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GEORGIA
R .L.C. COLUMN
GRAY
Edited by
MEEKS, Nicholls, Ga.
down the road
.f M. UjJ'b'’ • Eklmi.m r-Dircctoi
! vmerican Road Builders’ Assn.,
Washington, D. C.
unpretentious mail box on its
t by the side of the road symlbo-
, t ) ie romance of lejter writing.
. s i nC e frontier days letters have
, the wings of American civiliza-
, and the voice of its progress.
te rs have helped ibuild good citi-
'gbip, They have stimulated na-
I good will. They have experi-
I every method of travel from
, express and stage coach to
jn,lined train and plane. Ever
the first white settlements were
ishe on the shores of the New
letters have been dependent
ids to carry them to their des-
JTHE BUTLER HERALD. BlITLEK GEORGIA, OCTOBER 13, 1938.
with Thos. iG. Walters, .president of
the Georgia Rural Letter Carriers’
Association, and member of the na
tional executive committee. Other
prominent visitors from different
parts of the state have promised to
be present also.
Notice to Officers
ft roadside mail box iB likewise
tol of the unselfish service of
rural letter carriers who daily
rain or shine, over 1,370,000
of the highways and byways of
1 America, serving 6,960,000 fami-
and carrying the mail to more
25,000 expectant individuals,
had the happy privilege of ad-
ing the recent 34th annual con-
of the National R. L. C. As-
ation in New Orleans. The em-
n of this splendid organization in-
the horse and buggy and
ates the necessity of roads to
>b of carrying the mail. The em-
does not, however, indicate the
lingness of the letter carriers of
to put up with the horse-and-
gy roads of yesterday. Horse-and-
roads are things of the past
America and the 13 mile an hour
fhway of a few years ago has .been
)ded. The delivery of rural
today is a mechanized and
ier service.
Road Improvements
[he members of the National R. L.
Association are intensely interest-
in the improvement of the roads
lich they spend the best part ol
lives. They adopted a resolution
air New Orleans meeting favor-
th earmarking of at least 25
ait of all federal highway mon-
for the construction and 1 main-
ance of rural route roads that are
part of existing main or secon-
ry highways. These letter carriers
d th,e rural population they daily
rve are looking forward to and
ould he granted the improvement
farm-to-market roads. While these
pie know that some scattered im-
ovements have been made in rural
d conditions, they realize that
communities have received few-
good-road' /benefits than any other
bdivision of our population.
News from the political, industrial
d educational centers of our civili-
tion is essential to the progress of
America. The farmer, the cross
merchant, the village teacher,
small-town preacher, lawyer and
r, ail are vitally concerned with
state and national legislation;
current questions of national
international 1 importance. The
•1 community inhabitant has a
n desire to keep in touch with the
11 world. He has come to de-
" M the rural free delivery and
f r °ads to bring him the infor-
tlon contained within letters and
Pages of his community newspa-
t0 keep him posted on the prog-
°f our great country. Prices, too
as vital to him as to the broker
Street. The marketability
lales value of his produce deter-
his future prosperity. Good
s are an absolute necessity to
expansion of daily mail' service
rural communities. Good roads,
encouraging news and a right-
share of the nation’s progress to
J 1 the most isolated back-country
Our highways have often been
S( * the arteries of America. I
t° think of the rural letter car-
rs as the life blood flowing thru
arteries bringing new vitality
rura l America.
Officers of all district -organiza
tions are kindly requested to send in
details of their plans for Thanksgiv
ing banquets. We are approaching
the time when these meetings should
be kept before the carrier and auxil
iary body to the end that all banquet
halls may be full on these occasions.
Rural carriers have the habit, you
know, to succumbing to that irrepres
sible urge to enter into a state of hi
bernation when we experience the
first few cold blasts from the domain
of ‘‘Jack Frost.” Not with the
thought in mind, you understand, of
emulating the example of Old Bruin
who, when pursued by winter’s icy
blasts, beds down in his hollow log
bungalow and enters into a state of
suspended animation. No, rural car
riers have, unconsciously, I suppose,
acquired the habit of hovering over
their hearths during the long winter
months, thus conserving their reserve
energies so essential in (waging a suc
cessful conquest figainst the common
and unrelenting foes', rain, mud,
sleet, snow and all other handicaps
bred by such a frightful combination.
So, let’s urge upon all the impor
tance of attending these Thanksgiv
ing gatherings and take away with
us enough of the spirit of the acca-
sion to sustain us during the bleak
winter months.
Route Consolidation
Tenth District Annual Banquet
ke rural letter carriers and La-
1 Auxiliary of the Tenth District,
hold their annual banquet at the.
erican Legion Hall, Craiwfordville,
ihe evening of Oct. 16 at 7:30.
e district officers, co-operating
carriers and their wives of the
‘"fordville office are making the
Painstaking preparation to the
nat all who attend will enjoy
’n°3t delightful and helpful as-
a 10n gathering of the entire
On retirement of Geo, J. Coram,
Route No. 1, emanating from the
Benevolence office, was aborbed by
Routes No. 1 (George A. Bell, car
rier), and- No. 4 (Fred W. (Gay, car
rier), of the Cuthbert office, giving
Bell 51 miles and Gay 53. The con
solidation Was made effective Sept, 1.
