Georgia Echoes of a Busy Week Across Perry to Athens
Perry voters chose beer sales by 241 to 4 as six Troup county candidates qualified for the state House. Fred Farley, 62, completed his first solo flight at Macon. Meriwether County opened a new convict stockade and transferred inmates. Griffin Hotel’s 85 rooms were bought by longtime manager H L Eskew. Millen to get City Hall by August 1 funded by WPA. Rural libraries to be started with 11,000 books distributed from Atlanta to 3400 Georgia communities. Confederate veterans prepare for August reunion. Norcross to discuss paving in Darien. coroner rules Ledford death suicide near Dalton.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Rabies toll rises in Dublin as dog attack bites bite officials
Twenty one people in Dublin remain under treatment for rabies after being bitten by a mad dog, Health Commissioner O. H. Cheek stated yesterday. Other items note a new hotel opening in Hohira, a county trade event, district lodge meetings in Americus, Georgia game prospects, cops burning corn liquor, a rum run car crash on Flat Shoals Road, a Berry College student winning an Eddie Cantor essay trip, and a tri city paving celebration linking Thomasville, Perry, and Monticello with a west coast route.
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Dublin
O. H. Cheek
Eddie Cantor
Herman Bove Berry College
Partridge, Ky
New York
Thomasville
Monticello
Fla
Florida
Perry
Nine Die As Train Hits Car In Michigan Crossing Crash
A crowded automobile carrying members of two Pennsylvania families including five children and four adults collided with a passenger train in Dundee Michigan. The wreck toppled a trestle into the Raisin River hurling bodies into the water. The tragedy left nine dead.
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Pennsylvania
Raisin River
Dundee
Mich
Julia
Funeral services for L. C. Huckaby held after suicide
In Columbus Georgia on July 19 funeral services were held for L. C. Huckaby 31 who shot himself Thursday night at home. He is survived by his wife two daughters and a son. His wife who witnessed the shooting said he had been despondent over financial matters.
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Columbus
L. C. Huckaby
Warrenton Bank Deposits Top Georgia Per Capita
Warrenton Georgia reports the Citizens Bank deposits total over eight hundred thousand dollars, equating to about six hundred twenty dollars per resident for a town of one thousand two hundred eighty nine.
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Warrenton
Georgia
Te Ciizens Bank
State Banking Department
Chain Gang Fugitive Captured in Florida
Carey Teague an escaped convict from the Marion county camp was recaptured at Palm Beach Florida where he was visiting his family He had been negotiating for a pardon and a hearing date was set by the Prison Commission
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Buena Vista, Ga
Carey Teague
Marion County
Palm Beach
Fla
Teague
Peyton Jacob Jr Made Star Scout In Americus
Peyton Jacob Jr son of President Peyton Jacob of Georgia Southwestern College and Mrs Jacob was made a Star Scout at a special Americus court of honor Friday night. He received three merit badges: Electricity handicraft and scholarship.
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Americus
Peyton Jacob Jr
Peyton Jacob
Georgia Southwestern College
Jacob
Americus Court of Honor
Boy Scouts of America
Peyton
Drowned in Sackhole on Savannah River
Elberton Ga July 20 two men drowned when they stepped into a sackhole beneath Gregg Shoals dam while fishing. Victims were George Eaves 45 and Jim Chastain. Eaves was father of 11 children and nephew of Frank Taves of Elberton.
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Savannah
Gregg Shoals
Hartwell
Geo. R. Eaves
W. C. Chastain
Page Undertaking Company
Elberton
Savannahver
Gregg Shoals Dam
George Eaves
Jim Chastain
Eaves
Frank Taves
Auto Drops 75 Feet But Five Inside Live
Five CCC members escaped serious injury when the car they were riding in plunged 75 feet down a mountain side at Altoona Pass near Cartersville Georgia. Three men were treated for slight cuts. Walter Harris Cassville Bill Grogan Calhoun and Frank House Rome were named among the riders. The others escaped injury and the car was demolished.
