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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1930
Page
5
The piece titled TO NATURE by Edgar Geiger expresses ecstasy and delight in nature's realm. It reflects the speaker's emotional journey through beauty and wonder, with repeated wanderings that awaken hopeful, forlorn, and renewing feelings.
A flurry of brief mentions records visits and guests across multiple towns. Individuals including Clyde Brewer Sarah Goodwin Kathryn Crouch Lila Watson Myra Newton Pansy Brewer and others are noted hosting or visiting relatives in Macon Columbus Cape Charles Ellaville Tampa and St Petersburg during the week.
Two week visit to Birmingham features Miss Kathleen Peed and Miss Virginia Hanson as guests of Kathleen Peed. P M Adams of Fitzgerald vacationing with Rev J Z Adams family. J E Taylor and kin fished without luck then left despondent. Mrs A P Ryland of Pine Bluff Arkansas, granddaughter of Rev Sam Bentley, passed through Butler after visiting Major J W Harp and relatives. She traveled with her husband and son James Ryland.
Miss Ruby Celeste Brewer, formerly of Butler and now of St. Petersburg, married William Roy Beegle of St. Petersburg at Euclid Presbyterian Church in St. Petersburg on Sunday June 29. The Rev T S Deane officiated. The bride wore white net princess gown with white lace hat and carried roses. Maid of honor Grace Tanner wore jade pink cargette and roses. Groom’s brother Robert Beegle was best man. After a short wedding trip the couple will reside in St. Petersburg.
A Friday Bridge Party hosted by Mrs H P Wallace honored Mrs Harold Golding of Richmond Virginia, guest of Mrs F P Golding. Guests included Mrs Helen Dinwody, Mrs Murray Cameron, Mrs CG R Brown, Mrs W A Lundy, Mrs J R Frierson, Miss Marion West, and others. flowers decorated the living room, games followed by a salad course.
A rare 1827 land lot register published by Grantland and Orme lists 2600 Georgians granted land for Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian conflicts. Mrs. Susie Porter of Dawson, widow of Terrell County official, owns the sole surviving copy with a rare map, saved from a Gus Dozier era home fire.
Georgia WCTU state president Mrs. Marvin Williams of Barnesville has set aside Sunday July 18 for a day of special prayer among members and friends. Noontide is the daily trysting time for prayers for God’s blessings on temperance work and the overthrow of the liquor system. The event urges prayer at all levels from local to national units, with a focus on electing dry candidates and opposing wet ones. The July 18 program also ties into Georgia’s 28th anniversary of prohibition with a rally planned in Atlanta at Grace Methodist Church featuring noted speakers and leaders of the anti liquor movement.
Notice invites all interested to join a cemetery cleanup on Thursday July 17 at Antioch Baptist Church. Participants should come prepared to spend the day, by request.
A western Georgia map highlights land lots taken from Indians and granted to early settlers. The commentary notes that since the map’s creation nearly all counties have since been reduced in size.
Governor L G Hardman stated pensions will not be increased this year due to lack of funds and that only 85 to 90 percent of the 1980 appropriation can be paid. He noted the act provided $50 quarterly under the old basis and urged amendments to support $80 monthly for each pensioner, with no warrant possible under current law. He cited low tax returns and described sanitarium funding as only partially paid with sympathy for the afflicted.
A family obituary notes the death of 14 month old Lindy Johnson from illness after a brief recovery period. Parents emphasize faith and hope in heaven, saying Christ welcomes little children and that Lindy rests with angels while four brothers and two sisters mourn with the mother Mrs J A Johnson.
A New York City butcher shop plans a refined look with rugs on the floor replacing sawdust, aiming to resemble a swell jewelry store. The proprietor praises making meat selling a fine art to elevate cleanliness, labor, trade, and life, arguing radiant shops uplift civilization.
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