Walker pledges repeal of tax law and roads plan in Georgia
Atlanta July 27 candidate Ford Walker issues first public statement as governor hopeful calling for repeal of the tax equalization law, endorsement of a good roads program, opposition to the Kimball House lobby, and defense of public school text books. He supports matching federal highway funds, opposes a large state bond issue, and urges fiscal restraint while boosting farmer relief and railroad protection.
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Atlanta
Kimball House
Difford Walker
Congress
Georgia
General Assembly
Debs Cable to Lenin Urges Saving Executed 22
Chicago July 27 Eugene V Debs socialist leader sent a cablegram to premier Lenin in protest of the planned execution of 22 social revolutionists on trial in Moscow.
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Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
Lenin
Moscow
Prison officials seek governor order to end whipping
A Georgia church prison delegation travels to Atlanta to request Governor Hardwick issue an executive order abolishing whipping in convict camps and Milledgeville state penitentiary. They cite section 1199 of the penal code granting the prison commission rulemaking power subject to the governor’s approval.
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Atlanta
Churche’s
Hardwick
Milledgeville
Penal Code of
Georgia
State Prison Commission
Solons Names on Agricultural Payroll
Atlanta July 27 Senator Brown seeks a senate order for a report from the agricultural committee on a payroll issue. He claims new information shows lawmakers on the department payroll, including J. H. Mills the senate chair and I. G. Bridges the house reading clerk. They were supposed to resign when the session began.
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Atlanta
Agricultural Committee
Senate
L. C. Brown
Department of Agriculture
Brown
J. H. Mills
GA Agriculture
I. G. Bridges
Reading
House
Thomasville Population Clues From City Directory
The July 27 survey of the Thomasville city directory shows a population well over 10,000 with 180 Williams, only 13 of them white, and the Smiths, Mitch ell s, Jones, and Davis also large groups. Whites are outnumbered more than three to one in most cases.
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Thomasville
Williams
Smiths
Mitchells
Jones
Davis
Mine Leader Yells Death by Own Action
St Louis reports President Farrington of the Illinois mine workers rescinded the August 3 Peoria convention. He telegraphed Acting Governor Sterling to reject the settlement plan. In Springfield John Watt warned disunion if Farrington proceeds with a separate wage contract, calling it rank sedition and “death by own action.”
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ST. Louis
Associated Press
Farrington
Illinois Mine Workers
Peoria
Sterling
Springfield
Lls
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
John Watt
John L. Lewis
Watt
Early conference eyed by Lewis for miners fields
John L. Lewis, head of the miners, said in Philadelphia that he has every reason to believe an interstate joint conference of the central competitive fields would be arranged within a few days. The remark came as labor leaders weigh strategies in the ongoing dispute.
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Lewis
Philadelphia
John l. Lewis
Miners
Leesburg Girl Hurt Riding Bicycle Here
Henrietta Forester daughter of Mrs. John Forester of Leesburg sustained bruises and minor injuries when her bicycle fell after nervousness near passing cars at Lee and Church streets. She was taken to her aunt Mrs Eva Cooper’s home for medical attention and is not in serious condition.
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Henrietta Forrester
Cordele Barbers Fail To Pay License Fee
On July 27 the State Board of Barbers Examiners arraigned 13 Cordele barbers for alleged failure to pay license and examination fees. After hearings before Justice Winn the barbers faced 72 dollars in costs but left without paying. Local barbers claimed the law was being repealed and argued they had not received proper notice for examination. Judge D A Crum defended the locals.
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Cordele
W. R. L. Shed
R. E. Rollins
J. R. Melton
State Board of Barbers Examiners
Justice Winn
D. A. R. Crum
Wall Street Opposes Ford Says Crisp in Cordele
Cordele July 27 Congressman Charles R Crisp told the Kiwanis club that if Muscle Shoals were given to Henry Ford the government would gain full salvage returns versus other disposals of war properties. He said Wall Street interests and fertilizer manufacturers largely directed the fight aimed at aiding Alabama Power Co.
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Cordele
Charles R. Crisp
Kiwanis Club
Muscle Shoals
Henry Ford
Alabama Power Company
Wall Street
Cordele Plans 160 Room Hotel By G Lloyd Preacher
Cordele July 27 G Lloyd Preacher and company Atlanta architects will plan the new 160 room hotel. The building committee awarded the project to the firm specializing in hotels. A contractor will start within ten days and work begins by September first with the program outlined.
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Cordele
Col James Furlow to Instruct Motor Machinery at Fort Sill
Col James W. Furlow, after seven years in Washington on government work, is named instructor of motor machinery at Fort Sill Oklahoma. He will lead the motor machinery division for the United States and move with his wife Mrs Furlow and daughter Margaret, joining Miss Yona Buchanan in the new quarters. Born and raised in Americus, he is tied to the Furlow family long prominent in the city’s growth.
