Georgia Campaign Wears Down to Real Political Battle
Atlanta July 19 Candidates for state offices have cooled from Fourth of July bursts of oratory and handshakes to focus on real campaigns. Key updates include Mills retiring from agriculture, a potential anti-Brown consolidation, and Judge Russell challenging Senator George in a public letter exchange. Governor's race shows limited action with Carswell noncommittal, Hardman active, Holder silent despite signals.
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Atlanta
Giorgia
United States Senate
James H. Mills
Judge Russell
Senator George
Russell
Senaor George
Ed Dykes
George Carswell
L. G. Hardman
John Holder
Sheriff Captures Small Still in Rambouillet Area
Sheriff R. P. McGuffin and deputies raided the Rambouilet section near Chating, capturing a small still with an approximate capacity of thirty gallons and one barrel of beer. No arrests were made as no one was present at the time of the raid.
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Rambuilet
Chating
Georgia Industries Promise Growth Says Hal Stanley
Commissioner Hal M. Stanley of Commerce and Labor touts Georgia as a growing textile hub and stresses unity across the state to spur industrial development. He praises Atlanta’s cooperation and asserts Georgia can supply ideal sites for nearly all industrial needs, predicting a prosperous era ahead.
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Hal M. Stanley
Commerce and Labor
Georgia
Stanley
Erwin Withdraws From Campaign For Commissioner
John R. Erwin of Sandersville drops out of the race for agricultural commissioner. The Democratic committee notes his move aims to defeat the Brown machine, and he says Eugene Talmadge could help end the political monster hampering state legislation.
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Atlanta
John R. Erwin
Sandersville
Bessie Anderson
State
Democratic Committee
Irwin
J. J. Brown
Eugene Talmadge
McRae
New Gas Station Opens Here With Pan-American Products
Mr I F Peebles opened a new gas station last Saturday with Pan-American Oil Company products. Guests include Messrs Bradlone and Carter of Atlanta. Frank Gray will manage with emphasis on quick service and neat facilities. The station features two gasoline pumps and a rear room for cargo and oil storage.
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New
I. F. Peebles
Peebles
Frank Gray
Butlex
Eargies
South on Verge of Boom Says Borah in Augusta
Senator Wm. Borah of Idaho told Augusta listeners that the South is coming into its own and current financial distress is temporary. He predicted normal conditions soon and the South’s remarkable industrial growth as it taps vast natural resources. He urged North East South and West cooperation on agricultural problems and said he would visit Dallas New Orleans and Memphis on his southern speaking tour. He added he is now on his vacation.
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Augusta
Borah
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
South
United States
Dallas
New Orleans
Memphis
Record enrollment at University of Georgia summer school
Athens Georgia reports the University of Georgia summer school in its fifth week has a record 1,858 students enrolled. About 300 hours of credit work are offered by nearly 100 professors. The music department led by G F Granberry of New York is full and popular.
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Athens
J. S. Stewart
G. F. Granberry
New York
Noted road builder J B Ansley dies in Americus
Americus July 18 J B Ansley 55 county engineer for many years and a leading Georgian road builder died at his home in Americus early Sunday He retired from active life about two years ago and had lived quietly since He was a native of Americus and helped direct the first hard surfaced roads in Sumter County and paving on city streets He was active in the Cooper lodge Knights of Pythias Americus Kiwanis Club and the Methodist Church
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Americus
J. B. Ansley
Resu
Cooper Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Americus Kiwan+iz Club
Methodist Church
Sumter County
Americus Streets
R. R. Smith, Atlanta Trust Director, Takes Own Life
Atlanta July 16 J R Smith president of the Atlanta Real Estate Board and a director of the Bankers Trust Company who had receivership assigned by the Federal District court in Atlanta shot himself at his Morningside home Friday his body found by a servant He had been a partner in J R Smith and M S Rankin company and was also a director of the Farmers and Traders Bank of Atlanta which recently closed its doors.
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Atlanta
J. R. Smith
Atlanta Real Estate Board
Bankers Trust Company
Federal District Court
Morningside
Smth
The
Farmers and Traders Bank of Atlanta
Macon Negro admits guilt in double murder
Ed Glover confessed to the Saturday slayings of EB Wilson and Miss Hilda Smith in Macon. Sheriff J R Hicks said the confession followed discovery of Wilson’s watch, with evidence mounting after the suspect’s removal from the scene. He denied driving the car with bodies but led investigators to the watch and hiding places while claims about other items were clarified.
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Hicks
Wilson
Miss Smith
Glover
Miksel Smith
Alberta Pitts
Two true bills indict Ed Glover and BE W Wilson for murder
Macon July 21 two true bills were found by a special grand jury charging Ed Glover and BE W Wilson with the murder of Miss Hilda Smith and another victim shot near Camp Wheeler Road on Saturday night July 10. Indictments were completed after six hours of investigation and may lead to a wider probe of liquor trafficking and possible connections to the slaying.
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Macon
Ed Glover
Hilda Smith
BE. W. Wilson
Camp Wheeler Road
Notice of Teachers Examination at Butler High School
The Teachers Examination will be held at Butler High School building Friday and Saturday July 30 and 31, 1926. Rules and regulations of examination are published elsewhere in this issue of The Herald. W. T. Rustin, S. S.
