Mosquito Control Talk Set By Sumter County Group
Dr J A LePrince, noted mosquito authority, will report with eradication recommendations at a Thursday mass meeting in the Sumter County court house. About 1,000 letters and thousands of circulars have been distributed. the aim is one united, donation-free effort with broad moral support and an active educational campaign.
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J. A. LePrince
United States
Sumter County
The
Americas
Dr. LePrince
Shivers
LePrince
Panama Canal
New Jersey
Board of County Commissioners
Council of Américas
Dr. Lervice
Lynnbrook
N. Y
Geo. J. Hardy
Nassau County
Shiver
Lynbrook
Americus
Youn
Connecticut
Commission
J. A. LePrice
Dedots
Trio Returns With Trout As Fish Tales Fly
In Waycross on Friday, George Popwell, Sam Shepard, and Herman Fuchsinger bring back a fine trout and bream catch. They say the fish were caught without help, though rumors swirl about the haul. Dan McClelland notes Herman had more money than the others and twice as many fish at return, hinting at possible significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waycross
George Popwell
Sam Shepard
Herman Fuchsinger
Atkinson
Dan McClelland
Herman
Sam
George
Dan
Cotton Standards Act Explained to Augusta Exchange
Special representatives of the Department of Agriculture met with Augusta Cotton Exchange members to explain the cotton standards act set to take effect in August. The session focused on technical details and practical implications for the trade.
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Augusta
Department of Agriculture
Augusta Cotton Exchange
Americus dengue fever losses tallied by local firm
The Americus Lighting Company documents a total wage loss of 765.16 dollars from July to November during the dengue fever epidemic last summer, noting a rise of 763.60 dollars over the previous year and acknowledging uncounted losses from reduced productivity. A Sumter County farmer cites labor shortages due to malaria and dengue, while Dr. LePrince plans to address inexpensive malaria control measures for farms. Court-house space is being reserved for a Thursday meeting with no children invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Americus Lighting Company
Times-Recorder
Lovelace Eve
Care Times-Recorder
City
Eve
R. P. Ewing
Sumter County
British debt payment terms may lead to German settlement
Frederick Goodenough of Barclays Bank told the American Bankers association that settling British debt terms could unlock German reparations. He proposed reinvesting British securities in American securities offered by Germany to attract world investors and ease the reparations issue.
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Rye
N. Y
Frederick Goodenough
Barclays Bank
England
American Bankers Association
America
Great Britain
Mileage book order postponed to 1924 by ICC
Washington April 25. The Interstate Commerce Commission revoked its order requiring railroads to start selling interchangeable mileage books at a 20 percent reduction on passenger fares from May 15. The sales date is postponed to January 1, 1924 after an injunction in Boston and an appeal for postponement by Western carriers.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston
Two Baker Boys Sentencing and Commutation Decoctions
George Baker faces a Friday hanging while his younger brother Ralph has his death sentence commuted to imprisonment by Governor Hardwick after an exhaustive study. Hardwick declined to interfere with Georgia Baker's death sentence following a thorough review of the case.
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George Baker
Ralph
Tfe
Hardwick
Georgia Baker
M Math swimming pool opens season Saturday
McMaths swimming resort near Americus opens Saturday with free boating and free swimming. The resort was a popular destination last summer for both young people and adults, and the event invites all of Americus to come, swim, and enjoy.
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M'Math
McMath‘s
McMath’s Mill
Americus
Americas
Wear The Flag That's IN Your Heart ON Your Heart
Editorial recalls the Civil War sacrifice of a Georgian planter and family, urging Memorial Day remembrance with Confederate imagery. It notes Sherman’s march, devastation of a valley, and a widow teaching neighborhood children after loss, urging readers to wear the Confederate flag and support Confederate widows and orphans through sales by United Daughters of the Confederacy and students.
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Old South
Women of Americas
Governor commutes one Baker to life in prison
In Sandersville Georgia on April 25 Governor Thomas W Hardwick commuted Ralph Bakers sentence to life imprisonment while refusing to intervene in George Bakers death sentence. George faces execution by hanging on April 27 while Ralph will spend life in prison.
