Justice Gilbert Retires After 20 Years on Georgia Court
The Georgia Supreme Court adopted resolutions praising Justice Stirling King Price Gilbert for more than 20 years on the bench, noting decisions in over 12 600 cases and more than 2 000 opinions. He will retire December 31 1986, succeeded by Judge Frank Jenkins. The five-page tribute commends his patriotism ability and service from 1885 in Atlanta to the Supreme Court since 1919, marking nearly 50 years of continuous public service.
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Chattahoochee
State Supreme Court
Price Gilbert
Georka Supreme Court
Georgia Supreme Court
Gilbert
Frank Jenkins
Court of Appeals
Altho
Vanderbilt
Yale
Atlanta
Columbus
Kattahoochee
Supreme Court
Supreme Cot
Wnhereas
Stirling King Price Gilbert
Mas
Associae
General Aconomiy
Crattahoozhee
Isrd H. Russell
Marcus W. Beck
Samuel ©. Atkinson
R. C. Bell
Jno
TR. Hutcheson
Car of coal expected for Butler Georgia
Jarrell's Dept. Store in Butler Georgia advertises a delivery offer for a car of May oner coal arriving in January. They pay 50 cents per ton for delivery if customers order in advance and offer savings for hauling their own coal. Call 32 or 72.
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Butler
Jan
Jarrell’s Dept
Americus Business College Graduation Evening
Seventy six students graduated from Americus Business College Friday night. Lionel Stokes Americus attorney delivered the principal address on Success.
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Americus Business College
Lionel Stokes
Amerius
Dolly Madison Looked Like a Queen at Madison Inaugural
One of the era’s famed first ladies, Dolly Madison, appeared at President Madison’s inaugural ceremony in a pale buff velvet gown with a long train and no trim. She wore a matching velvet turban with satin, two plumes of bird of paradise, and a pearl set. She dabbed on makeup, snuffed from lava and platina boxes, and used large bandana handkerchiefs.
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Dolly Madison
Madison
Paris
Dolly
Hair Fashion Through the Ages in France
A historical note on how women styled hair, calling long hair a wig in France. Describes false hair worn over the forehead to eyes, hiding ears, curling ends to shoulder length. Mentions white and bright yellow colors and onion skin dye usage.
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France
Presenting Keys of City Tradition Survives as Sentiment
The custom of presenting the keys of the city traces to walled towns and gates when towns paid allegiance to rulers. Today the bestowal on distinguished visitors is a sentimental survival of the old feudal practice.
Cruden The English Scholar Behind the Concordance
Alexander Cruden born in Aberdeenshire Scotland in 1701 became a London bookseller in 1732. His Complete Concordance of the Holy Scriptures appeared in 1737 dedicated to Queen Caroline who died soon after. Cruden later suffered a relapse into insanity.
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Cruden
Alexander Cruden
Aberdeen
Scotland
London
Caroline
Phoenix as Sacred Creature in Chinese Lore
Nature Magazine notes the phoenix or feng huang as one of China s four sacred creatures alongside the dragon tortoise and unicorn. It describes the phoenix as ruler of all feathered life with the unicorn named king of quadrupeds.
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Nature Magazine
Constitutional Conventions Across States in 1802
The 1802 Ohio constitutional convention did not submit its draft to a public vote. Twenty other state conventions similarly failed to place their constitutions before voters for approval.
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Ohio
Soap From Trees In South America
A tree in South America yields a fruit whose contents produce a strong lather used for washing clothes. Likewise, bulbs from a California plant create a thick foam when rubbed on fabric, functioning as soap.
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South America
California
Sap Behavior: Rising in Spring, Falling to Center in Fall
Sap does not rise in a tree during spring and fall and winter. It never goes down, but moves toward the bark in spring and toward the center of the tree in fall.
Wild fowl in U S breed largely abroad
Only about 15 percent of the wild fowl in the United States breed within the country. The main breeding grounds for the continental duck crop are in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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U. S
United States
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Cathedral on Temple Site at Valencia Descriptions
The great Valencia cathedral is built on a Roman Diana temple site. Later, a Gothic church and a Moorish mosque occupied the location before the present structure.
