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- Collection: National Newspaper Clippings about Turner County
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New County of Turner Presents Her Claims, c. 1905
"'Turner' count was the first case on the docket yesterday before the house and senate committees on new counties."
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"Judge Lawton Miller, of Macon, appeared as counsel for those interested in and urging the creation of the new county of…
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"Judge Lawton Miller, of Macon, appeared as counsel for those interested in and urging the creation of the new county of…
Object Lessons given for Georgia Farmers, c. 1915
"Red Pebble farm produced and saved approximately 35,000 pounds of meat, like that shown in the windows, during the year 1914. This meat was killed and placed in a large brick and cement refrigerator and allowed to remain there for about six weeks.…
Officer Convicted of Slaying Merchant, c. 1930
Lynn Kelly, former policeman at Sycamore, was convicted this afternoon on the charge of murder in connection with the slaying of W.W. Odom, Ashburn merchant.
Prison Probers
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"Here are the men who investigated conditions in Georgia prison camps."
"Here are the men who investigated conditions in Georgia prison camps."
Probe Negro Girl's Death
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Prohibition Rally, c. 1899
"The prohibition rally at this place today was a success. About three hundred persons attended..."
Reason Paulk, State Representative, Dies, c. 1932
"Reason Paulk, Turner county pioneer citizen, died Thursday evening at the Frances hotel here, where he made his home..."
Sen. Talmadge seeks divorce
![Sen. Talmadge seeks divorce from Betty Shingler Talmadge - Hattiesburg American [Mississippi] Dec 30 1976 page 12.JPG](https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/square_thumbnails/21490388489d6a3ddb1b31d2bbbd3acb.jpg "Sen. Talmadge seeks divorce from Betty Shingler Talmadge - Hattiesburg American [Mississippi] Dec 30 1976 page 12.JPG")
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Six days after his 35th anniversary! Mrs. Talmadge was with friends at Sea Island and had not yet been served with copies of the divorce suit.
Six days after his 35th anniversary! Mrs. Talmadge was with friends at Sea Island and had not yet been served with copies of the divorce suit.
Sheriff Faces Trial Tomorrow on Count of Office Misconduct, c. 1955
![Sheriff [Wesley Fiveash] faces trial tomorrow - The Dothan Eagle 17 Aug 1955 page 3.JPG](https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/square_thumbnails/81d4aaf449cd4ecd8256b9bd4a194a17.jpg "Sheriff [Wesley Fiveash] faces trial tomorrow - The Dothan Eagle 17 Aug 1955 page 3.JPG")
"Sheriff Wesley H. Fiveash of Turner County, sentenced to two years in federal prison on a liquor conspiracy conviction, will face trial tomorrow on 28 charges of misconduct in office.
So. Gen. W.J. Forehand filed a petition seeking Fiveash's…
So. Gen. W.J. Forehand filed a petition seeking Fiveash's…
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."
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.
Tasty Banana Break (from the House by the Road), c. 1949
"The House by the Road, at Ashburn, Georgia, serves this tasty Banana to admiring customers."
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The Cawley Case Has Ugly Aspect, c. 1918
"Fuller details appeared in the morning papers concerning the attempted assault on a young school teacher at Ashburn... Public feeling is running dangerously high here tonight against F. J. Cawley the local grocer, who is accused by one of the lady…
The Gentlemen... from Ashburn
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Senator E. W. Garner of Ashburn, of the 47th
Senator E. W. Garner of Ashburn, of the 47th
The GulfLine Railway Company - industrial development
"The territory traversed by the Gulf Line Railway is the finest farming section of South Georgia, possessing as it does soil that is fertile and suitable to the highest possible state of cultivation. Churches and schools in every section; unsurpassed…
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…
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.
Tigner Thrasher
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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."
Turner County Passes, c. 1905
"The first new county bill taken up at the afternoon session provided for the creation of the new county of Turner from which portions of the present counties of Worth, Wilcox, and Irwin, with Ashburn, now in Worth, as the county seat."
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