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...Macon, Ga., small, withered John Joshua Beasley of Auburn, Ga., 71, claimed he had sired 40 children, discoursed on his progeny: "I can't recall them offhand, but all 40 are on record at the court house. Now some of them died before we could think up names for them, so they were never named. . . . There was Molly, Florence, Mandy, John Will, Joe, Norm, E. T., Ola, Claudie and Cloodie. . . . I can't think of another one in the first batch." With John Joshua Beasley were his second wife and their youngest child, aged 18 months...
...Born: In Macon Co., Ala., April...
...starting out life instead of ending it. O. A. COLEMAN The Georgia Loan and Trust Co. Macon...
Last week, because of defaulted interest payments on his Enquirer-Sun bonds. Robert Lee McKenney of the Macon (Ga.) News asked for a foreclosure. Receivers named were Mr. Harris and one George C. Woodruff. The Editors Harris were ordered to remain as editors, while a reorganization is effected. Simple was the explanation for the action as outlined by the Macon Telegraph next day: "The two Harrises . . . have made a real contribution to this state, because they have dared to think and say. . . . Their task was not simply to continue a going newspaper?it was to bring an almost moribund newspaper...
...Macon, Ga., Phil Towns, 104, was arrested for Prohibition-law violation. Explained he: "I'm a deacon of the church, and just use it to keep in condition-as I have for 90 years...