Press Alliance to Open Office in Georgia
Plans to strengthen weekly press in Georgia approved by the Georgia Newspaper Alliance of Accredited Weeklies. An executive committee will run a central office with a managing director and publicity bureau to cut publicity rackets, market alliance papers, and service members. Meetings set for Atlanta on July 31 and August in Macon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Georgia
Board of Control
Alliance
Jere M. Moore
Milledgeville Union Recorder
Board of Control of
The
Executive Committee
Atlanta
Fnt
Moore
Carey Williams
Greensboro Hrald-Journal
W. Passavant
Newnan Herald
Roy McGinty
Calhoun Times
Jetty
Cedartown Standard
Williaam
Sf Centre
J. B. Chism
Pelham
Charles I. Benns
Butler
Ben Hardy
Basnesville
Gordon Chapman
Sandersville
T. i Wrench
Folkston
Albert Hardy
Gainarville
Milton Fleetwood Cartersville
Actual Plowing Up of Cotton Acreage in Taylor County
The Taylor County program begins immediate plowing of 5100 acres after farmers and local committees quickly signed emergency permit agreements. Local committees will inspect fields to ensure cotton stalks and bolls are fully covered or destroyed before paperwork completes and payments are issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Taylor County
Washington
Department of Agriculture
W. A. Lundy
Farmers Urged to Report Field Pea Harvest Plans
County Agent W A Lundy asks farmers who have field peas to contact him about upcoming hauling and canning. notify how many will be ready and when, so peas can be coordinated for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Lundy
Wilburn Named Third Member Of New Highway Board
Governor Talmadge appointed W E Wilburn of Oglethorpe as the third member of Georgia's new highway board. Wilburn, a Macon County banker and farmer, succeeds Jud P Wilhoit who joined the Public Service Commission after the old board was ousted. Wilburn has no prior public office. he aligns with the governor and is not married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Talmadge
W. E. Wilburn
Oglethorpe
Wilburn
Macon County
Jud P. Wilhoit
Public Service Commission
J. J. Mangham
Bremen
Max L. McRae
McRae
Niphony Board
J. W. Barnett
W. ©. Vereen
Highway Department
Mr. Wilhoit
Mangham
Wilhoit
1933 Chattahoochee Valley Exposition Dates Set
Columbus Georgia will host the Chattahoochee Valley Exposition October 9 to 14 with site space filled in the main building. F L Jenkins says premium lists are being prepared while communities vie to enter exhibits. Royal American Shows will provide midway attractions for the first Columbus appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
F. L. Jenkins
Georgia An
Alabama
Chattahoochees Valley Poultry Association
Muscogee County Rabbit Breeders’ Association
Rabbit
Jenkins
Frank Gaines
Mr. Jenkins
Atlanta
Macon
Montezuma Suffers First Setback In League Play
Montezuma, the Georgia State League infant team, suffered its first loss of the second half in a 1 to 0 pitchers duel with Milledgeville. Reid pitched for Montezuma and Bray for Milledgeville, while Barnesville beat Americus 6 to 3 and Macon won 5 to 2 as Stafford fanned on Macon’s mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Montezuma
Georgia State League
Milledgeville
Reid
Bray
Blues
Barnesville
Americus
Stafford
Als
Albany
Peaches
Holt
Wilhoit named head of new Georgia Public Service Board
Atlanta July 21 Governor Talmadge ousted all five Georgia Public Service Commission members on nine charges of sanctioning excessive electric rates and inept handling of road and telephone matters. He appointed a new commission with Jud P. Wilhoit as chairman and four others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia Public Service Commision
Talmadge
Georgia
Jud P. Wilhoit
Warrenton
Highway Board
Highway Department
Illioit
New Commission
J. B. Daniel
la Grange
Tom Davis
Meigs
Geo. L. Goode
Carnesville
Ben J". Huiet
Rob
N. Springfield
