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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, JANUARY 17, 1935,
The Butler Herald
Established in 1876
C. E. BKNNS, Editor and Owner
O. E. COX, Business Manager
K. It. KIRKSEY, Shop Supt.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TAYLOR CO.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Fitteen Hunaied Copies.
SUBSCRIPTION II 50 A YEAR
Entered at the Post Office at Butler,
Georgia as Mail Matter of Secoua
Class.
What every community needs—
some more tnan others—encouraging
friendship with whom you come in
daily contact.
Every citizen of Butler should not
tnly preach civic improvement but
should practice it around mime and
place ol business.
Georgia motorists are estimated to
have paid $14,610,000 in state gaso
line taxes in 1934 as compared with
$12,634,513 in 1933
The reasons for investing in Tay
lor county la. ds are so varied and
conclusive that no thinking person
can aliord to disregard them.
As long as you are a citizen ol
Butler the amount of happiness and
success you enjoy depends on hew
much you supply for the oenefit of
others.
The mainspring as a driving power
for clocks was invented 400 years ago
but nobody has yet invented one
which will make some men work if
they can got by an easier way
^Tax sales for this month in Cal
houn county may be a healthy propo
sition ior the county's official organ,
but enough to bring chills to the
land owners of that good county.
All of the big newspapers are
handling wirephotos now. The next
time you go to New York and get
lonesome you can send your wife a
wirephoto of yourself retiring at 8:30
p. m.
The fellow who drives an automo
bile across a railroad crossing in or
der to beat the train probably gets
his idea from watching the chickens
cross the road in front of his own
machine.
A healthy condition or banks in
Georgia is reflected in the reports is
sued at the annual meeting of tne in
stitutions. Dividends have been de
clared by many banks and the busi
ness during 1934 is reported as the
best ir. several years.
Law enforcement officers of Mus
cogee county have put the public on
notice of their intention of mailing
war on slot machines and other gam
bling devices. That’s a fine New
Year resolution that might well be
adopted iff other counties.
It looks like Butler ought at lease
make a gesture towards joining in
the general celebration on 'Jar.. 30th
of the president’s birthday for the
purpose of raising funds for lo,jal in
fantile paralysis victims. We Have
them in’ our midst who need the help.
)
There will be more land in, cultiva
tion in Taylor county this year tlfan
lor a number of years in the past.
With plenty of idle labor ready ana
willing to work there is every indi
cation that the agricultural interest
of the county will reach the top this
year
The farmers of Taylor county may
not be prize winners in a state-wide
contest, but we’ll bet our last sum
mer’s straw lid that they’ll beat any
ten counties in the state on a general
average on net profits on alT their
products. In fact, we just don’t be-
heve they can be beat.
The Capitol removal issue Is up
again, it seems. We hereby put in a
bid for Macon county. Miona Springs
would be an ideal place for it. The
^ate force could at least enjoy good
health by imbibing the healthful
waters, enjoy fishing in the river and
could consider well the advisability of
changing- the prohibition law after
comparing some of the home product
with pure, legal stuff. The verdict
would in effect be that the pure stuff
m what dreams are made of and the
home product what nightmares are
made of Miona is the place for the
capitol for more reasons than one.—
Montezuma Georgian.
A total of 3,407 marriage licenses
were issued in Fulton County during
the year 1934, according to the report
compiled by Claude Mason, clerk of
tne ordinary’s office. June and De-
ember proved the big months of the
year, with C28 and 382 licenses is
sued in these months, respectively.
There are 4,000,000 people in th ; s
country over 70; 400,000 are on fed
eral relief, 160,000 in almshouses, an i
about 100,000 drawing state pen
sions and still we are asked almost
i.aily as to the prospects for the pass
age of the old age pension bill which,
if passed would put millions more on
the rolls to be cared for by tax pay
ers.
