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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1923
Page
1
Friday June 22 features Grand Ma's Boy as a special attraction with Harold Lloyd in a lively picture. Added attraction Hot Water provides a high class comedy. Admission 20 and 35 cents.
Saturday show at Grand Theatre features Harold Lloyd in Grandma's Boy with Doors open at 7 30 and screen at 8 15 Added Traction Timber Queen Chapter 13 Picture contest invites public to vote for prettiest baby and girl with prizes including free seats and cabinet photos Vote counting to determine winners as soon as possible
Georgia growers must pick up and destroy decayed peaches left under trees after harvest to prevent brown rot and blossom blight. Quicklime burial two feet deep is advised, with thorough post harvest checks to remove missed fruit and reduce long term rat infection risk.
An old Washington Post clipping recounts 1816 as a near terrible year with a sunless summer and cold months from May through December. Farmers faced crop failure, frost destroyed vegetation, and prices surged as seed and flour became scarce and barrels of flour fetched $13 in cities.
Macon Georgia June 15. World War veteran Jack Vincent of Montreal was struck by a car that backed up after he alighted to recover a dropped package. He died Thursday night at Macon Hospital. Vincent and his wife were traveling from Portland Maine to Tampa Florida on their honeymoon when traveling man J B Prickle of Piedmont Hotel Atlanta gave them a lift. Vincent left to retrieve the package. Prickle backed up unaware of him and found him under the wheels. Vincent was taken to Macon.
Geo T Betts, Ashburn prominent leader and businessman, died after an appendicitis operation. A Methodist church steward and past president of Ashburn Bank, he led Georgian farming efforts, served on the Turner County Board of Trade and school board. Survived by wife Kate Moyer and four daughters.
Mrs Ollie Warmack a 28 year old mother of three and Dixie High School graduate led her class and won a Rotary Club medal for the best essay on a theme from the Rotary creed. She earned the honor while balancing housework milking cows and caring for children aided by her teacher who ferried four Warmack pupils to school.
A Columbus party of eight Misses led by Miss Mary Lou Redd departs for Atlanta to join the Georgia teachers' tour to Berkeley California. They will travel through New Orleans San Antonio El Paso Juarez Mexico Grand Canyon Los Angeles Yosemite National Park and San Francisco, arriving June 25. Six weeks in Berkeley followed by a return trip via Yellowstone Salt Lake City Denver Colorado Springs Pike's Peak Manitou Garden of the Gods Chicago and Atlanta. The group may attend the National Hydrological Association convention in Oakland.
Albany Georgia judge W C Worrill died at his home in Cuthbert after a long illness. Elected to the Pataula circuit bench in 1906 he was repeatedly named without opposition. His tenure was marked by fearless rulings and high standing among Albany lawyers as unsurpassed in general fitness on Georgia’s bench.
Atlanta June 16 Sheriff Jim Davis of Lumpkin county his two sons and Deputies Joe and Bob Davis have been indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiring to assault and impede a United States internal revenue officer. The case stems from an open clash on May 12 1922 at Porter Springs Ga in which Joe Davis was wounded. Government officials cite a delay to allow Gov Hardwick to seek settlement without court action.
Atlanta report states the State Highway Department has spent about 15 million dollars since its creation. Chairman John N. Holder notes several Georgia counties receive no allotments of federal, state, or county funds. Federal-aid work is planned for 1923 in multiple counties including Jones and Crisp. Taylor County shows 48,540.66 dollars spent on bridges and roads along route three.
In Bibb City a 16 year old bride, Mrs E Jones, died after an auto driven by G C Chandler 37 struck her while she and her husband attempted to cross a street. Chandler, held on murder and intoxicated driving charges, was reportedly under the influence at about 8 pm. Jones died at Columbus city hospital after being dragged the width of the street and suffering a skull fracture.
Phillip C Parks 67 of Upson county died after a year of declining health. A longtime livestock businessman and former Georgia legislator he was a Thomaston Methodist and a respected local figure. Survived by his second wife and children Louie Carraway Macon Oscar Zorn Thomaston, Oscar Parks. Community mourns his loss.
Montezuma Ga June 16 W T Christopher of Montezuma announced he will be a candidate for Public Custodian before the Legislature. He is a member of R A Smith Camp Confederate Veterans of Macon and says the time is too short to cover the state by letter.
An advertisement touts a Texas Wonder tonic for kidney and bladder troubles, rheumatism and irregularities. It offers mail order at $1.25 and promises testimonials, listing Dr. E. K. W. Hall in St. Louis Missouri and urging sales by druggists.
The Taylor County Bank at Butler announced the Tuesday resignation of cashier Mr. V I Butt, effective within days, as the Witham System prepares to install James L Butt to assume duties. His friends lament the loss, noting his civic and banking expertise, while his replacement arrives to acquaint with staff and customers.
A reflection on the idea that no inborn longing remains unfulfilled and that forgiveness of sins is as certain as the longing itself. George MacDonald suggests a universal promise tied to human desire and grace.
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