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PAiGtE FOUiR The Butler Herald Established in 1876 Entered at the Post Office at Butler, Georgia as Mail Matter of Second Class. C. E. BENNS, Editor and Owner 0. E. COX, Business Manager R. B. K1RK.SEY, Shop Supt. OFFICIAL ORIGAN OF TATLOR CO PUBUSHED EVERY THURSDAY Average Weekly Circulation Fifteen Hundred Copies. SUBSORHTION $1.60 A YEAR B-unyper crops anid moderate pric es; good times in good old Taylor once again. Armistice Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Rapidly we are approach ing a new year. The Macon Evening News, iwhlcb carries in its front .page date line, “Macon, Mn.,” quotes “Tobcit’ Zuillen as follows: “When you see a young bachelor carrying a .portfolio after work hours, it isn't "'industry He is moving - again.” Even the big frost, such as we looked upon with admiration Sunday morning, accompanied by ice, doesn't mean that warm autumn days are over and that winter is here, for who could ask for more perfect days with bright, warm, sunshine than these days following Sunday’s frost. When we begin each week getting material for our weekly issue, we wonder just what will happen of in terest to our readers, but before press day we usually have more copy than we can use and them have to figure what we can leave out without getting in dutcli with some one.—To f hair Enterprise. Thought we were the only pickle in the jar. Count up the remaining days on the calemda.- and it will surprise you just how few shopping days remain before Christmas. The United States is walking in the mkldle of the road as regarding other nations’ affairs. We trust that no shell will burst upon us while in neutral zone. Rill Riffem: “At last we know who the town was named for. Charlie Benins' Butler Herald says one of the most prominent citizens of Butler is Hon. Cecil Butt.” Butt, ’taint so Bill. . In Arlington, Ga., they have what looks like a real scandal column in tlheir OaHhoim Courier. It is called the Clhatter Box and deals with who- waswioem-with whooais-last-night and three-guesses-why stuff. Bill Sublive says: “Over in llutler we see by Charlie Benns' Herald a negro tried to rob a store by enter ing down the chimney. He was caught, of course, because being ir the chimney lie could not “flue.” The spelling contest at the South eastern fair was won by a student of tihe Jackson school. She made a re- Tr.ratable record in spelling 221 Haiti words out of 226 in the test. Con gratulations to Miss Roslyn Rediman, the winner. Senator Walter F. George will be principal speaker at the Harvest Festival llarlbeeue to be hold tomor row at the Georgia Experiment Sta tion, Experiment, Ga., the occasion being sponsored by the pimento in dustry' of Georgia in conjunction with tile Georgia Experiment Sta tion. The editor of tins paper ac knowledges with sincere appreciation an invitation to be present. The rttmdenits and their teachers for .both schools—Butler and Rey nolds—are working hard to make the c-ootion- of the Heraki devoted to their .schools an interesting and worthwhile department. They are succeeding splendidly, w-e think. It you haven't read this feature, do so now. Ami you might let these young folks know by an occasional word of .praise that you appreciate their efforts. Taylor county has the best set of school bus drivers to be found in the state. They go about tlveir duties day in and day out, and so far they have 'been fortunate in not having had a single child injured during the long time they have been trucking pupils to Butler school. The same good record is maintained in all dis tricts thorughout the county, so we are informed. We feel sure bhe pa- trors of blve schools appreciate such careful drivers. Since the paving jo-b around the public square and all streets leading out of town has been completed, im proving the appearance of our lovely little city far beyond the most hope ful anticipation for it a few years ago, wouldn't it be a fine thing if all our people. manifested the proper amount of pride necessary to keep the strets ns clean and pretty as they look today? This may l>e so easily done by using a tittle care in seeing that papers and rubbish of ail kind are not .permitted to blow about and Utter up the streets, but placed in containens and carter! away by brash wagon. Nothing would please the officials of the town bet ter thlan Cor all of us to do this. So let’s give them our hearty co operation in this matter, that our town will attract the attention of visitors and tourists as being one oit the prettiest and cleanest towns in the state. Oglethorpe and Ellaville have re cently dedicated new high school basketball shells, ami w-e heartily congratulate both communities. Both schools now have modern and attrac tive indoor courts where their chil dren may .play and obtain the forms of exercises so vital to the proper development of their bodies. Most oi the schools and communities in this section now have such buildings and Americus has one under construc tion.