Be ws Summary of the Week in Georgia News
Edward S. McLandless a prominent Atlanta businessman dies after a short illness. In Columbus area five days of crashes injure or kill several people, including a Decatur motorist collision. New courthouse construction in Dublin, jail annex in Thomson, and Elks buy a new Columbus home. Georgia’s Congressmen prepare to return to Washington as state offices reset. Multiple local obituaries, court cases, and public notices punctuate a week of accidents, political moves, and developments across Georgia.
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Georgia
Washington
Congress
Fitzgerald Man Dies of Auto Crash Injuries
Fitzgerald Ga Dec 20 Wm C Cates 67 former engineer of the A B and C railway died in a Fitzgerald hospital Thursday night from injuries after an automobile accident. He was driving in a hunt with 5 G Pryor a friend when the car overturned Pryor escaped injury.
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Louise Freeman
Atlanta
H. C. Hicks
Georgia Tech
Griffin Hospital
Fitzgerald
Wm. C. Cates
A. B. Ard C
G. Pryor
Pryor
Horse Head Kills Boy in Augusta Incident
Augusta Georgia December 21 14 year old George A Traylor Jr son of a local physician died after a horse head jerk struck him on the forehead Friday afternoon. He rode home with a headache and lapsed into unconsciousness dying Friday night in what authorities term an unreal accident.
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Augusta
George A. Traylor, Jr
Dor sey Joins Georgia Bar and Weds Laura Whitner
Hugh M. Dorsey Jr., son of the former governor and Fulton superior court judge, was admitted to the Georgia bar by his father. Shortly after, he married Laura Whitner, daughter of insurance executive Vez Whitner.
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Atlanta
Hugh M. Dorsey, Jr
Georgia
Fulton Superior Court
Dorsey
Laura Whitner
Vez Whitner
Bill Zimmer Dies Hotel Pioneer in Atlanta
Dahlonega Ga Dec 28 William V Bill Zimmer 71 longtime Atlanta hotel figure died Sunday after long illness He came from Richmond Va in 1890 and opened the Piedmont Hotel and the Kimball House He founded the Atlanta Hotel Men's Association and served as its president for several years He also ran Zimmer s Mountain Lodge and Kimballville farm in the city’s outskirts
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Dahlonega
William V
Bill) Zimmer
Atlanta
Zimmer
Mountain Lodge
Richmond
Piedmont
Kimballville
Highland Avenue
Atlanta Hotel Men's Association
Roosevelt ends NRA by executive order
Washington reported on December 24 that President Roosevelt terminated the National Recovery Administration by executive order. About 1,400 NRA employees will move to the Commerce Department to complete code histories, industrial studies and file consolidation by April 1, with 26 consumer division staff transferred to the Bureau of Labor Statistics to study how purchases are affected by business methods.
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Washington
NRA
Paten
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Office of
Commerce Department
Supreme Court
Schechter
Consumers’ Division
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Your Hard Luck Editor Declares in Losing Office
Moultrie Georgia December 21 Editor H W Garrett of The Deerun Courier says his defeat in a council election was your hard luck not mine He notes he has passed around Christmas cigars for 21 years and mocks subscribers for voting against him He urges readers to renew subscriptions and dismisses the defeat as snowed under
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Moultrie
H. W. Garrett
Deerun
the Courier
Georgia Wrecks Claim 5 Lives During Week End
Five people died and several were seriously injured in Georgia weekend traffic crashes. Milledgeville students Evelyn Jones and Mary Hoag died in a Friday head on collision near Hawkinsville. Mrs. W. J. Taylor, 65, died Sunday from injuries three weeks after a train auto crash in which her husband was killed. Mrs. F. C. Ayer, 50, died Saturday when her car overturned near Rome. her son H. C. Ayer was injured. Frederick Mayers, of Collinsville, Conn., died from injuries after a wreck near Augusta Saturday night.
