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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
5
S. Maddox of 580 Seminole Ave North Atlanta says an illness left him weak for years with indigestion nausea and rashes. After taking Sargon his appetite returned sleep improved and headaches stopped. He worked again and praises the medicine sold at H J Porter’s Drug Store in Butler.
Americus July 6 A jury in the United States Middle Georgia District Court Americus division returned a verdict of guittal for W D Arnold Sr a West county farmer who was tried on counts of peonage. The trial followed an in progress case with Judge Bascom Dee presiding and W A Bootle assisting.
Disjointed reflections compare wealth to more than material lack. The text suggests happiness depends on ideals pursued, warning that poverty also signifies poverty of thought and ambition.
The piece argues Southwest Georgia can rise by adopting Denmark style farm economy. It highlights Denmark’s high owner occupancy, cooperative marketing, and widespread adult education, noting a shift from tenancy to ownership and collective bargaining as keys to prosperity.
A compact collection of maxims and reflections from figures like Adolph Lewisohn George W Wicker sham Charles E Hughes Arthur Henderson Calvin Coolidge Roger W Babson Arthur Garfield Hays Jefferson Antonius Johnson and Hobbes. It presents views on retirement, progress, law, individuality, expression, reason, life, conciseness and perception.
A stark warning about choosing solitary life and its fatal consequence, paired with a pointed remark on the human will being trained to seek only the brighter aspects. The phrasing reflects a moral or philosophical lecturing tone.
Historical records note Richard B Russell Jr as the 56th speaker of the Georgia House since 1927 with no interregnum. The piece highlights past speakers Hardeman Bacon Holder and praises Russell for independence, intellect, and principled stands on issues like highway bonds amid fiscal storms.
The piece contrasts George Washington’s metaphor of the senate as a cooling saucer with Joe Hill Hall’s harsher labels like the grand jury and graveyard of the house. It notes the house’s display of brilliant talent and frequent "diamonds of the mind" in the chamber.
Judge R C Bell of the Georgia Court of Appeals cites a state welfare survey showing 652 jailed children in 1928, down from 937 in 1927. He says organized social work reduced child imprisonment, noting 83 counties had no child incarcerations that year. Dr Comer M Woodward adds that incarceration reflects attitudes as well as policy.
Willie Huling, 28, an escaped convict from Atlanta, was shot and wounded outside Earnest Fortson's store as a post office at Fortson Ga was robbed Friday night. A companion fled. a stolen car found abandoned near the scene. Huling, held on burglary counts, was in a Columbus hospital with serious wounds. Police search for the unidentified partner.
A R Lawton retired Central of Georgia president and noted attorney was brought by special car to Savannah from Flat Rock North Carolina and admitted to the Railway Hospital. His wife said he suffered an acute indigestion attack.
The report details 718 discharges from permanent care institutions in 1927 1928 with over 7 percent white children. Of 512 admitted in 1928, 62 whites had both parents dead 52 motherless and 61 had fathers dead. Other conditions include 25 parents separated 33 deserted by fathers 82 mothers ill 12 divorced 12 deserted by mothers 11 maternal immorality 8 paternal illness 7 father delinquent 6 illegitimate 5 mother mentally sick 8 father mentally ill 2 father immoral.
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