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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1933
Page
7
A compact reflection on merit and effort. The piece praises the steady, earnest worker who answers clearly and completes tasks, studies, and improves until promoted. It contrasts the diligent employee with shirks, noting rewards come to those who work, wait, and use both head and hand.
Butler residents report Louise Turk leaves Monday for Athens to study at G S T C for the term. Local guests include Mr and Mrs Julian Edwards II and son Ward of Richland, Mrs M E Everett of Macon, Mrs Marion Fariss of Savannah, and others visiting the Wallace home. Harvest Carnival planned by Baptist ladies October 2 in M A Chapman grove with music and refreshments.
Mrs H P Wallace hosted visiting guests Mrs M E Everett of Macon and Mrs Marion Fariss of Savannah for a Bridge party Tuesday afternoon. A salad course followed the game. Mrs J E Rohrer hosted her Bridge Club Wednesday afternoon with an extra table for visitors including Mrs M E Everett and Mrs Marion Fariss. Sandwiches and tea were served after the game.
Mr and Mrs C Bridges of Tuna Vista announce the marriage of their daughter Lucile to Mr Eugene Adams. The ceremony was held in Oglethorpe and the couple will reside in Thomaston with future home in Marion County.
A surprise dinner was held Sunday September 17 in honor of Mr. Watson’s 61st birthday. Family and close friends gathered at his home, with lunch under shade trees and socializing through the afternoon. Attending were Lewis and Frances Watson, Mary Ann Watson, the Locke and Wall families, Harbuck, Gill, Pye, Joe Flurnoy and family, Merivale, and others.
A W M U rally at Whitewater Church near Oglethorpe Macon County led by L B Lott with devotional by Mrs W R Battle. Morning sessions covered stewardship, afternoon reports and new church leaders for Sunbeam G A and R A groups.
4 H Club girls will showcase works in Butler on Friday October 6. Canned goods and sewn items form classes with judging and ribbons. Best exhibits advance to Columbus and Macon fairs for cash prizes and scholarships.
Gray Ga September 24 Mack James a Black man wanted for criminal assault and slaying a white woman in Banks county was captured at 1 80 o'clock Sunday afternoon at a negro farm house near Wayside by Walker Malone with track dogs and citizen posses from Jones Jasper Putnam and Baldwin counties James had been pursued through swamps and woods after first sighting Saturday in Hillsboro Jasper county He was barefoot wearing crocus sacks over his feet and was nabbed while picking a chicken at the rear of the farm house He is a Jones county resident with prior convictions and a paroled sentence in Bibb county Governor Talmadge and Banks county offered rewards for his capture
Two thousand four hundred sixty one bales were ginned from the 1938 crop in Taylor county by September 16, 1933, compared with one thousand six hundred seventy five bales by September 16, 1932.
A 53 year old woman 6 feet tall reports a weight loss of seven pounds using Kruschen Salts without changing her diet. She notes easier stair climbs and newfound energy while claiming a lighter, healthier look and improved vitality. Kruschen Salts are sold by druggists with a four week supply priced under a cent.
The Fourth District Baptist missionary meeting occurred Wednesday September 20 at Butler with Mrs F P Freeman organizing the program. The event featured hymns prayers and reports from WMU leaders and visiting pastors in a round table discussion of district church activities.
An agreement between President Ji te of the Georgia Education Association and Dr. J Stewart with Supt. Mark Smith of the State High School Association unites regional meetings and high school district sessions. The plan lists morning sessions on school law revisions and taxation, with afternoon department meetings led by district superintendents and principals across 10 districts.
J Windham of Butler Ga announces he has accepted the agency for a leading southern marble and granite monument manufacturer. He offers standard gravestones at the lowest price and invites local inquiry for any monument needs.
The speaker distinguishes true Christians by faith in the Bible Jesus Christ and salvation by grace through faith. He rejects organic church unions, emphasizes personal conviction, and cites Nicodemus to illustrate the necessity of being born again for salvation.
In Valdosta a bedridden woman Mrs Stella Whitehurst began quilting during illness. Her finished quilt with elaborate designs won a local prize and led to a sale price discussed with Mrs Ernest Baker of Miami. The exact amount paid remains unclear in the surviving text.
The text hints at a secret of Hurats tied to a value exceeding the annual production of a two horse Georgia farm, urging the reader to deduce the true figure from available clues. No direct figures are provided in the fragment.
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