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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1936
Page
3
Georgia week notes Wesleyan College plans a prominent opening on September 1. News also covers LaGrange College ending coeducation after a trial, local deaths, bank clearings for August, and various regional events including a post office contract, a tobacco sale, and community projects.
A busy Friday morning in Columbus ends with Charlie White under arrest for larceny from a house and disorderly conduct after a scuffle with a city officer. other local items include Red Cross agent J F Thompson touring Valdosta to set up first aid stations, a Screven county cotton census release, August ginning totals for 1936, Albert Brown still in hospital after a downtown assault, Pal Theatre chain buying and remodeling a building for a new picture house, a case of kerosene poisoning sending Bobby Sparks to Grady hospital, Rufus A. Milligan dying after found unconscious on railroad tracks near Columbus, and Congressman Braswell Deen falling ill while campaigning in Brunswick.
Charlie P. Grier of East Thomaston Ga died suddenly at home on Friday. A Talbot County native he was 61 and father of E S Greer of Atlanta. He is survived by his wife three sons and two daughters.
Lavonia Ga Aug 29 drought relief of a new kind came to Franklin County in northeast Georgia when J B McLintire ordinary and ex officio county commissioner announced there would be no levy of 1986 taxes for county purposes. Cash on hand and taxes due from past year would provide sufficiently for necessary expenses.
Gustin M. Mitchell of Macon mess sergeant at the Jesup CCC camp died in Savannah Marine Hospital from injuries after a truck ran off a fill near Jesup. Mitchell and companion James McNeely were pinned beneath the vehicle with heads above water after the accident by the Altamaha River.
Austell Ga Aug 29 Governor Eugene Talmadge addressed a campaign crowd promising that if elected to the United States Senate his voice would be heard from coast to coast against Roosevelt administration policies he disapproves and that he will rock the nation.
Rev. W F Hinsley D D pastor of Cherokee Heights Baptist church in Macon Georgia for two years resigned yesterday morning to enter evangelistic work. He arrived at the Cherokee Church in February 1934 from Central Baptist Waycross. His family will relocate to Atlanta.
A local cheese plant in Hawkinsville Georgia, open a little over a month, is giving farmers a new income with minimal cost. Pulaski county farm agent N N Poole notes milk comes mainly from small farmers surplus stock, not dairymen. Daily plant intake rose from 1,000 pounds on opening to 4,000 pounds after ten weeks.
Richland Ga August 31 Miss Nan Dowd daughter of County School Superintendent W J Dowd has returned from New York where she earned a Master of Arts degree at Columbia University She is also a graduate of the Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville.
Summerville Georgia August 30 Frances Arthur 15 of Columbia was killed when the car she rode in overturned on the highway near Summerville. Her mother Mrs D Arthur was injured along with Johny Campbell a Columbian youth and the Arthur’s cook who suffered lesser injuries.
Augusta Ga Aug 80 Fourteen year old Mary Viola Keilholtz died of a tetanus infection linked to an injury from a second story window fall while sleep walking two weeks earlier in Emmetsburg Md The girl suffered a compound fracture of her right arm from the accident and returned to Augusta.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 30 R. A. Milligan, 64, of Columbus, died at the city hospital after being struck by an inbound freight train near the Central of Georgia tracks. He had been found unconscious beside the tracks following the passing train, suffered internal injuries and fractures to an arm and leg. Milligan leaves a widow and four children. no eyewitnesses to the accident were reported though several saw him approach the track.
Dalton Ga Aug 80 Deaths Saturday claim two of four injured Friday night in a collision between an automobile and a truck north of Dalton. William Pierce 86 died at noon, Lucille Kemp 21 died five hours later. Floyd Howard and Dollie Quarels Mullins were not seriously injured. Mullins girl stayed in hospital. All four were from Dalton.
Valdosta Georgia August 31 a father William Thornton 60 and his son Wilbert 16 drowned in a highway clay pit near the city during a shopping trip residents of Echols County saw the incident near the Statenville highway east of Valdosta the elder man called for help after entering the water and the son rushed to assist but both perished before aid arrived
Fort Valley Georgia August officials announce the Modern Woodmen of America state convention on Labor Day with Senator Walter F. George and Abit Nix as speakers. Several hundred delegates expected for a one day session, morning talks in Peach County courthouse, parade, barbecue, local speakers Mayor A C Riley Judge M C Mosley and lawyers S R Brooks and Herbert Vining. Visiting Woodmen will be represented by Postmaster W A Adams Fitzgerald and Jim Lane Rockmart with G J Whitaker Franklin presiding. A large class of new members to be initiated and a field day of athletic events and a baseball game programmed.
