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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1939
Page
4
A collage of opinions and notes from Butler Georgia shipping in a local column. It laments trying times, celebrates modest civic gains, cites officials like Carroll Daugherty and Governor Rivers, mentions Watermelon Market in Cordele, and recalls Editor Royal Daniel’s death while reflecting on travel, marriages, and social mores with regional names and places threaded through the narrative.
Hon Henry T McIntosh editor of the Albany Herald turned 65 and was born in Quitman Georgia. Local citizens in Washington describe a visit marking friendship between nations as part of a King and Queen capitol event. Also noted is Jere Moore Milledgeville Union Recorder recovering from a New York auto mishap. Moore leads Georgia Press Association and oversees Georgia exhibits at the New York World's Fair.
Dalton, Georgia endures a CIO strike closing Crown Cotton Mills three plants. Union mass picketing is said to intimidate workers who wish to continue employment. The tumult marks a rare upheaval in the normally peaceful manufacturing town.
The Andersonville Memorial Association forms in the Third District after Nelson Shipp's April Memorial Day address. Stephen Pace assists from Washington as the group seeks a government backed project to transform National Cemetery into a garden of azaleas and magnolias and to erect a nonpartisan monument. John Donald Wade leads as president with Nelson Shipp as vice president and T L Bell as treasurer, while prominent citizens and Daughters of the Confederacy leaders are invited as honorary vice presidents.
A reflective note argues that humanity has inhabited Earth for ages and will likely keep advancing despite actions by the current generation, emphasizing long term human progress over short term choices.
The piece argues Georgia must keep value from its resources by financing and marketing home industries. It cites crops and products like tomatoes, potatoes, hogs, and kaolin, urging Southern money, better education, and improved rail access to build a stronger Georgia economy and prevent wealth leakage to other states. It frames reform as long term, requiring collective effort and sacrifice by Georgians.
Many daddies were in all their glory Sunday when tributes were paid them. Let us hope that he will not be entirely forgotten after the celebration is over. Most of them will not become of the fine offsprings reared by a loving, patient and sacrificing mother.
In a Wesleyan Advocate piece Geo L King urges Georgia to support public schools and teachers with sustained funding and wise leadership. He warns against short sighted politics, calls for capable public servants, and emphasizes humane investment in education for democratic strength and youth.
Dawson News cites ten rules for men in business emphasizing initiative credit for others, nerve, self discipline, secrecy, bold dreams, measured friendships, integrity, independent decision making, and posture. It likens adherents to Kipling’s If and suggests resilience and vision as keys to success.
Bill Biffem notes dawn at Dawson as Terrell county officials finish a new jail. The Smiths beat the Joneses to home plate in a related note, marking one of the Smiths as the jail’s first inmate.
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