Induction and Local Grants Highlight Georgia News
Triplets born in Newnan. Gordon Lausey inducted for a second term as Savannah mayor. Griffin closes 1930 fiscal year with bills paid and $22,410.14 on deposit. Walter Reeves, 64, noted Southern photogra pher, died in Atlanta. Mrs. Daisy Miller appointed official court reporter for Tifton Judicial Circuit. Peach trees bloom in Valdosta. mockingbirds sing. Federal officers destroy a copper still near Ideal in Macon. Columbus reports auto theft arrests. A woman in Sparta in men’s clothes arrested. Drowned man in Chattahoochee river identified. Miss Gussie Forrest dies in a well accident. Hat found at Tallulah Falls lake leads to body recovery. Mrs. Paul Fulwood elected president of Tift County Board of Trade. Mrs. H B Drury killed in Brunswick auto collision with train. Miriam Lowe reads at Arlington Hall. G A Sloan notes 66 Georgia cotton mills subscribed to night-work ban. Pasteurization rules restrict stale milk. Georgia WWI service tally released. 161,367 soldiers. Dodge car seized with liquor. recovered in Macon. Negro arrested after failed holdup. linked to prior robbery. Cosmetique Inc petitions for charter in Meriwether County. Conductor Charles Sasser killed near Valdosta. First National Bank of Atlanta ranked 64th largest by Bankers. Mathews boy loses limbs on freight train accident. Emanuel County superintendent struck by medicine error. Two more local deaths and civic notes from across Georgia.
Zebulon Road Grading Contract Planned in Pike County
The State Highway Commission will let a contract on February 3 for grading 8.7 miles of route three in Pike County from the Upson County line to Zebulon. Grading precedes paving, with paving contracts from Thomaston to the Pike line and other route three sections reportedly slated for February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Pike County
Upson County Line
Zebulon
Thomaston
Pike County Line
Orville Park Criticises Conduct Of Officials In Georgia
Macon January 24 Orville A Park legislator elect of Bibb County overspeaks to Mercer University students urging Georgians to wake up to needs He says about two thirds of the 2600 county officials are idle He blasts Georgia for low education funding prisons and charities and ranks it high in lynching and illegal moonshine with illiteracy second in the nation He urges youth to push for reform
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Georgia
Orville A. Park
Legislavor
Bible
Mercer University
Cnurts
Commonwealth
Clarkes Face Felony Trials In Jesup Georgia
Jesup Georgia January 24 E Y Clarke former Ku Klux Klan wizard and Martha Anna Clarke his wife will be tried in City Court at Jesup the first Monday in February. Charged with cheating and swindling in connection with Esskaye a benevolent fraternal order promoted in South Georgia. Sheriff Rogers took the Clarkes to Atlanta to obtain financial statements to be used as evidence. There are ten Clarke cases and five against Mrs Clarke alleging about seventy thousand dollars taken from Esskaye funds.
