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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MARCH 30, 1944.
THE BUTLER HERALD
Entered at Postoffice at Butler,
Georgia as Mail Matter of
Second Class.
Chas. Benns Jr., Managing Editor
O. E. Cox, Publisher & Bas. Mgr.
OFFICIAL ORGAN TAYLOR CO.
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Established in 1879
HaH-day vacation is better than
a whole day. Your recovery is
quicker.
If some people are really on
their way to heaven they are
traveling in the sleeping car.
WAR VIEWED WITH ALARM
ROOSEVELT
A ten-day Easter recess from
March 30th to April 12th has been
agreed upon by Congress. It will
act, we hope, as a cooling process.
With heavy rainfall almost dai
ly for several weeks it really takes
an optimist to lay plans, purchase
fertilizer, tools and seeds for gar
dens and farms.
It is amazing the number of
criticisms men make of the offi
cial acts of those in public life
without offering a single sugges
tion whereby the things combined
of might be improved.
Every wrong doer has the idea
that he can get by with his w'rong
doing. He is conceited enough to
believe that he is smarter than the
fellow who gets caught and had
to pay the price. Few wrong doers
would persist if they knew' the
punishment was certain.
Those who have an affection for
family trees and attach consider
able value thereto, usually over
look the fact that after a halo has
been passed down for several gen
erations it loses its lustre, while
on the other hand, those who are
worthy to wear it do not need it.
•—Monroe Advertiser.
‘ J. D. Jones, editor of our es
teemed contemporary, The Jack-
son Progress Argus, who is one of
the best informed newspapermen
in the state, writes on most oc
casions with an optimistic view,
but with respect to the w'ar situ
ation does not speak with en
couragement as to an early end
of hostilities. He says:
i Events of the last few days show
that manpower is the most prec
ious commodity in this country,
j The call is for an ever greater
number of men and women to be
trained to man the guns, the
ships and planes necessary to win
( the w'ar. The simple truth of the
; matter is a lot of people have
been fooling themselves into the
belief that the war was nearly
over. Glaring headlines in the
newspapers have been accepted as
! battles won rather than local en
gagements. Headlines do not win
w'ars. Radio commentators do not
, win wars. It takes the solid
pounding of all forces combined
to bring victory. As far as one can
now see the war may oe only be
ginning. The Russians have done
more and better fighting than any
nation or combined nations array
ed against the common enemy.
The Americans and British have
struck a snag in Italy. German
soil has not been invaded. Ger
many is still a strong force. Japan
must be dealt with, and that is a
long, tedious and costly battle.The
Allied air force is doing effective
work, but after all the infantry
must be in at the finish. Foot sol
diers after all win and hold bat
tles. So the demand is for more
man. Men heretofore engaged in
defense work w'ill be called to the
colors. The call is for young men.
The greatest army in the history
of the nation is being molded into
form. It should have a sobering
effect on the country to know that
we face a long, hard and costly
struggle. And in the meantime ail
must make up their minds to buy
more bonds, support the Red
Cross and other w’ar agencies and
steel themselves for the sacrifices
still to come.
Mrs. W. A. Shackelford, of Lex
ington, great admirer of President
Roosevelt contributed to the letter
column of the Atlanta Constitution
some days ago an interesting
communication of approval of our
President which we are pleased to
reproduce as follows:
“Editor, Constitution: The in
creasing value of a man is that
he increases the value of all men.
Now this is a speaking illustrated
picture of our President Roosevelt.
He has all the honor and prestige
that can be empow'ered to man; he
has all the wealth in both knowl
edge and money a man needs; he
seeks only the well-being of the
world in his service to mankind.
His investment is the good of his
fellow' beings. He is one man who
has been tried through the long
term of years and has proven
true in all his dealings with in
tegrity above reproach. He has
served at home and abroad. All
will admit all the world is looking
to President Roosevelt to advise,
counsel and lead, and so I am
wondering why we Americans,
that is, Republicans and Demo
crats as a w'hole, as one, don't get
together and draft Mr. Roosevelt.
We would establish something
new but it would be a great unity
of purpose that will express peace
in the fullest sense of the word.
