High Spots in Georgia News Section Summary
A stock company led by Will S. Marbut buys the DeKalb New Era of Decatur with J A Hall kept as editor. Albany to be promoted as a pecan center and Doug erty county lands praised for pecans. Rome bankers propose a 15000 to 20000 dollar revolving fund to aid Floyd county cotton growers. Southern Bell plans 59000 dollars in Waycross plant upgrades. Ground cables under streets. terraces in Baldwin county planters plant many fruit and nut trees. 10000 peach trees being planted at Meriwether by Dixon Williams. Milledgeville Nursery expands pecan orchards, expects doubling yield. Tollie Dowling slayer Robert R. Harris found guilty, life with mercy recommendation. Mrs Danna Lovvorn installed as Richland postmaster. Mr Brown returns to Richland News. Richland municipal election set for first Tuesday in February. Cuthbert congregation buys Miss Fannie Park residence as parsonage. Berrien County bailiff Coot Lee arrested for embezzlement. $1600 missing. Griner files warrant. Lee denies charges. Libbie Masonic Lodge Abbeville elects 1923 officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin County
Dixon Williams
Milledgeville
Meriwether
Milledgeville Nursery Company
Richland
Cuthbert Methodist Congregation
Coot Lee
Berrien County
Moultrie
Griner
Berrien
Lee
Bond
Nashville
European states showing rapid economic progress in 1922
A Commerce Department summary cites broad world gains in 1922 led by Europe. Transportation and housing show strong growth, exports rise, and overall conditions are favorable for 1923. Three or four European states cause anxiety, but major global progress persists according to Hoover's report based on field reps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Department
Europe
Dr Clarence R Carswell Dies Sudden in Americus
Americus mourns the sudden death of Dr Clarence R Carswell 45 at his home on South Lee street from a cerebral hemorrhage after illness. He founded Americus Drug Co and lived twelve years in Americus after earlier years in Moultrie and Gordon. He leaves wife Ruth Davis and a large family. funeral set for Gordon Baptist church with services by Dr Henry T Brookshire and Rev W D Dewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Clarence R. Carswell
Americus Drug Company
South Lee Street
Clarence Carswell
Gordon
Carswell
Moultrie
Ruth Davis
Alamo
Dr. Carswell
G. B. Carswell
D. L. Wright
R. M. Carswell
C. B. Carswell
E. L. Carswell
G. F. Carswell
H. Carswell
Central Baptist Church
M. B. Council Lodge
America
Central of Georgia
Henry T. Brookshire
Gordon Baptist Church
W. D. Dewell
Coue Clinic in Nancy Offers Free Informal Healing
Correspondent describes visiting Monsieur Emile Coue’s clinic in Nancy where patients, mainly Americans with nervous troubles, receive informal daily instruction without fees or rigid regimens. The scene includes Coue, known for autosuggestion, his open houses on Mondays and Fridays, and notable attendees like Lincoln Steffens and Jo Davidson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Bronner
Nancy
France
Monsieur Emile Coue
Monsieur Coue
United States
Paris
Coue
Nagi
Rue Jeanne d’Arc
Dritons
Near East treaty draft to Turks at Lausanne soon
London Jan 8 official circles say the draft of the Near East treaty will be presented to the Turks at Lausanne within a fortnight. They will be told to sign the document or tear it up and face the consequences.
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London
Lausanne
Macon Hosts Home Missions Conference Delegates
Macon Georgia on January 3 hosted arrival of Methodist ministers and laymen from Central and South Georgia for a home missions evangelism conference. Two thousand delegates are expected to attend the meeting in Macon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Central
South Georgia
of the Home Missions Evangelism
Court decision on Clayton Law limits publisher restrictions
Washington January 8. The Supreme Court ruled that the Clayton law does not bar publishers from hiring news dealers as exclusive wholesale distributing agents. The decision arose from a Federal Trade Commission suit against Curtis Publishing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Trade Commission
Curtis Publishing Company
Prohi Officers Raid Okefenokee Swamp For Still
In Waycross Georgia on January 8 authorities claimed the first intrusion into the Okefenokee swamp by prohibition officers resulting in the seizure of a still and 13 barrels of mash. Two men were arrested in the raid.