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Jesup
E. Y. Clarke
Ku Klux Klan
Martha Anna Clarke
Clarkes
Esskaye
South Georgi
L. W. Rogers
Atlanta
Clarke
Klan
Agate Clarke
Woman Slayer Aged 15 Granted New Trial in Georgia
Atlanta January 24 The Georgia Supreme Court granted Mrs. Sarah Powers a new trial in the 1929 case in which she and Earl Manchester were indicted for the slaying of James Parks. The court ruled the trial judge should have instructed the jury on circumstantial evidence as the case rested on such evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Sarah Powers
James Parks
Georgia Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Powers
Earl Manchester
Parks
Manchester
Seek New Use for Georgia Clay
Macon Georgia January 25 national mineral interests seek to develop a use for Georgia clays in the sugar industry. K R Slocum president General Refining Co says clays one of the state’s largest assets can aid in sugar refining. Twenty one Georgia plants make clays with competition in other Southern states. Middle Georgia clays are among the finest in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Georgia
K. R. Slocum
General Refining Co
Middle Georgia
United States
Savannahians Hurt as Engine Derails
A Seaboard Air Line through freight derailed near Charleston injuring Savannah men J L Tietjen head brakeman and M Donaldson flag man who were hospitalized with burns bruises and sprains Engineer J W Sheppard jumped clear and was treated for a sprained muscle. John Redmond another flagman escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Savannah
J. L. ‘Tietjen
M. Donaldson
Tietjen
John Redmond
Andrews
Mr. Sheppard
Judge Exacts New Penalty in Case of Driving Drunk
Perry Georgia January 27 Judge Malcolm D Jones of the Macon circuit imposes a new penalty for driving while intoxicated. He orders confiscation of R E Bradford s automobile after a guilty plea and a $100 fine. If the car is seized it will be sold and proceeds returned to the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C Smith
Ware County
J. J. Patterson
Smith
Patterson
J. L. Crawley
Perry
Malcolm D. Jones
Macon
R. E. Bradford
Bradford
Jones
Turpentine Timber Leases Across Taylor County Lands
Public notice of multiple timber leases and security deed actions in Taylor County Georgia. Brigman Naval Stores Co. holds pine timber rights on numerous lots including 185, 202, 215, 141 and 281 across 12th and 18th districts, with terms from 1929 to 1930 and four year periods. Also describes additional liens on Lanier and Lowndes County lands to satisfy a debt of 38183.21 dollars, with Pace Lewis Co. and Franklin Langdale attorneys handling the sale proceedings.Verdict and sale terms released January 2, 1981.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bennett
Brigman Naval Stores Company
Austin
Cedar Creek
J. 8. Stewart
Char- Bag Sn
Maple Road
W. A. Payne
Taylor County
Georgia
Estes
Ada L. Burke
Waller
Faylor
J. P. Anthony
J. W. Whatley
Tom I. C. Cox
G. W. Harris
Peter Mitchell
Ricks Brothers
W. T. Ricks
F. A. Ricks
Brigman Noal Stores Company
Mary E. Woodall
I. B. Steward
Brigat Naval Stores Company
J. R. Locke
Brigman Naval Stores Co
L. M. Harmon
L. A
J. P. Harmon
Brig.ma Naval Stores Co
C. W. Garrett
Taylor ‘County
A. J. Peacock
Brigman ‘Naval Stores Co
C. W. Hobbs
C. A. Forsyth
Goorgie
T. J. Davis
T. B. Sullivan
P. L. Brigman
M. M. Blanton
County of
Lowndes
Berrien
Tow Cook
State of Georgia
County
W. H. Mathis
Lena M. Mathis
11Th Law District
Lanier County
T. J.davis
Clinch County
Lowndes County
Saltpore
Pace-Lewis Company
J. G. Lewis
Franklin & Langdale
H. C. Eberhardt
Valdosta
Sheriff Sale Georgia Taylor County Real Estate Auction Notice
Taylor County sheriff to sell at courthouse door the first Sunday in September 1931 the 101 acres of land out of lot 2425 in the third district second section Taylor County Ga. Levied to satisfy a Superior Court file in favor of Minnie Lockwood against Hill. This January 6, 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
Layior
Georga
Hill
Superior Court
Minnie Lockwood
R. P, McGuffin
Commissioners Sale in Taylor County Georgia 182 East Half
By order of the Taylor County Superior Court commissioners will sell the east half of lot 182 in the 13th district Taylor County Georgia containing 10114 acres more or less at public sale to highest bidder for cash at the courthouse door Butler on the first no or first day February 1931 the sale to begin within legal hours. Commissioners listed H P Wallace W A Payne J W Edwards signed this 6th day of spares 1981.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
Superior Court
C. E. Roop
Coweta
Taylor Superior Court
Thelma Locke Walden
J. E. Locke
Butler
H. P. Wallace
W. A. Payne
J. W. Edwards
Commissoners
Sheriff Sale in Loto County On February First
A sheriff sale at the county courthouse on the first Tuesday in February 1931 lists 352.5 acres of land, including whole lot 186 and most of 154 except 50 acres in the northeast, in the E.B. Adams lands. It satisfies a 1926 Superior Court judgment in Rutland Savings Bank v Adams. Sheriff R. P. McGufrin notes the date and legality of the sale. A closing line adds a clock analogy.
