Elder Walter Heard Killed in Florida Auto Wreck
Macon reports prominent Primitive Baptist preacher Elder Walter Heard died in a car crash near Mims Florida while on a hunting and fishing trip. His son Charles of Miami was seriously injured and taken to a hospital. Born in Bibb County he lived in Rutland district and is survived by his wife two sons and two daughters.
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Macon
Walter Heard
Georgia
Mims
Fla
Charles
Miami
Titusville
J. M. Heard
Dixie Highway
East Coast
Florida
Elder Heard
Bibb County
Rutland
W. G Heard
H. T Cherry
J L Grace
Macor
J. H Heard
G P Peastell
Birmingham
Taylor County Bank Announces Christmas Holiday Shutdown
The Taylor County Bank will suspend all banking business Friday and Saturday in observance of Christmas holidays and reopen Monday morning December 28th.
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Taylor County Bank
Ginners Report Shows Cotton Bales Ginned in Taylor County
There were 9,558 bales of cotton ginned in Taylor County from the 1925 crop prior to December 13, 1925, compared with 8,702 bales ginned by December 13, 1924.
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Taylor County
Georgian Killed in Pistol Duel at Hawkinsville
A long running feud ends in a kitchen duel at Hawkinsville with W D Gilder dead from three bullets and Wiley Davis wounded and hospitalized in Macon. Davis claims self defense after Gilder followed him and drew a revolver in Sheehan's restaurant. Authorities charge Davis with first degree murder while Gilder’s widow and child survive in Hawkinsville.
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Macon
W. D Gilder
Hawkinsville
Wiley Davis
Oglethorpe
Clouds of blue red gold grey herald Christmas hope
A poetic piece describes colored clouds forecasting weather and seasonal mood. It links blue red gold and grey skies to rain snow and cold winds, then shifts to a Christmas wish. The speaker hopes the Christ Child is born anew in every heart.
Pension List Totals Ninety-Nine Hundred Georgia Veterans
Atlanta reports 9,902 Confederate pensioners in Georgia with total pensions due of 2,497,992.06 dollars. Commissioner Clark furnished the complete list to Governor Walker, who must decide how to convert scrip into cash for veterans and widows. The legality of scrip remains undecided and no funding plan yet exists. Pieces of scrip range from 42.06 to 525 dollars. an extra legislative session may be considered to address pension retirement.
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Atlanta
Georgia
W. Clark
Clark
Walker
Neilover
Governor Calls Georgia Assembly Extra Session For Feb 24 1926
Governor Walker announces an extraordinary session to convene February 24 1926. The call limits discussion to pensions education and highway needs and rejects using invalid debt notes. He criticizes current rural education and highway conditions and endorses a modern state school system and improved roads.
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Atlanta
Walkler
Geogia General Assembly
Georgia
State Highway Commission
Highway Board
Lockjaw Fatal To Lad Injured By Exploding Cartridge
Marshall Roland, 18, died in Columbus from lockjaw after a blank cartridge exploded in a toy pistol a week earlier. The palm wound from the discharge worsened and developed into tetanus after he was enroute from school to home on December 11.
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Columbus
Marhzhall Roland
Christmas Do Nots for Thoughtful Givers
The piece advises readers to avoid evaluating gifts by price tags and to give with genuine kindness not for show. It urges timely acts of generosity, consideration for overworked clerks, and to keep wealth from dictating friendship or charity.
Sixth execution date fixed for slayers of Howard F Underwood
In Columbus on December 22, the Muscogee County Superior Court set January 29 as the sixth date for Willie Jones and Gervis Bloodworth to be hanged for the December 3, 1928 murder of H. F. Underwood, a medicine salesman in Taylor. Judge C. E. Roop presided, with Homer Beeland present as chief counsel. The condemned youths heard the order as mothers wept. Jones spoke briefly, Bloodworth remained silent.
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Columbus
Willie Jones
Gervis Bloodworth
H. F. Underwood
Taylor
Muscogee Superior Court
C. E Roop
Carrollton
Jones
Bloodworth
Homer Beeland
Supreme Court Refuses Rehearing in Hangings Case
The Georgia Supreme Court refused to reopen the case of Willie Jones and Gervis Bloodworth sentenced to death in Muscogee County. Col. Homer Beeland stated he would press further for clemency as Judge Roope set a potential February execution date. the prison commission and Governor Walker may be appealed to again.
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Jones
Bloodworth
Muscogee County
Supreme Court
Layfield
Willie Jones
Gervis Blceworth
Court House
Gervis Bloodworth
State Supreme Court
Col
Homer Beeland
Muscogee Superior Court
Col Beeland
Atlanta
Beeland
E. Roope
Carrolltoi
Reeland
Taylor County Bank Moves to West Main Street
The Taylor County Bank relocates from Oak and E Main to the former Butler Banking Co. site at Oak and West Main after a recent merger. The interior has been repaired and re conditioned to house the combined operations.
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Taylor County Bank
Oak and
E. Main Streets
Butler Banking Co
Corner Oak
West Main Streets
Teachers Receive Pay For Fall Term In Taylor County
Taylor County teachers and school expenses for the year will be fully paid before Christmas, as announced by County Superintendent W T Austin. The Board of Education is praised for prompt payments avoiding prior delays and disappointment among teachers.
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Taylor County
W. T. Austin
Board of Education
Late Santa Letters Missed Press Forms
The Herald regrets that many children's letters to Santa Claus arrived after press forms were set causing their omission. The paper expresses regret and sympathy for the affected children.
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Santa Claus
Herakd
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Theodore Roberts
Estelle Taylor
Richard Dix
Betty Compson
Davin
Gilder
Davis
B A Hendrix
A R. Rozar
J R Hicks, Jr
Ridley
Pulaski County
Alma
Bacon County
Sheehan
Howard F. Underwood
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