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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1933
Page
8
Georgia news week recalls multiple local obituaries and notes. William Thomas Johnston of Columbus dies Thursday. Dr W N Edenfield of Vienna dies at 67. Mrs F P Cooper named Tigpall postmistress. Terra county pageant in Dawson honors 200th Georgia colony founding.
Fort Valley hosts the North Half Third District annual athletic and literary meet with winners in sprint, field events, and hurdles led by Fort Valley athletes. In the literary division, Vienna and Fort Valley claim top honors including essays, declamation, and music. The Fort Valley one act play group won the district championship in Americas, with Richland taking second, and a Ft Valley Plains district final match set for Tuesday night.
Americus and Cordele high schools tied for first honors in the Third district elimination contest held in Americus Friday. Cordele took first in literary events and Cordele contestants were honored in track and athletic events. Each delegation earned 17 points overall. no tie result date announced.
GovernorTal madge attended a wrestling match with about 3000 cheering fans shouting We want beer. Earlier he said he would not call an extra session as nobody in Georgia wants beer.
Dewey Welch was convicted Thursday night of peereesty fore the fact in the $1,000 robbery of the Norman Banking company at Norman Park, Moultrie Ga. The judge sentenced him to five years imprisonment.
Roberta Blockover, 28, died after a several day illness. Funeral services were conducted at Mt Carmel Church by Rev Moncrief. Survived by his wife and parents. Burial was in the church cemetery.
The United States board of engineers for rivers and harbors will hold a hearing in Columbus on May 2 on a proposal to improve the Apalachicola and Chattahoochee rivers. J Ralston Cargill of the Chattahoochee Valley and Gulf Association announced the plan Monday.
Macon April 18 President Dice Anderson of Wesleyan college said Dr. R L Kelly of New York will deliver the literary address at commencement on May 29. He also announced Dr. John B Peters pastor of Drury Hills Methodist church Atlanta will preach the baccalaureate sermon on May 28.
In Bluff Springs Camp near Zebulon Georgia on April 15 editors from the Fourth District formed the Fourth Congressional District Press Association. Eriey Ben H Hardy of the Barnesville News Gaz et te was elected president Jack Majors of the Pike County Journal vice president and Wes Johnson named secretary and treasurer.
Atlanta reporters note heavy sentiment among legislators on legalizing 3.2 beer while Governor Talmadge gives no comment on proposals for an extra session. He had previously said a session would not be worthwhile unless a majority supported change in the law.
R M Hair begins rebuilding his Buena Vista store after a recent fire. The one story 60 by 66 foot front will have plate glass and a built up roof, designed by T F Lockwood of Columbus. Hair, a 30 year Buena Vista merchant, rebuilding will benefit the county and town.
Atlanta police report bandits robbed Lane Drug store at Peachtree and 17th streets Sunday morning, stealing between 300 and 400 dollars in cash and a large quantity of morphine and cocaine. The Sunday raid followed other bandit activity overnight earning about 400 dollars and a large narcotics haul, with the death of William Tratuwein noted.
Win ton Bonner, 16, a Georgia Military College senior, was fatally shot on the Oconee River Friday. He died at the hospital about 30 minutes after surgery. Police say Ison Fann, 18, accidentally discharged a .22 rifle while with other boys. Bonner was the son of Mr and Mrs R D Bonner who moved to Milledgeville from Haddock two years ago.
Atlanta April 14 Governor Tallandge announced the appointment of Paul Burson a real dirt farmer of Walton county as a member of the board of regents of the university system of Georgia. He succeeds Judge Thomas Green of Athens who resigned. The governor praised Burson as a capable man and longtime friend who has shown interest in the university and sent his children to college.
Montezuma Ga April 17 Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs M T Levie who died of double pneumonia at Montezuma hospital Friday night She was 64 widow of M E Levie a Macon county leader They were Alabama natives who moved to Montezuma 23 years ago Lifelong Presbyterians helped establish Sunshine church She mother of nine sons six served in World War They honored by US government and she visited France to see Lieut Walter Levie grave
Eighteen prisoners overpowered a guard at the state prison farm in Milledgeville Ga on April 13. Eight escaped in L K Stevens car after forcing him from his automobile and taking the road toward Mina con. Names include Ben Lanier J H Barnes Joe White and others from Chatham county and Hapeville among the escapees.
