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Newspaper

Butler Herald

Location

Butler, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1914

Page

5

County Fair Opens Amid Cotton Glut and News

Butler crowds prepare for the county fair as crops and weather mix with local events. Col C W Foy and others travel for business. elections loom next Tuesday and school openings promise activity around town.

Notice to County Fair Directors Meet at Butler Court House

Notice to County Fair Directors urgent meeting at the court house in Butler at 10 o clock Thursday morning. Important business demands your attention and presence. H. J. Peagler president IRA Chambers secretary.

Court House Butler H. J. Peagler Ira Chambers

Farmers to Cut Cotton Acreage and Seek Special Session

A large crowd gathered at the Butler courthouse following Governor Slaton's proclamation calling county meetings on acreage reduction and food production. Weighed by speakers, the group adopted the Harvie Jordan acreage reduction plan for six acres to the plow in cotton for 1915 and urged the governor to convene an extra legislative session to enact supportive laws.

Slaton Butler A. H. Riley J. T. Childs H. J. Peagler

Death of Infant Mary Amanda Hesters at Macon

The six months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hesters died Sunday morning at their Macon home after a several week illness believed to be heart trouble. Her remains were brought to Butler and interred Monday at Mt Pisgah church cemetery with funeral services led by Rev. F. A. Bone of Macon.

Mary Amanda R. A. Hesters Macon Butler Mt Pisga Church F. A. Bone

Georgia State Fair Booth Demonstrates Sunburst Flower

Mrs. G. L. Sealy invites friends in Taylor County to attend a Georgia State Fair booth in Macon Georgia. The display showcases the Sunburst flower and invites participation in the demonstration on October 26, 1914.

Butler Taylor County G. L. Sealy Macon

Powell opens restaurant beside meat market in town

Mr C V Powell will run a restaurant in connection with his meat market and grocery business at a new location two doors east of the post office. He promises a neat attractive and well kept place and warns that misconduct will be punished to the full extent of the law.

C. V. Powell

Butler merchant to dissolve business this week sale

Mr. I. O. Cox, long time Butler merchant, is selling out this week at greatly reduced prices to go out of the mercantile business. All unsold goods will be sold at auction Saturday afternoon, beginning at 1 o'clock.

Thea Shealy I. O. Cox Butler

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Col. C. W. Foy Columbus E. B. Adams Mrs. Pickens ‘Riley Sunday Riley J. T. Carson Mr. Baker Baldwin Baldwinville Ashton Jones Olivia Montfort Cordele Prof W. F. Grace Howard Messrs G L Sealy Paul Grubbs Sealy House J. G. Stokes Buena Vista Carter and Fort Valley Susie Fowler Nellie Turner Wesley Miss Garnett Smith Albany W. W. Edwards W. A. Williams Tangent Our City R. A. Hinton A. G. Hicks Reynolds Mellie Shumate Herald Office D. L. Averett Nor Ladies Black Tra Chambers Lillie Flynn Layfield Katie Nell Adams W. J. Griffith Hallowe’en Martha Powell Mary Ingram Emmie Clyde Ethel Chapman Joe Horne Rupert W. W. Douglass O. S. Cox Old Stand Walter Riley L. F. Montfort Sallie Wilson Charing School Atlanta Line College Worth Cox Bethel Primitive Baptist Church T. N. Bazemore Agateville Wesley School J.C. McCants Farmers Warehouse Secon Fred F. A. Peed John W. Wacer J. B. Ellington J T Stephens State Board of Education A. S. Wallace Legion of County Friends H. H. Waters The Central Railroad Dawson G. W. Fountain W. A. Payne John A. Smith Talbotton Butler Ginnery Butler Banking Co Mr. Smith B. W. Hinton Reynolds, Ga C. F. Fickling J. E. Bartlett Col. H. P. Wallace Atlanta Henry Peed Americus W. L. Foy Ruth Champion Wiley Lyons Wormack Tifton J. R. Williams Pickens Riley Carsonville Crowell Cora Singleton J T Adams Garden Valley G. C. Smith H. P. Wallace State Federation of the Civic Improvement Club Col H P. Wallace Elise Wallace Attapulgus J. T. Pullins Panhandle Mr. Pullins J. S. Frink C. H. Frink Sanford Bullock Wyatt Bullock J. G. Bullock Lucile Bullock Amos Rodgers City T. J. Fountain Potterville Grand Lodge of Masons of Georgia J. T. Adams Fickling Lodge Gilbert Chambers J. T. Hart L. L. Brown Junction Plantiff Col. W. F. Weaver Charles G. Lee Ashville N.C Washington McAdoo General Fund of the Treasury Epworth O. T. Montfort Helen Montfort J. W. Edwards Methodist Baptist Church M. T. Chapman County Fair Farmers & Merchants Bank Cashier P. Robertson T. Cashier Georgia Field Peas Mr. Farmer E. E. Jarrell Butler, GA Rexall H. J. Porter ST. Joseph’s Palace Cash Grocery, Fountain
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