Georgia Briefs Highlight Religious, Legal and Civic News
A busy Georgia week features Crawford superior court in Roberta, West Point church dedication, and a large Georgia Baptist session in Savannah. Macon hosts the State Fair with ideal weather as the Chattahoochee exposition closes. Fundraising for infantile paralysis aids Mitchell County, while Sumter records births beating deaths in September. Georgia real estate, traffic accidents, and crime reports fill the pages, including a large bank death in Marshalville and a deadly Pelham highway crash. Public safety and roadway construction progress are noted along with state tax and civic election matters involving Americus, Columbus, and Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Baptist Association
Savannah
Georgia State Fair
Macon
Mitchell County
Pelham
Regents Gift Funds University Evening School in Atlanta
R R Johnson of Atlanta presented the Regents of the University System of Georgia with 40000 to apply on purchase price and renovation of property for the university evening school in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens, Ga
R. R. Johnson
Atlanta
Regents of the University System of Georgia
University Evening School
Woman Injured In Highway Crash Near Montezuma
Montezuma Ga Oct 19 Mrs W M Kitchens 59 of Leesburg is in a local hospital with arm cuts and several broken ribs after an automobile crash on the highway near Montezuma yesterday. Three daughters in the car unhurt. The party was bound for Macon when the car overturned several times.
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Montezuma
W. M. Kitchens
Leesburg
Kitchhnser
Macon
Settlement Reached In Crash Death Case
Douglas Ga Oct 17 Mr and Mrs Mat Kirkland Coffee county accepted a 1800 settlement with AB and C Railroad over the death of their son Hugh who was killed when a school bus and a train collided in January 1935 The case was to go to the jury but the agreement was reached just before the jurors were to be sworn during the current Superior court session.
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Douglas, Ga
Mat Kirkland
Coffee County
A B. and C
Hugh
Young Kirkland
Superior Court
Old Paper Flays High Food Prices in Marshallville Times
Marshallville Ga October 15 an issue of the Marshallville Times from over 50 years ago presented an editorial against rising food costs. It notes eggs at 10 cents a dozen a fryer at 15 cents and butter at 15 cents per pound. Farm hands earned 25 cents daily.
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Marshallville
Marshallville Times
Four Florida Men Executed for Murders at Raiford
Four men were executed at Raiford on Monday for three murders. Clarence D. Casey was first at 10 35 a m, followed by Jimmy Milligan at 10 50. L D Padgett, who killed a Santa Rosa County wife, died at 11 12. The last execution was Lee Clark, a Negro wife slayer from Escambia County.
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Raiford
Fla
Clarence D. Casey
Jimmy Milligan
Frank D. Palmer
Miami
L. D. Padgett
Santa Rosa
Lee Clark
Escambia
Negroes Killed Near Talbotton
Jennie Bell Neal a Talbot county Black woman was killed when a hit and run vehicle struck a car carrying several negroes eight miles from Talbotton on the Columbus Macon highway. Other occupants escaped with minor injuries as the wreck occurred while she traveled toward the Thomas Carter plantation.
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Talboton
Jennie Bell Neal
Talbot County
Columbus-Macone
Talbotton
Macon
Thomas Carter
Sears Roebuck Sales Break All Records
Sears Roebuck and Company reports the first nine periods of its fiscal year show record sales totaling 388.8 million dollars from Jan 30 to Oct 8, a 26.2 percent rise from the previous year, with the period Sept 11 to Oct 8 at 50.9 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sears
Conservation payments to farmers in two installments
Farmers in the southern region including Georgia will receive conservation payments in two installments. The first payment will be 90 percent of Class 1 and all of Class 2. The second payment will follow after program participation and expenses are determined, with regional variations noted by AAA administrator H R Tolley.
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Georgia
G. C. Danie
AAA
County Conservation Association
North Central
Central
Northeast
H. R. Tolley
Tolley
Ellaville Man Killed in Columbus Collision
Iellaville resident Jempsey Wall died after a Saturday noon truck crash in Columbus. Ernest Walker, driver of the truck, was arrested but investigators later disputed the account that a blue car hit Wall. Wall, born October 21, 1872 in Schley County, left a daughter Mrs Albert Carswell of Columbus and a son Carlton Wall of Schle County, plus two sisters.
