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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1929
Page
1
In a reflective editorial the piece asserts a town thrives through energetic citizens and liberal business effort. It urges residents to support modern improvements, praise worthy individuals, and invest in endeavors to keep Butler alive.
The rally at Butler Baptist Church is announced for tomorrow August 30 with program items led by Mrs. C W Moore of Junction City and other speakers from Columbus Manchester and Macon. Reading segments include Stewardship White Cross Work Personal Service and A Woman's Responsibility with discussions led by Miss Edwina Wood and Mrs Sara Cross. A Young People's Demonstration and Work program conclude the afternoon with orders for delivery and inquiries via M T Chapman.
J F Ogburn aged 62 died at 3 20 yesterday at his Macon home after several months of illness. A Reynolds native, he had lived in Macon ten years and was an active Baptist. Survived by his wife Emma Draughon of Marshallville, three sons Clarence of Aniston Alabama, Charlton of Chicago, and F J of Macon, a sister Mrs Ruby Grant of Miami, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral 3 o'clock at Reynolds Baptist Church with interment in the family lot.
Atlanta August 23 eight persons named for state census district supervisor posts were released by Henry Davis secretary of the Hanesy committee. The nominees include Wilson Jm Hardy Rome Haray Trust, Dr W O Burnson Athens University of Georgia, W U Jackson Gatnn Textue Millis, George L Blossom Macon, C M Young Columbus, C J Clark Americus, Sam V Register Valdosta, and others with district assignments listed. The report notes the division of districts ignores the previous congressional lines and mentions Saylor county placed in the Tenth district with C Lee Young Columbus named supervisor pick.
The paper’s editor and his son attend the 48rd annual Georgia Press Association convention in Toccoa after a Tuesday night arrival. Lavonia hosted editors with a barbecue yesterday and Georgia Power Company plans a picnic at Toccoa Falls. An afternoon auto tour will visit Valhalla Westminster Seneca and Clemson College in South Carolina.
Miss Bessie Young of Covington Ga resigns from her post as French and Latin teacher at Butler High School. Board of trustees has not filled the vacancy though several applicants are considered.
Tuition for grammar school remains 2.50 per term and high school 5.00 per term. Non resident grammar school tuition is 10.00 per term. Tickets will be sold Monday at the school building. H. H. Riley, Secy.Treas.
The Turner consolidated school known as Turner's Chapel five miles north of Butler burned Friday afternoon. No cause is known as the building was closed since April. The four classrooms included an auditorium option, valued at 3000 for the structure and 1500 for equipment with 2500 insured. The board plans rebuilding within a month and resumes classes within about thirty days. Teachers for next year are Miss Annie Spillers principal and Misses Pauline Spillers, Ruby Rustin, and Marie Payne.
Atlanta August 25 The 1929 Georgia general assembly adjourned sine die after a night long deadlock over a sales tax amendment. The fourth conference committee report on the measure was agreed and the bill passed as the last official act. Final adjustments to budget general appropriations tax acts and related measures were approved, with adjournment coming after 2 AM Sunday.
E F Rickerson 62 longtime Oglethorpe resident and owner of Rickersons Blacksmith Shop was found dead in his shop Wednesday morning after a brief illness. He lived in Butler previously and leaves a widow and son Lee Rickerson of Jackson Mississippi.
The Rev Horace M Wolfe announced from the pulpit his resignation as pastor of Butler Baptist Church effective the fourth Sunday in September It is tied to a pastorial field arrangement with Junction City and will require a deacons board review His wife Mrs Wolfe is also noted for her community service and support to the Butler area.
Miss Essie Cardin, who was alone in the Bank of Ochlocknee Tuesday, identified Dr. E. J. Murphy as the robber at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville. Murphy, hospitalized since Thursday, disputes the charge and asserts he was knocked unconscious during a separate robbery.
Ashburn Aug 31 a warehouse of Farmers Gin Company at Sycamore was burned early Sunday. A bale of cottonseed meal and 198 bales of cotton were destroyed. Fire reportedly started from a spark in a bale. Loss estimated at 35000 dollars to stockholders, a group of Sycamore business men and Turner county farmers.
Mr Dalton Adams aged about 21 died from fatal injuries after a car crash on route three between the Flint River Bridge and Thomaston returning from a preaching service at Antioch church. Two Thomaston companions were injured. Adams was son of Henry Adams and the family had moved from the county two years ago. Funeral and interment were at Antioch church and cemetery with many relatives and friends attending.
The fall term of the Butler Public Schools begins Monday morning September 2 at 8 45 in the High School auditorium for brief opening exercises. All pupils teachers and visitors are urged to attend and participate in a hopeful start to the school year. Parents and friends are warmly invited to be present.
Fire destroyed the residence of Mr. C O Brown of Howard ten miles west of here yesterday morning around eleven o clock. The blaze started from a defective stove flue engulfing the dining room roof before help arrived. Building valued at 2500 with a small insurance policy.
The coroner's jury ruled the death of R. A. Persons 25, a Taylor Mill worker, accidental after contact with live wires behind the switchboard. He had been employed three weeks and is survived by a sister, Mrs. A. O. Farmer, near Acworth. The body was interred there.
A Butler Methodist Church notice appeals to ladies to donate items for the Rummage Room. Mrs. Joyah Harris collects and sells items each Saturday and asks for new material to continue the work.
The Howard Theatre in Atlanta will be renamed the Paramount Theatre effective Sept. 2 as part of Paramount Month. Manager Robert E. Hicks cites Publix Theatres policy of standardizing ace houses with Paramount names. The upgrade includes a 60 foot vertical sign and over 6,000 lights, plus the film The Dance of Life starring Nancy Carroll and Hal Skelly.
An auto crash in Louisville Georgia injured four and killed one after the Ford driver fell asleep and veered into a ditch. The deceased was J Varney Worley 42 of Palmetto Ga. Injured include J E Wirly son of the dead man Emory Screws Louise Screws and Mrs Bob Screws.
The Herald prints corrections to add Rev. H. B. Wolfe as a former pastor and to fix a misprint changing Rev. T. L. Helms to Holmes. Both omissions and errors are acknowledged with regret by Mrs. Nora M. Woodward and the newspaper.
Secretary Hyde said he would ask Congress in a special session to appropriate 26 million dollars to expand Florida fruit fly eradication programs. The agriculture chief claimed this amount is necessary to broaden inspection and control measures to the extent experts say is required.
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