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PAGE SIX THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER. GEORGIA, OCTOBER 28, 1937. CO. TO HANDLE OWN AFFAIRS NOW ADOPTED Zone Meeting at Americus Also Adopt Four-Point Program MARY LOU MYERS HAS FINE RECORD Sumter Girl Who Won Bread-Making Prize Holds Many Other Honors Aimemicus, Ga., Oct. 24.—Miss Mary Lou Myers, Americus high school student who won the state bread making contest at the Macon fatate Fair lust wees, as a remark able record as a 4-H girl. (Miss Martha Cobb, county home economics agent, has been Miss My ers’ instructor since she first began the study of bread-making and 4-H methods. Miss Myers, who has been a 4-H dulb girl during five years first won the Sumter county elimina tions at Aimericus in April. At Til ton on June 29, she won the Third district contest and at the Macon State Fair she was awarded first honors in the state contest. She was given a trip to Chicago, wthere she wiR 1 attend the annual 4-H Club con ference for boys and girls beginning Nov. 27 and will remain there until Dec. 5. All her expenses are to be paid by the State 4-H organization while in traveling Americas, Ga., Oct. 22.—Commis sioners front 12 southwest Georgia counties meeting here Friday went on record us opposing efforts of the state administration to “centralize” (tie government in Atlanta. The zone meeting of the Georgia Association of County Commissioners •pprvcd a 4-ipoint program, which aaked, among other things the allo cation of an' additional cent of the ' ■ix-oent gasoline tax to counties for ' -road building purposes. They em.phaticall opposed any ef- j Hort of the state to take over main- | temamce of oounity roads. In passing the program, the com- i ■assioners said they were not "fight- . ing” the present state administration i Chicago, including hut were "offering constructive ad- ! ponses. Tl ■rice’’ in solving the financial prob lems of the state and county govern ments. The following program, adopted by •ommissioners meetings in other •ections of the state, was approved at today's session: 1. Fixing of a $1,250 limit on homestead exemptions rather than the maximum of $2,000. 2. Steps to assure counties they will have to pay no more than 10 per cent of social security adiminis- ttratiy.e costs. 3. Glassification (intangibles) tax which will not take away this source Df revenue for counties. 4. Allocation of an additional cent ef the six cent gasoline tax to coun ties lor road bunding purposes. C. A. Mathews, Decatur, chairman of the board of managers of the Georgia Association of County Com missioners, presided over the meet ing. T. M. Marshall, chairman of the Sumter county commissioers, wel comed the visitors to Americus. The Sumter county commissioners were hosts at a luncheon at the Windsor hotel following the business session. In discussing the “centralization" of the state government, Mr. Mar shall told the meeting: “I’m in favor of counties being able to handle their own affairs. This is more vital than whether we get 1 or 2 cents gasoline tnx. “1 don't see how the state could take over all counties without set ting up equipment inconceivable at this time. The counties are in much 'better ."losition to care for their roads than is the state. "We cannot get the same service from the state highway department that the counties offer. As an ex ample of the delay and ‘red tape’ ot the state hig'. may board, I have been trying for some time to have a ‘dentil trap' on the Albany highway repaired. As yet this trip of slick pavement, where two people were recently killed in accidents, has not been repaired. “It’s all wrong under our system of Democratic' government to allow the state to take over the local pow ers. We are a local government; we know our local people, and we can seme our community better and rh-aper than any organization in Atlanta,” Mr. Marshall declared. During the discussion of homestead exemptions, L. G. Council, member of the Sumter County commissioners laid: “The chances are that the counties will! have to bear the burden of this lax exemption. It will probably make us ra.ise our local taxes to make up the 1 st income. 1 ask (hat the ex emptions be Traced at the liq-west possible figure.” The commissioners Voted to 1 tiie st;de to exempt the corn from naving the G rent tiiel oil..tax, bVllovi ng a motion introduced by Ed McKenzie, Macon county commis sioner. TV 1 •■•roun also asked that the state rr'*""-' •■*■’ 'lie n'oi'"V above '(1 per cent, which the counties have bSvV paying on the social security pro gram. In tall-ivnc of the mb'! 