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mg BUTLER HERALD, ETLB, GEORGIA, AUGUST 22, 1946
THE BUTLER HERALD
Entered at Postoffice at Butler,
Georgia as Mail Matter of
Second Class.
Chas. Benns Jr., Managing Editor
O. E. Gox, Publisher & Bus. Mgr.
OFFICIAL ORGAN TAYLOR CO.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Seventeen Hundred Copies
Established in 1879
“Kids” of seventy and over arej
being enrolled in a school of ath-j
letics in one of our northern!
states. The instructor in this
j school claims to have one “boy”
i of 97 in his school who swings
1 dumbbells every day and does
other athletic stunts; and one
I “girl” of about the same age
1 teaking singing lessons. A branch
, school is advocated for the "boys”
and “girls” of Butler who in many
respects never grow old.
•best
EDITORIAL"
1945
NEWSPAPER CHANGES
The morality of an action de-
ppends upon the motive from
which we act.—Samuel Johnson.
Small airplane manufacturers
have reported that they find the
farmer and residents of small
towns the best customers for their suspended
planes. This is due, according to
reports to the fact that the smal
(EDITOR’S NOTE:—The
ing editorial, written by Francis
P. Locke and reprinted from The
Dayton Daily News of September 2
1945, has been chosen as the best
1945 by judges of the annual con
test for outstanding achievements
in journalism conducted by Sigma
Delta Chi, professional journalistic
fraternity: "Last Night We Lived
One of the Breathless Moments of
History. Today We Awaken to the
Call of Destiny.”!
Last night the emotions hung
in a solution of joy,
gratitude, pride
and awe of the
I fought well and nobly. We emerge
j as the strongest single power in
i the world. With profit we can Interesting changes continue to
follow- take a hint from an ancient Chi- develop in the ownership and
nese philosopher’s notebook. Wrote management of our rural newspa-
Lao-Tse, nearly 3000 years ago: pers. The latest concern the Union
When merit has been achieved County Citizen and the
do not take it to yourself; for if County Journal.
for civic ptntmr
“Uncle Dave” Turner, philoso
pher-editor of the Bulloch Times,
Statesboro, makes a distinct con
tribution to the current discussion
Harris of the county unit system. He and
I his Times are for it, and he tells
you do not take it to yourself, it O’Donald Mays, back from the why in the following short and
shall never be taken from you. i war and three years in Europe, simple sentences:
At the end of the war, let us and his young English wife, have “Since there are more small
pause to learn the lesson of war’s taken over the Blairsville paper counties than large, and we hap-
beginning. These are the things to and have breathed new life into pen to reside in the small county
it. Mr. Mays is one of the many
bright young graduates of the
University of Georgia’s School of
remember: The danger of military
unpreparedness; the greater dan
ger of spiritual unpreparedness;
the indivisibility of peace; the
interplay of world politics and
achievement economics; the contagiousness of
tremendous tasks 20th century war; the appalling
group, we are willing to assent to
the popular argument of the puri
ty of purpose and intent on the
Journalism who are exercising so part of the small counties-
strong an influence in the rural "We know the argument is false
press. yet it flatters us into a sense of
W. Clyde Woodall, the veteran self-appreciation.
Congress did adjourn before
setting up a control board to con
trol the decontrol board, which is
to control the control board.—
Americus Times-Recorder.
ler communities offer better still ahead. With pomp and pan
chance for small airport construe- °Ply ° ur chosen, war-wise leaders
tion. Lower land prices, plus the accepting thesurrender of
fact that most any level field can
new weaponswith which we now journalist of Columbus, has leased “The plan simply gives smaller
The Elder House, Indian
Springs’ leading hotel, and the
scene of many bright honemoons
and pleasant memories—some not
so far removed from the thoughts
of this scribe, will close on Oct. 1,
one of the most successful sea
sons in its history.
be turned into a useable airport
l for light planes with a minimum
of expenses has enabled many a
small community to bring the fun
of flying to its residents. With the
growing interest in light plane
travel the need for small airports
continually grows.
The Herald adds its hearty
congratulations to those being so
generously extended to Belmont
Dennis of Covington, and Sid
Williams of Atlanta, in their re-
election to the offices of President
and Secretary respectively of the
Georgia Press Association, an or
ganization that has meant so
much to weekly newspapers for so
long a time anc in which we have
always felt a keen interest. I
With the city of Butler soon
coming into ownership of the
government airport established
here several years ago there is a
strong possibility of Butle. and
Taylor county having direct • air
mail service before a great while.
