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POINTS and
VIEWPOINTS
by
HERMAN F. WRIQHT
Farmers throughout the nation' are
becoming excited over the so-called
neW method of soilless farming. Ac
cording to Dr. W. F. Gericke, of the
University of California, one of the
country’s leading researchers in plant
nutrition, the process of growing
(lowers and vegetables in chemical so
lutions is old enough to have whisk
ers and grand-children. Plant
pathologists throughout the world
have been doing it for 80 years.
What makes the process sound like
now one in the past few years is
the notion that soilless methods can
be taken out of the laboratory and
put to work in a thoroughly practi
cal way, to grow tomatoes, wheat,
corn, potatoes, and other crops of
the market.
The yields obtained by this method
i experimental farms are truly
phenomenal—600 bushels of com per
jcrc, 2,465 bushels of potatoes per
itre, 1,742 tons of tomatoes per acre,
last year the Ohio Experiment Sta
tion averaged 300 bushels -of corn
per acre from their chemical-fed crop.
The cost of the chemical salts re
quired to grow the crop averaged $12
per acre.
Farmers who are looking forward
to the day when they can sell their
plows, com planters and cultivators
for junk or museum pieces, and grow
corn for their hogs in a tank set up
In the backyard, are in for a severe
jolt, according to a recant statement
of E. E. DeTurk, soil technologist at
the University of Illinois. DeTurk
pointed out that soilless farming will
er compete seriously with the old-
fashioned dirt method due to a num
ber of important factors. The ex
pense of erecting and maintaining
huge mixing vats, hundreds of grow
ing tanks and thousands of feet of
pipe i9 prohibitive in itself. Added to
which i3 the fact that the farmer will
almost have to have a chemical en
gineer’s degree in order to know'how
to mix and handle the essential food
nutrients for the various crops he
poposes to grow.
When the fanner takes all that in
to consideration, he might just as
Well forget about the whole thing,
hitch up the old mule and start plow
ing.
• * • ■
If the psychologists who have been
studying the situation are correct in
their theory, those of us who are ad
dicted to the use of cigarettes select
our favorite brand because of the
peculiar smell or "flavor” released
when a new package is opened. This
attraction is more or less unconscious
on the part of the smoker, and is the
reason why no two brands of cigar
ettes or tobacco are identical. Strange
as it seems, the base of this “flavor”
is good, cheap New England rum,
but may also contain in varying
amounts essences of chocolate, va
nilla, tonka, coumarin, geranium and
angelica. Oddly enough, these exotic
flavors are not detectable in the
®oke of tlie tobacco, but only in the
“<!or of a newly opeened package.
The composition of a typical
American cigarette is a blend of
about 55 per cent bright tobacco from
Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas,
25 per cent Kentucky hurley, 15 per
cent Turkish (itself a blend of five
types), and 6 per cent rapid-burning
Maryland. After aging, the burly is
•tipped in a mixture of licorice, brown
sugar, and all or several of the flav-
oring herbs. The other tobaccos of
tie cigarette are sprayed with honey
°t a solution of maple sugar, the
whole mass mixed together, dipped in
Stj'cerin and rolled into your favorite
smoke. Sounds more like a French
•(infection than an average Ameri-
can “gasper”; but we have had the
unfortunate experience of smoking
6ome foreign brands that seemed
more like a mixture of the contents
of an ancient stable highly blended
With the ingredients of a well-aged
saw-dust pile.
Somebody must be twisting the
truth: A prominent New York State
Judge recently said that the greater
Part of his judicial time was spent in
tie investigation of collisions be
tween automobiles—each on- its own
tide of the road, each, sounding its
lorn, and each standing stationary.
FARM FOR SALE
The Butler Herald
"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT
S THE SECRET OP SUCCESS'
Volume 62
SIX TAYLOR CO.
