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THE BUTLER HERALU, BUTLER, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 13, 1045.
THE BUTLER HERALD
KEEPING WITH CITY'S GROWTH
COLUMBUS PAPER CONDUCT-
ING EXPANSION PROGRAM
Entered at Postoffice
Georgia as Mail
Second Class.
at Butler, 1
Matter of
Chas.
O. E.
Benns Jr
Cox, Publisher & Bus
Mgr.
LIKES TRUE CHRISTMAS
COLORS
Fads may come and go and
styles may change, but somehow
I had never thought that the good
old Christmas colors of red and
green would change . . . and
sue last Sunday, and in which change for much the worst at that
connection the Heroald wishes to
Card Of Thanks
Admiring friends and readers of
the Columbus Enquirer ; Sun will
be interested in the following an-
Managing Editor nouncement appearing in its is-
OFFICIAL ORGAN TAYLOR CO. extend sincere congratulations:
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Seventeen Hundred Copies
Established in 1879
SUBSCRIPTION. $2.00 A YEAR
If hurrying means death some
people are wasting a lot of money
on life insurance.
A $300,000 expansion and de
velopment program—including the
installation of new, high-speed
presses capable of “four-color"
printing—was announced Satur
day by the Ledger-Enquirer news
We want to express to each of
our friends ou rdeep appreciation
for the many deeds of kindness
and words of cheer ministered to
our loved one, Georgie, who re
cently passed away. And we sin-
„ , .. . . Tt ‘““j cerely thank each one for the
Surely tne war must be blamed . , ,,
3 beautiful expressions of sympathy
and comforting words to us in our
for that, the war and the dye situ
ation, because no human being
could possibly like this tomato
ketchup smear that is now ap
pearing on everything, cloth ma
terial, Christmas cards, upholstery
everything. If you go into a store
Mrs. Z. D. Gill and Family.
WANT AD COLUMN
papers. Contract for the new press anc j as k to see material in a pastel
—a four-unit, extra high-speed oc- shade, immediately one is shown
tuple mechanism designed and something that is a cross between
Men are oten judged by their
mistakes, while those who make
mistakes,- do little.
built by Walter Scott and Co. of
Plainfield, N. J.—was authorized
last week by the directors of the
corporation. Cost of the press, not
including installation, will be ap
proximately $150,000.
no
nose bleed and watered canned
tomatoes. Ask for Christmas rib
bon and you find an orange tinge
faintly touched with henna. Pick
up the best Christmas cards and
there is more tomato ketchup
Azaleas, Camellias and Orna
mental Shrubs. Ideal Christmas
Gifts (112940
BAIRD’S NURSERY,
Ft. Valley, Ga.
FOR SALE
faster and more intricate than
The weather has been so van- p resses now j n us0 —coupled with
able the past few weeks that it is 0 yj er expansion plans covering al
most every Ledger-Enquirer de-
difL-.dt to figure out just who is
running it.
200 Tons good timothy, clover or
alfalfa hay. Also can fill orders
,. ... , ,. , .. for Hereford or Angus stock
Mother Nature who dips her paint catt j e (11293p)
The fact that it will be larger smeared around on a bluish tinged
holly leaf. Thank heaven for
A lot of good you do is never
noticed, while the bad is well ad
vertised without -the aid of the
newspapers. Then why condemn
the newspapers for saying
good things about people.
News articles tell us that among
new things coming onto the mar
ket in the postwar world will be
a re versa ble necktie with differ
ent designs. Surely not a bad idea
When one side gets dirty (?)
Wonder who thought of that any
way?
What are the more fortunate
people of our community going to
do about those living under
fortunate circumstances in
section this Christmas? Let us .re
member that we will have a hap
py Yuletide precisely to the ex
tent tnat we think of and seek to
nelp others. That is the true spirit
ol Umstmas.
partinent—will necessitate practi
cally a total re design and en
largement of the entire rear of
the newspaper building.
Architect J. W. Biggers has been
at work fo rweeks on plans and
only specifications for this work, cost of
which is tentatively estimated at
$125,000.
In addition, the Ledger-Enquirer
has on order or in process of de
livery many smaller items of
equipment — including additional
type-setting machines and type
faces—the cost of which will be at
least $25,000, bringing the total
overall new investment within the
next year and a half to well over
$300,000.
“This investment is a token of
less our faith in the future of the City
our of Columbus and the Georgia-
Alabama area served by the Led
ger-Enquirer newspapers,” said A.
H. Chapman, president of the cor
poration, in announcing the ex
pansion.
“Within the last few year, the
Ledger-Enquirer newspapers have
! brush in the same true colors, War
or no war, dye or no dye. The hol-
ley this year is a rich slick green.
Nandena berries blush a deep tur
key red and pine and magnolia
leaves glisten in the sunlight and
shine in the firelight. Only man
made decorations offend the eyes.
—Virginia Polhiil Price, Louisville,
Ga.
HARRY BALL, Fairfield, Iowa.
