American Vice Consul Shot in Back in Mexico
American Vice Consul Harold G. Bretherton of Aguas Calientes was shot in the back and lightly wounded on July 16. The State Department ordered an investigation by the Mexican Foreign Office, with Consul Haven reporting the incident. The shot is believed to have been meant for another person, not the vice consul.
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Washington
Harold G. Bretherton
Aguas Calientes
Mexico City
State Department
Mexican Foreign Office
Haven
Southern mills loom large in cotton movement data
Atlanta reports that Southern cotton mills now convert nearly four times as many bales into cloth as New England mills. The USDA data for Aug 1924 to July 1925 shows Southern mills consuming 3,715,814 bales versus Northern spinners 1,798,990 in 1924 and 1,974,089 in 1925, with Virginia lagging behind. Georgia, North and South Carolina lead in home-grown cotton use.
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Atlanta
New England
United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Georgia
North
South Carolina
England
New England States
Masachusetts
Georgia Supreme Court Affirms Valid Note Claim
Atlanta July 13 The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed Fulton Superior Court ruling that Clyde K Byfield held a valid claim to a $25,000 note purportedly received by Iron Walter Candler during an ocean voyage aboard the Serengeti ship. Candler said the note was obtained under duress after Byfield accused him of misconduct aboard the Serengaria years ago. The note was reported to have been revived by Byfield following the alleged incident.
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Atlanta
Georgia Supreme Ani Toiay
Fulton Superior Court
Clyde K. Byfield
Iron Walter Candler
Serengaria
Candler
Byfield
Two Men Killed In Still Raid In Georgia
Gray Georgia July 18 Two men dead and another wounded as posses scour the countryside after run battles between officers and alleged moonshiners in Jones and Jasper counties. The dead are Joe S Grubbs 60 county policeman Jones county Hugh Tillman 26 alleged moonshiner Jasper county. R L Oxford Monticello county policeman Jasper county was only slightly wounded.
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Gray
Jones
Jasper
Joe S. Grubbs
Jones County
Hugh Tillman
Jasper County
R. L. Oxford
Montizello
Monkey War Fought By Fundamentalists Eyes Nation
Dayton Tenn July 18 Dr T T Martin field secretary of the Anti Evolution League of America leads a plan to march on the United States after Tennessee settles its question. His banners denounce evolution in Dayton and spread to the great middle west and southwest. He cites Blue Mountain Mississippi as a model of social order with no divorce or murder in 50 years highlighting his campaign for creationist teaching.
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Dayton, Tenn
Johnson
Prohibition
United States
Tennessee
Blue Mountain
Mississippi
Dayton
Memphis
Defense stends are kept busy in Scopes case
Dayton July 18 defense counsel spent the day with experts in many fields preparing statements to be recorded for the case. Stenographers will work on documents today and tomorrow for the appeal if Scopes is convicted of violating the Tennessee evolution law. Scientists not allowed to testify will present statements afterward.
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Dayton
Scopes
Cosrs
Georgia Appropriations Hearing Seeks Major Funding Increases
Atlanta July 18 The house committee on appropriations was urged to boost maintenance funds for many institutions and departments and to grant numerous special appropriations for building equipment deficiencies. The Georgia Teachers Association sought 5 million for common schools and a 1 million equalization fund. By noon ten departments asked for 2 million in new appropriations. The hearing was to continue. The report notes the American people bought 50 million dollars worth of prunes last year and adds a quip about parrots and radios.
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Atlanta
House Committee On Appropriations
Georgia Teachers Association
Women Drivers Shown More Competent In Tests
Atlanta July 18. The American Automobile Association issued a statement asserting women drivers are as safe as men and often more so. Based on multiple tests led by Dr. F A Moss of the Institute of Government Research and H H Allen from the Bureau of Standards, women outscored men in key driving abilities.
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Atlanta
American Automobile Association
F. A. Moss
Institute of Government Research
Moss
H. H. Allen
Mechanical Engineering Department
Bureau of Standards
Man Confesses To Slaying Farmer In Maryland
Salisbury Maryland July 18 James Baker 22 confessed to Wilmington detectives to the murder and robbery of James Carey a well to do farmer whose body was found along a railroad track east of Willards Friday afternoon bearing evidence of the crime.