—Amc ri c u s Times-Reco rder. Referring to the loss Griffin has sustained in the death of one of its prominent officials, Editor Quimby Melton says: “Griffin lost a fine citi zen, an efficient official, air»d a man who numbered his friends by all who knew him, in the passing of Emmett Powell, city commissioner. Mr. Powell served the city as a member of the board of education for many years and then ns a member of the city commission. His death has cast a pall over the city, for Emmett Powell was considered one of tihe out standing men in Griffin.” According to our information there is a strong possibility of getting the road leading from Butler to Garden Valley and Ideal by way of the school building, Mt. Pi-sgah church and Cross Roads school, included in the .highway system and recon ditioned by the county convicts as have the roads to Charing and- .Mauk bhe bwo latter reflecting great credit to our commissioners as well ns to our convict system in the class ol work that has been accomplished. Wo don’t believe there is a county in bhe state in which its local officials havo accomplished as much in road-build- iug as have e Commissioners ol Taylor county. We sincerely hopo that they will not be throttled in their efforts under any plan by the state to place road work in the coun ty in other hands. Out of love, re spect and appreciation for our Com missioners we give them u rousing vote of thanks for what they have already done, and at the same time believe they are in a fair way for greater accomplishments. One of the problems that must bo solved by the agricultural sections ot the country is the problem of pro ducing- income sufficient to stand up against the enormous financial drain brought about through the general purchase of automobiles, tractors, trucks, radios and mechanical ice boxes and those things which re move the money from the com munity. In many sections the cash i outgo for these things and for oil and gasoline is greater than the combined inco-me of the area. The natural result has been that these communities have been, and are be ing, gradually drained of their re- 1 sources afid their cash backlog to . the extent that hard times which might have been weathered by the same community 30 or 40 years and 50 years ago now create in a brief time an acute condition. The cash i reserve is soon exhausted. Forty and 60 years ago much of the money re mained in the community and it vvas no uncommon thing for the banks to have large deposits from i ndividual depositors, both farmer and wage earners and small business men-. Such a thing is the exception today. The question naturally suggests itself: I What is to be the -solution or the outcome? Two courses of action sug gest themselves. The agricultural communities must increase their | income or curtail their buying to a i point where a safe with reserve is maintained. Unless this is 1 done these -ections are going to continue to operate with a low cash reserve and live in constant peril of hardship' ■vith each recurring depression o: I crop shortage. THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER. GEORGIA, OCTOBER 28, 1937 CUSSETA SCHOOLS GET RATING The many Taylor county friends of Prof. 1’o.pe Jarrell will be very much gratified and join the Heraki Ln extending him sincere congratula tions on the high rating that has been accorded the Cusseta High school of which he is Superintendent. Prof. Jarrell is a son of Hen. and Mrs. F. C. Jarrell, of this county. Among his brothers is Hon-. Th-elmon Jarrell, Clerk of the .Superior court of Taylor counity. Referring to the accomplishments of the Cusseta school the Columbus Enquirer-Sun says editorially: “Both the elementary and high schools at Cusseta have this year been rated A-l by the Georgia State Accrediting association, and their many friends are pleased that they have received this due recognition. Congratulations are hereby extended. “The Cusseta high school was placed on the accredited list in the spring with a number 2 rating. Since that time many changes, additions and improvements have been made for the purpose of raising the stan dard oif the school to a number one rating as well as to give the best ad vantages to the pupils of Chattahoo chee county. “A student of that county now has the advantage of entering high school and registering for a course of study that will more adequately prepare him for his chosen vocation in life. He may register for either a commercial, scientific or academic course. “The school ranks one hundred par cent in membership in the Na tional Education Association. “This progress of the school is as cribed to the splendid cooperation ot the school officials, faculty members parents, students and friends. The in stitution is noted