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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, JANUARY 17, 1936.
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GEORGIA
R.L.C. COLUMN
Edited by
C. C. WALL, Secty 6 Treas.
Ellaville, Georgia
With road conditions as they have
good. You know we all tried to get
automobiles many years before our
roads were ready for them, and some
of them are not ready yet, which
brings to mind the great necessity or
congress enacting some kird of legis
lation to help the people out who are
yet compelled to traverse the secon
dary, or feeder roads to the high
ways, which usually are always tra-
ersed by the rural carriers. I well
Leen for the last week or t o, we are j bg,, go j ng out with that ]ittlc
wondering if rural carriers are still rord and having to be
giving “service with a smile, ac- | pul i ed out of the mjre three or rour
cording to the adopted motto of our . t j mes before I could get around the
association. | route. Still the folks were sympa-
We know, however, that they are, i thetic then and offered such assist-
for from personal experience wehave ance (us they cou ) ( i ; n or( | er that you
found that those who have beer, en- | m j g ht speed up delivery of the mail,
gaged in the delivery of the mails on | This speeding up delivery of the
a rural route long enough to fully j mail h as brought about an entirely
understand that it cannot be rosy different situation in, the rural de-
every day in the year and in this vo- , ,jvery service.
cation as ! n others there must oe bad j where you formerly had all day to
days as well as good ones. make the round, now you are ex-
We get quite amused at our pa- pec t e< j to have the morning paper
trons sometimes. On a bad, cold, pn d other mail at the patron’s home
rainy day they will run out of the before the noon hour; consequently,
house to meet the carrier with the i i n this great rush to give the serv-
statement, “I wouldn’t have your job , i ( . e , the patron and carrier have been
for anything today,” while, on the j somewhat deprived of that former
other hand, when the sun begins to , contact that they enjoyed with each
shir.e down pretty good in June or other. With consolidations 'being
July and the grass is growing like made wherever practicable and sched
everything in the farm, they will u les speeded up, the carrier has to
come out and greet you with the rush on after the delivery of the mail
statement, “You certainly have a ^ and the usual, “Good morning,” while
good easy job.” They have then for- i well remember back in the old days
gotten about the time they told you .] had the time when the kids would
curing the winter months that they come out to the box to learn the
didn’t want your job for any reason, names of every member of the fami-
and this brings us fully into the rear- | ]y f ro m the baby on up, but now we
ization that we soon forget our ex- | have to depend on the name slips oc-
periences of former days, but we casionally to get the new faces added
hope with rural carriers that they 1to the roster
v. ill always keep before them the ad- | Not withstanding this fact that we
monition that our organization has t , re a par t 0 f the machinery that in-
tried to inculcate into their very be- sists on speedy and punctual service
ing, the great necessity of always j 0 f which 1 am a full advocate, let us
rendering service with a smile. j take the time that we have allotted
It should be the desire of every ru- I and learn our patrons, ar.d of their
ral carrier to so completely sell him- t trials and piob'ems, and where pos-
self and the service that he renders j s'ble offer such assistance as we can,
each day to his patrons that they will 1 and give them an opportunity to
each day throughout the whole year learn more about their rurai carrier,
have a deep interest in. his welfare
and the welfare of the service.
And when they will have the same
kind of feeling existing on all days
whether they be good or bad.
As rural carriers, we were em
ployed by the government to serve
the people we are assigned to and it
should always be the desire of every
carrier to know his patrons as well
and see how fast the spirit becomes
mutual and 'both are harmoniously in
accord with each other.
Due to this speeded up service you
don’t have the opportunity of drop
ping in at some patron’s home-- for
lunch, you don’t have the hot cup 01
coffee brought out, for you are travel
ing in comfort now in closed car, you
don’t need the refreshing drink of
as he can ir. order that he might be j iced tea as of yore, for you reach
better enabled to serve them. home by the lunch hour, but you still
Of course conditions are changing i have the opportunity you have al
as the days pass by, and today they | ways had of rendering the best pos-
are different from what they were sible service, and of maintaining and
litmonstrat’ng each day to your pa
trons that you really want to give,
“Service with a Smile."
Weekly Subscribers N. It. L. C.
We have been trying to work out
some plan whereby we could make
available foi our membership the $1
j early rate on. the national letter
sen-ice then, along with a lot of tht ' carrier which our last state conven-
very unpleasant things that had to j tion voted to include with tne dues
be overcome. I in order to furnish the publication t°
In the early history of the sendee I the entire membership and also in or-
automobiles and good roads were an 1 der to save 50c a year for each sub-
unknown quantity, and we had to de- j scriber, but from every angle mat we
when the service was first instructed,
but there still remains the same op
portunity to give them the very best
service possible under the existing
conditions under which you labor to
day.
