Sumter County Audit Shows Sound Finances Under Strain
The Sumter county audit dated May 31 1922 reports no debts other than rural paying bonds and a $19916.55 treasury balance amid reduced 1921 tax receipts. Road bond funds show $247478.67 unexpended of $432000, with total assets in the road department reaching $514521.95. Eight miles of highway built with federal aid cost $314521.95, about $14685 per mile, after reimbursements for convict labor. The audit’s detailed 80 page summary is on file for inspection.
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Sumter County
Board of County Commissioners
Pleasant Grove beats Cobb in 9 3 ball game
Pleasant Grove defeats Cobb 9 to 3 on Wednesday afternoon. Pantone pitched well for Pleasant Grove while the whole lineup contributed at the plate. Home runs by Early and two base hits by Matthews highlighted the win as batteries credited were Pantone and Early for Pleasant Grove and Cox Hines and Cocke for Cobb. Umpires were Phillips and Bradley.
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Pleasant Grove
Cobb
Pantone
Pleasant G
Cub
Early
Cox
Hines
Cocke
Matthews
Philips
Bradley
Leaf worm menace menaces Brazilian cotton crop
Wasington July 6 The commerce department reports Consul General Gaulin at Rio Janeiro advised that the leaf worm threatens Brazil's cotton crop. The warning highlights potential impact on production and trade in the region.
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Wasington
Commerce Department
Gaulin
Rio Janeiro
Cotton Market Report Americus and New York Futures
Spot cotton in Americus priced Strict Middling at 22 cents. New York futures show Oct 22.90, Dec 22.65, Jan 22.33 with related quotes Frey Cloze 2 and Gpen figures around 22.10 to 22.33 and 21.81 in the listed contracts.
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Americus
Frey
Peach Market Atlanta Prices By Carriers and Regions
Atlantic market report details peaches sold by city including New York Philadelphia Pittsburg Boston Cincinnati Chicago Detroit and New Orleans. Hiley and Georgia Belle figures show car counts and price ranges with a total of 231 cars out of state.
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Atlanta
New York
Hiley
Georgia Belle
Elberta
Philadelphia
Trey
Pittsburg
Boston
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit
Crates
Hope for early peace in shop strike grows
Americus Rotary club to host district governor Porter Kierpt for all-Rotary day on July 15 with over 300 visitors expected. Guests include Rotarians from West Point Columbus Albany Thomasville and Moultrie with their wives and Boy Scouts. Sam Coney elected cotton buyer member. W Dykes Sr. of Ellaville attended luncheon. Ralston Cargill chairs committee.
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Americus Rotary Club
W. i. C. Smith
Carr Glover
Savannah
Thurney
Americus
West Point
Columbus
Albany
Thomasville
Moultrie
Ralston Cargill
Sam Coney
W. W. Dykes
Ellaville
Subway Car Fire Beneath East River Tracks Triggers 150 Overcome
A northbound Jerome Avenue express on the Eastside subway caught fire 75 feet underground near New Lexington Avenue and 61st Street. About 150 people were overcome by smoke and dozens of ambulances were summoned as Mayor Hylan arrived to direct rescue efforts. Injured passengers were laid out on sidewalks for blocks.
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New York
Associated Press
Jerome Avenue
New Lexington Avenue
61St Street
Hylan Early
Harding and Lasker accused of violations
Senator Caraway of Arkansas charged President Harding and Chairman Lasker of the United States Shipping Board with flagrant violation of the prohibition act for permitting the sale of liquor on U S owned vessels in the Senate today.
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Washington
Caraway
Arkansas
Senate
Harding
Chairman Lasker
United States Shipping Board
U. S
Christian Science Leaders Weigh New College Near St Louis
Christian Science leaders in St Louis consider building a $2,000,000 college near the city. The plan was announced today as they explore options for a large religious higher education institution.
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ST. Louis
Peace prospects rise as railway shopmen strike eases
Chicago reports a conciliatory shift in the rail shopmen strike with talks possible. Labor Board Chairman Hooper and shopmen head B M Jewell exchanged letters favoring negotiations, while Jewell signaled willingness to confer with any authorized deficit for settlement.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Ben Hooper
Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Jewell
Mr. Jewell
Mr. Hooper
Railroad Labor Board
Norfolk and Western clerks seek return after Ohio strike
Officials in Columbus report that clerks and freight handlers who walked out yesterday have asked to be taken back. No further details on negotiations or outcomes were provided.
