Cordele News Briefs From Vienna and Surroundings
Cordele items report Ming Puke Daniels’s death near Drayton, elections planned for January, local social and church events, and several crimes and accidents. Notable notes include Miss Bertha Leonard’s Macon trip home, a municipal election to fill offices, and Gilbert Gunter jailed for the killing of Green B Spears in a cane patch dispute. Facilities, millinery ads, and community notices fill the column.
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Gilbert Gunter
Iain
Vienna
Green B. Spears
Gunter
Spears
Gunterkomé
Town
Carnival at Montezuma Street Opens Five Days of Hilarity
A lively Montezuma Street carnival features the high diver free to all, the electric theatre, a life like statue, Lunette the flying lady, Sampson the giant portable ferris wheel, and Esau the man who endures poisonous snakes. Oriental ceremonies and dances thrill attendees as the Frankfort Military Band plays. Special railroad rates advertised for five days of entertainment.
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Sampson
Esau
Frankfort
Advertised Letters List With Names and Requests
Please ask for advertised letters at 8 Middleton PM. Names include Bryson Jessie Bennett T M Beorgie Henry Franklin John Green Geo Green Burt Gibbs John Hampton Squire Leach Carl P. Locknart L T Roney Rev C P Steed Benj Stamper Willie Thompson W B Toomer Eddie Barker Miss Emer Barker Miss Saraham Donaldson Mrs John B Dean Mrs Manme Fields Miss Tula French Mrs Etta Green Mrs Lila Grem Mary Lee Miss Moses Turner Mrs Joanna Whitehead Mrs Mary.
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Bryson Jessie
Bennett T. M
Beorgie Henry
Franklin John
Green Geo
Green “Burt
Gibby John
Hampton Squire
Leach Carl P
Locknart L. T
Roney
Rev
C. P
Steed Benj
Stamper
Willie
Thompson W. B
Toomer
Eddie
Barker
Emer
Saraham
Donaldson
John B
Dean
Manme
Fields
Tula
French
Etta
Green
Lila
Grem
Mary
Lee
Moses
Turner
Joanna
Whitehead
Unadilla District Keeps Fence Vote Sparks Georgia Law Change
In Unadilla district the six month deadline to erect lawful fences after the December 24 vote is noted with passage of Georgia laws amending stock fence provisions. The measure requires fences and gates around non stock law areas within six months, else stock law does not take effect. The article discusses local enforcement and historical fence removal prior to the new rule.
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Unadilla
General Assembly
State of
Georgia
Downing Case Affirmed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirmed the previous verdict against O. S. Downing for the murder of Dr. Joiner. Bud Downing faces life in prison with potential clemency only by pardon, possibly years or decades away, as details place the case in Sumpter from the April last year timeline.
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Supreme Court
Dooly
Superior Court
O. Si. Downing
Dr. Joiner
Bud Downing
Downing
Sumpter
Dooly County Man Remanded to Await Fate in Jails
A Dooly County man was held for several months for safe keeping at the Ax Peaks facility. He now faces transfer to a gang for a wife sentence. He has a wife and several children in Ennis near Ashburn, at her father J. J.'s home.
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Dooly
J. J
Ennis
Ashburn
Hopeful plea from Y P D editors for letters
A letter from Hope urges the Young People's Department to receive more contributions after a lull in letters. The editors Miss Howel Melton and Zora Carnes appeal to readers, noting readers Moon Beam Lilac Tempest and others, urging girls and boys to write. They emphasize the value of every letter and hope for immediate submissions.
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Propronsa
Moon Beam
Little Lady
Lilac
Tempest
Child
Duty as a watch word in a hometown letter
Drayton Georgia October 28 1991 letter discusses the concept of duty as a guiding watch word. It reflects on bravery and a personal struggle to write while humorously noting interruptions from wastebaskets. The piece cites Pompeii and Lord Nelson to illustrate steadfast duty and its consoling value amid criticism.
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Drayton
Pompeii
Mt. Vesuvius
England
Lord Nelson
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