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PAGE FOUR THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA. NOVEMBER 18, 1943. THE BUTLER HERALD Entered at Poatoffiee at Butler, Georgia as Mail Matter of Second Class. Chas. Bonus Jr., Manaplng Editor O. E. Cox, Publisher & Bus. Mgr. WE ARE BLESSED OFFICIAL ORGAN TAYLOR CO. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Average Weekly Circulation Fifteen Hundred Copies SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 A YEAR Established in 1879 The best news of the week: “U. S. subs sink seven more Jap ships." The Herald extends sympathy to Rev. H. L. Lumpkin of Mauk, in the death last week at Ameri- cus of his brother, Mr. John Ed Lumpkin, 62 years of age. Funeral services and interment took place at Ellaville. Ira Butt's North Georgia News at Blairsville is favored each week by items of interest from many sections of the county. Another thing we find in them to admire is the fact that the items from nearly all of these communities are preceded by a verse of scrip ture from the Bible. Americans are seeing more of America today than they ever did in peace-time, but they are seeing it under conditions that are far from normal. Even so, many are making the most of their oppor tunities to explore and enjoy new surroundings. Home town loyalties remain unshaken, however, and "Home Sweet Home” is the theme song of every man and woman in the service. News reports from the midwest tell of the snow-blocked roads, of 40-mile gales, of blocked traffic, of sub-freezing temperatures. Schools In Minnesota were clos ed for days. Planes were ground ed, bus traffic was almost at a (standstill and communications with many areas were cut as the wires fell. War plants were forced to suspend operations because workers were unable to travel ov er the snow-drifted roads. All of which, while arousing our sympathy for the unfortunate vic tims of the Midwestern elements, makes us appreciate more than ever how blessed are we who live in the temperate zone of the south. In Atlanta, as this is written, the sun is shining, the skies are blue, the wind is no more than mildly invigorating. The South suffers under man made handicaps, such as the in justice of railroad freight rates; scarcity of local investment capi tal; political impotency because of the one-party system, but all these are offset, forgotten,when we contemplate the blessings of God and Nature have bestowed upon us. It is, despite troubles that some times loom large, a wonderful blessing to live beneath the bene ficent skies of the South.—Atlanta Constitution. FINE FARM LEADERSHIP ! labor to be included In fixing the ___ j parity price of the products turned „ „ , , rout by that labor. No one needs to I-rom The Macon Telegraph. b e ad expert in economics to The condition of the American Rnow that the ^ of labor is farmer, and therefore of 16 one tbe j^gest Ingredients In American people, would be gjca tbp cost D f production and to say ly improved if we had more of the that u shou , d not be includod in leadership of such men as H. . fj xing the parity price of farm Wingate, president of the Georgia p roducts simply does not make Farm Bureau Federation, who sense presided over the two-day sessions, Mawm was d to have here of the organization held in Macon President wingate and the hun- recently. i dr eds of members of his organiza- Mr. Wingate mercilessly expostogether with the distin- ed all the fraud and fallacy of gu j sbed guest speakers who absidy payments on which v . . A shortage of newsprint stock, which has become a source of worry to all newspapers in the state, again necessitates reducing the size of this issue of The Her ald from 8 to 6 pages and the omission of a number of important articles Intended for publication. We regret the situuation very much but entirely unavoidable. those subsidy payments on "iiiu* br0 ught many valuable messages. Mr Roosevelt so obstinately insists We believe that the seed sown at while on the other hand he ( o- these mec tings will bring forth c ared that Congress must pass ten and a hundred fold and that the Pace bill by a majority su - W0 can yet bea t do wn the stub- ficient to override the probable,^ grQ J p ip the Washington ad . veto of it by the President ministration which seems bent on Representative Stephen Pace, au- ; American agriculture, thor of the bill in question, was the principal speaker at the Fede ration meeting on Wednesday when he made clear the provisions of his proposed bill and vindicated "THE BEST I KNOW HOW' BURTON'S DILEMMA If I were to try to