Georgia News Summary Highlights From Week's Oddities
The Diamond Match Co sued Macon Paper Co for 1390.76 while Columbia University awarded degrees in New York. Mercer University graduates heard Dr. Johnson urge ambition beyond horizons. A fatal wreck near Griffin killed an Atlanta man. three Atlanta women injured. A $100 reward was posted for George Gilbert, a fugitive from Troup jail. A marsh hen sighting near Valdosta and large family of chicks drew attention in Glynn and Lowndes counties. A fire near Soperton destroyed Jas L Gillis’s home. Ralph McGill returned to Atlanta after six months abroad. A 10 year old, Albert C Hall, drowned at a sand pit in South Macon. Over 2,000 attended Crisp County’s June singing. Gordon Cook won Talbot tax collector race by three votes. Tobacco belt crop projected near last year’s 7,000,000 pounds. Wilcox County to consider public power option on June 28. Sara Holsenbeck injured by rifle discharge while unloading. Police Chief C Ray and Patrolman J Moore faced suspensions. D T Corbin suspended five days. Mrs. Harvey H Ferguson among prize-winning essayists in Audubon contest. Mrs. Chappell named head of Americus hospital. A Claxon High School bus of 34 girls overturned near Alexandria, Va.. 17 hurt but none seriously.
Boy Swimmer Drowns At Macon
Ten year old Albert Chappell Hall drowned while swimming in water filled sand at Macon. Playmates could not save him and neighbors summoned aid as searchers recovered the body.
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Macon
Albert Chappell Hall
Poll Tax Elimination Sought in Sumter County
Americas Ga June 3 Sumter county representatives faced a grand jury recommendation to introduce a bill to eliminate the poll tax. The presentments, issued this week, also condemn gambling which the jurors found to be on the increase.
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Americas
Sumter County
General Assembly
Third District Rural Mail Carriers Meet in Vienna
Rural Letter Carriers of the Third District gathered in Vienna on May 30 for their annual convention. In the school auditorium welcome came from Postmaster T A Adkins Prof J R Burgess and Mayor L N Mobley with Mrs C A Sims. W W Fuqua of Unadilla was elected main delegate to the state convention, later to the national. New officers were elected S R Stevens J J Barry H A Edwards with ladies auxiliary re electing F H Scarborough as president and L W Lowery as vice president. Delegates from 37 towns totaling about 200 attended.
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Vienna
Third District
T. A. Adkins
J. R. Burgess
L. N. Mobley
C. A. Sims
C Wall
W. A. Wilson
F. H. Scarboro
Gol. T. Hoyt Davis
Rudolph Greer
J. B. Ryner
Ed White
Mildred Gilbert
W. W. Fuqua
Unadilla
W W. Fuqua
S. R. Stevens
Americus
J.J. Barry
H. A. Edwards
Dawson
Fuqua
Atlanta
Washington
Ladies’ Auxiliary
F. H. Scarbrough
DeSoto
L. W. Lowery
Reynolds
Collins enters race for judge in Gainesville
Joseph G Collins a prominent Gainesville attorney and former solicitor general of the Northeast circuit has qualified as a candidate for judge of the circuit opposing incumbent Robert Mac Millan who announced earlier. Judge B P Gaillard Jr retires to resume private practice. G F Kelley unopposed for solicitor general with assistant J M Frankum. Also unopposed are Judge Boyd Sloan of city court and Herbert Edmondson solicitor.
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Gainesville
Joseph G Collins
Robert MacMillan
B. P. Gaillard, Jr
G. F. Kelley
J. M. Frankum
Clarkesville
Boyd Sloan
Herbert Edmondson
Man train killed shown as escape in Georgia furor
Macon reports FBI fingerprint files identified the deceased as Joe Varner who escaped a Florida prison camp in 1926. Varner, a native of Bufort North Carolina, was sent for burglary and reportedly escaped Rayford prison, later killed when struck by a train under the Elm Street overpass.
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Macon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Central of Georgia
J. C. Smith
Florida
Warner
Elm Street
Governor Sparres life of Redding commuted to life
Governor Rivers commuted the death sentence of Sam Redding of Ft Valley to life in prison hours before execution for the slayings during a Saturday night holdup at the Padgett store. The ruling followed recommendations from the trial judge, Ft Valley officials, and Peach County citizens, noting fellow suspect Robert Lee Carzell was acquitted.
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Atlanta
Rivers
Sam Redding
St. Valley
Ft. Valley
Peach County
Robert Lee Carzell
Redding
Five Pease brothers to receive UDC service crosses
Columbus Georgia reports five Pease brothers, all World War veterans and sons of Mrs. Anna V. Pease, will be awarded service crosses of honor by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Jas N. Pease, a colonel in the infantry, is linked with Charlotte North Carolina. Leonard G. Pease served in the navy. Jack J. Pease was a second lieutenant in the air corps. Henry B. Pease and W. Howard Pease served in field artillery. The crosses, oriented through the Lizzie Rutherford chapter, will be presented in Wednesday exercises.
