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Newspaper

Butler Herald

Location

Butler, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1923

Page

4

Democrats Consider Oscar Underwood for President

The piece notes a potential Democratic path to the presidency via nominating Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama. It also covers statements about Federal Prohibition Director Fred Dismuke, the Georgia Legislature session nearing end with limited business, Georgia peach shipments valued above twelve million dollars, and calls for diversified crops in Dougherty and Bayley counties alongside Albany National Bank's resources of five million seven hundred seventy five thousand five hundred fifty two dollars.

Oscar Underwood Alabama Albany, Ga

Wilson quote on spiritual redemption as world saver

A wartime era commentator argues that former President Woodrow Wilson’s claim that spiritual redemption alone can save the world is worth following after failed attempts at other solutions. The piece frames Wilson’s idea as a crucial remedy in troubled times.

Woodrow Wilson Mr. Wilson

Doubt Cast on Brown’s Forage Claim From Georgia Official

A Georgia agriculture commissioner J J Brown warned that the state will not have enough forage for three months. The passage notes some doubt about the accuracy of Brown’s statement and questions the sufficiency of forage supplies.

J. J. Brown Commissioner of Agriculture Georgia Mr. Brown

Sixty One U S Power Plants Under Construction

Sixty one electrical power plants with over 3,500,000 idlewatts capacity are under construction in the United States. Total cost will be $469,100, or0. Capital invested in central stations at end of 1922 was $5,100,000,000.

United States

General crop outlook and local tax concerns in early 1920s

The report notes fair crop outlook with over production in places and declines versus five year averages for wheat corn oats and rye while barley and fruits rise. It mentions meat animal accumulation and political speculation over Henry Ford and Muscle Shoals. Cook County tax land shows worse conditions. taxes are heavy yet sheriff sales avoided. A Stephens County farmer finds success bottling chocolate milk and expands with Jersey cows.

Cook County Stephens County Atlanta

Cotton growers seek stalk destruction to curb boll weevil damage

Moultrie area cotton growers say sacrificing stalks in early fall is the best way to prevent boll weevil damage, even as some acknowledge calcium arsenate could be used. They argue early stalk destruction minimizes pest impact more effectively than chemical spray.

Political Reform S listed Waste in State Department

Fragmentary report claims the political clamp linked to a major Georgia department wields power surpassing the State. It argues abolishing the department may not serve Georgia’s best interests, but action to curb state money waste via that office is urged.

Georgia

Georgia Peanut Growers Co Op Sign-up Nears 6000 Members

The Georgia Peanut Growers Co operative Association reports a completed sign-up drive as it approaches six thousand members. The cooperative aims to control marketing for over 100000 acres of the state's 152000 acre peanut crop, with the bureau estimating the total crop.

Georgia Peanut Growers Co-Operative Association United States Bureau of Agricultural Economies

Mountain camp dream inspires editor's note

Ernest Camp editor of the Walton Tribune imagines a mountain retreat in North Georgia with breezes blue skies and silver streams. He describes a longing for rest and simple pleasures as the press association members travel through the region.

press_association North Georgia Ernest Camp Walton Tribune

Press of Georgia Urges Constitution Taught in High Schools

The Pearson Tribune argues that the fundamental law of the United States should be part of high school curricula in Georgia. It contends the public is largely ignorant of the Constitution and calls for teaching its prominent features to the sovereign people.

Georgia United States Pearson Tribune

Georgia farmers urged to form cooperative crop plan

In south Georgia tobacco and other farm products are sold at various seasons. Early truck and fruit sales begin in spring, tobacco in August, cotton in fall, with cream sales year round and occasional poultry and hog sales. Washington News-Reporter urges farmers and business leaders to unite on a cooperative production and marketing plan for full crops.

South Georgia Washington News

Southern Cultivator editor recalls peacocks belt visit to Butler Reynolds

Mr. G. F. Hunnicutt describes a trip from Woodland to Butler and Reynolds in Taylor County. Growers are packing and shipping Carmens and Hiley Belles despite wind and hail damage. Crops at Reynolds are better than expected with cotton fruiting and corn good. Several hundred cars of peaches expected to be shipped from Butler and Reynolds.

