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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MARCH 21, 194P
THE BUTLER HERALD
YOUNGER GENERATION SPEAKS
Entered at Postoffice
Georgia as Mail
Second Class.
at Butler,
Matter of
SENSIBLE THOUGHT
(Columbus Enquirer)
O. E. Cox, Publisher & Bus
(From the March Issue of
The BuMer High Times) ,
Mr. Theo McGees suggestion
Recreational facilities are limit- ' fchat , the Muscogee County Demo-
Fditor ed-but definitely! Anyone can pra Committee abandon any
E 2“ r easily understand this tven if they ^ urthpr efforts to provent Negroes
s - W' from participating in Democratic
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The cost of the American gov
ernment, may be unexcusably high y ears
but at tfcat it is a great deal better
than the form of government in
effect in other countries.
don’t care where their children are, ir “ in participating in Democratic
j what they are doing, and where primaries is a thoroughly sensible
1 they will be tomorrow if something and decent idea maybe a little
i isn’t done. I’m one of the “young too sensible for political realists.
I sprouts” of today, but only one; 1 ^tie fact, of course, is that Mr.
however, there are many more who J°° Chapman, county chairman, is
feel the same way about our pres- cntierely right when he says that
ent life and future. ' this matter is really out of the
We only ask you to be a little hands of the local committee, and
easy with that horrible little word —since Gov. Ellis Amall declines
“No" with which we have become to exert his prodigious influence in
so accustomed to in the past the matteer—chances are that the
i “Primus King case” will drag its
With a little planning, money, 1 weary way through the courts, for
and work we could have a re- as long as the courts will stand
spectable recreational program for for it.
jibe young set which would be of The ultimate result, however,
Now fs the time to do spring much benefit in later years. Only may be taken as foregone and in
spraying to kill out all flies, one thing is wrong. Between the escapable; as Mr. McGee says “no
mosquitoes, rats, fleas and all barren bleak field which, figura- circumvention will be effective
disease-spreading insects. Elimi- lively speaking, we are now in, very much longer in keeping Ne-
nate all breeding places about the and the fertile green pasture which groes from the ballot box.”
home and adjoining places. could be ours, there lies a fence—| in such circumstances, we con-
a big high stone fence. This fence f ess that we do not understand
„ ... . , . . is the answer when we ask the w hy Governor Arnall refuses to
Every citizen in 1 ay lor county is qucst ion, “May we have a party, take the leadership in giving ef-
urged to give his and her loyal at tbo scdoo i building or any f ec ti V e suffrage to Negroes but the
support to the Red Cross campaign. , , ietuvt =>aurage to ncgioes, out tne
Tauinp his tun P iatc • , 1 fact is that he has refused, so that
ra>lor county has always sup we wan t is a place where we lh ...
ported the Red Cross liberally and can got together, laugh, talk, play I rpn ,,„ ( Mr McGee's arrm
we feel certain everyone will do _ nH ,, „ enmetimes even' Io rcp at Mct.ee s argu-
their part this time games, and. yes, sometimes even ment; The better policy would be
their part this time. d (Dancing is one of the most for the Democratic party in Geor-
gia to throw open its primaries to
all qualified voters irrespective ot
race or color; to do such a thing
have it
popular of favorite teen-ap
Acts of vandalism such as perpe- sports). Before anything can be
trated recently in the cemetery at done, that fence must be removed.
Boston, Ga., reads more like story Then we would ask one thing volunlaril rathl?r than
books of heathenism than in a more of you, the parents and ^ us would be masler
civilized country like ours. Thom- friends of the young set, the citi-. ^ J ceme n tin „ „ ood racial r
as county is noted for its fine citi- z.ens of the town in which we , . , ® f ,. . .
zenry and we hope they will leave live. We want YOU to chaperon ' P V . a "
no stone unturned to bring to jus- because you naturally expect us to y m f U ‘f ’Ni apceptaac< :
tice those guilty of such unpar- lie chaperoned and you are the ° f * he . inevitable by all thoughtful
donable vandalism. : best of chaperons. In our lan- | G eor B ian f‘ always excepting that
! guage—you’re tops and we hope irresponsible group to which Mr.
as the
. -wt. remember when you were McGee refers accurately
Many new names continue to be and noeded someone to un- “perpetually prejudiced.”
derstand vour whole-hearted de- We do not really believe, how-
mentioned in connection with the
Governorship race in Georgia.Why
don’t somebody start a movement
to draft one of Georgia’s most
gifted and popular women, Mrs.
