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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1930
Page
8
A state notice confirms the Columbus to Greenville road will open December 17. In other news a string of local incidents includes a Macon house fire trapping a family, a porch collapse near Americus, and a courthouse blaze scare at Thomaston. The paper lists political shifts, agricultural updates, and local business deals across Georgia.
Waycross Georgia December 6 Mrs Cora Gorman Hazen was acquitted by a Ware county superior court jury of the murder of 18 month old Geraldine Parker. She remains jailed to face a separate charge of killing Mrs Parker, with trial to proceed immediately. Jim Parker was convicted in a companion case and sentenced to die in the electric chair January 9. The two were linked to a double crime found on a farm near Waycross last October.
A Davisboro area farmer noticed a bright spot in his field and unearthed two silver dollars. He plowed one, then dug further to uncover about 200 dollars in coins dated from 1700 to 1800, including some Mexican coins. The money is believed buried before the Civil War. the farmer asked for anonymity to prevent further digging.
Knoxville dispatch reports Rob L Beavers 60 salesman for Junction City Manufacturing Company of Junction City Ga found dead in his hotel room He registered Friday as H C Mullins Atlanta and was not seen until Saturday A note left for his son cited financial troubles Police PM found he swallowed poison and slashed himself, body discovered by a housekeeper.
In Calcutta on December 8 Rev Edward Johnson of Waycross Georgia a Methodist missionary at Darjeeling saved his life by an acrobatic escape after three assassins killed the Bengal inspector general and then shot at him at a nearby passport office. Johnson principal of Mount Hermon School in Darjeeling, jumped from a window and lowered himself to the street by an iron drainpipe.
Dec 6 report shows Wm. McRae and others proposing to reduce congressional districts from 12 to 10. Fulton County would be placed in a district with 318,587 population, 87,562 above the smallest district. The proposed district populations and county lists are detailed for each of the ten districts.
After more than three years of pain from an automobile accident, Maryean Carter of Savannah reports doctors now say she will walk again. She is described as a great girl, all smiles at the prospect of leaving her hospital bed.
The petitioners A. E. Guinn H. C. Walker and J. H. Amos seek incorporation of a benevolent institution named American Legion Post 124 in Butler Georgia for fifty years with renewal, to aid World War I veterans and their families, operate without capital stock, and acquire real and personal property for its purposes under Georgia law. Walter Festhed, Petitioners' Attorney.
Williams Lumber Company announces a public auction of real estate in Howard, Taylor County, Georgia to satisfy the debt secured by the May 7 1980 security deed of Mrs C O Brown. The property near J H Browns lot includes 220 lot in the 16th district and is set for January 6 1951 between 10 am and 4 pm at the Taylor County courthouse.
In Huntsville Alabama Mrs W W Porter shot a bandit during a grocery store robbery as he pointed two guns at her husband. The wounded robber died later without regaining consciousness. A companion fled after she fired. A pawn ticket from Atlanta shows Harry Slaton of Shreveport pawned a watch for $1 85.
Taylor County will sell six seventh undivided interests in lot 182 in the 14th district second section at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in January 1981 within legal hours. Property is owed by Mrs S M Bloodworth to satisfy a justice court file in favor of Ricks Bros and J N Bryan. This notice is dated December 9 1980 and signed by Sheriff R P McGuffin.
A notice for sale on the first Tuesday in January 1981 within legal hours of sale lists One seventh undivided interest in Lot No. 182 in the 14th district second section Taylor County Georgia. The property is levied upon as the defendant W C Bloodworth's to satisfy a judgment from the Justice Court of the 741st District G M in favor of Ricks Bros and J N Bryan dated December 9 1930.
On December 23, 1980, before the courthouse door in Taylor County Georgia, the highest bidder for cash will purchase all of lot 124 in the 14th district described in deed Q 204 and recorded in the Taylor Superior Court. The sale is under the deed to secure debt dated November 6, 1929 from W S Powell to Dannenberg Waxelbaum Company, due to default. The debt totals $186.86 principal and $2.40 interest to December 28, 1980. Proceeds apply as the deed provides. the property is described as the cost half of lot 124, 14th district. This 21st day of November 1980. Dannenberg Waxelbaum Co. By Jones Jones Johnston & Russell.
A body found near Gray Ga is believed to be William M Billy Rowe who escaped a private sanitarium in Milledgeville last August. Dr Allen and family identified a coat and dental features to confirm, coroner may reconvene to certify the name. Rowe served in World War I and had a nervous disorder after discharge.
H K Sealy administrator of Minnie Saylor estate petitions for leave to sell real property in Taylor County Georgia. Creditors and next of kin are cited to show cause at the January 1921 term of the Court of Ordinary why the petition should not be granted. dated December 8 1930.
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