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Columbus
Anna V. Pease
Jas. N. Pease
Charlotte
N. C
Leonard G. Pease
Jack J. Pease
Air Corps
Henry B. Pease
Field Artillery
W. Howard Pease
UDC
Lizzie Rutherford
H. Fay Gaffney
Colquitt Man Denied Second Change Of Venue Plea
Cuthbert Ga June 4 motion for a second change of venue in the W Geer murder case against his young secretary Mrs Charlie Mae Houston Jan 8 1936 was denied before Judge Charles Worrill. Defense argued Miller county feeling had subsided and sought Terrell or original jurisdiction. Geer awaiting new trial after supreme court reversal on jury instruction error with insanity standard. He is held in Dougherty county jail at Albany nearing age 70.
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Georgia Supreme Court
Miller County
Supreme Court
Worrill
Geer
Dougherty County
Albany
Fred Fair Escapes From Works Camp Near Summersville Ga
Summersville Ga June 4 County Warden A T Mashburn disclosed that Fred Fair serving a life sentence for killing an Atlanta policeman escaped about two weeks ago. He simply walked away from the Chattooga County public works camp four miles from here. Fair had a prior escape from Fulton Tower in 1930 while under death sentence for the slaying of Patrolman J B McDaniel. He lived in Oklahoma for six years, was recaptured in 1986, and his death sentence was commuted to life. Officials say he was classified an A Grade trusty and given privileges that enabled the escape. The search shifted to Oklahoma, where authorities believe he may be. In a prior escape he was found in Enid Okla under an alias and had established himself as a beauty parlor operator.
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Summersville
A. T. Mashburn
Fred Fair
Atlanta
Mashburn
Fair
Chatooga County
Fulton Tower
Oklahoma
Rivers
Chattooga County
Reidsville
Oklahoma City
Enid
Okla
Circles Sponsor Dean Theatre Film This Week
Circles No 1 and No 2 of the Woman's Missionary Society at Butler Methodist sponsor a film at the Dean Theatre Thursday and Friday June 9 and 10. The feature is the motion picture I Met My Love Again starring Joan Bennett and Henry Fonda. Committees on the project include Mrs F A Peed Mrs C W Foy Mrs O C Keen Mrs B E McCorvey Mrs Allen Payne Mrs H G Pye Miss Nannie Joiner and Miss Luthel Chapman.
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Woman's Missionary Society
Butler Methodist Church
Dean Theatre
Butler
Joan Bennett
Henry Fonda
F. A. Peed
C. W. Foy
0. Cc, Keen
BE. D McCorvey
Allen Payne
H. G. Pye
Nannie Joiner
Luthel Chapman
Growers of Hileys Told Not to Ship Unripe Fruit
Macon on June 6 reports that growers of peaches were warned by the Georgia Peach Growers Exchange not to ship Hileys that are immature or green in an effort to meet New York buyers. Telegraphic reports from New York indicate unripe Hileys were rejected, as the peak shipping season is expected within days.
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Macon
New York
Georgia Peach Growers Exchange
Palms Provide Diverse Resources Across Tropics and Subtropics
Palms serve native populations with shelter clothing food and many utensils. They supply materials for houses forts stockades war rafts and weapons. Some palm derived goods reach the United States though they remain far more common in their homeland regions.
Per Capita Taxes Increased, Prof Brooks States
Atlantia June 2 Prof R Preston Brooks dean of the school of commerce at the University of Georgia told the Citizens Fact-Finding Movement that Georgia must abolish the present revenue allocation system. He cited a 1937 38 per capita tax burden of 32.86 dollars totaling about 99 million, with state and local loads of 29.12 and a state tax rise from 9.55 in 1936. He proposed four alternatives plus a sales tax and urged annual county and city budget reporting to the state auditor.
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Atlantia
R. Preston Brooks
School of Commerce
University of Georgia
Moement
Georgia
Brooks
General Assembly
Congressmen Wish Erle Cocke Success In Fulton Nat Bank
Georgia delegation in Congress expresses regret at Erle Cocke’s RFC retirement and wishes him success in private banking as vice president of Fulton National Bank. The letter, dated Atlanta June 65, praises Cocke’s service to RFC and Georgia, notes courtesy and cooperation, and signs from Georgia senators and representatives.
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Erle Cocke
Fulton Nat. Bank
Atlanta
Georgia
Congress
Georgia Rnc
Fulton National Bank
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Erle
RFC
RIC
State of
Senator George Gives Views On Wage Hour Bill
Macon Ga June 8 The Macon Telegraph prints a letter from Senator Walter George outlining his stance on the wage and hour bill He fears federal action to fix equitable wages would raise unemployment by cutting average and underaverage workers and by installing labor saving machinery He supports wage and hours regulation only for interstate industries and warns a broad federal wage standard would threaten free enterprise He also notes southern handicaps such as discriminatory freight rates and tariff burdens and opposes a uniform national wage.
