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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1930
Page
4
A Georgia farmer earns about 3000 on melons as voters discuss party unity and Prohibition. Ed Rivers is praised for practical, loyal leadership and compromise on state issues while concerns about road building, national politics, and the 1927 appropriation loom. The article notes conventions, local election chatter, and calls for reform in the highway department.
A prose meditation on aging figures in industry religion and politics being put "on the shelf." It laments large corporations and religious bodies discarding older workers and ministers, and notes the decline of a once powerful Georgia figure who faded from influence.
The Winder News editor Rev J W McWhorter concedes defeat in the race for the House of Representatives and extends congratulations to the winner, Mr George Thompson, wishing him well in discharging the duties of the office.
Rev H C Griffin closed a meeting at Butler with strong preaching. The Butler Herald praised his sermons for truth and hearts. Rev J W Lilly led music and was praised for singing ability. The meeting drew large attendance with seventeen additions on profession of faith and one thousand dollars paid toward the church debt.
A farmer and his son, after renting land near Butler, reclaimed discarded fields and bought feed, seed, fertilizer on credit. Seven months later they hold thirty bales of cotton valued at contracted prices, fifteen tons of cotton seed, and $600 worth of corn, with minimal labor costs, projecting a substantial profit after rents and expenses.
Dr M L Duggan state superintendent of schools appeals for an early plan to discharge unpaid 1928 1929 and future balances due to Georgia public schools and higher education and other institutions He praises county and city superintendents teachers and officials and pledges continued effort to secure prompt payments and end debts after re election backing Carswell for Governor is noted with emphasis on debt repayment through diverting five million dollars from the automobile tag sale if needed.
The piece lauds ex Governor John M Slaton for his primary bid against W J Harris praising Harris as the winner denouncing Slaton campaign tactics. It argues the voters upheld integrity over money with Harris's re election seen as restore of public confidence and dignity in the Senate. It credits Hardwick with campaign strategy.
A playful poem about a sunlit kitten chasing a bumble bee ends with the cat learning that the things craved may be hot or harmful. The verse caption notes the author remains unknown and requests help identifying the sender. The piece appears in the Winder News.
A Dalton Citizen column compares a man sinking deeper in debt and praising the credit system to a fellow in hell who is glad of it, using a vivid moral allegory about financial folly and belief in credit.
A terse reflection favors personal merit over inherited status or fame. The speaker values genius and achievement earned through effort rather than lineage or inherited prestige.
Fragmentary text hints at ripening Maypo evokes the aroma of boiling syrup mills. It mentions brown cane products, velvet jShumate bushes, and a homeward journey to enjoy rich butter and biscuits. The passage feels like a nostalgic regional note on local food and industry.
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