Box 1

Clippings and Releases

Clippings and Releases
- miscellaneous newspaper clippings and releases from United States Government Departments⁽¹⁾

Edwards Clippings
- clippings concerning the 1926 Congressional race, in which Moore's opponent was Charles G. Edwards⁽²⁾

Loose Clippings
- miscellaneous newspaper clippings which were loose in the collection

Miscellaneous Releases
- Numerical List of Farmers' Bulletins of the United States Department of Agriculture - List No. 1.
- Unofficial List of Members of the United States House of Representatives And Their Places of Residence: Sixty-Eighth Congress
- Unofficial List of Members of the United States House of Representatives And Their Places of Residence: Sixty-Ninth Congress
- The League of Nations and Reservations, speech given by Sen. Hoke Smith of Georgia [10-2-19]
- Debs' Speech to the Court, speech given by Eugene V. Debs at his sentencing hearing [6-16-18]
- Daily Statement of the United States Treasury [2-12-25, 2-13-25, 2-26-25]

Scrapbooks
- two homemade Scrapbooks, with newspaper clippings in them

Personal

Personal Information
- copy of Moore's biographical abstract from Cyclopedia of Georgia
- letter to Colonel G. A. Gordon re: commission as Captain, Statesboro Volunteers [1-26-05]
- Special Orders, No. 26 from Georgia Adjutant-General's Office, re: Statesboro Volunteers
- autographed photo of Justices of the U. S. Supreme Court
- draft of biographical sketch for book - History of Savannah and South Georgia [1913]

Examinations
- six handwritten exams of Lee's from his time at University of Georgia law school (Lee was a member of the Class of 1890.)

Elections
- announcements, expense reports, etc. re: Moore's campaigns for Solicitor-General of the Middle Circuit of Georgia [1912, 1916] and First District Congressman [1920-24]

1922 Election Contest
- documents concerning Republican Don Clark's contest to Moore's victory in the 1922 First District Congressional election [1922-25]

First District A & M Purchase
- photocopies of documents concerning the purchase of land for the First District A & M School (now Georgia Southern University)

Public Service Commission
- brochures, order, and forms from Georgia Public Services Commission re: certificates for motor vehicles and the "Common Carrier Act of 1931"

Miscellaneous
- two memo books - Arcadian Nitrate of Soda Handbook for Farmers, with notes in them - North Carolina and South Carolina Road Map for 1938
- Report of the Paper Committee to the County Alliance at the January Meeting, 1892
- statement of A. S. Boone, Wilkinson County clerk, re: 1930 election results in Wilkinson County

Cases

The following files contain documents related to legal cases in which Moore was involved. The files which are headed by a span of years cover cases for which there is only one document present. The name of the party which Moore represented will be in bold print. For the files which contain more than one document related to a single cases, the heading will either be the name of Moore's client, or (for the cases in which he was acting as Middle Circuit Solicitor-General) the name of the defendant.

1892-1900
- petition of John G. Williams for payment for land, Bulloch County Superior Court [1892]
- A. B. Farquhon and Company vs. J. E. Beasley, Bulloch County Superior Court, suit on note [10/1894]
- W. W. Gordon and Company vs. Estate of W. W. Olliff, Bulloch County Superior Court, suit on note [4/1895]
- Mary E. Rushing vs. Norman W. Rushing, Bulloch County Superior Court, suit for divorce [1898]
- George Mallard vs. Eb(b) Lee and Jesse Lee, Bulloch County Superior Court, suit over land [10/1900]

1904-1911
- State of Georgia vs. Ed Spivey, Emanuel County Superior Court, murder [4/1904]
- Mrs. E. J. Foss vs. N. V. B. Foss, Bulloch County Superior Court, suit for divorce [7/1907]
- State of Georgia vs. B. J. Williams, 1209^th G. M. District Court, bastardy [1/1911]
- State of Georgia vs. Dr. D. E. McEachern, 1209^th G. M. District Court, adultery [8/1911]
- State of Georgia vs. John Troupe, 1209^th G. M. District Court, murder [9/1911]

