Early Americus cotton bale signals revival in Georgia
The first bale of cotton of the season was ginned by S Pryor from a Lee county plantation and sold for 176.40 to Barrett & Co. of Augusta. Weighed 588 lbs, graded mid fair, weather delays caused by recent rains affected opening bolls. Only three bales previously reported ginned in Georgia this season, with Sumter and Terrell counties showing rising hopes as gins prepare for the season’s run.
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Americus
Sumter
Terrell
Mornin ‘Oi Company
Americus Spot Cotton and Liverpool Market Summary
Americus spot cotton quoted good middling at 21.38.8 cents. Liverpool market opened steady after earlier declines of 15 to 19 cents. Fullys priced at 3.35 with 5000 bales sold and receipts totaling 5,546 bales, of which 90,86 are American.
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Americus
Liverpool
Close
Railroad Commissioner Race Heats Up in Georgia
Atlanta reports a heated contest for railroad commissioner with Walter McDonald from Richmond, Mack Johnson of Barrow, and J B Palmer from Jamesville leading. Palmour, Mercer graduate and Gainesville foreman, gains momentum after legislature adjourns while A Perry and Trox Bankston also vie for the seat amid multiple endorsements.
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Atlanta
Walter McDonald
Richmond
Mack Johnson
Bar- W
J.B. Palmer
Jamesville
Palmour
Mercer University
Gainesville
Ae A. Perry
Pcumbent
Trox Bankston
Dy C. A. Bush
Peris
Furniture Theft Charge in Albany Jail
Hector Smith, a Negro, jailed in Albany in July 95 on charges of breaking the lock on a warehouse and stealing furnishings from a home stored by a family that moved away. The total thefts charged to Smith amount to more than $1,000, with sales described as wolf in job lots by all of the.
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Albany
Hector Smith
Smi
Wolf
Georgia House Debates Speeches Limit and Name Change Bill
Atlanta July 25 The Georgia House sped debate passing a twenty minute limit on speeches this session and a bill to rename Georgia Normal and Industrial College to Georgia State College for Women. A resolution to notify the senate on repeal of the tax equalization law failed 63 to 59, while a bill to limit speeches and the name change measure passed. The house memorialized late legislator Joseph Hill Hall. New bills include paying bailiffs five dollars daily in Fulton courts and provisions for highway mileage and other state funding.
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Atlanta
House
Tf Representatives
Georgia Normal and Industrial College
Georgia State College For Women
Arnold
Clay
Senate
House of Representatives
Culpepper
Fayette
Ennis
Baldwin
Joseph Hill Hall
Fulton
Fulton County
Williams
Walton
Knight
Berrien
State Board of Entomology
Valentino
Chatham
School Commission
Hamilton
Floyd
Rome
Strikers Refused Delay by Federal Judge Sibley
Atlanta July 25 A motion by Hooper Alexander for postponing Judge Sibleys rule nisi was overruled. He sought to require the strikers to show cause why an injunction restraining alleged violence picketing and unlawful acts should not be granted. Judge Samuel K Sibley ruled the motion improper.
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Atlanta
Hooper Alexander
Sibley
Samuel K. Sibley
Atlantic City Disappoints J Lewis Ellis
J Lewis Ellis, back from nearly three weeks in Hast in cluding Philadelphia New York and Washington, says Atlantic City disappoints. He describes a boardwalk scene, hotels, and a wheeled chair push by a Black porter as the main entertainment and notes oppressive heat except on the beach where a cool Atlantic breeze blew.
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Atlantic City
J. Lewis Ellis
Ellis
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Bilis
Americas
Atlantic
Levels Charge At Dr. Sawyer Chicago
July 25. Col. A A Sprague chairman of the American Legion national rehabilitation committee writes Brig. Gen. Charles E Sawyer personal physician to President Harding and chief coordinator of the Federal Board of Hospitalization. He charges Sawyer is blocking proper care for wounded and shell shocked veterans and delaying hospital plans voted by Congress. He urges Sawyer to stand aside and let the veteran bureau program take effect at once.
