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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1930
Page
4
Macon police seek two young men who abandoned two young women on a Bibb county highway Tuesday. The report notes other local crimes and incidents across Georgia including a Columbus restaurant shooting, a fatal Cartersville police shooting, and a Lexington area auto crash.
Al Jolson's singing drama The Singing Fool comes to the Grand Theatre at Reynolds for two days Friday and Saturday September 12 and 13. Betty Bronson Josephine Dunn Reed Howes and others star in the Warner Bros production with a moving tale of deep emotion and pathos.
A. T. Roberts of Georgia Power Co. visited the local office recently. He formerly led public relations at South Georgia Power in Columbus and, after consolidation, now works in Atlanta in public relations. The visit strengthened ties and earned the company enduring local friendships.
The sheriff notes numerous complaints about cars and trucks driven at night with no lights or only an oil lantern. He says he will pursue cases as they are found to enforce motor law and protect rights of involved parties.
Albany Georgia plans the annual Georgia Division U D C state convention October 21 to 23 at the Municipal Auditorium as headquarters. Mrs J J Harris will be introduced by Mrs P J Nix and preside. Mrs L M Bashinski will speak on Robert E Lee with officials civic and patriotic leaders attending.
Mrs Eva Mae Melton 28 wife of Joe Melton of near Thomaston accidentally killed herself with a shotgun around 3 00 Tuesday afternoon She slipped on a wet floor while handing the gun through a window striking the hammer on the sill the shell discharged into her right lung and she died within an hour at the scene or shortly after authorities reported in Thomaston Georgia September 4
Oscar Mills confirms the official premium list for the Southeastern Fair to be mailed to applicants. The list covers all entries and livestock events. inquiries go to the Lakewood office in Atlanta. Macon shops close for the rest of the month, laying off about 650 workers. the roundhouse stays open with 160 workers. A. J. Flowers cites weak business conditions as cause. railroad officials plan full operations resume Oct 1.
Nicely furnished rooms with board at five dollars per week or twenty dollars per month payable in advance. Contact FE H Payne in Butler Georgia.
Supt W T Austin defends paying past due public school obligations in Georgia. He cites 1928 1929 sums from Barret Rogers and Barrett-Rogers funds totaling 3 241 247 85 and argues taxpayers must cover unpaid appropriations as lawmakers move to fund education. He laments delayed payments harming Taylor county schools and urges state support to open full terms for children.
A collision near Pine Mountain eight miles north of Thomaston involved a truck carrying African American cotton pickers returning from a field. One youth, Walker, 12, died instantly. about a dozen injured were hospitalized, with 12 not expected to survive. The other driver Leroy King of Pike reportedly drove without lights.
The Agriculture Department projects total cotton production at 14 840 000 bales for the year with boll weevil losses the smallest since 1925 due to hot dry weather. Georgia is placed at 1 500 000 bales and the national average yield sits around 158.2 pounds per acre, marking a drop from the past decade.
Jimmy Langford, 2nd husband and father, from Orlando Florida, allegedly sold his six month old baby for 16 dollars and forced his wife to struggle for a livelihood in Macon. Langford was committed to Macon city court under bond for assault and battery and disorderly conduct, with $87.25 total fines. Re corder Hatcher held open Mann Act charges under federal investigation. The wife Pauline Langford testified she was compelled to sell her child. Annie Wilcox, who ran the house where Mrs. Langford stayed, was fined $50.75.
Sardis Georgia September 8 C E Swede 60 of Summerville South Carolina died in his room when the Sardis Hotel a two story frame structure destroyed by fire Five other occupants escaped and the loss was estimated at more than 5 thousand dollars
A powerful hurricane struck Santo Domingo on Thursday, killing or injuring around 900 people. The storm, with gusts near 150 miles per hour, destroyed the aristocratic quarter and many poor dwellings. President Trujillo led relief as the army was mobilized and communications collapsed.
LaGrange Ga Sept 4 Robert E Burns former Chicago publisher walked away from a Georgia chain gang eight miles from LaGrange last Thursday for the second time. A $50 reward failed to locate him. Burns, discharged veteran and once a $20 000 a year magazine publisher, escaped from the Troup county camp after serving part of a six to ten year sentence. He previously staged a $4 holdup in Atlanta with two men, taking $1338. Burns passed through Hogansville by car Thursday night.
In Darien Georgia, Sept. a mob armed with public safety items forced entry into the McIntosh County jail and lynched 40-year-old George Grant after an armed confrontation during a nighttime stakeout. Deputy Freeman died later, and two Black suspects were pursued by state and local officers.
An advertisement promotes Texas Wonder a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel and rheumatism. It claims to ease weak or lame backs and irregularities with a price of $1.25 by mail. Testimonials are offered and Dr. E W Hall of St Louis features the product.
Southern Railway offers round trip tickets from North and South Carolina and Georgia to Texas at one fare plus a small surcharge. Travel starts September 18 with return by October 5. Sleeping car or coach options available, with through Pullman cars arranged. Contact local Southern Railway agents for schedules and prices.
Analysts dispute a claim that 600 percent of industrial accidents are statementable, noting methodological flaws and urging clearer data. The debate centers on how to categorize incidents and whether the figure reflects overcounting or definitional differences.
Stewart County Georgia fixes tax rate at 12 mills plus a state five mill levy and a county four mill levy with districts adding one to three mills. The county, carrying $800000 Seaboard Air Line valuation, shows a $50000 drop in property values yet remains debt free and cash positive with a solid balance.
The next governor will occupy the most comfortable and attractive offices yet. Renovations at the capitol add sheen and gleam, reviving the state house to resemble its 1889 pristine days.
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