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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
3
On June 1 an advance of 50 percent will be made on all water service rates by Butler Water Works Co. The superintendent Eli Garrett urges patrons to view this necessary increase due to rising expenses and to continue patronage during the unsettled period.
The Javasche Bank issued new paper guilders in Java printed by an American company. Denominations include 2 guilder and 1 guilder. The notes aimed to ease silver coin scarcity and were highly admired by Chinese and natives, leading to hoarding.
Brief note warns to watch the man who speaks most about Mars and weigh his words carefully. He is the brother of the one who shouts thief in a crowd and must be watched and caught. Both men stir up trouble for a stated purpose according to Eschange.
An advertisement claims Freezone cures corns and calluses with a few drops for instant pain relief. The tiny bottle is sold at drug stores and purportedly allows the corn or callus to be lifted out root and all without pain or soreness.
Mrs Nannie Phillips of Powder Springs Georgia describes chronic fatigue stomach trouble and sleepless nights eased by Ziron Iron Tonic. She reports better appetite strength and renewed energy after using the product and notes a money-back guarantee available through druggists.
Mr and Mrs C E Willis and children visited A L McManus and family Sunday. J T Parker and family spent last Wednesday with his daughter. J D Cook visited his brother Charley Cook in Fort Valley Sunday. Henry Smith lost a mule last week. Dorothy See Walker is very sick but improving. Elder Fuller of Gay preached at Shiloh Saturday and Sunday. Roy Dukes of Talbotton visited Booker Smith family. No preaching at Howard Methodist on May 30 due to Sunday School Convention at Antioch.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Bryant visited Mr and Mrs Alan Garrett on Sunday. Ree Dillard stayed with Willie Perry. Joe Mackey spent Monday at Tazewell. John Marvin Cox was in the community Tuesday. Frank Montgomery and relatives near Dundee Sunday. First Sunday preaching day. J E Cox and daughter drove to Butler Saturday. Tom Cook and Lois Cook spent weekend with David McMikle. Attended concert at Tazewell Monday and Tuesday. Marvin Roberts in Tazewell Saturday. Henry Singleton relatives Sunday. Many local guests at a Sunday gathering including Cox and McMikle families. Alan Garrett caught three large trout Saturday. Joe Mackey visited Mrs E W Swearingen Saturday.
A prince of talent will recognize the talent of others. The remark highlights generosity and foresight in appreciating peer abilities and potential contributions to collective progress.
About 300000 pilgrims yearly visit monastic cells at Kiev Russia drawing visitors from across the region to the historic religious site and its surrounding areas in a long standing tradition.
Mr. and Mrs W J Barfield and children visited Mr and Mrs Oscar Simmons Saturday. Mr Bernard Walker visited at the home of Mr W D Sanders Sunday. Mr and Mrs J H Harris visited Mr and Mrs Clarence Saun. Wayne Barfield home from Butler for the weekend. Thelma and Eva Barfield visited Hattie Eva Alice Meon Sunday. Katie Harris visited Maurine and Iva Sanders Sunday. Roads in this section are almost impassable.
Mr E S Hickman spent days in Atlanta on business last week. Miss Sallie Averett visiting friends and relatives at Mauk. Braxton Ellington of Macon guest of Mr and Mrs W B Adams. Viola Hill visiting relatives in Fort Valley. Mattie Adams was guest of Annie Parks Sunday. E M King of Box Springs spent days with daughter J Hart. J A Buckner spent Sunday at Woodland with Walter Keller and family. Elder and Mrs F Fuller of Gay were dinner guests of F R Purvis. M Austin spent weekend near Charing. A S Wallace of Butler spent week with J R Williams. Otis Cox moved to Butler with his family after teaching a successful local school. Ruth Williams, Mildred and Ludie Brown and W H Sealy attended Reynolds High School closing. Ethel Hand spent weekend with friends here. J H Brown and J B Jones were in Macon Friday.
Mr J F Posey visited in this section last Sunday. Mr J H Dunlap and family spent Sunday with Mr J E Wainwright. Bro W R Lawhorn will be at the Chapel the fifth Saturday and Sunday. Mrs L Rodgers improving. Mrs I N Wainwright still sick. Sunday School at Midway church each Sunday at 3 30 PM. Mr L Rodgers went to Columbus Saturday to visit his wife who is quite sick.
Advertisement for Texas Wonder claims to treat kidney and bladder troubles in men and women and regulate pediatric bladder issues. Promotes mail order availability for $1.25 with testimonials, noting Dr. E W Hall of St. Louis as origin and urging purchase from druggists.
The third finger is anatomically weaker than the other fingers because its extensor tendon crosses to the second finger. Pil anists must train this finger twice as hard as the others due to this tendon connection.
Want to sell your farm Get help obtaining a good price from C M Montgomery Reynoias Ga He offers free land review and advice before selling urging you to list with him rather than accepting others prices He claims to have many prospective buyers and promises to secure YOUR price.
The Times-Recorder reports the marriage of Miss Helen Quattlebaum of Americus to Jack Harris son of Mrs. Minnie Harris and the late Mr. T. J. Harris. Rev. Frank P. Anderson officiated at a quiet ceremony, and the couple will reside in Butler.
Talbotton residents congratulate Prof. Irwin Ingram on his election as president of the 4th Congress Dist. A. M. School located at Carrollton. Ingram has taught in Reynolds Woodland Waverly Hall and Chipley and formerly lived in Talbotton and Woodland where his father served as pastor until his death.
In September 1865 a father and son traveled to Eufaula Alabama with five bales of cotton. After the Civil War the father sold nothing during the war and stored crops to pay expenses. Georgetown offered 35 cents per pound, but James Mercer advised moving to Eufaula for 40 cents. A $5 per bale tax was due, lent by Mercer as $30. After selling, a barrel of leaf sugar cost $150 for 400 pounds and Java coffee 150 pounds cost $150. One and a half bales bought 41 cents per pound after expenses. He returned home and called his house man Patrick.
Field director T R Lombard of the American Red Cross Southern Division defends the Oteen Army General Hospital for tubercular patients in North Carolina. He argues recent publicity misrepresents conditions, praising isolation, fresh air, rest, nourishment, and skilled medical care provided at no cost in beautiful surroundings, urging families to keep soldiers there.
The article frames labor as a remedy for restlessness, noting that God placed Adam and Eve in an ideal garden but tasked them with work from the start, implying fulfillment comes through labor. It urges action and moving to work as a remedy for urge.
Frosty, moonless night frames a cryptic sky scene from Kenneth Grahame’s Pagan Papers. The strong Plow asterism shines with four bright points, while the restless crowd of Populatives gathers in the dark.
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