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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1923
Page
4
Editorial note from Butler Georgia urges cooperation and community markets as paths to prosperity. It cautions readers about misleading claims such as a near end to the negro exodus and stresses the need for balanced social behavior in church and family life.
A curiously worded piece notes newspapers stirring a sleepy cat image while dismissing Hoke Smith from state politics. It argues fair markets for Taylor County farmers, urges immediate action, and quips about a man’s success by his late hours, hinting at newspaper work.
Bridges Smith spends his summer in the North Georgia mountains writing stories for the Telegraph from Clayton Georgia. He reports on local scenery and mountain life while describing his mountain retreat and writing routine.
The text notes tobacco as a major growing industry in Southwest Georgia especially in Lowndes County and the town of Hahira rising on the map as a center of cultivation and marketing. It cites Georgian stateport studies and cotton growers backing a state port to aid prosperity.
The Monticello News notes Charlie Benns announced plans to pose for photos before leaving Butler. It questions if he caused the camera balking or riot as reporters awaited a photographic view of the Lavonia event. The blow-out is described as vastly large.
The quotation asserts resilience of Brooks County and faith in people and institutions. It stresses that no one will starve and warns that despair and cynicism threaten integrity. It frames anxiety as fear’s handmaiden and fear as cowardice’s root.
In the Columbus Ledger, H. L. Watkins recounts a man who paid for a marriage license with 225 pennies after saving for months. He says he chose a careful approach due to many matrimonial adventures ending in failure.
The report recalls the call for stricter enforcement of the prohibition law and praises officers' duties while condemning the slain deputy's death. It notes wounded youths and emphasizes prudence and high regard for law and order by those enforcing the law.
The Bainbridge Post Searchlight quips about editors returning home after feasts and the lure of money, joking that a well fed country editor longs for recognition and a parade when someone arrives in town.
The passage argues that presidents travel for inspection or duty should not be criticized by opposing papers. It notes that criticism followed Wilson’s travels and would similarly follow Harding, asserting equal treatment for actions by either party. It emphasizes constitutional parity in presidential travel.
The Tallulah Falls area holds abundant water power to supply electricity to Georgia towns and farms at moderate cost. Georgia Railway and Power Co plans about 50 million dollars of development, if unimpeded, to exploit these resources, with Middle Georgia set to gain most from the project.
A cautious speaker argues that increasing cultivation of idle acres by industrious citizens will strengthen the country. The aim is steady prosperity that can withstand fluctuations in business charts elsewhere.
A Florida newspaper derides the Georgia General Assembly as a collection of cranks. It asserts Florida political conditions over the past decade are more stable and warns against hasty criticism of neighboring states.
A $2.00 per barrel decline in flour prices prompts questions about who pays the freight. The article notes the usual pattern where farmers bear the loss while speculators reap profits.
A Brisbane writer praises a leader who concentrates on the United States top task rather than personal prominence. The piece emphasizes avoiding entanglement in European disputes or submitting US matters to European courts, urging decisive prioritization of national interests.
Walt Mason describes his daily ritual at dawn as he leaves the hive and thanks life for another day. He notes being fat, old, and gray with rheumatic feet, has seen a million dawns, and cheers the sunrise from his farm with a playful howl and wave of his hat.
The annual cost from insect damage in the United States is about 2 billion dollars, equivalent to twenty dollars per person for every man, woman, and child.
The piece lists numerous suggestions such as rising early retiring early eating slowly punctual speaking kindly industrious neat appearance self reliance progressiveness and economy. It also notes the watermelon crop this year will be the smallest in years.
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