Auxiliary Notes on Convention
Our Washington
News Letter
PAGE FIVE
strongly advocated last week by Sen- 1 freshly filled, on convenient tables,
ators, Representatives and cotton but it is doubted that
(Sarah Orr)
Washington, D. C,. Oct. 10.—The
purge continues. Marshall R. Diggs,
of Dallas, Texas, and sort of a pro
tege of Vice President Gamer, found
himself purged out of a jolb last Sat-
growers from 14 southern states. The
delegation tried in vain to gain an
audience with President Roosevelt to
acquaint him with the desperate situ
ation in which the cotton farmer
finds himself today. Some of these
growers traveled thousands of miles
to attend the Washington conference
coming from Texas and Arizona.
They departed sadder but wiser, and
bitterly disappointed over their in-
urday, when C. B. Upham was ' ability to see their Chief.
sworn in as Acting Comptroller of
the Currency. Diggs has been serving
in that capacity, although his ocicial
title was deputy comptroller, since
to resignation of Comptroller J. F.
T. OlConner, who departed last April
for California to seek the guberna
torial nomination of that State.
The present acting Comptroller,
Mr. Upham, will serve until Preston
Delano, distant kinsman of President
Roosevelt, takes office. Delano was
recently appointed and will assume
charge within the course of a few
weeks.
G. J. Oppegard, also a deputy
Comptrolelr, was transferred to the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora
tion. Both Oppegar and Diggs were
suddenly sent over to the F. D. I. C.,
where Diggs will remain until Jan. 1.
While no explanation was given
for the so-called purge, those on the
sidelines are drawing their own con
clusions. It has (been reported here
that Diggs has been promoting Vice
President Garner for the 1940 (Demo
cratic nomination for President. Joist
what Oppegard is alleged to have
been up to, has not been disclosed.
Complete supervision of the na
tional banks is in the hands of the
comptroller's office and he and his
deputies are important figures in
governmental affairs.
Economic Problem, No. 1
Dear Auxiliary Members & Friends:
How I wish that every one of you
could have attended our internation
al convention.
I am not writing as an official
delegate. I might (be classed as a
delegate at large but I was present
at every session and answered the
roll-call every time and I might tell
you frankly that I am more genuine
ly interested and enthusiastic in the
organizations since attending our
great national convention.
Our state was ably represented by
both men and women, of whom we
may be justly proud. Truly we are
proud of Georgia and she received
quite a bit of recognition in Wash
ington in both the R. L. C. A. and
the auxiliary. Our hearts thrilled
when it was announced that our own
state presient Thos. G. Walters, was
elected national committeeman.
Our own IMrs. Walters was right
there On: the job giving every possi
ble ass'ptance with Mrs. Dupree,
state secretary and treasurer; also
Mrs. B. T. M. Cauthen, principal
delegates, always ready to lend a
helping hand. In fact your official
family was there 100 per cent and
the state vice president, Mr. Mobley,
and State Secretary and Treasurer
Sisk along with the other Georgia
delegation were no slackers.
Our visit to Mt. Vernon before we
went into Washington Sunday was
an interesting one. We also visited
Monticello, the home of Thomas Jeff
erson.
We could not decide which we en
joyed most, the moonlight boat ride
down the beautiful Potomac on Mon
day evening or the afternoon boat
ride with 2,2©2 on the boat and four
brass bands.
The* joint session in Constitution
Hall was one of the highlights of
the convention. The Hon. Robert
Ramsipeck, our congressman for the
Fifth District, and Postmaster Gen
eral Jas. A. Farley were the princi
pal speakers. Notwithstanding the ex
tremely hot weather and the long
procession we had to follow, there
was a real thrill in shaking the
hands of these fine gentlemen, along
with National President Combs.
Mrs. Courtney, president of the
ladies' auxiliary, is a charming wom
an of fine executive ability, presiding
with grace and dignity, fair minded
and most constructive. Never have I
seen a more beautiful spirit of love,
peace and harmony as was evidenced
Eastern papers continue to harp on
the problem of the South,' calling it
the number one problem to he solved
by President Roosevelt and his ad
visors. One 3tory appeared last week
stating that “high New Deal quarters
disclosed that the South may come
forward with far-reaching recom
mendations to stabilize its industrial
and social order,” and that the New
Deal has placed the restoration of
the South uppermost on the “must”
agenda for congressional action at the
next session. All of these promising
articles and up, however, with the
usual refrain, towit: “Administration
leaders have not drafted plans yet.”
