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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1947
Page
4
The Butler Herald reports on patriotic readers and public booster messages from Butler Georgia. It notes the paper as Taylor County’s official organ and highlights editor and publisher details along with reflective quotes on ambition accidents Jefferson and civic duty.
The area enjoys near optimal sunshine and rainfall for crops. Farmers report ideal field conditions and strong expectations for high yields across major money crops this season.
A longtime worrier who carried concerns about the past present and future for the entire neighborhood died at age 102. Physicians warned worry would harm her, yet she persisted until her death, living a full century.
Taylor county applauds Senator Russell’s push to restore appropriations cut from the school lunch program and conservation payments by the House. He predicts the Senate will reinstate the funding, and supporters hope his efforts prevail.
The writer argues a white man, educated in business, should not be required to pay an uneducated an older Black worker more for the same hours of service. He contends professionals fund taxes, insurance, churches, and schools, while African neighbors contribute little to public funds and may rely on government support.
Narrator recalls paying for vanity as he tours a 100 acre cotton crop with a respected farmer and business man. A sharp contrast is drawn between the steady B F family fortune and a rival with a flashy high powered car but no fixed home, illustrating local wealth disparities in Taylor County.
A journalist laments modern apathy toward the Fourth of July as kids miss the thrill of firework memories. He recalls past hunts for dynamite crackers, sky rockets, and explosive displays, questioning reformers who ban Safe and Sane traditions that sparked patriotic spirit.
Detroit News questions legality and uses of a government surplus sale listing 2,000,000 teeth. Officials consider whether some laws may be likened to or fail to fit the unusual inventory.
The passage notes South Georgia cantaloupe growers hauling melons to market facing unsold stock and threatening to destroy the crop in the field as a response to the government's destruction idea. The speaker expresses sympathy for the growers and compares their plight to similar struggles in fruit farming.
The Herald agrees with the Atlanta Constitution that while a Jekyll Island State Park could be valuable as Georgia grows, the Teachers' Retirement System trustees acted wisely in not sinking funds into the venture. A factual study is urged before any commitments, with public input and potential future funding considered.
The Chicago Sun launches a page one feature Stories to Make the Heart Glad to counteract gloom. Editor says the aim is to prove there are selfless people and to give readers hopeful, heartwarming stories daily.
A Bulloch Times item mocks the idea that a pill can make youths instantly wise, promoting various sensational names for so called wisdom tablets and noting the government paying the bill. The column uses satire about cost and ease of acquiring the remedy in a court yard scene.
The protest against using 800000 of the teachers retirement fund for the proposed Jekyll Island purchase grows louder. While some see merit in acquiring and operating the island as a recreation site, the plan is seen as unjustified and speculative. Fund safety for retired teachers leads the board to reject the hazardous investment.
Dawson News argues happiness comes from self forgetfulness and serving others. It contrasts a fortune builder hosting parties with a daily helper who performs good deeds for acquaintances. The piece urges interest in fellowmen, homes, churches, and community as the path to true contentment.
The notice urges caution on Georgia highways for the Fourth of July period, warning that fatalities this year may be lower than prior years but emphasizing that everyone should drive carefully to stay alive after the Fourth.
The piece defines a philosopher as one who adapts to life’s incidental conditions. It urges cooling when hot and warming when cold, and facing adversity calmly. It advises using available relief for sickness, and rejects fretful doom saying go forward with resolve.
A group of about six Georgia high school students who won an essay contest on My Community Today and Tomorrow joined a Georgia Power Co escort for a statewide tour. They visited Rome Chickamauga the North Georgia mountains Athens Louisville Savannah Brunswick St Simons Island the Okefenokee Swamp and Albany with highlights including a speedboat ride on Lake Rabun and a Tallulah Gorge cable car ride.
The Butler Water Works Company petitions the Superior Court of Taylor County to surrender its charter and dissolve its incorporation. All stock is owned by the Mayor and Council of Butler, with no debts outstanding. The court is asked to set a hearing and issue a decree dissolving the charter after publication and notice. Judge T Hicks Fort presides. clerk Thelmon Jarrell certifies copies.
An advertisement promotes Teol fungicide for athlete’s foot claiming it kills germs within an hour and penetrates with 90 percent alcohol. It encourages asking druggists and notes Porters Pharmacy in Butler, Georgia as the local seller.
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