Negro Begs Life Term In Slaying Of Augusta Grocer
Atlanta Georgia June 18 K C Evans a Negro today began serving a life sentence for the holdup slaying of P J Collins an Augusta grocer under a commutation order issued by Governor E D Rivers Evans was convicted of murder in the holdup at his store. the governor granted commutation from death to life imprisonment.
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Atlanta
K. C. Evans
P. J. Collins
Augusta Grocer
E. D. Rivers
Evans on Death Row as Burke Case Ends
Solicitor General George Haines of Augusta states Evans had no involvement in the Burke slaying. Burke was executed. Evans awaits execution by electric chair with potential future pardon consideration mentioned.
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James Burke
George Haines
Augusta
Evans
Haines
Estimates Cheerfully Given on Resurfacing Floors
Latest type machines and skilled operators advertised by Robison Hardware Co. at 119 East Jackson Street with contact by phone 168.
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Robison Hardware CQ
E. Jackson St
Fire Department Responds to Cassidy Residence Kitchen Blaze
The local fire department was called to the Cassidy home on Carroll Hill to extinguish a small kitchen fire with slight damage. Also disclosed is the arrest yesterday afternoon of Joe H. Morris of the Merrillville district on a mail fraud charge. Morris was bound over in Valdosta on a $1000 bond after a U S Postal Inspector charged him with using the mails to obtain merchandise under false pretenses. He is said to be about 30 years old and to have lived in Merrillville for about three years.
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Cassidy
Carroll Hill
Joe H. Morris
Merrillville
Thomas County
U. S
T. W. Overstreet
Morris
Valdosta
Federal District Court
Condition of Officer Braswell Favorable After Operation
Patrolsman J. H. Braswell of the city police force is reported in very favorable condition after an operation yesterday at the hospital. Paul Davis has recovered from an appendectomy and returned home to convalesce on Remington Avenue.
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Braswell
J. H. Braswell
Paul Davis
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Remington Avenue
William George West Dies at Pelham Home
William George West longtime Pelham resident dies at home after a week with asthma. Funeral at First Baptist Church with Reverend E R Elder. interment in Pelham cemetery. Pallbearers listed. survived by wife Doris, a daughter, two sisters and two brothers. West born 1882 in Mitchell County. formerly a merchant in Hinsonton and Pelham. Out of town relatives attending. Hand Trading Company handled arrangements.
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Pelham
First Baptist Church
E. R. Elder
Quartette
Pelham Cemetery
Messrs
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M. J. Dollar
Robert Glenn
Edgar Glenn
Clifford Akridge
Bill Braswell
Doris
W. H. Taylor
Jeff Glenn
A. G. West
Palatka
Fla
Nathan ‘West
Miami
Mitchell County
W. R. West
Pasian
Pelham High School
Eunice Bowen
West
Hinsonton
Aris West
Grover
Palatka ,Fla
Nathan West
Miami, Fla
Paul Pelham
Cairo, Ga
Harold West
Winter Haven
W. B. Braswell
Thomasville
The
Hand Trading Company
Vashti School Hold Graduation Exercises
Vashti School held graduation in the school chapel. Salutatorian Pauline Styles and valedictorian Mary Sutherland were honored. Rev. Mack Anthony gave the address. Pauline Thurmond received the Kiwanis Citizenship Medal from Dr. Roy Hill. Diplomas were presented to twelve graduates including Janie Baldwin Vivienne Brown Wilene Davis Grace Faircloth Mary Louise Floyd Willie Lee Hammond Opal McEachern Mildred Lee Pauline Styles Mary Sutherland and Pauline Thurmond.
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Vashti School
Pauline Styles
Mary Sutherland
Mack Anthony
Roy Hill
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Pauline Thurmond
Wilene Davis
Nina Booker
Mary Ford
Vivian Brown
Doris Bunn
Jewell McGhin
Mabel Lee
Mildred Lee
Annabelle Simmons
Vititia Peepnetle
Pauline Lyles
Mary Suthd
Daisy Ritter
Janie Baldwin
Montgomery
Ala
Vivienne Brown
Atlanta
Hardwick
Grace Faircloth
Thomasville
Mary Louise Floyd
Birmingham
Willie Lee Hammond
Fitzgerald
Opal McEachern
Conway
Ark
Louisville
Shellman
Wesleyan College to Open as Usual for New Year
Wesleyan College, the world’s oldest chartered women’s college, will open for the new school year on September 15 after a bondholders settlement and trustees agreement clearing a million dollar debt. President Dice R. Anderson announced the news, assuring continued service to young women in coming years.
