Court rules Fortson must settle dispute over nomination
Fulton Superior Court ordered Secretary of State Ben Fortson to determine the issues between rival Democratic nominees James C. Davis and Helen Mankin for the Fifth District Congressional race. The judges declined a supersedeas, risking both names on the November ballot unless the Supreme Court acts.
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Atlanta
Fulton
James C. Davis
Talmadge
Congress
Ben W. Fortson, Jr
Atty
Eugene Cook
Supreme Court of Georgia
Davis
Rep
Helen Mankin
Fortson
Supreme Court
Fifth District
Superior Court
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Gov
Arnall
Macon
Drowned American Women in Japanese Pier Accident
Miss Leon B. Beier of Minneapolis aged 31 and Miss Norman King of Americus Georgia aged 39 died when a station wagon plunged into a Yokohama pier in Japan. Red Cross workers John Butler and George M Kirkland escaped. Beier had served in various U S agencies and postings. King had worked with Emory University, U S engineers, OSS and allied command offices.
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Tokyo
U. S. Army Today
Yokohama
Leon B. Beier
Minneapolis
Norman King
Americus
Red Cross
John Butler
Wilkes-Barre
George M Kirkland
Albany
Beier
Hilda Johnston Beier
Japan
War Department
Veterans Administration Office
Cairo
Rio de Janeiro
Miss King
Charles B. King
G. L. White
Emory University
Georgia
U. S. Engineers
Yukon
Office of Strategic Services
Washington
Vienna
Austria
Allied Headquarters
Brown Sheaffer pen lost near post office last Saturday
A brown Sheaffer fountain pen disappeared around the post office area between noon and 1 pm last Saturday. A reward is offered. Contact Catherine McCarter in Butler, Georgia.
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Catherine McCarter
Butler
Pace Committee Sets Cotton Conference in Macon
Five members of the House Agriculture Committee travel to Macon for a two day conference on cotton production marketing and distribution with Georgia and South Carolina agricultural leaders. Led by Congressman Stephen Pace the group arrives after a prior meeting in Lubbock Texas and will meet at Hotel Dempsey starting 10 a m today through Friday afternoon.
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Macon
House Agriculture Committee
Georgia
South Carolina
Stephen Pace
T. G. Abernathy
Mississippi
E. C. Gathings
Arkansas
Geo. M. Grant
Alabama
W. R. Posage
Texas
Atlanta
Lubbock
Walter Little
Hotel Dempsey
Registration for Lockers at New Freezer Plant
Butler residents may register for lockers at the new Freezer Locker Plant office on November 2. The plant offers 400 lockers: 100 door type at 12.50 yearly and 300 drawer type at 16.00 yearly. The first registrant receives locker number 1, with Miss Raye overseeing registration.
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Butler
The
Electric and Plumbing Company
Butler Herald
N. HW. Bazemore
Raye
Brown Electric Opens In Butler With Radio Shop
Brown Electric Company, a new Butler business by W. M. Brown Jr. of Howard, opens this week in a new building beside the bus station. The shop will offer Philco radios and refrigerators, Speed Queen washers, Premier vacuums, other appliances, and a jewelry department with watches and rings. A radio repair shop will operate in connection with the store.
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the Herald
Brown Electric Company
W. M. Brown Jr
Howard
Brown
Philco
Murray resentenced to die in sheriff killing case
Metter Ga October 25 Judge R H Humphrey Swainsboro re sentenced Alton Buddy Murray to die in the electric chair on November 8 at Tattnall prison for the killing of Candler County Sheriff T W Brantley and County Patrolman W B Jones during a 1943 warrant service.
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Metter
R. H. Humphrey
Swainsboro
Alton
Buddy) Murray
Tattnall
Candler
T. W. Brantley
W. B. Jones
Murray
Jones
Census shows cotton ginned in Taylor County 1946 crop
Census figures indicate 2,584 bales of cotton were ginned in Taylor County from the 1946 crop prior to October 18, compared with 3,800 bales for the 1945 crop.
