
ers. ,
Let’s make this an unselfish Christ
mas, remembering the words of Hint
whose birthday we are observing
when he said, “It is more blessed to
give than to receive.”
somethirg of a shop-early trend,
with buyers coming in right along to
make their selections.
day, Dec. 20th.^ p 0B £R TSl T. C
WANTED
Anyone having discarded or new
toys to give to help make Christmas
bright for several less fortunate chil
dren whom Santa may fail to visit
without this help are requested to
send such articles to the Butler Drug
Co. or call one of the following who
will be glad to send for them: Mrs.
H. C. Walker, Mrs. II. H. Gee, Mrs.
W. H. Trussell, Mrs. J. S. Green, Mrs
P. P. Folds and Mrs. Lewis Beason.
Committee Butler Unit 124.
Try some of Jarrell’s good flour;
Gold Leaf, Ballards, Tip-Top and
Flag in self-rising, also plain flour.
G. A. ROBERTS, T. C
Notice to Public
Notice is hereby given all parties
of the city who have trash to be
moved from their premises that I
•will go on my usual rounds the last
of this week and start back around
Thursday and Friday week. Please
have such rubbish as you want car
ried 1 away, ready to be moved as I
will not be around again until after
Christmas. The public square will be
cleaned Christmas Eve day.
W. A. Anglin, Street Manager.
Christmas cards, lc to 10c each at
Jarrell’s Dept Store.
Music Gub Met At
Montezuma Saturday
The Federated Music Clubs of the
Third District were called to meet in
Montezuma Saturday, December 8th.
The local music clubs were represent
ed by Bessie Dreizin, president; Vir
ginia Perkins, secretary; Miriam
Dreizin, Mrs. Julian Edwards and
Mrs. E. H. Perkins.
The meeting was followed by a
luncheon held at the Woman’s Club
in Montezuma.
Thursday, Dec. 20th, is the date on
which the tax books of the county
will close. Pay your taxes now and
avoid the penalty.
G. A. ROBERTS, T. C
Butler Rifle Club
Gets U. S. Charter
The Butler American Legion Rifle
and Pistol club of Butler, .hag been
granted a charter by the National
Rifle Association, the national gov
erning body of the sport of rifle
shooting, to an announcement made
Monday at the headquarters of the as
sociation at Washington. The club
has a charter membership of 25.
The officers of the new club are:
W. M. Mathews, president; J. S.
Green> vice president; Hainp Riley,
secretary-treasurer, and W. J. Butler
executive officer.
The club is one of about 2,800 ac
tive rifle and pistol shooting clubs
affiliate'' with the National Rifle As-
6ocation.
Death of Infant
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bone have the
sincere sympathy of their many
friends in the death of their infant
daughter, Earlene Bone, on last Fri
day ight at their home in Red Level
community. The remains of the little
babe were interred at Bethlehem
cemetery Saturday afternoon.
AT BUTLER METHODIST
CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY
Sunday school at 10 a. m. League
service at 6:15 p. m. Preaching at 11
a. m. and 7 p. m. If you want to en
joy good fellowship; and a practical
helpful application of the Sunday
school lesson, come with ub at the
Sunday school hour. We extend a
cordial invitation to all of our people
to join us in worship at the preach
ing hour. We especially urge all of
the men of Butler to attend the
morning preaching serviee. We need
your presence and co-operation Help
make the churches serve Butler bet
ter.
W. E. Hightower, Pastor. >
Only one more week remains in
which to pay your taxes as the books
close next Thursday, Dec. 20th.
G. A. ROBERTS, T. C
Boys Boots, sizes 12 to 2, $1.98;
sizes 2 1-2 to 5, $2.98.
Jarrell’s Dept. Store, Butler, Ga.
Electric hot water heater, practi
cally new, for sale cheap.
A. E. LOCKE, Butler, Ga.