Georgia Optimism Sparks Farm Prosperity Rally
Georgia leaders including Eugene Black and L. Brown urged returning to farming, praising Georgia’s wealth in peaches, cotton, peanuts and diversified crops. They argued for higher farm production costs, welcoming white labor on owned homes, and promoting faith in Georgia’s future.
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Athens
Dr. Soule
Georgia
State College
Commissioner Brown
South
Bill Anderson
Mr. Brown
Florida
Board of Entomology
Board of
Etemology
Lee Council
Eugene Black
Atlanta Trust Company
Mr. Black
Carolinas
Atlantic
North Carolina
Uncle Sam
South Carolina
North
Georgian
Death claims B J Methvin aged 82 in Sunter County
Benjamin J Methvin 82 died at his son Do A Methvin’s LaCrosse road home Sunday at 12 35 pm after days of illness. Civil War veteran of the Tenth Georgia Battalion he lived in Sunter county most of his life and was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist church. Survived by two daughters Mrs J H Hale and Mrs W K Holloway and four sons J A Methvin of Palatka Florida J T D A and L G of Sunter county. Funeral at Pleasant Grove church this afternoon at 4 with Rev A G Brewton officiating. burial in Pleasant Grove cemetery.
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Benjamin J. Methvin
Do A. Methvin
LaCrosse Road
Mr. Methvin
Sunster County
Nie
Tenth
Georgia
Rylander
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Methvin
J. H. Hale
W. Kh. Holloway
Accidents Claim Score of Lives in Mid West Over Weekend
Auto crashes drownings and storms killed twenty people across the central states over the weekend. Fatalities occurred in Kankakee Illinois Seymour Indiana near St Louis and Chicago plus at Sidave Ohio Valdosta Georgia and Falatka Florida.
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Chicago
Middle West
Kankakee
Ills
Seymour
Ind
Tuffin
Ohio
St. Louis
Blomington
Ill
St. Cloud
Minn
James Anderson
Sidave
Central States
Valdosta
Goode M. Guerry
Falatka
Fla
Dan C. Ashley
John Hammond Faces Death Sentence In Reform Trial
John Hays Hammond recounts the Uitlanders revolt case in 1895-96 in Pretoria and Capetown. He details guards at his door, bail while awaiting trial, and the dramatic sentencing by Judge Gregorowsky under Roman Dutch law. The four leaders faced potential death, with only fines and prison terms handed to others.
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Krugger
John Hays Hammond
Dom Paul
du Plessis
Texas
Kruger
Reform Committee
Sir Gordon
Pretoria
Transvaal
Slaeter’s Nek
Slagter
Joe Curtis
United States Geological Survey
Orange Free State
Gregorowsky
Coster
Rhodes
Phillips
Farrar
Gregorwsky
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Eugene - Black
Black
W. W. Dykes
Linn Bell Place
Barnes Trail
Old Lewis Farm
Plains
B. J. Methvin
Midwest
John Hammond
Jameson
Holloway
London
Capetown
Gordon Sprigg
Cape Colony
Cape
Ee En
Iala
Joan Hays Harmiond and
Bork Guard Tre Boy
John Diz
Frank W. Reopss
eJupem Gregorowsky
Tassne Tan Dzara
Smvntence
Georor NamRak
Bell Business College
Old Armory
Forsyth St
Easterlin Bros
Andersonville
Long Branch
N. J
Americus Business College
Lillian Braswell
Merritt Blag
Coral Gables
Seeer
Neon Buchanan
Hoke Smelting & Refining Co
Otsego
Mich
T. R
Dela Vale
F. G. Beavers
Lee County
Smithville
E .L. Simpson
Sarah P. Cobb
H. P. Lemond
Singer Sewing Machine Co
W. H. Bowers
Porto Rico
Bragg’s
Woodland
Woodland Fruit Farm
Americus
Care Times
John W. Shiver
Care Times-Recorder
Hill St
Hancock Avenue
Hill Street
J. C. Bass Electrician
Durham
N. R. Harris
E. Forsyth Street
Etleys
Tetley’s
Sede
R. C. Ellis
G. C. Webb
Empire Loan & Trust Company
Americus, Georgia
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Georgia Public Service Commission
Albany
Macon
Montgomery
Atlanta
Perry
Fort Valley
State Capitol
Georgia Public Service
Central OF Georgia Railway CO
H. D. Pollard
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