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US Post Office - Ashburn, GA 7B107-N - postcard front.tif
7B107-N

Written Script:
Tuesday, Aug. 28
Dear Folks, We are on our way home. Our trip has been very nice. To-night we are staying in a motel in Ft. Valley Ga. Today we traveled through cotton plantations. They are picking the cotton. Hope you…

US Post Office - Ashburn, GA 2-T-186 - postcard front.tif
2-T-186

Written Script:
July 6, 1953
On our way north & thought this card would be different.
Momma & Daddu

Written to:
Mrs. Paul Marzluf
216 So Harris Ave
Lots 4. Ohio

Mail stamp:
Ashburn, GA
July 7, 1953
11 AM

Where we are staying  - The House by the Road, Ashburn, Georgia - postcard front.tif
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THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD
ON U.S. 41 - ASHBURN, GEORGIA

A beautiful private estate open to Guests. Steam Heated - Recommended by Duncan Hines. All Rooms have Twin Beds and Private Baths.
Meals Served - Locked Garages - Porter Service.
We…

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 128 & 129 back.png
History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 128 & 129 (back picture placard)

1. H.G. Wheeler, pastor of Ashburn Baptist Church
2. M.P. Webb, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Ashburn, Ga.
3. Samuel D. Fuller,…

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 96 & 97 back.png
History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 96 & 97 (back picture placard)

1. D.H. Davis, president Citizens Bank and large landowner
2. Rev. Joe J. Davis, pioneer preacher
3. Samuel Young, an early pioneer
4. G.A.…

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 96 & 97 front.png
History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 96 & 97 (front picture placard)

1. Stephen N. Mitchell, pioneer farmer and lumberman
2. Mrs. S.N. Mitchell,
3. Ben Cravey - former Commissioner of Roads and Revenue
4.…

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 64 & 65 back.png
History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 64 & 65 (back picture placard)

1. Joe Lawrence, editor, farmer and stock-raiser
2. F.H. Wardlaw [Wardlow], farmer and landowner
3. H.S. Story, farmer and naval stores…

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 64 & 65 front.png
History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 64 & 65 (front picture placard)

Nina Cox, County Superintendent of School

1. Sycamore Consolidated High School
2. Rebecca Consolidated High School
3. Dakota Consolidated…

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 32 & 33 back.png
History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 32 & 33 (front picture placard)

1. Bennett Pate, pioneer
2. Mrs. Bennett Pate, pioneer
3. Elbert Paulk, pioneer
4. Rachel Clements Paulk, pioneer
5. Elder Zarah Paulk,…

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 32 & 33 front.png
History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 32 & 33 (front picture placard)

1. Hon. J.W. Henderson - second representative of Turner Co.
2. J.S. Geoghagan - Farmer and business man
3. W.A. Greer - First Ordinary of…

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 16 & 17 back.png
History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 16 & 17 (back picture placard)

1. Mrs. John A. Ewing, prominent Church and D.A.R. worker
2. Nora Lawrence Smith, Managing Editor of the "Wiregrass Farmer"
3. Mrs. John W.…

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 16 & 17 front.png
History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 16 & 17 (front picture placard)

1. R.A. McNair, farmer and chairman of the County Board of Commissioners, Turner County.
2. James W. McCall, warehouseman and Vice Chairman of…

WA Hawkins awarded gold pen with which turner county bill signed - atl const 07 Sep 1905 page 3.jpg
"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 - Chicago Tribune 16 April 1910 page 3.PNG
"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.…

Turner Coutny [work camp] guard is burned to death - ATL Const 18 Nov 1942 page 2.jpg
"Newton Smith, 35, guard at the Turner county work camp near Ashburn, burned to death yesterday when fire destroyed a guard bunkhouse. Turner county officers said he was alone in the bunkhouse when the fire developed early yesterday morning.
Funeral…

Turner County Passes - ATL Const 12 Aug 1905 page 7.jpg
"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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"The…

Tasty Banana Bread (from the House by the Road) - The Tampa Times 02 June 1949 Page 22.PNG
"The House by the Road, at Ashburn, Georgia, serves this tasty Banana to admiring customers."

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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…

Red Pebble Farm - Object Lesson given for Georgia Farmers - Atlanta Constitution 14 Feb 1915.JPG
"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.…

Reason Paulk State Rep Dies - ATL Constitution 10 Marc 1932 page 5.jpg
"Reason Paulk, Turner county pioneer citizen, died Thursday evening at the Frances hotel here, where he made his home..."

Prohibition Rally in Ashburn - The Macon Telegraph - 17 Aug 1899.PNG
"The prohibition rally at this place today was a success. About three hundred persons attended..."

Officer Convicted of Slaying Merchant - Lynn Kelly of Sycamore murdered WW Odom - Atlanta Constitution 25 Oct 1930.JPG
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.

New County of Turner Presents her claims - ATL Consti 20 Jul 1905 page 7.jpg
"'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…

Masons Laid Cornerstone (at TC Court House) - The Atlanta Constitution - 07 Sep 1907 page 4.PNG
"The formal laying of the cornerstone of Turner county's new courthouse was conducted here yesterday under the auspices of the Masonic lodge... There were fully 2,500 people present ... A bountiful basket dinner and barbecue had been prepared..."

Killed in a Gun Duel Over a Mulatto Girl - The Tribune [Coshocoton, Ohio] 10 Dec 1912.PNG
"In a shooting affray following the horsewhipping of C.R. Christmas because of his infatuation for a mulatto girl, John Christmas was killed and his brother, James Christmas, and J.D. Ward were probably fatally wounded. Several others whose names…

Judge Spence also wants courthouse for Turner County - The Morning Mercury (Huntsville, Alabama) - 7 Jan 1906.PNG
"A special term of Turner county superior court was called to order in the auditorium of the school building, by Judge W.N. Spence, of the Albany Circuit.
The judge urged the grand jury to assist the tax receiver in the equalization of tax returns…

John B Hutcheson quote on Ashburn - Atlanta Constitution May 4 1906.JPG
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"Ashburn, always a progressive city, its every citizens being active and energetic, has taken on new life since the county of Turner was created. A creation, an initiative invariably attracts attention, nad [and] then it's up to those who have…

Hanging at Ashburn - Will Ford or Robert Henderson - Tuscaloosa News - 26 May 1907.PNG
"Robert Henderson, alias Will Ford, a negro, was hanged here Thursday in the Turner county jail for the murder of G. W. May, on March 5th last.
He made a short talk, warning the people to take warning from him and avoid bad company. He said he was…

Deacon Kills a Deacon then Kills Himself - The Greenville News (SC) 27 Aug 1911 page 1.PNG
"R.G. Whidden [Whiddon], a well-to-do farmer and a church deacon, living near here, shot and killed J.M. Lawson, a neighbor and also a deacon, today at church on the Whidden [Whiddon] farm, and then committed suicide..."
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