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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLEB GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 4, 1937.
The Butler Herald
Established in 1S76
Bntered at the Post Office at BuJer,
Georgia as Mail Matter o' Second
Class.
C. E. BENN6, Editor and Owner
0. E, COX, Business Manager
R. B. IURKSEY, Shop Supt.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TAYLOR CO
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hundred Copies.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 A YEAR
The Rpooke paid' thdr annual visit
to many homes in But'Ier Saturday
night.
The rooi'chants of Butler wvuili be
Bunprinod just how much trade they
lose 'through
bouses.
various 'mail order
Of course a man has a right to
the 'bast of everything—as long as
he pays for it with honestly acquiree
money.
Pointed Paragraph says truthfully
To <go to a friend for advice, a
stranger for charity and to a rela
tive for nothing.
In attempting to describe a cer
tain very inefficient housekeeper a
Vocal' woman was heard to' say. "Her
house is the only place I wtas ewer in
that I <xiuM track dirt froan the in
side to the ortt of doors." a
The money being ipaid to old age
pore! one ns, dependent chil/dirciv and
the needy blind is serving a useful
purpose. It is speart for food, cloth
ing, fuel and to pay debts. Praotv
rally none of the money is wasted.
None of it is hoarded. It is put into
the channels of 'business.
The jubilant spirit of Carl Roun
tree, -who writes an interesting fea
ture column in the WnglJisville
Headlight, is manifested in the fol
lowing: “The bridge is going up, tnc
Jeff Davis is being built, the post
office has been started, the Fa r is
on next week, cotton is about oilft
the Route 15 work has been, complet
ed, the work in the city on the Bee
Line streets is ready to go, some
now houses are going up, the county
will soon start a contract on the Kite
road er.lrl of the Bee Line and Christ
mas is coming.”
May wo ever so live that when
the end of oiur journey has been
readied' it may be said of us as
does the Cord'ole Dispatch in its
tribute to one of Cordcle’s worthy
citizens in his passing: “One of the
ftmast citizens Cordele ever hod
passed away recently when Mr. J. M.
Diffee fell asleep. His death was a
great loss to the community. Such
men as Mr. Diffee are always a
groat asset to the city in which they
live and their departure causes such
pain and a feeling of profound sor
row to oppress his friends and
loved ones throughout the city
where ho lived so worthily for so
long.”
A perfect husband is one "ho
thinks he has a perfect wife—so
state* the Timcs-Union. But then we
all know there is no such a thing as
a perfeot husband, so wthy try to
describe him?
The Dawson News gives this ex
ample of -why "I am my brother's
keeper”: “Are we our ‘brother's
keeper? Whether wo .realize it or
not, wo are. One example; we quar
antine a homo at the outbreak of
soimie communicable disease, in ordei
that the disease may not become
wide-spread."
Our County Agent, Mr. W. I'.
Bembry, aind Home Demonstration
Agent, Miss Willie Leggitt, -are do
ing a wonderful work, the value of
which cannot be estimated in dollars
ami cents. They are building our
future citizens and are preparing
them to take our places, and should
have the hearty co-operation of all
our people.
i
AW hearts were deeply saddened
by the shocking news of the death
of Mr. Omar Hall, operator of *
piictare show at Fort Valley, the re
suit of burns Friday night wlien the
paraphernalia burst into fl'.'ames, also
the serious bums suffered by Mr,
Bryant Williams, the manager, who
went to his rescue. Such a tragedy
is deplorable not only to the indi
viduals but to the community at
large.
A. Belmont Dennis, editor of the
Covington Nows and publisher of the
Georgia Market Bulletin, is install
ing a big rotary press—one that
as large as those used by daily pa
pers. with a apeed of 72,00(1 copies
an hour, it will be able to run off the
average weekly in a hurry. Mr. Den
mis says that he is going to put his
paper on the press, start tine motor
and nun Eke everything for the stop
switch.
The voice off the people has been
heard. The former plan for the state
to take over the public roads under
a mandatory act has been, changed
whereby the counlies may consent
if the so desire, for this being dc.ne,
or may continue under the old- plan
if they so desire. There can he no
objection to this plan .under which
Taylor county will (remain as at
presort, which is proving most satis
factory to our people.