STRAWBERRY PLANTS
I still have quite a lot of nice
Strawberry Plants for sale. Price,
40c per hundred; $3.50 per thou
sand. (H’22)
J. T. Mathews, Butler, Ga.
THE FACT IS
By GENERAL ELECTRIC
We acquire our prejudices by
being too indifferent or lazy to
learn both sides of a question—
We acquire our principles by hav
ing someone else impart them to
us when we are young.
MALE HELP WANTED
Opportunity of lifetime supply
ing DDT and other profitable
products to farmers in Taylor
county. No experience or capital
required. Must have auto and
igood references. Permanent. Write
Not next year, but now, is the or wire McNESS COMPANY, Dept,
time to get your heart and mind t, Freeport, Illinois <1129tpi
right as to what your intentions ,
are to be in the future over the FARM FOR RENT
life you and we must live. Stand
right, live right and you will sure
die right, and that counts more
to you than most people have an
idea.
i Two-horse farm, known as the
Chap Youngblood Place in Potter-
ville district. Located on school
bus route. (126’2tp)
E .A .Hollis, Reynolds, Ga.
Cities on both sides of us—Ma
con and Columbus—are planning
oig building expansion next year.
According to a news item of a rc-
We had a visit the other day
from Ed Lavvhorn, “Dock” as he
was affectionately called while
have made many additions to their giving energetic and appreciated
facilities, a n d improvements service at the Butler Drug Co.
FARM FOR SALE
among personnel, all with the idea
of giving the people who depend
cent survey by the Macon News upon us the finest newspapers it
shows that financial investments is within our power to produce, ir-
,n construction and improvements respective of expense.
place of business before enlisting
in the U. S. Navy. He is another
Taylor county sailor receiving an
honorable discharge and right
1 back to work, but this time with
next year in Macon were expected
lo exceed $20,000,000. Butler in
eoin2>arison with Macon in popu
lation may be expected to do
equally a swell.
Forty acres in cultivation; three
room house; plenty of out houses;
good spring at the house; 140
acres under hog wire fence.
This farm contains about 280
acres and is the best farm in Tay
lor county for the price which is
$2,000; half cash, balance at 6
“The newspaper business is en- a drug firm at Greenville, S. C
tering a period when great scien- Ed is a fine young fellow and any cen t- Located three miles from
tific advances, many of them per- where he goes he will succeed be- ^auk and three miles from Char-
fected during the war, will enter cause he believes in work and that in £ on maB route.
The resignation of Congressman .... .
Robeit Ramspeck, representing the faction; it- is something which we
Fifth Georgia district, will prove a feel ever Y progressive newspaper
national loss, but more particular- "'HI want to offer its advertisers
]y a great loss to Georgia. His 16 an d its readers. That is why we
years in Congress are a record of are preparing to do color printing.
into the daily production. will accomplish a whole lot fo ra
"Color is a striking new achieve fellow if he keeps at it.
ment only recently brought to per-
A. L. McMillan, Mauk, Ga.
GIANT X-RAY! THE 130-TON "BETATRONDESIGNED
4ND BUILT BV GENERAL ELECTRIC SCIENTISTS
-PRODUCES X-RAYS OF IOO MILLION ELECTRON
VOLTS ! THESE SUPER X-RAYS /HAY BE USEFUL
IN MEDICAL AND ATOMIC RESEARCH.
EVERY 15 MINUTES
A FARM BUILDING GOES UP
IN FLAMES. ONE CHIEF CAUSE
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
OF HAY—CAN BE AVOIDED BY
NEW ELECTRICAL HAY-DRYING
SYSTEM WITH UNIQUE CONTROL
DEVELOPED
BY G.E.
QUICK BREADS!
RESEARCH BV NUTRITION
EXPERTS OF GENERAL ELECTRIC
CONSUMER INSTITUTE RANGES
FROM QUICKLY MADE BREADS
TV 5AVIN6 VITAMINS. THEIR
DISCOVERIES ARE MADE
PUBLIC FOR EVERYBODY'S
BENEFIT.
More Goods for More People at Less Cost.
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
THEY WOULD READ YOUR AD
TOO, IF IT APPEARED HERE
growing usefulness to his con
stituents. his state, his party and
his country. He earned the confi
dence of them all, and they are
all losers by his resignation. Good
sense, hard work and high in
tegrity, combined with a native
aptitude for dealing with men and
affairs, carried “Boh” Ramspeck to
the foreranks of the House of
Representatives and Democratic
leadership. The hope was that
many more years of his increas
ingly valuable experience would
be given to such service.
“Speed and mere speed in pro
duction is an increasing necessity
in ou rbusiness. That is why we
have bought the most modern
presses available, which, when
installed, will enable us to ‘run off
the Ledgers and Enquirers daily
in a fraction of the time now re
quired for our press runs.
“This improvement will directly
benefit our readers, because it
will enable us to ‘close’ the pdper ;
at a later hour each day, yet at
at the same time deliver it earlier
We agree with the Adel News j
in expressing the hope that the 1
general assembly in the January j
session will go ahead and raise
the teachers’ salaries, and at least;
bring them up in line with salaries j
paid in other southern states. The
teachers’ shortage throughout the I
state is becoming more and more!
acute, and there is only one way j
(o correct the situation—and that j
is pay the teachers what they de- j
serve. If it means raising taxes a!
little to better the educational)
system of the state, we say let’s i
raise them.
