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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1919
Page
1
A fragmented program lists C Heins with 19 Captivation Waltz and 1 Duet Grace by Lucy Cox and Etta Ward Edwards. Also noted are Oration by Robert Davant and Dance of the Drums by Eve Stewart, with C Bohm and E Schutt linked to others.
Summer excursion fare tickets will be sold from all coupon stations of the Roads. For additional information apply to any Consolidated City Ticket Office or Railroad Ticket Agent. Contact Passenger Service Agent or Bureau of Information. Travel Information Bureau, 602 Healey Building, Atlanta, Georgia. United States Railroad Administration Central at Georgia Wrightsville.
Georgia county commissioners and highway boosters prepare for the County Commissioners Association of Georgia convention in Atlanta May 29 30 with a fifty mile auto tour of Fulton County roads ending at Lakewood for a Georgia barbecue. The Georgia Highways Association will also meet, with Leland Henderson delivering a keynote on permanent highways. Oscar Mills and Fred Houser anticipate record attendance.
Macon Ga May 18 The first carload of Mayflower peaches moved from Butler to New York marking the opening of what is hoped to be the most prosperous Georgia peach season. Prices are expected to remain strong throughout the season. The shipment was by Butler Fruit and Realty Co and C H Neisler of Butler.
Atlanta Georgia state schools chief M L Brittain urges a $3,000,000 bond issue for educational work in his annual report to the coming legislature. He notes $50,000 yearly loss from discount and interest charges and pushes free text books and other reforms.
New York receives the season’s first crate of Mayflowers from Georgia, shipped from Butler by H. J. Peagler and C. H. Neisler and sold for eight dollars. Fort Valley and other Georgia towns report delays and pride as they contest regional claims to lead the peach belt.
The excerpt describes the peach tree as a beloved, nearly childlike garden treasure. It details its care from pruning to dew, its blossoms fragrance, and its journey from Eden to Persia to the South, culminating in the Georgia peach as a fusion of heat and cold, sun and rain.
Americus May 18 The only new developement is a telegram from J G Lackey father of the two men sought asking when they would leave Americus for California. Colonel Rader says former Lieut Lackey left the field Wednesday and has not been heard from since. More than a hundred telegrams went out without success and fears grow they may disguise in civilian clothes to avoid detection. James E McAnally, the enlisted man who confessed to the desecration, begins a three month sentence in the military prison.
May eighteenth marked a memorable day for American Methodism as the drive targets 35 million with indications of reaching fifty million. South Georgia leads Southern Methodism with over 1.5 million in pledges toward a projected three million before May 25. Columbus District reports strong progress with Butler Circuit and Reynolds Charge already over quota, and Mank Circuit expected to follow. The drive emphasizes spiritual impact as paramount, not money.
The May meeting of the Parent-Teacher Club at Central School drew strong attendance. Members heard a program including roll call and a talk on cooperation in the community presented by Mrs. F. Neisler and Albert Jarrell.
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