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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
2
Mrs Hamp Smith formerly of this section and her husband were victims of a brutal shooting in Brooks County. Mr Smith was shot five times through the body and died instantly while Mrs Smith was mortally wounded during a long night ordeal.
Intense interest grips Taylor and Brooks Counties over the killing of Hamp Smith at Barney Georgia and the assault on Mrs Smith. Sidney Johnson leads a manhunt in Valdosta and Brooks Lowndes counties as four lynchings are confirmed including Hayes Turner and Hattie Turner near Okapilco bridge.
The Georgia Weekly Press Association will hold its annual meeting in Wrightsville on July 15 and 16 with planned entertainment including banquets, an auto trip to Sandersville, a barbecue at Idylwild, and a boat trip on the Oconee River. The event aims to please all members and Mr Hoover, while avoiding conflicts with his food conservation plans. The article also covers local crime notes and community responses in Quitman and Brooks County.
In the face of waning farm labor a nationwide push urges communities to mobilize workers for harvests. Suggestions include canvassing locals with farm experience, pledging employer leaves of absence, drafting idle workers, using high school labor, and forming a county war council of farmers and business leaders to organize emergency town labor for farms.
Oglethorpe Ga May 17 Mitch Williams a negro caught in Florida a month ago for killing Foster Deal of Macon county thirteen years ago has been convicted in the superior court and is under sentence of death June 14 being the date named for his execution here. Evidence showed Deal went to Williams home on business one night about 8 o clock and called Mitch from the gate the negro fired upon Mr Deal killing him instantly Williams escaped and remained at large despite a thorough search for him Will Taylor tried for the murder of Roosevelt Simmons was found guilty of manslaughter and given a penitentiary sentence Court adjourned yesterday afternoon.
Fire at Seaboard Air Line freight depot in Americus destroyed the building. Fireman L. W. Slappey was injured and a pile of masonry nearly buried him. Two large detonations startled the city when two cylinders of oxygen gas detonated, likely from the Americus Lighting Company crates. A switch engine moved cars on the track nearby just before the blaze, with no crew seeing signs of fire.
Commencement programs outline a Sunday morning service on May 26 1918 at 11 o clock including hymns invocation scripture reading sermon and benediction. A Sunday evening service at the Methodist Church features hymns such as Day is Dying in the West O Love That Will Not Let Me Go and Jesus Savior Pilot Me with prayers scripture readings offertory and a special selection.
Pupils of Miss Tippins Music Class perform on Monday evening May 27 at 8 15 with solos duets and trios. Performers include Miriam and Elizabeth Riley Gussie Wilson Cleo Young Myrtice Rogers Eve Stewart Jewel Bartlett and others. The program features pieces by Zichy Spindler Ganz and more with choruses and a final Good Night number.
A dated notice lists Caroline Adams and Helen Wilson connected to an event set for Tuesday at 8 45 P M. Details remain sparse in the readable fragments.
Washington May 20 1917 President Wilson affirms the act extending the draft law and fixes June 5 as the date to register new eligibles between 7 a.m and 9 p.m. All male persons including noncitizens must register, with exemptions for those already in service. About 800000 men expected to be available. future registrations to occur more than once yearly.
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