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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1913
Page
5
The store pledges to stock every item from Shot Guns and Rifles to Majestic Ranges, stoves, aluminum utensils, enamelware, crockery, pocket knives and tools, cutlery, farmers and builders hardware and harness, plus automobile and bicycle tires and supplies, offering nearly everything customers require.
Mrs. M A Cameron died at her Jefferson street home from heart failure after two months confined to bed. Born August 5 1835 in Talbot county, she was 75 years old. Funeral held at her residence with many relatives. She was a Methodist and survived by two sons, two daughters, two sisters. Her husband G C Cameron was a pioneer lathe tuner whose shop on Jefferson street produced bedsteads and tables. The Americus funeral was reported by South Georgia Progress.
A dubious 19th century ad promises a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh, touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous system remedy, lists F J Cheney Co of Toledo and a bank testimonial, and hints at other fake cures.
Director Harris of the Bureau of Census notes demand for more frequent statistics on cotton seed use. Current practice reports are issued twice per ginning season, with figures for seed crushed by early and mid season and remaining crop. He proposes a third report tying seed crushed and linters to a fixed date between October 31 and January 1, soliciting farmers and mills input to begin this season.
Tickets go on sale October 19 to 30 for the Georgia State Fair in Macon Georgia running October 21 to 31 1913. Trains arriving in Macon before noon October 31 are included with return by November 2 1913. Inquiries directed to the Central of Georgia Railway ticket agent General Passenger Agent J Hattle.
Dr. G A Nunnally, educational secretary of the Georgia Baptist executive board, condemned state schools for lacking religious training. He cited 70 college men arrested after the Atlanta race riot, noting none were from Mercer or Emory and all attending state colleges. The remark sparked discussion as defenders of the state schools replied.
Ellijay Georgia October 16 widow Elizabeth Moore about 50 was found murdered yesterday in her cabin twelve miles northwest on the turnpike to Dalton. The double shotgun blast ended her life and no clues point to a killer though she was believed to keep a considerable portion of her money on her person. Neighbors reported hearing the shots around 9 10 this morning and the coroner's jury ruled death from shotgun wounds at the hands of an unknown person.
Macon reports reveal a sensational double elopement involving Atlanta residents Mrs. Bertha Taylor and her sister Miss Lottie Bell Lockwell. Cecil L. Lacey and Otho Vernon Moore lived as husband and wife, while Mrs. Taylor sought custody of her two children Juanita and Walter, aged 4 and 6, from Judge Robert Hodges via habeas corpus, after the parties were traced to a Pine Street boarding house following residence at the Southern Hotel.
In Marshallville Georgia a special election on October 14 authorized the issuance of fifteen thousand dollars in water bonds and five thousand dollars in electric light bonds. Work will begin as soon as bonds are available and a satisfactory bid is received.
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