Butts County Georgia Fair to Feature Notable Speakers
A historic county fair week will host prominent figures including Hon. Hoke Smith Governor Hugh M. Dorsey and Congressman J. Wise with speeches to soldiers on Friday and a barbecue. The Boll Weevil Conference and Hog and Hominy rally on Thursday focus on crop diversification peachraising and best farming methods. Opening Day will showcase large exhibitor participation and extensive advertising promotions with the World Exposition Shows on site all week.
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Jackson
Hoke Smith
Sena
Georgia
Hugh M.rsey
J. W. Wise
Congress
C. Barrett
Ers’ Union
J. J. Brown
Joner
Agriculture
Honills
Farmers’ Union
J. G
Colege
Agrie
F. S. Etheridge
Smith
Dorsey
Wise
Butts County
Buttsounty
Butts
Middle Georgia
The
Fair Association
Carmichael Recovers After Atlanta Appendectomy
Friends report Mr. J. R. Carmichael is recovering well after an appendectomy performed in Atlanta on Friday of the past week.
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J. R. Carmichael
Atlanta
Freight Wreck Ties Up Traffic Near Berner
A southbound freight derailed near Berner causing four cars to leave the tracks and halt Southern Railway schedules for part of Sunday and Monday. Two coal cars and a salt car were in the wreckage. no injuries were reported. A hot box caused the wheel lock and derailment near a creek.
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Southern Railway
Berner
Remedy for the High Cost Living
Washington reports the Council of National Defense finds wartime waste and profiteering, urging increased production, tighter anti hoarding measures, strict enforcement of laws, better distribution, and full cooperation among producers, distributors, and consumers to raise living standards. The plan stresses unity and time needed to ramp up output.
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Council’ OF Defense
Washington
Council of National Defense
Council
America
Palmer: Prohibition Enforcement Costs $10,000 Daily
Attorney General Palmer told Congress that enforcing national prohibition will cost the government ten thousand dollars a day. He warned the law risks becoming a farce without increased appropriations and ammunition for enforcement.
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Palmer
Congress
Butts County Fair Invitation Promises Entertainment and Resources
An energetic call invites all to the Butts County Fair for friends, learning to beat boll weevil, entertainment, and a showcase of county resources. It promises speakers from the South, patriotic tributes to soldiers, and social opportunities with lively boosters.
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Butts County
Vets Reunion Draws Huge Turnout in Atlanta
Many attendees from Butts county joined the Confederate veterans at the Atlanta reunion. Camp Barnett and the Larkin Watson Daughters of the Confederacy were well represented. An estimated 75,000 to 100,000 visitors from southern states attended as the event included social functions and talks on pensions for Confederate soldiers.
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Butts County
Atlanta
Camp Barnett
Larkin Watson Chapter
Daughters of the Confederacy
Sons of Veterans
Southern Memorial Association
Hugh M. Dorsey
Peachtree Creek
Communion Meditation and Evening Sermon at Presbyterian Church
A Sunday service schedule lists an 11 a.m. communion meditation with the line quoted, and a 7:30 p.m. sermon themed on love fulfilling the law at the Presbyterian Church.
Hen trust quip elicited as pun in casual exchange
A playful back and forth features a pun about a hen trust and laying eggs, highlighting light humor in a casual chat. The exchange centers on a witty line about eggs and trust in poultry.
Farm at Worthville Sold For 95 Per Acre
Mr. G. P. Saunders bought 100 acres at Worthville from Am prose Hendrick of New Orleans. The price reported was 95 dollars per acre. Saunders already owns additional farm properties near Worthville and elsewhere in the county.
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G. P. Saunders
Worthville
Amprose Hendrick
New Orleans
Mr.Saunders
Census officials stress privacy of 1920 enumeration data
Washington reports Director Sam L. Rogers warns census figures must not affect property taxation. He urges public understanding that census data are confidential under law and will be released only with proper authorization. Enumerators begin January 2, 1920, with urban populations tallied in about two weeks and rural data by month’s end.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Sam L. Rogers
Act of Congress
Mrs Laura E Haley Dies in Clearwater at 77
Mrs Laura Elder Haley 77 died Oct 2 at her Clearwater Florida home after weeks of illness from complications. A native of Indian Springs Georgia she moved to Florida 25 years ago and was a member of the Episcopal church at Clearwater. Survived by husband T H Haley three sons Lewellyn Edward Gus and a daughter Mrs
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Laura Elder Haley
Clearwater
Fla
Laura Elder
Haley
Indian Springs
Butts County
Florida
Episcopal Church
United States Court Opens October Term in Macon
The United States district court for the Macon division opened its October term with 123 cases on the calendar. About 100 involve liquor law violations, mainly illicit distilling, and the grand jury met the first part of the term. Moonshine cases set a new record. Several Middle Georgia counties, including Butts County, are represented among defendants.
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United States District Court
Macon
Georgia
Butts County
Poison for weevil believed found
Washington reports a new poison to kill the boll weevil calcium arsenate is now being tested by the bureau of entomology of the agriculture department. It must be applied to cotton while morning dew remains on foliage so weevils drink the toxin. The planters are showing interest as trials reduce infection and additional stations will be opened across the belt. The boll weevil, native to Mexico, reached the United States in 1862 near Brownsville Texas and has since spread through the cotton belt.
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Washington
Bureau of Etomology
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi Delta
Cotton
South Carolina
Sea Island
America
Mexico
United States
Brownsville
Texas
Rites Held for Laura McIntosh in Elder Cemetery
Laura McIntosh of Clearwater Florida died leaving a brother W A Elder of Indian Springs and many nieces and nephews. The body was brought to Indian Springs and laid to rest in the Elder cemetery with Dr Robert VanDeventer of Jackson officiating. The article notes a regional call to drain swamp and lowlands in Butts county to reclaim land for corn production.
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Laura McIntosh
Clearwater
Fla
W. A. Elder
Indian Springs
Robert VanDeventer
Jackson
Butts County
Cotton Crop in Georgia Plunges to Historic Lows in 1903
The October 1 crop condition shows 63 percent in Butts County and 49 percent statewide, suggesting a yield of 1,547,000 bales. The weevil and extreme weather driven losses threaten the smallest cotton production since 1896 or 1903, with over 150,000 bales lost and costs around thirty million dollars.
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Butts County
Kimbell Association Quotas Announced
At a Jackson meeting on September 30 the Kimbell Association and its Baptist campaign quotas were set totaling 75 000.00 with J H Carmichael as chairman and W C Ham as publicity director. Quotas include sums for Osgrug County Lin’s and multiple local churches and communities. Now is a good time to prepare fair exhibits.
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Kimbell Association
Jackson
Kimbell Associatid
J. H. Carmichael
Cairman
W. C. Ham
Osgrug Wen Gneurcoae
County
Indian Springs
Jenkinsburg
Larous
Osaha
Macedonia
Moore’s Chapel
Vernon Jon Veesdene
New Fellowship
Goliheid LaLaai
Parpertoy
Rocky Creek
Sharon
Lee
Worthville
Butts County
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Presbyterian Church
of the Law
Laura E. Haley
Clearwater, Fla
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U. S. Department OF Agriculture
Co-operative Crop Reporting Service
Union of State Department Agriculture
U. S. Bureau of Crop Estimates
Leon
M. Estabrook
Jackson Church
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