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TIIR BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA. APRIL 18, 1040.
The Butler Herald
Eslabished in 1876
Entered at the J’ost Office at Butler,
Georgia as Mail Matter of Second
Cilass.
rhas. Bonus, J., Managing Editor
0. E. Cox, Publisher & Bus. Mgr.
Bettor watch your language over
the phone. A person who calls a
woman over the telephone and uses
obscene and vulgar language in
her presence, according to a ruling
of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
The defendant in the case reviewed
b> the higher court received a
year's sentence for the offense.
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The Republican politicians do not
want Dewey. They say he is too
HURSDAY | young, that lie lacks experience i n
I adiminstrative positions. They pre-
I fer a person more experienced and
| one about whom they know more.
| They will probably get their wish,
l Whoever saw a Republican conven-
I tion not controlled by the political
' bosses ?
Those concerned in Georgia's edu
cational interest are gratified by the '
announcement that t h e At lanta The election of Hon. L. .1. Mc-
board of education lias reelected Dr.; Phaul, Doerun Postmaster, as Presi-
Willis A. Sutton to serve as Super-1 dent of the Georgia Chapter Na-
intendenl of the Atlanta Public, tional Association of Postmasters is
Schools for another year. • very gratifying to his many friends.
] Mrs. McPhaul, wife of the President
of
Since the sulicommittee of the
Presidential Primary Committee I
called no Chairman Jim Oillis and i
formally made known its demand for j
a primary, there is much specula-1
tion as to when the state committee
will be called into session and what
action it will take.
Boh Pollock, member of the 1939
class of the Henry W. Grady School
of Journalism, the University of
Georgia, who has been with Radio
Station W3B, Atlanta Journal, since
his graduation, has just been ad
vanced to the newly created position
of assistant production manager.
Few things give the home town
hoy more satisfaction than to come
back home after an absence of a few
years driving a brand new car of
one of the better makes, and meet
ing up with the .fellows who were
sure when he left home that he
would never amount to much in the
world.
was formerly Miss Ruth Brown,
Americus. Savannah was chosen for
the 1941 convention at the 1940 ses
sion held last week at Athens.
Ml CH SORROW OCCASIONED
in UNTIMELY DEATH OF I
judge McLaughlin
SHOULD WE BE DRAGGED
INTO WAR AGAIN?
j We were rather astonished at the
It will be months—perhaps years g t a temcnt in one's speech a few days
—for thepoople of Taylor county to
Although continuing to keep his
own counsel relative to the third
term, to many close to the President
it is believed that he has no inten
tion of becoming a candidate. It is
true he has not stopped politicians
from Using his name in several
states, blit that is not conclusive.
The war in Europe may, however,
change the whole face ot the situ
ation.
It was learned in Macon last week
that Howard B. Leonard, formerly
connected with the Macon Tele
graph, but now with the Richmond
Times-Dispatch, has been selected as
copy desk editor of the New Y'ork
Herald Tribune. His wife, who was
before her marriage Miss .Margaret
Long, daughter of Mrs. George
Long of Macon, also was a member
; of the Telegraph staff.
Emory University students are in
for a treat tomorrow night when
they are to be favored with an ad
dress by Hon. Thomas L. Stokes, one
The U. S. Senate last week passed
a hill appropriating $10,000 to re
store' the Beaufort, S. C., library
books taken and later destroyed by
cf Washington's best known news- fi re by Federal troops when Beau-
paper men. His address will be in fort was occupied early in the Con-
the form of an expression of his federate war. The books were moved
views on the pending 1940 political to Washington where in 1866 thev
campaign. i were destroyed by fire. Recently
1 Senator Byrnes revived the proposal i rom many sections of the state
overcome the shock and adjust them
selves to the situation caused by the
sudden passing of Judge C. F. Mc
Laughlin—“Frank McLaughlin”—as
lie was affectionately called by his
host of intimate friends.
Expressions of sorrow coming from
members of the Columbus Bar Asso-
•iation, his former law partner and
friends generally are here recorded:
Judge W. G. Love as president ol
the Columbus Bar Association said:
“The suddenness with which > this
tragic blow has fallen, leaves us
stupned and dismayed. Only yester
day our beloved friend and judge
moved among us with the same cor
dial friendliness which has marked
him thru all the years, and to be so
soon forced to a realization that he
lias left us forever, plunges the Bai
and the entire city of Columbus into
deepest gloom.
“the magnificent physical man that
he was gave us hope that he would
live for many years to grace the
bench and serve our state in that and
ther higher callings.
“Kind, loved, as well as loving,
friend—good citizen, splendid lawyer
wise and just judge that he was, we
shall miss him sadly, and it will be
difficult to find a worthy successor
who will measure up to his lofty
standards.”
Referring to the passing of Judge
McLaughlin Judge Frank D. Foley,
former president of the local bar and
former law partner of Judge Mc
Laughlin said:
“The entire community is inex
pressibly saddened and shocked.
Frank McLaughlin rendered a splen
did service on the bench, yet I like
to think of him as the truly great
trial lawyer he was. His place will
bo hard to fill.”
