County Commissioners May 1925 Official Report
Butler Georgia May 5 1925 regular May term Board of Roads and Revenues met at 9 am chaired by F C Jarrell. All members present. April minutes approved. resignation of John Shockley effective June 1 or earlier accepted. Tax Collector Mrs Riley reported 1924 taxes: Digest 82000.05 collected 142.66 non digest 1657.98. Pauper lists ordered with monthly stipends. Warrants issued for camp supplies vital statistics and salaries. (Continued to Page Six)
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Butler
Board of Roads and Revenues
F. C. Jarrell
John , Shockley
Riley
Alies D. Riley
Cotton Association Elects Officers in Georgia Meeting
At the Georgia Cotton Growers Cooperative Association annual gathering in Atlanta a new board was elected and officers named for the year. J E Conwell Lavonia was named president with W T McArthur Moorsegate as first vice president and C R Ware Lawrenceville as second president. C Eubank Eastman was chosen secretary. Trustees to the American Cotton Growers Exchange were J E Conwell J M Council and J A Bowers. The board includes L A Dean Rome C R Ware Lavonia A M Wilkins Comer and others. Eugene Black of Atlanta Trust Company addressed the meeting praising cooperative marketing. The association noted higher cotton handling last year than any previous year.
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Atlanta
Georgia Cotton Growers Cooporative Association
J. E. Conwell
Lavonia
W. T. McArthur
MoorSgate
C R Ware
Lawrenceville
C. Eubank
Eastman
W.T. McArthur
McGregor
C R. Ware
A. K
L. A Dean
Rome
C. A. Addington
H A Adams Elberston
Dan Witcher
Carlton
W. J. Pranklin
Zebulon
W. B. Rice
Dubtins
A. M Wilkins
Comer
J. H. Gilerath
Cartersville
A. K. Snead
Carrollton
B L. Redwine
Madras
J M. Council
Americus
Franklin
Statesboro
Sr McGregor
Clunde
Fobanks
W. J Oliver
Shollmat
J. A
Bowers Meiga
Ben Baker
Ellenton
J. W. Morston
Athens
Eugene Black
Atlanta Trust Company
Black
The
Georgia Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
Georgia
Board of Directora
Conwell
Atlanta Bandits To Be Shot On Sight
Atlanta May 2 70 men from the day watch of the police department were added to the night watch with orders to shoot to kill if they meet bandits. The plainclothes officers, assigned to neighborhood shopping centers, aim to curb depredations by criminals.
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Atlanta Bandits
Atlanta
Day Watch
Lost life and fire insurance papers in Butler Ga
A one day book and a letter file containing Life Insurance and Fire Insurance Policies and other valuable papers were lost Saturday night on the streets of Butler. Finder please return to SH. KATIZIF Butler Ga.
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Butler
Georgia editors travel to New York for delightful trip
A Georgia editors’ party of about 200 left Savannah on April 25 aboard the City of Chattanooga. In New York, headquarters were at the Waldorf Astoria with a packed schedule of sightseeeing, lunches, theater, and visits to stock exchanges and the Leviathan voyage. The trip included profitable sessions, thanks resolutions, and a pledge to avoid political issues.
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Savannah
Savannah Press
Savannah Morning News
American Legion
New York
City of Chattanooga
Savanah Line
Association
Georgia
Metropolis
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
P. m
Winter Garden
New York Times
Jersey City
American Typefounders Co
East Wanl
Chattanooga
the Herald
Banks Cut Summer Thursday Hours Starting May First
Beginning May 1 the Butler Banking Company and the Taylor County Bank will close every Thursday at twelve o'clock during the summer months until August 15. Both banks announce the altered schedule to accommodate seasonal business.
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Butler Banking Company
Taylor County Bank
Sheriff McGuffin Replies To Anonymous Letter In Taylor County
The sheriff denounces an unsigned tip about illegal whiskey stills and pledges action only on named, reliable information. He notes he cannot search on anonymous claims, cites the fee-based sheriff duties, and urges residents to reveal their names and back up honest concerns.
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Taylor County
R. P. McGuffin
Uneedas Final Treatment Advised for Middle Georgia Peach Belt
Growers in the Middle Georgia peach belt should complete the final treatment for Uneedas by week’s end using self-boiled lime-sulphur mix with arsenate of lead or 80-5-15 dust. Early Rose, Carmens, and other varieties have specified final-treatment timings during May and May 18 to 23 for Carmens.
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Uneedas
Middle Georgia
Carmens
Hileys
Georgia Belles
Elbertas
Government and State Laboratory
Ft. Valley
Butler Street Tax Due for 1925 Notice
Street tax for 1925 in Butler is due immediately. A word to the wise is sufficient. W. A. Anglin, Marshal.