Didn’t our great President express
this in its fullest meaning when
he appointed tw'o Republicans to
important offices, Knox and Stim-
son.
I “Mr. Roosevelt is the greatest
man on earth today, and will be
out next President, empowered
from God, and that is what
America needs most. Our greatest
investment is the good of our fel
low beings. America is blessed
beyond all other countries on
earth because we have a great
Christian leader in President
Roosevelt. God has through all
ages blessed the individual and
nation who obeyed His laws.”
THE TRUTH ABOUT VITAMINS
OUR COUNTRY CHURCH
Mrs. Charlie Rountree’s Wrights-
Ville Headlight is still going
strong inspite of the fact tnat tne
war has called upon her to sacri
fice the going of her one and only
printer. It takes a great deal of
courage and worlds of energy to
meet such conditions, but Mrs.
Rountree is doing so gracefully.
Thousands of fine trout and
bream given their freedom to find
their way to the Atlantic due to
the crumbling of so many dams in
this section and day of the good
Georgia barbecue dispensed with
for the duration there will be little
to lure us to bur favorite country
club or the GI hangout during
the lazy season of the year.
None of our business, but uo
wonder if farmers are examining
their cattle for ticks these days.We
are seeing them for the first time
in 20 years. Recall the cattle tick
wars in South Georgia some years
back when farmers objected to
dipping their cattle. Dangerous
diseases are spread by these nasty
bugs to both man and beast.
PEOPLE OFTEN NEGLECT
A GOOD OPPORTUNITY
The Butler Herald says: “One
smiling countenance and a hearty
cheerful ‘good morning’ is worth a
thousand scowling faces and be
grudging ‘howdys’.”
A smiling countenance helps in
many ways, but often, especially
during these days when numerous
problems worry and perplex, it is
difficult for some people to display
a genuine friendly smile. They are
good people, they will do anything
possible to help their friends, out
the added burdens of 1 ife keep
them in an attitude that is often
misunderstoon, However, when
you find them not occupied with
business, they seem to be an en
tirely different set of people.
A genuine smile is one of any
person’s greatest < assets, often
opening the doors of real oppor
tunity, and if followed through
life, number of real friends will be
greatly enhanced. Sometimes a
smile will “disarm” a bitter ene
my. opening up the way for an
understanding that will restore the
friendship.—Jesup Sentinel.
Apparently Old Man Weather is
trying to play square with the
peach growers— especially with
the Elberta crop—in this section.
Those who lost all, or practically
all, of their crop last year, are to
be favored with a fine crop this
year, while those with a fair crop
last year will be minus a crop this
year due to frost two weeks ago.
Congratulations to the Camilla
Enterprise upon entering its 42nd
year of service. The Enterprise, of
ficial paper of Mitchell County, is
one of Georgia’s most interesting
and forceful weeklies. The reason,
of course, is because it is being so
capably run by Miss Clare Cul
pepper, publisher and associate
editor, and Miss Harriotte Burson,
managing editor.
One Alabama boy, whose hand
we want to shake when this war
is won, is Capt. Walker Sorrell, the
24-year-old combat engineer who
was mainly responsible for the
strategy that helped our forces
punctuate the Gustav line in Italy.
Described by war correspondents
as “spectacled, and as slim as a
Southern pine tree," our Alabama
boy thought of using a dry river
bed as a road for American tanks
to roll over in the advancement
against the enemy. And now they
call the dry river bed “The Sorreil
Skyline Road.” One of the things
we like about this story is that
the higher officers have given
credit to the men who actually
thought out the solution of a mili
tary problem. Often a general or
the colonel is credited with the
brilliant strategy that wins battles
and the minor officers and men
who play important roles, too, are
ignored when it comes to the ap
plause.—Gadsdne Times.