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Cartersville
CCC
Altoona Pass
U. S. Highway No. 41
Here
Walter Harris
Cassville
Bill Grogan
Calhoun
Frank House
Rome
Georgia institutions to share in $37,817 found in paint cans
Albany Ga July 17 under terms of his will 37817 50 found hidden in paint cans in the home of the late T L Pattison will go to three Georgia institutions Relatives now occupying the home found the money recently in an unlighted closet under a stairway It had been there since Pattison s death in 1984 The money will be distributed as follows One half to Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital at Albany and one fourth each to the Episcopal Appleton Home and the Methodist Orphans Home at Macon
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Albany
T. L. Pattison
Georgia
Pattison
Phoebe Putney
Fipiscopal Appleton
Methodist Orphans Home
Macon
Death penalties few in Georgia
Atlanta reports that Georgia rarely uses the death penalty for murder. A WPA review of 466 murder indictments in 27 counties shows 22 sentences to death. The survey also notes a wide range in predeath sentences from about 16 years to roughly 5 years, with various terms for other outcomes.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Miss Gay , Sheperson
WPA
Miss Shepperson Gaid
Bee
Mrs McCullar Named Auxiliary Publicity Chairman
Milledgeville Georgia July 20 Mrs C B McCullar of Milledgeville is appointed publicity chairman of the American Legion Auxiliary of Georgia by Mrs J W Oglesby Quitman newly elected president. She will handle Sunday columns for the auxiliary state news and Gala News portion of the Georgia Legionnaire.
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Milledgeville, Ga
C. B. McCullar
Milledgeville
American Legion Auxiliary of Georgia
J. W. Oglesby Quitman
MecCullar
Morris-Little
Auxiliary of
Georgia Legionnaire
Appling County Republicans Begin Drive for London Votes
Baxley July 18 Appling County Republicans are making a drive for London votes here. A large group of Republicans hold strategic county positions, dating back to Hoover versus Smith. The fight against the New Deal by Governor Talmadge has renewed GOP hope for the coming election.
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Baxley
Appling County
London
Appling
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Talmadge
Thieves Active in Thomaston and Upson County
A two week wave of burglaries hit Upson County including Thomaston stores and fuel stations. Herman Ellington’s camp Joe Lipsey’s sandwich shop Log Cabin and Joel Holloway’s store were entered with goods and money taken. Other targets included Hannah’s Mill and Barkers Springs with attempts at Mar Aubrey Ellington and Alvah McEachern’s stores.
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Thomaston
Upson County
Herman Ellington
Joe Lipsey
Joel Holloway
Hannah's Mill
Barker’s Springs
Mar
Last R A L Conductor W A Little Funeral Held
Funeral services for Capt. W. A. Little secretary of the local Order of Railways Conductors were held in Macon at Pitts mortuary chapel. Dr Edmund F Cook of Mulberry Street Methodist church led the service. Interment followed at Riverside with pallbearers J N Steed C G Walden T W Hines Charles M Adams T A Corley Homer M Norris Hanes O Neal and R E Fowler assisting. local Masons presided at the graveside.
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Macon
W. A. Little
Order of Railways
Pitts
Edmund F. Cook
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
Riverside
J. N. Steed
C. G Walden
T. W. Hines
Charles M Adams
T. A. Corley
Homer M. Norris
Hanes O’neal
R. E. Fowler
NYA aid applications flood Georgia Southwestern College
Americus GA July 22 Over 100 persons have applied for NYA aid at Georgia Southwestern College to continue their education next year. Peyton Jacob president announced. Applications come from across Southwest Georgia and will exceed available positions. Last year 38 full time jobs at 15 dollars monthly were allocated. the college split work into half time, aiding 65 to 70 students. Officials expect a slight increase for 1935 36, enabling about 80 to receive half time work. A committee including Peyton Jacob G C Harvard Jr and Paul Murray will review applications this week and notify those selected.
