Negro Disappears From Taylor County Jail New Year Eve
Jim Welcher, a 20 year old black man held on murder charges, vanished from the Taylor county jail on New Year’s Eve. Authorities, including Sheriff J M Bone and Solicitor General Hubert Calhoun, investigated but found no definite leads. Welcher’s body later was found in the woods near Butler with no clear indication of who released him or who killed him.
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Taylor County
Jim Welcher
S. J. Swearingen
Charing
Swearingen
Welcher
J. M. Bone
Hubert Calhoun
Columbus
M. J. Land
Solicitor General's Office
Butler
Pecan Tree Order Opportunity From Butler Ga Offer
J T Mathews of Butler Georgia invites buyers to save on quality pecan trees by consolidating small orders into bulk purchases from Wight Nursery Orchard Co Cairo Ga. He plans to place orders by mid January and asks for early commitments for budding seedling trees next spring or summer to fit his schedule.
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Wight Nursery & Orchard Co
Cairo
J. T. Mathews
Butler, Ga
New Theatre Seats Being Installed Ahead of Early Opening
Herald reporters tour Dr. L. R. Dean’s new brown brick theatre east of the courthouse square as seating, lighting, and stage equipment are installed. The 60 by 120 foot building, with a large balcony and five hundred plus seating, features leather upholstered seats with knee space, floor lighting, and three aisles. J A Moos, American Seating Co. supervisor, expects completion by week’s end and a possible opening date announced in the next Herald.
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Herald
L. R. Dean
Court House Square
Fox Theatre
Atlanta
Dr. Dean
The
Fox
J. A.ues
American Seating Co
Grand Rapids
Mich
Moos
Financial Condition City of Butler As of January First 1937
To the People of Butler with a limited revenue of less than three thousand dollars per annum we have administered the town s affairs on a cash basis paying our current expenses as we went along We have fully paid up for the following extra expenses Balance in full on fire truck Bought and paid for a new trash truck Bought paid for and installed fire plugs The town owes no administrative debts and has left in its treasury a cash balance with which to meet incidental current administrative expenses consistent with current revenue as of Jan 1 1987 so that we may start the new year with a clean financial slate Wishing each and every one brighter better and more prosperous new year Sam Faithfully yours W E STEED Mayor
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Butler
Sam
W. E. Steed
Butler Postal Record 1936 Receipts Reach All Time
Postal records show Butler post office 1936 receipts setting an all time high with stamp sales at 4496.18 dollars versus 4216.70 in 1935 and money orders at 71920.54 dollars compared with 65105.95 in 1935. The gains reflect stronger mail activity and rising money order demand.
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Butler
Holder Sickness Sends Sidney Holder to Atlanta Hospital
Sidney E. Holder, ill for weeks, was moved to the Veterans' Hospital in Atlanta for treatment.
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Sidney E. Holder
Veterans’ Hospital
Atlanta
County Officials Take Oath For 4 Year Terms
The Herald lists the county official lineup as of Jan 1 including carry overs from 1936 and five changes. Ordinary J T Peed deputies Hoke Windham Sheriff John M Bone Clerk Superior Court Thelmon Jarrell Superintendent W T Austin Tax Commissioner P A Jenkins County Commissioners H H Riley G W Fickling L H Vanlandingham Coroner A I Parks Surveyor E D McCorvey Representative Col Dudley Taunton plus remarks on qualifications and best wishes for a successful administration.
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Mare
L. T. Peed
C. Frank McLaughlin
Columbus
J., T. Peed
John M. Bone
R. P. McGuffin
Hoke Windham
Thelmon Jarrell
W. T. Austin
P. A
Parr
Credit Assn To Meet At Thomaston Jan. 11
The Thomaston Production Credit Association will hold its annual stockholders meeting in Thomaston on January 11 at 9:00 a.m. in the Upson County courthouse. Serving Upson Pike Lamar Taylor and Monroe counties, the association made loans to 350 farmers totaling about 200000 dollars this season. Farmers in the territory are invited. plans and financial statements will be discussed. Mr. Ernest Graham of the Production Credit Corporation will attend.
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Thomaston
Miss Lucy Claire Johnson Joins Butler School Faculty
Miss Lucy Claire Johnson of Marshallville has been elected as assistant first grade teacher in the Butler school after Miss Bessie Jones resigned to take a Florida position. Johnson, daughter of Mr and Mrs A N Johnson, recently graduated Southwestern College Americus, began duties at the re opening of school Monday.
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Bessie Jones
Florida
Lucey Claire Johnson
Marshallville
Butler
Johnson
A. N. Johnson
Southwestern College
Americus
Gorman Seeks Butler Mayoral Seat for January Election
For Mayor I submit my candidacy to Butler voters for the election on Saturday January 9. If elected I pledge to pursue civic interests and attract new industries and smel manufacturing enterprises moving southward. I offer full cooperation with the council choices.
