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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1936
Page
4
A collage of brief notes: praise for The Butler Herald's sixtieth birthday and editor Charlie Tenns. congratulations to I J Medders for American Farmer degree. death notice for Robert O Ross of Winder News. Georgia Bull Dogs’ strong November comeback and win over Tech. President Roosevelt visit to Buenos Aires. reflections on peace, religion, and civic duties. practical quips on pennies, road maps, and banking rumors.
Terrell county records note a man was convicted and sentenced to the electric chair after a trial for the deliberate shooting death of a defenseless woman, marking a historic outcome for fair trial and just verdict.
The Newnan Herald congratulates Charlie Benns and the Butler Herald on their sixtieth anniversary, praising well researched reporting and a long record of community service from this distinguished publication.
Several state papers comment on Rex Tugwell likely leaving the President's agricultural department soon. They also speculate that W. W. Alexander may replace Tugwell, with favorable views on his potential tenure and policy direction.
The annual postmaster general report shows 12 657 130 misdirected letters sent to dead letter offices, with one third carrying money or checks. It also cites Georgia fatalities at 35.4 per 10 million gallons of gasoline burned, the highest rate in the United States.
At Fort Gaines Zack Arnold runs unopposed for his tenth consecutive mayoral term. He serves as secretary of the Georgia organization of mayors, is a skilled lawyer, and described as one of the state’s amiable men.
Announcement reported last week that the Pelham Journal will move from four semi weekly issues to a daily edition starting December 7. The note credits Jim Chis as the tireless worker behind the paper’s growth and prosperity in recent years.
In Buenos Aires police restored order at the People’s Conference in Favor of Peace after American feminist delegates split and clashed over the issue of protection versus equal rights for women. Honorable George Creel comments on Roosevelt era politics, denying a third term. The president says he will be in Hyde Park on January 21, 1941, to begin his new tenure.
Public attention centered on Dr. Charles W. Reid a country physician who has never owned a car. His daughter Mrs John Monagham presented a $2000 perpetual scholarship to Tallulah Falls School in his honor. Monagham wife of the road contractor grading the Butler Reynolds road.
After months of suspension The Post-Intelligencer in Seattle resumes with John Boettiger, son in law of President Roosevelt, as publisher. The move signals a possible shift in Hearst’s stance toward the Democratic administration he opposed during the national campaign.
The 1937 Georgia farming outlook notes higher prices and ample credit at low interest, reduced supplies of some commodities, and growing demand for farm products. It cautions farmers to consider the evolving outlook carefully before planning next year’s operations.
Between 1900 and 1935 Illinois lost 67 dailies and 49 weeklies while tri weeklies rose from two to three. From 1900 to 1934 the decline was gradual, with a temporary peak in 1985 showing five more weeklies and 14 more dailies than 1984, the year of the low point.
Will Carleton’s old boy becomes a symbol as a thousand mimed graphs daily reveal officials’ overnight agricultural findings. Every writer faces a barrage of attack, and editors must know their onions to report the machine age of propaganda.
Be good to yourself by valuing health self control and personal happiness. A strong self foundation enables you to help others and serve society. The piece urges balanced unselfishness, savoring literature music nature and selected companionship while avoiding self neglect.
The Edison tragedy near Edison Georgia left five dead after a school bus collided with a truck that was only guided by a flashlight. The column urges harsher penalties for driving with defective headlights and calls for a driver license law and highway patrol to curb such negligence and fatalities.
The piece notes ownership changes at Americus Tri-County News amid praise for local gains. It highlights the Resettlement Administration plan to convert tenants into farm owners in ten southern states, with 100 experiments in Georgia over 11,975 acres and a 40 year payoff timeline. It recounts Coca Cola’s growth from a single man’s venture to a global empire and Asa Candler’s sale of the firm for 2.6 million dollars.
An essay extols inner wealth over earned riches, arguing the mind holds limitless resources. Appreciation, understanding, and knowledge grant true standing, while material wealth fades. words and deeds outlast generations, uncovering minds through reading, travel, and contact.
More than half of 122 326 000 dollars in government insured mortgages go to new buildings, with the larger share for private homes. The figures indicate growing interest in home ownership as people seek shelter against economic storms.
Christmas Seals are sold to support tuberculosis relief during the annual drive from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Volunteers go door to door in Butler to distribute one penny seals, counting on their widespread reach to curb the disease and fund local health efforts.
The Hawk insville Dispatch reports 30000 slash and loblolly pines will be planted in Pulaski County early in 1987. N G Cabero will plant 25000 trees this year after planting 25000 last year, and D F Jones plans 5000. Pines will be ten feet apart in ten foot rows with grass planted between to enable pasture use and provide a fire break.
The Carrollton Times cites Cath bert Leader criticizing Atlanta authorities over a Greek daughter’s school attendance. It notes a Greek man under grand jury indictment in Troup County, his group jailed for 30 days in LaGrange, and claims Jehovah’s Witnesses threaten institutions. It links arson at public buildings to these arrests and stresses opposition to flag desecration as principled action, urging action at the source.
The Newnan Herald endorses a forthcoming Georgia bill creating a state driving license. It argues a license with examinations would curb reckless driving, allow removal of licenses for violations, and ensure only qualified individuals operate vehicles. The piece praises Tom Houston Peanut Co. in Columbus for employing 600 and contributing to Georgia's economy.
A fragment outlines twenty moral directives from International VP Ver Teeter of Civita Club. It emphasizes punctuality, efficiency, honesty, appearance, cleanliness, health, ambition, courage, modesty, self-worth, wisdom, thoughtfulness, cheerfulness, kindness, sociability, economy, accepting criticism, cooperative effort, good citizenship, and the Golden Rule.
In the Greensboro Herald Journal the failed coroner candidate places a card thanking 96 voters who supported him in Wednesdays primary. He remarks 2,321 voters who opposed him can "jump in the Lake," a sharp jab at opponents.
Adel News praises the Butler Herald for turning sixty years of publication under editor Charlie Benns. The weekly paper is hailed as one of the state’s best, with strong admiration for its quality and a note that Butler deserves more local support from business leaders.
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