The possibility is greatly en
hanced by the reduction of air
mail postage from 8c to 5c per
ounce on firstclass mail which
goes into effect throughout the
country October 1st- ,
There is a community in Vir
ginia, famous for its hams,
which offer left-handed hams for
sale. OK, laugh. We did too. Here
is the story. Livestock growers
may check on it and confirm it.
It is said (we do not know) that
a hog never sleeps on his left side,
always on his right. The constant
up and down and contact with the
hard earth makes the muscles
and tissues in his right side tough.
Thus hams cut from he left side
are tender. Capitalizing on this
fact (if it is a fact) the people of
Virginia advertise “Left Handed
Hams ” (Editor’s note—at makes a
good story anyway.)—Bulloch Her
ald. i
“The Davidson Highway,” hon
oring the late Sen. Joe Davidson,
and connecting Butler and Rey
nolds with Fort Valley, thus
shortening the distance between
Columbus and Macon, seems more
of reality in the near future than
the mere hopeful anticipation of
Mr. Davidson and many of his
Taylor county friends some years
ago. A contract is to be let in the
next few days by the state high
way department for two 'miles of
work on this road. Both road and
name practically assured, glory
be. j
Who can memorize this as is
claimed by a Madison, Ga., man:
“Life is a Funny Proposition”—A
man comes into this world with
out his consent and leaves it
against his will. During his stay
on earth, his time is spent in con
tinuous rounds of contraries and
misunderstandings. In his infancy
he is an angel ... in his boyhood
he’s a devil. In his manhood he’s
everything from a lizzard up . ■ .
if he raises a family he’s a chump
... if he doesn't he's too selfish.
If he raises a check he’s a crook.
If he’s a poor man he’s a bad
manager and got no sense. If he’s
a rich man he’s smart but dis
honest. If he’s in politics he’s a
grafter ... if he isn’t he's an un
desirable citizen. If he goes to
church he’s a hypocrite . . -If he
doesn’t he’s a sinner ... If he
gives to charity it’s for show . . .
If he doesn’t he’s a tightwad.
When he comes into the world
everybody wants to kiss him. Be
fore he leaves the world everybody
wants to kick him. If he dies
young a great future was before
him . . • and if he lives to a ripe
old age he’s in the way.
We had a pleasant call yester
day from one of South Georgia’s
best business men and who is
eager to take on another enter
prise, that of editing and publish
ing a weekly newspaper. One of
the best thoughts we received
from our short chat with him was
when he remarked that some of
the business men who are worry
ing about the national debt or soldiers
how it will be paid wouldn’t be in
business today if it were not for
the money the government has
sent into the channels of trade in
this country. Then how important
ti is to appreciate our govern
ment and cooperate with it in
every way possible.
humbled
murders. In defeat and dejection,
the Japanese war lords paced the
deck of^a victorious American bat
tleship riding within sight of the
rubble that once was Tokyo. It
was pageantry such as the world
has seldom noted.
Today the bands are silent, the threshold, not a
flags are unfurled. The show is opportunity. The
over. The hard, constructive tasks
lie ahead.May our first emotion be
humility! Not only because hu
mility befits the Sabbath, but be
cause it is by the very grace of
God that the surrender was signed
in Tokyo bay and not on the
banks of the Potomac- Yamamoto’s
boast sounds ludicrous today. It
did not sound so when two-thirds
of our warships lay on the
of Pearl Harbor—broken, gutted,
twisted. It did not sound so when
Singapore went under, when our
gallant remnants gave up Corregi-
oor, wnen the enemy swarmed over
the mountains of New Guinea and
camped on the doorstep of Au
stralia. Surrender in Tokyo was no
certainty when the Japs sank our
cruisers like sitting ducks in the
night amush off Savo. It wasn’t
a safe bet when Rommel took
Toburk. It seemed remote, indeed,
when Von Bock rolled up within
the yards of the Volga. Invincible
axis! Reunion in India.
By the grace of God, and by the
help of millions of brave hearts
and willing hands, the surrender
wage it. These are the ingredients
of lasting prosperity and peace:
National unity, international soli
darity, attention to moral values,
relentless self-discipline.
Above all, let us realize that
victory in war is not an end but
a beginning, not a haven but a
breakdown, not a parlor but a
triumph but an
tank gives way
to the tractor, the B-29 to the
bulldozer. The bayonets are stack
ed. The call is for men with trow
els, toiling, sweating men and
women, covered with dust devoid
the Hamilton paper for the rest of counties
1946, with option to purchase the
property on January 1. Mr- Wood
all is publisher of the Industrial
Index, an authoritative trade
magazine, the Columbus News and
the Phenix Progress.
