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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
5
Numerous incidents fill a Georgia week with derailments, crashes, and fires. Victims include injured train passengers near Moultrie and Macon, a fatal car crash near Americus, and several deaths in Crawford and Muscogee counties. Local officials, from Columbus to Talbotton, report new tax measures, elections, and a county court case proceeding as communities cope with disaster, law changes, and public notices.
A burglar stole 1050 dollars from Gai Lukes a farmer in the western county. The theft was reported to Sheriff Gribor but Lukes found the money in his ant pocket by his bed the next morning the money remained undisturbed until then.
Henry C Brown 88 of Thomaston died Wednesday night from burns after being trapped in his burning home. Firemen say he tried to extinguish the blaze and was overcome by smoke. Brown was a former master mechanic at the Thomaston Cotton Mills for 14 years and a member of Thomaston First Baptist Church.
Dr. A Dawson director of phal service for NJ vows to call names and let the chips fall to uncover why Georgia teachers are unpaid and schools may close. He says the association has written letters and will visit districts to ensure teachers are paid.
A structure valued at about $50,000 with $25,000 insurance was destroyed by a large fire. Fire departments kept the blaze under control as investigators searched the wreckage, noting the four rooms recently completed at an estimated cost of $3,500.
Vidalia Georgia Sunday morning. Pete Sharpe 28 was slain and mutilated with an ax at Cullen's Filling Station where he served as night manager. The robbers took money from machines and the cash register. A clue is a tuft of light colored hair. Fingerprint experts from Atlanta are expected to assist the investigation led by Sheriff Bob Gray with Vidalia police chief John Osborn and the Highway Patrol aiding.
Atlanta reports more than 15 million dollars in dividends to be distributed by Georgia firms within days. The Coca-Cola Co leads with eleven million nine hundred seventy five thousand seven hundred in quarterly and extra dividends on common stock and nine hundred thousand in semi annual on AY stock. The Georgia Power Company follows with six hundred sixty two thousand six hundred twenty five on its six perferred and seventy five thousand on its five perferred.
A basement fire in an Atlanta apartment damaged 2,000 in wind related souvenirs. Margaret Mitchell and John R. Marsh lived nearby as flames spread, but the Gone With The Wind volumes stored in foreign translations were saved by Marsh and his secretary. Police said spontaneous combustion of paint supplies sparked the blaze.
Three youths were injured by fireworks in Macon on Saturday sending James Donaldson 14 Arthur Darley and Herman Sapp to the hospital for treatment and tetanus shots. Dr J D Applewhite warned about anti tetanus measures after powder burns and wounds within city limits.
Fifteen Valdostans were injured in a two car crash south of Valdosta Sunday morning. Thirteen residents suffered cuts and bruises with two in serious condition but expected to recover. Ambulances responded and hospital staff reported the incident after a late night party taxi ride.
Public sale announced by B Brown under a security deed to satisfy the debt. Lands described include three acres and two acres of Lot 220 in Taylor County Georgia near Howard and White Water Road. Sale to take place January 2 before the courthouse, cash only, high bidder. Proceedings dated 1989 Defension 1989 B Brown Attorney J R Lunsford.
The Superior Court of Taylor County will sell at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in January 1940, the 2nd day of January 1940, at legal hours to the highest cash bidder the described property including one OB 6 37 G refrigerator cabinet unit and a 146 V A Z Could Pump complete with 42 gallon tank, property of James H. Gra. The sale is under execution issued in favor of Power Company against H. Gray. Sheriff John M Bond announces the sale date.
Thelmon Jarrell as administrator of the estate of P C Watson deceased applies to sell real estate. An order for citation was issued at the December term 1999. Unless objections are shown, the January term 1940 Taylor County Court of Ordinary will grant leave to sell.
Under and by virtue of an order from Fayette County Ordinary Georgia the undersigned will sell at public outcry to the highest cash bidder within legal hours before the Howse door in Taylor County on January 2 1940 the following described property as stated in the order
The notice advertises the sale of lands described as the property of Madil Collier deceased for estate debts and distribution among heirs. It lists boundaries by Whiter Creek and original lands of J. E. Barnes, with a second sale of 200 acres in the 2ath District over County Georgia. The date references include the 27th day of November and the first Tuesday in January for bidding.
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