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Newspaper

Butler Herald

Location

Butler, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1947

Page

3

One-Horse Wagon For Sale And Home Items

Want ad items list a good one horse wagon priced reasonable with inquiry at J. D. Lewis's Store Butler Georgia. Also electric range apartment size practically new listed by C. M. Williams Howard Georgia and a medium size Coleman fuel oil circulating heater like new with one drum of fuel oil and pipe priced at 47.50 cash.

J. D. Lewis Butler, Ga Smithie McCrary C. M. Williams Howard, Ga

For Sale Heavy Duty Logging Trailer

Auction-style listing offers a factory made logging trailer with dual wheels, 10 ply tires, priced at $295.00 cash. Local seller notes it is in ready-to-use condition and available for pickup.

C. M. Williams Howard, Ga

Three-fourth ton 1941 Ford Truck for sale

Three-fourth ton 1941 model Ford Truck with good tires advertised by Butler Naval Stores Co of Butler Georgia. First $425 cash takes the truck.

Butler Naval Stores Co Butler, Ga

Oil space heater sale item with carburetor and drum

One oil space heater, equipped with carburetor and drum, in good condition. Seller: John Pennington, Butler, Georgia. Listing 8271tp.

John Pennington Butler

Wanted 150 to 200 ready to lay heavy breed pullets

Buyer Edwin Booth of Reynolds Georgia seeks 150 to 200 ready to lay heavy breed pullets. Contact details not provided.

Edwin Booth Reynolds, Ga

Estate Heatrola and Studio Lamp Auction Listing

One large estate heatrola coal burner in perfect condition and one studio lamp offered by T. L. Fountain of Butler Georgia. Listing notes item condition and seller location with a reference code 82821p.

T. L. Fountain Butler

Ice box sale by Cleo Brown in Butler Ga

A 50 pound capacity all metal ice box is offered for sale for 15 dollars cash. Seller Cleo Brown lists her Rural Route 2 address in Butler Georgia.

Cleo Brown Butler, Ga

Plants for Sale This Fall at W E Hightower Nursery

The Butler Georgia nursery of W E Hightower announces fall sales of Camellia and Azalea plants grown in a top nursery. Plants will be ready for home delivery starting November 15 and orders for special Camelias or sizes are welcome. Prices will compete with other nurseries.

W .E .Hightower Butler, Ga

Georgia Supreme Court judge laments rising Georgia divorces in 1835

A retrospective on Georgia divorce history notes Justice Eugenius A Nisbet criticizing a surge to 28 divorces per year by 1835. The 1847 Nisbet opinion recalls earlier rates, from four per year in 1800 to 28 by 1835, and argues that dissolving marriage weakens society.

Macon C. G. Sloan Bible Superior Court Eugenius A. Nisbet Georgia Supreme Court Justice Nisbet Georgia Jas. H. Fort U .S J. P. Cowart State Supreme Court Nisbet Atlanta Fulton Bedford Head Amanda Head J. H. Lumpkin Hiram Warner Judge Nisbet

$2,110 Suit Filed Against U S by Talbotton Man

W B Allen of Talbotton filed a federal suit in district court seeking 2110 plus monthly livelihood damages after an Army truck and trailer destroyed his taxicab in May. He seeks 250 per month from destruction date until judgment and the vehicle's value. Attorney R O Perkins represents him. The incident occurred while Allen sat on his porch as the Army truck and trailer pushed the taxi 110 feet.

Columbus U. S W. B. Allen Talbotton W. T. Farley Allen R. O. Perkins Farley

Card of Thanks from the Trapp Family

We express deep gratitude to friends in Panhandle and surrounding communities for kindness during the illness and death of our husband and father. We pray God’s richest blessings on each of you. Mrs. M. J. Trapp & Family.

Panhandle M. J. Trapp

Legal Insight Tightens Georgia Divorce Standards

Justice Nesbit decries claims of rude society in Georgia as unfounded and rules that desertion by the wife is not a valid basis for divorce. He notes Georgia and South Carolina differed but emphasizes that cruelty requires more than temper or rude language and calls for kindness as the remedy. Pack the trunks, Man, we're moving to South Carolina.

Georgia South Carolina Nesbit

Governor orders state police probe of beating reports

Gov. M. E. Thompson ordered a statewide inquiry into alleged beatings of CIO organizer Wilbur Gupton and his wife in LaGrange and ordered swift prosecution of a reported political flogging at McRae. He directed the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to confer with CIO director Charles Gillman and warned that officers dereliction could lead to suspension. He urged orderly law enforcement and warned sheriffs to act on warrants, noting possible federal court recourse for victims.

Atlanta M. E. Thompson CIO la Grange McRae Thompson Georgia Bureau of Investigation Gillman Telfair Eugene Talmadge Citizens George Mobley Lumber City

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