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TUP, BUTTI7R HERALD, BUTMBl. GEORGIA, MAY 23, 1340.
The Butler Herald
Entnbiahcd in 1876
Entered at the Tost Office at Butler,
Georgia as Mail Matter of Second
Glass.
Chas. Benns, Jr., Managing Editor
O. E. Cox, Publisher & Hus. Mgr.
SPLENDID RECORD
OF MR. PACE
INTERPRETING WAR SITUATION industrialist! in Germany fostered the same call on America, the while tould not be much.
AND OCR PART IN THE
WORLD CONFLICT
The Third District Executive com-
irittee's endorsement of the re ord Nowhere have we seen a more lo
af Representative Stephen Pace was f orma tive discussion of ti e Europe-
one that is highly merited by the an war situation or w association
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genial congressman, who has served
his district well.
During the two terms that Mr.
l ace has been the third district's
representative, he has rendered a
splendid service. Always he has re
sponded quickly to requests made by
his constituents and his efforts in
the direction of securing federal
funds have been instrumental in the
consummation of a number of very
important
with it, than the fol.'vo.ng discussion
between Ralph M^Gii o t..e Atlan
ta Constitution, in 1 Editor Brown
Tyler of the Fulton County (Hapc-
v'.lle) Review, ill i.s internM.lng ‘•Be
lieve It or Else” column in the Kc-
Editor Rain Mr'iiU, .'hose ) iiso-
nal column in the Atlanta Constitu
tion is always interestt u,' as flopped
and announces a complete
of the smaller nations, even with
hand inside Germany, were not will-
' ing to allow one move that might
disturb the steady flow of profits to
i them. Hitler probably played upon
construction projects in change 0 f mind as to wh it America's ' 1,1,8 RTPed of their8 ’ assunng them
Hitler, so did England give it (him) reserving her own colonial resources.
a pat on the back.” I She has not yet drafted a single Then what. If England is whip W
____ | English citizen, depending on volun- we are whipped. Our resources Dav?
There can lie no doubt that the tcers, and her colonies Have sent her been depleted and we have made an
English government knew always only small contingents. At last pub- enemy who will feel encouraged and
what was going on in Germany,just Rshed accounts Canada had sent less justified in pushing the war to our
{>00 miles away, less than the dis- than 5,000 soldiers. England had up shores, the meanwhile Japan pushes
tance between Atlanta and Valdosta, until last week less than 200,000 all us out of the Pacific.
'ihey knew, but English industrial- told in France, with probably less
ists, controlling the English govern- than that at home, all poorly train- And letting down the bars and
ment as always, and with their gree- e d—, w ith their everlasting caste sys- furnishing unlimited supplies and
<jy paws on the finances ami industry tern preventing proper training. credits to the Allies is participation
in the war. Hitler will so consider it
Now, as to the realistic view- and will claim justification for fia h.
point: (otage of our industry and sinking
1 of our ships which in turn will in.
It it good business for America flame us, and before we scarcely r ,. a .
to go back again and save England liz.e it American bo,v s will again be
The Herald is indebted to its good
friend Mr. Windham Caldwell for a
generous quantity of asparagus from
his large crop which bears evidence
cf the fine st quality and which he is anc j Gle p CO p] 0 0 f the district are
very appreciative of this. Also he
has contributed much to the success
of the Chattahoochee and Flint river
the district.
Mr. Pace has always been an en
thusiastic supporter of all move
ments looking to tlie development of
tile Infantry School ut Ft. Benning
their interests would be eared for, w .j leu s j, e j, as demonstrated her in- on their way to die in anothe
just as he played with the industrial- a (,jijty | through dumbness, greed or tion's war.
attitude should he i.owird the war. \
Aftei accusing teigland of^all^the . Qf Germany unti i he was ready whatnot, to protect herself, notwith-
to trap them. i standing she had ample warning and
full sufficiency of her own
now marketing, but at very unsatis
factory prices, Mr. Caldwell states.
With tlie approach of graduation project, which means so much for
time wc are challenged to do our bit this section.
toward giving the graduates the en- The third district representaitve is
couragement and proper understand- ever on the alert to assist the far
ing of what is abroad for them and niers of the South and he has devot-
toward giving them the courage they et ( mU ch of his time and energy to
need to meet their new reaponsibili- improving conditions in the rural
ties. j sections.
