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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1911
Page
3
Mr. G W Fountain is in Macon today. Numerous local notices mention social visits, commencements, and road news. The column lists people visiting, travel, sales, and upcoming events in Butler and nearby towns with brief notes on health, weather, and community happenings.
The Third Congressional Medical Association will hold its ninth annual session at Oglethorpe next Wednesday. Present indications point to this year as a record cotton crop, with output up by about 2.5 million bales over the ten year average.
Regular meeting of Butler Camp No 453 is set for Thursday night June 8. Candidates to be introduced and other business of importance will be discussed. A full attendance is desired. JT Mathews Con. Com.
The Butler Herald reports the full corps of teachers elected at B M and F College. Prof W M Pettis returns as principal after previously leading 1904 06. Prof Horton resigns to pursue other work. Mrs Pettis wins a primary position. Miss Nettie Ward Frierson and Mrs J W Edwards are re elected in intermediate and music departments.
A large graduating class at Butler M. F. College received diplomas in a packed auditorium. Rev B Anthony delivered a literary address on The Best Man, while Miss Bessie Vox and Miss Jeanette Wallace presented class history and prophecy. Olin Sealy led as class president with the oration What is Man, as music by Athelene Childs and Nellie Turner accompanied the program.
Friday evening at the home of Col and Mrs H P Wallace two events delighted Butler residents. From 7 to 8:30 teachers past and present of Miss Jeanette Wallace and other graduates enjoyed a tea with carefully prepared courses. Then from 8:30 to midnight the home welcomed the town’s youth, marking the largest gathering of its kind in Butler.
Scandrett and Mathews announce a ten day sale to move stock of ceiling and weather boarding before moving storage. They invite immediate calls to obtain the reduced prices and clear inventory.
A gold stick-pin with initials W.8 and a gold tie clasp with a single initial were lost in Butler on Monday. A reward is offered by Clyde Simpson of Talbotton, Georgia, for return to the HERALD office.
Mr. J. T. Davis of Roberta seeks to buy as many cattle as are available in Taylor county. Contact Mr. Davis if you have cattle for sale.
An old medical ad touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the quickest cure for settled colds. It claims to restore the system to a natural healthy condition and lists Butler Drug Co and JG Hill Reynolds Ga as sellers.
A new enterprise is planned in Butler to provide employment and profits. A. W. White S. W. White and C. C. White launch a bottling works moved from Culloden, with a commodious building near Arthur White’s home. The plant will install machinery this week and aim to produce about 2,000 bottles daily, starting small while expanding the territory.
Butler defeats Talbotton 14 to 0 in a decisive Monday game at the old red hills, with Montfort and Riley starring for Butler and Cumby Rutland Arrington combining for Talbotton. Umpire W F Weaver.
Central of Georgia Railway announces a Tybee excursion on June 27 1911. Round trip from Butler costs 4.50 with departure 11 33 p m and arrival Tybee 9 45 a m next day. Return valid by July 3 1911. Sleeper and coach service through to Savannah. Inquiries and reservations handled by W B Jones Butler Ga agent.
Notice to the creditors of W A Williams of Howard, Taylor County Georgia that he has been adjudicated bankrupt. The first meeting of creditors will be held in Columbus Georgia on June 13 1911 at ten o clock in the forenoon to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and transact other business. Frank A Garrard Referee in Bankruptcy Columbus Ga.
The annual teachers license examination will be held June 16 and 17. In addition to standard texts, candidates should prepare with Hodge's Nature Study and Life and The Manual of Methods for Georgia Teachers. Health Talks for Georgia Teachers may be useful. The first book is available from Ginn & Co. in Atlanta for $1.00. In Taylor County the exam will be at the Butler M and F College, starting promptly at 8 am. A.S. Wallace, C.B.C.
The piece extols Sumter County Georgia road building, noting use of convicts and bonds over five years. It highlights land price jumps near Americus, with a 95 acre farm rising from 1800 to 6500 in two years, and multiple quick resales profits. It argues Taylor County should issue bonds to boost highways and land values.
Postings warn that lands owned by W. M. Gee are posted in the clerk's office. It lists 2021-2 acres in land lot 100, 61 acres in lot 99, 2021/2 acres in lot 66, and 1871/2 acres in lot 63. Trespassing is forbidden and bird hunting is specifically barred with vigorous prosecution promised.
Property owners certify lands in 14th and 15th districts are posted in the Clerk of the Superior Court file. Prohibitions include cutting hauling lightwood and trespassing with violators to be prosecuted. Signed Jennie McCants and J J McCants.
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