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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1938
Page
2
A reflective profile on time passing and the year just gone. The piece laments lost blossoms and vanished seasons, recalls memory’s tablets, and muses on mortality, divine order, and the dawn of a new year. It urges calm resolve, hopeful advance, and steadfast faith.
AP reports a world weary but hopeful New Year as crowds in New York City face sleet and crowds in other lands remember the past year. Police manage movement around Times Square while celebrants hear Auld Lang Syne and talk of peace and renewal amid a year of conflict.
Sheriff J M ome of Taylor county and Sheriff M Shipp of Talbot county captured the wanted Black man known as Shorty Anderson about four oclock Monday afternoon near Junction City after a multi day manhunt. Anderson, about 85, was accused of raping from a Calhoun gang and earlier held up Burnice Hill in Reynolds and William Maxwell in Talbotton, suffering gunfire buckshot wounds before being disarmed. He was taken to Columbus and jailed in Muscogee county for safekeeping amid local tension.
Sheriff J M Bone aided by Hancock and Alfred raided two whiskey stills during Christmas week, destroying a 200 gallon still two miles south of Rupert and a small still two miles east of Wesley. Four men were captured, including two white men and one Black man, with beer destroyed and no whiskey found. One suspect captured Christmas Eve night. another escaped.
June 1937 applications are being taken up for investigation by the local Welfare Department this month. Investigation proceeds rapidly amid general relief work. Applicants must prove need for old-age assistance, aid to the blind, or aid to dependent children. age alone does not guarantee eligibility under Georgia law. Legal responsibility of relatives must be considered.
Burnice Hill Reynolds grocery manager reports being robbed of about $60 by a negro man described as L. H. Shorty Anderson. Gunpoint theft occurred near dark on Wednesday night December 29. Sheriff J M Bone aids search as Anderson, linked to Taylor county robberies, evaded capture after prior escape from a Calhoun chain gang.
A congenial Christmas break event saw seven junior girls from Butler High School enjoy a seven day and night progressive house party. They spent time at each home and visited nearby cities, with activities including fireworks and shows. Participants were Alicenel Amos Susan Anthony Wilma Gill Dorothy Wall Ludie Renfroe Dorothy Bazemore and Deris Callahan.
Hon L T Peed reports five Taylor County widows of Confederate veterans added to the county pension list. They received $30 each on Saturday Jan 1 and are placed in Class B with Class A veterans eligible for future increases. Names listed include Mrs Sarah Harris Mrs Ida Steed Mrs Mary Ann Spillers Mrs Mary Wacter and Mrs Lizzie Smith.
Friends of W G Hurdle of Montezuma regret his serious illness. He is confined to a Miami hospital. He is father of Mrs Ruth Neisler and Mrs C B Bankston of this city.
John Purvis of the U S Navy has been stationed in Shanghai China. He will spend about two weeks with his parents Mr and Mrs Walter Purvis of Charing before resuming his duties.
Good work horse offered for sale or will trade for a fresh in milk cow corm hay or other usable value. Contact L. T. Peed Butler Georgia.
A WPA project on the Butler High campus advances a brick veneer four room grammar school building costing about 11000. Ground broke Dec 29 and completion is aimed before the 1988 fall term. W T Austin leads construction with a foreman soon to be hired. eight rooms may be added if grant increases.
Taylor county schools opened Monday morning serving about thirteen hundred white students after a Christmas recess of more than two weeks. College students departed Sunday to return to their campuses while teachers resumed duties. Miss Inma Gill joins Butler High School faculty for practice teaching mandated in the county system.
Colonel W. E. Steed has relocated his law practice from the Telephone Exchange building to a first floor room in the Masonic Hall. The change places all Butler law offices under one roof, and Steed hopes to stay in the new location as long as before.
Cuthbert Ga Dec 27 Robert L Moye 78 long time lawyer and newspaperman died at home Sunday night He was a former state senator and legislator and belonged to one of the state's oldest families He was noted for his philanthropy
Friends of Robert Humber Jr report he is improving rapidly after an appendicitis operation at Montgomery Hospital last Wednesday. Humber, a valued employee of Butler Drug Company, is noted for his sunny smile and courteous service at the popular local business.
Herbert B Adams 59 lifelong Taylor County resident died at his Butler home on Dec 25. He helped run the Adams Boarding House and formerly operated a grist mill at McCants Lake. Funeral at Pastey’s Funeral Home Thomaston with Rev Whatley and Rev Swain officiating. Interment Evergreen cemetery. Survived by his wife four sisters and five brothers.
Mrs. W. P. Irvin of New Orleans sent Christmas checks to Butler residents who aided her after an automobile crash on Whitewater hill seven miles south of Butler on July Fourth. Checks ranged from two to five dollars as thanks for services rendered during her hospitalization.
Mr. S E Holder died from injuries after a Friday night head-on wreck on highway No 8 near the Austin home. Former sheriff R P McGuffin suffered a broken leg and cuts, Mrs J M Rustin and Miss Pauline Rustin were injured. McGuffin and Holder were in one car, Rustin pair in the other. both cars demolished. Holder died at Veterans Hospital in Atlanta after first aid in Butler. Funeral held in Atlanta December 29 with many Butler residents attending. Holder was a World War veteran who had lived in Butler about 16 years. No relatives could be located to be notified.
Funeral services for Ulmer L. Cox a Baxley postmaster 51 who died Sunday in an Atlanta hospital were held Tuesday at Baxley Baptist church. Burial followed at Omega cemetery Cox a Pierce county native had lived in Baxley since 1916. He was a traveling salesman then publisher of the Baxley News Banner until 1933 and active in Eighth District Democratic politics as district committee chairman. Survivors include his widow Mrs Addie Townsend Cox and two brothers.
Sam Harris, a successful farmer and noted Taylor county citizen near Mauk, was treated at the local hospital Wednesday for injuries from an early day automobile crash. He suffered a deep gash below the right eye when his head struck the windshield. Friends extend wishes for a speedy recovery.
Miss Louise Hill of Butler, previously connected with Payne Motor Company office force in this city, has accepted a new position as bookkeeper with the Taylor County Electric Membership Corporation at Reynolds.
The local P T A will hold its regular meeting at the Butler High School building Wednesday January 12 at 2 30 p m All members are urged to be present at this meeting
Robert Lee Bateman 66, nephew of the late Mrs S E Bateman and cousin of Mrs L B Poole and Mrs C E Benne, died at a Macon hospital after illness. He was chief clerk at Macon Terminal Station. Survived by wife, a son R H Bateman of Macon, two daughters Mrs W W Woody of Aldemta and Mrs Stanley Marcaurelle of Fresno, two grandchildren, two brothers W T and G C Bateman of Atlanta.
Bernie Levine a 24 year old Eastman businessman and cousin of Mrs. Oscar Dreizin of Butler died Monday night in an Eastman hospital from a stroke suffered while en route to Forsyth. He was rushed to the Eastman hospital where doctors found the stroke. The body was taken to Savannah for funeral services. Survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Julius Levine of Eastman and one sister Mrs Sol J Rubin of Eastman. He was associated with his father in business in Eastman.
Opportunity for a man over 26 with a car to take over an established Rawleigh route. The Memphis Tennessee listing notes the route GAA-42-102 and emphasizes ready start with good earnings from continued service.
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