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PAGE POUR 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 THE WORST OF CRIMINALS * OFFICIAL ORGAN TAYLOR CO. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Average Weekly Circulation Seventeen Hundred Copies Established in 1879 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. BABY CHICKS! Rhode Island Red Parmenter Strain Red Rock Cross U. S. PULLORUM PASSED Our incubators are in operation. Place orders now tor Fall and Spring delivery. FMNKLIH MsCANTS BUTLER, GEORGIA »*J» ♦** 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. Markers, Mausoleums, Monuments and Copings for Cemetery Lots ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET SENT ON REQUEST ELBERTON GRANITE MEMORIAL CO. Elberton, Ga. SOUTHWESTERN GA. DISTRICT MANAGER JOSEPH E. FREEMAN P. O. BOX NO. 80 SMITHVILLE, GA. RADIO TUBES FOR SALE I have all kinds of Radio Tubes. Come and get them. None sold to dealers. Blount’s Radio Service 215 N. Green St. Thomaston Ga. Pepsi-Cola Company, Long Island CUy, N. Y. Veoiii-Ccia bottling Co.. Macon. Go. 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. FREE! IF YOU BAKE AT HOME . . . hurry! Send for Fleischmann’s wonderful, 40-page recipe book. 70 tested recipes for delicious bread, rolls, desserts. Easy to make with Fleisch mann’s Fresh Active Yeast—for the delicious flavor and fine texture that mean perfect baking success. Send for your FREE copy today to Fleischmann’s Yeast, Box 477, Grand Central Annex, New York 17, N. Y.