New Ice House Planned by H J Brooks in town
H J Brooks announced construction of a new ice storage warehouse on the vacant lot north of Butler Drug Co. The building will handle ice in summer with daily deliveries in large or small quantities.
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H. J. Brooks
Butler Drug Co
Trespass Notice on Lot 61 in 14th District
Butler Light and Power Co announces a trespass prohibition on lands described as lot 61 in the 14th district. All parties are forbidden to trespass, with posted warnings as required. Violators will be vigorously prosecuted.
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Butler Light & Power CO
Local Engineer Dies After Brunswick Yard Accident
Thomas Doles Wilchar, 61, an avid Brunswick railroad engineer, died minutes after his engine overturned on a defective switch while shifting passenger cars in the Southern yard. Survived by a widow Burgie and several Wilchar siblings, funeral held in Brunswick with local attendees.
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Thomas Doles Wilchar
Brunswick
Wilehar
Wilchar
Wilbar
Taylor County
Tme
Southern Railroad
Brunswick Methodist Church
Burgie
Lyman Wilchar
Glynn County
Ed Wilchar
J. D. Wilchar
Los Angeles
Calif
Ida Lofton
Jula Lofton
St. Petersburg
Fla
Frank Wilchar
H. L. Wilchar
N. Daniel
Ann Wilchar
Hampton Childres
Place
Montezuma Girl Accident Victim Dies of Internal Injuries
Miss Frances Robinson, 14, of Montezuma Georgia, died after being thrown from a truck while riding with three other girls. She never recovered from internal injuries after the fall. Estelle Walker Minnie Fokes and Maria Forehand survived with minor injuries as others were unhurt. The victim, daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Robinson Jr, was in the ninth grade.
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Montezuma
Frances Robinson
Estelle Walker
Minnie
Fokes
Maria
J H Robinson, Jr
Thomaston First Baptist to Mark Centennial in August
Thomaston Georgia May reports the Thomaston First Baptist Church will celebrate its 100th anniversary in August. Deacons announce a centennial program with prominent ministers presiding and a history highlight commemorating the church’s century of service.
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Thomaston
Thomaston First Baptist Church
Booster Road Meet Held Here Tuesday
A mass meeting of Taylor county citizens at the Butler courthouse launched the Taylor County Flint River Association with F C Jarrell as president and L Burt as secretary. E W Hurt and others gave talks. committees on survey and cost and publicity were named. The planned bridge over Flint River at Beechwood and a east west road from Howard to Reynolds were highlighted as vital links aiding Peach and Crawford counties and connecting Macon and Columbus. A June 2 pm meeting was set to hear committee reports and advance plans.
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Taylor County
Butler Tuesay
Flint River Association
F. C. Jarrell
212 L. Burt
Messrs
E. W. Hurt
R. A. Hinton
W. E Steed
G. W. Bivins
W. Hurt
J. J. Windham
W. M Brown
F A. Ricks
C. E. Benns
J. T. Mathews
R A Hinton
A. H. Riley
C W. Moore
Flint River
Beechwood
Reynolds
Taylor
Peach County
Howard
Macon
Columbus
Peach
Crawford
Coggeshall and McClelland Sentenced to Die in Georgia
Eatonton Ga May 6 Ted Coggeshall of Clayton Illinois and F W McClelland of Brooklyn New York were found guilty by a Putnam County jury Wednesday night of murdering W C Wright the county school superintendent The jury deliberated over three hours and voted unanimously without mercy recommendation Judge J B Park sentenced both men to die in the electric chair at Milledgeville on May 29 A large crowd waited outside the courthouse after the verdict S J Scarbrough the accomplice who confessed and named Coggeshall and McClelland will be tried today
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Eatonton
Ted Coggeshall
Clayton
F. W. McClelland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Putnam County Superior Court
W. C. Wright
J. B. Park
Milledgeville
L. M. Kennington
S. J. Scarbrough
Wright
Coggeshall
McClelland
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County Commissioners
J. W. Cogburn
Charlotte Towns
Jere Grawford
Missouri
Johnson
Dan Montfort
Eliza Morgan
Eliza Dickerson
Oscar. Izin
Isa Chambers
Pris- Mie
J. Hide
Peebles
Garrett
J. T. Adams
H H.aultman
C. A Lucas
R. M. Jinks
W. F. Rogers
J. E. Brewer
J. L Burt
Baldue
Grand Theatre
Reynolds, Ga
Doris Kenyon
Aileen Pringle
Paradise
Thomas Meighan
Cotton Association
Losy
Yale Club
Robert S. Brinkherd
McAlpin
American Press Association
McGuffin
Sheriff Sepks
Charing
Baptists OF
County
Coggeshall-McClelland
Prof
Scarbrough
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