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AYLOR county
"The 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"
County’s Chief Cities
BUTLER AND REYNOLDS
No section of the state offers
better opportunities for small
industries and delightful citi
zenship than either of these
Cities
olume 59
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday January 24, 1935
Numbei 11
OTTON CROP
TOTALS FIXED
BY SECRETARY
’AX-FREE PRODUCTION FOR
1935 SET AT 10,500,000 BALES
jjy WALLACE; FIGURE IS IN
CREASE OVER 1934 QUOTA.
It was announced in Washington
- week that .cotton production for
035 had been fixed by Secretary
'allace at 10,500,000 bales ot 500
ounds each.
This was the figure set under pro
visions of the Bankhead cotton pro-
uction control act.
An additional 700,000 bales not
old during 1934 was added to 1935
gure.
The 1935 quota represented an inc
rease of approximately 1,224,000
ales over 1934. The 1934 quota was
[),476;000 bales of 478 pounds net
•eight.
The quota in bales of 478 pounds
et weiifht and last year’s carryover
■ould bring the total to 11,700,000
Secretary Wallace also announced
at under the voluntary cotton ad-
stnient program producers would
allowed to make an additional cut
acreage up to 36 per cent ot their
ase acreage and receive additional
enefit payments.
Under the adjustment program as
riginally announced farmers were
sked to reduce acreage between. 26
nd 30 per cent.
if cooperating producers take ad-
• ant age of this offer and a majority
if those who did not sign contracts
eretofore come into the program ap-
roximately $130,000,000 in rental
nd benefit payments will be paid
nut under the voluntary program.
Wallace expressed the belief that
pot all of the 700,000 excess tax ex
emptions .certificates for 1934 would
used this year.
Middle Georgia Citizens
Disturbed Over Opposition
To U. Building Program
Citizens of Taylor and other Mid
dle Georgia counties are gladly lend
ing their assistance to the board of
regents in continuing tin ir fight on
the bill being spoilt! 11 the gen
eral assembly by the administration
to limit the powers of the board of
regents of the University of Georgia
system and kill a pending $2,800,000
1’WA loan for a university building
program which includes a neiw boys’
dormitory at the Georgia Southwes
tern College, Americus, which is a
part of the university system.
Sentime.vt in opposition to the bill
is said to be growing in all parts of
the state and members of the legis
lature are being appealed to defeat
the measure.
In answer to a statement made by
Gov. Eugene Talmadge, Sunday, to
the effect that the PWA loan would
increase the matriculation fees, room
rent and board of students at the
state colleges, President Peyton Ja
cob, of Georgia Southwestern College,
said that erection of a new dormi
tory at that institution through PWA
funds would increase the room rent
only of those students who lived in
that dormitory. On the other hand,
the new dormitory would provide ad-
uitional space in the old dormitories
for those students who could not or
did not .care to pay the higher rent
! and live in the new building. N»
other fees or .charges would be in
creased by the loan, he said
American Legion Post
Goes Over The Top
In Membership Drive
Senator R. B. Russell
Gets Action on Taylor
County Parity Payments
(G. C. Daniel, County Ager.it)
For several weeks Taylor county
aimers have been expecting receipt '
f their parity payments, due in De
ember and not later thar.. January
irst, according to terms of the con-
ract. Several of our neighbor coun-
ies had already received their pari-
or at least a majority of it. All
hat could be done had been dor.e at
his end of the line, yet Taylor coun-
y could get no action on her par
ents
On Jan. 16th the County Committee
d County Agent sent a joint wire to
nator R. 11. Russell urging him to
e his influence in getting the AAA
release these checks. On the fol-
owing morning the Senator wired to
he elfect that he had personally con-
erred with the comptroller and se
cured the transmission of 648 parity
hecks to the disbursing department
r.d that the would be mailed out to
aylor county farmers within the
'ext week. He pledged his further
upport im .case Taylor county farrn-
rs did not receive these checks
ithin the period but stated that he
did not believe we would be disap
pointed. Taylor county farmers have
experienced considerable delay
throughout the year in the delivery
of the several payments ai d it has
been necessary to call on- Senator
iiussell from time to time as a last
resort to help 11s. in every case he
has responded promptly and action
has followed his attention to these
'•atters.
