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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1940
Page
4
An editorial note from the Butler Herald acknowledges a religious verse by A C Sells of Macon and dedicates it to Butler readers. The piece includes commentary from the Stewart-Webster Journal and Cordele Dispatch on public affairs. It urges safety observance as July is proclaimed Safety Month in Georgia.
The National American Legion parade in Boston in September will feature floats depicting Georgia granite quarries, peach and pecan groves, and packing plants. Ed Rivers is accused of taking credit for free school books that Gene almost completed, while many drivers forgot licenses until the last minute before the deadline Monday morning.
The Columbus Enquirer argues for a new convention auditorium to serve a rapidly growing city. It emphasizes Columbus as a developing center in the South and possibly the nation, urging local residents to support the project.
The Department of Public Safety records show 2 619 automobile licenses in Georgia were punched for Driving Under The Influence during the past year. The note urges no laxity in enforcing the law.
Georgia Republican leaders announce Wilkie for President clubs statewide. Harry Sommers of Atlanta, chairman of the convention delegation, and Wilson Williams, elected national committeeman, declare the campaign will begin immediately.
A rural notice predicts heavy transport of roasting cars cantaloupes and watermelons moving north through Butler on state highway 19 over a thirty six hour period from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning. It warns there will not be enough corn left in South Georgia to feed the crows through the winter.
The J. W. Woolfolk Company of Vort Valley will move in a few days to a large new brick veneer one story office building at the corner of Mast Main and Pine streets in Pt Valley. The move follows years of pleasant business transactions with Taylor county residents.
The President signed packages including a supplementary defense bill with cash appropriations of 1,479,777,147 and contracts totaling 289,096,761 for war and navy needs. A 1,157,711,867 relief bill covers at least eight months from July 1. An amendment to the Neutrality Act allows Red Cross vessels into war zones without safe conduct. An 1,025,282,690 appropriation supports labor departments, the social security board, and related agencies.
The Cordele Dispatch columnist notes the looming gubernatorial contest with figures Talmadge Abit Nix Hugh Howell Columbus Roberts and Braswell Deen entering the field. He depicts a heated battle with each contender gaining or maintaining momentum as election time nears.
The Macon Telegraph upgrades its mechanical design with a $20,000 overhaul, promising clearer type and faster reading. Editors note sustained leadership under the Andersons and added features, with expectations of increased patronage and brighter state finances ahead.
Milledgeville News editor promises forthcoming report on Brasswell Deen detailing his past from Methodist schooling to a proposed two cent stamp plan and a Dublin Ga trip, plus an alleged unfair treatment of Mrs Williamson. The paper aims to verify every allegation before publication and hints at a resignation option to limit public interest.
In nominating Wendell Willkie and Charles McNary, the GOP seeks to revive a flagging party. Willkie, a utilities executive and former Democrat, is paired with Senate leader McNary, as they brace for a battle before the November elections amid nationwide international tensions and Roosevelt’s wartime leadership.
The Atlanta Journal notes Abit Nix as a self styled Conservative Liberal candidate for Georgia governor. Inman Park Advertiser weighs his stance asking if a Conservative Liberal splits a man in two directions at once, highlighting a perceived divided approach.
The Baltimore Evening Sun editorializes on Prime Minister Churchill’s remarks stating that standing up to Hitler could free Europe and push the world toward sunlit lands, while failing would plunge the world into a dark abyss worsened by perverted science.
A Georgia roundup shows rural editors receiving gifts from farmers. Telfair Enterprise reports cantaloupes from J D Bass near McRae, Georgia Cracker notes Ed Pennington’s potatoes and tomatoes. Metter Advertiser cites John B Lanier’s first watermelon, others share squash and Siamese cucumber twins. This reflects a bounty culture among Savannah area editors.
The Dispatch reports the Red Diamond Peanut Mill and Read Phosphate Company, subsidiaries of Davison Chemical, will close. About 150 workers lose their jobs, shrinking one of Cordele’s largest payrolls and hitting the city’s economy hard.
The platform adopted in Philadelphia claims the Republican Party will grant black citizens a square deal in economic and political life. It calls for ending discrimination in civil service and all government branches, universal suffrage, and federal action to curb mob violence.
The piece profiles Hamilton Ralls as a 20 year dirt farmer and livestock grower aiming for Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture. It highlights his Turner county leadership on the cow hog and hen program, a Ashburn creamery, a co operative hatchery, and a large peach operation near Havansville. His platform stresses fair administration, anti adulteration, and defending farmers from improper seeds and supplies.
H B Edwards, current Georgia House member and sixth district senate hopeful, announced that if elected he would bid for the presidency of the Senate. The prospect positions him as a leading contender in the state’s political contest.
Georgia faces ongoing forest protection efforts from 1926 onward with state funded fire control and expansion of national forests. By 1994 about 5.5 million acres receive state protection and seedling programs plant millions annually as public education grows.
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer notes Columbus and surrounding communities anticipate the opening of the Bradley theatre. The Lucas and Jenkin corporation has invested substantially to offer a cinema with distinct appointments, beauty, and impressive size reflecting Columbus’s rapid growth.
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