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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1939
Page
3
In Manchester Georgia on July 7 Mrs Lucy Fuller 19 mother of a six week old baby drowned attempting to save her 15 year old sister Eunice Copeland from drowning in the Flint River. The sisters swam at the Cove below town. Copeland was recovered but Fuller remained missing with a husband and child listed as survivors.
Atlanta reports Comptroller General William B Harrison posted 5025 dollars and a woman insurance clerk lost her job after an unaccounted balance in insurance collections was found. Harrison deposited the money in the state treasury after State Auditor Zach Arnold confirmed the amount. Governor Rivers announced the dismissal of Catherine Collier, who handled collection and accounting of occupation taxes for insurance agents.
Two infantile paralysis patients at Grady Hospital showed improvement on Sunday. Jimmie Adams had been in the hospital’s iron lung for several days. A second patient arrived from the Warm Springs Foundation for Lawrence Schneider Jr. The truck with the apparatus arrived in one hour and twenty minutes after the call. State patrols escorted the delivery. Latest health reports show 42 infantile paralysis cases in Georgia this year, slightly above the 1988 pace, with a new case a 13 year old girl in Schley County.
Atlanta July 11 The State Highway Department announced plans to set up more convict camps to aid road building after Governor Rivers ordered no further county road contracts. About 21 000 convicts had been in county camps. over 800 already moved to highway camps, with others sent back to prison camps or remaining for state care.
Morehead Kentucky reports 155 to 165 killed or missing as flash floods scour eastern mountains. 2,500 homeless, damage around five million dollars. Major losses in Morehead and Breathitt County with 14 girls from Mt. Carmel School swept away and unaccounted.
A terse proverb notes that if you are the anvil you must endure, while the hammer will soon deliver progress. The saying emphasizes resilience and timing in work and conflict.
Glovilla Ga reports a Republican candidate campaigns for the late J M Owen seat in the Fourth district. Four Democrats vie for the post to be filled at a special election on August 1 with service until January 1941. The platform endorses a town send plan and national recovery.
The Sunday Lesson Sermon across Christian Science churches centers on Life. It cites Psalm 86 7 9 and Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health noting that material thought hides spiritual life and clouds the standard.
A case of infantile paralysis was confirmed in Schley County on Saturday. An 18 year old girl was diagnosed by a local physician and state health official Dr. D F Payne. The patient and family were placed under quarantine. This marks the 42nd polio case in Georgia for the year, slightly above the 1938 pace.
Taylor Superior Court April Term 1989 notice of publication to J Willard Speer not residing in county or state, required to appear for divorce defense at October term per order. Sheriff clerk Hon C F McLaughlin and Thelmon Jarrell clerk.
Announcement of a sight and singing school to begin Monday July 24 at Mt Pisgah Church in Toccoa Georgia. Theodore Sisk of Sisk Music Co will Direct with wife Mrs Sisk as assistant. private piano lessons available. Sisk family noted for gospel teaching and publishing with years of experience across the South.
In Macon on July 7, DE H Meadows, 44, operator of Gene's Modern Tourist Camp, was wounded twice by a pistol in a incident described by three eye witnesses. He was in fair condition at Macon hospital, shot when he grabbed his wife's arm and demanded car keys. witnesses say he appeared intoxicated.
Raymond T. Morgan testified that Trooper W H Jones Jr shot at his car when he stopped on a side road during a high speed chase. Morgan said two shots were fired and he drove away. Miss Louise Saunders corroborated but differed on hours before the chase. Jones faces involuntary manslaughter in Herbert Daniels death the night of July 2.
In Macon Georgia on Sunday July 10 two persons died when a two seat airplane crashed three miles southwest of Douglas as it headed to the local airport. Clyde H. Tanner aged 88 of Douglas died instantly while his wife Dorothy Browning of Detroit died later at a hospital. Tanner, an agent for Wofford Oil, was active in Macon civic affairs and a member of a longtime Coffee county family. The cause of the engine failure was not determined by press time.
Taylor County Welfare Director Miss Marie Barrow relayed a message from Col. Harrington of Works Projects stating that workers who refuse employment under the program conditions may have their jobs terminated after five consecutive working days absent. The notice urges posting on project boards and media publicity.
Police said 48 year old Coral Gables Florida electrician R W Mays appeared drunk in the Brunswick hotel lobby brandishing a pistol and threatening guests. Officers confronting him were fired upon and he was shot dead when he rammed a revolver into an officer’s chest.
State funds totaling 42 382 went to Georgia newspapers for advertising the June amendments. A legislator backed limits on spending for printed summaries of each amendment not exceeding 200 words. The Georgia Press Association handled printing payments including 19 712 for summaries and 2 262 for district items.
Americus July 9 Dr Pucebia Shuler mathematics teacher at Georgia Southwestern College is listed among notable women in American Women a biographical dictionary now in press Durward Howes editor reports 10 222 names selected from over 3000 nominations by officials alumnae and leaders The book highlights women increasingly joining national ranks with a favored field for men being literature and other professions shown in the listing
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