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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
9
In Byromville the town voted 100 cents for school bonds in a recent election. Georgia items note deaths including Oscar W. Williams 75 Thomaston and John B. Carlton 67 Moultrie. South Georgia faced its coldest night of the season as frost spread.
Dr John W Taylor has two new neighbors J A Barber and Jim Farmer Barber is a farmer and Farmer is a barber The curious exchange highlights a playful namesake coincidence in Greenville local life.
Waycross Chamber of Commerce announced bids will be opened on December 12 for a three story concrete and steel factory building of 50 000 square feet to house a new shoe manufacturing plant in Waycross Georgia.
Fort Valley Ga December 8 The Fort Valley Baptist Church will observe next Sunday night the four hundredth anniversary of the printing of the English Bible. Speakers include M D Reed pastor and Messrs Charles Rogers C L Sheppard and George Culpepper Jr.
President Roosevelt returned to Warm Springs Georgia after an overnight visit with Cason Callaway at Blue Springs. He headed straight to the swimming pool for a morning plunge after arriving shortly after 11 oclock CST.
Albany Georgia will start the festive season with a grand Christmas parade and the crowning of Santa Claus as King of Yale time. Santa will switch on a street lighting system of over 2,000 colored bulbs, signaling the holiday celebration’s official kickoff.
In Sumter County Georgia Judge Charles W. Worrill of Cuthbert presides over the succent term of the Sumter Superior Court under illness of Judge W. M. Harper. Macon reporter Eugen Horne fills in for J. C. Mebane as court reporter who is also ill.
Talbotton Georgia December 3. The following officers were elected to serve the Women's Missionary Union of the Methodist Church for the coming year. Mrs. J. A. Smith president, Mrs. J. T. Maxwell vice president, Mrs. W. M. McKeichtan secretary, Mrs. Dixon Olive treasurer, and Mrs. A. O. Hill general young people's leader.
Swainsboro Forest Blade of Emanuel county was sold at an executive sale for 11000 dollars to Douglas Boatright, son of the late editor William E. Boatright. The new owner has long served as associate editor and his wife is the society editor.
Atlanta December 2 Congressman Cox of Camilla said he will rebut Gov Talmadge s forthcoming answer to President Roosevelt scheduled for Friday He asserted Georgia has already given its answer and Talmadge will be too late in his address.
Rev. A. B. Wall arrives as new Methodist pastor in Talbotton and preaches his first sermon as city congregations join in welcome. Former pastor Rev. Theo Pharr moves to Cross Keys church in Macon for next year. Wall previously served in Arlington.
Roberta Ga Nov 80 T M Mathews 68 a Crawford county lumberman was instantly killed this afternoon when his car backed into the highway and collided with a truck driven by another party A coroner's inquest was not yet determined.
In Carnesville Georgia on December 2 Mrs Ben Terrell near Carnesville died when a shotgun she was demonstrating to 9 year old Ben Crump discharged accidentally. She was at John Crump's home when the incident occurred.
The U S Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census will begin a business canvas on January 2. The survey will provide a complete enumeration of types and kinds of business and give businessmen indispensable factual data about business in 1935.
In St Marys Georgia Arthur Lucas III a 21 year old university sophomore was shot in the stomach during a hunting trip near St Madus. His brother John Lucas about 20 discharged a shotgun while unloading for the drive to St Marys. Arthur died en route to St Marys leaving his mother Mrs Arthur Lucas and his siblings including a sister Mrs Fred Storey.
In Sparta Georgia during the murder trial of Winton Boyer a pickpocket lifted the pocketbook of the trial judge James B. Park and also took the wallet of local citizen W. E. Gibson. Judge Park, 83, has served the Ocmulgee circuit 24 years and says this is his first such experience.
Charlie Dunham, operator of a highway filling station between Oglethorpe and Montezuma, was found Friday night with a bullet wound through his hip. The bone of his leg was broken as the bullet traveled to the knee. He alleges unknown assailants attacked him and he was taken to Montezuma hospital in serious condition.
Alamo Ga Nov 30 A coroner s jury soon after the body of Dr J D Mangham 27 nephew of J J Mangham former head of the state highway board was found in an Alamo hotel room and returned a verdict of death by his own action Coroner Oscar Bridges said the young doctor died from a self administered dose of chloroform He came here in February from Tifton and his wife was visiting in Tifton at the time of his death.
