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- Collection: National Newspaper Clippings about Turner County
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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.
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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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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."
Tigner Thrasher
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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.
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…
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 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 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…
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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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."
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…
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.
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..."
Prohibition Rally, c. 1899
"The prohibition rally at this place today was a success. About three hundred persons attended..."
Probe Negro Girl's Death
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