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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. LOOK SONNY, DEM BOYS IS PUTTIN' OUT NATCHEL SOPV/, Nothing takes the place of a good side dressing with Natural Chilean Nitrate of Soda — "Natchel Sody”, as Uncle Natchel calls it. Like children, crops need lots of food when they really start to grow. That’s why it is so important to side dress your crop with Natural Chilean Soda — to supply quick acting nitrogen just when it is needed. Chilean Nitrate is valuable not only as a source of nitrogen, but also to furnish or build up a reserve of small amounts of other plant food elements naturally blended with it. 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