R. M. Williams
- R. M. Williams vs. M. M. Holland, Statesboro City Court, suit for damages [1905-1908]

McLean Everett Company
- M. C. Kiser Company vs. McLean Everett Company, Statesboro City Court, suit on account [1906-1907]

Mary Byrd
- Mary Byrd vs. John I. Byrd, Bulloch County Superior Court, suit for divorce and alimony [1906-1911]

Kilby J. Jones
- John Garrick, Plaintiff in Error vs. Kilby J. Jones, Defendant in Error, Georgia State Court of Appeals, lien foreclosure [1907]

New Hope Baptist Church
- G. M. Mincey, Hamp Williams, Sam Morell, and Calvin Harrell vs. Sam Parrish, Henry Summerlin, and Bedford Everett, Bulloch County Superior Court, petition for injunction [1908] (Note: There is no way to tell which side Moore supported in this suit - he is not listed as attorney for either party. This was a dispute between members of the same church over church affairs.)

Beard's Creek Baptist Church
- F. C. Dyches, et. al. vs. J. H. Stubbs, et. al., Tattnall County Superior Court, [1909] (Note: There is no way to tell which side Moore supported in this suit, or what exactly the plaintiffs were requesting. This was a dispute between members of the same church over church affairs.)

Hattie Fordham
- Sidney Fordham vs. Hattie Fordham, Bulloch County Superior Court, petition for divorce [1909-1910]

Mrs. R. M. Council
- W. S. Finch vs. Mrs. R. M. Council, Bulloch County Superior Court, eviction [1909-1914]

1912-1913
- Eva Webb vs. J. E. Webb, Bulloch County Superior Court, suit for divorce [1912]
- Will Thompson, Plaintiff in Error vs. State of Georgia, Defendant in Error, Supreme Court of Georgia, murder [1912]
- State of Georgia vs. Walter Clinton, Emanuel County Superior Court, larceny after trust [1/1912]
- State of Georgia vs. Walter McLendon, Emanuel County Superior Court, larceny after trust [1/1913]
- State of Georgia vs. O. V. Sharpe, Toombs County Superior Court, embezzlement [2/1913]
- State of Georgia vs. L. L. Lanier, Emanuel County Superior Court, murder [4/1913]
- State of Georgia vs. Henry Foley, Jefferson County Superior Court, receiving stolen goods [5/1913]
- State of Georgia vs. Oscar Edenfield, Emanuel County Superior Court, selling liquor [7/1913]
- State of Georgia vs. B. J. Joiner (no court given), seduction [9/1913]
- State of Georgia vs. Clifford Flint, Emanuel County Superior Court, murder [10/1913]
- State of Georgia vs. Wesley Waters, Bulloch County Superior Court, hog stealing [10/1913]
- State of Georgia vs. Buster Eason, Toombs County Superior Court, murder [11/1913]
- State of Georgia vs. S. C. Mosely, Toombs County Superior Court, seduction [11/1913]

W. L. Darby
- State of Georgia vs. W. L. Darby, Toombs County Superior Court, murder [1912-1914]

John Stephens
- John Stephens, Plaintiff in Error, vs. State of Georgia, Defendant in Error, Supreme Court of Georgia, murder [1912-1913]

Augustus F. Lee
- State of Georgia vs. Augustus F. Lee, Emanuel County Superior Court, assault with intent to rape [1913-1914]

Simmie Grubbs
- State of Georgia vs. Simmie Grubbs, Jenkins County Superior Court, murder [1913]

Edna Godbee
- State of Georgia vs. Edna Godbee, Jenkins County Superior Court, murder [1913-1916]

Lee Kennedy
- Lee Kennedy, Plaintiff in Error vs. State of Georgia, Defendant in Error, Supreme Court of Georgia, petition to change venue from Emanuel County Superior Court for Kennedy's trial for murder [1913-1915]