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Loto Tar
Oe Toh
Said
E. B. Adams
E.B. Adams
Superior Court
Said County
Rutland Savings Bank
R. P. McGufrin
Better Times Seen As Industry Puts Men Back At Work
Atlanta delegates and business leaders argue that unemployment relief lies in full production and Patronize Home Industries. They urge Georgians to buy local goods as factories mines and quarries resume full time, stressing home-grown products to boost the economy.
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Atlanta
Hary Mes
Meana
Puppcet
Serte
Geo
Georgia
Sis
Sale of Taylor County land in Jeffer son Life suit
Commissioner W E Swinson will sell before the Butler courthouse door on February 5 1941 at 11 am the property of J W Musslewhite in Taylor County Georgia. The description covers Lot 295 containing 202 1 2 acres, part of Lot 286 north of Paisilagi Creek about 160 acres, and a 20 acre strip off east side of Lot 227 in the 14th District. Proceeds apply to a final decree awarding Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co 6147.00 plus interest costs. Sale subject to court confirmation and unpaid taxes with a 10 percent cash deposit required from the high bidder.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Jeefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
J. W
Butler
J. W. Muslwhite
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
W. E. Swinson
Federal Reserve System of Banks
W.E. Swinson
Macon Caren Bryan
Middlebrooks & Carthr
Candler Building
Anta
Sale Under Power in Taylor County Transcripts
Sale under power due to default on a 1926 deed of trust by H N Culverlio and Madie Culverhouse to Lewis B Brown. Auction February 17 1981 in Butler Georgia, top bid cash for land lot 9, containing about 202 acres, part of land lot 187 in the 15th land district, canary Genoa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
H. N. Culverlio
Madie Culverhouse
Lewis B. Brown
Butler
Taylor Canary
Genoe! Ie
Divorce Suit Filed in Taylor County Georgia
Louise Stewart sues O L Stewart for divorce in Taylor County Superior Court. The libel petition names O L Stewart as defendant and orders him to appear at the next term to answer the complaint. Judge Fateh Ang presides, with Clerk Cox recording January 20.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Louise Stewart
O. L. Stews
Sureah Dee Shree
L. Stewart
del Superior Court
Fateh Ang
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Mrs We We Wright
Newnan
Gordon Lausey
Griffin
Walter Rogers Reeves
South
Daisye W. Miller
Baconton Tas
R. Eve
Tifton Judicial Circuit
Eve
Southa
Ideal
Macon Bettery
Opera
Columbus
Jacksonville
Sparta
Hancock County
J. M. Jackson
F. G. Edwards
Chattahoochee River
Gussie Forrest
Boston
Thomas County
Tallulah Falls
M. M
Pither Bosy
Paul Fulwood
Tift
Miriam Lowe
Owen Meredith
Arlington Hall
Washington
Miks Lowe
G. A. Sloan
Texae Institute
New York
A M. Sutton
Veterans’ Bureau
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
U. S
PF Spiniaicn
Upson County
Barnesville
Cosmetique, Inc
Meriwether County
Charles Sasser
Southern Railway
Lasser
First National Bank of
First National Bank and Trust Co
St Pyangosi Digs
Rand ‘Mathews
W. R. Mathews
Americus
Smithville
Amelia Hospital
W. W. Walker
Emanuel County
Walker
Bobbie McMillian
Edwin McMillan
Ft. Valley
Burden, Smith and Company
M.L. Duggan
Talbot County
S. B. Butler
Talbotton
Daniela
Walter Peed
B Peed
Harris County
Hamilton
Peed
C. F. McLaughlin
Chattahoochee
E. P.bass
Erican Legion
Theodore Smith
J. C. Jackson
Covington
Recorder‘s Court
W. A. Farr
Winder
Farr
Jackson
Bernice Haskins
Essie Haskins
Watkins
E. Ulam
Vineville Avenue
Ulam
Orville Park
LEGAL
Sheriff
Sesale
Sheriff's Sale
Cox
Taylor
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