Woman's Club to Discuss Topics of Community Interest
The Woman's Club of Americas met at the Community Clubhouse Wednesday at 3 30 p m with Mrs Frank Sheffield presiding in Mrs R P Glenns absence A business session appointed committees read and approved reports and discussed a budget plan Miss Emmae Borum to lead a budget committee about club house and grounds funding Three new chairmen were elected Mrs Joe Poole Mrs Howell Elam and Mrs J T Stokes to serve with existing committees in yearly start Addresses highlighted Citizenship topics including The Constitution of Georgia State and National Government and The Bill of Rights The club plans entertainments and a get together with the Board of Education and guests next week to discuss the playgrounds forward movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club of Americas
Frank Sheffield
R. P. Glenn
Woman’s Club
Emmae Borum
Board of Education
Music Study Club
Joe Poole
House and Hospitality
Howell Elam
J. T. Stokes
Better Films
E. L. Carswell
Georgia
Lovelace Eve
L. F. Grubbs
Judgments Reversed in 2 Americus Cases
In Atlanta on February 9 the Court of Appeals reversed the judgments of the Americus City Court in two cases. Gammaze vs Perry administrator and Smith vs Stevens were both reversed, with Judge Harper presiding. Attorneys for plaintiffs in error were J A Hixon and R L Maynard. Wallis and Fort appeared for the opposing side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Court of Appeals
Americus
Gammaze
Perry
Harper
J. A. Hixon
R. L. Maynard
Wallis and Fort
Smith Vs. Stevens
Brunswick Girl Killed In Wreck In Brunswick
Miss Ann Ellis, a well known Brunswick girl, died in a morning automobile crash on the Dixie Highway near Buffalo Swamp after the car veered from the road during road rebuilding. Cone Holody Jenny Rozar Mrs O C Gilbert Miss Marie Way were in the vehicle. Holody drove and both Holody and Ellis were trapped beneath the car before rescue.
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Brunswick
Ann Ellis
Dover Hall
Dixie Highway
Buffalo Swamp
Cone Holody
Jenny Rozar
O. C. Gilbert
Marie Way
Miss Ellis
Senate Eyes Muscle Shoals Nitrate Plant Funding
Washington February 9. With the final vote on the army bill in prospect the Senate began work on Muscle Shoals power project appropriations carried in the measure. Senator Norris offered an amendment to provide 2 million dollars additional for development of nitrate plant No 1.
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Washington
Senate
Muscle Shoals
House
the Shoals
Norris
Lumbermen to Meet at Macon Tuesday regional session
The North Carolina Pine association will hold its first regional meeting in Macon on Tuesday. Manufacturers from the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama are to attend.
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Macon
North Carolina Pine Association
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Roy Dent Wins Crawford County Clerkship
Roberta February 9 Roy Dent won the Crawford County Superior court clerkship by three to one to succeed the late J. N. Andrews who served two years and 16 days. Dent, deputy clerk under Andrews, will assume office immediately. Other contenders were K. P. Lowe Jr and T. G. Ruth erfor.
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Roberta
Roy Dent
Crawford County Superior Court
J. N. Andrews
Mr. Dent
Andrews
K. P. Lowe, Jr
T. G. Ruth?erfor
Taxation topic draws audience at meeting
Mrs. James W. Harris Jr. presented a clear exposition on just and unjust taxation, outlining reasons and methods. The talk, well received, included a paper by Mrs. W. H. Emmet who was absent serving missionary workers in Columbus.