Commenting in his usual
unique manner concerning the
joys of rural journalism, H. W.
Garrett, editor of the Doerun Cour
ier, says:
"Most any jackass carpenter or
painter wants $1.50 an hour to
keep his pipe fired up, but I can
work for myself for 98 cents an
hour and never worry about pay-
added weight
He
On
of glint and glamor. But men and
women with a gleam in their day.
eyes, a song on their lips. Tough— “Another sweet thing about it is
but richly rewarding—is the job that I can always quit when I get
that lies before us: 1 ready or shift around from one
floor The path of duty is the way of kind of work to another for a
glory- j change.”
that ever following her com- j But it isn’t the promise of care-
mands, | free days that is luring the young-
with toil of heart and knees er generation of Georgia editors sa ys.
and hands I and publishers. They are approach
Through the long gorge to her fai j n g their tasks with zeal and am-
light has won i bition and willingness to work
His path upward and prevailed— long hours. They are bringing
Shall find the toppling crags of high ideals of community service
duty scaled
Are close upon the shining table little or large, and the state is
lands j the better for it.—Atlanta Journal
To which our God himself is moon;
and sun.
The path of duty winds upward'
before us. In mortal combat,
to their
voting citizenship and provides
two chances to win against one
chance for the opposition. We
wouldn’t be human if we failed to
assent to a plan so favorable.”
“Uncle Dave” goes still further.
Since the county unit system was
devised and is maintained for the
purpose of repressing the evil peo
ple who make up the citizenship
of the larger cities, and of giving
power to the good and intelligent
people, all of whom live outside
the larger cities, he says, with his
tongue in cheek, the plan should
be perfected by barring all city
residents from any Georgia pri
mary
If there should be any doubt as
to population figures marking the
dividing line between purity and
evil, he suggests that Bulloch
County is just about the right
size. “Don’t fence us out,” he
A considerable part of the lives
of great men is devoted to the
welfare of their communities. They
, , . . , , , . x . , are never too tired or too busy to
lf : "l C1V . 1C ,!!! derS „ h ^ ° join in the work and play the
game to a finish-
took place in Tokyo. It took place —then the long, hard climb to
We’ve just spent one whole
we evening—a very hot one at that
have slain ‘the'drag^n ~at Ihe footj -catching upon our filing-in
of the gorge. A moment to survey the .wastebasket- Letters which
6 1 required no answer, letters we
should have answered but didn’t.
the scene, to rest, to plan, to prayj
the light far beyond and above us
On the path, to oe sure, we shall
tiie skill and precision tear our flesh and bruise our
It took place because bones- and weary our muscles. We
because of the raw courage of
and sailors. It took place
uecause ot
of airmen.
commanders in the field were cool shall make gains and we shall
and quick-minded, and because slip back, and there will be times
commanders in Washington had when we shall
In roaming around over Butler
on a pleasant Sunday afternoon
we were really amazed at the real
transformation that has taken
place in recent months in thp
residential sections — white and
colored. Beautiful new homes in
both divisions of the city have
sprung up like magic and we
found ourselves almost lost in the
coniines of a community in which
we have spent our entire life.
Shuiobery and pretty flowers sur
rounded each of the homes of
white families manifesting a fine
spirit of civic pride with the in
dwellers. Upon inquiries we found
many of these families to be new
comers and others by returned
veterans who in both cases have
established new business enter
prises for themselves or engaged
in useful occupation with old es
tablished firms. From all reports
desirable building lots are in
great demand. This is very re
grettable when we take into con
sideration a number of such lots
that have been refused would-be
purchasers time and again. We
hope the day will soon come when
owners of such property will
change their mind thereby lending
their aid in the building program
that is now so much in evidence.
The Marion County Patriot
owned and operated for the past
several months by J. W. Lang,was
purchased last week by Mr. M. A.
Black, well known Thomaston
man who in addition to continu
ing the publication of the Buena
Vista paper, official organ of
Marion county, has established a
new paper, The Thomaston News,
at Thomaston- Mr. Lang and his
wife have returned to their former
home in Tift county carrying
with them the best wishes of
many friends made in Buena Vista
and Marion county while a resi
dent of that locality. We congratu
late Mr. Black in the fine begin
ning he has made with the two
publications-
There is still to be found a con
siderable number of old people,
and some young people, who sub
scribe to the theory that it is bet
ter to keep one’s debts paid and
lay by something for a rainy day
than it is to spend as they go and
live next door to relief all their
lives. They are not only the salt
of the earth, but its balance
wheel as well. Among the older
citizens we know of none to whom
such thoughts apply more aptly
than Mr. J. T. Mathews and Mr-
O. T. Driskell, both of whom have
passed their “three score and ten”
and still as active and energetic
in their respective vocations as if
age was an unknown quantity.
