Bereaved Couple Buried Together after Cowinjury Tragedy
George Batten and his wife Mrs. Batten, both long-time residents of Sumter County, died within hours of each other following Mrs. Batten being gored by a cow. They will be laid to rest in a single grave at Pleasant Grove cemetery, with Rev. A. G. Brewton officiating. Mrs. Batten died after a week long battle with infection from the injury. Mr. Batten's heartbroken death came fifteen minutes after learning there was no hope for his wife. He had refused to leave her side and asked the doctor if she would live, saying he wished to die with her. He died of a broken heart and excitement, leaving no close relatives known. Survivors include a sister and four brothers.
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George Batten
28Th District
Angel of Death
Mr. Batten
Sumter County
Batten
J. A. Mills
Warren Davis
Able
Pete Davis
Terrell County
Riley Davis
Lee County
Germany to win back trade in 30 years says Harvard professor
Williamston Mass August 5 Harvard professor Edward A. Guy told the Institute of Politics conference that through relentless debt payments Germany will recapture foreign markets and in thirty years gain more than it lost in the war.
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Germany
Williamston
Mass
Edward A. Guy
Harvard
Institute of Politics
United States
Sumter Should Grow Tobacco Says Stapleton
After a week in South Georgia tobacco sections visiting more than a dozen warehouses Lawson Stapleton returns convinced tobacco can be profitable in Sumter and Webster counties. He cites Carl Williams of Quitman noting 800 pounds per acre as a fair average at seven cents per pound total cost, about $56 per acre.
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South Georgia
Lawson Stapleton
Sumter
Webster
Stapleton
Carl Williams
Quitman
Mr. Stapleton
Tennessee to fight Scopes appeal with state counsel
Governor Austin Peay announced Tennessee will employ its own counsel to contest every potential appeal issue in the Scopes case. He argued there is no federal question and that Tennessee, as a sovereign state, retains authority to regulate local concerns using police powers without federal interference.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Austin Peay
Tennessee
Bear Struck By Automobile Revives and Fights Driver
In Yakima Washington on Rimrock road east of the Cascade Mountains L D Gaines an oil truck driver recounted encountering a black bear. The bear leaped onto the hood then dodged into rocks and later sprang up roaring. Gaines decided to spare the animal and sped away leaving only part of his trousers.
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Yakima
Wash
L. D. Gaines
Rimrock
Cascade Mountains
Here
Gaines
Murder charge over missing Walnut Creek plant head
Charles Henry Schwarz, VP and GM of Pacific Cellulose, is charged with murder of an unidentified man found charred in the Cellulose plant ruins at Walnut Creek after last Thursday's explosion. The body is not believed to be Schwarz, whose life was insured for $180,000. Laborer Joe Rodeguez, reported alive, had been thought missing since the blast.
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Walnut Creek
Rodeguez
Charles Henry Schwarz
Berkeley
Schwartz
A. B. Tinning
Schwarz
Elizabeth Adams
Oakland
Legion Holds Lively Meet and Fish Fry in Americus
At John D. Mathis Post meeting Major James A Fort outlined plans to reorganize the Americas Light Infantry while Georgia unit quotas are filled. Americus file holds first consideration for equipment later. A large attendance praised the post and ex servicemen fish fry. Committeeman Charles L Brownell urged all to attend the Rome state convention August 19 to 21 with a large Americas contingent.
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John D. Mathis
American Legion
James A. Fort
Americas Light Infantry
Adjutant General’s Office
Georgia
Americus
Adjutant’s
Charles L. Brownell
Rome
Americas Post
Fortune in narcotics seized in Chicago flat
Federal agents seized a fortune in narcotics found in a flat described as an oriental drug den. A man and a woman were arrested and charged with wholesale drug trafficking. Drug value estimated from 140000 to 200000 dollars, plus about 10000 dollars worth of pipes.
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Chicago
Afternoon sessions for the upper house in Atlanta
In Atlanta on Aug 5 the senate rules committee ordered afternoon sessions for the upper house for the first time this session. The House sidetracked the classification tax bill and adopted the rules committee plan placing the first tax reform measure high on the calendar for consideration.
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Atlanta
Senate
House
Push Car Accident Injures Seaboard Railworker
J. R. Minnick, a Seaboard Air Line railroad steel worker, suffered a compound fracture of the right thigh when a heavily loaded push car wheel passed over him as he slipped while trying to mount the moving car on the S A L tracks between Lee and Jackson streets. He was rushed to Dr Anderson’s office and was reported doing as well as could be expected with no immediate danger unless complications arise. Two assistants said Minnick lost footing on damp ground while attempting to board the car, causing the injury along with a deep gash from the wheel flange.
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J. R. Minnick
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Lee and
Jackson
Red Spider In Georgia In Augusta August 5
The red spider has appeared in cotton fields around Augusta with several growers reporting eyeing the pest to county agent Mr. McConnell. He recommends contact-kill chemicals like potassium sulphide and urges immediate destruction of infected plants to prevent major crop damage.