Springfield
Jack M. Forrester
Richland
Moses Wet
Jule Welton
Montezuma
Walter McDonald
Augusta
Perry T. Knight
Valdosta
Albert Woodruff
Decatur
James A. Perry
Lawrenceville
Perry
Knight
McDonald
Butler Firm Pledges Full Support for Roosevelt Program
In a July 26 1933 telegram from Jarrell's Department Store Butler Georgia president E E Jarrell states 100 percent cooperation with President Roosevelt and invites direct calls to aid any policy. He notes their policy is that with Roosevelt as leader they cannot go wrong and offers to help promote any policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Jarrell
Jarrell’s
Butler
Butler, Ga
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Washington, D. C
Prisoners Attack Janitor in Butler County Jail
A failed escape at Butler County Jail ends with two prisoners and a jail attendant badly wounded. Janitor Dink Hooten fends off attackers with a pistol strapped to his wrist, subduing Ernest McCants and Greely Colbert who both suffered scalp wounds. Monk Revier and George Stewart helped alert authorities. Both wounded men, and the janitor, show improvement after medical treatment. Colbert and Staley face separate criminal charges including larceny and forgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
R. P. McGuffin
Dink Hooten
Ernest McCants
Colorenee
Staley
Bes
Greely Colbert
Sampson
Monk Revier
George Stewart
McCants Bareo
Americus
Colot
Popularity Contest Sponsored By Local Churches
The local churches sponsor a beauty contest with each business selecting a representative from Butler’s young ladies. Tickets vote, ten cents each, with an early program at the school auditorium. Contestants will speak about their sponsor. enter entries include Margaret Butt Louise Turk Jettie McGuffin Beatrice Pennington Laurete Fickling Martha Benns Crawford Anthony Virginia McCants Lois Bazemore Frances Williamson Miriam Dreizin Kathleen Anthony Verna Jarrell Aurelia Trussell Mildred Garrett Lorena Daniel and others expected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
C. B. Bankston—Marie Garrett
Butler Drug Co
Margaret Butt
Butler Naval Stores
Louise Turk Citizens Bank
Jettie McGuffin Cochran Warehouse
Beatrice Pennington Cash Gro
Co—Laurete Fickling Chapman's
Martha Benns
Clerk of Court
Crawford
Anthony Dixie Cafe
Virginia McCants
Oscar Dreizin
Lois Bazemore
Dixie Cleaners
Frances Williamson
Edwards
Local Veterans To Attend Service School At Macon
Butler SpanishAmerican War veterans F A Peed A F Fain and E F Bone will attend the state veterans service officers school at the Dempsey Hotel Macon next Sunday starting at 10 oclock A M The event highlights veterans education and service officer training for local attendees
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
F. A. Peed
A. F. Fain
E&, F. Bone
Butler
Veterans Service Officers School
Dempsey Hotel
Local Veterans of All Wars Meet Here
The Herald reports a gathering of local veterans at Butler courthouse Friday at 8:00 PM to form a local Associated War Veterans chapter. Atlanta headquarters speakers will discuss protecting members and dependents through votes in all elections. Dues are $1 and charter cost $15. Active members include any county war veteran. relatives may join as associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Atlanta
Associated War Vetterans
Court House
Butler
Associated
Brooks Peed Family Reunion Honors Ancestors at McCant's Mill
The Brooks Peed family reunion, an annual event, gathered last Sunday at McCant's mill to honor the memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Brooks and the late Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Peed. About one hundred relatives and friends attended, with attendees from Millford Connecticut Palm Beach Florida Americus West Palm Beach Montezuma West Point Georgia Macon and Tazewell among others. The day featured socializing songs and prayer as descendants paid tribute.
