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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1936
Page
8
No. 1 peanuts bring $7 a ton with lesser grades down to $50, as farmers in the Thomasville area harvest the money crop. Revenues are expected to be substantial throughout the region as growers move peanuts to market rapidly.
West Point Georgia reports burglars forced entry during a heavy wind and windstorm, stealing a small amount of money and stamps from the Shaw post office.
Macon Ga Sept 8 Mrs W T Morgan wife of Dr W T Morgan a well known Macon woman died suddenly Tuesday in the family apartment at a local hotel.
Valdosta Ga Sept 8 The week beginning Sept 16 has been designated as Freshman Week at the Georgia State Woman's College by Dr F R Reade president Students in other college classes will register during the week of Sept 21 Local officials note the start dates for orientation and enrollment events for incoming students across the campus
Atlanta police sought two young men who used a push cart to remove ten sacks of sugar from a box car behind the federal grocery store near the police station. The ten sacks were worth forty nine dollars.
Mayor L. Key announced he will open his campaign for re election Friday with an address to the Atlanta post of the American Legion. Key and William B. Hartsfield, who led the primary ticket, have qualified for the run off on September 23.
Savannah Ga Sept 7 The Southwestern Railroad announces Wallace Miller of Macon will become president succeeding J Florence Minis who died last week Miller currently the vice president will serve until the owners meet in February 1987.
The CCC camp at Buena Vista Georgia begins weekly free educational film showings for Marion County Sewing Room Workers and camp members. The latest selection is The Founding of Jamestown, a historical picture.
Baxley Ga Sept 7 J Hawley Lee Crosby former state representative of Appling county was struck by a cow thrown onto him by a fast passenger train near Graham station. Crosby escaped with a broken leg and the cow was killed in the incident.
Valdosta GA Sept 7 Dr Frank R Reade president of Georgia State Woman s College announced the school will offer a course in professional social service this year It is the first course of the kind given by a Georgia institution Elinor Nims Brink AB Vassar and PhD University of Chicago will direct the study
Dean G Lombard Kelly of the University of Georgia Medical School announced that Dr S V Sanford the University System chancellor will visit Augusta on Sept 22 for the opening of bids on a new 75000 dollar classroom building. Construction must start by Oct 1 under a PWA grant of 38000 dollars.
Police report $460 worth of merchandise and stock-room goods were stolen by burglars who entered the F. W. Woolworth Co. store over the weekend. Entry was gained through a side window and a safe was battered though its contents were not taken.
Washington Sept 6 The joint treasury post office committee announced selection of post office sites Hawkinsville Ga property offered by Emma DeLamar northeast corner Commerce and Dooly streets 6 Millen Ga property offered by Mrs M Parker southeast corner Daniel and Winthorp avenues 6500
Robert Lee, former attorney for the defunct American Bond and Share Co, was freed today on a $5,000 appeal bond after a three year federal sentence for using mails to defraud. Known as the Earl of Pelham, Lee appealed his conviction to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals and had spent three months in Fulton Tower.
Milledgeville Georgia September 4 The Mileageville Union Recorder marks its eleventh year of publication though the paper has run continuously since 1829. It bore names including the Georgia Journal Southern Recorder Federal Union and Confederate Union before consolidating in 1872 as the Union Recorder. It was the first weekly in the state to join the Associated Press.
Swainsboro on September 7 Rufus Martin of Atlanta was killed instantly in an early morning automobile collision near here. Slaton Powell of Kite sustained serious injuries. Mrs Rufus Martin and Leo Mies and his wife of Atlanta were treated for minor hurts. The two Atlanta couples were en route to Savannah for the holiday.
Eight year old Judd Green of Dalton Georgia died after he threw a strand of wire over a high tension line Friday His clothing caught fire as he fell from near the top of a power pole witnessed by two younger siblings and his sisters.
