In 1837 the Liberty County seat of government was moved from Riceborough to Hinesville. It was named for Charlton Hines, an early settler who was serving as senator from Liberty County and was instrumental in having the county seat moved to Hinesville.
September 10, 2012
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By Margie Love
Columnist
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LibertyLore
The weather was too cool early in the morning to do yard work at our cabin in Tattnall County, so Gene and I drove the short distance to Reidsville as there were many cancer relay for life yard sales being held. We stopped in front of a majestic old home with the wrap around porch, tin roof and fancy woodwork trimming the edge of the porch. Several tables were set up and filled with varied objects.
September 10, 2012
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By Margie Love
Columnist
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LibertyLore
Brush strokes on canvas, a dip of pen in ink or words etched in time. The senses ignite. Creativity springs to life. Talents are discovered. New passions are explored. It all happens in a place dedicated to the arts - the Hinesville Area Arts Council's downtown Hinesville gallery on South Commerce Street.
September 08, 2012
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By Debra Ayers Brown
Correspondent
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Hinesville175
The Liberty County Chamber of Commerce was organized Feb. 13, 1930, with H.C. Saunders as president and meetings slated for February of each year. Members made efforts to recover from The Great Depression and bolster the local economy by creating the Liberty County Car Credit Corporation Unit, the Liberty County Truck Growers Association and the Liberty County Livestock Association.
September 08, 2012
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By Debra Ayers Brown
Correspondent
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Hinesville175
In 1989, Charlene Godley, Barry Wilkes, Johnny Zoucks, Gary Dodd, Billy Jones and Dr. Whitman Fraser formed an ad hoc committee to establish an organization promoting faith-based programs.
September 08, 2012
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By Debra Ayers Brown
Correspondent
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Hinesville175
Nicky Clark -- Newspaper man through and through
September 08, 2012
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By Debra Ayers Brown
Correspondent
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Hinesville175
When the town of Hinesville was laid out in 1837, a plot was reserved for the Methodist Church. This site was adjacent to the courthouse, where Bradwell Park is now. A small frame building was erected on the lot, and it was there that religious life in Hinesville began to grow.
September 08, 2012
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By Judy Shippey
Correspondent
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Hinesville175
Buddy DeLoach -- The Army Town
September 07, 2012
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By Debra Ayers Brown
Correspondent
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Hinesville175
From the day it was named for state Sen. Charlton Hines and tapped as the county seat in 1837, Hinesville's history is rich.
September 07, 2012
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By Debra Ayers Brown
Correspondent
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Hinesville175
"A rotten, filthy rathole" was what I was called when I was 80 years old by Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox, who also condemned me! When I was new I was described as having all the modern improvements of a first class prison.
September 05, 2012
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By Margie Love
Columnist
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LibertyLore
Project director Nan Flowers, editor Edith Mallard, assistant editor Wayne Priester and 21 other Bradwell Institute Career Education students printed a booklet, "Sand & Pine: Glimpses of Other Liberty Days," in 1976, as part of the bicentennial celebration going on in Liberty County. These students were to discover through interviews what the prevailing occupations were in this area and what life in general was like two generations before them. Most of the students interviewed their ...
September 05, 2012
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By Margie Love
Columnist
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LibertyLore
In December 2004, I wrote an article about some local fellows playing a prank by dismounting the old cannon from the Liberty County courthouse square and consequently blowing it all to pieces in the wooded area that is now is front of the old hospital site.
September 05, 2012
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By Margie Love
Columnist
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LibertyLore
Harry Smith lived in Evans County at the time of this interview. His family lived about five miles from Willie. His granddaddy's log cabin had a dirt floor. The family had originally come from South Carolina.
September 05, 2012
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By Margie Love
Columnist
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LibertyLore
March 21, 2011
March 21, 2011
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Patty Leon
Staff writer
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Staff blogs
I can't stop going to Publix. I want to stop. My wallet wants me to stop. And I'm sure "the other grocery store" would welcome my return. I've thought about quitting Publix many times. I've even formulated plans. But the thought of braving the overcrowded, messy "other store" and putting up with their ... ummm, less-than-polite employees when I could be shopping at clean, organized Publix while being greeted by their courteous, thoughtful staffers keeps foiling my plan.
March 10, 2011
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Hollie
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Staff blogs
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