South Georgia M E Conference Set to Meet in Columbus
The South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church will convene in Columbus on November 12 with Bishop W N Ainsworth presiding. About 400 visiting delegates are expected. St Luke church hosts sessions through November 18. Dr George Stoves of Memphis will preach. presiding elders plan to finalize assignments for the new year.
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South Georgia
Columbus
W. N. Ainsworth
Macon
J. M. Cutler
St. Luke Church
U&th
George Stoves
First Methodist Church
Memphis
Tenn
Out
Cutler
Parrott
Ainsworth
Stock Union Proposed for Chattahoochee Valley
Columbus October 1 Formation of a Chattahoochee Valley Livestock Association is planned by the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. About 25 Alabama and Georgia counties are to participate. F L Jenkins urges cooperation of county agents to avoid overlaps with existing groups and to boost livestock interests. Participating counties include Barbour Bullock Chattahoochee Coweta Harris Heard Macon Meriwether Muscogee Quitman Randolph Schley Webster Stewart Talbot Taylor and Troup.
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Columbus
Chattahoochee Valley
Alabama
Barbour
Bullock
Champ Lee
Macon
Randolph
Aus- Georgia
Chattahoochee
Coweta
Harris
Heard
Meriwether Muscogee
Quitman
Clay
Schley
Webster
Stewart
Talbot
Taylor
Troup
Governor's Fish Pond
Pierce Harris to Transfer Pastoral Post in Georgia and Florida
Rev Pierce Harris, longtime pastor of St. Luke Methodist in Columbus, will become pastor of Riverside Park Methodist in Jacksonville, Florida after the South Georgia conference ends in Columbus on November 12. He succeeds Dr Stewart French, who is transferred to the Holston conference to lead State Street Methodist in Bristol, Tennessee.
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Columbus
Pierce Harris
St. Luke Methodist Church
Riverside Park Methodist Church
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Luke
South Georgia
Harris
Stewart French
Holston Conference
Tenn
State Street Methodist Church
Bristol
Eve named editor of Tri-County News in Americus
Lovelare Eve was appointed editor of the weekly Tri-County News at Americus Georgia with full editorial control and the right to write his own views. A veteran Georgia newspaper executive, he formerly owned and edited the Americas Times Recorder for over a decade and later led the Augusta Chronicle before residing in Americus and joining the Times-Recorder.
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Americus
Lovelare Eve
Tri-County News
Eve
Georgia
Times Recorder
Times-Recorder
Augusta Chronicle
Newspaper Men Win in Georgia Democratic Primary
The Editors' Forum reports newspaper men fared well in Georgia Democratic primary contests. J D Rivers led for governor with 253,505 votes and 72 county units. Clem E Rainey for Prison Commission with 19,520 votes and 89 counties. J Wereiton won the Court of Appeals vacancy with 89,645 votes. M D Collins topped schools with 88,598 votes. Hal M Stanley unopposed for Commissioner of Commerce and Labor with 387,717 votes. Hugh Peterson renominated for Congress from the First District. Robert Ramspeck renominated from the Fifth. Braswell Deen renominated from the Eighth. Judge Gordon Saussy renominated in Chatham. Senate hopefuls include Jack Williams, L L Pattern, I P Horn, Elbert Forrester. four House editors named. presidential electors listed. A separate report states Leland Harvey, a prison escapee, transferred to Alcatraz after an eight-year bank robbery sentence. Gov. Talmadge had previously pardoned Harvey and Aubrey Smith.
