Oats Harvest Tops Sumter County Record
The harvest on the W. B. Heys plantation near Americus shows oats averaging about sixty five bushels per acre across forty acres with yields ranging from 55 to 75 bushels. Growers credit favorable conditions and scientific handling, predicting continued high yields and increased home supplies.
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W. B. Heys
Americus
Sumter
Heys
Sumter County
Anyairly
Sumterland
Mr. Heys
Sumter County Builds Fifty Miles of Fine Roads
The Sumter County Board of Commissioners, three months in office, push steady road work adding about nineteen miles of new or improved highways including Lee Street, Friendship, and Smithville roads. Officials use county clay and sand, avoid outside materials, and expect fifty miles improved by year end with ongoing public support.
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Sumter County
Board of County Compissioners
Lee Street
Georgia
Smithville Road
Sumter
Walter Wellman balloon memory debated in Pittsburg
Mr and Mrs L W Wiel of Balti visit Pittsburg staying at the Windsor as public interest in the balloon proposition wanes with time.
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Pittsburg
L. W. Wiel
Balti
City
Windsor
Notable quips and oddities from a Washington Post page
A humorous review contrasts Taft as umpire with Roosevelt. A satirical line imagines flowers on graves of African victims. Jokes about Noah's ark and a Savannah clergyman objecting to the term female appear, reflecting playful editorial whimsy.
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Savannah
Lutherans Gathered at Plains Church Conference Ends
Western Conference of the Georgia Synod of Lutherans met in Plains Georgia for three days with ministers from Augusta and Atlanta. Rev. W C Schaeffer Jr led an opening sermon and Rev J S Elmore preached on repentance. Oxner discussed mission work and Cathechetics. dinner and hospitality showcased Sumter County. The event closed after a day of sermons despite rain. Delicate weather relief and kidney health ad by De Witt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills accompanies.
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Plains
Western Conference
Georgia Synod of the Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church In
Georgia
Augusta
Atlanta
W. C. Schaeffer, Jr
J. W. Oxner
Haralson
Oxner
Schaffer
Elmore
Sumter County
Revenue officer shot at in Georgia
Revenue Officer Ed Richardson returned to Americus from a southwest Georgia trip after being fired upon at the Dawson depot by unseen assailants. The bullets went wild, and the incident stemmed from his official duties. Richardson is respected for his polite conduct and service.
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Ed Richardson
Americus
Georgia
Dawson
Richardson
Trouble Makers Ousted By Dr King Pills
A sufferer with stomach trouble reports relief from indigestion and dyspepsia after using Dr King’s New Life Pills. He praises improved appetite, stronger nerves, and better kidney and stomach function. 25 cents at Eldridge Drug Co.
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Dr. King
Eldridge Drug Co
Governor Smith to Grant About Twenty Five Pardons
Atlanta June 5 Gov Smith after tours of Milledgeville prison farm and the State Reformatory with Executive Secretary C M Hitch says he will grant about twenty five pardons to prisoners now confined there.
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Atlanta
Milledgeville
State Reformatory
C. M. Hitch
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Friendship Road
Foleys
Bright
ALL Drugg
Washington Post
Taft
Ark
Noah
de Witt
Ernor
America
the Clothing Department
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Chas. L. Ansley
THE
Allison Furniture CO
Allen & Crockett
the Real Estate and Insurance
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