-— | The ability and popularity of Mr.
Commissioner of Agriculture Co- Pace were in evidence soon after his
lumbus Roberts, who is also square- arrival in Washington because the
]y in the race for Governor, is being newcomers to the house chose him
given the highest of praise in the as the chairman of their group. Ever
conductof the affairs of his office since, he has taken a lead in con-
and as to his qualifications for the gressional activities and his record
governorship by a very large per reflects credit not only upon him-
cent of the weekly newspapers of the self, but upon his district and his
state. Interest in his candidacy seems state.
to be climbing rapidly all over the It is earnestly hoped that Mr.
state. | Pace docs not have opposition fori
re-election this year. He deserves to
lie allowed to return to Washington
without the trouble and expense of
I a campaign.—Columbus Enquirer.
greed and dishonesty
which this writer, incidcntly, has
consistently laid at her door, he nev
ertheless says now we should step in
and lay our resources, short of men
at her feet—-from a realistic stand
point.
Is a nation so dishonest that it wide resources? Wouldn't
welshes completely on its financial ^ ()o jt nKain per haps ill another 20
If we stay out of the war anij
world- England loses, our resources will he
we have intact to meet an emergency f ron)
Adjoining towns to Butler have
■within the past two weeks put on
very successful flower shows by the
Garden Clubs oo these respective
towns drawing large crowds from
this as well as local sections. From
all rpeorts there have been most in
teresting displays and the ladies of
these organizations deserve the heart
iest congratulations on the fine work
they have done in preparing for and
conducting the affairs which have
afforded so much pleasure and en
joyment not only for themselves but
thousands of others .
R. (). PERKINS REAPPOINTED
COURT REPORTER
It was with a great deal of pleas
ure and interest that we read the
following article in W. C. Tucker's
column of the Columbus Enquirer
Tuesday morning:
“One of Judge Palmer's first of
ficial acts was the reappointment of
R. O. Perkins as court reporter.
“Ocea Perkins has held that job
for about a quarter of a century and
Words give but feeble expression J he has a wide reputation as one of
of the sadness and sorrow' that | the most efficient court reporters in
hangs heavily upon the hearts of the j the state. His appointment will meet
people of this entire section caused I with general approval.”
by the tragic and untimely death ol'
Judge J. B. Guerry, member of the
State Court of Appeals, which re
sulted from an automobile accident
near Fredericksburg, Va., Thursday
last while Judge and Mrs. Guerry
were enroute to Washington. Imme
diately prior to his judgeship elec
tion he was for a number of years |
one of Montezuma's most prominent
citizens, a practicing attorney of
Mr. Perkins' many friends in
Taylor county appreciate the ap
pointment made by Judge Palmer.
NEW JUDGE CONGRATULATED
From W. C. Tucker's column in the
Columbus Enquirer, The Herald re-
n-oduces the following which will be
of pleasurable interest to the nu
merous Taylor county friends of
IgTeat ability and a leader in church j Judge Palmer:
educational and civic affairs of that | Judge George C. Palmer, installed
section. Judge Guerry was born at
Georgetown, Quitman county, where
he resided until moving to Monte
zuma in early manhood. He gradu
ated with honors from the Mercer
University law school in 1907 and
one of the state's ablest lawyers and
jurists. He was first elected to the
Court of Appeals i in 1982 and re
elected without opposition in 193t»,
While residing at Montezuma he was
for se\eral years president of the
Montezuma Kiwanis Club and served
as lieutenant governor for Kiwanis
district of Central Georgia.
Deeply gratifying to the people of
Taylor county, as throughout the Co
lumbus judicial circuit, is the an
nouncement of the appointment by
Governor Rivers of Hon. George C.
rainier, of Columbus, as superior
court judge in this circuit to till out
the unexpired term of Judge C.
Frank McLaughlin whose untimely
death is still being deeply mourned
by our people as throughout the cir
cuit. Early in life, just after he had
completed his college education,
Judge Palmer began studying law.
