Marion county farmer faces grand jury over marijuana charge
Joseph W ein, 26, a Marion county farmer and CCC enrollee, was bound over to a federal grand jury on a preliminary hearing. He admitted growing a large quantity of marijuana near Buena Vista, Georgia, with seed and backing from New York backers. Authorities found about 100 pounds valued at 2500 to 8000 dollars, seized in a negro’s barn, with the accused declining to name his backers. The case involves federal narcotics officers and state inspectors amid a rare large seizure in the region.
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Jumbus
Gay
Joseph Wein
Marion County
CCC
Muscogee County
G. W. Walk
C. Green
W. D. McGee
Ata Police Department
Ata
Turner
New York
Georgia
Federal
War Revenue
H. L. Brown
J. J. Moore
H. Johnson
Martin
Arion County
Buena Vista
Howls for Week at Dean Theatre
Sunday and Monday showings include Johnny Toll Tyroneowers in a metropolitan melodrama about a racketeer turned nightclub singer. Edward Arnold plays a millionaire broker jailed for embezzlement with Lloyd No 0 Charlie Grapewin Lionel Atwill among the cast. Holmes style detective tales follow midweek with Basil Rathbone and Tita Lupino. Friday and Saturday feature Young As You Feel and Mesquite Buckaroo with Bob Steel.
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Johnny Toll
Tyrone Owers
Jesse James
Wrothy LaMour
Edward Arnold
Lloyd No“0
Charlie Grapewin
Lionel Atwill
Sherlock Holmes
Basil Rathbone
Tda Lupino
Nagel Bruce
Jones Family
Bob Steel
For Sale Ham Curing Delights in Reynolds Georgia
For sale delicious home cured hams. Call Mrs B H Joiner in Reynolds Georgia. Pricing reasonable and ready for pickup.
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B. H. Joiner
Reynolds, Ga
Southwest Georgia Singing Association Convenes at Butler School
The Southwest Georgia Singing Association will convene at the Butler High School auditorium next Sunday. The singing starts at ten o clock morning and continues throughout the day. R B Wilder of LaGrange, president, leads with C R Simmons assisting. The twelve county associations compose the group, with many singers expected from across the state. All vocal music lovers are invited to attend.
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Southwest Georgia Singing Association
Butler High School
R. B. Wilder
LaGrange
C. R. Simmons
Taylor County
Southwest Georgia
Thousands at Indian Springs Camp Meeting Closing Day
Jackson August 18 Thousands estimated to attend the closing session of the Indian Springs camp meeting drawing ten to fifteen thousand people. Officers managed traffic on the 60 acre grounds as hotels filled and visitors stayed with friends. Attendees came from many Southern states, with services throughout the day and a 50th anniversary program. Dr J M Glenn presided, resigning in favor of Rev Leonard Cochran. Glenn named president emeritus. Financial reports were strong and membership conversions noted as attendees prepared to depart with schools to open soon.
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Jackson
Indian Springs
State Patrol
Virginia
Maryland
Texas
Dodge
Butts County
J. M. Glenn
Stillmore
Leonard Cochran
Savannah
Glenn
Taylor County League to Meet Friday Night
The Taylor County League Union will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday night at Reynolds Methodist church. All young people are urged to attend.
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Taylor County League Union
Reynolds Methodist Church
Draft Age Base Of 1864 Voted By House Body
Washington Aug 20 the house military affairs committee tentatively approved the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory military training bill setting registration for all men 18 to 64 and service for those 21 to 45. The senate version differed, but the committee moved to the 21 to 81 range. Debate included delays to draft, exemptions for ministers and divinity students, and warnings from Gen Marshall that 3 to 4 million men must be trained to defend the hemisphere. Senator Connally charged isolationist Wheeler with impugning motives. Maloney pressed a Jan 1 start, contingent on voluntary enlistment failure, with recruits paid 30 dollars monthly.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Military Affairs Committee
F. T. Maloney
Dem
Connecticut
J. F. Guffey
Pennsylvania
E. C. Johnson
Colorado
Tom Connally
Texas
C. Marshall
Senate Appropriations
Hemisphere
United States
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Connally
Wheeler
Roosevelt
Maloney
First Bale of 1940 Cotton Ginned in Taylor Co
The first bale of the season in Taylor County was ginned by T Whatley Gin in Reynolds on Tuesday. It weighed 588 pounds, grown by Charlie Edwards on H K Sealy’s farm near Reynolds, and sold to Whatley’s Warehouse for 1. lie per pound. The second bale followed on Wednesday, ginned by Whatley’s Gin, grown by Robert McCarthur near Reynolds, weighing 470 pounds and sold to Whatley’s Warehouse for 1 tie per pound.
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Taylor County
T. Whatley
Reynolds
Charlie Edwards
H. K. Sealy
Whatley
Warhouse
Robert McCarthur
Tie A Pound
Guinn Pen Of White Leghorn Hens Leads In Egg Contest
Mr A E Guinn owner of Peach Valley Egg Farm near town excels in the Fourteenth National Egg Laying test at the University of Georgia Athens. His pen of white leghorns tops the standings with 3102 eggs and 3142.55 points to date. Last year his hen Miss Peach Valley won national and international honors, leading the nation for 51 weeks with 335 eggs and 366 points.
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A. E. Guinn Sr
Peach Valley
Town
University of Georgia
Athens
Guinn
Peanut Price Pegged At Sixty Five Per Ton By Government
Americus Aug 20 The 1940 peanut prices were pegged at 65 per ton for No 1 Southern Spanish and 57 for No 1 Southern runners unchanged from 1939. Congressman Steve Pace telegraphed the Americus Times Recorder saying he was delighted the price remains the same. The decision, praised as a victory for Pace, is expected to boost Sumter county peanut farmers with a 25 percent income increase despite a bumper crop and fears of lower prices this fall.
