Methodist Revival Set to Open Next Wednesday Evening
Revive services at the local Methodist church begin Wednesday evening April 28 and continue through Friday May 7. Rev. J W M Stipe and Rev Wade Scott lead preaching with Dan Hooks directing music. Scott and Hooks bring Georgia church links and notable credentials. Civic groups invited. services held twice daily at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.
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Etodist
J. W. M. Stipe
Wadeccott
St. Paul Methodist Church
Columbus
Dan Hooks
Scott
Millen
Douglas
Masonic Groups Set Annual State Meet in Macon
Macon officials prepare to host two state Masonic gatherings with the Annual convocation of the Tand Chapter of Georgia Royal Masons at the Grand Lodge building and the Grand Council of Georgia Royal and Select Masters beginning Thursday. W F King of Savannah serves as grand high priest, D L Paulk of Fitzgerald as grand master, while C E Inbusch of Milwaukee leads the General Council.
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Macon
Maine
Tand
Georgia
Royal Ch Masons
Grand Lodge
Grand Coun
W. F. King
Savannah
Grand &H
D. L. Paulk
Fitzgerald
Isl
Royal and
Se‘t Masons
C. E. Inbusch
Milwaukee
General Council of United States
Whittington Sentenced in Macon Bank Burglary Case
John R. Whittington pleaded guilty in federal court to a March 13 bank burglary in Macon and was sentenced to five years. He is ill with advanced tuberculosis and will receive treatment in a government hospital after being moved from Bibb county jail.
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Macon
John R. Whittington
T. Hoyt Davis
Whittington
J. P. Cowart
First National Bank
Bibb County
One Act Play At Butler School Tuesday Night
Senior Variety Show features B. H. S. talent with a one act play Declamation Essays Readings Home Ec Commercials Music and more musical features Cake walks bingo Tuesday night April 27 Butler High School building 8 p.m. Admission 35c and 20c.
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Butler High School
Chicken Supper and Plays Fundraiser at Rupert
A school event invites families to a Friday supper in the Rupert lunch room starting at 7 30 p m. The complete meal costs 60 cents. Afterward two plays play for 15 cents for children and 25 cents for adults, followed by a cake walk.
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Rupert
Klan Plans Terror Drive Warned by Georgia Governor
Georgia Governor M E Thompson warned of a Ku Klux Klan terror campaign through new unit The Black Raiders. In Atlanta LaGrange and other places floggings were planned with officers placed on alert as five men were charged with assault with intent to murder and a sixth arrested in the battered beating of Joe Berry a 23 year old unemployed worker.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
M. E. Thompson
Klan
Black Raiders
LaGrange
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Paul Webb
South Georgia
Webb
Troup
Simon and Mary
Gates
Joe Berry
Neal Ellis
Sherman
Keheley
Ellis
Berry
Samuel Green
Georgia Klan
Fortner
R. B. Ellison
E. W. Mitchell
M. S. Comboia
Fulton County
Butler High School Leads In District Meet Honors
Thirteen schools competed in the Third District Class B Literary Meet at Perry. Butler placed seventh with several students earning top honors in piano solo, home economics, typing, essays, and declamation, amid a field including Terrell High, Fort Valley, and Perry. Funeral services for Ellis Gaston Windham were held at Pleasant Grove Baptist church with interment at the church cemetery. Windham, born August 4, 1886, died after being found in his Macon county stockade quarters, survived by a wife, stepson, four sisters, and three brothers.
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Perry
Terrell High School
Dawson
Fort Valley
Fitzgerald
Perry High School
The
Baptist Church
Butler
Cordele
Americus
Sycamore
Ashburn
Buena Vista
Baker Village
Chauncey
Hawkinsville
Theresa Wallace
Louise Payne
Mary Jo Harvey
Phyllis Dunn
Evans Locke
Billy Sullins
Betty McCorkle
Willard Cotney
Annie Jean Underwood
Sara Underwood
Billy Childres
Alfred Roberson
Mary Nell Stewart
Ellis Gaston Windham
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Garden Valley
Church Yard
Park Smith
Reynolds
Windham
Macon County Stockade
Oglethorpe
Taylor County
Geo. J
Mattie Poole Windham
Taylor
Macon Counties
Bertham Simmons
Hamp Smith
Macon County
H. G. Eubanks
J. H. Windham
I. A. McCrary
Atlanta KKK flogger Keheley takes own life with shotgun
Sherman C Keheley a 58 year old utility lineman and suspected Black Raider pled guilty to involvement in the Berry beating and threats against Luther Martin. He died Wednesday night at his home after shooting himself following a noted involvement in the April 15 attack and later held on a 5000 dollar bond.
