Local Paragraphs Highlight Butler Social and Business Notes
Mrs. M A Chapman visits Wellston while J C Giles makes a Macon trip and Bertha Wilson returns from Macon. Local court looming. Dr G W Fickling dental work in Roberta. Mrs W E Giles of Vienna visits the Giles family. G C Smith and J W Edwards in Ideal on business. Advertisements urge dining and markets. Perfection Oil Stove features. Church and civic items include W O W convention and Judge Lucas visiting Panhandle. Local real estate notes and store plans near Butler.
Memorial Day address set for Butler
Rev. O B Chester of Columbus will speak at the Wallace Edwards chapter U D C Memorial Day event in Butler on April 26. County commissioners appointed M J Trapp as one of three land possessioners for the Panhandle district to replace the deceased J T Oneal. Other possessors are J W Hudson and W C Casey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. B. Chester
Columbus
Wallace-Edwards
U. D.C
Butler
Board of County Commissioners
M J Trapp
Panhandle
J T Oneal
J W Hudson
W C Casey
Epworth League Rally in Butler This Sunday
Butler hosts an Epworth League Rally on Sunday March 30 with Reynolds Howard Wesley and Butler Leagues. Mrs J K Searcy directs a nine oclock welcome and program through 11 am when Rev V P Scoville of Reynolds preaches an address inviting all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Reynolds
Howard
Wesley
J. K. Searcy
Butler League
Scandrett and Mathews Offer Best Groceries Prices
Call on us for best prices on flour meat lard and all heavy groceries. Scandrett and Mathews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandrett & Mathews
Adv
Prof James Visits Taylor County Corn Club Plans 1913
Government agent C M James visited Taylor county meeting Butler and Reynolds leaders about forming the 1913 Boys Corn Club. Rules remain the same with ages 10 to 18 and one acre of cultivated land under department guidance. Central prize offers for yield profit car exhibit and written report, with school officials urged to collect member names. Ira promotes Perfection Oil Stove and Princess Range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. James
Taylor County
Butler and
Reynolds
Boys’ Corn Club
Mr. James
Wallace
AB & A
The
Central
Notice to Road Tax Payers in the County
Road tax collector books for each district are open for payment of the special road duty tax. The tax must be paid by April 1 or else ten days work on public roads will be required. By order of the County Commissioners, R M Suggs, Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Suggs
Wesley Community Announces April 11 12 Events
Wesley community prepares for an April 11 closing exercises by the literary school and a Saturday picnic and Corn Club rally. Prominent speakers expected include Mr. G F Hunnicutt editor of the Southern Cultivator and Hon W E Steed of the locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browells School
R. L. Bodiford
W. E. Steed
M. T. Gaultney
Crowell
Wesley
G. F. Hunnicutt
Southern Cultivator
Seed Potatoes for Sale in Butler Georgia
Seed potatoes for sale including several bushels of carefully selected seed sweet potatoes for planting at 75 cents per bushel. Sold by B. B. Rawls. Also a full line of fruit available at Chapman's Pharmacy. FOR SALE Indian Runner Duck Eggs English Strain penciled and fawn priced at $1.00 per dozen by Mrs. M. R. Foy Butler Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Seed Ferry
Crosman's
Lake Shore
Chapman's Pharmacy
M. R. Foy
Butler, Ga
Miss Susie Fowler Injured by Runaway Horse
Miss Susie Fowler, a Wesley school teacher and Butler resident, suffered a painful accident Sunday when a horse she was riding behind ran away and wrecked the buggy. She was bruised, shaken, and unconscious for hours before being cared for at her hosts Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gilson’s home. her condition improved but she faces recovery about a week. No fault is attributed to anyone, and the incident occurred while alighting from Mr. Baker Baldwin’s buggy in front of Mr. Gilson’s house. Her friends deplore the accident and wish her a swift recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Fowler
W. J. Gilson
Wesley School
Mrs Catherine B Wiggins Dies at Panhandle District
Catherine B Wiggins age around 79 died Friday morning at her daughter Mrs C Windham home after indigestion. Interment in family cemetery near home Saturday afternoon with Rev W P Scoville of Reynolds officiating. Survived by daughters Mrs C M Windham Ida Wiggins and Mrs Sallie Blackmond one sister Mrs Joe Walls. A Crowell Methodist Church member she was revered for devoted family service and Christian womanhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine B. Wiggins
Panhandle
C . Windham
W. P. Scoville
Reynolds
Wiggins
C. M. Windham
Ida Wiggins
Sallie Blackmond
Pelham
Joe Walls
Schley County
Crowell
