Brewery Rats and Vats Tales From Prohibition Era Lore
An extended anecdotal piece recounts rat behavior in beer vats and the curious tales surrounding rats attracted to fermenting malt. It cites anecdotal reports from brewers, a Pennsylvania bootleg vat with sixty nine dead rats, a legal case over tainted beer, and reminiscences from former brewery workers about cleaning dead rats from vats.
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American Independent
Pennsylvania
Howard Strange
Evansville
Indiana
F. W. Cook Brewing Company
Dallas
Princeton
Henry D Chapman dies suddenly in Macon at 64
Henry D Chapman prominent Macon alderman and lumber executive died Tuesday morning at his home from a heart attack. He chaired Macon council finance and served on the Macon Bibb County Board of Health. Funeral at Tattnall Square Baptist Church with mayor and aldermen as pallbearers. Burial at Riverside Cemetery. Survived by wife Annie Claire Wynn three daughters a sister and three grandchildren.
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Macon
Harry Dewitt Chapman
Tattnall Square Baptist Church
Lewis H. Wright
J. Ellis Sammons
Charles L. Bowden
Chapman
Riverside Cemetery
D. H. Chapman and Company
Macon-Bibb County
June
Jim and
Harry C. Harrison
Birmingham
Ala
Americus Rep to Attend International Food Conference in London
Rep Stephen Pace of Americus will fly from New York to London to join an international food conference opening August 7. He chairs a special committee to investigate food and serves as a representative of Secretary Anderson and the Agriculture Department. About 40 nations will be represented and UNRRA activities will be discussed.
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Americus
Stéphen Pace
New York
London
Pace
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Department of Agriculture
Truman
Postdam
UNRRA
Americas
Mr. C. L. Stringfield to Preach Sunday at New Prospect Church
The Herald announces that Mr. C. L. Stringfield will preach at New Prospect Church near Reynolds next Sunday morning. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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C. L. Stringfield
New Prospect Church
Herald
Reynolds
Marshall earns oak leaf cluster to Bronze Star
First Lieutenant Clifton E. Marshall son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Marshall receives an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Bronze Star Medal for heroism in France on March 13 His platoon was pinned by mortar and machine gun fire he stood up fired his sub machine gun killing three wounding two his men killed 18 and wounded two The action occurred during an attack on Nieffern Reynolds Georgia listed as his residence.
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Clifton B. Marshall
W. E. Marshall
France
Clifton E. Marshall
Inf
Inf. Regt
Marshall
Nieffern
Reynolds
McAuliffe
Sportsmen Club Organized At Taylor Mill
Local sportsmen gathered at Taylor Mill school to form a Taylor County Sportsman Club with Ranger Lee Posey aiding. Charles Elliott of the Georgia Game and Fish Commission will speak at the next meeting Monday night. U S Underwood was elected president and J W Windham secretary treasurer.
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Taylor Mill School
Taylor County
Ranger Lee Posey
Charles Elliott
Game and Fish Commission of Georgia
U. S. Underwood
J. W. Windham
County Temperance Rally Planned at Butler Court House
The Taylor County Temperance League schedules a county wide rally at Butler court house Saturday at 3 p m. Rev J H Stanford president will preside with several local citizens giving short talks to urge voters to the polls next Tuesday and maximize turnout.
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Taylor County Temperance League
Court House
Butler
J. H. Stanford
Butler man advances to Radarman Second Class USNR
Joseph Turner Goodroe Jr., 25, of Butler, has advanced to radar man second class USNR at the Navy Yard in New York City where he serves as instructor. He previously served at the fleet service school in Virginia Beach and worked for Colonial Stores in Atlanta before joining the Navy. He is married to Josephine McCorvey and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Goodroe of Thomaston with a brother in the Army.
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Joseph Turner Goodroe Jr
Butler
USNR
Navy Yard
New York City
Fleet Service School
Virginia Beach
Goodroe
Josephine McCorvey
Joseph Hollis Goodroe
Joseph T. Goodroe
Thomaston
G. C. Goodroe
Army
Colonial Stores, Inc
Atlanta
Robert E. Lee Institute
Funeral service held at Reynolds for W. L. Carter
W. Lester Carter 63 retired rural mail carrier died at home of twin sister Mrs Homer Beeland in Reynolds after six year illness. Born Talbot County November 19 1881 he lived in Taylor and Reynolds areas most of life. Services Friday at Reynolds Baptist Church with interment in Hill Crest Cemetery. Survivors include one daughter Mrs Robert Richardson of Atlanta two sisters and four brothers. Pallbearers and honorary escorts listed.
