Presentments by Taylor County Grand Jury Georgia
The October 1983 Taylor County Superior Court grand jury submits findings and recommendations. They advocate C D McInvale as Notary Public for the 1772nd District G M and W A Jayne for a seat on the County Board of Education to replace a resigning member. They propose daily pay of two dollars for grand jurors, traverse jurors, and bailiffs, three dollars for the Clerk. They report access issues with Justice of the Peace books in Austin, Daviston, and Reynolds Districts. Panhandle District shows discrepancies, others are correct. County records in the sheriff, clerk, treasurer, ordinary, and collector offices are generally in order, with praise for the sheriff's execution sales recorder and the clerk's early tenure handling duties. The superintendent of education and board are commended for efforts under limited funds. The committee notes limited investigation and turns to page 8.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Taylor Superior Court
C.D McInvale
G. M
W. A. Jayne
County Board of Education
Robert Wilson
Grand Jury
Committee On
Justice of the Peace Books
Austin
Daviston
Reynolds
Panhandle
Sheriff’s Office
Superior Court
First Dance of the Season at CCC Camp
Community invited to a Friday night dance at CCC Camp Butler featuring Dabney's Orchestra from Atlanta. Dance 9 to 12:30 with ladies free admission. boxing finals start at 7 with 25 cent match fees. Proceeds benefit the camp football team.
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Butler Tomorr
Tening
Dabney
Frotlanta
Peephins
Eac W
le Werehnas
Taxpayer Notice of City Ad Valorem Taxes 1988
Notice from City of Butler clerk H J Porter declares the city ad valorem tax levy for 1988. Taxpayers are informed the tax rates and assessment values will be used to calculate due amounts. The misspelled public notice notes the tax docket and collection process.
Busy Session of Court Ends in Taylor County
The October term of Taylor county Superior court adjourned after a week long busy session that began Oct 2. The grand jury completed work and returned presentments with several strong recommendations. The key case was the kidnaping of W L Brown by W L and W B DavIs, resulting in 4 to 6 years in the penitentiary. Other convictions included Took Knight for assault and battery, Greely Colbert and A Bailey misdemeanors, George Colbert simple larceny, Johnnie Turner burglary, Lee Drew Rogers burglary, Willie Jones misdemeanor, Ephrim Hayes burglary, Lip Waymond misdemeanor, and F M Montgomery colored misdemeanor.
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Taylor County Superior Court
Frand
The
Herald
W. L
W. B. Davis
W. L. Brown
Americus
Butler
Davises
Knight
Greely Colbert
Bailey
George Colbert
Johnnie Turner
Lee Drew Rogers
Willie Jones
Ephrim Hayes
Lip Waymond
F. M. Montgomery
Camp boxing semis draw crowds with finals looming
Last Friday night featured camp elimination boxing semi finals with notable results. Evans defeated Fairchil g on points, Grant and Greer drew after three rounds, Ainsworth beat Gary by technical knockout in the second, and Hughes defeated Floyd over three rounds. Tomorrow’s finals promise top bouts and trophies for camp champions with a 25 cent admission to fund football equipment. Thirty athletes attended the first football practice.
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Fairchilg
Evans
Greer
Grant
Ainsworth
Gary
Mohundre
Peresley
Hughes
Floyd
Altho Floyd
Taylor County Farmers Receiving Cotton Checks
Taylor county farmers have received their third installment of checks for the cotton sown under contract to Secretary Wallace. A total of 196 checks have been issued to date, with many applications to the Federal Land Bank of Columbia and the land bank commissioner for loans to refinance farms. Applications aim to pay past due taxes and settle creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Secreary Wallace
Federal Land Bank of Columbia
Land Bank Commissioner
American Legion Auxiliary To Meet Friday October 13
Butler Unit No. 124 will meet at the courthouse Friday Oct 18 at 3 00 pm. All members and eligibles urged to attend. This special meeting will be led by newly elected officers with committees named and plans for the unit’s work ahead. Officers listed include President Mrs W M Mathews and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Court House
W. M. Mathews
W. H. Trussell
Treas
J. 8. Green
J. H. Amos
Nannie Moore
H. H. Gee
Wanted Before You Spell Your Pe Can s
Help needed from J B Easterlin Jr in Montezuma Georgia for a telephone or mail inquiry. The notice seeks contact before the listed deadline and appears in a local newspaper classifieds section.
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J. B. Easterlin, JR
Montezuma, GA
Third District Congress Praised for Liberal Stand
A convention aims to fix price disparities between what cotton producers earn and what they pay for necessities. The speakers argue for currency expansion to lift all prices, plus targeted relief to ensure net profits cover debt. They critique the processing tax and tariff burdens, noting losses from destroyed cotton and misapplied reimbursements.
Boxing Bouts Set At Camp C-78 Ga Friday Night
Boxing bouts between named Company C members at Camp P-78 Ga are scheduled Friday at 7 30. Lightweight Floyd 185 faces Bass 136 and other weight classes include Henry 167 vs Bishop 178 frather weights Ainsworth 125 vs Finnigan 125 welterweights Pressley L 146 vs Green 147 and heavyweights Greer 187 vs Grant 188. The event is the third of a planned season series drawing camp personnel and Butler community fans with 25 cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company C
C. C
Butler
Taylor County 4-H Boys Shine at Southeastern Fair
Taylor County 4-H Club boys Howard McCants Arthur Jarrell and William Gray attended the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta under county agent G C Daniel. They earned travel for excellence in farm activity demonstrations and placed high in livestock judging with Walker County winning the meet.
