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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1928
Page
7
Poem in praise of May by Ernest Samuel Yates from Danville Virginia. The verse extols May’s beauty in light and dew, birdsong, and clear rivers, urging readers not to question nature’s gift but to feel its grace. The piece closes with gratitude to God for the month of May.
Butler residents and visitors are listed with weekend trips and hospitality. Dr. Eli Garrett and Mrs. Eli Garrett hosted, Elise Wallace visited the Wallace home, and Mr. Lester Bazemore from Columbus stayed with the Gills. Other notes mention seed peas, eyeglasses, and church society meetings.
Marion County editor J M Anglin Jr visits Herald office on Tuesday. Optometrist Dr J W Johnson will examine eyes and fit Hawkes glasses at Porter's Drug Store May 8. Magnolia Hill Farm in Butler by Hammock brothers sells butter milk and chocolate milk daily. Benns and Peed to join Savannah Montreal trip for Georgia Press Association mid year meeting aboard City of Chattanooga.
Mrs Walter Suggs complimented her father Mr F A Peed with a four course dinner Tuesday evening. Guests included Messrs L R Adams H P Wallace Walter Suggs W W Edwards C E Benns and F A Peed.
Jeff A Taylor of Buena Vista Georgia advertises several bushels of sound well cleaned chufas for sale at five dollars per bushel.
We the undersigned merchants agree to close on Thursdays at 1200 noon and remain closed for the balance of the day from Thursday May 8 through August 30 1928. Signatories include Jarrells Dept Store Trussell Furn Store I F Peebles Cash Grocery Co W G Hill Citizens State Bank M Bartlett H C Walker Whiteway Barber Shop City Barber Shop J E Bartlett Mrs Eval Trussell H J Brooks A D Chapman M T Chapman H M Parker A F Davis Suggs Garage Wllson's Garage South Ga Power Co.
Nitrate of Soda bags wanted by Nessler's Warehouse in Reynolds Georgia. Hammocks Oscar and Hollis promote daily dairy deliveries including butter sweet milk and chocolate milk. They offer payment for washed bags and unwashed bags at five and four cents respectively.
A humorous senior class prayer mocks authority and the trials of French and Latin studies at B H S. The speaker pleads for mercy from faculty, asks for final academic relief and the hoped for long coveted diploma.
Taylor County jail needs repainting and new bedding slips. Walls and ceilings should be painted and blankets laundered regularly. Proposes removable mattress covers, a small evening meal, and three meals for some inmates. Committee commends cleanliness and invites discussion with county authorities.
Miss Columbus crowned Queen of the Columbus Centennial as 20 county Queens and escorts danced in a lantern lit Country Club ball. Debutants and Faithful Twelve hosted guests, with chaperones and a long list of local social figures sharing in a night of gaiety and elegance.
A limited selection of paints varnishes and floor paint for sale at the Neisler Warehouse Reynolds Georgia. A related notice offers a limited supply of sound cotton seed for planting to Taylor County farmers at actual cost cash with order.
On Sunday, April 22, a Goodyear tire with 88x6.75 size, rim and cover disappeared on Route 8 between Ellaville and Butler. Reward offered. Notify P. Os Arkwright Jr. at Atlanta Trust Co. Building, Atlanta, Georgia.
Mrs Lokie Rogers and her children Reginal, Julian Mozelle suffer measles with appendicitis and pneumonia within the family. Mrs Rogers is very feeble. Mrs Spillers, her mother, is recovering from pneumonia. The household remains bedridden while others sit up, and neighbors are asked for prayers and sympathy.
The Central P T A held a Friday meeting to determine quilt top winners but absences delayed results and the event was postponed. Refreshments were served by the president as a surprise touch to the gathering.
Three weeks old chicks and pullets six to twelve weeks old offered from Barred Rocks Rhode Island Red Anconas and White Leghorns. Write for prices. Americus Hatchery Americus Ga.
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