MEN IN JAIL AT
TIME OF BLAST
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday, October 27, 1938
Number 52
RED CROSS WORK
BENEFITS THOUSANDS
IN EVERY SECTION
All Work Is Made Possible by the
Annual Roll-Call Which Is
Now On
Along the nation’s highways, in
underprivileged homes and isolated
communities, in hospitals, military
Taylor County Men on Opposite
Side of Jail; None Are
Hurt
According to Taylor County Sheriff
J. M. Bone, six Taylor county men I stations, schools, and on far-flung
were being held in the iMuscogee I beaches, the work of the American
county jail at Columbus at the time i Dross has been carried on its in-
of the explosion early last Friday j crea sing volume, Mrs. J. H. Neisler,
morning. The sheriff further stated
that ail Taylor county men were on
the opposite Bide of the jail from the
point of explosion and that none were
injured.
The Taylor county men being held
in the Muscogee county jail at the
time the accident occurred were:
Perry Watson, Dovy Purvis,
Spear, E. S. Jinks, J. L. .Farmer and
Luther Cochran.
Jailer W. D. Layfield of Muscogee
county stated that the blast occurred
about 5:30 a. m. after he had sent a
negro trusty to the .basement to
check up on the heating system. Mr.
Layfield sustained scratches and
bums. Eleven prisoners were also in
jured.
MR. A. E. GUINN
WINS PRAISE AT
ATHENS MEET
Outstanding Poultryman Gives
Three Reasons For His
Success
(By Howard McCants)
Mr. A. E. Guinn, owner and opera
tor of the Peach Valley Egg Farm,
near here won high praise at the
BUTLER-REYNOLDS
HIGHWAY IS NOW
OPEN TO TRAFFIC
Only One Unpavod Gap Now Left
Between Butler and Macon
Via Reynolds
TAYLOR CITIZENS
RECEIVE MUCH
GOVERNMENT AID
Relief Projects Bring $12,654.90
Into Taylor County Every
Month
chairman of the Taylor County Red
Cross Chapter, pointed out yesterday.
In reviewing some of the work
done locally and nationally by Red
Cross workers during the past year,
Mrs. Neisler said that great strides
had been made in reaching increas
ing numbers of Americans eyery-
where, and cited the fact that in the
Red Cross campaign to eliminate ac
cidents in homes and on farms, 15,-
060,000 householders had been ad
vised how to eradicate existing acci
dent hazards.
“Red Cross public health nurses
made more than 1,0C0,C60 visits to
or on behalf of the sick during the
past 12 months, ” Mrs. Neisler said.
“They are carrying out their work in
Two of the injured prisoners died j communities where nursing and
at the ..Columbus hospital as result 1 medicdl aid are not readily available,
of injuries. The first to die was Em- including homes in mountains, in
est Stanley, the negro trusty who j small country towns, on prairncs,
was sent to the basement to che ki and 0,1 isolated islands off our coasts,
up on the heating plant and the oth-; the same time, these nurses have
er, George W. Coulter, who received examined 560,187 school children for
a broken back and internal injuries, possible physical delects that needed
Stanley died- Saturday while Coulter’s correction, and wheie it was found
death occurred Sunday. j necessary the proper treatment was
A second-floor cell block contain- ; arranged.”
ing six prisoners was dislocated and | said, too, that 206,028 persons
tumbled to the ground. Firemen and | bad been qualified to stop bleeding,
police rescued them by breaking the ! *reat for shock, splint fractures, and
cell grating with chisels and sledge S’ ve other emergency treatment fol-
hammers. | accidents, and that 88,150
Jailer Layfield said the construe-1 Persons had been trained in life sav-
tion of the cell, which is a steel-grat-1 and water safety in an effort to
ing box suspended within the build-j bring nbbut drastic reductions in
ing walls, probably prevented the deaths fram drowning.