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Valencia
Spain
Diana
Vice President William R. King Sworn In 1858 Cuba
W R King was sworn in as vice president of the United States by the Mataranas consul of Cuba on May 4, 1858, and died April 10 in Alabama.
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W. R. King
William R. King
United States
Mataranas
Cuba
Alabama
Force of Freezing Water Harms Structures
Freezing water exerts about 30 000 pounds per square inch, explaining why confined water causes severe damage when it freezes.
Key Once a Diploma Francis Scott Key as Alabama diplomat
Francis Scott Key, author of The Star Spangled Banner, served as a diplomat to settle Indian troubles in Alabama, highlighting his broader career beyond poetry.
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Key
Francis Scott Key
Alabama
Largest Lump of Silver Found in Aspen 1894
The largest lump of silver mined in the United States weighed 1,840 pounds and was discovered in Aspen Colorado in 1894. No Time for Animosity. Gibraltar The Rock of Gibraltar was known in ancient days as Kalpe.
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United States
Aspen
Colo
Gibraltar
Kalpe
Rock of Gibraltar
First Rifle Makers of Pennsylvania Germans
Pennsylvania Germans were among the earliest rifle makers in Colonial America, establishing a regional tradition that influenced frontier firearms craft and trade for generations. Their methods blended immigrant skill with local resources, shaping early American gunmaking.
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Pennsylvania
America
Napoleon's Time Conquest With Sub-500k Armies
A brief note recalls Napoleon conquering much of Europe using fewer than 500,000 soldiers. It implies strategic superiority and rapid campaigns shaping early modern warfare. The remark highlights how large continental conquests were achieved with relatively modest armies by today’s standards.
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Napoleon
Europe
State Officers Move Back to Private Life After January离
Atlanta dispatch sums up that most statehouse officers and Talmadge appointees plan to leave office in January. Governor Talmadge will return to his McRae farm and edit the Statesman, while aides like Linder and Daniel anticipate farming, real estate, or private practice. Several speculate replacements will be chosen for highway and other boards as the new administration forms.
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Atlanta
Statehouse
Talmadge
McRae
Statesman
Tom Linder
Ancestral Acres
Dublin
Linder
Columbus Roberts
Columbus
Capitol
North
Agriculture Commissioner's Office
Talmadpe
Hazlehurst
Dublin Acres
Georgia
J. B. Daniel
LaGrange
Enzorze
Daniel
General Assembly
Public Service Commission
Walter McDonald
Geo. B. Hamilton
Hamilton
Homer C. Parker
Thalmadge
Parker
Wm. B. Harrison
Statesboro
Congress
Lindley Camp
Atlanta Lim
Hewlett and Dennis
Sam D. Hewlett
Herman ‘Talmadge
Carlton Mobley
Eva Drew
Superior Court
Eschel Graham
Drew
U. S
Wim. J. Harris
Cedartown
Highway Board
Brown Hawkinsville Hotel Sold to Turner Couple
The Brown hotel at Hawkinsville was sold this week to Mr and Mrs S W Turner who will operate it in the future.
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Brown
Hawkinsville
S. W. Turner
Bull Frog Description and Habitat Notes
The bull frog is a large warty amphibian with a broad head, prominent eyes and ears, and fully webbed toes. It is greenish brown above with brown marbling and yellowish white below. An aquatic species found in summer ponds or lakes with muddy bottoms. Its croak is noted as the loudest among frogs, likened to a bull’s bellow.
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Helen Loomis
Detroit News
Trivial Memorial: Lancaster Horse Shoe Landmark Fixed Regularly
Collier's Weekly notes a horseshoe embedded in a Lancaster street as a historical landmark. The Duke of Lancaster’s horse supposedly lost a shoe there over 500 years ago, with a new shoe replacing the worn one every few years.
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Lancaster
England
Duke of Lancaster
Collier’s Weekly
Daughters in Kashmir Still Marry Early Despite Court Claims
In Kashmir India daughters work in fields and face arranged marriages in youth. Fathers try to delay marriage while husbands often sue for possession. The article notes this social custom and ongoing disputes over wives in court.
