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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1914
Page
5
Local notes show preparations for a fair, numerous small ads, visits and travel by residents including Mrs. W. M. Pettis in Macon and Mr. T. T. Phipps to Atlanta. Arbuckle Coffee promotions anchor a stream of local business mentions and community updates from Reynolds and surrounding towns.
Applications are invited for the position of assistant teacher at Wesley School. Interested teachers should send applications at once to Mr. J. H. Adams, Howard, Ga., Route 1.
Taylor county friends and statewide readers learn of the forthcoming marriage of Miss Semna Cartledge of Deeran Georgia and Mr M R Cameron of this city Invitations state Mr and Mrs John Henry Cooke invite guests to the ceremony on Sunday afternoon June twenty eighth nineteen fourteen at five thirty o clock The ceremony will be held at Home Deerun Georgia
The Butler Circuit reports growing interest as regular appointments proceed. Protracted meetings will begin Crowells July 11, Wesley Aug. 17, and Corbetts July 9. Fraternal signoff from J H Stanford urges prayers for revival.
Sunday night program honored mothers with songs readings and recitations. Mrs J M Boland led scripture while Mrs A S Wallace offered prayer and the reading Mother’s Day by Mrs H J Peagler. Recitations included Rosa Fountain Ruth Adams and Bettie Lee Davis with songs My Mother's Bible Tell Mother I'll Be There and other items ending with a benediction.
During a Saturday electrical storm a lightning strike hit Levi Smith’s barn causing a fast fire that destroyed the structure and contents in under an hour. A mule was killed instantly and Mrs. Smith, drenched by rain, saved nearby equipment. The barn, owned by Mrs. R. H. Strange of Ellaville, was rented by Smith and uninsured. The oat crop and other grains were also destroyed.
Relatives request public help finding Jack McCrary a 45 year old white man. He wandered from home after being visited from a sanitarium in Alabama and has since been traced through Panhandle Crawford Lizella areas. He is about five and a half feet tall weight 160 pounds with a heavy dark mustache and a friendly disposition. Contact Hon J J McCants or J J McCants Jr at Butler with any information.
Cattle and hogs. Will pay high est market prices for same. Drop a card to J. F. SLAUGHTER, 1518 14th avenue, Columbus, Ga.
H. J. Porter announces an on site optician from A. K. Hawkes Company of Atlanta will attend on June 23. Customers may have their eyes examined and glasses adjusted at no examination charge, with regular prices for glasses and a satisfaction guarantee.
The Daughters of the Confederacy will gather Thursday at 4 p.m. with Mrs. C. F. Fickling to report by all officers. This will be the last meeting until September, and members are urged to attend. Mrs. Mamie Friersonj Wallace is noted.
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