This was while efficiently fulfilling
tlie duties of secretary to the late
Wm. A. Little who at that time was
Attorney General and a short time
later by appointment of Judge Wm.
A. Butt as court reporter for the
Chattahoochee circuit over which he
is now to preside as judge. He be
came solicitor general of this cir
cuit in 1907 and rendered outstand
ing service in that office until Dec.
31, 1915, since which time he has
conducted an extensive law practice
in Columbus. No appointment made
by 'Governor Rivers since lie has
been in office is more genuinely en
dorsed and by a greater number of
people of this section than in the
present instance, and in which tlie
Herald joins countless others in ex
tending hearty congratulations.
the presiding jurist of the Chat
tahoochee circuit, didn't have very
much chance to attend to his official
duties yesterday morning on account
of so many friends calling at his of
fice to congratulate him.
“Howeve r, he managed to attend
to numerous matters during the late
morning and afternoon, despite the
continued stream of well wishers.
“Judge Palmer was cordially con
gratulated by hundreds of friends,
many of whom went to the court
house especially for that purpose.”
Tlie Dooly County Citizen, Vienna,
has this to say: “Ail of us are more
or less foolish, but it wouldn't be so
bad if we did not try to prove it now
and then.
From New Orleans comes the an
nouncement, according to Associated
Press Dispatches that Bro. Miller,
chairman of the highway board, has
asked the Federal Appellate court to
reconsider the matter of an injunc
tion and contempt proceeding
against Gov. Rivers. Miller claimed
in his motion, filed last week, Rivers
was not a party to the litigation in
the state courts, and the issue was
therefore not moot.
Representative B. Frank Whelchei,
recently acquitted of a charge of
selling postal appointments, was
Saturday endorsed by the Ninth
District Democratic Executive com
mittee for re-election for a fourth
term in Congress. In its endorsement
the committee spoke of Mr.Whelchei
as an experienced, able Representa
tive, alert to the interest of all
classes among his North Georgia
constituents. He is listed among the
prominent speakers appearing on the
program arranged for the annua!
session of the state convention of
Georgia postmasters to be held at
Toccoa Falls June 3-4.
Although this writer disagrees ab
solutely with Editor McGill's new j
contention that America should aid
England, his article is so good we {
are re-pubiishing it herewith almost
in its entirety, with our own com-
men following:
If it is permitted, I would like to
announce a change of mind. It is a
deliberate change.
It is made because the Allies
again have fumbled their defenses
and are in grave danger. They are
not prepared and the odds against an
allied victory will grow shorter.
Therefore, I think we ought to
change our laws so that the Allies
may have credits and be enabled to
take the ultimate in all our goods
and mabeifals of war.
We won't get it back. The Allies
welshed on their war debts after the
last war. There isn't any other word
for it. A number of propagandists
have soughtto “analyze” the debt
situation and to demonstrate the
debts really aren't debts. This was
England's defense.
This is entirely phoney and Eng
land knows it. They established
credits because there wasn't time to
go thru with the actual and unnec
essary transfer of money. iRut they
borrowed a set amount and they
promised to pay it hack in dollars.
They went off the gold standard and
their money is of no more value
than our own.
There just isn't any way of escap
ing the fact, painful tho it may be,
Hint they and all the others repudi
ated their honest debts.
That they will, therefore, repudi
ate any debts made in this war may
tie assumed but it will be cheap at
tlie price if we can give them the
goods and the machines and the gas
oline and oil, and help them win.
We want the Allies to win. So,
we ought to help them from a thos-
cughly realistic viewpoint.
I think they ought to fight the war
Not us. It isn't our war. England
and her statesmen sat by and saw
v.-hat was happening. They saw it
ns early as 1934.
They watched the growing spirit
of brutality and militaristic despo
tism in Germany and did nothing at
all.
They could have stopped it tarly
with no more than a few rounds
fired from machine guns.
They chose instead to adopt a sort
of paternal attitude toward the new
German government. Just as surely
as the leading industrialists of Ger
many fostered Nazi-ism and Hitler,
so did England give it a pat on the
hack.
There came along Austria and
then Czceh-Slovakia.
And Munich, where the Czechs
were betrayed.
