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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
2
Reynolds notices visit Butler friends and nearby towns with social calls. Barrow Bros advertises fruit cans and strings while promoting an upcoming optician event with Chase Green. Local figures attend Shriners, Camp Gordon departures, and a wedding at the bride’s home.
Miss Virginia Hinton and E. P. Hodges wed Sunday at 6:00 at the Hinton home attended by relatives and close friends. Rev H. O. Fowler officiated. Hodges, son of Hon E. E. Hodges, trains for service at Camp Gordon. The Herald extends heartfelt congratulations to the couple.
Miss Winnie Newsom and Mr. E. W. Hodges were married at the Butler Baptist church with Rev. H. O. Fowler officiating during a series of meetings. The couple returned to Reynolds with friends in automobiles. Hodges, from the Hon. Hodges family, is stationed with the Emory Base Unit at Camp Gordon and may soon be sent to France.
Macon property owners approve a bond issue of 209000 to finish the new city auditorium pay hospital debts build permanent fairground buildings and sewer improvements remove surface closets and fund a tuberculous hospital The city council will decide on the division of the issue. Georgia dipping vats 1722 operate as Ram say eradication of cattle tick is more than half done and should end by 1920.
The 106th engineers cross into North Carolina to construct a four month railway camp. The project may train men for road reclamation in France and aid government reservations.
W R Whatley Supt Beechwood Farm under orders from Joel Hurt liquidating agent American National Bank of Macon forbids fishing or trespassing on Beechwood Farm lands including private roads. Warning that violators will be dealt with as the law directs and requests all to respect the instruction.
Rainy spell continues as locals share visits and travels. Mrs Herbert Baldwin and her young son visit relatives in Cordele this week. Mrs George Averett and daughters return from Macon. Miss Quinn Ramsey of Quitman visits aunt Mrs J S Brown. Mrs Beulah Pickard and Frank Pickard travel to Butler. Floyd, Martin and James Williams depart for Camp Gordon. Fain depot agent visits Coffee Springs Alabama. GB Adams and wife from Alabama visit W B Adams. L Hill of Fort Valley spends weekend here. Ambrose Greathouse family visit JS Buckner. Sunday school held each week at ten. Mrs J S Brown improving after sickness. J H Brown and wife drive to Macon for weekend. Austin of Charing appointed carrier on Route 2. begins May 1. Attended Shiloh preaching Sunday. Butler Chautauqua scheduled May 11 13 and 14.
On Cedar Creek last week several residents enjoyed a fish fry. Fred Guyned treated himself to a five passenger Ford while carrying young boys and girls, and a seven passenger would have seated them. Mrs. Luther Harris of Butler spent the weekend with her parents. Mrs. J T Blakely and Ida Scott visited J I Jinks family. Arthur Scott and wife visited H Streetman. Minnie Jinks and Johnnie Havys wed last Sunday near Pine Level church. Moley Austin showed a new car Sunday with rides taken by several locals.
The Wesley community notes Miss Genie Wells of Talbotton and Miss Margaret Heath of the locality have been elected teachers for the Wesley school term 1918 19. They come highly recommended and are expected to ensure a productive school year. Susie Bazemore leaves this week to become a telephone operator at Fort Valley, leaving friends here solicitous for her success.
Dr Eli Garrett and family attended church at Trinity Sunday. Misses Arizona Waller and Ida Montgomery collected funds Saturday afternoon to buy an organ for Trinity church. Mrs Riley Garrett visited Ideal. Mrs F M Weeks spent the weekend with her daughter Dora Purvis. W Garrett and Little Clettie Watson were here Saturday and Sunday visits occurred.
Fragmentary dialogue notes a wife questioning a doctor about her husband’s sanity and past marriages, referencing Life magazine. Not enough context for a clear news summary.
L. F. Montfort offers life insurance and surety bonds representing leading companies. Visit the Reynolds Banking Company office for insurance or bond needs.
A concise report notes that both temperature and labor conditions act as major factors impacting work output. It emphasizes how heat and worker strain influence productivity and safety in industrial settings.
Georgia Department of Agriculture asks the federal Food Administration to ease the six pounds per person per month limit on wheat flour. Commissioner J. J. Brown cites a Watkinsville miller case where a farmer drove fourteen miles with ten bushels and could only get one bushel ground, forcing nine bushels to be hauled home. The department aims to reduce farmer trips and boost local wheat production by relaxing the rule if possible.
God is love. Therefore love. Lavish it upon the poor, where it is very easy, especially upon the rich, who often need it most, most of all upon our equals, where it is very difficult, and for whom perhaps we do least of all.
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