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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1924
Page
2
Rev Lawrence announces an 7:50 service at Calvary Church tonight. A prisoner confrontation with guard suggests a gallows reference. Elsie Hill Levitt, daughter of Elsie Hill, retains her surname after marriage to Dr Albert Levitt.
Charlie Frank Greene of Troup county is named Georgia’s champion cotton club boy after yielding 1012 pounds of lint and 1000 pounds of seed per acre. The acre cost 86.71 dollars to produce and sold for 284.51 dollars, netting 203.80 dollars. Greene's eleven cultivation visits used 10-2-2 fertilizer and 16 percent acid phosphate with vigilant boll weevil checks.
Four people died when their car was struck by a Washington Baltimore and Annapolis train at Arnold about seven miles from Annapolis. The dead are Miss Annie W Holm 46 and Henry D Holm 37 of Baltimore Joseph Hansel 40 and Mrs Joseph Hansel of Grantsville Md A boy Joseph Hansel Jr was slightly injured.
One person is reported dead and several injured after a fire destroyed the West Gate Hotel near Pullman Illinois early today. The loss is estimated at $10,000.
Richland December 12 Oscar Grier a colored man was shot and instantly killed by John Lee Prince another colored man while they examined a shotgun the discharge was accidental witnesses say no investigation has begun and no charges filed
Atlanta report says Representative C. W. Foy, Attorney Welter Steed and Attorney Homer Beeland met with Governor Waller about commuting the death sentences of Willie Jones and Gervis Bloodworth for the murder of a traveling salesman. No action taken. reprieve expires January 9. hearing set for December 17.
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