State Races Shaping Up Before Qualifying Deadline
Georgia counties near the qualifying cutoff as lawmakers announce bids. J C Parker, recovering from an auto crash, seeks Colquitt county’s seat. J T Barlow seeks another term. Hastings, Phillips, Davidson, Sartain, Rogers, Stone, Keel, Norman, Griffith, New, and Harvey join races across Fulton, Hall, Peach, Walker, Rome, Clarke Oglethorpe Wilkes, and surrounding areas.
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Atlanta
Georgia
J. C. Parker
House of Representatives
Colquitt County
J. T. Barlow
Wm. G. Hastings
Fulton County
Gainesville
Wm. J. Phillips
Hall County
Ft. Valley
J. E. Davidson
Fort Valley
Peach County
A. M. Lamar
LaFayette
J. A. Sartain
Walker County
Rome
Jack Rogers
Tom Stone Rome Barber
H. H. Keel
Washington
Earl Norman
Senate
Clarke Oglethorpe
Wilkes Counties
W. H. Griffith
Farmer
Wilkes County
Thomaston
W. M. New
Gov. Rivers
State Senate
Alton Harvey
Georgia acquires James Oglethorpe signature
Atlanta May 11. The state of Georgia announces it has acquired the signature of James Oglethorpe founder of Georgia after a lengthy search. The Daughters of Cul... Mrs S M Page states it is the only Oglethorpe signature in the state. The signature appeared on a receipt dated April 20 1778 and bought by the ladies for presentation. The amount paid was not disclosed.
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Atlanta
Georgia
James Oglethorpe
J. E. Pierce
Ment of Archives
John Wilson
Sera State
Pedgee
Nands
New York
S. M. Page I Janta
Oglethorpe
Body of Unknown Man Found Sunday Near Talbotton Depot
The mangled body of an unidentified white man about 25 with red curly hair and fair skin was found on the A B and C railroad tracks near Talbotton depot. He wore a white shirt and overalls, weighed about 140 pounds, and had no identification. Detectives pursue identity as train strike is suspected. The body lay at Talbotton funeral home after discovery Sunday morning.
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Talbotton
A. B. and C
Youth Struck by Car In Columbus Injured
Roy Pate, 14, of Columbus, was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when a car driven by Cornelius Crawford of Preston's quarters struck him on the Macon road. Pate remained at the city hospital Monday morning with reports indicating no broken bones while Crawford was jailed on a charge of assault with intent to murder with an automobile.
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Columbus
Roy Pate
City Hospital
Cornelius Crawford
Preston’s
Pate
Robert Ingram
Macon Road
Crawford
Floyd Mitchell
Beatrice Mitchell
Nancy Lee
Preston
R. E. Preston
Snake Hops Ride On Pastor's Car In Talbot Region
In Talbotton Georgia on May 28 a 5 12 foot chicken snake coiled on a Ford coupe battery after a floor board removal for repairs. The car belonged to Rev. W. E. Inwin a Talbot County Methodist circuit pastor who recalled seeing the road and the snake miles from Junction City and leaving it unkillable as it escaped.
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Pastor
Talbot
Talbotton
Charlie Bunkerly
J. A. Battle
W. E. [Inwin
Talbot County
Inwin
Junction City
Honesty Prize Winner Held on Theft Charge
Leander Poole, an 18 year old who won a honesty prize last year for returning a diamond setting, is held on theft charges with a $600 bond in Bartow County Jail. He and two others, Gus and Ellis Bagley, were arrested and face bonds of $500 each. Poole had previously received $1,000 in cash from Mrs. TJ Lupton of Chattanooga after returning the diamond setting valued over $6,000.
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Cartersville
Bartow County
Leander Poole
Gus
Ellis Bagley
Young Poole
TJ. Lupton
Chattanooga
Adel Sees Big Bean Season At So Ne ga Cannery
Adel Ga May 22 The So nega can nery operates twenty hours daily to process a huge bean crop from Cook, Brooks, Berrien Colquitt and nearby counties. Two shifts are needed to handle the demand as six carloads depart daily. Weekly payroll exceeds 2500 dollars, reflecting the large local employment from the bean season.
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Adel
Sonega
Cook
Brooks
Berrien
Colquitt
Pine Mountain Park Joins Georgia State System
Chipley June 1 Pine Mountain Park three miles from Chipley on the highway to Warm Springs is now part of Georgia's park system. It was presented to Gov Ivers by C N Elliott director of division of state parks at impressive exercises. Elliott noted summer appeal and improvements over the past year. Gov Rivers urged expansion of the park system as a key state attraction.
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Chipley
Pine Mountain Park
Warm Springs
Georgia
Ivers
C. N. Elliott
Re Division of State Parks
Elliott
Rivers
Georgia School Building Destroyed by Fire in Walker County
Fayette, Ga May 28 The $60,000 Chattanooga Valley Consolidated school building in Walker county about six miles from Chattanooga was destroyed by fire Friday night shortly after a commencement program ended. The brick building housed 16 classrooms a large auditorium a laboratory and other departments. Supt. R D Love of Walker county said there was some insurance and an application will be made to the government for rebuilding aid.
