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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1954
Page
4
The report notes Georgia’s 17 000 voter drop across 119 counties and cites remarks on absentee ballots ahead of the September 8 Democratic primary. It also mentions Judge Walter I Geer’s re election bid and commentary from J T Dennis on taxes and vanity.
The state highway Department opened bids on 42 highway and bridge projects spanning multiple counties including Wilkin son Columbia Gilmer Brantley Ben Hill Charlton Catoosa Lowndes Brooks Spalding Thomas Muscogee Green Fayette Sumter Coffee Macon Miller Brooks Houston Twiggs Ben Hill Johnson Talbot Mitchell Pierce Meriwether Green Burke Butts DeKalb Haber sham Calhoun Clay Brantley and Lee Two papers in Georgia are changing ownership and editorial management: Catoosa County News sold to Neal Lee and Hawkinsville Dispatch and News acquired by John McCune, formerly of the Valley Daily Times-News.
Georgia faces a possible runoff if no gubernatorial candidate wins a majority of the 410 county unit votes in the September 8 primary. The top two finishers would meet on September 22, with the tie broken by popular vote.
The Macon Telegraph reflects on Wesleyan College models for Miss Macon winners Mary Jane Doar of Fort Bragg and past titleholders. It ponders a so called Wesleyan formula behind repeated triumphs while musing on the virtues of small things, nature, and rising fame, interwoven with notes on fishing abundance and resource limits.
Mrs. Leila Bethel, Thomaston, is Upson's oldest surviving graduate of Robert E. Lee's Institute. She belonged to the class of 1882 with Eleanor Worrill Fannie Garland and Lizzie Ingram. She began at the Female Academy that became Thomaston High School and later R E Lee Institute.
The piece argues that industrial pioneers shape history beyond early America. It cites Lindbergh and Pasteur, discusses insecticides and health risks, notes rising DDT use, and references Congressional probes and calls for stricter pesticide laws as emerging fronts for pioneering.
Mrs Susie Cotney of Reynolds writes in The Macon Telegraph praising Governor Talmadge’s public service and stature. She critiques nine candidates in the race, warns against spreading conservative votes, and discusses race issues and housing in Chicago with cautious southern diplomacy.
Agriculture Commissioner Tom Linder published his gubernatorial campaign remarks in the state funded Market Bulletin. The June 30 issue shows him reprinting his political address, raising claims of misuse of public funds for a candidate and urging action by Georgia authorities and the Fulton County Grand Jury.
The drought spreads beyond the local area affecting the southeast and parts of the west. Farmers in Taylor Crawford Peach and Macon counties could use river and creek water for irrigation through pumping and sprinklers. Initial setup costs are the main hurdle, after which irrigation could be nearly costless and help weather future droughts.
A Houston home builder announces plans for about 15 900 houses at a cost of 200 million dollars, aiming to create the world’s largest housing development and reinforcing Texas lead in grand projects.
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