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W. Lester Carter
Homer Beeland
Reynolds
Postal Service
Mr. Carter
Talbot County
A. M
Emma Carraker Carter
Taylor County
Reynolds Baptist Church
J. Carter
E. H. Dunn
W. B
Hill Crest Cemetery
Robert Richardson
Atlanta
Messrs
G. T Carter
Dallas
Tex
R. F
D. F. Carter
AH Club Members Attend District Meeting In Tifton
Four 4-H members from Taylor County along with Mr. E G Blackwell attended the district contest at Tifton July 23 to 25. The group traveled by way of Americus and Albany returning via Cordele Perry Ft Valley. Ernest Blackwell won red in Health, Sammy McCrary red in Livestock Judging, Helen Perkins blue in Public Speaking.
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Tifton
E. G. Blackwell
Taylor County
Helen Perkins
Howard
Sammy McCrary
Reynolds
Ernest Blackwell
Butler
Butler Bright
Americus
Albany
Cordele
Perry
Ft. Valley
Abraham Baldwin College
T. L. McMullan
Kathleen Weldon
L. W. Eberhardt, Jr
Susan Matthews
Rosa McGee
Ruth Branch
F. W.fitch
W. A. Sutton
Lenora Anderson
Blackwell
Ernest
Sammy
Helen
Rev H C Jones Noted Methodist Minister Dies in Atlanta
Rev Herman C Jones longtime South Georgia conference minister dies in Atlanta after weeks of illness. He leaves wife Mrs Smithie Louise Peed Jones of Butler and five daughters plus two grandchildren and two brothers. A respected preacher and missionary secretary, he served many Georgia pulpits and was a presiding elder.
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Butler
Smithie Louise Peed Jones
Herman C. Jones
South Georgia
Jones
Atlanta
Jones D. Peed
Mary K. Jones
Young Harris
Rabin Johnston
Miami
J. W. Cameron
E. L. Shercian
W .A. Traver Jr
San Antonio
Maurice Cole Cameron
U.S. Marines
Martha Sheridan
M. D. Jones
Macon
Georgia
Camilla
Fitzgerald
Montezuma
Columbus
Savannah
Georgia Methodist Conferences
Souvenirs Sent Home By Servicemen Overseas
Local display windows show foreign made firearms and other war souvenirs mailed by soldiers. A notable piece is a combination 16 gauge shotgun with a 30-30 rifle barrel, sent from Munich, Germany by Pvt Elzie Swain to his father A L Swain, accompanied by a German bayonet and parade sword.
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United States
Porter's Drug Store
A. L. Swain
Pvt
Elzie Swain
Munich
Germany
Swain
Revival Services Begin At Mt. Pisgah Church Next Sunday
Revival services start at Mt. Pisgah Church next Sunday and run through Friday night with 11 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. services. Guest minister Rev. M. C. Gardner of Central Baptist Church Americus is described as an outstanding young revivalist. Rev. Homer G. Fowler will direct the music and invitees are urged to attend all services.
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Mt. Pisgah Church
M. C. Gardner
Central Baptist Church of Americus
Gardner
Homer G. Fowler
Date Set for Georgia Constitution and Local Alcohol Vote
Next Tuesday Taylor County citizens will vote on Georgia's proposed New Constitution and on beer and wine sales in the county. Nine precincts will open polls at 7 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. With about 1,800 qualified voters expected to participate, no offices are listed on the ballot. The dual referendum aligns with the statewide election to save time and money.
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Taylor County
Georgia
State of
Col. Charlie C. Stone Retiring OPA Supervisor
Col. Charlie C. Stone, long time OPA board supervisor for eight counties in the Atlanta district, was honored with a farewell dinner at the Ralston hotel in Columbus. He will return to legal practice in Butler after resigning from the OPA post.
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Col
Charlie C. Stone
OPA
Columbus
Charley C. Stone
Atlanta
Ralston
Stone
Tom Parker
Butler
Muscogee
Chattahoochee
Taylor
Marion
Talbot
Harris
Pike
Upson Counties
Ft. Benning
John Wynn
Gertrude Handley
D. L. Metcalf
N. E. Wonderly
Tom S.mays
Emma, Wardlow
J. G. Hannah
C. A. Shamotulski
James Newsome
Ann Jones
C. C. Stone
T. C. Hudson
H. E. Weathers
B. C. Clark
Emmett Blanton
Novel Boyd
Ernest Wadkins
W. D. Reagan
Arnold Thompson
Muse Mann
Laura Morris
Price Panel
Claude Baldwin
Victor Kiraffy
Fred Shomburg
Leland Anderson
Edward Shorter
Frank Lumpkin
Henry Wadsworth
O. L. Krogland
Martha Deadman
Home Coming Services at Midway Church Next Sunday
Midway Baptist Church will hold Home-Coming Day next Sunday with Rev. M. T. Gaultney in charge at 11 a.m. All are invited and asked to bring a basket lunch for noon. Saturday services are canceled due to the event.
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Midway Church
Midway Baptist Church
M. T. Gaultney
Midway
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Rats Naie Brewery
Saphuel N. Morris
Henry Chapman
LA Company
G. S. Meloy, Jr
A. W. Croll
Taylor Mill
Underwood
County Temperance League
Joseph T. Goodroe Jr
W. L. Carter
H. C. Jones
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