We know winter has past when
we see bare-foot boys racing
along the street. Only if we could
be a bare-foot boy again and give
our poor old tired feet the rest
they so much need. Too, we've
often thought what a fine thing it
would be if the judgment and
wisdom of mature years could
have as its ally the energy and
enthusiasm of youth. About the
time wisdom comes to the aver
age man he begins to slow down
a little.
the following letter, said to
have been written to a rural mail
carrier, is going the rounds:“Dear
Mailman: Attached is a check for
$5 for Which you will kindly get
me a stamp to make our flivver
a legal means of transportation
for the purpose »f going to the ra
tion board for a permit to get gas
to have our machine inspected so
we may visit the ration board to
get authority to buy a new tire so
that our car may be in a suitable
condition to go to pay our with
holding tax.”
If you think war is hell—then
.ve call your attention to the Sul
livan family, says the Cobb Coun
ty Times. “There were five of the
Sullivan boys — George, Frank,
Joseph, Madison and Albert. Five
great American boys—and all
eager to do something for the old
nation. Off to the Navy went
these five boys—and never to re
turn. Weeks passed—and the
Sullivan boys made great Navy
men. Came then anxious clays foi
^Jie parents—and finally that ter
rible message from the Navy an
nouncing that the five Sullivan
hoys were missing in action. The
boys went down with the cruiser
Juneau. They went down that
YOU might enjoy the freedom that
is America. The parents of these
boys—though dealt a terrible
blow have continued to carry
on doing their part that America
might stay the land of the free.
So—if you think war and taxes
are hell—we but call your atten
tion to the Sullivans. Wondei
what they think?"
(By Dr. Louie D. Newton)
I wrote about the country
church in this column a few weeks
ago, and the following incident
makes me feel pretty good:
“Wait a minute, Mr. Newton,”
called a man’s voice as I was en
tering the sleeping car in the sta
tion in Augusta one night last
week, “I want to tell you a good
story.”
We shook hands and chatted a
moment about former days of fel
lowship as students at Mercer
University. He was waiting for
his train, and my car would not
be picked up for an hour, sq that
we had plenty of time to talk.
“I take my home county news
paper, and I was reading your
piece the other day about the
country church. It set me to think
ing. I recalled with much pleas
ure my boyhood days in the old
country church at home; but I had
not seen it in ten years.
“I went to my office the next
morning and wrote my cousin, a
farmer in the home community, a
letter, asking him how the old
church was getting along. He
wrote me back immediately, tell
ing me that many of the former
families had moved away, and
that they were having a right hard
time maintaining the ministry of
the church. He went on to say that
the meeting house needed paint,
etc.
“I sent him a check for $100, and
asked him to apply it on the cost
of painting the meeting house,
and to let me know if he needed
more. Only yesterday I got a let
ter from him, stating that he had
read my letter to the people at
Sunday School last Sunday and
they made up enough to paint the
1 meeting house inside and outside,
and install electric lights. I just
want to thank you for bringing
back to my thoughts my country
church. From now on I can say,
! ‘Our country church.’ I am a
member of one of the churches
here, as you know, but I feel a
deep sense of obligation to ‘Our
country church,’ back at home.”
J I hope there may be many oth-
i Prs who will think of the country
i church, and, thinking of what it
, meant to them, do just what my
! friend in Augusta did—send them
a check with which to repaint the
meeting house, plant shrubbery,
repair the cemetery fence, install
electric lights, etc.
! We dare not forget the country
churches. They are vital assets to
the life of our state and nation.
Many of them are having a diffi
cult time, with so many familiies
j having moved away and the new
comers not being members of my
church, or, if members, unenlist
ed.
; Can you say, “Our Country
Church?”
The vitamin-conscious American
consumer is being subjected to a
barrage of bunk and ballyhoo that
beats anything since the day's of
Dr. Hokum's Indian Tonic, guar
anteed to cure every ailment ol
man from flat feet to scalp-itch.
Radio and press blurbs, drug
store window displays and mail
ads daily scare him out of his wits
with dire warnings of all the “hid
den ills” he may be suffering and
how he could get rid of them all
immediately and enjoy buoyant
health, popularity and sex appeal
forever more by simply swallow
ing a vitamin-packed miracle pill
once, twice or thrice a day . . .
High pressure promotion genius
es are letting their imagination
run riot on vitamins . . .