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Chicago
Col
A.A. Sprague
American Legion
National Rehabilitation Committee
Charles E. Sawyer
Harding
Federal Board of Hospitaliation
Sawyer
Congress
Veteran Bureau
McMichael Pushes Rule Change in Georgia House Fight
EF H McMichael of Marion seeks to alter House rules so that a bill or resolution favorably reported by the committee of the whole would take immediate precedence on the calendar, overriding other business regardless of committee approval. He argues the committee of the whole is the same as the House and that such recommendations should not have priority.
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Atlanta
House
EF. H. McMichael
Marion
McMichael
Khouse
Body of eighth mine battle found in debris
Wellsburg West Virginia July 25 The charred body of the eighth victim of the Cliftonville mine battle of July 17 has been found in debris at the burned tipple of the Richland Gas Company according to Deputy Sheriff Mc Manus announced last night.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Cliftonville
Richland ‘Gas . Company
McManus
Richland Votes Bonds to Rebuild Courthouse after Fire
In Lumpkin July 25 Stewart County approved 30 000 in bonds to rebuild the courthouse destroyed by fire in April. About 700 votes were cast with 564 in favor, meeting the two thirds requirement. Richland opposed moving the seat to its town, but voters preferred keeping the courthouse nearer the county center.
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Lumpkin
Stewart County
Handsome County Court House
Richland
Webster- Stewart
Death by own action bluffs prompt new law
Atlanta July 25 Asman Lewis Grady Hospital investigator urges a law punishing near suicides he says many patients fake an attempt with minimal poison to scare others or impress someone He argues the city bears hospital costs about ten dollars per poison patient for 48 hours regardless of true intent.
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Atlanta
Asman Lewis
Grady Hospital
Lewis
Railroad Crossing Bill Of Engineers Is Killed
In Atlanta July 1935 a bill by Senator Snow to require autos to stop within 50 feet of railroad crossings was killed in the senate after debate. Senator Kimzey warned it would criminalize motorists and exonerate railroads from damages. Snow said the bill came at engineers’ request as they feared fatalities at crossings.
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Atlanta
Snow
Senate
Kimzey
Dover Resigns as Assistant Secretary of Revenue
President Harding accepts the resignation of Elmer Dover from the post of assistant secretary of the internal revenue and customs in Washington on July 25.
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Earl Dover
Washington
Harding
Elmer Dover
Internal Revenue and Customs
U S Control Of Coal In Effect Within 48 Hours
The government’s emergency control plan for coal distribution and price restraint will begin within 48 hours as Secretary Hoover announces ratification by operators. He warns local committees may be appointed if cooperation fails. The policy covers all coal sources, union or non union, with aim to protect workers willing to mine. Mayors of six anthracite cities meet miners chiefs in Scranton to work toward resuming mining. A federal coal commission proposal to study the industry and urge legislation is before the Senate Borah panel.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Federal Coal Commission
Congress
U.S. Senate
Borah
Senate Labor Committee
Clark wins accident policy suit in Georgia Court of Appeals
Georgia Court of Appeals sustains Sumter Superior Court verdict against Travelers Protective Association. C. J. Clark awarded 1,125 for 45 weeks of disability and 62.50 for five weeks of partial disability plus interest from March 20, 1920, after an injury in a street altercation.
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Georgia Court of Appeals
Sumter
C. J. Clark
Travelers Protective Association
Clark
Berrien Refused New Trial and Is Sentenced
Atlanta July 25 R N Berrien Jr former Atlanta banker convicted in March of larceny after trust of 1600 in Mudgy county school warrants was denied a new trial by Judge John D Humphries of Fulton Superior Court and sentenced to three to five years in the penitentiary Counsel for Berrien argued the March conviction was illegal due to the failure of Solicitor General John A Boykin to press a former bill after a demand for trial.
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Atlanta
R. N. Berrien, Jr
Mudgy County
John D. Humphries
Berrien
John
Bla Lock Opens Campaign Headquarters in Atlanta
A. O. Bla lock, candidate for commissioner of agriculture, opened headquarters in the Kimball House and launched what is claimed as the most vigorous Georgia campaign. The senate agricultural committee meets this afternoon to hear charges against incumbent J. J. Brown, with Senator J. C. Brown of Athens handling the case. Sensational disclosures are anticipated.