Gordon Official Gets State Post
In Barnesville Georgia on May 29 V President G B Connell of Gordon Military College was named to the state department of education committee on mans and globes in the high schools. The group will meet in Atlanta on June 18. Other members include C J Cheves Gainesville superintendent P W Calhoun Mt Vernon county school superintendent R W Stevens Livingston principal Covington and C O Lam Homerville superintendent. Major Connell received notice Monday and accepted.
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Barnesville
G.B. Connell
Gordon Military College
State Department of Education
Atlanta
C. J Cheves
Gainesville
P. W. Calhoun
Mt. Vernon County
R. W. Stevens
Livingston Schools
Covington
C. O. Lam
Homerville
Maj. Connell
Rozier Re-Sentenced to Die at Tattnall Prison
In Waycross Georgia Levy L Rozier a Ware county farmer convicted for assault on a year old girl was resentenced to death by Superior Court Judge M C Dickerson with execution set for June 17 in the electric chair at Tattnall prison near Reidsville Rozier fainted after the sentence was read Gov Rivers and the parole board had refused clemency. He remains under life sentence in Laurens county for another criminal assault.
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Waycross
Levy L. Rozier
Ware County
Superior Court
M. C. Dickerson
Tattnall Prison
Reidsville
Rozier
Dickerson
Supreme Court
Laurens County
Georgia Baptists set July 8 as statewide day of prayer
The Georgia Baptist Convention executive committee unanimously urged churches statewide to observe Sunday, July 8, as a day of special prayer for evangelism. Pastors and leaders should emphasize winning souls and urge members to pray for a state wide revival of Holy Ghost religion. The committee notes over 52 percent of Georgia’s population is unsaved and calls for personal work and summer evangelistic campaigns to win many to Christ. The 2550 white churches with 495,754 members are involved in the effort.
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Georgia Baptist Convention
Georgia
Hadin
Christ
John Wesley
Finney and
Moony
United States
Commonwealth
Baptist Training Union
Woman's Missionary Union
Geora
Dedication to Memory of Aunt Tena Kise
A memorial notice for a colored woman formerly of Butler who died in Detroit. Aunt Tena Kise wife of Joseph Kise, aged in her eighties, funeraled on the seventh of the month and buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Detroit. She left a son, a daughter, several grandchildren, and relatives in Taylor and Marion counties Georgia, and lived with her son Rev. G. W. Hurley in Detroit.
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Tena” Kise
Joseph Kise
Tena
Memorial Park
Detroit
Mich
Geo. W. Hurley
Lulu McCrary
Roland McCrary
Taylor and Maron Countes
Georgia
G. W
Non-Partisan Forum Planned in Griffin This Month
Griffin Georgia hosts a non partisan forum to show all candidates for major Georgia offices late in June. The Griffin Junior Chamber of Commerce will invite all Georgians to attend, aiming to gather diverse campaigns in one assembly. Two years ago the event drew an estimated 20 000 to 386 000 visitors.
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Griffin
Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
Georgia Cotton Producers Meet in Atlanta June
Annual meeting of the Georgia Cotton Producers Association will be held in Atlanta June 8. Secretary D. T. Brooks said an attendance of 500 is expected. Speakers include E. F. Creekmore of New Orleans general manager of the American Cotton Cooperative Association W. R. Judson of Columbia S C president of the Columbia Bank of Cooperatives A. T. Levie counsel for the Columbia Bank and P. K. Norris of Washington D C senior marketing specialist of the Bureau of Agricultural Economies.
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Atlanta
Georgia Cotton Producers’ Association
D. T. Brooks
E. F. Creekmore
New Orleans
American Cotton Cooperative Association
W. R. Judson
Columbia
S. C
Columbia Bank of Co-operatives
A. T. Levie
Columbia Bank
P. K. Norris
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Missing Vidalia Man Located in Tucson Ariz
Vidalia Ga May 80 Chief of Police John Osborn said the father of J C Morris 25 year old traveling salesman missing since April 28 left for Tucson Ariz after a message his son had been found there. Morris reputedly an amnesia victim had written friends in Georgia as Conner and came from Los Angeles to Tucson from Los Angeles. He was seen in Savannah after the disappearance and his car was found in Jacksonville with flat tires. Friends said a head injury may have caused amnesia.