read, much the claims of the American farmer , egs answf!r> a n the attacks made to greater consideration than this administration has accorded him. The Pace bill would make it compulsory to include the cost of labor in fixing the parity price of agriculture products. Mr. Wingate pointed out the familiar fact that subsidy pay ments are no remedy for inflation for the simple reason that the same amount of money would be placed in circulation through one channel or the other. The taxpay ers would be compelled to contrib ute to these subsidies whatever amount might theoretically be on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how—the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.—Abraham Lincoln. For the past week the Herald has been confronted with similar trouble to that told by The Baker County News in the following; "Like every other business or ganization war’s crippling influ ence has had its hand upon us here at this newspoper office. Last week, however, it laid a heavy hand upon us but the Enterprise came through “on a wing and a prayer." Our “trouDle" revolvad around the shortage of paper.” Florida's big citrus crop is be ginning to move. In years gone by that state suffered disaster by freezing weather when the buds began to swell in early Spring as resulted to the Georgia peach crop this year at a tremendous finan cial loss to our growers. It is gratifying to know that Florida citrus growers are anticipating a bumper crop this year. Think we will speak to Santa Claus about our fondness for oranges and grape fruit. The Herald was favored yester day by a visit from Hon T. M. Seawell of Carrollton, a fond friend of ye ed since our earliest days in the field of journalism. For many years Mr. Seawall was owner and editor of the Winder News which he sold after purchasing the two news papers at Carrollton—The Free Press and Herald. At present Mr. Seawall .s closely connected with the state administration and it was or a mission of much im portance to this section that brought him to Butler yesterday Warning! If your Christmas gift list isn't made up by now you’re late! Buy and mail in No vember our Government warns If you want to select from fresh complete gift stocks, do it now If you want better service in stores and post offices—buy now mail now. If you want your gifts to arrive on time—make up your Christmas gift list now—this min ute! This is not an appeal to buy more—it’s an appeal to ease the manpower strain on stores and postoffices, the strain on trans portalion—and yourself. You stores urge you to buy only what you need—thoughtfully, carefully and immediately. In wishing the Atlanta Constitu tion, The Butler Herald and The Franklin News and Banner many happy returns of their birthdays which they celebrate approximate ly on the same date each year 1943 being their 67th, the Coving ton News reminds us that it has 22 year seniority over us—twenty two extra years that have been used wisely and profitably in the making of one of the finest weekly- papers in the state with particu lar interest in its editorial page and "Chatter-Box Column" signed by “The Office Boy." When ole man Dud Glass rants again about “country editors being too darn lazy to write editorials for their newspapers”—to which we plead guilty, -.not as for doing the writ ing ..but studying and making preparation of something to write about—vve are going to ask Bro Belmont Dennis or conductor "Chatter Box" write an editorial for us blistering ole Dud. We trust Congress may pass the bill introduced last week by Rep resentative Davis of Tennessee of j which would direct the Secretary to the next of kin of servicemen or So far as the Pace bill is con- ] women who are killed in action cemed it is literally amazing that under such circumstances that the administration will not seethe, their bodies cannot be recovered logic of permitting the cost of farm and returned for burial. saved by the consumers who, __ course, include the taxpayers! of War to furnish headstones themselves. Dudley Glass: Years of acquain tance with the rural press has re vealed that ye ed, and pub., al ways a genial person with a heart as big as a prize water melon, is called upon to do almost everything from acting as pall bearer for a corpse he had never known in life to minding a couple of children while the mother at tends a movie two doors away. But I never knew before that an ed. and pub. is expected to run a winter greenhouse for the town. Yet it seems Rush Burton, of the Lavonia Times, has been winter gardener for many seasons and the business has outgrown