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PAIGE FOUR
THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MAY 5, 1938,
The Butler Herald
Established in 1676
Entered at the Post Office at Butler,
Georgia as Mail Matter of Second
Class.
C. E. Benns, Editor and Owner
Chos. Bonins, Jr., Managing Editor
0. E. Cox, Publisher & Bus. Mgr.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TAYLOR CO
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hundred Copies.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.60 A YEAR
Hugh Howell nailed down three DAY LONG TO BE REMEMBERED CRACKERLAND IN WA»m.,u.O*.
sound planks in his platform for i •
governor in his opening speech, • On Wednesday oi last week as we
Thursday night, to-wit: Reduction ot motored over many miles of
taxes and opposition to any more . Georgia's splendidly paved highways
taxes; reduction! of overhead in the keeping in touch with the Wash.ng-
Nothing contributes more toward
alleviating domestic stoims tnan a
clear conscience.
No wonder the Turks are a hearty
buncu. a medical examination before
iniarr.age is compulsory in Turkey.
There is not the slightest possi
bility nuit Governor lovers will op
pose Senator George, but stand lor
re-election to the governorship witn
Hon. Hugh Howell a strong oppon
ent.
The Telfair Enterprise says train
up a child in the way lie should go,
then when he gets old und dies the
editor won't feel like a hypocrite
writing nice things about him in his
funeral notice.
Preliminary conditions that pre
ceded successful oil wells in other
oil fields have 'been satisfied in!
southeast Georgia, C. W. Deming 1
said in an addTess Friday before (
the Waycross Kiwanis Club.
The Herald editor is under obliga
tion to Dr. Guy H. Wells, President
of this fine institution of learning,
for an invitation to attend the Man
sion Centennial Celebration, Georgia
State College for Women, on Friday,
May 13th.
The Waycross Journal has learned,
as has the people throughout the
length and' breadth of Georgia, that
Butler 'begun paving the 'streets in
the business section, as one item in
the big program of civic improve
ments planned by (Mayor Gorman
and 1 'members of his official family,
for this city during the Spring and
early Summer.
The Dooly 'County Citizen, .merged
on April 16th with the Byromville |
Herald, published the first edition of
the combined papers at Vienna last j
week. Boyd Ellison is editor and ,
Clyde C. Morris publisher. From the j
general variety of news, local, state
and national, and liberal advertising ,
patronage, there is every indication
that the venture will be a success.
They have the Herald’s best wishes. I
Congressman Pace informed the
Columibus chamber of commerce dur
ing the week that he had discussed
the matter of securing a CCC camp
for the Canyons with the federal
government, and the chances for
such, ini connection with creation of
a state park and instituting an
erosion-control program, were excel
lent. West Georgia is grateful to
the Congressman for his loyalty in
all matters concerning it.—Columbus
Ledger.
It was with much sorrow we re
ceived Saturday news of the death
of another valued friend in the per
son of Mr. Otto F. Bading, Georgia
director of re-employment for the
Department of Labor during the last
tiwo years of the Hoover administra
tion, previous to which time he was
Georgia and South Carolina repre
sentative of the Mergenthaler Lino
type Co., in which capacity he was a
frequent caller at this office ren
dering valuable assistance on each
occasion.
“Persiflage.” Boy, go fetch us old
Webster again, uuuley Glass, who
used the word thusly says; Charley
Benns, of the Butler Hei'aid, pens a
paragraph of persiflage about this
writer. He says doing a column or
two a d'ay is no work for us, because
thoughts flow out of us like water
over a mild dam. We’d like to have
Charley here at this moment to watch
the thoughts flow. We shucked our
coat at 8-15 a. m., put a paper in
the typewriter—and struck a snag.
It is now 11:45 and this is the first
bit we’ve started and we know even
better than you do that it‘s rotten.
