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THE BUTLER HERALD. BUTLER, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 21, 1987.
The Butler Herald
DID YOU KNOW
If the Adel News publishes all the ,
nice things the newspapers of the j
state had to say in reference to roy- , Georgia is one of the most for-
al entertainment the good peop'e ol tunate of states, but did you know:
ihtered at the Post Office at Butler, Adel extended the newspaper .fo.k as j That Georgia is the largest state
tteongte as Mail Matter ol Second their guests during the recent an- east of the (Mississippi, having a
Established is 1876
Class.
C. EL BENNS, Editor a*d Owner
0. B. COX, Business Manager
R. B. KIRKSET, Shop Supt. |
•fPICSAL ORGAN OF TATLOR CO
PU14LLSHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly CirculaUaa
Fifteen Hundred Copies.
suBscaumoN $1.50 a year
E .T—
Vaeationosts continue thoir home- ,
ward trek. !
nunl press convention session, there
will be plenty to entertain local read
ers of the News until time for the
next session of the association to roll
around.
it is very gratifying to her many
friends throughout the state to learn
that Mrs. L'Bertie Rushing, G'.enn-
ville, Ga., was Friday re-elected
second vice president of the national counties with an altitude range
total area of 58,720 square miles ana
450 miles of water surface.
That the Cumberland plateau is
located in northwest corner of tlw
state and has an area of approxi
mately 150 square miles and that
the average altitude is 2,000 feet.
That the Appalachian valley is be
low the Cumberland plateau nna
covers 3,000 square miles in ten
ol
A little cool, wet weather
Jty to the coal deader.
ill add
convention of district postmasters in
their annual session ut Washington,
D. C. Both Congressman Ham.-peelc
of Georgia, and Mrs. Rushing ad
dressed the convention. The 1938
session will be held ut Louisville, :
Ky.
from 1,000 to 1,900 feet.
That the Blue Ridge mountain re
gion contains 2,000 square miles in
northeast Georgia ami has an atti
tude range of 2,000 to 4,678 feet.
That the foothills is a hilly bell
approximately 15 miles wide, lyTiic
I | south of the Blue Ridge aim has ah
Recently the Supreme Couit of | average altitude of $1,500 feet,
the United States denied ’the two , That the Piedmont lies in middle
i efforts to unseat Justice Hugo Black Georgia and cov'eis 20,000 square
In traffic a driver seldom gets the and the action should er A d the issue, nviles, and has an altitude range ot
One roseon we welcome October it
i oyster time ut Dixie.
FOREST ENEMY NO. 1—FIRE
pood "break" if he has bad brakes.
The President Still attracts atten
tion when he giveis his "firesidt
talks."
Justice Black is seated and now has ISO to 1,500 feet,
a clear road to show that the presi- That the fall line sand hills is the
dent made no mistake in appointing innermost division ol the coastal
The carnival is gone so now is tht
feme to Start saving your dimes for
Christmas shopping.
If the future is to be successful,
•areful lAans must bo made and then
•xecuted carefully.
With all her faults old Taylor is
the bast county in Georgia. Let no
•no kid you into believing other
wise.
plain and is sandy and hilly.
That the Blue Marl region is a
very small portion of the coastui
plain with a moderately hilly top
ography.
| That the red hill region extends
The Georgia legislature is liable to f™" 1 the South Carolina border di-
be criticised here and there before nfifonally across the state beilow the
him. Whatever criticism was due be
cause of things in the past should
now be buried. The court itself is
satisfied and so should the rest of us
including the critics.
many weeks, if history is any stan
dard by which to judge. It may be
| that the tide will turn this time by
the putting on of a greater program
for Georgia. At all events, the poli
tician may fall back upon the con
sideration that if the people will
I treat him- right at election time he
1 ~ ' opght to be patienth with them be-
rroper development of dairying tiween election years.—Monroe Ad-
industry in Taylor county wouLd
form an additional link in our chain
of pronjority.,
vertiser.
The Savannah Press calls atten
tion to the fact that the Smndersville
Progress laments the fact that deal
ers in that town display for sale
onions raised in Utah.
