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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
1
The Butler county fair drew crowds as Genial Harry Peacock and family mingled with friends at Ideal and Butler venues. Wallace Monk’s appointment as Nan nan Times managing editor and Macon Telegraph stars receive tribute from locals. Community birthdays, civic leaders, and ongoing town life are celebrated amid reflections on Columbus Day and local landmarks.
Col. Walter E. Steed praises Brigadier General Asa Singleton in a fall themed ceremony at the Fort Benning officers club. Maj. Gen. Edward Croft and Mrs. Croft attend as guests, with autumn decor featuring leaves berries and flowers in yellows reds and goldenrod highlighting the event.
The Georgia Highway Board awarded contracts totaling $1,840,444.43 Friday for about 110 miles of paved road and nine bridges, mostly in southern Georgia. W. L. Cobb Construction Co. of Decatur won the largest bid for 14.112 miles of concrete paving and four bridges on the Douglas-McRae road. John Whitley of LaGrange won two projects totaling over $335,000. Other bids include Ames and Webb Inc for Macon County paving, Gibson and Robinson for Sumter and surrounding routes, and Cornell Young Co for Lime Rock surface treatments.
Taylor county farmers and business men gathered to organize a unit of the Middle Georgia Livestock Association in Butler. L. H. Vanlandingham was elected director from the county to join other association leaders.
On Saturday night Marvelo will submit to an actual burial in a six foot grave under a regulation coffin and grave. Dirt will be heaped to a level and he will remain in the grave without air one half hour or more. Appearing each night at the Taylor County Fair at 10 o clock p.m.
For sale four good work steers offered at reasonable prices by L H Vanlandingham. Also notice of illness for Mrs F A Peed this week, condition not serious. friends express concern.
Taylor county term adjourned after a strenuous week with non jury cases only on Tuesday. Several criminal dockets were disposed of with fines or guilty pleas. Notable verdicts include Tom Deen for liquor selling sentenced to twelve months at the state farm and Dan Hicks for manslaughter to two to five years in the penitentiary. Howard Watson received six months on a chain gang. General Presentments appear elsewhere in the Herald.
The American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor a Wayne P. Sewell production titled Dixie Black Birds Minstrels to be presented at the Butler school auditorium on Oct. 28 at 7 30 p m. The five skit musical comedy features a popular chorus and flashy costumes with promises of laughs and success. Publicity officer W B McConnell and Mrs J H Moll visited Butler, touring the County Fair exhibits and observing a cotton gin in operation, and they are kin to Miss Jessie McConnell who has connections with local residents including Col. Wallace.
Cotton ginned in Taylor County for the 1986 crop reached 4730 bales by October 1, compared with 6 bales ginned by October 1 for the 1935 crop.
The Taylor county singing convention drew a large crowd to Butler Sunday, marking one of the greatest occasions of its kind held there in many years.
The first Taylor County Fair in years opened Tuesday at 2 p m with Mayor Steed leading the ceremony. County officials, Miss Willie Leggitt, Miss Mabel Foy, and SON club members were praised as exhibits fill two large tents. A school parade, floats, prize loving cup, and midway acts by Marvelo and Captain Lunsford drew crowds. An autumn wedding, old fiddlers contest, and daily prize drawings were promised as the fair runs through the week.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. League service at 6 15 p.m. Preaching at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. The public is invited to worship with Rev. W. E. Hightower, Pastor.
A terse public sale notice lists four items offered by L. H. Vanlandingham. The notice provides minimal details and references a local auction context without additional context or names.
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