Mrs G C Horton Dies After Prolonged Illness
Panhandle mourns the loss of Mrs G O Horton in a long illness. The death Sunday night at her husband’s home prompted a funeral and interment the following afternoon conducted by Rev J H Stanford, her pastor, with a community lamenting the loss of a prominent citizen and mother to many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
G. O. Horton
J. H. Stanford
Millinery Opening of M. West & Brother
The Easter hat display by M. West & Brother draws large crowds from opening day. A noted change in hat shapes delights visitors as new shapes and shades fill the shop. Two openings planned during April 8 to 12 to feature late spring and early summer hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss West
Revival Services at Methodist Church Begin Next Second Sunday
The pastor J. H. Stanford urges all church members to join in prayer and participate in a revival series at the Methodist church starting on the second Sunday in April. He stresses that cooperative effort from all members with the preacher is needed to bring a genuine revival and expects great things from God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
J. H. Stanford
Memorial Day Address by Rev O B Chester in Taylor
The U D C announces Rev O B Chester pastor of St Luke Methodist Church Columbus as Memorial Day speaker. They urge all Taylor area old veterans to gather in Butler on Memorial Day for a strong turnout, with a fine address, dinner, and social time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Wallace
O. B. Chester
St. Luke Methodist Church
Columbus
Taylor
Butler
Wiley Williams Dies in Columbus Police Chief and Editor Passed Away
Capt. Wiley Williams aged 55 and a member of the Georgia prison commission died at his home near Columbus, Georgia. A former editor of the Columbus Enquirer Sun and long time Columbus police chief, Williams is survived by his wife and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Wiley Williams
Georgia Prison Commission
Here
Columbus Enquirer Sun
Williams
Georgia friends urge Steed for prison commission post
Friends across Georgia press Governor Brown to appoint Walter E. Steed of Butler to succeed Captain Williams on the Prison Commission. The Herald joins in urging the choice, citing Steed’s years at the bar and four years as chairman of the State Penitentiary Committee in the legislature as proof of his qualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Steed
Williams
Georgia
Walter E. Steed
Butler
Brown
Capt. Williams
Herald
Steed
State Penitentiary Committee
Farmers Experiment and Contest Club Organized at Wesley
A Wesley club organizes Farmers Experiment and Contest with J. H. Adams as chairman and C. L. Searcy as vice-chairman. Officers include R. B. Heath secretary and L. Wilson doorkeeper. Plans include large yields in corn and cotton. prizes listed include guano, Jersey calf, seed cotton and corn, cash $2.50. Members urged to meet Saturday April 5 at 3:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
J. H. Adams
C. L. Searcy
R. B. Heath
L. Wilson
Jersey
Gold Dust Items Highlight Local News and Happenings
Miss Mary Lou Gassett returns to school after two weeks absence. Effie Smith and Inez Jarrell visited Butler last week. Bessie Currington and Walter Currington spent Sunday with Irene Greathouse. M T Gaultney shows fondness for Antioch. Dennis Haywood improving. Clifford Heath's saw mill ready for sawing. Cliff urged to visit Wesley more. Gold Dust plans a school picnic. date to be announced. Mrs Olabell Seman in poor health. Jim Bow and Cracker Jack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Gassett
Effie Smith
Inez Jarrell
Butler
Bessie Currington
Walter
Irene Greathouse
M. T. Gaultney
Antioch
Dennis Haywood
Clifford Heath
Cliff
Wesley
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. A. Chapman
Wellston
J. C. Giles
Macon
Bertha Wilson
Dr. G. W. Fickling
Roberta
W. E. Giles
Vienna
J. H. Giles
Messrs
G. C. Smith
J. W. Edwards
Ideal
Jeanette Wallace
Athens
Lynda McLaughlin
Olivia Montfort
Americus
Ira Chambers
City
Butler Camp
C. M. Lucas
Celia Lucas
Charing
Ia Chambers
Caddie Neisler
Ray Miller
Atlanta
Carl Giles
Carl
Third District Agricultural College
Elia Respess
Pearl Montfogt
Will Neisler
J. C. Moulton
Margaret Benns
J. G. Dugger
Perfection
Dra Chambers
A. J. McGee
J. G. Stokes
W. T. Harvey Lumber Co
Peterman and
Cox
Turner’s Chapel Church
Fickling Mill Road
J. T. Mathews
J . Windham
H. J. Porter
H. P. Wallace
State Normal College
Wessom
Chapman
W. K. Couch
I. F. Peebles & Co
Talbot County
Couch
Peebles
Helen Gray
J C Giles
Gus Thomas
Brown Mathews
Prattsburg
C. F. Fickling
James
B. B. Rawls
C. B. Wiggins
G. C. Horton
M. West & Brother
Farmers Experiment and Contest Club
Money Saver
O. K. Pressing Club
H. A. Childs
H. J. Peagler
A. B. Daniel
Peterman-Cox Co
Butler, Georgia
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