Peach King Capt. Butler boosts cotton as county fair planned
The Peach King Capt Walter J Butler adds another achievement with his open cotton boll. He expects 150 bales from 122 acres while corn and other crops race along. The piece notes Georgia's first cotton factory with roots in Clarke County and Atlanta area. It also covers community reflections on disagreeing people and praise for the Guinn era broiler and egg growth, church unity, and plans for the October County Fair led by H J Peagler and Ira Chambers. Visitors from Texas express interest in state progress and locate a grave of a neighbor’s sister in Butler, with page turn to continue.
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Walter J. Butler
Paylor County
Capt. Butler
Georgia
Oconee River
Athens
Clarke
Green
Richmond
Austin Guinn
Butler
H. J. Peagler
Ira Chambers
Ernest E Cooper 50 Taylor County Native Dies in Columbus
Ernest Eugene Cooper 50 a Taylor County native died Sunday morning at City Hospital Columbus after long illness He was born May 16 1901 in Butler He survived by wife Clara Higdon Cooper a daughter Mrs J G Mikelsen Gunnison Colorado three sons D B Cooper Columbus and C D and R L Cooper Army a brother T W Cooper Columbus a sister Mrs Davie Mae Dominick Columbus two half brothers C E and L F Cooper Columbus two half sisters Mrs Mary Lou Allred and Mrs Hazel Mills Columbus and five grandchildren Funeral at Striffler Mortuary Chapel Nev E M Altman pastor Eastern Heights Baptist Church presiding Burial in Riverdale Cemetery Pallbearers Lonnie Stamer Jas Murphy Cleve Mixon John Grim sley Clarence Alexander J B Cotton.
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Columbus
Ernest Eugene Cooper
City Hospital
Cooper
Butler
R. L
Rena Cooper
Clara Higdon Cooper
J G. Mikelsen
Gunnison
Celo
D. B. Cooper
C. D
R. L Cooper
T. W. Cooper
Davie Mae Dominick Columbus
C. E
L. F. Cooper
Mary Lou Allred
Hazel Mills
Striffler Mortuary Chapel
Nev. E. M. Atlman
Eastern Heights Baptist Church
Riverdale Cemetery
Lonnie Stamer
Jas. Murphy
Cleve Mixon
John Grimsley
Clarence Alexander
J. B. Cotton
Special Exercises by Masons at Community Hall
The Fickling Masonic Lodge No 129 holds a Monday night event at the Community Hall for presenting 50 year and 25 year buttons. The Grand Master of Georgia Masons will preside and deliver the presentation. The program lists invocations, addresses, a piano solo, and a hymn with a luncheon following.
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Fickling Masonic Lodge No. 129
Grand Master of
Georgia Masons
Gordon A. Hunter
T. E. Tante
John W. Cutler
Gene Peed
Grand Lodge
C. E. Mills
Marvin G. Pound
Americus PCA stockholders meet draws 600 in attendance
About 600 stockholders attended the annual Americus Production Credit Association meeting at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus. J. W. Fanning outlined current and future economic conditions while Dr. Lloyd Mill spoke. R. K. Smith reported capitalization near 1 million dollars and plans for further farm service expansion. Board members included J. O. Allen, J. C Wise Jr. , C. F. E. Gryan, W. A. Halley and C. H. Conington.
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Americus
Americus Production Credit Association
Georgia Southwestern College
Sumter
Schley
Webster
Marion
J. W. Fanning
Georgia Hatension Service
Lloyd Mill
Georgia Southwestern
J. C Wise Jr
RFD
C. FE. Gryan
Preston
W. A. Halley
Buena Vista
C. H. Conington
Springvale
Taylor County Featured in 21 State Highway Contracts
State let contracts on 21 highway projects last Tuesday. Taylor and Crawford counties shared in paving on the Fort Valley to Reynolds road and the Butler-Roberta road totaling 4.510 miles plus related work. Other counties included Meriwether, Carroll, and Sumter with several road improvements and significant bids from firms in Georgia Florida and Virginia.
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Taylor and Crawford Counties
Taylor and Crawford
Fort Valley
Reynolds Road
Butler-Roberta
Dixie Construction Co. of Georgia Inc
Savanah
Sumter
Americus
H. M. Pafford
Waycross
Jekyll Creek
Jekyll Island State Park
Tidewater Construction Company
Norfolk
Highway Department
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Columbus Social Security Office Pays Millions Annually
Columbus Ga Aug 7 nearly 1 000 000 a year is paid through the Columbus Social Security office to old age and survivors beneficiaries. As of Feb 28 payments were 87 362 monthly and thousands more have been added since. A total of 3 131 beneficiaries receive payments in the counties served by the Columbus office.
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Columbus
Columbus Social Security
R. W. O'Neal
War Costs Georgia From Civil War Pensions Rise
The state auditor reports Georgia spent more than 476000 on Confederate pensions in the year ending June 30 for one veteran and 497 widows. A cash surplus of 41000 remains but 97.21 percent is unneeded for this year's administration. the rest covered pensions due July 1 1951.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Department of Confederate Pensions
Lost Bulova Watch with Engraving in Butler
A ladies yellow gold Bulova watch with a stretchable band is lost in front of E. D. McCorvey residence in Butler. Engraving reads Joe to Jo. A liberal reward is offered and return should be made to Mrs. E. D. Mc Corvey or to the Butler Herald.
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Joe
E. D. McCorvey
Butler
Butler Herald
Mr. P. B. Childs Injures Elbow in Fall from Ladder
While rearranging pictures at home Mr. Bussey Childs fell from an improvised step ladder Tuesday night. He suffered multiple injuries with the left elbow dislocation as the most serious. He was hospitalized and resting more comfortably yesterday.