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Americus
Steve Pace
Americus Times-Recorder
Pace
Department of Agriculture
Sumter County
Revival Services Begin At Union Methodist Church
Rev F J Gilbert pastor of Union Methodist church announces revival services will begin next Sunday. Services will be held twice daily once each morning and night, continuing throughout the week. All are urged to attend as many as possible.
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Union Methodist Church
F. J. Gilbert
Branch named state director of public welfare
Dr. Joseph M. Branch of Davisboro Georgia was appointed by Governor Rivers to succeed Braswell Deen as state director of public welfare. Deen resigned August 10 to run for his former Eighth District congressional seat. Branch was sworn in to the new duties on Monday.
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Joseph M. Branch
Rivers
Braswell Deen
Atlanta
Davisboro
Deen
Congress
Branch
Preaching At Tabernacle Next Sunday Afternoon
Preaching services at the New Tabernacle six miles north of town will be held Sunday at 3 30 p m A cordial welcome is extended everyone to attend.
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New Tabernacle
Preaching at Cross Roads Services by Rev Johnson
Rev F H Johnson will conduct services Sunday at 3 p.m. at Batesman’s Mill and Sunday night at 7 80 o'clock at Cross Roads school building. The public is invited to attend each service.
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F. H. Johnson
Bateman‘s Mill
Cross-Roads School
Maxwell's 5-10-25 Store Promotes School Supplies
A local advertisement promises the best values in school supplies at Maxwell's five ten twenty five store, inviting shoppers to compare prices and find bargains for the coming school term.
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Maxwell's
Four Killed In Taylor Co Traffic Deaths This Year
Taylor county in Georgia reported four traffic fatalities in the first half of the year, part of a broader state trend. State Patrol notes a rise in semi annual deaths in the upper southwest and southeast, with 319 statewide deaths versus 343 a year earlier. Most victims were in passenger cars. speed was a major factor and 55 mph limits are being strictly enforced.
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Taylor County
Georgia
Department of Public Safety
W. C Adams
State Patrol Cirtrist
Americus
Maj
Lon Sullivan
Local stores end Thursday half day closings
Butler merchants discontinue Thursday afternoon closing effective August 15 after an agreement among local tradesmen. Fall stock is being prepared and new merchandise arriving. All white county schools start September 2 with families preparing. Cotton gins in the county have been overhauled and await the new crop.
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Butler
Guinn Jr Receives Pilot License From C A A in Macon
Mr. Austin Guinn Jr completes the Civil Aeronautics Authority course at Mercer University in Macon. He began July 15 with sixty-two Macon youths and finished September 15. He was the first to reach the required flight hours and second to earn the license.
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Austin Guinn, Jr
Macon
Austin Guinn Jr
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Young Guinn
Mercer University
Rivers dedicates new WGOV radio station in Valdosta
Gov. E. D. Rivers dedicates the new WGOV radio station with a barbecue ceremony in Valdosta Georgia. Kiwanis district governor George Simpson and Mayor J D Ashley join Rivers in the event as speakers.
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Gov. Rivers
Valdosta
WGOV
E. D. Rivers
George Simpson
Georgia
The
Kiwanis Clubs
J. D. Ashley
Six New School Buses Bought By County Board
The Taylor county board of education approved six new all steel school buses replacing six wooden body units. Each bus seats 65 children and features forward facing cushioned seats and rubber mats. Three Wayne chassis and three Blue Bird bodies mount on Ford and Chevrolet trucks respectively. Total county buses reach 14 with daily pupil transport averaging 848. Drivers for the new year include Tom Turner and 14 named drivers.
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Taylor County Board of Education
Wayne
Blue Bird
W. T. Austin
Messrs
Tom Turner
Arthur Carpenter
Herman Parks
Walter Hartley George Youngblood
Francis Peed
Joe Eubanks
H. H. Parks
T. D. Jarrell
E. L., Wall
Alton Montgomery
Oscar Posey
Jack Woodall
Harvey Callahan
Large Whiskey Still Seized by Taylor Co Officers
Authorities seized a large illegal whiskey operation about 12 miles north of Butler on Tuesday afternoon. Sheriff J M Bone, Sgt A C Adams, State Patrol, and Federal Revenue officer Hoke Windham oversaw the raid. One man, John Templin, was arrested. The still reportedly produced 300 gallons weekly and the raid yielded five hundred pounds of sugar, twenty gallons of whiskey, a 260 gallon still, a 160 gallon thumper, a 40 foot copper coil worm, two 800 gallon vats, a 300 gallon vat, and 1,900 gallons of fermented mash.
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Taylor County
Butler
J. M. Bone
A. C. Adams
State Patrol
Hoke Windham
Federal Revenue Officer
John Templin
Local Bar to Meet Friday Morning to Set Docket
A meeting of the local bar association will convene at ten oclock Friday morning in the court room. Col W E Steed, president, will lead members to set civil cases for trial at the October term of Taylor superior court. The Herald learns the civil and criminal dockets may be lighter than usual for the Fall term, with Judge Geo C Palmer of Columbus likely to attend.
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Col. W. E. Steed
The
Bar Association
Taylor Superior Court
Herald
Geo. C. Palmer
Columbus
Chattahoochee
Ber
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Dean Theatre
Southwest Ga
Association
Taylor County Leaguers
Taylor Co
A. E. Guinn
Tabernacle
County Board
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