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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
6
Cordale May 31 The annual session of rural carriers of the Third district met here Wednesday Wall Ellaville was named president for the coming year T W Walton Pinehurst is vice president and J C Tatum Richland is secretary treasurer The 1924 convention will be in Ashburn on Memorial Day.
The text urges judging others cautiously and avoiding gossip, preferring kind words and deeds. It notes that a single false remark harms and promotes the golden rule, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, attributed to THELMA.
Western Christian Advocate cites Upton Sinclair on modern dances calling them brothel bred and jungle origins. It argues ministers and reformers warn that dancing spreads moral decay through American life, creating a distressing scene in churches and communities as people go wild over dancing.
An old advertisement promotes Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder troubles with $1.25 by mail and sworn testimonials from Dr. W. Hall. It also cites a Georgia Bar Association address excerpt comparing global shares of population, wealth, and production.
Atlanta reports Gov. Hardwick plans to urge a rewritten state oil inspection system. He seeks a combustion test replacing the specific gravity method, arguing it would cut inspectors, modernize standards, and protect the public. He also criticized the department of agriculture as a political machine.
The body of Colonel Charles Young, the only black officer to reach that rank, was laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery with full military honors. He died on duty as military attache to Liberia and was briefly interred there with British troop honors.
The excerpt recalls Cooperstown in the postwar era as seen by James Fenimore Cooper’s grandson, describing dignified lawyers in long black coats, calm mail days, and fires that sparked town-wide zeal. It contrasts past comforts with a future of rapid invention, hinting at the wonders of 1948 or 1973 and urging youth to cherish their era’s wonders.
A Georgia convict released after 23 years experiences first liberty items from modern life. He visits a motion picture theatre, rides in an automobile, searches for old trees, sees a baseball game, hears a grand organ, and anticipates planes and radio as he reenters a world transformed since his incarceration.
A statement proclaims that the sacred Scriptures belong to the people and should not be wrested from home worship. The piece emphasizes accessibility of the Bible as a public right and urges safeguarding the text from private appropriation.
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