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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
1
Washington reports the War Department has ordered a discontinuance of enlistments for colored infantry because the authorized number of men for the colored infantry has already been exceeded.
Dentists from Sumter County and the Third district held a meeting in Americus to form a permanent society. Dr. A H Kendall of Cordele was named president, with Eli Garrett and J C Patton serving as vice president and secretary treasurer. An executive committee was appointed to draft by laws for Cordele’s December session, and all attendees were urged to invite nonmembers. Members automatically join state and national dental societies.
The Fort Valley Leader Tribune reports the death of Wallace Peddicord Sr. at his Fairground Street home after more than a year of illness. He had been bed-ridden for weeks and recently hospitalized in Macon. Surrounded by his wife and a large family, he passed away in sorrowful yet peaceful circumstances.
Mrs Mary Shuler of East Macon, 35, widow, died after being flung headfirst from a recreation park bus on Main Street near Dunlap Hill. Driver George M Leary said he swerved to avoid a Studebaker and the bus hit a ditch, dragging her about 30 feet as she hung by one foot. Six passengers aboard were uninjured.
A southern acceptance corporation for cotton marketing is forming in Atlanta with capital of 2,090,009 under Federal Reserve influence and American Cotton Association endorsement. The plan, backed by bankers merchants and farmers, aims to ease bank strain, increase southern credit, relieve fall price slumps, and shift cotton wealth to growers rather than New York speculators. A committee is organizing to push the movement this week.
Montezuma friends celebrate Mrs James E Hayes, long-time vice-president, succeeding Mrs Nettie Peters Black as Georgia Federation of Woman's Clubs president after Black's death in Atlanta. Hayes departs for funeral and to begin official duties, described as cultured, conservative and inspiring. Montezuma supports her leadership.
Blanks for the new Confederate veterans and widows pension law will be ready August 26 at Ordinary AH Riley's office. Applications must be completed and sent to the state pension commissioner in Atlanta by November 1. The act widens eligibility to widows married before January 1, 1881 and removes property limits, likely increasing applicants.
Two thousand railway shopmen returned to work in Macon Georgia on Monday with no further trouble expected for the month. A strike vote is planned for August 24 with a potential strike on September 2 if wage differences remain unsettled. About 500 inspectors and grinding repair men resumed work Saturday after the crafts voted to resume, as federal authorities were given more time to address the demands.
Cecil Neill of Muscogee says he will not run for attorney general and will seek re election to the house. If re elected he plans to be speaker in the 1921 22 session. He notes friends urged attorney general candidacy but his ambition remains speaker. Also mentioned are John W Bale of Floyd and George Cornswall of Wilkinson as other speaker candidates.
Walter E. Steed of Butler Georgia advertises farm loans on improved farms from five hundred dollars upward. He states negotiations are ongoing for loans in the six to seven percent range.
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