It is better to lie a little late in
arriving at your destination on this
earth, than attempt too great speed
and arrive at the pearly gates sev
eral years 'before- normal time.
Conic county, according to the
Adel Nows, suffered the recent loss
of throe; of its most outstanding citi
zens in the passing of Rev. D. H.
Mathis, Mrs. M. Pnffond' and Mr. j
H. Carson-. ~~
Uip at Blairsville, Union county
where our esteemed friend, Ira Butt,
father o.f Mr. Cecil Butt, of Butler
who, like his father to know is to
love, publishes in the North Georgia
News, -the grand jury in its recent
presentments had this to say with
reference to the sale of beer: "Wo
feel that the matter of prime im
portance to take action on is the
matter of the sale of beer and wine.
Since the legalizing oT the sale ol
these beverages, drunkenness has
increased alarmingly and is really a
menace to our county. We therefore
recommend and urge that the Mayor
and Council of the town of Blairs-
Piedmont and is 26 miles wide and
covers 6,000 square miles.
That red lime lands tonn a small
section in southwest Georgia with
indistinct boundaries and a rolling
topography.
That the lime sink region extends
across the state below the southern
red hills and is slightly rolling -to
fiat.
That the rolling wiregnass country
covers 10,000 square miles and ex
tends across the state, widening out
in the central portion and vanes
from flat to hilly.
That the Hammock belt is a small
section on the Florida border ot
south central Georgia and contains
red loam hills and flat pine woods.
That fiat pine lands lie in the
southeastern part of the state and
altitude does not exceed 100 feet.
That the coastal strip is about 20
miles wide and the region is charac
terized by marshes and sea islands.
—Co lu mb us Ledger-Enquirer.
As an annual event the congrega
tion of the Sam Jones Memorial
vil'le and the Ordinary of the county Methodist church at Cartersville, Ga
refuse to grant further permits
Hie sale thereof.’
tor
A father and son are to be tried
jointly this week in Appling county
for the murder of a man ami his
The plan as proposed in some
quarters for the state to take over
county roads is drawing fire from
observed Home-coming day Sunday
commemorating the birthday of -the
late Rev. Sam J’. Jones, Bartow
county’s immortal theologian and
preacher.
wife. Georgia seems to be getting officials in many counties. There may
her share of the wrong sort of ad
vertising just now.
i
A sad aftermath of college foot
ball games which attract large
crowds is reading about the many
traffic accidents in the next morn
ing’s papions. Drive carefully at all
times lest your mime appears in
the notices.
I
Rush Burton, -who besides be ng
editor of o>ne of the best weekly
newspapers in the state-, The l,a-
vonia Times, is one of the best
posted mem in the state on the laws
of our state says: “The Representa
tive of Taylor county has been
asked by the Grand Jury to resign
his office as a Legislator. It is out
understanding that a Legislator can’t
resign after he takes the oath of of
fice.”
“Show me the man who on leaving
school continues to read for pleasure
and profit and 1 will show you an
educated man,” declared a well-
known educator recently. In this
rapidly-changing state of Living, it
is iirnix-rative that one reads in order
While at home for his vacation
Congressman Stephen Pace is in
great demand as principal speaker
on public occasions throughout his
district., which keeps his time well
occupied besides .giving prompt at
tention to various other duties lor
which he is called upon to perform.
He is a very busy man as is his
oe some instances where such a plan
would prove -satisfactory. But we
seriously doubt the wisdom- of it in
most counties. We have not heard
any of our officials express them
selves on the subject, but with the
system now in operation in Taylor
county we would not think of ex
changing for any .plan the state. °^ ce force at Aimericus.
night approve. In fact we don’t be
lieve there is another county in the
state that is faring ( as well in its
road-building program as Taylor
.ounty, credit for which is due out
:ounty commissioners, who are not
only good business men, but are
ieoply concerned in seeing that every
section of the county receives its
prorata part of road work,
matter they have our heaity con
gratulations and best wishes, and
hope they will never have to submit
to any other plan of road work.