They are held in high esteem by
all and have our sincere congratu
lations and best wishes.
Into whatever calling or pro
fession native sons and daughters
of Taylor county may enter when
they leave these confines, as they
sometimes must, or do, it is most
gratifying to their loved ones and
friends whom they leave behind
to know of their success and the
loyal friends they have made
elsewhere as in the case of Mr.
Theodore Miller, who as a mere
lad left Butler more than 50
years ago to enter the U. S. rail
way mail service, climbing from a
low position to one of the most
important in the country, now re
wit to conceive and the nerve to
stand on the plan of crushing Hit
ler first. It teook place because in
the White House sat a man who!
saw the storm clouds when they |
barely shaded the horizon, when!
most of us were crying “Peace!”—j
and there was no peace, none in,
China, none in Ethiopia, none in!
Spain, none in Cxechoslovia. J
The surrender came to pass in'
Tokyo, in 1945, because of the hard j
work and unique know-how of j
American industry. It came toj
pass because of the keenness ofj
American scientists. It came to;
pass because of loyalty and skill j
of American labor- It came toj
pass because American farmers
worked from sun to sun, because,
with dwindling manpower and de
teriorating machinepower, they {
met the highest production goals;
in history. It came to pass because'
civilians bought war bonds, be-!
cause they accepted rationing, be- j
cause they supported the war with j
a fervor that was too general to.
make the occasional falterings sig-'
nificant. I
The surrender came because thel
British fended off Hitler in
Europe, because the Russians re
pulsed him in Eurasia, because the
Chinese fought Hirohito into their
good earth, relentlessly scorched,
lor eight agonizing years. The sur
render came because the Au
stralians were ready. It came be
cause the French, the Poles, the
Dutch, the Greeks, the Belgians,!
beaten in body, would not yield up 1
the spirit. j
Let us not be bemused by the!
pomp of the ceremonies of capitu- j
lation. With elaborate stage ef
fects, five years ago, Hitler ar
ranged the French surrender in j
the very railway car in which
Germany had been humbled aj
generation earlier. We called it
cheap vain glory. If now we have!
clanked our sabers and flaunted 1
Commodore Perry's flag, we have'
done it from maturer motives. We!
have done it because peace, like 1
war, must be waged with psycho-J
logical weapons—and the Japs are
vulnerable to pomp and show. On-'
ly this demand could override the'
desire of adult Americans for a 1
simple ceremony conducted by
simple soldiers in the easy'
American mold. “Wherefore let'
him that thinketh he standeth 1
feel that we must
altogether lose our hold. But the
path is there for the scaling—
beneath is the abyss.
Publicity junk. Letters which we
thought contained ideas we’d use
some day—and are now stale. Our
wastebasket is now full and our
desk is now clear—believe it or
or not. And we have collected
more than a hundred paper clips
and three uncancelled stamps. It
and' certainly does pay to tidy up once borly and
a year. other.
There is a unity of action among
the people of Taylor county con
cerning good roads, better homes,
better schools, improvements in
telephone communication, electric
current and things that bring
comfort and happiness in rural
communities the same as to be
found in the best of towns and
cities. There is no better place to
live than here where cyclones and
similar disasters are unknown;
where people love and worship
God according to their own faith;
at peace with all mankind; neigh-
kind one with the
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tired and spending his latter j take heed lest he fall.” Will we'
years in the enjoyment of good entinue to hold with Paul, or will'
health and much needed rest with we seek the company of Caesar,'
his good wife in the rich valley of Xerxes, Pharaoh? Here is a contin'
Berks County, Pennsylvania uing challenge to our sense of per- j
where the climate is fine the year spective—and self-control,
round. Recent correspondence with; In our shining hour let us shun
Mr. Miller is in answering ques- ( vain attempts to apportion the'
tions about old friends here and glory. Air power, sea power, land
members of their families who re- power, machine power, man power
main fresh and sweet in his and brain power—all were vital,'
memory. To those still living he mutually inextricable elements of
wishes to be kindly remembered victory. And none would have'
and hopes to see them before a been enough without the efforts of
great while. our allies. We emerge from war
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Concrete Block Company
Rupert, Georgia