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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1913
Page
4
Reynolds Ga March items report Mr D Hendricks visiting Powersville, Hill Drug Co ads for ice cream and barber services, Mrs J P King and Misses visiting Macon, millinery openings, Easter displays, protracted Methodist meeting with Rev O B Chester, Miss Georgia Ray McMillian lecture, and farm supply ads.
Reynolds Methodist Church urges members to meet April 1 deadline for Home Mission assessments. Pastor Scoville notes 85 missions in South Georgia Conference serving 21088 members, with salaries averaging about 432 dollars yearly. He appeals for envelopes to ensure continued Gospel work and urges full participation next Sunday.
F E Glover Reynolds of Georgia advertises as a dealer in dressed ceiling flooring weather boarding sash doors blinds shingles and coal among other building materials.
The article reports larger Sunday school attendance at the Baptist church with active Sunbeam groups led by Mrs Ingram and others. It cites programs, papers, and songs about Tampa Havana El Paso and Cuba, a missions collection, and upcoming youth events including a picnic and a special train trip, with leaders Hodges Bryan and Powell.
A 1912 Polk County notice from Youngs Georgia shows L Irwin praising Royster Guano Company guard for better results than others and ordering Royster Royster, with ads for garment cleaning services and a four suits for one dollar pressing deal.
Miss Georgia Ray MacMillan of Chattanooga Tenn will entertain at the Reynolds Auditorium next Thursday evening March 26 at 8 o clock. The program features children stories and negro dialect pieces and proceeds partly benefit the Ladies Aid Society. Admission is 35 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
Our new pastor Rev V P Scoville inspires the congregation to buy a desirable lot and form committees. Plans call for erecting a modern parsonage as soon as the architect completes drawings.
Mrs Albert Hicks entertained guests Miss Marguerite Montfort and Miss Olivia Montfort with Miss Lynda McLaughlin of Butler. Attendees included Miss McLaughlin, Miss Montfort, Mrs Jennie G Dranghon, Mr Jake Weaver, Dr Ballenger, and Mr and Mrs Hinton. Refreshments were served. the evening was enjoyed.
Seed sweet potatoes advertised by Ady H. H. Aultman. Described as vineless yams or bunch potatoes, prolific and winter hardy. Priced at $1.00 per bushel with a claim of high value and customer satisfaction after first trial.
An old classified notice lists ten bushels of chufa seed at 4.00 per bushel offered by C B Marshall Morris Supreme Brands of Fertilizers and C L Pyron. It also promotes services at Payne's Stables barber shop Hill Drug Company pressing and dyeing club and S E Mitchell barber. A testimonial from J CK Bridges Sumter County Fla extols Virginia Carolina Fertilizers with large gains and buying over 50 tons this year.
A Panhandle reader laments persistent rain and wrecked roads. They accuse the county of no road supervision, call for a dedicated district road superintendent and public tax accountability, and urge publication of road laws in The Butler Herald to prevent deterioration.
A quiet Poterville column notes persistent rain dominates conversation, contemplates drought if rain ends, and ends with a reflection on contentment with God’s plans for the world. The tone remains reflective on weather and divine governance.
The column urges faith and judgement over worldly affairs, notes measles cases in the Tucker and Kimble families, and reports sermons by Rev A J Parker and Rev Mr Edwards. It announces a Freewill Baptist preacher and deacon meeting at Turner's Chapel and Easter services at the Methodist church, inviting attendance. The P Q S of A Lodge plans to attend services with W C No 6 POS of A also hoped to be present.
Notice by H H Aultman and R H James announcing a change of venue for the Justice Court in the 741st district G M. Beginning with the May 1913 regular court day the court will be held in J A Matthews's office in Reynolds on Winston street. First court at the new place to occur sixty days from now.
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