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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1923
Page
9
Friday, June 22 features Harold Lloyd in Grand Ma's Boy, a lively entertainment with his greatest picture. Added attraction Hot Water provides a high class comedy. Admission 20¢ and 35¢.
Saturday June 23 the Grand Theatre screens Grandma's Boy the best of its kind with Harold Lloyd. Admission 20c and 35c. Also Timber Queen chapter 13. Vote in a picture contest for the prettiest baby and girl with prizes of free theater admission and cabinet photos. Doors open 7:30, show at 8:15.
After harvest, peaches left on the ground rot and mummify, fueling brown rot and blossom blight in future crops. Growers should promptly pick up fallen fruit, bury with quicklime, and destroy it to prevent pest and disease spread, especially in Uneeda and other early varieties.
A Washington Post clipping recounts the 1816 year described as savagely cold and nearly sumerless. The sun seemed heatless, May ground froze, crops failed, and even December stayed mild. Farmers faced scarce seed, high prices, and flour at $13 a barrel next year.
Macon Georgia June 15 Jack Vincent a Montreal World War veteran died after being struck by a car that backed up as he recovered a dropped package near Ft Valley on a honeymoon trip to Tampa. He and his wife were picked up by J B Prickle of Atlanta who did not see him as he alighted. Vincent died Thursday night at Macon Hospital.
Geo T Betts longtime Ashburn leader dies after an appendicitis operation last Monday. A tireless organizer he led statewide efforts for diversified farming and served as Ashburn Bank president and Turner County Board of Trade head. Survived by wife Kate Moyer and four daughters, oldest 13. Betts educated at Emory, helped run a large Georgia sawmill before his mayoral and church roles. He was also a Methodist Church steward and Georgia Florid Lumber Association vice president. His death casts county into mourning after a lifetime of civic work.
Mrs Ollie Warmack, 28, mother of three, graduated Dixie High School and led her class. She wrote the winning Rotary creed essay but could not attend the dinner. She did housework, milked cows, cooked, sewed, and studied by midnight oil to balance family and schooling.
A group from Columbus Georgia including Misses Mary Lou Redd Mary Lewis Holt Susan Slade Louise Schley Lola Fuller Mary Collins Elizabeth Rodgers and Paulette Adams departed for Atlanta to join a Georgia teachers tour to Berkeley California. They will travel by New Orleans San Antonio El Paso Juarez Mexico Grand Canyon Los Angeles Yosemite National Park and San Francisco arriving June 25 and spending six weeks in Berkeley before returning via Yellowstone Park Salt Lake City Denver Colorado Springs Pike's Peak Manitou Garden of the Gods Chicago and Atlanta. They may also attend the National Hydrological Association convention in Oakland adjacent to Berkeley.
Albany Georgia judge W C Worrill died at his home in Cuthbert after a prolonged illness. Elected to the Pataula circuit bench in 1906 he won four consecutive elections without opposition. He was known for fearless rulings and was praised by Albany lawyers as unsurpassed in fitness for the Georgia judiciary.
Atlanta June 16 The Lumpkin county sheriff Jim Davis his two sons and Deputies Joe and Bob Davis were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiring to assault and impede a United States internal revenue officer. The case stems from the May 12 1922 Porter Springs clash with prohibition officers in which Joe Davis was wounded. Government officials cited Gov Hardwick’s earlier effort to settle without court action as delaying the grand jury presentation.
Atlanta says the State Highway Department has spent about 15 million dollars since its creation. Chairman John N. Holder notes some counties lack allocations for federal, state, or county funds. New counties La mar Long Treutlen Seminole Lanier Brantley lack grants. Federal‑aid work planned for 1923 in Jones Crisp Jeff Davis Berrien Crawford Marion Rockdale. Taylor county received 48540.66 for bridges and road work on route three.
In Columbus Georgia on June 17 a car driven by G C Chandler 37 allegedly under liquor struck a newlywed couple near Bibb City hotel. Mrs E Jones 16 died of a fractured skull after being dragged across the street by the vehicle. Her husband was with her. Chandler is held on murder driving while intoxicated and reckless driving charges.
Phillip C Parks, 67, longtime Upson County resident and livestock businessman, died Monday after a year of declining health. A former two-term Georgia House member, he was active in Thomaston Methodist Church and survived by his second wife and children Louie Carraway of Macon, Oscar Zorn, and Oscar Parks of Thomaston. Community extends sympathy to the bereaved.
Montezuma Ga June 16 W T Christopher of Montezuma has 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 acceded to requests of many friends in this section that he make the race Christopher explains that the time is too short to cover the State by letter.
An old newspaper ad touts Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder troubles with claims of curing rheumatism and irregularities, priced at $1.25 by mail. It asks readers to request testimonials and lists Dr EK Hall of St. Louis Missouri as the contact, noting availability via druggists.
The Taylor County Bank of Butler learns MR V I Butt has resigned as cashier effective soon. The Witham System has sent James L Butt to assume duties. Mr Butt and his wife with two children plan to relocate after winding up local business affairs.
A compact reflection on human longing and forgiveness. George MacDonald asserts that no longing is beyond fulfillment and equates this certainty with the forgiveness of sins. The piece centers on intrinsic human desire and the assured mercy available through reconciliation.
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