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Atlanta
Editors’ Forum
The
Georgia Press Association
Halm
Stanley
Isbuteu
J. D. Rivers
Ed Rivers Weekly
Rivers
Clem E. Rainey
Dawson News
Circle of Prison Commission
Court of Appeals
Jwereiton
Montezuma Georgian Citizen
Vave Parker
Jenkins
Supreme Court
M. D. Collins
Fairburn News
Collins
Hal M. Stanley
Editor's Forum
Commerce and Labor
Hugh Peterson
Montgomery Monitor
Mt. Vernon
Robert Ramspeck
DeKalb New Era
Congress
Braswell Deen
Alma Times
Berry T. Mosley
Danielsville Monitor
Supreme Court of the Northern Circuit
Senate
Jack Williams
Waycross Journal-Herald
L. L. Pattern
Lanier County News
I. P. Horn
Lee County Journal
Elbert Forrester
Dade County Times
Fulton
W. G. Hastings
Ian Dixie
W. C. Kendrick
Journal of Labor
Lincoln J. P. Drinkard
Linconton Journal
Long
Helen Coxon
Ludowici News
H. H. Wind
Cairo Messenger
Emnest Camp
Georgia
Governor Talmadge Hosts Hampton Friends at Monroe Farm
In Forsyth Georgia on October 12 Governor Talmadge welcomed nearly 200 Hampton friends at his Monroe county farm. The group led by H. J. Hand A. D. Henderson Gordon Wallace and Mr and Mrs Floyd Hand said they came to show loyal support and revealed they had brought their own lunch to avoid a food shortfall.
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Forsyth
Talmadge
Hampton
Monroe County
H. J. Hand
A. D. Henderson
Gordon Wallace
Floyd Hand
Albany Herald centennial edition highlights city history
Albany Ga Oct 12 The Albany Herald marks its 140 page centennial edition detailing the southwest Georgia city’s arc from past struggles to future opportunities. President Roosevelt sends greeting to editor Henry McIntosh and the weeklong celebration features a coronation, Wings of Albany pageant, new packing plant opening, mammoth parades, wartime military processions, National Defence Day events, Echoe Day and a historic parade with minstrel spiritual singing at the stadium.
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Albany
Albany Herald
Georgia
Roosevelt
Henry T. McIntosh
Wings of
Fort Benning
National Defence
Nelson Freed on Murder Charge Amid Unwritten Law Claim
J. B. Nelson of Camack was cleared of a murder charge connected to a fatal shooting involving C. F. Morris during a disturbance at the Nelson home. The defense argued the unwritten law justified actions, while Morris had been courting a daughter nearby when the shooting occurred.
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J. B. Nelson
Camack
C. F. Morrie
Vnron
Morris
Nelson
Registrar of Cox College Indicted by Federal Jury
A federal grand jury indicted former Cox College registrar KK A Chapman on charges of furnishing false information to NYA to obtain funds. The two statements allegedly overstated enrollment numbers for Oct 15 1984 to secure aid. discrepancies show 150 or fewer actual students vs claimed 276 and 284. Cox College, a women’s institution in College Park, near Atlanta, faces charges tied to misrepresented enrollment and aid.
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Atlanta
KK. A Chapman
Cox College
NYA
Chapman
Wm. S. Cox
College Park
J. D. Sarat
Move for Canning Plant by Talbotton Club
Talbotton Ga Oct 11 Interest in Talbotton and Juipot county centers on a project approved by the Talbotton Lions club to secure a canning plant for the county. The plan calls for a $3500 WPA project with $750 needed by public subscription. The club has underwritten $375 and a committee will solicit the balance. The plant, when completed, will be equipped to can all varieties of vegetables fruits and meats.
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Talbotton
Juipot County
Talbotton Lions’ Cub
Floyd County convict Jack Gibson escapes from chain gang
Atlanta reports Jack Gibson age 27 with blue eyes red hair six feet tall fled from Floyd county chain gang Saturday after being convicted in 1934 as an accomplice in the murder of Stanley Dodge operator of a tourist camp on the Macon highway. Gibson last seen driving toward Atlanta in a Alabama tagged car. Victor Pierce, guilty of Dodge murder, was executed on March 28 1985. Gibson had a minor role and was sent to the Floyd county gang.
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Atlanta
Jack Gibson
Stanley Dodge
Macon
Floyd County
Rome
Gibson
Alabama
Victor Pierce
Dodge
Public sale of Reynolds block 21 lot 1 and 5 excluded
Georgia Taylor County legal notice states deed to secure debt by J E Wright, dated 1929, filed in Deed Book 8 page 385. E H Joiner as attorney in fact sets public outcry at Reynolds court house on November 3 1946 for Block 21 with lots 1 and 5 excluded, proceeds to pay debt first then the balance to Wright.
