Columbus to Honor Memory of Blind Tom in City Project
Thomas Blind Tom Bethune, famed blind pianist born near Columbus, is commemorated with a memorial piano in the Booker T. Washington Apartments. The mahogany baby grand from Baldwin is funded by $114 from a negro committee, $100 from the Columbus Housing Authority, and monthly tenant payments. A silver plaque will mark the dedication, with ceremonies planned after the final payment.
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Thomas
Tom
Bethune
Columbus
Booker T. Washington
Ledger-Enquirer
Howard
Baldwin Piano Company
Cc. E. Hancock
Hancock Music Co
Columbus Housing Authority
Tomlinson
Booker Washington
Quitman Fire Destroys Cafe. Loss Estimated at 35000
Quitman on May 17. Fire gutted the Jelk's building early Saturday, with loss about 35000 and only partially insured. Royal Cafe started the blaze, destroying the cafe, Cash Drug store, and a bowling alley. Dr. E L Jelks was the sole second floor tenant. Local firemen contained the blaze. Valdosta sent a fire truck.
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Quitman
Jelk
Royal Cafe
Cash Drug Store
War Strain Told By Baseball Captain From Americus
In Hot Springs Arkansas a Georgia Florida League pitcher writes home from the Americas Pioneers Class D team. He mentions injuries to three teammates, a struggling infield, and a makeshift lineup amid a hot day and a sore arm. He notes winning two games early and hopes for a better club by July or August.
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Americus
G. B
Frog) Burchfield
Hot Springs
Ark
Pioneers
Shorstop
Erros
Frog Burchfield
Doerun Pair Take Baby In Put and Take Tale
In Doerun a modern put and take game led unidentified players to steal Jim Green’s trousers and 65 cents as they left a six month old girl on the Osburns’ front porch. The baby, found in a basket with milk and a note reading Carolyn, sparked joy then sadness as authorities seek its parents.
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Doerun
New Elm
Jim Green
Pierce Osburn
Osburns
Mr. Green
Carolyn
Taylor County Hay Crop Advice From E G Blackwell
County Extension Agent E G Blackwell urges farmers to plant large summer hay crops to supplement feed. He notes cowpeas and soybeans as viable options, praises lespedera and kudzu for hay, and highlights mix crops like sorghum with cowpeas or soybeans for high yields though curing can be tricky.
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Taylor County
E.G. Blackwell
Blackwell
Lespedera
Soldier's Body Recovered At Lakeside In Macon
The body of Pvt. Edward J. Vagnini 22, Camp Wheeler trainee from Bridgeport Connecticut, was recovered from Lakeside after about 22 hours of search by civilian authorities and volunteers from the 10th Training Battalion. He drowned while swimming Saturday at Lakeside, going under before two companions and Lakeside could reach him.
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Macon
Edward J. Vagnini
Lakeside
10Th Training Battalion
Vagnini
Bridgeport
High Financing Main Issue in Georgia Election June 3
Around $2 million in refunding bonds will be decided in Georgia’s June 3 general election. The Associated Press tally shows 49 of 69 constitutional amendments concern refunding debt for counties cities and school districts, totaling $1,856,000 in known amounts.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Associated Press
Four Fliers Die in Plane Collision Near Rains S C
Two Army bombers collided over Rains South Carolina during a training flight from Savannah to Langley Field. Victims were Second Lieut. Frank B. Ralston Second Lt. A J Moore Sergeant D L Boyd and Corp H Pruitt. Moore perished after his parachute failed to open en route to hospital.
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Rains
S. C
South Carolina
Savannah Air Base
Langley Field
Frank B. Ralston
Pittsburgh
A. J. Moore
Reno
Nev
D. L. Boyd
Frost
Texas and Corp
Rains School House
Savannah
Georgia to take $2000 if heirs of Jarvis not found
Georgia probate officials plan a final effort to locate missing heirs of Mrs. Mary BP Jarvis who died fifty years ago in New Hampshire. If heirs are not found within sixty days, the state will receive $2000 from the estate. John P Stewart is custodian of the funds and judge Hugh Dorsey signed the order.
