Thomaston Area News Highlights and Local Events
A roundup of Georgia items including the Thomaston Building and Loan Association annual meeting set for July 28. Notable notes cover a half sentence reduction for James Murray the Roundout robber. the deaths of Clifford Morris and his wife near Haslehirt. revival gains at Lumpkin Baptist. and farm activity as cotton opens and Moultrie county picks approach. Additional items report a Berien County poisoning death of two children, new members at Lumpkin church, Carter’s mill reopening in Barnesville, and local officials amid bribery indictments in Atlanta. News also covers a Georgia Rural Letter Carriers election, a jail escape in Whitfield County, a murder verdict and potential execution, a Jefferson County suicide, a coal accident in Dry Branch, and a Savannah girl saving a boy from the river. Reports include Future Farmers of America events, a century plant blooming near Thomasville, a Fort Valley fire, a forecast pecan crop drop, a Georgia Supreme Court injunction on Albany theatre operations, and preparations for the Indian Springs Holiness camp meeting with Dr. H. Morrison among speakers.
Farm Notes on Taylor County Agriculture and Co op Prospects
The column notes a overall farming downturn with low commodity prices and a possible 10 cent cotton fate tied to Texas crops. It highlights Taylor county hogs, peanut contests, co op marketing, nut grass control by W. Hinton, and plans for cooperative hog sales and extension gardening help. It cites Prohibition enforcement figures and a Georgia Fuller Earth sale, plus local farm successes and upcoming Camp Wilkins participation.
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Macon
Taylor County
Igiass
Atlanta
Federal Farm Board
New Orleans
Georgia Dairymen
Reynolds
B.W. Hinton
Mx Hinton
Hinton
Kansans pray for rainfall to aid crops
Heat wave grips the nation with records as Kansas towns endure sizzling temperatures. Topeka reaches 102 and Wichita 101, while Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio report triple digits. Churchgoers in Kansas beg rain amid drought conditions.
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United States
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Middle West
Columbus
Ohio
Reedsville
Charlottsville
Toledo
Wheeling W. Va
Martins Perry
Lancaster
Mercury
Frederick
Kansas
Topeka
Wimnica
Des Moines
Mile Waukee
Kansas City
Illinois
Indiana
Chicago
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Detroit
Borglum Plans to Complete Stone Mountain Memorial
Atlanta reports two key moves boost the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial project. J L McCord releases letters showing Gutzon Borglum willing to return and resume sculpting. W L Moore seeks a council committee to coordinate with the chamber of commerce. Venable agrees to extend mountain space and project duration as needed.
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Atlanta
Stone Mountain
J. L. Mc Cord
Chamber of Commerce
Gutzon Borglum
W. L. Moore
McCord
S. H. Venable
Tax Sale Notice for Reynolds Brick Store Building
Taylor County sheriff sale announces the sale of a brick store building in Reynolds Georgia at the courthouse steps on the first Tuesday in August 1980 between legal hours. It is levied on as the property of Mrs J G Weaver for state and county taxes for 1929. July 2 1980 R P McGuffin Sheriff.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Court House
Said
Aalé
Reynolds
M A, Liffey
J. G Weaver
R. P, McGuffin
Telephone Reach Compared Between Nations
One person in seven in the United States can be reached by telephone, contrasted with about one in twenty seven in Great Britain, indicating a marked difference in communications access between the two countries.
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Uni
Great Britain
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Thomaston Building and Loan Association
James Murray
Hoover
Clifford Morris
Haslehirt
Friendship Baptist Association
Plains Baptist Church
Moultrie
Berrien County
Lumpkin Baptist Church
Carter's Mill
Barnesville
F. R) Lee
Lithonia
Georgia Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Augusta
W. P. Carpenter
W.C. Taylor
Fulton County
Finlay
Whitfield County
William Hulsey
Fred
Ang
T. B. Brown
Jefferson County
Bhatman
Louisville
Georgia Kaolin Co
Dry Branch
G. H. Green
Stejis
Garneizie
Alicé Heyward
G. C. Heyward
Savannah
Jamies Aldrich
Robert Aldrich
Savannethe
Athens
Future Farmers of America
B.Q. Stacey
Thomasville
Oscar Pearson
Marshallville Road
Fort Valley
Parasay
G. H. Firor
Horticultural Department
University of Georgia
State Supreme Court
H. W. Hill
Albany, Ga
Moving Picture Theatre
Justice Hill
Indian Springs
Amp
H. ©. Morrison
Hev
Renee
Oe Holiness File
Americii
W. A. Lundy
Texas
South Georgia
Florida
Taylon
Oime
Gulf Refining Company
Lumpkin Home Mixture Guano Co
Lumpkin District
Stewart-Webster Journalrum
Prohibition
W. A. Waller
F. di Dismuke
Georgia Fuller Earth &Co
Lumpkin
New York
Georgia Fuller Co
Clarke Bros. Bank
Stewart-Webster Journal
Georgia State College For Women
Milledgeville
Tom Huston Peanut Company
Columbuss
Wirs
The
Stewart County Journal
A. H
Richland
Dean Sisson
Dalton
Alfred White
Harvey
Panhandle
Progressive Farmer
B. F. Hunnicutt
W. A. Payne
Butler
Messrs Thurman
Troy Whatley
B. ‘W. Hinton
Reynold
Mr. Payne
Atley Brothers
Mr. Hinton
Camp Wilkins
Wanza Hartman
Guy Adams
Winston ‘Taunton
Thomas Horton
J. W. Waters
Felton Posey, Jr
Lawrence Simmons
Hansel Averett
Carl’ Brown
G. C. Spillers
Onre
Major Bond
Staford
Conn
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Washington
Cleveland
G. R. Pettit
Div
Southern Railway System
Gatzon Borglum
Stone Mountain Memorial
Sheriff's Sale
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Tour Vata
Childs
General Assembly of Georgia
Marshall
Asbury Park
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Chicago, Ill
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Washington, D. C
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Central of Georgia Railway
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Albert T. Reid
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