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Columbus
I. Cc
Jempsey" Wall
Ellaville
Ernest Walker
Lummus Cotton Gin Co
Wall
Ninth Street
Walker
Wail
Jack Milmer
H .D. Willis
George Dudley
Fred Deadwyler
John Newberry
City
Mr. Wall
Schley County
Albert Carswell
Carlton Wall
Schle County
W.J. Pool
H. C. Poole
Ellaville Pastor Accepts Call To Arlington Church
The Rev. J. E. Dupree announced his resignation from Ellaville Baptist Church after six years as pastor. He will begin duties at Arlington Church shortly, effective November 1, following his final sermon in Ellaville on John 8:16. He thanked members and townspeople, expressing attachment to Ellaville and its people.
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Ellaville
Ellaville Baptist Church
J. E. Dupree
Arlington Tist Church
Navy
Mr. Dupree
Ellaville Peope
Ford Dealers Use Car Clearance Sale Attracts Crowds
Opening day crowds and strong interest marked the national Ford Dealers Used Car Clearance Sale. Ford Motor Co head W A Payne announced continued October promotions with special bargains drawing buyers planning winter upgrades. The display drew many who then completed purchases, signaling wide public acceptance of the nationwide sale.
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United States
Ford Dealers
W. A. Payne
Ford Motor Co
Mr. Payne
Benning Gets $40 500 Plant Work To Start Now
The WPA approves a 40500 project to reconstruct Ft Benning reproduction plant destroyed by fire. The plant produced maps blue prints and pamphlets for the Infantry school at Ft Benning. Work start date and details rest with district WPA director W S Dennis at Macon.
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Benning
Atlanta
Gay B. Shepperson
WPA
Ft. Benning
B. T. Castellon
Fourth Corps
Army
W. S. Dennis
Macon
Jesup Mayor Sam E. Cohen Dies After Operation
Jesup mayor Sam E. Cohen died Monday at Ware County Hospital in Waycross following surgery last Saturday. He was 64.
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Herbert Knox
Savannah
First Baptist Church
Waycross
Ware
Sam E. Cohen
Jesup
Ware County Hospital
Wayeroes
World’s Mightiest Circus Set to Tour Macon in November
The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus announces a Macon stop on Friday November 6 featuring African pigmy elephants the smallest beasts of burden and a list of imports from Europe and Asia. Col Tim McCoy leads a Rough Riders congress while 800 world famous artists perform in a 14 acre tented city housing 31 tents and a 16000 seat big top. The show promises aerial ballet and a dazzling multi ring spectacle with historic acts and thousands of performers across four rail trains.
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Ringling Bros and
Barnum & Bailey
Macon
Burma
Siam
Europe
Asia
Tim McCoy
Congress of
Rough Riders of
Col. McCoy
U. S. Army Reserve
4-H Club Boys Plan to Buy 500 Western Brood Mares
Georgia 4-H club boys in Taylor County will receive about 25 mares as part of a two month shipment of 500 to 800 brood mares from Western ranges. The program, financed by local banks, aims to create a long term workstock replacement effort as nationwide shortages push up prices.
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Georgia
Agen
Daniel
Agricultural Extension Service
Taylor County
Elberton
G. V. Cunningham
Cunningham
Dorsey Urges Georgia Democrats to Fund Campaigns
Atlanta, Oct. 17. Cam D. Dorsey, state finance director of the Democratic committee, called on Georgia Democrats to contribute to city and state party funds. He said the state is overwhelmingly Democratic and safe for Roosevelt, urging liberal gifts as the election nears. He noted less than one third of the quota had been contributed so far.
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Atlanta
Cam D. Dorsey
Democratic Committee
Georgia
Dorsey
Roosevelt
Mrs Healey Heads Georgia Eleemosynary Board of Control
Atlanta Oct 16 E G Lindsey resigned as chairman of the board of control for Georgia's eleemosynary institutions to devote time to his private business. Mrs Wm T Healey of Atlanta, a board member, succeeds him as chairwoman with Ben Gibbs of Jesup elected vice chairman. The board kept all institutional heads and Lindsey noted the board has $58 918 credited to its divisions. He praised the board's work despite personal sacrifice.
