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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1939
Page
10
Reynolds residents swap weekend travels and greetings with kin in Butler Macon Atlanta and Columbus while Miss Winnie Griffith prepares for a Columbus teaching post and Ruth's Beauty Salon shifts to a new Butler location. Local families host guests and plan trips to Commerce Odom and Huntington as several kin return home from Jacksonville and Tampa.
Five Points residents including Mr. and Mrs. J H Windham and son from Panhandle spent Sunday with their Jarrell kin and other local families. Visitors from Thomaston and Butler enjoyed gatherings with Henry Jarrell and relatives as several couples and Misses Jarrell shared a weekend of social calls and greetings.
Howard Items notes visits and hospitality across Columbus, Macon, Butler, and nearby towns. Frank Pickard from Macon stayed with his mother Beulah Pickard, Miss Marie Martin vacationed with relatives, Jinks and Scott families hosted others, Mrs. Rod Brown returned from Florida, and multiple families including the Scotts, Streetsman, Browns, and Barrons shared visits with local households over the past weekend.
Daily movements of the foliage of the praying palm of the Orient are caused by changes in temperature.
Reynolds Windham Service Station, Goodyear dealer, receives a bronze plaque for many years of pleasant dealings with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. A letter from Goodyear president P W Litchfield accompanies the award praising loyalty and hopeful continued relations.
Sunday gatherings included Mr D N Sealy with the Heaths and the Halsteads, and many others visiting friends across Wesley. Watkins reunion drew attendees. Allie Amos left for Macon. Frank Slaughter and family returned to Columbus after a visit. Wesley school opened Monday with strong attendance and a faculty led by Herman Elliston as principal.
Weekend visits linked Albany Ovle Thorpe Americus and Deplethorpe as families shared time with Kelley Larfield Hill Tarrer Barfield Payne Felker and Arnold. The community mourns H A Peacock after the death of his wife last Wednesday.
The column lists residents and relatives visiting or staying with Charing area families. Names include Mrs. Oscar Burdett and children from Atlanta visiting the Stewarts. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Duke and Imogene of Tazewell. R. O. Rogers Jr. and family from Atlanta visiting Hogg and Rogers households. Mrs. Mary L. Watson and son from Miami staying with Mrs. Stone. the Saundersville and Williamson families hosting guests. Sims Garrett Jr. visiting Americus. John Casin visiting Savannah relatives. Lewis Watson and son at a barbecue hosted by H. G. Pye. G. O. Garrett taking a Thomaston job. Bill Jones of Thomaston weekending with Charing friends.
The Extension Service Review argues the best farm dwellings occur on challenging New England and Southern Pennsylvania farms with continuous family ownership. It notes generation after generation of young people staying on sites, pride in the ancestral home, soil respect, thrift, and education. It suggests variety farming provides stability over single crops.
Obituary notice for Mrs. J. L. Cato born Feb 14 1866 Marion County died Apr 10 1989 aged 73 years 1 month and 26 days. Survived by husband J L Cato and seven children with numerous relatives friends. Written by a friend.
Witnesses recount a late night holdup tied to a scare attempt aimed at J. W. Fullwood. Hoke McDaniel was shot and Tommie Mitchell fled, the crowd pursued the gunman, and women in the crowd grew agitated as the plan to string him up was halted. A granite tomb tale from Taylor county ends with an oak growing from an acorn near the wall.
Farmers trod to Ma con stockyards each Tuesday to buy cattle suitable for fattening amid abundant feed. Last week prices ranged from four and a fraction cents to eight cents per pound, with premium graded stock fetching higher. Floyd Jarrell of Butler, a dairy operator, examines fattening prospects as others seek feeders, while McIntyre rivals Tom Bell and C. C. Thompson coordinate and share ties. Cecil Davis of Future Farmers of America sold seven six month pigs at Hawkinsville for 67.25 dollars, totaling 1284 pounds, parasite free from birth.
Georgia veterans recall Clinton as a booming early town. They compare it to Macon and discuss Oglethorpe’s Baker Street 80 business houses and crowds of twelve to twenty thousand. Frank Stewart and others reminisce about Clinton’s former size and industry.
Frank Gray, operator of the McCants grist mill near Butler, says tolls keep the mill busy with enough grain. He notes market reach to Macon, Columbus, and Thomaston is limited by competition, preferring higher prices in Talbotton and other towns, while selling weekly in Macon remains challenging.
The article recounts a miller’s toll formula comparing bushel weights and toll value, then discusses Oglethorpe’s past population estimates and historic development. Dr. C A Greer recalls the town’s heyday, its expanded district, and notable hotels like the Eagle and Phenix, Magnolia, and Empire, with references to Magnolia Hotel and Pavilion sites.
Expressions of sympathy on the passing of our mother Mrs. Martha Catherine Rodg ers are gratefully acknowledged by A M Rodgers and family A L Rodgers E Q Rodgers and Mrs R P Murray for their comforting support and memories.
Origin of the decimal system traces to counting on ten fingers as the base. The idea spread due to finger-counting convenience and later formalization in arithmetic use.
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