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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1925
Page
4
The piece notes Georgia residents balancing costs with optimism and reform, mentions ongoing Macon and Columbus fairs, and urges attention to heating and coal ahead of winter. It quotes Henry Parks Wright on the link between school quality and teachers while highlighting fiscal relief debates in Congress.
The Southeastern Fair attracted many Taylor County farmers and business men who praised the fine exhibits and the overall success of the event.
A regional notice encourages investors to buy farm land in Georgia, predicting land values will rise as growth draws people toward Florida. It urges settlement and productive work to meet increasing food demand from Florida migrants.
A warm welcome to visitors features a friendly handshake and a cheerful smile. The message promotes Taylor County lands offered at surprisingly low prices while warning against overpricing that might deter buyers.
A critic notes that passing resolutions against social ills can aid progress but will not by itself fix problems. Real change requires sustained effort, decisive action, and practical force behind the initial declarations.
Beauty parlors report booming demand from customers seeking permanent waves and hair restoration ideas. If a feasible method to add hair to bald heads existed, luxury car manufacturers like Packard and Cadillac would likely need extra shifts to meet this new demand for stylish looks and modern upgrades.
The town of Thomaston will vote on November 17 on bonds totaling 45000 dollars to pave the courthouse square and intersecting streets within one block. The notice congratulates the neighbor in advance of the election and endorses the progressive movement in that city.
The Thomaston Times reports the Eighth Annual hunt of the Georgia Fox Hunters Association will be held October 26 to October List in 1925, nine miles south of Yatesville in Upson County near the Butler Thomaston Highway, at the same site as last year.
In Macon Yeemans told W C T U women that pursuing violators of prohibition laws should be color blind. He argued equal punishment for white men and Negroes would mark progress, offering food for thought in that issue in Commerce News.
The Hartwell Sun extols the Florida boom with strong optimism, declaring it the largest development ever for the South especially Florida and Georgia. It praises the national attention and influx of people, urging more support for Florida while noting Georgia already feels the positive effects.
Nathan Mayo, Florida commissioner of agriculture, has deployed over 100 inspectors to packing houses statewide to enforce a 1925 green fruit law. The program aims to ensure every orange and grapefruit shipped from Florida is ripe, juicy and sweet, addressing long standing complaints that Florida had been a dumping ground for underweined fruit unfit for consumption.
The Oglethorpe Echo of Lexington marks its 50th anniversary with Editor W A Shackelford noting dramatic changes since its start. He observes social and economic revolutions, inventions, and evolving customs as evidence of a long, transformative era.
The Oglethorpe Echo says the press favors bright sides and notes a local inspector found money was lost on tobacco growing in South Georgia. It argues newspaper reports may mislead readers into thinking the crop made everyone rich.
Florida buyers Gee P Morgan and associates of Homestead purchase 1600 acres in Pulaski County at 40 dollars per acre. C E Thompson of Tampa buys 505 acres in the same county. A Daytona realtor buys a large tract in South Georgia. The Butler Herald and Columbus Enquirer Sun urge owners to hold for fair prices as Southern Georgia’s boom grows. Georgia’s climate soil health and resources are praised as opportunities in farming and livestock. Watch Georgia grow.
Round trip tickets at one and one half fare daily October 24 to 30, 1925 with final limit November 2 1925. Enjoy the October Savannah State Fair program with county exhibits live stock poultry show horse races and fireworks. Ask local ticket agent for details. Central of Georgia by the Right Way.
J. L. Pepper of Miami, in a letter reprinted from the Atlanta Constitution, commends Florida’s housing health and sanitation efforts amid a real estate boom. He notes Florida’s climate aids health, predicts Georgia gains from population shifts, and lauds Atlanta and Miami publicity campaigns as pivotal to southern growth.
Resolution passed by the Georgia Press Association at their meeting in Atlanta. The Valdosta Chamber of Commerce urged all Georgia chambers to support quotas for building Woodrow Wilson College. Colonel Edward M Howse will visit Georgia to discuss steps. The association joins Valdosta citizens urging action by Georgia chambers.
Rev Whitley Langston pastor of McRae travels to Atlanta for medical care and reports improved health. Rev John H Allen of Sandersville cites a strong day as Bishop Candler preaches twice. Annie Pierce Harley, youngest daughter of Bishop George F Pierce, dies in Sparta after leaving a gift to the Weslayan fund from the class of 1867.
A retrospective on the auto industry contrasts past and present. It notes rapid growth from scattered ownership to about 17 million autos, 3 million families relying on cars, and widespread infrastructure. It cites vast iron, steel, glass, rubber, gasoline, and oil use, plus the shift to closed cars and evolving roadways.
Messrs Kingman Everett, of Macon, hosts a house warming celebrating the remodeled Union depot store of their wholesale grocery firm Kingman & Everett. About two thousand guests enjoyed barbecue, band music, and samples of cereals, spices, coffee, tea, flour, syrup, and more. The event marks the firm’s growth and its move to larger, better quarters in Macon.
The Adel News reports Mercer University law school has been placed in the highest class, equal to Yale and Harvard. Only Emory holds the same rank in the state, marking a high rating for Mercer and prompting congratulations.
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