1 he delivery of parity checks will
require a great deal of time as com
pared to the delivery of other checks
and farmers are urged to cooperate
ith the county agent’s office in se
ining an efficient and orderly tie-
ivery. it will be possible to wait on
tty a part of these producers per
since they will be required to
1 several additional papers and in
great many cases explanations will
required by the office force,
larmiers will be notified what day
r.r, ap ?u a f SP and . ’*• is the earnest
pe that they will appear on their
we can deliver them
.eir checks and secure the neces-
“ y signatures to papers required.
Attending Agent Meet
eripniP P" Daniel * Taylor county
then! ^ aRen , t ’ ’. eft Monday for
eet f W . here le is spending the
t ,f V ntensive £tud y in the inter-
nrin farm t rs of this section in
■ vo-f- at Y‘ cu 'tivating' their crops
tW ' He ls meeting with 159
Ander=r nty I , agents . Miss Leonora
Vert f* n ’ 0 m e Demonstration
mr ihJrZ cou . nt >*> is also attend-
Prohlpml' 16611 ?^ '. n ^e interest of
h.m- tk S con t r °nting her work and
1936 1 6y may lje overcome during
Several of the Legionnaires at
tended the meeeting at state head
quarters at Macor. on Jan. 13th,
which must have been adaitional in
spiration for several members have
been added since then, making the
memibersnip quota of the l’ost over
one hundred per cent.
Naturally a man wants to feel “su
perior” if they don’t admit it, but
tht* Legior. is so far ahead of the
Auxiliary Unit in membership that
they are openly boastful now There’s
nothing the Unit can do about it but
increase their membership or close
the contest as the losing team.
Which shall we do?
It seems that our Americanism
Chairman is also making slow prog
ress in getting the schools interested
in putting out the flags again. We
should back up the Legion’s National
Commander in his stand that,
“There’s room for only one ‘ism’ in
America and that is ‘Americanism’. ’
A flag flying over every school and
young Americans being taught to
love and respect the flag and the
principles it stands for will he a
great help in combatting every other
ism but Americanism. Let’s not let
Taylor county fall short of this op
portunity by our own neglect and
carelessness.
The regular meeting of Butler
Unit 124 will be held at the home of
the Unit President, Mrs. W. M.
Mathews, Friday, Feb 1st, at 2:30
p. m. Don't fail to be present.
—Publicity Officer.
Baptist Young People
To Meet At Americus
Sunday Afternoon
Young people from the Baptist
churches over the southwestern sec
tion of Georgia will meet at the
Finst Baptist church in Americus
next Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock central standard time, for
their first rally for 1935, according
to announcement by J. D. Parker, of
Edison, president of this region., “An
excellent program is planned” he
says, “and 1 we expect every church to
be represented.”
Miss Reva DuPree, of Amerr us,
regional leader, plans special features
for the Juniors and Intermediates
and their leaders.
Dr O. M. Seigler is pastor of tne
host-church and Miss Wiila Sanisom
is B. T. U. director.
The subject of the program is,
“Our Church”. Among the speakers
are: Miss Carolyn Chambless, of
Dawson, director of the Summerhill
Association; Miss Reva Dul re ®» re '
gional leader; Rev. J. L. BaggoU, of
Hawkinsville, a member of t n e
Executive Committee and Edwin
Preston, of Atlanta, State Secretary.
NEGRO DIES OF PNEUMONIA
The Columbus Ledger yesterday
carried the following announcement:
“Following an illness of less to a
week Estelle Starling, 32, faithful
negro servant in the home of Mrs. R.
N Allred, died Tuesday of pneumonia
at her home in Columbus. Funeral
servfces ^Ue held at Butler Thurs
day morning at 11 0 clock.
Text Of Roosevelt’s Message
On Social Security Legislation
Washington, Jan. 17.—Text of President Roosevelt’s social se
curity message to .congress:
in addressing you on June 8, 1934, I summarized the main ob
jective of our American program. Among these was, and is, the se
curity of the men, women and children of the nation against certain
hazards and vicissitudes of life. This purpose is an essential part of
our task.
In my annual message to you I promised to submit a definite
progiam of action. This I do in the form of a report to me by a
committee on economic security, appointed by me for the purpose of
surveying the field and of recommending the basis of legislation.
