Special Days Set Aside for State at Atlanta Fair
President Mike Benton designates eight special days for seven southern states at the Southeastern Fair and Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta from Sept. 2 to Oct. 6. Governors state officials and a cotton beauty queen will attend. events include auto races, thrill show, press days, and the coronation of the Cotton States Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Mike Benton
Commonwealth
Atlanta Biltmore Hotel
Eugene Talmadge
Tom Linder
James Key
F. J. Paxon
William Candler
Georgia
Talmadge
Commissioner Linder
Alabama
Bibb Graves
R. J. Goode
Tennessee
Hill McAlister
O. E. van Cleave
Florida
Dave Sholtz
Nathan Mayo
Mississippi
M. Sennet Conner
J. C. Holton
North Carolina
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
W. A. Graham
South Carolina
O. D. Johnston
J. R. Jones
Piedmont Park
Grand Old Lady of Washington Dies at 82
Mrs Archibald Hopkins longtime Washington resident died in Annisquam Massachusetts. She had known every president from Lincoln to Roosevelt totaling sixteen presidents and left a legacy of historic Massachusetts Avenue mementoes. She influenced social reform including an alley clearance law signed by Franklin D Roosevelt who presented the pen.
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Washington
Lincoln
Archibald Hopkins
Annisquam
Mass
Ed Everett
Massachusetts Avenue
Hopkins
Peck
Franklin D
Dr. W. L. Pickard Dies in Albany At 74
Dr William Lowndes Pickard 74 of Tifton longtime Baptist leader and former Mercer University president died after weeks of illness in Albany Ga He served Mercer as president 1914 1918 led the Georgia Baptist Convention education board and held trustee roles at Mercer Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Bessie Tift College He is survived by three daughters and plans called for funeral at First Baptist Church Tifton with burial in Albany beside his wife
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
William Lowndes Pickard
Tifton
Mercer University
Pickard
Mercer
Georgia Baptist Convention Education Board
Southern Theological Seminary
Bessie Tift College
Roland Harrison
New York
Ralph Bailey
Boston
Elizabeth Karston Tifton
First Baptist Church
Upson County
Southern Baptist Theological Seinary i
Louisville
Studing
Europe
Speatty
Alabama
Fall from porch kills Jesup child
In Jesup Georgia on September 9 the 38 year old daughter of Otis Dukes, Dot Dukes, died from a broken neck after a porch fall. She initially appeared unharmed after the mishap Monday afternoon, but grew ill and was treated at Colvin Ritch Hospital where X rays showed two neck bones broken. This marks the second such fatal neck injury in the county within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesup
Little Dot Dukes
Otis Dukes
Colvin-Ritch Hospital
Benning Soldier Saves Three Men From Earth Slide
Fort Benning Ga Sept 10 A sergeant Sollie H Gillie of Co E 66th infantry tanks first to reach the scene and risked death to free three men buried under earth in a cave in that killed six negro CCC workers Corporal Samuel DeVaughn and Private Lewis Love of the 24th Infantry and Frank M King were rescued or recovered as the day wore on with the cause of the slide still undetermined.