G. H. Manson
- State of Georgia vs. G. H. Manson, Emanuel County Superior Court, murder [1913-1914]

1914-1915
- State of Georgia vs. William Lowry, Screven County Superior Court, murder [1/1914]
- State of Georgia vs. Milton Wiggins, Toombs County Superior Court, burglary [2/1914]
- State of Georgia vs. Caesar Johnson, Jenkins County Superior Court, hog stealing [3/1914]
- State of Georgia vs. Joe Williams, Screven County Superior Court, assault with intent to murder [5/1914]
- State of Georgia vs. Ozie Ricks, Jim Bell Meeks, Arthur Tanner, Narvus Ricks, Emanuel County Superior Court, burglary [10/1914]
- State of Georgia vs. Ozie Ricks, Arthur Meeks, Oscar Rhiner, Jim Bell Meeks, Emanuel County Superior Court, burglary [10/1914]
- State of Georgia vs. Newton Meeks, Tylie Smith, and Wordy Stewart, Emanuel County Superior Court, burglary [10/1914]
- Henry Floyd, Plaintiff in Error vs. State of Georgia, Defendant in Error, Supreme Court of Georgia, murder [12/1914]
- State of Georgia vs. O. V. Sharpe, Toombs County Superior Court, embezzlement [12/1914]
- State of Georgia vs. Lassie Robinson, Emanuel County Superior Court, selling liquor [1/1915]
- State of Georgia vs. Eugene Douglas, Washington County Superior Court, murder [4/1915]
- Isaiah Bell, Plaintiff in Error vs. State of Georgia, Defendant in Error, Georgia State Court of Appeals, selling liquor [7/1915]
- State of Georgia vs. John Davis, Supreme Court of Georgia, rape [7/1915]
- State of Georgia vs. Tom Lanier, Candler County Superior Court, incestuous fornication and adultery [8/1915]
- State of Georgia vs. Henry Young, alias Son Courtney, Candler County Superior Court, assault with intent to rape [8/1915]
- State of Georgia vs. Sidney Ross, Washington County Superior Court, murder [9/1915]
- State of Georgia vs. James Francis, Jefferson County Superior Court, false swearing [11/1915]

C. Dixon
- State of Georgia vs. C. Dixon, Emanuel County Superior Court, embezzlement [1914-1915]

Garfield Edwards
- State of Georgia vs. Garfield Edwards, Jenkins County Superior Court, assault with intent to murder [1914]

Oscar Bynes
- State of Georgia vs. Oscar Bynes, Jenkins County Superior Court, murder [1914]

Will Williams
- State of Georgia vs. Will Williams, Emanuel County Superior Court, selling liquor [1914]

Alva Amerson
- State of Georgia vs. Alva Amerson, Washington County Superior Court, murder [1914]

Amos and Eli Jackson
- State of Georgia vs. Amos Jackson and Eli Jackson, Washington County Superior Court, murder [1914]

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Antony Barnes
- State of Georgia vs. Antony Barnes, Bulloch County Superior Court, murder [1914]

Perry J. Mincey
- State of Georgia vs. Perry J. Mincey, Emanuel County Superior Court, murder [1914-1915]

J. H. Mulling
- J. H. Mulling, Plaintiff in Error vs. State of Georgia, Defendant in Error, Supreme Court of Georgia, voluntary manslaughter [1914-1915]

Oliver Bell⁽³⁾
- State of Georgia vs. Oliver Beall, Jenkins County Superior Court, hog stealing [1915]

John Davis
- State of Georgia vs. John Davis, Jefferson County Superior Court, burglary⁽⁴⁾ [1915]

Will Robinson
- State of Georgia vs. Will Robinson, Washington County Superior Court, murder [1915]

Mann Barlow
- State of Georgia vs. Mann Barlow, Washington County Superior Court, burglary [1915]

Henry Hurst
- State of Georgia vs. Henry Hurst, Jenkins County Superior Court, murder [1915-1916]

Robert Kitchens
- Robert Kitchens, Appellant vs. J. C. Hamilton, Sheriff, Washington County, Georgia, United States Supreme Court [1915-1916]⁽⁵⁾