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McCant’s Mill
Marvin Brooks
A. B. Peed
T. Brooks Peed
Morris
Martin L. Peed
Madeline Callahan
Millford
Conn
H. K. Dressell
C. Applingeet
Palm Beach Fla
J. F. Brooks
Fannie Wall
Sarah Lawhorn
Americus
J. ©. McCants
Willie Joe
West Palm Beach, Fla
J. R. Peed
F. R. Pee
Montezuma
Sallie May Foy
Nellie Bohler
Bobbie Terry
West Point
C. M. Harris
Macon
R. G. Duke
Tazewell
Taylor County Group Heads to Camp Wilkins
Taylor county representatives from the Women’s Demonstration Clubs and Girls’ 4-H Clubs depart Monday with Miss Leonora Anderson for a four week state short course at Camp Wilkins. Attendees include Mrs. T. L. Fountain, Mrs. H. H. Gee, Mrs. W. H. Trussell, Mrs. B. A. Hollis, Mrs. Warren Childs, Mrs. Culverhouse, Mae YVAnlandingham, Jennie Byrd, Marie Camp, Eleanor Booth, Nora Coolik, Mary Hollis, Winifred Ruffin, Nita Mae Windham, Louise Montgomery, Ida Leach, Marie Jarrell, Carolyn Hill, Bertha Bazemore, Wilba Deen Will oyate Josephine McCorvey and Lenaeus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Nora Coolik
Mary Hollis
Winifred Ruffin
Nita Mae Windham
Louise Montomery
Ida Leach
Marie Jarrell
Carolyn Hill
Bertha Bazemore
Wilba Deen Wiloyate
Josephine McCorvey
Lenaeus
Death of Mr C M Bartlett Expected in Butler
News comes that Mr G M Bartlett, longtime Butler merchant and leading local figure, is momentarily expected to die after months of illness. His condition has confined him to bed for about three weeks as friends and colleagues in Georgia await outcomes. Visitors Hon Eddie Walls and Col E J Summerour arrived in the city today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Bartlett
Georgia
G. M. Bartlett
Butler
Bartlett
Eddie Walls
Hatonton Messenger
Milledgeville
William S Kilby Dies at 79 in Crowell Community
The county mourns the death of William Samuel Kilby 79 of Crowell who died Monday after a brief illness. A longtime farmer and Methodist loyalist, he came from North Carolina, married Annie Duke in 1871, and left several children. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Crowell led by Rev. W J Hightower. Kilby served as a Confederate veteran respected by comrades and community, with many attending the burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our
William Samu Kilby
Crowell
Kilby
Taylor County
North Carolina
Misa Annie Duke
R. L. Halstead
Americus
R. E. Byrd
5S. H. Duke
Atlanta
FE. P. Beeland
Thomaston
W. D. Windham
Beatrice Kilby
J. M. Kilby
D. Quincy
Fla
Crowelleen
W. J. Hightower
Butler Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Wesley Community Delights With Quarterly Conference Session
The Thirddoate Conference for the Butler Howard charge of the South Georgia Methodist Conference met at Wesley church on Saturday. Rev. L. A. Harrall presided and preached an able sermon before representatives from local churches shared in a generous basket dinner. The afternoon business session heard reports on church activity and progress over the past year, notably in Sunday school and youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler-Howard
South Georgia
Wesley Church
L. A. Harrall
Columbus
Ese
Rev Gordon Bazemore Assigned to Louisiana Conference
Rev Gordon Bazemore, former Butler student and son of Mrs E Bazemore, doing pastoral work in the Louisiana Methodist Conference, visits relatives for summer. He has been appointed by Bishop Dobbs to attend Centenary College this fall, a detail of interest to friends. C E Benns, editor, received notice of his appointment as a deputy game warden for the state, an honorary post by Peter Twitty of the game and fish commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Sbazemore
Butler
E. Bazemore
Louisiana Methodist Conference
Mr. Bazemore
Bishop Dobbs
Centenary College
C. E. Benns
Peter §. Twitty
State Game and Fish Commission
Revival Services Continue at Wesley Church
The M. E. Church announces revival services at Wesley Church will continue through next Sunday with Rev T. H. Tinsley of Macon preaching. The church urges everyone to attend and share in the services, and preaching at Howard will be on the next Sunday instead of the second Sunday in August. Pastor W. E. Hightower signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
T. H. Tinsley
Macon
Howard
W. E. Hightower
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Press Alliance
Chattahoochee Valley Exposition
NEW Board
Ben T. Huiet
Butler Firm
Jarrell’s Dept. Store, Inc
Jarrell
I. F. Posey
Mary Gill Payne's
Mildred Garrett
Sandwich Shop
Lorena Daniel
Camp Wilkins
W. S. Kilby
Crowell Cemetery
Wesley Community
Gordon Bazemore
Louisiana
M. E. Church
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