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Kashmir
India
Fires Mark Recurrent Burns Across North American Pines
Tree rings reveal repeated major fires from 245, 1441, 1580 and 1797 in California redwoods and other pines. Colorado spruces carry scars from 1676 to 1781. Maine white spruces show a 1795 fire over about 200 square miles.
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California
Colorado
Maine
Lake Tana the source of Nile irrigation in Africa
Lake Tana in Africa is about one eighth the size of Lake Erie and serves as the source of the Blue Nile. It joins the White Nile at Khartoum in Sudan, providing irrigation water and rich silt for agriculture in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan and Egypt.
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Lake
Tana
Africa
Lake Tana
Blue Nile
White Nile
Khartoum
Sudan
Egypt
Properties of tool steel and welding difficulty
Tool steel used for drills taps dies axes knives and chisels contains .80 to 1.10 percent carbon. It is much more difficult to weld satisfactorily than mild steel. The higher the carbon content the more difficult to weld.
Air plants grow wild in South Florida
Air plants are a hardy wild orchid group that grows throughout South Florida clinging to oak bark and surviving on air and water. They are not parasites like Spanish moss and can be detached easily.
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South
Florida
Hi Ho's Enemies Comment on Retaliation and Tax Burden
The sage of Chinatown Hi Ho declares he does not expect his enemies to suffer retribution. He says their needed provisions will render them unpleasant neighbors and he would likely be taxed to aid their upkeep.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Wolf spider carries young on her back in large brood
Nature Magazine reports the wolf spider Lycosa scutulata transports its offspring on its back until they can fend for themselves. The brood may reach as many as 150 spiderlings.
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Nature Magazine
Forged Stamps Run In 1873 Secret Post Office Sale
In 1873 thousands of forged English one shilling stamps were sold at a British post office and the truth was uncovered only in 1899. The long-running fraud involved a large batch circulated before detection.
Untruths Do Not Pay Says Chinatown Sage Hi Ho
Hi Ho of Chinatown warns that living by uttering untruths exposes a man to risk similar to using counterfeit money, stressing moral peril and consequences of deceit.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
An Optimist Sees Success in Not Worrying About Limits
A brief reflection on optimism: the man who remains hopeful believes a task can be done and avoids dwelling on reasons it cannot. The mindset is linked to success as fear of failure diminishes.
Cremic acid: a constituent of vegetable mold
Cremic acid is described as a constituent of vegetable mold produced wherever decaying leaves and plant matter are found. The note outlines its association with mold decomposition and its origin in plant decay processes.
Town Near Dublin Ireland Commands View of Islands
Town near Dublin Howth Ireland offers a fine view of Ireland's Eye and Lambay islands from its coastal position. The caption notes Howth's scenic vantage and proximity to modest harbor life.
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Dublin
Howth
Ireland
Eye
Lambay Islands
Heightier Than Any U S Peak Mount Thorvald Nilson Antartica
A note stating Mount Thorvald Nilson in Antarctica rises higher than the highest U S peak at 15 400 feet. The second fact claims basking sharks in the North Atlantic grow over thirty feet and are hunted for oil.
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U. S
Thorvald Nilson
Antarctica
United States
North Atlantic
Not Without Dignity and Mastering Difficulty
An aphoristic meditation urges sincerity in self dealings to create great work. It asserts dignity comes from not wounding others and treats difficulty as a skill to be mastered.
State May Assume Duties of County Governments
Augusta Ga Dec 17 Assumption by the state of at least five governmental functions now administered largely by counties and the consolidation and coordination of many city and county governments will be among the recommendations submitted to the forthcoming legislature by the commission on economy and taxation. The commission will seek legislation giving the state control of education health work courts prisons roads and care of the indigent. It favors a uniform state bookkeeping system with annual audits filed with the state auditor to ensure accessible records at the state capitol. The report notes many counties, but stops short of reducing their number, proposing joint action if needed.
