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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
8
J M White and C C White administrators of James Wie late of Taylor County Georgia petition for leave to sell estate lands. Court of Ordinary to hear petition at first Monday in September 1920. August 3 1920. A H Riley Ordinary.
The tobacco industry in South Georgia prepares for a strong year as stemmeries and re drying plants operate in Douglas Tifton and Fitzgerald. With favorable prices and a projected yield of about 1,000 pounds per acre at 25 cents, the crop could bring roughly 10 million dollars to local farmers. Land values remain low, offering profitable investment chances in the new tobacco belt.
The Central of Georgia Railway announces reduced fares to summer resorts in the North East and West and to resorts in Georgia Alabama Kentucky Carolina Tennessee Virginia and the South Atlantic seashore. For full particulars write W. H Fogg Atlanta Ga or W.C Kilgore Augusta Ga.
The Atlanta Journal now uses full twenty four hour Associated Press wires and United Press leased service for rapid world news. Subscriptions price options list daily and Sunday rates by mail, with yearly, half year, and monthly plans.
The armored cruiser Pittsburg and a destroyer have been ordered to the Baltic to protect American interests. They are at Cherbourg and will proceed to Russian waters and Danzig. Americans in Poland face danger as Bolshevik threats rise and some seek refuge in the Baltic port. No indication of recognizing anti Bolshevik forces. Poland support plans are under study. Dispatches note a possible prolonged siege of Warsaw. Finland and Soviet Russia report an August armistice.
Rioting flared in Belfast on the night of August 15 with no firearms seen. Short Strand, a nationalist area in East Belfast, was the focus as stones flew and the city stayed under siege until dawn. Four nationalists were arrested and a constable was badly injured. A Sinn Fein party returning from a sports meeting near Lurgan was fired upon, with one dead and another seriously wounded. Meanwhile Western Union began a global profit sharing payout totaling nearly two million dollars for the first half of 1920, with 4% of January earnings to each employee. The July wage base will determine the next disbursement.
J E Davidson of Fort Valley announces for State Senate representing the 23rd district of Taylor Crawford and Houston counties and asks for Taylor County voters support. He notes his service in the Georgia House of Representatives and appeals for Democratic primary backing.
Notice filed for establishing a new public road in Taylor County. The road starts at the ten mile post on the Butler and Charing road, runs north through J L Rustin and Foy Rustin lands, past J G Hunt, W A Baker, J S Jinks, and J A Scott, intercepting the Butler and Mauk road near Orin Scott, about four miles. If no good cause is shown by September 1920, the board will grant the road. August 3, 1920. Taylor County Commissioners. By H P Wallace, Clerk.
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