for its fine spirit, whether on the athletic field orin the class rooms. Under the leadership ol Superintendent A. P. Jarrell and others cooperating, it has become one of the best of its kind in tihe section or oven the state.” There is deep sorrow throughout the state, particularly in this section, over the passing of Fred G. Storey and Carl F. Sc-h-ro mining, both out- sanding citizens of Calumlbus. The death of Mr. Storey, who had been connected with the Columbus papers for the past 35 years, came while seated at his desk and caused by a heart attack. As editor and car toonist of the Enquirer-Sun his work was of the very highest type and leaves vacant a chair that can never be filled like he filled it. We, like thousands of his friends, are grieved by his death. Mr. Sehomburg, who died while on a visit to Jacksonville, was a veteran jeweler ami one of Columbus’ most progressive citizens. He, too, will be greatly missed. Whenever and wherever he speaks Senator George attracts large audi ences ami his utterances are highly praised as in the recent instance referred to by the Tifton Gazette which says of him: “That was an in spiring address Senator Walter F. George delivered to the students of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural Col lege Friday—one of the kind ot which Georgia’s senior senator is capable. Boiled down to a simple thought, Senator George told the A. B. A. C. students that they they are blessed with superior opportunities over the generation that preceded them, and that it is their privilege to take the knowledge and training they receive back to the farms of Georgia ami achieve the crown of success for which their training and ability fit them.” Pike County Journal: “Our courte ous young postmaster, Wayman Slade, has just returned from a trip to Washington, D. C., where lie at tended the National Convention of the League of District Postmasters. He had the honor of being one of the nine hundred delegates from all over the United States to this national organization of the Third and Fourth Class Postmasters. He and his charming wife report a delightful trip and wish every citizen could visit the nation’s capital at least once in his lifetime. He brought lack a bit of interesting early history regard ing the Zebulou postoffice. The first record of a federal mail route to Zebu Ion was in 1830 by way of a post road from Fayetteville by way of Spencer’s store ami on to Knox ville in Crawford county—a distance if 99 1-4 miles and mail coming once a week. Spencer's store was orobably in Zebu-Ion. The postal- re ceipts for 1830 was 219; for 1831 I "vas 222; and for 1832 was 265. Days if small beginnings but slowly I Trowing.” KNOW YOUR TIMBER (By Emily Woodward) Why all this bother about Know ing Your Timber? Is it really im portant or just another lot of bally hoo ? Well, deride for yourself. Look buck less- than 20 years and see -if | you d-o not think it has been worth while for a few Georgians to be convinced that it vvas important to j know Georgia Timber. At a recent meeting of a group | .. uered in Savannah from all paiu ' of the worm, i. uuy Woolford, ' president of the Georgia Forestry association reviewed what lias been accomplished in- lesss than two de cades in breaking down damaging ig norance of the South’s timber re- sourres. Mr. Woolford hited the Capper report of 1920 predicting death to the naval stores industry in Georgia by 1926; he pointed to the gloomy forecast that all lumber in the United States would 'be consumed by 1935; to bhe discouraging argu ment that turpentined trees produc ed an inferior grade o,f lumber; and | finally to the satement issued in pamphlet from the U. S. Forestry Laboratories at Madison, Wise., that southern pine was probably too resi nous to be considered satisfactory pulp material for newsprint. However, Dr. Charles Herty, the Georgia Forestry Association and a few other Georgians refused to ac cept these theoires, and proceeded diligently with the business of know ing Georgia timber. As a result wo know, today, that Georgia is furnish ing about one-third of the world's naval stores supply—that Georgia still has lumber—even in the face ol sad and destructive burning of the forests; that turpentined trees make better lumber; and finally that a lit tle laboratory in Savannah has ex ploded the Wisconsin laboratory theory that Georgia pines are too resinous for satisfactory pulp lor newsprint. This determination on the part of a few Georgians to know Georgia timber has laid the foundation for vast economic expansion in Georgia ami the south. Pulp manufacturing plants are already here and others are on the way. And now it becomes increasingly important for the Geor gia timberland owner to know his timber. For, if these mills are to bring a permanent economic benefit, these owners of timber, particularly the owners of small areas, must know .vhen and how to out and mar ket their trees; w’hich to use for lumber, poles and crossties, when to turpentine for the greatest profit and above all things they need to know the damaging effect of fire. Mr. Woolford sounds this warning "If the paper and' pulp mills week iur forests by permitting unwise lumbering practices they may wreck us as well as thorn-selves.” Who can best prevent this wreck age? The timberland owners, and they must know their timber if they hope to do it. There are 133 divorce cases set 011 the calendar for the opening day ol tlie November term of Muscogee su perior court. We have always been told tlie best place to take a collec tion is among the largest crowd. Some of the civic organizations ot Columbus might take advantage at tlie day to finance some big enter prise by passing the plate. “How you liave aged,” is the first thought that rums through our minds when we meet a friend we have not seen for a number of years. Strange we do not feel that we have dian-ged much but that our friend has grown grayer or heavier or thinner as the case may- be. If w-e would but stop to think we would know that he or she is thinking the same thing of us.— Perry Home Journal. This perhaps explains why Sister Ruby Hodges and her “Ordinary” husband (or should w’e say Judge Hodges) have absented themselves from the conventions of the press association of late years. Sister Ru by was pretty as a child, beautiful as a young lady and more attractive looking as a matron. If its John’s face she is trying to shield she might just bring him along, anyway. He is good company in any crowd'. That the information contained therein might be of interest to some mothers who w-e expect to see at church next Sunday with their promising offspring we reproduce the following item from the Savan nah Press: “Having heard of an im portant discovery, made some years ago, by a ready mode of silencing squalling children, I lately, on beard of a car on my way from Newark here, embraced the opportunity of testing its virtues, with the most satisfactory result, upon one of the loudest and most incorrigible little squ'allers I think that ever shocked any weak nerves. The process is a very- simple one—all I did was to pass one finger gently and repeated ly across the cartilege of the child's n-ose, and in less than a minute, to Hie great amusement of the passen gers, it was sound asleep. Believing so desirable a piece of information ■should be generally known, I have -orccluded to give it publicity.”— Morning News, Sept. 4, 1852. YOUR BUSINESS LAW TODAY -By- W. C. CANTRELL Attorney and Professor of Law Atlanta, Ga This article continues our dis cussion of the Statute of Limitations or the time within which suits or actions at law must be instituted or begun on not^s, contracts, and open accounts in order to enforce collec tion in the courts. Many people have the idea that a payment on a note or account extends the period of limita tions. This is not true. A payment on an aocount will be applied or credit ed on the oldest item on the account within the statutory time in the at> sence of specific instructions by the debtor to the contrary. To constitute an account which will cause the limitation period to run from the last item on the ac count, there must be mutual buying and selling between the parties. As to accoents that fall due at the end of the year or which run through a number of years, the Statute of Li- mtations begins to run as to various parts at the end of each year. The creditor will not be protected 'by bringing forward balances from year to year. It is a better business prac- tile to reduce these balances to notes at the end of each year rather than to continue them in the form ot open accounts. The period of limitation does not run against infants, persons under 21 years of age, persons imprisoned, idiots or insane persons during the time of such disability. This rule works both ways; that is, as to ob ligations against as well as rights in favor of persons laboring under these legal disabilities. If either of these disabilities occurs after the right of action accrues and such dis ability is not voluntary, the limita tion cases to operate during such period of disability. If suit is bogun before the happenings of the dis ability, such suit may be continued by the appointment of a guardian. If a person dies and his estate is unrepresented by an administrator or executor, the statute does not run for a period of five years in most states during which time the estate is unrepresented. This rule applies to obligations due the estate as w e ]| as to claims against the estate. | t may be stated here that no suit maj be maintained ugainst any adminis- trator or executor for a period of 12 months after his qualification aim during this 12 months the limitation period does not run. If a person incurred a debt and then remoped