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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1913
Page
1
We extend a cordial invitation to our Grand Easter Opening on Tuesday March 18 showcasing Ladies Ready-to-wear and Gents Furnishings for Spring. Visitors are welcome to inspect the collection whether they purchase or not.
An extensive line of men's slippers is advertised with emphasis on quality and low prices. The notice also highlights a finest line of shirts available in Taylor County with a deal of $2.50 down.
A local shop promotes its Ladies Ready-to-Wear collection as the finest. Shoppers are urged to visit to see goods and avoid traveling to Butler for purchases.
Columbus March 7 Claud Gullatt mayor of Phoenix Ala was sentenced to a year on the state farm at Milledgeville after being convicted as an accessory before the fact to an assault with intent to murder Ruby Osborne 19 Two others Bill Jenkins Tom Pace and Des W F Whitehead faced similar verdicts and sentences with Pace not appealing while Whitehead received a like punishment The court has granted a motion for a new trial on Gullatts case. A generic cough remedy advertisement follows.
Three long term prisoners escaped from the hospital department of the state farm prison in Milledgeville, aided by a tunnel dug overnight. The fugitives are J Kimbrell, 39, serving life for murder. Joe Petty, 28, serving life. and J P Kakes, 25, alias Horace Thompson, serving 12 years for safe blowing. Track dogs pursue them. An unrelated ad for Dr King’s New Life Pills promotes ease of stomach trouble and other disorders.
Capt E G English discusses Horace Greeley farming, Taft’s rural credit ideas, and the impact of European migration on American farming. He argues cheap money risks land prices, notes Amish emigration, and stresses the need for financial prudence and debt repayment as the basis of prosperity.
Democrats in the senate selected Senator Clarke of Arkansas for pro tem over Senator Clarke of Georgia by 27 to 14. The caucus outcome surprised many who expected Bacon to win. Clarke’s nomination was followed by appointing Rev. F J Pretty man as chaplain, replacing Rev. A G B Pierce. The caucus then adjourned after an unsuccessful attempt to pick a secretary.
Talbotton New Era reports a group of local young men have formed a brass band and plan to provide quality music for the town. Officers include T. H. Persons Jr. as President and K. Is. Douglass as Treasurer with D. N. Baldwin of Atlanta as teacher and KR. C. Battle and J. W. Johnson as Directors. Members listed include R. K. Persons H. T. Cottingham W. B. Mahone R. W. Graham J. H. Mahone R. Grant C. H. McDaniel W. H. Slade T. J. Slade T. C. Boswell J.C. Baldwin W. M. Arrington D. R. Olive and A H. Nesmith.
AUGUSTA March 9 The government case against Thos Watson for sending obscene literature through the mails is on the docket in the U S court for the Southern District of Georgia in Augusta. The term convenes Monday the 17th.
In Washington it is believed that Chas 8. Barrett of Georgia, president of the National Farmers' Union, who was urged for secretary of agriculture, will be associated prominently with Secretary Houston in the agriculture department.
Columbus report of an industrial insurer collector O. D. Kitchens shot in the street this afternoon and dying at 7:20 tonight. Police have Bill Créel, about 40, in custody on a murder charge.
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