As a result partly of the ener
getic efforts of these advertising
geniuses . . . the manufacture of
synthetic vitamins has been run
up during the last five years from
a tiny area of drug production
into a $200,000,000-a-year indus
try. . . .
Prof. E. V. McCollum of the
Johns Hopkins Medical Center in
Baltimore, a pioneer in vitamin
research, last month lashed out at
the commercial ballyhoo of syn
thetic vitamins as having “reach
ed the disgraceful plane of the
patent-medicine days” when coun
try-store almanacs were used as
guides to diagnosis ond treat
ment.
“The descendants of the old
patent-medicine hawkers,” the em
inent scientist said, "are trying
now to find a market for train
loads of synthetic vitamins on the
same plane.
"We can no longer teach a
housewife how to feed her family
properly on a simple plan of pre
senting the few necessaries and
adding that a fter eating as much
of these, eat anything else you
want.
“If we make reasonaoly intelli
gent selections of foods, we don't
need any synthetic vitamins.” ...
The overselling of vitamins is
harmful in another respect. It
tends to make hypochondriac of
many Americans by scarmg them
into thinking something is wrong
with them. It also tends to make
some people forget that the main
element in nutrition is genuine,
100 per cent farm-grown food, not
synthetic vitamins packaged in
pills or capsules . . .
The vendors of vitamins should
be made to hew closer to the
lines of truth.—The Newspaper
PM.
AN APPRECIATED LETTER
TOM LINDER IS UP IN THE AIR
By Ralph McGill
In The Atlanta Constitution
Our commissioner of agricnit,,
Mr. Tom Linder, is very VJ,TZ
in the air. U P
The last two times I have talkna
with Mr. Linder, it has been Irr
possible to get him to discuss
politics or crops.
He talks about airplanes the
huge freight planes already i n
Dear Mr. Editor:
I have been a reader of your pa
per since coming to Taylor county
with much interest. I do not re
member seeing a single advertise
ment of beer, wine or whiskey in
it.
Your constituecy must read your
paper with gratitude because of
this worthy note. Personally I
want to thank you for this out
standing feature of your paper— ,
The Butler Herald. I existence which can carry 'p ra ' c '.‘
I say with a sad heart that all: tr ca Hy a carload of goods, wine,
editors are not so careful. Your * ng tke i r wa Y to New York, Boston
paper is numbered with the out- * 1 * * * Philadelphia and other eastern
standing publications that does j markets with Georgia products,
not subscribe to such advertising, i He means garden-fresh stuff He
And certainly this is what we means tree-ripened peaches. He
need to help prepare us for post- means real watermelons and real
war conditions. | snap beans and real berries
I wish also to say that each j It may surprise one to know' it
copy of your paper that I have butthe facts are the the p 00 j
read carries many Bible citations wretches in the east have never
by some one or more of our local tasted a tree-ripened peach. They
Bible talent. May our God s rich get peaches picked green, the rip.
grace help you to continue teach- cning process going on during
ing the Bible to all of your read- shipment and storage,
ers for this you are doing through And watermelons? Well, the
your paper. miserable creatures in the east
The scripture saith, “throughout live out their lives and never taste
every city and village . . . publish what we know as watermelons
glad tidings of the Kingdom of Mr. Linder can have you in tears
God.” about what they have missed.
We do hereby recommend that “The shipper’s melon,” explains
all the people of Taylor county Mr. Linder, “is crossed with a
read all The Butler Herald each citrus to give, it a rind which will
week.
Most sincerely yours,
W. B. HOATS.
TOMORROW'S SUN
TOMORROW'S SUN
stand shipping. This makes a
tough hide and, while the melon
is good and edible, it does not
have the sweet flavor and the
delicate rind which we get in our
home melons.”
There are thousands of persons
(By J. C. WILSON) 'addicted to peaches who have
Characterized as an enduring never known the flavor of a tree-
enterprise that w'ill pay great divi- ripened peach,
dends in human happiness, the
Georgia Baptist hospital, in At
lanta, serving the whole state of
Georgia, regardless of denomina
tional affiliations, has launched a
campaign to vastly extend its use
The same applies to many other
fruits and berries.
It is this which has Mr. Linder
up in the air.
