Automobile Accident on Public Square Causes Close Call
Sunday afternoon about 8:30 a DeSoto driven by C H Parke of Cordele with Mrs Parke and Miss Rosa Brown aboard swerved after steering gear broke and hit a telephone pole. Mrs Parke was jolted from her seat but escaped injury. car suffered minor damage and was abandoned at a garage before the trio returned to Cordele by shoofly train.
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Deble
C. H. Parks
Park Square
Cordele
Parke
Rosa Brown
Arty
Cordele Jury Awards $15,000 in Rail Line Case
In Cordele Georgia on February 18 a City Court jury awarded Mrs C E Hunt fifteen thousand dollars in a suit against Seaboard Air Line Rail way for eighteen thousand dollars damages on the death of her husband the yardmaster killed August prior when he was drawn from the rear of an engine and run over by cars during a running switch
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Cordele,Ga
C. E. Hunt
Seaboard Air Line
Hunt
Wae
Cordele
Cara
FIERCISES TO BE HELD AT PUBLIC SCHOOL TOMORROW
Vienna public schools present Washington birthday program tomorrow morning with songs, plays, and recitations. Students from grades 1 through 8 perform in a two act Vision play and various skits honoring George Washington. Public invited to attend the school program at Warlock.
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Vienna
George Washington
Washington
Paul Trippe
Ith
George
Mabel Woodward
Crown of
Myrtie Morgan
Honor of
H L Lewis Dies Saturday Morning Near Vienna
H L Lewis known as Leo died Saturday morning about 8 o'clock at his home six miles southwest of Vienna after a two month illness including pneumonia. He had served as overseer for Joseph Burns of this city for several years and was valued. He leaves a wife a daughter and many relatives and friends. Interment was at Lilly Sunday noon.
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H. L. Lewis
Leo
Vienna
Lewie
Joseph Burns
Mercer Law School Elects Hugh Lasseter Secretary Treasurer
Mercer University Law Class selects Hugh Lasseter of Vienna as permanent secretary and treasurer. Lasseter entered Mercer a year ago after graduating Emory College in 1907 with a Ph B, previously serving as Byronville public school principal and Mooney Institute history and English teacher. He is advancing rapidly in both junior and senior law studies and leads the law data in the annual Phi Delta debate.
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Mercer University Law
Hugh Lasseter
Vienna
Organization For the Future
Atlanta Sunday Constitution
Lasseter
Huon Lasseter
Mercer
Emory College
Emory
Byronville
Mooney Institute
Harriman
Tenn
Phi Delta Literary Society
Farmer Finds Lost Watch After It Is Swallowed
Arab farmer T. J. Pitts searched his barnyard after a cow swallowed his gold watch from feed. The watch passed into the animal and was not recovered until yesterday when Pitts found it in the barn yard, and it now runs and keeps time.
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T. J. Pitts
Mr. Pitts
Cerdele Dispatch
Valentine Party Highlights Pinehurst Social Scene
Misses Ethel Whitehead and Faustine Williams hosted a Valentine party at Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Williams home with games and a candy prize. Decor included hearts and Parma violets. refreshments and music followed. Guests and local residents from Unadilla and nearby towns attended, with multiple mentions of attendees and their associations.
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Ethel Whitehead
Faustine Williams
W. L. Williame
Parma
St. Valentine
Nan Fullington
Roy Carter
Perle Owens
Marie Sanders
Jessie Barfield
Blanche Peavy
Frances Williams
Miss Williams
Miss Whitehead
Lucile Mashburn
Minnie Lou Malony
Unadilla
Mildred Lee
Laura Horne
Maude Holt
Lucy Roberta
Bessie
Pearl
Ethel Reynolds
Mayme Pattishall
Bessie Whitehead
Julia Lewis
Messera
John Haslam
Lewis
Tom Mashburn
Will Snelling
Jim Dorsey
Harry Weaver
Ernest Peavy
Will Haslam
Jim Whitehead
Theodore Roberta
Clyde Beauchombe
Ernest Herndon
Car
Oleous Lewis
Roscoe Burch
Parent
Misa Elizabeth Harvard
Pinehurst
D. E. Thompson
Cordele
S. D. Thompson
Jack Roberts
Byromville
Thoreday
Roscoe Carroll
Misa Alberta
Haebeus Corpus Case Dismissed In Cordele
Col R N Bouzolaw of Perry filed Haebeus Corpus proceedings to free Lawrence Leteon a convict serving 12 months in the Dooly county gang. Leteon pleaded guilty to two charges of ceathing and dwindling and was fined 160 dollars or 12 months on each count. Judge A V Whipple dismissed the case after arguments Saturday morning.
Dr. W. L. Cutts Receives Call From Newnan Church
The Cherokee Advance reports First Baptist Church Canton extends a unanimous call to Dr. W. L. Cutts to pastor Newnan, filling the vacancy left by Rev. J. F. Singleton. Cutts will preach on the third Sunday and may decide to relocate. Canton vows protest if he leaves.
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New Pan
First Baptist Church
W. L. Cutts
Canton
J. F. Singleton
Milledgeville
Cutte
Mercer University
Cutts
Cutty
LASSETER Wooten Matrimony Planned In Vienna
Tomorrow at 2 PM at the Isaac Shelby Jassetur home Frances Suean Lasseter will wed James McLester Wooten of Unadilla. Rev J E Seales will perform the ceremony. The bride elect is noted as Vienna’s social favorite. the groom is a G S & F railroad agent. They will honeymoon in New York City and then California.
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Isaac Shelby Jassetur
Frances Suean
James McLester Wooten
Unadilla
J. E. Seales
Methodist Church
Mise Lagaoter
Vienna
Mr. Wooten
Boll Weevil Left in Murray County Sparks Alarm
Spring Place Georgia February 17. A boll weevil found in Cisco near the Tennessee line signals a planned dispersal in Georgia. Hon J J Bates discovered the specimen on the Louisville and Nashville train from Jacksonville and has it exhibited in his office. The find has caused a local sensational stir.
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Spring Place
Georgia
Cisco
Tennesee Line
Louisville and Nashville
Jacksonville
J. J. Bates
Mothers Light Guides Family to Safety in Storm Tale
A father and his young daughter navigate a violent storm toward shore as the mother lights a lamp in the attic window and prays. The daughter sees a glimmer on the water and the family steers toward it, finding shelter in a cottage harbor. The mother learns they were saved by a mother’s guidance.
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Ontat Ees
Census reports Georgia towns population totals
The Census Bureau released population figures for 42 Georgia towns. Notable changes include Lumpkin down more than 800 residents while seven towns show gains and five show losses. Florida towns Madison and Monticello also listed with 1660 and 1829 residents respectively.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Georgia
Butler
Ellaville
Jeffersonville
Knoxville
Lumpkin
Marshallville
Montezuma
Oglethorpe
Roberta
Florida
Madison
Monticello
Wayward Boy Seeks Light Steering by Mother's Light
A dying boy, urged by a stormy night and a doctor's grim word, prays for guidance from God. He vows to steer life by his mother's light and faces illness with faith, hopeful he will reach harbor despite the disease.
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C-H- Parks
Stuart
Lilly
Mercer Law School
Kennedy
Colcstron
Foley
Ans
Haebeus Corpus
Ase
A. V. Whipple
Newnan Church
Lasseter-Wooten
Missea Perle Owens
Ida Reynolds
Alberta Coppock
Murray County
Tennessee Line
Cheney
the First National Bank of Vienna
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