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James W. Harris, Jr
Irish irregulars refuse surrender in Dublin report
Dublin February 9 The Associated Press reports that the proposal for surrender in Liam Deasy’s letter to Eamonn DeValera and other irregulars cannot be considered according to an official communique issued by republican headquarters staff on behalf of the republican governor and its army council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Associated Press
Liam Deasy
Eamonn DeValera
Army Council
Farm workers end Memphis meeting on boll weevil fight
The Association of Southern Agricultural Workers finished a three day convention in Memphis Tennessee with D C Hull of Mississippi A and M College elected president J N Harper of the Southern Soil Improvement Company chosen vice president H W Barre of Clemson University named secretary and H A Morgan of the University of Tennessee on the executive committee They endorsed calcium arsenate dusting and the Florida method pruning and burning squares to destroy the pest and boost yields Cotton production and boll weevil control were central topics.
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Memphis
Tenn
Association of Southern Agricultural Workers
D. C. Hull
Mississippi A
M. College
J. N. Harper
Southern Soil Improvement Company
Atlanta, Ga
H. W. Barre
South Carolina
Florida
Wilson to Savannah for third trial in Sappington case
County Warden N T Smith and Commissioner M B Wilcox escorted J C Wilson from Abbeville to Savannah where he will be confined in the Chatham county jail until the May term of Wilcox Superior court. The defendant faces trial for the third time over the 1920 killing of Seville banker R E Sappington in Augusta. Wilson reportedly preferred Abbeville jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Wilson
Chatham
Abbeville
N. T. Smith
M. B. Wilcox
J. C. Wilson
Savannah
Wilson
Wilcox Superior Court
R. E. Sappington
Seville
Augusta
Airplane Service Established to Osaka for JAP Sheets
Tokyo daily Ashai announces a regular air service to Osaka covering 315 miles to deliver copies. The move aims to speed newspaper distribution and boost exchange between the two cities.
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Tokyo
Ashai
Osaka
Board of Education Plans April Exans in County Schools
Sumter county board met at the courthouse with county Superintendent J W Dupree presiding. Examinations in 5th 9th 10th and 11th grades in mathematics and English will occur the third Friday in April and questions distributed to school principals. A $25 silver loving cup will be awarded to the county school attaining the best average in literature and athletics during April, open to grammar schools only. The cup will be engraved with the winner and kept in the chapel for one year before a second contest with the same cup. Over 1500 pupils and 52 teachers across rural and consolidated schools are represented. the board includes J E D Shipp J C Carter J E Ranew W C Jordan and W A Chappell.
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Board of Education
Sumter County
Ofice
J. W. Dupree
Smilar
E. W. Dupree
J. E. D. Shipp
J. E. Ranew
W. C. Jordan
W. A. Chappell
Ase
Auto Takes Plunge With Entire Waycross Family
In Waycross on the Dixie Highway near Tellmore a car carrying W A Frier, his wife Corinne Smith, and their two month old daughter Betty rolled over after being blinded by bright lights from an oncoming vehicle. Mrs Frier and Betty were pinned under the car while Mr Frier was thrown clear. The second car’s driver stopped to aid, aiding the victims until help arrived.
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Waycross
W. A. Frier
Corinne Smith
Betty
Dixie Highway
Tellmore
Federal housing plan eyed for 19 cities
Washington Feb 9 The Treasury Secretary Mellon and Postmaster General Work sent a joint letter to Speaker Gillett outlining estimated needs to provide suitable quarters for federal activities in 19 cities where rentals total 2 1 2 million annually. The proposal says more than 50 million dollars would be required to build proper space for the postal service internal revenue and veterans bureaus now housed in cramped quarters.
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Washington
Associated Press
Speaker Gillett
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Postmaster General
Postal Service
Internal Revenue and
Veterans
Offficer limits on pilor car seizure under Georgia law
Georgia Court of Appeals handed two rulings on automobile seizures tied to bootlegging. Harwood v state held seizure is a penalty against the owner, though the car bears the penalty in rem. Underwood v state upheld confiscation of a pilot car even with no whisky, a judgment the Court reversed.