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Salisbury
Maryland
James Baker
Wilming
James Carey
Willards
Former Georgian Is Killed At Pelham
Pelham July 18 William Barrow a black man is under arrest in Albany charged with the murder of L C Bullard here last night He is held in Albany for safekeeping
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Pelham
William Barrow
Albany
L. C. Bullard
Eight arrested in New York bootleg ring using trunks
A New York bootleg ring shipping liquor via traveling trunks across the middlewest was broken up with eight arrests seven men and one woman. Agents found books listing about 20000 orders and that keys to trunks were mailed to customers with empty trunks returned by express. Prosecutor Buckner called it the largest bootleg operation since a prior case and a federal grand jury probe would be sought Monday.
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New York
Middlewest
Express
United States
Emory R. Buckner
Cotter
Broadway
Buckner
Mannie Kessier
Iliff Thanked Peach Growers In Georgia Visit
F C Iliff engineer with the freight container bureau of the American Railway Association spent months in Georgia during peach season instructing shippers on crate construction and car loading. He thanked Georgia peach growers Kiwanis Club and the Georgia Peach Exchange for cooperation and hospitality and praised press coverage. He predicts unprecedented Southern prosperity, especially in Georgia, and hopes to return to renew friendships.
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F. C. Iliff
American Railway Association
Georgia
New York
Peach Shippers of
Kiwanis Club
Georgia Peach Exchange
Richland Shipping Peaches Boost Local Trade
Richland, July 18. The trade territory gains from peach sales with over thirty cars shipped this season. Orchardists ship Georgia Belles sparingly while Elbertas dominate. Prices stay strong and fruit quality exceeds that of many years. More growers may enter peaches and pecans due to farming conditions.
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Richland
Central's New Water Tank State's Largest
The mammoth water tank in Central of Georgia Railway yards costs 7500 dollars and will be completed soon. It stands 28.5 feet high and 30 feet in diameter with 8 inch thick concrete walls and a 150000 gallon capacity. Eighteen engines can be filled from one tank, and an artesian well supplies the water.
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Central of Georgia
White
Wagnon Returns From Georgia Development Meeting
Sumter representative John Wagnon reports harmony and progress after attending the Georgia Development and Publicity Association gathering in Savannah. He was named to the rules committee as Atlanta and Savannah leaders urged unity to promote Georgia nationally. Mayor Sims of Atlanta praised the regional spirit and the advertising program benefiting all sections.
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John Wagnon
Sumter
Georgia Development and Publicity Association
Savannah
Georgia
Wagnon
Atlanta
Meetiag
Waggon
Sims
Varios
Guy Thurman To Visit Americus Masons
Americus Masons invite Guy Thurman chairman of the board of custodians Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia to spend Sunday July 19 at the local hall. He will examine Master Masons for blue cards in the morning and instruct the degree team in the afternoon with both lodges coordinating to avoid church and Sunday school conflicts.
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Americus Masons
Guy Thurman
Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia
Mr. Thurman
Masonic Club
Thurman
M. B
Scott Scott Hopes to Escape Noose Through Telegram Twist
Chicago July 18 Scott Scott a Canadian financier in the county jail death cell hopes to escape the gallows after a telegram purportedly offers a one week reprieve. Three new witnesses claim the Maurer murder was a quarrel over bootleg whiskey and that Robert Scott fired the fatal shot. Robert Scott has not appeared to surrender despite a governor message pledge. New messages continue to reach authorities and Scott's relatives.
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Russell Scott
Detroit
Joseph Maurer
Chicago
Scott
Robert Scott
Maurer
Rise and fall of Russell T. Scott and the bridge empire
Russell T. Scott, once head of a Canadian corporation with 80 branches, planned a $30 million Detroit Windsor bridge. After leaving the firm amid disputes and a fortune loss, he faced a $10,000 breach verdict, fled to the United States, and pursued varied paths before being jailed in Chicago awaiting execution for murder. He wrote books on success while awaiting the hangman. Continued on Page Three.
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Russell T. Scott
Detroit
Michigan
Windsor
Ontario
Chicago
Scott
The
Bridge Corporation
Canada
States
Marion Representative Would Lighten Legislature's Burden
Atlanta July 18. Representative Burgin of Marion county proposes an amendment to empower local bodies to pass local laws without legislature action. The measure creates county legislative committees to approve proposals by two thirds, then submit to voters in the affected area at a regular or special election. The aim is to relieve the general assembly of largely local laws and reduce centralized control.
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Atlanta
Burgin
Marion County
House Committee On
Superior Court
General Assembly
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Onaee
Mexican City
Bretherton
U. S
Souths Cotton Mills
Supreme Court
Still Rad
U.S
Deacon T. T. Martin
ILIFF
Peach Growers
A. Paine
Richland Shipping
Syracuse
N. Y
Ramona Weaver Baxter
Ernest John Bowden
Atlanta (Ga
Central
Masons
Noose
Death Cell
Marion
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