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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1933
Page
10
Judge R H Lewis and John Lewis family ties noted as tributes, fires in Pelham and Charlton county losses, Tybee rail line retirement mentioned. South Georgia optimism for 1933 planting, and local court and legal notices reported along with a Atlanta shooting incident and aviation beacon moves.
Macon Georgia March 19 the stock of merchandise trucks and fixtures of T C Burke Inc was sold at a bankruptcy sale to L R Perlis Cordele and S Rosenberg Savannah for 8250 Notes and accounts totaling 8000 were sold to A Gledhill for 1225 acting as agent for Alliance Corporation The assets bought by Perlis and Rosenberg had an inventory value of 19500 T C Burke Inc has been in peat and building material business in Macon for 60 years founded by the late T C Burke and recently operated by R Sheridan and his sons Leo Howard and Albert Sheridan.
Georgia state treasury officials reported paying 163 227 60 to cover expenses of the recently ended legislative session and projected total costs between 180 000 and 190 000. Many solons declined double mileage, yet the mileage resolution raised the draft on treasury from 8 100 to 16 200. Senator H A Carthers of Winder who led the fight to defeat the measure waived collection Tuesday.
Trenton Ga March 21 Grady Jeffrey 14 year old student who fatally stabbed his teacher D C Collier several weeks ago was sentenced Tuesday to serve 18 years in the penitentiary The stabbing occurred in front of Jeffrey his sister as Collier punished him for school rule infractions
Atlanta reports key Georgia legislature measures sent to the Governor in 1938. Highlights include regents power and funding for the University System, consolidation options, and fiscal changes. A constitutional amendment road bond repayment plan, kidnapping penalties, state employee cost controls, and state highway board reorganization are noted, with a 1984 effective date for the latter. The lone important resolution ratifies the federal constitution.
Macon Georgia on March 18 reports that between 300 and 400 unemployed men will be employed on Organized Service sponsored projects. Work has begun at Miller Field and the Macon airport, with about 40 workers. More projects started Monday aim to raise the number at work later in the week. Clearance and grading at W. ip and Rutland schools and road ditching in outlying areas are planned, with needs assessed by Service officials and funded by the Macon Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Dawson Ga March 18 J G Thompson cashier of the defunct Shellman Banking company and T R Arthur bank president were indicted for embezzling about 20000. Thompson was sentenced two to three years after November conviction and will appeal. Arthur got three to five years and a new hearing. retrial planned next month in Seminole county due to jury pool issues in Terrell and Randolph counties.
J M Roberson a 37 year old former Southern Bell manager was found shot in a Bainbridge rooming house. Two notes signed by Roberson and Vernie Sheffield described a death by own action plot. A coroner's jury ruled death by self harm with no charges against Sheffield. Roberson left a farewell note citing unemployment and asked his family not be notified before burial.
Chicago on March 18 a will filed for probate shows the late Mayor A J Cermak's estate valued at 250000, down from 600000 in 1929. Charitable and political contributions and real estate shrinkage are cited by associates as the cause of depreciation.
Governor Eugene Talmadge declares in a letter to State School Superintendent Collins that the $2,000,000 borrowed must be used solely for teachers and school bus drivers' salaries. He warns the press misquoted him and says banks will not receive funds for prior indebtedness, ensuring funds keep schools open.
Georgia's General Assembly adjourned sine die after a tense final session approving an $9,764,350 1984 and $9,921,350 1935 appropriations bill. Gov. Talmadge issued an executive order fixing auto tags at $3, while a late push for a cotton holiday failed. The economy bill cutting salaries passed quietly as other major measures were crushed in the jam.
Washington March 20 Representative Eugene Cox of Georgia has been agreed on by members from Georgia Florida and South Carolina for a place on the important House steering committee. He will serve as the three state representative on the panel which outlines party policy and shapes the House legislative program. The steering committee, equal in rank to the Ways and Means panel, is one of the chamber’s most influential bodies.
Atlanta March 18 Speaker Ed Rivers of the Georgia house said there would be an extra session of the general assembly. He called the present session valuable despite criticism and praised the members for their hard work while receiving a silver service from Capt. Howard Ennis of Baldwin County.
A distraught husband shot and killed his three young children at their mother’s grave before taking his own life on March 18. Police say the tragedy occurred at the cemetery, with authorities investigating motives and confirming identities of the victims.
Police found G. W. Friend, 28, of Plant City Florida, dead near the trio of children laid out under a blanket at a Philadelphia cemetery. The father had brought the children from Cincinnati, Ohio, to visit the grave as an epitaph was penned for the photograph.
The piece argues for controlled expansion to avoid inflation and suffering, noting higher commodity prices, wage lag effects, and optimistic signals in US securities. It discusses gold standard stability, a potential rise in stock prices, and cautious measures to prevent runaway markets, with a view toward maintaining confidence and restoring national credit.
The secretary plans to convene representatives from producers and processors to discuss marketing agreements for dairy and meat products. A new rental based tax plan would allocate milling returns by state and farm, aiming to restore pre war wheat values. Cotton likely to follow the Smith option, offering planters futures delivery rights in exchange for acreage cuts.
Atlanta March 16 A tense of representatives voted 127 to 62 to exonerate Commissioner Adams on a charge of job selling in the department of agriculture. An investigation lasting weeks was brought to a close after testimony from the joint legislative committee and removal of two major charges.
Mrs. J E Mangham administrator petitions the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell all real estate of the deceased. Creditors and next of kin are cited to show cause at the next term, to be held on the first Monday in ce 1983, why the petition should not be granted.
E W Cook guardian for Lawrence W Cook requests court permission to sell an undivided one half interest in the south half of lot one, block twenty two, Reynolds City, to reinvest due to unprofitable investment and high taxes. Hearing set for April 8 at 8 o'clock in the morning before Judge C F McLaughlin.
The sheriff announces public auction at the court house door in Butler Georgia on April 4 1988 to sell Lot 152 in the 14th district Taylor County as the property of Mrs G T Nelson to satisfy state and county taxes for 1928. Also at the same time and place Lot 153 and 185 in the 14th district Taylor County as the G T G Nelson estate property to satisfy taxes for 1930 1981 and 1982. R P McGuffin Sheriff.
In Taylor County Georgia Mrs Mary J Irvin applies to the Court of Ordinary for a ruling to require titles to be issued for real estate described in a bond for title attached. The application states the property has been fully paid for and names Mrs S F Robinson as a ward resident of the county. The hearing is set for the ded day of April 1888 before the Ordinary.
Sheriff sale of property in Taylor County Georgia to satisfy the will of F R Purvipa estate. The sale is set for April 4, 1933, at a stated hour, offering one all steel vehicle or machine as the sole item, under the authority of the sheriff Mark.
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