Highway conditions in this section show fair to excellent
Atlanta April 3 report from the state highway department details main routes with sections described as fair, passable or excellent. Numerous stretches are under construction with detours. conditions range from excellent on higher quality roads to rough or impassable in places, yet most segments remain passable with careful travel.
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Atlanta
State Highway Department
Macon
Jacksonville
Jonesboro
Fulton County
Griffin
Fair
Barnesville
Forsyth
Collins
Bibb County
e-Macon
Echiconee
Perry
Hawkinsville
Abbeville
Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald-Ocilla
Ocilla Douglas
Douglas- Alma
Alma
Ware
Ware-Bacon County
Waycross
Cordele
Crisp-Turner
Crisp- Turner County
Tifton
Tifton-Adel
Adel
Lowndes County
Valdosta
Florida State Line
Ellaville-Americus
Atlanta-Tallahasse
Fla
Atlanta Griffin
Zebulon
Upson
Thomaston
Flint River
Butler
Ellaville
Sumter
Americus
Leesburg
Dougherty
Albany
Mitchell County
Camilla
Thomasville
Florida
Macon - Americus
Echiconnee
Fort Valley
Marshallville
Marshallvill
Montezuma
Oglethorpe
Oglethorpe-Americus
Atlanta-Columbus
Atlanta-Moreland
Atlanta- West Point
Greenville- Harris
Chipley
Hamilton
Hamilton-Muscogee
Caltoula
Columbus
Columbus-Tallahassee
Cusseta
Richland
Lumpkin
Ohio derailment kills eight and injures score on Big Four line
A derailed Big Four train near Columbus after striking an automobile on a curve left eight dead and more than twenty injured. The locomotive and seven cars were torn apart as passengers, roughly 108 aboard, were hurled by the impact. Department crews and rescuers worked amid wreckage to extract the injured.
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New York
Hardwick Approves Substitution Rule Change For Prisoners
Atlanta April 3 Governor Hardwick approved an amended substitute for rule 22 of prison regulations after a conference with the prison commission. The commission’s changes allowed shackling inmates with hands above the head and standing for hours, or other punishments left to county wardens, a method governor says could be more cruel than the lash.
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Atlanta
George
Hardwick
Prion Commission
Cases Transferred to Dead Docket in Columbus
By order of Judge George P. Munro several cases were moved to the dead docket of the superior court including L A Ball charged with riot in the flogging of a man named Spivey W L Gilbert charged with liquor and Reuben Kent and John Harris. About 18 or 20 other old cases were ordered not pressed. The dead docket cases may be revived if circumstances warrant.
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Columbus
Geo. P. Munro
L. A. Ball
Spivey
W. L
Gilbert
Reuben Kent
John Harris
Epworth League Institute Plans Set at First Methodist
Epworth League Institute scheduled at the First Methodist church from Tuesday evening through Friday night with a closing social in the Sunday school rooms during the last week.
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Rome
Epworth League Institute
First Methodist Church
Civitan Club Plans Gala Columbus Night April 13
Civitan clubs observe three year anniversary with Ladies' night on Friday April 13. The event promises a gala occasion across all Civitan chapters.
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Columbus
Civitan Club
Civitan
Methodist Revival Draws Many to Courthouse Service
Rev J M Gutler continues a revival at the courthouse with intercessory prayer. Attendance is rising and last night drew unusually good crowds. tonight’s 7 15 prayer service precedes singing and a 7 45 sermon. Businessmen are urged to avoid conflicts with services and citizens are asked to help.
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J. M. Gutler
Americus
Cotton fire destroys 125 bales at Shipppers' Compress
Augusta on April 3 a blaze gutted one compartment of the Shippers' Compress Company destroying 125 bales of cotton and causing losses estimated at 1500600 dollars. The fire's origin is undetermined and insurance details were not released.
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Augusta
Shippers’ Compress Company
Floyd County Farmers Invest in Poultry Expansion
Rome April 3. Poultry raising becomes key on Floyd county farms this year, spurred by a county campaign led by M. W. Collins, H. Collins, and Miss Jessie Burton. At Friday meetings, many residents ordered baby chicks in 100 head lots to establish pure bred poultry foundations.
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Rome
Floyd County
M. W., H. Collins
Jessie Burton
Believe It Or Not Fish Tale From Dead Lakes
Albany April 3 report recalls a reader recounting a tales of fish behaving unusually by muscadines in vine as trout shake fruit. The writer claims a gentleman who witnessed the event but cannot locate him to verify the story, calling the account possibly true or fishy.
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Albany
Cooper
Jakin
Fishermen Return From Florida Trip Aboard Americus Crew
John Wagnon Lucas Thiers Heys McMath Robert Lee McMath W M Humber of Americus and E S Ferguson of DeSoto return after ten days in Florida. They report only fair luck but say the outing was great and enjoyable.