Those of our local readers who re
member Mr. V. I. Butt, for many
yeaTs one of our leading citizens
and cashier of the local bank, will
recognize in him the spirit manifest
ed in the following paragraph
c’i-rvd from his North Georgia
weekly newspaper: “Don't you hate
to meet someone who -has nothing
but a tale of woe to dish out—telll-
dng you how hard times are, and
th'e misfortunes and alia of his
family for the .past five years?
Everybody’s got troubles of their
own and don't want to hear the
c‘ b-vr person's grunts and growls.
Tell ua something to make us smile.
If you can't do that, just, say
"Howdy" and pass on.”
Jerome Jones, Editor of the Jour
nal of Labor, gives us this good les
son to follow: “Our good Methodist
brethren are still debating the ques
tion of unity. To merge or not merge
is a business issue. We note, tOb,
that other denominations are con
sidering the same thing. Some tat*
we understand, of tire episcopalian!
ind Presbyterians making overtures
We will try to remember our place
nnul not seek to tell these what they
should or should not do. We like to
say that in unity there is strength
yet we will adlmiit that unity means
something more than being together.
There is no such thing as unity ol
oil and water, we are told. And
many a person has learned alii too
late that there is no unity in fire
Mid gasoline. Still, it does appear to
a mere onwiooknr that the church ns
weakening itself by its several da
visions.”
Tributes are stilll being paid to
those kindly and faithful servants
jf pre-war days when labor troubles
on fawns, large or small, were nevei
thought of and there was greater
consideration, one for the other
among white and' black, than we fear
there is today. “iM. K. G. in the
Jones County News, describes that
feeling of respect we still hold for
the old! servant as follows: “We are
made to feel the love for ex-slaves
which tnue Southerners have always
cherished for them. Soon the genera
tion will "have passed away, and
that feeling will come no more to
those coming on the stage now.
Black Mammy, the nurse, and trust
ed uncle Pete, the carriage driver,
will be numbered among the things
of the forgotten past. Glad that we
were reared on the farm, were ac
customed to go into the. cabins
around the back yard, learn negro
life in slavery time. The'r friendship
especially in times of sickness. When
death comes, there is something that
ever wars the hearts of whites to
people who have been servants.”
CONGRESSMAN’S PLAN
TO VISIT CAVES
Columlbus Ledger:
The announgcnnenit of Congressman
Steven Pace that he will visit Provi
dence Oaves, Georgia’s “Li tie Gran<l
Canyon, 1 ’ in Stewart county before
he returns to Washington this
month, that he might be able intel
ligently to formulate his plans in re
gard io the proposal that it be con
verted into a national park, is a
highly encouraging development in
the important; movement launched
last week by The Enquirer.
The Third district’s representative
in congress' has well proven himself
a man of splendid ability, keenly
active in working for -the interests
of his constituency in the national
capital as wo’ll as employing proce
dure of am cffeltive character. His
airport of the project will lend
much promise and assurance of its
success.
We are confident that in whatever
lie does, lie will have the active sup-
port of Senators George and Russell-
The senators like the congressman,
have always revealed 'themselves as
greatly interested in pub lie affairs
of tile state, and a matter of such
widespread interest as this will! un
doubtedly elicit their ready assis
tance.
The whole o.f Stewart countv
soenvs to he actively interested in
tlur proposal. Many of its enterpris
ing leaders have cane forth strongly
and enthusiastically in its support.
Fortunately, the region lias one oi
thermost alert and wide-awake civic
organizations in the entire state—
the Lions ctlub of Lumpkin, which in
cludes in its membership also prom
inent citizens of Richland. It acts aa
a sort of chamber of commerce foi
the counity and its communities.
This club will hold a “council ot
war” tonight, when the park pro
posal will be given a thorough dis
cussion and resolutions presented for
adoption, that an official statement
from the organization itself may be
presented to the various governmen
tal authorities, thus adding it?
strong petition to the requests be-
iiig made for the public park or re
serve.
The enterprise constitutes amothei
splendid opportunity to make an ap
peal if or tourists to come into th«
section, to pass through tire Chatta
hoochee Valley on their way to
Florida, the Atlantic coast or the
Gulf, and to stop in the territory
and visit the interesting {mints
thereof. It 'would add itself to tno
already formidable list of the little
White House, Fort Benning and
Pine Mountain Valley Rural Com
munity. Any of these .three is worth
traveling hundreds of miles to see,
and now this natural womiie.r o.1
marvellous beauty—the “Royal Gorge
of the Chattahoochee Valley”—con
verted into a state and national
park, with roads and trails and
other facilities provided, would
bring into being a fourth tourist at
traction of a notable character.
