Belivar H. Ray Dies in Roberta After Stroke
Belivar I Ray longtime Macon business figure and livestock operator died at his Roberta home Friday night after a paralysis stroke two years earlier He leaves a wife seven children led by C E Ray of Moultrie and seven other sons and daughters across Georgia Florida New York and Ohio Information lists his sons T J Ray B H Ray Jr Marvin Ray Lucile McClain Ruth Fordyce G P Ray and Birch Ray with others.
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Macon
Belivar I. Ray
Roberta
Dr. Ray
C. E Ray
Moultrie
Mr. Ray
T J. Ray
B. H. Ray, Jr
Jacksonville
Marvin Ray
Lake City
Fla
Lucile McClain
Ruth’ Fordyce
Long Island, N. Y
G. P. Ray
Cincinnati
Birch Ray
Roberta. Con
Valdosta Melon Crop Valued At 146000 This Season
Valdosta reports the melon crop is worth about 146000 with roughly 470 carloads sent to market in the last ten days. Officials expect similar shipments to push total near 150000 as the season nears close, aided by early maturity and rapid sale.
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Valdosta
Governor Hardman Urges Citizen Aid in Legislative Session
Governor L. G. Hardman issued a statement urging citizens to cooperate with lawmakers during the current session. He asked patience and to postpone nonessential matters until the session ends.
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L. G. Hardman
Atlanta
Hardman
Robert F Cooke dies after long illness at 71
Mr Robert F Cooke a Talbot county resident dies at 71 after a six year decline following a stroke of paralysis He died June 19 and was interred in the family lot at Howard cemetery The widow and eight children survive Mrs W H Collier Tabotton Mrs W P Parks Howard Mrs A C Adams Butler J J Cook Woodbury M C Cook Woodbury C R Cooke Key West Fla J D Cooke Butler and R W Cooke Howard
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Robert F. Cooke
Talbot County
Cooke
Howard
Mr. Cooke
W. H. Collier
Tabotton
W. P. Parks
A. C Adams
Butler
J. J. and
M. C. Cook
Woodbury
C. R Cooke
Key West
Fla
J. D. Cooke
R. W. Cooke
Thomaston Man Takes His Own Life in Macon
Thomaston, Ga June 21 Mr Shelby Hancock killed himself in a Macon hotel by swallowing sarbolic acid. He had gone to Macon to marry a woman in a neighboring state and carried a marriage license. Despondency over the match and parental objections were cited as factors. Hancock, about 27, was a popular local figure connected with Williams’ therapy with many friends.
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Thomaston
Shelby Hancock
Macon
Hancock
Williams
Two Held For Counterfeiting In Macon Plot
Two youths described as peach packers near Monticello Jasper County were arrested in Macon after passing counterfeit $50 notes bearing Ulysses Grant. Police warned merchants to beware of the perfect looking notes. The suspects, William Bolton 23 and C W Gambrell 20, gave no statements and are held for U S authorities. The bills passed at Plantation lunch on Broadway and Carrs restaurant.
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Macon
Monticello
Jasper County
WM. Bolton
Ww. Gambrell
B.T. Watkins
Federal Reserve
Grant
Wedkins
Macon Bank
U. S
Broadway
Carr’s
Hail Devastates Taylor County Crops Across Wide Area
A late Friday storm and cloudburst ruined hundreds of acres of corn and cotton in Taylor County. The damage centered on F. C. Jarrell’s plantation and spread to farms of listed neighbors, with hailstones described as small marbles to hen eggs. The event destroyed tasseling corn and stripped cotton leaves, leaving fields unrecoverable amid continuous rains and washed lands.
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Taylor County
A. E. Guinn
Talbot County
F. C. Jarrell
C. W. Bazemore
C. C. Heath
W. A. Spinks
J. A. Heath
John Adams
Walter Willis
J M. Haywood
J. F. Posey
H. W. Jarrell
A. H. Jarrell
C. T. Vann
John Vann
L. B. Booth
Special Day at Crowell Methodist Church
Crowell Methodist Church in Taylor County invites all to hear Presiding Elder preach at eleven. Dinner follows near the church. At 2:30 p.m. Judge C F McLaughlin of the Superior Courts will speak on Law Enforcement urging better observance. All are welcome.
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Crowell Methodist Church
Taylor County
Angiege Crowell
C. F. McLaughlin
Chattahoochee
Butler District Trustees Reelect H H Riley and W M Brown
An election to fill two vacancies on the Butler district Board of Education in Taylor county was held Thursday. Messrs H. H. Riley and W. M. Brown were elected to succeed themselves.
