Hints of Sensational Charges Involving W R Neel
Atlanta August 14 Hints at sensational charges involving W R Neel state highway engineer delayed a sine die adjournment of the senate highway investigating committee. Neel is out of the city but calls are going out for his appearance today. Holder recommended stripping Neel of power and vesting it in the State Highway board. He testified about publicity payments, the Georgia Highways magazine, and loans from its fund to cover publicity.
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Atlanta
W. R. Neel
Senate Highway Investigating Committee
Neel
John N. Holder
State Highway Department
State Highway Board
Holder
Georgia Highways
Spahr
Holdery
Franks
Cotton Consumption In July Reaches 483,898 Bales
Washington reports July cotton use totaling 483,898 bales of lint and 62,513 bales of linters. This compares with June figures of 493,765 lint bales and 60,577 linters, and July last year with 347,999 lint and 41,732 linters, per Census Bureau figures released today.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Dejected Browning Tears Up Adoption Papers in Grief
Edward West Browning, sorrowful over the Mary Spns adoption outcome, sits in his real estate office and tears the adoption papers and the thousands of letters he received in response.
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Mary Spns
Edward West Browning
Marco Island War Over Land Split Threatens Island
Fort Myers Florida August 14 Marco Island is split into two hostile camps over ownership of a land strip spanning more than a mile across the middle of the island about 3000 acres not included in the government survey One faction includes Baron G Collier interests backed by Sheriff W S Maynard and army deputies the other comprises old settlers and new homestead claimants.
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Myers
Fla
Marco Island
Baron G. Collier
W. S. Maynard
Gallows Bill Receives Blow in State Senate
Atlanta Aug 14 The penitentiary committee adversely reported Senator Ricketson's bill to abolish electrocution and restore the gallows. The general appropriation was placed on the calendar for tomorrow's first Saturday session. The Senate defeated a measure to extend the Governor's term from two to four years.
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Atlanta
Ricketson
Penitentiary Committee
Senate
Senator Sapp Sings Swan Song In Final Senate Night
W M Sapp, state senate poet laureate, presents his swan song marking the last night of this senate. The ceremony features a reflective performance as the chamber wraps up its term.
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Sapp
Atlanta
W. M. Sapp
State Senate
Senate
Darien Seeks State Aid To Save Oglethorpe Tree
In Darien, a historic giant oak under which General James Oglethorpe and his survey party camped faces decay. Representative Tyson proposes $500 from Georgia's general appropriation to hire a free surgeon to treat and prolong the tree's life as a landmark in early Georgia history.
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Darien
State
Oglethorpe
Band
James Oglethorpe
Georgia
General Oglethorpe
Savannah
W. 8S. Tyson
State of Georgia
State Senate
Many Senators Seek Delegates in Georgia Constitutional Change
Atlanta August 14. Senator Carlisle announces his bill for a January constitutional convention. He will seek to let general assembly members help write the basic law, with several senators and representatives pledging to run as delegates. The debate centers on ex officio voting and the bill’s constitutional status.
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Atlanta
Carlisle
General Assembly
House
J. R. Hutcheson
P. T. Knight
Fermor Barrett
Stephens
J. Howard Ennis
Senate
Georgia
Gasoline price cuts revealed in several states
The Standard Oil company cut gasoline prices by three cents a gallon in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee. A one cent per gallon cut was announced by Standard Oil of New Jersey for tank wagon deliveries across the District of Columbia Maryland New Jersey Virginia West Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina. The piece ends with a remark about the town needing strong leadership.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Jewish Lad and Irish Miss Fifteen Elope Amid Paren t Conflict
CHICAGO August 14 Life at 15 is momentous Parents fear pap py love and threaten discipline but Hazel Mitchell fifteen and Jewish boy Medgeke elope Their mothers, once rivals across the Sack apartment, recount the romance as a real life Abie's Irish Rose. Hazel leaves a farewell note to her mother begging forgiveness while the landlady laments youth and influence.
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Chicago
Hazel Mitchell
Hazel
Toe Medgeke
Abie
Mitchells
Joe
Mrs. Sack
Elopers
Mamma
Planters Seed & Drug to open farmers warehouse
The Parker warehouse, bought by Planters Seed and Drug, is remodeled into storage for farm produce. George Marshall of Planters says the half acre building will house 16 by 48 foot bins for peas corn oats rye wheat and other grains until markets permit profitable selling. The facility will be named Planters Seed Drug company warehouse.
