Local notes from The Butler Herald and regional items
A compilation of brief clippings and opinions from The Butler Herald, including editorial commentary on embezzlement, a Stone Mountain memorial plan, social observations, and notes on the American Legion of Georgia. It also reports Cordele Publishing Co. buying the Wilcox County Chronicle and includes assorted quotes and trivia.
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Stone Mountain
Cordele Publishing Co., Inc
Cordele Dispatch
Wilcox County Chronicle
Former Ellaville Minister Now Living in Gold Ghost Town
Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Heisler, retired Methodist minister and teacher from Ellaville Georgia, reside with seven others in the ruins of Rhyolite Nevada. They own the old depot and an idle gold mine, having moved from Montezuma Georgia to the deserted town built around a booming gold rush. Mrs Heisler inherited the property in 1935.
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Rhyolite
Nev
Souther Nevada
Chicago
San Francisco
Montezuma
H. H. Heisler
Heisler
Ellaville
This Gal Would Soon Be Boss
A social research expert interviewed about 250 bosses to define the ideal secretary. The study portrays a boss freeing organizer who handles routine details and supports decision making in the boss's absence, while remaining an informed firm member fluent in business jargon.
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Macon Telegraph
Be Safe Be Seen and 1957 Farm Outlook Reflections
Be Safe Be Seen argues modern mechanized equipment boosts farming yet poses safety risks from user error and apathy. The piece cites an aggressive safety push by the industry and urges careful operation to prevent accidents. Agricultural outlook predicts 1957 production 4 to 5 percent below 1956 due to rain and soil-bank crop retirements, with surpluses buffering the drop. It also notes Adel News commentary on racial tension and northern migration to the South.
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Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Adel
Supreme Court
My Town Deserves My Loyalty
A civic plea for loyal, nonpartisan devotion to one’s town. The anonymous speaker urges citizens to support local government, protect shared freedoms, and improve the community through engagement, education, trade, and morality.
Warren ton Clipper 115th anniversary noted
The Warren ton Clipper marks its 115th anniversary. Ernest Lee served as editor and publisher from 1905 to 1942, making it the sole publication in Warren County. In recent years Alva Haywood has held the editor and publisher role.
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Warrenton Clipper
Ernest Lee
Warren County
Alva Haywood
Democrats Split or Not Says Eisenhower and Truman
Eisenhower says the Democratic party is not hopelessly split though some legislators disagree. Truman counters that Democrats cannot be split and the President remains hopeful about progress on proposed legislation.
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Pres. Eisenhower
Truman Well
Poultry boom boosts North Georgia farm incomes
The North Georgia Tribune reports poultry farming now drives the region’s farm income, with farmers earning more from chickens than all previous raw crops combined.
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Georgia
The
North Georgia Tribune
North Georgia
August 1903 notable items from Reynolds Herald
August 1903 notices report a new birth to Mr and Mrs Chapman a fall cotton trip by F B Montfort a clerkship for P B Childs and deaths of Alice Foy and Agnes Shehee. Also engagements births school openings a ball game invitation farming notes and a cemetery reflection urging citizens to visit local graves.
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The
Herald
Chapman
F. B. Montfort
South Georgia
P. B. Childs
Kirvens
Columbus
Alice F. Foy
C. W. Foy
Gary
Elizabeth Mendhall
Philadelphia
J. G. Hicks
Reynolds
Agnes Shehee
Daniel
Missouri Shehee
J. H. Childres
M. D. Chapman
Butler
Reynolds School
English
Mrs Nan Chapman Dies in Macon Tobacco Sale Week
Mrs Nan Chapman of Jones County Georgia Florida area died at her home in Macon on Friday at age 99. The obituary notes she was a former rest- tobacco grower and mentions a tobacco sales week ending events.
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Nan Chapman
Jones County
Herbacco
Macon
Supreme Court warned of danger to Congress and presidency
The piece criticizes the 1957 Supreme Court session for curbing congressional investigative power and executive enforcement, shielding alleged subverters, and broadening individual rights at the expense of public safety, arguing this stance risks anarchy and equality of liberty over societal order. It cites Justice Holmes on not shouting fire in a crowd.
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Supreme Court
Thomas Jefferson
Republic
Congress
Executive Branch
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Butler Herald
Phone Union
New York
U. N
Chicago Tribune
American Legion of Georgia
Atlanta
John T.davis
Elberton Star
New Hampshire
J. Roy McGinty
Calhoun Times
States
Reliev
Oath
Butler, Ga
Gold Ghost Town
Maxie Patten
Adel News
Jesus
Sparta Ishmaelite
Herman Talmadge
Washington
Communist Party
United States
G. Tikes
Ford
United States Auto Club
Payne Motor Company
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