The Oglethorpe Echo, like the Her
ald and most other newspapers in
Georgia, thinks the sales tax the
fairest way to raise revenue to meet
the expense roll of the state govern
ment. It says: “The gasoline tax is
nothing more nor less than a sales
tax. Is there any reason why it
should hurt any more to pay It on
other commodities?”
The writer believes that Georgia is
going to make great progress this
year along every constructive line.
We believe this is going to be done,
largely, by Georgia's own citizens.
After chasing the pot of gold for a
season, many native sons are return
ing home ready to buckle down and
go to work. New settlers, of the right
type, are most welcome, bul after all
Georgia's future rests with Geor
gians.
President Roosevelt told congress
he proposed to give every able-
bodied but destitute American a job,
and that’s going to bring on more
trouble, too. If he thinks some of the
able-bodied but destitute Americans
who have been living the life of Riley
at the public expense are going to
stoop to work without being coerced
he has another half hour of cog
itation coming, according to John
Spencer in the Macon Telegraph.
The President asks for $4,000,000,-
000,000, r.ot to support trie unemploy
ed in idleness but to provide them
work. Whatever the pitfalls of the
new relief program, at least to the
extent that it demands of its bene
ficiaries the exercise of human en
ergy and capabilities, it approaches a
proper understanding of relief eco
nomics. Said Solomon, “Wealth got
ten by vanity shall diminish, but he
that gathereth by labor shall in
crease.”
We wish these mill workers would
behave, stay on their joas, ard allow
the Georgia National Guard members
to go about their usual pursuits, in
stead of having to be called out to do
strike duty. However, we think Gov.
Talmadge is right in calling out the
I guard to protect the rights of Geor
gians to work. We are glad to see
the governor demonstrating to the
strikers that Georgia is not going to
put up with their foolishness.—Tif-
ton Gazette.
Congressman Charles R. Crisp pre
sented one of the best public worKs
programs we ever have heard about.
He wanted to erect a post office
building in every town with a certain
amount in postal receipts. We do not
know anything better the govern
ment could do than provide work by
erecting post office buildings through
out the land in places like Ashburn,
Adel, Nashville, Ocilla and Sylvester.
The towns would appreciate a nice
government building, and think of the
work it would provide in erecting the
buildings and supplying the material.
The rents saved would pay the in
terest on government bonus of suffi
cient amount to pay for the buildings.
—Tifton Gazette. We know of no
town more in need of such a building
than Butler, and believe the day not
far distant when such will be the
case.
HAVE WE TOO MUCH
government:
Now that the election is over and
the officials named for the ensuing
term it might not be amiss to direct
attention to the cost of our system
of government.
According to recent census figures
the tax payers of the United States
support 3,062 county governments,
16,659 city governments, 128,548
school districts and 19,769 township
organizations. The question before
the citizens of this country is whether
there are too many organizations Tor
modern needs.
We have no objection to any of
these arms of government if the tax
payers are willing to pay for them.
However, the average citizen of this
republic pays $71.09 each year to sup
port them, when many of them could
be eliminated without crippling gov
ernment in the least.
On great principles, you will get
into a peck of trouble if you carry
your feelings out on your sleeve where
too many people can bump into them
Ar.d it is doubly bad to carry them
where they can be trampled under
foot. We believe those who have fee!
ings that can be most easily hurt arc
the people who most often get them
hurt. Be careful about where you ear
ly your feelings. That keeps peace
in the family and the community. If
your feelings are in the way, tiie
chances are that you will prove a
poor neighbor.
Queer *hings happen in political
life, and one can never figure with
any degree of accuracy what a poli
tician may do tomorrow. For instance
two years ago H. B. (Hell Bent) Ed
wards of Valdosta, was a candidate
for governor in opposition to Tal
madge. In his campaign he used
brimstone ar.d lightning in his at
tacks on the record and character of
Talmadge (charging and proving to
his own satisfaction) that the then
Commissioner of Agriculture was one
of the most unholy politicians that
ever sought office. Today we find Ed
wards a member of the legislature
lrom Lowndes county as a floor lead
er supporting a Talmadge controlled |
body. In this position Edwards ad- |
mits that Talmadge was the right j
man for governor and has made a !
good governor. In Mr. Edwards’ case
it may sai i “wise men change their
minds, but fools never.”—Thomas-
ville Press.