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Atlanta
Sherman Cheheley
L. T. Bullard
Bullard
Keheley
KKK
Joe Berry
Luther J. Martin
College Park
Berry
Fulton County
Fred Bradford
Revival Services At Reynolds Baptist Church
A revival series is ongoing at Reynolds Baptist Church with Rev. W. B. Heats as pastor. Evening services run at eight with a different speaker each night. tonight Rev. J. A. Timmerman from Second Baptist Macon preaches, Friday Rev. John Pollock speaks. Public invited to the two remaining services.
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Reynolds Baptist Church
W. B. Heats
J. A. Timmerman
Second Baptist Church
Macon
John Pollock
Georgia Governor blocks called session of Legislature
Savannah April 19 Gov M E Thompson declared no special session will be convened. While in Savannah for the 34th annual meeting of county commissioners he cited Richmond county discussions and Augusta charter invalidation, saying Georgians do not want to spend money on a futile session.
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Savannah
Georgia
M. E. Thompson
Association of County Commissioners of Georgia
General Assembly
Thompson
Richmond County
Augusta
State Supreme Court
Fryers for Sale in Butler Georgia
Nice for Red Fryers Mrs. W. G. Hill offers fryers for sale in Butler Georgia.
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W. G. Hill
Butler, Ga
Herald to publish photographs of local children
The Herald announces a series of children portraits taken by Waltz Studios Des Moines Iowa. Experts will photograph at the Dean Hotel on Tuesday May 11 from 1 pm to 8 pm with no charge or obligation to parents. Parents may arrange extra prints through the studio.
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Herald
Waltz Studios
The
Herald Today
Des Moines
Iowa
Dean Hotel
Kiddies
Junior
State Board Walks Out Of Phone Rate Hearing
The Georgia public service commission abruptly quit a special hearing on telephone rates in Atlanta on April 20. A. W. Clapp as master led the session after a court-ordered fight with Southern Bell. Commission Chairman Walter R. McDonald said there was no purpose in wasting time and expenses.
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Atlanta
Georgia Public Service Commission
A. W. Clapp
Fulton
Billy Sullins Earns Eagle Rank in Taylor County Scout Courts
The Court of Honor at Taylor County Courthouse crowned Billy Sullins of Butler with the Eagle Rank. Sullins, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sullins, belongs to local Troop No. 33, previously with Reynolds Troop No. 24. William Ennis, Scout Executive, presented the award.
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Court of Honor
Boy Scouts of America
Taylor County Court House
Eagle Bank
Billy Sullins
W. E. Sullins
Billy
J. W. M. Stipe
H. S. Elliston
Reynolds
Butler
H. C. Bond
William Ennis
Georgia Alabama Council
Eagle Scout Bank
Parents
Scouting
Thelmond Jarrell
This County
W. H. Elliston
Columbus
H. S. Baldwin
Butler Citizens Rally Against Train Discontinuation
The Georgia Public Service Commission will hear a petition on April 28 to discontinue Central of Georgia trains one and two between Macon and Columbus. The hearing at 10 a.m. will be in the State Capitol Building in Atlanta. The railroad cites a $27,114.87 loss for late 1947, though the line posted $15,470.80 in revenue. Local citizens and business leaders of Butler are mobilizing to oppose the move, warning of disastrous effects if approved.
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Georgia Public Service Commission
Central of Georgia
Macon
Columbus
Commissions
State Capitol Building
Atlanta
Office of Defense Transportation
Commission
Butler
the Herald
Stanford Worship Schedule at Mt Pisgah Next Sunday
Stanford announces a full day of church events at Mt. Pisgah with Sunday School at 10 30 A M Supt Carroll Peacock, preaching at 11 30 A M by the pastor and 7 30 P M prayer and preaching. Read 2 Cor 5 21. The pastor invites the public to attend and bring a friend.
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Stanford
Mt. Pisgah
Carroll Peacock
J. H. Stanford
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Wade Scott
Rev
Wade E. Scott
Tate Masonic
Butler School
MR. Ellis G. Windham
Errell High School
Pleasant Place
Grove Baptist Church
Garden
Valley
Margery Mitchell
K. K
Taylor Co
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