Printing Shop Ends Business in Columbus Georgia
The Gilbert Printing company in Columbus closed Thursday after nearly a century in operation. Owner Jas J. Gilbert cited increased federal regulation and taxes as key factors. The firm, founded 1859, moved in 1865 and grew from Thomas Gilbert and DeWolff origins to publish several local papers. Many long-time employees will lose positions as equipment and building are prepared for sale.
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Columbus
Gilert Printing Company
Jas
J. Gilbert
Gilbert
Lamge
Thos. Gilbert
Thos. DeWelff
Hinglishman
Law
Thos, Gilbert
Mitchell Farris Held For Burning of Club Arbor
Mitchell Farris, owner of the Club Ambor in Americus, Ga, was arrested in New York City and held for Sumter County on arson charges. He fled Americus before a grand jury indictment, with NY detectives capturing him. Insurance officials prepared to pay 1310 for stock losses but he accepted 150 after pressure. The blaze started at 445 am Oct 25 in three spots. building owned by Mrs. Leroy Henderson of Albany and insured. An indictment also named two Black men for starting the fire under Farris. A National Board of Fire Examiners investigator and local officials probed the blaze. Extradition papers to return Farris to Americus were to be prepared.
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Americus
Mitchell Farris
Ambor
New York City
Sumter County
Farris
Arbor
New York
Insurance Company
J. F. Monnahan
H. T. Powell
National Fire Insurance Company
Atlanta
Herbert Hawkins
Hawkins
Monahan
Mrrs
Leroy Henderson
Albany
National Board of Fire Examiners
W. P McAnthur
FE. L. Forrester
Mr. Farris
Lieut Terry Chosen to Attend FBI School
Atlanta dispatch reports Lieut J T Terry in charge of the Second Division of the Georgia Highway Patrol was granted leave to attend the Federal Bureau of Investigation school in Washington. Lieut W T Veal will handle Americus duties while Cartersville territory is covered from patrol headquarters in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
J. T. Terry
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Lon Sullivan
Lieut Terry
Americus
W. T. Veal
Cartersville
Atlantis
Taylor County Cotton Growers Advised To Make Some Adjustment
I W Duggan acting director of the Southern Division of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration urges Taylor county farmers to adjust their operations on a sounder economical basis. He notes cotton is the principal income for about 10 million people in nine southern states, with per capita cropland around six to nine acres, far below the national average of 15 acres. He cites record 18.7 million bales in 1987 with low per-farm purchasing power, and explains the 1938 AAA goal of 28 million acres to meet domestic, export, and carry-over needs, warning surplus beyond that would raise costs and lower living standards in the South.
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Taylor County
I. W. Duggan
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Mr. Duggan
Texas
Oklahoma
United States
Duggan
AAA
Duggran
Georgia boy killed demonstrating a Christmas gun
Fred Dunn, 16, a Moultrie high school senior, died after accidentally firing a shotgun while demonstrating the Christmas gift near his home in Funston. The gun slipped from his companion’s shoulder, discharging the load that hit Dunn in the thigh and severed a large artery. He died en route to Moultrie Hospital.
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Moultrie
Fred Dunn
Funston
Dunn
Fugitive Black prisoner hunted after jail escape in Folkston
Folkston Georgia January 2 sheriff J O Sikes and a posse of more than 100 men hunted a Black prisoner named Walter Robinson who escaped Saturday after binding and gagging a jail attendant causing the attendant to smother to death. Funeral services were held for Mizell the jail janitor who died. Mizell left a widow and six children. Robinson, about 28, had been jailed Friday for larceny awaiting trial.
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Folkston
J. O. Sikes
Walter Robinson
Mizell
Robinson
Fields of cotton now stand on site of vanished town
Montezuma Georgia December 29 1987 Sam Harp a Macon county planter stands in his thousand acre cotton fields on the Flint river west of Oglethorpe. He recalls Lanier once the county seat and a bustling town named for C A Lanier a relative of the poet. The town faded after the railroad era ended leaving only memories and ironies of a once thriving community.
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Montezuma
Sam Harp
Macon County
West Bann
Flint River
Oglethorpe
Lanier
C. A. Lanier
Robert Lanier
Georgia
Jas. D. Frederick
Amy
Jas. E Hays
Col. G. W. Fish
Frederick
Messrs Miller
Blandford
Simon Rose
Champaigne
Hugh Shealy
Minnie V. Cheney
Macon
Link
Cheney
Rufus Forehand
Carnegie Library
Charleston
S. C
Giles Corbett
Greer
Law
Underwood
Miller
Lockwood
Lowe
Robinson
Felton
Brooks
Cook
Dawson
Carson
Flournoy
Schley
Whitchard
Boiffeullet
Maffett
Hill
Jolly
Wells
Ogburn
Murray
Killebrew
Jordan
Dixon
Walters
Bledsoe
McKellar
Thistlewood
Montfort
Jesup
Central of Georgia Railroad
Lamier
Court
Suggs Brothers Build Skidding Outfit In Butler
The Suggs brothers pivot from farming to manufacturing skidder equipped trucks amid rising demand for log extraction in woods. They converted a standard truck into a skidding unit, sold about one per day last winter, and moved from a farm shop near Jarrell's store to a new Butler building. Their auto body and fender work now accompanies a thriving garage, earning praise from local business leaders.
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Suggs
Butler
Suggs Brothers
Jarrell
Thomaston
Lynda Lee Bryan Launches Georgia Personal News Column
Mrs Lynda Lee Bryan now writes a column in the Talbotten New Era, recalling her Talbotton links and former Telegraph correspondent role. The Georgia writer, widowed years ago, penning sketches on prominent state figures while visiting her grown children.
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Lynda Lee Bryan
Talbotten New Era
Talbotten
The
Telegraph
J. A. Bryan
Talbotton
Old Crowell Church and the Crowell legacy in Georgia society
The article recounts the origin of Crowell Church near Reynolds road and Neisler’s bridge, its founder Henry Crowell and wife Mrs. Crowell, and how the church’s years of commitment helped shape a local culture. It notes several versions of its founding tale, preserves names like Gen. James Cantry and Mitchell Alabama, and emphasizes the church’s long survival as a notable Georgia country church.
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Columbus
Neisler's Bridge
Crowell Church
Henry Crowell
Crowell
Georgia
Washington
Camden
South Carolina
James Cantry
Mitchell
Alabama
Mercury known for 2500 years in history and use
Mercury has been known for at least 2,500 years, though its widespread use is a development of the recent centuries.
Life Partners and Common Sense in a Bohemian Dilemma
Kathleen Norris counsels Jeanie to marry Thomas, praising his steadiness, devotion, and family fit over romantic Larry. She recalls The Duchess novels and warns that bohemian notions of free love end in tragedy, urging a prudent choice for a stable marriage, motherhood, and civilization.
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Pany
Brenda
Alice
Duke
Jeanie
Thomas
Bruce
Larry
Tom
Bell Syndicate
WNN
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Daily Sun
Strickland-Rodgers Motor Co
Daily Times
Gilbert Printing Co
Daily Enquirer
Economy Drug Store
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the Times
Wilson
Binquirer
Sun
DeWolff
Enquirer
Enquirer-Sun
Thomas Gilbert
Mgr
Lieut
Terry
FBI
Veal
POSSE
Negro Slayer
City of Lanier
J. M. Moore
Mrs. Lynda Lee Bryan
OLD Crowell Church
Kathleen Norris
Darling Little
Molly
Guards
Drysdale
Earl of
Kilowengarry
Ballister
Molly Bawn
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