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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1928
Page
5
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture calls farm land purchases best in 30 years. Georgia ranked 43rd in divorces per 1000 in 1927. Taylor County farmers report peanuts highly profitable with acreage set to rise. Caution urged to reduce motor accidents during holidays. Community cooperation stressed as vital moral duty.
The Florida citrus growers confront the same disaster as Georgia peach farmers over five years, risking severe losses and possible closure. The piece argues personal responsibility for home ownership and civic pride, linking individual action to a better town.
The county where the shot killed a man gains jurisdiction over the slayer after recent ruling. The Dalton Citizen notes the Herald will publish a reduced edition next week for legal ads. Editor Pat Griffin, newly elected to the legislature, humorously recalled with a church anecdote about singing Rescue the Perishing.
A family memory recalls Charlie and Wynn Adams visiting Fort Worth with Texas pecans that inspired a child named Katie Nell in Butler to plant two nuts. One tree thrived and bears fruit, symbolizing how small acts can grow to bring joy to many as Christmas nears.
A report from Western colleges cites heavy drunkenness among students as the reason for canceling planned dancing dates for girls. The piece also notes a new Anniston Alabama factory plan to produce xylase from peanut shells and cotton seed bran. It urges two weeks of practice to spread happiness and suggests longer effort could lead to year round brightness for the community.
Mr Vann E Hobbs of Columbus died Saturday night from an overdose of strychnine taken in a personal crisis. Grief over his wife is said to have caused the rash act. Also reported tobacco prices show Tennessee growers at 42 cents per pound last week, Georgia at about 15 cents.
The passage notes a political shift as Hoover may adopt more aggressive leadership at the White House, contrasting with Coolidge's cautious approach. It also mentions ongoing German private work on a large revolutionary transatlantic plane, aiming to decide whether airships or airplanes will dominate future ocean travel.
The DeKalb New Era notes readers favor stories about familiar people and local life over distant politics. It cites Lord Northcliffe on readership, emphasizing that communities want content about themselves, neighbors, and nearby events rather than Europe or Asia.
A prominent Wrightsville resident awoke in a downtown Atlanta hotel to find $75 in cash a gold watch and a diamond ring valued at $1 000 missing. The write up notes the thief likely entered while the man slept and jokes about locking doors and checking under the bed in a country man’s town visit.
A reflective passage cites Edgar Guest on how small, careful acts shape masterpieces in art and character. It argues patience, thoughtfulness, usefulness, courtesy, good manners, kindness, and understanding build great lives, with famous figures defined by meticulous, ex quisitely done details.
A columnist argues for a new law banning glaring headlights and especially spotlights. They say spotlights cause more wrecks than speeding, with the innocent party often suffering. The piece labels the spotlight user as a road hog and calls for legislative action.
In Taylor County, vast peach orchards are being cleared for cotton and feed crops, threatening future pies as land shifts to staple farming. A local farmer, after securing $800 in a time certificate, told the cashier he has cash and supplies for a 1929 crop, reflecting broader profit despite adversities. The piece urges economy and best efforts to sustain farming.
John N. Willys, president, states Willys-Overland is quickly shifting production to the new Whippet four and six cylinder models. He says the designs set a new artistic standard and introduce mechanical features as revolutionary as the original Whippet when it debuted two and a half years ago, signaling the greatest year in the company’s history.
A Bainbridge Post-Searchlight item condemns town gossips in Illinois for ruining reputations and driving a useful man to despair. The piece warns that envy fuels gossip, branding locals as pests and depicting a trio of threats including a mad dog a gossip and a rattlesnake.
A Florida resident speaker at a local farm meeting claimed Chicago condemned milk is shipped to Florida, creating a vast market. He urged Georgians to invest in dairy cows, noting strong demand and little risk of oversupply. Adel News cites Taylor county as best Georgia region for expanding dairying, after small-scale testing showed profitability.
Timber acts as a savings bank for the owner with capital the trees and new growth the interest. If cut only from new growth, capital remains untouched and investments grow. Commissioner Eugene Talmadge says corn is selling too low and should fetch a dollar a bushel in this state, with scarcities in Taylor County likely to push prices above that during spring.
A Greensboro Herald Journal editorial says cries about prosperity by stock market gains miss the point. Real prosperity comes when land values rise and farmers earn money, not merely dollars changing hands through gambling in stocks and bonds.
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