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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
5
Local paragraph items report Prof. Charles R. Brown visiting Nashville Georgia this week and many residents hosting or visiting relatives in Macon and nearby towns. Community notes mention guests, trips, farm talks, sales, and upcoming Memorial Day closures, with a few advertisements and local society items interspersed.
The Daughters of Confederacy will gather Monday afternoon June 3 at 4 o clock at the home of Mrs Tommie Russ. Mrs John Fountain secretary and Mrs J H Carrington Howard Ga R F D No 2 will assist with notices. Cook help offered for small wages. write at once. Also notice on cotton weevils and farm advice appears in the same listing.
The Wallace-Edwards Chapter invites all Daughters to a June 3 meeting at Mrs. T. C. Russ home to celebrate Jeffer son Davis birthday and present one Cross of Honor. Attend to discuss Georgia Division plans for War Relief Work and Red Cross efforts and bring 1918 dues to the session or send to the president or treasurer Miss Nannie Joiner.
J H Harris of Butler Georgia announces sale of 200 bushels of corn. Item listed as good quality with contact at RFD 1. Sale notice appears as a simple local classifieds brief.
H E Neisler offers two hundred gallons of big cane syrup at one dollar per gallon and two hundred gallons of Cario syrup at ninety cents per gallon all sealed in one gallon jugs.
Wanted: a capable man to furnish a team or wagon and give a personal bond to sell The J. R Watkins Products. The ad promises an opportunity to enter a thriving business with no initial investment. Addressed to Knoxville Ga by J. C. Culverhouse.
J J Eason advertises cash or trade for eggs paying 35 cents per dozen and offering top market price for chicks. Reliable buyer seeks farm supplies and poultry. Cannot determine location or date from the fragment.
L. J. Wainwright offers cash for chickens turkeys eggs and butter from Taylor County farmers. Reach Mosley and Neisler's Mill or Daniel Rogers at Butler to receive and be paid for all produce. Wainwright signs off the notice.
Ginger featured in Anglo Saxon writings before the Norman conquest and remained common in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. It ranked next to pepper in value and was well known in England across these periods.
Miss Vera Bartlett and Mr Jack Brooks were married last Thursday May 28 at the parsonage in a small ceremony attended by intimate friends due to the bridegroom’s illness in the bride’s family. Bartlett, a county teacher, and Brooks, a Butler businessman, will make their home here.
At the home of the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs F M Foy on May 26 Miss Annie Foy married Walley A Bohler with Rev L A Harrell officiating The ceremony was simple and heartfelt Relatives and intimate friends attended Afterwards the couple left for their future home near Marshallville with best wishes from hosts of friends.
Miss Estelle Waters daughter of Mrs N J Waters of near Howard and Mr Clifford Byrd of Panhandle district were married Sunday afternoon at Reynolds pastorium. Rev H O Fowler of the Baptist church performed the ceremony before a few relatives and close friends. The couple is highly popular and awaits well wishes from many acquaintances.
Nat Lucas of Panhandle and Sara Childers of Crawford county were married Sunday afternoon by Rev. L A Harrell at the Methodist parsonage in front of invited friends. The bride is a popular Crawford county young lady and Lucas is held in high esteem. Warm good wishes from friends flowed on this happy union.
M A Chapman of Butler Georgia reports a lost gold plated hunting case watch between White Water Creek and Butler likely along the road from Mauk to Butler. It bears case number 4974967 and works number 2693010. Finder to return to owner or Herald Office for reward.
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