AN OLD PERSON LEARNING
TO READ
A few days ago, talking to some
friends relative to the project now on
in this county to teach men of ad
vanced years and youths from 14 up
to read and write, it was brought to
our attention that there are many
people who are far in advance of
their majority who can barely read or
write, ar.d many there are who can
not do either. That the United States
government should devise a plan
whereby these people, instead of hav
ing to make a cross mark in making
legal papers good, can be taught to
legibly write their names and read
the Bible, other good books and pop
ular magazines and newspapers is one
of the greatest boons of modern
times, and, by all means, should be
taken advantage of. Some few men
who, never having gone to school
any, can solve a problem in mathe
matics and because of it, have made
success. On the other hand, there are
hundreds who, because of never hav
ing had a chance, are handicaped in
making a living. Home-making, read
ing and writing, made possible thru
our leaders at Washington, is a sign
of daybreak for many who, through
the years, have lingered in the shad
ows.—Walton News.
There is a difference. To get your
name in a city paper, you have to
shoot your wife, get gored to deatn
by a flivver, marry a movie star, or
do something sensational. But to gee
your name in the local paper all you
have to do is have a guest, go a-
visitir.g, ha\e a baby at your house,
buy a purebred bull or improve your
property. We respectflly ask our But-
let friends, which will it be? When
you have made the decision please ad
vise this paper.
Holiday trade brought the bright
est glow of the business t-mnbow tnat
has appeared since 1929. First esti
mates indicate that money in circu
lation increased $55,000,000, and
more complete reports are certain to
increase this figure. Bank clearings
jumped to the highest mark in three
years, an advance of more than 30
jier cent over those of the Christmas
season last year. Despite the holi
days, steel operations increased to
35 per cent of capacity, according
to the American Iron and Steel In
stitute. Business failures for 1934 up
to Decembet 20 showed a decline of
40.6 per cent from the correspor.cri
ing period last year.
A newspaper is often called upon
to give publicity to matters that tne
would-be informer fails to have the
moral courage to present. The re tent
experience i.f one of our exchanges is
not unusual, but similar in nature to
those the Herald has had to deal with
quite frequently andat times censured
for complying with the request. The
exchange says: “A correspondent out
in the country writes in to tell ils
who is making liquor at a popular
resort on the river and gives other
information that might be interest
ing, but we are not ready to move
right now and are holding out until
we get ready to leabe town Of
course it did not occur to the cor
respondent; to give his information to
tiie sheriff instead of the newspaper
editor. Neither did it occur to him to
swear out a warrant signed by him
self.”
TRUE TO THE SOUTH
Why you great big, orrery, lazy lout,
What are you grouchin’ or peevin’ about?
Haven’t yo’ got no pride or no shame,
Who are you to whine an’ complain?
If I was your paw I’d slop yo’ down,
A knockin’ the folks in yo’ ol’ home town.
Now you mind you se’f an’ yo’ shet yo' mouth
An’ thank your God you live in the South.
The trouble with you, I’m tellin’ you son,
You’ve had it too easy since life begun;
You’ve growed up heah like a jimpsor. weed,
Till yo’s mos’ly stalk an’ a little seed.
If you’d git a hundred miles from yo’ maw,
You’d be surprised at the things you saw.
So pull up yo’ breeches an’ shet yo’ mouth,
Be glad you’re alive an’ live in the South.
Suppose you was out in the arid West
Where the sage brush grows an’ the buzzards nest;
Not a flower or tree fo’ many a mile,
Creeks gone dry an’ no roses smile;
Where cattle an' men have died from thirst
While they fought fo’ life that they also cursed;
What do yo’ know of famine or drouth,
Yo’ lucky devil, that lives the South?