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Parker
Planters Seed and Drug Company
George Marshall
Planters Company
Planters Seed & Drug Company
Minister Attacked by Night Riders in Georgia Sermon Links Crime
The Rev. Henry Holmes, a Baptist minister, was beaten by eight or ten men while preaching against bootleggers and distillers at Tallapoosa East church. He escaped to Buchanan and sought Sheriff Richards protection, reporting the assault suffered during a revival. The incident parallels a prior fatal attack on Rev. Robert Stewart in Draketown last November.
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Tallapoosa
Robert Stewart
Draketown
Sheriff Richards
Henry Holmes
Holmes
Tallapoosa East Church
Buchanan
Asberry Cook
Flatwoods
B. B. Richards
Negro gunmen in county shootings surrendered
With the surrender of the three Glass brothers, charged with the Sunday shooting of a negro named Hurley, all Black suspects in the county shootings are secured or free on bonds. The Glass brothers face committment trial August 22 for assault with intent to murder. their victim is reported out of danger. C J Calaway, slayer of Alex Woodard, was bound over to the November grand jury on manslaughter charge under $1,000 bond. Nixon, accused in the Mary Drummond shooting, remains in county jail as he awaits the November term and faces assault with intent to murder. Drummond’s condition is improving.
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Glass Brothers
Tom Hurley
Justice of the Peace Shy
C. J. Calaway
Alex Woodard
Shy
Nixon
Mary Drummond
Superior Court
Littlejohn
Small blaze at McNeill lumber yard on Wheeler Street
A Thursday fire at McNeill's lumber yard involved a sawdust pile. Firemen used hand extinguishers. Chief Guerry reported no damage.
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McNeill Lumber Yard
McNeil’s
Wheeler Street
Guerry
Mrs Morgan Dies in Glen Cove After Illness
New York Aug 14 Mrs John Pierpont Morgan died at noon at her Glen Cove Long Island home. Doctors attributed death to cardiac collapse following a two month illness described as sleeping sickness.
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New York
John Pierpont Morgan
Glen Cove
Fence In Spot Where Jeff Davis Captured
ATLANTA August 14 A sub committee of the house appropriation committee considered an appropriation of 7500 to fence and improve the spot in Irwin county where Jefferson Davis was captured after General Lee's surrender. The land, once owned by Senator J B Clements father, remains wild and wooded. The sub committee did not recommend the appropriation, citing lack of funds and assuming Daughters of the Confederacy would fund improvements.
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Atlanta
Jefferson Davis
Lee
House Committee
Irwin County
J. B. Clements
State Senate
Clements
Hus
Harris
Barrett
Appropriations Committee
Daughters of the Confederacy
Belgian War Debt Funding Now Distant
Washington reports the Belgian war debt funding to the United States may lie far ahead as President Coolidge and the Belgian cabinet hold final decision power. The American and Belgian commissions exchanged offers while Belgium seeks lower accrued interest, a key point that could reduce the funded total.
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Washington
United States
Coolidge
Jerwian
Belgium
Mellon
Smoot
Utah
American Commission
Plymouth
Conference on Farm Product Marketing in Georgia
The Georgia State College of Agriculture hosts August 24 to 28 a conference with the annual state agricaltural and horticultural societies to discuss orderly marketing and fair prices for farm products. Experts include Dr Andrew M Soule Professor Phil Campbell Hon Arthur R Rule L F McKay and others from national and Georgia cooperatives. Good news from Russia crops are better now so no wolf at their door.
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Athens
Georgia State College of Agriculture
State Agricultural and Horticultural Societies
Andrew M. Soule
Phil Campbell
State College of Agriculture
Arthur R. Rule
Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers of
New York
The
American Cotton Growers
S. Barrett
National Farmers’ Union
Georgia
Russia
What Is A Fair Price For The Depreciation of a Mule
Newnan resident L. B. Mann asks Georgia senate highway committee for a fair depreciation price for a mule used by a contractor. He cites $300 for mule use and $75 depreciation, arguing seasoned work animals cost $125 to $150 and can last years. Mann seeks guidance on proper charges in state road contracts.
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Coweta Countian
Atlanta
L. B. Mann
Newnan
Coweta County
Senate
Highway Department
Mr. Mann
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Neal
Florida
Standard Oil of
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Bulletin
Belle Cullison
Oklahoma City
Springfield
Jeff Davis
American Debt Commission Rush
President Coolidge
Conference OF State Farmers
Georgia Agriculturalists
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