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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
1
English scientist Ainsworth Mitchell announced after minute document tests that Mary Queen of Scots was innocent of conspiracy to kill Queen Elizabeth. He credited private secretary William Maitland as her betrayer, asserting Maitland forged the letters used in her trial.
Heavy rains grip Costa Rica as the season tightens, yet a recent breakfast event highlights a spike in buying activity during this unusually strong rainy period.
Plans for the annual session of the association are expanding into one of its largest meetings. The group will meet in West Point from September 21 to 24, then visit LaGrange and Atlanta for major events hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. After Atlanta they travel to Tallulah Falls to inspect and dedicate the summer camp grounds bought from the local power company. A Japanese lantern reception at the camp closes the event with hosts Mr. L. K Starr and President Chas. D. Rountree.
Macon reports total weekly tobacco sales exceeding a million dollars with nearly six million pounds marketed. Most tobacco from all sections sold at good prices though some low grade weed pulled the average down. Exporters stockpile high quality weed amid China embargo while farmers curing properly may fetch higher prices next week.
Atlanta reports a practical announcement for governor by J. Howard Ennis of Milledgeville. Ennis, president of the State Senate, plans a state canvass on a business man platform, pledging no factional ties and a strict business administration while pledging to review departmental expenditures and support educational and charitable state institutions.
An elderly man recounts how he endorsed twenty two thousand dollars for his three nephews during a booming era. When the venture failed, the old man’s five hundred acre farm was sold to pay debts, leaving him penniless and unable to work. The Winder News warns that it is dangerous to go surety for others.
An advertisement offers a free booklet The Story of Pellagra and claims a unique treatment endorsed by health officials. It lists symptoms including nervousness stomach trouble despondency and weight loss. The doctor W C Rou ntree based in Texarkana advertises diagnosis free and cites over two thousand treatments sold in the past year.
Col John T Graves famed Georgian journalist and orator was laid to rest in West View Cemetery Atlanta. Friends and state leaders attended the service at Patterson chapel praising his message of hope and courage. His influence on Atlanta’s youth and his roles as editor of the Atlanta Daily News and Atlanta Georgian were recalled with deep admiration.
L A Downs president of the Central of Georgia Railway credits rising demand and steady improvements for satisfactory service. He cites a 93 percent revenue tonnage rise in the last decade, seven months of 1925 record traffic, ongoing facility investments, patron cooperation, and 10,000 employees treated as a big family with fair pay, a pension plan, group life insurance, and a hospital department.
C W Foy, chairman, states bids will be accepted for fifty 4 foot oak wood cards to be delivered to Butler High School Building. Bids opened 7 80 81.
Rehoboth Association Baptist Missionary Union announces the Young People's Council to be held at Tatnall Square Baptist Church in Macon on Thursday Aug 13 at 10 30 a m Eastern Time. Mrs F W Withoft of Ft Valley Association leads a detailed program with leaders of young people societies urged to attend and appoint a representative in the leader's absence. The program includes prayers, devotions, reports, discussions, special music, addresses by Miss Julia Allen and Miss Frances Fulghum, lunch, round table discussions, and campus reports with closing devotional.
A report on the house once occupied by Sweeney Todd in Fleet Street notes the mysterious figure may be mythical. Legends claim a barber lured customers to a chair that toppled into a vault where bodies were disposed of to a pie shop. Tyburn execution is disputed, yet Todd appears in ballads and plays.
Mrs Bell Bazemore also known as Aunt Helle Jinks Bazemore dies at age 77 at her daughter Mrs S A Montgomery's home in Macon County. She was born 1848 in Crawford County and lived as a devout Christian active in church work. Survived by two children Mrs S A Montgomery and Mrs M Jinks, plus brother S H Harris. Funeral held at Jinks family cemetery with Rev H L Lumpkin.
An explosion in the caustic room at Pynetree Paper in Gordon Georgia killed Warren Richard Dykes 49 instantly and injured C F Nichols 34 and F E Collins 35. Nichols broke a leg and Collins suffered severe bruises, all taken to a Macon hospital. The mill’s damage was contained and operations remain steady. Dykes is survived by a wife and one son. A separate notice offers a reward for a missing 84x4% tire and rim between Thomaston and Butler, returned to Chas Phillips Jr. in Griffin.
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