Then comes an Associated Press
announcement that the paying of
subsidies to cotton manufacturers, to
sell goods at reduced prices to relief
and low-income families, is 'being
considered by the Administration.
Practically admitting that crop
control programs have failed, and
present no solution to the enormous
etton surplus problem, Agricultural
Department officials say that it is
planned, at the President’s direction
to have a meeting of cotton growers
leaders of cotton marketing and tex
tile industries and work on a plan to
subsidize consumption.
Just how they can judicially decide
to when these cotton goods should
be sold at lower prices would seem to
be a matter requiring the wisdom of
Solomon. Who are the proper per
sons? Who can separate the needy
and low-income families from the un
worthy? There are many huddles the
officials must take before reaching
the goal, besides the possible neces
sity for congressional action and
funds before actually starting.
This announcement came on the
verv heels of refusal of department
of agriculture officials to consider a
three-cent subsidy on cotton or an
increased loan price which was
Apparently, the solution of the na
tion’s economic problem No. 1
getting nowhere slowly!
any of the
present day solons indulge. They
prefer cigarettes and cigarsi in the
cloakrooms, just oc the Senate floor.
Some, even, are given to a secret
chew of the weed.
On each Senator’s desk stands a
sand duster, used frequently for blot
ters. Even quill pens may be found
among their writing equipment.
White Blackboards
Dark school days are going to be
is brightened for Washington school
children if the plans of school offi-
■ ciala go through. They have decided
Historic Senate Chamber 1° change the old fashioned black-
The Senate Chamber, which houses boards to a cheerful cream color and
the most dablberative body in the paint the schoolrooms white. The
woVld is replete with history and cllildren use charcoal crayons
emblems of the past. The seats and wbich can be washed away, and the
desks of the Senators are the same slate black-boards will .be
ones used in the old days when that
body met in the old and much small-
relegated to the past and to the
memories of us who knew them.*Tha
theory is that brighter class rooms
means brighter teaching and brighter
children, and, it was pointed out that
the theory has been put into success
ful practice in the schools of Minne
apolis. The children are encouraged
to keep the walls and halls clean and
that they have been found to be en
thusiastically cooperative.
TRIAL
■ Hint SATISFIED. Monti,I, njiaonta f.
IHrii • PA IMS MMwkH Avti
er 'Supreme Court Chamber.
Sen. Carter Glass, Virginia, has
the desk once used by Henry Clay; i
Sen. James Byrnes, of South Carolina
occupies the chair and desk which
served that noted Southern statesman
John C. Calhoun, when he was in the
Senate.
Mississippi’s Pat Harrison claims
the honor of having the desk and
chair which werwe once used by Jeff
Davis, President of the Confederacy
It is said that during the War Be
tween the States, the Capitol' Build
ing was used as a military hospital
for Union soldiers. One of them,
learning which seat Davis had used,
ran his bayonet through it, leaving a
yaping wound. Cabinet makers soon
mendede it, howefer, and the scar is
only faintly discernable.
This furniture, most of it hand
made, is fashioned of inlaid wood.
Although very old, the desks have
been modernized to the extent that
the tops lift up over a sort of draw
er-space for papers and (books. The
only 'one which is just as it was in
the olden days is that now used by
Sen. Frederick Hale, of Maine. When
the remodeling was going on, way
back somewhere around 1877, Sen.
George Frisbie Hear, of Maine,
would not permit this desk to be
touched, declaring "It was good
enough for Daniel Webster as it
stands, and its good enough for me.”
Other relics of by-gone days are
the snuff boxes, which are kept
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^Siessman Paul Brawn, of the
. District, has signified his in-,
0ns of being present, together l T " • Rub-My-Tl.m’’- World’. Be,: Unimen,
in all of our sessions.
The Georgia luncheon was another
highlight. There were a number of
distinguished guests along with our
prominent Georgians, who are en
gaged in the Post Office Department
in Washington.
The Auxiliary enjoyed so many
nice favors. Messrs Combs, Cooper,
Cole Fletcher, Moneyway and other
prominent men in the service spoke
to us from time to time.
The convention goes to Oregon
next year. Won’t you begin now to
plan to go. Give the officers your
heartiest co-operation and let’s make
this the greatest of all years in our
R. L. C. A. work.
‘‘There is no you—there’s only us—
Ami we never can be alone—
Humanity’s throb and humanity’s sob
I find are my very own—
m y neighbor’s life and my
neighbor's death
Aje mine—will ever be;
We are not many—we are not any
But one and all are we.
Yours in service,
Mrs. J. D. Rogers,
Georgia Ladies’ Aux.)
And
This is to notify the Tax
Payers of Taylor County that
the State and County Tax Books
are NOW open for collecting
State and County Taxes for the
year 1938.
It is urgently requested that
you call by the office and take
care of this matter AT ONCE.
Respectfully,
P. A. JENKINS,
Tax .Commissioner,
Taylor County
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