Georgia News Highlights From Milledgeville to Atlanta
June 13 set for open summer school at G C W Milledgeville. Dr Harry T Cottingham of Talbotton dies after weeks ill. Sixty seven R E Lee Institute Thomaston pupils receive whomas. Cotton forecast 15 cents per pound by year end. H A Romine Macon dairy inspector dies. Two hail storms hit North Georgia causing crop damage. Monroes weave room expansion contract awarded. McCarthy Crenshaw named Georgia’s outstanding student 1933. Georgia peach exports meeting at Hotel Dempsey Mooreon. Mercer University marks centennial commencement with 92 graduates. Savannah cotton market hits two year high. Coca Cola declares cash dividends. Merer trustees plan to raise 22000 dollars. Georgia bar association attends Savannah meeting. Public notices on state education and legal appointments. Multiple drownings and accidents reported across the region.
Favorite Actor to Perform at the Minstrel Next Tuesday
A popular actor is booked for a Minstrel show next Tuesday night. Fans are eager for a rare local appearance and expect a lively program featuring songs and sketches at the venue.
Judge Worrill Called Again on Supreme Court Bench
Judge Chas W Worrill sat with the Supreme Court in Atlanta on Saturday May 18 to review cases. He was asked to preside again on May 27 in place of a disqualified judge for appeals from the Court of Appeals. Cuthbert friends praise the honor accorded our townsman.
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Chas. W. Worrill
Supreme Court
Atlanta
Mun ster Stunt Dance Night at School Auditorium
Learn the latest Mun ster Stunt at the school auditorium on Tuesday night, June 6. The event invites students and community members to try the new routine and enjoy a group demonstration.
P T Anderson Named Acting Macon Postmaster
P T Anderson named acting postmaster for Macon pending civil service exam and final appointment. Rep Carl Vinson said the post will be filled from an eligible list after the exam. Age limits are 21 to 64 with two years residency in the delivery area.
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Macon
Telegraph
P.J. Anerson
Macon Telegraph Publishing Company
Carl Vinson
Washington
Anderson
Eugene Anderson
P. T. Anderson
Civil Service Commission
Post Office Department
Vinson
P.T. Anderson
Chamber of Commerce
City Bank and Trust Company
Bibb County Board of Tax Appeals
Kiwanis Club
Igene Anderson
G. L. Blossom
Hoover
Fox D. Stevens
House
Roosevelt
Wingom
Civil Service
Mr. Vinson
Macon Pest
Former prominent Columbus woman killed in auto crash
Miami May 27 Gordon Carr 80 attorney and Mrs H S Withers 84 socially prominent formerly of Columbus Ga died late Friday night when the car they rode in crashed through a bridge railing and fell into a canal. The bridge sits at a sharp angle and the driver could not turn the machine. Mrs Withers body was recovered soon after the crash.
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Miami
Fla
Gordon Carr
H. S. Withers
Columbus
Dock Bullard Killed in Auto Accident Near Pine Knot
Talbotton New Era reports Dock Bullard fatally injured Saturday when he fell from a moving Ford roadster near Will Anthony's in the Pine Knot district. He suffered a broken neck and back. Son of Mr and Mrs H L D Bullard of near Juniper. Funeral services and interment were at Palmers cemetery Sunday afternoon.
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iTalbotton
Dock Bullard
Will Anthony
Pine Knot
Thomas
Frank Bullard
Cecil Applewhite Lwere
H. L. D. Bullard
Juniper
Palmers Cemetery
Peach Belt Golf Dates Set for Thomaston Course
Thomaston Ga May 27 the annual Peach Belt golf tournament at Mathews Country Club will be played on the Thomaston course Thursday afternoon and Friday June 1 and 2 with semi finals Friday morning and finals Friday pm Invitations have been sent to golf clubs in LaGrange Newnan Warm Springs Montezuma Ft Valley Reynolds Forsyth and Barnesville More than 100 players are expected with prizes for winners and runners up in each flight consolation prizes for the first three Nights There will be a courthouse dance Thursday evening
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Thomaston
Mathews Country Club
LaGrange
Newnan
Warm Springs
Montezuma Ft
Valley
Reynolds
Forsyth
Barnesville
Butler High Banquet Delights at School Auditorium
A lively banquet of laughs unfolds at Butler High School auditorium next Tuesday night featuring student performances and lighthearted sketches.Organizers invite families and friends to enjoy an evening of humor and community cheer.
