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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1925
Page
3
Weekend visits fill the Reynolds Macon and Butler circuits with many calls across from Atlanta to Commerce. Local families like Whatley Hinton Hicks and Joiner host gatherings while students from the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech return for spring holidays. A glee club event at Montezuma drew a large crowd as seed corn ads and school debates pepper the page.
The Sixth Annual Georgia Federation of Music Clubs convened in Barnesville March 25 to 28 with about three hundred delegates including twelve from Reynolds. Prominent Georgia women attended and praised young musicians. W D Saunders won first in Trumpet and Frances Hodges second in Musicianship. Mrs E R Hines of Milledgeville spoke on Preparedness. social events and Barnesville hospitality featured heavily.
Miss Dorothy James presented by Miss Carrie Sue Blocker in a graduating recital on Wednesday evening March 25. The program showcased Chopin and modern works with notable bravura and a final G minor Mendelssohn concerto, enhanced by Virginia Thomas of the faculty on orchestral piano. An enthusiastic audience praised the musicianly interpretation and technical maturity demonstrated throughout.
The Hill Crest Cemetery Committee urges lot owners to clean plots and avoid burning trash near the north drive. Trees have burned twice due to careless disposal of fire. Some lots need cleaning badly, visit Hill Crest to confirm. Mr. R. A. Hinton donated 200 pounds of fertilizer for shrubs.
The second annual Mission Study Institute will be held in Macon at First Baptist Church from April 21 to 28 under the Rehoboth Association Georgia Lapital Women's Missionary Union. Delegates may attend without limit and should send names by April 15 to Mrs. D C Sutton. Faculty includes Mrs W J Neel Miss Lee Patrick Miss Julia Allen Miss Rhoad and others. books available after April 1 and by mail from Mrs Wyche.
Reports state President Coolidge transferred the patent office to the Commerce department by executive order. Secretary Hoover will demand removal of injustices toward American patentees and manufacturers at The Hague on October 8, and seek a full revision of U S patent laws if unmet. Hoover has expanded Commerce into a global force and seeks agency coordination.
The passage urges timely action and duty, warning that delayed response by an officer can cost long freedom, citing the historic delay that affected Holland. It frames a moral lesson on vigilance and responsibility with a defiant wartime tone.
Jacob Lippman aged 68 a longtime South peach trade figure died at Middle Georgia Sanatorium in Macon on Sunday He and his daughter Wiss Bessie a professional singer came south for health reasons and to attend the Peach Festival He had worked with J and G Lippman New York merchants and later with Jill Brothers He specialized in buying peaches and was well known across the region.
Macon Georgia March 30 J H Rigdon bookkeeper for the Fourth National Bank remains missing since Sunday night. The bank says it is up to the bonding company, noting he is about eight thousand dollars short. Reports place him from Macon to Statesboro then Savannah where he allegedly drew a draft to pay for steamship passage. His last sighting was in Macon on Peach Bros opening day.
We the undersigned leading merchants of Reynolds Georgia agree to close our places of business at 6:00 p m daily except Saturday from April 1 to September 1, 1925 to improve service to the trading public in Reynolds and Taylor County. Reynolds Mercantile Co Newsom Bros Griffiths Cash Store Hinton Hollis Hicks D Caslow R C Taylor D Coolie E A Goddard Lewis Tencent Co Ford Service Station C C Bryan
A French inventor creates a thermometer with raised figures resembling Braille and a pointer to indicate the mercury level, enabling reading by touch. The device aims to aid the blind in assessing temperatures remotely or in low light environments.
A very heavy man slipped on orange peel and fell in the road while performing without a license, leading to his arrest. The incident was reported by London Answers.
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