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Mr. Bussey Childs
Mt Pisgah Congregation Moves Worship During Remodel
Mt Pissgah congregation shifts worship to Cross Roads school house while the church undergoes remodeling. Sunday services begin 10 30 for Sunday school and 11 30 for preaching, with a baptismal service at Upton's mill lake at 3 pm.
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Mt. Pisgah
Cross Roads
Mt. Pissgah
Upton’s Mill Lake
Small Vote Cast in Tuesday's Election In Taylor County
In Tuesday's county and state election three Solicitors General were elected with no opposition. John Davis won 107 votes in Taylor County across precincts Butler 9 Reynolds 20 Panhandle 12 Carsonville 6 Daviston 7 Howard 5 Austin 7 Cedar Creek 19 Potterville 22. Wyngate Dykes and William West received identical Taylor County totals. Floyd County voters opposed continuation of the legal sale of wine.
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Taylor County
John Davis
Rome Judicial Circuit
Butler
Reynolds
Panhandle
Carsonville
Daviston
Howard
Austin
Cedar Creek
Potterville
Total
Wyngate Dykes
Southwestern Judicial Circuit
William West
Macon
Taylor
Floyd County
Rome
Revival at Mauk Methodist Church Teaches Hope
Revival services begin Sunday at 10 a m with Rev C W Hancock preaching at Mauk Methodist Church. One service daily from Sunday to Friday at 8 15 oclock in the evening. All welcome. aim to be a blessing to someone, perhaps you.
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Mauk Methodist Church
Rev
C.W. Hancock
C. W. Hancock
Correction on Speaking Contest placings for Driskell
The Herald corrects an error stating Ferrell Driskell finished third in the state-wide Speaking Contest at Jackson Lake. He actually placed second and is noted as the son of Mr and Mrs Murray Driskell of this city with other scholastic contest scores in recent years.
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Herald
Ferrell Driskell
Jackson Lake
Young Driskell
Murray Driskell
Reynolds High School Faculty Member Dies of Heart Attack
Mrs. Sara Cooper Clay, life companion of Roy Clay, died of a heart attack early Wednesday morning. A Reynolds native born October 13, 1905, she was recently re elected to the Reynolds High School faculty. Funeral services are today at 4 p.m. at Reynolds Methodist Church with interment in Hill Crest Cemetery. Goddard Funeral Home in charge.
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Reynolds
Sara Cooper Clay
Roy Clay
G. L. Cooper
Ida McDaniel Cooper
Clay
C. E. Smith Jr
Hill Crest Cemetery
Goddard Funeral Home
Schley County Grown Bale Ginned In Butler
Mr. J. Cochran tested his new gin plant in Butler yesterday and processed Schley county grower J. T. Guy’s first bale of the season. The 550 pound middling bale sold for 36 cents per pound to Cochran, signaling a promising ginning season start.
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Schley County
Butler
J. Cochran
Cochran
J. T. Guy
Ellaville
Two Girls Injured in Sunday Head On Crash
Sunday afternoon about 4 o clock Misses Ann Guinn and Barbra Spillers sustained minor cuts and bruises when the pleasure car they rode collided with a county car driven by Hamp Avery, county warden. Mrs Avery and Lonnie Brooks escaped injury with only a shake up. Both cars suffered considerable damage at a Blind Crossing near A L Waters home.
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Ann Guinn
Barbra Spillers
Hamp Avery
Avery
Lonnie Brooks
A. L. Waters
Albany State College Names Dormitory For Late Editor
A new brick dormitory costing nearly 300000 and housing 125 men students and three counselors at Albany State College will be named H. M. McIntosh Hall in honor of the late founder of the Albany Herald. The Hazvard Drive building is set for occupancy at the start of the fall term on September 17.
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Albany
McIntosh
Albany State College
Aaron Brown
Hazvard
H. M. McIntosh
McIintosh
Albany Herald
Former Governor Ellis Arnall Considers Political Return
Ellis Arnall, former Georgia governor famed for ending the poll tax and lowering voting age, is expected to discuss political plans at Emory University. He previously said 1942 would be his last office, and observers note possible shifts in his national ambitions and stance with the New Deal era.
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Emory University
Georgia
Gene” Talmadge
Arnall
First Cotton of Season Ginned Two Days Earlier Than Last Year
Congratulations to Ishmael P. Cox and C. R. Simmons of Reynolds for producing and delivering the season’s first bale two days earlier than any previous record at the Simmons gin and warehouse. The middling bale weighed 433 pounds and sold for 40 cents per pound, seven cents above the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ishmael P. Cox
C. R. Simmons
Simmons
Reynolds
Cox
Middle Georgia
Mr. Simmons
Atlanta Youth 14 Admits Killing Father With Rifle
Fulton detectives say 14 year old Jacok Clure confessed to fatally shooting his father Albert Mitchell Clare, a 10 year railroad fireman, at their Hillis Park home after the father refused money for ammunition. The shooting's intent remains undetermined as officers review circumstances.
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Atlanta
Fulton
W. L. Duncan
Albert Mitchell Clare
Southern Railway
Grady Hospital
Hillis Park
Duncan
L. & Hay
Oscar Jordan
Jacok Clure
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Chas
Luther Karnock
Texas
Myrtle Ray
Miranda City
Moore
E. E. Cooper
Columbus Sun
PCA
Dixie Construction Company of
Savannah
Columbus S. S
P. B. Childs
Reynolds High School
Ellis Arnall
United States
Senate Post
Ellis Arnnall
New Deal
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