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Sandersville
Thomas W. Hardwick
Ralph Baker
George Baker
Georgia
Wayne County Convicts Escape From Jail
D G Davis a 30 ish parole violator and Collie Barber a 23 year old forger escaped Wayne county jail after 9 pm by lock picking, roof tunnel and pipe slide. Sheriff Rogers sent tracking dogs and five horses join a large posse sweeping the swamps near Glynnville Brentwood and Screven county line. Davis 6 ft 10 in reddish hair 165 pounds Barber 5 ft 10 in 135 pounds light complexion from Glynnville faces recapture within hours.
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Jesup
D. G. Davis
Fulton County
Collie Barber
Wayne County
L. W. Rogers
Screven
Davis
Wayne
Barber
Glynnville
Viola Knight
Brentwood
Rights Restored for Two Men Paroled in Americus Case
Governor Thos W Hardwick pardons Dr Charles K Chapman and Warren I Johnson, life-term inmates in Milledgeville, after prison commission recommended clemency. Both from Americus, convicted in 1916 murder of Walter Wade. disputes over evidence and alibi cited by supporters, commissions, and attorneys.
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Sandersville
Thos. W. Hardwick
Charles K. Chapman
Warren I. Johnson
Milledgeville Penitentiary
State Prison Commission
Chapman
Johnson
Americus
Walter Wade
Clement
Yearly Howell
Walter Johnson
John Ethridge
GC. K. Chapman,Jr
H. A. Harp
C. K. Chapman
Leslie
W. S. Johnson
Albany
Baker County
Wade
Free Staters Execute Three Men in Ireland
Tralee Ireland April 25 Associated Press reports Richard Hatheway James McEnery and John Greaney were executed today by Free State authorities. Hatheway a deserter from a British regiment was captured during a siege of a cave where irregulars were holding out on the Kerry Cliffs.
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Tralee
Ireland
Associated Press
Richard Hatheway
James McEnery
John Greaney
Hatheway
Kerry
Wilsons Available for Harbor Projects
Washington April 25 About 40 000 000 of the 56 589 000 appropriated by congress over the protest of the Budget Bureau for improvement of rivers and harbors already has been allotted by Secretary of War Weeks and the remainder will be distributed among the various projects later. The budget director had recommended an appropriation of only 27 000 000 and had intimated that the administration might hold expenditures to that figure. The rivers and harbors allotments already made include in Georgia: The Satilla river 1 500 Savannah harbor 850 000 Savannah river below Augusta 22 000 St Marys river 1 500 Altamaha river 12 000 Oconee river 10 000 Ocmulgee river 10 000 Brunswick harbor 184 000 Flint river 10 000 Chattahoochee river in Georgia and Alabama 125 000.
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Washington
Congress
Budget Bureau
Georgia
Satilla
Savannah
Augusta
St. Mary’s
Altamaha River
Oconee
Ocmulgee
Brunswick
Flint Riveer
Chattahoochee River
Alabama
Governor authorizes payment of Confederate pensions
Governor Hardwick from Sanderville ordered a warrant to pay half of the 1923 Confederate pensions totaling about $6 million. Distribution to pensioners will be through county ordinaries, with the second half to follow as treasury conditions permit per Pension Commissioner Clark.
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Atlanta
Hardwick
Sanderville
Treasury
Clark
Swedes settle in Gardner mass immigrant wave grows
Gardner Massachusetts reports a renewal of Swedish immigration with 27 new arrivals in one week. Many are skilled workers and farmers bringing families, citing hard times in Sweden due to German competition. The city now hosts about 2,000 Swedish Norwegian Danish and Finnish residents active in life and increasingly naturalized citizens.
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Gardner
Mass
Sweden
Thatck
After Lessee Hooks Face Lease Forfeit Action
Atlanta reports petitions filed with Governor Hardwick urging action against 4 W. Hooks, lessee of Indiana Springs reservation, to compel pairing walks and driveways and other improvements or forfeit the lease on the property.
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Atlanta
Hardwick
W. Hooks
Indiana Springs Reservation
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