Winners of the Emory Institute of Citizenship and Georgia Press Institute editorial writing contest were announced. The three prizewinners include The Tifton Daily Gazette publishers Herrin Brothers for daily papers, Charlton County Herald editor T. W. Wrench for weeklies, and Robert Gaines of Atlanta a senior in Emory University journalism.
Polly Stewart, longtime Bibb Manufacturing employee in East Macon, bequeathed her modest home to the Bibb company in her will. She started work in the textile mill long ago, remained thrifty, was cared for in old age, and died at 74 after years of service.
Vienna Ga April 18 Ownership of the Vienna News was transferred Tuesday from Miss Emily Woodward to Claude M Methvin Jr of Hastman Miss Woodward retires as owner and editor after 17 years service Methvin is son of Claude M Methvin Sr who has owned and edited the Eastman Times Journal for 32 years The News has been operated since November last under a lease to Ed Bridges and Tom Mathews formerly of Americus Mathews will move to Tallahassee Fla where he has a newspaper connection Bridges will move to Americus to engage in business
Savannah April 18 heated clash over a beer and school legislation resolution said to be under Georgia Congress of P. T. A. consideration. An Augusta newspaper was accused of printing an article claiming support for an extra General Assembly to legalize beer in exchange for school improvements. The congress adopted resolutions condemning the article and asked for a correct version to be printed.
Emerson Georgia April 17 three engineers and five laborers die as northbound Flamingo of L and N derails in a mountain cut three miles south of Cartersville. Eight dead and several injured, including two men not seriously hurt and a dying patient at Atlanta hospital.
Bishop John M Moora announces the appointment of Rev Ed F Cook of Vineville Street Methodist church Macon to the Mulberry Street Methodist church pastorate in Macon The Rev Silas Johnson of Thomasville Methodist church was elected to succeed Cook at Vineville Cook will succeed the late Dr Carl Gregory who died April 6 from a self-inflicted bullet wound The Rev J S Cook of Waxahachie Texas will be transferred to Thomasville to fill the post vacated by Johnson
Four hundred fifty Georgia Tech students held a strike in Atlanta on April 18 to protest the consolidation of Tech and the University of Georgia schools of commerce. The board of regents aimed to cut state education costs, risking transfer of many Tech students to Athens. Students met publicly and signed pledges not to attend any other state-controlled school.
Irwinton Ga April 14 strong pressure mounts for Geo H Carswell of Irwinton to run for the state senate next year and to seek the presidency of that body He has served four terms in the house three in the senate and was president of the senate during the 1923 24 sessions He also held the posts of secretary of state from 1928 to 1931 Under the rotation system Wilkinson county would select the next senator and Carswell is expected to be a leading candidate
Greenville Ga April 15 The residence of Mrs Ralph Thornton three and a half miles north of Greenville was destroyed by fire Thursday. The house occupied by Mr and Mrs W A Thornton was empty of occupants and the origin is unknown. Several outhouses burned. The home was over a century old and well preserved. Meriwether County has seen burglaries targeting small country stores with losses estimated at least 500 dollars. Authorities suspect an organized band with African American workers and white masterminds.
Atlanta April 20 M D Collins State Superintendent of Schools in Savannah spoke at the Georgia Educational Association meeting. He argued some systems are 12 to 15 times richer than poorer counties, calling for state funds to supplement local taxes to achieve educational equality.
Atlanta April 14. Robert Coleman, who served four years in a Georgia chain gang for a crime he did not commit, was pardoned by Governor Eugene Talmadge after James Starks confessed to killing Coleman’s wife in Clayton County in 1929. The pardon followed a governor’s inquiry and the confession, with Coleman’s son awaiting his return. The case had hinged on circumstantial evidence. prosecutors acknowledged possible error but defended the original trial outcome.
Atlanta April 18 Robert C Lowe long a figure in newspaper and printing circles forms a connection with the S P Richards Paper Company. he returns to his original line after a brief venture elsewhere. Lowe known as Bob Lowe in trade has long been active in the Georgia Press Association and is widely connected among editors and publishers in the state. The S P Richards Paper Company, where he serves as a salesman, has supplied this territory for more than sixty years.
Fort McPherson Georgia April 19 Fifteen thousand unemployed are the new quota for eight southern camps in the civilian conservation corps area headquarters. Maj. Ed L. King says in addition to Fort McPherson Fort Brass Fort Oglethorpe Fort McLeI, Alabama posts and others will receive men. Fort Moultrie Fort Sorrel Fort Beauregard Fort Benning Ga included in expanded reconditioning camps for IV corps inductees.
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