1 am gratified with the work of this committee and of those who
have helped it. The technical board on economic security drawn from
various departments of the government, the advisory council on eco
nomic security, consisting of informed and public-spirited private
citizens and a number of other advisory groups, including a cora-
niiti.ee on actuarial consultants, a medical advisory board, a dental
advisory committee, a hospital advisory committee, a public health
advisory committee, a child welfare committee and an advisory com
mittee on employment relief.
All of those who participated in this notable task of planning
this major legislative proposal are ready and willing, at any time,
to consult with and assist in any way the appropriate congressional
committees and members with respect to detailed aspects.
It is my best judgment that this legislation should be brought
forward with a ininium of delay. Federal action is necessary to and
conditioned upon the actions of states. Forty-four legislatures are
meeting or will meet soon. In order that the necessary state action
may be taken promptly it is important that the federal government
proceed speedily.
The detailed report of the committee sets forth a series of pro
posals that will appeal to the sound sense of the American people.
It has not attempted the impossible nor has it failed to exercise
sound caution and consideration of all of the factors concerned; the
national credit, the righFs and responsibilities of states, the capacity
of industry to assume financial responsibilities ar.d the fundamental
necessity of proceeding in a manner that will merit the enthusiastic
support of citizens of all sorts.
It is overwhelmingly important to avoid any danger of perma
nently discrediting the sound and necessary policy of federal legis
lation for economic security by attempting to apply it on too am
bitious a scale before actual experience has provided guidance for
the permanently safe direction of such 1 efforts.
The place of such a fundamental in our future civilization is
too precious to be jeopardized row by extravagant action. It is a
sound idea—a sound ideal. Most of the othdr advanced countries of
the world have already adopted it and their experience affords the
knowledge that social insurance can be made a sound and workable
project.
Three principles should be observed in legislation on the subject.
In the first place, the system aoopted, except for the money neces
sary to initiate it should be self-sustaining in the sense that funds
for the payment of insurance benefits should not come from the pro
ceeds of general taxation. Second, excepting in old age insurance,
actual management should be left to the states subject to standards
established by the federal government. Third, sound financial man
agement of the funds and the reserves, and 1 protection of the credit
structure of the ration should be assured by regaining federal con
trol over all funds through trustees in the treasury of the United
States.
At this time, 1 recommend the following types of legislation
looking to economic security:
1. Unemployment compensation.
2. Old age benefits, including compulsory and voluntary an
nuities.
3. Feoeral aid to dependent children through grants to states
for the support of existing mother’s pension systems and for serv
ices for the protection and care of homeless, neglected, dependent
ar.d crippled children.
4. Additional federal aid to state and local public health agen
cies and the strengthening of the federal public health service.
I am not at this time recommending the adoption of so-called
health insurance, although groups representing the medical pro
fession are co-operating with the federal government in the further
study of the subject and definite progress is being- made.
With respect to unemployment compensation, I have concluded
that the most practical proposal is the levy of a uniform federal
payroll tax, 90 per cent of which should be allowed as an offset to
employers contributing under a compulsory state unemployment
compensation act. The purpose of this is to afford a requirement of
a reasonably uniform character for all states cooperating with the
federal government and to promote and encourage the passage of
unemployment compensation laws in the states.
The ten per cent not thus off set would be used to cover the costs
ot federal and state administration of this broad system. Thus,
states will largely administer unemployment compensation, assisted
and guided by the federal government.
An unemployment compensation system should be constructed
in such a way as to afford every practicable aid and incentive to
ward the larger purpose of unemployment stabilization. This can be
' helped by the intelligent planning of both public and private em
ployment. It also can be helped by correlating the system with pub
lic employment so that a person who has exhausted his benefits may
be eligible for some form of work as is recommended in this report.
Moreover, in order to encourage the stabilization, of private em
ployment federal legislation should not foreclose the states from es
tablishing means for inducing industries to afford an even greater
stabilization of employment.
In the important field of security for our old people, it seems
necessary to adopt three principles—first non-contributory old age
pensions for those who are now too old to build up their own in
surance; it is of course, clear that for perhaps 30 years to come
funds will have to be provided by the states and the federal gov
ernment to meet these pensions.
Second, compulsory contributory annuities which in time will
establish a self-supporting system for those now young and for fu
ture ger.eratons. Third, voluntary contributory annuities by which
individual initiative can increase the annual amounts received
in old age.
It is proposed that the federal government assure one-half of
the cost of the old age pension plan, v. hich ought ultimately to be
supplanted by self-supporting annuity plans.
