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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1913
Page
4
Reynolds Georgia October 27 1913 local pages list advertising from Farmers Warehouse & Fertilizer Co and a busy slate of community updates. Mentions visits by T W Pool and F F Paris, teaching appointments at Pine Grove New Prospect Daviston and Five Points, plus lectures at college auditorium and a State Fair in Macon. Socials include Miss Inez Trapp ill health and Miss Winnie Newsom visiting Athens.
On Sunday night October 11 at the Baptist church, Mrs Jensie Middleton and Mr L G Clark were united in marriage. The couple are well known. Mrs Middleton is a handsome widow and Mr Clark comes from Columbia Alabama where he has run a successful brick yard business for years. Neighbors extend best wishes for their happiness and prosperity.
The Baptist church Woman's Missionary Society held its monthly meeting at Mrs. E. E. Hodges's home to finalize the year's work and prepare reports for the Macon association. Delegates were chosen for the state meeting in Atlanta, and a social after-activity featured a salad course and iced treats.
Dr J T Pettit has sold his interests at Hickory Flat and plans to locate near Reynolds Georgia. He built a strong practice in Cherokee county and gained wide reputation, with many friends in the area. He leaves around November 15th as reported by the Cherokee Advance.
A Columbus laborer suffered a broken leg when concrete dumped from a bucket struck him. The concrete flowed around the limb and formed a firm cast. Doctors later removed the concrete and reported the cast aided the bone reset and the treatment was successful.
The Panhandle community reports guests visiting from nearby towns Mrs Orin Haywood and W H Haywood host families. Visitors include Messrs Gaultney Giles Pierce Byrd and Jenkens while many attend quarterly meetings. Local illness and recovery updates and plans to attend the Macon fair appear alongside social visits and kinship in the Panhandle area.
A crowd from the community attended the Butler fair on Tuesday and Wednesday. Several locals hosted or visited relatives and friends across nearby towns, with updates on visits, school starts, and church activities.
This reflective piece urges people to praise good deeds and understand neighbors before judging. It argues harsh judgment breeds resentment and crime, while encouragement and forgiveness sustain self respect, reduce crime, and create lasting moral glow.
A nostalgic verse celebrates children returning to school as a moving army. The piece contrasts poets and novelists with Scripture, noting Misquotes in Sir Walter Scott’s Heart of Midlothian and clarifying that only the meek are said to inherit the earth, not peacemakers as claimed.
A humorous exchange centers on a dog allegedly winning a cat show. The robber quips about misinterpreted prize with the line about his dog taking first prize, prompting playful disbelief and a wry comment.
The author tours Reynolds Taylo County Georgia with H Neisler J A Mathews and Tom Pool and notes fields yielding about 50 bushels of corn per acre on 60 acres and cotton about a bale per acre. Farmers fix fertilizer and soda per acre and expect profitable crops.
Property listing offers 500 acres of good land with a large comfortable family residence improvements and four tenant houses. Located in a healthful community near a church and school seven miles north of Butler known as the Uncle Br Mosely place. Contact L J Mosely Butler for details.
Georgia Taylor County announces that Miss Pearl Wallace as Administratrix applies to the Ordinary for leave to sell land belonging to Mrs. Mary F. Awtrey for distribution. The petition will be heard at the regular term on the first Monday in November 1913. This October 4, 1913.
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