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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1913
Page
3
Reynolds Georgia May 19 notes from Mrs E M Johnson visiting Macon Butler coast. Local residents, visits, and travel appear with Hill Drug Co advertisements and embarkations on commencements. Numerous names and places reflect small town social activity and commerce around Reynolds.
G W N Watkins of Reynolds Georgia asks all who have loved ones buried in Bethlehem cemetery to meet Saturday May 24 to assist in cleaning the site. If unable to attend, send a money order or check so a worker can be hired.
Graduation program lists invocation duet class song and president's address by Horace Trapp and Robert Anthony. Oration The Hope of Progress by Robert Anthony, piano solos, class history, prophecy, valedictory, and diplomas delivered by Irvine S Ingram. Graduates named with roles. motto Excelsior, colors black and gold, flower Marechal Niel Rose.
Over one hundred attended Sunday school last Sunday. The church plans to recruit all eligible members, raising $175 of a $265 assessment. Dr A M Williams, our Presiding Elder, preached and led the quarterly conference. Salary has been paid in full to date. No eleven oclock service next Sunday. instead a commencement sermon at the school auditorium by Rev Guy fisher of Centenary M E church South Macon Ga, with potential return to preach Sunday night.
Notice states the estate of A J Payne will close at once after his April 23 death. Executors Elba Payne and A J Payne Jr demand sworn settle accounts and immediate payment of open balances. Personal property including mules cattle wagons harness goats sheep and one automobile will be sold promptly. Also ads for magazines and Reynolds Variety Works offerings and blacksmith services appear.
F E Glover Reynolds of Georgia operates as a dealer in dressed ceiling flooring weather boarding sash doors blinds shingles and other building materials along with coal and related goods.
Capt E A Goddard will attend the Chattanooga reunion next week. The article lauds his Civil War service with the Sixth Arkansas Regiment, his leadership as a captain, and his postwar success in Georgia business. It highlights his popularity, trusted character, and the support of his son George H. Goddard as they join fellow veterans.
Reynolds Route 3 column lists social visits and weekend happenings in Reynolds and nearby areas. Mentions visitors W R Rodgers, families of Powell, Johnson, Windham, Rodgers, and Brown. notes fishing outings, a sad mood for Claud Jenkins, and a baby improving from membranous croup. An advertisement touts custom screen doors and windows by C B Marshall.
Early potato plants ready for shipment with orders filled in rotation as received. Price per 100 plants by parcel post 30 cents per thousand by express 1.75 dollars. Special rates for large orders. Send orders to J Lawrence in Ashburn, quoted by F QO B Ashburn.
Mrs Humphries of Dal ton hosted a Saturday afternoon porch party in Guyton Ga with sister Mrs James Johnathon Shear ouse as hostess. Verandas featured ferns begonias and potted plants. Attendants included Mrs Hugh Tarver Miss Ollie Tarver Mrs Bruce Powers Miss Eula Powers and others from Macon Athens Sylvania and nearby areas with refreshments served between four and six.
Farmers in the Reynolds area report extreme dryness and need rain while local social life highlights visits among Adams Stalnaker and Hartley families. The community notes include gatherings of the Stalnaker, Adams, Theus, and Jinks families, with several second Sunday and fourth Sunday church events led by Rev. John Locke at Bethlehem schoolhouse.
Farmers are busy as health concerns rise with measles and mumps spreading in the area. Several Potterville residents attend a P O A Lodge convention in Americus while others visit relatives in Macon and Reynolds. Business people Cofield and Jones seek patronage. locals move, visit, or return from cities like Fort Valley and Atlanta.
Reynolds district notes ongoing cotton chopping amid hot dry weather. Local visits include Misses Agnes and Thelma Locke at Mrs. H C Shealy and Mrs. Mary Jane Theus. Families travel to Macon county and Ft Valley. Mt Pisgah Sunday school thrives under Mr John Cox with 3 pm gatherings. Community picnic at McCants mill draws a hearty turnout and Joy Bells closes the item.
Andrew J Payne born 1859 died April 23 1913 at his Reynolds Georgia home aged 53. He married Susie Fountain in 1886 and had five children. He remarried in 1901 to Ellea Pearl Sanders and had three more children. Survived by wife and ten children. described as unassuming, honorable and a model citizen. The community mourns the loss and prays for comfort for the family.
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