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Georgia
Evelyn Jones
Mary Hoag
Georgia State College For Women At
Milledgeville
Hawkinsville
W. J. Taylor
Taylor
F. C. Ayer
Rome
H. C. Ayer
Frederick Mayers
Collinsville
Conn
Augusta
Two Killed as Liquor Laden Auto Crashes into Pole
In Atlanta on December 21 two men died when a car loaded with about 80 gallons of corn liquor struck a truck and rammed a telephone pole. Walter Barks 28 of Dawsonville and Henry Atkinson 22 of Hawkinsville were killed. James Reeves the truck driver had minor injuries.
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Atlanta
Walter Barks
Dawsonville
Henry Atkinson
Hawkinsville
James Reeves
Senator Schall Dies From Auto Collision Injuries
Senator Thos D Schall dies at 63 after an automobile crash near Washington on Thursday night. A blunt Roosevelt critic and 1924 Republican senator, he served in the House starting in 1916 and joined the Senate in 1924. Survived by his widow and children, he was struck while crossing a highway near his home Wynecrest. his secretary were also injured.
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Washington
Schall
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
House
Twoone
Richard
Burton
Peggy
Baltimore
Truck Driver Killed in Ice Skid Near Perry Georgia
Perry Ga Dec 23 esse M Epps a truck driver was killed instantly when his truck skidded on ice and overturned on Houston road about 10 miles north of Perry His companion Marvin Dorsett of Perry was seriously injured when Epps lost control near the home of Floyd Tabor a prominent Houston county farmer
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Perry
Esse M. Epps
Houston Road
Here
Marvin Dorsett
Epps
Floyd Tabor
Houston County
Muster Roll Fragments From 1864 Confederate War Dead and Wounded
A partial muster list records status of numerous soldiers with notes on wounds sickness or death. Names include Turner Ed never wounded Theus J B S F killed at Spottsylvania and others such as Hudson J L wounded at Reams Sta Hastings and Hill H H never wounded, with several who died of sickness in Richmond or at Bermuda Hundred.
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Turner
Theus
W. H
Spottsylvania
R. A
T. B
A. R
Richmond
J. B
S. F
Watson
J. A
Coot
Windham
Jas
Goodwin
Funkstown
Harris
J. J
Hays
C. C
Hortman
Elias
Bermuda Hundred
Hill
H. H
Teague T
Hudson
Roland
Gettysburg
Hobbs
Drewrys Bluff
Hunter
Arch
J. H
McGee
Elijah
Bibb County
Job
Moore
R. S
Montgomery
McCants
F. M
Jere
Wall
L. W
Peter
Battle of the Wilderness
Joshua Harris
J. J. Theus
T. B. Theus
Sheriff Sale Georgia Taylor County March 3 1986 Land Tract 68 Acres
Taylor County will sell at the courthouse door on March 3 1986 to the highest bidder for cash the 68 acre tract on the west side of lot 178 in the Twenty Fourth District bounded by Riley Gray T M Smith and Douglas Riley. Levy to the state and county taxes for years listed. sheriff C R P McGuffin.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Court House
Twenty-fourth Land District
Riley Gray
T. M. Smith
Douglas Riley
Dink Riley
Levy
J. M. Dowrs
C. R. P. McGuffin
Legal Sale of Mary Blackman Estate Property in Reynolds Georgia
J B Downs as Receiver of the First National Bank of Reynolds will sell at public outcry at the Taylor County courthouse on Tuesday January 7 1936 the undivided interest of Mary Blackman and R H Blackman in the east half of lots 4 5 and 6 in Block 12 fronting 75 feet on Montague Street Reynolds GA to satisfy a secured debt. Sale proceeds apply per the deed. The estate of Mary Blackman and R A Blackman is involved.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Superior Court of
Mary Blackman
KR. H. Blackman
N. M. Dudley
First National Bank of
Reynolds
R. H. Blackman
Hinton & Hollis
Montague Street
Mary M. Blackman
Amanda L. Blackman
J. E. Mangham
R. A. Blackman
J. B. Downs
First National Bank of Reynolds
Miller & Lowrey
Public sale under deed to Bank of Oglethorpe in Taylor County