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Atlanta
Georgia Court of Appeals
Harwood
Dade County Superior Court
Dade County
Tarver
Court of Appeals
Underwood
Forsyth County Superior Court
Blair
Forsyth County
Respite granted in Swainsboro murder case
Governor Hardwick issued a respite until February 23 for Zeah Johnson, the Negro sentenced to be hanged in Swainsboro for the murder of his wife and sister. The relief follows a plea of newly discovered evidence presented at the capitol.
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Atlanta
Hardwick
Zeah Johnson
Swainsboro
Carnegie Library Expands Services for School Children
Carnegie Library reports rising circulation especially in magazines, aided by donations from civic clubs and individuals. New children's books from the Women’s Club and a dictionary from Kiwanis join a growing collection used by students, jail inmates, and patients. Laura Templeton lauds magazine accessibility and bound references for rural and consolidated schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
W. C. Merritt
Laura Templeton
Americus
Merritt
Woman’s Club
Kiwanis Club
Oregon Trail
Eskimo
Doolittle
Larry
Rica
Wiseli
Black Bear
Pic
Skippy Bedelle
Brownie
Ake Ravers
Ginade
Vanderdecken
Robinson Crusoe
Canadian Collieries Mine Disaster Recalls 1913 Losses
Fifty-one miners died after fire damp exploded in Mine No 4 near Cumberland Vancouver Island. Twenty survivors were rescued with 20 or more still trapped. Four men were reported alive in Mine No 3 and a Chinese patient survived in hospital. Most victims were white with a sprinkling of Orientals.
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Cumberland
B. C
Here
Vancouver Island
Miners Escape as Death Toll Rises at Phelps-Dodge Mine
Feb 9 Dawon N M Two miners of the 122 entombed in Mine No 1 Phelps-Dodge Corp were alive today walking out unassisted. Seven bodies recovered yesterday leaving 115 believed dead. Two bodies found near the mine entrance, others farther inside. Explosion toppled cement walls and hurled timbers.
Georgia Swine Growers Elect New Officers at Madison
H B Ralls Jr of Ashburn was elected president of the Georgia Swine Growers association at the closing session in Madison. Moultrie was chosen for the next annual meeting February 6 and 7, 1924. Other officers named include E W Kreischer of Thomasville C C Hawkins of Americus J R Mullins of Cochran H S Branch of Berzelia J D Thomas of Zetella and Jule D Lidell of Athens as secretary and treasurer.
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Zeetella
Jule D. Lidell
Athensfs
Body of Varner Sent to Bainbridge Home
Tampa Florida February 9 In accordance with the widow s instruction the body of E S Varner 30 former employee of a local bank was sent to his Bainbridge Georgia home for burial Wednesday night Varner was found dead in his room early yesterday afternoon with a bullet in his heart Illness is cited by acquaintances as a probable cause No note or message indicated the reason to inform his widow and two children Officials said he left the bank last Monday He came here from Bainbridge Georgia last May
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Tampa
Fla
E. S. Varner
Bainbridge
Varner
Bainbridge, Ga
Fertilizer Inspector Appointed in Southwest Georgia
Savannah February 9 Homer Geiger of Savannah has been appointed supervisor of fertilizer inspectors for the First and T congressional districts by State Commissioner of Agriculture Brown.
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Georgia
Savannah
Homer Geiger
Brown
Columbus Kiwanis Attend Atlanta Good Roads Bond Meeting
The Columbus Kiwanis club will be represented at the Atlanta good roads bond meeting Monday. Joe Couch and W C Wisdom will attend from the Columbus club.
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Columbus
Columbus Kiwanis Club
Good Roads
Atlanta
Joe Couch
W. C. Wisdom
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Woman's Club
HET TE
S. H. McKee
W. C. Gray
Crawford
Suva
Fiji
Qovind Vithal
Rhine
Ehrenbreitstein
France
Republican
Comunique
Farm Workers End
Methds
Florida College
Anaye
Hety
Work
Civic Clubs of Americas
Cram’s Atlas
New Mexico
Canada
C. C. Hawkins
Swine Growers’ Assn
Columbus Kiwanians
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