Edison Merchant's Widow Charged In Slaying Case
Edison merchant’s widow and a store employee face murder charges after the man’s bullet pierced body found near Edison. Turner, a Marine veteran, claims self defense in a fatal confrontation over speeding, with warrants issued and both suspects jailed in Dougherty County.
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Albany
Talmadge Manry
Edison
J. B. Adams
Calhoun County
Dougherty
Lamar Stewart
Adams
Charlie Turner
Manry
Turner
Dougherty County
Marine Corps
Stewart
Mrs. Manry
Gunshot ICU sentry and local politics mix in Georgia notes
Macon man H C Skipper, 55, shot himself then collapsed after handing a pistol to a clerk and was listed with a chest wound in critical condition. Other items report Dr. S B Traylor elected mayor of Barnesville, pension payments to Confederate veterans and widows, hotel management changes, a $5 million South Carolina highway bond sale, park water system contract in McRae, a Legion delegate killed in New York, bequests to the Georgia Baptist Orphans Home, and hotel purchases in Roanoke and Savannah.
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Macon
H. C. Skipper
Skipper
Aunt Ella Roquemore Near Sunset After Long Life in Butler
The Macon Telegraph profiles Aunt Ella Roquemore a respected Black resident near Butler Georgia. Born around 1870 she is 77 and lives with her daughter Isa tending a garden keeping chickens and producing quilts. She loves quilting cooking and helping neighbors while staying informed and outspoken. Uncle Neal Roquemore her husband a Primitive Baptist preacher died in 1942.
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Taylor County
Elizabeth McCants
Macon Telegraph
Ella Roquemore
Ella
Butler
Neal
Isa
Four Georgia Officers Die in Virginia Plane Crash
A single engine Beech civilian trainer from Mc Keen Flying School in Columbus, Georgia, crashed on a Blue Ridge hillside near Galax, Virginia, killing four occupants. Identified victims include Major Neil Taylor, Lt George Kish, and Gary Wood King. Bodies were removed to a Galax funeral home. fog and mist hampered rescue efforts.
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Galax
Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Here
McKeen Flying School
Columbus
Neil Taylor
Greenwood
Miss
George Kish
Co. H
Ft. Benning
Gary Wood King
M. T. Dalton
Laurel Fork
Cover crops and dairying rise in Taylor County
The article notes a shift to cover crops with blue lupine becoming dominant, and dairying expanding among Taylor County farmers. It highlights three large freezer locker plants in Butler, Rupert, and Reynolds, praises county hospitality, and lists local officials, the county agent, and city leaders.
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Taylor County
Butler
Lawson Wilson
Floyd Jarrell
Ab Jarrell
Willie Neisler
Jack Hill
Mose Childres
Bazemore
J. Ran Cooper
Rupert
Whatley
Reynolds
Steve Pace
H. L. Wingate
Court House
J. R. Lunsford
Thelmon Jarrell
E. H. Dunn
P. A. Jenkins
J. Ron Cooper
Wm. M. Brown
A. S. James
J. M. Bone
Roy Jones
R. L. Coleman
Lula Wall
Lewis Benson
E. L. Harris
W. H. Suggs
H. E. Allen
E. L. Wilson
Allen Payne
Murray Walker
J. F. Cox
J.D. Cooke
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Richland
W. D. Harvey
Americus
Sheffield Hardware Company
T. Hicks Fort
Henderson
N. C
Indian Springs Holiness Camp Ground
B. C. Cason
Manchester
Macon Masonic Home
Macon Masonic Club
Robert H. Goodman
Columbia
D. C
Cross Keys
Thompson-Talmadge
State of Georgia
State Law Department
Crisp C. Holliday Americus
Elks Club
Tri- County News
Kinchafoonee Creek
Waycross Lions Club
H. A. Stallings
Wilmington N. C
News-Star
Wiley Belvin Jr
Moultrie
Sunset Country Club
S. B. Traylor
Barnesville
J. A.cason
Harvey J. Kennedy
Flint Superior Court
Texas
A. Q. Morris
Peacock
Trust Company of Georgia
South Carolina
Charlie Morgan
Georgia Division of State Parks
Little Oemulgee State Park
McRae
Frank Huthnance
American Legion
Roslyn
N. Y
Associated Press
T. A. Mosley
Georgia Baptist Orphans Home
Kate Richardson Lumpkin
Samuel Lumpkin
Thompson
Eugene Cook
Joe Ball
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Harmony
The
Georgia Press Association
Methvin
Carl Rountree
Dawson
Third
Congressional District
Chas. L. Thomas
Roanoke
Southland
W. H. Robertson
Savannah
Hershel V. Jenkins
Morning News
Evening Press
Pulaski
City
New York
Alfonso McCrary
Your Watkins Dealer
Butler, Ga
John L. Lewis
E. L. Davis
Butler, Georgia
Locke Equipment CO
Retonga S. S
Phillip Milk
Magnesia S. M. A
Cardus
Putnams
Jergens
Duffs
Fryers Lh
Blue Horse
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