Lewis Working for Amer Hon E B Lewis Presses Camp Gilman Refund
Hon E B Lewis, our congressman, continues pushing for a $2000 reimbursement to Americus for War Department preps at Camp Gilman last fall. The city spent heavily to prepare for expected troops, but only two regiments arrived and winter occupancy was brief. Lewis introduced a bill to secure the appropriation and hopes for action.
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E. B. Lewis
Congress
Americas
Camp
Ulman
Americus
War Department
Camp Gilman
Witer
Lewis
Americus Man Wins Round Trip to Paris Exposition
Mr C E Saunders of Americus wins the Bowser & Co prize for the largest sales in a year. He earns a fully paid Paris round trip or cash equivalent up to $500, with Bowser & Co of St Louis sponsoring the trip for travel duties.
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Americus
C. E. Saunders
Saunders
Bowser & Co
St. Louie
Paris
Mr. Saunders
Americas
Sheriff Seeks Delinquent Taxes As McArthur Rounds The Trail
Sheriff McArthur pursues overdue accounts after Collector Dann handed him 1500 dollars for collection. The law compels rapid back tax recovery, with officers on the grand rounds to enforce payment or face penalties.
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Dann
McArthur
Sherif McArthur
Judge Crisp Assumes County Court Bench in Sumter
Judge Charles R. Crisp takes over as judge of the Sumter County Court as Judge Robert L. Maynard's term ends. Crisp will preside at the February first Wednesday monthly session handling civil matters. friends extend best wishes for success in his new role.
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Charles R. Crisp
Sumter
Robert L. Maynard
Crisp
Three Fought To A Finish In Police Court Matinee
Eugene Dixon Mitchell and Jon Harris played star parts in a police court matinee yesterday. The trio faced several knockdown arguments after a night of heavy drinking. fines totaled $50, with four months’ obedience to the sentence if unpaid. A carnival of banter closed with a patent nostrum advertisement for Ely's Cream Balm, 50 cents, claimed to cleanse and soothe nasal membranes and cure cold symptoms.
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Eugene Dixon
Ser. Mitchell
Jon Harris
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Election Notice for County School Commissioner Exam
Notice dated February 10 sets the examination date for applicants seeking the county school commissioner office and the election of the same for the next term. 7% FF. Mauxert, Obama Board Education 8. Co.
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Mauxert
Obama Board Education 8. Co
Big cotton sale advances as prices surge in market
Farmers rush to sell after cotton hits seven cents, releasing over a thousand bales from Americas warehouses. With contracts touching 7.50 and foreign cables pushing higher, buyers flood the market and many farmers cash in, reducing stocks and adding millions in value to local traders.
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Americas
Bates
Tnner
Election Notice for Sumter School Commissioner
The county board of education calls an election for February 6 to choose a four year school commissioner. Incumbent W S Moore seeks re election with little opposition so far. Moore has served over nine years and is credited with raising Sumter schools to a high standard. The board will note his zeal when a selection is made.
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County Board of Education
W. 8. Moore
Cotton market holds steady after March highs
The March cotton price reached 757 a yesterday, marking the season’s peak and the bears’ expected pressure failed to depress it. Open and close were the same, suggesting the market may advance further rather than weaken, contrasting with earlier claims of a forthcoming slump.
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Bears
The Fiddler Had Smallpox Epidemic in Fayette County
Private advices report an alarming smallpox outbreak in Fayette county confined to Black residents. A recent negro dance near Hampton drew about 200 Fayette attendees, followed by eighty plus new cases among the Fayette contingent. Advertised letters and local notices list individuals and a sales pitch for Cannon Ball Shoes and garden seed.
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Atlanta
Fayette County
Hampton
Fayette
Georgia Wheat Quality Shows Promise for State Farmers
Dr. O B Stevens presents analyses of 19 Georgia wheat samples to readers of the Atlanta Journal. The report compares Georgia wheats with world standards from Chicago and notes some Georgia varieties meet or exceed the world average in valuable properties. It calls for wider state coverage and fuller grower data, discusses gluten content, and mentions improving cleanliness of samples and future futures at the state fair.
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Georgia
W. G. Cooper
Atlanta Journal
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Geo
Yeaeoch Adairsville
Walker Co
Missouri
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Adairsville
Cage
WHEAT ANALYSES AND PROTEIN CONTENT EXPLAINED BY STATE CHEMIST
The letter discusses wheat analyses conducted under Dr. H W Wiley supervision, detailing moisture, protein, ether extract and carbohydrates measurements, and the relation of dry and moist gluten to total protein. It notes storage and fumigation practices using sulphide of carbon for grain, with cautions on flammability and storage. The author signs as State Chemist J M McCanpxss, urging continued crop maturation observations.
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United States Department of Agriculture
H. W. Wiley
Georgia
J. M. McCanxpxss
Expelled Republican Stallings Refuses Negro Postmaster Nominee
Avosta Georgia January 24 Republican postmaster W HL Stallings ousted by county negro-led party faction for opposing a Negro assistant postmaster and delegate selection. Somerset Pennsylvania January 24 Samuel Peter Mayers hanged for double murder of Michael Carney and John Lonbart after two widows visited the condemned man.
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Avousta
W. HL Stallings
Augusts
Republican Party
Wim
Bateines
Somerset
Samuel Peter Mayers
Michael Carney
John Lonbart
Hllness
Pettigrew Seeks Facts On Sulu Treaty Slavery Details
Senate debates the treaty with the sultan of Sulu and the slave payments tied to it. Pettigrew accuses censorship, noting a translation was withheld until after the Ohio elections. He cites a president statement about slavery denials and presses for full disclosure.
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Ohio
Wasmwyatoy
Senate
Hale
Appropriations Committee
Allen
Secretary of War
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
Spain
Pettigrew
South Dakota
United States
John O. Bates
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Cumberland Sound
Florida
Georgia
Alabama Coal on Barges from Walker County
A tow of 10000 tons of Walker county coal will depart Greenville Mississippi down the Mississippi River for New Orleans this week as part of an Alabama Black Coal company order totaling 150000 tons. Shipments planned at 15000 tons monthly, boosting the Walker county river trade and pooling interests under the new Alabama Black Coal banner. Jasper Bank in Jasper Alabama reopens after a temporary suspension by stockholders. solvency not in doubt.
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Mississippi
Binuixanam
Ala
Walker County
Greenville
Miss
Southern Railway
Misatasippi River
New Orleans
Alabama Black Coal Company
Alabama Black Coal
Turner Opposes Annexation of the Philippines
Senator Turner of Washington denounces annexation as perfidious and un-American. He argues the Filipino people fought for independence, warns against absorbing them without consent, and likens the policy to a racial civilizing mission while pledging to defend liberty and national faith.
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Turner
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Wash
Senate
Philippine
Pine Islands
Mr. Turner
Idge
Philippines
Diana
South Africa
United States
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