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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1935
Page
4
The Herald promotes Community Day sales for Butler merchants to boost fall trade while noting broader local concerns in Taylor County. It highlights Bainbridge Post-Searchlight expanding, regional events, and reflections on peace, prosperity, and Georgia’s bright outlook, with emphasis on local business optimism and civic spirit.
The text notes readers recall repeated dunning phrases like look at the label on your paper and move up the date. It implies ongoing pressure from newspaper men over unpaid subscriptions and urges readers to settle balances. The account hints at a routine practice used to enforce payments.
A 70 year after the Civil War reflection notes the federal government still shells out about $500,000 monthly for pensions to veterans and dependents. It highlights how long war costs linger and how pensions decline over time, with the nation still paying long after the last shot.
Editor Charlie Benns cites past cotton prices as reminder to Governor Talmadge. He notes farmers were once paid 6c and 8c was the peak in the 1890s before processing tax ideas. The Calhoun Times recalls childhood cotton picking and that bygone price.
The Turner county board of education told the grand jury that all teachers and bus drivers were paid for the past term and no money borrowed. Total receipts were 47435.74 dollars, with a year start balance of 3717.66 dollars and a year end balance of 3717.66 dollars.
The Tifton Gazette notes a city official cannot please every reader amid public criticism. Editors say a newspaper should aim to inform with honesty, avoid entangling alliances, and serve the section without pleasing all readers. A half joke about vacations ends the piece.
A nostalgic Georgia folk verse celebrates spring and southern hospitality. It contrasts city hustle with Georgia calm, praises local life, and recalls a family returning home. The speaker toasts Georgia as a place of rest, warmth, and welcome under divine favor.
The Manchester Mercury lauds Ed Rivers speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives for his steadfast support of the President. It notes Rivers as a staunch Roosevelt supporter who openly shares his political stance.
Editor Davis of the Thomasville Press predicts the re election of Senator Russell as a safe bet. The piece notes Adel will host the Confederate veterans reunion and the Eighth District Press Association meeting in November, with Adel set to contribute to all events. Russell is praised for active aggressive service in the senate and strong prospects for a full term.
The Millen News criticizes the reaction of powerful moneyed interests to recommendations on currency and farm commodity pricing. It argues they resist any change that would alter profits, whether taxing wealth, fixing prices, or expanding money in circulation, claiming a vast monopoly resents systemic change.
In the Fulton County Reporter Brown Tyler’s column questions women smoking in public, arguing some readers find it odd and urging restraint. The piece weaves in editorials from Cordele Dispatch and Thomasville Times Enterprise on page layout, national advertising, and reader feedback while surveying Europe’s politics, Mussolini’s moves, and Germany’s tensions with the United States and New York.
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