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James W. .Furlow
Washington, D. C
Fort Sill
Okla
Col
Furlow
United States
Margaret
Yona Buchanan
Col. Furlow
Americus
Hardwick Defiance Earns Broad Backing in Georgia
Atlanta July 27 Governor Hardwick received broad praise for his Decatur speech on law and order. He reiterated there would be no tolerance for mob activity by strikers or railroad officials and said he would not bow to any man as long as he remains governor. He stated Senator Watson was elected to the senate and implied he would not fight the people’s will.
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Georgia
Executive Department
Atlanta
Hardwick
Decatur
Watson
Senate
Dupre Loses Final Court Bid in Atlanta
In Atlanta on July 27 the Georgia Supreme Court denied Frank B. Dupre a rehearing of his appeal for a new trial and rejected a request to modify its order affirming the lower court’s judgment. Chief counsel H A Allen said a petition would be filed with the state prison commission seeking a commutation of the death sentence.
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Dupre
Atlanta
Frank B. Dupre
Supreme Court
H. A. Allen
State Prison Commission
Hardwick
Suspicious Stranger Visits Waddle Before Night-Watch Theft
N A Waddle, watchman at the International Agricultural plant near town, alerted by a young stranger asking for night work. The next morning the plant’s telephone wires were found cut and police traced marks suggesting the same pair may have attacked J W Troy earlier. Waddle said he armed himself after the man watched the road and the suspect fled.
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N. A. Waddle
Forrest Street
International Agricultural Corporation
Waddle
Times-Recorder
J. W. Troy
Mr. Troy
Three Rum Running Boats Seized in Prohibition Sweep
New York July 27 federal prohibition agents seized three rum running boats overnight in a rare blitz as the illicit trade shows signs of revival. The action comes amid renewed efforts to curb smuggling activities and enforce anti alcohol laws.
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New York
Federal
Prohibition Ageny
Three Waycross Strikers Held After Disorders
Three additional arrests were made in Waycross for assault and battery during last week’s strike disorders. Mike Blunt Lon Tuton and P P Anderson were charged with attacking Edwin B Cribb of Manor on July 17. All posted bond after arrest.
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Blunt
Tuton
Anderson
Edwin B. Cribb
Waycross
Mike Blunt
Lon Tuton
P. P. Anderson
Manor
Daylight Burglars Strike Boldly in Thomasville
An afternoon spree has seen eight houses entered via screen doors in Thomasville with money taken from hiding places. Five homes were hit yesterday, upsetting owners with the bold daytime thefts. Police have no clue yet. Tires were stolen from automobiles at night, with several garages entered for spare tires.
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Thomasville
Jubilee Services for Tabernacle Negroes
Jubilee services will be held Sunday at 3 pm and 8 pm at the Union Tabernacle colored. Pastor Dr J J Chisholm will deliver both sermons. The afternoon topic is How to Be Saved and the evening topic is The Monumental Hour following the same themes.
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Union Tabernacle
J. J. Chisholm
Legion Auxiliary Post Formed in Thomasville
Thomasville July 27 a local American Legion post auxiliary has been formed with initial membership over fifty women. Instead of honorary members the group established negative life members for several mentioned men who gave.
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Thomasville
The
American Legion Post
Hope revived as leaders sit in conference
Hope for settlement of the railroad strike revived as leaders on both sides gathered in Washington for conferences with administration officials. B M Dowell and Six International president met W H Johnston and De Witt Cuyler led talks with the president. A separate Chicago report notes seniority rights as the main obstacle to peace.
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Washington
B. M.dowell
W. H. Johnston
Wuian
Dewitt Cuyler
Jewell
Cuyler
White House
Cayler
Chicago
Associated Press
Farmers Worried Over Harvesting and Marketing
Reports from 13 states to Secretary Cloverdale of the American Farm Bureau Federation show farmers anxious about coal and rail strikes. Shortages of coal reported in Iowa Washington Wisconsin and Illinois raise fears that fuel and transportation interruptions will hinder harvesting and marketing.
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Chicago
Clover=dale
American Farm Bureau Federation
Iown
Washington
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Kidnappings Reported by Burlington Strikers in Illinois
Three separate kidnapings were reported this morning in Galesburg Illinois. A mob of Burlington shopmen abducted two workers yesterday, drove them to a nearby farm, beat them, and released them blindfolded in a blackberry patch. The incident followed threats during a strike.
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Galesburg
Ills
Burlington
Judge Bell Favored in Court of Appeals Race
Atlanta July 27 Prominent attorneys statewide back Judge R C Bell Albany circuit for the Court of Appeals re election looms for the unexpired term of Judge Ben Hill The appointment lasts until the next general election on the first Tuesday in November with backing from Hooper Foster Ellis Pottle Bryan and others
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Atlanta
R. C. Bell
Albany
Court of Appeals
Frank Hooper
Albert G. Foster
Madison
Roland Ellis
Macon
J. R. Pottle
Sheppard Bryan
Bell
Ben Hill
Liverpool Cotton Market Morning Report
Liverpool July 27 market opened quiet with fullys at 12.74. Sales totaled 6000 bales and receipts reached 9978 bales, including 4084 American. Futures figures show Sept, Jan, and Mar with latest closes around 12.02 to 11.80 and a separate gauge near 29.31 for a related metric.
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Liverpool
Mch
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