Manifestly, the opportunity con
tained is a tremendous one. The po
tential value of the pank project is
indeed large. It verily seems the
canyons were put there by Nature
to become one of tire “Big Four” ol
the section/® tourist attractions. A
highly concerted effort should be
made—and is 'being made—to bring
about tlie Cave’s development.
THE HARDY TRINITY
THE CARELESS AND
INDIFFERENT
Dear Editor of he Herald:
If you have space, I would like to
say a few words in regards to toms
From The Savannah Press:
There will be very general regret
not alone among members of the
newspaper fraternity but am. ng
others who know him well, because people being so careless. You can
of the accident to Albert S. Hardy se families of people,, hundreds oJ
of the Gainesville News. He was them, some of them good moral peo-
hurt in an automobile accident en pie; some of them sinful; some ol
route from Washington-. His injuries them good neighbors, and some
are serious.
j them church
Friends o.f Mr. Hardy avd of hi a
brothers in Georgia recall that a
few yeans ago Ben H. Hardy ot
Bameswille, a brother of the one just
hurt, was badly injured in an auto
mobile accident when returning from
a visit outside the state. Bon H.
Hardy is editor of the Bamesvillo
News-Gazette.
There is a Hardy trinity in Geor
gia, brothers and editors and! all
popular with the members of the
profession in the state. They are Al
bert S. Hardy, Sr., who has just
, been hurt; Ben ^ardy and J. B.
i Hardy, the latter being publ'sher ot
i Hie Thomnaston Times. So far he 1ms
escaped the automobile juggernaut j^ e
1 and it is hoped he will not ibe tho
next victim.
The injuries to Albert S. Hardy,
Sr., come at a time that is particu
larly unfortunate. He has been very
members, who don’t
care what church it Is. Maybe they
will tell that they believe there aro
good people in all churches, and
BOB JONES
OMMENTS
ON
here „„
HEREAFTER.
Mr. Drummond said in substance
“A Christian is always a gentleman."
Mr. Drummond was right. The most
refining influence that can come inu
they seem to think that just so they j human heart is the grace of God.
belong to a church they are alright, 1° be genuinely courteous a man must
They wofl t read the Bible enough to j be unselfish. Christianity produces
know any better, but just go ahead j unselfishness. Selfish men are sinful
men. Christianity produces warmth.
A warm heart usually does natuiall^
the generous, hospitable and courle.
ous thing. The writefknows a num.
living their time out; don't seem to
care for anything only life. Maybe
ninety out of a hundred, both old and
young are drifting toward 1 hell, but , ....
when, one gets sick or dies, the take ^ ° £ .outstandmg, technical,
1 professing Christians who are exceed-
ingly pious in their language and
cold
it so hard. They don’t seem to give
it much thought, though the whole
family is ’drifting toward a burning 1
theological terms, but who are
, „ . , .. and critical in their attitude toward
hell. Those young people are follow- ,
,, ,, m people. They are not approachabv
mg the old peonle and all they seem 11 . d ' >e -
, iU ,„ There is something wrong with suci
to be looking for is plenty in this
If all those families would actually
realize that they are on the way to
bell, and their fathers and 1 mothers
are leading the way, they would
change their attitude. You cannot
people. Christ was approachable. Any.
body could get to Him. Little babies
dung to His garments. Sinners of (fi«
underworld recognized Him as their
friend and bathed His feet with their
tears. We can not be like Christ by
the power of our own resolution or
alert in making plans for the vis t teU what they believe, or whether by uny effort of our wm , but we cal
of President Roosevelt to Ga mcsviUe tbey be ,i,: eve anything or not. They not fellowship with Christ wit),out to
must be unbelievers to some extent, gome extent at least becoming {ifo
the latter part of November. His
injuries will cut down his activity or they would wake up to a sense of
as a member of the committee pre- their condition and duty and try to
paring for the coining of the chiel change their course, and also try to
executive, hut it is hoped he will keep their children away from hell,
have recovered in time to greet the t: f ; t woro possible for people to
IkSffdent upon tlie occasion of nis realize just what it means for one
visit to Gainesville. ' of their family to be lost they would
Him. His heart was warm and tendor.
