Indicted Judge in Jackson Bank Failure Dies in Crash
Judge J W Ross of Western Tennessee district Federal court, indicted Wednesday in the Peoples Savings Bank failure, was killed when his car ran off a bridge near Jackson. The crash left him pinned under the vehicle as ambulances arrived. he had been on bond for forgery and embezzlement charges connected to unpaid drafts bearing his name.
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Jackson
Tenn
J. W. Ross
Western
Tennessee District
Federal Court
Peoples Savings Bank of
Ross
Madison Grand Jury
Memphis
Coolidge will not seek active role in MA congressional race
Swampscott July 9 President Coolidge will not actively engage in congressional elections even in his Massachusetts district where a vacancy arose after the death of George Churchill. Reports that he backs Henry L Bowles for the seat vex the executive, as Coolidge favors nonpartisan stance despite friendship with Bowles.
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Swampscott
Coolidge
Massachusetts
George Churchill
Henry L. Bowles
Springfield
Bowles
Latvia Aims to Pay U S Debt to United States
Latvia informs the U S Treasury of its desire to fund its debt, joining three other nations in expressing intent to pay in full.
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Latvia
U. S
Washington
Treasury
United States
Sumter Melon Growers Anticipate Strong Harvest
Sumter county melon farmers expect good profits as buyers bid from 500 to 350 dollars per car for Thurman Gray and Watson watermelons averaging 30 pounds. With most of the crop still in fields and rains helping growth, tonnage should rise as the Southwest Georgia shipping season peaks, though early fruit weighed under 30 pounds due to prior drought.
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Thurman Gray
Watson
Sumter County
South Georgia
Macon
Southwest
Georgia
H. A. Cliett
Sumter
Southwest Georgia
Lightning Burns Leslie Barn And Contents
Lightning struck H. L. Speer’s barn at Leslie Tuesday afternoon, destroying the barn and its contents valued at 500 dollars. The structure was partially insured, but all livestock were saved.
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H. L. Speer
Leslie
Community Sing At Shiloh Church
A community sing at Shiloh Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock features the Les Lie Quartet and local singers from the region. Past sings have drawn large crowds and organizers expect an attendance record. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Shiloh
Leslie
American Farmers See Five Billion Dollar Gain in Year
Chicago June 10. The American farmer will show about 500000000 more in income when he closes accounts June 30 for the 1924 25 crop year. O E Bradfute president of the American Farm Bureau Federation says national prosperity rises with wheat cotton and tobacco regions foremost while north and east of a Chicago to Savannah line report reduced income. The improvement is not evenly shared across the country with some western southern and eastern areas lagging behind.
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Chicago
O. E. Bradfute
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bradfute
Savannah
Wisconsin
United States
Spokane
Merchants Institute Opens Monday At Americus Carnegie Library
Frank Stockdale arrives in Americus to lead a week long Merchants Institute at the Carnegie Library starting Monday at 8 am. The program aims to boost retail skills for merchants clerks and professionals with topics on competition turnover profits and customer service. Institutes are being held in multiple cities including Columbus Coydele Augusta Atlanta Valdosta and West Point.
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Carnegie Library
Frank Stockdale
Americus
Americus Merchants’ Institute
Mr. Stockdale
Columbus
Institute
Americas
Coydele
Augusta
Atlanta
Valdosta
West Point
Newnan
Senate Keeps Busy With Twenty Bills In Georgia Senate
Atlanta July 9 Eighteen bills introduced in the Georgia Senate by noon the opening session saw main business. A Hayes measure would expand the state board of health to cut preventable disease, while a House resolution asked the public service commission to study telephone rates for a pre war reduction, naming Representatives Daniel Beck Stanford and others.
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Atlanta
Senate
Hayes
State Board of Health
Public Service Commission
House
Daniel
Troup
Beck
Carroll
Stanford
Lowndes
Lee Estate to Be Divided Soon
The partition of General W. H. F. Lee's estate will be carried out by the Fairfax County Circuit Court involving property in Fairfax New Kent and Richmond. The decision follows a Virginia Supreme Court ruling favoring Fairfax jurisdiction and relates to provisions in Lee's will directing division between Robert E. Lee III and Dr. George Bolling Lee after the widow’s death.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Rooney) Lee
Robert E. Lee
Circuit Court
Fairfax County
Fairfax
New Kent
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Fairfax Court
Robert E. Lee, Jr
Chancery Court
City of
George Bolling Lee
General Lee
Mary Tabb Lee
Robert E. Les
District of Columbia
District Financial Institution
Lee
Ewille
George’ Bollinger
New York
Sale of Government Ships Being Pushed
Washington July 9 Further negotiations for the sale of 200 vessels for scrapping were ordered today by the Shipping Board which rejected the recommendation of President Palmer of the Emergency Fleet Corporation that the bid of the Boston Iron and Metal Company of Baltimore for 2000 vessels be accepted.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Palmer
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Boston Iron and Metal Company of
Baltimore
Bryan condemns Scopes action in Tennessee trial
William Jennings Bryan says John T. Scopes is doing more harm to teachers nationwide than to any other class. He warned that harm would be greatly worsened if Scopes' views on teacher independence were ever established.
