Roberta to Erect Hawkins Marker at Ben Hawkins Site
A monument will be erected in Roberta in honor of Colonel Benjamin Hawkins. The city funded the project with help from the Hawkins chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The inscription honors Hawkins as a Revolutionary War colonel, early North Carolina senator, and key Indian affairs figure who lived near the Flint and Ocmulgee rivers. a fort near Macon bears his name.
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Jeffersonia Hawkins
Roberta
ST Ne
Colawkins
Ople
United Sates
Benjamin Hawkins
Warren County
Reek Indian Agency
Princeton
Washington
North Carolina
Ohio River
Georgia
Flint River
Inn County
Hawkins
Ocmulgee
Macon
Creek
Plan to Hock State Income Agreed Upon
Atlanta reports the house ways and means committee approved two bills to raise about 8.5 million dollars by discounting rentals from state properties. The Western and Atlantic railroad and the Henry Grady hotel rentals would be hypo thecat ed for ten and fifteen years respectively. The W and A bill passed 86 to 6 and the hotel measure 28 to 11, with debates over parliamentary issues and mandatory governor action.
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Atlanta
House Ways and Means Committee
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Henry Grady
Allen
Baldwin
Battle
Muscogee
Edwards
Lowndes
Battle-Allen
Stae
Mercer to Offer Sixty Scholarships for 1981 Graduates
Mercer University in Macon will award 60 scholarships to top Georgia high school and junior college graduates for 1981. Forty go to high school seniors and ten to junior college grads, each worth 135 dollars or full tuition. Candidates must be among the top three scholastically in their schools. Dean John B. Clark says scholarships will be the university’s basic principle. The county books are undergoing annual audit by Col Hyby Wallace.
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Macon
Mercer University
Georgia
Mercer
John B. Clark
College of Liberal Arts’ and Sciences
Fire Drives Prisoners From Wetumpka Factory Blaze
Nearly 600 men and women prisoners were marched to safety as a fire swept the underwear factory inside the Alabama state prison at Wetumpka. The North wing and executive offices were damaged before Wetumpka and Montgomery crews brought the blaze under control.
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Wetumpka
Ala
Alabama State Prison
Montgomery
Measures Move Through Legislature On Education And Transit
A report outlines securing better interest rates on rail rentals through hotel property nonhypothecation, with funds intended for common schools. Two bills await House presentation and third reading, while seven motor bus and truck taxation bills are referred to a subcommittee for drafting. The subcommittee includes Hudderston Higtower Ernest Davis Powell Patten Lanier Lance Arnold Henry.
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House
Messrs
Hudderston
Higtower
Ernest
Davis
Powell
Patten
Lanier
Lance
Arnold
Hhenry
McLellan Addresses Butler Post on Legion Loyalty
Hon J M McLellan of Albany State Commander American Legion spoke Monday night to Butler post members, the Ladies Auxiliary and local citizens praising the post for civic work, flag poles at county schools, and urging strong membership to sustain the organization. He contrasted Alabama and Georgia in a national drive and analyzed Legion membership as the life and power of the organization.
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J.M. McLellan
Albany
American Legion
Butler ‘Ost
America Legion
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Butlerest
H. C. Walker
A. BE. Guinn
W. E. Steed
McLellan
Legion
Alabama
Georgia
Butler
Ala
American Légion
America
Disappointment Antici pated As To Government Seed Loan For This Year
A letter from W A Lundy County Agent to Mr Benns discusses uncertain federal seed loan funding for 1981. He notes Washington doubts House approval of a Senate resolution to reinstate last year’s seed loan repayments for Georgia Florida and South Carolina. The letter mentions extended loan area limits in Georgia and ongoing meetings with federal officials and extension leaders during the Athens farmers conference.
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W. A. Lundy
Athens
Camp Wilkins
Atucus
Benns Butler
Benns
Campbell
Washington
House
George and Smith
Senate
Ga. Fla
8. C
Brouth
Georgia
South Carolina
Atlanta Truck Wreck Injures Four Negroes
A Cochran Furniture Co truck, operated by a Black driver and carrying three passengers, overturned about ten miles north of Butler on Route 3 Wednesday morning. Two occupants were badly hurt, one possibly seriously, and sent to Americus hospital after local treatment. others suffered minor injuries. Cause of the crash remains undetermined.
