Big Jump in City Schools Attendance at Spring Start
The Americas city opened its spring session with a record pupil turnout across all schools. Farlow added thirty pupils while Rees Park and McKay Hill classrooms filled near capacity. Superintendent A G Miller praised the large attendance and new student enrollments, with plans for a 600 pupil capacity new school building to be completed soon. At the Third District Agricultural College, enrollment also rose, aided by a new girls dormitory, signaling stronger demand and anticipated overflow. A fuller report from the District College will follow.
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All the Americas
Farlow School
Rees Park
McKay Hill
Supt
A. G. Miller
Furlow School
Americus
Collum
Aged Citizen Dies at Home Near Plains
Mr. William Jennings known as Uncle Billie dies at 74 eight miles south of Plains after a lingering illness. A Civil War veteran who lost an arm at Gettysburg, he served as a state representative and was a longtime Confederate Veterans member. Funeral held at Bottsford Lutheran church.
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William Jennings
Plains
Jennings
Billie
Dawson
South Carolina
Grigg
Gettysburg
Terrell
Sumter
Lutheran Church
Bottsford
$26,000 Price Paid for Spring Creek Plantation in Sumter
The Spring Creek plantation of 1,500 acres near Americus, part of the Johnston estate on the Flint River, sold to R T Humber of Stewart for $26,000. Humber already owns about 3,000 acres in Sumter and views the purchase as a solid investment amid rising real estate values spurred by good roads and growing farming activity.
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Spring Creek
Sumter County
R. T. Humber
Stewart
Humber
Americus
Johnston
Flint River
Sumter
Labds
Banner County
Georgia
Hunt for the RevenuO in Quest of License
District Revenue Collector B J Richardson faced eight county men seeking liquor licenses at his gate. Four buggies arrived at midnight as the eight men, aiming to secure eight 1909 licenses for 25 dollars each, asked for protection against a looming threat.
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B. J. Richardson
Americas
Sumter
Richardson
Uncle Sam
Georgia
Field Peas Wanted Advert by Eugene Hill
Field Peas Wanted. I will buy any quantity field peas. Call on or write, Eugene Hill, Americus, Ga. Vagaries of a Cold. You can never be quite sure where a cold is going to hit you. In the fall and winter it may settle in the bowels, producing severe pain. Do not be alarmed nor tor-
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Eugene Hill
Americus
Bankers Die in Croton Hudson Central Train Crash
Two prominent New York bankers were killed today in a rear end collision on the New York Central rail line at Croton. The disaster caused extensive damage and halted service along the line as investigators began assessing the scene and the cause of the fatal collision.
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New York
New York Central
Croton
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Iqvian Guano Corporation
Charleston, S.C
Standard Guaranty
All In
Sifferson Standard
Ge Brown
Gould
V. P
Atlanta
Mutual
Athens, Ga
Hanedey, Americus, Ga
T. Humber
Castor
Iifiidee
Bears
Castoria
Moonlight Mill
A. W. Smith
Prest
G. M. Eldridge, W. P. M. M. Dudley
Cashier
Bank of South-Western Ga
C. L. Anslay
W. A. Dodson, N. M. Dudley
G. M. Eldridge, Thos Harrold, W. D. Murray
R. J. Perry, A. W. Smith, H. R. Johnson
J. W. Sheffield
Frank Sheffield
E. D. Sheffield
Bank OF Commerce
Americus, Ga
L.G. Council
R. J Perry
C. M. Coungil
J. S.council
Aust
the Planters Bank
Americus Seria Ss
Napa Ee Wheatley
Vice Prem
Commercial City Bank
P. Hodges
B. Sheppard
A. A. Hill
Americus National Bank
U.S
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