Georgia News Roundup Highlights Local Deaths and Events
Mrs. Jessie C. Durham 74, oldest daughter of the Southern Female College LaGrange, dies. Confederate veteran checks totaling 44,745 mailed to ordinaries. 671,000 to county superintendents for teachers' salaries. Peach County tax rate set at 27 mills for 1934. H. S. Dixon 87 killed in accident near Dublin. Charles B. Holmes 64 dies in Macon hospital after street illness. Prof. A. K. Kuhl dies suddenly at Douglas. Mrs. Lillian Price Forbes dies from self-inflicted pistol wound. Sorghum seed urged for drought areas. Pleasant A. Stovall returns from Europe with Mrs. Stovall. Col. S. T. Wingfield dies of heart attack. Biggers named Atlanta Journal business manager. Various local incidents include drownings, shootings, court actions, and community meetings. Rock blasting near Lithonia yields massive stone removal and cost.
Montezuma Woodmen to Host Annual Barbecue Supper
Montezuma Ga September 29 The Montezuma Camp of the Woodmen of the World will entertain their wives with an annual barbecue supper on Thursday night October 4. The state manager and one of the national directors are expected to attend the meeting.
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Montezuma
The
Woodmen of the World
Order
Cox Dropped From State Highway Department
Atlanta reports state highway board announces E. Cox is no longer connected with the department and Henry Newton succeeds him as construction engineer. W. E. Wilburn notes Newton will be a mighty fine neighbor while Cox, claiming dismissal for 16 months, declines to comment.
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Atlanta
Stateway Board
E. Cox
Henry Newton
W. E. Wilburn
Newton
Cox
E. M. Underwood
Whitley
Wilburn
University of Georgia
Highway Department
Waycross
Louisville
Notice to file candidacy 80 days before election
Secretary of State John B. Wilson reported Attorney General M J Yeomans opinion that congressional candidates must file declaration of candidacy with the secretary of state 80 days before the general election. State Senate and House candidates need only file with the county or district ordinary 15 days before the election.
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Atlanta
John B. Wilson
M. J. Yeomans
Secretary of State
State Senate
House of Compatatives
General Assembly of Georgia
Wilson
Road Work Spurred on Route 26 in Georgia
Montezuma sept 29 The State Highway Department adds a Macon county contract on Route 26 between Montezuma and Five Points extending ongoing work. More contracts are expected until grading reaches the Houston county line with aim to pave soon. The cross state route has drawn recent attention.
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Montezuma
State Highway Department
Macon County
Five Points
Houston County
CCC Men to Establish Camp at Andersonville Park
Andersonville Sept 28 Lieutenant Rhyne of the government CCC and 12 enlisted men arrived to prepare a camp at the prison park near Andersonville. More than 200 enlisted men are expected to arrive Tuesday and will be stationed for months. They will largely clean and beautify the park, a recent South Georgia tourist attraction.
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Andersonville
Rhyne
Government
CCC
South Georgia
Finds His 71 in City Dump
Macon the smouldering dump heap held $71 in currency recovered by a Macon man. Clerks at a Macon bank redeemed the usable notes, about 56 one dollar bills and three fives, while $15 more was rejected as too badly burned. The origins of the money remain unexplained.
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Macon
Macon Bank
Third District Mayors Plan Americus Meet
Mayors from Georgia's third district will meet in Americus on October 11. Columbus Mayor H C Smith, executive vice president of the Georgia Mayors Association for the district, invites state legislators to attend the session.
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Georgia Association of Mayors
Jas. L. Key
Atlanta
H. C. Smith
Columbus
Americus
Royston
Sara Belle Moore
Denchter
Farmer
Georgia Mayors’ Association
Rules Modified for Cotton Loans Expands Access in Georgia
Vienna Georgia September 30 Senator Walter F George reports CCC has amended cotton loan rules to allow any farmer meeting the revised terms to obtain a 12 cent loan. The change broadens eligibility beyond those who signed 1984 reduction contracts, with forms issued by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration to enable unsigned producers, share tenants, and others to qualify for the loan. Lynn P Talley CCC president notes further information is available on request.
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Farm Administration
Georgia
D. L. Floyd
Vienna
Walter F. George
Commodity Credit Corporation
George
Sen
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Cotton Producers
Castellow to Name Delegates to Convention in October
Americus Ga Sept 28 Stephen Pace who opposed B T Castellow for nomination in Georgia third district waived right to name 80 delegates for the district convention to be held October 9 at Hawkinsville and asked Castellow to name his friends to represent the counties Pace carried.
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Americus
Stephen Pace
B. T. Castellow
Georgia
Hawkinsville
Castellon
Pace
Editor Is Given Prosecutor s Job In Atlanta
Atlanta October first J E Mundy a Jonesboro attorney and editor of The Clayton County News was sworn in as an assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Mundy will succeed E S Chastain who resigned Chastain was the last assistant to remain in office of C W Hagar former district attorney Lawrence Camp of Fairburn was named U S District Attorney here months ago Camp returned to his office Monday after an absence due to illness
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Atlanta
J. E. Mundy
Jonesboro
Clayton County
United States
Northern District of Georgia
Mr. Mundy
E. S. Chastain
Chastain
C. W. Hagar
Lawrence Camp
Fairburn
U. S
Veterans Week Observed In Georgia October 14 20
Governor Talmadge urges Georgia citizens to back Veterans Week, October 14 through 20, praising the American Legion Department of Georgia for promoting free government, justice, and service. He notes about 57,000 World War veterans in Georgia and calls for cooperation to strengthen the Legion and its work for the state and nation.
