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- Collection: National Newspaper Clippings about Turner County
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Perpetuates Name of Henry G. Turner
"Turner County is destined to become one of the brightest in the galaxy of the recently created."
Turner County creation ad
"We make no serious encroachment on any old county.
Worth has 778 square miles and about 20,000 people. We take only 120 square miles and 6,500 people.
Dooly has 710 square miles and 30,00 [sic] people. We take only 48 square miles and 2,000…
Worth has 778 square miles and about 20,000 people. We take only 120 square miles and 6,500 people.
Dooly has 710 square miles and 30,00 [sic] people. We take only 48 square miles and 2,000…
Cobb County party visits Ashburn
The photos are all of Turner County.
The Angels of Interstate 75
A typical shift at the Turner County EMS.
Rural Hospitals Seeking State Help
"A sheet of paper taped to the hospital's tinted glass front door confirms what most people in this South Georgia community of about 9,500 long feared: at 11 p.m. on October 30, Turner County Hospital experienced what its administrator optimistically…
Father of Forty Children
"He has had two wives, the first dying several years ago. She was the mother of twenty-four of his lusty offspring and his second wife who is still living and strong and health has up to this time presented him with sixten. She is only 42 years old,…
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)
