Sumter Seeks Convict Labor For Public Roads
Sumter county plans to use eighteen felony convicts to improve county roads if a pending bill becomes law. The plan adds to misdemeanor labor to boost Sumter’s 1000 miles of roads, offset by losing about $400 from the public school fund as part of the lease profits. Local officials praise good roads and push for convict labor though some details remain unsettled.
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Sumter
Frank Sheffield
Mery Sheffield
Extinct Norwegian Poet Jons Lie Referred to Past Tense
A note states that the extinct Norwegian poet Jons Lie may now be referred to in the past tense without causing a scrap. The guidance clarifies usage after the poet’s death, reducing potential confusion in scholarly writing.
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Jons Lie
Canning of Fruit and Sale of the Product
Captain John A. Cobb of Americus prepares a paper for the Georgia Horticultural Society meeting at Cornella on August 12. He will discuss canning and preserving fruits, notably peaches, and the role of canneries in solving overproduction and price issues. He cites Americus’s large cannery and Ware Company private canneries, outlining farm canning viability and year round vegetable canning to supply six months of activity.
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John A. Cobb
Americus
Georgia Horticultural Society
Cornella
Georgia
Captain Cobb
Ware Company
Ito
Man Arrested in Wife’s Fifteen Year Old Murder Case
A man jailed for the fifteen year old murder of his wife has since remarried twice. Despite the long punishment, supporters argue he should be released.
Remains of Three Year Old James Beavers Return Home
The body of three year old James Beavers, who died in Dawson, passed through Americus en route to his former home in Elizabethtown, Kentucky for interment. Undertaking was by Homer Beard of A W Smith Undertaking Co. The infant left a bride two months married. Death followed a procedure for appendicitis.
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James Beavers
Dawson
Americus
Elizabethtown
Homer Beard
A.W. Smith Undertaking Co
Pee
Relief for Women Nurse Creates Australian Leaf Cure
New York nurse Mother Gray discovers an aromatic herb remedy called Australian Leaf. Advertised as a regulator for female weaknesses and backache. Druggists or by mail 50 cents. Sample free. Address The Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York.
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Mother Gray
New York
Mall
Mother Gray Co
le Roy
N. Y
Horse Swapping Day Proposed by Board of Trade
The Board of Trade plans an inaugural Horse Swapping Day to create a market for trading horses and mules. The event aims to attract farmers and horse owners to a townwide meetup with a clearance setting for livestock exchanges and potential associated amusements.
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Board of Trade
T. E. Mitchell
Texas
Jan Yaason
Americas
Georgia Legislature Battles Over Road and Prisons
The Georgia legislature faces key votes on extending the state road to the sea, a new prison reform plan shifting convict handling to a farm system, and probes into the prison commission. Debates cover county creation, pensions for Confederate veterans, and a TB sanatorium funding push. A Tennessee lynching of a Black man for alleged assault is also reported.
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Senate
Atlanta
Alexander
Wright
Richmond
General Assembly
Foster
Cobb
Georgia
Felder
Candler
DeKalb
University of Georgia
Carnegie Foundation Fund
Farmer
General Judiciary Committee
General Agricultral Committee
Hall
Bibb
Messrs. Alexander
Burwell
Hancock
DeKal
Alfiens
Deen
Treasury Department
Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis declares dividend
Dividend for N C and StL. New York July 16. The Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway company has declared a semi annual dividend of 2 percent, which is a reduction of one half of one percent from the semi annual dividend.
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New York
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company
Melon Dealer Trusts Public With Doors Open
An Ami J duce dealer on Cotton Avenue displays melons with a placard reading Five and Ten Cents put the money under the door. At night melons are left on the pavement and a lone passerby may take one after paying. The story notes the public’s trust and ends with a moral about good in people.
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Ami J Duce
Cotton Avenue
Gilead
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Offers Free Samples
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease A powder for swollen tired hot and smarting feet with a free sample. It also offers a free sample of the Foot-Ease Sanitary Corn-Pad, described as a new invention. Adress given: Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Death of Captain J E De Vaughn at Montezuma a distinct loss
The death of Captain J. E De Vaughn at his Montezuma home is mourned as a distinct loss to his county and state. A former Confederate lieutenant, he settled in Montezuma after the Civil War, built a substantial mercantile business, and became a major landowner with an estate near one million dollars. He also carried a hundred thousand dollars in life insurance and was a devoted Baptist.
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J. E DeVaughn
Montesuma
DeVaughn
Americas
Georgia
Montezuma
Baptist Church
Fake brokers sting peach shipper in Tampa loss
An American shipper fell victim to a fraudulent fruit broker, losing about 200 on 160 crates of Elberta peaches sent to Tampa. The scammer's misleading ads and letters left the buyer out of pocket for crates and cash, with no word on returned funds.
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Americas
Tampa
Knights of Pythias Drill Captivates 38 000 at City Hall
The Knights of Pythias colored division drill drew about 38 000 spectators as six divisions from Augusta Macon Atlanta Savannah and Americus competed for prizes. Savannah won the prize for the highly creditable drill. Cadet companies from Savannah wore full uniform and swords, marching with two bands to the hall of visiting delegates. The Pythian banquet at city hall last night hosted delegates and friends.
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Knights of Pythias
Cirous
Priges
Augusta
Macon
Atlanta
Savannah
Americus
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