(Turn to t’age 8; No. x> 1 ‘ ,While there were few dirasters
jof spectacular national importance
(Turn to Page 8: No. 21
The Interstate Highway Construc
tion Company after completing tho
paving of Butlor-Reynolds highway 1 Three hundred and fifty farmers
left for Nashville, Tenn., Monday now working on tho WPA county
where they will begin work on an- road projects in Taylor county re-
Twelfth Georgia National Egg Lay- j other contract. | ceive a total of $9,860 each month or
ing contest held in Athens several The completion of the paving of on an overage of $26.80 per person,
days ago and in which Mr. Guinn en- this highway means a great deal to from the federal government.
Krsr•*"»■*">■ ***»«»«»«d Thl ,„„ det „„
i-egnorn liens. especially to those living in Butler n , n . . , . , ,
In a summary of the contest the'and Reynolds. Mr. C. I. Brady consists mainly of
following statements concerning Mr. I inu„„ • , . ‘"•'■Hng right-of-ways, biiMin,' new
Guinn were published: I ™ r ° Un JH Toad * and re P“ Wr ’8 roads m tho
One of the most outstanding poul- fJL Butler rounty ' This is a coun;j-wide project
trymen in Georgia and the South is which • ,, 7 thia p ° rtlon and no state highway, are worked by
Mr. A. E. Guinn. He has been breed- ids L ^
ing White Leghorns for some fifteen of thi , \ . . . pav . laK According to information received
years. I ° *“* , from the '«“» WPA office 960 appli-
In his breeding work Mr. Guinn j _ o i s. - cations of Taylor county farmers
places emphasis on constitutional 1 rading has already been complet- have been approved by this office and
vigor and vitality. As a result of this e on 1 , Btretc " of roa d and it is have already been sent to the Colum-
he has established a reputation for 11<nv reaay to bo paved. hus office. All work cards are sent
producing chicks that wall live. According to Taylor county offi- out from the Columbus office.
During the 12 years the Laying c * a ' s the P av i»g contract which will Any Taylor county farmer who did
Test has operated, Mr. Guinn hes P ro| bably be let at an early date will no t cleat 1 as much os $360 on his
entered twenty-one pens. His mor- a * so include a bridge over Flint river cro p this year is eligible for work onr
tality during that time has .been a a ^ ew hundred yards south of the this project.
little more than eleven per cent.
His pens have always finished up
in the high brackets. He has the
third high bird of all Georgia Tests
and this year placed two pens in the
ten high group.
Winning third and seventh places
in Georgia National Egg Laying con
test with ninety-four pens competing
which are from approximately 26
states in the Union, is a record we
people of Taylor county are
I old Neisler bridge.
Mr. Horace Joiner
Elected V-President Of
Ga. Southwestern Club
Mr. Horace Joiner, son of (Mr.
proud 1 Mrs. T. B. Joiner of Butler and
of. Mr. Luinn is also proud of the | mem ber of the junior class at tho month.
Aside from the county road project
there are several other government
projects now in operation from which
Taylor county citizens are receiving
! many thousands of dollars each
month.
There are sixty regular WPA
workers, by which we mean those who
! have been working all tho year;
these are working on school build
ing and draw an average of $26.80
per fiei'son or a total of $1,8C8 each
“little white hen” that holds the
highest individual record in the state.
