Muscogee Grand Jury Indicts Loan Sharks in Columbus
The Muscogee County Grand Jury indicted 21 individuals on small loan law violations in Columbus. Bench warrants issued by Judge T Hicks Fort, seven arrests by Sheriff E F Howells deputies within four hours, and 13 indictments against 20 men and one woman for operating loan businesses without a state banking license.
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Columbus
Muscogee County
Georgia
Superior Court
T. Hicks Fort
E. F. Howell
Grand Jury
State Superintendent of Banks
Citation for Year's Support for McCants Family
The Taylor County Court of Ordinary cites Frances Elizabeth McCants widow and four minor children and all concerned to show cause at the regular June term why the twelve months support application should not be granted. Dated May 3, 1954. J. R. Lunsford Ordinary.
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Taylor Court of Ordinary
Frances Elizabeth McCants
Thomas Jack McCants
J. R. Lunsford
Taylor County
Widow Minnie S Bell seeks twelve months support
Minnie S Bell widow of Robert Bell deceased petitions for twelve months support after filing a return. All persons concerned are cited to show cause at the regular June term of the court why the application should not be granted.
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Taylor Court of Ordinary
Minnie S. Bell
Robert Bell
J. R. Lunsford
Taylor County
Taylor County Georgia Discharge of Administrator Notice
Thelmon Jarrell, administrator of Mrs. M Lou Brewer Cromer, petitions for discharge after full administration. Citizens and creditors are cited to show cause why administrator should not be discharged and receive letters of dismissal on the first Monday in June 1954. May 3, 1954. J R Lunsford, Ordinary.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Thelmon Jarrell
M. Lou Brewer Cromer
J. R Lunsford
Sale of King Felts estate property in Taylor County Georgia
Will be sold before the court house door in Butler Georgia on June 1 1954 within legal hours to the highest bidder for cash the south half of lot 142 containing 10114 acres lying in the 12th district. The sale is to satisfy a security deed from King Felts to T B Joiner dated January 3 1944 recorded in Taylor County deed book 7 pages 533 534 for 148 principal plus interest 8 percent since November 1 1944 and taxes 32.01 with interest 7 percent from October 13 1950. the undersigned paid to protect the property. sale is estate of King Felts deceased April 20 1954 T B Joiner H Thad Crawley attorney.
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Court House
Butler
Taylor County
Georgia
King Felts
T. B. Joiner
Superior Court
Arthritis Sufferer Describes Remarkable Recovery
A reader recounts severe Rheumatoid Arthritis and other rheumatic pains that crippled joints and distorted hands. She promises to share how she gained relief and returned to active life, inviting further letters.
Forrester and Wheeler Attack Supreme Court Ruling
Washington lawmakers denounce the court ruling on school segregation as political and unlawful. Rep. Forrester calls the decision edict driven, aims to nullify state rights, and threatens interracial mixing. Wheeler condemns court deterioration and foreign influence shaping American justice.
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South
Rep
Forrester
D-Ga
House
Wheeler
Washington
Supreme Court
Items Not Ordered Being Received in Columbus News Report
Columbus reports cheap, ordered items like ties fountain pens and other goods mailed by merchants. Cecil Garrett says investigations show profits often go to private individuals rather than charities as claimed by sellers.
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Columbus
Better Business Division
Columbus Merchants Association
Cecil Garrett
The
Merchants Association
Two Drownings Reported in Western State Sunday
Two men drowned Sunday afternoon in the western state region. Joe Wayne Little, 20, Smiths Alabama, reportedly went under the Chattahoochee River near Columbus after pushing another man to safety around 2 p.m. Rescue attempts by Muskogee Fire Department dragged for eight hours without success. Leon Scott, 13, LaGrange, drowned at Ida Cason Gardens when his canoe overturned at Robin Lake Beach. He was recovered after 15 minutes but did not respond to treatment.
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Chattahoochee
Columbus
Ida Cason Gardens
Hamilton
Joe Wayne Little
Smiths
Ala
Eagle and Phenix
Muscogee
Lloyd Booth
Leon Scott
LaGrange
Robin Lake
Linder Outlines Georgia Products Market at National Capital
Gubernatorial hopeful Tom Linder writing as agriculture commissioner in the Market Bulletin says he will push a market for Georgian products at the national capital during the next four years. He argues agriculture underpins education health roads and relief programs and notes a 1944 Agriculture Department report.
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Atlanta
Tom Linder
Linder
New York Magnate Plans 18 Story Savannah Hotel Office Block
L Schleifer, a New York hotel magnate, announces plans to build an 18 story hotel and office complex in Savannah. The project combines lodging with commercial space, signaling a major urban development for the city.
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New York
L. Schleifer
Savannah
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Thomas A. Edison
Georgia Power
Wes
H. Thad Crawley
Lela S. Wier
Arbor Hills Drive
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Jackson 7
Mississippi
Chevrolet
Taylor County Motor Co
Reynolds, Georgia
High Court
E. L. Forrester
Washington, D. C
National Capital
Will Buld
Butler Colored School
Butler, Georgia
ST. Philip A. M. E. Church
Our
C. E. Hudson
D. T. Grant
Butler High School
Night Divine Girls’ Glee Club
Offenbach
Ciribiribin Glee Club
Louise Mitchell
Allan Williams Pestalooga
R. L. McDougald
William A. Smith
Fort Valley State College
Sundown
Wilson
Glee Club
A. M. Weston
Taylor-Crawford Counties
C. L. McCarter
M. A. Davison
Concord Baptist Church
Blanchie D
Illinois
Essie E. McDougald
Frances S. O’bryant
Azzie Lee Mott
Lois E. Roquemore
Matthew O. Knowlton
Willie M. Tarrant
Doris D. Lavendar
Willie B. Broady
Catherine McCarter
J. S. Smith
J. N. McDougald
Rob. L. Billingsley
C. A. Hicks
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