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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
5
A reflective piece questions the value of pursuing wealth and material success. It argues true satisfaction lies in character and higher aims, contrasting frenzied greed with lasting inner peace. The author invites readers to consider whether wealth truly enriches life and if personal growth offers a richer reward.
Sheriff McGuffin conducted several legal sales Tuesday in Butler. Local social notes list visits, guests, and family events in Butler and nearby towns, including Macon and Atlanta, with remarks on community life and upcoming events at Porters Drug Store.
Readable list shows participants in a Thursday Junior Demonstration led by Mrs. John A. Smith at the Columbus Baptist Association. Named children include Elizabeth Turner Carter Maxwell Linton Maxwell Wardell Maxwell Louise Downs Jean Battle Lalia Edwards Thelma Edwards Elizabeth Cannon Effie Harp Jewell Carson Martha Lumpkin Mary Smith Sybil Smith.
Miss Alice Stewart Mea Jameson Cox and R C Montgomery hosted a miscellaneous shower at Montgomery’s home on October 6 for Mrs Walter Suggs. The event featured a flower garden decor theme, a bride’s book, an acrostic game, a “Wedding of the Rose” contest, and a bouquet draw. About thirty guests attended and gifts were opened amid roses and ferns.
Aunt Belle passed from earth to reward August 10 1925 and was laid to rest August 11 after services by Rev Lumpkin assisted by Bro Peed in the family cemetery. She was 79, a devoted wife and mother, with two surviving children Mrs E A Montgomery and EM Jinks.
Patrons are notified that the Butler Gunnery will be in operation for three days only next week on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
Carsonville district residents request owners to keep stock on their own premises from September 24 1925 and not let them roam at large during the year. Signatories include Pickens Riley G W Bivins Adams Jarrell McCants Gaultney Fuller Harris Neisler Jarrell Posey Bazemore 4H Jarrell Smith Walker Booth Gholson Gray Riley Jarrell Haywood Parker Gaultney Bennett and Taylor County Bank.
The Chatta hoochee Free Will Baptist Association held a prosperous annual session with Little Bethel church in Macon County. It adjourned to meet next year at Potterville. Officers elected include Rev. H. L. Lumpkin as moderator and Rev. W D Gill as clerk.
The State and County Tax Books are open with collection sites listed. Tax collectors will be at courthouses every Saturday and at designated locations in Reynolds Potterville Daviston Howard Mauk Charing Rupert and nearby stores from October through November with book closure after December 20.
Indianapolis reports a world record price for a single bee as C. B. Saunders of Merom Indiana bought a gold colored American-Italian queen from W. J. Miller of Connersville for 500 dollars. Saunders aims to breed a perfect yellow queen and expects 38000 to 4000 eyes daily from the queen, noting the need to sell only a few prize queens or small bee colonies to recoup the cost.
A coat found on the streets of Butler is awaiting identification and claim. Party who recently misplaced the coat is asked to call at this office to reclaim it.
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