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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
5
Local ad notes availability of oysters and fish for next Friday and Saturday. Mentions J. T. Carson and Edwards Brothers advertising buggies and wagons, with a carload of Jackson G. Smith Buggies and Florence Wagons just received. Updates on Miss Eva Daniel recovering after Macon Hospital operation and well wishes for her speedy recovery.
J. J. McCants, Tax Collector, Taylor County, announces the 1918 tax book is open and taxes are due. He will be at the Butler courthouse during two weeks of court and every Saturday until December 20 when the book closes. taxpayers may meet him to receive their tax receipts.
J. J. Eason advertises 40 cents per dozen eggs for Friday and Saturday with cabbage potatoes onions turnips fresh fish ice cream and other merchandise in a first class country store thanking patrons for past support and seeking continued patronage.
Miss Eloise Peed was taken to Macon last week for an operation for adenoids and tonsillitis, which was successfully performed at the Macon hospital.
Orphan's Home Day will be held next Sunday, September 29, at the Methodist Sunday school. All the children and grown people are invited to attend. Fish and oysters to be served next Friday and Saturday. - S. S. Secretary. - J. T. Carson.
The notice mentions the Taylor County Fair from October 28 to November 1 and compares cotton ginned in 1918 to 1917. It also notes a sale of eatables and general community updates including illness and church services by Rev. L A Harrell and Rev J H Alen.
A local advertisement invites visitors to inspect Buggies and Wagons at Edwards Brothers offering quality displays and merchandise to passing shoppers.
Practical good as new two passenger roadster with standard gage and Stramberg carburetor. Includes radiator driver shaft steering rod rear axle parts transmitter and inner tube. Not a blow-out tire. Price 450 dollars if bought before October 15. Phone 991 F O H Snider Wesley.
Riverside Refining Co of Cleveland Ohio seeks a part or full time sales agent to sell lubricating grease and related specialties on a commission basis. Must have a reliable temperament and drive to remove client hesitancy. References available.
Mr and Mrs O G McCants Mrs F R Jarrell and Miss Lola McCants motored to Columbus to shop. Dr and Mrs J F Fickling Miss Jewel Adams and Mrs J A Smith went to Macon. Mrs Gordon and sons visit Rev and Mrs Adams. Mrs F A Peed and daughter returned from Macon. Several friends note illness and home visits with relatives in Macon Birmingham Columbus and Reynolds.
Residents are invited to a Linen Shower at K. Payne and Co to aid American Red Cross hospitals in France. Needed items include towels hand towels handkerchiefs napkins sheets and other linens in specified sizes, with each family urged to donate one or more articles.
The Methodist Missionary Society met at the church on Monday afternoon with Mrs. M. L. Riley in charge. The program included singing prayers Bible lessons and talks on Sunday laws war work and our Nogales school. A Bible Study class will meet next Monday at 3 o'clock. K Payne & Co advertise a line of ladies coats dresses and shirtwaists. The Third District Agricultural and Mechanical school at Americus opened with over 100 students. Superintendent J. M. Collum leads the school with W. E. Steed as board chair flanked by strong prospects for the year and county ladies are invited to inspect the new line of coats dresses and shirt waists.
The Methodist Church will hold preaching services next Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Rev. L. A. Harrell will lead both services.
A fragment notes a claim of popularity for a product named Jackson G Smith Bug gies, suggesting a car load arrival and asserting the absence of aldhol arsenic or other poisons.
Tax bases fixed for 1918 by Taylor County Commissioners set at twelve and one half mills per dollar, based on an estimated digest of about 2.2 million dollars. Rates allocate 95 percent to court house and bridges, 50 percent to general county needs, 25 percent to poor relief, and 80 percent to roads with divisions for court costs, jurors, officers, and other charges.
Victoria Bartlett 62 widow of T D Bartlett died at her Columbus home Sunday September 15 after several months illness. A longtime Taylor County resident she was known as Miss Victoria Johnson. Survived by five children Beulah Bowden J M Bartlett Louise Bartlett Grady Forth Columbus and Mrs Walter Hamilton Marshallville. Sister in law of C M Bartlett of this place attended the Columbus funeral.
Florence Wagon praises its product as a model of quality with the best materials and easy pulling. It claims superior strength and durability and asserts it will meet consumer expectations as a top wagon choice.
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