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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1913
Page
2
The Butler Herald compiles a chaotic mix of social quips and oddities. It notes a tax debate, eight hour police shifts, and a claim about 125,000 idiots in the nation. Other items warn of aging serum hopes, city longevity, and fashion trends while jesting about onions, pistols, and cosmetics.
Secretary McAdoo announces government deposits in national banks will bear 2 percent interest annually starting June 1, with an immediate $10 million increase to total $52,649,964. The move aims to boost money in circulation as banks accept 70 percent government bonds and 30 percent top-tier state and local bonds as security at 75 percent of market value.
Flood water from a crevasse near Gibson's Landing covers Harrisburg a town of 500. The gap is 2,500 feet wide per Capt. C O Sherrill US engineer. Government tugs barges and the New Orleans and Northwestern railroad move hundreds of refugees to Natchez. Tugs Harengo and Tunica carried 750 people and 1,500 head of stock. Water encroaches on riverfront plantations but not yet seen from Vidalia or Natchez bluffs. An open stretch behind Vidalia upgrade shows the advancing water.
The three day Cotton convention in Dallas closed predicting 15 cent cotton by September 1. Southern States Cotton Corp aims to hold back supply and push movement to sustain the 15 cent level. About 500 attendees, mainly from Texas and Oklahoma. In Oakland a circus elephant dragged G J Gardiner through a tent, breaking his wrist and fracturing ribs.
reports from Mazatlan flag unrest among Americans in San Dimas as Hureta forces are said unable to shield property. In Piedras Negras foreign merchants fear a 5 million peso interior debt authorized by Governor Carranza. London dispatch notes possible demonstrations as British peace delegation nears the United States amid Irish and labor groups urging American opposition. Suffragette leaders urge American women to denounce ties with Britain until votes for women are granted.
Paris reports Ernest F. Guillaux, a French airman, flew from Biarritz to Kollum in Holland, nearly a thousand miles, earning a $10,000 prize and the Pommery distance cup. The Pommery cup, valued at $1,500, is awarded for the longest daytime distance flown in a single day, with six-monthly competition windows from sunrise to sunset.
Governor Johnson Secretary Bryan and California lawmakers held a confidential session to discuss a bill barring aliens ineligible to citizenship from land ownership. Bryan urged caution while Johnson defended California's right to act similarly to other states, arguing the measure would not offend the Japanese government and that such concerns would have arisen if national action differed.
Representative Sisson of Mississippi demanded war over an anti alien land bill in California. He proclaimed non resident aliens should not hold any land in the United States and challenged what Washington and other presidents would say to choose war over submission. He condemned Japan’s pressure and pledged solidarity with California in the land act.
President Wilson told callers the dispute with Great Britain over exempting American coastwise shipping from tolls through the Panama canal is debatable. He gave no hint of his prior view, but Democratic senators said he appeared to oppose the exemption and favor the Root amendment to repeal it, while he emphasized keeping an open mind.
Sixty meat-eating ministers were urged to eat meat and peas beans and eggs and try to touch fingers to the floor without bending the knees progress noted by a lecturer who aimed to teach Pittsburg preachers how to get well and stay well ministers should eat two apples daily and plenty of cabbage
Fragments of a bomb hurled by a native follower of the Annamite throne pretender exploded among a crowd of French officers, officials, and foreign residents on a Hanoi cafe terrace. Capt. Marie Jean Leon Mongrand of the Ninth Colonial Infantry and Capt. Chajuié of the Annamite Rifles were killed. Police found multiple bombs and suspect Kwong-Te faction planned a broader revolution plot.
In Portland, a federal judge ordered Southern Pacific to return property valued at up to 60 million dollars. The Oregon California land grant case, involving over two million acres, advances to higher courts after a 1908 suit. A. W. Lafferty filed numerous private actions, and the court refused Union Trust Company’s innocent purchaser claim.
Atlanta reports a thousand spectators watched Clan O Hara bury seven dead women in West View cemetery in a ritual described as the most impressive in the city. The clan, about 400 strong, travels as gypsies and asserts wealth and independence.
In Logansport Indiana Nellie Paugh age 36 cast her sons Donald 12 and Delbert 6 from a bridge into Deer creek then jumped herself Delbert drowned and Nel lies mother drowned while Donald 12 swam to shore telling his brothers they were unloved before the tragedy on the bridge.
Walnut, Ark. authorities recount Uncle Ton Ellison’s lineage after a new birth in a granddaughter, noting he is 98, has been married three times, and is listed as father of 50, grandfather of 125, great grandfather of 60, and great great grandfather of 27 through descendants in the family table.
Surgeons plan facial surgery for Los Angeles dynamiter McManigal, who pledges to alter his appearance after jail release to avoid recognition for sending the McNamara brothers and many labor officials to prison. Detectives say the release date will be kept secret to aid him.
Secretary Garrison argues against a dispersed army and proposes assembling at least one division yearly as a war training school. He favors periodic concentration of forces to allow practical instruction, while weighing whether to concentrate on a few large posts or maintain regional postings. He plans to study the issue further.
Northern rebels press advances across Mexico overpowering towns along the National railway in San Luis Potosí and near Matchuala while government debts hinder financing. Colonel Fowler flies a hydro-aeroplane across the Isthmus from Panama to Colon despite strong winds and clouds. Natchez floodwaters threaten lower Tensas and Concordia parishes as Lake St. John breaches levees. In California, deputy game warden Cady and aide Millican are wounded by arrested Indians near Tule Jake. one defendant killed.
Secretary of State Phil Cook appeals to national and state press to expose recurring land grant swindles in Georgia. He cites records in Laurens and Montgomery counties and calls for new legislation since 1795. The piece also notes the deteriorating Governor’s Mansion and proposed replacement for better terms, plus the Continental Trust Company’s new, low-cost setup and Georgia bank growth figures.
Georgia figures in a claim to the world’s largest oak as expert from the Smithsonian may verify measurements this spring. A Toombs County live oak on S. P. Smith’s farm reportedly near 25 feet in circumference with shade covering over a quarter acre, possibly rivaling the famed California oak. Georgia’s Stone Mountain remains noted for the largest single granite boulder.
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