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Columbus
Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Getsinger Heads New Atlanta U. S. Office
Secretary Hoover announced the appointment of B. C. Getsinger of Spartanburg D C as manager of the new Atlanta office of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The territory will cover South Carolina Georgia Alabama Florida and probably North Carolina.
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Washington
B. C. Getsinger
Spartanburg
D. C
Atlanta
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Hoover
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
North Carolina
Assassin Rumor Stirs The Hague In July Dispatch
A Telegraph report in London on July 6 claimed an attempt to assassinate the Russian delegates at The Hague conference. Police and the delegation denied the claim. The rumor may stem from Dutch authorities turning back fifteen Russians with false passports at the frontier.
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London
Hague
Pension Money Ready for Payment Friday Morning
Pension money for old class pensioners, delayed by state treasury funds, will be paid at 9 o clock Friday morning per Capt John A Cobb county ordinary. The new class pensioners of 1919 are also set to receive the money shortly in this county for veterans and widows.
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John A. Cobb
Vatican Gendarmes Mutiny Disarmed by Swiss Guards
A Central News dispatch from Rome reports Vatican gendarmes in honorary policing roles mutinied this morning crying Long live the Pope death to the commandant. They were disarmed and the barracks occupied by Swiss guards in an unprecedented security incident in Vatican City.
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London
Associated Press
Rome
Vatican
Shoals bidders get final chance to modify proposals
Washington July 6 Final opportunity will be given all bidders to offer further modifications of their proposals for Muscle Shoals, Chairman Norris of the senate agriculture committee announced today.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Norris
Senate Agriculture Committee
Flyer Hits Engine Five Hurt In Midwest Train Crash
In Porter Indiana last night a Pere Marquette passenger train bound for Chicago collided with a New York Central engine on a siding. Seventy five people were injured, one seriously. The Chicago bound train continued to Chicago this morning after first aid was given to the injured.
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FLYER
Chicago
Pere Marquette
New York Central
Porter
Ind
Americus Seeks Equal Freight Rates Citywide
Georgia Railroad Commission official J A Perry declares all Georgia cities will move to a mileage based freight rate system effective September 1. He explains the elimination of base points and notes Americus gas rate cases await final commission action without influencing decisions.
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Americus
Georgia
J. A. Perry
Georgia Railroad Commission
Odd Fellows of Georgia
Myrtle Springs
Georgia Commission
Souther Field Auction For Depot Warehouse Sale Planned
Major Talbot Smith of the U S Army says the Souther Field depot warehouse and four acres of surrounding ground will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, with similar sales planned in Charleston and Arcadia. The War Department intends to dispose of the depot contents and the field may be developed for industrial use, though the landing field remains a government reserve.
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Souther Field
Nis
Talbot Smith
U. S. Army
Atlanta
Americus
Smith
War Department
Charleston
8. C
Arcadia
Vla
Souther
Georgia utility rates seen rising in 1918 then easing
Mr Perry notes the Georgia commission faced a need to raise many utility rates in 1918 due to higher raw material costs. In the following 12 to 15 months prices declined and the commission has been granting decreases. He remarks that rate restraint aids users and that fair value must justify returns to the public.
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Perry
Georgia Commission
Georgia
Dublin Proclaims Volunteer Army in Call to Arms
Dublin July 6. A provisional Free State proclamation calls for enlistment of citizens previously rejected by the government. Volunteer HQ orders its forces to active service. Twenty O Connell Street buildings burned after insurgent holdouts surrendered. Four snipers killed. damage expected in the hundreds of thousands.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Free State
O’connell Street
Two Mines to Resume Work in Pittsburg District
Workmen began cleaning up two mines in the Pittsburg district in preparation for operations under the scale offered by the Pittsburg Coal Producers Association. Miners rejected the measure to enforce the strike effective April 1 last.
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Pittsburg
Pittsborg Coal Producers Association
Mothers Rights Find a Champion in Gov Hardwick
Governor Hardwick announced he will send a special message to the legislature urging passage of women’s rights legislation. He will seek ownership of earnings by women, equal custody rights for mothers, and inheritance rights for wives in the event of a spouse’s death, challenging current male primacy in intestate estates.
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Atlanta
Hardwick
Legislacncy
Freight cuts lift business as commission vows fair value
The commission asserts it will base increases on actual fair value and remove any rises when conditions justify them. It notes improving business nationwide and a ten percent freight reduction effective January boosts tonnage and earnings, especially in the South, signaling broader gains.
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Birdie
NEW York Futures
Peach Market
Rotary
Lasker
BIG College
Getsinger
New Atlanta
Vatican Mutiny
Americas
Americus Lighting Company
Commission
Mr. Perry
Gov. Hardwick
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