Taylor County Georgia A Regional Hub With Rail Access
The county sits on two major trunk railroads, Central of Georgia and Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic, and links Savannah and Brunswick ports. It lies near the state center with favorable climate, soils, timber, and varied topography. Roads, bridges, and a north south highway connect towns, aiding transport to Macon and beyond.
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Tween
South Georgia
Taylor County
Mississippi Valley
Georgia
Macon
Taylor County Georgia A Wealthy, Progressive Farm Community
Taylor county features Reynolds as a trade center in a rich agricultural region. The area boasts cotton mills, extensive lumber and kaolin operations, numerous farms, and strong banks. It highlights schools, roads, utilities, churches, clubs, and welcoming residents drawn to hunting, fishing, camping, and outdoor recreation.
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Georgia
Florida
Taylor County
Butter
Reynolds
Taylor
Jones Assault Victim Dies at Advanced Age
Gray Georgia June 7 funeral services were held for the 82 year old victim of an assault by Jarret Ben ford and Wade Johnson Milledgeville youths held in Bibb county jail awaiting execution for the crime. The assault occurred May 17 and the elderly woman had been critically ill since then. Judge J B Park fixed June 16 to hear a motion for a new trial at Eatonton in a special term.
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Gray
Jarret Benford
Wade Johnson
Milledgeville
Bibb County
J. B. Park
Ocmulgee
Eatonton
Get Acquainted With Your County Questions
A readers survey asks Taylor county residents to name first settlers town names and origins, formation date and namesakes, early governance, churches, lodges, schools, post offices, valuations and taxes, population, oldest residents, first child born, boosters and objectors, and personal hometown contributions.
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Masonic Lodge
Dont Leave It To The Children Chair Talks On Georgia Roads
Sandersville Georgia June 4 W T Anerson of the State Highway Department told the Kiwanis Club that the one cent gas tax is distributed to help less populous counties first and that wealthy counties have not received preferential treatment. He argued the department targets hardest road problems and that dirt roads cannot be maintained economically with over 400 vehicles daily. He urged unity and warned against selfish quibbling over details as road quality affects every resident and dollar of property.
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Sandersville
W. T. Anerson
State Highway Department
Kiwanis Club
Anderson
Highway Department
North Georgia
South Georgia
Georgia Third District Democratic Primary Rules 1924
The text outlines the Third Congressional District of Georgia Democratic Primary procedures for September 20 1924. It covers voter eligibility, district wide plurality to nominate, county certificates to the district secretary, and the Americus convention to confirm the nominee. It also sets conditions for eligibility and deadlines to contest the nomination and notes campaign conduct requirements.
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Democratic Congressional Executive Committee
Third Congressional District
Georgia
Congress
Third
John M. Greer
Oglethorpe
Congressional Executive Committee
Americus
Congressionl Committee
United States
Congressional Committee
Oglethorpe, Ga
Democratic Executive Committee
Jno. M. Greer
Democratic Congressional District
Atkins Chosen Vienna Postmaster
President Coolidge nominates Tilden A. Adkins of Vienna for postmaster in Georgia's Third District. Adkins, a Democrat and incumbent, selected despite rival support and the local senator's influence, with the process reflecting home-town patronage norms. The document details district rules for primary candidacy and publication requests.
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Washington
Coolidge
Georgia
Tilden A. Adkins
Vienna
Senate
Tilden
Walter F. George
Adkins
J. L. Phillips
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Phillips
Johnson
Unification of Methodists North and South Debated
An editorial urges caution on a July General Conference session in Nashville to unify the Northern and Southern Methodist Churches. It argues Northern strength would dominate, risk friction over agendas and racial representation, and warns Southern members would lose influence if unification proceeds.
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General Conference
M. E. Church South
Nashville
North
Church South
Church North
Methodist Church
College of Bishops
Permanent Roads for Georgia
The Herald urges careful, informed support for Georgia's proposed 70 million dollar bond issue for permanent roads. It argues government ownership boasts public transport benefits, notes road bonds require borrowing and repayment, and asserts Taylor County will decide alongside the state. The piece stresses progress, avoids tax increases, and calls readers to be good jurors after full evidence.
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Herald
Georgia
Taylor County
The
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the Atlantic
Savannah
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Grand Theatre
Reynolds, Ga
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David Powell
Paramount Picture
Yosemite Valley
St. John Comedy
Elsie Ferguson
Miss Ferguson
General Electric
Thomas Meighan
Jones
W. T. Anderson
Atkins
Unification
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