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Cochran Furniture Co
Atlanta
Butler
Americus Hospital
Two Fort Valley Girls Sought in Florida and Georgia
Miss Evelyn Coles aged 16 and Miss Lila Anthoine aged 17, Fort Valley High students, disappeared Saturday afternoon after a shopping trip. Their fathers, W F Doles and Roy Anthoine, traveled toward Florida and Georgia towns, asking authorities in both states to aid searches. A younger sister and relatives in Florida were linked to the trip to Haines City. sightings in Tifton were reported, and a local Fort Valley boy accompanying them claimed ignorance of their current location.
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Ft. Valley
Evelyn Coles
Lila Anthoine
South Georgia
Florida
W. F. Doles
Haines City
Fla
Doles
Roy Anthoine
Tifton
Vienna
Wife of Conductor Steed Discharged From Hospital
Friends of Mrs Steed wife of Central railroad conductor Captain J N Steed will be glad to learn her condition is much improved after a long illness She was discharged from the Middle Georgia Sanitarium after spending 872 days there under treatment for a chronic illness
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Mra. Steed
Central Railroad
J. N. Steed
Middle Georgia Sanitarium
For Sale Ornamental Trees and Shrubs at Bankston Nursery
Ornamental trees and shrubs offered for sale by Bankston Nursery in Roberts, Georgia. Includes a guarantee. Contact details not fully legible in the listing.
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Bankston Nursery
Oberts
World War Service Pledge Emphasizes Ongoing Duty
The remarks praise the open admission to those who served in World War I and call for continued national service during peacetime, expressing gratitude for the distinction and a pledge to keep serving in calmer times.
Three Georgia road projects planned for 1931
A list of federal aid road projects for 1931 covers Schley Taylor and Lee counties in Georgia. Plans include paving 9 miles in Schley, 18 miles in Lee and Terrell, with a total investment around 1 2 million dollars. Preparatory grading and hard-surfacing would improve routes traversing through Butler and Paylor County area.
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Coaries K. Urisp
Wasiingion
Federui Aid Rou
Consrucidm
Cor
Georgia i
Wir
Crisp
Wien
Georgia North
Butler
Paylor
State Highway Department
Schley County
Taylor County
Lee
Terrell Counties
Terrell County
Talbotton Church Honors Nathan Straus In Memorial Service
Talbotton Georgia January 27 The Talbotton Baptist Sunday school will hold a memorial service at 7 PM next Sunday honoring Nathan Straus an orthodox Jew who lived in Talbotton as a child from 1855 to 1868 His father Lazarus Straus sent him and his brother Oscar Straus to the Talbotton Sunday school where they learned from the Old Testament The program includes essays and talks on the Straus family and Nathan Straus religious training and philanthropy with speakers Miss Virginia Persons Col J A Smith Rev R F Dennis Frank Jordan and Col J H McGehee Jewish relatives and friends are invited and the general public is welcome.
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Talbotton
Talboton
Butler Methodism Shows Promising Start at Quarterly Conference
A fine start for the 1931 conference year was shown in department reports from Butler Methodist church. The first quarterly conference, held Tuesday night, was presided over by Rev. L. A. Harrell, presiding elder of the Columbus district, after devotional services by the elder.
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Butler Methodist Church
L. A. Harrell
Columbus
Methodist Church Sunday Services Planned With Invitations
At the Methodist Church next Sunday Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. led by H. Wallace. Morning sermon at 11 a.m. and evening service at 7 p.m. subjects: Just Bone Religious and Is Zebbedee and What Did He Miss. Senior Epworth League at 6 p.m. led by C. Driscoll, Youth League in the evening with Miss Marie Payne as councilor. Public invited to all services. Pastor J. A. Cook extends a warm welcome.
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H. Wallace
Zebbedee
Epworth League
C. Driscoll
Hi League
P.m
Marie Payne
J. A. Cook
Piano for Sale and Liquor Seizure Report
A Hobart M Cable upright piano priced at 450 dollars is offered for 210.11 dollars balance with reasonable terms to a reliable party. Separately, a 100 gallon liquor outfit was seized and destroyed at the old Watson mill site in the western county Sunday by Sheriff Mic Guifin.
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Hobart M. Cable
Humes Music Company
Columbus
Watson Mill
MicGuifin
Condition of Mr C White of Rupert Stricken by Paralysis
The condition of Mr C White of Rupert who was stricken with paralysis about two weeks ago remains unchanged with his entire left side affected.
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C. White
Rupert
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Enjanin Hawkins
Roberts Gay Janes Oberta
Nuae
Agricultural Board
Taylor County Agricultural Board
W. A, Lundy
Fort Valley
Steed
Talbotton Church
Straus
Methodist Church
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