Taylor County Newspaper Notes and Local Tidbits
Community items from the Butler Georgia paper highlight civic sentiment, agricultural outlook in Tay lor county with watermelons peaches and cotton cited as principal crops for the year. Mention is made of Senator George joining the foreign relations committee and a local court incident in Cairo, plus quips on local figures and humorous anecdotes about wealth and social propriety.
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Taylor County
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ferris
Michigan
Wife sues two insurers over death after chicken bone
Bainbridge newspaper notes Aub Dean’s widow sues two accident insurers for collection after Mr Dean dies following an operation to remove a chicken bone stuck in his throat. The editor notes the case as an accident claim the insurers should pay.
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Aub Dean
Dean
Bainbridge Post-Searchlight
Praise for Local Mail Service and Couriers
A reader extols the county mail system as superior in the state praising the efficient trusted workers who run the delivery service and thanking the mail handlers for their diligent service.
Vision of the Greatest Army in the World
A patriotic reflection extols school children as the future army of the nation. It emphasizes that the U S youth outnumber many countries and surpass many armies, tying national destiny to the vigor and duty of these young citizens. It urges responsible leadership as the country moves toward a broader future.
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United States
America
Measure the Bunch You Fit with Your Life
The note advises choosing your company by standards and aims to avoid mediocrity. It counsels a solitary path over blending with those lacking intellect or refined ambition, stressing self selection by character.
Sinclair Conspiracy Trial Viewed as Farce and Mockery
The narrative critiques the Sinclair conspiracy case calling the trial a farce from start to finish. It questions why the judge did not reveal the full truth and notes the jury freed Sirvsir while he bears public guilt and a sense of injustice.
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Sinclair
Sirvsir
Madden Death Prompts First Negro Congress Member Since 1896
Washington dispatches report Congress will have a Negro member for the first time since 1896 after the sudden heart failure death Friday of Representative Martin Madden of Chicago's first district, the Black Belt. Storms in Florida and floods in Alabama and Georgia bring widespread damage and crop losses across the South, with cotton and corn washed out and farmers forced to restart planting. A Vienna News reprints a proverb on buying houses and wives, noting the danger of willful blindness to divine care. George Smith, a Taylor county fox hunter, and friend Homer Beeland view a captive fox and joke about its long tail, wondering if it is a fox or a wolf.
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Washington
Congress
Martin Madden
Chicago
Florida
Alaama
Georgia
Southland
Vienna
George Smith
Taylor County
Homer Beeland
George
High frequency radio tube cooks sausage and egg in glass tube
GE reports demonstrations of cooking food with high frequency radio currents. A sausage hung in a glass tube over a table steamed and cooked without flames. A fryless fried egg appeared hot to spectators. An apple impaled on the receiving aerial baked in a short time.
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General Electric Company
Flournoy Not Seeking Re election as Solicitor General
Friends of Hon. Walker R. Flournoy regret his decision to not run again for Solicitor General of the Chattahoochee circuit. The Herald notes Perryman of Columbus as a leading candidate and describes Flournoy as highly capable and influential in major criminal cases across the circuit.
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Chattahoochee
Walker R. Flournoy
Flournoy
Herald
Jones Perryman
Talbotton
Columbus
Perryman
Their Prohibition Record and Georgia View on the Issue
The article presents quotes attributed to Al Smith and Senator George on prohibition, with dates dating to 1922 and 1927. It notes Smith’s positions in Macon at a delegation selection for Houston and his stance against repealing the Eighteenth Amendment while supporting enforcement, and his calls to petition Congress regarding beer and wine.
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al Smith
George
Prohibition
Macon
Houston
New York Times
New York
Democratic Party
Guv. Smith
Congress
Prohibition debate sparks editorials across papers
Readers see sharp clashes over Prohibition and national politics as Georgia Weekly Review and Dalton Citizen fault national leadership and anti saloon groups. The exchange centers on enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment, religious groups, and the candidacy of Al Smith.
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Georgia Weekly Review
Anti-Saloon League
Dalton
Brother Shope
Georgia
al Smith
Arthur Brisbane
West Point News
Life's grand design amid reverses and harmony
The passage contemplates how life's reverses blend into a final grandeur. It speaks of a distant, harmonious balance arising from discord, suggesting disappointments are part of a larger fabric. Though unseen now, future clarity will reveal that struggle is part of life's majestic stream toward an appointed end.
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Earth
Ernest M North memorial noted in railroad circles
The Savannah Press obituary recalls Ernest Moreland North a lifelong railroad man and Atlantic Coast Line official. He died in Savannah at midnight after a short illness from pneumonia contracted on a Cuba trip representing ACL in Alabama. He served as division passenger agent and later assistant general passenger agent. His career spanned Augusta Savannah and Florida divisions with strong church ties and a wide circle of friends.
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Ernest Moreland North
Savannah
Cuba
Alabama Press Association
Savannaoh
Atlantic Coast Line
Alabama
North
Ernest North
Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad
Augusta
James S. Dayant
Memphis
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Wm. J. Craig
Wilmington
N. C
Old Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Estill
Leopold Adler
Joseph R. Grey
Georgia Central
John A. North
M. A. Stovall
Georgia
Florida
Presbyterian Church
Vienna Players Named to All American High School Team
The Lavonia Times notes Vienna basketball players earned two spots on the All American High School Team. It suggests Vienna could become the capital of Georgia, a notion the paper presents with a hint of editorial whim.
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Vienna
Emily Woodward
Mabel Woodward
Walter F. George
T. J. Cone
Georgia
Lavonia Times
Legend of the Cherokee Rose Love Tale
The Cherokee and Seminole tribes clash until a captured Seminole chief is spared torture as he lies ill. The Cherokee chief’s daughter tends him and falls in love, a fateful romance amid tribal enmity and looming vengeance.
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Ioo
Col Bugg On Jury The Fulton grand jury shows good men serving
The current Fulton county grand jury is led by B L Bugg chairman of the First Church Atlanta deacons and president of the Atlanta Birmingham and Coast Railway. The jurors are described as excellent citizens and active Christians reflecting a shift toward constructive crime handling.
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Fulton County
B. L. Bugg
First Church
Atlanta
Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railway
Drunken Drivers Meet Hard Line From Courts and Police
The Columbus Ledger notes a clear shift toward tough action against intoxicated motorists. Officials stress that gasoline and liquor do not mix and call for drastic measures against those who drive after drinking.
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Columbus Ledger
Silent Longing Across Divides
Poetic meditation on shared humanity amid social conflict, urging inner empathy. The speaker contrasts aloofness with a wish for collective quiet to feel connected, suggesting a universal kinship in the inmost soul beyond outward enmities.
Borrowing as Sacrifice of the Future on the Present Altar
A moral reflection argues that debt binds future generations by consuming resources today. It warns against short sighted spending and urges prudent financial planning to avoid long term consequences.
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Butler Herald
E. Benns
Taylor CO
Butler
R. C. Bell
State Court of Appeals
Cairo
McGuffin
T. J. Fountain
Smith
Ernest M. North
Savannah Press
Legend OF
Col. Bugg
Citizens State Bank
Butler, Ga
Brunswick, Ga and
Havana, Cuba
Southern Railway
C. B. Rhodes
Terminal
Southern Railway System
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