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Atlanta
Mary Bp.jarvis
New Hampshire
New England
Worth County couple remarry after years apart
In Sylvester May 10 A J Hall 68 of Tift county and Minnie Lee Waddell 62 of Worth county remarried this week by Judge W G Paul for a third time together after prior divorce and remarriage cycles. The pair had earlier separated years ago and renewed their bond after renewed vows. Judge Paul noted their happiness during the ceremony. Funeral services for Mrs Katie Lou Fagan widow of E M Fagen who died unexpectedly at her Ft Valley home were held Monday afternoon.
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Sylvester
A. J. Hall
Tift County
Minnie Lee Waddell
Mr. Hall
Miss Waddell
W. G. Paul
Hall
Paul
Katie Lou Fagan
E. M. Fagen
Ft. Valley
Taylor County Farmers Urged to Plan Trenched Silos Now
County Agent E G Blackwell urges spring planning for trench silos to store silage. He notes plant selection and thick sorghum planting, advises good land preparation with stable manure, and suggests visiting nearby trench silo users. Simple storage guidelines appear in Extension Circular 247 at the county agent’s office.
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E.G. Blackwell
Nightingale Boat Explosion Kills Seven Off Little River
A excursion boat Nightingale exploded while anchored off Little River inlet injuring 14 others and killing seven of 39 aboard. Gasoline spilled during engine work sparked a blaze that burned the craft to the waterline. Among the dead is George R. Barfield Jr., 37, formerly of Macon and a Rocky Mount resident since 1937.
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Little River
S. C
Nightingale
Little River Inlet
W. A. Warton
Rocky Mount
Pasenger
George R. Barfield Jr
Macon
N. C
Lorraine
Georgia peach crop expected to reach decade high in 1911
The Agriculture Department predicted a 2,031,000 bushel Georgia peach crop for 1911, the largest in a decade. Nationally, the 10 southern states are forecast to produce about 13.86 million bushels in 1940 with favorable April growing conditions boosting prospects. Alabama and Mississippi show strong sizing and an unusually good crop outlook across the region.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
South
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
State Patrol Praised by Governor for Strong Start
Governor Talmadge lauded the patrol’s performance and questioned officials about progress. He noted 846 arrests for speeding since January, versus 3,252 in the same four months last year, joking that they brag about work they have not been doing.
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Atlanta
Tallmadge
John Goodwin
4-H Club Work Nation Wide In Its Activities
4 H Club operates under the Agricultural Extension service of the University System of Georgia and the U S Department of Agriculture with county cooperation. It is a nation wide educational program for rural youth aged 10 to 20 to learn practical agricultural and home economics skills. Membership is voluntary with over 100 members in Taylor County and growing weekly. Members must demonstrate approved practices, keep records, attend meetings and report annually.
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Four-H Club
Agricultural Extension Service
University System of Georgia
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Taylor County
Twelve Year Old Killed Father Gets Life Sentence
A 12 year old farm boy in Waynesboro Georgia, Robert Messex, was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his father with a shotgun after a whipping. He spoke from jail of liking clean clothes, ice cream, and books, and said his father was not so bad. The boy will be transferred to a state training school and his sentence may be commuted later as speculation grows in the town.
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Waynesboro
Robert Messex
A. L. Franklin
Robert
Will Messex
Taylor County Farmers Land Bank Loans Big Total
Taylor County farmers secured 154 land bank and land bank commissioner loans totaling 203400 for May 1 1933 to Dec 31 1940. In 1940 eighty farmers used short term credit via their production credit association totaling 40342. Loans support farm purchase improvement refinancing of mortgage debt and production credit for crops and livestock.
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Columbia
S. C
Taylor County
Land Bank and
Land Bank Commissioner
Farm Credit Administration of Columbia
Production Credit Association
National Farm Loan Association and
Farm Credit Administration
Bank and Land Bank Commissioner
Herman Talmadge Called to Navy Duty
Atlanta lawyer Herman Talmadge son of Gov. Eugene Talmadge is ordered to report for duty at Charleston Navy yard on May 26. Placed in Class 1-A by his draft board he preferred Navy service and was commissioned as an ensign in the Naval Reserve on Congressman Carl Vinson’s recommendation. He received a week’s leeway before reporting.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
Charleston Navy Yard
Young Talmadge
Navy
Naval Reserve
Carl Vinson
Naval Affairs Committee of Congress
Talmadge
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Nelson M. Shipp
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
P. S
Frigidaire
Flectrie Berge
N. L. Halley Reynolds
Jefferson County
Cordele
Cobb County
Rains, S. C
Worth County
North Carooina
State Patrol
4-H
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