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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1926
Page
6
The Bull's Eye explains it prints only when there is news. It claims there is no fixed printing time and that issues go to press when a story is worth a reader’s time. It condemns regular schedules and promises to deliver valuable content to myriads of readers.
Americus May 9 James M Heath of New York and Atlanta and his bride formerly Evelyn Farris Bennett, a Ziegfeld Follies member, are spending part of their honeymoon in Americus as guests of Mr and Mrs H Burke. They wed Thursday in Chattanooga and will travel to Florida for a several week visit. Heath is the fifth husband of the former Farris Bennett.
The feature catalogs the Havana visit of Georgia editors with thanks to Antonio D. Torra and others, praising hospitality and the Panama Pacific Line. It then extols Lowndes County and Valdosta, noting 18 soil types, 308000 acres, strong education via the State Woman's College, Wilson Memorial College, and Wilson College memorial prospects, plus substantial industry, banking, and transportation assets.
A Columbia Enquirer Sun study reprints data on Georgia public school spending in 1924 showing per child white and colored expenditures, building values, equipment costs, and high school counts. It notes a statewide disparity, cites a single accredited Negro high school versus 229 white high schools, and highlights state funds diverted from Negro education. The piece, by R. By Wheater of Atlanta, appeared in The Pilgrim.
Thomaston selects land about a half mile north of town near East Thomaston for a new three million dollar vortex mill. Hightower Interests will buy 400 acres from Mrs. G. A. Weaver Sr for forty thousand dollars. The mill will sit between State Highway No. 8 and the Peerless Cotton Mill.
A patrol led by Lotia H. Crawford U S district marshal Jack Spence federal deputy marshal T C Moore chief A G Reese of Columbus police found 150 gallons of charred in the keg liquor in woods near Preston’s face off Buena Vista road about 25 miles from Columbus and near the site of a monster still cut previously this week. Fifty gallons were in four kegs plus ten more in another location and 24 kegs of two gallons each were also located in one spot.
One hundred prominent southern business men will gather in New Orleans early next month to devise a plan for aiding cotton belt farmers. Nathan Adams of the American Exchange National Bank in Dallas said every cotton belt city will be represented to improve business conditions and help farmers.
The May 1926 Taylor County board met with full attendance to address a vacancy on the Board of Tax Equalizers, consider canceling an erroneous burial expense warrant, approve numerous per diem and salary disbursements, and authorize camp supplies, road and bridge work, and tax refunds. Entities include J L Ruatin Goliad, Johns Roberson, Miranda Mangels, and Farmers & Merchants Bank.
The movement urges Southern cities to unite business, financial and industrial interests to craft a comprehensive plan for country prosperity and more alluring farm life. It cites that a hundred alert business leaders, well organized, can accomplish nearly any goal and supports forming a southern city commission to devise a farm solution.
Vague ad for a kidney and bladder remedy claiming cures for various ailments. Mentions rye Atlegint by mail priced at $1.25 with testimonials and a St Louis address. Includes garbled text and unclear endorsements.
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