Former Butler Man To Conduct Big Tent Revival
Rev. Hugh S. Wallace, longtime Georgia Baptist pastor, will lead a city wide evangelistic campaign in Columbus under a canopy on Mott's Green near the library. The revival aims to awaken Col umbus and nearby areas with prayers, preaching, and outreach to churches, deacons, and Sunday schools across Georgia and Alabama.
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Columbus
Abbott
Hugh S. Wallace
Mott's Green
Broadway
Wallace
Butler
Columny
Mr. Wallace
University of Georgia
Evan-gelistic Club
Georgia
Alabama
State Board tightens highway bid rules after read bids
Atlanta June 2 the State Highway Board ended a rule allowing withdrawal of bids after public reading. Low bids must stand or be withdrawn by 10 am on bid opening day with forfeiture of bid checks. The move aims to prevent unfair practices as 11 projects showed low bids totaling 646 719 27 versus 632 330 engineers' estimate.
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Atlanta
State Highway Board
Wy le Miller
Capitol
Miller
Highway Department
Guy
E. D. River
Peanut Acreage Quotas Set for Georgia Farmers
Athens June 3 Commercial peanut producers in Georgia with 1939 Triple A allotments totaling 530000 acres will likely 75 percent comply. State official H S Durden says expected state payments total about 430000 dollars on roughly 397000 acres. All counties are designated commercial peanut counties and quotas apply to farms producing for market.
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Athens
Georgia
H. S. Durden
The
AAA
Crawford County to Light 110 Homes Next Week
Electric current will reach 110 homes in Crawford County the first of next week. REA director H. E. Taylor of the Taylor County Electric Membership Corporation said the lines will be energized Tuesday or Wednesday. Several homes already have electrical appliances installed.
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Roberta
Crawford County
H. E. Taylor
REA
Taylor County Electric Membership Corporation
Church members urged to increase attendance and offerings
The text calls for greater church participation with higher Sunday school and service attendance, more offerings, and renewed allegiance to pastors as God given leaders of the flock.
Georgia Sales Tax Plan Withers Away At Brunswick Parley
Brunswick Ga June 3 Hopes of sales tax advocates at the informal gathering of the General Assembly here died as members dispersed believing no session this summer and perhaps never. Factional lines remained sharp with Speaker Roy Harris urging delay until October while Ed wards urged quick action, signaling little prospect of harmony before a new legislature and governor in 1940.
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Brunswick
General Assembly
House
Senate
Roy Harris
Edwards
Meeting at Marshaville With Six Neighbor Town Representatives
A Marshallville hosted dinner Tuesday night for 20 western Third Congressional district citizens to discuss plans for Andersonville National cemetery. Attendees included delegates from Americus Oglethorpe Montezuma Ft. Valley Marshallville and Columbus with Ledger-Enquirer rep Nelson M. Shipp among them.
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Third Congressional District
Andersonville National Cemetery
Marshallville
Americus
James Blair
Evans Mathis
Lee Hudson
S. R. Hays
L.D. Slappey
Charles Glover
Oglethorpe
C. T. Harden
McKenzie Perry
Montezuma
W. H. McKenzie
E. M. McKenzie
Tom Adams
R. H. Saunders
Ft. Valley
W. G. Brisendine
A.C. Riley
D.C. Strother
Andrew Clarke
H. Lee
J. D. Wade
Columbus
Wm. H. Young, Jr
Nelson M. Shipp
Ledger-Enquirer
Fertilizer Plant Section Is Burned
A large section of the Reliance Fertilizer Company plant was destroyed by fire near Savannah. A central building containing machinery and materials burned. office and acids building were saved. Damage ran into thousands. Cause under investigation.
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Savannah
Reliance Fertilizer Company
South
Georgia Cotton Ginners Urged to Order Bagging Now
Georgia cotton ginners are urged by C C Garner to order cotton bagging before June 30 for this fall. Bagging from Lane Cotton Mills in New Orleans costs 45c per pattern with a 28c indemnity to the manufacturer, making the bagging 46c per pattern.
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Athens
Georgia
C. C. Garner
Georgia Agricutural Extension Service
Garner
Lane Cotton Mills
New Orleans
40 Old Age Plan Ready for Vote
Washington June 4 The House Ways and Means Committee advances a liberalized social security revision to allow maximum pensions of 40 dollars a month for needy persons over 65. The government would match state grants up to 20 dollars per month per person, vs 15 currently. The bill will be formally reported Monday and passed to the Senate by Friday.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Kaolin Company Head Dies at Macon
Macon June 3 An attack of heart trouble proved fatal to Ben Shaw head of the Georgia Kaolin Co at Dry Branch He was a native of Canton Illinois and had lived in Macon five years He was a Rotarian and Presbyterian.
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Macon
Ben Shaw
Georgia Kaolin Co
Dry Branch
Canton
Ill
Chevrolet Sales Jump in Second May Period
Chevrolet dealers report a 36.4 percent gain in the second 10 days of May over 1938, moving 25,891 new cars and trucks at retail in Detroit. The period’s year ago total was 18,963 units, with trucks up from 4,673 to 5,165 and used car sales also rising. World sales for the 1999 model year to date exceed 600,000 units.
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Detroit
Mich
Chevrolet
Pepper Crops Look Promising in Manchester Area
Manchester June 6 Meriwether county farmers report good prospects for 1959 pepper crops Bart Fowler notes plants reaching three to four inches Foster adds rain timing could have harmed the crop if a week later a wet spell would have hurt growth Farmers express optimism despite earlier rainfall concerns.
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Manchester
Meriwether County
Bart Fowler
Foster
Lineman Killed by 11 000 Volt Shock in Macon
G A Tomlin 81, Georgia Power lineman, died after being electrocuted Monday on a Macon power pole at 3 35 pm. He was pronounced dead at 8 pm after four hours of CPR by doctors, power company and firemen. He was lowered to the ground by Touchberry and Grantham with resuscitation begun immediately as crews worked in shifts.
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Macon
G. A. Tomlin
Georgia Power Co
Power Company
First Aid
Tomlin
H. M Touchberry
W.B. Grantham
Commerce Child Killed in Road Accident
Four year old Martha Cordelia Wood daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Wood died after being struck by an automobile near Commerce. State Trooper W C Dominy Gainesville said the child was crossing the road when hit. She died from a fractured skull and internal injuries. No charges were preferred against the driver.
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Commerce
Martha Cordelia Wood
Clarence Wood
W. C. Dominy
Gainesville
Dominy
Guinea Hen Lays Numbered Eggs in Georgia
In Fitzgerald Georgia a Guinea egg from H G Smiths Ben Hill county farm bears the roman numerals IX marked clearly. The piece muses on dated eggs and omens noting 1989 will mark an end for millions yet people will still eat eggs next year regardless of dating.
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Evangelistic Club of Columbus
E. G. Abbott
State Board
Frid
Marshaville
Kaolin Company
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston, Massachusetts
Jane
United Brewers Industrial, Foundation
East 40H Street
New York
N.Y
Guinea
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