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Perpetuates Name of Henry G. Turner

"Turner County is destined to become one of the brightest in the galaxy of the recently created."

Tags: A. Roobin & Co., A.J. Davis, Andrew Wells, Ashburn, Ashburn Bank, Ashburn Drug Company, Ashburn Ginnery and Warehouse Company, Ashburn Methodist Church, Ashburn Schools, B.H. Bankston, Betts-Evans Trading Company, C.C. Kimzey, C.H. Bishop, Citizens Bank of Ashburn, Daniel Henderson Davis (1861-1942), Dr. George W. Cooper (1869-1941), Dr. J.B. Holmes, Dr. J.E. Paulk, Dr. Tigner Hester Thrasher (1868-1911), Dr. W.W. Rutland, Dr. Warren L. Story (1865-1949), Dr. William Joseph Turner (1868-1946), First Baptist Church, G.B. Gorday, George Terrell Betts Sr. (1881-1923), Georgia Wilder, Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958), Helen Wilder, J.B. Bozeman (1869-1914), J.C. Fincher, J.S. Betts & Co., J.S. Shingler & Co., J.W. Burke, J.W. Woods, James A. Comer (1870-1938), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), John B. Hutchinson, John Jackson Story (1882-1959), John Lamkin "J.L." Evans (1874-1934), John Samuel "J.S." Betts (1848-1918), Josella Agricultural Company, Kate Cooper, Katherine Barclay, L. Berkowitz, M.S. Canty, May Stewart, Mrs. A.K. Wells, Murray-Raines Hardware Co., Murrow & Pate, R. Paulk & Co., R.A. Whidby, R.C. Dunlop, R.E. Luke, Robert E. Lee Betts (1867-1934), Ross Studio, Samuel Bell Hudson (1853-1918), Shingler Mercantile, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Stock Company, W. Cowan, W.A. Hawkins, W.E. Murray, William A. Murray, William A. Shingler (1859-1922), William K. Jenkins (1866-1945), Willie Stewart

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…

Tags: Albert Royal, Charles Jackson, Daniel Henderson Davis (1861-1942), J.B. Smith, J.C. Fincher, J.J. McDowell, J.R. Brock, Monroe Hamas, P. Justice, Perry Hamans, Sam Carnes, Sheriff John B. Cason, Wm. Windham

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