One-Day Session of Superior Court at Butler Opens
Taylor County Judge C F McLaughlin presided in Butler on Friday April 24. Key matters included Butler Banking Co versus G C Smith in receivership, which Judge McLaughlin denied after evidence and argument. J E Brewer county treasurer versus J H Whatley et al mandamus to pay into county treasurer funds from road taxes continued due to unresolved facts. Demurrer in Wodall v Woodall dismissed. Maggie McLaughlin, a Black resident near Mauk, given probation after being convicted for whiskey sales with monthly reports.
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Taylor
Superior Court
C. F. McLaughlin
Columbus
Butler
Butler Banking Co
G C Smith
W Foy
Jere Moore
McLaughlin
J. E Brewer
J H. Whatley
J T. Garrett
F. C Jarrell
Homer Beeland
C. W. Foy
Mary E. Wodall
W. A. Woodall
R W Woodall
W. Foy
Maggie McLaughlin
Mauk
Elder W. M. Bullard Dies at 65 in Phenix City
Obituary notices Elder W. M. Bullard prominent East Alabama Primitive Baptist minister and Phenix City official who died at his home Friday night at 65. Funeral held Sunday at Bethel Primitive Baptist church with interment in Pine Grove cemetery. He married Argin Mills in 1879 and is survived by three sons and four daughters.
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Columbus
W. M. Bullard
Phenix City
Ala
Bullard
Primitive Baptist Church
Southwest
Taylor County
Primitive Baptist Associations
East Alabama
Buena Vista
Tommie Powell
Opelika
Alabama
Georgia
Pine Grove Cemetery
Argin Mills
M M Bullerd
North Carolina
JW Bullerd
A Bullard
Z T Spear
Joe Gibson
GC W Phillips
Claude Hunt
Thenix City
Marion Grant
Henry Bullard
Bethel Primitive Church
Macon Hosts Royal Arch Masons Convention
Macon hosts the 108th annual grand chapter session of the Royal Arch Masons of Georgia with more than three hundred delegates from chapters statewide. BE Johnson of Atlanta serves as grand high priest. The Royal and Select Masters council met for its 82nd annual session with over one hundred delegates, led by F A Johnson of Atlanta as grand Master.
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Macon
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of Georgia
BE. H. Johnson
Atlanta
Royal Arch Grand Chapter
Marons
F A. Johnson
Lost life and fire insurance papers in Butler
One day book and a letter file containing life insurance and fire insurance policies and other valuable papers were lost Saturday night on the streets of Butler. Finder please return same to H. Katzif of Butler, Georgia.
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Butler
Katzif
Death Penalty Fate for Jones Bloodworth Case
Columbus April 26 The new trial and venue change in the Jones Bloodworth case raises questions about execution method and location If convicted without mercy the youths face death by hanging under current law The presiding judge would decide the place with Muscogee and Taylor counties cited as possibilities Inclinations favor Muscogee county jail for the hanging based on precedent and interpretation of the law
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Columbus
Jones-Blood_worth
Muscogee County
Taylor County
Jones and Bloodworth
Howard F. Underwood
Judice
Geo. C. Fulmer
Muscogee
Palmer
Mr. Palmer
Fulton County
Superior Court In Session This Week In Buena Vista
In Buena Vista the Marion superior court opened with Judge Jc. F. McLaughlin and Solicitor W. R Flourney presiding. The grand jury, aided by flour noy, meets as civil business is addressed. No major criminal indictments are slated for this term.
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Columbus
Chattahoochee
Jc. F. McLaughlin
W. Rflourney
R O Perkins
Buena Vista
Marion
Farewell Services at Baptist Church for Rev H C Hughes
A large crowd filled the Baptist church Sunday night for Rev. H C Hughes farewell sermon. The Methodist church joined in worship as did other denominations. Members praised his three years of pastorate, faith, and fellowship, and wished him Godspeed in Richland.
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H. C. Hughes
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Bro. Hughes
Joshua
Moses
J. D McCord
Bro Hughes
Richland
Herakd
McCrary Culpepper Tie The Knot In Geneva Ceremony
Miss Marion McCrary of Geneva marries Brooks Culpepper of Talbotton in a Geneva Methodist church ceremony on Thursday at 1 PM. The groom, a young lawyer and Standard Oil representative who owns The Talbotton New Era, plans a Savannah departure aboard the Steamship Chattanooga for New York, with a two week return expected.
