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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1923
Page
5
Reynolds community pages list residents visiting relatives over the holidays, guests at homes, and gatherings. Several professors and students from Emory, Wesleyan, Albany, State Normal, and the A and M College in Americus are mentioned visiting or staying with families. A sale advertises Bolivia Coats and Jersey Dresses, with prices, and mourns the recent death of Mrs. Trapp.
The Taylor Macon County club entertained Miss Kate Hicks on Saturday in Gilmer parlors with fern and chrysanthemum decorations. Thanksgiving themes appeared in games and contests followed by a salad course. Attendees included Miss Hicks and a list of fifteen named guests.
Mrs R W Trapp died at her Reynolds area home last Friday after a lengthy illness. She endured suffering with tender care from family and physicians. Funeral services were held Saturday with abundant floral offerings. Survived by husband Horace Trapp, Stanley Trapp, Inez Trapp, and Georgia Trapp.
Through appreciation and sincerity we thank the host of loving friends who cared for our mother and wife during her last days. Their devoted service brought comfort and happiness, and their expressions of sympathy offered solace to the bereaved. Special thanks to Dr. J. E. Mangham for untiring efforts and wise, sincere care. May God bless each of you.
The First National drama The Dangerous Age directed by Jno M Stahl opens at the Grand Theatre Reynolds Ga on December 7 1923. Cast includes Lewis S Stone Ruth Clifford Edith Roberts Myrtle Stedman Rich Tucker Helen Lynch Jas Morrison Cleo Madison Lincoln Stedman and Edward Burns in a high calibre photoplay.
For rent or lease a sixty-five acre farm with 35 acres in cultivation and good pasture. Plenty of water and fences in good condition. A four-room house is included. Location two miles north of Fickling's mill. Apply to Mrs. John Gaultney Reynolds Ga Route 4.
Seven spotted shoats six to ten pounds? Actually thirty to forty pounds each, crossbred between Poland China and Red Jersey. Owner urged to claim by paying charges. warehoused in Panhandle District under J H Jones care.
Rev. J G Christian will occupy the Reynolds Methodist pulpit next Sunday at 11 o'clock for his last Reynolds appointment before departing for Vienna. Attendance is urged for this morning service with no evening service scheduled.
Reynolds Baptist Church plans Laymen Day next Sunday with F. Withoft of Fort Valley as main speaker on How Laymen May Serve the Kingdom. He is a deacon and Keneies Committee chair at Ft Valley and a noted Sunday School worker. All invited.
Henry Suddeth of Potterville Georgia offers a liberal reward for information leading to the whereabouts of a black mare weighing 800 to 900 pounds. The horse, with a heavy blind bridle, broke loose from a hitching post at Reynolds and has been missing since Saturday.
Montezuma Georgia reports boll weevil pressure up but one young Macon County farmer, Hobbs Hebbs, shows strong cotton yields aided by planting on thin soil, heavy fertilization, and rapid cultivation. He harvested about 100 bales of cotton this year, with 1000 bushels of feedstuffs and 75 to 80 head of hogs on property. He used 200 pounds of 84.4 fertilizer per acre and 100 pounds of kamit and soda, and plans to expand with tenant labor next year.
A device developed by Prof. G W Stewart at the University of Town promises to curb loud city noises. Though only a laboratory toy so far, the device could ease nerve strain by smoothing sudden, jarring sounds from motors, trucks, streetcars, trains, bells, and rallies.
A curious discovery links Mother Goose to a real Mary Goose buried in Boston who wrote rhymes for grandchildren. Jack Horner is identified as a real English figure from 250 years ago, with his home once owned by Sir John Horner. The Melis estate in Somersetshire, 6000 acres, will be sold at auction.
The Washington Post cites a 1922 US murder estimate of 10 000 with broader social losses from criminal justice. Separately archaeologists at Philadelphia University reveal papyri from 809 BC to 246 BC in Thebes showing how tax policy impacted ancient society and could inspire modern fiscal behavior.
The article recalls three young lions flown from Brussels to Paris by mail plane and notes pilot relief at arrival. It comments on the oddity of animals and air travel, then surveys health and child labor laws across states, praising Virginia’s stringent exam requirements and criticizing past views on child employment.
A remark notes an Englishwoman who aspired to be London's best dressed woman and allegedly broke two marriages. The wry line warns of the peril to any husband who becomes entangled with such an ambition.
A London critic frets over the growing unhealthiness in the minds of younger poets, noting the concern has persisted as long as there have been rising poets.
Statistics show one telephone per eight people in America, while experience shows all eight often try to use it simultaneously, illustrating high demand and crowded lines.
Four thousand married women teachers in London face unemployment amid a wider English shortage of unmarried women. The article links local cuts to a broader demographic imbalance affecting hiring in education.
A brochure on precious stones claims diamonds feel cold to the tongue which could discourage consuming diamonds as a diet trend. The remark is presented as a curious factual note likely to amuse readers and influence public interest in gemstone tasting.
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