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- Collection: National Newspaper Clippings about Turner County
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Turner's Double Lynching
The Tifton Gazette reported on April 22, 1910, the lynching of Albert Royal and Charles Jackson near Ashburn. A mob abducted and shot the men, binding them to trees. Royal, a farmer, had faced legal and community harassment. Jackson had been accused…
Two Negroes Hanged; Riddled with Bullets
The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal reported on April 19, 1910, the lynching of Albert Royal and Charles Jackson near Ashburn. A mob abducted and shot the men, binding them to trees. Royal, a farmer, had faced legal and community harassment. Jackson had…
Two Negros Are Lynched, c. 1910
"Two negroes were lynched near Amboy today. Warrants were sworn out by two negro women charging five prominent white men with lynching. The negroes killed were Albert Royal and Charley Jackson. The trouble started over an attack on a white woman.…
W.A. Hawkins of Ashburn, c. 1905
"W.A. Hawkins, of Ashburn, has one souvenir which he prizes above all others in his possession. IT is the gold pin [pen] with which Governor Joseph M. Terrell signed the bill creating the new county of Turner, one of eight authorized by the lasts…
With the Army, Navy, and Marines - Awarded
Hervert I. Shingler, Jr. is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for "extraordinary heroism and gallantry while participating in the bombing attack against the Ploesti oil refineries of Rumania. Colonel Shingler also holds the Distinguished Flying…
You Gave Us the Key to Prosperity
![George T Betts quote w picture - Evening Public Ledger [Philly] 10.23.1922.JPG](https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/square_thumbnails/5a44a84c8f0c5091f2688a61223ee94f.jpg "George T Betts quote w picture - Evening Public Ledger [Philly] 10.23.1922.JPG")
Photo of George T. Betts as featured in the Country Gentleman.