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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1928
Page
5
The column notes political tensions as the new year begins and reflects on contentment with 1927. It mentions Georgia not recording a lynching in 1927, discusses market challenges for farm products especially pork, and hopes 1928 brings prosperity across business industry and agriculture. It also references repeated capture of Roy Dickerson and general holiday greetings.
A column urges young men to work and save and to deny pleasures to start strong. It cites a warning from Carterville Tribune-News about self discipline. The piece praises credit responsibility as a sign of honesty and urges prompt payment of bills.
A reflection on 1927 as history marked by bright hopes and deep sorrows. The piece notes crushed hearts homes darkened and clouds over lives, with time healing some wounds yet leaving scars and vacancies in the hearts of those affected.
A reflective editorial urges looking back at the past year to learn from mistakes and celebrate achievements. It stresses cooperative effort over individualism, urging every citizen to commit to action that strengthens the community in the coming year.
The Allman Free Press editors argue that Georgia faces two core needs education in rural districts and diversified farming. They advocate centralized schools for proper facilities and salaries, and emphasize reliable transportation as essential for dairy and poultry farming, with hard surfaced roads seen as the foundation for both rural education and diversified farming.
The article reviews a Christmas poetry collection Just a Verse a Day by Daniel Garnett Bicker s known as D G Bickers. It notes the auto autograph edition sold out, outlines the book’s seven sections, and highlights foreword by Ralph Methven Thomson and a biographical sketch by W F Cullen alongside praise of the work s personal appeal and hopeful themes. It also cites Thomasville Times praising local moral standards and social progress as reflected in politics.
The saying implies people adapt to their surroundings rather than the reverse. It reflects on judgment about matchups and bluffing in competitive situations, suggesting flexibility determines outcomes more than initial favor.
A reader letter laments holiday shopping for men amid a cold snap and store aisles. The writer jokes on gendered shopping, notes a Macon retailer, mocks political figures, and ends with a call for more linjerry and less politicians.
A selected moral exhortation argues that deceit harms the deceiver more than the deceived. It appeals to religious retribution, noting that moral law endures beyond shifting social norms and that “you reap what you sow” in the long run.
Tuskegee Institute records show 16 persons lynched in 1927, all Black. The report details methods used by mobs, locations by state, and how many cases were prevented by law enforcement, with 12 taken by law and 42 thwarted lynch attempts across 8 Northern and 84 Southern states.
The piece recalls a cold wave that froze a wedding, halted the electric plant, and left the author in darkness. It notes hog killing at Mrs. W. 3B Townsends, with pigs weighing 250 and 430 pounds, and mentions leap year plans and local voting among Cantonega's Black community. The tempo shifts from weather to daily rural life and humor.
Fire destroyed Miss Mildred Rutherford's Athens residence on Christmas night, burning many valuable papers and Confederate relics. A friend alerted occupants, and Rutherford, ill at the time, was carried out on a mattress and taken to a nearby hospital. The museum housing her relics also burned, with no insurance to replace them. she has spent many years collecting the items.
The Savannah Press reports the death of Miss Rutherford a longtime historian of the Daughters of the Confederacy and former principal of Lucy Cobb Institute. Her extensive papers and Civil War souvenirs were built through years of diligent collecting described as a labor of love. She was rescued from her burning house and the Villa opposite Lucy Cobb Institute also burned.
Charles Shambaugh’s clever bluff to raise the sunken submarine S-4 worked enough to land his name on the front pages nationwide, a feat others have not matched.
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