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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1914
Page
2
Local news notes a Taylor County Fair on October 27 28 29. Items include clothing at low prices and general sale ads. Visits by residents to nearby towns, school ambitions, and upcoming county meetings are listed amid community notices and small ads.
A brief notice seeking male boarders for furnished rooms lists table truthy Wilson as contact.
Farmers and merchants of Mauk and vicinity are urged to attend a meeting at Mauk next Saturday at 10 o clock to discuss holding of cotton. O D Gorman signs the notice as organizer urging all in this section to participate in the discussion of current conditions.
Teachers were feted during a Teacher's Institute week with a grand reception hosted by County Superintendent Prof A S Wallace and town ladies at Dr C F Fickling's residence. Guests of honor Miss Caddie Neisler and Col Walter E Steed joined in refreshments, music, and sociable chats from four to six.
New cotton has begun to roll in to Butler with wagons banked at the gin awaiting relief of their fleecy loads. No market yet and little cotton sold. Good middling cotton could be sold locally at from 7 to 8 cents per pound.
Miss Jewel Gill of Butler wins second prize a Conway piano in the Columbus Enquirer Sun popularity contest. She trails the Buick automobile winner by a small margin. Miss Mary Allums of Peachburg Ala wins the auto with 27 912 550 votes. Gill’s total votes reach 22 030 805.
Geneva couple announce their daughter Hazel McCrary engaged to James Caita. The engagement appears in Sunday papers, reflecting statewide interest and family plans for the couple.
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