Georgia News Roundup Highlights Local Deaths and Plans
Clement Castleberry known as the Barbecue King of the South died this week in Augusta. Sam Evans, former Wadley mayor, was killed when his vehicle skidded off a highway near Wadley. Georgia Peach Growers plan a Macon meeting on March 1 to organize and boost membership. Dawson replaces a torn building with a new $65,000 school under construction. Flint River Baptist association workers met in Griffin to discuss church efforts. Federal aid of $234,000 was sent to South Georgia banks for tobacco growers. Luman Carpenter, veteran governor employee, died at 64 in Atlanta. An Atlanta-Birmingham bus skidded near Temple injuring two. Three white prisoners escaped from Appling county jail camp. Fourth avenue underpass construction begins in Columbus. Georgia gears up for infantile paralysis drive with more county chairmen named. Fannin to lead Brunswick jail case. Holdcroft named successor at Macon welfare. A man near Valdosta found dead. coroner investigates. Georgia State Women's College hosts jubilee with two eminent educators and Dr. Powell. Scottsboro fire destroys 156,000 cotton bales. most insured. Rabies from a cat outbreak in Americus prompts vaccination of affected animals. An Atlanta man dies after a fall from a bridge. investigation underway. Ray Fechtel Jr. dies from accidental gunshot in Waycross. Aldersgate program in Savannah features John Wesley diary copy. Diary covers May 1, 1736 to Feb 11, 1737.
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Steve Pace
Butler
Eugene Talmadge
Crowell
Baptist Church
M. C. Farmer
Willian Tucker
Reynolds
Butler High School
R. EB
House of Atlanta
Abandonment of 1140 miles of rail lines noted in 1937
Railway Age statistics show U S railways abandoned nearly 10 000 miles in six years 1932 37 with last year’s mileage the smallest since 1931 Gov Rivers dedicates Hapeville rock as penal site after local resident fined for New Year drinking Lamar Cauch sentenced to two hours work on the stone. Joe B Brumby dies in Chicago of heart attack. relatives listed. Georgia driver licenses issued to Mrs Rivers and daughter Geraldine. absolute deadline for motorists to obtain license announced.
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United States
Railway Age
Hapeville
Rivers
C. McNeil
Lamar Cauch
BE. D. Rivers
Geraldine Rivers
Public
Ster
Cairo Man Injured as Train Hits Car
Barnesville, Ga. J L Blecher of Cairo a syrup producer was seriously injured Sunday night when his automobile was struck by a train at a crossing in Barnesville. He was unconscious and taken to a doctor for emergency treatment with plans to transfer him to a Macon hospital.
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Barnesville
J. L. Blecher
Cairo
Macone
Hurt Showing Friend How To Foil Gunman
An Atlanta incident left Grady McKibben in critical condition after a January 11 shooting at Grady Hospital. Martin Moseley, 19, was released after investigators deemed the shooting accidental.
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Hurt
Friend
AtlantaJan
Grady McKibben
Death in Toombs rural electrification accident
Lyons Ga Jan 8 Ormond Cobb was killed Friday while erecting poles on a Toombs rural electrification project a breaking cable fractured his skull authorities report W O Cobb his father is maintenance supervisor for the project
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Lyons
Toombs
Ormond Cobb
Young Cobb
W. O. Cobb
Alpharetta Voters Reelect Mayor in 80 Minutes
In Alpharetta Georgia residents quickly cast ballots last week with polls open at 8 a.m. and closing 80 minutes later after all registered voters voted. Mayor J T Upshaw, a businessman and church worker, was reelected to a fifth consecutive term.
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Alpharetta
Alphareta
J.T. Upshaw
Georgia auto tags go on sale in January panic
Atlanta reports a January rush as 1938 Georgia auto tags go on sale with prices from 1.50 to 10.50 for private cars. Early buyers fight for low numbers while those flexible on numbers have until February 1 to purchase without penalty.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Chattahoochee Beef Show Planned in Columbus
In Columbus on January 10 officials approved plans for the first annual Chattahoochee fat beef cattle show and sale to be held April 5 and 6. The agriculture committee of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce county agents from the Chattahoochee valley and the Chattahoochee Valley Livestock Association attended the meeting.
