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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
6
G W Foy announces candidacy for re election as Taylor County Representative subject to the September 1918 primary. He thanks voters for past support and pledges to serve to the best of his ability if re elected.
Candidate R A Hinton announces run for Representative from Taylor County subject to the September primary and asks for the support of local voters. He signs off respectfully as a candidate seeking public backing.
A candidate for State Senate in the 23rd District asks voters for support in the Democratic primary on September 11, 1918. R. C. LeSueur pledges to govern by the will of the people he represents.
J. D. Price a former State Commissioner of Agriculture runs for the Railroad Commission to succeed Judge George Hillyer who is not seeking re election. He appeals for the vote and support of Taylor county voters.
A Chicago Symphony orchestra concertmaster asked his four year old son how he enjoyed the performance. The boy replied that he watched his father balance himself on the conductor’s box for two hours and did not fall off.
The Georgia papers published a list of qualified state candidates after the August 16 entries deadline for the September 11 primary. The Herald admits a serious error in the Official Ballot and promises a corrected form issued by the state committee and Secretary Gardner.
The column notes cotton opening rapidly in the area and lists many visitors and relatives across Monroe county Crest Grove Panhandle Thomaston Macon South Georgia and Columbus. Names include Bazemore Heath Sealy Smith Adams and Royal with social visits and weekend trips mentioned. The first bale sold by C C Royal last week brought a good price.
Chamberlains Tablets are sold for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. If you suffer from these issues try them and see the effect of a first class medicine. They cost a quarter.
The saying He who runs reads is misattributed to Scripture though it traces to Habakkuk where the Lord says write the vision on tables that he may run. The phrase appears in later writings and popular usage, not in a direct biblical verse.
The Georgia council of defense forms a highway transport department chaired by J. M. Patterson of Putney with five district chairs from Atlanta Augusta Savannah Macon and Columbus. The aim is to ease rail congestion and boost coordination of motor trucks to meet war shortages while aiding delivery to and from trains.
Federal Fuel Administrator announces ginless days for Middle Georgia ginneries in Taylor county and surrounding counties. No fuel use on Saturdays and Mondays during August and December 1918 to ensure fair coal and coke distribution for war effort. Regulation dated August 15, 1918.
Texas Wonder claims to dissolve gravels cure diabetes and rheumatism and irregular kidney bladder issues for men and women. Regulates children bladder problems. Send $1 by mail if not in stock. one box lasts two months and rarely fails to cure. Dr F W Hall 2926 Olive St St Louis MO. Sold by druggists.
Letter from Savannah Missouri dated October 12 1916 praises Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for curing flux dysentery in a single bottle and reports recommending it to dozens of people after two attacks over nine years.
The Barebones parliament was the nickname given to Cromwell’s 1653 British Parliament. Critics used the name influenced by Praisegod Barbon a leather dealer and Puritan preacher who sat in the body.
New York reports continued Allied advance as British and French forces push back Germans from Arras to Somme. Haig’s army seizes towns including Mametz and Le Barque while preparing to encircle Bapaume, with French troops reaching territory north of Soissons and threatening eastern German lines.
New York Hoover arrives en route to Washington after visits to England and France. He vows the United States will supply four billion lards of fats, nine hundred million pounds of beef, five hundred million bushels of cereals, and one million five hundred thousand tons of sugar to allies next year, with limited rationing starting September 1.
President Rufus W. Weaver recommends a wartime faculty at Mercer University Macon Georgia. New appointments include W E Farrar professor of Ancient Languages C R Fountain biology F J Holder mathematics Peyton Jacob education J W Kern chemistry J E Bailey history Joseph Robinson English B D Ragsdale Bible and literature plus J Henry Burnett registrar and business manager Miss Sallie Boone librarian. The piece urges college training and notes plans for a Students Army Training Corps and military instruction ahead of fall term.
Grand and traverse jurors for Taylor County are named for the September 20, 1918 term of the Superior Court. Jurors were drawn August 7 1918 by the Jury Commissioners and listed in three weekly groups with numerous named individuals and local offices.
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