Fannie Squeers, who operates a
sob column in The Macon Telegraph
lias had this situation put up to her: p^^way
“1 am so worried J must have your j
help. At this moment I feel you arc
the only friend I have in the world
It is the same old story. 1 am in
No minister ever preached a better
sermon- than the advice given by
Editor Tom Shytle, of the Adel
News, in these few words: “Many of
us neglect many things that would
bring happiness 1 to others—a cheer
ing word to the despondent, a visit
to the sick and afflicted, a 'helping
,,T * hand to the needy and distressed. In
Dur later year’s we realize how we
might have been of much assistance
to others and yet have not taken the
time to do so. Time passes swiftly
and what we do ought to be done
quickly. We are entirely too busy to
do the little things that might bring
real joy to some one along life’s
to keep abreast of what’s taking lovc and with a married man. I am
place. Business men, employing 22 and lle is 20 - He sa J’ s he hives me
youths just graduated from high aml 1 klww 1 love him - 1 ' va »t to go
In spite of the roar of cannons
across the pond Editor Ben A. Neal,
of the Millen News, gives this op
timistic note: “With the highest au
thority that ’No man iiveth ‘to hiifi-
sel-f nor dieth to himself,’ the Presi-
school, insist that they keep up witn i TOnle to visit my folks ami he will . dent in a speech that startled the
if not lot me go. He said he would take , WO rkl with pronouncements of dan-
_ | me home and I don’t want to let him gers which confront it—and a search
I go home with me. He will not let me for and suggestion of remedies which
J have dates with anybody else. He | might produce peace, may, it is
f told me recently that he was going 1 thought by many, have aroused and
to kill both of us. What can 1 do? j quickened public sentiment to the
their Heading. An old adage has
that “reading maketh a full man."
Dawson Nows.
The Savannah Chamber of Com
mence, according to the Savannah
Press, hi as received a letter from a asked me if I would marry him ! point where peace may be secured,
lady in Kansas who says she is mak- he divorced his wife and I told him j Strange indeed is the fact—that with
inig a collection of elephants, and * would not. Not that I don't love the advance of civilization, the in
wants to know if there are any ele- him, ^ ut I w 'h not marry a man who ( junction “Not by might nor power,
phants in Georgia. If there are she has a living wife. I thought our love i but by my spirit, sayeth the Lord,'
would be interested in buying them, a ^ a i r would soon blow over, but it j seems to be increasingly ignored. As
she stated. Anyone who knows iff the has !ce P t 0,1 for eight months- and it the President says—we quarantine
whereabouts o f any elephants in ' s tlle same thing.—Bunny Nose.” against epidemics, why not quaran-
Georgia might communicate with the After publishing the above in his ^ tine against war-seeking nations. The
Chamber off Cormmenc, The Press ad- column, W. G. Suttive, in the Savan-1 League of Nations idea is not dead
vises. We knoiw of several white rah Press, declares: “Fann, you are j—nor wE* it die, and peace-loving
ones that (parties owning them would a genius if you rescue this ’un.”— j nations will eventually outlaw war it
be much, happier if disposed of. i Cartersville Tribune. 1 it is ever outlawed.”
THOMAS JEFFERSON’S
OPINION OF FARMERS
A Twice Told Story
Becomes a Pecan
(-By Miss Emily Woodward) I (dapped From Bill Biff em ' 3 ^
At this season of the year, this "Those who labor in the earth,’’ he umn > (Savannah Press, of Oct.
Forest Enemy No. 1 begins its de- ea r iy declared, “are the chosen peo-1 What About Those Who arc
vastating march through Georgia. p[ e 0 f God, if He ever had a chosen * Hungry for Knowledge?
Dying vegetation burns easily and people whose breasts he has made \ Those who thirst for understand
the autumn and winter never fail to qig peculiar deposit for substantial I should be obedient to the voice **
leave duath and and destruction in and genuine virtue. It -is the focus wisdoan.—“That Reminds Me,” ^
Georgia's forests. in which he keeps alive that sacred ler Herald.