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Wesleyan College
Pres
Dice R. Anderson
Reverend Gillespie Speaks At Kiwanis Luncheon
Kiwanis meeting at Legion Home on North Broad Street features Rev. R F Gillespie pastor of the Presbyterian church as speaker. President Arthur Clark and guests attend as plans for All Kiwanis Night and a church program are announced.
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R. F. Gillespie
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Legion
North Broad Strait
Arthur Clark
Bill Thomas
Bill Gravely
J. Gorham Garrison
Ochlochnee Consolidated Schools
County Wids
Club
Bill Young
Charlie Pittman
Archbold Hospital
Jim Keyton
Presbyterian Church
Legion Home
Jim Campbell
Father's Day Observed at Methodist Church
Rev Mack Anthony announces Father's Day will be observed Sunday morning at the Methodist Church. He will preach on Pitfalls on the Road to Fatherhood and invites the public to worship in the cool auditorium.
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Methodist Church
Mack Anthony
Mr. Anthony
Atlanta Crax Snap Birmingham Jinx In Thriller
The Atlanta Crax finally beat Birmingham to end the Park jinx in the Southern Association standings. The win lifts Atlanta closer to third place, steadying the club after a tense matchup.
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Atlanta
CRAX
Birmingham
Birmingham Park
Discharge Petition in Georgia Bankruptcy Proceedings
Creditors of Joseph Israel Harris and Emory Curtis Long hear that both debtors have applied for discharge from provable debts in bankruptcy. Hearings are set in Thomasville at 10:00 a.m. on July 17 1937 and June 1937 respectively, before United States District Judges. Clerks George F White and W E Perry oversee notices.
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United States District Court
Valdosta
Middle District of
Georgia
Joseph Israel Harris
Thomasville
United States District Judge
United States Court Room
A. D
George F. White
W. E. Perry
Middle District
Emory Curtis Long
Ochlocknee
Mrs. J. L. White of Ochlochnee Dies in Cairo
Mrs. Johnnie Mae Smith White of Ochlochnee dies at Cairo Hospital after pneumonia treatment. Funeral set for 11 a.m. at the Ochlochnee home with Rev. J. Gorham Garrison officiating and pallbearers named. Survived by husband, her parents, four brothers, three sisters, and many friends noting her Christian faith and family ties in Thomas County.
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Johnnie Mae Smith White
Cairo
Ochlochnee
J. Gorham Garrison
D. L. Smith
W. N. Smith
T. O. Smith
W. T. Roe
Charles Dunn
Lou Mills
Rufus G. Bulloch
White
J. Lee White
Johnnie Mae Smith
J. W. Smith
Whitfield County
Dalton
Thomas County
Midway Baptist Church
Messrs
Monticello
Fla
W.N
Ochiochnee
Moody Smith
Detroit
Mich
W. T. Roy
Miami
Loy Mills
Thomasville
Georgia university system grants five percent salary rise
The Georgia Board of Regents approved about a five percent pay increase for faculty across 17 institutions. Heads will receive a straight five percent raise with a minimum scale aligned to Southern Association rules, while individual increases vary by prior salary. Summer school pay is included and teachers may opt out. pay will be in twelve monthly installments for nine months of work, affecting about 700 individuals.
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Atlanta
University System of Georgia
Board of Regents
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Use of Troops to Stop Liquor Sale Urged in Georgia
Walter Harrison mayor of Millen and state senator urged sending troops to halt liquor sales in Georgia. Speaking at a Methodist church conference he said the governor should use militia if needed to quell wet counties such as Chatham and Richmond. He warned no compromise if those counties stay in the state.
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Sylvania
Georgia
Walter Harrison
Millen
Georgia Senate
Drys
Chatham
Richmond
Charges Dropped in Bibb County Vagrancy Drive
In Macon Georgia on June 18 eight of thirteen jailed African Americans were released after the sheriff and city court solicitor Oscar V Long dropped charges of vagrancy. The drive had jailed the group in Bibb county.
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Macon
Bibb County
Oscar v. Long
City Court
Poultry Experts Warn of Large 1937 Crop Shortage Carryover
A. J. Richardson of the Georgia Agricultural Extension Service predicts the 1937 crop-storage season will see one of the largest carryovers on record. He says heavy marketing of hens may continue through summer unless egg prices rise or feed costs fall, with more broilers and fryers through July but fewer fresh eggs than last year.
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Tifton
A. J. Richardson
Georgia Agricultural Extension Service
Richardson
State and Local Reactions to Vagrancy Protests and Sheriff Election
In Washington Senator Richard B. Russell Jr of Georgia said the Macon vagrancy protest is a state matter and Congress has no authority. He noted Sheriff Hicks was elected by Whig County voters and claimed there is nothing Washington can do.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Georgia
Macon
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