Beware of Christians who know none
of His tenderness. .
regretted by those who know them.
Jesus taught that some day peopfe
will come to Him and say in sub.
stance, “Don’t you know us. We cast
The H'ardy trinity is most popu- bo more particular about where they j out devils in your name. We did many
lar in Georgia, and that the second are drifting. O it seems that it would wonderful works in your name.” Am
of tlie three brothers should meet be almost unbearable to known of a He will say, “I never knew you.” It is
with an automobile accident is much truth that one of our children was possible to be deceived about otu
doomed for hell. Christ said for us salvation. We will have many sur.
not to grieve after him, but grieve' prises in heaven. It is the opinion ol
after ourselves and' our children. 1 . the writer that we are going to mis*
would be so glad that people could some of these cold, technical, dead,
realize tlnat there is a God, and cynical, professing Christians vrh*
that they would turn to him and live now hold high seats in the sanctuary,
before it is everlastingly too late. I This is no reflection upon professing
O people, wake up! For Go<1 is Christians, Many of them are sincere
going to do what lie says. Don’t "arm, and consecrated. Men are not
listen, to all sorts of fables, but read saved by what they do, but salvation
his word, repent of your sins and j the human heart always produce*
follow him, not man do as he says. ; certain definite results. Paul, before
for lie says, if any of you lack wis- bfc met Jesus on the Damascus road,
And if there is anything you don’t ! wanted to MU everybody who was a
understand, ask of him, not of man, Christian. After he was converted iw
dom, lot him ask of God, that giveth
hear t, 0 ajj men liberally and umbradeth
III a ilengthy amt illuminating edi
torial on the evils of “liquor,” Eidn-
tor J. H. Clarke, of tlie Monroe
Advertiser, fires tliis broadside in
the opening paragraph: “Linker, thf
curse from the ancients, the dis
tillate of evil iminds back in days ol
barbarism, galley slaves and walled
cities, lias come down throunh the
ages from civilization to civilization,
from generation to generat'ioin, from
nialbion to nation, among heathens
and Christians, piaupcrs and rich,
ruled and ruling, with it begil 4 '
smile, its false cheer, its insidious
appeal, its insatiate desire, inflam
ing passions and creating crime and
disease. From tlie dlark ages it has
bro.Uight its wreak cif curses, its
stabs of cruelty, its deafness to
mercy, its 'plying of hate, its anguisti
of heairts, ids cries of horror, its
moans of sorrow, its pains of hun
ger, its marks o.f poverty, its fad
ings cf hope, iits bloating of bodies. J
its contortions of minds and oecome |
the one scourging blight on human
happiness, a plague more appalling '
on the sorts and bodies of people I
WAY DOWN IN GEORGIE
By Guy V. Roberta
Evening Meditation
Beyond 1 those isunseit hills, dear,
I hear there’ll' be life anew,
With He iwho planned it all,
Let me live that life with you?
Disappointment® all forgotten,
No days forlorn and hliue,
In a little iiouse .with roses,
Shall I live up there with you?
Refashioned there, they say,
And -given pulsing life anew—
Sometimes in dreams I see it,
A cottage there with you!
No looking out of the .window,
When days are drab and' blue,
'Twill be unclouded always,—
Shall I -live up there "Tilth you?
Our dreams are often lost,
In this land of hope and sigh,
They say that they .will not happen
Iin that land of by and by I
A little house wiibh roses,
And no sorrow breaking through;
A sinner's prayer is this, dear,
That I’ll live up there with you!
BY J. R. D.
