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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
1
A local poem titled Sweet Evening Song by Mrs. B. W. Carter of Butler Georgia. The verses praise evening hums, faith in Jesus, and guidance toward heaven with tranquil imagery of twilight, flowers, insects, vesper stars, and peaceful fields.
A dialogue features Browster asserting broad experience and a sharp retort about travel claims. The questioner tests such boasts with a Mars visit quip, exposing the emptiness of unverified authority. The exchange satirizes self impor tance in conversation.
A reader from Cedardirove Missouri praises Foley Cathartic Tablets as the best liver pill. The advertise claim notes they do not nauseate or gripe and act freely on the liver. Recommended for constipation bloating sour stomach gas bad breath and irregular bowel action. Sold everywhere.
Harry Bateman died Friday morning June 2 at a sanatorium near Atlanta after three months of illness. Born in Butler he moved to Macon as a child and later to Atlanta where he lived until his death. He was a natural musician and earned praise and good pay for his work. He never married and leaves three brothers and one sister. Funeral services were held Saturday in Butler beside his parents in the Baptist cemetery, conducted by Rev. J. T. Adams. Attending relatives included R. L. Bateman and Mrs. J. W. Hall of Macon, Mrs. W. T. Sutphen of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. T. W. Pool of Reynolds.
A Des Moines church lecture featured a Indian missionary who fell ill in the interior and credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life. The speaker urged reliance on the remedy as a preventive and cure for cholera and milder bowel complaints, noting its widespread availability.
Editor Herald shares a rambling Texas note praising weather crops and farm life. It mentions Georgia weeklies, Confederate memory, U C V reunion, Memorial Day at Cottonwood, and appeals for sample copies and a recording secretary to boost circulation.
Rev J B Dixon 34 year old pastor formerly of Jasper Florida died about 3 o clock this spring from a sudden illness believed to be acute indigestion. He had accepted a call to Leesburg church and planned to move his family October 1. Survived by wife and one daughter and already admired in Leesburg. Interment expected in Jasper.
The piece argues farming thrives when planners plow for future growth and farmers prioritize home and self-improvement. It urges farmer education equal to city standards, notes rural life’s religious and social ties, and cites a New England survey showing higher incomes for high school educated farmers.
A druggist named Murphy endorses Jain's Tablets as the best stomach and constipation remedy he has sold in years. The ad notes the product is obtainable everywhere and claims high efficacy.
J M Wade Henry Bloodworth and George Burns were tried before Justice M B Mc Crary on kidnaping charges. Wade acted as temporary administrator for Mrs Heard and took Robt Heard and other property into Taylor county. Heard was rescued, warrants were issued, and after trial the court dismissed the warrants. The defendants were re-arrested and bonded. warrants will be tried before Judge B T Peacock.
Talbotton Georgia May 31 E T Smith ordinary of Talbot county for six years died this morning about 7 o clock after a long illness. He was son of the late Col Levy B Smith Confederate officer and grand nephew of former Georgia governor George W Towns. Survived by wife sister of Hon C M Taylor and brother L W Smith and sisters Mrs J Johnson Mrs Bertha Crowell. Interment will be in Talbotton cemetery Thursday morning. He was a member of the Episcopal church.
The State Sunday School convention convenes in Atlanta June 13 to 15 with 2500 delegates expected. Taylor County urges full school representation, assigns round trip fares from nearby towns, and asks each S S secretary to report totals to L G Lucas Reynolds Ga covering last May to this May.
Every white Sunday School in the state should send three delegates plus office delegates. Each school must elect three alternate delegates. If a school fails to elect, the first three adults who register become delegates. Delegates pay 50 cents and receive a year subscription to Georgia Sunday School News, a song book, souvenir program, notebook, and badge.
Mrs EK Riley of Ilion New York commends Chamberlain's Tablets for six months of use noting significant digestive relief. The advert claims the remedy is widely available and effective for indigestion.
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