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Taylor County
Funeral Services Held Saturday for S. I. Swearingen
Funeral services for Sam I. Swearingen were conducted at Char ing Methodist Church on Saturday October 26 at 10 a.m. Rev P Y Crin officiated with burial in Tazewell Cemetery. Swearingen died suddenly of a heart attack at his Char ing home on October 25. Born November 16 1880 in Schley County he had lived in Char ing thirty years and served as depot agent for A B C railroad. He is survived by his wife Rosa and many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers included R L Swearingen E B Swearingen G V Livingston E D McCorvey W K Holt and N L Halley. Ed Goddard of Goddard's Funeral Home was in charge.
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Sam I. Swearingin
Charing Methodist Church
P. Y.crin
Tazerwell
Swearingen
Charing
Schley County
Artimus Swearingen
Methodist Church
A. B. and C Railroad
Rosa Swearengin
Messrs
R. L. Swearingen
E. B. Swearingen
G. V Linvingston
E. D
Dollar buys 69 cents in 1941 as purchasing power falls
Washington reports the dollar today buys 69 cents of 1941 value with prices rising. The Labor Department notes the dollar’s purchasing power fell from 76 cents in 1941 to 1996, with further declines expected amid OPA price ceilings removal.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
OPA
Official to Be Here Twice Each Month for Veterans Aid
John R. Owen of the Veterans Administration will be at the Court House on the second and fourth Friday of each month to assist World War II veterans with claims for compensation schooling hospitalization or other VA benefits.
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John R. Owen
The
Veterans Administration
Court House
Th Veterans Administration
Dove and Duck Season Rules Announced for 1946 47
Local wildlife agent Lee Posey outlines dove season dates for Taylor Muscogee Talbot Crawford Bibb Jones Baldwin Hancock Warren McDuffie and Columbia counties from Sept 16 to 30 and statewide from Dec 18 to Jan 31 with bag and possession limit of 10 and shooting hours from half an hour before sunrise to sunset Ducks geese brant coot season across southern states runs Nov 23 to Jan 6.
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Lee Posey
Wild Life
Taylor
Muscoge Talbot
Crawford
Bibb
Jones
Baldwin
Hancock
Warren
McDuffie
Columbia
Mrs Frances Walton Hodges Dies in Macon Hospital
Reynolds resident Mrs Frances Walton Hodges died at 4 22 p m Saturday in a Macon hospital after several weeks illness. She was born March 28 1873 in Crawford County the daughter of Vincent Everett and Annie Walton. She worked with Central of Georgia Railroad in Reynolds for 50 years and served as agent from 1929. Funeral services were held at Reynolds Baptist Church with interment in the city cemetery. Pallbearers included Bill Snow S Y Pruitt Eric Newsome and others. She is survived by three daughters two sisters five sons two brothers and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Out of town mourners listed from Americus Thomaston Macon and Columbus.
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Frances Walton Hodges
Reynolds
Macon
Hodges
Crawford County
Vincent Everett
Annie Laurie Sanders Walton
Central of Georgia Railroad
Baptist Church
Reynolds Baptist Church
W. B
Leon Edwards
City
Bill Snow
S.Y. Pruitt
Eric Newsome
Walker Newsome
David Montfort
Robert Taylor
E. A Newsome
Marion Hodges
S. Y. Pruitt
Thomaston
E. Walton Hodges
E. Paul Hodges
Americus
Henry Hodges
Lake Wales
Fla
Eugene Hodges
Nashville
Butler Methodist Church to Hold Last Services of Conference Year
Rev C L Glenn pastor will preach both morning and evening at the Butler Methodist Church on Sunday November 3. The public is invited to attend the services which promise special interest to the community as the final ones of the conference year.