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Butler
Gorman
Frances Ernestine Born to Mr and Mrs Ernest Davis
Frances Ernestine arrived yesterday at the home of Mr and Mrs Ernest Davis. The newborn daughter enhances their family with the charming addition in the household.
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Frances Ernestine
Ernest Davis
County Loses Two Of Its Oldest Citizens By Death
The county records the deaths of S. S. Standridge at 80 and Huel Hortman at 70, longtime Taylor county residents. Standridge leaves a widow, five sons, one daughter, 34 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, and many friends. Hortman leaves a wife, two sons, a daughter, and broad local connections. Funeral services were held at graveside and Turners Chapel cemetery respectively.
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Standridge
Charing
S. S. Standridge
Taylor County
J. C
W. F. Standridge
Butler
J. W. Standridge
Ideal
George Standridge
Ellaville
J. C. Stand
Durham
South Carolina
Methodist Church
B. A. Martin
Butler Methodist Church
Huel Hortman
Mesars Oliver
Jerome Hartman
Bessie Sams
Turners Chapel Cemetery
Butler Friends Advised Of Passing Of Mr F P Golding
Messages received in Butler last week announce the peaceful passing of Fred P Golding at his Richmond Va home on December 30. Funeral and interment followed at Trenton N J on January 2 beside his devoted companion who died nearly a year earlier at the Butler residence.
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Butler
Fred P. Golding
Richmond
Trenton
Gokling
Death of Schley County Ordinary Walter C Stewart in Ellaville
Judge Walter C Stewart died of a heart attack in his Ellaville office on Tuesday afternoon. He was 76 and had just begun a new term as Schley County Ordinary after previously serving as postmaster of Ellaville. Survivors include sister Mrs Claude Baldwin of Titusville and brother Mr Lester Stewart of Dawson. Funeral services were held at his sister’s home and he was laid to rest at Prosperity cemetery near Rupert.
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Taylor County
Genor
Walter C. Stewart
Ellaville
Stewart
Court of Ordinar
Schley County
Judite Stewart
Imaville
Edgar Stewart
Nate. Stewart
United States
Claude Baldwin
Titavilla
Myr
Lester Stewart
Dawson
Baldwin
Prosperity Cemetery
Rupert
Sacrifice Sale of Land Near Butler in Taylor County
Four hundred five acres known as Henry Place inclining Lots 187 and 189 lies seven miles south of Butler on mail route half a mile off paved Highway No 3. One collar per acre cash. S C Chafin McDonough Ga. Reynolds official Mr FE Hancock game warden for Taylor Schley counties visits Herald with forthcoming announcement next week.
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Henry Place
Taylor County
Butler
Cash
S. C. Chafin
McDonough
FE. G.hancock
Reynolds
Herald
Taylor and Schley
Hancock
Mae Riley elected instructor at Eldridge Baptist Hospital
Mrs Mae Riley has been elected as instructor at Eldridge Baptist Hospital in Eldridge Alabama. She departed Sunday to assume the new post and will begin duties at once, a move of interest to her many friends.
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Mae Riley
Eldridge Baptist Hospital
Eldridge
Ala
Christmas Joy Sweeps Butler Citizens in Prosperous Season
Christmas was enjoyed widely with good health and perfect weather. No deaths or serious illness, few disturbances, and a record low in arrests marked celebrations. Santa distributed gifts as merchants reported record holiday stocks and heavy mail and deliveries. Local outlook hints at enduring prosperity with optimism for the year ahead.
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Butler
Providence
Santa Claus
Express
Niieh
Clugeo
Dr Beason Moves Family To Ft Gaines
Dr Lewis Beason moves his medical practice and household to Ft Gaines with his family. He is regarded as a leading physician and gentleman of high attainment, while Mrs Benson is active in church and civic life. The Herald extends best wishes for health and good fortune to the Beason family.
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Butler
Lewis Beason
Ft Gaines
Beason
Font Gaines
Electric traffic lights urged for Butler town
Mayor W. E. Steed has long urged slower auto traffic and, with the city council, is examining the installation of electric traffic lights on Butler streets given the town's tight finances.
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Butler
W. E. Steed
Boy Loses Finger At Wilson's Variety Shop
C. D. Ranow, son of Charlie Ranow, lost a finger on his right hand while working with band saw Thursday afternoon at Wilson's Variety, located east of the public square.
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C. D. Ranow
Charlie Ranow
Wilson’s Variety Shop
Taylor County Commissioners Elect New Clerk and Reelect Chairman
A Taylor County reorganization meeting at the courthouse Tuesday saw Hon H H Riley reelected chairman while A M Hakley kept the clerk position. The three members are H Riley G W Fickling and L H Vanlandingham the latter replacing W M Brown as the new member.
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Taylor County
Court House
H. H. Riley
A. M. Hakley
Messrs
H. Riley
G. W. Fickling
L. H Vanlandingham
W. M. Brown
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