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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
6
Turner peanut picker on rubber tires and a baler with motor, both in good condition for half price. Has picked less than 25 tons of peanuts. J. M. Bone, Butler Georgia.
Immediate lumber harvesting service available next week in Taylor County. Contact W G Wallace of Butler Georgia by phone 100. Also a sales position in Taylor County for a liberal hospitalization contract with training provided. Prior life insurance sales preferred. Earnings expected from 50 to 75 dollars weekly. Apply to W T Horton 407 Hart Building Macon Georgia.
Bring your radios to Butler at Allgood's Home Service for repairs. Battery radios may be converted into electric sets at reasonable prices. All work guaranteed.
Household and kitchen furniture offered at the Marion Jinks place seven miles north of Butler one mile off the Butler to Howard highway. Sale date set for Saturday morning August 7 with prices described as reasonable. Mrs M W Jinks Route 2 Butler Ga. 72921p.
Ruth announces her beauty shop is open at her residence and invites customers to call for appointments. Mrs. Charles Benns will operate the shop.
Several thoroughbred Durrock pigs, both sexes, will be three months old on Aug 4. Inoculated, expect about 75 pounds, strong breeding stock. Seller needs to dispose of them now and urges purchase. Five people died and three injured in weekend Georgia traffic crashes.
Herman Talmadge runs as the electable successor to the late Eugene Talmadge promising to carry out his programs. The Georgia race centers on leadership and continuity after Talmadge’s death before taking office.
Hear Senator Herman Talmadge outline his entire program in a series of appearances: Sylvania Screven County August 5 Pembroke Bryan County August 6 Nashville Berrien County August 7 and a radio schedule August 7 on WSB Atlanta from 4 to 4 45 PM with stations WRDW Augusta WMGR Bainbridge WRBL Columbus WSAV Savannah WPAX Thomasville and WMAZ Macon 5 to 5 45 PM.
Albany reports a satisfactory settlement with Mrs. Maudie Lee Lewis who sued the city for 7600 after a fire outside city limits destroyed her home. She received about 2000 as part of the accord. The suit claimed delayed fire equipment due to record mix ups after she paid the registration fee.
The Masonic Messenger will relocate its publishing operations to Macon Georgia to train the children of the Masonic Home in press trades. E C Moore secretary said equipment purchase and setup will proceed with board approval. Committee members Dewey Wollstein P A Siegler L M Rhoden supported the move.
Atlanta, Aug. 2 State Trooper W. B. Hitchcock Jr. 35 of Tifton was seriously wounded in a gun battle with an escaped convict and will be moved to an Atlanta hospital when able. He is making satisfactory progress and doctors expect recovery. Governor Thompson ordered the trooper’s medical bills submitted for payment and asked for legislation at the next General Assembly to cover injuries to troopers in the line of duty.
Griffin Georgia August 1 1950 The Georgia Chamber of Commerce launches a campaign to triple tourist revenue in ten years. President W L Graefe says focus on better service by expanding tourist accommodations improving restaurants and highlighting historical sites. The goal is to raise annual tourist profit to 300 million from an estimated 105 million this year.
July 29 fire at the Service Station's Supply Company near Decatur Street destroyed $100,000 worth of automobile accessories. Two firefighters, John Masser and Frank Stallworth, were lightly injured after slipping from ladders during a two hour blaze that sent black smoke into police headquarters and the jail. no prisoners were harmed and operations continued.
Washington July 31 Len Russell of Georgia predicts two new political parties will emerge from a Democratic Republican realignment. He does not expect the Southern States Rights group to be one. He believes the Dixiecrats could win five or six states to oppose President Truman.
The Senate defeated a proposal to adjourn the special congressional session on August 4 by a 58 to 13 vote. Senator Johnston of South Carolina sponsored the measure, which drew support only from his Dixie colleagues as Northern Democrats and Republicans united against it.
Farmers in central Piedmont Georgia are advised to spray pecan trees to combat the pecan weevil. The guidance recommends two applications of DDT at six pounds of 50 percent wettable powder per 100 gallons of water, timed to weevil appearance rather than fixed dates. A sheet under a tree, with branches jarred, helps detect weevils during late July and early August.
Lynn Massachusetts resident Charles D Lyon 95 says he is the nation’s oldest active locksmith. A Vermont native he began working on his father’s farm as a child and has never stopped. He believes work never hurt anyone and plans to keep busy in his shop rather than retire.
The reconditioned Little White House at Warm Springs once used by Franklin D. Roosevelt will open to the public with ceremonies in late September. Personal effects and furnishings have been moved from Atlanta and secured, including Roosevelt’s death bed insured for 10 000 dollars and his chair for 5 000 dollars.
In Augusta Georgia a Richmond County Democratic Executive Committee session stalled after C C Henderson an Independent stalwart collapsed from a heart attack and died at University Hospital. The meeting had been open to a decision on Henry P Eve’s name on the September primary ballot with an Aug 9 hearing set amid Independent protests. Henderson a Hepzibah farmer was a longtime local figure who supported the Independent view.
The project will display 120 canes donated to Roosevelt from admirers nationwide. A new hard surfaced parking lot for 200 cars and a cleared beautified grounds area will link the Georgia hall to the Little White House. The house will showcase ship models books bric a brac and glassware the late President favored. A formal opening date is due within a month with many notable attendees expected.
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