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Columbus
Chattahoochee
Agriculture Committee
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Chattahoochee Valley
Justice to Be Selected From West George Inference
Atlanta January 8 Senator Walter F George of Georgia denied rumors he was under consideration for the Supreme Court seat held by George Sutherland and implied President Roosevelt would pick a Western appointee. He told friends to ignore talk of his own commission as he traveled to Montgomery to speak at a Jackson Day dinner.
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Atlanta
Walter F. ‘George
D.-Ga
Supreme Court
George Sutherland
Roosevelt
George
Montgomery
Ala
Metter Crash Kills Jewett Kennedy on Highway
In Metter Georgia on the Metter and Statesboro road Jewett Kennedy age 24 was instantly killed when his car struck the rear of a parked truck. Several truck occupants were injured in the Sunday night collision near Metter.
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Metter
Jowett Kennedy
Statesboro
Georgia Stages Granted Permit For Two Lines
Washington report states the Interstate Commerce Commission grants Georgia Stages Inc a federal permit to continue passenger service between Bainbridge and Columbus Georgia and between Bainbridge and Tallahassee Florida.
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Georgia
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Georgia Stages, Inc
Bainbridge
Columbus, Ga
Tallahassee
Fla
Farmers get AAA checks in Georgia
The first batch of checks to Georgia farmers for cooperating in the 1987 Agricultural Conservation program has been received. Administration officer F. M. Ward said 631 applications totaling 32,209 dollars were mailed. Additional checks will be sent once applications are approved. Payments in 1986 totaled 10,744,020 dollars.
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Athens
Georgia
F. M. Ward
Traffic accidents claim dozens in weekend toll
The Associated Press reports traffic crashes across the nation killed at least 80 people over the weekend. Indiana saw eight fatalities from crossing crashes, a passenger train hit a city bus in Anderson killing four and wounding six. In Waldron four members of a Hamilton, Ohio family died when their car was struck by a freight locomotive. Georgia reported two fatalities for the period.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Anderson
Waldron
Hamilton
Ohio
Georgia
Four CCC Men Held in Robbery in Columbus Ga
Four CCC men charged with burglarizing the Torch Hill camp safe of 563 dollars were held under federal bond in Columbus. Named are J. P. Edwards W. S. Perry Shelly Jones and George W. Carner. Edwards and Perry pleaded guilty while Jones and Carner faced accessory charges.
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Columbus
CCC
Torch Hill
J. P. Edwards
Perry
Shelly Jones
George W. Carner
U.S
N. A. Brown
Edwards
Jones
Carner
Former Telegraph editor named editor at Times Dispatch
Macon January 7. Ben B Johnston longtime managing editor of The Macon Telegraph has been named business and market editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. He is expected to write an editorial column. Johnston and his family will stay in Macon through the current school term then move to Richmond in February.
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Macon
Ben B. Johnston
Macon Telegraph
Richmond
Times-Dispatch
Gainesville Explosion Damages Auto Agency and Bowling Alley
Fire Chief R H Smith launched an investigation into a Saturday explosion and fire in Gainesville that damaged an automobile agency and bowling alley. Losses were estimated at 25000 dollars with several automobiles destroyed and interiors wrecked. The building had been rebuilt after a prior tornado.
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Gainesville
R. H. Smith
Sales Tax Measure Again Appears in General Assembly
Atlanta, Jan. 10. Georgia faces another prospect of a sales tax as two bills stall in the General Assembly. One would levy a direct retail tax of three or five percent on items the measure classifies as luxuries, with uncertain revenue. A second plan proposes a gross receipts tax of one percent on retailers and a quarter percent on wholesalers, exempting manufacturers, with an estimated yield around five million dollars. Labor and retail groups oppose any sales tax, and passage is unlikely unless all pending tax plans are defeated or substantially amended. Additional proposals include taxes on school funding, stock transfers, soft drinks, and a gasoline tax, all awaiting action.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Assembly
J M. Simmons
Decatur County
Bainbridge Salon
House
Ths
General Fund
M General Fund
County Chairmen Plan Celebration in Americus
Twenty five county chairmen met at Americus to organize a district drive for the president birthday celebration for the foundation aiding infantile paralysis. Maj Jas A Fort hosted a luncheon and outlined plans for county rallies during the week of the president birthday with quotas accepted from Ben Hill Chattahoochee Clay Crisp Dodge Dooly Harris Houston Lee Macon Marion Muscogee Peach Pulaski Quitman Schley Stewart Sumter Taylor Terrell Turner Webster counties.