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Atlanta
E. G. Lindsey
Georgia
Wm. T. Healey
Lindsey
Ben Gibbs
Jesup
Buena Vista Sees Rising Prosperity in 1946
Miss Henrietta Butt reports Buena Vista post receipts for the quarter ending Sept 30 1946 at 1425.88 up from 1283.12 in 1935 about 16 percent. Local auto dealers show strong gains Ford sales up 17 percent to 119 in 1935 and 189 in 1986. Bank deposits rise 8 percent to 162225.03 with profits up 40 percent. Births and marriages rise with 148 births through Sept 80 this year versus 186 last year.
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Buena Vista
Henrietta Butt
Ford Agency
Plymouth Agency
Marion County
Buena Vista Loan and Savings Bank
Dolls clothing factory to be opened in Americus
Americus Ga Oct 18 The new industry in Americus will be a factory for making doll clothes. Mrs Howell Simmons leads the venture with 35 workers. Doll dresses sold under Mary Jo frocks are already in GA and SA states. Prices range from eight to eighty five dollars per dozen. Annual shipments may reach twelve thousand dresses with orders on hand.
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Americus
Howell Simmons
Americus Society
Council of Safety
Daughters of the American Revolution
New Concern
Georgia
Saos State
Simmons
Mary Jo
Amercus
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EWS
Roberta
Ainsworth
West Point
Sumter
Chattahoochee Valley Exposition
John Wesley Clarke
Sparta Baptist Church
Lucille Dupin
Louisville Ky
Louisville Jaat
H. C. Parker
Fred Lee Woodward
Southern Railway
E. E. Junikin
R. F. Junikin
Eliaville
Buena Vista Road
Memorial Stadium
Nisley Shoe Company
Minnie Lou Reid
Fortson
Columbus Hospita
Stewart County High School
Lumpkin
Milton Carter
Mercer Wooten
Shellman
Robert Wooten
Sasser Monda
Clark Howell, Sr
The
Atlanta Constitution
Democratic
Emory University Hospital
John C. Walker
Georgia Bank of
Marshalville
Griffin
J. W. Hammond
Georgia Economic Association
Georgia Power Company
Jim Stevens
Stevens
W. H. Cobb
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Banks County
G. B. Carreker
Georgia Revenue Commission
James A. Fort
Georgia Municipal Association
Thos. L. Bell
Georgia- Auburn Football Association
Americas Conference of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church
W. A. Fountain
St. Thomas A. M. E
Mawkinsville
Theer
G. H. Carreker
State Revenue Commission
C. E. McRae
Weat Point News
Chattahoochee Valley Times
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Anniston
Ala
Sumter County
Bowdvin
State Health Department
Monroe
Co. C. Perry
Te Tifton
M.G. Bell
Richland
Perry
Georgia Association of Future Farmers of America
L'Bertie Rushing
Glennville
St. Paul, Minn
Mathews Chapel Methodist Church
Roughedge
Baptist World Alliance
Lena Solley
Elaville
Albany
Miss Solley
Queen's Court
Roscoe Luke
Thomas Superior Court
Macon- Cochran
Riggins Mill Road
Bibb County
Weaver
W. H. M. Weaver
Bibb Home Committee
Margaret Singleton
Charlotte
N. C
Singleton
Macon County
Macon, Ga
John D. Humphries
Fulton Superior Court
Leo McCaffey
S. C. Monk
M.S. Vinson
Route Three
C. R McCrory
George F. Gober
Lumpkin Law School
University of Georgia
Marietta
Gober
U. S. Army Corps
John Lynton Callaway
Callaway
Averett Smith Callaway
C. PL Callaway
Alabama Polyitechnic Institute
Auburn
Electric Engineering Association
Florida
Sears Roebuck
J. C. Wall
Jay
Arlington Church
FORD
Mrs. Healey
State Board OF Control
E. E. Lindsey
Evans Implement Company
Whitehall St
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