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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1934
Page
1
Governor Eugene Talmadge will deliver his ninth campaign address in Manchester on Thursday afternoon August 23 at 4 00 PM Central Time. Music by Fiddling John Carson and Professor Anderson. Over 150 000 people have heard his prior addresses.
Federal Credit Administration named a Farm Debt Adjustment Committee for Taylor County. W A Payne is chairman with C W Foy, R A Hinton, and R E Watkins also appointed. The panel will arbitrate between farmers and creditors to secure reduced settlements if loans from the Federal Land Bank fall short. Next meeting set for August 20 at the courthouse. prior applicants urged to confer with committee members.
The notice states the cannery will be closed Friday August 24 and asks residents to bring any items to be canned on Tuesday August 21 if possible. Signed by Q E Bell Voc Agricultural Teacher.
In a brief political notice supporters urge voters to re elect G C Adams highlighting his honest duties and efficient service for agriculture and local interests. The message emphasizes Adams as a capable country leader deserving endorsement and the community’s vote.
The Taylor County Commissioners call for sealed bids to construct a new court house in Butler. Plans and specifications are on file with the Clerk of Taylor Superior Court. Bids expected by September 10, with removal of the old building and construction awaiting completion possibly delaying the October term of superior court.
Hon Tom Linder candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture will speak at the courthouse in Butler at 11 o clock Tuesday morning Aug 21. He will present his platform and discuss why voters should elect him. Linder a lifelong farmer has campaigned across the state and will address Taylor county voters attracting a large audience. He served in the Legislature 1923 1926 in the agricultural department 1927 1932 and was secretary to Governor Talmadge 1933 1934.
Mr A E Guinn and W S Payne Coker Kiley and Carl Zone left Thomaston for the west coast two weeks ago by car. Guinn returned by train to Butler Monday night while others continue toward Seattle then Chicago. He notes drought harming vegetation and wildlife, comparing Minnesota and the Dakotas to a Sahara and likening Georgia’s wartime hardships to that scene.
The Herald reports unofficially that the government will employ a number of school teachers this fall in Taylor County. Several applicants have already sought positions and more unemployed teachers will apply. The plan aims to supplement all grades in town and rural schools, alleviate crowding, and assign each teacher a quota of pupils for the term.
Americus Georgia candidate Stephen Pace for Congress will address Taylor and adjoining counties next Wednesday August 22 at 11 30 AM at the Butler courthouse and at 8 PM at the Grand Theater Reynolds Pace supports President Roosevelts recovery program and pledges full cooperation if elected offering vigorous campaign and notable speaking ability to rally local voters
Congressman B T Castellow of this district awards a scholarship to Will Camp Sealy of Reynolds to attend Emory Medical College for the 1934 85 term. The honor is praised by his friends and Castellow is commended for recognizing a promising young man.
Cotton warehouses in Butler and Reynolds arrange with the government to tag all cotton on hand under the Bankhead Tax Exemption Act.
Taylor county jurors will be summoned here for jury service Wednesday due to a change of venue in the grand jury investigation into the Bank of Talbotton closing last March. The Talbot county grand jury box lacked qualified nonstockholder jurors, and Solicitor General A Jones Perryman disqualified himself as stockholder. Judge McLaughlin named Hollis Fort to serve as solicitor general in the case.
Mr. Musslewhite reports progress tagging 2500 bales of old cotton held by Taylor County growers to separate it from this year’s crop and exclude it from government allotment. He notes cotton has sold above a set price since last ginning time and calls holders lucky as government crop estimates appear.
Under FERA supervision work has begun on a new Central School District building to replace the one destroyed by fire. The structure aims to be among the largest and best equipped rural schools in the county and should be ready when school opens in October.
Registrars finish the voters list for September and November elections, noting it is several hundred names lighter than the two years ago roster. The trimmed tally may affect local turnout and registration checks.
Judge Hugh J. MacIntyre reports one and a half years on the Georgia Court of Appeals and asks voters for a full term. He has held posts as Chairman of the Thomasville Board of Education, Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee for Thomas County, Mayor of Thomasville, Chairman of the County Council of Defense in World War I, Solicitor of the City Court of Thomasville, and Judge of the City Court of Thomasville.
At the regular monthly session the county commissioners set the 1984 tax rate at six mills, a one mill increase due to reduced valuations. The board notes the county’s overall finances are excellent and credits themselves for cutting expenditures to keep taxes low.
Col H P Wallace reports a ten dollar bill lost during a shopping trip in Butler. The finder will be liberally rewarded for its return.
Butler receives her first bale of cotton grown by J. M. Bone and will be ginned at Cochran gin today. It is also learned that Seab Montgomery will deliver the first bale at Reynolds today.
Chick Wilson performs radio highlights at the Reynolds School auditorium Friday night. Show begins at eight o clock with admission 15c for students and 25c for adults.
Funeral services for Mr. Asa Peterman were conducted at Beth Cemetery near Butler by Elder S H McCorkin. Peterman died Friday at his Thomaston home from a heart attack, leaving a wife several children and many friends in Tayhee County where he lived most of his life before moving to Thomaston for a mercantile job with Mr U S Underwood. He was about 45 years old.
Mrs Carrie Williford Barfield wife of E A Barfield a noted farmer of southern Taylor County died Thursday morning after an eleven day illness from paralysis She was a lifetime resident of the county Surviving are her husband three sons and one daughter Funeral services were held Friday at Little Bellall Church with Rev W H Emerson officiating Funeral arrangements were in charge of G H Goddard Reynolds
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