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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
2
Georgia is rapidly becoming a billion dollar industrial state with manufactured product valuation estimated between 700 and 800 million dollars for 1925. F T Newell of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Industrial Bureau reports state wide surveys showing progress toward landmark figures though final data are not yet available.
About 6 000 disabled World War veterans marched in Atlanta on Tuesday in the sixth annual convention parade led by Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood. The event followed a Monday meeting at Municipal Auditorium with national commander J R McQuirg addressing the gathering.
Moss Stewart of Worth County was executed at the State Prison Farm Milledgeville after a swift trial for the murder of Dr. A. T. Ford of Sylvester. He confessed after the crime, claimed Klansmen forced him, but the State argued motive rooted in disliking his employer. Local legal action and swift sentencing framed the case.
Judge C F McLaughlin of the Chattahoochee Circuit Superior Court announced he will not seek Georgia governor. He cited remaining four year term as judge and desire to serve the office already elected to, despite supportive outreach from Columbus and state friends.
Richard Parker, 12, of Atlanta, died after losing balance while boarding a moving truck on the tenth district A M School campus in Sparta. The classmate driver was exonerated by investigators. Parker suffered fatal internal injuries.
At a June meeting in Atlanta the Georgia Press Association unanimously endorsed a campaign to advertise Georgia and its resources. Hearst representatives James Doyle and Wm Harrison outlined plans for nationwide coverage in Hearst papers and the Georgian-American pledged support and a slogan contest. The group authorized a committee to pick the slogan with a winner announced at the September Louisville meeting.
Sixty delegates from South Georgia towns attended the opening session of the invitation conference on industrial development at Goat Rock in Columbus. Mayors and city officials from Albany Americus Cordele Hawkinsville Ocilla and other cities gathered to discuss plans to spur a new era of regional development.
Rev Walter P Binns pastor of First Baptist Church Moultrie Ga was elected president of the Georgia Baptist Young People's Union at the state convention closing session in Macon He succeeds his brother C W Binns of Atlanta Walter Blanchard of Augusta was named vice president and Miss Blossom Thompson of Macon was named secretary
A mass meeting of Democratic voters in Taylor County is called to convene at the Butler courthouse at 10 o clock Friday morning July 2 for electing a new executive committee and other business. J T Adams chairman Democratic Executive Committee.
The Georgia Public Service Commission issued a consent order allowing Butler Telephone to connect with Reynolds exchange. Reynolds must complete a copper circuit from Butler to Reynolds and file a 4 percent progress report by August 1.
Funeral service and interment for Chas T. Eberhardt a Ft Valley businessman and head of Eberhardt Machine Works were held Thursday afternoon. He died suddenly after a period of weakness from paralysis linked to Brights disease at age 49.
Five people were injured in a series of accidents near Columbus Sunday. Miss Leila Focty, 13, was in critical condition, with two others seriously hurt and two more slightly injured. One vehicle fell from an embankment near Geneva, 20 miles east of Columbus, after an edge gave way. Among the injured were Leila Procty, Lean Anderson, Lontile Procty, W. W. Procty, and Kathleen Screws, who was unhurt. Mrs. Gladys Jones suffered a neck laceration in a second collision two miles north of Geneva. her condition was not serious.
Mrs. J. C. Greathouse died Tuesday June 22 at her Butler home after an illness of over two years. Born in Schley County she had lived in the area since. She was a Methodist Church member. Survived by daughter Mrs. Homer Moore and sons Willis Greathouse and R. L. Greathouse. Funeral services held at Camp Ground Church conducted by Rev. L. T. Roges.
In Sparta Georgia on Friday a boiler exploded at the Macken Granite Company quarry two miles from town. One man, Will Thomas, a long time plant fireman, was killed and three others were badly scalded. Seven stonecutters barely escaped injury as debris flew. The blast caused about 5000 dollars in damage.
Governor hopeful Hon J D Wood spoke at the court house Tuesday night, attacking Holder and Brown and urging reorganization of Agriculture and Highway departments. He pledged to withhold pay warrants for excess state employees and pressed Bible access in schools while defending farmer relief and constitutional reverence.
Hodges Chapter No. 60, R A M held a meeting Monday night June 21. A resolution to amend by laws to replace Hoodges with Taylor County was read again and adopted. The change widens county scope and shifts convocation from the 3rd Monday to the Friday after each full moon. Other measures for the Chapter’s best interests were approved.
Due to missed payments a high grade piano in good condition is returned to the seller. The instrument is offered at a rare bargain with flexible terms for responsible buyers. Full particulars available from Ludden & Bates in Atlanta Georgia.
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