The human tongue exposes the
hidden c-haraoter. It broadcasts the
contents of the heart and mind, that
returns not. In conversing with
striungera we quickly grasp an idea
of that diameter. The controlled
tongue obtains respect, at home and
abroad. But there is no respect for
a slack tongue. Honor to whom hon
or is due. Both the clean and 1 defiled
tongue has influence to promote
degrade. What we odder ones
today is soon forgotten.. But what not; and it shall be given him."
we heard in childhood can never be (James 1:5). Read the Bible and do
forgotten. Sometimes we hear men what it says. If it says that you must
tell smutty tales in the (presence ot be born of the water and of the spir-
children—a burden for them to en- it, believe it and obey it. If it says
culture tlie remainder of life.A child to clothe the naked, do that If it
can never forget or resipect one who aays to wash oue anothor - s , feet( do
poisoned their minds. We reap what that. IX it says to pray without ceas .
we sow. We owe to the future gen- ing, do that, and if it says to sup-
erafcion on example that will assist port the gospel do that. If you wifi
in promoting, and' not to lower their do what he says you will have treas-
Standard. For no generation can
thrive without God. Much encourage- j
meivt He gives to ill who obeys His |
commands, Hob. 8:10, and I will oe I
to them a God', ami they shall l>e to
me a people. God is man’s only
shield. Today there should be im
pressed on the minds of the rising
generations tlie importance of se
lecting men who are to reign over
our future descendants. When the
righteous are in authority the people
rejoice. But wfi-=i the wicked bear
rule the peerte mourn. Frobabiy
some wicked rulers have net only
'imposed on V'ul own people, but strife
Midi destrucV/Mi he pours out on oth-
»r natins. .'fin is the father of malice
<nd war. Go day one of the earth’*
•ldest nations, with a population
bat has no oaual. There generations
after generations have lived in peace
imd harmony .
While this great mass of people
/or years have peacefully slept fear
ing no h sum, under blue skies
isothed at midnight hour from pen-
tie rays of a silver moon,thr.t prints
pictures of beauty on every stream
and meadow. But beyond deep seas
is an enemy planning for their de
struction. Life and property genera
tions for thousands of years have
toiled to obtain. There is something
wrong that creates such malice, hat
red and uproar in the heart® and
minds of men. The voice of Je®ua
calms the disturbed 1 seas. Love for
ouir feUowman destroys the spirit ot
war.
Once our Saviour fell in the hands
of blood thirsty men- God in His
wisdom allowed them to satisfy fiheiT
desires. Today malice, hatred and
jealousy grows so strong in the
hearts and minds of unmerciful rut-
him your doom is eternal death.
—Mils. Lokie Rogers.
A young man who recently re
turned from visiting relatives in a
city where a labor dispute was ir
progress learned in court thalt the
world did not owe him a living. When
apprehended in the act of burglariz
ing a gasoline station he sullleniy in
formed officers that it was no sin tc
rob a large oil company. In this
particular instance, years of splen
did 1 home training were cast asioe
after an adolescent boy had wit
nessed' the violence and hatreds that
accompanies the labor dispute. Th<
sons of rich and poor alike' ehouffd
be carefully sirielded from sufcl
scenes, for they not only clause
youngsters to act in an anti-socdaJ
manner but tend to stimulate class
hatreds.
said in substance, “I wish all ol >ou
were just as I am except t Wouldn't
put these chains on you.” Before Co
was converted he hounded Christians.
After he was converted, he wept over
sinners. It does make a difference
when men meet Jesus Christ. If there
isn’t a difference between what a maa
was before he professed Christianilj
and what he is after he professe*
Christianity, then the man hadn't any
Christianity.
THANKFULNESS
Him thankful for the dawn of day,
For useful' iwork and buoyant play;
I’m thankful for the faith of friend*
For humble heart that condescends.
I’m thankful for the trees aWd
flowers,
For sapphire seas and cooling show
ers
Ita thankful for the world of books
For chanting birds and purling
brooks
I’im thankful for the sum at neon,
For silent stars and crescent moonl
I’m thankful for the gift of prayer
For blessings I can freely shaie.
I’m' thankful for the right to live,
For daily chance to serve and „ivo;
I’m thankful most to God above
For His protecting, perfect love.
—Greenville Kilciser.
It is remarkable what can be ac
complished when it comes to putting
a proposition over if some one be
comes interested in it and concen
trates upon it, and just goes ahead!
working, refusing to see the ob- J ens until it takes possession cf them. 1
staples and the hardships. There are They spring upon the help ers like a ]
few thurgs that will not yield to the. strong licm upon his prey. ]
persistent effort of an individual who If it was in the poweT of many
than alii other evil influences with j d oes not know what defeat is, and poor uneducated soldiers the nations
' does not know when he is licked. I of the earth would live in peace.
which humane contend.”