Who is responsible for this de- fire, which otherw'se might escape (Repeated in same column, saw«
struction? | from the surface of the earth. issue)
In 1931, a survey made off forest “Corruption of morals ini the mass What About Those Who art
fires on lands protected by Federal of cultivation is a phenomenon in Hungry for Knowledge?
ami State Governments and other which no age nor nation has found ^ who thirst &r und
agencies showed a total i-T 61,OOU an example. It is the marie set on should ^ obedient to the
fires. Of these 23.4 percent were those who, not looking up to Heaven wiedo , Trl ._.. That Remindb Me „ J*
caused by smokers; incendiaries to their own soil and industry, as j er
were responsible for 24.9 per cent; does the husbandman for their sub- |
burning debris caused. 12 per cent; sistence, depend on the casualties 1 ~
lightning started 6 per cent; rail- and caprice of customers. | 11los t horrible crlm^j
roads 4.8 per cent; campers 8.5 per “Dependence -begets subservience on record in this country is report^
rent; lumbering 1.7; nidsielLaneous and venality, suffocates the germ ot 10 kave been committed last weet
agendies 10.1 per cent; 8.6 per cent virtue, and prepares fit tools for the w * len Diwyer, a youth of
were of unknown origin.
.So here are the forces that
designs of ambition,
com-1 “Thus the natural
So here are tne lorces tnat com-1 j.uu» -uie natural progress and ■ _ — -“ c n
bine to make Forest Enemy No. 1. consequences of the arts has some- al >ff or . Me., and with their bodict
confessed: to have slain an elderly
country doctor and his wife at
Must they be left to carry on their times been retarded ’ by accidental
destructive warfare—'burning -mil- circumstances; but generally speak-
lions of dollars worth of ipro-perty ing, the proportion which the aggre-
every year? As yet there are no gate of other citizens bear in any
forces to combat the 6 per cent toi state to that of itB husbandman, is
taken by lightning, but all the oth- the proportion of its unsound to its
ers can be conquered and relentless healthy parts, and is as good' a ba-
war should be waged against them, rometer whereby to measure its de-
the carele s and criminal. | gree of corruption.”
Those who know the commercial j
value of tracts are witnesses to tne In an illuminating front page
fact that fire in the forests bums editorial Editor Marvin Griffin, of
money from pookets of their own- the Bainbridge Post Searchlight
ers. They testify that the value of says “Cotton Is Not King But Is
all forest products is lessened when Master off Our People.”
the trees ..suffer the scars of fire, j _____
Growth is retarded, naval store j.. ~
products are lessened, the footage
for poles, lumber and ties is short
ened and destruction y insects is
made much less difficult.
Does 'Georgia nave money to
burn? The answer is definitely, No.
The careless smoker would probably
hesitate to pitch his match or ci
garette stub into a pile of ten dol
lar bids. But he does the same
thing when he pitches either where
it can start a blaze that destroys
forest property, and although he may
not desire to do a criminal act, ho,
none the less, thoughtlessly, makes
of himselff a destroyer of property.
The charred blotches left on
Georgia’s landscape by this annual
march of Forest Enemy No. 1 are a
blot on the intelligence and eco
nomic vision of Georgians.
The Georgia Forestry Association
pledged for the past 15 years to war
on forest fires, joins other forces in
tlie stale in the appeal to put an end
to this useless, shall we say criminal,
destruction of one of Georgia’s most
valuable natural resources.
crammed, one in the rear trunk and
the other on the floor of the rear ot
the car, drove them aimlessly f or
tiwo days and covering a distance ot
370 miles, solely for the purpose ot
robbery which netted him $30ft.on
The doctor was killed on Wednesday
ami his wife on 'Thursday after sin
had ridden in the car with the mur
derer and the body of her husband
all of Wednesday night, the wonuw
not knowing of the presence of bet
husband's body in the car, but
thought she was being taken to bin
following an automobile wreck u
claimed by the murderer.
