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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1914
Page
12
W Powell Hale of Tennessee is praised as a master impersonator with a wide range of roles. His humor and literary value keep audiences engaged and impressed by his ability to vanish into characters. Hale is scheduled to appear at the Auditorium Wednesday evening May 6th as the season’s final Lyceum attraction.
A Columbus laborer broke his leg when a bucket of concrete dumped on him. The concrete flowed and formed a firm cast around the rib, later removed by doctors who say it helped reset the bone and aided healing.
Praises for a comprehensive guide on sexual hygiene by Winfield Scott Hall. Notes include claims of scientific accuracy and broad readership among doctors teachers preachers and social workers. Advertises the book under plain wrapper for $1.00 with extra mailing charges.
The U D C chapter met in session at the home of Judge and Mrs J E Davant on a April afternoon. Twelve attended including Mrs Will Harmon with Mrs B B Rawls ill in Atlanta. Mrs Davant presided as vice president in the president's absence and reports on unfinished business were considered.
Indigestion sufferers find Electric Bitters a spring tonic for liver kidney and stomach troubles. It cleanses the system and improves appetite as praised by Mr. T. D. Peeble. Available from your druggist at one dollar. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve also recommended for eczema.
Fairfax Harrison, president of Southern Railway and Georgia Southern & Florida, notes strong prosperity across South Georgia. Farmers advance seed selection, early maturing varieties, and better practices as cotton yields improve. County demonstrators and railroad-agriculture teams expand education. Thousands of acres previously unused are now cropped for cotton, oats, corn, and truck. Livestock gains grow and cattle tick control expands.
Keep bowel movement regular and cleanse stomach liver and kidneys. Claims to rid the body of poisons and waste and improve complexion by flushing the liver and kidneys. C E Hatfield of Chicago endorses the product. 25 cents at druggists.
Letter from Grumbler discusses road taxes and farm burdens, praising community health and crop progress. Washington Camp P O S of A growin g membership plans a May 4 picnic at Potterville with dinner, speeches, and delegates to the Helena state meeting.
The Old Reliable Pressing Club announces readiness to dry clean garments. It promises to make suits look like new and maintain sanitary conditions for customers.
Clean your furs for fall storage and restore their look. Dry cleaning offered at 1.00 dollars, with reasonable prices and personal service promised.
Unclear clipping describes a peculiar phrase about a face that cannot smile as a bud that may blossom, attributed to Richter, signaling a whimsical or philosophical aside from a small press note.
Mra ALS Wallace invites Taylor County to form a County Sunday School Association joining a Georgia effort to organize all counties. She cites 1000 delegates at Milledgeville and notes Georgia’s 21 percent SS enrollment. plans to contact pastors and superintendents to gather church SS data and organize county work.
An old advertisement warns that swollen hands and feet signal kidney trouble and urges taking mand Kidney Pills sold by H. J. Porter in Butler. The notice touts the pills as tonic and strengthening to restore normal kidney action.
Mrs S A Baldwin of Daviston visits H S Baldwin. J W Brown visits relatives in Macon. J T Hart and wife and Miss Ada Adams at Prattsburg. Mae Vanlandingham and Hugh Perkins attend Union Say meeting. Wes D Gresham stays with daughter Mrs Will Adams. J R Adams visits relatives in Thomaston. Edgar Smith and coffee guest of J S Johnson. H F Mathews of Prattsburg in Keniaga. Lorenza Purvis with grandparents near Charing. Clarence Lumpkin and Baldwinville family visit. F R Purvis and children visit Columbus. Keen Eyes.
Estella reports on community events in Mauk including visits by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hill, Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Ford, and Mr. and Mrs. Able Woodall. Items mention preaching at the Methodist church, a new buggy for Sims Harbuck, a birth announcement for William Highsmith, and hopes for rain to help crops. The piece recalls Mexico memories and notesTalbot county travel and road improvements.
The town will hold a special election June 13 to decide issuing 12000 dollars in bonds for a municipally owned water system. The plan calls for two 6000 dollar issues, 20 and 30 year terms, 6 percent interest, with eight inch mains downtown and smaller lines residential. A five member commission will run the system after completion.
Our representative will visit Butler every Saturday. All work left at L. E. Peterman's store, our Butler headquarters, will be called for and receive prompt attention.
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