City Court Disposes Of Numerous Cases In Local Session
Proceedings record多 many defendants, including Curt is Daniel, Lonnie McClure, Joel Sewell, Bud Driver, Aquistria, and King McWhorter, facing prosecution for abandonment, prohibition violations, and assault. Sentences include twelve months on the gang, fines from 35 to 40 dollars, and new trial motions filed. Several defendants, like Josh White and Will Sailors, receive twelve month gang terms or larceny verdicts. motions for new trials loom as July 1 hearings approach. The civil docket adjourned to late August due to crop conditions. verdicts and judgments on notes and accounts filled the Monday docket.
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Lonnie McClure
Joel Sewell
King McWhorter
George Goodman
Lee Strickland
Strickland
W. Powell
Jim Watson
John Thomasson
E. L. Pritchett
D. Smith
Josh White
Phil Plant
Tom
Smreeny
Loonis McClure
W. E. Hughey
Loonie
Weevil Control in Colquitt County Uses Arsenate Mix
Moultrie Ga June 15 Farmers report calcium arsenate as a boll weevil preventative used with success across Colquitt county. The wet spell slowed weevils but the poison, often mixed with molasses, is claimed to endure rain and help stalks retain treatment longer. Despite wet weather hurting cotton, experts expect decent returns if June and July stay reasonably dry. Corn cane and hay are praised as the finest seen in June in the area.
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Moultrie
Colquitt County
Knayagaim
Merritt Very Ill at W. B. Bakers Home
W. B. Merritt former state school commissioner of Georgia lies seriously ill at the home of W. B. Baker on Springdate Road in Atlanta after recent operation. He is reported by local hospital and family sources as still in critical condition.
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Merritt
W. B. Baker
W. B. Merritt
obGeorgia
W.B. “Baker
Springdate Road
Atlanta
Mercer Objects to Pardon of Murray County Whiskey Man
A letter to readers recounts a Georgia case where Neal Gentry, dubbed the King of bootleggers, is seeking clemency after a Murray County whiskey distribution case. The writer criticizes the pardon process, alleges misrepresentation about a promised pardon, and urges public scrutiny of the prison commission and governor’s office amid allegations of behind the scenes influence.
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Mercer
Murray County
Baiter Free Press
Atlanta
Murray Superior Court
Georgia
John Howard
Howard
Lnw
Lang
Newnan
Neal Gentry
Hae
Careless Gossip Criticized By Atlanta Police Chief
Atlanta on June 15 Chief of Police James L Beavers blamed careless gossip and scandal mongers for widespread disrespect toward law enforcement and the courts. He told the Atlanta Masonic Club luncheon that false stories erode confidence in the law and civic respect.
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Atlanta, Ga
James L. Beavers
Atlanta Masonic Club
Eafe
Palse
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Jim Gates
Colquitt
Capitol
Pardon Board
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