Ho, hum! Gorgeous spring weather,
isn’t it? If the boss would provide
our sanctum with a chaise longue or
even an awny cot we think we’d take
a nap. i :
administration of old-age pensions, ’ ton-Georgia delegation headed by the
with administration by the counties, Honorable Jas. A. barley, the
andthe placing of all eligible persons greatest Postmaster General this
on the pension rolls; elimination of I country has ever known, we were
the driver’s license fee and payment J deeply impressed with toe wonderful
of the highway patrol from highway | spirit of civic improvements and lor-
funds, with the warning that, if this ward step agriculturally throughout
fee is retained, it probably will be j the sections visited starting at Mc-
increased from time to time, just as Rae and ending at Fitzgerald. At
the gasoline tax was hiked when j ILuvkinsville the R. J. Taylor Me-
more funds were required.—Tilton I moual Hospital, which is to be
Gazette. < formally opened on June 15th, and
. ; the new postoffice building attracted
Editor Milton Fleetwood, promi- j much attention, but perhaps none
nently mentioned some weeks 'ago us 1 greater than its clean streets and
a probable candidate for Governor, I general improvement taking place in
but disappointing us on that score, 1 both business and residential aec-
comes out strong for Hugh Howell in tions. The sarno was true as to civic
his Cartersville paper in which he interest manifested by the people of
says: "The trend is toward a state-1 Eastman, McRae, Abbeville, Cordele,
wide support for Hugh Howell. He . Fitzgerald' and a number of smaller
is the one candidate for Governor points. Speaking briefly of the re-
who is offering a haven for the tax
payers, and those who hope to have a
job and prosper in Georgia. It
would seem that such a program as
Hugh Howell offers should prove at
tractive enough to the people of
Georgia to 'land 1 him in the Gover
nor’s chair. The Tribune-News be
lieves he will receive the largest
vote in the September primary ever
given a candidate for this office.”
Last week’s issue of The Lavonia
Times, Rush Burton’s fine weekly,
was edited throughout, and a dou
ble-size edition, by the students of
the Henry W. Grady School of Jour
nalism, University of Georgia, which
reflected great credit to the enter
prising spirit of Editor Burton, as
well as to the school of which Dr.
John E. Drewery is director. Editors
for this splendid special edition in
cluded Ralph Rice, of Woodland;
Miss Dean Nowell, of Augusta; Ed
win Rogers, of Ashlbum; Miss iMar-
garett Beasley, of Atlanta; 'Mrs.
Nancy Branyon, of Atlanta; and A.
Lynne Brarenen, Jr., of Athens.
Congratulations to each of you and
to whom we shall expect great suc
cess in the journalistic field in fu
ture years.
ception given the Farley party it. was
beyond expectation f\.r at every
point visited they were greeted 'by
masses of people who gave great ac
claim to their presence and decorated
the towns in their honor. The formal
exercises, dedicating new postoffice
buildings at McRae, Fitzgerald,
Milieu and Vtdalia were well planned
and heartily entered' into by a score
of public officials and citizens of the
respective towns. The banquet, at
Fitzgerald Wednesday night honor
ing General Farley was an outstand
ing feature of entertainment during
the day. The 370 banquet tickets at
$1.50 each were sold tat least ten
days in advance causing hundreds to
be turned away anxiously seeking 'ad
mission. The public exercises at Mar
tin Theatre preceding .the banquet
was .attended by approximately 1500
people. During the day’s itinerary
General Farley addressed 21 separate
audiences, each address differing
somewhat, but in general an appeal
to the people to co-operate with
their government—state and nation
—in their broad programs of bene
fits to all, looking to the future with
confidence and assurance of an era
of prosperity now dawning such as
never before known in this country.
