Browse Items (1095 total)

"Turner County's first war bride arrived in Rebecca late Tuesday night with her three months old baby, Herbert Michael, from Angers, France. The petite blonde French girl is the wife of Mr. Arthur Pullin [also spelled Pullen later in article] of…

"Altho hostilities of [World] War II has ceased, yet, the grim tragedies still goes on. This is impressed on Turner County's citizens this week more indelibly and forcibly when the news came to Ashburn last Thursday from the government to Mrs. E.W.…

JOHN WEST EVANS

(September 27, 1844 – January 16, 1904)

Born in Hancock County to Sterling G. and Mary West Evans, John and his wife Ella, followed his business partner/brother-in-law John Samuel “J.S.” Betts (July 29, 1848 – April 25, 1918)…

J.S. Betts was one of Ashburn’s founding fathers, long-time Mayor of Ashburn, and owner of the Betts Lumber Company. It was said that his wife Elmira Josephine Bohannon Betts (May 2, 1858 – September 27, 1907) used to “signal” her sister Ella…

Bird's-eye view J.S. Betts' Lumber Plant, Ashburn, Ga.

Small "W" insignia in the lower left hand corner.

Pages: 4

This red and buff colored courthouse has three entrances. Two are elaborate. They are projecting, Ionic tetrastyle. The cement columns are coupled on each side of a pedimented doorway. The columns are capped by a pediment filled with a…

Photograph of Victoria Evans, date unknown, by T.B. Blackshear, photographer in Macon, GA.

Painting was created by Minnie G. Brown of Ashburn, GA based on the photograph of Victoria Evans.

Plaque next to the painting says:
VICTORIA CHARITY…

Teacher's Contract
FOR TEACHERS OF VOCATION HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION
Employed in cooperation with the Division of Vocational Education, State Department of Education, Georgia

A contract between Ashburn Public Schools ad Miss Rebecca Adams to…

Teacher's Contract
FOR TEACHERS OF VOCATION HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION
Employed in cooperation with the Division of Vocational Education, State Department of Education, Georgia

A contract between Ashburn Public Schools ad Miss Parmalee Davis to…

Letter from M.D. Collins, State Superintendent of Schools for Georgia, writing back to Gordon McKenzie and congratulating him on Mr. Todd remaining at the school system.

G.C. McKenzie wrote an internal memo to F.M. Tison to have him read because…

Turner County, Georgia was created by legislative action on August 18, 1905 from parts of Irwin, Dooly, Wilcox, and Worth Counties and named for Henry G. Turner.

This booklet was created for the week-long 75th anniversary celebration of the…

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

"Turner County officers today are searching the woods in Amboy direct for Tan Cleghorn, a young farmer who was to have been married to pretty Minnie Marchman last Tuesday. Instead of a wedding at the Marchman home there was a funeral, and the same…

"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…

"It is interesting to analyze the reasons for the publicity which the little town of Ashburn in Turner County, South Georgia, has been recently receiving. The publicity is of the favorable and constructive sort; it affects more than the pleasure and…

"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."

...

"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…

page 3

"The contract for the building of a court house for Turner County was let to McKenzie & Sons, of Atlanta, Ga., today for the sum of $37,800. Contract is to be completed January 1, 1908."

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

"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..."

"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…

...
"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…

"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…

"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…
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2