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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
8
A wide Georgia sweep of incidents includes at least nine deaths from auto crashes, local officials like Bartow and Macon figures, homicides, accidents, and legal notices. The report covers civic roles from postmasters to judges, school openings, university pledges, and political happenings across towns such as Winder, Albany, Milledgeville, and Atlanta.
Clerk TB Ware of Crawford County reports Judge M Jones will preside at the evening fall session Monday September 21. Civil docket to be heard by Judge Jones and criminal cases by Judge A M Anderson.
Representative Pace of Georgia introduces legislation to place peanuts under the AAA acreage allotment program. Georgia North Carolina Virginia Alabama Arkansas and Texas producers urge declaring peanuts a basic commodity.
Fire at Union Point Friday caused about 10000 dollars in damage. The City Pool Room structure burned completely while the nearby Artistic Beauty Shop suffered damage. Insurance coverage was reported, origin undetermined.
Washington Oct 6 National Defense Advisory Commission announced awards totaling 18 050 823 for national defense contracts including 8 579 949 for cotton products. Awards go to manufacturers to supply bleached sheets cotton mattresses and mosquito netting for delivery to the Quartermaster Corps.
Atlanta October 5 The state spent a tidy sum maintaining martial law over the highway department last spring figures by Auditor Zach Arnold show nearly four thousand dollars spent keeping Highway Chairman W L Miller away from his office after Gov Rivers ousted him the figures do not specify the exact total
Henry Hicks, a young Black man, was convicted of assaulting a 16 year old near Ochlochnee on Sept 14. The Dougherty Superior Court sentenced him with the automatic death penalty and set Oct 18 for execution at Tattnall Prison in Reids.
Gray Oct 5 an allotment of 43000 for the Tri County Electric Membership Corporation with headquarters here was approved Saturday by the REA per a telegram from Representative Carl Vinson. The funds will permit construction of five more miles of lines for the Jones Baldwin and Putnam county REA project for service to 163 members.
Sumter county Sheriff W. P. McArthur said Americus resident Charles P. Davis, a dentist, was arrested yesterday in his office on an assault attempt charge. Davis posted a $10,000 bond.
Judge Geo C Palmer and Solicitor General Hubert Calhoun visited Talbott on Saturday to validate $17,000 in county bonds for a new jail. The plan is to build a modern jail west of the courthouse square as soon as possible.
Americus Oct. 4 Georgia Southwestern College will offer a new journalism course next spring announced by President Peyton Jacob. Dr H L Boyd head of English will teach introductory journalism to junior college students during the spring quarter. The course will be elective for freshmen and sophomores.
Fatal highway rail grade crossing accidents in the first seven months of 1940 totaled 1,010, up from 774 in the same period last year, per Interstate Commerce Commission statistics released in Atlanta. Injuries in the same span were 2,381, vs 2,068 in 1939, a rise of 312.
Atlanta secretary Ralph L Ramsey announced that draft pressures force a change in plans for the Third District convention at Americus The event now will be held Oct 17 with Oct 16 as registration day at Southwestern Superintendents were urged to grant teachers a holiday to attend the district meeting Dates for the Second District Oct 14 Albany and the Fourth Oct 18 at traceange remain unchanged Georgia
By power of sale in a deed securing debt from Mrs G C Stokes to Mrs Ida Butt dated October 28 1983 and recorded in Taylor County Georgia there will be sold before the courthouse door on the First Tuesday in November 1940 the lands described as Lot 26 in the 14th Land District Taylor County Georgia containing 202 1 2 acres more or less to highest bidder for cash Proceeds to satisfy the indebtedness and a proper deed will be given This 10th day of October 1940 Mrs Ida W Butt Chas C Stone Attorney at Law
H C Adams as administrator of the estate of I J Adams deceased has applied by petition for leave to sell the estate to pay debts and distribute to heirs. Creditors and heirs-at-law are warned that the Court of Ordinary will rule at the November 1940 term unless cause is shown otherwise. Dated October 9, 1940. L T Peed Ordinary.
The sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in November 1940 the fifth day at the courthouse door in Taylor County Georgia the lot No 67 in the 12th land district except four acres deeded to J W Purvis bounded by Garrett lands and Jasper Garrett lands and Mrs F. Willis property to satisfy a 1925 court claim for W R Cook. MO M Bone Sheriff.
Mrs Pearl Pennington Hamilton applies for Permanent Letters of Administration on the estate of J G Hamilton deceased. The probate notice cites all creditors and next of kin to appear at the office within lawful time to show cause why grant should not be issued. Dated October 5, 1940. L T Peed Ordinary.
All creditors of the estate of T. J. Adams late of the county are notified to render in their demands and all persons indebted to the estate are required to pay promptly. This September 17, 1940, H. C. Adams, Administrator, Howard, Georgia.
Mary Alice Reidling, 15 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs M M Reidling of Gainesville Georgia, died while en route to a hospital after being struck by a car while playing in a sand pile near the street. H W Watson of Candler road, alleged driver, is held for further investigation. the accident was considered unavoidable.
A compact ledger of pastors serving Proa No.1 Jani from Rev. Joseph Clark in 1864 through Rev. M. B. Terrell in 1891. Names span numerous years with single and paired revivals, including Rev. Wyatt Brooks and Rev. Leonard Rush among others.
A fragmented archival entry lists multiple reverends along with scattered years such as 1906 1908 1917 1918 1924 19264 and names including Rev R M W Rev John ge Rev G Childres Rev J S Lewis Rev Bazemore Rev Paul Kendell Rev R M Booth Rev L W Rev Earl Anderson Rev John Stanford Rev A J McGil Rev L A Harre Rev B A Pafford Rev C L Kelley Rev J W McCord Rev L T Rogers Rev W R Hightower Rev H C Griffin Rev J A Cook Rev W E Hightower Rev Udgar A Martin Rev F J Gilbert Caley. The legible portion resembles a roster or memorial listing of clergy with service dates.
Taylor County Commissioners in special session on August 29 1940 set the 1940 property tax rate at .011 mills to fund county expenses. The digest shows taxable property at 8239400 dollars after exemptions with allocations for sheriff fees coroner inquests court costs bailiffs health poor public works and school funding among others and to pay bonded debts and county salaries including tax commissioner forest ranger and county agent. Clerk C C Stone certifies the rate was duly set.
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