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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1930
Page
6
Editor Herald reproduces Andrew P Rives remarks on slavery and abolitionist thought in the South. He recalls patrol laws, lashes, and slave society. He critiques northern emigration of enslaved people and sketches antebellum figures and Darwinian views of morality.
Six hundred dollars for a quart jar of canned food sparks debate as Butler homemakers learn that the National Canning Contest offers four hundred seventy prizes totaling 4250 dollars. Entries from all U S women are invited in fruits vegetables and meats with judges from USDA and home economics groups. Winners receive cash prizes loving cups ribbons and agent awards tied to county entries.
Decatur Bank and Trust Company as attorney in fact for L. P. Skeen will sell on the first Tuesday in September 1980 in front of the Taylor County courthouse for cash all described lands in Marion and Taylor counties to satisfy a note of 2250.00 dated December 1 1928 with renewals and an 875.27 increase, after due advertising and terms set by the deed of trust securing the debt.
The administrator Dan S. Beeland will publicly sell on the first Tuesday in September 1930 before the Taylor County courthouse. The sale includes a half interest in Lot 310 totaling about 202 1/2 acres and portions of Lot 306 near Old Shan Lake and New Shanty Lake, plus 47 acres deeded by G R Lucas to Eveline Lucas, with a defined dividing line. The sale proceeds go to cash bidders during legal hours.
Tax sales scheduled for the first Tuesday in September 1930 at the courthouse door Butler Ga Reynolds Ga include properties owned by E E Powell Oscar Mitchell Wiley Bryan Eulis Davis Judge and Willis Newsom and the J G estate. Levy lists multiple parcels for 1929 state and county taxes with Reynolds Golf Club land part of Lot No 287 in Taylor County.
A young man with a college degree seeks work at a large publisher. He wants editorial work, declines shorthand and bookkeeping, and is told of two vacancies in the press room where machinery knowledge could help. The scene highlights the mismatch between aspirations and practical skills in job hunting.
A heated exchange reveals a prideful craftsman who rejects lowly work, asserting years of schooling and a diploma justify his status. He recalls selling a trick mousetrap door to door, lamenting an unappreciative world and the stigma of menial labor.
Central of Georgia President A E Clift cites Justice Gilbert's opinion affirming the Georgia Public Service Commission authority to regulate motor vehicles using public highways. The decision emphasizes public safety, highway maintenance costs, and the state’s power to tax and regulate private auto operations.
Notice records a divorce case Myrtle Baxemore versus Alvin L. Cooper filed in Taylor County. Cooper’s disability issue delayed the proceedings. final decree reportedly granted in 1929 with the petitioner and defendant not remarrying. Public notice dated August 4, 16) LYIN L, COOPER.
By virtue of an order of the Superior Court on July 12 1980 the Reyn ercantile Company and R L Lockett deceased Marie Matthews guardian of Ray Theus and Westelle Theus Theus will be sold by the undersigned commissioners on the first Tuesday September 1980 before the county house door within legal hours of sale for cash to the highest bidder the following described realty One tract in Reynolds fronting seventy nine and one feet bounded north by D lands south by S H Bryan with a dwelling on it and formerly used by W J Theus the tract being sold as provided in Section 5865 of the Code of Georgia R LUNSFORD Commissioner
Butler Georgia August 11 notice announces mutual dissolution of the Bazem Williamson firm composed of E H Bazemore and M R Williamson of ter Ga Debts due the firm will be paid by E H Bazemore and all debts due the firm will be paid to Said BH Bazemore The dissolution is by mutual consent
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