Post Office Notice and Brief Local News Snippet
A notice from Butler Georgia discusses a satisfactory eight week strike settlement at Pelzer Manufacturing Co in Greenville DC. It notes fishing has redeeming memories and youths face few hard times as cars flow by. It mentions Huey Longs assassination shocking the nation and Columbus papers criticizing congressman Owen over a highway paving plan between Warm Springs Americus via Talbotton Geneva.
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Pelzer Manufacturing Co
Greenville, D. C
Columbus
Emmett Owen
Warm Springs
Americus
Via
Talbotton
Geneva
The Spur of Duty Crowds Work to Keep Focus
A reflection on how multiple duties drive action and sustained attention. The text argues that most men excel when pressed with tasks and that laziness yields poorer results, noting few can dawdle and still produce quality work.
Taylor County Praised as Model Farming Region
Travel across the state yields praise for Taylor County as the best farm region with the strongest farming conditions and crops, reinforcing the claim that it stands as a premier example in the nation.
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Taylor County
Cold hearted living versus love and life
The piece asserts that a heart cold and shriveled cannot live true life. It argues love and life are one and that richness grows as love deepens. It warns that selfishness is self death and urges selflessness as a path to living.
Roosevelt Says New Deal Near Substantial Completion
President Roosevelt publicized last week that the New Deal has reached substantial completion and that business will enjoy a breathing spell, a message that is well received nationwide and signals a brighter business outlook.
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Roosevelt
Farmers urged to raise own meat amid rising prices
The 1935 U S Census shows 4 699 farms with 5 826 hogs and pigs total less than 1 5 hog per farm. Taken January 1 the report notes many were slaughtered soon after for immediate consumption as meats head higher.
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U. S
Georgia Judge Reports Broad Economic Hope Amid Grand Jury
Judge Ogden Persons addressed the Lamar superior court grand jury noting improving business trends nationwide since the early 1880s and 1930s. He called conditions hopeful across all walks of life and industry, reflecting rising optimism in Georgia manufacturing and legal circles.
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Lamar Superior Court
Ogden Persons
Georgia
Taylor County Seeks Grants for Local Improvements
Taylor county has not been active in securing government grants for improvements. The piece questions whether existing resources suffice or if opportunities are being missed and notes potential benefits to local labor and relief programs.
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Taylor County
The Use of Money Shapes Its True Value
Money has its uses and can relieve want and support science but its possession alone carries little meaning. The value lies in how money is used, for it can also corrupt honesty, narrow a man’s soul, breed suspicion, and lead to destitution now and in the hereafter.
Georgia’s Education Progress Over 25 Years
The Carroll County Times notes strong growth in Georgia education with graduates rising from 23 to about 16 000 in the past year, an increase exceeding seven hundred fold, countering claims of neglect and funding shortfalls.
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Georgia
Carroll County Times
Florida hurricane evacuations questioned for veterans
Three investigations probe if war veterans who died in the Florida Keys hurricane could have been saved. State Attorney George A. Worley Sr exonerates Florida East Coast Railway officials of unreasonable delay in sending an 11 car special train to evacuate veterans from the storm threatened area Monday night last week.
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Florida Keys
Geo. A. Worley, Sr
Florida East Coast Railway
Hatred described as a deadly sinner and cancer
The passage warns that hatred is among the most damnable sins, yielding little profit while causing extensive harm. It consumes joy, robs pleasure, poisons the mind, and harms both the hater and those subjected to hate. It urges fear of hate as one would fear death itself.
Salt of the earth amid business worries tested
The piece notes how men respond to adversity. A positive man smiling through difficulties remains friendly, while the critic who sees only faults is in a pitiable state and may need medical care.
Butler Editor Benns Family Visit Adel News Office
Mr and Mrs Charles E Benns and their son Charles from Butler stopped in Adel on Monday en route to Florida. Benns edits the Butler Herald a leading weekly with strong editorial pages and local news service. He has served as secretary of the Georgia Press Association for about twenty five years and remains postmaster at Butler. The News office welcomed them warmly.
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Charles E. Benns
Charles
Butler
Adel
Florida
Benns
Butler Herald
Georgia Press Association
Recognition of Merit As Well As Error in Management
A foreman with a sharp eye for faults never praised good work. He failed to commend employees for quality, harming cooperation and productivity. The crew would have done more with greater loyalty if merit were recognized as well as errors.