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Marion McCrary
Geneva
Brooks Culpepper
Talbotton
Culpepper
O. J .McCrary
Standard Oil Co
Geneva Methodist Church
Savannah
Chattanooga
New York
Scarborough Faces Trial in Putnam Murder Case
Eatonton Ga April 27 S J Scarborough youth who allegedly confessed to taking part in robbing and killing W C Wright a Eatonton schoolmaster was moved to Athens to await trial on murder charges alongside Ted Coggeshall and F L McClelland. Coggeshall and McClelland deny guilt claiming Scarborough coerced confession. trial delayed by venue change appeals, now set for May 4. Coggeshall and McClelland likely to remain in Macon jail near Batonton until trial.
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Eatonton
S J. Scarborough
W. C Wright
Athens
Putnam County
Ted Coggeshall
F. L McClelland
Coggeshall
McClelland
Scarborough
Macon
Atlanta
Fulton County
Caggeshall and McClelland
Supreme Court
Coggeshall and McClellan
Batonton
Floyd Collins Body Freed From Tunnel
Cave City Ky April 22 The body of Floyd Collins eye explorer who died trapped in Sand Cave in January was freed from the rock at the bottom of a 70 foot shaft. Engineer W H Hunt Central City Ky said the body was in good condition after underground exposure and would be raised to the surface at 9 o clock tomorrow morning. Examination showed the rock weighed about 70 pounds.
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Cave City
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
W. H. Hunt
Central City
Kentucky
Mr. Hunt
Jon Collins
Hunt
Willie Short Back in Jail From Reform School Plea
Willie Lee Short an eleven year old known as a little white elephant has been confined in Taylor county jail after pleading guilty at the April term. Col Homer Beeland granted him parole but due to repeated infractions he was returned to custody amid bites and scratches. He awaits transfer to the State Reformatory.
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Willie Lee Short
Taylor County
State Reformatory
Col
Homer Beeland
Col. Beeland
Willie
Law
Conductor killed by Central of Georgia freight train
Fort Valley Ga April 29 Fus us W Youngblood 40 a conductor on the Central of Georgia Railroad was killed instantly on the tracks in front of the railroad station at 7 30 Wednesday night while manipulating air brakes between two cars of his train. The freight car passed over him severing his body at the waist as onlookers said he seemed to be trying to apply the air brake to prevent the train backing into a trick and was caught between the train
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Fort Valley
Rufus W. Youngblood
Central of Georgia
Ft. Valley
Croft and sister fined for interfering in school case
In Thomasville Georgia on April 29 Mrs Cora Lee Giles and her brother McKinney Croft were sentenced to a total fine of 1000 dollars and suspended jail terms of two years after being convicted on a second charge arising from an attack on Mrs Frank Myers principal of Berlin school Colquitt county They were previously found guilty of assault and battery and then charged with interfering with orderly procedure in a public school Each conviction carried a 500 dollar fine or 12 months in the state service
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Thomasville
Cora Lee Giles
McKinney Croft
Frank Myers
Berlin
Colquitt County
Myers
Evangelistic Club Formed at Butler
A Business Men's Evangelistic Club formed at the Butler Methodist church Sunday post meridiem with Hon. L.T. Peed as President and John R Braddy as Secretary. The unide nominational group aims to promote salvation, prayer meetings, evangelistic services, and aid to the sick and needy across Taylor county. Members welcome from any evangelistic church. next meeting set for 4:00 p.m. at the Butler Methodist church to appoint committees and outline policy.
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Methodist Church
L.T. Peed
John R Braddy
Taylor County
Butler
Ly Peed
JR. Urey
M. V. Bradly
J T Matthews
R E Means
W. J. Butler
JR. Wilson
M A Tolkine
EB Heath
J FE Brewer
Jay Shealy
JA Trussell
R. L Brown
C Perkins
H. H. Booth
Floyd Martin
Smith
R A Scandrett
L. Burt
C E. Beans
M. R Cameron
Hindenburg Elected President of Germany Surprises Washington
Washington reports the election of Field Marshal von Hindenburg as president of Germany, a result seen as surprising by observers. Officials warn the victory signals a difficult period for Germany until government changes are clarified, though the outcome was largely anticipated by those tracking the election.
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Washington
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Germany
Hindenburg
Memorial Coins to Be Distributed by Southern Banks
Atlanta Ga April details of a plan to distribute over 8 000 banks in the Southern States will cooperate in sharing one million Confederate Memorial Half Dollar coins minted by the United States Government. R F Maddox, chairman of the Southern bankers committee, announced the simultaneous U S release on July 8. Banks will redeem coin certificates for actual half dollars. certificates will be sold before July 3.
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Atanta
Suthern
United States
R. F. Maddox
Southern Bankers Committee
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Richland Baptist Church
McCrary-Culpepper
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Wright
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FT. Valney
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Sister
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