The party included, besides General
Farley, Senators George and Russell,
Hon. L. W. Roberts, secretary of the
National Democratic Executive Com-
The new Tattnall county prison at
Reidsville, which is to be visited by
members of the Georgia Press As
sedation on June 10th, was built ' mittee, Second Assistant^ Postmaster
with Federal funds and' is said to
be one of the finest in America. The
funds were secured from the Federal. . ,
government through the activities ot | ofTicials ’ At h ' S , h °7 t0Wn '
General Hariee Branch, Congressman
Hugh Peterson, Gov. E. D. Rivers
i and more than a dozen other public
Hugh Howell, who was commissioned
by the Georgia authorities to act in
their behalf. It was made possible as
a result of a series of conferences
with Secretary of the Interior, ME
Ickes, and other governmental rep
resentatives in Washington. It is
said that Mr. Howell made more than
twenty trips to Washington at his
own expense in order to secure what
is proving to be a modern prison
for Georgia.
We are frequently questioned as to
the possibility of Butler securing a
new postoffice building erected by
the government through the aid of
our Representative in Washington.
For them to do so,—and we are con
fident they would were it possible—
the postal receipts of this office
•nukl have to be increased several I duced in county. The Burke
hundred dollars annually. The pres-1 faI,mers consider this as one of their
ent rules concerning the construction cash cr °l ,s £Uld ‘ a lar £ e number of
this
ex-Governor Eugene Talmadge, was
sighted in the 1 cheering crowd, was
invited by General Farley and seated
in 1 the grand stand with the visitors.
Our immediate party was composed
of Hon. Frank Chappell, postmaster
at Americus; Hon. / Jas. A. Hart,
postmaster at Ellavile; Hon. Ch-as.
C. Wall, of EHaville, prominent of
ficial of the Rural- Letter Carrier’s
Association, anti in whose car our
party traveled 1 ; Hon. W. M. Mathews
of Butler, popular member of the n.
F. D. Association; and yours truly.
To Editors Gelders and Pryor of
Fitzgerald, we also extend thanks
for many courtesies shown us and
our party.
It is said that one-third of the
state’s annual cowpea crop is pro-
\of postoffice buildings limits con
sideration to officers having receipts
of $10,000 per year and above. Re-
, ceipts for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1937 amounted to $5,058.79,
far from the required amount. If in
some way the receipts can be in
creased to $10,000, we might have
some chance to secure a building,
I but there is little that can be done
I as lone- as the receipts are under that
. amount.
People who think that Georgia
soil has been worn to a frazzle and Editor of
farmers planted cowpeas for
purpose last year.
We got ini late at a picture show
while a Big Apple dance was feeing
shown. We thought it was a news
reel of a party at an asylum until
the reel was re-run and 1 we had an
opportunity to read the announce
ment that preceded it.
is no longer worth the time and ex
pense of being cultivated, should
study .the results of intensive farm-
ing which has been adopted by a few
who are making their occupation
profitable. Although Texas has land
, which is naturally more fertile than
Georgia soil the statistics prove that
the lint production in this state is
I greater than that of Texas. A farm-
( er (living within half a mile of Ten-
nille has produced 1 .eleven hundred
j bushels of com on 15 acres, which is
an average of more than 80 bushels
i per acre. A farm a few miles north
| of Sandensville has produced 60 bush
els of Wheat per acre, and' excellent
yields of oats and com. All that is
necessary is to properly prepare,
fertilize and cultivate Georgia soil in
order to obtain profitable results.—
Sandersville Progress.
We felt greatly disappointed when
advised that Hon. Folks Huxford,
Clerk of Court of Clinch County, and
the Clinch County News,
which he has for a number of years
published at Homerville, had been a
guest in the home of one of Butler's
most prominent families, yet failing
to find time to drop by and say
howdy. Nevertheless we appreciate a
card from him in which, in referring
to the recent revival in Butler, he
says: “I rejoice greatly at the won
derful revival spirit present in and
around Butter. It is a visitation of
the Holy (Ghost in a community way.
The duration of His presence in such
power depends on the way religious
leaders receive Him and co-operate
in the carrying on of the work of
evangelism. Their failure to do so is
the reason revivals soon seem to be
Vvet in so many instances. I want
you to do all you can to further the
great movement and to spend much
time on your knees.”
By Ralph Smith, Atlanta Journal’s
Washington Correspondent
Couriers returning from Cracker-
land bring inueriiute, unconvincing
reports of political development (it
any) attending Postmaster General
Farley’s tour of South Georgia. . . .