What if yo’ ’rose in the still grey mo’n,
To look on the fields of shriveled co’n
An’ faced a day of the stiflein’ heat,
That sears the oats an’ burns the wheat
Till strong men -ink down under it’s spell,
While they pray to God fo’ relief from hell.
With tongues that are thick in their swollen mouth,
What then, would yo’ think, oh son of the South?
The trouble with yo’ an’ also with me,
We have so much that we fail to see
The good things of life where ever we turn,
The trials of other are not “our concern.”
We take our gifts as a matter of course,
With neither a thought or a care for the source,
Nor show by action or word of mouth,
We’re grateful sons of a generous South.
So I say to you, an I’ll do it too,
Let’s pause for a moment when the day is thru,
While we face the sun as it sinks in the West
An’ make to our God a silent request,
That w-e be more grateful for gentle showers
For home folks to love and restful hours
He deliver us ever from famine and drouth
An’ make us worthy to live in the Souift.
An’ if you’ll do this an’ I know you will,
You’ll find that yo’ soul will sweetly fill
With tender thoughts an’ generous deeds
An’ no longer you’ll be jes’ a “jimipson weed.”
An’ I’ll ask yo’ pardon fo’ all I have said
As it was not from the heart but mo’ from the head
For no matter what comes from out of my mouth
I’m “for you” son, if you’re true to the South.
—Howard K. Rac-n
BELIEVE IT OR ELSE
By Brown Tyler in Fulton County
Review published at Hapeville.
You hear some people cussing the
Roosevo'' administration forspending
money—“for putting it out tight at.d
! left, throw ng it away,” as some of
I our supposedly business and economic
leaders are p'eased to call it. Nine
out of ten ol these men will tell you
it’s all wrong-—this relief, these dif
ferent projects, housing and home
loans, financial helps to cities, coun
ties and slate schools and colleges.
What some of us would like to ask
these men : s what in Sam Hill this
country would have done, what we
would have used for money if the
federal government hadn’t put it in
to circulation!
Practically all the money ar.y of
ue have had and used in the last
year and a half has come either di
rectly or indirectly from activities of
the federal government. Thousands
upon thousands have drawn it thru
relief, loans, or from jobs on the va
rious projects and spent it imme
diately in every .onceivable channel
of trade—ir, grocery and dry goods
stores, for automobiles and gas, in
colleges and hospitals, to doctors,
preachers and lawyers, for newspa
pers, farm products, to bootleggers
even; a large per cent of ail taxes
paid to city, county and state govern
ments has been with federal govern
ment money. All of us, from high to
low, have got some of this money,
have kept going on- it. Even the big
business and economic leaders who
cuss Roosevelt about “his spending”
would probably have been down and
out long ago if it had not been for
that pending. Even as it is, with all
that has al.-eady been put into circu
lation and all that is still going out
from the government, money is yet
scarce. God only knows what would
have happened if Roosevelt hadn't
given us mt ney to live on and do
business with.
In the humble opinion of this
writer, if it had not been for this
man Roosevelt the American people
would be cutting one another’s
throats at this very moment—in the
throes of tiie maddest, bloodiest revo
lution any civilized nation ever wit
nessed. If it hadn’t been for Roose
velt and hit stopping of the grind of
the monstrous Wall Street money
gathering machine with its suckers
extending into every quarter of the
ration—if it hadn’t been for Roose
velt the operators of that machine
and their small satellites who are
engaged in cussir.g him now would
• ery like-iy have long since been
strung u i to telephone poles by good
American citizens.
This writer car.’t say that he ap
proves c everything that has been
none by tire Roosevelt administra
tion. For i r.e thing, this direct gift
oi relie. n oney to able-bodied peo
ple seems l ot only wrong in principle
but tending to create shiftlessness on
the part cf the recipients. Apparent
ly it would have been much better all
the way around if these people had
been set uo on small farms or pro
vided wish permanent work—hard
work—at r ad building.