1916-1919
- John Smith, Jr., Plaintiff in Error, vs State of Georgia, Defendant in Error, Jenkins County Superior Court, motion for new trial on murder charges [3/1916]
- State of Georgia vs. Charlie Brown, et. al., Charlie Brown being on trial, Jenkins County Superior Court, murder [3/1916]
- State of Georgia vs. Bill Gross, Screven County Superior Court, selling liquor [5/1916]
- Decree of Incorporation, The Bulloch Packing Company, Bulloch County Superior Court [5/1916]
- State of Georgia vs. Coley Wright, Emanuel County Superior Court, selling liquor [7/1916]
- State of Georgia vs. H. C. Lee, Jr., Candler County Superior Court, drunk on the public highway [8/1916]
- State of Georgia vs. Courtney Young (no court given), misdemeanor [1918]
- State of Georgia vs. Pat Davis and Foster Simmons, 1209^th G. M. District Court, murder [10/1919]

Levy Cross
- State of Georgia vs. Levy Cross, Emanuel County Superior Court, selling liquor [1916]

S. L. Morris
- State of Georgia vs. S. L. Morris, Toombs County Superior Court, intoxication [1916]

Hezekiah Roberts
- State of Georgia vs. Hezekiah Roberts, Jenkins County Superior Court, harboring a guilty person [1916]

G. W. Thornton
- State of Georgia vs. G. W. Thornton, Washington County Superior Court, assault with intent to murder [1916]

Ottis⁽⁶⁾ M. Lanier
- State of Georgia vs. Ottis M. Lanier, Bulloch County Superior Court, seduction [1918-1919]

Lessie Chance Lightfoot
- Mrs. Lessie Chance Lightfoot vs. John Lee Lightfoot, Jenkins County Superior Court, divorce and alimony [1919]

Kate Canady
- Mrs. Kate Canady vs. Neal Canady, Emanuel County Superior Court, divorce and alimony [1919]

Henry Barnes
- State of Georgia vs. Henry Barnes, Bulloch County Superior Court, larceny of a bale of cotton [1919]

J. P. Boyd
- Mrs. Ella Bland, et. al. vs. J. P. Boyd, Bulloch County Superior Court, suit on note [1919-1920]

1920-1939
- State of Georgia vs. L. Carter and W. H. Tyson (no court given) [1920]
- Savannah Buggy Company vs. L. E. Brannen, City Court of Statesboro, suit on account [4/1922]
- State of Georgia vs. W. E. Padrick (no court given), murder [1922]
- State of Georgia vs. George Jackson, Jenkins County Superior Court, murder [1/1923]
- State of Georgia vs. J. M. Williams, Burke County Superior Court, larceny after trust [4/1925]
- R. E. Beysiegel vs. Mrs. N. S. Clark, City Court of Millen, suit on note [4/1928]
- Alexander Meddin vs. C. B. Griner, City Court of Statesboro, suit on note [4/1929]
- State of Georgia vs. M. L. Smith and Floyd Smith (no court given), cow stealing [1931]
- State of Georgia vs. Paul Johnson, Emanuel County Superior Court, murder [4/1931]
- State of Georgia vs. Jack Mikell, Bulloch County Superior Court, assault with intent to murder [4/1931]
- State of Georgia vs. Angus (Boy) Mikell and Don Mixon (no court given), stabbing [1/1932]
- A. C. Mixon, administrator of the estate of W. D. Mixon vs. Oliver Finch, Bulloch County Superior Court, injunction [10/1932]
- J. H. Harvey, et. al. vs. W. C. Henry, et. al., Bryan County Superior Court, cancellation of deeds, accounting, and other equitable relief [11/1934]
- State of Georgia vs. Alton McCorkel, Bulloch County Superior Court (no charge given) [1935]
- Mrs. Maybell Lake Smoak, et. al. vs. Shepard R. Chance, et. al., Jenkins County Superior Court, partition for equity [11/36]
- L. F. Dickey, Plaintiff in Error vs. T. F. Yarborough, Defendant in Error, Supreme Court of Georgia, injunction [1/1938]

J. E. Howard
- J. E. Howard vs. Felix Parrish, City Court of Statesboro, suit on contract [1920]

J. F. Bonnett
- J. F. Bonnett, Plaintiff in Error vs. State of Georgia, Defendant in Error, Georgia State Court of Appeals, misdemeanor [1920-1921]