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Taylor County
Atlanta
G. C. Daniel
Howard McCants
Arthur Jarrell
William Gray
W. A. Lundy
Chicago
Walker County
Dade County
Daniel
Sewing and Canning Exhibits by Club Girls Earn Praise
The Taylor County Girls 4 H Club held its last Friday exhibit in Mr Joiner's vacant store. Canning and sewing from the regular program were shown judged by Mrs Griner with top placements among berry pear grape pickle preserve garden and peach exhibits and separate sewing divisions for first and second year entrants The best exhibits were sent to Columbus for cash prizes at the Chattahoochee Valley Exhibition and some to Macon for additional prizes next Saturday.
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Taylor County
Martha Parks
Jessie Adams
Carolyn Hill
Virginia Perkins
Carolyn Hill Preserve
Carolyn
Eleanor Youn
Bernie Pee
Willie George Parks
Wilba Deen Wilchar
Mary Booth
General Garden
Libby Theus
Nita Mae
Macon
Taylor County 4-H Girls Take Second in Yeast Bread Contest
Miss Martha Parks of Taylor County 4-H earned second place in the District Yeast Bread contest held in Athens on Saturday. Forty counties were eligible with judging based on prior 4-H yeast bread work and a personal loaf. First place went to a Telfair County 4-H girl.
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Taylor County
Martha Parks
Athens
Magic Yeast Company of Chicago
Georgia Department of Home Economics
Telfair County
Si Comnete
Pab Eecticaae
Coxes Lose Attractive Home in Early Morning Fire
At about 7 o'clock this morning the Cox residence near Butler High School was engulfed in flames. Mrs. Cox suffocated from heat and smoke in the hallway. she was carried to a nearby residence for medical aid but died. The fire destroyed nearly all household contents, barns, smokehouse, and outbuildings with losses estimated around $5,000. Mr. Cox was away at the time and was unreachable for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Roy Cox
Butler High School
Cox
Delegation of Macon Citizens to Visit Butler for NRA Event
A Macon delegation will visit Butler at 2 30 PM Friday October 18 to present details of the NRA celebration planned for Mason on October 26 The NRA committee chair Jne L Morris said in a letter to Mayor H H Riley urging residents to attend at the courthouse to hear the event outline
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Macon
Butler
NRA
Mason
Taylor County
Jne L. Morris
H. H. Riley
Funeral Sunday for Mrs. J. C. Wallace
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Midway cemetery for Mrs. Annie Rogers Wallace widow of Mr. J. C. Wallace who died about a year ago. She was about 75 and died at the home of her son L Rogers after months of illness. Survived by three sons and three daughters D W Rogers Oklahoma David Rogers Dooly county TL Rogers this county Ligsle Posey Marion County Walter Swinson Columbus Aden Wainwright.
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Midway Cemetery
Annie Rogers Wallace
J. C. Wallace
Marion County
Walter Swinson
Columbus
Aden Wainwright
Former Taylor Co Woman Given Good Appointment
Miss Jessie Baldwin of Dublin has been appointed deputy clerk of the Dublin division of the U S Court. She previously served 20 years as deputy clerk of Laurens Superior Court in the office of Clerk EK Baldwin and is a former resident of this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peres County
Tia
Jessie Baldwin
Dublin
U. S. Court
Miss Baldwin
Laurens Superior Court
Baldwin
Mr E F Seay Receives Federal Appointment
Mr E F Seay has been appointed Field Representative of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and assigned to the New Orleans office. The news will interest Taylor county friends.
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Taylor County
E. F. Seay
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
New Orleans
Corporation
Butler Methodist Church Sunday Services and Conference
Butler Methodist Church invites the public to join Sunday worship with Sunday school at 10 00 a m preaching at 11 00 a m and 7 00 p m The fourth quarterly conference of the Butler and Howard charge is set for Friday Oct 20 led by Pastor W E Hightower Also announced is a new catalog of fruits trees tung oil trees ornamentals from Wight Nurseries Cairo Ga
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Young People's League
Butler and Howard Charge
Butler
W. E. Hightower
Wight, “Nunseries
Cairo
Brown kidnappers to serve 4 to 6 years in pen
In Taylor superior court C. L. Davis and W. B. Davis, brothers from Americus and Cuthbert, were convicted of abducting L. W. Brown at Butler on Sept 25. Each man received a four to six year sentence in the state penitentiary after the trial, with testimony detailing a plot to force Brown to cash an $11,400 draft for machinery.
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Taylor Superior Court
C. L. Davis
W. B. Davis
Americus
Cuthbert
L. W. Brown
Butler
Davises
State Penitentiary
Mr. Brown
Jones
Brown
Fred W. Burrus
John Worthy
Americas Anddb
McMath
Bolte Y A
A. Petry
Hollis Fort
Homer Beeland
Col
C. W. Foy
Americas Bank
P. B. Blitch
Citizen
Southern National Bank of Macon
Blitch
James Mitchell
Crawford County
Mason
Aged Woman Loses Home and Cash in Fire
The sympathy of friends is extended to Aunt Jakie Hicks after her home burned down around noon Monday. She had worked to build a snug, well furnished dwelling and some cash for living, all lost with no insurance. The fire is believed to have started from the stove flue during cooking.
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Jakie Hicks
Jakie
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Cas
Tellow
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Bishop
Frather
Finnigan
S. E. Cox
Taylor Co
Butler Methodist Church
C. L. and
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