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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1934
Page
4
The official connection recently acquired between Mercer University and Dr Gordon Singleton elicits the commendation of the friends of both throughout Georgia. Dr Singleton is the right man in the right place.
The speaker notes a half billion Gor spent on relief and warns more funds may be needed for flood control in the game territory. They express doubt about wholly relying on Almanac weather predictions.
The text warns against fake currency by noting Lincoln's eyes may appear to wink on counterfeits. It discusses how honest town merchants advertise their services more widely to persuade customers that their quality is superior, urging vigilance against deceptive notes.
Brilliant young Joe Bailey of Texas forsakes his seat in the flower house of Congress seeking promotion to the Senate. He felt down hard and will retire to private life for the present. Some people simply never know how to let well enough alone.
A brief community message urges a focus on early preparation for children before the new school term. Parents and neighbors are encouraged to ensure youngsters enter the first day ready to learn, highlighting children as a key community asset and the value of providing advantages to support their education.
Thomasville Press lauds Judge M. J. Yeomans attorney of Georgia as delivering the most effective service in the office during its first term and urges re election on the merits of his record, noting parallels with the current governor and his work for the people of Georgia.
Joseph Miller of New York argues Americans spend far more on luxuries than education. He cites four billion yearly on soft drinks radios cigars cigarettes autos versus over fourteen million for educating 26 million children. Treasury reports 1934 seven month liquor revenues total 184.9 million with 103.9 million from beer and 71.0 million from spirits. Heaviest returns from Pennsylvania. Federal prisons brace for hundreds of new inmates as 5,000 revenue agents widen enforcement.
The Savannah Press editor praises Georgia oyster wealth and deviled crabs while reflecting on Corra Harris and political power. He argues plans to harvest crops require frank business talk. urges responsible spending and warns that Wallace crop controls helped cotton farmers avoid ruin as prices rise, enabling profits from rent and fall sales.
The text argues that life is cheap in the United States citing 20,000 motor accident deaths and 11,016 murders last year. It notes England's smaller population yet 186 murders, and a U S homicide rate averaging 10.7 per 100,000, higher than any civilized nation, with sixteen US cities exceeding 8 per 100,000 and many in the South where violence is more prevalent.
The Georgia Baptist Publisher at Hopeville, publishers of the Fulton County Review, reports a new record as it received an order for 60,000 books requiring over six tons of paper. The plant just finished a second edition of a technical school book for a Milledgeville author and another Georgia author’s text using over a ton of paper. Home boys under superintendent Brown Tyler and foreman George Ewing did the work.
The Fulton County Review argues for a strict driver license with teeth to protect the average motorist from death. It says mandatory licensing would curb habitual drunks and reckless drivers, enabling police to enforce compliance or revoke driving rights. The piece reflects local sentiment and calls for strong state action.
Parents should vaccinate and shield children before the new school year. Officials urge compulsory immunization against smallpox, typhoid, and diphtheria, noting most diphtheria deaths occur before age five and smallpox is now rare.Parents are urged to consult the family physician to ensure throat, nose, ears, and eyes are healthy before school begins.
The child star Shirley Temple, aged about one, reportedly earns a weekly salary of 1000 dollars, up from 150, with her mother receiving 250 dollars weekly to accompany her at studios. Her father G F Temple, a Santa Monica bank manager, helped secure the raise amid negotiations with Fox. Temple has not attended school but plans to start this fall, and fan mail is read sparingly to avoid spoilage.
The country weekly declares a mission to inform and unite readers during reconstruction. It urges medical education, scientific farming, honest work, and moral reform, arguing editors can expose truth, resist whiskey influence, rebuild churches with electric light, and guide prosperity through plain language.
Dawson News notes that some people are born pleasant while others learn to be agreeable to aid business and careers. It argues a positive demeanor clears the atmosphere, aids service, and reduces everyday sordidness, claiming true happiness is rare but a pleasant front can reflect inner fr1agement spirit.
The U S Civil Service Commission lists open competitive exams for junior biologist and senior biological aide covering injurious mammals, and assistant leader in predatory animal control with salaries around 2000 a year. Chief economist in labor statistics offers 5600 a year. Closing dates Aug 23 and Sept 4 1934. Furnished info notes pay deductions and regional appointment quotas.
County agricultural agent G Daniel said a federal bulletin from Athens imposes drought driven restrictions on use of land under crop contracts. Restrictions cover planting pasturing and harvest of certain feeds and seed crops on leased or contracted acres. Growers must apply for tax exemption allotments before week’s end.
The speaker argues a fair salary does not guarantee success unless a person can manage finances, live within income, and keep bills paid. He contends a man who cannot do this on a fair salary would struggle even on the President's salary, as the core elements of success lie in financial discipline.
From the Secretary of the U S Civil Service Board of Examiners at the post office in any city with a first or second class post office or from the U S Civil Service Commission Washington D C this notice announces examination opportunities and eligibility requirements for federal positions.
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