I fully remember my early ex
perience as- a rural carrier, and recall
to memory some of the pleasant in
cidents that were attached to the
pend on the horse and buggy, or later
on the little “mail wagon" with oivi
dobbin. Then the job required a full
days’ service and sometimes into the
right to get the job completed, es
pecially during the winter season.
Leaving the office early in the morn
ing with the mail, you and the little
“T exas Pony” or mayhaps a Georgii
raised mule would start off on the
daily round all wrapped up in a
blanket with a lantern lighted be
tween your knees in order to try
approach the proposition we find our
selves confronted with the situation
that in order to make the yearly
dues ar.d subscription both expire at
the same time, we will be forced to
le'mit for the weekly issues of the
paper at $1.50 per year rate until
next July, when our association year
begins.
Of course, the national convention
instructed the publishers to begin
taking subscriptions at this new rate
Bfter Jar.. 1, but we presume that
tay warm while out exposed to the this arrangement was made for the
elements. As you traveled along the several states whose yearly dues ex
route and it neared lunch time, when fire on Dec. 31 each year,
you had just about decided 1 to reach
under the seat and get the cold po
tatoes and biscuit with bacon, some
Eaintly good woman would come out
and ask you to run in the house for
a cup of coffee to warm you up, and
when you got in there you found
spread before you a nice warm meal
lit for a king, and, boy, did you feel
l'ke wading into those warm morsels
-Iter having been out for several
hours with your fingers numb from
picking up pennies all along the
route. Thgn when the hot sun would
egin. to bear down in the summei
jou would see some lass coming out
from tlie house as you approached
"it’n a nice cool drink of water, or
more fortunately a glass of iced tea,
to quench your thirst, and then, too,
Jou thought you were the most for
tunate person in all the world to
have been assigned to a route on
which lived such good folks.
^ The little mail wagon and the
-exas pony passed on ar.q were re
placed by the automobile and better
roads an d we found different condi
tions confronting us then from what
we had formerly, but the most ex
asperating experience I have ever
nad in the rural delivery service
were in the early days with an auto
mobile when the roads were not so
Under the new arrangement all
subscriptions must be sent in by the
state secretary, or else be certified by
him before the paper is sent even at
the $1.50 rate, in order to protect the
members and see that nonmembers
do not get the paper ary cheaper
than the regular $2 yearly rate.
As President Thompson and I have
reiterated in articles in these col
umns since the Denver convention,
we were of the opinion that in order
to carry out the purpose of the Den
ver convention, we would be com
pelled to begin listing subscriptions
after January 1 at the $1 rate, but in
recent months I have contacted quite
a few district and county secretaries
who have disagreed with this plan as
it has several objectionable features
which we have to readily admit is
sufficient reason to want to withhold
sending in the $1 for a year’s sub
scription until the beginning of our
r.tw associational year next July 1,
One of the objections will be the
confusion caused when the brethren
E re solicited for membership this
spring, when if they have already
„ent in the $1 they of course will not
want to make an additional contribu
tion of another dollar and will say
that they have already sent in their
subscription. Then on the other hand
some may go ahead and pay the dol
lar now and fail to pay his member
ship dues this spring and he will re
ceive the paper for more than six
Vnonths at the rate that should be
charged a member who has paid his
dues, thereby making a saving of a
dollar to him when he wouldn’t be en
titled to same.
Taking ail things equal, the mem-
lorship dues and the date of expira
tion on the paper should be the same.
We want every brother to get the
weekly issues of the paper during
this present session of congress, and
to avail yourself the opportunity of
doing so, we ask that you remit at
the rate of 12 1-2 cents a month
from the time your subscription ex
pires until next July. Should your ex
piration date on the label read Jan 4,
1935, that means that your paper is
out the fourth week in January, so
you would only have to remit for five
months or 63 cents. This can be sent
direct to the National Rural Letter
Carrier, 1516 H. Street, N W.,
Washington, D. C., or to this office
for my o. k. If you send the order to
this office for approval, have your
check or post office money order
made out tr the publisher in order
that I can save this additional ex
pense of exchange on the remit
tances.
