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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1944
Page
4
Local brief from Butler Georgia urges readers to tend fall gardens for best results and to support war bonds. Mentions Benns Jr and O E Cox as editors and publishers, notes Taylor County as official organ, and references early cotton bale timing and local farmers awaiting first bale around August.
A brief item notes a ham found in a farmer's smoke house amid allegations of theft. The tone suggests the finder may have been collecting specimens, casting doubt on the accusation. The oddly worded report hints at humorous or ambiguous motives in a rural setting.
Hope Arkansas is described as the largest watermelon growing section in the world. For twenty years growers held August festivals offering valuable prizes for the biggest melons. Last year’s winner weighed 152 pounds. this year’s reports were not yet received.
A hard and intelligent fight against the cotton boll weevil is urged to protect the 1944 crop in Taylor County which is likely the county’s smallest on record. With a short harvest expected the price of cotton may rise in coming weeks depending on government actions.
Monroe Georgia resident Ernest Camp, famed for his appetite, declines all four Fourth of July barbecue invitations. He notes aging has taught him wisdom and restraint in celebration.
In Taylor county annual peach shipping time recalls the 1928 disappearance of J S Henderson a Butler Reynolds and Mauk peach marketer and former New York buyer described as a bachelor aged about 45 well educated with no known relatives He was believed murdered for robbery and his body disposed of with his real estate later reverting to the state.
The article argues that Nazi Germany cannot be spared a harsh fate as Allied forces advance. It compares Nazi rule to tyranny and slavery, notes liberation of Wilno and East Prussia, and asserts the world will not accept a soft peace. It suggests Germans must awaken to their duties as neighbors in a democratic world.
The passage recalls Theodore Roosevelt Jr a WWI officer later Brigadier General in North Africa Sicily Sardinia and Normandy. It notes his drive devotion to duty and courage close to recklessness and his postwar roles as Governor General of Puerto Rico and the Philippines explorer writer and Oyster Bay Roosevelts known for family life adventure and patriotism per the Christian Science Monitor.
News fades but friendship remains as W. T. Shytle agrees to write a weekly column for the Adel News. He sold the paper to L. L. and G. C. Patten who continue to publish a strong weekly in Cook County and surrounding areas.
The Dawson News praises Earle Cocke of Dawson for being chosen to attend the international monetary conference at Bretton Woods New Hampshire as consultant and advisor for the finance committee. Cocke, executive vice president of Fulton National Bank in Atlanta, has previously served as state executive officer of the Commodity Credit Corporation and director of the National Emergency Council.
The OPA will establish verification centers to receive count and examine ration coupons for counterfeits and abuse. Ration banks have been overburdened but evasion is detected with efforts to stop it. Counterfeit coupons surface especially for sugar and gasoline amid wartime rackets. The CPA will require endorsement to trace delivery and screening will detect bogus coupons. Dealers must redeem unendorsed or counterfeit coupons.
The Atlanta Constitution lauds Georgia state finances noting high gross receipts of 61 772 210 for the year ending June 30. It highlights debt payments of 12 038 570 and sinking funds totaling 16 452 653, with indebtedness reduced to under seven and a half million, as Columbus Enquirer Sun reports.
The piece contrasts midsummer fashion’s past dominance with changing conditions. It cites an Albany Journal warning against idle gossip and rumors, noting a baseless claim that a peanut butter plant project was hindered by alleged rampant gambling and urging skepticism about such attacks on a community.
C C Wall outlines preparations for the rural carrier convention in Macon Georgia with emphasis on attendance and fellowship. The piece highlights participation figures 1088 members 837 regulars 39 temporary 148 substitutes and 64 retired carriers and urges dues payments to support the Georgia rural carriers association leadership led by Gordon Walters and Solon Ware. The author asserts Taylor county as a premier agricultural area and notes Georgia production of peaches peanuts and watermelons.
Secretary Treasurer Nace Grant reports that on July 10 he had en informing notes about Association Inklings activities. The fragment suggests a routine financial or meeting update from a literary group.
With several car loads of water melons shipped from Butler the county aims for a 75 000 to 100 000 crop value this season despite a severe June July drought. Widespread distribution will occur among farmers when most needed.
An election will be held in every Taylor County school district on Friday July 21, 1944, to elect trustees for vacancies on local boards. All qualified voters may participate. returns will be filed with the County School Superintendent for consolidation at the County Board's next regular meeting. Authorized by the Taylor County Board of Education.
Sheriff J M Bone announces a sheriff sale in Taylor County Georgia on the first Tuesday in August 1944 at the courthouse steps. Fifteen acres from lot two in the Lith land district bounded by a fourty and five acre tracts and M Everett lands will be sold to satisfy an execution in favor of EH Allen against Sanders McCrary.
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