R. H. Chance
- State of Georgia vs. R. H. Chance, Bulloch County Superior Court, murder [1922-1924]

W. B. Futrell
- State of Georgia vs. W. B. Futrell, Effingham County Superior Court, felony [1923]

Mrs. Annie Lane Sharpe
- Mrs. Annie Lane Sharpe vs. J. W. Williams, Administrator of Estate of C. W. Sharpe, Jenkins County Superior Court, appeal from ordinary's County re: caveat to return of Administrator and objection to discharge [1923]

Estate of Dock Hagin
- Horace Hagin and G. E. Lee, Administrators of the Estate of Dock Hagin vs. Maggie A. Hagans, Bulloch County Superior Court, suit on note [1926] (Note: There is no way to tell which side Moore supported in this suit.)

J. J. Holloway
- State of Georgia vs. J. J. Holloway⁽⁷⁾, Candler County Superior Court, murder [1926]

John R. Godbee
- State of Georgia vs. John R. Godbee, Bulloch County Superior Court, embezzlement [1926]

Lucille Smith
- Lucille Smith vs. Fred Smith, Bulloch County Superior Court, divorce and alimony [1927]

Mrs. Ethel Griner⁽⁸⁾
- State of Georgia vs. R. S. Edwards, Evans County Superior Court, murder [1927]
- Mrs. Ethel Griner vs. R. S. Edwards, Evans County Superior Court, damages [1927-1930]

Joe and George Edenfield
- State of Georgia vs. Joseph J. Edenfield, Jr. and George T. Edenfield, Jenkins County Superior Court, murder [1928-1931]

Portal Naval Stores Company
- Etowah Monument Company, Plaintiff in Error vs. Portal Naval Stores Company, Defendant in Error, Georgia State Court of Appeals, suit on account [1929]

J. T. Jones
- W. D. Kennedy vs. J. T. Jones, Bulloch County Superior Court, injunction [1929]

Georgia Mutual Industrial Life and Health Insurance Company
- Gabriel Mack vs. Georgia Mutual Industrial Life and Health Insurance Company, City Court of Statesboro, suit on note [1929]

John Powell
- Mutual Fertilizer Company vs. John Powell, City Court of Statesboro, chattel mortgage fi. fa. [1929-30]

Box 3

Wesley Lane
- Wesley Lane, Plaintiff in Error vs. State of Georgia, Defendant in Error, Georgia State Court of Appeals, assault with intent to murder [1930]

Beverly Kent
- State of Georgia vs. Beverly Kent and Early Warren, Jenkins County Superior Court, murder [1930-1933]

J. P. Pughsley
- State of Georgia vs. J. P. Pughsley, Toombs County Superior Court, embezzlement [1932]

L. L. Hendrix
- State of Georgia vs. L. L. Hendrix, City Court of Statesboro, pointing pistol [1932]

James Eason
- State of Georgia vs. James Eason, Bulloch County Superior Court, unlawfully shooting at another [1932-1933]

W. S. Pretorious
- W. S. Pretorious vs. J. B. Newman, Bulloch County Superior Court, suit on contract [1933]

Bank of Statesboro
- R. E. Gormley, Superintendent of Banks, in charge of the Bank of Statesboro, in liquidation vs. S. C. Groover, Mrs. Mollie D. Groover, Miss Mary Groover and Miss Martha Groover, Bulloch County Superior Court, equity, injunction, etc. [1933]
- R. E. Gormley, Superintendant of Banks, in charge of the affairs of the Bank of Statesboro, vs. Interstate Bond Company, et. al., Bulloch County Superior Court [1933]
- M. E. Grimes vs. Bank of Statesboro, acting by R. E. Gormley, Superintendent of Banks, Bulloch County Superior Court, equity, injunction [1933]
- R. E. Gormley, Superintendant of Banks, in charge of the affairs of the Bank of Statesboro, vs. J. G. Tillman, Sheriff, A. C. McCorkel, Tax Collector of Bulloch County, Georgia, J. L. Renfroe, Mayor, and Glenn Bland as Clerk and Tax Collector and W. S. Crews as Chief of Police of the City of Statesboro, M. E. Grimes, Interstate Bond Company, Bulloch County Superior Court, injunction [1933]
- R. E. Gormley, Superintendant of Banks, in charge of the affairs of the Bank of Statesboro, vs. L. O. Rushing, J. S. Nesmith, Mrs. Alice Nesmith, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, J. G. Tillman, Sheriff, Bulloch County Superior Court, equity, injunction, cancellation, etc. [1933]

