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PAGE FOUR THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MARCH 29, 1962. The Butler Herald Entered at Post Office in Butler Georgia as mail matter of Second Class Chas. Ber.ns, Jr., Business Mgr Chas. Benns, Jr., Managing Ecfitoi O. E. Cox, Publisher & Bus. Mgr. OFFICIAL ORGAN TAYLOR CO. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Average Weekly Circulation Fifteen Hundred Copies Phone: UN. 2-4485 Beautiful Spring! For some, Spring is the most welcome season of the year. It ush ers in the warmer sunshine and longer days and the flowers and Valuable Timber Would Grow on Many Acres in This County Our Relief Dilemma While nobody in this enlightened day wants to return to the 19th century work house cruelties de- „ . .. , _ scribed by Charles Dickens, it is ma -^ * ° f apparent that tightening or revision " f needed in our system of relief Vandiver Sees Completion of Stone Mt. by’63 ATLANTA—The long dreamed of Stone Mountain memorial is mov ing closer and closer toward be coming a reality. In fact, Gov. Er nest Vandiver says he hopes to see all of the facilities in the Stone Mountain Memorial Association’s new life of another year. Spring of many things, but one item that is 1962 is here. never mentioned above a whisper “ “nTlTv as to the" federal gov It begins always on the 21st or is the thousands of acres of sand ^id to Dependent Chil- within 48 hours of it when the sun hills scattered throughout the coun- " ram . There should be shines exactly half the 24 hour day. ty. . “ .. cat nff This is known as the Spring Equi- These areas, pointed out A. R. “JJJ ‘and" support their children. nox. It means Summer Solstice is Shirley, director, Ga. Forestry Com- Iust how bad the situation has master plan completed before he only three months away. That is mission of Macon, were not always h in many parts of the coun- leaves office in January, 1963. the longest day of the year, and waste lands. They once supported j revealed by Charles Steven- from that day until December 21st magnificent stands of original long * in a November Reader’s Digest the days will get shorter. leaf pine, but thru over cutting and ti le .-children Without Fathers” Some people wonder why June, land abuse, have been rendered ’ _ hould b e “must” reading ates earn $10,000 or more a year as the month of the longest sunshine practically worthless. Today these t nlv for legislators but for all do high school graduates. j is not the hottest month and why areas grow only a scrub oak forest ! xnavers December, with the shortest days, with little or no commercial value. Six times as many college gradu- A wag says that life is very much j s n ot the coldest month. The ans- Director Shirley expressed his ap- ' AD c enrollment in Califor- like a mirror in that it never gives| WP r i s that the earth stores and proval for the fine work being done i„ mDed f rom 701000 to well back any better than you put into holds the sun’s heat to a degree, on the property of E. G. Gregg in n VPr 3333000 — more than a four- it says one of our exchanges. Therefore in the first days of Spring Taylor county. Mr. Gregg, formerly fnld in Crease in dependency during | when the sun is shining on the earth of Bainbridge, working with the a ,Liod of unprecedented prosper! The Georgia Department of State,more than 12 hours, there is still coperation of Olin Witherington, tv j n which the population of the Parks will open a World War I and much cold remaining in the earth District Forester, Americus, and y g j ncie ased by only 30 per cent from the short, cold winter days Austin Guinn, Taylor County 0ne out of every 25 children in the l ikewise, in December, the month Ranger, is making an attempt to country i s ^ aDC. of the Winter Solastice the earth re-establish pine in sand hill areas In addition to California investi- still retains much heat, built up in now dominated by scrub oak. Gregg ations have revealed especially warmer. preceding months, and believes in his convictions so shoc king conditions in New Jersey, II Museum at Veterans Memoraial State Park, Cordcle, May 23rd. This is the time of the year when you should fertilize your pe- can trees. Fertilizer grades such as January and February are usually strongly that in 1959 he purchased Wisconsin and Illinois. In Chicago The Governor expressed this hope the other day when he (1) dedicat ed a new tourist “welcome house” donated by DeKalb County and (2) closed the dam at the mountain for which he provided funds last spr- re- j ing, and Mrs. Vandiver drove a golden spike in the scenic rairoad which is now encircling the base of the huge mountain. “Let me express my appreciation to the entire membership of the assocation for their dedication to a dream that soon will have its gold en awakening when all the exciting tourist attractions are operating,” Gov. Vandiver said in accepting the 5-10-15 or 6-12-12 may be applied. ! colder. 