Griffin Georgia September 1 Elmer H Griffin vice president of the Commercial and Savings bank dropped dead in the bank today likely from a heart ailment He was one of the citys leading citizens and formerly headed the Rotary club and engaged in civic affairs
Thomasville Ga Aug 80 Jim Campbell a prominent local man was leaving a farm field where he supervised farm hands when he spotted two wild deer in the road. One deer jumped a fence and fled into the woods leaving the area.
Thomaston Ga Aug 29 tentative steps aim to raise about 240000 from local governments and citizens to attract about 200000 from The Commonwealth Fund for endowment. The plan would fund a fifty five bed hospital serving communities within a twenty five mile radius.
Athens Ga Aug 29 Summer activities over the University of Georgia opens its 136th annual session Sept 7 The opening includes freshmen registering Sept 17 upperclassmen Sept 21 Several campus buildings are being repaired and readied for use during registration with remodeling and new reading rooms added in the library plus grounds landscaping and an annex to Denmark dining hall for cafeteria use Dormitory reservations are running ahead of prior years and town housing will be arranged if campus space fills President Harmon Caldwell adds staff with one new major post William Tate returning as dean of freshmen and professor of English New courses include secretarial training and a twentieth century composers class by Hugh Hodgson About 3000 students are expected across three campuses
Rochelle Ga Aug 29 Neighbors found Viola Hamlin 25 clubbed and seriously wounded in her bedroom her 5 year old daughter asleep in the same room Police Chief M C Morrison said her husband Zack Hamlin a turpentine still worker was being investigated He said he knew nothing of the crime Hamlin was jailed at Abbeville Mrs Hamlin taken to Fitzgerald hospital with little chance to survive.
The Children of the American Revolution of Georgia led by President Josephine Bone will hold their second annual state conference in Milledgeville on September 5. The Sukey Hart Society of Milledgeville invites the event and hosts the gathering.
Nat F. Walker running as an independent for the Georgia house proposes a $1 auto tag and a reasonable old age pension. His platform also calls for homestead tax exemptions up to 5000, voting rights for those who have not paid poll taxes, revocation of driving rights after drunk driving convictions, and highway patrol legislation.
In Thomaston Georgia a car carrying Thomas M Rhodes and family struck a parked automobile. Miss Aunt Rhodes 16 suffered a skull fracture and eye loss. Rhodes or Rhodes family members plus Bill Rhodes 10 shielded siblings and helped until aid arrived.
The Spalding county Democratic executive committee adopted resolutions requiring voters to pledge support for all Democratic candidates from President to local races to be eligible in the upcoming primary. Election managers were told to question and refuse ballots to anyone not pledging to vote Democratic in the general election.
Atlanta report notes 15 candidates for state senate would run unopposed in the September 9 Democratic primary. Several districts show incumbents or former senators in active races while Senator David Atkinson is the sole sitting member named for a next-term seat. Joe Baldwin sustained both leg fractures in a fall from the old river bridge near Montezuma, now recovering in hospital as crews dismantle the bridge for scrap. Douglas tobacco market records show 10,049,767 pounds sold for $2,053,167.40 at an average 20.48 cents, with sales continuing from scattered lots at one warehouse.
Carbon Hill Alabama September 1 authorities reported a grisly double family tragedy at Howard Mines four miles south of Fort Payne. Marcus Studdard 32 his wife Mary 30 and children Kathleen 6 Shirley months were found shot in the forehead and the house ablaze a jar of kerosene found beneath the bed. Sheriff H G Mitchell said evidence suggested the husband and two children were slain and Mrs Studdard may have killed herself. A blurred ice pick fell from her clothing during removal from the bed and marks on Studdard's head indicated possible additional wounds. Neighbors offered no motive.
President Roosevelt and Gov Landon formally qualified in Georgia for the November election. Secretary of State John B Wilson announced the certificates of the Democratic and Republican nominees were valid and their names would appear on the ballot.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for several postings including Public health nursing consultant with pay from 2600 to 4000 dollars and nursing assistant at 2000 dollars. Other exams cover junior agricultural engineer horticulturist soil technologist bank note designer and more with various pay scales. Full details are available from the Secretary of the Civil Service Board of Examination at local post offices or from Washington D C.
The 1936 Taylor County tax rate is set at 11 mills on property, with allocations for sheriff and jail, coroner inquests, court costs, juror per diems, poor relief, road work, tax commissioner salaries, bond interest, and county wide school funding. Local school district taxes include Butler, Reynolds, Crowell, Central, Wesley, Mauk, Turner, and Rupert districts with specific mill allocations. tax collection to be handled by the Tax Commissioner.
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