1 itv of the p*nt." to fpl-n ever the co'vpty roads, Chairman M-thew- said the counties »re now supolementino the state*?, funds with $8,900,000 in road build ing. The 1-rev? gas tax wh'ch the state nmv allots the counties total $3,000,- 000, Mr. Mrithpwis said. Should the state take a"-ay tlvs tax and take over the maitenaree of the countV roads, it would have to raise an ad ditional 38.000 000 which the coun ties are suordoniemting. Declaring the state government is a?rrulv in a financial plight, Mr. Mathews said lie did vet w hew COTTON CROP GOAL IS SET BY SECRETARY One Victim Succumbs at Swains- boro; Another III There; Nation’s Toll, 32 Miss Myers ytas judged on the mak ing of quick breads an d_ yeast breads combined, and the award was based also on 1 the club records of compet ing girls. As her productive project Miss Myers had gardening, while as her home economics project wa., clothing and nutrition. She is 1G years of age, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers, who reside on the Dawson road near Americus, and a student at Anthony high school, Americus. Miss Myers has two brothers, Frank Myers, Jr. and Carlton Myers, and a sister, Miss lliith Myers, all of whom are en thusiastic 4-H club members. Mrs. Mathews, of Ft. Valley, Believed Barely Purt In Wreck, Dies Fit. Valley, Ga., Oct. 23.—Mrs. J. L. Muthews, injured apparently only slightly Friday in an automobile ac cident near Macon, died at Ft. Val ley at 1 o’clock Saturody. Mrs. Mathews was driving alone at the time of the accident. Her car collided head-on with one in which four persons were on their way to the state fair in Macon. The crash occurred at Rutland on the Maeon- I’ewy road. None of the persons in the accident appeared seriously hurt. Mrs. Mathews went back to Macon and reported at the Macon hospital emergency room. Her only visible in juries were minor lacerations of tfie nose mid one knee. She walked un- issisted and discussed details of the accident before returning to Fort Valley. P1MIENTO FETE PLANNED AT EXPERIMENT STATION Washington, Oct. 25.—The AAA made a 2,000,000-aore reduction to day in the cotton, crop goal for next year. Approving the 1938 agricultural conservation program, Secretary Wallace fixed it “goal” so far its cot ton is concerned at 27,000,000 to 29,- 000,000 acres. The goal previously had been placed at 29,000,000 to 31,- 000,000 acres. Officials of the agricultural adjust ment administration said the change was decided upon because of the un usually large cotton crop this year. The goal is to bo divided by areas and individual farms, and growers required to limit their plantings to their share of it in order to qualify for government benefit payments. Authorities estimated the reduc tion' in' the acreage goal would mean about 680,000 bales less cotton, if yields next year averaged the nor mal amount to 170 pounds an acre. In view of the government fore cast of a 17,500,000-bale crop this year. AAA representatives said, the reduction was necessary to keep acreage ‘‘more in line with needs.” To prevent the acreage cut from diminishing federal rewards for co operating growers, the rate of bene fit payments was increased from 2c n pound to 2.4c on the normal yield of each acre. The national goals and rates ot iwiyments established for other ma jor crons were as previously an- i 111 11 no,u need: 1 down Corn, 92,000,000 to 96,000,000 acres, 10c a bushel. Tobacco, flue-cured 850,000 to 900,000 acres, 1.0 cents a pound: Georgia-Flovida t.ype 62, 2,800 acres bo 3,000 acres, 2.0 cents a pound. In addition to rewards for com pliance with acreage limitations on these “soil-depleting” crops, pay ments to cooperating farmers under the 1938 program will be based on acreage in soil-conisevvimg crops, re storatio bind, non-crop pasture land, commercial orchards ondccmmercia' vegetables. Restoration land is plow ed acreage returned to crass. Officials pointed out that the pro- p'raim still 1 is dependent on cww.res sionnl action, since the actual ap propriation for next vear’s pay ments has not been made. Buried Treasure Reported Found In Sumter County Americus, Ga., Oct. 25.—Burned treasure has been found by R. A. Seats on his Sumter county farm, according to stories being told in Americus. The aged farmer was picking up nuts under a tree on Iris farm the other day, when he fell and his hand hit something hard in some soft dirt, the reports said. His investigation uncovered a box containing an unannounced amount of currency, it is said. It also con tained papers belonging to the grand father of Mrs. Seals, who once owned the farm on which Mr. and Mrs. Seals are now living. The mon ey is believed to have ibeen buried for about a half a century. It is said that Mr. Sales plans to use part of the money to return to his old home county of Meriwether to live. It is believed that lire money has been placed in a bank to discourage any curiosity’seekers. Much secrecy surrounds the alleged finding of the buried treasury, and Mr. and Mrs. Seals could not be reached for com ment. Hyponotized by Woman, ELIXIR IS FATA? Man Nearly Loses Money TO 5 IN GEORGIA] Adairsrville, Ga., Oct. 25.