A committee representing the Co
lumbus Lawyers Club, of which W.A.
Battle is president, in his absence
from the city in New York, met
Thursday morning and drafted the
following expressions of regret over
Ihe passing of Judge McLaughlin:
“The unexpected passing of Chas.
Frank McLaughlin, Judge of the Su
perior Courts of the Chattahoochee
Circuit, leaves a large coterie of
friends from all walks of life and
to
this
their
their
which he strongly intimated
that it was the duty of the l nited
states to enter the war on the side
jf England and France and ex
pressed also a doubt of those coun
tries winning the war unlesi
country did enter.
We think the English and
sympathizers are straining
nerve to the limit.
What has England and France
lone for us that they haven't been
fully repaid for their favors .’
Sympathy is divided, of course,
hut even those who favor the allies
resent the constant insinuation and
propaganda that England's fight is
our fight and they are as dead set
as the others in their stand that if
England is beaten, it's still none of
>ur business.
By the way, what do the Canadian
people get out of their connection
with England except a little gold
braid? Isn't it a good time for
Canada to break loose from the old
maid umbrella toters and join the
United States in freedom from the
necessity of fighting England's war?
It is gratifying to her host of
friends in tms section to learn that
Mrs. John B. Guerry, formerly of
Montezuma, now of Atlanta, was re
flected president of the Georgia Fed
eration of Music Clubs Friday at
the closing session of the organiza
tion's 21st biennial convention held
in Athens.
Thanks, Sister Trawick: “The
Hartwell Sun and The Butler Herald
.celebrated the REA show with
c : al editions o f their papers. Tho.
V/tre attractive papers and apparent
ly well-paying papers as well . . .
that is if Lome and Charlie collect
for all those ads. ’—Commerce News.
But why be so skeptical, sister ’
that Beaufort's loss he made good.
The measure now goes to the lower
house of Congress.
Charles Michelson. Director of
Publicity, Democratic National Com
mittee, thinks it varher difficult to
get from any of the conspicious as
pirants for the Republican presiden
tial nomination any definite ex
pression of their views on what,
I should they come to power, they
| would do about our domestic prob-
^ | lems. Nearly all of them ailute their
utterances with general approval of
the New Deal objectives, so that the
offering so far Is little more than
doleful expressions of an undefined
chaos that is bound to come upon us
unless they are given the job of
handling our national affairs.
After reading the campaign litera
ture sent out from the headquarters
of various candidates for president,
we have come to the conclusion that
all GOP platforms for 1940 can be
condensed into the following words:
“We like Hull's reciprocal trade
agreements, the CCC program, and
farm subsidies. We believe in giving
labor a fair break, want to continue
our army and navy. We've changed
our old ideas about the sanctity of
high tariffs and agree with the Dem
ocrats that where one group—such
a? manufacturers—are fully pro
tected by a tariff, other groups—
such as farmers—should he given
certain concessions to enable them
to buy fully protected products. In
fact, we believe in the whole New
Deal program, but we just naturally
think it would be much better to
have Republicans in the White
House.”—Thomasville Press.
Whether we realize it or not, it is
true nevertheless that this would be
a very dead community were it not
for the WPA. When we speak of
certain people working on WPA or
living off of it, the inference is that
they and they alone are the only
ones benefited. Get away from such
ideas. All of us, to a greater or less
degree are living off the WPA. This
hi^s been clearly illustrated during
the past number of weeks when
WPA was practically at a standstill
in the county, and on every turn was
the cry of poor business, and unpaid
bills. Without WPA many store
rooms, would have the “For Rent”
signs displayed. We wish there was
some way whereby WPA would not
be necessary, and there may be, but
we don't know what—neither do
those who so severely and unjustly
condemn it.
SEEDS
She sat by the radio, softly groaning
Ships were going down as war raged
on
And on; and day by day
She listened and shivered,
Shivered here in a land of peace.
‘Peace now,” she thoug'ht, “but it
may soon be broken.”
She thrilled to the agony of what
the future might bring.
War raging four thousand miles
away;
But the seeds of war in her own
home state
Went unheeded, disregarded,
Unrelated to life as she lived it.
The evil seeds that sprouted the
foreign heroes she hated
Were slowly but surely maturing at
home;
But she listened and shivered by the
radio in comfort.
Nor cast a saving vote for her own
home state.
LEGION’S DRIVE IN GEORGIA
The Macon Telegraph:
The Georgia department or the
American Legion is making an in
tensive drive to lead the parade when
Ihe national organization holds it-
annual convention in Boston this
leaf. Commander H. C. Brown and
Adjt. Stanley Jones are confident
that they will reach the goal Iff
bringing the membership of the de
partment so far beyond the quota
assignment that there will he no
trouble in winning the coveted, dis
tinction of first place in the big pa
rade.
The April issue of The American
Legion Magazine contains an inter
esting article by Leonard Roan en-
. it led “To the Ladies”. Mr. Roan
came to Georgia to find out how Ad
jutant Jones and the department
commanders who have co-operated
with him since 1966 have succeeded
in doubling the membership from
7,466 in 1934 to 14,881 thus far in
1940.