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Augusta
Commission On Economy and Taxation
Wm ™. Lester
Talmadge
General Assembly
Georgia
Lester
H. B. Edwards
Valdosta
Roy McGinty
Chatsworth
J. FE. Pope Lyons
Tom Wisdom
Atlanta
A. M. Zellner
Forsyth
Mills Lane
Savannah
S. BE. Vandiver
Lavonia
R. T. Hampton
Blue Ridge
W. L. McElmurray
Waynesboro
Allen
Chapell
Americus
Three Armed Bandits Rob Crawford Bank in Georgia
Three armed men robbed the Commercial Bank of Crawford, 13 miles from Athens, stealing $3000 after forcing the cashier I H Fureron and customer Howard McWhorter to lie on the floor. They fled in a waiting car toward Comer, firing at the cashier as he chased outside. The bandits, stocky and weighing 150 to 175 pounds, escaped uninjured.
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Crawford
Commercial Bank of
Athens
Comer
I. H. Fureron
Ier
Howard McWhorter
Fureron
Dismissal of Georgia Executrix in Me Cary Estate
In Taylor County Georgia Mamie McCary Evans executrix of the estate of R E Me Cary deceased petitions for discharge. Court cites all persons concerned to show cause why she should not be discharged and receive letters of dismission on the first Monday in January 1937. Witness L T Peed Ordinary. Also notes Brigadier General Asa L Singleton commended the tank battalion at Fort Benning. Judge Benjamin F Walker 75 of Wrens Ga died at home after studying law under Thos E Watson and appointment to Toombs circuit by Gov J E Brown. Friday.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Mamie McCary Evans
R. BE. MeCary
R. E. McCrary
L. T. Peed
Benjamin F. Walker
Wrens
Thos, Bf, Watson
Toombs
J. E. Brown
Betty Howard Neisler
Mary Louise Neisler
Will Griffin Neisler
Neisler
H Neisler
Nature
L. T. "Peed
Taylor
Towns Estate Administrator Seeks Discharge in 1937
C B Marshall administrator of Elbert Towns deceased reports full execution of the estate. The court is cited to show cause on the first Monday in January 1937 why he should not be discharged and receive Letters of Dismissal. December 7, 1936. L T Peed Ordinary.
Administrator seeks discharge in Towns estate case
Whereas B Marshall as administrator of the estate of Edgar Towns deceased petitions the court that he has fully executed the estate. The court is cited to discharge the administrator and grant Letters of Dismissal. Witnessed and signed on December 7, 1936 by LT, PEBD, Ordinary.
Administrator's Sale of Lena Bartlett Estate in Taylor County
Thelmon Jarrell as administrator will sell at public outcry at the Butler courthouse on the first Tuesday in January 1937 to pay debts and distribution. It includes a 3 4ths undivided interest of 100 acres in Lot 145 and a 1 4th undivided reversionary interest, with life estate reserved by Mollie Rhodes, bound by Braxton Turner, Atlanta Joint Stock Land Bank, and L. R. Adams. The sale is for cash during legal hours.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Court of Ordinary
Thelmon Jarrell
Lena Rhodes Bartlett
Court House
Butler
Taylor
Braxton ‘Turner
Atlanta Joint Stock Land Bank
L. R. Adams
Mollie Rhodes
Taylor Superior Court
Thelmon Jarroli
Georgia Taylor County Dismissal Notice for Ida Wiggins Estate
Dan S. Beeland administrator for the estate of Ida Wiggins deceased is recorded as having fully executed duties. The court cites all interested parties to show cause why discharge from executorship and Letters of Dismissal should not be granted on the first Monday in January 1987. Witness L. T. Peed Ordinary, November 28, 1936.
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Outon
L.T
Petition for Letters of Administration in Taylor County Georgia
W Goodwin applied for permanent letters of administration on the estate of W M Goodwin late of Taylor County Georgia. The ordinary cites creditors and next of kin to appear at the office within the legally allowed time to show cause why permanent administration should not be granted to W Z Goodwin. Witness of December 9, 1936 by L T Peed Ordinary.
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Georgia
Taylor County
W. Goodwin
W. M. .Goodwin
W. Z. Goodwin
L. T. Peed
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Justice Gilbert
High Court
Getry
Dublin Farm
State
Georgia Bank OF
Asa L. Singleton
S Oarth
Infamily School
Fort Benning
C. B. Marshall
Elbert Towns
L.T. Peed
B. Marshall
Edgar Towns
Administrator's Sale
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