Three Thousand Dollars Found After Trash Dump Mixup
In Filaville Georgia three thousand dollars in bank notes meant for the city dump were saved by post office and bank officials after a janitor emptied a waste basket and a city trash man loaded the bundle onto a wagon. The notes were signed for by Bank Cashier H F Dixon and accepted by Postmaster J Hi Hart amid a tense retrieval effort.
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Filaville
Bilaville
Bank of Hilaville
J. Hi Hart
H. F. Dixon
Dixon
Hart
Paul Tondee
George Oliver
Negro City
Oliver
World cotton supply points to new high
Atlanta reports the 1998-99 world supply, as of late October, around 51.4 million bales, up 3 percent from last season’s record and 29 percent above the 10-year average. Carry-over on Aug 1, 1938 stood 23.1 million bales, larger than a year earlier and above the 1932 peak, offset by a reduced US crop and some foreign production decline.
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United States
Post Office Accepts Parcel Responsibility After Waste Dump
Postmaster Hart told The Times-Recorder that a parcel was dumped into back waste at the post office but from now on he will supervise all waste leaving the office. Signature of acceptance by Mr Dixon relieved the post office of responsibility for delivery of the package.
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Tor
Hart
Times-Recorder
Dixon
Post Office
Frigidaire Named Tops as Ideal Christmas Gift
N L Halley urges Frigidaire refrigerators as a practical Christmas present emphasizing safety and long term savings. The Up-to-date Kitchen essential promises year round food protection, low initial cost, and low maintenance expenses, making it a thoughtful gift for health and happiness.
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Frigidies
N. L. Halley
T. J. Volk Dies After Hunting Accident
Macon reporter Theo J. Volk a Macon realtor and civic leader died this afternoon near Macon from an accidental shotgun discharge. Dr Paul Gates said Volk stumbled while quail hunting with a friend and was killed within seconds.
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Macon
Theo J. Volk
Paul Gates
Volk
Reid Named Chief Justice of Georgia Supreme Court
Gov. Rivers formally offers Chas. S. Reid the post of chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court and asks for acceptance before Dec. 16. Reid, a longtime attorney, is urged by many Georgians and is reportedly considering the offer while recovering from illness.
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Atlanta
Gov. Rivers
Chas. S. Reid
Georgia Supreme Court
Reid
Democratic Executive Committee
Supreme Court of Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Rivers
Harris College
Russell
Supreme Court
Sumter to Rebuild Old Souther Field
Sumter county commissioners voted to apply for WPA funds to develop Souther Field into a modern airport with two 4000 foot runways. Approval already received from the Bureau of Air Commerce for the project.
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Americas
Souther
Sumter County
Bureau of Air Commerce
Christian Science Lesson Sermon Echoes Creator and Spirit
The Sunday Lesson Sermon from Christian Science centers on the universe and man as created by Spirit not matter. Key citations from John 1 and Science and Health affirm that Mind governs creation and Love is the divine Father and Mother of all. Meanwhile 332 Atlanta motorists faced the new 25 mph speed law enforcement as hearings loomed on traffic charges.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
God
Mary Baker Eddy
Atlanta
Talbotton Tragedy Claims Homer Downs
Homer Downs of Talbotton Ga died en route to Columbus hospital after a fall while sweeping his car. Authorities suspect a prior stroke caused the fall. Funeral services were held at the family home led by Rev J W Womble with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his parents three sisters two brothers and a niece.
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Talbotton
Homer Downs
Columbus Hospital
J. W. Womble
Talbotton Baptist Church
Oa K~ Hill Cemetery
Downs
H. GC. Downs
Tona Powers
Columbus
H. Winchester
Boulder
Col
Robert Garrison
Manchester
William Downs
Carson Downs
Caligna, Galif
Margaret Powers
Shows for Week at Dean Theatre
Sunday and Monday bring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Carefree with a memorable ballroom sequence. Thursday and Friday feature Keep Smiling with Janet Withers and Henry Wilcoxon, a rowdy Withers vehicle. Saturday offers a double feature with Renegade Ranger and Hold Em Navy.
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Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Astaire
Misa Rogers
Mabel Normand
Comedienne
Irving Berlin
Alexanders
Berlin
Janet Withers
Henry Wilcoxon
Withers
Ginger Jane
Henry Wilcoxen
Gloria Stuart
Helen Westerly
Jed Proudy
Geo
O’brien
Reta Hayworth
Lew Ayers
Mary Carlisle
Georgia abandons orange blue car tags for yellow black design
Atlanta reports Georgia has replaced the disputed orange and blue color scheme for motor car tags with a new yellow and black design. The change follows public protests claiming stigma from the former colors.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Runaway horse wrecks automobile in Danielsville square
In Danielsville Georgia on December 9 a frightened horse bolted from a buggy and struckWill McGarity’s car in the public square wrecking its radiator and damaging the vehicle. The horse was knocked into a sewer, later captured and treated by a veterinarian for a deep chest wound.
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Danielsville
Jim Baker
Will McGarity
McGarity
Tribute to Geo KE Maddox Rome bar dean dies at 68
Final tribute was paid Geo KE Maddox 68 longtime Rome attorney and former Democratic executive leader at services Wednesday at First Presbyterian church. Maddox a director of the First National Bank of Rome died Monday night from a heart attack.
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Geo. KE. Maddox
Rome
State Democratic Executive Committee
First Presbyterian Church
Maddox
First National Bank of
Six Negroes Die in Chair at Reidsville Georgia
Six African American men executed by electric chair at Tattnall prison in Reidsville Georgia. The mass death row event lasted about one hour and twenty one minutes. Executions followed prayers and spiritual singing as each man faced the electric chair. One condemned man, Tom Dickeron, received an 80 day reprieve.
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Reidsville
Georgia Electric Chair
Tattnall Prison
Willie Russell
Cobb County
Russell
Carter
Tom Dickeron
Bank Cashier Refuses Robbery Bluff in Comer Georgia
Cashier William Noell of Rowe Banking Company balks a bank robber who slides a note through the window demanding $2500. The unarmed intruder claims he was forced to deliver it. Noell tells him to report to his alleged accomplices and threatens to confront them, and the suspect flees.
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Comer
Willia Noell
Rowe Banking Company
Noell
Death Claimed by Own Hand in Sumter County
Americus December 18 Geo W Ethridge aged 66 farmer died by his own action according to Sumter county coroner’s jury. He had been in ill health several months and a bullet wound in the head caused the death.
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Americus
Geo. W. Ethridge
Sumter County
Ethridge
Thanquest
Invented Railroad Ticket Origin Amid Thomas Edmondson Saga
The article traces the origin of the railroad ticket to Thomas Edmondson of Lancaster England who in 1936 served as station master and booking clerk at Milton on Whet near Newcastle and Garliston Railway, noting his early innovations in ticketing.
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Thomas Edmondson
Lancaster
England
Staetion
Milton On
Whet
Newscastle. & Garliste Railway
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