U.S. Rep Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, left, presents a plaque of Congressional Record to Helen Cordell in honor of her 100th birthday on Sunday at Sherwood Baptist Church.
Across much of rural Georgia, the abandoned cotton warehouses and shrinking tax bases remain — enduring reminders that industries built to serve distant markets do not necessarily stay rooted in the communities that first sustained them.
Less than a week after city officials publicly acknowledged the City of Dawson cannot continue operating without additional financing, the Dawson City Council convened a hastily called emergency meeting Tuesday evening and unanimously approved authority to borrow up to $400,000 through a tax anticipation note.
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