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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1930
Page
1
A reflective piece urges embracing lessons from the past year while planning for 1980. It highlights God’s ongoing work, the value of daily improvements, and the hope that future years bring greater beauty and nearer Heaven. It emphasizes perseverance and thoughtful goal setting.
Service restoration for long distance lines between Butler and Reynolds is expected today after a heavy freeze disrupted more than half the poles and wires. Despite repairs underway, local service will remain inconvenient for several days as the company completes fixes and restocks lines.
Readable data shows rainfall amounts with figures such as 83.01 inches and 52.00 inches for the year, plus excess values and observer notes. The fragment mentions a local observer recording 12.24 inches.
Charles Fickling, the young son of Mrs F Fickling, received a flesh wound over his right eye while playing Tuesday morning. He required several stitches after a deep cut from a piece of tin following a fall.
Mangham of Reynolds announced to friends that he has succeeded Mr. G Li Cooper in leasing the Grand Theatre building. He plans to move in picture equipment and screen the best pictures of the season. He touted talkies as an improved feature anticipated soon.
Readable snippets report Georgia as a whole sees agricultural expansion with increased watermelon acreage in South Georgia. Other items note the Atlanta Shrine Mosque dedication, a surge in burglaries in Atlanta, and local deaths, trials, and civic events across the state.
Mr W A Lundy new county agent for Taylor County 1930 arrives with Mrs Lundy from Cairo Georgia after six years in similar work. He begins rounds in Butler and plans countywide visits to meet residents and discuss how he can serve this year and asks for public cooperation.
Mr and Mrs Dan Brosnan of Albany and a son were injured in a Sunday afternoon crash on highway number three near Albany. Their car left the road after a mechanical defect striking a telephone pole, almost demolishing the vehicle. Brosnan suffered a severe facial cut. Mrs Brosnan was bruised and later taken to Albany home by Edwards Bros ambulance.
Rev J H Stanford will serve the pastorate at Antioch Baptist Church in this county for another year preaching there on the third Sunday morning and evening each month. Formerly a prominent Methodist minister in this section of Georgia he transferred to the Baptist church after four years at Butler. The change is publicly supported by his former presiding elder and Methodist ministers extend best wishes and assistance as he returns to ministerial service here.
The Butler Insurance Agency and Mrs F A Peed faced relocation after a December fire wiped out the Dreizin building and stock, severely damaging the adjacent structure. The insurance office has temporarily moved to the former Dr R C Montgomery room in the Masonic building.
Injuries claimed Pearline Uford a Black woman said to live near Lumpkin. She was brought to Butler for treatment after a wreck involving a truck with several Black workers on the highway between Ellaville and Butler at night. She died days later and is buried in the local cemetery. details are unclear due to the damaged report.
A fire on December 24 destroyed U Dreizin’s Butler stock of dry goods clothing ladies ready-to-wear shoes and notions. The blaze started in the rear and barred entry as sleet coated the outside. Losses included several hundred dollars in cash and damaged books notes and accounts. The uninsured building owned by R S West stood in the center of a main business block. Insurance covered stock valued around 60 000 with 20 000 on it. Rebuilding and restocking plans are underway with reopening targeted for early to mid February.
Samuel W Huey of Butler Drug Company and Mercer University student earned third highest rank among 91 candidates and was one of 12 to pass the State Board of Pharmacy examinations held December 10 and 11 in Atlanta. He is son of Mr and Mrs S Huey, noted local family.
William Thomas Rogers aged 47 died suddenly at his Albany home. He was the son of James Rogers of Charing with surviving widow, five children, parents, three brothers, and four sisters. Funeral and interment were held at North Cemetery on December 26.
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