Of course if your subscription does
not expire yet, you can figure from
your expiration date until next July
at the rate of 12 1-2 cents a month
just what it will cost you for the
weekly issues of the paper. When
you pay vour dues in the association
this spring it will be $3.50 instead of
the $2.50 as you have heretofore
paid, in order that you can get the
weekly issues of the official organ.
You will he saving 59 cents a year
en this or.e item, and from other
sources you can easily save your
yearly dues and much more besides
each year if you will patronize the
various concerns with which the as
sociation holds contracts. Every mem
ber who carries group insurar.ee or
automobile insurance saves much
more than Iris dues cost him each
year, and think of the many other
manifold goods that the activities of
the officers of the association do you
each year; truly you are fortunate in
being affiliated with such a splen-
,id organization.
The provision of our state constitu
tion which takes care of the above
proposition! is contained on page 6 of
the constitution and by-laws and is
section 1 of article 4, and reads as
follows:
“That a fee of $3.50 per annum be
paid by the regular carrier memoer,
$1 of this amount to apply on' the
annual subscription price of the Na
tional Rural Letter Carrier for the
weekly issue.
“And $1.50 be paid by each substi
tute and retired carrier member, and
provided further that if they desire
the weekly issues of the National
Rural Letter Carrier their dues shall
be $2.50 per annum, all said dues to
apply in this association from July 1
c-ach year.”
We hope that all the brethren thor
oughly understand this, and will be
governed accordingly, that we are to
pay the prorata part of the yearly
rate from the time our subscriptions
expire until next July, and when we
pay our dues this spring that we are
to include the additional $1.00 which
will pay the subscription price of
the weekly issues until next July,
1936.
Paragraphs Here and There
We have been pretty busy since
cur return! from Florida after a
week’s absence from the duties of
the office. Naturally, some work ac
cumulated 1 while away, then right wn-
mediately upon our return we had to
make a call for an assessment in the
Mutual Benefit feature due to the
fact that the assessment held ini re
serve was used to pay off the death
claim of Rro. J. E. Johnson, of Val
dosta, holder of Certificate No. 49 in
’his feature
brethren who have never failed to
respond to a single call, ar.d this is
the ninety-ninth call that has been
made, and I have heard some of them
express themselves as being happy
that they have had this opportunity
during there years to bring appre
ciation into this many brothers’
homes, in that they had had a part
in making the 99 contributions.
Word from Mrs. C, M. Purdom
brings the news that Brother Pur
dom is still confined at the Veterans’
Hospital No, 48 in 1 Atlanta, and he
would be glad to hear from any of
the brethren, and would appreciate so
much a visit from any who might be
in Atlanta while he is still confined
in the hospital. I hope the brethren
will communicate with Brother Pur
dom and send him a message of
cheer and good wishes during his
prolonged confinement.
COUNTY AGENT
G. C. DANIEL, Agent
Have had the pleasure of seeing
both Brother Jesse Barry, of Vienna,
and Jewell Levie, of Montezuma, re
cently, who were injured last fall, the
first of .September, and both are on
the road tc recovery. Jesse was able
to resume his duties on December 1
but ho is st'll hopping around on that
infected foot, while Jewell has not,
as yet, been able to return to his du
ties at the Montezuma office. He
states that his doctor advises him to
remain away from his active duties
for a while yet, due to the serious
fracture he sustained on his skull
when he was injured. We hope both
these brethren will reguin their
former good health and will enjoy a
long tenure of active service, both in
the association and on the route.
We have to hand it to the Ninth
District a'must every year in, many
things thit they take the lead in.
Again this year, unsolicited, they set
the pace. Several days ago your sec
retary received from Brother Nace
Grant, Aito, the efficient secretary of
this district, his yearly dues for the
next associational year, beginning
next July, and he included the addi
tional $1 for the official organ. Our
hats are off again to these wide
awake boys of the Ninth. They real
ly do things in a very quiet and un
assuming way, but their efforts count
for results. Might be well for some
of the other districts to copy after
these brethren, for they are go-get
ters.
Brother J. E. Mobley, vice presi
dent of the Second District Associa
tion, who was formerly located at
Bainbridige, advises this office that
he has been transferred to a vacancy
at Albany, effective January 1, and
asks that we give this information to
the brethren in order that any who
wish to communicate with him can do
so at his tiew address.