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Butler High ‘School
Garrard, F A Sr. a long serving Columbus jurist dies
The obituary honors Frank A Garrard Sr a respected Columbus lawyer and former Muscogee County commissioner who helped establish Ft Benning He served as presiding elder at First Presbyterian and was noted for his legal skill and community service His family survivors include wife Sara Gardner and four children The piece details two major cases and Garrards enduring influence in Georgia law and local public life.
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First Presbyterian Church of
Garrard
Sara Gardner
Tracy Davis
Calvin DesPortes
Frank A. Garrard
Gardiner Garrard
Columbus
Linwood
Jas. G. Puckett
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Columbus Power Company
Muscogee Superior Court
Puckett
South Carolina
Miller
Mangham Construction Company
Standard Accident Insurance Company of
Detroit
Bible Superior Court
Malcolm Jones
Ft. Benning
F. A. Garrard, Jr
W. Cozart
J. M. Arnold
W. R. Flournoy
Georgia's first car of peaches leaves for East
Georgia’s first car of peaches moves from Thomas ton Suffolk county? The car of Mountain Rose peaches grown by M. L. Hancock estate and J. L. Helms was routed by the Georgia Peach Growers Exchange to Potomac Yards Virginia with the final destination not yet determined Tuesday night. Another Mountain Rose car likely to ship this week as Uneedas movement expected to begin Monday. About 400 cars of Uneedas in sight in Georgia this year, with brisk movement anticipated and high quality expected.
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Macon
Georgia
Thomaston
M. L. Hancock
J. L. Helms
Georgia Peach Growers Exchange
Potomac Yards
Gun duel at Milledgeville prison leaves convict wounded
In Milledgeville Georgia on May 26 Dewey Crowe serving life from Cobb County was shot and seriously wounded during a gun battle on the Haddock road near the prison. Tram mell Wilson another long term inmate and guard B R Brookins fired five shots. a bullet hit Crowe in the abdomen while guard Brookins faced the incident and waterboy Lamar Thomson was wounded in the foot. No escape occurred. Judge B H Dunaway praised Brookins for bravery and noted Byron Phillips aided after the fight.
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Wilson
Brookins
Presen
Allets
Crowe
Lamar Thomson
Thompson
B. H. Dunaway
Byron Phillips
Pageant Brings Old Georgia to Macon
A May 30 pageant in Macon traced Georgia history from Creek and De Soto to Lafayette and Mercer University. About 1,300 performers from civic groups, schools, and the Fire Department reenacted key eras including Wesleyan College’s first graduation and a World War I tableau. Miss Vivian Hay portrayed Virgin Georgia amid founders, builders, soldiers, statesmen, and teachers.
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Macon
Georgis
de Soto
Paniards
Oglethorpe
Bloody Marsh
121St Infantry
Georgia National Guard
Wesleyan College
W. F. Quillian
Bishop Pierce Sivine
Vivian Hay
Virgin
Georgia
Knox Transfixed in Baxley Wreck Killing Companion
Ed Knox of Alma was transfixed by a timber in a Baxley wreck on Federal highway No. 1. His companion Miss Mary Ellis of West Green, 25, died instantly. Knox, conscious during rescue, said he must have fallen asleep at the wheel. He was taken to Waycross hospital with little chance of recovery.
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Baxley
Ed Knox
Alma
F Scantling
Mary Ellis
West Green
Knox
Federal Highway No. 1
Waycross
Governor commutes murder convict as death ends in prison
Atlanta reports Governor Eugene Talmadge on Tuesday commuted the sentence of W. J. Belcher, a sick elderly inmate at the penitentiary for assault to murder. Belcher, convicted in Thomas County in 1924, died in prison April 5, after appealing for clemency.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
W. J. Belcher
Belcher
Thomas County
Resolution of Thanks From Ellaville Delegation
A fragmented note from Ellaville records a resolutions committee thanking Ellaville residents for hospitality and the chance to meet with their representative in the Third Congressional District. The document lists signatories Mrs. John Hodge and others, praising the day’s memories and urging continued acquaintance.
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Congress
Ellaville
Will D. Baugh
John Hodge Perry
T.B. Rainey
Buena Vista Ga
G. L. Keen
Hawkinsyiy Ga
Third Congressional Distrig
Arrest of Hicks Revives Georgia Slaying Mystery
The case tied to Padgett’s 1932 murder near Americus reawakens rumors of motive tied to ill will, Prosecution, and a US District Court matter in Americus. Investigators, aided by Atlanta detectives, focus on Hicks as the new lead. Arnold and Padgett’s era links surface as re analysis continues in Sumter and Webster counties.
