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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
6
Local notes report J E Locke mule loss and J E Locke and W E Neisler buying TM cars. Smith Grocery promotes pure apple vinegar and Kellogg cereals. Health updates on Dr Wayne Riley and Miss Lenna Cameron. Insurance agency merger. Z ach Respess enlists in Navy. fire mill case dismissed. various visits and travels in Butler Georgia.
Protracted meetings have been held at the Butler Methodist church since Sunday led by Rev W C McGill with assistance from Rev W G Allaben Reynolds pastor. Allaben preaches with forceful gospel sermons drawing many friends as crowds grow despite bad weather. The revival is expected to close Saturday.
Special for cash one sack Merry Widow Flour offered for 1.70 dollars on Saturday June 30. Sale valid for one day only and limit of one sack per customer. J. T. Mathews.
For sale a splendid 500 acre farm known as the S Montgomery farm on the A B and A R R about 100 miles south of Atlanta, spanning Taylor and Marion counties. Suitable for stock farming or general farming. Must be sold to settle with heirs. Information to A O Montgomery Norwich Ga.
The Taylor county convict camp, long at the Tomlin place two miles east of Butler, will relocate to the Rigsby farm on the Rupert road. The move aims to finish a good road from Butler to the Taylor and Schley county line, an effort long proposed.
Attention Confederate Veterans. The Legislative Committee of the Pension Propaganda organized at Macon on April 26 urges every veteran to write his Representative and Senator to back the new Pension Bill to be presented in the Legislature. Sit down and do it today, while you are thinking about it. Jos Day Stewart, Chairman. June 28, 1921.
A bill to be introduced in the next General Assembly of Georgia seeks repeal of the 1916 act abolishing the Taylor County Treasurer position. It provides for handling county funds as before that act and for other related purposes.
One hundred to five hundred acres of Long Leaf Yellow Pine timber offered. State quantity and distance from railroad, with price. Address J. B. Jemison and Co. Thomasville Georgia. Date 6-27-31.
In a June 27 1917 notice Farmers & Merchants Bank Butler Banking Co Butler Ga states it will not honor any checks drawn on insufficient funds beginning July 1 1917. It warns against paying other parties checks for customers and urges maintaining deposits to ensure payment.
An in town notice urges residents to hand over old mattresses for home repair work. Henry Lawrence promises quality restoral and asks not to delay, stating willingness to work to stay busy.
Plutarch recounts Lycurgus praising long hair for beauty and fear, then challenges a proponent of democracy to first establish one in his own home. The anecdote illustrates his skeptical view of democracy in Spartan society.
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