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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1933
Page
8
Public Health chairman Mrs George Obear Jr urged dog owners to vaccinate pets amid growing rabies concern. The week saw Valdosta post office staff changes, Peach county history notes by C Leighton Shepard, and enchephalitis fears in Brooks county. Autmobile crash in Jones County killed R D Davis. Nat Walker announces GA legislature bid.
Newnan Georgia September 2. Mayor J E Brown and wife Bele Brown quietly celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. No ceremonies were held and Brown called it another day in the progression of years. Bele Brown, editor of the Newnan Herald, served as state librarian during Gov. Atkinson’s administration.
Thomaston Ga Sept 1 J W McDaniel chairman of the present board was reelected as county commissioner. With one small precinct missing he totaled 918 votes while his nearest opponent 8 8 Lee former sheriff received 436 votes. T Perenee and third man in the race faded.
C. C. Wall returns to Ellaville after serving as representative for the third district of the National Rural Letter Carriers association. He is state editor of the Georgia Rural Letter Carriers association and has held key offices. A past commander of the Knights of Pythias, he attended the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago.
About 175 black business leaders met at Big Bethel Baptist church in Americus Georgia on September 2. They planned to uplift local Negro enterprises amid financial strain and rising advertising methods. EE Stalworth, the Negro county agricultural agent, was elected president.
In Columbus Georgia on September 1 Solicitor General A Jones Perryman of the Chattahoochee circuit reports he will appoint his own bailiff for Muscogee county courts and says state law authorizes this and requires the commissioners to fix a reasonable salary. The commissioners had previously named A Bilison as bailiff for city and county courts at $125 a month but this action was rescinded after a conference with Perryman.
Hawkinsville, Georgia on September 2 reports W W Poole faced ridicule after advertising a live chicken picking contest to draw a crowd. Atlanta Humane Society and City Manager J D Dupree intervened, stating the act as cruel and unlawful. Police Chief Cobb warned Poole, who insisted customers could pick chickens for souvenirs at home.
Georgia Hall under construction at Warm Springs to house infantile paralysis patients, with vice chairman Woolford noting progress. Mrs. H H Vann of Thomasville leased the Astley Hotel in Miami and will operate it after moving there. Former Atlanta resident and ở Cisco Texas native dall, associated with Rewiwo ble college, died in an Oklahoma auto crash. Cameron Morrison of Tift county killed hopping a freight car in Tifton. Charles E Jordan, former Turner county highway gang warden, died in Ft Pierce after retiring three years ago due to ill health.
September 5 1934 Albany Ga business leaders meet with the Albany Chamber of Commerce to discuss a situation threatening NRA support in the region Officials say Senator George and Representatives Cox and Castellon will attend to outline methods to alert President Roosevelt and address the issue
Atlanta reports say Governor Eugene Talmadge left the city Tuesday with no official word on his location. Rumor has it he traveled to Washington to secure Georgia's 10 million dollars of federal road funds held up amid a dispute with two ousted members of the old highway board.
Norman R. Graham a cotton broker from McRae Georgia died in Macon after injuries from a baseball while umpiring a game two months earlier. He was struck in the chest by a batted ball, suffered internal complications, was treated in hospital for three weeks, returned home then weakened and died Sunday night.
G A Malone rity electrician of Piedmont Alabama was killed and three members of his family injured in a two car crash near Griffin on the Newnan highway as they headed to Houston county for a vacation. Annie Malone the small daughter was the most seriously hurt. Mrs Malone and their son were not seriously injured. The other car occupants escaped harm.
Ralph Yates 16 of Brinson died at home after a non gloves boxing match with his best friend John Clark in Bainbridge Georgia. Witnesses disagreed on whether a heart blow caused the fainting spell but malaria fever weakness is cited. He collapsed after a sparring round and died with a physician summoned. Survivors include Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Yates and ten brothers and sisters.
Ellaville Ga Sept 1 Daniel Rainey employed at Jefferson Creamery suffered severe burns when he tried to ignite embers with gasoline from a tin can. His left leg and both arms were burned before coworkers doused the flames. He was taken to a physician and rests at home.
Atlanta dispatch reports Governor Talmadge interviewed a visitor believed to be Walt Jeffries, an escaped Upson County chain gang convict. Warden J. T. Goodroe confirms Jeffries, who walked into the Governor's office and left unhanded, faces more than 100 years. search continues as Upson authorities demand accountability for the escape of nine imprisoned Negroes released by Jeffries before fleeing.
Atlanta on September 5 the Sons of Confederate Veterans debated a monument to mark the fall of the southern Confederacy at Poomatox. They oppose a $100,000 federal appropriation and plan to place busts of General Grant and General Lee on the memorial, which Dr. Wm. R. Dancy of Savannah calls insulting to General Lee and the South.
Macon residents crowded a public reception at the Citizens and Southern National Bank's new home at Cherry and Third streets. The burn scarred old building was razed after a major fire months earlier, and artisans finished a red brick and white marble design with bronze, copper, and fine woods. Bank officers from Macon and nearby cities toured the luminous interior, praising the bright creamy palette in day and night.
Atlanta dispatch reports Bishop W. A. Candler, senior bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, will retire at the next general conference in Jackson, Miss. He says the retirement follows church law and plans to continue preaching at least weekly, noting peers who have served long terms.
Georgia Recovery Board in Macon approves handling complaints via local NRA committees where possible, else by the State Board. District board members listed, with active house to house canvassing and employment figures in Atlanta. Women’s groups push consumer pledge cards as efforts intensify.
June Martin, 65, daughter of Grace Martin Dasher, died when an auto struck a wagon carrying family members. She was buried in Glennville as her grandfather C. H. Dasher and her mother remained hospitalized at Warren A. Candler hospital.
Miss Margaret McEvoy, long a Macon High School educator, argues that faults lie with older generations not the youth. She notes decades in class, deafness, and health issues shaped her view that sympathetic guidance beats rigid rules. The 70 year old teacher recalls teaching to support herself and jokes she’s kept the board on its toes. </s>
Clayton Ga Sept 8 Two brothers R R Maley 86 and Ramond Maley 24 of Decatur and W J Bell of Decatur were drowned Sunday when their boat capsized on Lake Burton three miles from the dam. Samuel H Benedict of Atlanta who helped in the search said the men could not swim to shore. Bell was foreman in the electrical typing department of Southern Ruralist Press in Atlanta. R R Maley was a salesman for Tara Allen Marshall Co living in Decatur twelve years. The Maleys came to Georgia from Watertown N Y where their father and several brothers reside. The group left Necaty Saturday for a weekend at Lake Burton.
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Hawkinsville Georgia August 31 The Pulaski hotel one of the towns largest has been closed for a year and undergoes remodeling to reopen for business in October The operating company will comprise Hawkinsville business leaders with G L Keen appointed manager Keen formerly ran the Courtland hotel for 10 years and is a prominent figure in state hotels and in the local chamber of commerce He is president of the chamber and widely known to travelers.
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