Georgia News Roundup of Disasters and Appointments
A lightning bolt killed a man near Tennille while a separate incident occurred in Ashburn, and a Columbus woman shot herself to end her life. Georgia Tech offers a cotton grading course starting July, while more local items cover a baring of misdeeds in Atlanta, barbecues, school board debates, bank sale news, and appointments from Columbus to Athens. The state Supreme Court upheld free public schooling, and governor picks include Miss Alice Garretson for the Rhododendron festival.
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Segarettye
Tennille
Georgia School of Technology
W. H. Perry
Columbus
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Ear Ashburn
State B Y P U Convention Set for Gainesville
Five hundred youths from junior to adult unions across Georgia gather for the second annual B Y P U convention at Riverside Academy in Gainesville. The event opens June 21 and runs through June 28 with F A Hooper Jr of Atlanta named as the new president.
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Parents and Teachers’ Institute
Athens
R. H. Hankinson
Georgia P. T. A. Congress
Georgia Baptist Women's Missionary Union
Bessie Tift College
W.J. Neel
Garterville
Géo. Weatmoreland
Atlanta
Emerita
J.C. Lanier
West
A. F. McMahon
Mary Christian
Young People
E. C. Laird
F. D. Burge
BL. Bugg
W. T. Martin
W. W. Stark
Commerce
L. Q. Freeman
College Park
Westmoreland
Lanier Kenstee
W. M. WU
Gainesville
Riverside Academy
F. A. Hooper, Jr
Aes
Convicted Woman Shot Man in Self Defense Case
Atlanta June 13 Mrs Permy French was convicted Friday night of manslaughter in the shooting death of J S Garmon road dispatcher on Feb 11 and sentenced to eight to 12 years. The defense admitted the affair but argued it ended and she acted in self defense when he forced entry and threatened her with a pistol. Her husband sat with her during the trial.
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Atlanta
Permy French
J. S. Garmon
Nch
Garmon
Sonks
Inventor of artificial ice plant dies in Eufaula
Eufaula June 18 G B Blakely 86, longtime superintendent on the Columbus Iron Works project died at his home Thursday night He was credited with building the first artificial ice plant while employed at Apalachicola Florida during the Columbus Works construction fifty years ago
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Eufaula
G. B. Blakely
Hufaula
Blakely
Columbus
Apalachicola
Fla
Miss Edna Louise Childres Weds Charles J Vaughn
Beautiful wedding held Sunday at 8 00 pm at the bride’s grandfather home on the Ellaville Americus highway. Miss Childres is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Wallace Childres of Griffin formerly Schley county. Mr Vaughn a Griffin businessman formerly resided near Athens.
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Edna Louise Childres
Charles J. Vaughn
W. L. Reid
Ellaville- Americus Highway
Vaughn
Wallace Childers
Griffin
Schley County
Mr. Vaughn
Athens
Montezuma Garden Club Plans Highway Beautification
In Montezuma Georgia on June 16 at Mrs. J. E. Hayes home the Montezuma Garden club discussed beautifying the Dixie Highway by planting alternating pecan and crepe myrtle trees along the road through Macon County. Landowners adjacent to the highway expressed willingness to cooperate and plant trees, with a goal to complete the project.
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Montezuma
Montezuma Garden Club
J. E. Hayes
Dixie Highway
Macon County
Vets to Receive Larger Pension in Georgia
Atlanta June 13 The state of Georgia will make every possible attempt to pay Confederate veterans the 80 per month authorized by the last legislature which failed to provide funds. Governor L G Hardman announced the first payments would start July 1 dependent on state income tax receipts and continue as possible under the law.
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Atlanta
Georgia
L. G. Hardman
Texas Tornado Toll And Damage Reach High Levels
A week of tornadoes swept across Texas causing six deaths and injuries numbering in the dozens. Property damage is estimated at over one million dollars as the storms moved on leaving devastation in their wake.
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Texas
Bar Examinations For Two Circuits In Columbus Ga
Examinations for admission to the bar of the Chattahoochee and Coweta circuits will be held in Columbus before Judge C. F. McLaughlin on Wednesday June 25. The Coweta exams, at Columbus, are by request of Judge C. B. Roop. Examinations start at 8 30 a.m. and must end by midnight.
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St. Louis
Indianapolis
Columbus, O
Planureb
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Georgia Electric & Construction Co
Columbus
Cincinnatti, O
Chattahoochee Circuit
Coweta
C. F. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
C. B. Roop
Millen Lumber Company Wiped Out In Blaze
Millen Georgia June 12 The Turner Lumber Company the largest in Jenkins County owned by W R Turner was destroyed by fire Thursday. Loss is estimated at more than 195000. The blaze started in the dry lumber ice plant near noon and quickly spread to the saw mill lumber sheds trucks and the office. The entire male population of the town helped fight the flames which threatened other property for a time.
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Millen
Turner Lumber Company
Jenkins County
W. R. Turner
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