The amount necessary at this ti nle for the initiative of unem
ployment compensation, old age security, children’s aid and the pro
motion of public health, as outlined in the report of the committee
on economic security, is approximately one hundred million dollars
The establishment of sound means toward a greater future eco
nomic security of the American people is dictated by a prudent con
sideration of the hazards involved in our national life. No one can
guarantee this country against the dangers of future depressions but
we can reduce these dangers.
We can eliminate many of the factors that cause economic de
pressions and we can provide the means of mitigating their results.
This plan for economic security is at once a measure of prevention
and a method of alleviation.
We pay now for the dreadful consequence of economic insecurity
—and dearly. This plan presents a most equitable ar.d infinitely
less expensive means of meeting these costs.
We can not afford to neglect the plain duty before us. I strongly
recommend action to attain the objectives sought in this report.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT’.
The White House, Jan. 17, 1935.
Local Delegation
Attends Meeting
Credit Association
The Thomaston Production Credit
Association held its first stockholuers
meeting on January 18Lh at the court
house in Thomaston and rendered its
first financial statement. There were
about thirty-five farmers in attend
ance from Tayl-or county and over a
hundred from the four .counties that
make up the ussociution. The iinan-
cial report proved beyond a doubt
that the farmer is a good risk. Out of
$86,126.00 all was collected but $37.00
which was charged off. The associa
tion faces the new year with a clean
slate and tile stock purchased by the
farmer-borrower at $5.00 per share
is now worth $5.44. It was evident
that the farmers present were proud
of this record and also proud of
their own organization.
The following statement will give
some idea of the status of the or
ganization at the end of the first
year:
Total operating income $2,360.46
Total operating expense 2,102.14
Profit on operations 258.21
Gain on inspections 112.09
Bad debts charged off 37.00
Total profits 333 40
Value farmers’ B stock 5.44
Appreciation in value of
stock per share .44
No. shares B Stock owned 766
No. farmer-borrowers, 1934 179
Tot. amt. loans for 1934 __ $86,126.00
Mr. Walter J. Butler was elected
director for a two-year per: 00
1935-1936. Mr. Butler was honored
last year for the one-year term. It
should be stated that Taylor coum,,,
paid her loans last year 100 per cent
ar.d that the $37.00 loss is not
chargeable to this county.
The farmers of Taylor county are
proud of their 1934 record and it wiil
be their aim to pay their obligations
to the association 100 per cent every
(Turn to Page 8; No. 1)
Heavy Damages Reported
As Cold Wave Hits
South Middle ot Week
(By The Associated Press)
Deaths a.vl damages mounted
Tuesday as the cold wave spread
through most of the nation.
Fogs, floods, sleet, rain, snow', cold,
land slides and gales were reported
while the human toll of winter's lat
est rampage passed the 66 marie
Freezing weatner extended across
the Deep South from Florida to Cali
fornia. Thousands of cattle froze to
death in Texas and others succumibeu
to exposure in northern Louisiana.
Vegetable crops in the Rio Grande
district were damaged by the most
severe conditions in two years. The
mercury at Brownsville, Texas, one
of the southermost cities in the
United States, shrunk to 26.
Some Arkansas and Louisiana areas
were burdened with eight to ten
inches of snow. A storm at New Or
leans enabled many youngsters to
hurl their first snow balls. A light
snow fell at Pensacola, Fla. Alabama
ar.d Georgia prepared to watch the
thermometer fall to 18 degrees to the
accompaniment of rain and snow.
Growing fruits and vegetables In
Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisi
ana ar.d Texas suffered na:ure's nip
H. G. Cheek Commissioned
Lieut. U. S. Army Corps;
Goes To Fort Screven
It will be of interest to his many
Butler friends to learn that Mr.
Hugh G. Cheek has been commission
ed in the U. S. Army Reserve Corps
and added to the list of several hun
dred receiving a six-months assign
ment with the Civilian Conservation
Corps. He has been detailed to duty
as a lieutenant with District F, with
headquarters at Fort Screven, Ga.
Mr. Cheek, whose home is at Law-
renceville, Ga., was for two years
prior to 1933 a member of the Butler
high school faculty and while here
married Miss Cathryn Jarrell, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Jarrell, of
this county.
