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County Flag is Dedicated

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Tags: John Jackson Story Sr. (1882-1959), Knox-Conway Chapter of D.A.R., Mrs. J.W. Long, Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), Porter Russell Hudson (1884-1958)

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."

Tags: Doctor Dixon, Doctor Thompson, Minnie Marchman, Tan Cleghorn

NAACP to investigate killing of black suspect in Ashburn

Tags: Ashburn, Elbert L. Bean (1932-2009), Freddie James Weston Jr. (1937-2018), Hollis Hayes (1922-1989), Joe Burgess, John Iverson Youngblood Jr. (1920-2006), Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Robert Lee Wright Sr. (1943-1997), Ruby Wright, Scotty Joe Ireland, Skippy's Food Store, Turner County Courthouse

'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."

Tags: Ashburn, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Scotty Joe Ireland

"Bossie" Should Be a Pet, c. 1923

Photo of Catherine Moyes [sic] Betts, daughter of George T. Betts Sr. and Emily Kate Moyers Betts.

Tags: Catherine Moyes Betts, Emily Kate Moyer Betts (1884-1929), George Terrell Betts Sr. (1881-1923)

"Turner County Farms"

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"Go to Turner County and Buy a Farm"

Tags: Shingler-McKenzie Land Co.

$2,041 Claim Filed Against Ex-Sheriff

Tags: Arthur Riddick Smith (1886-1975), Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Hezekiah Wesley Bussey Jr. (1883-1961), Turner County Board of Commissioners, Turner County Superior Court, Wesley H. Fiveash Sr. (1922-2010), William J. Fiveash (1919-1995)

$300,000 Plant Dedicated at Turner

$50.00 Reward - Blood Remedy Guarantee

Tags: Raney Med. Company, Rebecca

$75,000 Post Office Assured Ashburn

Tags: Ashburn, Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), Post Office

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…

Tags: Collie Cleghorn, Lee Marchman, Marion Cleghorn, Minnie Marchman, Sheriff King, Tan Cleghorn, W.J. Cochran

37-Mile Interstate Road Stretch Dedicated by Vanidiver at Ashburn

Nora Lawrence Smith:
"I love good roads and I'm glad ot fight for them... Good roads are helpful things... they make the nation just a neighborhood."

Tags: Ashburn, I-75, Interstate 75, Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), The Wiregrass Farmer

A Sad Death in Ashburn

Death of J.S. Betts, Jr. from appendicitis.

Tags: Elmira Josephine Bohannon Betts (1858-1907), J.S. Betts & Co., John Samuel "J.S." Betts (1848-1918), John Samuel Betts Jr. (1875-1899)

Advertising Crisp, Dooly, Turner and Wilcox County

Turner County can be found on pages 10, 11, 18, and 19.

Tags: A.J. Biles, Ashburn, Ashburn Bank, Ashburn Distributing Company, Ashburn Methodist Church, Ashburn Realty and Insurance Co., B.E. SMith, Betts-Evans Trading Company, C.B. Young, C.H. Bishop, C.T. Maddux, Cantaloupes, Clarence Emmett "C.E." Thrasher (1875-1946), Corn, Cotton, Crystal Lake, Dock Henry Rose (1878-1947), Dr. James H. Baxter, Dr. Warren L. Story (1865-1949), Edwin A. Rogers (1881-1954), Exchange Bank of Sycamore, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Fenner & Smith's Tobacco Warehouse, First Baptist Church, Fountain Trading Co., George B. Gorday (1869-1940), Harden Seed Company, J.H Childs, Joe McHancock, Joel Smith "J.S." North (1894-1955), John A. McCall, John Henry Gilmore (12/20/1851 - 9/6/1920), John J. Henderson (1800-1870), John Lamkin "J.L." Evans (1874-1934), John R. Murphy, John S. Johnson (1888-1984), L.W. Green, Muscadine grapes, North's Garage, Peaches, Peanuts, Pecans, Peoples Bank, Planters Bank, Rebecca, Rebecca Baptist Church, Rebecca Methodist Church, Rebecca School, S.S. Young, Samuel James Evans (1888-1974), scuppernong grapes, Sweet Potatoes, Sycamore, Sycamore School, Tobacco, W.A. Hasty, W.G. Shingler, W.J. Dickson, Warren Paulk, Watermelon, William A. Shingler (1859-1922)

Air 'Chauffeur' for the World Leaders Blasts Axis Bases

Tags: Frances Pegues Shingler, Herbert Ives Shinger II (1918-1959), Herbert Ives Shingler I (1893 -1978), Netta Dayton Jacobs Shingler (1893-1989)

An Obituary Mrs. George T. Betts, c. 1929

"There passed in Atlanta the other day, at the home of her mother, a young woman who had done more perhaps for the women and children of the farms of Georgia than any other - Mrs. George T. Betts [Emily Kate Moyer Betts], of Turner county, widow of…

Tags: Emily Kate Moyer Betts (1884-1929), George Terrell Betts Sr. (1881-1923), Joe Lawrence (1858-1939)

Article about Turner County's first bale of cotton

Tags: Cotton, Coverdale, Forshee and Corbitt Gin Co., H.L. Brooks

Ashburn Case Needs Full Airing

Tags: Ashburn, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985)

Ashburn Elects Youthful Mayor, c. 1932

"Tigner E. Thrasher, 24-year-old Emory University graduate, was elected mayor here in the city election Thursday night on a platform of 'clean politics.' He will be one of the youngest mayors in the state and probably in the country."

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Tags: Dock Henry Rose (1878-1947), Enos F. Knowles (1887-1975), Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958), James R. Brown Sr. (1884-1970), John B. Boyd (1886-1933), Netta Dayton Jacobs Shingler (1893-1989), Olin P. Stewart (1900-1893), Ralph Huckabee Sr (1866-1951), Tigner E. Thrasher (1908-1980), Vance Allen "Doc" North (1890-1966), William A. Murray

Ashburn fighting off image of corruption

Ashburn High School Destroyed by Flames

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Schools, Charles Estes, Frank H. Criswell (1906-1992)

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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Tags: A.J. Davis, Ashburn, Ashburn Bank, Ashburn Distributing Company, Ashburn Drug Company, Ashburn Ice and Cold Storage Company, Ashburn Methodist Church, Ashburn Oil Mills, Ashburn Schools, Betts-Evans Trading Company, C.H. Bishop, Citizens Bank of Ashburn, Clarence Emmett "C.E." Thrasher (1875-1946), Daniel Henderson Davis (1861-1942), Dock Henry Rose (1878-1947), Dr. William Joseph Turner (1868-1946), Edwards Funiture and Millinery Company, Edwin A. Rogers (1881-1954), Ernest Walter "E.W." Garner Sr. (7/12/1883 - 2/22/1944), Frank Marion "F.M." Tison (1881-1951), George B. Gorday (1869-1940), J.A. Faircloth, James A. Comer (1870-1938), James H. Pate (b. 1882), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), John A. King (1864-1934), John Jackson Story (1882-1959), John Lamkin "J.L." Evans (1874-1934), John S. Johnson (1888-1984), Keenan P. Baker (1885-1942), Morgan S. Cantey (1864-1921), Mrs. C.L. Edwards, Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), Reason Paulk (1879-1932), Robert E. Lee Betts (1867-1934), The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Courthouse, W. L . Metcalf, W. L. Story, W. Roy Clark, W.G. Shingler, William A. Murray, William A. Shingler (1859-1922)

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