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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1938
Page
4
A cabinet of remarks speculates on a Turkish custom and political races. It notes compulsory medical exams before marriage in Turkey and predicts Governor Kuyers will seek re election with Hugh Howe as a rival. The Telfair Enterprise quotes a proverb about training a child and funeral notices.
C W Deming told the Waycross Kiwanis Club on Friday that preliminary conditions preceding successful oil wells in other fields have been met in southeast Georgia. He cited geological indicators, drilling readiness, and industry activity as signs of potential exploration progress in the region.
The Herald notes an invitation from Dr. Guy H. Wells President to attend the Mansion Centennial Celebration at Georgia State College for Women on Friday May 18. The piece frames the invitation as an obligation of the editor to the president.
The Waycross Journal reports that Butler started paving streets in Waycross business district as part of a wide civic improvement program planned by Mayor Gorman and city officials for spring and early summer.
The Dooly County Citizen merged with the Byremoville Herald in Vienna last week to publish a combined edition edited by Boyd Ellison and published by Clyde C. Morris. The venture, supported by the Herald’s patrons and local readers, is expected to prosper. Congressman Pace told the Columbus chamber he discussed securing a CCC camp for the Canyons with the federal government as part of a state park and erosion control program, a move West Georgia lauds for loyalty.
The Georgia director of re employment for the Department of Labor under Hoover, Otto F. Bading, has died. The piece notes his prior role with Mergenthaler Lino and discusses the difficulty of securing a new federal post office building due to low annual receipts. It explains current rules require $10,000 in yearly receipts, with fiscal year 1936–37 receipts at $5,058.79, hindering any chance unless funds rise.
Hugh Howell promotes a tax reduction program in his opening speech. He calls for no new taxes, lower administration costs for old age pensions to be county run, and automatic pension rolls for all eligible. He opposes the driver license fee and suggests highway funding shift, warning fee retention could lead to increases.
The Lavonia Times notes last week’s double size issue edited by Henry W Grady School of Journalism students at the University of Georgia. Editors included Ralph Rice Miss Dean Nowell Edwin Rogers Miss Margarett Beasley Mrs Nancy Branyon and A Lynne Brannen Jr, all praised for the quality and promise shown.
The new Tattnall county prison at Reidsville, funded by the Federal government, is to be visited by Georgia Press Association members on June 10. Hugh Howell arranged the funds and led conferences with Interior Secretary Ickes and other Washington officials, making twenty trips at his own expense to secure a modern facility for Georgia.
Aulday Glass cites Charley Benns in a persiflage about writing workload while noting Georgia soil can be productive. The piece quotes farm yields near Tennille and Sandersville, with corn at 80 bushels per acre and 60 bushels of wheat per acre, stressing proper preparation and cultivation.
Postmaster General Farley led a Georgia tour through McRae Fitzgerald Vidalia and other towns praising civic improvements and new post offices. The visit drew large crowds and featured a Fitzgerald banquet and Martin Theatre program while sparking speculation about Governor Rivers and Senate prospects in Georgia politics.
One third of the state’s annual cowpea crop comes from Burke County where farmers regard the legume as a sash crop. A large number of Burke farmers planted cowpeas last year to capitalize on this crop’s importance.
A cinema screening led to a misreading of an announcement, mistaken for news footage of a party at an asylum until the reel was replayed and the actual message became clear.
Hon. Folks Huxford Clerk of Court Clinch County and editor of the Clinch County News in Homerville sent a card praising Butler revival spirit. He calls it a Holy Ghost visitation and urges religious leaders to cooperate for sustained evangelism efforts and daily prayer.
The Waycross Journal notes multi-front advancement in Georgia covering education health rural electrification tourism highways reforestation and livestock development. The piece emphasizes forward momentum with the state unlikely to retreat after committing to progress on several lines.
The Monroe Advertiser argues that education benefits children and warns against sending kids to work during school age. It emphasizes that hard times should not override the need for schooling and that parental sacrifice for education is highly beneficial, noting some succeed without formal training but it is harder now.
An editorial argues money drives crime and moral decay. It condemns big business greed and starvation wages while urging parents to teach boys restraint and the value of a modest, secure life. The piece critiques pursuit of wealth beyond need and its legal and ethical harms.
The Banks County Journal editor asks the paradoxical question If war is hell what is the automobile and notes a reported death toll of 441 912 over the past fifteen years.
A quotation notes car safety relies on drivers obeying rules, not others, urging proper brakes and lights. The author Liston Elkins underscores personal responsibility in road safety.
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