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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1924
Page
4
The publication promotes its status as the official organ of Taylor County printed every Thursday. It claims an average weekly circulation of fifteen hundred copies and lists a subscription price of 150 dollars a year.
State School Supervisor J O Martin writes about W G McAdoo once visiting Milledgeville to see the crossing of the Georgia and Central Railroads. McAdoo recalls hearing that rails cross and, as a boy, sold papers before studying trains, later shaping railroad projects and wartime railroad policy.
A motivational quote from Farrington about perseverance, urging readers not to quit and to persist until success is earned. It emphasizes steady effort and staying power as a mark of achievement.
The Cordele Dispatch cites two Muscogee County youths, Willie Jones and Gervis Bloodworth, under death sentence for murder, arguing personal responsibility and the impact of broken homes and moonshine whiskey on crime. It contrasts editorials from nearby papers while urging focus on education and parental guidance to prevent such tragedies.
A catalog of everyday items linked to cottonseed products. Text notes cottonseed oil in eggs and dressings, cottonseed linters in mattresses and combs, nitrated linters in silk substitutes, cottonseed oil soaps and oils in cleaning, and by products used in painting, automotive interiors, cuisine, and animal feed.
LeRoy Hirshburg Sr the longtime editor of The Marion County Patriot died Friday night at the Rainey home in Buena Vista after two years of poor health. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Rainey residence with burial in Buena Vista cemetery. He left four children eleven grandchildren a brother and two sisters. He had published religious tracts and books and served about twenty years as Patriot editor.
Invitations issued for the January 19 unveiling of the finished General Lee head at Stone Mountain. The event marks the first practical step in completing the memorial and aims to dispel doubt about the project’s progress. Stone Mountain is presented as unique and unparalleled.
Senator Underwood defended strict enforcement of the eighteenth amendment linking it to tobacco and liquor violations. He urged using armed revenue cutters to stop smuggling and even shoot at ships violating laws if necessary, arguing for honest enforcement and backbone in office holders.
Washington report states Mr McAdoo is an Episcopalian with ties to St Johns Church in Washington. His wife adopted Episcopalian faith after marriage and his Georgia relatives include Episcopalians and Methodists. He is named as an instigator of the underground railway in New York and a steward of its operations.
Woodrow Wilson’s essay on how a man’s life is built from relations with others. It argues character, growth, and gifts emerge through social interaction and the steady, unselfish performance of one’s role in the drama of life.
A post office carrier found a live Mama Doll crying from within a mail sack. Charles F. dropped the sack and alerted Postmaster John Bush who retrieved the doll from the interior. The package originated from an Atlanta paper to a subscriber, causing a startled scene at the depot store.
A ten year old girl says she would like to live in the country to avoid seeing others possessing things she cannot have. The remark reflects a wish for simpler, more distant life away from material comparisons.
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