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Vidalia
Polic
John Osborn
J. C. Morris
Tuscon
Ariz
Osborn
Young Morris
James Herron
E. Conner
Herron
Morris
Georgia
Conner
Los Angeles
Savannah
Jacksonville
Macon County Sets June 15 For Closing
Oglethorpe Ga May 29 At a Democratic Executive committee meeting in the courthouse Macon county set Wednesday June 15 as the closing date for entries in the coming county democratic primary. Macon will nominate a representative to the general assembly and a county commissioner from Montezuma and Ideal districts. Incumbent representative A A Marshall and Ed M McKenzie commissioner from Montezuma, and Love Felton commissioner from Ideal are named. Entrance fee for representative was set at 40 cents and fees for county commissioners at 5. J E Ansley Sr of Oglethorpe was elected chairman and B F Austin of Garden Valley secretary with W M Parker Hicks district W H McKenzie Sr Montezuma district and J S Murph Marshallville on the committee.
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Oglethorpe
Democratic Executive Committee
Macon County
Court House
General Assembly
Montezuma
Ideal
A. A. Marshall
Ed M. McKenzie
Love Felton
J. E. Ansley, Sr
B. F. Austin
Garden Valley
W. M. Parker
Hicks
W. H. McKenzie
J. S. Murph
Marshallville
Squirrels Bite Two at Park in Atlanta
May 24 at Grant Park two park visitors Nathan Towery and Clarence London were bitten and scratched by squirrels. Grady hospital physicians urged pasteur treatment and advised applying for anti rabies serum due to rabies risk.
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Atlanta
Grant Park
Grady Hospital
Pasteur
Nathan Towery
Clarence London
Macon Telegraph and News staff swap for three months
Four Telegraph staff members interchange roles with four News reporters in a three month rotation plan by Executive Editor G D W Burt. The aim is to expose staff to all beats and duties, standardize experience, and surface individual talents while eventually rotating every person across both papers. Frank Hawkins P M Conaway Allen Mathews and Miss Beverly Wallace move to the News and replace John Minter Dudley Smith Cooper Ethridge and Jack Avery from the Telegraph.
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Macon
Macon Telegraph
Macon Evening News
G. D. W. Burt
Burt
American Newspaper Guild
Frank Hawkins
P. M. Conaway
Allen Mathews
Beverly Wallace
News
John Minter
Talbotton to Have New Storage House
Talbotton Georgia May 22 The Manchester Ice and Fuel Co of Manchester is erecting a nine ton storage house at Talbotton The J P Corley Company is in charge of construction Work is expected to be completed within the next week Gilbert Massengale of Greenville will be manager of the business here After Dixon Ice Co plant Way business was purchased by the Manchester firm which has since served Talbotton and the county directly from Manchester
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Talbotton
Marcchester Ice and Fuel Co
Marschester
Talbottony
J. P. Corley Company
Gilbert
Massengale
Greenville
Dixon Ice Co
Manchester
Talboton
Georgia to Honor Paul Brown With Dedicated Graduation Invitations
Athens Ga May 27 The University of Georgia will confer a unique honor on Paul Brown Elberton Ga the first time in its history invitations to graduation exercises will be dedicated to an outstanding alumnus Clarke Gaines Hartwell president of the senior class was chosen for the honor Brown a tenth district congressman is a noted alumnus from the university s law school in 1901 School authorities said invitations to all future exercises will be dedicated to an alumnus chosen by senior class officers
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Athens
University of Georgia
Paul Brown
D.-Ga
Elberton
Clarke Gaines O Hartwell
Brown
Georgia
Chos
X Leads List of Liquor Buyers in Atlanta
June 1 report says Mr X heads the list of liquor buyers in Atlanta. Names such as Franklin Roosevelt, Ed Rivers, Gene Talmadge, Gra Head and other Atlanta merchants appear on the books per state revenue department inspectors. Commissioner Head denied reports he authorized liquidation of signature books to remove fictitious names. the books aim to limit purchasers to two quarts per day at any one store under state law.
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Atlanta
Mr. X
Franklin Roosey
Ed Rivers
Gene Talmadge
Gra Head
Head
Dublin Stockyards Destroyed by Fire in May Weather
Fire destroyed Dublin stockyards in Dublin Georgia on May 21 along with about 40 head of cattle and hogs. Firemen battled for hours to confine the blaze to a building. The stockyards owned by Wrightsville and Tennilegal road were leased to M H Hogan, a Dublin and Statesboro livestock man.
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Dublin
Satuday
Wrightsville
Tennillegai Road
M. H. H Gan
Statesboro
Indictments in Surprise Night Theater Case
Americus May 27.9.N. Morgs and R. E. Martin operators of Rylander theatre were indicted by Sumter county grand jury on a misdemeanor charge connected with the alleged operation of surprise night. Patrons occupied certain seats and received cash and prizes. The theater had discontinued the surprise night weeks ago after the bank night suspension months earlier.
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Americus
N. Morgs
R. E. Martin
Rylander Theatre
Sumter County
Em Jury
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Oslethorpe
Gordon
Tattnall
Baptist
Butler
Tuscon, Ariz
Telegraph
University
Atlanr
Cosby-Hodges Milling Co
H. E. Allen Butler
C. B. Bankston Butler
Howard
E. H. Bazemore
Butler, Ga
Cash Market
Jarrell’s Department Store
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