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Americus
NYA
Georgia Southwestern College
Peyton Jacob
Americus Institution
Georgia
Georgia Southwestern Nya
G. C. Harvard, Jr
Paul Murray
Child Dies After Touching Grounded Radio Aerial
In Fort Valley Georgia on July 17 a two year old boy the son of Mr and Mrs Ivis Bailey died after touching a radio aerial that had fallen to the ground during a rain. The child cried out as Mrs Bailey ran to free him but the shock proved fatal. Neighbors cut the current but it was too late. The wire had fallen across a clothes line and the radio was playing when Sonny Boy touched it.
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Ft. Valley
Ivis Bailey
Fort Valley
Sonny Boy
Macon County Agent Reports Cooperative Sales Figures
Oglethorpe Ga July 17 George Oakley county agent of Macon county submits a report on cooperative sales and purchases for the first six months. Hogs sold 55 555 pounds for 4261 with a farmer saving 859 78. poultry 21 405 pounds for 3714 112 saving 848 41. eggs 1870 dozen for 856 84 saving 79 82. peas 1670 bushels for 1872 50 saving 53 50. corn 1000 bushels for 440 total sales 10616 98. Austrian winter Tent bought 60 000 pounds for 2400 saving 900. dairy vetch 5000 pounds for 450 saving 75. Total cooperative savings 2320 26.
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Oglethorpe
George Oakley
Macon County
Red Cross closes Cordele office after tornado relief
Cordele Georgia July 16 The American Red Cross closes Cordele offices and staff depart except director E P Krick and construction adviser W D Frazer Krick will return home soon Frazer stays about a month The report covers Red Cross actions in Clay Crisp Lee Terrell Toombs and Wilcox counties A total of 937 families sought help with 846 aided Relief expenditures reach 111 915.
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Cordele
American Red Cross
E. P. Krick
W. D. Frazier
Krick
Washington
Frazer
Red Cross
Clay
Crisp
Lee
Terrell
Toombs
Wilcox
Marietta Man Dies in Crash Near Atlanta Road
A head on collision near Marietta Georgia killed Grady Free and injured two others. Ernest Gifford and Mrs Alvin Brown of Marietta were hospitalized. Ralph LaFara of Indianapolis the peach truck driver was uninjured. Funeral services for Free set for Monday at 4 PM.
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Marietta
Here
Grady Free
Ernest Gifford
Alvin Brown
Ralph LaFara
Indianapolis
Ind
Atlanta
Gainesville Storm Story Told In New Book
Atlanta July 17 A graphic account of the Gainesville tornado appears in the book A City Laid Waste by W M Brice a Gainesville resident and newspaperman Brice witnessed the disaster phoned first reports to Atlanta and helped relief efforts The volume includes 102 illustrations and 68 photographs of storm victims, with more editions ready for distribution as Gainesville citizens subscribed for initial runs.
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Atlanta
Gainesville
W. M. Brice
Brice
Georgia
Seven Injured In Auto Crash Near Macon Ga
Seven people were injured in a July 17 automobile collision at Seven Bridges on the Macon road south of here. The Montezuma car carried four occupants and another car from Tifton held three. Earl “Blue” (last name uncertain) may be among the Montezuma group. deputies hold William Fedguson, 23, and Jones, 34, for investigation. Miss Agnes Marchant drove the Tifton car, with Mrs J A Marchant, Virginia Summers, a niece, and Miles Lipham as passengers. All seven were badly hurt and admitted to the hospital. injuries included head trauma, broken arm, leg fractures, and scalp wounds.
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Macon
the Ton Road
Here
Tifton
Earl
Montextuma
William Fedguson
Py Johns
Er. C. Jones
Agnes Marchant
Miss Marchant
J. A. Marchant
Virginia Summers
Miles Lipham
Itte
Array
Ferguson
Johns Or Jones
Mrs. Marchant
Lipham
Aln
Atlanta Detectives Aid Macon Diamond Robbery Case Arrests
Four Atlanta detectives arrested two men in a fashionable downtown apartment on charges of suspicion in connection with a $2,000 diamond robbery in Macon last week. Mrs. Modena identified one suspect as the intruder who bound her family with picture wire. the other man was deemed reasonably probable.