his quar ters. Rush remarks: “The Times office cannot take any more flowers to care for dur- ingthe winter. We are over-run with flowers. There are flowers around one of our motors so deep that we can hardly get to it.. Flow ers have the storage room door ! blocked. We almost stumble over flowers at every turn. As much as we regret to say this, we must say that we have all the flowers that we can care for. "For several years The Times ! office has been used by- some of our friends for winter storage. We i are glad, to accommodate our ! friends. But this season there is i an unusual run of flowers. We are simply swamped with flowers; we wash our hands in a mass of terns, we turn the motor on in a galaxy of elephant ears, and write Christmas stuff surrounded by Christmas cactus. It's flowers to the east of us and flowers to the west of us—flowers all around. “We have carried flowers to the house till the dining room win dows are all banked with beau- ful flowers. Some are on stands and others just sitting around. We «ave produced sn pretty flowers. But wo t ^ more room for flowers w? no glad to look at them whiin W are living. Bu. „„ have * e paper out, and any more wouid imped 6 the p,„ mm n o n£ HASTY MATRIMONY It is unpleasant to contone! * the forecast that the flood of T vorces which followed the i?i war in this country " participating nations may develop again when peace comes conjecture is supported by a ‘ n ^“ ber of reasons, the principal bein* the large number of hasty r g Suons ntraCt0d Und(>r It needs no divining rod of 0 b- servation to note that many nZ nages are made in war-tfL when the couples are swept a Jay by die rapid course of events when persons who have thrown normal caution to the winds enter the important state of matrimony wn i°? y 3 f 1 hort a «iuaintance What does all this mean for th« future ? What of the children bom of these hasty marriages? \Vhat complications and problems win this pose for the postwar period^ It is something that calls for stu’- dy and contemplation, it i s problem to be dealt with when th war is won.—Atlanta Constitution" Back in 1492, when ‘‘Columbu sailed the ocean blue,” he set ou on August 3rd and reached th, new world on October 12th, the voyage requiring 70 days.' The office of War Information nt$i tlons a pilot who recently flew across the Atlantic four times ii three days. WORLD’S RECORD IN SHIP CONSTRUCTION Beats World War I Destroyer Time of J 45 l A Days — Bethlehem Set Both Marl Has Large Gun-Power for Both Offensive and Defensive Service; Equipped for Surface, Depth Bomb and M ¥ Beating ail prior records, the destroyer-escort Reynolds was com pleted and delivered November 3 to the U. S. Navy, by die Bethlehem- Hingham Shipyard just 25 days after keel laying. The Reynolds is a hard-hitting, fighting unit with great fire-power and speed, a bigger, more powerful ship than the destroyer Reid, which held the previous production record of being built in 45Vi days, during World War I. Bethlehem built both ships. ,The Reynolds has terrific battle armament for surface, depth bomb, or anti-aircraft combat. Her main battery has guns mounted in three turrets which can revolve in a complete circle to follow a target, and can be fired by a trained crew with amazing accuracy and rapid ity. Aft is a 40-mm. Bofors gun, each barrel capable of firing 120 rounds of 2-pound projectiles per minute. She has numerous 20-mm. Oerlikon machine guns with a potential fire-power of nearly 400 shells every 60 seconds. Also, along port and starboard rails aft of amidships are a flock of K-guns which can toss out the famous 300-pound “ash cans” which make it unhealthy for any submarine within hundreds of yards. The Reynolds is, in fact, one of those powerful, swift, sea-panthers designed by the Navy to drive the Nazi subs from the Atlantic and 0E photo by U. S. Navy—cijored by Prnt Rotation* Ofifko, U. S. Navy, Wcnhkgb*' 1 Destroyer-escort designed by U. S. Navy has wide range of fire-power and $ DE Reynolds was built by Bethlcbem-Hingham Shipyard in record time of 25 4a>J > | oft protect American convoys. She can deliver a terrific curtain effective at 2500 yards against air or surface targets. Like s°' of her sister ships, she is one of Uncle Sam’s contributions to British fleet. The first group *f ships in the destroyer-escort class were in 302 days. The next group in this class were built in 206 days. Now the Reynolds has set the mark of 25 days. And she is but one of hundreds of warships steaming out shipyards of America to speed the day of Victory. oN IT WORLD LARGEST 23 EaS BUILDER