1425 acres of scrub oak land in this seven out of ten ADC families col" Sm-ing seems to he. as much as county and proceeded to turn these lect for illegitimate children In It may be true that a fool and anything a time of hope. It was the idle acres into a business invest- Ca i lfornia , A DC supports 70,000 his money are soon parted, but what I mpnf thp P^rrecUon It is the ment by planting it to slash pine illegitimates. new building for the state. T*e master plan he referred to in cludes the lake which began filling just minutes after he closed the dam; a $500,000 administration building; a Swiss-type airlift; a scenic railroad around the moun tain’s base; a boat dock and sand beaches, park shelters, picnic areas, botanical gardens, a scenic drive, a six-acre Southern plantation repli ca, a motel and marina. The rairoad, for which the first golden spike was driven by Geor gia’s First Lady at the ceremonies, will use equipment in replica of the Confederate locomotives -- the “General” and the “Texas.” “This Georgia Gibraltar has long been of world-wide use in providing the finest building granite,” Van diver declared. “It has yielded stone sinews for the great Panama Canal, for the roof of the gold depository at Fort Knox, the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, the Liberty National Build ing in Philadelphia, steps for the National Capitol, vaults of the Treasury Building and for the Cap itol of Cuba. It is no exaggeration to call this ‘Beloved Rock’ the eighth won der of the world. time for new life bv the plants and He was immediately confronted .. It can on i y b e concluded” gether in the"first'Vace*. “-Think I ? owe ™ a ? d ^ K ls thp ^ st “ w ‘ th many silvi cultural obstacles. 1 Stevensorii “ that the federa i. | this OV er. dents and scholars get the fever The soil was very sandy wjth low ly subsidized ADC relief rolls are I land long to get into the outdoors fertility and site index. The land contributing to debauchery and! Someone has said: "There is soi a ^* n ' . , . supported a climatic scrub oak type f os tering a demoralizing dependen-j To those who weary of winter, tree species which must be sup- cy 0 n government handouts . 1 Spring is a joyful word. To baseball pressed before the pine could be es- The program has actually func- ' fans, fishermen, athletes, students tablished. Itioned in such a way as to encour- I and many others it is something The question was how could age illegitimacy and fraud, and I special. Perhaps the over-enthusi- these scrub oaks be eradicated and j t ba s stifled initiative toward mor-; astie gardner is the best personifi- keep the project economically feas- ! a j or financial self-improvement.”’ ration of the lines- “HoDe Springs ible. Gregg thought he had the j j n som e cases, this has resulted I eternal in the human breast.” answer. He discovered that these in two and three generations of a' Snrinr ignites in him a frenzv. scrub oaks were very brittle at f am ily continuing on relief. It It infects us all, natures’ big ground level and would readiily should not be too difficult for a show. And after this winter, woh is break if pressure was applied low na tion that can split the atom to not readv for the sofe summer on the root collar. ' work out an anS wer instead of a skies — which are not far behind? A crawler type tractor was panacea for this problem.—Screven —Dawson News. equipped with a heavy steel beam — mounted in front of the tractor and puzzles us is how they ever got to- much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, it doesn't behoove any of us to speak ill of the rest of us.” Who remembbers the age when it was a mater of speculation whether women really had legs. (Referring of course to that remote day when women wore floor-length dresses.) For a short period in a small bay’s life, he and dad rule the world; and it is in this interval that a father has the opportunity to play God. How well he fulfills his short-term obligation determines greatly how much of God will be in the boy. — Gordon Thatcher. County News. The total debt of the Federal Government of the United States is now equivalent to a mortgage, of more than $7 thousand for every American family. It has risen by more than $24 billion since the end of World War II — an increase of nine per cent during 15 years of the greatest material prosperity our Nation has ever known. Year after year, our national output of fods and services has gone up. Year after year, the tax receipts of our Federal Government have ris en. But we have made no provision whatsoever for paying off our na tional debt. No law has ever been passed, or even seriously consider ed, that would require some form of payment on the debt every year. When are we going to start? — Screven County News. The Herald is in receipt of copies four inches off the ground. This of several legal rulings issued to beam demolished and cleared away county registrars over Georgia by the scrub oaks as the tractor Paul Rodgers, assistant to Attorney P ushed thru the thickets. General Eugene Cook, which defi- With this P ossible solut i nitely fix May 5th as the deadline P r °blem, Gregg established a plant for planting season which is rapid- by which time