It is appropriate to describe the na
tional chairman’s visit as novel,
spectacular and triumphant ... It
was all of these, but it was disap
pointing because it incubated neither
inkling nor intimation calculated to
appease the curiosity of the Cranker
Colony in Washington about the
plans and purposes of Gov. Rivers.
So, I repeat, the couriers, includ
ing among others, Senators George
and 1 Russell and Congressmen Peter
son and Pace, returned to Washing
ton empty-handed of information.
. . . Nobody knows w'hat is in the
mind of Ed Rivers, and every one
here would like to know.
speculation ami surmise are the
life .moot! oi politics, so surmise said
tne visit of Jam barley, Democratic
national cnairman, to Georgia, would
be a determining factor in Georgia
politics. Following closely on the
heels of President Roosevelt's so
journ at Warm Springs, it was
thought Farley’s unusual automobile
tour of the state fould bring definite
results.
But Farley fooled ’em. He fooled
’em completely. No less the city-
broke politicians in Savannah than
the country-kind in the villages and
smaller cities included in his
itinerary: . . . Meeting face to face,
j in groups and separately, Gov. Rivers
Sen. George, Sen. Russell, Congress
man Peterson, Congressman Pace and
Ex-Governor Talmadge, the national
chairman said nary a word or winked
nary a wink that gave the slightest
I intimtiion of how he feels about the
, “senatorial situation” in Crackerland.
For 'Governor Rivers a cordial
I handshake and 1 high praise; for Sen.
George a pat on the back and ex
pressions of admiration; for Senator
Russell a feeling of friendly inti
macy and commendatory words; for
Hugh Peterson no less, and the same
for Steve Pace.
And for Ex-Governor Talmadge—
’Gene himself in person and! in the
flesh—a 'hearty welcome with recol
lections of former associations on the
Democratic national committee.
Verily, Postmaster General Far
ley played- no favorites. Nor were
there any private or off-the-record
conferences and understandings. No
deals, no evidence of a deal.
And in the long automobile journey
from Savannah to Fitzgerald, Post
master General Farley Shared the
back seat of the big open touring
car with Governor Rivers, Senator
George, Senator Russell and Con
gressman Peterson.
It was a long trip, too—a test in
endurance, stamina—with stops of
varying lengths at more towns than
any cabinet officer ever before or i(
likely to do in the future:
Pooler, Bloomingdale, Eden, Stil
son, Statesboro, Brooklet, iMillen,
Garfield, Summit, Graymont, Swains
boro, Oak Park, Lyons, Vidalia, Ailey
Mb Vernon-, Glenwood 1 , Alamo, Mc
Rae, Rhone, Abbeville and Fitzgerald,
It was, indeed, a real field day for
Hugh Peterson, whose congressional
district the greater part of the tour
traversed. Hugh is a fellow who gets
about a good deal, in season and out,
but rarely, if ever, had he covered
so much territory in lias own baili
wick as he did in company with Na
tional Chairman Farley, 'Governor
Rivers and the Georgia senators.
But none of the returning couriers,
I revert and repeat, brought back to
Washington- any inkling or intimation
on what’s in Ed Rivers’ mind. He is
an enigma, or perhaps, it’s fairer to
say, his course of action is a puzzle
—as much so today as a monitlK ago.
Governor Rivers’ continued silence
in face of many “adversities in ad
vance announcements” that have
failed 'to materialize, has the Cracker
Colony in Washington guessing more
today than ever. You can hear many
things, almost anything -about -his
plans and purposes . . . “He’s going
to run for governor; he is sure to
cast his hat into the senatorial ring;
he is—and this is the latest—await
ing ‘word’ from Florida.” These are
among the commonest things one
hears about Georgia politics.
And with as much apparent foun
dation in fact as the “100 per cent
true” prediction that in -his radio
address last Saturday night he would
announce his candidacy for re-elec
tion as governor.
