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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1915
Page
1
The Taylor county grand jury unanimously recommended abolishing the county treasurer position as a cost saving measure. The Americas Times-Recorder notes many Georgia counties seek to end the office, arguing banks can safely manage funds and earn interest, reducing salaries and adding income.
Danville Va July 24 In connection with double track work on 102 4 miles of its Atlanta Washington line Southern Railway has eliminated 54 of 75 grade crossings. Twenty by under passes nineteen by overhead bridges and fifteen by changing highway directions. Of the remaining 19 some are physically unavoidable or would cause prohibitive damages. The policy is to separate crossings whenever practicable as a permanent safety investment and will be continued.
Ashburn July 29. Constrant spread over south Georgia as confined air and extreme heat dry cotton stalks causing immature bolls to open early. Rain would only help where ground was deeply broken and well cultivated. A half crop will not be made.
Dr Frank Crane writes in the Wesleyan Christian Advocate that a mother remains a child to her son and a son repays care with care. The speaker vows lifelong patience and sacrifice, noting shared faith and the promise to watch over his mother until she enters heaven.
Covington Ga a jury acquitted Rev W H McCart a sixty plus minister of the alleged 1870 murder of Monroe Smith after a dramatic trial. McCart said he killed Smith in self defense to protect his mother and would do so again. Witnesses were long in age and some nearly deaf during the proceedings.
Sol Williams, a merchant from Jesse Tennessee, writes he never hesitates to recommend Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and that he sells more of it than any other preparation of like character. He says he has used it and found it gave more relief than anything else he has tried. Obtainable everywhere.
Col J Lindsay Johnson editor of the Rome Tribune Herald and assistant census director for the Philippines died in Manila at 1 30 pm yesterday. He was 61, born in Floyd County, educated at UGA and Washington and Lee, practiced law, edited the Rome Tribune, and supported Wilson. Survived by widow Annie E Johnson daughter Letitia and two sons. His body expected to return to Rome.
Leo M. Frank remains in a special hospital ward in Milledgeville after a throat wound inflicted by fellow convict J. Creen. Doctors say recovery will take at least a month and emphasize that braces fix his head to the left to protect neck stitches from tearing.
A state legislature is urged to authorize payment of an old war time debt owed for goods supplied to ex Governor Lowe of Maryland. The move proposes funding the debt through expected state revenues and urges prompt action by lawmakers.
The next quadrennial M. E. Church South conference will be held in Georgia with Atlanta as the host city. About 500 delegates and 2,000 visitors are expected. A committee narrowed nine bids to Atlanta Louisville and Richmond, with further review by a three member panel.
A nostalgic essay imagines a country editor facing countless small accounts. It jokes about five hundred people owing 50 cents to 5 dollars each and the moral toll of prompt payers. The piece echoes Georgia politics and a long bill in the legislature tied to Civil War era figures.
An advertisement extols Bucklen’s Amica Salve as protective and antiseptic for ordinary injuries and skin blemishes. It claims the 2 ounce box prevents infection and complications and cites a price of 25 cents from druggists.
Dr Jos Goldberger of the U S Public Health Service says experiments at Milledgeville Georgia and Jackson Mississippi show pellagra results from eating too much starchy food. He notes the disease is not contagious and advocates returning to more meat and non starchy foods as part of a proper diet.
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