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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
4
The readable parts reference Confederate topics, cattle dipping vats damaged, Savannah booze rumor of 100000 dollars buried, a Macon News party tale about a truth game where young ladies wrote thoughts and pulled hair.
Hugh Dorsey faces a decision on whether to run on the Frank case straight or with local option as a sidekick to his one case record. The author questions the rationale and notes potential weakness in either path. Robert B. Blackburn, Atlanta lawyer and Fulton county representative, declares candidacy for Congress in the Fifth District opposing William Schley Howard.
Senator Hoke Smith welcomes the conference perfected army bill retaining his amendment for educational training in the regular army along vocational lines. He calls it a key feature that will improve enlisted personnel and assist in securing recruits, a view shared by army officers.
Conference reports on the army bill fix total peacetime strength at 631000 with 206000 active, 254000 expendable and 425000 in a federalized national guard. A Pembroke Enterprise note mocks the idea of convicts turning camps into camp meetings. Two local preachers are described in a Pryor meeting exchange.
An opinion piece argues against state printing of school books and broader government publishing. It questions the feasibility and wisdom of state printers supplying clothes, food, or other goods, labeling such plans paternalistic and impractical while endorsing free schools with local taxation.
A call to maximize public school buildings for yearround education and social advancement. The piece urges resident teachers, gardens, libraries, and an auditorium, proposing the schoolhouse as a civic center open 12 months to benefit both adults and children and boost economy and efficiency.
Congressman Crisp states strong support for prohibition. He cites Webb law, Hobson resolution, and a pending bill to bar federal liquor licenses where state prohibition exists, expressing firm stance in favor of nationwide prohibition.
The original Foley’s Honey and Compound syrup remains a trusted remedy praised for coughs and colds. Marketed as universally satisfying, the product is presented as the genuine solution with substitutes offered alongside it.
General Scott reports optimism over the border crisis and a potential protocol with Obregon. Both the state department and Carranza seek a diplomatic path after El Paso talks, while Funston’s forces are poised to deter raids and prevent a broader flare up.
A Kentucky letter tells how Bettie Bullock suffered four years from womanly troubles and could not walk. After taking Cardui, she regained strength and can walk two miles. The ad urges others to consult their druggist and write to Chattanooga Medicine Co. for guidance and a 63 page home treatment book.
A resolution urging the president to extend mediation efforts in Europe and preserve neutrality was introduced in the Senate by Senator Gore of Oklahoma. Reported as forerunner of new peace moves by Bryan Democrats, it passed to future consideration without debate and pledges even handed neutrality amid ongoing war.
The Glass rural credits bill for a federal farm loan board and a system of twelve local banks passed the House 295 to 10. A similar Senate measure awaits conference. Land banks would lend to farmers at not more than 6 percent through local associations on long mortgages, funding farm loan bonds.
In Waco Texas a mob of about 15 000 witnessed the execution by fire of Jesse Washington a Black youth who confessed to murdering Mrs Imey Fryar seven miles south of Waco. The mob seized him from the Fifth district court after the guilty verdict and death sentence were pronounced.
Mrs John Hodges of Bristol Tennessee became mother of ten children in thirteen years by age 29 after giving birth to twins a boy and a girl. She married at 15, and despite modest means her husband a machinist provides basic comforts for the family.
Keeper Manley of the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens was locked in a cage with an ostrich for two hours after the bird swallowed his keys. In Georgia, the will of Miss Julia Catchings, murdered on her porch in Quitman County, is filed for probate in Georgetown and bequeaths property to the Methodist church and the Home for the Friendless in Atlanta.
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