Bridge plan eyed to link Taylor Reynolds counties at Beechwood Farm
An organizational meeting at Beechwood Farm near Reynolds formed a committee to push a Flint River bridge linking Taylor and Peach counties. Speakers highlighted the route from Butler to Reynolds and the broader county site highway project. The group will seek Federal aid and county cooperation, with Taylor and Peach committees to lobby their commissioners.
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Flint River
Beechwood Farm
Reynolds
Taylor and Peach Counties
Beechwood
Joel Hurt
Georgia Properties Co
Messrs
R. A. Hinton
H. Nessler
G W Bivins
F. A. Ricks
Taylor
Peach
Butler
Ft. Valley
Macon
Herald
MAA
G. W. Bivins
F. A Ricks
E. W. Hurt
W M. Brown
Taylor County
Peach County
For Sale Six Collie Pups Ready in Five Weeks
A classified notice advertises six thorough-bred French-Scotch collie pups one week old, available in five weeks. Price ten dollars each. Contact J. W. Chitwood in Rupert, Georgia. Dated April 9.
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J. W. Chitwood
Rupert, Ga
Editors to Sail Saturday for N Y
Georgia Press Association members and guests plan a weeklong trip to New York for the summer recreation meeting. About 200 travel by train to Savannah then aboard the City of Chattanooga to New York, with events at the Savannah Morning News, Savannah Press, Waldorf Astoria, and various NYC landmarks before returning by 3 PM Thursday.
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The
Georgia Press Association
New York City
Savannah
City of Chattanooga
Ocean Steamship Company
New York
Savannah Morning News
Savannah Press
Austrican Legion
E A. Caldwell
Monroe
Ernest Camp
Dan
Waldorf-Astoria
Association
Mergensthaler Linotype Company
Brooklyn
Georgia Society
Coney Island
New York Harbor
Leviathan
One Day Session Court Here Friday
Judge C Frank McLaughlin and court officials are expected here to wind up all business and adjourn the Spring term of Taylor Superior Court recessed two weeks ago. No jury trials will occur. motions and certiorari remain, with several pending. Officials will come from Buena Vista where Marion court has been in session. Only one day needed to finish business.
Lay Activities Inspire Service At Butler Methodist Church
An afternoon service at Butler Methodist Church led by the Buena Vista Business Men's Evangelistic Club drew about twenty five attendees including visiting members and invited guests. The program featured scripture readings, devotions, songs, prayers, revival testimonies, and talks, with new converts among the participants. The event underscored the club’s broad, non denominational reach and its efforts in visiting the sick assisting the needy and organizing prayer meetings and Sunday schools across Marion county. A follow up service for men is planned at two o clock next Sunday to discuss forming a Buffers chapter with interested church members. The Buena Vista party included Mr and Mrs W R Zachry Mr and Mrs Wilbur Parker and daughter Miriam Miss Eugenia Parker Mr and Mrs Vilas Belk and son, Mr T Rainey Mrs Martha Christian R M Hair E B Reese J E Moore W T Weaver H W Sappington B S Parker LeRoy Hirshburg Joe Wells J J Dunham Bill Perry and son Clarence Mrs Jim Rogers Miss Cornelia Lowe Leolyn Chapman and Earnest Stevens.
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Butler Methodist Church
Business Men's Evangelistic Club
Buena Vista
E. B. Reese
Marion ‘County
Methodist Church
W R Zachry
Wilbur Parker
Little Miriam
Eugenia Parker
Vilas Belk
T. Rainey
Martha Christian
R M. Hair
E B Reese
J E Moore
W. T. Weaver
H W Sappington
Parker
LeRoy Hirshburg
Joe Wells
J. J. Dunham
Bill Perry
Clarence
Jim Rogers
Cornelia Lowe
Leolyn Chapman
Earnest Stevens
Pensioners to be paid this week in Taylor County
Hon L T Peed ordinary of Taylor county received a $7200 pension check from the Atlanta Pension office to be distributed among 71 county recipients. Each non blind pensioner gets $100 while four blind beneficiaries receive $150. The Ordinary notified all roll members to call for their pay and many did so by Tuesday.
