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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
1
July 3 1918 letter from H C Shealy Butler Go reports son F P Shealy in good health awaiting deployment to the front. He expresses pride in all three brothers going to war and asks family to stay strong and hopeful, noting readiness to serve and trust in God.
A Southern Cultivator note from Butler Georgia profiles F C Jarrell a money making farmer known for large crops and a camouflaged garage technique. The piece highlights his farm hogs mules and a cement floored garage loaded with wheat boxes and rows of Irish potatoes for decoration and storage.
Atlanta July 9 The cotton states advisory marketing board outlined a plan for gradual marketing of the 1918 cotton crop. Commissioner J J Brown notes producers should market no more than 20 percent of their crop per month and hold one bale out of every three for twelve months or until war ends or shipping can move surplus. Every bale of 1918 cotton will be needed.
The people of Butler rally to aid a U S government landing site for aeroplanes near Butler. A level plot owned by D F Chapman near his home is offered for inspection by an army officer. Georgia crowds, including 1000 from Taylor county, flocked to Americus to Souther aviation field opening, with 3000 autos and sightseers. Strong crowd control by military police kept incidents minimal.
Mr. C. C. Cooper seeks a position as a salesman in a store or farm manager after a recent fire loss at Rupert. He is over the draft age, energetic, honest, reliable, with good habits and education, available to start after August 15.
Washington reports from July 7 that B R Coad and a team under the U S Department of Agriculture show promising progress in boll weevil control through poisoned sprays. Trials across Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana indicate higher cotton yields in treated plots, with details to be published in a department bulletin.
News breaks of Hon. W Frank Weaver long prominent Reynolds mayor and state senator from the twenty third district dying at St Josephs infirmary in Atlanta after injuries from an automobile collision near Terminal station. Legislature adjourns in respect and committees plan funeral. Weaver survived by wife five children and a brother.
A list of colored registrants is being sent notices to appear in Butler next week for induction into U S service at Camp Gordon. Forty two of fifty five will be inducted this round. Names include Frank Cummings, Hoke Smith, Dave Andrew, Jackson Sims, Charley Dent and others. Inquiries to intercede are discouraged per Adjutant General instructions.
J. T. Adams, Food Administrator for Taylor County, urges producers and merchants to verify butter weights beyond moulds. He calls for accurate half pound to eight ounces and pound to sixteen ounces, ensuring the consumer receives his due in purchases. Butler, Georgia, July 19, 1906.
Rev. L. A Harrell will lecture at the Methodist church next Sunday night on the aims and deeds of the American Red Cross. The talk recalls a state Red Cross meeting in Athens with 400 delegates and shares inspiration for aiding soldiers and humanity. Members are urged to attend, and nonmembers are warmly invited to hear the report and messages.
Our Herald will suspend publication next week with a small issue for legal ads to attend the annual Georgia Weekly Press Association meeting. The event, in Wrightsville to Dublin, runs Monday night for two days. President Paul Harber arranged an excellent program with notable features for editors.
Wesley community forms one of the most active Red Cross chapters in the area with Hon. R. M. Suggs as chairman and Miss Margaret Heath as secretary. Thirty-one charter members joined, as the chapter organized Sunday afternoon and aims to grow with more pledges in the coming weeks.
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