School For Illiterates
Rev. W. B Posey is conducting a
school under government auspices in
the Turner Chapel school community
with an attendance of twenty-five or
more pupils of a wide range in age.
The school is proving very beneficial
according to reports made at fre
quent intervals to State Superinten
dent of Schools, Dr. M. D. Collins.
The community singing will be
held at Camp Ground Sunday after
noon, Jan. 27th beginning at 2
o’clock with Mr. John M. Cox in
charge. The people of the community
are cordially invited to attend this
service.
BILLS ARE DRAWN
SEEKING CHANGE IN
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
ADVOCATES OF BILLS WOULD
FORM NEW CIRCUIT COM-
POSED OF TAYLOR, HOUSTON,
PEACH AND CRAWFORD.
Consderable local interest is being
manifested in the announcement that
two bills have been prepared for
presentation at the present session
of the Georgia legislature seeking to
establish a new circuit of Superior
courts embracing the counties of
Taylor, Houston, Peach and Craw
ford, the same counties uireairy com
posing the 23rd Senatorial District.
Under this plan Taylor would be the
only county separated from the
Chattahoochee .circuit as at present,
with the other counties of the pro
posed new circuit to be sliced from
the Bibb Circuit thus formed 1 of
Bilbb county alone. The Bibb circuit
at present is presided over oy two
judges, a senior and junior judge.
The junior judgeship would be elimi
nated under the new plan. This office
is now held by Judge Malcolm
Jones, of Macon.
In connection with the above the
following news item appeared in the
Macon Telegraph of Saturday last:
“A movement to divorce Bibb
county and her Macon votes from
the three "country .counties” in the
circuit is said to have been under
way since the election of Judge W.
A. McClellan of Macon to the senior
judgeship of the circuP, succeeding
Judge Louis L. Brown of Ft. Valley.
This gave Macon both judges in the
circuit.
“It is understood that members of
the Bibb delegation are seeking to
persuade Houston’ and Peach rep-
resetatives against introduction of
the bills concerning division of the
-rcuit. If they are introduced, the
local delegation will fight the plan
“All members of the Bibb delega
tion'—.Senator W. O. Conper, and
Representatives Richard H. Freeman,
•Tr., Charles L. Bowden and Luther
U. Bloodwnrth—said they expect
much work to be accomplished at the
present session of the legislature.
They arrived in .Macon at various
times Friday and expect to remain in
Macon until Monday. Fred McDuffie,
chief doorkeeper, also of Macon,
was among those’ returning
“Mr. Bloodiworth said he had intro
duced a bill which would amend the
1933 law which fixes Bibb county's
election on the same date as the state
I white primary.
I • ‘'Previous to 1933, Mr. Bloodworth
explained, the date of Bibb county’s
primary was set by the Democratic
executive committee. A bill, applic-
1 able only to Bibb county, was passed
| by the legislature in 1933 requiring
the county election *o be held simul-
j taneously with that of the state. His
: bill would return authority for fix
ation of the county election date to
the county executive committee.
■‘The fact that several bills con
cerning various proposals for ad
valorem limitation have been intro
duced indicates, the representatives
suggested, that the legislature doubt
lessly will give serious study to some
form of tax reform program.”
Relative Of Local
Teacher Killed In Crash
It was learned here yesterday that
Mr. Frank Blackwell, 25, of Monti-
cello, died' Tuesday en route to the
Macon hospital for treatment for in
juries received when a train struck
his automobile near Eatonton. H'is
wife ana child were also hurt in the
crash though their injuries were
tought not to have been serious. The
victims were relatives of Miss Eve
lyn Blackiwell, a member of the But
ler high school faculty.
New Fire Truck
'Before retiring from office last
week Mayor H. H. Riley and’ his
board of aldermen for the previous
term of two years announced the
purchase of a neiw fire truck for the
City of Butler. It is also announced
by the organization furnishing the
city with its supply of water that its
system is to be materially enlarged
to give fire protection to the city
which jn conjunction with the new
fire truck will meet almost any
emergency that may arise in con
trolling a fire
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS
The books will be open February
first for making tax returns, and will
remain open until May first. The law
requires that you come to my office
and make these returns. It also re
quires that you furnish correct lot
numbers of real estate Your co
operation in this important matter
will be very much appreciated.
Yours truly,
G. A. ROBERTS, T. Cl
Taflor County, Geo:
rgia,