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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1924
Page
5
A weekly paper reflects on local life with jokes about baseball moth balls and Cupid while championing cotton over pests and stating Uncle William Jennings will lead the Democratic National Convention. It teases Ford’s Muscle Shoals fate and praises editor Hodges’s improved Home Journal.
A satirical note imagines temperance supporters and bootleggers clashing over enforcement, asking if graft could be cut, bureaus abolished, investigations halted, income tax lifted, and WWI bonuses granted, reflecting a consumptive political mood.
An editorial calls for wider adult support to Sunday school activities as picnics highlight the lasting benefits of church youth programs and suggest more grown people join to strengthen the organization.
The Dawson News reports a high statewide demand for convict labor on road projects as Georgia penitentiary numbers drop by several hundred from last year, suggesting potential shifts in public order and punishment policy.
The speaker condemns a local critic who praises progress elsewhere but avoids contributing to his own community. Such individuals soon reveal their lack of influence as opportunities to shape the burg vanish.
The Florida paper notes Oscar W Underwood and McAdoo as presidential candidates with Underwood described as a farmer statesman and McAdoo as a politician. It adds a local Taylor County anecdote about superstition around the number thirteen and an 80 year old farmer widow who has endured thirteen marriages and had 138 children, all living.
The Butler Herald notes Georgia editors will likely travel to the coast in July for their annual bath, wishing Charlie Rountree Jim Davidson Rush Burton and Uncle John Shannon well. The De Kalb New Era agrees veterans deserve the luxury, while the Monticello News urges a committee to ensure Charlie Benns of the Butler Herald receives his share, provided committee women are invited.
The DeKalb New Era argues Florida newspapers emphasize development news as essential to growth and wealth, noting outsiders drive Florida wealth and urging other papers to follow suit for public profit through business and development coverage.
Re election of J E Conwell as president of the Georgia Cotton Growers Co operative Association ensures ongoing stable leadership with a steady board that has guided the organization since its founding. The vast co operative requires trust in its officials, and current leaders are described as capable and trustworthy. The article notes the body has already achieved much for farmers through orderly cotton marketing.
The Lumpkin Independent reports Stewart County farmers will wage a determined campaign against the boll weevil. They order blackstrap molasses to mix with Calcium Arsenate for an early poison spray, using hot water to dissolve poison and applying at first signs of weevils, continuing until cotton squares before switching to dust.
The article outlines purging voter registration lists after May 5 to remove illegal entries, stressing lawful oath compliance and proper signature methods. It notes that invalidly added names will be struck, discusses the need for notification to affected voters, and comments on political forecasts and Georgia figures.
The writer notes record enrollments across Georgia high schools colleges and universities and urges legislators to expand access. He argues against popular election of judges and school superintendents and promotes growing state investment in learning beyond the Alps into Italy as a metaphor for ambition. He also commends Hal Stanley and Charlie Rountree for elevating The Georgia Publisher magazine.
Editor Ernest Camp of the Walton Tribune mocks Weary Willie Upshaw as a possible Democratic vice president candidate. While Upshaw is praised academically, the piece notes broad belief he will not secure the nomination, which will likely go to an East or Middle West favorite son per Macon Telegraph.
Editor Benns of the Butler Herald describes remarkable wind actions from the Wednesday storm. Cedar roots lifted 30 feet, a 20-foot sill from the Duke dwelling hurled six to eight feet underground, and large timbers and apple trees were blasted miles from their origins. He muses on nature’s power and the seed’s growth as a reminder of universal laws.
An old advertisement touts A Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel rheumatism and irregularities. It claims cure with a small bottle and offers testimonials by mail for $1.25. Dr. E W Hall 2926 Olive St St Louis MO promotes sales through druggists.
The speaker notes there is no real sincerity in wishing a happy new year when the social event is actually a serious craps game. Uncle Eben voices the idea that festive introductions ring hollow in such a gambling setting.
In Indianapolis the national council of the Reserve Officers Association urged expanding the regular army to 15 000 officers and 150 000 men for year round civilian component instruction. They asked Congress for 4 million dollars to establish and maintain unit training and endorsed War department plans for reserve unit training and selective service readiness.
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