Harvests Look Bright For Taylor County Farmers
Taylor county farmers anticipate a good harvest this fall if favorable seasons persist. The Herald notes editor activity at Savannah during the Fourth Estate convention and quotes Car roll County Times editor Thomasson calling for Georgia public school restructuring. The piece remarks on wealth misused from Grove’s tasteless tonic founder’s heir and questions rising auto wrecks versus train crashes.
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Taylor County
Time warms politics and schooling in Dalton area
A Dalton Citizen column notes a paradox of learning and leadership in western Europe, urging humility for nonstudents and caution for the educated, while reflecting on January cold and a shift toward political activity. It laments babies crying from cold and adds a grim line about burns from ash.
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Dalton
Miss Juliette Rountree Weds Cecil Hill in Georgia
The Wrightsville Headlight notes the marriage of Miss Juliette Rountree, daughter of Mr and Mrs C D Rountree, to Mr Cecil Hill of Atlanta. The Bainbridge Post-Searchlight reports Judge Pittman predicting Governor Talmadge staffers will be taxed $500 for a campaign fund, with a local editor congratulating Talmadge on finding 40 Georgians able to contribute.
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Juliette Rountree
C. D. Rountree
Wrightsville
Cecil Hill
Atlanta
the Herald
Pittman
Talmadge
Bainbridge Post-Searchlight
Georgia
New University Course The English Song at UGA
The University of Georgia will offer a joint music and English course next fall titled The English Song. The program promotes singing over reading in drama education, with emphasis on integrated performance. Mayor Gamble warned at a Kiwanis Club luncheon that auto accidents have killed far more people than a hypothetical destruction of Savannah, highlighting rising traffic deaths.
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South
University of Georgia
Music and
Savannah
Gamble
Kiwanis Club
Hotel de Soto
Jackson Herald
Unlikely Record Births and Odd Telegraphs Stir Newsrooms
A collage of late 19th and early 20th century clippings notes absurd birth records, mint shipments, and printer pricing. Reports touch on a Canadian woman bearing five girls, US treasury data on coinage, envelopes sold to printers, sensational hangings, and climate disruptions from South America. Also cited are droughts in the Midwest, a booming telephony era with millions of calls, and casual social commentary on cosmetics.
Butler memories stir on old vehicle days
The Butler Herald and Cuthbert Leader reminisce about past local events. They recall "Horse Swapping Days" and wish for a town day to retire old vehicles from the scrap heap. The exchange notes Editor Benns' youth and quips about aging with how you feel rather than years.
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Butler
Cuthbert
Butler Herald
Benns
Marshburn
Challenge to Citizenship at Rotary on Crime War
Columbus citizens urged to back courts and juries in a strong stand against crime and underworld influence. Judge C Frank McLaughlin warned that courts need public support, noting two to one citizen leverage for the state, and urging unified action and proper distribution to ease broader societal strains.
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Columbus Ledger
Columbus
C. Frank McLaughlin
Muscogee Superior Court
Luie
Rotary Club Wednesda
McLaughlin
Rotary Club
Teachers enroll in summer courses to aid national future
The University of Georgia reports rising teacher enrollment in summer courses aided by information from other summer schools. Despite salary cuts described as cut to the bone, educators continue training to better fit themselves to help secure the country’s future, meriting restoration of pay soon.
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University of Georgia
Elberton Star
Confederate veterans bid farewell as reunions end
The Confederate veterans wrap up another session of their annual reunions as the era nears its end. The writer hopes the South remembers their four year struggle for what they believed in and notes the hardships they faced returning home with ruined homes and stock, yet a resolve to rebuild a greater South.
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Confederate Veterans
South
Judge Worrill's Efficient Court Savers Taxpayers
In the Cuthbert Leader review of Judge C W Worrill of the Pataula circuit, the article lauds his efficient court style. It praises removing bench barriers, swift rulings, strict bar conduct, and minimal delays, noting voters’ mixed views but a shared wish for capable, money-saving judges.
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Cuthbert Leader
Moultrie News
Pataula Circuit
C. W. Worrill
Superior Court
Judge Worrill
Charlie Worrill
Judge Worill
Worrill
Southern Circuit
Politics worth while for the young in Rome
The Rome News-Tribune urges young people to take an active interest in politics. It argues politics is the science of government with direct impact on daily life and warns against dismissing political involvement as mere rings and personal gain. It says patriotism requires engagement.
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The
Rome News-Tribune
Cigarette ads spark a cascade of false health claims
A sequence of promotions touts cigarettes to prevent coughing and soothe throats, then soap makers imitate with claims to make women more attractive and men smell better. Other products promise reversing gray hair, smoothing wrinkles, restoring sex, and stopping runners. Tugwell ignored drug dangers, missing a chance to target professional liars and curb publicity.
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Tugwell
Four words behind national prosperity I promise to pay
The Dawson News argues lasting prosperity depends on credit. It asserts four pivotal words: I promise to pay. It warns that national upbuilding hinges on restoring the sacredness of plighted words across all citizens.
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Dawson News
Forty seven states give New Deal okey poll results
The fifth Literary Digest New Deal poll shows Roosevelt with 64,804 votes in support to 340,569 against, a 61.09 percent majority. Twenty-nine states favor him more than 1932, 19 less, with strong southern and industrial backing and banker plus college polls also supportive.
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Literary Digest
Vermont
Roosevelt
Hoover
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
United States
Harvard
Yale
Cornwell, Brown
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin
New York University
Prohibitionist proposes local beverage poll on spirits and beer
An ardent prohibitionist urges a local survey to gauge drinking of white lightning versus 3.2 beer. After collecting results, the plan calls for next steps based on the poll findings, though specifics are not outlined.
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Literary Digest
Postmaster General Farley Involved In Kentucky Store Request
Rumor says James A Farley, newly appointed Postmaster General, agreed to appoint an old Kentucky general store acquaintance as postmaster. Months passed with no mail from the office. The Chief Inspector asked Farley to explain and he telegraphed for a reason. The reply was laconic Wait'n to git a bag full.
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James A Farley
Kentucky
Camp Ground memories unfold from Georgia youths in Taylor County
The letter recalls the Camp Ground near Butler 50 years ago in Taylor County. It notes the first Monday of January school attendance, names several children, and describes the community’s religious camp week with visiting families from Talbotton, Butler, Reynolds, and surrounding towns. The writer remembers boarding with Polk McCants, a Civil War veteran, and quotes a poem from a blue eyed boy about perseverance and effort to rise, while reflecting on a new generation sustaining church life.
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Butler
Taylor County
Camp Ground
Johnny McCants
Rentz McCants
Lula McCants
Mattie
Pearl Perkins
Dora Bickley
Flora Monk
Talbotton
Reynolds
Polk McCants
Gen. Lee
States
Lee
Harville
Belled Buzzard Spotted Over Golf Course Near Atlanta
Warm Springs Georgia reports the famous belled buzzard seen yesterday flying low over the fourth hole of the golf course in Louisville flight paths. The piece links the sighting to a broader, grim Depression era mood with a Sen. Lamar reference to vultures and Prometheus as a metaphor for economic plunder.
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Warm Springs
Louisville
Atlanta
Gergian
Prometheus
Hercules
Sen. Lamar
U. S. Senate
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