This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
2
Reynolds department lists Miss Lorane Clyntt and Louise Waters in Miami, Frances Carter in Atlanta, frequent travel to Florida and Georgia, and gatherings in Macon, Augusta, Lake Junaluski, and other spots. Several families plan trips to Chattanooga and New York World’s Fair coverage with meals and visits noted.
Mrs. Ola Putman announces the marriage of her daughter Frances Josephine to Daniel Respess Fountain of Atlanta and Reynolds. The bride traces lineage to the Human and Wallis families of Franklin and Forsyth counties and to the Lipp and Putman families of Habersham. The groom is son of Thomas J. Fountain and the late Lucile Fountain, with the couple residing in Atlanta where Fountain is self employed.
Mrs Clint Cosby of Carnegie spent last week with Mrs D W Wilson. Mr and Mrs J M Downs visited relatives in Thomaston. Ollie Bazemore and family joined W J Willis and R A Spinks group in Columbus. Julia Slaughter visited Thomas ton days with Clyde Wilson. Terrell Robbins spent Friday with Walter Willis. Frank Slaughter Jr of Columbus visiting Mrs Jarrell. Alton Parker of Dublin stayed with W A Spinks. Louise Gilson and Will Gilson hosted Anna and Elsie Heath. Bentley Adams family visited. J H Adams attended Bethel church Union Meeting near Butler. Walter Willis and Mrs Parker from Butler visited D W Wilson. Henry Cosby and daughters visited Mrs J Gilbert Monday.
The island of Monte Cristo lies between Corsica and Italy south of Elba and was the setting for Edmund Dantes treasure hunt, a tale from the Alexander Dumas canon.
Five Points notes show varied weekend visits among the Jarrell family and relatives. Multiple households including Pennington, Jarrell, and Moore families hosted and traveled to Thomaston, Panhandle, and Atlanta with several members attending gatherings and returning to Macon.
Taylor county farmers are urged to thin and improve forests and stack poles properly to dry and cure peanuts and hay. County Agent W F Bembry says poles can be used for multiple seasons with careful peeling and storage, with winter spring cutting to avoid beetles and selecting crooked timber for poles.
Nettie Speer files for divorce from J. Willard Speer in Taylor County Georgia. Defendant is nonresiding and served by publication. required to appear at the October 1939 term per order of publication. Clerk Thelmon Jarrell notes the filing and service.
County Agent W F Bembry warned Taylor County cotton farmers that using marketing cards to move excess cotton will trigger loss of conservation payments and price adjustment payments under the 1989 farm program. He explained penalties apply when card holders defeat program aims, with red card holders wrongly aided by white card holders risking no payments.
Atlanta Georgians miss the second and final deadline to mail applications for 1989 licenses. Late mailers must take the regular exam. Safety Commissioner Lon Sullivan granted a 10 day extension after many believed an earlier deadline had been extended.
In Reynolds circle stories recall Dr Edwards striking a rooster and the family dressing it in a warm suit to survive winter. Nearby tales mention Roberta chicken discoveries, rain relief between Reynolds and Macon, and the Edwards Brothers crops. Little Miss Peach Valley, a White Leghorn hen owned by A Guinn, leads a national egg contest with 263 eggs and 286 points, prompting Georgia poultry prominence at the world congress in Cleveland.
Reynolds once centered around the John B. Gordon place near Macon with brick manufacture and shipping by T C Parker. Now Reynolds leads in pepper shipments across seventy counties, powering Taylor county’s rapid pepper industry with canning plants contracting for the yield. Returns often reach about five thousand dollars daily.
West of Macon toward Taylor county many fields suffer poor corn yields while a few sections reveal better stands. Weather earlier allowed plowing but some farmers chose to work cotton instead.
The text notes a gravestone inscription for John Clarke governor of Georgia and his wife. It mentions Clarke as a rival of William H. Crawford and George M. Troupe and recalls a duel in which Clarke nearly killed Crawford, with the duel continuing until one man fell.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.