Belmont Dennis, state president of;
the United Daughters of the Con- .
federacy, for that exalted office I
Elizabeth Massey.
!
ARE YOU REGISTERED?
ever, that the State Democratic
Committee will be willing to make
any such change of its own vo
lition.
Stated another way, a decent
land simple line of action—con-
, .. . , . Georgia is in for a hot political' forming, simultaneously, with Con-
who would be an honor to the yoar in which a Governor, many st itutional law and with the hu-
state house officers,
missioners,
state?
There is one kind of criminal
with whom we have no patience
and for whom we can muster no
sympathy.
That is the liquor-befuddled
criminal who turns his automobile
into a murder machine and
launches it on the public high
way.
The liquor motivated motor ve
hicle is a threat to everybody on
and along the highway.
The threat is by no means lim-
tied to the drunk driver and to
those so unfortunate as to be his
passengers. It extends to everybody
who drives, or rides, or walks the
highway. It extends to children
walking to and from school.
More often it is the innocent
rather than the guilty who suffers
from drunken driving.
Drunken driving is on the in
crease. The number of teen-age
girls arrested for drunken driving
has increased 174 percent since
1939. The number of arrests for
drunkenness among boys under 18
years of age has increased 101
percent in the same time.
The drunken driver is a public
menace and must be treated as
such. Law enforcement officers
who crack down vigorously on
such offenders should have public I —
backing. Courts which go the lint- j.....
it in assessing punishment of *
such offenders deserve the public’s
thanks. 4
Said a citizen the other day:“It’s ♦
getting to be so bad out on the $
highways that I hesitate to take *
my family out on the road. I have *
had to dodge so many drunken *
drivers that when I see a car com- a
ing towards me my first impulse Y
is to get behind a tree.” >X
Drastic measures need to be tak- t
en against the drunken driver. •
Death stalks the road when such I
a driver is at the wheel. j r
Gas and liquor are ingredients |
of a vicious formula. It is a form-jv
ula for steel crunching into hu- *
man flesh, the agonized yell, the *
dead or broken body. j *
It is a formula that must be £
dissolved, no matter how how ❖
drastic the process.
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BUTLER, GEORGIA
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MEMORIAL WORK
county com- j man verities—does not seem at
representatives and ithis moment to be politically feas-
be done under their own steam as
a mateeter of fundamental justice.
CONCERNING “DICTATION"
If
(Quitman Free Press)
Georgia newspapers do not
That the daughter often follows senators will be elected to office, j j b j ej so j n tbe end Q eorg j a Demo-
in the mother’s footsteps, is indi- Now before the shouting and tur- j ( . rabs w j d bave to do under court
rated by the report from Memphis, moil begins is a good time to see I mandate something which should
Tenn., which tells of a mother and the tax commissioner and ascertain
daughter each filing suit for di- whether you are eligible to take
vorce at the same time, says the part in the selection of who shall
Tifton Gazette. The daughter may K°vern Georgia for the next four
not always follow the mother Y earS| and w b° shal reqresent this
when she does right, t.ut usually county in the General Assembly as
the youngster is prompt to imi- ,0 P res ent a tive and senator,
tate wrong conduct on the part of ^ avvs have been passed since
the parent I l ^ e ^ ast election which will effect
j voting in Georgia considerably. The j teake an active part in the state’s
first in the removal of the poll tax.' political life they are accused of
We feel confident that our lead- which permits every citizen in being wishy-washy and failing
ers in Washington are acting Georgia to vote if they wil take the \ the people in leadership. If they
wisely in refusing to deal sep- trouble to go and register with the argue vigorusly for or against
srately with Britain in adjusting tax commissioner, and the second certain candidates or principles
World War II problems. By leading is the permitting of 18-year-olds to ' the advocates jump up and down
fairly and honestly with Russia, vote. land yell that no newspaper is go-
as well as with Britain, we believe Right now is a good time to check ing to dictate to them. We have
is the key to lasting peace. The up and see if you are qualified to J heard a good deal lately about
relations between the United vote. If you are no harm has been the newspapers trying to “crucify”
States and Russia are not, we be- none, hut if you are not registered certain candidates, or if you like,
lieve, as critical as some would now is the time to get the records we’ll just narrow it down to one
have us believe. Lets do the right straight and be qualified. The candidate.
ourselves and demand that other Wiregrass Farmer imagines that i We cannot believe that sort of
powers treat us accordingly. , many will find that through some ; c i a p tra p is going to impress any-i
(error they have been left off the body. When a man runs for high!
