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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1935
Page
4
A garbled mix of maxims and quotes discussing restraint in action, political commentary on China and Manchukuo, war department funding, railroads, and social observations. It includes roughly sketched notes about soil conservation, seed production in Georgia, and criticism of passive critics. The piece references Hawkinsville Dispatch and local drivers Hal Stanley and Charlie Benns, with miscellany on habits and public discourse.
A veteran editor can print a thousand words correctly and hear nothing, yet one misstep sparks critics. Conversely, a thousand words of praise never drawing response, but one error invites a flood of condemnation.
A collage of stray notes and opinions touches on a buggy mishap behind Old Dobbin, Huey Long’s bank deposit rumors, National Grouch Week, the virtue of simple sincerity, skepticism of profitless business talk, radio claims, and U.S. finances. Also reflections on school vacation memories, bootlegger humor from Thomasville, and Genard Huey’s gubernatorial prospects.
A discourse condemns gossip as a heartless force that ruins reputations more than any flaw of individuals. It values gangsters who defend the innocent with clear motives over the indiscriminate harm caused by reckless tongues and public slander.
The Dekalb New Era notes that at the Georgia Press Association meeting in Carrollton, editors with 60 or more years in the field will receive badges of honor. It adds that a weekly publisher with 50 years in weekly work deserves telrase buttons, gold braid, and even a monument. The piece endorses such individuals regardless of identity.
The Fulton Review extols Georgia as a travel destination, urging visits to the mountains, streams, and lakes, Middle Georgia Warm Springs, Macon Indian mounds and Southern archeology, Milledgeville and Louisville state capitals, the slave market, the Golden Isles, and coastal history, noting out-of-state visitors spend more to see similar sights.
The Americas Times-Recorded praises federal and Salt Lake City police for swiftly apprehending kidnapers in the Weyerhaeuser case. It commends court action and calls the combined effort decisive in ending the crime.
A collection of Olin Miller quips on politics, society, and human folly. Observations lampoon optimism, money, and war while lampooning political figures and modern manners. The piece muses on truth, listening, and the state of the nation with wry humor.
The Griffin News editor and American Legion regional commander calls for deportation of 10 million unnaturalized aliens to make room for native born or naturalized citizens. He cites 8.5 million entry figures and 4 million employed, suggesting relief burdens and unemployment relief. The piece notes border ease, smugglers, and legal hurdles, referencing The Saturday Evening Post article and Jackson County Herald crime notes on murder trends.
The Elberton Star endorses Georgia citizens handling state political affairs. It notes Tech and Emory shifted from tradition by inviting Senator George and Senator Russell to speak at commencements on national rather than state issues. Both senators share similar democratic views, though votes vary.
The passage presents a civic creed stressing loyalty to one’s town over partisanship. It emphasizes the town as home, school, business base, voting place, and source of law, order, education, and morals, urging belief in and support of the community.
A reflective frontier quote sources humility in science and philosophy. It dismisses the notion that current generations can surpass ancient understanding of the world’s origins, suggesting that the mystery of creation remains beyond our reach.
T E Davenport of Shellman Georgia argues Solomon erred in judging women, praising two classes: low morals and high morals. He urges young women to be virtuous, modest, and holy, claiming true love binds spouses and that prostitution destroys Eden. He invokes Christian virtues and warns of ruin to souls and families.
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