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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1925
Page
6
A garbled puzzle instruction outlines filling white spaces with correct letters to form vertical and horizontal words. It lists clues like a disease abbreviation, a Bible vessel, a fruit on vines, a sharp instrument, a large animal, pests, and a supreme being, with errors and missing portions in the prompt.
The Home Demonstration Council funds a travelling library from the Georgia Library Commission of Atlanta. Fifty volumes were chosen for adults and school children, placed in the Home Demonstration Agent’s office, open daily 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. for two week checkouts at no charge.
The article explains that while cats and owls have eyes adapted for low light through adjustable irises and retinal rods and cones, in true darkness all animals are helpless. It notes rods react to light before cones, and that eye structure influences dusk vision, not night sight.
The county inspector visits a village school and tests the children in reading and general knowledge. After praising the class, he muses on wishing to be a boy again, then a shy pupil Volunteers that he forgot all he ever knew, provoking quiet after the joke.
The Weather Bureau notes that naked eye visibility of storm clouds depends on observer position and cloud type. In flat open country with broad stratus, clouds may be seen only 80 to 40 miles away, or less in hazy air. Conversely, on clear days a well developed thunderstorm cloud can be seen from over 100 miles away.
Snow falls in southeastern Australia during winter, reaching Melbourne and Sydney areas occasionally. Heavy snowfall buries forests and covers northeastern Victoria plateaus to feet-deep from May to September, with Tasmania’s high lands also snowbound though no perpetual snow caps exist in Australia or Tasmania.
An exchange about a distinguished car, claimed to be obtained through a prize competition. The responder clarifies they did not win, but organized the contest. The dialogue reflects a humorous or observational tone from Londuo Pass ing Show.
Georgia’s 1924 vital statistics show 66,200 births and 87,966 deaths, with birth figures nearly double the deaths. Dr. W. A. Davis announces at the capitol ongoing issues in birth registration, measles, malaria, diphtheria, typhoid, and public health funding. The bureau notes declines in diphtheria and malaria over recent years and urges stronger registration and budget support.
The Georgia Board of Health approves mandatory rules for midwives after vital statistics reveal thousands unregistered and high infant mortality. A maternity division conducts ten lesson exams, issuing one year certificates. rural and urban nurses train, aiming to standardize care nationwide.
The State Board of Health supports Little Mothers League programs across Georgia with help from ParentTeacher Associations and Home Demonstration Agents. Classes teach infant care, feeding, illness signs, and maternal education, with certificates and pins upon completion. Mothers classes for infant care are promoted through the Division of Maternity and Infancy at 131 Capitol Square Atlanta. Blindness prevention for babies is highlighted by newborn eye drops, and general illness affects one in six annually.
The sheriff will sell at the courthouse in Taylor County Georgia on the first Tuesday in April 1926 the lands described as 71644 acres in the 14th district including parts of lots 60 61 69 92 and 68 plus 67 acres in district 15 lot 56. Proceeds go to satisfy state and county taxes for 1924 for Li K Rawls and 1928 for W H Millions and the Taylor County Bank transferee. Sheriff R P McGuffin notes the two separate parcels and dates.
In Taylor County Georgia on the first Tuesday in April during legal hours, lands totaling 202% acres each across multiple lot numbers are offered to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy 1924 State and County tax executions. Properties include lots 225 in the 16th district, 107 in the 12th, 288 in the 11th, 192 in the 18th, and fractional lot 294 in the 11th, against defendants R E Jones Cliff Middlebrooks N G Grizzard G L Dwight and Lillian Grover. Levyed and returned this 10th day of March 1925 by Sheriff R P McGuffin.
The Herald and the Daily and Sunday Constitution offer a one year subscription for $7,560 on all rural routes in Taylor county. The special price contrasts with a regular combined rate of $11.00 and is available for a few weeks only to residents on rural routes or who receive mail directly from the post office.
The passage notes John Oldcastle, Henry VIII’s boon companion, as the original model for Shakespeare’s Falstaff. It states Oldcastle was condemned as a traitor and heretic and died during his monarch’s reign, linking historical figure to the famous character.
In Taylor County Georgia the property of E M Crawford will be sold before the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in April 1925 during legal hours for cash. The real estate includes land lots 215 and part of lot 202 in the 12th district, totaling about 362 1/2 acres, with lines defined by surveys. The sale derives from an execution in the Taylor Superior Court in favor of J A Peisel and others, March.
Sheriff sale in said county on the first Tuesday in April 1925 for cash. Various parcels listed by lot and district with 1924 state and county tax claims. Properties include lots 9, 241, 79, 240, 106, 67 in multiple districts. Levied upon as the property of named owners such as Max Cotor Hibdrate, N G Parr, W S Minor, W R Deal, Butler Clay Co., A J Locke, Mrs P Riley, with bounds and adjacent lands described. Filed by Sheriff R P McGuffin on March 6, 1925.
In Taylor County on the first Tuesday in April 1925 during legal sale hours the sheriff will sell to the highest bidder cash a Hunch and Drumgold saw mill American edger Mallory and Taylor boiler about 80 hp Talbot engine about 80 hp and a log cart. The buyer receives delivery at the current location on the right side of the road from Butler to Thomaston between M T Gaultney place and Five Points about half a mile from the road. Property levied to satisfy a fi fa from Taylor Superior Court in favor of Home Mixture Guano Company against A W White. Date March 6 1925. R P McGuffin Sheriff.
The State Comptroller-General advises county tax receivers to follow Code Sec 1068. Land returns must use district, number, and section or a description identifying the land. Each parcel must be listed separately with its district, number, and value. returns lacking these designations will be rejected.
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