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Augusta
McConnell
Women 20 Percent Crazier Than Men Says Doctor
Chicago psychologist Dr. William J. Hickson reports that among 17,000 feeble minded patients treated over 12 years, 60 percent are women. He claims figures show women are 20 percent crazier than men, basing conclusions on long term study and not bias. Continued on page five.
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Chicago
Eve
Garden of Eden
William J. Hickson
Chicago Psychopathic Laboratory
Hickson
Dr Primrose Joins Practice With Smith and Anderson
Dr A C Primrose announces a professional connection with Dr Herschel Smith and Dr E B Anderson effective August 4. He has moved to the second floor of the Rylander theater building where Smith and Anderson maintain offices and will continue general practice plus radium and X ray work. Additional X ray equipment has been ordered. Primrose came to Americus in June from Baltimore where he worked with Dr Howard A Kelley at Kelly Hospital. Dr Herschel Smith is now in Rochester Minnesota at Mayo Clinic clinics for a couple of weeks.
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A. C. Primrose
Herschel Smith
E. B. Anderson
Dr. Primrose
Rylander Theater
Primrose
Americus
Baltimore
Howard A. Kelley
Kelly Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Hospital
Georgia hides prove best for patent leather shoes
Georgia hides once used for low grade leather now supply finest patent leather shoes after the tick eradication. Cattle dipping law improved hides statewide, boosting Georgia sales and East demand. M. M. Munroe of Georgia Fur and Hide company says over 10,000 hides have been used for high grade patent leather shoes for ladies, shown by a pair from a Massachusetts tanner.
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Georgia
M. M. Munroe
Georgia Fur and Hide Company
War veteran Freyberg fails English Channel swim
England August 5 Colonel Bernard C Freyberg holder of the Victoria Cross fell short by about half a mile in an attempt to swim the English Channel.
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Deal
England
Bernard C. Freyberg
English Channel
County Board Denies Budget Reopenings for Several Districts
At its regular meeting the County Board of Education denied requests from Shiloh Thulean and Plains representatives to reopen the budget. Citizens from Anthony and Huntington districts also sought restoration to former status but were denied. Speakers included Pilcher for Shiloh Rogers and Leslie for Thulean Thomas for Plains and A Slappey of Andersonville spoke for retaining the Moore budget.
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Shiloh
Thulean
Plains
County Board of Education
Anthony
Huntington
R. E. Pilcher
S. A. Rogers
J. T. Leslie
Thalean
W. L. Thomas
Moore
A. Slappey
Andersonville
South freight rates revised across southeastern U S
Washington Aug 5 The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a revision of all rates on classified shipments in the southeastern quarter of the United States. Scale rates for classified freight into and out of the South were created and peanut shipments from the southeastern territory to Chicago Milwaukee Cleveland and other northern cities were found to be unreasonably high.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
South
Chicago
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Effect of coal strike pointed out by leader
United States faces rising coal prices as an anthracite walk out looms. John L. Lewis warned that a prolonged strike would directly affect every industry, with some 158000 miners and half a million dependents facing reduced purchasing power and higher living costs.
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United States
Atlantic City
N. d
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Chinese Nine Power Treaties Become Effective
Washington Aug 5 The nine power treaties relating to China signed during the Washington arms conference took effect today after formal ratifications were exchanged at the state department.
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Washington
State Department
Favorable report on seven bills forming children's code
Atlanta Aug. 5 The Senate Judiciary committee number one issued a favorable report on seven bills composing the children's code. The measures cover juvenile court expansion, support for dependent children, legal and option provisions, boys training school, compulsory school attendance, and enforced parental support. A public hearing was held two weeks earlier.
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Atlanta
Senate Judiciary Committee
Salary increase mailed eighty years late to Edmonton sheriff
Edmonton sheriff Peter Gunn received a long overdue salary raise notice dated January 6 1896 from Ewen MacDonald Hudsons Bay Company manager in Peace River district. The letter praised Gunns service at Lesger Slave Lake and said his raise was magnificent in English pounds though Gunn would not reveal the amount.
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Edmonton
Alta
Peter Gunn
Ewen MacDon
Ald
Peace River
Hudson’s Bay Company
Gunn
Lesger Slave Lake
MacDonald
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Arctic
Lincoln Ellsworth
Amundsen
New York City
Norway
Peay
Henry Schwarz
Legion
Fortune IN Narcotics
New
Mary Pickford
Los Angeles
Adrien Wood
Claude Kidlcomb
C. Z. Stevens
Minnick
S. A. L. Employe
Drs. Smith
Anderson
U. S. Army
John Coolidge
Camp Tevens
Mas
Citizens’ Military Training
County Board Education
Leavis
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