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Macon
Macon Telegraph
W. T. Anderson
Walter George
George
Lawrence Camp
Atlanta New Dealer
Atlanta
South
School Honors And Perfect Attendance Notables Named
From No 1 Page 1 the reader learns of students across grades achieving honors and perfect attendance. Listed are Thomas Griffith Sydney Jones Charlie Montfort and many others across first through eleventh grades with mentions of valedictorian salutatorian and class president among the names.
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Thomas Griffith
Sydney Jones
Charlie Montfort
Neva Sue Kirksey
Marion Newsome
David Montfort
Margaret Woods
Ann Howard Neisler
Anne Halley
Hugh Sealy
Edith Coolik
Virginia Hodges
Eugenia Joiner
Dorothy Hinton
Winifred Ruffin
Pat Hodges
Sara Adel ‘Lucas
Margaret Posey
Carlos Nelson
Marvnan Hollis
Garland Blair
Garland Byrd
Helen Hancock
Mollie Coolik
Mattie Emma Kirksey
Charlie Pearl Poole
Harold Posey
Winifred Kirksey
Mary Neal Mont- Montgomery
Catherine Wilson
I. C. Eubanks
Jesse Rogers
LaGrange to chart space for courthouse sale items
LaGrange Georgia June 6 county owned buildings on Ridley avenue secured for the new Troup county courthouse will be sold at public auction Saturday County Engineer William Hunter announced included in the sale will be a boarding house residence three business houses a sorts arena and several negro dwellings buyers will be required to clear away the structures immediately to make space for the courthouse
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LaGrange
Ridley Avenue
Troup County Court House
William Hunter
Piano for Sale in This Vicinity to Sell for Balance Due
Piano in this vicinity will sell for balance due rather than ship to Atlanta. Write Durden Piano Company Station C Box 154 Atlanta Ga.
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Atlanta
Durden Piano Company
Atlanta, Ga
W E Steed Declares Candidacy for State Senator
Political notice from W. E. Steed announcing candidacy for State Senator in the 23rd District. He appeals to Taylor County voters, urging minimal taxes, reduced government offices, and government by reason and common sense. He seeks Democratic primary support and pledges faithful, devoted service if elected.
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Taylor County
Iereby
W. E. Steed
Dudley Taunton Seeks State Senate Seat in 23rd District
A Baylor County candidate announces his bid for State Senator from the Twenty third District in the Democratic primary on September 14 pledging to work for good government and to honor campaign promises, asking for votes and influence.
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Baylor County
Dudley Taunton
Candidate Announces Run for State Senate District Twenty Three
A message to Taylor County voters from Marshall declares candidacy for State Senator in the Twenty third District subject to the Democratic Primary on September 14 seeking votes and support.
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Taylor County
Marshall
Friends of J W Edwards nominate Edwards in Georgia primary
To the voters of Taylor County the friends of Julian W Edwards Sr announce him as a candidate for Representative in the General Assembly of Georgia in the Democratic primary on Sept 1. They cite his business experience and knowledge of local conditions as assets and promise to seek consultation and support for county and state matters.
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Taylor County
Julian W. Edwards
General Assembly of
Georgia
J. W. Edwards
Candidate for 4th District GA seat in Taylor County
Dan Bedland announces candidacy in the Democratic primary for Georgia General Assembly representing Taylor County. He seeks votes and influence from county residents and pledges to work toward the county’s best interests if elected.
Justified Slaying of Son by Father in Georgia
Savannah police say 73-year-old W. J. Hay surrendered after admitting he shot his son Willie Hunt Su night. A coroner's jury found the shooting justified, saying the elder Hay feared his son, a habitual drunkard, and the shots were meant to frighten him but struck him by accident after the son allegedly came home drunk.
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Savannah
Agi
W. J. Hay
Chatham Cou
Willie Hunt
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Diamond Match Co
Macon Paper Co
Columbia University
New York City
Johnson
St. Louis
Mercer University
Griffin
George Gilbert
Troup County
E. V. Hilyer
Glynn
Lowndes County
Valdosta
Jas. L. Gillis
State Highway Board
Soperton
Swainsboro Road
Ralph McGill
The
Atlanta Constitution
Europe
Denmark
Sweden
Albert C. Hall
H. C. Hall
South Macon
Lester Chapman
South Georgia
North Georgia
Crisp County
Gordon Cook
Geneva
Talbot County
William Keller
Georgia-Florida
Wilcox County
Sara Holsenbeck
Suspasion
C. Ray
Jim Moore
D. T. Corbin
Police Committee of the
City Commission
R. I. Davis
Harvey H. Ferguson
Menlo
National Association of Audubon Societies
Fred Chappell
W. T. Clarke
Americus and Sumter County Hospital
Chappel
Americus Hospital
University of of Georgia
Augusta
Claxton, Ga
Alexandria
Sumter
Joseph G. Collins
Governor Sprres
Colquitt
Circles
Hileys
Doan
Pew
Georsit
Dan
Bedland
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