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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
5
The Butler Herald urges drivers to stop look and listen at highway approach from side roads. It lauds Governor Talmadge for cutting expenses and reducing taxes while posing a defense use for old car bodies. It opposes government cotton dumping and notes Pace's stance. It cites editorials from Americas Times Record Cartersville Tribune on marketing and peaches.
News men and women across the state extend congratulations to Miss Alice Louise Mackay society editor of the Atlanta Journal and Captain John Thomas Carlton former city hall reporter and columnist of the Journal on their recent marriage.
Roy McGinty of the Calhoun Times reports a space-filler joke about two women discussing a mutual acquaintance. One remarks she has a magnetic personality, the other quips she ought to have every stitch she wears charged.
Hartwell Sun notes the promotion of Prof. John Werson Allman Sr. to assistant school superintendent and extends congratulations to Georgia and its schools. The piece credits M. D. Collins and J. I. Allman with leadership and predicts ongoing advancement in educational matters in old Georgia.
With gasoline rationing the public may rediscover logs and the value of walking. The Savannah Press notes the curtailment arrives before winter, mitigating impact compared to an early summer cut.
The Atlanta Journal notes that state banks of Georgia not under national charter and federal supervision show a fine overall performance in the Beasley issued composite statement. Compared to a year ago June 30, there are distinct improvements in key measures of condition.
Senator Toby of New Hampshire told a National Legion gathering that Hitler's defeat will come from European Fifth Columnists. He cited Hitler’s conquests weakening him and warned if Kaltenhorn's broadcast claim of many German Communists in the army invading Russia is true, Hitler could be toppled by his own deception and intrigue.
Rev Bascom Anthony argues self denial and self control are the keys to success in life and health. He criticizes reliance on drugs and vitamins as substitutes for moderation, noting individual food reactions and the value of eating in moderation to avoid illness and bloating. He recalls long personal experience with diet and urges consulting a doctor when sick. We live on half of what we eat and the doctors live on the other half.
Local naval stores producers expect improved prices as Britain plans to buy between 5 000 600 and 6 000 000 dollars of naval stores under the lease lead act. Purchases, mainly from government controlled stocks, could lift markets and stabilize the industry.
The Herald enjoyed a brief, delightful visit from Belmont Dennis editor and publisher of The Covington News and The Conyers News. His plants print the Market Bulletin for the State Department of Agriculture and stand as the town’s large, well equipped operation. Dennis praises his editorial pages and highlights The Chatter Box column by Mrs. Dennis, which brings sunshine and happiness to readers at home and afar.
A sanitized excerpt presents Mother Shipton’s Norfolk birth and York birthplace death, noting prophecies past and future. It lists visions of carriages without horses, London centers, global travel, underwater walking, air travel, and iron ships. The verse warns of wars, religious shifts, France’s fate, and social upheavals, culminating in a 1926 forecast of straw houses and storms.
A speaker contends that criticism of the country ignores how much better off it is compared with nations such as Germany France Holland Finland Austria Hungary and Somaliland. The remark targets selfridge lack of perspective in discussing national issues.
The Dawson News warns farmers that holding cotton stamps is unwise as cotton goods price advance. Stamps will lose marketing value in a month or two, so the advised plan is to anticipate needs and purchase now before prices rise significantly.
Poem tribute in Fulton County Review Brown Tyler's paper honors Dr. L E Roberts. Charles T Riley debuts with the verse My Hope praising a life of service and friendship. Bailey signs a reflection on leaving a lasting good memory.
Taylor County FSA will buy 9,350 baby chicks under the national Food for Defense program, announced county supervisor Robert L. Burns. The move supports Britain with surplus farm commodities while Georgia FSA lists 1,315,000 for poultry and livestock purchases including cows and hogs, with 100 lamp brooders aiding rapid poultry growth on farms.
It is regrettable to this scribe and friends in this section to learn of Mr. John M. Anglin Jr. being confined at Cuthbert hospital following a major operation, with involvement noted from his brother Mr. Byron Anglin of the Stewart- Webster Journal.
The Dawson News editor, aging seven, muses on the good old days when Sunday mishaps were simple. He recalls a hammock turtle, a shirt sleeve caught in an ice cream freezer, and questions the fate of a small boy who fell from a scuppernong arbor as the first ripe fruit arrives.
Judge Price Gilbert formerly of this circuit donates to the University of Georgia fund. The report notes the University System ended its fiscal year with a surplus of 20 257 and total appropriations of 2 074940 for the year plus a 488871 surplus from 1940. It lists unit appropriations, PWA building program totals, and gifts including 77900 from S P Gilbert for an infirmary at Athens and 18656 from the Julius Rosenwald Fund for a Carrollton library.
A compilation of quotes on conscience from Tryon Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, James A. Garfield, and Punshon. The excerpts urge enlightenment by the word of God, keeping a spark of celestial fire, and risking conviction in public life while resisting expediency, vanity, and popularity.
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