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Butler High School
the Herald
W. T. Rustin
S. S
Judge C M Lucas Is Taken by Death in Taylor County
Taylor County loses prominent citizen Judge C M Lucas after two weeks of heart trouble. He served as Justice of the Peace in Panhandle District and was active in Crowells Methodist Church. Survived by wife Mattie Dugger Lucas a son and a daughter and siblings from Hawkinsville. funeral at Crowells Methodist Church with ministers in attendance.
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Taylor County
C. M. Lucas
Panhandle
Lucas
Crowells Methodist Church
Knoxville
C. L. Wall
T. FE. Davenport
Reynolds
D. A. Cook
Mattie Dugger Lucas
GC. D. Lucas
Sims Garrett
Charing
Celia Lucas
Macon
Car Stolen From Home. Columbus Suspect Sought
A late night theft report states a Ford touring car owned by Mr J. W. Edwards was stolen from his curb. The vehicle bears state tag 88 175 and motor number 10796076. Suspect fled toward Columbus with only a small amount of fuel aboard. A liberal reward is offered for the capture of thief and car.
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Benasenger
J. W. Edwards
Edward
Columbus
State asylum endangered by fire at Milledgeville
Milledgeville Georgia July 18 more than 3000 patients at the Georgia State Sanitarium were moved from the Powell building after a fire broke out in Ward 18. Smoke filled the long three story brick center block as firemen arrived and the flames were confined to the ward. Attendants quickly evacuated the inmates and kept them under guard in a large rear field until the blaze was extinguished within a half hour.
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Milledgeville
Georgia State Sanitarium
Ward 18
State Sanitarium
State Sanitarium Department
Milledgeville Company
Sanitarium Company
Firat
Talbot Taylor League Union Meeting at Centerville
The Talbot Taylor League Union met at Centerville Methodist church Friday night at 8 o'clock. The program included a Junction City League playlet and a speech by Mr A E Shearer.
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Talbot-Taylor Leeague Union
Centerville
Talbot-Taylor League Union
Centerville Methodist Church
Junction City League
A. E. Shearer
Brief Taylor Superior Court session adjourned
The Taylor Superior Court met under Judge B. McLaughlin with Sheriff McGuffin and Solicitor Walker Flournoy in attendance. The court decided to dispose only of entries possible by simple disposition due to local conditions. Cases included a plea in abatement in the Watkins Co. suit and several larceny pleas. One defendant received a 12 month sentence on the gang, another also. A. S. Johnson pled guilty to possessing whiskey for personal use and received parole. The judge was commended for his approach by local citizens.
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Taylor Superior Court
B. McLaughlin
Columbus
R. P. McGuffin
Walker R. Flournoy
Hove
J. R. Watkins Co
M. I. Crook
J. E. Crook
B.C. Crook
C. Glenn Dorough
Cocoa
A. 5
Johnson
McLaughlin
Funeral for Cedar Creek diving accident boy
Funeral services were held in Ideal for Clovis Gilbert twelve, son of Mrs Boly Gilbert. He died at Plains hospital Saturday night from injuries after diving from a tree into shallow water in Cedar creek near Ideal ten days earlier. His neck was broken and he lingered in a hopeless condition until death. Interment followed in Ideal.
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Montezuma
Ideal
Clovis Gilbert
Boly Gilbert
The
Plains Hospital
Cedar Creek
Fatal Saint Sunday Assault at Mauk Church
Jennie Davis a Black woman from Mauk assisted by Henry Clay Wiggins clashed at a local church over a male companion leading to Wiggins' death from a sharp knife wound. Davis is detained in Taylor county jail after being brought in Sunday night by Sheriff McGuffin.
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Jennie Davis
Mauk
Mauk Negro Church
Henry Clay Wiggins
Janie
Henry Wiggins
Taylor County
McGuffin
State Senator Clifton Ordered to Prison for Embezzlement
Atlanta July 19 J D Clifton of Leesburg a Georgia state senator has been ordered to the Milledgeville state prison farm to serve a three to five year term for embezzling 4008 09 dollars of the funds of J J Curry a World War veteran for whom he was guardian The case affirmed by the Georgia court of appeals followed a Sumter superior court conviction Clifton argued he invested the money in farm equipment with plans to return it He served in the recent extra session as senator from the Tenth district comprising Lee Dougherty and Worth counties
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Atlanta
J. D. Clifton
Leesburg
Georgia State Senate
Milledgeville
State Prison Commission
Georgia Court of Appeals
Clifton
Sumter Superior Court
J. J. Curry
Lea
Sumter
Lee
Dough=erty
Worth
Court of Appeals
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Grand Theatre
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Dr Nye
Percy .Marmont
Doris Kenyon
Charleston
Fox
Hal Stanley
Iness To
Mr. Stanley
Georgian
Commonwealth
Deavor
W. E. Borah
John B. Ansley
R. Smith
Atlanta Trust. CO
EB. W. Wilson
Mondany
J. R. Hicks
Superior Court
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