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Waycross
Okefenokee
Prohibition
Miss Nep Ragan Seriously Hurt in Accident
Miss Nep Ragan is in City hospital with a broken hip and additional leg bone injuries after an accident in her apartment at the Mathis house on Lamar street. Her advanced age and frailty raise grave fears for recovery as friends mourn the beloved local resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nep Ragan
City Hospital
Mathis
Lamar Street
Miss Ragan
British Seeking Fair War Debt Settlement
British Chancellor Stanley Baldwin told a joint debt funding committee in Washington that Britain seeks a fair business settlement of its five billion dollar war debt. He urged a square deal to protect American credits and avoid trade disruption, noting no favors but a precise plan and U.S. debt payments to the last cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
America
Negroes Warned by Weird Marks in Savannah Churches
Savannah police were alerted by several black pastors after skull and cross bones bearing the message This is a white man's fight, keep out were posted on doors of colored churches during the night, signaling racial intimidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Election for colonel of the Georgia National Guard
In Macon on January 8 the Hundred and Twenty second Infantry elects a new colonel to replace Col. H. D. Russell. Candidates are Major Felton Whitaker of Macon Adjutant General L. C. Pope of Dublin and Major Charles Fox of Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Hundred and Twenty-second Infantry
Georgia National Guard
H. D. Russell
Felton Whitaker
L. C. Pope
Dublin
Charles Fox
Atlanta
Young People Week of Study at First Baptist Church
The Baptist Young People's Union conducts study classes each night this week at 7 o'clock in the First Baptist church beginning tonight. Dr Carl W Minor pastor leads sessions focusing on religious movements and youth influence in religious work. Classes meet in the Baraca rooms and invite all interested young people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Minor
First Baptist Church
Baptist Young People’s Union
Carl W. Minor
Baraca
Dam of Baker County Power Company's Damage Notchaway River
The Baker County Power company dam on Notchaway river ten miles from Newton was partially washed away Saturday night causing an estimated loss of 75000 dollars. The north end reportedly gave way. The firm is a majorSouth Georgia power supplier to several towns and small cities, including Moultrie which recently contracted for lights.
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Albany
Baker County Power Company
Notchaway River
Newton
South Georgia
Moultrie
Sumter farmers sell meat hogs in three sales
Six carloads of meat hogs sold by Sumter County farmers last week grossed about 7000 dollars. Purchasers included North Carolina butchers at Leslie and Hall Commission Co at Moultrie for Plains and Americus. Six cars averaged 17500 pounds each at 716 dollars per hundredweight. Hawkins’ purebred Duroc Jerseys, 7 to 8 months old and about 218 pounds, outperformed mixed stock, highlighting advantages of purebreds for meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumter County
Americus
Plains
Leslie
North Carolina
Hall Commission Company
Moultrie
C. C. Hawkins
Hawkins Show
Hawkins
Beef Cattle Shipment Aids Northstate Sale Plans
George O. Marshall, county farm demonstration agent, shipped from Americus a carload of beef cattle consigned to North Carolina butchers. The 40 head shipment, mostly cows, were offered by Sumter county farmers and consist of Holstein and Jersey stock. Marshall aims to schedule cattle sales at Americus within another year as Cuatte raising develops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George O. Marshall
Americus
North Carolina
Sumter County
Jersey
Marshall
Belle Feagle Breaks Arm While Skating
Miss Belle Feagle daughter of J M Feagle broke an arm Saturday afternoon while skating on Lamar street in front of her home Doctors say the two bones between wrist and elbow are shattered but no other serious trouble is expected and she should resume school duties soon
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Belle Feagle
J. M. Feagle
Lamar Street
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Georgia News
Will S. Marbut
DeKalb New Era
Decatur
J. A. Hall
Organ
Dougerty County
Albany Chamber of Commerce
Rome
Floyd County
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Robert R. Harris
Tollie Dowling
Brantley County
Dowling
Ware County
Danna Lovvorn
M. B. Brown
R. M. Lovvorn
Brown
The
Richland News
Libbie
Yee
Haas
Americus Business
Cone
Sere
Lincoln Steffens
Jo Davidson
Paaris
Lorrane
New York
Connecticut
South Africa
Yance
Brenner
Emile Coue
Ture Muse
PROHI
Miss Nep Ragan
Americas
Square Deal
GA. Nats
Damis
Nechaway Dam
Sumter
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