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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1928
Page
8
The Georgia statute requires that births and deaths be registered with the local registrar where the incident occurred. There are 1195 local registrars, about one per 2600 population, typically city clerks or justices of the peace. Undertakers report deaths. birth attendants file births. parents ensure birth registration if no attendant is present.
The piece urges treating health as a business matter, avoiding panic over impairment, and resisting costly paid advertisements. It advises seeking trusted personal guidance and applying common sense rather than chasing every advertised remedy. It compares health decisions to choosing a reliable watchmaker or shoe repairer.
A large assembly of physicians will meet in Savannah on May 8 for the annual State Medical Association gathering. The three day sessions will cover grave topics while the State Health Officers Association holds its summer session on May 8 and 9.
The message stresses that Georgia has been admitted into the registration area and urges physicians to report all 38 reportable diseases promptly to avoid overstated mortality. It warns that failure to report could inflate death rates and that government figures will compare reported versus unreported cases.
Readers are urged to listen to health talks by the State Board of Health on WSB at 11 45 a m Mondays and 6 00 p m Tuesdays. The programs are timely concise and delivered in plain language lasting under five minutes.
The text argues every community must provide for infectious patients to protect society. It emphasizes humane care in final days while prioritizing safety, proposing institutional support to shield the broader population from contagion.
A May 6 lesson centers on Jesus teaching true greatness through humble service. It contrasts the Disciples' self seeking with Jesus embracing the cross to redeem many, urging believers to forget self and serve others as Christ did.
A Southeast public utilities committee endorses newspaper advertising as the backbone of campaigns to build community goodwill. They urge strict use of paid news space and insist that material be news rather than promotional boilerplate to maintain public trust and reflect actions over words.
A brief collection of moral maxims includes a Southern Methodist line about foundations and a Lowell quip urging cheerful resilience, noting misfortunes hardest to bear are those that never come.
The Attorney General issues an official opinion clarifying that a pond created by damming a running stream is not a private pond. The ruling states ownership of land on either side of the dammed stream does not grant private pond status to the waterway.
The Attorney General rules that a pond created by damming a stream is not private if the water originates from others land. County Game Warden Booth must enforce no fishing in closed seasons. Also notice of Mary E Cochran applying for twelve months support from the estate of W T Cochran, deceased, to be heard May term 1928.
Georgia Taylor County creditors of the estate of Miss Nettie A Paris are notified to render demands to the administrator cum testamento annexo de bonis non Reynolds ga. All persons indebted must make immediate payment. This March 4 1928. H K Sealy administrator.
Mrs Ruth Barfield Chapman guardian seeks discharge from her guardianship over Lorene Barfield and notifies all interested persons to file objections by the first Monday in May 1928. The discharge is sought in the 2nd day of April 1928 by T Peed Ordinary.
In two matters, L T Peed Ordinary cites Mollie Walker and W C Harkey estates. He asks all interested parties to show cause by the first Monday in May 1928 why the administrators should not be discharged and receive letters of dismission.
Miss Cora Wade as administratrix of the estate of Mrs. J T Wade deceased has filed in the court an application for leave to sell lands of the estate. All parties are notified to show cause on the first Monday in May 1928 why the leave should not be granted. This April 2 1928.
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