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Americus
General Foundation For Control of
Bentley Chappell
Columbus
Maj
Jas. A. Fort
Maj. Fort
Ben Hill
Chattahoochee
Clay Crisp
Dodge
Dooly
Harris
Houston Lee
Macon
Marion
Muscogee
Peach Pulaski
Quitman
Schley
Stewart
Sumter
Taylor
Wreck On A. B. C. No One Is Injured
Atlanta January 10. The yard office of the A B C railroad reports seven or eight freight cars derailed near Rupert Monday. No injuries. Cause not given. Passenger service between Atlanta and Fitzgerald delayed six hours or more until tracks are cleaned. All derailed cars remained upright.
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Atlanta
A. B. and C. Railroad
Rupert
Fitzgerald
Manchester
Fitzgrald
Upr
Cost Of Prison Probe Attacked In Georgia Legislature
Atlanta reports a special house senate committee spent 7184.65 on prison condition investigations. Rep W R Blease called the expense extravagance and unreasonable and warned of future protest. The bill lists payments to State Senator Purdom 2117.20 and Rep Allmand 2043.20 among larger items.
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Atlanta
House
Senate
Georgia
W. R. Blease
Brooks County
Purdom
KE. L. Allmand
Leslie Minister C T Clark Dies
The Rev. Chas T Clark 80 a superannuated Methodist minister and longtime South Georgia Conference member died at his Leslie home near Americus Georgia late Thursday night He had lived in Leslie since retirement five years ago He is survived by five daughters Mrs R L Mathews Jackson Miss Mrs C A Porschte Rock Island Ill Mrs C G Wooten Jacksonville Fla Mrs B H Harris Americus and Mrs L R Holland Gainesville plus two sons J P and CG Clark both of Jacksonville
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Americus
Chas. T. Clark
South Georgia Conference
Leslie
Clark
R. L. Mathews
Jackson
Miss
C. A. Porschte
Rock Island
Tll
C. G. Wooten
Jacksonville
Fla
B. H. Harris
L. R. Holland
Gainesville
J. P
Dirt Farmers Gather for Georgia State Conven tion in Macon
More than 1,000 dirt farmers from 57 UGA chapters met in Macon for their first annual state convention. R M Stiles of Cartersville was to chair the organizational session. Notable speakers included J O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation Harry Brown assistant secretary of agriculture Columbus Roberts state agriculture commissioner W S Brown extension service director and Dr Arthur Raper Atlanta sociologist.
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Macon
United Farmers of Georgia
R. M. Stiles
Cartersville
P. m. Txi
J. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Harry Brown
Columbus Roberts
W. 5. Brown
Extension Service
Arthur Raper
Atlanta
Taylor County events fill weeks in Butler and Reynolds
A long listing of Taylor county happenings from April through July covers school activities in Butler Rupert Reynolds and surrounding areas. It notes births deaths school programs graduations road work paving bids liquor destruction and public speeches by figures such as Eugene Talmadge and Steve Pace along with local arrests and civic appointments.
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J. D. Roberts
Albany
G. C. Cooper
Sibley
Jasper School
Taylor County
Willie Walker Parker
Butler
WISB
Atlanta
Alva Bazemore
Martha Fain
Butler High School
Montgomery Hospital
Columbus
Henry Posey
James Joiner
Reynolds High School
Wallace Carson
Tennessee Hotel
Thomaston Men Fatally Injured in Highway Crash
Thomaston Ga Jan 7 Roy J Blankenship 36 died instantly and Buford L Garrett 20 died an hour later after their car wrecked on a curve two miles south of Thomaston late Thursday. The crash after a tire blowout left the car overturned several times. Ernest Hale treated for broken ribs. Blankenship survived by wife and three children plus six brothers and three sisters. Garrett survived by wife and one sister Opal Garrett.
