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TAYLOR COUNTY “Tk* Golden Gate” Between the Mountains and the Sea Traversed by the U. S. HIGHWAY, NO. 19 The Butler Herald. ‘‘KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS” Oennty's Chief Cities f BUTLER AND REYNOLDS | No section of the state offers l better opportunities for small industries and delightful cit< zenship than either of therftft Cities. Volume 59 BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday December 13,1934 1 of with Number o 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.