Jurors Exhausted In Varmette Case
Valley Georgia Sept. 10. Only eight trial jurors were chosen after a panel of 160 on Tuesday afternoon in the case of the State of Varmette a new laboratory office employee accused of murder in the death of Jamie DIXOMy Marshallville man. Varmette has been tried twice with mistrials. Solicitor Charles Garrett of Macon prosecutes, defense by E. C. Riley of Ft Valley and Joe Jen Jackson of Gray.
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Valley
Gay
Varmette
New Laboratory Office
Jamie
Macon
E. C. Riley
Ft, Alley
Joe Jen Jackson
Gray
Candidates Offer For Crisp Office In Crisp County Georgia
In Cordele Georgia Sept 10 with the resignation of tax commissioner C Q Perry a special election is set for Oct 1 to fill the unexpired term ending Dec 31. W P Heard John P Hughes and A P Whipple Jr announced for tax commissioner and more announcements are expected ahead of the spring primary.
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Cordele
C. QO. Perry
Crisp County
W. P. Heard
John P. Hughes
A. P. Whipple
Perry
Funeral Held For "Martyr" Weiss in Baton Rouge
Thousands braved rain at Roselawn cemetery as Dr. Carl Austin Weiss was laid to rest with Roman Catholic rites. Anti-Long leaders attended the private funeral, and Weiss was buried near the grave with a wreath from the Henderson party among others.
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Baton Rouge
Carl Austin Weiss
Senator Long
Weiss
Roselawn
Anti-Long
L. J. Sanders
John M. Parker
Anti-Long Square Deal Association
Friends
The
Perioglane Party
Henderson
Peach County approves $33,000 for courthouse bonds
Fort Valley Ga Sept 6 Peach county votes 578 to 21 to issue 33000 bonds for a courthouse plan the project total is 60000 with 33000 funded by the county and a 27000 grant sought from the PWA to complete the new building
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Fort Valley
Peach County
Bnds
PWA
Florida Trip Mirrors Coastal Visits and Local Friendships
The writer narrates a Florida tour from Butler on September 2 visiting Silver Springs Ocala Brooksville Fort Meade Sarasota and various Polk and east coast towns. They praise hosts Morgan and Wolfe at Clearwater Beach the Ringlings Ringling Museum of Arts and Bok Tower while noting fish markets in Daytona and Port Orange and cautioning travelers to avoid tropical storms.
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Fort Meade
L. A. Morgan
Florida
Butler
Silver Springs
Ocala
Tangerine Hotel
Brooksville
Joe Rawls
W. H. Wolfe
Sadie Rawls
Seora Lodge
Clearwater
Col
Ringling Museum of Arts
Mr. Morgan
Polk
Frostproof
Bartow
Winter Haven
Haines City
Mulberry
Babson Park
J. L. Parker
A. L. McGee
Port Orange
Atlantic Beach
Datona
St. Augustine
Jacksonville
Crisp County Official Resigns Before Ouster Hearing
Crisp County tax commissioner C. C. Perry of Cordele resigned to Governor Latmadge ahead of a hearing on removal for alleged $153000 in county and school taxes. Perry claims innocence while noting a dispute with county roads and revenues. A restraining order blocks $158000 in county funds. a Sept. 14 hearing to make the injunction permanent is scheduled. Receivers have been appointed for Perry's property.
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Crisp County
Atlanta
C. C. Perry
Cordele
Eugené Latmadge
Perry
Crisp County Superior Court
Fire damages tin store room at Moultrie fertilizer plant
A fire suspected to have started from phosphorous rat poison damaged about 500 dollars of tin store room space at a Moultrie fertilizer plant last week. Fire officials believe rats carried the poison into a stack of shucks along the east wall and dampness ignited the blaze.
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Moultrie Fertilizer
Butler High School book list notes 1936 1935 editions
The Herald lists required texts across departments for Butler High School grades tied to the 1935 1936 curriculum. It notes the 11th grade follow ups with French Book No 2 and confirms the 1986 line as continuation of the Highway English series. Office hours for registration of fees are set for Thursday Friday and Saturday mornings with a 40 cent incidental fee.