persons desiring to ing Q u °ta of 125 acres per year iy approaching. Extension Engineer vote in the Sept. 12th state primary and in the w t nter winter of 1960 the H. B. Goolsby suggests that farm- and the Nov. 6th general election first 125 acres w . ere successfully ers put planters together and planted. The planting was accom- ! check for excessively worn parts. Prepare Machinery This is a good time to get plant- With this possible solution to his ing machinery in good conditions plished in one operation by using They should be oiled and greased a mechanical tree planter behind thoroughly The fertilizer hoppers anH nArcnnJTh aw '■ organizations the tractor as it opened up a path should be cleaned and covered and persons who raise money in thru the scrub oak. n ^ me charity must register The second planting in 1961 was . c ecrp t ary s ! ate Be,n Fortson also successfully completed on y ( k , a U , r ay : a y was P assed schedule. During this operation y e legislature this year. j Gregg noticed that the planter had with a thin coat of oil until ready for use. Definitions 1 a tendency to become clogged from Someone has wisely made this broken tree fragments and slow conjecture: “Just what is my home down the planting operation, town like and where do I fit in; I This condition was corrected in have you ever asked yourself this the planting season of 1962 by question? We can describe our town placing a Mathis fire plow be- as large or small, backward or pro- tween the tractor and the planter, gressive, attractive or dingy, excit- This rig had a train like appear ing or dull. The choice of the proper ance but nevertheless did an effec- adjective depends a great deal on five job of clearing away the scrub you and your role in the town.” oak, scalping the soil surface, and planting the seedlings in one con- j tinuous operation. * Gregg planted approximately 750 to 800 trees per acre. The trees were purchased from the stale nurseries of the Ga. Forestry Commission. In the last three years Gregg has cleared and planted 375 acres of scrub oak sand hill land at an av erage cost of $12.00 an acre. He plans to protect these trees from fire and grow timber in ac- j cordance with the best forest man-1 agement recommendations. 1 If you want your father to take care of you, that PATERNALISM. If you want your mother to take care of you, that’s MATERNALISM. If you want Uncle Sam to take care of you, that SOCIALISM. If you want your comrades to take care of you, that COMMUNISM. BUT—if you want to take care of yourself, that’s AMERICANISM, i Selected. Help Fight Eye Disease SEE YOUR OPTOMETRIST ONCE A YEAR AT AUCTION RAIN OR SHINE Friday, March 30th, at 2:00 P. M. Property of ALEX LAWSON Located on Highway 137 app. lYz Miles North of Butler, Ga. City limits. TERMS: 25 per cent down. Balance within 30 days. GOING FOR THE HIGH DOLLAR! 30 acres of land, divided into 22 tracts, facing both sides of the Highway, and having over 2200 feet of road frontage. This property is ideal for investment or for home sites. This Property will be offered in tracts and as a whole. INVESTORS — BUILDERS _ SPECULATORS _ BARGAIN HUNTERS — be sure to look this property over before the sale day and come prepared to buy. NOW is your chance to buy highway property and you set the price. Buy now for gain as this property will increase in value every year. For Further Information Contact Our Office ACE AUCTION COMPANY 811 Broad Street Phone 234-6230 Rome, Georgia List your property with a growing company for best results Brokers in Georgia & Alabama * FREEDOM BOND DRIVE PLAN sc«u m wucs Proposed Dam Sites on Flint River People with an open mind have a fine chance of getting somewhere in this world,provided all the while, they will keep their mouth shut, according to the opinion of one of our exchanges. Have you ever thought about how little courtesy costs, yet how much it can mean at times,? There are many things we pay dearly for and get little, but from courtesy there stems more good than could ever be evaluated.—Ocilla Star. The numerous men around this country who say they owe their ' success to their wives should take J steps to liquidate the indebtedness. They could do this by an extra I portion of love and devotion, plus a j more liberal portion of their earn ings.—Ocilla Star. The golden color of Southern pine can be enhanced and emphasized on wood paneled walls thru use of a “natural” finish. By using “stain” finishes with oil tints, the hue can be changed to any color in the spectrum without obscuring the wood grain. Did you know that there are about 66,000 Georgians who cannot even read the label on a bottle of medicine, or the report card their children get from school, or traffic directions on a sign post, or a want ad in the paper? There are 3 mil- j lion in the nation. There is a 50 I million dollar bil before Congress j just now that would provide some j money to rescue these Americans ! from the handicap of ignorance, j Besides those Americans who can- S not even read and write, there are 8 million who did not make it to the 5th grade. ivey