And Chamberlain with his “peace
for our time.”
They had to do it. They weren't
ready to fight. They aren't ready
now. They haven't got the planes
and it is doubtful if they have
enough anti-aircraft guns.
So, they had to take what hap
pened. When it happened to Poland
they had to go on in, even though
they weren't ready.
They saw Hitlerism coming long
ago. They didn't mind it until it
grew too large and broke the bounds
of boundary and started in on the
world.
obligations, so greedy and avaricious
that it plays with or fosters evils
for profit, tlie while neglecting the
plain safety ofthe lives of its very
own people, any honor to the family
of democratic nations? Does it de
serve any longer to live?
either side. Canada
come in with us.
will have
to
England is today in the same shape
she was in 1917—unprepared and
being licked, Notwithstanding her
vast holdings the world over, her
vast actual and potential supplies, |
men and materials, from Australia,
New Zealand, India, South Africa,
Canada, Malaysia and hundreds of
smaller possessions, she called upon
the United States with the cry
that “Democracy is in danger and
you must save us to save ourselves.”
j We, urged by our own hankers and
industrialists, went in and gave her
all. She selfishly held back the re
sources and men from her own pos
sessions, so much so that in many
of them half the population did not
know a war was on.
years, tlie while she grabbed new
colonies and swindled us of loans?
And staying out, we can give a u
„ , , our attention to the accumulation
Must we he called upon constant- , on of
‘ . . vast war materials and the bmlHin.
v to repair and keep afloat a rot- .... , , ain *
, . ,. „ . , . , j and training of an army and nan
ting and periodically sinking old av J
, ,, , r . ... , . such as the world never saw before
hull whose crew is either too dumb
or penurious to make their own re
pairs ami who are constantly steer
ing it into seas it is unable to
weather? is it good business to de
plete our resources to keep such a
I craft and such a crew going 3,000
miles away?
So prepare ourselves that we
defv the whole world.
That's what we should do. That'i
what we aregoing to have to do—
| and do quickly—,if we remain at
peace in a world in the throes of re-
Wouldn't it be belter business to adjustment. Well need such a waf |
let it sink for good and use our
money to build a new and stronger
boat nearer home? If England can't
or won't protect herself she can't
protect us.
footing no matter who wins in Eu-1
rope.
Is her vaunted protection of the;
Atlantic and America's shores worth ;
a damn ? Did she protect Denmark, I less of what may be claimed by them I
One other thing: Our staying out
will permit us to handle, without
hysteria, the problem presented by
the millions of aliens now residing
in America. Most of these, regard-
America won that war for Eng
land, and sustained a blow, due
partly to England's financial du
plicity afterwards, from which it has
not yet recovered.
or Norway ? Why, just this week
she wouldn't or couldn't protect the
shores of Holland almost within
sight of her own shores.
Every statement Editor McGil!
makes is true and among tlie facts he
sets forth are the reasons, both sen
timental and realistic, why America
should stay out of this war.
"... Allies again have fumbled.
. . . They are not prepared . . . The
Allies welshed on their war debts
after the last war . . . they will,
therefore, repudiate any debts made
in this war ... It isn't our war . . .
They watched the growing spirit in
Germany and did nothing about it.
. . . They oculd have stopped it . . .
It looked to start with that
this time the cards were stacked
against England. It looks now more
> I than ever that way. Even tho' we
Now, a little more than 29 years 1 went in with our full resources in
later, England has permitted herself men and materials, there is no cer-
to get into the same or worse situ- tainty that England would be saved,
ation by pursuing the same tactics With a hostile Japan at our back,
as before. And, as before, she makes our war effort 3,000 miles away
or for them, have been schooled
the lands from which they fled inal
way of life in which selfishness and |
political duplicity are traits not
far down the scale of dishonesty. Do I
you think they would hesitate, for
money, to sell America down the [
river?
Tlie annual Memorial Day parade |
and services under the auspices
the G. A. R. Memoral Day Corpora
tion will be held as usual at W'ash-|
ington this year on May 30th.
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rise to $10.80 a day, with the average wage
$7.25, exclusive of salaried employees.
The Ford Motor Com
pany was the first large
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