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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1934
Page
1
A Sunday double funeral honored two prominent Taylor County residents, buried an hour apart in Bloodworth cemetery near Charing. The Garretts, longtime county leaders and church members, were remembered as honest, devout, and community minded in services led by Elders Knott and McCorkle.
Mr. M B Stewart died Monday in the southern part of the county after a life spent in service and virtue. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Bloodworth cemetery with Elder J F Knott officiating. He leaves a widow, Mrs Mary Furgo Angerwart, three sons and several relatives. Pallbearers included Tuelton Watson Stephen Walracket Harbuck Lewis Watson and Victor Smith.
Steve Pace, candidate for agic, spoke to Butler County voters at the courthouse yesterday, outlining his candidacy and urging support in the upcoming election.
County Agent Israel G. C. Daniel reports Taylor county farmers will soon receive tax exemption certificates to gin cotton up to the county quota. Certificates are based on five year production, with over producers allowed to trade excess certificates. Deadline is September first. late applicants face 10 percent tax on 1984 86 cotton.
President Roosevelt ordered the price of cotton pegged at 12 cents a pound and instructed the RIC to provide funds to raise CCC loans to cotton producers from 1 cent to 12 cents per pound. The move aims to encourage holdbacks until markets improve amid a potential textile strike and to deter selling at low prices. Officials say it is not price fixing, but farmers are unlikely to sell below 12 cents while government lending remains available.
Mr. Lewis Rustin of this county is hospitalized in Biloxi Mississippi after a fall in a Louisville and Nashville passenger train coach. He recently joined L and N as telegraph operator after months recovering from prior injuries in Miami. Relatives learned by Monday that his condition is steady and he may be discharged soon to return home.
Hon. G. C. Adams, Commissioner of Agriculture, was warmly greeted in Butler on Tuesday. He recalled local families, thanked supporters promising a second term, and argued his experience would benefit farmers and the state more than a new, untested candidate.
Mr C C Keen takes over the City Barber Shop succeeding H B Walker who leaves to join a well established Atlanta barber parlor. Walker will move his family to Atlanta later. Keen, with many years of experience, remains to serve in the local shop.
Citizens unable to attend Talmadge speaking events can hear the Governor on WSB Atlanta Tuesday evening August 28 at 7 o clock Central Time. The notice urges all to tune in to hear the facts.
The mangled body of Joe Smith 24 traveling representative of H C Stewart Typewriter Co Columbus was found five miles south of Butler Friday night about 9. Sheriff McGuffin led an investigation but no party blamed yet. The body was taken to Edwards Bros and relatives notified. Smith formerly lived in Plant City and Brooksville Florida but had resided in Columbus the past year. He is survived by a wife a son Joseph D Smith his father and seven brothers and five sisters. His body was sent to Plant City for funeral services and interment after initial care.
Mr. W. S. Payne returns home after a month away covering about 10000 miles in the western and northern states. He arrives Tuesday night in fine health and high spirits after many delightful experiences during the journey.
Announcement notes the singing planned for the first Sunday after noon in September at Mt Pisgan church has been cancelled. No rescheduling details are provided.
Henry T Rainey 73 was a colorful House speaker from St Louis He had been recovering from bronchial pneumonia when he suddenly suffered angina pectoris and died at 7 50 p m Sunday as three doctors tried to help The nation and President Roosevelt expressed sorrow over the loss of a humanitarian with strong patriotism Turn to Page 6 No 1.
Mrs Edwin Robinson of Ellaville a public health nurse under Georgia Emergency Relief Administration has set local headquarters in the C W A building. She will accept calls on Wednesday Thursday and Friday each week and provide information on work especially alarm and hookworm typhoid fever and communicable diseases of childhood. She is eager to help with her duties and assist cases as needed.
Congressman B T Castellow urged a 16c per pound loan on cotton in a telegraphic message from Cuthbert. He argued farmers need timely relief as the crop nears market, asserting the policy would cost the government negligibly.
Under State Board of Health supervision and with local physicians, Mrs. Edwina Little Hodges from Macon will run a tuberculosis clinic at the Butler courthouse. All county residents who seek appointment should meet Hodges at 10 o clock Friday morning. Hodges and her father, Capt. W A Little, are notable hosts among Taylor county friends.
A special grand jury term convened in Taylor superior court for investigation into the Bank of Talbotton sale in March last year. With a long witness list, no witnesses were heard and the jury is expected to remain in session for the rest of the week.
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