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Thomaston
Roy J. Blankenship
Buford L. Garrett
Ellington
Ernest Hale
Blackenship
Lester
Vera
Ruth
Minnie Scrubbs
Columbus
Gladys Hagler
Jacksonville
Lois Blankership
Concord
Troy
Zebulon
Howard
Aubry
Luther
Jamies
Concomart John
Hoallinesworth
Garrett
J. W. Garrett
Opal Garrett
Rivers assailed on House floor in Georgia dispute
Atlanta Jan 10 Youthful Representative Robert Elliott of Muaygee county assailed Rivers on the House floor for betraying the South and coat tail riding He attacked seven governors for endorsing war hour legislation in Congress and charged the bill would move the textile business from the South to New England He named Connery Vanley and Hugo Black as behind the bill and criticized governors for interfering with congressional delegations He read a Columbus Ledger Enquirer editorial urging continued fight on wage hour measures and expressed support for faithful leaders who serve the people not on coat tail riding He opposed liquor bill debate noting governors confidence in the measure and asking why no vote on liquor or sales tax.
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Atlanta
Robert Eiliott
Muay
Gee County
Kott
Southeast
Congress
Washington
New England
Dilcott Gqj
Representati
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
North Carolina
South
Columbus, Ga
Ledmer-Enquirer
Elliott
New Frigidaire Doors Show Strong Improvement
N L Halley of Butler Reynolds reports the 1938 Frigidaire refrigerators use a tonque-tube door construction with steel framing and full surface insulation. The new design eliminates wood in the door and opening, reducing heat loss and cutting operating costs. Demonstrations are available at Halley’s store alongside the full model line.
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Doe
N. L. Halley
Butler
Reynolds
Frigidaire
Halley
Buena Vista Attorney Named NYA Supervisor
Buena Vista Ga Jan 7 James B Short attorney succeeds J I Richardson as NYA supervisor with headquarters in Valley Miss Clara Noen NYA supervisor announced Richardson went to Alexandria Va to study for the Episcopal priesthood Short a University of the South Lewiston graduate admitted to Arkansas bar seven months ago Georgia exam He will base at Fort Valley overseeing NYA projects in counties Butts Crawford Twiggs Lamar Peach and Henry
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Buena Vista
Jame B. Short
J. IM. Richardson
NYA
Valley
Clara Noen
Richardson
Alexandria
Virginia Theological Seminary
Short
University of the South At
Lewan Tonn
Arkansas
Georgia
Ft. Valley
Butts
Crawford
Spring
Lamar
Peach
Twiggs
Henry
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Clement L. Castleberry
Augusta
Sam C. Evans
Wadley
Association of Georgia Peach Growers
Dawson
Flint River Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Griffin
South Georgia
Arting
Luman Carpenter
Kirkwood Baptist Church
R. B. Webb
Atlanta-Birmingham
Temple, Ga
Sumlay
H. L. Padgett
Appling County
Frank C. Plaster
Harold Denny
Herman Hoertison
Fourth Avenue
16Th
Hamilton Road
Kein Morgan
Fred Fannin
Olklahoma City
Aida
Brunswick
Corrine Durden
Couny
F. Spencer Holdcroft
Macon Community Chest
Annie Moore Dauphety
Hibb County
Department of Public Welfare
W. S. Payne, Jr
Ld. Wilson
Vianiwesta
Outa Ead
Valgosda
Gordon Street
Georgia State Women’s College
Vatwostw Fraiany
R. H. Powell
Co-Vrdinate Colege
University
Scottsboro
Claude Spivey Cotton Concern
J. C. Allison
State Health Departent
J.5 Thoosh
Atlinia
Ray Fechtel, Jr
Waycross Hospital
Momlay
Savannah
John Westey
E. R. Hendrix
England
Joe B. Brumby
Marietta
T. M. Brumby
Chicago
Otis Brumby
Ovi County Times
Robert Brumby
Franklin
Mariah Brumby Sessions
Los Angels
West George
Jewett Kennedy
General Assembly
Thomas Turk
New London
Texas
Taylor Superior Court
West Hotel
Dudley Taunton
Hig
M. J. Cailing
Mark School
Smytha Lucas
B. F. Harvey
Rupert Frigs Grammar
Rupert Junior
A. A. Thompson
Garden Valley
J. W. Edwards
Arnnold Taunton
Ideal
Bune
Wes. H. C. Adams
Middle Georgia
EB. P. Hodges
Trene Perkins
Col
C. C. Stone
Taylor County Electric Group
E. R. Windham
L. T. Peed
Butler School
Nettie Byrd Woodward
My. R. L. Fountain
Florida
A. P. Jarrell
Cusseta School
New York
Carroll Tinsley
Emory
Americus College
NYA Heavy
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