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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1934
Page
3
The notice outlines dove and quail seasons opening dates, license costs for county and state permits, and resident versus nonresident rates. It urges hunters to learn state laws to avoid violations and unpleasantness from ignorance.
Ellaville Georgia August 20. Moffett Terry lies near death after Linn Terry his cousin beat him with a hammer on the William Wall farm in northern Schley County. Linn Terry jailed and uncooperative as Moffett remains unconscious and dying.
CB. H. Moncrief Sr, famed editor of the Georgia Post at Knoxville, sold his interest and announced plans to publish the Griffin Press weekly at Griffin. The first issue is expected near Sept. 1. Moncrief built the Georgia Post into a lively Georgia weekly, drawing wide interest.
Albany August 18 A cooperative egg project began August 14 under the Albany Poultry Producers Association. County Agent A E Gibson reports demand for stamped and candled eggs already exceeds supply, signaling strong local interest and growth potential.
A roundup of notices and curiosities: cattle exchanges under farm administration, Union Point water works to start around Sept 1 from an artesian well, Mrs. Roosevelt’s planned visit to Bulloch County, a federal vacation park site near Rutledge, two DeKalb youths sue Emory for $25,000 each over a swimming incident, a Royston resident’s watermelon-loving kitten, radio calls for Uncle Remus memorial designs for Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, PWA loans totaling $29,425,210 to Georgia projects, a police arrest turned jail term by Recorder Cone, Oglethorpe county receivership petition by bond holder A R Richardson, and Roosevelt’s mother tailoring tweed for a suit during her Europe trip.
Atlanta Aug 20 An 18 percent slash in interstate class freight rates took effect in Georgia as all railroads joined three major lines and accepted Georgia Public Service Commission reductions. The Seaboard Air Line Southern and Atlantic Coast Line had already adopted the cuts, with the federal court denying injunctions against the order. Rates vary by class and distance, with Class A first class freight from 80 cents to 1.25 dollars per hundred pounds.
Perry Ga August 17 Political campaign for governor candidate Judge Claude Pittman was interrupted when he married a couple at the Houston county courthouse after they could not find a preacher. With the ordinary away at vacation a judge was asked to officiate and the couple left for their honeymoon pledging secrecy.
Atlanta August 20 A fifth bale of cotton for Governor Talmadge’s cane fund arrived at the capitol. Donors were W M Corbett and Ernest Daniel of Millen Georgia. The bale weighed just over 500 pounds.
Five people were brought to Montezuma hospital after a head on collision on the highway from Oglethorpe to Reynolds at Hunts store. Injured include H F Law Riley Binford driver Hilliard Cromer H L Silvers J O Kelly and Kelley Bearden none seriously hurt Mrs Law and three Cromer children escaped injury. Binford car was passing a wagon when the crash occurred.
Athens Ga Aug 19 The University of Georgia will confer degrees on 135 students at the summer quarter commencement at 8 80 Friday evening Aug 24 in the historic university chapel Judge T F Green of Athens will deliver the commencement address The graduate school will confer 40 master s degrees 34 masters of arts four masters of science one master of education and one master of science in agriculture This is the largest summer quarter commencement in history
In Columbus Georgia two persons a man and a woman are in custody after the drowning of Joseph Groover 80 Sunday afternoon in the Chattahoochee river. William Ford said the woman fell overboard during a rescue attempt and the boat overturned. The woman told police that J C Alexander knocked Groover into the water. Alexander and the woman were held for investigation.
Macon Ga August 18 charged with larceny after trust J I McCarthy past president of the Macon Federation of Trade and a longtime labor leader was under arrest. J H Gilman president of local Union No 898 Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees signed the warrant accusing McCarthy of larceny after trust of 944.11 from the union treasury. Bond set at 2000 when McCarthy was arrested Friday.
Macon Georgia August 18 Mrs Charles S Joyner wife of a former city alderman died in a hospital early today from injuries after she was plunged into a pit at the Spring street bridge under reconstruction Her husband and Miss Charlotte Joyner another relative also fell into the pit and were injured The concrete pavement gave way and a large slab crushed Mrs Joyner against piling about 25 feet below She was an agent for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co in this territory.
Cordele Georgia Aug 20 Miss Elizabeth Johnson 18 was found shot to death in her home Monday. The coroner ruled death by her own action and no investigation was deemed necessary. She retrieved a pistol from a chest and fired one shot into her head in the room shared with her sleeping brother. The gunshot occurred above the left ear. Her brother woke to the flash of the pistol. Three years earlier she suffered a broken back in an automobile accident.
Gertrude Gilmer a professor at Georgia State Woman's College has published a history of magazine publishing in the sixteen Southern states up to the start of the Civil War. The book, ten years in the making, should appeal to libraries and students of periodicals.
J M Hogan, aged 58, who served as Lincoln county tax collector for ten years, died Sunday in Lincolnton after a prolonged illness. Funeral arrangements were not immediately released. The community mourns the longtime public servant and his contributions to county finances.
Griffin Georgia reports a large Southern family headed by El Cook and his wife with 18 children born within 40 miles of Warm Springs. Eighteen were born in under 86 years of married life, 12 girls and 6 boys, 21 grandchildren. The family once traveled in a truck to Atlanta’s Southeastern Fair, winning a $50 prize for the largest family present.
Miss Ovella Smith 20 of Lyerly died when the car she rode in with Clyde Sitton collided head on with another vehicle on the Summerville Road. Roy Reynolds driver of the other car was seriously hurt with both arms broken. Reynolds faces arrest once he leaves hospital for allegedly driving drunk on the wrong side with no lights.
Two prominent McDonough residents, L. Lowell age 58 and Ernest Whitaker age 60, were killed when their car was struck by a Southern Railway passenger train at a grade crossing on the McDonough Hampton highway Friday night. Lowell died at the scene. Whitaker died shortly after.
Americus Georgia August 18 work began last week on re routing State Highway No 3 around Americus. The new route avoids the business district and should boost through traffic between Atlanta and Florida points. Grading will take several weeks to finish.
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