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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1930
Page
4
A compilation of items notes Georgia political and social snippets. It cites Atlanta council size debate, Georgia farm and agriculture remarks, court actions, and community personalities including Stella Akin and Bishop Cannon alongside various editorial observations from papers like the Dalton Citizen and Savannah Press.
The Russell faction forms the executive committee to harmonize conflicts and may place Harrison on November ballots despite a primary law challenge. Parker becomes the nominee after internal review. The Tifton Gazette applauds Senator Harris for his renewed push against Mexican immigration, linking cheap labor to cotton surpluses. The News backs stopping immigration until business stabilizes, then limiting immigration to avoid labor surplus nationwide.
The Main Telegraph reports Governor-Elect Russell declaring opposition to the Lankford constitutional income tax amendment on the November 4 ballot. He argues its passage would cripple his administration and curb tax reform, while the Telegraph notes the convention favored a broader educational funding push and rejected lengthy oratory.
The Georgia Democratic convention overruled a party executive decision to certify Homer C. Parker as comptroller general nominee after a county unit vote tie with William B. Harrison. The piece argues Harrison won by popular vote, and criticizes the convention for ignoring testimony of fraud in Wilkinson county and for overturning the primary result amid procedural faults.
The piece laments progress eroding traditional family life and community. It contrasts yesterday’s home bound by shared duties, candles, and a single fireside with today’s fast pace, cars, and blurred neighborly ties, honoring mothers as quiet custodians of home light.
A paternal and maternal guidance piece urges deep companionship between parents and children. It argues love and shared activities prevent unsafe associations, stressing a close, supportive relationship where children feel the parent as their best earthly friend and ally.
The piece urges preserving personal ties and the home as foundations for lasting progress and national endurance. It emphasizes friendship and community as essentials to sustain individuals and the nation, in a reflective editorial tone.
The Savannah Press notes that Georgia has not held a constitutional convention and argues that Georgia is progressing with reasonable strides. It challenges critics who claim Georgia lags behind neighboring states and suggests delays do not imply backwardness.
A banker delivered a speech urging action with lines like Advertise or fossilize and American ends in I scan. He warned prosperity relies on initiative, not waiting for success to arrive as a business fate or receivership in waiting.
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