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Butler Methodist Church
C. L. Glenn
Rev. Glenn
Man Dies After Harris City Gun Battle
In Harris City near Greenville Georgia Olin Fowler fifty of Warm Springs was killed after a gun battle with deputies and a highway patrolman. Fowler fired on officers with a pistol and shotgun, was shot seven times, and died after between four and five p.m. Sunday. Meriwether County Sheriff C H Collier and the LaGrange trooper exchanged fire with Fowler.
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Greenville
Harris City
Olin Fowler
Warm Springs
Meriwether County
C.H. Collier
Fowler
Collier
LaGrange
For Sale One New One-Horse Wagon
Local notice lists L. H. Vanlandingham of Howard Georgia offering a new one horse wagon for sale at home. The brief advertisement provides contact name and town only.
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L. H. Vanlandingham
Howard, Ga
Butler Garden Club Flower Show Slated for November 6 at Mrs Hill
Butler Garden Club announces its Fall Flower Show on Wednesday November 6 at the home of Mrs W G Hill. Entries must be grown by the exhibitor for horticultural classes, with judging awarding first and second place ribbons and a third place ribbon as well.
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W. G. Hill
Garden Club
Hill
Union Bag and Paper promotes Georgia pine uses
Union Bag and Paper Corporation highlights the Savannah plant’s role in Georgia’s economy. The Savannah facility produces paper, paper board, and bags from pine trees, with an integrated operation employing over 4,000 at the plant and more than 2,000 in woods work. The ad series aims to show forests care and economic impact across communities.
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Union Bag, Paper Corp
Georgia
Savannah
Union Bag & Paper Corporation
The
Herald
Union Bay
Union Bag
Macon Bus Firm Sued For $75,000
Mrs. Raymond D. Deaf enbaugh widow of a Camp Wheeler veteran sues Macon Buses Inc for 75000 damages over an auto collision on Oct 28 1944. She says Deaf enbaugh 25 suffered skull injuries and died next day while the bus carried 86 passengers though capacity was 37.
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Macon
Raymond D. Deafenbaugh
Camp Wheeler
Macon Buses, Inc
Deafenbaugh
Electric Drink Box and Philco Radio Item
T. E. Tante of Butler Georgia offers an electric drink box and a Philco radio as available items.
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Philco Radio
T. E. Tante
Butler, Ga
Methodists Plan Annual Meeting at Bainbridge
Bainbridge hosts the 81st South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opening Nov. 6 with 600 delegates. Hotels, tourist courts and homes provide rooms as churches share space for meetings and services. Notables include Bishop A. J. Moore and Bishop Clare Purcell. The event features memorial services, ordination, and appointment announcements through Nov. 10.
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Bainbridge
South Georgia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Presbyterian and Nazarene
A. J. Moore
Atlanta
Thomasville
Clare Purcell
Charlotte
N. C
Albert P. Shirkey
Travis Park
San Antonio
Tex
C. M. Donnelly
Montgomery
Ala
W. G. Henry
North Georgia Conference Board of Education
Moore
Greatest Preacher of Old Testament at Midway Sun
The Midway Baptist church hosts a business session Saturday at 11 a.m. and a Sunday sermon at 11:30 a.m. Pastor J. H. Stanford speaks on The Greatest Preacher of the Old Testament What Did He Preach About. Worship with us and pray for a great service.
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Stanford
Midway Sun
Midway Baptist Church
Midway
Horeb Baptist Church
Harvest Festival at Rupert School Friday Night
Rupert school hosts a Harvest Festival Friday November 8 at 7 p m Admission is 10 cents for children and 15 cents for adults Prizes include a week’s supply of groceries There will be plenty of cakes and eats and entertainment for all start time and location given as Rupert school at 7 p m on November 8.
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Rupert
Rupert School
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Norman King Americus
Pace Committee
Buddy Murray
Ginners’ Report
F. W. Hodges
Ateynolds
Man
Butler Garden Club
Macon Bus Firm
Methodists
J. H. Stanford
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