Bank of Oglethorpe will sell on the first Tuesday in January 1936 at the courthouse door in Taylor County to satisfy a note of 115.85 dollars plus eight percent interest. The property is 90 acres on lot 144 in Butler District, borders Shehee H.H. Barfield Mrs. M. J. Barfield Ruth Chapman, and is the Barfield homestead. The deed was recorded in Deed Book S pages 480 and 481. The sale is by power of sale in a security deed from Z B Barfield to The Peoples Bank Ideal, Georgia, dated April 18, 1980. A conveyance will be issued to the purchaser.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Z. B. Burfield
Peoples Bank
Ideal
Superior Court
Bank of Oglethorpe
Barfield
Butler
Shehee
H. H. Barfield
M. J. Barfield
Ruth Chapman
Z. B. Barfield
Guardianship hearing for Wainwright children set
To All Whom It May Concern J Wainwright applied for A D Spillers to be appointed guardian of Christine Wainwright Cleo Wainwright and Jack Vuchi minor children of J Wainwright deceased This matter will be heard at the Court of Ordinary next term on the first Monday in January 1986 Witness L T Peed Ordinary on December 3 1935
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Georgia
Taylor County
J. Wainwright
A. d. Spillers
Christine Wainwright
Cleo Wainwright
Jack Vuchi
J B Peterman estate land to be sold in Taylor County
Under court order the estate of the late J B Peterman will sell at public outcry on the first Tuesday in January 1936 at the Taylor County courthouse. The sale is to dispose of 101 1/4 acres of land in the Fourteenth Land District known as the J B Peterman home place south half of lot 107 for distribution. The administrator Thelmon Jarrell signs this notice on December 6 1935.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Court House
Taylor
J. B. Peterman
Thelmon Jarrell
J. B Peterman
Rupert
Ideal
W. M. Hill
W. G. Hill
W. M Hill
Administrator's Sale of W M Hill Estate in Taylor County
The Court of Taylor County Georgia orders sale of 350 acres in two parcels plus adjoining tracts as the estate of W M Hill deceased. Held at the Taylor County courthouse on the first Tuesday in January 1986 to pay debts and distribute assets to heirs. W G Hill administrator announces public auction in legal hours.
Sheriff Sale Notices for 1936 January 7 in Reynolds Georgia
Tax sale notices describe six acres in Southland town Taylor County owned by Mrs J B Albritton bounded by Turner railroad grade and Southland lots. It also lists city blocks in Reynolds Lot Nos 4 5 6 in Block 36 for tax executions against W T Ricks and wife and Mrs W T Ricks for 1981 1984 1988, all dated November 26 1995.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Cach
Southland
J. B. Albritton
R. V. Turner
Miona Springs
C. C. Cooper
L. C
Reynolds
W. T. Ricks
G. C. Horton
R. P. McGuffin
Auction Notice of Jim Shaw Land in Butler Georgia
The first Tuesday in January 1936, as the seventh day of January 1986, the highest bidder for cash will sell a one fourth interest in a house and lot in the northeast corner of lot 241 in the Thirteenth Land District Taylor County Georgia. Bounded West by Jim Montfort, North by a public road from Butler to Mauk, South by a cemetery and Montfort, East by Easter Lobsut lands. Known as the Jim Shaw Place. Levied upon as tollie Doson in favor of O B Cox administrator of the Jim Shaw estate. Date December 11 1985 Taylor County Georgia.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Court House
Thrteenth
Said County
Jim Montfort
Butler
Mauk
Easter
Jim Shaw
Tollie Doson
Cox
R. P. McGuffin
Notice of year's support for Ida Mott White in estate of C. C. White
Ida Mott White has filed application for ten months support from the estate of C. C. White, deceased. The petition will be heard by the Ordinary at the January term 1936, on the first Monday in January. Witness dated December 3, 1930, signed L. T. Pend, Ordinary.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Ida Mott White
C. C. White
L. T, Pend
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