A congressional committee investi
gating various anti-governmer.t ac
tivities found evidence, according to
news reports, that Communists are
forming a plot to kidr.ap the Presi-
aent and set up a soviet' government?
There is no danger of any large per
centage of the American people ever
becoming Communists—it takes mass
intelligence or ignorance to foster
Communism—but if these Bolshevik
hair-brains ar.d degenerates, many of
them foreigners, continue their ac
tivities or start anything like actual
attempts on the government, some
godd American, organization will
lawauij siting up ana offer s 0 mu
a head for aead Communists. #
Ihe congressional committee a i.
brougnt 0 ut me laa tnat Wall
bankers are stiil fighting K 0Q
and spenair.g large sums to create
sentiment against inflation and f 0 *
“sound money,’ they call it
money” to give it a good ring. \y“
they reany want is “hard money
scaite money, a dollar of high valj
one that will buy 20 pounus of 0 ,'
cottor. or lour bushels of our corn a
v.as brought out that these Vv a .i
Streeters attempted to or did bru
officials oi tne American Legion,
which this writer is a member, to p a (
through a “sound money” resolut l0
in its Chicago convention. Here i
the news rjport in Sunday’s paperd
“The committee questioned Aimar
and the rest to McGuire directly.
“The witness testified that Mad
Guire neve • gave an accounting
how the money was spent and nont
>vas asked. He said MacGuire had
$64,000 in .ash at the time of tne
American Legion convention in Chi.
tago, in 1913.
• “The convention adopted a reso-
1 lution, backed by MacGuire, which
approved resumption of the gold
standard.
“MacCormack read into the record
a financial statement showing pay
ment by the sound money committee
of $1,000 to Henry W. Stephens, oi
Warsaw, X. C., former national com
mander of the Legion, and $6,300 to
, Wm. H. Doyle, a Legion official jj
Massachusetts. No explanation l'ot
the payments was presented at the
hearing.”
There yoc are! This fellow Mac-
Guire mentioned above tried several
months ago to get General Smedley
Butler in on a treasonable scheme to
take charge of the American govern
ment. So you see what sort of pa
triots these “sound money” advocates
are.
Here is something you can gamble
on: Any time you see in the papers
where a New York banker or big
business man is advocating some par
ticular thing, in nine cases out of ten
that thing ir the wrong thing for me
people of America. Those birds are
thoroughly convinced they have a
right to live like leeches on the bal
ance of the country and their every
thought and action is in furtherance
of that idea. It would be a good
thing for America if it icould some
how purge itself of New York and
let that crowd set up their own gov
ernment, not permitting them to
have any further dealings with this
nation.
WHAT man:
George Palmer Putman, husband of
the famous Amelia Earhart, watch
ing the departure of his wife as she
heads her plane from Honolulu to
ward the California coast, exclaims
as he wipes the perspiration from his
face “I’d rather have a baby.”
What he really means in his heart
no doubt, is that he wishes Ameita
were more domestically inclined,
few babies in the Earhart-Putnam
home would probably prevent the
iamous woman flier from risking her
life in a foolish 2,400 mile flight over
the Pacific. Mr. Putnam realizes, of
course, that babies would not bring
fame and publicity—but what man
wants to be the husband of a famous
woman, anyway?
Amelia Earhart Putnam, who re
cently made a successful night across
the Pacific, was the first woman pas
senger to fly the Atlantic, then first
woman to fly it solo. She was first
woman to fly an autogrio, first wom
an to make a transcontinental non
stop flight, first woman to receive
the Distinguished Flying Cross—
Courage, poise and modesty give her
a first place in the world’s heart.
FIGHT CRIME!!
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about the hideous reality of the new
war on the home front. .. SEE IT!!
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