Brown Tyler on Italy's role in Ethiopia
In the Fulton County Review Brown Tyler argues that Italy should take charge of Ethiopia, predicting that without Italy others like France or England would intervene. He frames this as the survival of the fittest, citing historical cases of conquest and dominance among nations and peoples.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Brown Tyler
Fulton County Review
France
England
Africa
Manchuria
Japan
Parastaphs Scassored From Other Papers
Brown Tyler in his Believe It or Else column in the Fulton County Review critiques Lindbergh as a potential Republican rival to Roosevelt. He admires Lindbergh’s aviation feat but questions his suitability for national leadership, calling the achievement luck and noting a lack of broader credentials.
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Brown Tyler
Fulton County Review
Roosevelt
Lindbergh
Taft
McKinley
America
Ocean
Value of responsible parenting and family finances
Mrs. Ben Neal urges parents to balance recreation with responsibility. She warns against children seeking only pleasure and cautions that unprepared youth face hardship when parents are gone, advocating teaching budgeting and shared family limits to foster self-reliance.
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Ben Neal
Millen News
Sales tax debated as fair tax plan by Ed Rivers
The Thomasville Press notes Ed Rivers advocates a state sales tax and hints it could shape his governor bid. It argues a broad sales tax is painless, regular, and fair by proportion, though many oppose it for impacting the poor and complicating local finances.
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Thomasville Press
Ed Rivers
Editorial Warns on Georgia Constitutional Amendments
The Monroe Advertiser highlights dangers in proposed amendments noting voters may act carelessly. It argues a lieutenant governor would be a costly rubber stamp and a four year governor term raises concerns about accountability and effectiveness.
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Monroe Advertiser
Jackson Progress-Argus
Georgia
Senator George Promotes Tax Amendment Benefit to Georgia Farmers
Savannah Press reports that Senator Walter F. George says a tax act amendment will boost profits for Georgia and Southern farmers by protecting cottonseed oil and other vegetable oils, including Philippine productions, with revenues returned to the Philippines if subsidies are offered. He predicts higher prices for vegetable oils and animal fats with no higher consumer costs, and notes immediate value gains for cottonseed and related products.
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Walter F. George
United States
Georgia
South
Phillippine Islands
Phillippine
Phillippines
Savannah Press
Fire Prevention Week Sets October Observance
Fire Prevention Week begins October 6 and runs through the 12 with a presidential proclamation backing events. Governors and mayors join fire marshals and insurers to educate the public on fire safety, wiring dangers, heating inspections, and fire resistant building practices to save lives and property.
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ABC
Pathfinder Denies Partisan Stance in Political Outlook
The Pathfinder magazine rejects claims it will back any party. It argues for two major parties and asserts it provides facts for voters to decide. It notes political positions have been stated repeatedly and invites readers to vote in November 1936.
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Pathfinder
Popular National
Democratic Party
Republican Party
College expense survey shows students spend more on clothes
A survey from the University of Minnesota tracks 362 students revealing coeds spend about twice as much on clothes as male students. Monthly costs show men pay 52.75 for tuition excluded, women 7.96, with meal and rent figures broken out by gender and out-of-town status. Fraternity members incur higher costs overall.
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University of Minnesota
United States
College Educatin
Atlanta Journal
Wedding Ring Tradition Tied to Left Fourth Finger
The piece notes the traditional belief that the wedding ring is placed on the left fourth finger due to a fanciful idea that a nerve runs directly to the heart from that finger dating back to earliest times.
South Africa corn arrives in Chicago amid high costs
The Chicago Journal of Commerce reports a cargo of 100000 bushels of white South Africa corn arriving direct to Chicago. A $25000 import duty and high shipping costs push value above half the market price. Argentine corn shipments to the US total over 25000000 bushels since January 1, with large purchases in other markets. The Dawson News laments the profit from such imports and calls for a remedy.
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Chicago
South Africa
Chicago Journal of Commerce
United States
Argentina
Dawson News
Florida Citrus Losses Put Toll On Crops
Estimates from the Florida Citrus Exchange place last week's storm toll at about 1,000,000 boxes. The breakdown shows 750,000 boxes of grapefruit and 250,000 boxes of oranges.
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Florida Citrus Exchange
Florida
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