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PAGE 'FOUR THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER. GEORGIA, MARCH 31, 1949.' TO BOILER HERALD Seventeen Hundred Copies. Established in 1876 Entered at Tost Office at Butler, Georgia as Mail Matter of Second Class. Chas. Benns, Jr., Managing Editor O. E. Cox, Publisher & Bus. Mgr. OFFICIAL ORGAN TAYLOR CO. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Average Weekly Circulation SUMMARY OF TO NEWS THROUGHOUT GEORGIA N. Marion Reynolds, 75, veteran Augusta lawyer, died Tuesday. Milford Benton, Colquitt county farmer is stung to death by bees. The fourth annual Pine Tree Fes tival will meet at Swainsboro April 28-29. J. L. Jordan, fiormer Albany po liceman, has been indicted on a charge of burglary. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Lee of At lanta, recently celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary. The week of April 4th has been designated as Army Week with April 6th as Army Day. The 25th annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association will be held in Atlanta April 7th. Mrs. A. J. Spillers of Roberta is reported in serious condition at Middle Georgia Hospital, Macon. Two Atlanta lawyers, accused of attempting bribery were cleared of the charge in Fulton superior court Monday. A county-wide liquor referendum has been called by Sumter coun ty Ordinary Robert T. Hawkins for April 19th. The John Deere Plow Company will begin work soon on its new million-dollar plant at Chamblee, near Atlanta. A bill is signed by the President giving Georgia a new Federal judge, who will probably be lo cated at Macon. Doctors are alarmed over the report that Georgians are using sleeping tablets at the rate of 2,- 500,000 doses a year. Homer Maddox of Barnesville, was killed Saturday when the mo torcycle he was riding arid an au tomobile hit head on. Alfred Perkins, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Perkins, of Macon, is champion speller of the Sixth Congressional district. It will soon be time to replant , the corn and beans you planted in ! such a hurry during the warm weather a few weeks ago. A $64,000 park and fountain to commemorate the founders of Troup county and City of La- Grange will be dedicated today. John J. Jones, 53, one of the most prominent insurance representatives died at his home in Columbus Saturday following a brief illness. Men of Warner Robins Second Baptist church are laying the foun dation for their new church build ing to be erected on Sixth Street. Macon. W. H. Ferguson, Roberta school superintendent for the past nine years, has resigned and will de vote his time to his personal busi ness. Approximately 400 children from various counties of this congres sional district participated in the annual music festival at Columbus last Friday. Rep. J. L. Sibley Jennings, of Baldwin county said one doctor is serving an entire building, housing 1,140 patients at the Milledgeville state hospital. Celestine Sibley, Atlanta Consti tution reporter and columnist, won top honors for feature writing in the 1918 Georgia Associated Press newswrifring contest. Larkin Marshall, Negro publish er of the Macon World, has been found guilty of criminal libel and sentenced to serve six months or pay a fine of $500.00. Some 1,500 hotel men from all parts of the country will gather in Atlanta Monday for the opening of the three-day all-southern hotel ex position at the murficipal audito rium. Gov. Talmadge, George Jackson, president of the Civil Service As sembly of the United States and Canada, and other nationally known figures will appear before the Southern Regional Civil Serv ice Conference set for today and to morrow in Atlanta. All the children and grandchil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Joe S. Bur- gin met at his home at Buena Vis ta Monday evening, March 21, in celebration of Mr. Burgin's 76tb birthday. P. G. Davis, a patrolman of the Columbus police department, suf fered a broken back after leaping from a second-story window of the City hospital early Friday morning police reported. Six convicts, all described as desperate, braved buckshot from a guard’s gun on the night of March 24 to make good a get-away from the Wayne county state prison camp near Jesup. Georgia’s colorful Representative, “Air Marshal” Carl Vinson, is Newsweek’s March 28 “cover man” and the subject of an article 'pay ing him tribute as “the father of the modern Navy.” The state of Georgia is losing be tween $25,000,000 and $30,000,000 each year through failure to en force its tax laws to the letter, Wm. M. Lester, executive secretary of the tax revision committee states. 