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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
7
The Herald reprints a Columbus labor publication praising Representative Stephen Pace. The editorial from "John R. Jones Labor Day Program" commends Pace for his support of organized labor in Ohio's district's largest city.
Organized Labor in Columbus lauds Hon. Stephen Pace for five years in Congress. The letter credits Pace with advancing farm legislation, securing high prices for peanuts and better cotton terms, opening a Food Stamps office, backing WPA projects in Muscogee County, and promoting freight rate equality to buoy Southern industry and labor.
In Georgia near Dahlonega on Tuesday 21 year old dirt track racer Lloyd Seay was shot to death and his brother Garnet Seay wounded seriously after an argument at the Grover Anderson farm Coroner Lipscomb said warrants charging murder were sworn out against Parker Anderson and his son Woodrow The Seays were from Atlanta and Seay had just won a 100 mile feature at Lakewood Park multiple trophies were on display at a local filling station and a Labor Day cup arrived shortly after the shooting.
We express sincere thanks to friends for kindness during illness. Special thanks to Dr. S. F. Sams and Rev. E. H. Dunn. May God richly reward each of you. Butler, Georgia.
Members of Horeb Baptist Church thank the community for generous financial help and for the bountiful lunch last Sunday during the homecoming celebration. A member notes sincere appreciation.
In Reidsville Georgia state prison inmates face mail rules banning lonely hearts columns and similar support from outside. The Tattnall Tattler notes that letters with detri mental remarks about the prison or other inmates are intercepted. The one exception allows free writing to desired contacts except for married men sending amorous notes to many girlfriends.
Dr Norman Huffman of North Carolina will head the new department of religion at Wesleyan College Macon start Sept 15 with the 104th session. A Duke graduate and Brown, Harvard, and Duke divinity degrees holder, Huffman has taught at Pembroke and lectured in Summer training schools. He studied Greek New Testament manuscripts and aims to make Biblical scholarship accessible to lay readers. He has served in Western North Carolina's ministry since 1936 and participated in an excavation expedition to Van Turkey supervision.
Mobile U S Engineer district announced contracts totaling about 4.5 million dollars. The largest 4,212,319 went to Mion Construction Co of Atlanta for the Twin Engine Flying School at Columbus Mississippi. Other contracts include Thompson Foundry and Machine Co Thomasville Georgia 3 270 casting for grimes Dothan Alabama Pennsylvania Dixie Cement Corp Atlanta 23 453 cement for Elgin Field Valparaiso Florida.
Dublin Sept 1 Sheriff J F Coleman said Laurens County man J D Roberts 43 died from a beating with a two by four board. Alma Parker jailed and charged with murder after the Sunday attack in front of a Monrose store. Roberts died Sunday night in a Dublin hospital. Parker claims self defense. preliminary hearing set for 10 am Friday. Roberts was a native of Marion county and had moved to Montrose years ago.
The writer describes the Texas to California highway journey passing Fresno Madera Merced Manteca and Tracy then Oakland. They praise the Bay Bridge vastness and beauty of San Francisco climate flora and garden scenes including sunflowers giant eucalyptus vines fuchsia and pink geraniums.
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