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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1927
Page
4
The text voices disdain for ignorance and boastful self interest while praising purposeful progress and humane conduct. It laments shallow society, urges newspapers to cover meaningful local events, and praises true aristocracy defined by brains and virtue over garish social show.
The speaker urges a woman to recognize she has profited from an unsuccessful husband and to ignore the man who failed to accumulate wealth. She rejected a kingly lover whose dreams of a fairy queen mirrored her own, insisting only a queenly partner deserves a throne.
A Butler man faced the local association charged with shelling peas for his wife on the back porch. He pleaded guilty, claimed he is a married man with his wife at home, and was acquitted and awarded a chrome for good judgment. The write up comments on domestic power and obedience in a tongue in cheek, moralizing tone.
A historical verse-style guide by W H Burns of Gem County Idaho outlines a commissioner’s duties and pitfalls. It urges steady work on roads, bridges, and taxes while balancing lawfulness, accountability, and public praise. The piece critiques sentiment and party politics, ending with a caution on levies and public scrutiny.
The Folkston Progress notes last week’s editorial on the Douglas affair. It urges all parents to read it, recounting a traveling man’s three day visit with a social, a girl’s companion, and an assault. It defends traditional values, arguing human nature unchanged despite changes.
Vienna Georgia is to provide the state with a United States Senator and the president of the Georgia Senate. The Vienna group will also supply the Georgia Press Association its president, with comments noting political opportunity and readiness among men promoted by rapid advancement.
A reflection on friendship as a sacred bond. The writer defines true friends as those who understand faults and virtues, offer counsel, comfort, and encouragement, and whose listening gives strength. It warns that broken friendships rarely mend, urging care to preserve harmony and forgiveness where possible.
Senator Thompson proposes a constitutional amendment to elect a lieutenant governor in Georgia. The measure would span voters statewide, making the lieutenant governor the presiding officer of the Senate and potential governor if the current chief executive cannot serve. The proposal argues voters should pick the successor, rather than political maneuvering within the Senate.
A Tifton newspaper notes Editor Benns in Butler is young in years but rich in experience. The piece reflects on memory and aging, noting how phantom visits of days past evoke longing for vanished hands and twilight dreams, urging appreciation of lingering past.
The Crisp name from Americus, Georgia, is urged as a party standard bearer. The writer argues Georgia should unite on Charles R. Crisp as the acceptable presidential candidate, praising his veteran Democratic credentials and deeming him free of religion or factional taint.
A fragmented letter appears to reference Gee McGee of the Elberton Star, mentioning Easy Street and Tim in the middle of ongoing content. It cites mortgages, appendicitis, crop failures, high taxes, hospital stays, and a sleeping pickiness, with garbled lines and stray numbers.
A fragmented Port-Searchlight note mocks editor Bainbridge by claiming envy and sentimentality filled Charlie Bering’s paper last week. It questions whether Acribera or Norman planned gifts like peach brandy or country ham, noting editorial quips verge on excessive kindness.
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