Butler shoppers urged to buy local this Christmas season
In Butler the message emphasizes supporting home merchants over distant cities. A local writer commends Kitie at Jarrell Department Store and praises community trade, urging residents to shop at Butler stores for Christmas, sustaining local jobs and meals. The column also features light notes on Obie Bankston’s store, a proposed Bald Head club, and letters to Santa with humorous local flavor.
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Atlanta
Macon
Columbus
Butler
Butler Georgia prospers as paving links connect towns
A historical look at Butler in Taylor County shows a transformation from a forgotten village to a bustling Georgia town with paved streets, thriving shops, and growing visitor traffic. Ellaville and Macon area improvements mirror Butler’s revival, underscoring calls to finish paving all county sites to boost statewide commerce and connection.
Roy Neal Tours The Cir cle With Eugene Anderson
Roy Neal recaps a city visit accompanying Eugene Anderson, conductor of a Telegraph and News feature. He describes long rounds through rain and mud with dizzying pace, noting Anderson’s left side driving and constant circling as they joke about navigation and driving style.
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Mr. Neal
Eugene Anderson
Telegraph
News
Eugene
Lony
Friends Mourn Death of Mr Lee Reinhart
Taylor county readers learn of the death of Lee P Reinhart a Butler raised jeweler who built wealth in Peru Indiana where his business thrived and he lived until his passing at 230 PM Monday interment followed in Peru Tuesday The obituary notes his Westward ventures and independent fortune with ties to local boyhood friends and kin.
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Taylor County
Lee P. Reinhart
Butler
Reinhart
West
Peru
Ind
Local Paving to Begin This Week in Butler Ga
Local paving work starts this week as International Construction Co. arrives with machinery to pave around the courthouse and along highway 96 from the Taylor Talbot county line to Pebble. R. C. Payne, superintendent, confirms start. Elizabeth Bazemore joins Dixie Cafe, taking over City Cafe from H. B. Walker. A Roe buck Farm level borrower is urged to return the tool to owner G. W. Harris.
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Herald
R. C. Payne
International Construction Co
Butler
Highway 96
Taylor-Talbot County
Pebble
G. W. Harris
Butler, Ga
Justice of Peace and Constable Election Highlights
Judge W. W. Douglas was re elected Justice of the Peace for Butler district with no opposition. G J Hartman elected Constable. Other districts also announced results including Reynolds Ricks Carson J P Potterville J B Amerson J P J F Kimble Jim Windham Constable Carsonville E C Gholson J P BE M Gaultney Constable Howard district P A England J P Mauk district Allie Calahan J P.
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W. W. Douglas
Justice of the Peace
Butler
G. J. Hartman
OWS
Reynolds
Ricks Carson
J. P
Potterville
J. B. Amerson
J. F. Kimble
Jim Windham
Carsonville
Roberta Telephone Operator Heroine in Roberta Fire
In Roberta Georgia on December 7 a fierce blaze in the business district trapped Miss Coralie Moulton a phone operator who stayed at her post until forced to leap from a second story window. Volunteers fought through rain to save the exchange owned by Mrs. H C Bond as melted wires halted escape. Fire resulted from a cafe stove and the town organized no formal system.
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Roberta
H. C. Bond
Anl
Reynolds
Butler
Basil Hall
Macon ‘Telegraph
Coralie Moulton
Johnson passes at Oglethorpe after long illness
Death of Hon. W. C. Johnson at his Oglethorpe home occurs after a long illness. A civic, religious, and educational leader, he served as tax collector 1898 to 1928 and as Oglethorpe Methodist Church superintendent for 29 years. He was 81 last summer and linked to Dr. Halley and Mrs. Tinsley through family ties.
