Immigrants to Take Places of Negroes in South
Atlanta June 5 Industrial leaders and agriculturists call for a targeted immigrant campaign to settle Nordic and Swedish and Norwegian farmers in the South. They argue such settlers, well capitalized and experienced in cattle, dairying, and farming, would boost Georgia’s cattle raising and dairy industries, aid rural areas, and counter the Negro exodus. Wilkes County leads local efforts to attract new settlers.
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Atlanta
South
Georgia
Washington
United States
Middle West
Bob Ip
Pop Chizen
Wilkes County
Mrs Butler Finds Relief With Lydia E Pinkhams Compound
Mrs Charles Butler of 1233 S Hanson St Philadelphia reports lasting relief from back and abdominal pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She says heavy feelings subside, energy returns, and daily work becomes manageable.
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Philadelphia
Mt. Holly
N. J
Charles But R
S. Hanson St
W.phila
Lydia E. Pinkham
Americus to Seek Tax Levy Expansion via City Act
LEGAL AD NO 92 before Georgia General Assembly at Americus mayor and council request. Proposes amending the 1888 Act to allow a ad valorem tax of one half of one percent, with funds kept separate to pay city floating indebtedness and aid public education and operating expenses. Enables notes and anticipatory financing for the tax levy and related uses.
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General Assembly of Georgia
Americas
Medicus
Americus
City of Americas
Board of Public Education
Allie Briskow Learns Her Teeth in Burlington Notch
In a Burlington Notch tale, Allie Briskow, a Briskow daughter, fights social pressures and a dancing master Delamater after a charged kiss. The hotel erupts as she ejects him from a window above the eighteenth green while a golf final unfolds. Mrs Ring contemplates quitting amidst the upheaval.
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Allie
Allegheny
Miz Ring
Allie Briskow
Mrs. Bing
Calvin Gray
Burlington Notch
Gheny
Buddy
Delamater
Ma Briskow
Delmater
Aiilie
Herring
McLeod
Dorothy Perkins
Mrs. Ring
Gus Briskow
Gus
Savannah Judge Threatens Self Defense Over Liquor Searches
Savannah June 5 Judge Henry McAlpin of the court of ordinary warned W T Day division al chief of the federal prohibition agents that if his car is stopped again for a liquor search without due process he intends to shoot. The judge spoke after a tense exchange with Judge W H Barrett Fred Dismuke and Day, who apologized for inconveniencing citizens. McAlpin said he will take direct measures to protect himself from indignities by agents acting without legal rights.
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Savannah
Henry McAlpin
Court of Ordinary
W. T. Day
Prohibition
W. H. Barrett
Fred Dismuke
Georgia
Mr. Day
McAlpin
Senator Harris completes Georgia tour with record unto itself
United States Senator William J. Harris ends a two month tour of South Georgia, speaking in sixty six counties and visiting major city counties. He plans to visit every section of the state before Congress resumes as part of an achievement never before attempted by a Georgia senator in a non election year. Harris notes strong receptions and rising votes in nearly every county. He will proceed to Augusta to join Mrs. Harris and their daughter departing Washington for the summer.
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Atlanta
United States
William J. Harris
South
Georgia
Congress
Harris
Senate
Augusta
Washington
Savannah Observes Jefferson Davis Birthday Affair
Savannah observes the Jefferson Davis birthday on Sunday with a program the United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter plans for Monday evening. Raiford Falligant is the principal speaker, and Mrs Worth Hanks directs the musical program for Confederate veterans in the city.
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Savannah
Jefferson Davis
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederate Veterans of
Principe
Raiford Falligant
Worth Hanks
Local Social News from Huntington and Nearby Towns
Social notes from Huntington record visits and travel as residents return from schools in Athens and Perkins Georgia. Several families including Kinard, Johnson, Perry, Ryals and Hill host gatherings and attend B Y P U services, with teachers and students noted for completing terms at the State Normal in Athens and returning home to Cordele Americus and Cobb areas.
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Ed Kinard
Misa Geraldine Ryals
Perkins
T. B. Mount
Thomas Lee
Pavo
J. L. Johnson
Edd Childers
W. J. Hill, Jr
Cobb
G. A. Perry
Agnes
Lizzie Lou Daniels
Brother Perry
Pleasant Grove
Wilson Ryals
Americus
Bernice Bradley
Maudine
Frances Perry
Arthur Perry
Opal Perry
Leslie
Harris Frazier
Butler
Childers Sheppard
Laurie Johnson
C. C. Sheppard
John Bray
John
OL Cordele
Minnie Perry
Ruth Hawkes
W. J. Hill
Roy Johnson
Mary Helen
E. L. Green
Molina
Miller
Rock Hill
S. C
Huntington School
Adel
Clara Belle Ethridge
Athens
Claude
Edwin Johnson
Alton Bradley
Gun, Medals, and Silver Cup Highlight Republican Blues Dinner
In Savannah on June 5 the Republican Blues held their 115th anniversary dinner at Ambos Restaurant in Thunderbolt. Active and honorary members attended as a gun and service medals were presented by Capt. George W. Drummond for George A. Cosens. The gun honors the late Dr. Richard Dennis Arnold from a May 1, 1837 prize shoot.
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Savannah
Republican Blues
Thunderbolt
Ambos- Restorant
George W. Drummond
George A. Cosens
Richard Dennis Arnold
The
Blues
Repeal traffic bill urged by Atlanta railroad workers
A committee of railway employees asked Congressman Willie Upshaw of Atlanta to introduce a bill in the next Congress requiring all motorists to make a full stop before crossing railroad grades.
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Atlanta
A _ committee of railway employes
Willie the Upshaw
Congress
Apartment Sale Tops Southside Property Market
Savannah June 5 One of the citys largest southside residential deals closed Louis Wolf bought from William Lattimore for 38000 the corner lot at Thirty first and Drayton with a three story brick apartment house on the lot running back to a lane. Wolf a Broughton street merchant.
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Savannah
Louis Wolf
William Lattimore
Thirty-first
Drayton Street
Superior Court
Wolf
Broughton Street
Georgia to create state fire warden staff plan
Atlanta June 5. The State Board of Forestry outlined a proposal to form a state warden organization funded by a tax on industries dependent on timber and its by products. Public hearings in Macon showed forest products firms ready to support fire protection through the levy as part of essential state forestry work.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Macon
State Board of Forestry
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W. Fred Sills
Fred
Huntington
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Americus Drug CD
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S. F. Stapleton
Chamber of Commerce
Wootten Transfer CO
South Jackson Street
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Welding
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