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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1930
Page
2
A civic improvement club meeting in Reynolds features a lengthy poem expressing weariness of tropical life and longing for a white homeland. The piece contrasts distant locales with a Georgia home while threading through regional social notes and local names.
Local itemized notes show residents and visitors in Reynolds and nearby towns. Names include Mrs. J. F. Ogburn of Macon visiting relatives in Reynolds and Mr. Walter Draughon as a sun ey guest of Miss Ethel James. Mentions of travel to Butler Montezuma and Thomaston. Harry Powell advertises goods and services.
The Methodist Missionary Circle No. Two met with Mrs. W. M. Hollis on Monday September 22. Mrs. James led due to the absence of Mrs. Mathews. A prayer for the Hicks family followed a note of condolence. The meeting included a Voice article, an Isaiah based devotional, Bible questions, and prayers for the revival beginning next Sunday. Sixteen members enjoyed the social feature.
Warner Bros all talking Vitaphone feature Skin Deep arrives at Reynolds Grand Theatre Friday and Saturday. The urban crime drama stars Monte Blue and John Davidson as rival gang leaders amid a tense city underworld. Betty Compson plays a complex woman while a child’s regeneration echoes amid the dark streets.
Panhandle gossipy column notes Waller Horton leaving for Mercer University in Macon to enroll as a sophomore. Numerous visits and social events across Macon Columbus and Crowells church. Mentions of illnesses, recoveries, and upcoming Sunday School promotion day on Oct 5th.
A column laments shifts in American homes from family prayers and blessing to talk of bootleggers and scandal. The author notes the Bible is rarely visible, hidden in cupboards, and argues parents focus on home and school while neglecting real religion as children grow up.
The text argues that many people read a lot but think little failing to grasp fundamental truths. It likens cramming knowledge to jammed engine cylinders and urges balanced effort: read a little, think a lot.
The Reynolds Methodist Church plans a revival starting Sunday the 28th and continuing through the week. Rev. J. H. Wilson of Macon will assist the pastor. Services occur twice daily at 9 30 in the morning and 7 15 at night. Everyone is invited.
A Byromville story notes Vocational Agriculture pupils organizing into a Future Farmers of America unit. The piece praises the club movement’s spread, citing civic support, prizes, and scholarships. It argues clubs build leadership, confidence, and future readiness for farm and nonfarm careers.
A bulletin from the United States Bureau of Education notes rising interest in continuing Education after high school. Enrollment in 1 076 institutions reached 868 798 this past year, including 583 038 men and 285 755 women, with over a million young people pursuing diplomas across surveyed colleges and universities.
The piece notes that many observers describe modern youth as an unspanked generation needing traditional discipline. It critiques the idea of physical punishment once used by fathers in the woodshed as a method to curb obstinate wills.
A meditation on how readers overlook a paper when it lacks tragedy. The author notes the urge to discard issues with no doom, violence, or death and urges readers to recognize value in ordinary days and quiet stories.
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