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Dayton, Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
John T. Scopes
Scopes
Artist Sketches Trailing His Slayers Lead to Arrest
Paris July 9 Two robbers beat a French painter so severely he lost speech. He drew pictures of his assailants shortly before dying in a hospital. Police used the drawings to identify and arrest the murderers.
Gunman Tony Genna slain in Chicago gang feud
In Chicago on July 9 Tony Genna, 28, heir to a notorious gang, was shot five times after meeting two men outside a grocer. He died hours later in hospital. Earlier Genna brothers Michael and Angelo were killed as police wage a war on gangsters. Tony, who promised revenge before dying, uttered a last word as he faded.
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Chicago
Tony Genna
Tony
Michael Sienna
Angelo Genna
Fittie Italy
Photographers capture Sumter farms for pamphlet
George H. Walker of the Seaboard Air Line Railway will photograph Sumter County farms this week for a county pamphlet to inform farmers and outsiders. A U S Department of Agriculture survey report on Sumter county agriculture is due soon and will accompany the pictures to highlight opportunities for newcomers. Farmers with exceptional crops are urged to contact the county agent for photo inclusion.
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Sumter County
George H. Walker
Seaboard Air Line Railway
United States Department of Agriculture
Seaboard
Sumter
Bacon County Farmland Value Drops Over Five Years
Five year census preliminary figures show Bacon county farm lands and buildings fell by more than one million dollars from 1920 to 1925. Total value stood at 3,130,654 in 1920 and declined to 2,016,952 by January 1, 1925, with census figures subject to correction.
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Youu
Aplanta
Bacon County
Bac
Federal Department of Commerce
Taaiibe
Senators Take Oath on Negro Porter’s Bible
ATLANTA July 9 The Georgia state senate was sworn in this year on a Bible belonging to the negro porter Clifford Johnson, per secretary D F McClatchey. Johnson reported the Bible for use at the president’s desk, a well worn copy that showed signs of extensive reading. Johnson has served as senate porter to the governor for twenty five years and is active in a local colored Methodist church.
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Atlanta
Georgia State Senate
D. F. McClatchey
Senate
McClatchey
Clifford Johnson
Richardson
Supreme Court
Clifford
Mr. McClatchey
Yassah
Mule Injured When Struck By Automobile
A Macon physician driving on a muddy Ellaville road Wednesday morning could not stop and struck a team of Sheriff McArthur’s mules, grazing one mule’s foreleg. No bones were broken, wagon undamaged, and the doctor agreed to cover all costs. no case was filed.
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Macon
Ellaville Road
Man who took atropine in danger after cold remedy protest
Dr Judson B West a former Columbus physician now pharmacist at Litt le’s Drug Store Richland recovered from an atropine overdose taken Monday night in Americus to treat a cold. Windsor Pharmacy proprietor Dr Drew who supplied the drug said West asked for a half grain then cut the dose after action. West later sought counteracting treatment and was given first aid and medical reassurance. Rumors suggested malicious intent but Dr West had a severe cold and used the drug as a remedy.
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Judson B. West
Columbus
Little’s
Richland
Americas
Windsor
West
Drew
Dr. West
Dr. Drew
Oil Boom Town Burned In Southwest Arkansas Fire
El Dorado Arkansas July 8 Cross Roads, a new oil boom town nine miles northeast of El Dorado, was ruined by a fire Wednesday night. A flaming tornado from the Imperial Oil and Gas Products plant swept four wells, six earthen storage pits and other property for losses exceeding $600,000.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Cross Roads
Here
Third Land Department
Imperial Oil and Gas Products Company
Chatham Solons to Oppose Peacock Bill
Savannah July 9 The Chatham county delegation to the lower house will vote against the Peacock bill for Sunday dancing prohibition in Georgia. Representative Rener Denmark says the delegation agrees Sunday dancing remains a local issue not to be interfered with by state authority.
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Savannah
Chatham County
General Assembly
of Georgia
Rener Denmark
Denmark
Clara Hamon to marry again after life in the Hills
Beverly Hills report on Clara Smith Hamon, who shot oil magnate Jake Hamon five years ago, now divorced from John Gorman and declaring plans to marry anew. Her public revival follows her release from retreat into California’s spotlight.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake Hamon
Clara
California
John Gorman
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