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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1932
Page
6
Bascom Anthony argues against panic over germs and the modern vitamin craze. He mocks hyperbole about microbes, questions milk and whole wheat bread marketing, and cites age old diets. He promotes natural eating from diverse foods and common sense over medical fads.
Georgia leaders including Mayor Jas L Key and J F Pittman announced a campaign against ratifying an intangible franchise tax amendment. The group contends the measure shifts tax burden to farms and homes, exempts non resident and corporate intangibles, and would cripple local governments and schools. They call for equitable tax reform without broad exemptions.
A Progressive Farmer editorial argues no tax money should fund unwanted education. It denounces compulsory schooling for disinterested high school and college students, calls for parents to private schooling for social aims, and insists education must come from within rather than be imposed from outside. It contends half of higher education spending is wasted and urges reallocation toward truly educational funding.
The writer laments a long drought of grain harvest in the county, blaming the people for not sowing enough acreage. The soil here favors wheat and oats, and with proper cultivation a good harvest is always possible.
The Georgia Press association praises Tift county’s year round, diversified farming plan led by the Georgia Coastal Plains Experiment Station. Cotton tobacco peanuts and watermelons anchor a yearly sequence with monthly crops and steady markets. Local merchants cooperatives and facilities support marketing of crops and dairy, with a climate and soil supporting year round production.
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