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John Wagnon
Lucas Thiers
Heys McMath
Robert Lee McMath
W. M. Humber
Americus
E. S. Ferguson
DeSoto
Florida
City Marshal's sales net $189.60 at courthouse
City Marshal C. B. Pouncey conducted sales in front of the courthouse with several parcels offered and sold. No sheriff's sales occurred as all parcels had been withdrawn before the hour. Three small parcels sold by Marshal Pouncey totaled $189.60.
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C. B. Pouncey
Marshall Pouncey
Mrs Heath Guest of Daughter in Camilla on Lee Street
Mrs J M Heath of Camilla is visiting her daughter Mrs Charles Burke on Lee street.
Central Baptists Extend Call to Rev Mitchi Massey
The pulpit committee of Central Baptist Church has extended a formal call to Rev Mitchi Massey of Jefferson to become pastor, succeeding Rev Henry T Brookshire who recently left for Woodward Avenue Baptist in Atlanta. Massey, who preached at Central recently, is expected to respond this week and will preach Sunday morning and evening with a conference to follow.
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Central Baptist Church
Mitchi. Massey
Jefferson
Henry T. Brookshire
Woodward Avenue Baptist Church
Atlanta
Massey
Central Baptist
Sumter County Quota Fixed at Fifteen Delegates
Sumter county is allotted 15 delegates as a minimum quota for the two regional conventions of the Georgia Sunday School Association. Conventions will be in Athens May 14 15 16 and Berry Schools Rome May 16 17 18. County officers urged to secure at least the minimum quota and as many more as possible. Counties meeting quotas earn an attendance banner.
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Sumter
Georgia Sunday School Association
Athens
Berry
Rome
County Sunday School Association
Ames Named Director of Chamber of Commerce Board
At a noon meeting of the Chamber of Commerce board of directors C A Ames of the Southern Printers was named to fill a vacancy on the board There was no other business of importance considered.
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Chamber of Commerce
C. A. Ames
Southern Printers
Simmons Wins First Clash in Klan Fight
Atlanta April 3 In a Fulton Superior Court ruling Judge Thomas signed an injunction placing William Joseph Simmons in complete authority over the Ku Klux Klan Knights and blocking any disbursement of funds except by his order The hearing is set for April 7 Judge Bell presiding The suit targets Imperial Wizard Evans and his staff claiming interference with Simmons as the Klan’s actual executive head
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Atlanta
William Joseph Simmons
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Thomas
Fulton Superior Cour
Bell
Simmons
Evans
Emperor Simmons
Governor Elect Walker Visits Americus Region
Governor Elect Clifford M. Walker and Mrs. Walker traveled from Monroe to Americus and will stay with relatives Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Harrold on College Street. He plans to speak in Cordele and address Kiwanis, Baptist Sunday Schools delegates, and Rotary luncheon during the visit.
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Clifford M. Walker
Georgia Baptist Sunday Schools Convention
Americas
Rotary Club
Mrs. Robinson Dies in New York
News from Savannah reports the death of Mrs. David Robinson former Savannah resident. She died last night at the Hotel Embassy in New York Funeral and interment will be held in New York tomorrow.
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Robinson
N Y
Savannah
David Robinson
New York
Liquor Gang Trial Ends As Jurors Dismissed
In Philadelphia Judge Thompson discharged the jury in the conspiracy to illegally withdraw and sell liquor case amid foreman Terrence Cloughlin facing contempt charges. A new panel will be drawn for the April 23 resume date, with bail set at five thousand dollars.
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Philadelphia
Thompson
United States District Court
Terrence Cloughlin
Baltimore Warehouse Looted of Liquor
Whiskey thieves broke into the Baltimore Distilling Company warehouse in South Baltimore early today. They bound three watchmen, then fled with three large loads of liquor. Watchmen were freed two hours later by a railroad man who heard cries for help. The guards reported about forty men in the gang after gaining entry by breaking the door lock.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Distilling Company
Bootleg Bandits Escape With $70,000 Liquor Stock
Eight armed men seized a bootlegger's cache in Bayou Barataria and fled by motor boat with liquor valued at $70,000. The guard was bound, the stock loaded, and the bandits disappeared. Rumors say the owner offers a $15,000 reward for return of the entire load and $7,500 for half. The remote Bayou Barataria area echoes tales of Jean Lafitte.
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New Orleans
Bayou Barataria
Jean Lafitte
Vicar General Butchkavitch Executed in Moscow
Pravda reports that Vicar General Butchkavitch was executed, with the firing squad carrying out the death sentence on March 3 after a refused reprieve. The article notes no specific time or location beyond Moscow and a prior death sentence.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Butchkavitch
Pravda
Isyestia
Butchkavith
Mellon Seeks Opinion on Arsenate Tariff
Attorney General Daugherty was asked by the Treasury Secretary for guidance on how Congress intended the calcium arsenate tariff to apply. The request came at the urging of Senator Harris and other Southern senators, per published correspondence.
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Washington
Daugherty
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
South
Harris
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