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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
5
Rep Pace outlines peanut and cotton support plans for 1949. Peanut prices depend on percent sound meat and moisture with new moisture adjustments and penalties for foreign material. Cotton uses parity based loans with regional grade variations. cottonseed loans and storage rules outlined for farmers.
Grovetown Georgia August 8 Mayor J N Fields who had just adjourned Municipal Court with Thats all dropped dead from a heart ailment. He was 55 and had long served as the towns mayor after earlier work with a railroad and later with the Georgia Vitrified Brick and Clay Company. In the past year he did contracting earth moving work.
In Thomaston Georgia Emmett Hardy incumbent and Democratic nominee won the Third District County Commissioner seat in an open write-in race 1518 to 835 over write-in candidate W B Forbus. The hot race followed opposition to a county policeman backed by the Upson Citizens League and Ministerial Association. Pamphlets on liquor control were distributed to churches and homes.
The Eugene Talmadge memorial statue will be revealed September 23 on the State Capitol grounds. Zack D. Cravey, Memorial committee president, said the public ceremony will include many prominent Georgia figures and special invitations to officials, former governors, the congressional delegation, and local leaders who funded the project. Sculptor Steffen Thomas of Stone Mountain crafted the double life size statue, portraying Talmadge in a typical easy speaking pose, standing 23 1 2 feet tall. Further speaker details will be announced.
Albany August 8 Oran Lee Barbee 45 Albany white man was arrested and charged with embezzling a large sum from a seed and feed store. Chief Morton Burnett said Barbee, employed by Ralph Allison's Food Store, allegedly cracked the safe. Detective McDonald noted a prior confession to a fake hold up in Ft. Valley involving nearly 1000 dollars.
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