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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1949
Page
1
Sidewalk Gleanings muses on happiness and envy in a nostalgic column. It rails against material greed, suggests education shapes character, and argues true joy comes from inner virtue rather than wealth or status.
A reader seeks the time and date to catch up on a delayed clock in the courthouse tower. The missive notes frustration with the clock and suggests addressing the Board of Commissioners rather than a different authority.
Butler Post 124 American Legion hosts a week long fair from Oct 10 to Oct 15 on Legion grounds featuring live stock shows, midway attractions by Lone Star Shows, cash prizes and gift drawings including a Westinghouse Roaster. Children days offer free admission with discounted rides and bingo stands.
County School Superintendent W H Elliston announced two half days for the county fair with free admission for school children on Thursday afternoon October 13 for white schools and Friday afternoon October 14 for colored schools. Fair officials set rides at nine cents for school children on those days.
Funeral held at Eastman Methodist Church for Grover Cleveland Smith aged 66. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his Eastman home after two and a half years in business there. Smith previously ran an Atlanta auto business and earlier built a career in Butler as mayor and state lawmaker. He is survived by wife Mrs Howard, son G C Smith Jr, stepchildren Roy and Dorothy Howard, brother J I Smith of Macon, and niece Dorothy Smith.
The Senate approved pay increases for 1,385,000 federal workers including 885,000 civil service and 500,000 postal employees. The raise averages about 125 dollars annually for civil service and 100 dollars for postal workers, costing about 171 million dollars per year. House action differs, requiring compromise before sending to President Truman.
Atlanta Oct. 3 Meriwether county farmer John Wallace lost a bid for freedom Monday but secured a stay of execution for the burned bone slaying of William Turner. Superior Court Judge Wirlyn Moore denied Wallace's freedom plea based on new evidence but granted the stay to allow an appeal to the state supreme court. Coweta county jurists report three co defendants in 1948 Turner case could have offered favorable testimony but feared talking.
Mrs. Virginia Woodfin Hinton of Reynolds dies Friday at Sams Local Hospital after several weeks illness. Born 1866 in Penfield Georgia, widow of Roscoe A. Hinton, she was active in church and civic work. Survived by son Ben W. Hinton and daughter Mrs. E. P. Hodges. Funeral at Reynolds Baptist Church Friday at 3 PM, interment Americus Cemetery, Goddard Funeral Home in charge.
Two white youths aged 18 and 19 escaped from a Tennessee prison camp and allegedly stole seven automobiles and burglarized several businesses while traveling through Georgia. They were captured in Crawford county Saturday with help from Sheriff Charlie Wright and Taylor county track dogs at the urging of Crawford county Sheriff L. R. O'Neal. One suspect carried a 38 calibre pistol but no shots were fired.
Talbotton Georgia sheriff announces the arrest of 19 year old Eddie Lewis Mathis on burglary charges after a knife found on him and a slashed screen piece from Mrs Tinsley Ragland’s home were traced to the Fulton County Crime Laboratory. Dr Herman Jones and assistants identified the knife by blade scratches and screen fragments.
One hundred fourteen farm owners and operators in the Ocmulgee Soil Conservation District will receive certificates of merit at Fort Valley High School auditorium. Bankers from Butler Reynolds and 20 other banks across nine counties sponsor the event with speakers E. E. Vickers and H. A. Matthews. John L. Liles Jr. of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta delivers the principal address on soil conservation and future agricultural needs.
The Howard and Mauk Methodist churches announce next Sunday services at usual hours with 7:30 p m evening worship. A Church Sunday campaign titled See You in Church Sunday continues through Christmas Sunday to boost attendance and support for world suffering and service.
Representative D E Byrd of Reynolds announced he will seek increased state appropriations for cancer care when the General Assembly convenes in January. He supported Lt Gov Marvin Griffin’s critique of low funding and pledged to introduce legislation for a humane cancer program in Georgia.
A Thursday afternoon blaze started around 2 15 at the John Eason store on the north side of the public square in Murray, driven by a west wind. The Cox building valued at 10 000, stock at 7 000 to 8 000, and household goods were lost. fire departments from Murray Reynolds and Thomaston saved nearby shops.
A Clearwater, Florida resident Marie Velka Wallace, 42, escaped death when her car left U S Highway 19 two miles north of Ellaville. The vehicle left the road, flew about 20 feet, landed upside down on Beaver Run creek edge. She was treated at Boyette's clinic then moved to Prather clinic in Americus with severe lacerations and bruises. The car was demolished.
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