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Fort Benning
CCC
Sollie H. Gillie
Co. E 66Th Infantry
Gillie
Ft. Benning
Samuel DeVaughn
Lewis Love
24Th Infantry
Frank M. King
DeVaughn
Love
King
Sereant Gillie
Move to Form Organization for Campaign to Re elect Roosevelt
Georgia congressman E. E. Cox of Camilla launched a bid to build a voluntary state wide campaign group for FDR in 1936. He criticized Governor Eugene Talmadge for attacking the president and pledged to lead efforts representing the people, while arguing the national committeeman cannot perform the task. Cox urged cooperation with federal policy on social security and old age pensions, challenging Talmadge to call an extraordinary legislature session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
E. E. Cox
Camilla
Georgia
Roosevelt
Eugene Talmadge
Democratic Party
Talmadge
John S. Cohen
Democratic Executive Committee
Cox
Georgia Seeks All Paved Cross-State Route 17 Trail
Ruth Burton editor of the Lavonia Times and C R MacLanahan Elberton junior chamber president ask state officials to finish paving about 77 miles of Route 17 from near Toccoa to Washington. The plan would create an all paved trail from Clayton to the Florida line via Swainsboro and Waycross. A motorcade from 10 counties plans to back the application in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Great Smoky Mountain Reservation
Florida
Toccoa
Lavonia
Elberton
Washington
Clayton
Noth Carolina Line
Swainsboro
Waycross
Florida Line
The
Highway Board
Talmadge
Ruth Burton
Lavonia Times
C. R. MacLanahan
Elberton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Burton
Brief items from Georgia News Service
Brief items report Georgia license plate alerts for North Carolina patrols. A man finds 840 dollars and a gold watch when a chair is unhoisted. An elderly Illinois cemetery worker plans to give 40 nieces and nephews $1 000 each on his birthday. Officials join crowds at Saint Ignatius parish in Chicago for John T McGrath’s funeral. Sir Malcolm Campbell sets a new land speed record at 301.88 mph in Utah. A man’s mouse trap catches a rattler a chicken a bullsnake and two mice. Thirteen peckers are arrested near a nudist camp after wandering onto adjacent farm land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia News Service
North Carolina
Georgia
J. A. Blades
Frank Orr
Illinois
Saint Ignatius
Chieso
John T. McGrath
Chicago
Santa Claus
Malcolm Campbell
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
A. Stover
Will Searles
Georgia-Taylor County Letters of Administration Notice
Gordon Forehand applied for permanent letters of administration on the estate of J. C. Forehand late of the county. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the ordinary's office within the legal time and show cause why administration should not be granted. Witness dated September 2, 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
Gordon Forehand
J. C
L. E. Peterman
J. B. Peteman
Petition for Letters of Administration on J. B. Peteman Estate
L. E. Peterman applies for permanent letters of administration for the estate of J. B. Peteman. The petition cites creditors and next of kin to appear at the office within the legally allotted time and show cause why permanent administration should not be granted. Dated September 9.
Petition for Divorce in Taylor Superior Court
Mrs G J Downs files for divorce against G J Downs in Taylor Superior Court. Defendant not a resident. service by publication ordered. Notify to appear at October Term 1935 on the first Monday to answer. Judge C F McLaughlin signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Downs
Taylor Superior Court
C. Ff. McLaughlin
Petition to Relieve Disabilities in Mills Divorce Case
Mills publishes notice that in the October Term 1935 of the Superior Court he will apply by petition to be relieved of disabilities set by a jury verdict in the divorce case Mamie Garrett Mills versus Lee S Mills. The divorce left Mills unable to marry again and the notice is filed July 27, 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
Mills
Superior Court
Mamie Garrett Mills
Lee S. Mills
Lee S. Milla
EE S. Mills
Tax Sale Notices for Numerous Taylor County Lands and Vehicles
A notice lists multiple parcels to be sold at public auction at the Taylor County courthouse on the first Tuesday in October 1936 for tax debts. Items include 12 acres in lot 65 and other tracts in the 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, and 16th districts, various boundaries, and also a house and lot in Butler. Also described are 50 acres in lot 86, 14 1 2 acres in lot 48, and a remainder of parcels including avenues, blocks, and a mercantile company property, all to satisfy state and county tax executions for multiple years. Sheriff R. P. McGuffin releases the sale details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
Said County
J. R Wilson
Mattie Walker
Eva Hall
Hamp Woodall
Jeffie Russell
L. P. Anthony
Charity Ann Elder
C. C. Cooper
Jeffie Lee Powell
Henry Elder
Ann Elder
L. C
Saunders McCrary
R. E. McCrary
George Burns
Dan Crane
Jo Whittle
W. E. Bradley
C. Cooper
Levy
W. O. Barfield
Whitewater Creek
M. J. Bodiford
Butler
Neoma Green
Jennie Scandrett
Butler Colored School
Wiley Walker
Jack
Ella Leonard
C. C. Cooper, L
14Th Land District
R .M. Suggs
Levi Smith
E. C Perkins, Sr
J. R. Booth
T. M. Smith
J. M. Downs
S. C
Riley Gray
Tom Gray
Lonnie Kimble
Talbot
Macon Steet
Her Wolds
Jalley
Bret
Fame
Seve
Vente
T Reynolds Mercantile Company
Horton
Nynolds
Georg
Central of Georgia Railroad
South Andy
W. I. Powell
Bessie Montfort
G. C. Horton
R. P. McGuffin
Sherif
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W. L. Pickard
Benning
Organization For
L. T. Peed
Druggista
Nurito
Sheriff's Sale
Doan
Doans
Ford
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