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Potlil ker Debate Ends With Potlicker Victory
Col Green wins the 1914 Dallas Press Club debate on Potlicker versus Buttermilk before the Oriental Hotel. Judges split, with W. T. Henderson delivering the majority decision in favor of potlicker and Col Lowry planning an appeal. dissenting judge L. T. Henderson backs buttermilk. The exchange frames potlicker as a hybrid food while critiquing both sides.
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J. H. Lowry
Honey Grove
Col
L. M. Green
Tyler Courier Times
Dallas Press Club
Oriental Hotel
Col. Green
Col. Lowry
Texas Press Association
Earth
Paing
Port Arthur
Pickett
Gettysburg
Dallas News
Green
Washington, Jefferson
Clay
Alhorn
Sam Houston
Moberts
Dave Culberson
Jim Ogg
Lowry
Oratory
Heaven
Bryan
East
Texas
Land of
Nod
Cain
Henry Exall
Ben B. Cain
Henderson
Kentucky
Exall
Colonel Green
Breathitt County
Potlicker
Tyler
Texas State Press Association
W. T. Henderson
Friedmann
Cook
Ture
Cocaining
W.T. Henderson