University of Georgia has recently Thirty-one women are employed on
During the fifteen years Mr. Guinn been , el “ ted , vice-president of
SHOWS FOR WEEK
AT DEAN THEATER | Merchants Co-operative
— | Credit Plan Is Meeting
With Much Success
the leading roles. This is a well-knit |
comedy-romance with music that will ■
please every one. Catchy tunes and j (By Tommy Singleton)
an appealing story make this film 1 The merchants’ co-operative plan
stand out. Besides iMcMurray’s ard of credit trading is rapidly meeting
Milliards performances, the Yacht with success in every way. As soon
Club Boys, woven into the story as the plan was explained to the ones
throughout, give their .best perform- who would 'be affected by it, they en-
ance up to date for Paramount. Ben dorsed it with enthusiasm. Each one
Blue and Eve Arden offer some dance said that there was no simpler way
specialities that are hard to beat, of controlling credit buying so that
Rufe Davis, the musical imitator, adds the salesman would have a degree of
comedy, and Little Billy Lee, likeable assurance that the- debt would be
down-to-earth youngster, handles his paid. To the one who hasn't received
role well. Cocoanut Grove is pleasant an explanation of the plan, this may
entertainment. fa e bard to radeMta ?* ™ era 18 ’ h ° W :
Thursday and Friday: “Josette,” a ever, nothing complicated about it at
saucy escapede in the history of lcve, all. The guaranty which the merchant
as a Mardi Gras, with three stars receives is that he will be furnished
and merry tunes of Gordon and Re- with assured and recommended cred-
vel, brings Don A,nache, Simone Si- it. This is necessary for his conven-
mon and Robert Young to the Dean ience and safety. In this day, when
Theatre Thursday and Friday. This nothing seems to be safe, each indi-
comedy with its impressive produc- vidual wishes to ee t la le as
lion and able direction proves its un- degree of safety be ore e s a s
usual comedy features. Bert Lahr any movement. That is the secret
heads the supporting cast, with Jean of the Co-operative an. < mer
Davis, who recently was acclaimed chant who takes par in i oes
No. 1 comedienne by a New York knowing that he has the co-operation
newspaper’s nation wide poll. and best wishes of his fellow-trades-
Saturday, Double Feature: Cla'r men. .
Michalen Whalen, Phylis The Merchants Cooperative P.an
will 'become effective on Tuesday,
Nov. 1, 1988. At the time of this
the two women's projects with an aver-
haslwen in the poultr^busdness" he i ^. e< ?ngia Southwestern Club at ‘he age of $26,80 each or a total of
has been carefully breeding for liv-1 Unx^rsity. $800.8"' ei*h month,
ability and on high annual egg pro-1 lMr - Joiner graduated from Georgia Twenty-four girls are being given
duction. He has bred his birds in this Southwestern College in Ameiicus NYA work with an average' salary
manner until they rank with any, last June. While attending this col- of $11.40 per person ora fetal of
produced in the South. j ' e ff e he was rated as one of the out- $273.60 per month.
Four of the thirteen birds which standing students. i There are now twemtjHftve Taylor
won third place in the egg laying ; The Georgia Southwestern Club is county young men enlisted* in the
contest laid above three hundred eggs composed of students who attended COC camps that send $22.60 each to
in fifty-one weeks. | the Americus institution lor two or their parents every month. This
The question was asked Mr. Guinn ' more quarters before entering the amounts to $562.50 in all.
relative to how he managed to make University. There are about 50 mem- i The total amount of government
such fine records to which question bers now in the club,
he answered in only three words,
“Breeding, Feeding, and Manage
ment.” And these three factors will
mean success in the poultry business.
Pastor of Butler A.M.E
Church Is Returned
By Ellaville Conference
Prof. Walter F. Grace
Veteran Piano Tuner,
Dies Suddenly Wed.
funds coming into Taylor county each
month from all of tho above named
projects is $12,654.90.
The above figures do not Include
the vast amount of food supplies
which are given to the needy each
month. Persons eligible for these
supplies must be investigated by the
department before this aid is given
to them.
News was received here yesterday
of the death of Prof. Walter F. Grace
which occurred suddenly at his home
The Americus conference session * n Columbus Tuesday night. The an-
of the African Methodist Episcopal nouncement of his passing occasioned
church which was held in Ellaville niuch sorrow am ong bis many friends
was brought to a close Sunday night, here where he had been a frequent
Bishop W. A. Fountain of Atlanta, visitor and entertained a number of
presided. Two new presiding elders audiences with his talents as a mu-
were named. Dr. V/. T. Johnson was Bicia "‘ F uneral services and inter-
apopinted for the Albany District mo:nt are planned today at Talbotton. can Legion is joining with other
All World War Vets
Are Asked To Observe
American Legion Week
Butler Post No. 124 of the Ameri-
Trevor,
way”; and A Great Big Western
while Dr. C. H. Harold was named |
for the Hawikinsville district.
