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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
4
The Butler Herald reflects on local life in Taylor County Georgia, welcoming schoolteachers, celebrating community figures, and recounting visits from Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Morgan of Fort Meade Florida. It notes agricultural concerns like cotton prices and includes a light anecdote about a veteran’s 80 foot bridge leap and a long road trip.
A column quotes Jack Tarver criticizing outgoing Governor Arnall for leaving the treasury depleted ahead of Governor-elect Talmadge. The piece recalls historical clashes between outgoing and incoming governors and notes broader concerns about teacher shortages and citizens volunteering for schooling duties. The writeup ends with reflective observations on summer ending and autumn arriving.
The write up notes reduced cotton acreage and less open cotton in Taylor County for September. It critiques diversified farming, calls cotton a costly overcoat for a seed, and recounts a market observer’s blunt warning about predicting price movements.
Paris in recent days shows low spirits as Reuters Morin cites fear that peace talks may fail and World War III could come eventually. He notes irreconcilable Russia Western blocs and Moscow's push to expand influence including aims at the Dardanelles Straits and Greece.
A tractor overturned on a rural road pinning its driver beneath the giant machine. A passerby called Thomaston and hung up, delaying aid. Responders from Thomaston and Upson County located the wreck over an hour away, rescuing the driver a mile and a half from the city. he is expected to recover. The Thomaston Free Press notes the call error as a cautionary example. Also observed is the 90th birthday of Thomas E. Watson, with monuments in Thomson and Atlanta.
Labor Day marked the 63rd year of the holiday on the first Monday in September. Many residents enjoyed the two day break with visits to relatives and friends, trips to mountains or seashore, and fishing adventures.
The Jackson Herald highlights Hon John N Holder in Jefferson with an editorial urging progress and unity. It cites demographic note on city residents in 1891 and calls for forward thinking and moral effort to improve the world.
Taylor County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues set the total tax rate for 1946 at .017 mills, or 1.7 percent of taxable property, to be apportioned to sheriff and jailer fees with 2 mills and 1/8 mill allocated to other officer fees.
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