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W. GC. Johnson
Oglethorpe
R. G.T. Halley
Butler
T. H. Tinsley
Reynolds Methodist Church
Johnson
Long
Oglethorpe Methodist Church
New Pastor Expresses Gratitude to Butler Community
Edgar A. Martin extends thanks to the people of Butler and Taylor County for their reception and support. He expresses optimism about the ministry, urges regular church attendance, involvement in church activities, and cooperation to build up the Kingdom of God. He hopes to report the best year of his ministry and looks forward to future success in Dublin.
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Butler
Taylor County
Taylor
Dublin
Church School
Woman's Missionary Society
Kingdom of God
Edgar A. Martin
Butler Sells First Robbery Hit In Many Years
Butler experienced its first store burglary in a long time when Joiner Bros. mercantile was robbed of groceries, overalls, cash, canned goods, cigars and tobacco totaling under 100 dollars. Entry was through a broken front window. Night officer J A Cook notes the window intact at 4 am and broken by 6 am Sunday. Mrs. H B Walker, longtime cafe figure, bought City Cafe from Mrs. Sara Moore last week and plans improvements to boost patronage.
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Butler
Long
Messrs Joiner Bros
J. A. Cook
H. B. Walker
Dixie Cafe
Sara Moore
Public Square
Local hunters win blue ribbon for sportsmanship
Dr. Lewis Benson along with Messrs E Bazemore and B H Walker won the blue ribber for sportsmanship on Wednesday morning after bagging two wild turkeys on Tim's Creek. The two birds weighed a total of thirty pounds when brought to town and placed on the scales.
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Lewis Benson
E. Bazemore
B.H. Walker
Tim's Creek
Jarrells Store Ad Pays More for Corn Beans and Peas
The Butler Georgia store invites farmers to bring corn beans and peas offering higher payments. The simple ad emphasizes better prices at Jarrells Store in Butler.
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Jarrell's Store
Butler
Christmas Pageant and Santa Visit at Rupert Junior High
Friday night December 18 at Rupert Junior High auditorium a Christmas pageant by pupils of all grades precedes Santa Claus arrival. The young performers present the Wonderful Story with carols and readings as families are invited to attend and share in the holiday fun with toys and jokes from Jolly St Nick.
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Rupert Junior High School
Santa Claus
Jolly St. Nick
Death of J H Dougherty After One Week Illness
Mr Jeff Hudson Dougherty died at 9 15 Tuesday night at his brother’s home in Butler after a week of pneumonia. A former state highway department worker, he had been stationed in Montezuma for the past year. Born May 9 1904 in Carroll County Georgia, he was a son of Thomas A and Anna Dougherty and a Methodist. Survived by three brothers and three sisters, his funeral and burial will be in Clem Georgia with Mosers Edwards Bros funeral directors.
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EF. D. Dougherty
Butler
Jeff Hudson Dougherty
Dougherty
State Highway Department
Montezuma
Mr. Dougherty
Carroll County
Thomas A
Anna §. Dougherty
Methodist Church
D. Dougherty
Reese Dougherty
D! Mon‘tezuma
I. A. Dougherty
Arco
F. W. Halloway
Christie
Daisy Dougherty
Clem
Schools Close for Holidays Across County on Dec 18
Schools locally and countywide will close for Christmas holidays on Friday December 18 and reopen Monday January 4. Teachers and students anticipate a two week vacation with many planning to be away, most at home during the holidays.
Red and Raymond at Cross Roads School Tonight
Red and Raymond and Their Boys from Old Kentucky perform at Crossroads School tonight at 7:30. Admission 15 and 25 cents. Proceeds go to the school. The show promises a new program, different from previous appearances, as the artists prepare for Christmas travel to Kentucky.
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Red and
Raymond
Red & Raymond
Old Kentucky
Crossroads
Kentucky
Election of officers at W C Davis Camp No 15 Americus
In Americus the W C Davis Camp No 15 United Spanish War Veterans elected Butler residents Frank Fain and Fred Bone to Commander and Senior Vice Commander roles respectively.
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W. C. Davis
Department of Georgia United Spanish War Veterans
Americus
Frank Fain
Fred Bone
Butler
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