A statement issued by the office of
the Comptroller in Washington shows
’.fiat rental and beneht payments
amounting to $16,393,678.36 have
leei. paid producers in Georgia in
connection with the agricultural ad
justment ptugram through Nov. 30,
1934. Of this sum, $14,834,962.73 was
paid out m cotton, $1,477,339 27 on
tobacco, $72,911.82 on corn-hogs and
$8,364.54 on wheat.
Burks led the list of Georgia coun
ties witli d.sbursements amounting to
$445,772.67. Tobucco growers receiv
ed $75.45 from this sum, a:ai cotton
producers the remainder.
Seven counties in the state have re
ceived no Leneftt payments due to the
luct that crops included in the ad
justment i rogram were not grown
within their boundaries. They are.'
Fannin, Union and Rabun' in the ex-
a erne northern part, and Glynn, Mc
Intosh and Camden in the south
eastern section.
Veteran Carrier Retired by U. S.
“Uncle Sam” last week retired one
of his most faithful employes, J. E.
McLelland, oldest rural carrier In
point of sendee in Richmond county.
He retired on Dec. 31, after giving
30 years and 15 days in service. Hav
ing passed a .civil service examina
tion held in June, 1904, he was ap
pointed regular carrier on Rural
Route No. 1 Hephzibah, effective De
cember 16, 1904. The route was 24
miles in length, 20 miles of public
roads and four miles of private road.
It is now 54 miles long and serving
500 families.
Mr. McLelland 1 has seen many
changes take place along his route in
these 30 years. He has served fami
lies of four generations, having de
livered mall in all kinds of weather,
rain, shine, sleet and snow.
One of the most memorable times
was what was known around here as
the flood of Oct. 2, 1929, when all
bridges and roads were washed out,
and almost impassable. He made a
cetour of 30 miles for c*.out a
month in order to serve his route. He
has served all 30 years under the
,-ame postmaster, H. L. Murphey and
his assistant, Miss Alva Dixon.
In serving the route, Mr. McLellanc
has worn i>ut two new buggies, one
Bankhead Act Reports Completed
In Georgia for 1934
The final chapter in the adminis
tration of the Bankhead Cotton Act
:n Georgia for 1934 was written at
the Colit ge of Agriculture recently
when all ol the unused gin certifi
cates and intern blanks were de
stroyed in compliance with regula
tions of the AAA. In the presence of
Harry L. Brown, director of exten
sion, A. R. Ratliff, auditor 6f the U.
S. Department of Agriculture and
other state and federal officials, ail
blank forms in excess of the require
ments of the producers in the state
were publicly burned.
The ceremony marked the comple
tion of the audit which is made in
each state by the federal government
and it was announced that the rec
ords were in perfect shape and that
the act had been administered in the
state entirely in accordance with the
regulations of the AAA.
Winter Legume Seedings Increase
Each Year in State
Winter legume seedings showed an
increase of more than 700,000 pounds
in 1934 over that of the previous
year, records compiled by E D. Alex
ander, extension agronomist at the
College of Agriculture, show. The
greatest increase was in the northern
section of the state where conditions
were favorable for planting. The pro
longed drought in South Georgia re
sulted in a smaller seeding than was
expected in that area.
The records show that 3,031,610
pounds of winter legume seed were
sown for soil improvement amr for
age crops last fall. In addition 93,506
pounds of rye were seeded for the
same purposes.
Austrian winter peas have been far
the most popular winter legume
among Georgia farmers, the records
showing that more than half of the
seed sown being of this crop. Hairy
vetch ranked second in favor, with
crimson clover closely following.
Seedings of winter legumes have
increased each year since 1926 when
tlie first records were available.
Slightly over 400,000 pounds were
planted that year While hairy vetch
was the most widely grown several
years ago, it has been exceeded by
Austrian peas recently and the imU-
cutior.s are that the acreage of crim
son clover will soon surpass It.
Upson was the leading county in
the state in winter legume seeding,
the records showing that 163,000
pounds of seed were sown there.
Spalding county was second, Hart
third and Madison fourth in volume
of seed purchased.
Peanut Sign-up Now Underway
With contracts now ready for pea
nut growers throughout the produc
ing areas, the peanut production-ad
justment program sdgn-up is expect
ed to start this week ar.d will proo-
rbly be completed by the end of Jan
uary.
All commercial peanut growers are
eligible to sign contracts to adjust
1936 production and in return will re
ceive ber.efit payments of $8 per ton
u the 1934 production of the farm
covered by the contract. It is also
provided that this payment shall be
not less than $2 per acre on the acre
age allotted under the cuntract for
1935. Peanuts harvested by hogs or
seed to be used for a crop to be har
vested by hogs in 1935 will not be in
cluded 1 for benefit payments in the
1934 production. . Benefit payments
will be made after compliance has
teen certified in the summer of 1936.