from the state, the period of limitations would not oji e . rate in his favor dcring the petjo.l of time that he resided out of the state. When he returned to the state with intention to reside, the statute would again operate in his fapot. If a person having a right of ac tion or a cause of action has been induced, mislead, or deterred from bringing, or instituting suit by rea son of fraud, the period of limitation begins to run only from the discov. ery of the fraud. Of course, the per son claiming fraud must show that he exercised ordinary care and dili gence to discover the fraud; other wise, he will not be allowed this ex tension of time. In order to revive a debt already barred by the statute, it is necessary that the new promise shall be ig writing, signed by the debtor or by someone by him duly authorized. To revive a debt discharged in bank ruptcy, the new promise must also be in writing. A letter by the debtor to the creditor stating that he will pay the debt as soon as he is able hai been held by the courts as a now promise in writing sufficient to re vive the debt and extend the period of limitations from the date of tha letter. Generally an entry of credit or payment on any written obligation to pay, in the handwriting of the debtor, will be equivalent to a novo promise to pay and thereby extend the period of limitations from tha date of such entry of credit. Havingd iscussed the Statute ol Frauds and the Statute of Limita tions, our next several articels will be devoted to a discussion of tha fundamental pi-inciples of law in volved in Wills and trusts. PEANUT TIME IN THE DEEP SOUTH “Boiled green pimlensd Boiled green pinders!” cries bhe ragged barefoot 'ad at bhe railroad stations and cross roads in the back country of Georgia. “Boiled green peanuts! Boiled green peanuibs!” cries his Georgia city cousiin, as he treads bhe streets otf the lunger Georgia cities, for thus is peanut picking time in the deep South. j Pinders, -goobers and peanuts, as they are called in various sections of the country, are raised in great quantities throughout Georgia, both for food for human beings and' also to fatten hogs on, producing grand peanut-fed ham. Everyone ktno-ws the roasted or parched peanut, but only a smalll section of the United States knows tlie delicacy of the green boiled pea nut. A dish fit .for kings and epicures it tickles the palate of the high and the loiwly, it is relished by aid from tlie knee high toddler to the ancient! greatgrandidad. Peanut boilings of an evening are ! like wha|fc the old-fashioned taffy-1 pull used to be. It is a gathering of all 1 tlie neighborhood. I,n rural sec tions, about sundown, half a dozen ' young folks rqpair to the nearby peanut field armed with rakes. Hill after hill of -peanuts -are raked up in a short time. The peanuts are pulled from the plant, washed and put otn to boil in a big syrup kettle of salt ed water, A bushel or so of pe-an-uhh ' are boiled, and by 8 o’clock 40 or 50 have gathered a-round the farmyard arid everyone, armed with a big pa per plate of boiled pinders, starts munching. You just do not stop, either, till every last peanut as gone. So if you want to have a typical American experience, just treat yourself to a -bag of fresh boiled green pinders the next time you am in the deep South in peanut-picking time! Christian Science Monitor. | ELECTRIFICATION IN TAYLOR COUNTY It is planned to put electric lights into every school house in Taylor county, where 60 miles of power lines have just been completed ant contracts made for 50 miles more. The home economics students in the county are now ®pecializing on hit ter-making since they have access to refrigeration, it is not their purpose to neglect the other things so im portant in home economics, but ^ are trying to make butter of ^ highest quality, and to package it i* the moat attractive form. Processing and saving the products of the fa 1 ® lias been an objective of bhe rural workers for the past year or more- And it is said that today in several counties of Middle Georgia tan tin'** as much canning and preserving h® 6 been done for this winter’s food- suf ply as in any one of the past ^ years.—Eugene Anderson ' n Macon Telegraph. Love, Matrimony, Divorce What Is Love? Love is an abscess on a fellow’ 1 pocketibook. And matrimony? m-ony is a .little ship that && around on bhe ocean of -love. tell ime, what is divorce? Divot* 61 ® the submarine that blows up ' ship. I have been blown up six tin**' —-Clipped from a friend’s scrap book. What could be more beautifu said of one .than this fro-nt t Cochran Journal: “There l' v€S Cochran one to whom I have it 0,1 *®. * grief and discouragement; stunt ' through the hlackness, fu-mbtu through the bitterness. I htave 60 ^ to her when I have blundered ^ when I was a quitter. Never has she failed me. But by her taught me courage, and ^r 6 ” , and God.”