G. F. Hunnicutt The Southern Cultivator Peacs Belt Butler Reynolds Woodland Taylor County Hiley

Parks for Governor germ in Milledgeville leader's warning

Hon. W G Sutlive editors Georgia politics warns that Marvin M Parks head of the State Normal School at Milledgeville may pursue a governorship bid aided by female voters and exert influence over appropriations. He notes Parks previously led education and discusses alleged tactics without direct confessions from Parks.

W. G. Sutlive Savannah Press Chatham County Marvin M. Parks State Normal School Milledgeville Germ Parks State Normal Georgia

Bank Discipline Favored By The Columbus Enquirer Sun

A Columbus Enquirer Sun note defends bank discipline as essential to protect both bank and patrons. It argues banks must reject overdrafts to prevent broader losses, preserving trust and safeguarding good citizens amid varying deposit sizes. The piece frames disciplined practices as prudent self protection for financial stability.

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun

Air castles and ambition in a lazy July

Americus Times Recorder reflects on July as a time for daydreams and air castles, warning that excessive dreaming delays real progress. The piece urges focus on present work and notes the ladder of success, with readers careful not to neglect current jobs while envying those ahead.

Americus Times- Recorder

Plowboy with freckles versus suitor in pink shirt dilemma

A girl faces a tough choice between two suitors described as a freckles-dusted plowboy and a man in a pink shirt. The fragment hints at courtship tension and preference without detailing outcomes.

Complete Your Bargains With Clear Fully Detailed Agreements

The speaker urges ensuring every term is precise before recording any deal. Emphasizes explicit conditions, responsibilities, and remedies to prevent future trouble, advising careful drafting and full mutual consent.

Obituary Notice for Pan Cho Willa

A preliminary obituary is prepared after the death report of Pan Cho Willa, noting no contradiction to the death and requesting readers to consider the notice as written. The wording reflects cautious confirmation pending further verification.

Pancho Willa Dage

Dancing and Dangers of Dance Halls Warned

A harsh editorial rails against dancing schools and dance halls, arguing dancing leads to public halls, liquor, and harm to young women. The writer claims personal experience in dancing and criticizes the young writer’s views while defending some entertainment as harmless but condemning pool rooms as loafing.

Tong Lancing

Salads as Main Dishes for Lunch or Supper

The article outlines meat based salads as substantial meals for lunch or supper. It lists combinations like cold beef with string beans and tomato jelly, corned beef with potatoes and carrots, veal with cabbage and pimento, and pork with celery and olives. It stresses crisp vegetables, cold moist ingredients, light dressings, and colorful garnishes, plus jellied meat salads in molds.

FOR A WORD By Wm A Percy Poem Fragment

A lyrical fragment by Wm A Percy contemplates how to express love beyond common words. The speaker asks for a single word finer than starlight, summer dusk, or birdsong that can convey the deep tenderness and desolation felt for a beloved, insisting ordinary speech cannot. The poem explores the inadequacy of language to render forelorn heartache and lifelong passion.

Arsenate to be made in Georgia for cotton growers

Georgia to erect a plant for the manufacture of calcium arsenate to supply seeds at not more than 10 cents a pound. The facility would serve Georgia farmers and could also supply other cotton growing states with boll weevil poison, per Georgia agriculture officials J. Brown Tracy Williams and HB Kennedy.

Georgia J. Brown Tracy Williams Kennedy

Bank officials study arsenic ore supply in northwest

Fulton National Bank agents for the City Club of Atlanta travel to Washington state at Gov. Clifford Walker's request to verify engineers reports on ore supply and quality and assess plans for a calcium arsenate plant in Georgia relying on Georgia lime which makes up about 60 percent of the mix.

Fulton National Bank City Club of Atlanta Washington State Clifford Walker Georgia

Just What You Give Smiles Upon The Even World

Poem-like reflection urging readers that the world mirrors their outlook. It emphasizes that happiness, effort, truth, fear, youth, and pain are returned according to one’s own demeanor. The caller is reminded to smile at the morning and recognize the earth as ready to give mirth. The tone echoes a moral about personal responsibility in shaping fortune.

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