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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1934
Page
6
Ellaville Georgia poem and greetings from c C Wall and president Gordon H Thompson to rural letter carriers. The piece urges kindness hospitality and service as the new year begins and expresses gratitude for carrier work and promised improvements and cooperation.
The report notes Brother Fred L. White has suffered a plurisy attack threatening pneumonia but is now improving and back on his Buckhead Georgia post office route with driver assistance. It also mentions a December 2 mutual benefit death assessment of 1.10 due, and the death of Rev. O. L. Kelley father of Mrs. E W House, a Methodist minister from Lumpkin Georgia, with Mrs House active in the Ladies Auxiliary.
An editor secretary treasurer thanks friends for holiday greetings and recalls a week of ten days. He urges rural carriers to ring out the old ideas about rural service and dispel misconceptions as the new year 1984 begins.
The article urges rural route carriers to serve the public with dedication to dispel misimpressions. It cites dues, meetings, and the Des Moines convention amendments, notes Georgia, Atlanta, and Kan sas Carrier timelines, and highlights a Tenth District delegation meeting with Congressman Brown. It ends with personal notes about chitterlings and well wishes for 1984 by W. G. Thornton.
We are glad to share timely words from Bro Gordon Thornton of the executive committee of our state association. The good wishes and advice offered at this session of the year are timely and we hope all readers who see Bro Thornton's message will…
The piece praises timely dues payments to avoid later solicitations by county district or state secretaries. It notes support for The Journal news columns, mentions national convention actions on retired carriers, and reports a Georgia state convention plan to conform in July in Atlanta. It also highlights a light local debate over chitterlings among brethren and editors.
The CWA approves a project to destroy wild peach trees in 45 Georgia counties including Taylor to combat phony peach disease, which threatens the industry. Growers and locals are urged to report groups of wild trees near woods or dumping grounds to W F Turner at the Ft Valley field lab.
Walter E. Steed urges landless farmers to buy homes and farms now. He argues government programs lift mortgages and offer farms outright, making home ownership essential for strong citizenship and national security.
The 1934 acreage reduction plan hinges on farmer support and legal backing. Georgia farmers may gain rent for reducing acreage while some could actually increase planted area based on 1928–1982 averages, unlike Texas farmers. The campaign seeks cooperation to lower sumnly and boost prices, noting 48% of counties show strong plow up efforts with cotton declines.
The cotton acreage reduction drive for Taylor County begins January 1, 1934. The county committee has been named, with Reycoe appointed by government officials. Farmers are filing contracts at the County Agent’s office with help from friends, as contracts must be completed by February 1. Local business leaders are urged to support the effort to ensure Taylor County finishes early, with further details in the next Butler Herald.
Athens reports extension poultryman Arthur Gannon of the University System of Georgia outlines calcium needs for laying hens. He notes crushed oyster shells are best, widely preferred in Georgia, essential in confined flocks, and readily bought in bags. He warns lack of oyster shell lowers egg output and size and weakens shells. Peach pruning guidance from horticulturist G H Firor follows, advising careful removal of wood to protect bearing trees and fruit yield.
As Congress returns the Ways and Means Committee may change leadership with Representative Doughton of North Carolina likely moving to the tariff commission after the late Collier. If that happens Representative S B Hill of Washington would succeed Doughton, with Morgenthau and Professor Marill guiding tax policy ahead of the session.
Georgia posting notice declares land Tot No. 140 in the 12th land district of Taylor County is off limits for hunting hauling wood or making roadways. Dated December 18 1988 at Butler. Kate Le Putter Mrs.
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