The contract provides an allotted
1 peanut acreage for 1935 equal to the
j average acreage planted to peanuts
j on the farm under contract in 1933
] and 1934, or 90 percent of the acre
age planted to peanuts in the peanut
program which covers 1936 produc
tion only
When applying for contracts,
growers should be prepared to furn
ish committeemen information as to
the number of acres of peanuts -.a--
tested in 1933 and 1934 and the num
ber of pounds of peanuts harvested
in 1984. Contract signers will be re
quired to make actual measurement
of their 1934 peanut acreage before
contracts are signed. It is ex pec tea
that check measurements will be
made after the sign-up is completed
to determine accuracy of grower’s
measurements.
Two or more farms may be in-
! eluded under one contract with a
I single Dase acreage, provided they
are all in one county and are owned,
I operated or controlled by one indi-
| vidual. If a producer who owns or
controls more than one farm signs a
j contract, all his farms must be cov
ered by contract.
WEAK AND SKINNY
MEN, WOMEN
AND CHILDREN
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people are sett ins through acientlstT latent
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without any of its horrid. Ashy taste or smell.
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets, they’re
called 1 “Cod Liver Oil in Teblets”, snd they
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same disease, gained 8 lbs. the A ret week and
t lbs. sseh weak after. A young mother whs
could not sat or sleep after baby came got
all her health back snd gained 10 lbe. In lees
than a month.
You simply must try McCoy's at ones.
Remember If you don't gain at least 8 lbs. at
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We are engaged in receipting for I mail wagon, three horses, one bicycle
these remittances now ar.d will he
for the next 30 days. While the as
sessment is in process of collection,
may I suggest that it would be a
good time for the brethren who are
rot affiliated with this feature to
send im their remittance of $1.10 and
ask that a membership certificate be
issued them. Won’t you brethren co
operate in this great cause? You
have been most loyal in many other
calls, but we are especially anxious to
get this great work back up to
where it once was. Dor/t regard it as
an insurance feature, just say that
you are sending in that amount that!
a love offering car’ be sen# the be
reaved family of a deceased- brotheT
when another dies. You will never
regret the small contribution you
will be called upon to make to this
worthy cause, and as it begins to un
fold its possibilities to you in the fu
ture you will be proud of the fact
that you have had a part in the
great work. I know of some of the
and 14 new Ford automobiles.
When old Dobbin was sick, or a
buggy wheel broke down he used the
bicycle, having to walk about half
\<-ay around the route, through sand-
bed's and up hills. He began sendee at
28 years of age and retired at the
age of 59, and during that time lost
only 27 days on account of illness.
On the day of his retirement, hi3
co-workers at the Hephzibah Post-
office presented him with a handsome
ring, as a token of their esteem for
him. The gift was presented by Mr
H. L. Murphey with an appropriate
speech.
Mr. Jas. D. Dickson, rural carrier
on Route No, 2, Mitchell, Ga., has
been transferred to Hephzibah, to fill
the vacancy caused by the retirement
of McLelland.
Authorities say the German’s name
pronounced as if it were spelled:
"Howpmon” almost like the Scotch
man’s “Hoot-Mon.”
Scientists Find Fast Way
to Relieve a Cold
Ache and Discomfort Eased Almost Instantly JVmi
• treatment in 2 hours.
MOT*
"DIRECTIONS PICTURES'*
The simple method pictured here is
the way many doctors now treat
colds and the aches and pains colds
bring with them!
It is recognized as a safe, sure,
QUICK way. For it will relieve an
ordinary cold almost aa fast as you
caught it.
Ask your doctor about this. And;
when you buy, be sure that you get
the real BAYER Aspirin Tablets.
They dissolve (disintegrate) almost
instantly. And thus work almost in
stantly when you take them. And
for a gargle. Genuine Bayer Aspirin
Tablets disintegrate with speed and
completeness, leaving no irritating
particles or grittiness.
BAYER Aspirin prices have been
decisively reduced on all sizes, so
there’s no point now in accepting
other than the real Bayer article you
want.
3 If throat la sore, crush and stir
• BAYER Aspirin Tablets in a third
of a class of wster. Gargle twice. This
eases throat sorenen almost inatanUy.
PRICES an Gen ulna layar Aspirin
Radically Reduced en AH Sint