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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
7
Reported shortages of military equipment at a Georgia camp threaten delays for regiments if supplies are not delivered. Georgia shows rapid auto license growth with about 4 000 of 75 000 vehicles licensed, while 2 500 applications came in one day and 1918 rules may delay final registration.
Governor Dorsey announced Hamilton McWhorter Sr of Oglethorpe county as solicitor of the city court of Lexington for a four year term ending December 1921. Ordnance Department recruits Atlanta designated as one of twenty U S cities to receive commissioned recruits with army ordnance offices opened for applicants. Maj H A Gillis and Capt John Tutner from Washington will organize the work with temporary presence of Major Syndiplhagoes and Captainer to oversee initial setup.
The report outlines multiple local matters including the Pickens County Bank designated as a state depository for four years starting January 2 1518, and tax inspector H P Andrews in Perry discussing new taxes. It notes L S Barlow shot by a sheriff in Waycross, Bulgarian prisoner Dimiter Popoff indicted for murder in Atlanta, and farmers in Fitzgerald buying Hampshire pigs. Additional notes cover cold damage to truck gardens in Thomasville, a lull in tramps due to wartime patrols, opposition agent Charles McLean visiting Rome for anti-suffrage petitions, steps to tighten cotton seed crushers in Atlanta, coal rationing measures, North Winship writing home from Milan, and plans for Titton packing plant opening.
The Supreme Court upholds the Selective Service Act as constitutional, ruling Congress can compel military service. Chief Justice White delivers a unanimous decision. Appeals from thirteen cases, five from New York, three from Ohio, four from Minnesota, and one from Georgia, formed the basis of the ruling.
The joint allied statement of war aims, urged by President Wilson, signals a winter campaign to reach Germany's people. Lloyd George's speech was preparatory fire as allies plan a conference of prime ministers to draft democratic demands.
The United States steamship Harry Luckenbach was torpedoed and sunk with loss of life, according to word received by the owners.
Emperor William awards the Pour le Merite to U-boat commander Kophamel on return from a voyage to the Cape Verde Islands. He claims to have sank an American destroyer and fourteen merchant ships, mostly bound for Italy or France, and to have seized twenty two tons of copper. The voyage covers about five thousand miles round trip from the Belgian coast.
In major war theaters infantry operations are minor but signals point to forming big battles in Flanders France and Italy. Intensive artillery duels continue day and night at various points in these three zones.
Veterans recall hardtack while modern troops take a traveling kitchen into the field. The picture shows one of the army's few mobile kitchens serving red hot meats to soldiers in the trenches.
The piece notes strict game laws limit frog hunting methods and threaten the city bon vivants who enjoy frog legs. A New York state legislator from Oneida county proposes restricting methods to spearing, angling, catching with hands, or using gun or club, aiming to curb cruel snare use.
In England a cricket club hires a new groundsman and seeks a horse to pull a roller. The groundsman fears the animal cannot avoid danger and warns he would run it down if needed. He resigns and the club announces a replacement horse search.
A reflective note from the Exchange urges readers to overlook flaws in others and focus on their good qualities. It argues most try to do their best, some shine, others barely make an impression, and real life satisfaction comes from gratitude and seeing the splendid in people.
The Texas Wonder claims to dissolve gravels cure diabetes and rheumatism and regulate kidney and bladder function for men and women and even aid children's bladder issues. A two months supply costs one dollar with testimonials available by mail from Dr. F. W. Hall St. Louis Missouri and drugs are sold by druggists.
The passage urges universal love without distinction or calculation and calls for generous acts toward the poor and rich alike. It emphasizes blessing equals with love, noting that it is often hardest to show love to those who are closest.
The cross stood as a slave's death mark and a murderer's punishment and stirred horror in Jewish eyes. After Constantine’s vision he ordered a gold gem cross to be made and the sacred image sat upon royal scepters and on foreheads as a sign.
The expression He who runs may read is not in exact Bible wording but stems from Habakkuk II 2. The verse urges writing the vision so the reader may swiftly grasp its meaning. The article discusses how readers interpret biblical phrasing and its usage in religious contexts.
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