—Bill Herman still can’t understand it. He says he was just walking down the rood when the big car pulled up beside him and the man driving' said “Go around to the other side. The lady wants to speak to you.” So Bill says he went 'around to the _ ^ Dther side and the lady got out and . Way cross, McManus sadd. The nil,, 11 started talking right fast and looking owe been reported from varion! him right in the eyes and before Bill | parts of the state, principally f r Jz knew it she had his sweater unbut- tiie northeast and southeast bo 0 h„,„ RpC 1 ! /) aa Wnw/ifnno J. _1.1. **'• Atlanta, Oct. 26—The fifth d from eLixir of sulfanilamide in p • gia woe reported by J. j. McMp!?*’ state chief of the U. S. FWi \ Drug Administration. ai "i| The latest death was a man i n tk.1 Atlantic Coast Line Hospital toned' and was searching his pockets. Bill was hypnotized. But when she pulled 1 out the wallet he sort of came out of his trance and started tussling with her and they tore a ten-dollar bill info two pieces in the scuffle. The furriest thing, Bill says, is that nil the time he heard a voice from afar calling to him to “come away from • that car,” but he couldn't move Besides Waycross, deaths Were .1 ported as follow's: A wife man ,1 Dahlonega; a negro baby at McIW I ough; a negro who died in a > hogpiw at SWaansboro, and a negro of mar county, near Griffin. u '* Prosecutions Considered Washington, D C., Oct. 285,-s* - , . ssf ' u ' 1 ' to- its campaign to rem ov . until the woman took her eyes off his | f™, 1 } j the niarkcit ^ of the to open the wn.l’et. T.f anybody doubts this story, Bill will show him the $10-bill that was tom. ROOSEVELT PLANS AT LEAST ONE DAY AT WARM SPRINGS Experiment, Ga., Oct, 25.—A har vest festival barbecue, to which state leaders in all fields have been invit ed will be hekl hert Friday begin ning at 10 o'clock. Senator Walter F. George will be the principal speaker at the festival sponsored by the pimiento industry of Georgia, in conjunction with the state-owned experiment station. 39 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES TO MEE'l Eiberton, Ga., Oct. 25.—The Ath ens Presbytery will be in a two- day session here this week beginning Tuesday at First Presbyterian church with the Rev. 1C. V. Ramage, host pastor. The Rev. J. E. Tulniudge, of Win- dor, moderator of the Athens Pres bytery, will open the first session, and will call! for the election of a now moderator to serve until the .spring session. Dr. S. J. Cartfledge, of Athens, is the constituted clerk. Representatives from 39 churches are expected. DREWRY FIELDS MEN READ “HOUSEKEEPING” Athens, Ga., Oct. 25.—In the cur rent issue of “The Writer” there ap pears an article by J. E. Drewry, director of the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism, The Universi ty of Georgia, entitled “Good Housekeeping—Men Read It Too.” This is one of a series of articles by Mr. Drewry that fids been running for the last two years in The Writer, The Quill and The Matrix. Two Islands The Japanese island of Tsushima secomes two islands at high water. “LEAP FOR LIFE” IS TRAGICALLY REAL AT BALDWIN FAIR Milledgevi'lle, Ga., Oct. 20.—Five thousand spectators, jammed in an outdoor throng for free acts at the Middle Georgia Fair at Milledgeville saw an unscheduled performance which packed a chilling thrill and a near-tragedy. lit was a real “leap for Fife” in which Teddy Thomas, 27, plunged from the top of a 90-foot pole as the spectacular climax of his balancing act. Thomas, teamed with another man in a Groth Brothers act, didn't come in the manner he anticipated, the guy wires giving away in the soft-ground loosened by a ruin which had’ delayed the opening perform- ur for two days. The pole slowly toppled over, Thomas cliniging to the tip end where be had just concluded that portion of the act in which he bal anced upon a chair. As the perform er swung down within 40 f<>et of the ground the lower end of the steel support ripped out of the ground, sending the pole crashing earthward and flinging Thomas head foremost into a wagon some distance away. Thomas was rushed to the Baldwin Memorial hospital where an exami nation disclosed no broken bones. TWO SEEK POST KINGEUY VACATED called eliziir or sulfanilamide beiw ed to have been responsible f or 1 number of death B , the food and dm administration today was studvinSl the question of prosecuting of I wholesale drug firm which dastribm I ed the elixir. I Dr. W. G. Campbell, administrator said that no decision had yet been I reached on whether prosecute would be recommended to the tfc I partlment of Justice, but that |ul “could conceive^of no reason' 1 ' w j, y l not be prose-1 ' the dispenser should Icuted. “We are devoting our full time I Washington, Oct. 22.