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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1931
Page
4
The Wesleyan Christian Advocate the official organ of the North and South Georgia Conference has been going to the home of Col W P Hornady at Ellaville for 94 years according to the editor's statement of the Advocate.
The Dahlonega Nugget editor laments a theft of two pairs of pants last week. He notes they wore spares with a private hole mark and jokes about meeting company in a pinch. Newspaper friends in Georgia react to Hon Gordon Saussy announcing a bid for Ordinary of Chatham County.
The Newnan Herald notes Newnan has produced one U. S. Senator two Georgia governors five congressmen one Georgia attorney general several prominent jurists and many famous professionals including doctors lawyers ministers journalists authors college presidents missionaries teachers and leading business figures.
A Manchester Mercury item rails against education as mere money making, urging aims beyond wealth. It then lists late South Georgia fishing yarns from Tift and Worth counties with odd catches, including a duck on a set hook, a man snagging a hook with a sack of Canadian Club, and a Worth county line snagging a squirrel.
The Rochelle New Era reports petitions circulating in Wilcox county urging the Ordinary to call an election on annexing Wilcox to Crisp county. The Telfair Enterprise notes that in counties like these, any outcome could trigger widespread developments as events unfold.
Citizens of Pulaski county have bestowed many honors on H. F. Lawson, Hawkinsville attorney, a habitual first mention in local civic matters. He has led county organizations, served in the State Senate for two sessions, and now holds a second term as secretary of the Georgia Bar Association.
The Bainbridge Post-Searchlight describes a family facing hardship as expenses rise and a sheriff prepares to sell the husband to cover debts. The mother clings to past money and tries to reassure the children while everyone else copes with shortage and fear.
The Wrightsville Headlight editor C D Rountree was operated on at nine this morning at Claxton Montford hospital. Physicians reported his condition this afternoon as satisfactory. Rountree has many friends across Laurens Johnson Emanuel and other south Georgia counties hoping for his speedy recovery. The Courier Herald notes the era of midlife crisis and quotes Mabie on devotion to craft and hard training.
The Eastman Times Journal reports strong probability that Hon. F. R. Burch Jr. of Dodge County will be appointed highway commissioner of Georgia to succeed Hon. J. R. Phillips of Louisville when the governor-elect fills the vacancy. Burch’s thousands of friends statewide endorse him to Gov. elect Russell for the post.
A fox questions a bear sharpening teeth with no hunter nearby. The bear replies that when a hunter arrives, he will be busy, illustrating preparing for the future. Wisdom lies in building strength and skills in youth to face later struggles as shadows lengthen.
A reader recalls compiling unfamiliar words from mid length books and vows to never skip a definition. After months of dictionary study, the vocabulary enlarged significantly enabling smooth reading of novels travel biographies and histories. The author credits this effort with lasting satisfaction and practical value.
The article notes rivalry as Thomasville rose show praise is echoed by Ralph Smith of the Atlanta Journal and Willie Snow Ethridge of the Macon Telegraph. Ethridge’s write up is lauded as the most accurate and complete description yet, surpassing local reporting and reprinted by the Thomasville Press.
Poem tribute emphasizing faith hope and perseverance. The piece credits Rev J C Adams and extols hope as sustaining force for mothers, sons, businesspeople and the ill. It ends with And now abideth Faith, Hope urging continued effort and belief in a better future.
A heartfelt Mother's Day essay urges young readers to recognize their duty to their mothers. It reflects on maternal sacrifice, lifelong care, and the call to honor ailing mothers by offering love, support, and respect in a pledge to live true to their mother's dreams and faith.
In his 78 years Lincoln Nehunt of Dawsonville Georgia has never had a haircut or shave worn a hat entered a school or church used tobacco or tasted liquor or coffee. The Exchange notes the odd hard line but wonders what he has stayed for.
A poem praising Ellaville Georgia on Highway Number Three. It describes green woods, birds building nests in vines, dogwood blossoms, pasture with Jersey cattle, and a swine pasture. The author urges cooperation of local filling stations to showcase the area to travelers and boost traffic and tourism.
A Macon Telegraph letter reprinted in the Herald argues that the Women’s Christian Temperance Union upholds Christian virtue and abstinence, contrasting it with the so called wets who merely favor legalized liquor. C M Ledbetter from Rebecca, Georgia lauds the WCTU leaders Frances Willard and Georgia state figures, praising their moral work and condemning the wets.
A Georgia physician who attends church infrequently explains his absence stems from constant calls during services. He recalls being tapped midseat and hurried to a country home to treat a patient with a contagious itch, illustrating a life of hardship and self denial.
A fragment of local humor recounts Policemen and paper staff in a slice of daily life. Police Chief Daniel answered a fire alarm and, after the siren failed to sound, lamented that a misconnected telephone led a housewife to report a fire for repair.
Our Information Service and then a country newspaper office had enough requests for information to keep one man busy half the time. People asked for addresses of visitors from two decades ago and inquiries ranged from train and bus schedules to religious services, prize fights, dances, games, bootlegging joints, politics, highways, history, geography, literature, science, and astronomy.
A Habersham County resident offers a practical plan to assist travelers wandering the high country. The approach centers on providing the closest available assistance when exact requests cannot be met during mountain tours in Habersham and Rabun.
The fragment notes people declaring and naming mountains with euphonious titles, even while lacking actual names, reflecting a tradition of bestowing descriptive handles on peaks. It emphasizes the act of naming over identifying specific mountains.
Fragmentary OCR recounts a Nebraska wholesaler threatening suit for collection after a disputed shipment. It describes letters to a railroad agent, bank president, city mayor, and a merchant, asking for information and a lawyer referral. The reply chain shows mixed confusion and defensive responses from local officials and changeling correspondences.
In a heated exchange the M Telegraph argues sympathy lies with the state in a dispute over arresting two federal prohibition agents for not chasing Georgia license tags. It names District Attorney Clint Hager and notes arrests of three state officials for conspiring to obstruct federal authority. The piece mentions George Carswell, secretary of state and motor vehicle license commissioner, who ordered the arrest of prohibition agents. Opinion suggests Carswell should be arrested to test the case, asserting logic supports Carswell. The column alludes to officials using government vehicles and license tags, and contains a tongue in cheek jab about Ty Cobb.
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