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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1930
Page
4
A 1920s analysis by Thomas Sullivan argues women control most consumer demand. It asserts that women’s buying power amounts to billions yearly, fuels business cycles, and shapes property values, civic progress, and local prosperity as they modernize housekeeping and elevate living standards.
Workmen prospecting for bauxite on the J Kleckley estate in Macone county report finding a hog carcass in a hole dug ten to twelve years ago. The animal allegedly fell in at the time and has since remained perfectly petrified, in every part of the carcass.
G A Hale of the Georgia Experiment Station summarizes thinning and spacing practices for cotton. He notes unthinned or lightly thinned cotton can match or exceed yields with less labor in some seasons, while thick stands benefit from targeted thinning by hoe-width, recommending at least two plants per hill and closer spacing to maximize yield.
Columbus Georgia man Geo G Jordan 88 a Columbus business leader died at his home after several weeks illness following a heart trouble that followed an pneumonia attack.
A fragmentary account from a 19th century source reports an ancient copper plate found in Amiternum now Aquila containing a Hebrew inscription claiming to be the death warrant of Jesus Christ. The text narrates Pilate condemning Jesus to die, with witnesses named, and notes a sermon at Vineville Methodist church linking Christ’s unique sacrifice to redemption.
In Macon Georgia on May 14 the Grand Commandery of Georgia Knights Templar opened its annual conclave at the Cotton Avenue lodge hall with a regalia service in Christchurch and a luncheon. Representatives from across Georgia are expected, with about sixty knights and many wives attending a reception at the Hotel Dempsey. The last session is set for 9 30 Thursday morning followed by an automobile tour of Macon points of interest.
Central of Georgia President Amy Clift reports freight claims paid in 1929 averaged 71 cents per car for 52 million cars handled. She notes improved rail service with less loss and damage, saying 1921 to 1929 saw car handling rise while claims fell from 96 million to 87 million dollars. The Central line improved 85 percent in freight traffic with 69 percent fewer claims.
The quotation urges acquiescence in the present, remembrance of the past with gratitude, and meeting the future cheerfully and without fear. It praises time as measuring the impact of human thought and action and analogizes a difficult life to a St Bernard watchdog in the Grim Alps.
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