—President Roosevelt, will go to Warm Springs. Ga., Thanksgiving if only for one day. He says he plans to attend Thanks giving dinner there in connection with the Warm Springs foundation. He will leave Washington Nov. 24. j now to follow up the elixir in th Mr. Roosevelt indicated the special j homes and seizing the remainine session 1 of congress convening Nov. . contents o.f prescriptions which have 15 might necessitate his immediate j not been used,” Dr. Campbell said I “1 believe that every bit of the elixir I has been removed from the market. I I “As to criminal prosecution, ouiv ; veay limited penalties are provided! by the law—a fine of $200 for the 1 first offense, such as in this case ol and $300 for a second offeaise.Prose! 1 cation would have to be baed on the I return. MRS. WILLIAMS SUCCUMBS Adel, Ga., Oct. 22.—Mrs. W. Williams, 41, wife of a member the Adel News staff, died Friday Besides her husband, a daughter, technical -violation of sih'ippirVin tiv I 1 teretate commerce a misbranded product. * * -•■ Elaine, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs H. C. Jones, survive. MONEY SAVING Atlanta, Oct. 20. — Andrew J. Kingery, of Summit, Ga.. clerk of the Georgia Souse of Representa tives for the last eight years, re signed today to take over a position with a soft drink company. His resignation was tendered per sonally to Speaker Roy V. Harris of Augusta. Two veteran members of the house clerical staff immediately announced as candidates to succeed Kinrcrv. They are J. W. Roone of Irwinton journal clerk, and P. T. McCutcheon, Jr. of Heard court v, calendar clerk. Election of a new clerk will he one of the first official nct« of the house when it convenes with the senate on Thinkso-iving Day to begin the special fall legislative session. >OTH »ui d e i pc.. iOmlifnj -ft.frtsr non Prof\ World's largest sell'er. Ahtb G ftpl soggy—sealed in glass ,, P A | Y TOOTH P °WDER IHLUA Family Site The fastest-growing, tooth powder. A McKesson qual ity product ._y • . liBiaMMMBflMEWBMWaagBBW J At Your Dru* Store majority of the counties. He said the state is returning a total of 3 cents of the gas tax to the counties now—1 cent for roads, 1 for schools, and 1 for reimbursement of highway certificates. Mr. Reeves said there could be mo opposition to the proposed plan to make the state road maintenance program volun tary. Loss of the additional tax by the state highway board would leave the state unable to match federal funds, and thus decrease the federal aid, it was thought. „ ,, , , , . , , . Answering this argument, Tate ' 1TKlortalce ltVl ’ s hpa ^'>’ n1 '- I Wright, Athens, executive secretary, I said that the present tendency is to the counties nr* | make the counties the road building ligation Mr. Mabbeys now maintaining nine times as manv miles of road as is the state. He paid the qv-,to rei- -f n-- : rifnH the •ounty roads as well ns the counties. Tn atirin.r tbp additional one-cent gaaetiae tnv allocation. Mr. Mathews paid that "'hen, ti-c tav was 3 cents, the counties reeeived 1 cent: now whew It's 0 certs the counties' should receiving 2 cents, instead of just 1 tent. A question of whether federal aid would be decreased should the state highway de.martment lose the addi tional 1 cent to the counties was brought up T. G. Reeves. Muscotree units for secondary farm-to-market road's. The -funds would be allocated to states and the states can deal with the county governments as road building units, in the same manner as the United States now supervisee the state’s expenditure of money. L. L. Brown, state legislator from Peach county, said the proposed “op tional” plan for the counties to hold the 1-cent tax and do their own road work was a “jiker.” It is an effort to do indirectly what they are trying •.o do directly,” Mr. Brown said, since it would force all counties to "choose” to have the statement main- and live n£UJ Left—6 mules, 3 men, 1 grader . . • slow work. Below—“Caterpillar” Diesel Auto « Patrol grading and pulling another Fast work, low cost. county chairman. Mr. Reeves spoke tain the road. against returning the additional tax ! State Representative Savaee of to the county, but did not vote Doghenty county gave o short talk against it, declaring Mnscogee coun- on the present tendencies of the ty would do what was best for tiie legislature. 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