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Board of Education
Taylor County
Board of Trustees
Butler
Messrs
H. H. Riley
W. M. Brown
Buick Automobile Stolen Near Here Friday Night
A 1923 Buick stolen from the garage of George Aultman on route three near Five Points after midnight Friday night. Car described as model 1923 with motor 96¢246 and Georgia license 61.748 in good condition. Reward offered for return or thief capture.
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George Aultman
Aultman
Route Three
Five Points
Georgia
Vision Restored To Girl Sightless For 20 Years
Augusta, June 21 Twenty years of blindness for Lavada Amos an Augusta honor student ended Friday by a surgical operation. After months of preparation doctors planned two surgeries with a brief light exposure showing she could see. She was plunged into darkness again to protect the work and will be gradually eased to light. Amos was an honor graduate of Augusta High School and ranked second for her general average at Augusta Junior College this June. She is a former student of the Academy for the Blind in Macon under Mrs. Jeanette Wallace Oliphant formerly of Augusta.
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Augusta
Lavada ‘Amos
Augusa
Academy For the Blind
Macon
Jeanette Wallace Oliphant
Lightning Strikes Butler Area Farmer Wounding S. E. Cox
Five miles south of Butler on Friday afternoon S. E. Cox prominent city warehouseman was severely shocked and burned when lightning struck a tree near his farm. His injuries included burns to the arm chest and leg. He described a peculiar lingering sensation and fainted briefly before help arrived. He was taken to town for treatment and advised to rest a week to ten days.
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Butler
S. E. Cox
Mr. Cox
Methodist Ladies Rummage Sale Resumes Next Saturday
The ladies of the Methodist church will resume their rummage sale next Saturday in the Masonic Temple building. All contributions appreciated. Packages left at Col. H. P. Wallace’s office will be given careful and prompt attention. Mrs. Sarah Harris.
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The
Methodist Church
Masonic Temple
H. P. Wallace
Sarah Harris
Waters Undergoes Appendicitis Operation at Oglethorpe
J. W. Waters fifteen years old son of Mr and Mrs Clem Waters was removed to the Oglethorpe In firmary in Macon Tuesday night where he underwent an appendicitis operation. The procedure was reported successful and the patient resting nicely.
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J. W. Waters
Clem Waters
Oglethorpe Infirmary
Macon
Superintendent Brown Buys Hammock Residence
Superintendent C. R. Brown, newly elected for 1929 30, purchased the N B Hammock residence and adjoining lands at the southern edge of the city on Route Three. He plans a poultry operation during vacation and will supervise it as he moves his family from Richland to Butler. His wife, daughter of Mr and Mrs J T Childs, is welcomed back to the community.
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C. R. Brown
Butler Consolidated Schools
N. B. Hammock
Hammock
Brown
Richland
J. T. Childs
Prof. Brown
Butler High School
Butler
Death of Mr J E Garrett After Long Illness
Mr John E Garrett longtime county resident died Sunday morning at the R L Walker home where he and his wife lived. He served in responsible roles with the Central Railroad and the A B C before health declines forced retirement. He was a member of Bethel Presbyterian Church with funeral services conducted by Revs H M Wolfe and John Locke Monday morning. He is survived by his wife Cornelia Martin Garrett.
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John E. Garrett
R. L. Walker
Garrett
The
Central Railroad
Bethel Pr
H. M. Wolfe
John Locke
Cornelia Martin
Tragic Deaths Stroke County Negroes Over Weekend
Three African American residents died in separate weekend incidents across Butler and Marion counties. Rat Wouss, 18, was reportedly shot on a public road near the Butler to Tazewell line. Jere Roquemore and Willie Simmons were found dead on the A B and C railroad tracks near Charing, ruled as accidental sleep and train strike. Gordon Trice, a farm hand, and a Negro woman were arrested by Sheriff Wiggins in Marion County and jailed in Buena Vista on related charges.
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Rat Wouss
Butler
Tazewell
Marion County
Gordon Trice
P. W. Purvis
Wiggins
Buena Vista
Brigman Naval Stores Co
Charing
Jere Roquemore
Willie Simmons
A. B. and C
Messrs L. M
Cecil Gill
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Crawford County
Grand Theatre
King OF Kings
Cecil B. DeMille
Jesus
Steen
FOX News
Robert F. Cook
W. M. Bolton
C. W. Gambrell
Peach Packers
Crowells Methodist Church
Butler Dist
BUICK
Lightning
Frenquish
Bolt
Talbotton
Team Columbian Lodge Center
West Georgia
Talbot-Taylor
Olive Lodge No. 10
Talbots
Junction City
Taylor
Butler, Reynolds and
Mauk
Columbus
J. T. Adams
J. R. Lunsford
Reynolds
J. E. Garrett
Rat Vouss
Willie ‘Simmons
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