As we walked the streets of At
lanta the other day, we were
Christmas 1945 will be much
more than just another unfolding
day in pages of history. Around
our tab.es and firesides many
Taylor county families will be re
united after a separation of sev
eral years. Many of our loved ones stride in every respect.”
will be with us who have been in • Skipping technical details,
the armed service in distant lands nevv Scott presses—delivery
. to the carriers who bring it to you <• , . .
homes or place it on trains or S f we upon thfc
I b uses | street. It i$ strange how we never
. . ... . missed them during the war in a
We are making this investment 00 iip r tive rmnnor r,.i
of more than $300,000 with con- collectlve manner - But
fidence in Columbus as a city with
fine business and industrial pros-
1 pects, and we intend to keep in
the
of
manner. But as we
walked we noted these fine young
men with eager faces once more
upon the streets. Each wore proud
ly on his coat a bright new dis-
i charge button. It was a sight to
make the chills of' pride run up
... ... - and down your spine. These boys
and Slave felt the brunt of battles which cannot be had until May, had returned home They were
that have raged throughout the 1947, because order have piled up onC e more upon their native heath
world. Even though conditions and the manufacturers have not with the consciousness of a job
Lave not made it possible for all yet launched their post-war de- well done. Evidehtly they had not
our loved ones to return home yet, signs—will be capable of running yet entered upon their civilian
and fate has decreed that many at a normal speed of 50,000 papers jobs, for the clothes they wore
will never return, yet we look to per hour for a “regular” run as were new. Most of them had their
Him in humility and with grati- compared with a present top speed proud young wives or sweethearts
tude in our hearts that the war of 18,000, and on heavier runs the upon their arms. Most of them
has ended and that many homes operating speed will be 25,000 per were wives for we looked for the
will be made happy and many hours as compared with 9,0C0. j new wedding rings upon their
Moreover, on “regular” runs— fingers. These boys are going to
where our top limit is now 24 be fine citizens of tomorrow From
pages—the new presses will have their ranks will come our bankers,
a capacity of 32 pages, and on the our business men, our future gov-
heavy “collect” runs the capacity ernors, representatives and sena-
will bo 64 pages against a present tors.—Barnesville News-Gazette
maximum of 48 pages. |
This additional “regular” ca- 1
pacity will greatly speed produc
tion and delivery on the larger
mid-week papers; the increased
“collect” capacity will enable us
to develop and print a finer and
career when only 12 larger Sunday paper,
age, Mr. Shackelford Color printing — three
colors,
COOKED A FINE DINNER;
THEN THREW IT TO DOG
hearts will rejoice at this Christ
mas season because of the reunion !
of loved ones who have been sep
arated for a long time.
In the death of Hon. William A.
Shackelford. “Uncle Shack,” as he
was affectionately called by many
who knew him well, the editor of
this paper feels a great loss and
mingle our tears with those by
members of his own family and
other loved ones. Beginning his
newspaper
years of
edited and published the Ogle- plus black—will be normally
thorpe Echo at Lexington, Ga., available with the new presses on ^ er J ust *° l°°k at anything to
until the time of his retirement in four pages in all papers up to 32 eat ‘ was swollen with gas^ull
May, 1940. He was one of the pages in size, though under extra- of bloat > bad headaches, felt worn
charter members of the Georgia ordinary circumstances as many out anc * was badly constipated.
Press Association and its efficient as eight pages can be devoted to Finall >’ she got INNER-AID and
secretary for 28 years, his discon- color even in the smaller papers. sa Y s sbe now eats everything in
tinuance in that office being In papers ranging in size from s *gbt and digests it perfectly,
caused only by deafness. For 32 to 64 pages, four color printing BoW( ; ls are regular and normal.
One lady recently stated that she
«sed to throw her own dinner to
the dog most of the time. It made
many as
She is enjoying life once more and
more than 50 years he was an will be available on as
active member and official of the 8-pages.
Baptist church and one of Lexing-
ton's most progressive citizens. Prseident Truman only nets $3,-
Our acquaintance with Mr. Shack- 000 per year out of his job, when
elford, which had its beginning most any good Democrat eou'd
more than 50 years ago, soon make more than that on a Mitchell liver and kidneys. Miserable peo-
ripened into a devoted friendship county farm with 5 acres of to- pie soon feel different all over. So
that has continued through the bacco and 3 acres of tomatoes— don't go on suffering! Get INNER-
years.- Pelham Journal. 1 AID. (Adv.)
I since taking this New Compound.
1 INNER-AID contains 12 Great
Herbs; they cleanse boweis, clear
ga sfrom stomach, act on sluggish
Pay Your State and County
Taxes NOW and Save Fi Fa
Costs.
Books
Dec.
Close
20th
P. A. Jenkins
Tax Commissioner, Taylor County