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Georgia
Taylor County
J. FE. W
E. H. Joiner
Said
Eash
Reynolds
G. L. Windham
J. E. Wright
Public sale of J M Downs home land in Taylor County Georgia
On November 3 1936 in Taylor County Georgia before the court house door the West half of lot 118 in the 16th district containing 101 1 4 acres will be sold for cash under a deed to secure debt. Debt of 900 dollars secured by The Georgia Loan and Trust Company. Principal due 856 dollars at sale. After sale fee simple deed to purchaser by L C Shehban.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Court House
J. M. Downs
Taylor County Superior Court
John Genner
John Kenner
The
Georgia Loan and Trust Company
L. C. Shebhan
Administrator's Sale of Taylor County Lands in Georgia
In Anderson County South Carolina the Court of Ordinary orders a public sale on the first Tuesday in November 1986 at the Taylor County Georgia courthouse. Two parcels are offered for cash: 50 acres on lot 111 west side and 112 on 202 1/2 acres in the 18th district. IRA Guthrie administrator of P A Guthrie Deceased.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Court of Ordinary
Anderson County
South Carolina
Court House
Eorgig
Ira Guthrie
P. A. Guthrie
Sheriff’s Sale of Charing Property in Taylor County Ga
The sale occurs at the Taylor County court house door on the first Tuesday in November 1936, the third day of November, to the highest bidder for cash. Property includes a house and lot in Charing No six Block two with a store, two lots in Block One, and three acres in the north half of lot 69 in the 12th district, all in Charing Ga, bounded by the A B C Railroad and local roads. The property known as the 8 I Press home place, shown as the Swearingen estate, is levied to satisfy a Taylor County Superior Court judgment in Edwards Brothers v Sam Swearingen. Sheriff R P McGuffin announces.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Charing
12Th Land District
T. C. Bloodworth
B. F. Montgomery
Mauk
Press
Sam Swearingen
Edwards Brothers
J. W. Edwards
W. W. Edwards
R. P. McGuffin
Politics serious job says new secretary
Mrs. F. A. Stowe of Toccoa is named executive secretary to the State Democratic Executive Committee. She vows to wake women to politics and urges study of political science before entering. Stowe notes women helped nominate Rivers and will aid Roosevelt’s reelection. Fredda Stowe, 10, already follows their footprint.
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F. A. Stowe
Toccoa
State Democratic Excutive Committee
Ollie Mae Gilbert
Fred A. Stowe
Stowe
State Democratic Committee
University of Georgia
Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
Roosevelt
Taylor County Estate Lands Sold By Order Of Court
By order of the Taylor County Court of Ordinary at the October term 1938, the W. M. Hill estate lands totaling 350 acres will be sold at public outcry at the Taylor County courthouse on the first Tuesday in November 1946. The property includes Lot Nos. 178 179 180 206 207 in the Second Land District and lies along the Rupert to Ideal highway. Proceeds go to pay debts and distribute among heirs of W. M. Hill, with W. G. Hill as administrator.
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Gporgia
Taylor County
Court of Ordinary
Taylor
Georgia
Rupert
Ideal
W. M. Hill Old Home Place
W. M. Hill
W. G. Hill
W. Hill
Petition for Letters of Administration in Taylor County
Mrs Riley Gray applies for permanent letters of administration on Lena Rhodes Bartleth estate in Taylor County. Thelmon Jarrell Clerk of Superior Court orders all creditors and next of kin to appear within legal time to show cause why administration should not be granted. Witness L T Peed Ordinary, on October 5.
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Riley Gray
Lena Rhodes Bartleth
Taylor County
Thelmon Jarrell
Superior Court
L. T
Butler Herald ownership and management notice 1936
Ownership and management statement for The Butler Herald a weekly in Butler Georgia published October 1936 lists C E Cox as editor and publisher and business manager. The sworn affirmation notes no bondholders or security holders owning 1 percent or more of total bonds mortgages or securities. Certificate witnessed October 18, 1986 in Taylor County.
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Butler Herald
Butler
Iitot
C. EB
Benna
C. E. Cox
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Alcatraz
Leland Harvey
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Talbotton Club
Floyd County Gang
Finest Thrift
W. A. Payne Butler
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