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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1930
Page
3
The 1920 Christmas seal designed by Howard Pyle remains prized by collectors with values ranging from five dollars to five thousand percent of the original cost. Most proceeds stay in the community, funding local tuberculous work and national medical research efforts.
A historical health appeal outlines tuberculosis as a major public threat and lauds prevention through rest, fresh air, wholesome food, sunshine, and exercise. It notes long-term decline in deaths and highlights fundraising through the Christmas seal sale to support eradication efforts.
Robert Quillen argues that personal standards of honor reflect societal norms. He notes how justice can be perverted when authorities trap the tempted and criticizes a system that encourages entrapment. The piece warns that tolerating treachery erodes national character and frames law as preventing crime, not aiding it.
Cross Roads society notes weekend visitors and local hospitality. Numerous families host guests including Mrs Susie Foreh Mrs Avin Pelan Miss Alma Hinton and Miss Loy Bone. Pupils Wilber Richard Maurine Richard Lois Cotney Carl Peacock enter Cross Roads school this week.
A terse adage reflects that praising a man’s wit often enhances his regard for the speaker’s judgment. The saying implies social leverage from flattery and quick thinking. It underscores how clever commentary can influence perception and approval.
Miss Alice Peterman and Ruth Hegler visited home folks in Five Points while others like Mrs. Wadsworth and Miss Evelyn McMillen spent weekends with relatives. Birth announced for a son at the Singleton home on December 12. Henry Christopher and family of Mauk noted as new community citizens. Five Points girls lost to Mauk 28 to 6 in basketball Friday in the first game for Five Points.
A brief item notes that the telephone girl acquires earrings rather than finger rings, highlighting a small personal shopping distinction without broader implications.
Butler residents hosted and visited family members across the weekend. Mrs Mary Smith and Miss Effie Smith joined Mr and Mrs W A Jarrell. Macon guests Horace Kendrick and J B Kendrick stayed with relatives. Thomaston guests Dr Bentley Adams and Mrs Arch Adams dined with Weeks Adams. Numerous Jarrells and Adamses hosted relatives, with many townsfolk stopping by Butler on Saturday and Sunday for social visits and small-town hospitality.
Local families and guests gather for church services dinners and weekend visits in Englishville. J A Duke and family attend Red Hill services and host Theron Athen nearby. S S Lee Sam Carter and Mary McLendon, plus J O Smith and family, share Sunday meals with Howard Greene.
The PTA presented Miss Topsy Turvy at the school building Friday night under PTA auspices for the benefit of the school piano debt. It was a success and well attended. Over a year ago the PTA bought a piano and has since hosted plays ice cream festivals and carnivals to pay the debt.
The group thanks all donors for their support and expresses gratefulness that the debt has been paid in full. Web. A, Seo-Prina.
One of the most enjoyable occasions of the season was a birthday party given by Miss Juliette Jarrell at her grandmother Mrs. G W Jarrells home on December 12. The house was beautifully decorated in Christmas colors of red and green. The hostess was never more charming.
MMT Mathis and family near Oglethorpe attend church services with C M English and Charlie English at Red Hill. Jacklish returns to Atlanta after a weeklong visit with cousin Haywood Smith. West Virginia and Illinois supply most of America's glass sand. Miss Jarrell hosts a hospitality gathering with Jello and whipped cream, featuring Verna and Virginie Lee Marthdé Parker, Julia Boggs and a lengthy list of Jarrell and Adams families and friends.
Howard and Mrs Guy McMullan and others from Albany joined Mrs A F Fain Sr and Macon guests for a weekend visit. Several local families hosted relatives and friends including Childe Culverhouse Morris Fletcher Pierce Brown Buckner Streotman Brown Butler Belcher Streetman Braven and Broven after visits or returns home.
Local residents report visitors and travels across towns. Albany and Columbus trips include MAUK Mrvd W Rogers and Mrs Bascom Parker. Kin and friends from Buena Vista Tazewell Augusta Daytona and New Rochelle visited or stayed over the weekend.
A fragment discusses women who raise children with little time for lectures. An automotive metaphor appears with the engine in front, implying self-reliance and practical skill over formal instruction. The quirky phrasing suggests a column note or public remark from an era favoring self-help themes.
A vintage advertisement touts A TEXAS WONDER for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims to cure gravel weak and lame backs and irregularities of the kidneys and bladder. Sold by druggists or by mail for 1.25 per bottle. Dr E W Hall of St Louis Missouri endorses it and invites testimonials.
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