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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1929
Page
6
The Times notes a shift from rural centers to urban hubs as capital concentrates in cities. Schools and churches relocate inward, draining country towns and smaller cities, while ambitious youth depart for larger places, leaving communities in decline yet implying potential for renewed urban prosperity.
In this Vienna News excerpt a debate stirs over whether Fashion’s latest decree will reinstate restrictive dress codes. It questions if women will reject subservience to fashion or accept a new power that polices appearances. The piece hints at a possible collective move by American women to prioritize comfort, decency, and personal choice over trends.
Public notice announces the ginning season in Butler will end after Saturday December. The message urges any unginned cotton to be kept until the end of the season. The item adds a rural anecdote about bull pups and parental caution.
The article laments disappearing southern rural life as modern tech advances. It invites readers to help preserve local tales, quirks, superstitions, and ghost stories by writing with plain, brief notes and mailing them to the collector.
J A Hall of Decatur Georgia appears as a named individual in a likely obituary or public notice fragment. The readable text repeats the name with location, suggesting a death notice or personal record. Further context is unavailable in the fragment.
An old drug advertisement promotes A Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder troubles, gravel, back pain, rheumatism, and irregularities. It offers mail order for $1.25, with sworn testimonials, from Dr. E. W. Hall of St. Louis, and lists druggists as sellers.
Legal notices announce two security deeds in Taylor County Georgia. Euliss Davis against land in Reynolds is to be sold January 7, 1980, at the courthouse in Butler to satisfy a note of 110 dollars with interest and costs. The Peoples Bank, Ideal, Ga., advertises sale of 143 parcels to secure a note of 60 dollars with balance due, also January 7, 1980, at the Butler courthouse.
Two security-deed foreclosures in Taylor County Georgia list lands tied to A M Carter and Eugene Adams with specified debts and dates. First sale anticipates January 1980 on 160 acres from Lot 284, secured for 777.81, renewed to 831.24 with interest, costs, and attorney fees. Second sale covers one quarter undivided interest in Lot 185 to satisfy debts totaling 110 plus interest and 174 plus interest, both deeds securing payment and costs with balances to recipients.
Notice is given that Dan S Beeland as administrator of the estate of J G Saunders deceased has applied for leave to sell the real estate of the intestate. Heirs and creditors are notified that the Court of Ordinary Taylor County will pass on the application at the January term 1930 unless cause is shown to the contrary. Pe day of December.
M E Everett applied for permanent Letters of Administration on the estate of L J Barnes deceased. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the Ordinary L T Peed's office within the legally allowed time to show cause why letters should not be granted. Witness my hand and official signature this 2nd day of December.
W N Fowler conveyed to Sanford H Cohen a security deed covering extensive land parcels in Taylor County GA including parts of lots 237 238 and various blocks in Southland and Barnview. The note defaulted at 725.76 dollars. on the first Tuesday in January 1980 Cohen will sell at public sale before the Courthouse to settle the debt with any surplus to Fowler. Bennett Neal attorney signs for Cohen dated December 9 1929.
B C Brewer administrator Mary Brewer deceased petitions the court that he has fully administered the estate. The court is cited to show cause why he should not be discharged and receive letters of dismission on the first Monday in January 1930. L T Peed Ordinary.
Public sale of one half interest in 97 acres in Taylor County Georgia to satisfy a secured debt. Under and by authority in a 1928 deed, the property fronts Shrimpshire place Annie Tucker’s plate Oliver and R. M. Wir. Sale set for the first Tuesday in 1930 at the Taylor County courthouse.
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