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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1937
Page
4
Reports from many farmers confirm the boll weevil has reached Taylor county on time. A doctor warns to swim often and drink water, though not while swimming. The text notes headlines can mislead, citing "Boy Wins Egg Laying Contest" as an example of deceptive wording.
A new steam laundry equipped with modern machinery has been established at Adel as a forward step in local services. Preparations are underway for a visit from Georgia editors.
An unreliable report claims during a severe drought in the dust bowl residents brushed teeth with feather dusters, a detail reflecting hardship and odd coping measures amid the harsh conditions.
Albany passes city ordinance prohibiting scattering handbills on streets and in automobiles prompting strong protest from local printers. The note adds odd comparisons about Nevada divorces and state fishing licenses, and mentions U S bond issues being oversubscribed sixfold, ending with a sentiment of remaining confidence.
A farmer reader, a lover of good horses and a hater of horse flies, reports satisfaction from using the tractor when horse flies land on it. The remark highlights practical farm humor and the tractor’s utility in pest-heavy fields.
The text notes most people work for large auto firms or in supporting industries. It comments on the annual payments mindset and mentions a foreign celebrity visiting a seaside beach confusing Americans’ idea of a comic strip. It suggests economic unity and cultural misinterpretation.
A couple traveled from Louisiana to Covington Georgia to wed while seated in their automobile. Rev J A Ivey of Perry is confined to Georgia Baptist Hospital after a recent operation. He is a former esteemed pastor of Reynolds Baptist church.
The Jackson Progress says busy men and women are the salt of the earth and the best asset for community service. It criticizes anyone who claims to be too busy to serve, stressing the value of civic engagement and public duties.
The electorate’s will is praised as Georgians are urged to support Governor Rivers and his team with full cooperation, across political lines. Former Governor Talmadge is commended for honoring the people’s choice and bowing to their will.
Postmaster General Jonas A Farley announced a commemorative five cent postage stamp in honor of Virginia Dare the first child of English parentage born in Amelia. The stamp will be issued August 18.
The Hawk linsville Dispatch notes Puaski Superior Court will convene Monday June 14 with no contested civil cases. Several attorneys with cases on hand are excused to attend federal and other courts. The piece then contrasts unemployment due to machines with a forecast that air conditioning equipment will create thousands of jobs as business houses and homes are air conditioned.
W C Woodall editor of the Columbus News Record warns against youths on bicycles darting before cars. He calls their riding thoughtless and reckless and urges training to curb dangerous street behavior and reduce accidents.
The Atlanta Constitution urges restraint in expectations for new graduates as about 15 000 young Georgians begin life as productive citizens. Thousands more leave colleges and universities to take on professional, industrial, and commercial roles, with youth seen as the state’s hopeful wealth and future.
Editor Mac Perry reports a Montezuma Georgian note on visitors who gathered at Congressman Steve Pace's Americus home. Citizens and neighbors offered warm greetings, with Pace and his family enjoying a brief rest from the national house. Most callers were genuine friends, despite some political motives being present.
Monroe Adver tiser editor J H Clarke denounces liquor as a pervasive evil spanning ages and nations. He claims the distillate fuels crime and disease, corrupts minds and bodies, and leaves dark marks of poverty and despair on society.
National farm loan associations across Chattahoochee Crawford Houston Macon Marion Muscogee Peach Schley and Taylor counties adopt a joint management plan with a full time secretary treasurer based in Montezuma R P Stackhouse named secretary treasurer The plan preserves each association s separate identity and coordinates duties while offering long term farm mortgage loans through the Federal Land Bank of Columbia stacked among the counties listed driving regional cooperation with regular visits and unified leadership frames.
The article counsels prospective students to seek guiding help from educators rather than peers when choosing a college. It warns against overspending on lifestyle, chasing sports fame, or chasing fame alone, and urges evaluating teachers, small colleges, and tolerant environments. It also cautions against seeking only culture for status and stresses honest work and practical outcomes.
The Post Office Department announces a new descriptive booklet covering all United States postage stamps from 1847 to 1936 with full size illustrations. Available through the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., at 25 cents for paper binding or 75 cents for cloth.
Sen Joe Burgin of Buena Vista presses for a constitutional amendment to move local legislation from the general assembly to counties and cities. Backed by Governor Rivers and others, the reform aims to reduce local measures on the ballot and expand local self government in the upcoming special session.
Atlanta pastor Dr. Louie D. Newton cites a reflection on happiness not in riches or leisure but in loving support and shared perseverance. He urges reading Jesus Beatitudes for a fullest answer and invites a moment of quiet Bible reading.
Legal column by C Cantrell outlines the English origin and American adoption of the Statute of Frauds. It stresses writing requirements for executors not to be liable, surety promises, land related contracts, leases over a year, and revival of time barred debts, citing 1937 copyright.
The speaker discusses the Beatitudes and the sequence Jesus uses to describe happiness. He notes the rewards tied to following Jesus words and emphasizes hearing and acting on them as path to blessedness.
A prominent London judge lists twelve life missteps, including imposing one’s own standards on others and measuring others’ joys by personal feelings, while urging acceptance of trifles, avoiding futile worry, and tempering views of youth and impossibilities with humility and action.
A compact vow outlining self discipline and integrity. The speaker commits to honesty, temperance, patience under pressure, loyalty to friends, and restraint in speaking and judgment, aiming to act with fairness and self control in all situations.
A Wiregrass Farmer quotation notes that ignorance indolence and indifference threaten republican government. It cautions that personal neglect of voting and civic duties makes individuals both indifferent and ignorant of the harm their passivity causes society. Active reading observation and common sense counter this drift.
The piece argues that a wife’s pressure can mold a husband to act as she desires and that reputation shapes behavior. It suggests education through experience, notes that both young and old are swayed by praise, and says changing a person requires clear targets and careful reputation building, with underground work only if subtle.
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