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- Collection: National Newspaper Clippings about Turner County
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Girl's Death Mystery; Seek Man
"Miss Minnie Marchman Dies in Ashburn in Convulsions--- Coroner Has Warrants Sworn Out For Tan Cleghorn, Her Friend, Who Has Vanished."
2 Fatally Shot in Poison Feud
W.J. Cochran, brother-in-law of deceased Minnie Marchman, fatally wounds the brothers of accused murderer, Tan Cleghorn.
"Today Cochran left his home with a shotgun on his shoulder... the Cleghorn brothers were encountered... When the smoke…
"Today Cochran left his home with a shotgun on his shoulder... the Cleghorn brothers were encountered... When the smoke…
Tan Cleghorn Again Wounded by Cochran
Tan Cleghorn, accused of poisoning her fiance Minnie Marchman and killing her, was shot by her brother, W.J. Cochran. Tan received only a flesh wound with the bullet striking him in the thigh.
Suit Filed on Behalf of Robert Wright, Jr.
"The NAACP filed a civil suit here in Federal court on May 4 seeking $5 million in damages."
'Deadly force' bill clears House committee
"Prompted by a Turner County incident, a House committee Tuesday approved a bill that spells out when a police officer can us 'deadly force' to apprehend a subject."
Troubled times come to Ashburn
"Most blacks and whites here get along all right," said Robert Lee Wright Sr., father of the young man slain. "I haven't had any problems. But the police force and blacks don't get along at all. They treat blacks wrong all the time."
Black Prisoner's killing sparks Ashburn racial violence
Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985)
The Old Main Drag is a Lonesome Road
"The highway was the umbilical cord that brought outsiders and their money into contact with the towns of the rural South."
Photo on page 2 of Orien Cown from Ashburn, GA. Caption reads: "Gasoline cost 37 cents a gallon when Orien Cown shut off…
Photo on page 2 of Orien Cown from Ashburn, GA. Caption reads: "Gasoline cost 37 cents a gallon when Orien Cown shut off…
County Flag is Dedicated
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Ashburn is Located in the Heart of one of Georgia's Richest Farming Sections
100 years ago, Ashburn was "one of the busiest and most progressive little cities in the Great Heart of South Georgia..."
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Local Architect, Contractor, Built Theater at Ashburn
Description of the now burned down Ashburn Theater.
Probe Negro Girl's Death
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Tigner E. Thrasher, 24, Named Mayor of AShburn on Clean Politics Ticket
Tigner at the time of his election was one of the youngest city executives in the entire country.