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- Collection: National Newspaper Clippings about Turner County
Turner And Ashburn Making Great Strides
Tags: Alexander “Alec” Herndon (1846-1916), Alfalfa, asaparagus, Ashburn, Ashburn Methodist Church, barley, Cantaloupes, Corn, Cotton, field pies, Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad, Hawkinsville & Florida Southern Railway, Hay, oats, Peanuts, potatoes, Rye, string beans, Sweet Potatoes, The Wiregrass Farmer, velvet beans, watermlon, wheat
Turner County Honors Alex Story
Tags: Alexander Stevens Story (1892-1973), Ashburn, Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce, Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001), Ben Williams (1943-2017), Bennett Pate (1918-1982), Essena "Essa" Howell Story (1905-1993), Harvey Christopher "H.C." Barber Jr. (1926-2015), Marvin Raines, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Board of Commissioners, Warren Jackson Daniel “Jackie” McCorvey (1889-1967)
Ashburn Men Accused of Beating Negro
$300,000 Plant Dedicated at Turner
Tags: Alexander Stevens Story (1892-1973), Alva Ray Denham (1922-1983), Ashburn, Ashburn City Council, Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce, Bill Greer Monroe (1915-1989), Charles Barnes, Clyde R. Hobby (1906-1992), Clyde S. Young, Dr. Christopher C. Goss (1913-2003), Grady M. Sconyers (1909-1968), H.A. Hanner, Industrial Promotion Committee (Chamber), J.C. Roberts, John Corbett, John D. Raines (1904-1975), John Rogers, Manhattan Shirt Co., Miriam W. Holmes, Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), Sylvan Geismar, The Wiregrass Farmer, Thomas Evans "T.E" Kennedy (1911-1986), Turner County Board of Commissioners, Turner County Enterprises Inc., W.C. Stover, Walter Dodson, William Maxie Forshee (1891-1968), William R. Davis Sr. (1916-1983)
Black Voice News
Tags: Ashburn, Cleatus Hopkins, Donnie Larry "Kojack" Barfield Sr. (1937-2001), Freddie James Weston Jr. (1937-2018), James "Jim" H. Applewhite (1944-2025), James Bryant, James Burks, Jimmy Lanier Alberson (1936-2019), Parents and Citizens Committee for Responsible Government, Turner County High School, Turner County School System
37-Mile Interstate Road Stretch Dedicated by Vanidiver at Ashburn
"I love good roads and I'm glad ot fight for them... Good roads are helpful things... they make the nation just a neighborhood."
Advertising Crisp, Dooly, Turner and Wilcox County
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)
Thriving Town Supplants Forest
Tags: A.B. Clark, A.B. Piver, A.J. Wells, Adolph B. Walls (1895-1986), Ashburn, Ashburn Methodist Church, Ashburn Schools, B.B. White, C.D. Baldwin, C.T. Hataway, Claud Josiah McLendon (1872-1949), Dr. J.F. Gardner, E.C. Harrell, Fantie Huckabee, First Baptist Church, Flyn Hudson, George B. Gorday (1869-1940), George Sterling Evans (1872-1903), George Terrell Betts Sr. (1881-1923), J.A. Comer, J.A. Durham, J.B. Bozeman (1869-1914), J.B. Evans, J.C. Bass, J.C. Thiot, J.H. Allen, J.S. Betts & Co., J.W. Powell, James Rowland Burgess (1870-1950), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), John F. Jenkins Sr (1861-1925), John Henry Gilmore (12/20/1851 - 9/6/1920), John Lamkin "J.L." Evans (1874-1934), John Samuel "J.S." Betts (1848-1918), John West Evans (1844-1904), Josiah Thomas McLendon (1846-1926), Kate Jenkins, May Jenkins Betts (1863-1931), Morgan Sabb Cantey (1864-1921), N.M. McArthur, O.G. Hollman, R.A. Luke, Ralph Huckabee Sr (1866-1951), Robert E. Lee Betts (1867-1934), Rosa Link, Shingler Mercantile, T.H. Thrasher, W.B. Johnson, W.R. Dobson, W.W. Young, William A. Murray, William K. Jenkins (1866-1945), Z. Bass

