THE DEVELOPER behind plans for a new private graveyard in Limerick which could bring more than 3,000 new plots has formally sought planning permission. Eugene H.
The Tribune continues its 18th annual series of articles looking back at the news and newspaper advertisements from Mooresville’s newspaper of 100 years ago.
Child sexual assault, robbery, arson and drug violations are included in the 31 true bills returned in October by the Lamar County grand jury according to information released by Lamar
100 years ago â¦
The Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1920, edition of The Cobb County Times reported that a Packard automobile and 135 gallons of moonshine whiskey were hauled in by Marietta Police Chief W.A. Bishop and Policeman P.M. Groover the Sunday night before when they were called out to a two-car wreck on Atlanta Road.
The bootleggersâ car collided with another and the brakes locked, preventing it from being driven any further. When the police arrived on the scene, the men had abandoned the Packard and the whiskey.
This was the second large booze haul in a week.
Sheriff Swanson, while serving some legal papers, discovered the Friday before a two mule-drawn wagon with a false bottom covered in fodder that held 75 gallons of brandy. The wagon driver was found asleep and under the influence by the side of the road a few miles out of Marietta.