W. H. And Ira Bradham
- State of Georgia vs. W. H. Bradham, Jenkins County Superior Court, murder [1933-1934]
- State of Georgia vs. Ira Bradham, Jenkins County Superior Court, murder [1933-1934]

Adcus Lanier
- State of Georgia vs. Adcus Lanier, Bulloch County Superior Court, murder [1934]

Mrs. Mabel Screen
- Mrs. Mabel Screen vs. Parrish and Hendrix, Bulloch County Superior Court, damages [1934-1935]

C. W. Culpepper
- State of Georgia vs. C. W. Culpepper, Toombs County Superior Court, embezzlement [1935-1936]

Riggs vs. Scarboro
- D. J. Riggs, as receiver Planters and Peoples Mutual Fire Association vs. L. A. Scarboro, Bulloch County Superior Court, suit on account [1936-1937]

Jesse M. Gay
- Jenkins County, Georgia, Plaintiff in Fi. Fa. Vs. Jesse M. Gay, Defendant in Fi. Fa., Jenkins County Superior Court, levy and illegality by defendant [1936-1937]

E. L. Johnson
- State of Georgia vs. E. L. Johnson, alias Eleazer Johnson, Jenkins County Superior Court, murder [1936-1937]

Toombs County
- United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company vs. Toombs County, Georgia, Toombs County Superior Court, equitable petition [1937]

Burns, Newton, et. al.⁽⁹⁾
- State of Georgia vs. Joe Newton, Ralph Newton, Osburn Newton, Albert L. Cobb, and Marie Daughtry [1938-1939]
- State of Georgia vs. Osburn Newton, John Burns, Lonnie Lanier, and Aaron Nelson [1938-1939]
- State of Georgia vs. Albert L. Cobb and Joe and Ralph Newton [1938-1939]

Judge Woodrum
- documents re: impeachment of Judge William Woodrum from the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit [1939]

Tom Goodson
- State of Georgia vs. Tom Goodson, City Court of Swainsboro, murder [no date given]

Miscellaneous
- jury lists, notes, etc. which could not be associated with a particular case or date

Also in Box

- one notebook containing many documents re: legal cases (alphabetical markers in notebook)
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1. These were in an expanding file which was organized alphabetically. Although I could see no obvious method of organization, I put the clippings and releases filed together in a paper clip, with a piece of paper giving the letter they were filed under.

2. These were in an envelope marked "Edwards Clippings."

3. In the original suit, the defendant's name is given as "Oliver Beall;" in the appeal, it is "Oliver Bell."

4. The charge of burglary is handwritten on the original complaint, and the charge of murder has been crossed out.

5. Moore was involved with this case because it originated in Washington County. This file contains correspondence between Moore, the attorney who represented Georgia in the Supreme Court, and the Clerk of the U. S. Supreme Court.

6. In the original case, the defendant's name is given as "Ottis M. Lanier." In the appeal, it is given as "Otis Lanier."

7. Note: This defendant is named as "Joe Holloway" in some documents.

8. Note: This file holds two cases. R. S. Edwards was convicted of murdering Griner's husband. After the conviction, she sued him for damages.

9. This case is very confusing. It involves several defendants tried jointly and separately for one crime. The materials are mostly notes, jury lists, and individual pleadings in Screven County Superior Court. The only things I can say for certain are that the trials took place in Screven County, and the charges appear to have been murder and accessory after the fact to murder. Moore represented the state in these cases, and on one sheet of notes, I found these trial headings listed.