“Let us assume,” says Mr. Lin
der, “that there was a runway
campaign iu vaatiy CAltHlU IIS UStT- »
fulness to the citizens of the state. fr°m the Atlanta air base extend-
a i • _ i inor tn t Vi n morbot TVo
JUST FOR TODAY
I The happier life would soon be
attained if we—all of us—would
follow these suggestions from the
Kiwanis Bulletin:
j “I will try to live through this
day only, and not tackle my
i whole life problem at once. I
can do some things for two hours
tnat would appall me if I felt I
had to keep them up for a life-
I time.
| “I w'ill adjust myself to what
is, and not try to adjust every
thing to my own desires. I will
take my family, my business,and
my luck as they come, and fit
myself to them.
“I will exercise my soul. In
three ways, to-wit:
“I will do someone a good turn
and not get found out. If any
body knows of it, it will not count.
“I will do at least two things
I I don’t want to do, as Wm. Kanes
suggests, just for exercise.
j “I will not show anyone that my
! feelings are hurt. They may be
I hurt, but today I will not .show
1 it.”
I The man in public life and
i works who expects his reward in
1 the form of appreciation from the
people he serves is doomed to dis-
: appointment. The only reward
: that comes to a man who serves
I the public is the consciousness in
| his own heart that he has con-
j tributed something of himself to
community betterment.
Dr. Geo. W. Truett, greatly be -
loved Baptist leader, has been
given a six months leave of ab
sence from the pastorate of First
Church, Dallas, Tex., to regain his
health. Dr. Truett has been suffer
ing from an infection in the bone
of the left leg. His condition did
not improve following a recent
operation. Dr. Truett has been pas
tor of the Dallas church for 46
years and is 76 years of age. He
has been president of the Eaptist
World Alliance, of the Southern
Baptist Convention, and has con
ducted many preaching missions
throughout Europe and Asia. He
was born near Hayesvllle, N. C.,
and taught school in Hiawassee!
Ga. His many friends pray earn
estly for his speedy recovery.—
Towns County Herald.
The Barnesviile News-Gazette is
excusable for its much bragging
about the presence of 98 in the
Baptist Church Men's Bible class
a few Sundays ago. That was fine
and should be repeated. Barnes-
ville is a town of about the size
of Butler and could do equally as
well if something could be done
by either the Baptist or Methodist
to grouse our men from their
lethargy in attending the Sunday
School.
Rarvous, Restless
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A comprehensive plan for en- to market. The distance is
largement of the institution has not S reat -
been mapped out by the director- " Let us Picture a half dozen or
ate of the institution, with a view mor ® °t the cargo planes at a
to making it one of the largest l° ad i n S platform at the market,
and most modern hospitals in the ^tiere will be many, many surplus
country. i P lanes when the war ends.
Numerous leaders in the busi-1 . 7'^’f are loaded with peaches
ness, civic, and religious world, p 10 !^ A tb , at morning a £d trucked
have put their stamp of approval' 10 the Atlanta The P each '
on the undertaking, and the move ? s are T ' pe ’ ready 0 be eaten ‘ Tb ey
ment is gaining impetus with ev- ba Xf al .l tbe real fla yor which
cry Dassing week iust as fast as mukes the Georgia peach the ass-
p „ *7 , eK ’ 3USt as rast aa tiest oeach in the world.
Vhh Z ,it„-^nn mG A S HH a T al H d ‘ “They l0ad U P a " d taxi d OWn
A,t h° the hos. runway to the airport, take off
P j P. , f f S f °P. y 224 aeds and within three our four hours are
and crowded at that figure, there in New York transferring their
are 2o0 prominent physicians and loads to waiting trucks of the hi h
surgeons throughout Georgia who grade> spe cialty-food markets in
a . ro . cona an ^ clamoring for fa- ( j\jew York. Other planes coulr go
cilities to accommodate their pa- ;to Boston and any other large
len s who sorely need hospitaliza market which wants high-grade,
ion and proper attention. The ex- luxury foods. Hotel associations
ce lent service rendered by the and high-grade restaurants and
hospital for years has endeared many homes would want these
the institution to thousaids all ov- special items and pay premium
Georgia and this appreciation 1 prices,
is growing with the passage of the “We could do the same thing
years. With adequate room and for watermelons, sending along
the most modern facilities that the real melon without any citrus
will be provided in the new hos- 1 cross. Our vegetables, our berries
pital there is no way to compre- our chickens and turkeys could be
bend the vastness of the service sent in the same fashion,
that will be available. I “The cost should be no more
The new Georgia Baptist hos- than present shipping costs. There
pital will be one of the foremost ' would be no necessity for icing
post war undertakings of its kind vegetables, peaches and melons,
to be instituted in the stare and because the plane, flying at the
from advance information there i usual 5,000 or more feet, would
will be hearty support accorded to ; supply its own r efrigeration.