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Luckey
Turner - Collins
Smith-Lusse-Morse
Burlson
Allyn & Bacon Co
Ruch and
Bae
Hughes
Science-Whitman & Hunters
American Book Co
Scott & Horn
Lewis & Hosic
Hays, Moon and Wayland
Smallwood and Bailey
Scott and Horn
U. S
Beard &Beard, MacMillian Co
Sanford, Scott and Beeson
Sneller
Brownlee and Fuller
Hassler
Smith
Lewis and Hosie
Janzen and Stephenson
Chardenal
The
Herald
Butler High School
Megiday
Southwestern College to Open September 19 With Expanded Faculty
Americus Georgia September 10 Georgia Southwestern College will begin the new school year September 19 with a revised faculty including four new instructors Holland L Boyd will head English and Theodore Dewitt will lead physical education Dr Eugebia Shuler will direct mathematics W O Hampton is new dean and head of teacher training Others include Addie Beall Early R R Hollingsworth Mrs E R Jordan Walter Maynard T E Smith L R Towson and their spouses Peyton Jacob is president Alma Wall treasurer Macy Gray librarian and more new staff members as the college enters one of its best terms in history.
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Americus
Georgia Southwestern College
Holland L. Boyd
Peabody College
Nashville
W. Roy McGehee
Eugebia Shuler
Georgia Southwestern
Addie Beall Early
W. O. Hampton
R. R. Hollingswort
R. R. Hollingsworth
E. R. Jordan
Walter D. Maynard
T. E. Smith
L. R. Towson
Peyton Jacob
Alma Wall
Macy Gray
Euler Smith
Florence Stapleton
Ellison
Mildred Slappey
J. E. French
H. F. Comer
Attack on snake wrecks truck in Georgia
Quitman Ga Sept 7 Oscar Sims is badly hurt when a truck he drove is wrecked after a Model T Ford driver swerved to run over a snake in the road. The Ford driver had no intent to kill the snake but cut in front of the truck, which was trying to pass.
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Quitman
Oscar Sims
Domestic car sales surge to four-year high in first half
Domestic sales of new passenger cars in the first half rose to the highest level in four years, at 46.8 percent above 1984 and more than double the 1982 depression-era figure, according to the Alex and Hamilton Institute of New York.
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Alexande Hamilton
New York
Program for Georgia Baptist hospital event at Hapeville
Official schedule for a Georgia Baptist hospital gathering in Hapeville led by Superintendent W. D. with sessions spanning Thursday to Friday. It lists devotional times, enrollment, committee appointments, reports from hospital and orphan's home, missionary sermons, and officers including Columbus Roberts as moderator and Elmer Massey as treasurer.
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Hapeville
W. D
Georgia Baptist Hospital
F. Porter
Columbus
T. A. Gordy
Colulla
M. W
Repo
T. H. Johnson
A. m
Jnc
W. Womble
Talbotton
M. W. Wilson
Columbus Roberts
KR. HH. Hendricks
Brotherhood
C. W. Montgomery
Junction City
H. W. Dennam
Manchester
Orphan's Home
J. T. Screws
Russell Davidson
Shield Choir
Misa Margaret Long
J. F. Barton
Hazelhurst
G. C. Gibson
H. J. Newsome
H. O. Fowler
C. W. Buck
God’s Acres
E. E. Jarrell
Elmer Massey
Carey C. Willis
Negro Over 110 Dies On Plantation Near Reynolds
Sophie Turner, a longtime resident on the Thos J Fountain farm near Reynolds, died last week at about 110 years. Born in 1825 in Richmond, Virginia, she was enslaved in Macom County and became a mother of six by her first marriage. She moved to the Fountain plantation twenty five years ago and lived there without medical care for decades. Mr Fountain notes one of Sophie's sons has served on the plantation for forty years.
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Sophie Turner
Thos. J. Fountain
Reynolds
Richmond
Macom County
Old Lanier
Oglethorpe
Webb
Sophie
Mr. Fountain
South
Confederate Veterans elect Harry Lee as leader at Amarillo meeting
General Harry Rene Lee of Nashville was elected commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans. Shreveport Louisiana was chosen as the 1986 meeting place. Survivors paid tribute to Civil War comrades with services led by Mrs A M D Wilson of Atlanta and Bishop E C Seaman of Amarillo. The United Confederate Veterans and the Sons of Confederate Veterans participated.
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Amarillo
Texas
Harry Rene Lee
Nashville
Tenn
United Confederate Veterans
Shreveport
Army of the Confederacy
A. McD. Wilson
Atlanta
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
United Confederate Veterans and
The
Sons of Confederate Veterans
E. C. Seaman
Amarrillo
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IAA One
Frere Kieg
Philco
N. L. Halley
Reynolds, Ga
Long
Ray Fleming
Louisiana National Guard
New Orleans
Peeree
Allen
State House
Capitol
Senate Finance Committee
George Wallace
Peach
Peninsular
Piatures
Southwestern College
T. J. Fountain
Harry Lee
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