74 divorce decrees were handed down in Dougherty superior court at Albany in one day, while at Co lumbus a suit asking $6,000 of a former Ft. Banning officer for a breach of promise matrimony was filed in Muscogee, by a Columbus girl. Esther Green brought the ac tion against Lt. G. L. Robson Jr., described as an officer at Ft. Ben- ning last year. Yesterday (Wednesday) was Doc tors’ Day set aside by the Uni versity of Georgia and observed each year on the anniversary of the discovery of anesthesia by our noted Georgia doctor, Crawford W. Long. On Doctors’ Day we pay homage to Dr. Long, but we also honor all other men whose lives are dedicated to alleviation of pain, said a university reporter. During the first two months of 1949, the soil testing laboratory of the University of Georgia College of Agriculture, Athens, analyzed 1798 samples, according to Henry j Perkins, soil analyst of the agro- , nomy department. For the same J period last year, only 665 samples were tested. Mr. Perkins attributes the increase to a greater interest in scientific farming and agricultural research. Citizens of Georgia Are Urged to ’Think’ and Vote In Tuesday's Referendum (Contributed) As you know a referendum will be held all through the state on the subject of new taxes to provide new services of various kinds for the State of Georgia. The referendum doesn’t say what kind of taxes they will be, how high they are to run or what percentage shall be spent onwhat service. A general sales tax of three to five percent (with no exemption) is certain, an increase in income taxes and pos sible many other new taxes face Georgians If the people of our state vote favorably on the refer endum next Tuesday. If the referendum passes it will be a mandate from the people to increase the present State budget of $108,000,000 by $46,000,000.— This represents more than 40 per cent and it must come, in the largest part from those least able to pay. The last General Asemsbly made no provisions for financing the program and it merely gave its approval and then asked the peo ple of Georgia to write a blank check in the passing of such taxes as the Legislature desires and to spend it as the majority votes. Would you sign such a check?, of course you wouldn’t, not unless you were in the waiting line for the next vacancy at the state hos pital at Milledgeville. Appropriations for the state of Georgia in 1942 (just seven years ago) totaled only $49,000,000—to day, in 1949 they propose $154,- 500,000. How much more can the people stand? We feel that we are paying more taxes now than is being used wisely. Those who cannot afford to pay, or who do not want to pay these tremendous additional taxes will go to the polls hext Tuesday and vote “No”. If they don’t vote, it will be about the same as voting for $46,000,000 additional taxes. Let’s not be fooled; if the referendum passes no one will be exempted from taxes. Don’t get caught in this net—go to the polls Tuesday—Vote “Against.” FOR SALE Several fine springer milk cows that will freshen in few days. Will sell or trade. (324) A. J. Payne, Reynolds, Ga. • ! I I • • a ••••NMmVMMMMMMMtMMMNtMNNMNMMNMHNMtMNHMMMttl What a Favorable Me In The April Referendum Will Mean to The Schools W. H. ELLISTON, C. S. S. As SuDerintendent of Tavlor County Schools, I feel that it is my duty to present to citizens of this County the facts relating to the increases in the amounts of school funds which will come to Taylor County under the Minimum Foundation Pro era m for Education Bill which was passed recently by the General Assem bly and which is to be decided upon in the April 5th Referen dum. In order to present a clear picture of the situation as it is at present and of what it will be should the vote be favorable, the following yearly comparisons and increases are listed: t 1. Salaries will be increased from $130,750 to $193,532 which is an increase of $62,782. 2. Operating expenses will be increased from $18,848 to $26,- 100, or an increase of $7,252. 3. Transportation will increase from $23,863 to $33,452, or an increase of $9,589. 4. Funds for building purposes will increase from nothing at the present time to $17,400 under the new program. 5. The total Foundation Program needs for Taylor County will increase from 8173,461 per year to $270,484 per year. For the items listed above, Taylor County will receive un der the Minimum Foundation Program for Education an addi tional sum of $97,023 per year. : >••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••»••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••< D0YEL Butler, Ga. #> IS MEATS Skinless Weiners lb 37c Red Links !b 31c Pig Bones 2 lbs 25c Smoked Sausage lb Pig Liver lb Stew Beef lb 34c Pork Sausage lb 43c Oleomargarine lb 29c Irish Potatoes 10 lbs 59c Octagon Soap 4 Bars 29c English Peas 2 Cans 35c Marshmallows 3 pkgs 25c Country Eggs doz 45c Colored Oleomargarine lb 39c Octagon Powder 4 Boxes 29c Fresh Vegetables Snap Beans lb 15c 10-0z Vanilla 19© 20-Oz Vanilla 35c HHHI Squash 2 lbs 25c Lettuce Head 15c IJiilM Celery 15c AO* Egg Plant - Bell Peppers ® Cucumbers 9x12 Linoleum Rugs $5.98 Flat Sardines Can 1 Oc Pure Georgia Cane SYRUP Gal 89c Blue Horse Note Book Paperrl 10c 45-lb Can Lard $6.99 LARD 4 Lbs 59c Black Eye Peas 3 Lbs 29c Dressed Fryers Lb 57c V