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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1924
Page
1
A new trial motion profile for Jones and Bloodworth features sensational charges. The motion includes a statement made by Jones and Bloodworth himself, raising disputed issues of admissibility and potential prejudice.
Grand Theatre Reynolds presents Gloria Swanson in Her Gilded Eve a lavish romance film set in gilded Paris and New York society with a brilliant cast including David Powell Harrison Ford and Walter Cat. Added short comedy Uneasy Feet with mermaids shown. Admission 15c and 35c.
Hon D L Horcourt of Chicago to speak to Tayl county farmers on Poultry raising and Dairying. The meeting at Reynolds is Thursday night February 8 and at Butler courthouse Friday at 3 PM February 8. Officials urge farmers and businessmen to attend.
Americus Georgia is the scene of a violent night raid as Ed Barber dies and Dr Carl Williams of Cordele is wounded with a bullet in his lung. James Russell is slightly wounded and Paul Wood suffers a bullet hole through his clothing during a siege of Oscar Clark a negro tenant farmer on Dr H C Bagley's plantation near Sumter Crisp line.
Willie Jones condemned slayer writes from Muscogee jail urging youths to avoid bad company and stay on the right path. He appeals for prayers and urges others to learn from his past and quit whiskey and bad habits.
Affidavits from Jack Bloodworth and C. G. Daniel surface as the Jones Bloodworth case moves toward a motion for a new trial. Proceedings resume before Judge Munro in Columbus after January 19. Attorneys prepare for a multi day hearing amid intense public interest over alleged testimonies and undeclared funds from the slain H. F. Underwood.
A Fulton Superior court jury found Mrs. Ida Hughes guilty of murdering her mother in law Mrs. M. C. Hughes, with no mercy recommendation, triggering the death penalty. Judge G H.roware to pronounce sentence. her husband Frank Hughes faces trial next. If carried out, she would be the third white woman executed in the state criminal annals.
A brief notice from E H Payne of Butler Georgia promotes quality and price assurances for monumental work. The message invites interested parties to respond and expresses gratitude for favorable consideration.
County voters learn of an expanded list of candidates for the February 19 sheriff special and March 19 primary. New announcements include J. E. Locke for Sheriff, J. J. McCants for Tax Collector, J. E. Brewer for Treasurer, R. P. Allman for Tax Receiver, and R. E. Watkins and G. C. Smith for County Commissioners.
Dr. A. J. Weeks of Nashville Tennessee spoke at the Butler Methodist church at 11 yesterday as part of the Centenary campaign. The Texan editor of Missionary Voice was praised as one of the ablest speakers in Butler in recent memory, drawing strong interest in the campaign.
Registrars of Taylor County announce a February 6 1924 meeting at the Butler courthouse to revise the voter list for the February 19 1924 special election. All voters must pay 1923 poll tax to qualify and obtain receipts from Tax Collector Mr McCants to avoid disqualification.
Columbus reports the death of Reverend Hampton Stevens aged 52, longtime pastor of North Highlands Methodist Church for nearly 11 years. He had lived in Hamilton Georgia for the past month, and had been in declining health, last superannuated at the South Georgia Methodist conference in Savannah. His death comes as a shock to friends in Columbus and the surrounding area.
The issue announces John H. Lewis, judge of the Municipal Court of Columbus, running for judge of the Superior Court of the Chattahoochee Circuit. He has eight years on the Columbus court, a Yale Law graduate, and a reformer of docket systems with a record of 25 000 civil and 8 000 criminal cases. He has never been reversed and has four cases appealed. He backgrounds in Emory, Thomaston, Upson County. He is a Methodist by father and son, Baptist by wife and mother, and has taught Bible classes for two decades.
Prohibition officers raid the home of Mrs Drew Smith near East Thomaston and seize whiskey. The widow of Drew Smith is linked to past shootings and whiskey raids in the county. She and her daughter Rosa Mauldin receive fines of 50 dollars and 50 days in jail. Skeeter Smith has served sentences for the same offenses.
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