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Atlanta
A. O. Blalock
Kimball House
Georgia
Agricultural Committee of the Senate
J. J.brown
J.C. Brown
Athens
Board Enjoiners Fail to Attend Injunction Hearing
Sumter County commissioners and county attorney attended a hearing on an injunction and restraining order over a $500 payment to the Georgia Good Roads association. Only J A McCrea appeared for petitioners. others absent. Judge Littlejohn rescheduled for next Saturday at 10. Lawyers foresee possible injunction but doubt recovery of funds.
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Board of County Commissioners
Z. A. Littlejohn
Sumter Superior Court
Georgia Good Roads Association
W. W. Dykes
J. A. McCrea
Zach Childers
Littlejohn
W. E. Mitchell
C. I. Brady
W. C. Sullivan
J. D. Williams
N. A. Ray
J. E. Poole
C. C. Hawkins
S. E. Statham
R. S. Oliver
George Good Reads, Association
Aggie bill hearing set for Thursday
A telegram from Representative E A Hines in Atlanta to John Prance principal of the Third District Aggie school says the assembly joint appropriations committee will hold a hearing Thursday at 3 p m on the bill to appropriate 38000 to liquidate the school debt from replacing a building burned in 1916. The three civic clubs plan to send delegations and auto parties will make the trip. L V Council will appear before Governor Hardwick and the committee Thursday to urge the need for the appropriation for the school's progress.
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Representtaive E. A. Hines
Atlanta
John Prance
Aggie
Assembly Joint Appropriations Committee
L.v. Council
Hardwick
Blake World Flyer Falls But Is Unhurt
London July 25 The airplane used by Major W T Blake British aviator to attempt a round the world flight from England crashed to the ground at Sivi British Beluchistan Saturday Blake escaped unharmed according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Barshilling
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London
W. T. Blake
England
Sivi
Beluchistan
Barshilling
Blake
Albany Woman Arrives To Visit Mel Hallie Walker
Miss Alia Walden of Albany plans a several day visit beginning Wednesday at the South Lee Street home of Mel Hallie Walker, sharing time in the neighborhood.
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Alia Walden
Albany
Mel Hallie Walker
South Lee Street
Rail and coal strikes loom as public pressure grows
Chicago July 26 The railway strike and coal strike pressure the public as tender announcements in several industries signal potential rapid settlements or plant closures and unemployment. Washington remains silent on the rail walkout though spread appears unlikely. Rail way clerks union leaders seek a uniform policy with wage disputes. President Fitzgerald attends. Labor Board may recognize new unions if majority of workers on affected roads approve.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Washington
Fitzgerald
United States Labor Board
Shipyard shops repair rolling stock in strike move
New York July 26 The shopmen's strike expands into shipyard machine shops used for repairing railroad rolling stock. R H Robinson president of Merchants Shipbuilding Company Chester Pa says some repair contracts are set and a general survey of shipyard plants is under way.
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New York
R. H. Robinson
Merchants Shipbuilding Company
Chester
Legion 10 Stage Olympic Games in New Orleans
Permanent World War athletes from every state will compete in the first American Legion Olympic games in New Orleans October 16 to 21 alongside Legion national conventions. Events span water, diving, golf, tennis, boxing, wrestling, and track with women participating. Notables include Bob Martin, Captain Roper, Johnny Buff, Pat Moore, Harry Anderson, Mike O Dowd, and Harry Greb. An athletic commission led by J R Murphy and Grantland Rice will supervise.
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New Orleans
Legion
Harry Anderson
Iowa
Bantam
Mike O’dowd
Happy Littleton
Sergeant Smith
Harry Greb
National Athletic Commission
Hanford MacNider
J. R. Murphy
University of Iowa
Grantland Rice
New York Tribune
Sam H. McMeekin
Louisville Courier-Journal
Frank Flanneroy
Chicago
Washington and Jefferson Star
Millard F. Kohier
Kansas
al C. Lindberg
Ecu
University of Ilinois
Nion
United States
Athletic Commission
Linberg
Pershing
Paris
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Edward McLean
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Hardine
Michael
Fichton
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U.S
Court of Appeals
Superior Court
A. O. Blalock Ofins
Betty Foster McCullough
Ft. Wayne
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