Rev. A. T. Jones who has for the
past year faithfully served the But-
tler colored A. M. E. church was re
turned to the local church by the
conference.
Cheer Leaders Named
At Butler High School
Rev. W. M. Smith To
Preach At Butler Sun.
land sale
230 acres north of McCants mill,
*0 acres open for cultivation; crossed
jy National Highway No. 19. Terms:
Part cash, balance on easy 1 terms.
^Pply to H. G. McCants, Butler,
ba., owner and occupant. (4tp)
1 writing, approximately ninety (90)
per cent of the merchants of Butler
'are participating. It is hoped that
before long the remainder of them
Two lots of land numbers 187 and will find that it will be to their profit
199 in the 12th district o f Taylor to join in the movement. If there
county containing 202 1-2 acres each should be any merchant in the corn-
more or less and located about eight mvnity surrounding Butler who
miles outh of Butler on highway 19, would like to investigate this plan,
known as the W. R. Henry place, all that will be necessary is to com-
Land well timbered. One of lots ex- municate with the local representa-
tends to White Water creek. tive. Tommy B. Singleton,
If interested in purchasing this call telephone No. 94. In this way a
tract of land at eighty cents an acre personal interview can be arranged
please communicate with me at once, which will cos e mere no i ,
P ‘ e L> s> HAMBY, and wiU not place him under any
Conyers, Ga., R. 3. oblgation to the Agency.
Posts of the state in requesting all...
World War veterans and citizens of
Georgia to lend encouragement and
support to the observance of .the
period of Nov. 4th to 11th as Ameri
can Legion Week.
During this period, intensive mem-r
The Rev. W. M. Smith, of Reynolds bership campaigns are being con-
•i, , ' , „ ,, ,, ... ducted by the 145 Legion Posts of
will preach at the Butler Methodist . f _ . . . .
Georgia in an effort to bring the ad-
church Sunday morning, Oct. 30, at e meMbersWp for iee9 ^ equal
11 o clock. n Ithat of 1938. The National Comman-
The Rev. E. A. Martin^ pastor of (j e r of the Legion awards a special
- | the Butler Methodist church will not citation to Georgia Posts accom-
The High school student body nom-! he in town on this day and he urges pushing this feat. It is reported that
inated several girls and boys for the public to hear Rev. Smith at this man y Georgia Posts are already over
cheer leaders to represent the basket i time. | the top with 1909 quotas,
ball games. j Rev. Martin stated further that j Mr. J. S. Green announces that the
The following were nominated: there will be no services held in But- local post is short eighteen members
Susan Anthony, Junior Harris, Pau-; ler church at the evening hour. j to qualify for the National pomman-
line Rustin, Austin Guinn, Jr., Alice' der’s citation and has appointed tho
Guinn, Roy Fain, Edith Munroe,' The 152nd annual communication membership committe to meet with
Isaac Dreizin and Ludie Renfroe. I Grand Lodge, Georgia Masons, was him daily during American iLegion
We then put the vote to a secret held at Macon Tuesday and Wednes- Week to report on membership
ballot and chose four from this day of this week with 1,200 repre-' achievements.
group. Those chosen were: Pauline sentatives of subordinate Lodges : The Mayor of Butler and the Tay-
Rustin, Junior Harris, Roy Fain and present. W. M. Sapp, of Dalton, was lor County Commissioners will be
Isaac Dreizin.
See you at the ball game!
—Reporter.
elected to the office of Grand Master, asked to issue a proclamation calling
succeeding John L. Travis, of Savan- for the observance of American Le-
nah. gion Week.