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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1929
Page
1
The Grand Theatre in Reynolds Georgia presents Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle in a modern society satire described as a hurricane of continuous howls with a riotous performance including a black eye and a nightgown scene. Added attractions include a two reel short Tracked Down and Hold Your Horses by Stern Bros.
Aileen Pringle and Lew Cody star in a comedy romance about a dog and tangled affections. The 2 reel feature promises light humor and echoes of married life with playful quirks, plus added attraction Mystery Rider No 2.
A film note promotes the Saturday showing of King of the Rodeo starring Hoot Gibson and a cast of Western actors. Filmed during the Chicago Rodeo, the picture features wild west skills amid a modern chaotic plot. Added attraction: Mystery Rider No. 2 Homeless Man.
A 15 year old boy named Edgar Parker was arrested Tuesday by J. C. Edwards and Willie Joe McCants on suspicion of stealing a Chevrolet coupe. He confessed after breakfast at the Dixie Cafe and is held by Sheriff McGuffin as authorities contact Thomasville police. He faces questions about the car owner and home location.
Sociologist W F Ogburn reports 1920s survey data on American families. One in eleven married women worked outside the home. From 1900 to 1920 restaurants and bakery output rose faster than population, while delicatessen dealers expanded 43 percent 1910 to 1920. He notes a high chance of divorce for marriages contracted in 1928. Ogburn was born in Butler, son of Charlton Og burn.
Clarence Darrow a Chicago lawyer and author and W D Upshaw former Georgia congressman will debate in Augusta Georgia on Saturday night under the Augusta post American Legion. They will discuss The Eighteenth Amendment at Tubman auditorium starting at 8 00.
Louie Brunner, 48, white, who fought a gun battle with Americus police, was committed to the state sanitarium at Milledgeville after a hearing before Ordinary R T Hawkins. He has long suffered a nervous disorder and will likely be confined until improvement is noted. He had been a patient at a car hospital under guard since the shooting.
Goodloe H. Yancey of the Georgia State Automobile Association argues in the Dixie Contractor that annual automobile costs exceed the state's total crop value. He cites 1927 crop values at $250.7 million vs. motor vehicle costs around $305 million, with Georgia’s 1928 auto growth adding about $70 million while livestock and poultry income total about $65 million.
J H West named contractor by J T Cochran to rebuild the large brick Rupert store destroyed by fire about three weeks ago. At the blaze time W E Elliston occupied the store with general merchandise and served as postmaster for Rupert, later moving the post office to a nearby building while restoring business.
Raymond Carter, a black convict on road gang duty in Worth County, escaped from the stockade Monday around 4 pm. He spent the night in nearby woods and was recaptured Tuesday. Carter had served two months of a combined 8 to 11 year sentence from Worth County Superior Court.
Yeggmen blew the Butler post office safe on Friday night with dynamite to steal cash stamps and a gold watch belonging to Postmaster C. W. Bazemore, totaling about $300. The burglars used gloves and mail pouches to muffle noise and entered by forcing rear doors. The robbery was detected Saturday morning. investigators from Macon Atlanta and the sheriff pursue leads.
In Cordele Georgia on January 3 two prominent men ages 70 and 65 fought with knives over the Raines estate a major local holding. W G Raines was wounded with gashes to head and back and lies in serious condition while the other participant was also involved after both grabbed blades but Raines dropped his as they closed.
Postmaster C. W. Bazemore, previously described as critically ill, has shown rapid improvement in recent days with no complications. Friends express great relief and hope he will be back on duty by week’s end.
Monday night an attempted wholesale car theft failed as several owners reported their cars tampered with or moved but not taken. Col. C. W. Foy Mr. B. J. Byrd Messrs J. W. Edwards II J. R. Wilson E. E. Jarrell and Mrs Eve Trussell faced car rollings and broken attempts. Police continue clues to identify suspects.
The Butler public schools opened Monday under Superintendent A. E. Shearer with most teachers present. Miss Palmer Lowe was absent due to illness but improving. New faculty members Hallie Peavy and Ruth Wilson joined, replacing Ruth Boynton and Mrs J. J. Shealy. Attendance was unusually low from the influenza outbreak. The district plans to resume full activity after the epidemic.
Sheriff R. P. McGuffin urges all Taylor county automobile owners to apply for 1929 State license tags during January due to a new law requiring purchase in that month only. Special arrangements are made to process applications quickly, but delays may occur if many wait until the end of January.
Mrs E E Hodges receives appointment as local agent at Reynolds on the Central railroad succeeding her late husband who served over 30 years. She has long assisted him and is well acquainted with the duties, with patrons having petitioned for her appointment.
J B Wight of Cairo Georgia advertises high quality pecan trees fruit trees roses and ornamentals in a nursery stock sale with prices reduced for best results.
Mrs Sallie Brewer Hollis dies at Reynolds at 78 after long illness. Widow of Hon Jas A Hollis she was born in Monroe County Georgia and moved to this county with her parents over fifty years ago. Funeral services by Rev M Q Williams will be held today in Reynolds with hours not announced.
Miss Laura Douglas of Butler dies at her brother Judge W. W. Douglas’s home two miles southeast of Butler after years of illness. In her 80th year, born in Talbot county, she lived here 29 years and was a lifelong Methodist. Funeral and interment were held at Mt. Pisgah cemetery Tuesday at 3 p.m.
The first quarterly conference for the Howard charge will be held at Howard Methodist church on Saturday January 12 at 11 o clock. Rev Leland Moore will preach and officials including Sunday school superintendents presidents of Women Missionary Societies Epworth Leagues and charge lay leaders are expected to present written reports.
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