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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1931
Page
4
A city official in Atlanta pushes a $3 extra tax on automobiles while urging frank talk on public affairs. The piece notes potential shifts in large back accounts before Georgia’s extra legislative session ends and comments on newspaper advertising declines.
The Thomaston Kiwanis Club resumes activities this year aimed at paying Route Three. The public is urged to extend hearty cooperation and hope for greater success than past efforts. An editorial in Manufacturers Record predicts 1981 will bring a major surge in Southern road construction with 600 million dollars spent, boosting employment and regional economy.
Mrs. Kate Green Hess, a prominent Atlanta clubwoman, spent six months in Korea with her daughter and is compiling a book on Korean women. She has organized women’s clubs in several large Korean cities and notes rising activity in the local club movement.
The United States Golf Association announces the unanimous acceptance of Bobby Jones's resignation from its executive committee for personal reasons and business demands. In a separate report, authorities detail a bank robbery in Franklin Park, a crime spree and broad federal seizures of illegal distilleries and vehicles with prison trends discussed in a broader policy context.
The Cordele Digpatch laments deadliness of hit and run drivers and urges severe punishment. It stresses church support, presence, and aid to ministers, urging all to attend a chosen church. It also notes Congressman elect John S. Wood leaving for Washington to assume the Ninth District seat after a career including judge roles and wartime service.
The Greer Tribune notes that after wintry gusts and fallen leaves there is no clear cause for hope, yet traditions hold that spring blooms will return. The piece asserts that low moods will pass and happiness will come again, a familiar seasonal refrain.
The Greer South Carolina Tribune criticizes charity and broad government aid for delaying a return to normal after the market break. It argues work is the cure and urges hard hit workers to resume effort, accusing newspapers of alarmist publicity.
A writer contrasts Einstein’s theory of relativity with divine order, arguing that true understanding lies in a higher, spiritual relativity. The author dismisses the finite mind’s grasp of space and suggests the cosmos is guided by a divine plan beyond scientific control.
The Cuthbert Leader reveals a change in management with J K Simmons replaced by Courtland Gilbert of Brunswick after Simmons boosted paper size appearance and subscriptions. Mrs Wistoria Booth Demarest criticizes modern university attitudes toward women and athletic involvement, arguing girls are unsexing themselves and men dislike masculine women.
The Macon Telegraph argues that lawmakers are split over borrowing five million dollars from the highway department or diverting the same amount from highway funds to cover the state deficit. It urges legislators to vote with common sense and divert highway money, avoiding new taxes and political fallout.
A satirical vent catalogs shortages and excess in Texas life during hard times. It mocks high prices, scarce parking, crowded highways, cinema waits, and consumer desire for luxuries while urging sacrifice and faith amid economic strain. The piece lampoons shoppers, merchants, and social habits as prices rise and leisure competes with necessity.
In a Thomaston Times editorial the town is urged to push paving of Route Three. It criticizes past indifference and calls on local groups to work with Highway Board to secure action, noting Route Three is a key highway and may draw strong pressure from competing communities.
A reader frets about overproduction and imports noting Georgia shipped large meat and fat quantities from other states. The letter urges better farming plans and relief for local farmers to reduce excess production and reliance on imports.
Kent A B Clift of the Central of Georgia Railway argues taxes on railways bear a heavy overall burden and fund public schools in many counties. He notes 1929 Central of Georgia taxes reached 1 530 394 with net income 1 758 044 and that eight straight years taxes exceeded dividends paid, while some abandoned lines remain untaxed.
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