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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1949
Page
4
Taylor county farmers are urged to seize soil conservation aid for 1949. The note reflects on local officials, weather lessons from heavy rains, and public figures including Governor Talmadge and Senator Barkley. Also mentioned are rate changes affecting lumber shippers and a Masonic Lodge idea to attend church services as a group.
A reflective inquiry asks what universal flaw may lie at the core of global troubles and where that flaw originated, inviting diverse viewpoints on moral, cultural, and systemic causes that shape human society.
The passage links friendship to character exchange and the practice of good deeds, noting a serious responsibility within friendships formed by shared beliefs and actions. It frames friendship as grounded in mutual expression of virtue and ethical conduct.
Columbus B. Allen, 74, marks 53 years as editor and publisher of The Moultrie Observer. He has long focused on politics and good government, shaping editorials around community life and citizen rights. His welcome mat remains at the office door for all, including reporters.
The Georgia Representative Stephen Pace pushes a measure to restore 90 percent parity supports for cotton wheat corn tobacco peanuts and rice, repealing the Hope Aiken act and setting a future Jan 1 effective date. He notes wartime needs and warns against unchecked subsidies while citing potential voter costs and acreage controls. A separate local note warns against truck parking near Butler’s public square.
Mrs J W Cassano of Long Stand M Y urges every Georgian to improve publicity and impressions for the state in 1949. She asks citizens of all races and creeds to do their best and asks leaders in politics writing and broadcasting to correct outsiders' erroneous ideas about Georgia and its people.
Thomas David Caldwell known as Uncle Tom retired after more than fifty years as shop foreman at The Walton News in Monroe Georgia. He began as a printer's devil under Geo M Napier long before Linotype and modern ad makeup, marking the end of an era for old time printers in America.
Obituaries list Eu gene F. Tondee and Mrs J H Holloway at Ellaville Hopewell church interments in Demorest Montezuma and Talbotton. C W Miller Osborn Chambers and John W Riley die in Georgia towns. J P Owen dies at Tazewell and Kit ty Dozier Sims passes in Ellaville. Survivors include spouses children and siblings with multiple Mason and OES affiliations noted.
Valdosta Ga Jan 8 Lowndes county new sheriff Jewell Futch seized seven truckloads of gambling devices in a week after taking office. The equipment valued at 25000 included 49 one arm bandits and 10 race horse machines. State troopers aided in the raids, described as the largest ever in the county.
Three registered Duroe brodo sows with pigs one large boar and several gilts eligible for register for sale reasonable G N Young Lockett Farm Reynolds Ga
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