Macon Ga Sept 9 The regular Peach County Superior Court convened with Judge Malcolm D Jones presiding He extended court to Thursday due to the state primary election and held the first session in Peach County's new courthouse built as a PWA project at about 75000 dollars
The First Presbyterian church in Brunswick Ga extended a call today to Rev Edward Russell of McDonough to become pastor. He is the son of Chief Justice Richard B Russell of the Georgia supreme court and brother of U S Senator Richard B Russell Jr If he accepts he will succeed the late Thomas W Simpson long time pastor and former moderator of Georgia Synod.
Americus friends report Col. L. 8. Churchhill of the U S A has been named a full permanent colonel. He married former Miss Bessie Moore of Rome, a noted Georgia newspaper woman. He was last commandant at Souther Field Americus and led the first American air expedition to France during the war. He has recently been stationed at Middletown Airport in Middletown, Pa.
Washington reports postal officials expect a mail ban for A. B. Teller of Glenwood Georgia after he failed to appear at a hearing on charges of postal regulation violations. Teller, a hot dog stand operator, allegedly accepted payments through the mails for dog shipments and advertised in the Georgia Market Bulletin offering to purchase hogs.
Albany Georgia marks the opening of a $500000 Cudahy Packing Co plant now in operation. The windowless air conditioned facility with glass brick can handle 8000 hogs 1000 cattle and 600 calves weekly and will provide jobs for more than 200 people. The Albany Herald published a special edition for the celebration.
Fort Valley Ga Sept 7 Senator Walter F George praised New Deal measures calling for social security banking and soil conservation acts while warning that a Landon presidency would hinder legislation. He urged voters to evaluate Congress laws and opposed a Republican dictatorship noting many self described Republicans still back New Deal policies.
The Middle Georgia Livestock Association held its September 2 organization in Macon with a select group of Middle Georgia citizens. Officers elected were Col. E. B. Weatherly president Henry Estes vice president and Geo N. Thomas secretary treasurer. A committee was formed to draft by laws. bankers and extension workers joined farmers in a cooperative effort to advance Georgia agriculture with plans for substantial improvement across farms, buildings, equipment, and infrastructure in the coming decade.
In Dalton, Georgia, a crowd of about 150 men attacked the Whitfield county jail around 1:80 a. m., forcing Jailor John Pitt to surrender keys and seizing a 21-year-old Black prisoner, identified as A. L. McCamy. The mob dumped the man’s body by a roadside four hours later beneath a tree. He had recently completed a chain gang sentence for an alleged attempted incident on a ten-year-old girl. Sheriff J. L. Bryan reported the victim was captured after a residence alert and bloodhounds/trailing, and the suspect made no statement.
Three young men injured in a Plains crash when a Ford struck a Sea board train at a crossing. Roy Young of Buena Vista suffered the most severe injuries and leg amputation. Arnold Davis of Girard Ala and Claude Roebuck of Americus were hurt. a fox terrier dog died at the scene.
C R Hammond of Edgefield South Carolina became entangled in a windless hoisting engine and was hurled about with each revolution. W J Cugie the superintendent of construction on Gainesville’s new steel water tower choked down the engine and Hammond was rescued. A glove he wore became entangled in the load line of the hoist.
A large Perry warehouse owned by B P Etheridge and 383 bales of cotton were destroyed in a fire of unknown origin late Monday night. Estimated loss about 30000 dollars. insurance coverage confirmed. Firemen battled the blaze for over two hours as townspeople watched. Key records were saved from a safe. three bales of seed cotton and three bales of lint cotton were removed before the fire spread. Ginning resumed next morning in a temporary office across the street. Etheridge plans to rebuild on the same site. The Perry Warehouse Co. dates to 1903, later run by Power Cooper. Etheridge acquired it after Cooper’s death.
Taylor and adjoining county friends learn Prof. L. F. Herring has been appointed assistant professor of education at Oglethorpe University. He begins duties September 22. A Newton county native, he earned a B S from Mercer and an M A from the University of Georgia. He has led Vienna High School, Manchester and Grayson schools, served as dean at Georgia Southwestern College, and taught in the University System extension division and the State Board of Education summer school.
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