Southern Exposition and Cotton Prospects in Middle Georgia
The column notes strong crop prospects in Middle Georgia with optimistic farm mood, cites car lot shipments of peppers and butterbeans from Butts County, and praises farming as wealth source. It laments political fuss over the League of Nations, highlights an Atlanta Journal schools critique, and urges balanced education with outdoor recreation alongside academics. The piece also mourns Hoke Caldwell’s death and reflects Georgia press sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butts County
Press of Georgia
A. E. Caldwell
Monroe
Hoke Caldwell
Atlanta Journal
Wilkes County Forum
Georgia editors hail Waycross and South Georgia towns
A dozen or more thriving Georgia towns welcomed the Georgia editors at Waycross for the 38th annual convention. The three day program featured warm receptions from Douglas Alma Nicholls Ambrose Broxton Blackshear Folkston Jesup Brunswick and Fernandina. The piece lauds rapid regional growth and declares Waycross a hub of progress and hospitality in the southern state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Georgia
Georgia
Southland
Farmers creed and belief in self family and community
A passage of inspirational prose extols belief in oneself and in one’s farm, work, family, and neighborhood. It emphasizes limitless growth, skilled labor, rural industry, and the duty to improve schools, roads, churches, and social life through cooperative effort and shared values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyoung
Old A
Rand
Georgia urged to curb child labor and set 16 year age limit
The Telegraph urges Georgia to adopt a strict child labor standard matching national norms. It cites 14 as the minimum for factory work, calls for a 16 year old limit, mandatory physical exams, and removal of exemptions to end evasion and exploitation. It argues federal norms show night work bans are essential and that industry productivity won’t suffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georigis
Repgard
Georgia
Iar
District ‘of Columbia
Telegraph
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Georgia Farmers Urge Diversified Crops and Co operative Marketing
The article urges Georgia farmers to diversify crops beyond cotton and fruit, praising peach production while noting market failure from overproduction. It calls for scientific pest control, a boll weevil reward, and stronger cooperative marketing to ensure best quality at fair prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Council
Sumter ‘County
Georgia
Midas
Keep On Through Misfortune Says Dalton Citizen
Fragmentary verse urging perseverance through ruin and despair. The lines promise improvement after hardship and encourage continued effort until life improves. Names and spelling are uncertain but include Dalton and the publication tone of a citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Georgia Peaches See Crop Surge and High Prices
The Macon Telegraph notes a bumper Georgia peach crop while prices remain high as watermelons fetch 4.80 to 6 in hotels in Washington or New York. Peaches fetch 40 to 60 cents per plate of about three, prompting calls to advertise the crop and build cold storage and warehouses to handle perishables for market needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Macon Telegraph
Washington-or
New York
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C/K. BEXNS
Butler
Wee
United States
Middle Georgia
Congress
Tom Hardwick
League of Nations
Democratic Party
Hardwick
League
Farmers Creed
Beal
iWines
Tan
Buick
Viles
Taylor County Bank
Butler, Ga
Central Georgia Railway “the
WigHt Way
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