“That momentous transaction
whereby the Dodge County Adver
tiser changed hands the other day
was formally witnessed by two spec
tators,” says the Advertiser. "They
were Notary Public Toni Goolsby,
who attested the papers, and Span-
ky, Carl Edwards’ fine bulldog, who
solemnly watched all details of the
deal.” Another evidence of the faith
fill dog being man’s best friend.
John D. Diggers, whom President
Roosevelt named to head the na
tion’s unemployment census, plans a
prompt and complete count of the un
employed. Following a conference at
the White House attended 1 by repre
sentatives of the Government, ag
riculture, industry and labor, Mr.
Biggers announced tihat question
naires would be distributed to about
31,000,000 families by the Post Of
fice Department on Nov. 16-17.
Read this to Hubby: “A man ami
his wife were in the office yesterday
and paid up their subscription to this
paper. When told how much it was,
the woman dug the money out of a
spacious pocketbook. Evidently she
carried the family purse. Oar ob
servation has been that when a wom
an carries the family purse it is be
cause she bus demonstrated to friend
husband that she is a better manager
of the family's finances than he is.
Many women will operate the 'house
hold ami do a good job of it on what
a man fritters away.
Indian summer usually begins
some time in October, but it may not
begin until November. According to
the United States weather bureau it
is not a definite period occurring
regularly each autumn, and is not
based on accurate meteorological
data. Indian summer varies greatly
in diuriation. It may occur once or
several times during the fall and
early winter, or it may not occur at
all, and if it does it ,may last a day
or two or several w’eeks. And in
some years there' are more than one
of these periods of hazy, tranquil
days.
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
; j CENTRAL
jj GEORGIA
Ra„ilway post office cars on many short lines and branch linei
in this territoiy have recently been discontinued by the U. S.
Post Office Department. Mail pay is an important source of income
to the railroads. The loss of this income in many instances threatens
the continuance of railway service and makes probable the aban
donment of these short lines and branch lines.
No community welcomes curtailment of its mail service, or is
pleased at the pro.-ipect of losing the railroads that serve it. The
communities affected by this economy move have protected to the
Post Office Department, and the reply to their protests has been
that they must not exipect the Government to contribute
to the support o.f the railroads, that if they wish to continue to re
ceive railway service they must patronize the railroads with freight
and passengers.
That reply cannot be criticized because it is entirely justified
from a business standpoint and taxpayers should not complain when
a department of the Government acts on business principles and
adopts measures of economy. It might, of course, be argued that tne
Government subsidizes directly or indirectly such transportation
agencies as barge lines, motor carriers and airways, and that to lie
consistent it should also aid the railways. But the fact remains that
it is the policy of the Post Office Department to curtail Railway
Postal Service, that he Department points out what is unquestion-
allytrue—ithe way to retain rail service is to use the •‘T'Tght and
passenger facilities of the railroads,
The handwriting on the wall reads “abandonment” to the
smaller communities, “curtailmenit” to the larger communities, it
tne present tendency continues.
Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited.
H. D. POLLARD, Receiver.
Central of Georgia Railway.
Savannah, Ga., October 19, 1937.
ATTENTION FARMERS!
Let us assist you in securing Government loan on
your cotton. We have high grade warehouses in
Atlanta, Albany, Athens, Cedartown, Macon, Rock-
mart, Savannah and Tallapoosa, Georgia; Attalla,
Birmingham, Dothan, Guntersviile and Montgom
ery, Alabama: Pensacola, Florida; Charlotte and
Raleigh, North Carolina; and Greenville, South
Carolina, which have been operated for a number of
years by competent and experienced men.
We will grade your cotton without any
charge to you.
We will further make out, at no expense to
you, all necessary papers for you to get the
loan.
Insured warehouse receipts will be issued.
A very low storage rate of 25 cents for the
first month and 16.2 cents, including insurance,
for each month thereafter is offered you.
SHIP YOUR COTTON TO US AND BE SURE TO
PREPAY THE FREIGHT.
1/ any other information is desired, communicate with us at
the nearest location listed above.
S0UTAEASTERN COMPRESS &
WAREHOUSE COMPANY