Georgia tax receipts show a strong rise for 1935 with Tom Wisdom stating that November 1935 collections from all sources reached 24,907,793, up from 22,479,981 in 1934 and 20,349,078 in 1933. The record anticipated for the full year suggests only 1930 and 1931 might match or exceed it. The 12 month totals cited reach 31,867,939, indicating continued strong fiscal performance.
Athens Ga Dec 3 Agricultural Extension Service director Harry L Brown said the advice of Georgia farmers would guide the new AAA cotton and corn hog programs to benefit producers. With surpluses removed efforts will focus on balancing production and demand as about 139,400 Georgia cotton producers signed two year contracts and 785 signed the 1935 corn hog contracts.
Carrollton, Ga December 2. An educator and an editor spoke against the proposed 15 mill overall tax limitation for Georgia. Superintendent M C Wiley of Carrollton Public Schools said the plan would deprive schools of funds, while J J Thomasson editor of the Carroll County Times called the proposal unreasonable. A legislative committee is gathering information as the last legislature approved the limit and voters will decide.
A Washington report announced this week that in the past ten months Georgia immunized 27,467 children against diphtheria, most of them below school age, placing the state above all southern states in Red Cross diphtheria immunization efforts.
A three year cotton adjustment aims to balance supply and demand to keep prices fair. For 1936 an adjustment is vital to curb overplanting as cotton prices rise, with carry-over still above normal and farm labor surging. Without action, producers would plant 45 to 60 million acres, returning to very low prices and nullifying gains from prior adjustments.
Dr. Chas A. Greer was reelected mayor of Oglethorpe Georgia after a Monday election in which he ran without opposition. Incumbent council members W F Murray Dan Kleckley and W P McBride were also reelected, with W A Ansley and M L Shealy failing to win council seats. L D Gardner was reappointed clerk and treasurer amid opposition. Terms for C T Harden and John F Williams did not expire.
Atlanta reports Walter McDonald, a former Georgia Public Service Commission member ousted in 1933 by Governor Eugene Talmadge, was sworn in again to fill an unexpired term. He succeeds J Tobe Daniels of La Grange, whose term ended November 30. Jud P Wilhoit was also sworn in to continue as chairman. The oath ceremony concluded with Governor Talmadge congratulating both men.
The winter hotel Three Toms Inn in Thomasville will open December 14 for the season. G. C. Krewson Jr of Magnolia Massachusetts will operate the inn again this year.
Judge M. D. Dickerson opened the December term of Superior Court in Waycross launching a broadside against slot machines. He has already started a similar crackdown in Coffee County.
W D Wilson an 85 year old Fort Valley farmer died when his car skidded off Route 49 and plunged down a steep embankment. A negro passerby found the wreck Sunday morning and alerted authorities. Bulloch County holds a county wide primary February 5 with qualifying ending January 4 at noon. fees listed for county offices range from 1 to 75 dollars.
Bishop Ainsworth of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, based in Macon Georgia, was chosen president of the Antileague of America at its annual convention. The selection followed the rejection of E G Richard, a Washington Dc presiding superintendent, and branding a national Prohibition campaign featuring songs like Repeal Has Failed Buy Dry and Save Our Land. Homer Rodenheaver, former Billy Sunday song leader, performed Repeal Has Failed as Ainsworth supported the movement.
In F a r m grain fumigation works best between 76 and 95 degrees F. Use a tight container or bin, seal cracks, and apply carbon disulphide by shallow pans on top or holes over the grain. Typical dosages range from four to twenty pounds per 1000 cubic feet, with higher amounts safer to ensure insects are killed. Open after 86 to 48 hours and ventilate. Avoid sparks, flames, and static electricity due to explosion risk.
Judge Bat com of Denver, middle district, granted a restraining order in the bankruptcy case involving Tayloe county and creditors. Mrs Sally B Anthony, a farmer in Taylor county, sought a time extension under the bankrupt act. Land valued at 5000 dollars is involved, with a federal Farm Bank lien of 2428 dollars and an International Agriculture Corporation debt of 1129 dollars. The hearing date will be set later.
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