The latest report—“he i« waiting
‘word’ from Florida”—is earmarked
with plausibility, at any rate. .
| The ‘word,’ you understand, J« the
I result of the Florida senatorial pri-
. mary.
* Claude Pepper gain# a victory
in the first primary in a field of five
contestants, Gov. Rivers, so sayetih |
the report, will make the race for the
U. S. Senate. If, on the other hand, ‘
Pepper ahs a close call and is forced
into a run-off, why! Rivers’ ardor
for a senatorial contest in Georgia
will dampen appreciably. j
Pepper, ibe it known, is carrying
tiie Roosevelt banner in the Florida
primary. He is running as a 100 per
cent New Dealer—running on his
own, as it were, in face of forces de
termined, if possible, to rebuke
Roosevelt. I
A Pepper victory will be ac-1
claimed properly a .triumph for
Roosevelt . . . and since there is a
striking similarity between Florida
Crackers and Georgia Crackers, it
does seem a reasonable assumption
that as Florida votes on the Roose- 1
velt issue so might Georgia be ex
pected to vote, other things being
equal.
ON MANY FRONTS
If we were to ask ourselves on
how many fronts is Georgia making
progress we would ibe sure to men
tion education, public health, rural
electrification, tourist attraction,
highways, reforestation, development
of the livestock industry.
We would not intimate that such
a list .is complete, but surely it is
encouraging.
We are moving forward in 'Geor
gia. We are big enough to be mov
ing forward along more than one
line.
iMore important, having put our
hands to the plow it is not probable
that we will look nackward.- -Way-
cross Journal,
Value of education, as seen by the
publisher of the Monroe Advertiser;
“If a man has no education so far
as books go, and yet realizes what
an education may mean to his chil
dren, he is to that extent a wise .man.
Hard times ought not to persuade
him to put children to work during
the days when they ought to be in
school, if there is any way to avoid
such -a course. Parents can make no
sacrifice more beneficial to their chil
dren than that by which they enable
them to secure an education. White
many have succeeded without school
train ! ng, such 1 an accomplishment is
harder than it used to be.”
THE LOVE OF MONEY
From the Newman Herald;
The longer a man lives the more
firmly he becomes convinced of the
truthfulness of the old adage that 1
“Money is the root of all evil.” p ut
he can't figure out what it is abo-1!
money that causes men to commit
crimes and do heartless things to g e t.
it.
As the average Newnan man sees
it there is some excuse for a person
stealing who is hungry or whose
family is hungry and he cannot get
work. But there is no excuse on earth
for anyone else doing so. Today this
countr's .greatest weak spot lies in
the fact that it has too many big
business men ready to crash com- j
petitors merely for the sake of a<y. i
ing to their already large fortunes' j
too many men with more money
ready than they can use .grinding]
down their employes, or working
women and children at starvation
wages. How fortunes accumulated by 1
such means can bring happiness or
satisfaction, to anyone is past under
standing, and yet America possesses
many so-called law-abiding citizens
engaged in doing those very things,
It is difficult to understand why I
anyone wants any more money than
enough to Live in comfort, to be able
to buy thing® desired, to do the
thing® one wants to do, to educate
one’s children and be assured of a ]
competence on which to live when oW
age comes on. The fact that they
can’t take their money with them |
when they pass on doesn’t'seem to
deter thousands of men from violat
ing the law®—both civil and moral—
by grasping for more than they need
or will ever be able to make use ol
in the event they get it. Teach your
boy these thing® .and you will ,be lay
ing the foundation- for his future
happiness.
“If war is hell, what is the auto
mobile?” aSks Editor Hilton of the
Banks County Journal, in recounting
the death toil .for the past fifteen
years being placed at 441,912.
You can't contribute to a drive-
safely campaign by operating a car
without adequate brakes and lights.
The trouble about safety is that
every automobile driveT thinks the
rules apply to the other fellow.—
Liston Elkins.
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Chilean Nitrate is valuable not only as a source of nitrogen,
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