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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1930
Page
7
A fragmentary item notes a plan to forget a sorrowful tale and its dark impact. It mentions Mr Holsey Foy of Sylvester in the city on business, Mrs W M Math visiting relatives, and several local people traveling or returning home. A morning freight wreck near Upatole delayed trains but afternoon services resumed.
Butler residents are mentioned visiting friends in Macon Milledgeville and Columbus. The item lists numerous locals and guests including Mrs J P Dewey Ellen Griffin Mary f Cous, Hugh Jackson and family, the Parker and Booth families, J R Turner of Jacksonville, W H Trussell, B B Jarrell, J R Booths kin, and others. references to travel to Atlanta Winston Salem Hogansville Junction City and Macon, with some funerals and a grand master noted.
Mend B Benton and Frances Hill Powell were secretly wed by Rev. H Griffin at the Butler Methodist parsonage following a surprise visit from friends Saturday evening. Benton, a relief agent for the Central railroad, and Powell, daughter of BH Powell of Reynolds, plan to reside in Butler after a wedding trip, welcomed by a large circle of acquaintances.
In memory of our darling baby seven years since Louise Watson left us. We still miss you as the years pass, hearing the winds sweep through every vale and tree where you sleep away from home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Childs and family express sincere appreciation to Dr. Montgomery relatives and friends for many kind attentions shown during Mr. Childs illness and recovery.
Wanted three to ten million feet pine timber. Provide all details in first letter. Address Box 188 Griffin Georgia.
Public notice seeks return of a dark blue wardrobe trunk lost on a public road between Columbus and Charing Ga. Reward offered. Written by Miss Thelma Slappey of Charing Route 1.
For sale listing includes a Leonard refrigerator with 100 pounds capacity and porcelain lining offered by Mrs H P Wallace. Also offered is a gray Jersey milch cow described as a large horns heavy springer from T T Buassingame of Five Points Butler Georgia.
Patrons are asked to attend at Cross Pande School at 9 o clock Saturday morning May 8 for flag raising and an inclement exercise. The school truck will make the final round to bring the school children in. Publicity chairman requests presence at this time.
A column urging temperance and self discipline for Southern youths. It warns against street lounging and cigars, argues steady study builds wealth, and stresses integrity and courage. The piece praises perseverance, warns of social waste, and encourages duty, neighborly care, and faith in pure principles.
Charles R Crisp formally announces his candidacy to succeed himself in the Seventy-Second Congress from the Third Congressional District. He notes gratitude to voters and pledges faithful service if re elected, subject to the Democratic Primary on September 10. Endorsements requested.
A writer argues money from rich kin can erode perseverance as one man drifts through jobs while a devoted brother pays expenses. The piece cautions that true success requires personal effort, discipline, and an understanding of life’s seriousness. It contrasts such drift with concerns about child care in wealthier households.
The Butler city business tax for 1980 is due and payable on May 1. Citizens are urged to come forward and meet the schedule unchanged from Butler Ga. Please comply by the stated date. Adams Clerk Butler City Council.
All business places in Butler will close each Thursday afternoon from May 1 through the last Thursday in August except filling stations and drug stores.
Thompson Barred Rocks Donaldson Reds and M Johnson White Leghorn chicks offered in small lots from under 100 to 500 units. Prices range from 12 to 14 cents per chick with bulk pricing at 18 cents for some lots. Hatchery listed as F. and K. Hatchery in Dawson California.
Several gallons. Sugar cane syrup in tins offered by P B Childs of Butler Georgia.
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