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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
8
The premium list awards the first prize for best individual exhibit with twelve or more varieties of farm products a $15 grain drill. The second prize offers a $10 corn dropper and the third prize a $5 cotton planter.
A series of prizes are listed for farm displays including oats wheat rye velvet beans soybeans and corn. Monetary awards range from 1.00 to 2.00 with specific tests for hay sweet potatoes syrup field peas ground peas and Taylor county flour and meal produced in 24 pound sacks.
A prize list awards Taylor county raised livestock in several categories. Best raised colt under 2 years earns 2 dollars, best male colt under 2 years 2 dollars, best bull under 2 years 2 dollars, best heifer under 2 years 2 dollars, best milch cow any age 1.50, best male hog any age 2 dollars, best brood sow any age 2 dollars, best pair pigs under six months 1.50, and best sow and suckling pigs 1.50.
A prize is offered for the prettiest pen of Taylor county raised poultry one variety with a $1.00 award. Another prize for the prettiest pen of Taylor county raised poultry of any variety also $1.00. A further prize for the heaviest pen consisting of one cock and five hens carries a $1.00 award.
A prize for largest exhibit and greatest variety of canned goods offers a $6.00 rocking chair. best pickle display wins a $2.00 rug. best preserves displays a center table. best canned peaches display a $2 rocking chair. prettiest jelly display earns a linen table cloth. Largest exhibit and greatest variety of ladies' needlework awards a set of silver knives and forks. best needlework piece wins a water set.
The department lists prizes for yield of corn and corn club entries including a Berkshire Pig for 1st prize, a spring-tooth cultivator for 2nd, and a $2.00 prize for 3rd, with additional awards for ten ears of corn and a Duroc Jersey Pig.
A local prize list offers awards for pigs including best pig $3.00 second best $2.00 and third best $1.00. Judging age considered. Committee members J. H. Adams and R. A. Hinton oversee the event.
Legal notice announces a sheriff sale scheduled for July 1916. The rate for legal advertising is fixed by law at 3e per word for four insertions and must be paid in advance of publication.
Mrs B H Newsom applies to be appointed permanent administrator of the B H Newsom estate in Taylor County Georgia. The Court of Ordinary will hear the application at the regular July 1916 term on the first Monday. A H Riley Ordinary. Dated June 6 1916.
A Duluth News Tribune snippet questions whether a former public officeholder can ever retire to private life, implying interest in renewed public service and the idea of a dealer in politics.
At the St Louis Democratic convention the suffrage plank sparked a three hour clash led by Gov Ferguson of Texas with 15 women delegates fighting from the floor. Senator Walsh argued for expediency and Wilson’s stance. The plank was adopted after the minority report was defeated and the women’s presence energized delegates.
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