Notice to taxpayers in Taylor county closes May 1st
Tax books in Taylor county will positively close May 1. Those who have not made returns will be placed on the de faulter's list and double taxed as the law directs. Cooper R T R, Taylor County Georgia urges forward returns to save expense and embarrassment.
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Taylor County
Cooper
Ancona Eggs Offered at One Dollar Per Setting
For the next thirty days C. L. Wall of Howard Georgia advertises pure strain Ancona eggs at one dollar per setting of 15 or five dollars per hundred. The brief poultry offer targets local buyers seeking affordable hatching stock.
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Ancona
Boys Case Set for Trial May 18 in Muscogee County
The Jones Bloodsworth murder case for two youths was set for trial May 18 in Muscogee superior court. Judge C Frank McLaughlin scheduled the matter after a Saturday conference. Attorneys Homer Beeland and C Foy for the boys and Solicitor General Walker Four and Geo C Palmer discussed arrangements. No judge has been secured yet. It is expected local counsel may aid in jury selection. Venue was changed from Taylor to Muscogee County by Judge M J Yeomans. Willie Jones and Gervis Bloodworth will face trial in Muscogee supreme court as ordered.
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Jones-Bloodworth
Muscogee County Superior Court
C. Frank McLaughlin
Homer Beeland
C. Foy
Columbus
Walker Four
Geo. C. Palmer
McLaughlin
Willie Jones
Gervis Bloodworth
Muscogee Superior Court
Taylor Superior Court
Law Provides Taylor County Boys Must Bang If Convicted
Article explains the change in law from hanging to electrocution and its implications for Taylor county suspects Bloodworth and Jones. It notes the execution would occur in Muscogee County if death is imposed, and clarifies that only indictments before the law change are affected.
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Taylor County
Gervis Bloodworth
Willie Jones
Oil Tanks Burned Friday at Ellaville
The Schley County News reports two Ellaville Oil Company storage tanks containing kerosene and gasoline caught fire early Friday by unknown origin. Oil truck driver Monroe Ellis saw flames leap high as he tried to contain the blaze. both tanks and the truck were destroyed with an estimated loss of several thousand dollars.
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Schley County News
Ellaville Oil Company
Monroe Ellis
Rev Hughes Resigns Butler Baptist Pastorate
Butler's Rev H C Hughes, a long trusted leader at Butler Baptist Church, resigns to accept a call from Richland Baptist Church in Macon Georgia. He will preach final services this Sunday and return for possible departure after June graduation and family relocation. Richland had unanimously extended the pastorate and he is expected to accept.
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Butler
Butler Baptist Church
H. C. Hughes
Richland Baptist Church
Antioch
Richland
Brother Hughes
Baptist Church
Richland Church
Macon
Richland Baptists
Hughes
Mercer
Prominent farmer Will Saunders ends his life in woods
Will Saunders a 55 year old farmer, troubled by illness and financial pressure, left home Tuesday morning telling his wife he would visit his brother. He was found slain beside a single barrel shotgun in a woods near his barn. He leaves a widow six children two brothers and a bereaved community. Funeral was held at Bethlehem I cemetery.
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Will Saunders
Mr. Saunders
W. le Saunders
Saunders
Bethlehem I Cemetery
Former Taylor County Man Ends Life With Pistol
Jere Hammond, 40, of Shingler Georgia, eldest son of W L Hammond of Junction City, died by self-inflicted gunshot in his home amid recent financial loss. He married Addie Benford of Taylor County and left several children. Funeral held at Conceal cemetery, Schley County.
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Jere Hammond
Shingler
Mr. Hammond
W .L. Hammond
Junction City
Addie Benford
Taylor County
Conceal Cemetery
Schley County
Hodges Chapter Royal Arch Masons Convene Tonight
All members of Hodges Chapter Royal Arch Masons are urged to attend a special convocation at Masonic Hall tonight. Important matters demand immediate attention and full membership is urged to be present.
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Hodges Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Hall
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Aimadge
Connie
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Cupid
N.Y
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Jones and Bloodworth
Muscogee Court
Muscogee County
Ellaville
Convocation
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