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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
8
The week in Georgia reports a looming peanut crop shortage risking about 57 million dollars, a building boom in Villa Rica, tobacco prices reaching a 25 year high, and multiple state political shifts including a bid for governor by a Republican candidate and retirements in the judiciary.
Macon July 30 H L Wingate president of the Georgia Farm Bureau urges federal aid to secure nails needed for harvesting thousands of acres of peanuts. He reports shipments arriving may be diverted to black markets and says about 12 000 kegs will be required within a week or ten days to prevent crop disaster.
Paroled convict Harrison Johnson was shot to death by Johnny Holt after Johnson attacked Holt, Holt's wife and son with a knife at a roadside inn 10 miles east of Eatonton. Holt fired six times and Ward struck the assailant with the pistol butt. Johnson stabbed Holt, his son Johnny Jr., and Alvin Collis but none were seriously injured.
Atlanta July 29 A Boston terrier named Duke was trapped 400 feet below near an abandoned Confederate memorial on Stone Mountain. E B Nour 32 with James Street and W J Ashe lowered 200 feet of rope to reach the dog after several men aimed to kill it. The dog was nearly dead from thirst and sun exposure.
Arthur and Frank Mercer died after a pickup failed to negotiate a turn near Moultrie on Tuesday. Their sons Franklin 12 and Ferrell 7 were critically injured. Patrolman M M Murphy and State Police investigated. vehicle headed toward Tifton with the boys possibly riding in the back.
Fire swept through the small Georgia town of Bethlehem in Barrow County near the Walton line, burning stores and offices but sparing the two churches. Hendrix’s store started the blaze around 7 am, with water shortages hindering efforts as volunteers from nearby Monroe and Winder helped fight the flames. Yearwood’s remained undamaged while several buildings including the old bank were destroyed.
In Memphis, a 48 year old man Robert Horner fatally shot his wife Gertrude, a 35 year old waitress, during lunch hour in a crowded downtown department store. A traffic officer fired, wounding Horner and three bystanders, one seriously.
Mrs. Fred Masden of Hogansville, 21, died Friday night while attempting to kindle a fire with kerosene oil. In Georgia, S. W. Ware of Woodbury, president of the Georgia Rural Letter Carriers' Association, urged a three year 150 million road program to follow the current 80 million program.
Albany Post Office civil service clerk Ruth G. Robinson won a coveted fiction scholarship for a novel. She attended the writers conference in Bloomington Indiana in early July where the publicity department noted her achievement.
The Union County Citizen is sold to Capt. O'Donald Mays and his wife Mary Roberts Mays, winner of the Know Georgia contest. They plan to move to Blairsville and operate the paper starting August first. The Citizen, founded by Charles Wellborn, changed hands several times, most recently to Capt. Eugene Mitchell who cites ill health for selling.
James W. McKay, former Army Captain, opens a hobby shop on Second Street near Cherry Street in Macon after two months in an England hospital and a year at Lawson General Hospital. The shop features airplane models he built during convalescence including a 77 inch wing B-17 rubber powered model and a Boy Scout free flight plane.
Jas W Smith aged 71 a longtime Villa Rica merchant and one of the town's oldest farmers died at his home early Monday after a brief illness He owned and operated the Villa Rica Mercantile Co for nearly four decades.
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