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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
8
Georgia Baptists designate State Mission Day. notable deaths include Edward P. King and Walter P. Armstrong. Pecan crop rally in Cairo. windfall for Lanier County farms. Auto wrecks claim a teen and a child. Highway 41 fatalities near Valdosta. Ambitious power line projects connect Milleryville to Warrenton. doctors and educators receive honors. Public notices cover school suspensions, zoning changes, and memorials across the state.
Lanier county commissioners approved a $100 reward to Jesse Corbett for tailing H. W. Bible Jr. to his death after an attack on former Governor Rivers. A $250 reward was offered for each accomplice of Likle.
Washington reports the agriculture department's annual outlook that the South will see its best returns in over a decade. Domestic cotton consumption in August and September ran at the highest rate ever, and current prices for cotton and seed are the highest since 1929.
In Adel on Oct 4 a revival is held in a local Warehouse led by Rev. J. H. Stanford of the Baptist church and Rev. H Brooks of the Methodist church. Over 1,000 attended across multiple services this week. D. E. Newbern directs a choir of more than 100, with Mrs. Kate Wilkes at the piano. Committee chair W. B. Barksdale, aided by R. M. Sineath and A. D. Cobb, organizes the event.
Edd A. Burch editor of the Dalton Citizen was chosen as the new president for the coming year succeeding W. R. Frier of the Bartow Herald. Other officers include E. P. Hall Jr of the Walker County Messenger as vice president and Ben Cooper of the Rome News-Tribune as secretary and treasurer. The next meeting will be held in Rome next month.
Atlanta October 5 The state milk control board reported last year income of 48884 and expenditures of 48655. Milk producers paid 12112 distributors 11355 stores 9509 and producers distributors 18825. Expenditures included 32483 for personal services and 13066 for travel. Director Dr G Duncan earned 3999.84 salary and 4077 travel.
Charles Coates, condemned slayer of Highway Patrol Corporal Fred Black, won a second appeal avenue as City Court Judge M W Eason signed a bill of exceptions. Coates’ lawyers seek relief after habeas corpus setbacks, his third bid to escape the electric chair. Black was killed December 20, 1940. Coates was sentenced February 5 in Ringgold. A new brief must be filed within 30 days.
A State Board of Education committee asked Attorney General Ellis Arnall to rule on whether the board can take over the Georgia Vocational and Trades School at Monroe, then run by D I Barron. Governor Talmadge ordered Assistant Attorney General L S Johnson to rule on the question, but board members said Arnall’s opinion may be binding only if approved.
Americus on Oct 3 reports Fire Chief L. Kitchen and five firemen including assistant H. Davidson resigned today to take better paying civilian firefighter positions at Fort Benning. The city fire committee refused to raise salaries.
Miami reports six babies born by candle light as a hurricane raged near the coast. The storm, which came from the Atlantic via the Bahamas, hammered Nassau at 100 mph as communities lost power and communications failed at dawn.
Harvey Newton Burney age 19 of near Norman Park was killed when the car they rode in left the highway between Moultrie and Norman Park and overturned several times late Friday. W H Clark of Tifton was injured and hospitalized. his injuries are not serious. Burney was returning from a football game and was the son of Mr and Mrs J H Burney of Norman Park.
Reynolds broker Mr. Hinton blocks a camp contractor’s high margin nail bid, reserving supply for Taylor and Macon county customers at prewar prices. Walter Suggs returns from Sarasota with tales of deep sea fishing and plenteous fish for friends. Mrs. L R Dean earns acclaim as a florist two miles north of town on highway three, attracting flower lovers across Georgia.
The Grand Jury recommends publishing the foregoing presentment in the Butler Herald and appropriates fifteen dollars for the publication. Dated October 7 1941. Judge Taylor Superior Court George C Palmer.
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