the undertaking. It is expected ■ Slight ice packing would last
that organized efforts will soon be 1 poultry all the way to the waiting
directed toward arousing interest j trucks. If refrigerated planes are
all over Georgia and there is little required, the solution would be
doubt but that marked enthusi- . simple.”
asm will be recorded in every sec- I It is a practical plan. He was
tion once the proposition is con- ! the first to think of it, giving out
eretely put to the church workers ! a statement on it many months
and those interested in humanita- 1 a f?°- Now is being mentioned in
rian projects. With the termina- oth er sections. Mr. Linaer is eager
tion of the war there will be that Georgia's legislature do
greatly increased need for just something to give it a start,
such a service and the ereaetr “f think private enterprise will
a service and the greaetr * ‘ *---
hospital can render and the occa- I carr ^ St on if the state can glve 1
sion affords a splendid opportuni-1 some impetus,” he said. “There
ty for great and good people in, isn<t any doubt about II bclI J!
every field in Georgia to cooperate P ractical and there isn,t any dou
in giving the state such a splen- about u being ad °P ted - What
run hpmioctc 1 terests me is that Georgia be tne
tinL Q J! f irst state to do it. I think, as a
did institution. Gifts,
boknds and other donations are .. . , ■ . , . have
already coming in to swell the 1 matter of fact> we should 5 I
funds that will be on hand readv colIoction P oints at other clt1 ?*'
to start the work when the go sig i P roba bly Savannah and Augusta
nal can be given and actual con- 110 name Just two .-. and fly pr0d
. | ucts from those cities, too.
in ‘ It is obvious that the airplane
W'ill be used to get food to the
... . J great markets of the nation. The
e oi mined s j 0W ness of trucks, the frequen
struction started on the new
stitution.
One's success
largely by attitude—towards one's de i avs inshinnine with foods
•ommunU v Z Annrn nd h the ’ spoiling in caS, are unavoidable
a hStlle atmSi P ,f 0ple W1 f h It follows that the airplane will
usuillv mppt ‘th and you W1 11, be used in an increasing degree
nroach them l ° PP ? Sltlon ‘ A P' when the war ends and the eas-
and vnu wni }, „ * nendly way ' tern markets begin to demand
! y find them receptive ■ high-grade select foods,
munitv pro f sltion ‘Treat a com- f t L u] j a job of quality
vn , y m l n a . good ’ . lvo l °wn and production and careful packaging
* h t . nc t ° bo exa ctly and grading, such as has been
l hat t > ou tmagine. Treat it as a 1 done by Casoi Callaway, for >n-
-ornfn tOWn '\\ th nc Spint ’ and . Stance, at the Blue Springs farm
®£ a J" ,y° u _ wl11 see and find just j near Hamilton.
I I imagine that he, like other
, ! large producers of quality foods,
| will have his own airplanes, on
' i or two cargo planes, to carry hi-
j own goods to a select list of cus
! tomers in the east. .
j Anyhow, that is what has ha
j Mr. Linder up in the air. ;
l I did learn that he is not i i
j terested in running for anything
this year. He will stay on m
present job.
what you are expecting.
NOTICE
Every man, woman and child
in Butler is expected to con
tribute as generously as pos
sible tothe American Red Cross.
Please Do Your Part
Our Soldiers Are Doing Theirs
Well, it is worth 8c when ai
mail really goes by air now.