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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1938
Page
4
J J Mangham announces candidacy for Governor. The column jokes about politics and civility while noting Macon County filing date changes, cotton week, and general rainfall. Weather outlook from R D Pagcall predicts June near normal precipitation, July wetter, August wetter than average.
A Georgia law rejected by the House but signed by the governor is deemed valid. The Savannah Press urges a single law-making body for Georgia. Miss Martha Marshall of Americus named among Agnes Scott College's four prettiest girls. May graduates begin a season of career and life success. Pace seeks unopposed return to Washington. Roosevelt signs indemnity suit bill for wrongfully convicted, cap at 5,000 dollars. Congress race in Second Georgia district features Carlisle, Cox, Crow. a crowded contest looms. Rush Burton of Lavonia Times to address Savannah postmasters The Jackson Herald marks 62nd birthday with praise for longtime editors. Swainsboro hosts Georgia Branch National Postmasters convention with spirited local hospitality. Editorials reflect editor control over content and town progress debate. Locomotives likened to people with gear and quirks in humorous analogy. Two town mindsets contrasted as decisive for growth.
Editor Roy Mc Ginty of the Calhoun Times will run for state senate. Rush Burton notes Lavonia is named for Mrs. Lavonia Jones, wife of Major Jones who helped build the Lavonia to Elberton railroad. Lavonians urged to live up to high civic ideals as they honor Georgia figures like U S Senator Walter F George, recently named an honorary Demosthenian member at the University of Georgia. If no further dates intervene, he faces a likely return to Washington on Sept 14.
Peach county political rivals refrain from opposing each other as Joe Davidson announces candidacy for Representative and W. D. Aultman withdraws in his favor. The Dodge County Advertiser credits the grand jury for sound recommendations and notes editors polled cite local efficiency taxation and crop diversification as top concerns, urging higher income or lower outgo as Georgia’s big issue.
In the lead up to Georgia's state primary, Judge Orrville Park warns voters often cast ballots to defeat opponents rather than to elect. He cites education levels and demagoguery as causes, praising Walter F. George as a steady Senate figure and noting rumors of opposition. Governors Rivers’ solid performance is also mentioned as reason to retain him.
The Americas Times-Recorder suggests that America could be returned to Indigenous peoples if they agreed to assume the public debt, noting the Indian population is about 337,366 of 846,000 in the territory in 1492 as a hypothetical premise.
Several state papers publish a portrait of Hon. John J. Wilson, Georgia Secretary of State, lauding his record as unmatched. Critics say the tribute should be replaced with a more fitting image reflecting his appearance.
The Herald and Cairo Messenger praise Justice R C Bell for another term on the State Supreme Court bench. Friends across the state express hope he will be elected without opposition, noting his legal ability and friendly disposition. He previously carried every county except one, and is widely admired.
A columnist ponders the uncertain path ahead for the United States, asking whether a conservative middle ground exists between boom and bust. He questions unemployment relief, Roosevelt era policies, debt, inflation, and the fate of labor and business while asserting that America remains bigger than its problems.
A poem lamenting Georgia's farms migrating toward the sea. The speaker recalls red hills, streams, and local farms and animals as the land drains toward tidelands and the Golden Isles, expressing sorrow at loss of homeland and agricultural life to coastal development.
A brief local saying warns that whiskey and gas do not mix, and imagines a place of business for the combination and its mixer, reflecting regional lore and cautionary humor.
Olin Miller criticizes Eugene Tal’s proposal for settling 10 million unemployed on farms. He argues taxpayers should not bear the burden of supporting unemployed and funding farms at the same time.
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