Instead of spending valuable v °ti n 2 l' st and by inquiring now office his record, his platform and
time in talking and discussing , can 130 straightened ou T O n principles are proper subjects for
politics the people of Schley coun- election day is too late, or no elec- discussion. The newspaper should \
ly, according to the Ellaville Sun, holder is permitted to let a ny- ' S p ea R its m ind within the bounds
are “interested in buying some- ono . votl - whose name is not on the D f propriety, and we think in this
thing, or hiring somebody. They voting list furnished him by the re- i as t regard the papers of Georgia !
want new automobiles, ice boxes, 6 ls t ra r- 'set political orators a very good
hot water heaters, garbage dis- Now is the time to attend to this j example in restraint. '
posals, lumber, brick, Venetian matter.. Either telephone or go by | Further, we believe that one of I
blinds, nylon stockings, dress the tax commissioners office and t} 1(i best things that can happen in'
shirts, pocket handkerchiefs and f‘ lld ol tt how you stand. Now that! Georgia is to have fearless news- |
appointments at the beauty parlor, everyone has the right of franchise papers whose editorial policy is
Also they want somebody to build there is no excuse for not voting. not hampered by business
a wing on the house, paint the j office considerations. It is not
place inside and out, repair the j EISENHOWER ON HODGES (good for the people or the state
chicken yard fence and to mind;
Junior during the afternoon. These „ . , -
items, blended with the stock-in-! Ge ? rgia " s who , are f ° llowing “ and prejudice. We have always
trade discussion of home-town nuhHshel?^ to^Th^'StiirVHv ■ felt that our greatest bulwark is
personalities, are what people are g p ‘ . V,. ‘ ^ the inherent common sense of our
talking about. Anyone who would J g \’ . 1 ' I people, but public opinion based
pretend to report on the political “derable pride what the supreme J n informa £ on ^ discussion
weather vane simply would have Alh °f 1 commander has to say serves to bring people together in
to use his imagination.” i about the World War II work of a common causo F lt F is thL ? mlssion
| Georgia s General Courtney Hodges Qf the nowgpapor tQ informand
Through the courtesy of The Ma-'^ ho 5 a ls , er .' y hlS , home to . vvn ' interpret. We think Georgia news-
eon Telegraph the Rural Letter ® isenh ° w ® r biographer. Captain papers were a great force in the
Carriers of Georgia have conduct- ry . “ utcner » U. b. N. U., says j ast political campaign in Georgia
ed for a number of years a most . ko sinR ed °V. t f .. IIo . dges as lav ' an d it appears tiiat they will eon-
interesting feature section of par- } ng nios t difficult assignment tinue to have opportunity for the
ticular importance to the members any f° rma tion,” in gain- same kind of leadership in the
of that organization. With only a in S and establishing a bridgehead future.
short intervention this feature has at Ramagen and In the drive to i
been, ably edited by Hon. Chas. C. Paderborn. Further, says the su- ! American Armv of which
Wall, of Ellaville, recently re-Premo commander’s biographer, j wo afe " u , tl , y j bad manv
signed as rural letter carrier to ac- Eisenhower expressed a desire to and variod J accomplishments not
cept appointment as member of see that General Hodges got full Qn ’ in tbe Inaniia i_4 )no of which
the Rural Post Road Division of credit in the United States for his _,J dgin g from the vast number
Georgia, a responsible position and great work, but added that war of wives and babies brought home,
one in which Mr. Wall is well correspondents in Europe and the was studiously and purposefully
qualitied to render most efficient headline writers at home seemed providing its own replacements,
service in getting Georgia out of to have overlooked some of
the mud. Mr. Wall has established Hodges’ great contributions to Al- !