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Talmadge
Georgia
American Legion Department of Georgia
Legion
Europe
American Legion
United States
Mayor of Americus to Have Opposition Surges in Mayoral Primary
Americus Ga Oct 1 Interest heats up in municipal politics as J E Logan business man qualifies for mayor in the October 17 primary. He will oppose incumbent mayor James A Fort who has led city affairs for four years. Aldermen J L Merritt Cooper Bradley and Will Horne face no opposition in the upcoming primary.
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Americs
Americus
J. E. Logan
Jas. A. Fort
J. L. Merritt
Cooper Bradley
Will Horne
Party slate foretells leaders for two more years
No. 2 figure concedes Howell re elected chair man for another two years and Miss Eleanor Orr of Newnan is seen as secretary of the committee. Governor Talmadge will be nominated by former State Senator J B Jackson of Gray, with seconding by Clark Howell Jr of Atlanta and a list of supporters including W S Mann of McRae J B Whitaker of Bartow J W Culpepper of Fayetteville W T Anderson of Macon and Ed Rivers of Lakeland.
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Howell
Eleanor Orr
Newnan
Talmadge
J B. Jackson
Gray
Clark Howell, Jr
Atlanta
W. S. Mann
McRae
J. B. Whitaker
Bartow County
J. W. Culpepper
Fayetteville
W. T. Anderson
Macon
Ed Rivers
Lakeland
Local Officials List by County Across Georgia
A dense listing of names by county appears, naming individuals such as Anthony Tarantino Coly W C Woodall Columbus Will Armatrong Columbus and many others from Peach Pulaski Quitman Randolph Schley Stewart Sumter Ben Hill Terrell Terrell Sterrell Turner Webster Wilcox and Webster counties. The compiled roster includes residents of Fort Valley Hawkinsville Fitzgerald Abbeville Rochelle Ashburn Preston Dawson and other towns, indicating a broad regional register.
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Love Felton
Ideal
A. T. Dozier
Mon Dan Kleckley
Oglethay Murdocey
Nthony Tarantino
Coly
W. C. Woodall
Columbus
J. Will Armatrong
A. W. Cowart
R. E. Dismuke
Will Worsley
G. Simons
R. G. Daniel
Edith K. Harrison
Colum Wohlwender
Herbert F. Gaffney
Columbu
Peach County
W. S. White
Fort Valley
J. E. Davidson
Fort Vailey
L. L. Brown, Jr
Fi. Valley
M. C Mosley
Byron
Pulaski County
Charlton Adams
Hawkinsvill
Grady McKenzie
Hawkinsville
Hena Pate
Quitman County
J. B. Oliver
Morris Station
George F. Worthy
Hatcher
H. A. Gay
Georgetown
H.M Kaigler
Randolph County
A. S. Perry
Cuthbert R. E. Rish
Coleman
Ruby Stalvey
Carnegie
D. B. Hooks
Rtd
Shellman
Schley County
C. B. Johnson
Ellaville
H. Willis Hogg
Will D. Baugh
S. W. Niles
Stewart County
J. T. Humber
Lumpkin
G. Y. Harrell
E. W. Childs
Richland
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Jessie C. Durham
LaGrange
Colling
M. C. Mosley
Ft. Valley
H.S. Dixon
Moores Station
Dublin
Lenos
Haven
Dubny
Chas. B. Holmes
Housa County
Erc
A. K. Kuhl
Georgia Normal College and Busiress Institute
Douglas
Lillian Price Forbes
J. S. Forbes
Department of Agriculture
Drouth
Pleasant A. Stovall
Savannah Evening Press
Switzerland
Stovall
Col
S. T. Wingfield
Putman County
Wingfield
G. C. Biggers
Birmingham News
Theirmingham Age Herald
Atlanta Journal
Angela Dixon
Liberty, Mo
Bit County
Frances J. Hattaway
Shirley Temple
Tollywood
Ed Caleton
Jack Miner
Ontario
President Roosevelt
Warm Springs
John Dorsey
State Department of Agriculture
G. C. Adams
Association of the Echoconnee Union
Primitive Baptist Church
Culloden
Lewis Lawson
Hahira
Lawson
Bejamin Randall Conference
Free-Will Baptist Church
Calgary Church
J. R. Hunt
George Harvey
Waverly Hall
Harris County
Joe Cocy
Hamilton
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
National Recovery
J. H. B. Butts
Pickard
Upson County
Sallie Holliman
James Miller
J. R. Miller
Wadley
James
Lake Harding
Bartlett's Ferry
Charles E. Godfrey
Summerville Road
Phettix City
Ala
Brunswick
Mra
Catherine Bean Leavy
C. H. Leavy
L. J Leavy, Jr
Brunswick News
Ware County
Frank Cox
Manor-Lee's Still Road
Superior Court
Bulloch County
Roy Haygood
C. O. Anderson
Peyton Anderson
George Balk
Municipal Court of
Augusta
Daniel Kerr
Balk
Augusta Reserve Officers
Gladys Blackwell
Leckie Treadway
Phenix City
City
J. C. Wright
Cairo
T. H. McHattn
Athens
National Pecan Growers’ Association
Texarkana
Ark
Wewoka
Okla
M. Griffin
Bainbridge
Pat” Grifin
Bainbridge Post-Searchlight
Decatur County
Harold Westbrook
Joel Westbrook
4-H Club
J. W. Pitts
Tifton
Mr. Pitts
Ickes
Dooly County
Rock Chapel Mountain
Lithonia
Jack Barab
Hercules Powder Co
Highway
Lynn P. Talley
Castellow
Hotel Lanier
Macon, Georgia
ADER
Griffin, Thomaston
Albany
Thomasville
Griffin
Butler
Comilla
Tal’h'ses Ax
Jeck'vil
Vicks VA
Vicks
Vicks VapoRub
Milton St
Greensboro
N. C
Vatro-Nol
Willard Robison
NBC
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