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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
4
The Butler Herald notes the clerk of superior court race in Cook county has grown to ten candidates. Rain delays cotton picking while sun returns and labor shortages worry farmers. References a Nashville Herald quote defining cotton and its burdens.
Cotton exports dropped to 3,327,000 bales in the year ending July, the lowest in six decades, down 40 percent from the prior year. The note mentions Civilian Conservation Corps camp near Perry, praise for Congressman Tarver denying a Democratic split, and a regional quip about a dog and yard.
Statisticians describe the postwar era, noting per capita income fell from $654 in 1929 to $856 by 1938. the figures illustrate severe hardship as the nation endured the Great Depression.
Congressman Stephen Pace is invited to address a Fitzgerald Lions Club banquet on September 12 with former governor Eugene Talmadge and Frank McGill of the Atlanta Constitution on the program. The event promises notable proceedings for Fitzgerald.
A youth in a neighboring state treks 12000 miles chasing employment and even goes to Honolulu without luck. He returns home and secures a job at a local gasoline filling station two blocks from his home.
The article honors Hon J T Garrett of Charing as a leading Georgia farmer and originator of the year round curing process for sweet potatoes. It notes his early death before the statewide adoption and expresses hope the curing warehouse movement will expand through Georgia’s sweet potato belt. It ends with fond memories of the lamented figure.
A motorist arrested for speeding in Valdostan Times case pleads not guilty and testifies he was en route to visit his mother in law. He is acquitted after the court accepts his explanation. The article also urges residents to trade at home to boost local prosperity. Weather notes compare rainfall patterns around August 10 across two years.
In a candid piece the Eatonton Messenger notes the absence of flattering notices in hand bills and urges readers to consider alum water for hand care as county elections approach. It highlights John B. Wilson’s national honor in New Hampshire and Georgia’s pride in him. The Georgia Press Association session opens in Calhoun with host editor J Roy McGinty named soon to be president, while a playful note references the new dance Bump a Daisy and a potential trophy.
Tarleton Collier weighs the politics of an anticipated Georgia extra session. He stresses that solving next year’s seven months of schooling needs and past due teacher and professor pay requires long range planning, with emergency action likely only in the immediate term.
General Hugh Johnson provides insight into Thanksgiving Day origins and its observance amid the Roosevelt proclamation changing the date. He notes the first Thanksgiving in 1623, Washington's national proclamation in 1789, and Lincoln's 1863 declaration, linking the holiday to independence, faith, and perseverance.
The Georgia General Assembly has placed 1,840 new laws on the statute books costing over 736 thousand dollars across three sessions under Governor Rivers. An extra session in September will be the fourth meeting since Jan 12, 1937, with projected daily costs near 3,800 dollars and a total session cost possibly around 250 thousand dollars. Over seven months of deliberations have occurred since Rivers’ inauguration, including 223 days in three sessions, with 1,100 bills offered in 1937 and 1,056 in the last session. 427 enacted and 200 of 937 resolutions adopted.
The University of Tulsa catalogs listed Thanksgiving as November 22, a printer’s error. The president has proclaimed the 22nd a legal holiday to correct the mistake, aligning with the catalog indication.
The Clayton County News reports in Jonesboro that the Fourth District seat, held briefly by an incumbent, will face early opposition. Rumors swirl that Edgar Blalock, who carried nine of fifteen counties in the last election, may compete. The piece predicts intense local politics with primaries months away.
A humorous verse by Dudley Glass lampoons a local figure who rose from poverty to wealth through cunning. The tale notes his alcoholic habits, truth bending, penchant for tall tales, and a fatal gun incident, closing with a prompt for readers to write about someone they know.
The passage extols friendship as superior to riches and possessions, citing Scripture that a good name and loving favor outweigh wealth. It describes friendship as a comforting, guiding, and sympathetic force that arrives in darkness to offer support and heartfelt encouragement.
A Columbus Ledger reflection urges steady effort to turn the city into a thriving manufacturing hub. It argues experience teaches discipline, promotes diligent daily work, and warns against waste of time while urging pursuit of growth, promotion, and meaningful career satisfaction.
A cautionary note warns that a fair weather friend will cause more trouble than a real enemy in the end, suggesting vigilance against insincere allies and shifting loyalties.
A collection of aphoristic reflections from F J Dudley Columbus Georgia. Topics include materialism bureaucracy cash and carry ethics and the Golden Rule. The piece cites the Atlanta Journal on insurance premiums and dishonesty as a moral lesson.
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