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Hicks
Atlanta de Tives
Padgett
Arest
Buty
Wene , Sr
Arnold
John Vanover
Claude King
U. S
Acon
The
4Mericus
Drew Arnold
Americus
Setion
Georgia
Local church gathering opens in Macon with leaders sworn in
The session in Macon featured Rev G E Clary of Macon as church board secretary with Rev L A Harrell presiding. Rev W Cheshire previous North Hands Methodist pastor served as secretary, while Lilly and McKibben were named assistant secretaries. The event included a laymen’s rally and a conference meeting on Wednesday night.
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G. E Clary
Macon
South Georgia
L. A. Harrell
W. Cheshire
North Hands Methodist Church
Lilly
Fit. Gaines
McKibben
Buena Vista
Columbus Girls Tour England by Bicycle
Miss Barton and Miss Cynthia Cha plan a June trip to England by bicycle. Miss Chappell, after studying in Paris, will join in London. They will visit cathedral towns, with Barton sailing from York June 1 and Chappell in London. both expect to return to America in the fall.
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Columbus
Miss Barton
Cynthia Cha
England
Miss Chappell
Paris
London
York
Berengaria
Londo
France
America
Richland School District Awards Construction Contract
Richland School has awarded the contract for construction of the Richland High building to the New Winder company in Winder Georgia. The contract sets a maximum sum and the project is slated for completion by September with fall term openings for Richland schools in Richland Georgia.
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Richland High
New Winder Company
Winder
Richland ‘Schools
Richland
May Sa
Butler High School Minstrels Set for 8 P.M. Tonight
Be sure to see the Minstrels in the Butler High School auditorium at 8 o'clock this evening as a featured community event.
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Butler High School
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Harry T. Cottingham
Talbotton
R. E. Lee Institute
G. C. Adams
H. A. Romine
A. K. Adams & Co
Monroe, Ga
Lawrence Webb
Plain County Club
North Georgia
H. G. Fallin
Upson County
University of Georgia
McCarthy Crenshaw
Jacksonville
Leland Harvey
Houdini
Flint River
Albany
Bessie Tift College
Talmadge
Elizabeth Wheeler
Gainesville
Asheville
N. C
R. B. Daniel
Pasotrs’ School
South Georgia Conference of the
Methodist Epicropal Church, South
Olive D. Musgrave
Philip T. Dodge
Mergeenthaler Linotype Company
Dees
Mercer University
Savannah Spot
Marvin Lester
Blakely
Arly County
Division of
State Department of Education
M. D. Collins
Willis A. Sutton
Atlanta Public Schools
National Edudation Association
Portal
Savannah
Coca Cola Company
Merer
J H. Hawkins
Blue Ridge Pact
Act of the
United States Congress
Dempsey, Moon
Waterman Steamip Company
W. C. Bewley
Joe Smiley
Alfred Reddish
Glennville
Hollang Chapman
Prson
Daniel
Claxton
A. C. Garden
Fitzgerald
Cordele Superior Court Circuit
T. H. Davis
Vienna
United States
Middle District of
Davis
Mr. Garden
Ebenezer Williams
G. W. Love
Columbus Bar Association
C. F. McLaughlin
H. H. Swift
A. W. Cozart
R M. Arnold
Frank Foley
J. Madden Hatcher
B. H. Chappell
Walker Flournoy
Georgia Bar Association
D. G. Bickers
Savannah Morning News
Savannah Press
South
Tennessee
Florida
North Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Virginia
Fort Gaines
W.T. Talley
Dothan
Ala
J.P. Sharp
C. C. Johnson
Association of Georgia
Association
Ansley Hotel
BE. D. Rivers
Lakeland
M. M. Benton
Southeastern Fair Association
E. M. Williams
Monroe
E. R. Jordan
S. Courson
Soperton
C. B. McCullar
Milledgeville
L. Jenkins
R. L. Vansant
Marietta
D. Deas
Augus_ta
J. L. Cartledge
Richmond County
Pat Kennedy
Augusta
Paul Brown
Elberton
G. T. Bowers
Canon
James L. Key
Key
Appling
Jack Williams
Waycross Journal Herald
Georgia Press Association
Gordon Knox
Hazlehurst
Andrew Tuten
P. H. Comas
State Farm
Old Georgia
Mrs. Keen
Fy, Valley
Peach County
Desens Jones
E. L. F.L, Brown, Jr
J Fagan
A. C. Riley
Columbus Girls
Richland School
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