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Atlanta
Macon
Pete Modena
L. C. McCallum
Modena
Modenas
P. B. Bailey
Oscar Tyson
B. H. McConnell
L. M. Wilson
Theft Reported In Americus Forrester Investigation
Americus Ga July 21 Police authorities investigated a theft of 300 dollars reported by Perry Foster of Leslie near Americus. Foster said thieves entered his apartment and took the money while he slept. Officer R C Morrell, fingerprint expert, reported no finger prints could be scored.
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Americus
Perry Foster
Leslie
Here
Foster
R. C. Morrell
Police Department
Andrew College Cuthbert Ready for 82nd Term
Cuthbert Ga July 18 Eight second term of Andrew College in Cuthbert Ga will be opened in September 8 C Cliff president announced Saturday As a junior college for girls Andrew has a long and honorable history and is the only fully accredited junior college for girls in the state President Cliff said Students are given careful personal attention in a home like atmosphere and cultural environment
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Cuthbert
Andrew College
C. Cliff
Andrw
Cliff
Shoes worn 42 years by Washington Georgia man
A California resident described as likely the only person in the United States to wear the same pair of shoes for 40 years is matched by Dr J G Wright. Wright, a large Wilkes County farmer and retired Washington druggist, says he has worn the same shoes for 42 years. The footwear has traveled from home to Canada and Mexico and across many parts of the United States.
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WPA
Midway Rembery
Liberty County
Georgia
Washington, Ga
California
United States
J. G. Wright
Wilkes County
Washington
Wright
Canada
Mexit
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Troup County
Fred Farley
Engreen
Meriwether County
Griffin
H. L. Eskew
Millen
Walter Harrison
J. M. Nash
Darien
R. F. Poole, Sr
Seaboard Air Line
Odum
A. B. Ledford
Dalton
C. S. Driggers
Glennville
Carlton Huie
Albany Garden Club
Cordele Building
The
Crisp County Lumber Company
Byromville High School
Soung
DEX
Georgia State Wounans College
Suppenent Tectics
Hs.org
Plys
Cal Sciences
Allanta University
Arbates Solleges
State Highway Board
Augusta
Walter E. Barnara
Savannah Road
Wallace Alexander
Douglas
Walter F. George
Coast Guard
St. Simons Island
Oscar Franklin
Dixie Highway
Moultrie
Blue) Murray
Ogilethorpe
George L., Coletrain
Olethorpe
Houston Road
Nace Dozier
W. J. Dozier
Douglasville Sentinel
Louisville
Ormsby Village Institution
John W. Morton
National Bank of Athens
Pinamners
Athens
University of Georgia Colege of Agriculture
Earle Cocke
Reconstruction Finance Corporaion
Department of Agriculture
Ellaville
Clyde Tondee
Wilson Tondee
Allen Harvey
Georgia Retail Grocers’ Association
Georgia General Assembly
Dawson Street
LaGrange
Moss
W. B. Spann
Citizens & Southern National Bank of Atlanta
Southeast
Ralph L. Ramsey
Fulton County High School
Georgia Education Association
George Coletrain
Ogletho
Red Hill
Coletrain
Robert Williams
Nashville
Tenn
Leland Harvey
Harvey
Asa G. Candler
Panama City
Margaret Mitchell
Demps Charles
Johnny Daniel
Walter Simpson
Hall County
B. P. Gaillard, Jr
Hall Superior Court
State Department of Public Welfare
Agnes Anderson
Lamar County
Barnesville
Georgia Rural Letter Carriers Association
T. A. Kennedy
Manassas
T. G. Waters
Toeron
Chas. C. Wall
Fulaville
W. H. Cannon
Hohira
Gj Lenf
Lowndes County
Charles Wheatley
David J. Paulk
Fitzgerald
Zack D. Crivey
DeKalb County
Flat Shoals
Crasi
Peyton Jacob, JR
Savannah River
McCullar
Southwestern
Cordel
Montezum
Americus Forrester
Cn, Bottling CO
Manchester, GA
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