her larters in Atlanta w’ith his lied victory. Captain Butcher's ac- ( State Attorney General Eugene
posioitice address being given as count of the want of full recog- 1 Took has ruled that, under the
follows. State Highway Depart- nition of Hodges’ work was written Act, persons may continue to
^ eat - No - 2 C apito1 Square or No. at the time the achievements were register for state elections through
8 I-ifteenth Street N W„ Atlanta, being made. Those who watched July ath ’ Those whose names ap-
Succeeding Mr Wall as editor of the Georgia genera r s triumphant pt : ared on the . J944 voters’ lists or
the Rural ^Letter Carriers’ section hom ecomin g and his parade thru ^ h t ° haVe refstered since the 1944
the t u F , : lists were filed will appear auto-
the capital city last year knowhow maticallly on the votc ^ HsLs for
... w ardentJ y^ ^ is appreciated m his all general a nd primary elections
zella, Ga., postoffice, who has sda ^ e ‘ N . or can ^hcre be any to be be j d dui jng 1946. This pro-
more than 20 years’ experience in f,°. U . , • the hlg , measuro °f fume v j s i on applies to Georgians whose
reportorial and allied printing : iat history will accord him? At- p arn es were stricken from the vot-
service. While Mr. Wall’s services * arda Journal. | ers’ lists in the past for non-pay-
will be greatly missed the associa- “ j ment of the poll tax. Such persons
tion has been most fortunate in Since the war is over on human must re-register to be eligible for
GREAT MEN ARE HUMAN
(either when candidates feel obli-
! gated to appeal to mass ignorance
and prejudice. We have
(Barnesville News-Gazette)
Someone has defined a friend
as a person all of whose faults
you know, but whom you like any
way. No one expects perfection in
a friend—it’s only in people whom
we don’t know that we expect per
fection. Lete a man become a
leader among any peoples any
where—let his name be splashed
across the newspapers—and he
must be perfect. If he acts like a
human being and makes mistakes
or even says things which we
don’t agree, we have a tendency to
condemn him completely.
Benjamin Franklin sagely ob
served of the founding Fathers of
this country that “when you as
semble a number of men who have
the advantage of their joint wis
dom you inevitably assemble with
these men all their prejudices,
their passions and their errors ol
opinion, their local interests and
thei rselfish views.” This has been
abundantly clear in the first meet
ings of the United Nations Organi-
zaetion. Too many Americans have
shaken their heads and said,“Why
did we ever hope it could work any
way!” As the UNO comes to the
United States, and its leaders con
tinue to act like the human be
ings they are, let us accept them,
and take their faults for granted
—as we do in our friends. Selfish
men in Philadelphia laid the foun
dations of a new nation. Today's
selfish men, in this hour of urg
ent need, can lay the foundations
of a new world.
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We are told that last year a pair
of bluebirds took over a mail box
on a rural route served by the
Baldwin, Ga., postoffice. This
spring the birds returned and
again set up housekeeping in the
box. Fearing his Uncle Samuel I
might raise some objection the pa- j
tron sent out a S. O. S. to a blue- I
bird specialist. A youth arrived on |
the scene promptly and built a I
bird house out of scrap lumber.The |
house had hardly been completed
before the birds deserted the mail
box and took up quarters in the
new home.
in the Telegraph appears
name of C. B. McCook, rural let
ter carrier associated with the Li-
securlng Mr. Cook to continue the lives, let’s protect the song birds voting this year, even though poll
good work so long and faithfully and squirrels from wanton de- tax payment no longer is required
rendered by Mr. Wall. structidn. to qualify as a voter.
The School Lunch Room Bill has
! passed both Houses of the Nation
al Congress. This is welcome news
to school people throughout the
state. The school lunchroom pro-
l gram is doing much to insure the
| health of thousands of our future
] citizens. The News desires to
commend Senator Richard B. Rus
sell for the important part he has
played during the past nine years
in championing the cause of lunch
rooms in the U. S. Senate. He cer
tainly deserves high praise for the
fine work he has done in behalf
of the state’s future citizens. Also
Georgia’s delegation in the lower
branch of Congress who stood by
this worthy program are to be com
mended, including our own Con
gressman John S. Gibson.—Adel
New’S. To Representative Steve
Pace, who led the fight for this
most important piece of legisla
tion, all citizens of the Third Con
gressional district are indeed
grateful.
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