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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1933
Page
8
Georgia reports a mix of deaths and incidents across counties. Diphtheria claims a child. a Richland family mourns. Burglary hits a Cairo general store. a Heard county minister dies. Fires destroy rural homes. a Wayne deputy is injured in an arrest. Multiple flood of obits, accidents, and political appointments fill the week.
Mrs Martha Myrick Wall, 71, died at her Ellaville area home Tuesday night after a ten day illness from complications of diseases. She had been in poor health for about two years yet kept up daily duties until a minor paralysis attack.
Montezuma football player Copeland Ozier suffered a severe sprain and a leg cut with a dangerous infection developing after the Friday game against Fitzgerald in FitzGerald, Montezuma, Georgia.
Ellaville Georgia announces a special Sunday morning service at the Baptist church to clear the church debt. A large crowd is expected as notes for the Sunday school annex construction are burned after the service. Rev J B DuPree will preach at 11 oclock and again in the evening.
Greenville Ga Oct 3 A F Hill 64 member of Georgia lower house and prominent Meriwether planter died Tuesday night after a short illness He lived at the old Hiram Water place a mile from town which he owned and where he was born He was serving his first term in the legislature never having sought public office before
Atlanta October 8 Governor Talmadge refused clemency for J F Barbee a Pulaski County man condemned to die October 6 for the murder of his son in law Delmar Cannon Cannon a Macon youth was shot to death at Barbee's Pulaski county home as he tried to flee Barbee was convicted at the September 1931 Pulaski Superior Court term in a case arising from the fatal shooting.
Quitman, Ga. Sept. 28 Dempsey Wooten 88 famed negro leader dies. He built a model Brooks county farming community and an industrial school. Wooten developed educational and church work and owned the family farm with 16 children and over 100 descendants.
Baxley Georgia Sept 80 U L Cox editor and publisher of the Baxley News Barner became acting postmaster at Baxley after business hours Saturday night. He was sworn in by Mrs Kate Tyre deputy clerk of Appling superior court. Cox a Pierce county native has lived in Baxley 18 years and leads the Eighth district Democratic committee. He succeeds W F Boone who held the Baxley post for 31 years.
The U S Groves and Sons of Minneapolis won a $147,684.86 judgment against Crisp County in Macon court over the three year old power dam contract. Bondholders totaling 1,250,000 hold prior claims. final decree previously favored the Minneapolis firm for its $801,989.88 contract balance plus $18,922.83 interest. The county has paid about $675,000.
Miss Rebecca McGriff of Hawkinsville keeps a rare petrified ham from Poor Robin Springs in Wilcox County. The ham, nearly century old, surfaced after divers retrieved it from the spring during a camp meeting era. Locals speculate it was deer meat placed by Native Americans for refrigeration.
Oglethorpe Ga Sept 28 A huge lime rock deposit on J B Easterlins plantation near Montesumas is expected to be developed soon after plans are finalized. Authorities praise the rock quality and note it sits on high ground with light overburden. If developed it could bring lime rock and cement mining to Macon county, boosting payrolls and local business as asphalt road construction grows.
Montezuma Georgia October 1 September terms of court adjourned Friday after a week long session with Judge R L Greer of Oglethorpe presiding and Jared Bull representing the state. Civil cases dominated the docket a damage suit by H A Dover against Georgia Power was withdrawn to an auditor A A Marshall named auditor verdict for Mrs Clifton in Brewer estate case libel suit by C R Harris against A A Thompson decided for Thompson many minor cases bonded over to the next term
Miss Sarah Hines Ford of Columbus married Dr Hassan von Wedel of Ardsley on Hudson N Y whom she rescued from drowning after he fell overboard at a New York Yacht Club dance The bride injured her back but saved him and both were unconscious for an hour The couple planned a Carnegie medal ceremony for her and will honeymoon in Europe after a visit to Chicago's Century of Progress exposition
Atlanta plans to keep Georgia schools in operation for the full term with federal aid. About 10,000 teachers will be employed full time by government assurance, with up to 5,000 more unemployed teachers to work on an adult literacy drive statewide. If district funds run out, government loans under emergency relief will cover costs. The illiteracy drive will operate in every county after hours in classrooms.
Congressman Ej E Cox urged Zone E bankers to support deposit insurance and defend the new banking laws. He argued small banks gain security, that large city institutions gaze toward New York, and that depositors deserve protection. After dinner, Joseph Little was elected chairman and W GC Banks made secretary treasurer. The next meeting is set for Lakeland with E D Rivers inviting. Bankers also endorsed the NRA and adopted a bankers code of fair competition.
William Gay Best dies in a Cuthbert hospital after six weeks illness from an accidental rifle shooting by his cousin John Best. The Fort Gaines high school student, about 18, attended the Fort Gaines Methodist church, with services led by Rev. J. W. Lilley.
Developments unfold in the Ly W. Brown kidnapping in Butler as C L Davis and W B Davis alias Jones face grand jury indictments. W B Davis identified by Brown and others as the man who stopped him Saturday and forced a trip to Macon to obtain cash. C L Davis confesses plotting to sell machinery and exonerates his brother, with Taylor County jail prep for trial and statements describing a fake sale to Brown.
The report covers boxing results with Sleepy Cox securing a knockout in the tea mung and Boutin Groep narrowly defeated after three rounds. It also notes Gy McGee’s first round knockout, Chaplain McNeill’s visit, planned dances, football practice, and camp preparations, including a delayed Oct 13 dance for fundraising and welfare updates.
Prosecutors said older and younger Davis plotted to force Mr Brown into buying two machines for a promised commission. The plan hinged on Brown’s fear, linked to a court ruling favoring Brown in a prior oil mill dispute. The younger Davis, recently unemployed, sought money for winter support. The plot traced back to September 8, with the brothers meeting near Butler and Macon as investigators traced the car and arrangements.
About four o clock on Saturday morning two Black inmates used a hack saw to saw their way to freedom from the Crisp jail. The incident underscores security lapses and raises questions about inmate escape efforts.
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