Mr. Roan develops the idea that
Mr. Jones and his colleagues used
the familiar sales appeal employed
in various branches of merchandis
ing, that is to say, by enlisting the
interest of the women In the families
of Georgia veterans entitled to mem
oership.
This method of appeal has un
doubtedly been employed, but this is
j only one of many lines of approach
which have shown the zeal and in
genuity of the heads of the depart
ment.
The Georgia department nu.de a
fine effort last year to capture the
prize. Adjt. Jones had his eye on Ar
kansas, where the competition seem
ed strongest. Georgia had no trou
ble in nosing out Arkansas, but in
Ihe meantime Misissippi slipped up
on the blind side and captured the
prize.
This year there will be no blind
-«P uiffn
Ride and there will he no lot-u
the first place has been won.
It is pointed out that the aim thb
year is for 17 thousand members anil
Vet the campaign closes on April 2H
All Georgia naturally takes pry,,
in the Legion, whose program ft f
Americanism is one of the most in-
spiring in the entire battle f rnn |
against subversive activities.
Tho practice of the postoffice «f
using numerous new issues of
stamps peps up business for the
stamp collectors. It also should
prove profitable to the post office dc.
pnrtment since several hundred
thousand dollars worth of each now
issue is purchased by stamp eolloc-
tors.
McKenzie Perry, who recently re
linquished his connection with the
Montezuma Georgian after several
j years of loyal service to his people
in giving them a newspaper of which
| the y were justly proud, last week
, acquired an interest in the publics.
1 tion of the Dawson News, one of
i Georgia's most outstanding weekly
newspapers in point of editorial and
news service, combined with neat
ness and attractiveness. Mr. Perry'j
newspaper career began at Mercer
University where he was editor of
the Mercer Cluster. After graduat
ing from that institution, he was
first associated with the Lineville
(Ala.) Tribune as editor, and until
| March 1, 1940, was editor of the
Montezuma Citizen - Georgian, In
1936 he was awarded a trophy for
the best column published in Geor
gia weekly newspapers, and in 1939
won second place in the Georgia
Press Association Community Serv
ice contest. In 1939 he was a mem
ber of the Press Institute committee
and at present is the youngest mem
ber of he Board of Managers of the
Press Association.
mourn.
“Judge McLaughlin became a
member of the Lawyers Club of Co
lumbus early in 1938 as soon as the
age limit for membership permitted
and since has continued to be a
member. He was a regular attendant
it meetings and loyal in his devo
tion to all of the true interests of
the club and to the principles for
which it stood. Wise in counsel, with
a judgment ripened by a broad ex
perience, be provided for bis asso-
?iales a constant bulwark against
hasty and ill-considered action.
“But, composed as the Club is
with lawyers, it is thought to be
proper to express ourselves on not
only his great sendees to the club,
but on his capacity as a Judge and
his judicial conduct toward all law
yers and litigants, and his gift for
:me friendship and helfpulness.
"He was recognized as one of the
better Superior Court Judges in the
state, and had an enviable record in
rases carried to the Appellate court.
Many times, he was requested to
serve, and did creditably serve upon
.he Supreme Court and the Court of
Appeals of Georgia.
“The Superior Courts over which
ae presided were always conducted
with a spirit of fairness in difficult
is well as in untrying matters. To
the younger members of the Bar, he
was always most kind, considerate
md helpful with suggestions. To the
ilder members, he provided a forum
in which they might exercise freely
heir full capacities of training and
intellect.
“Born with a gift for love for his
fellow man, he developed that gift
through loyal friendship with the
Schools are again to the front in j I
Georgia for schools are again clos- , J
ing in Georgia, says the Baker . |
County News. Terms have been |
shortened. County Boards have no 2
funds and the State is failing them. , I
These, the future citizens of the j c
state may not realize now the grave I
injustice being done them, but their j -
time will come perhaps they shall i I
have learned the difference in poli- j f
ticians and statesmen. g
The Herald extends happy felici- ■ j
tations to the seven outstanding f
students in the Henry W. Grady j |
School of Journalism, who have been J
initiated into the Athens chapter of i 5
Theta Sigma Phi, national journalis- \ I
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tic society. They are:
Adams, Alpharetta; Ann
Marietta; Betty McDavid, Athens;
jean Parkinson, Springfield, Mo.;
Wylene Righton, Savannah; Mary
Slate, Athens; and Ann Thrasher,
Athens.
many people with whom he came in
contact. And it is not exaggeration
lo say that he was, in all respects, a
true friend.
“Each of us mourn in his passing
the departure of an excellent judge
md lawyer, a true friend, and—a
gentleman,
“THE LAWYERS CLUB OF
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA,
Willis Battle
Frank D. Foley,
William deL. Worsley,
Robert M. Arnold,
Thomas L. Bowden
L. Madden Hatcher
John G. Cozart
Emmett B. Cartledge, Jr.
W. I>. Skip worth
W. Edward Swanson,
Committee.”
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