Georgia Man Found Dead Near Columbia Was Killed Week Ago
The decomposed body of a man believed to be Joe Maracas of Madison, Georgia was found near Columbia three miles from the city. Physicians said he had been shot and his skull crushed, dead about a week or ten days. Identification came from a Madison bank book found on the body. Two boys reported the discovery, initially causing doubt about race due to a nearby dance hall.
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Columbia
S. C
Joe Maracas
Madison
World-wide reaction to Prohibition and global notes
Charles P. Stewart surveys international reaction to America’s Prohibition policy, noting wet and dry pressures shaping the national campaign, enforcement changes in New York, and foreign responses from Spain, France, Britain, and Bulgaria’s upheaval. He cites government shifts, legal debates, and cross-border trade tensions as the issue draws global scrutiny.
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al Smith
Oreign
Europe
America
New York
Smith
Enright
New York City
New York State
Comerce
Congress
Chicago
Wisconsin House of Representatives
Senate
Britton
Illinois
DRAINING AND OIL CHECK MOSQUITOES START WORK EARLY
Houston health officer urges rapid mosquito control. Drain ditches to prevent standing water and oil or larvacides where needed. Use gambusia fish in ponds and oil from crankcase for small sites. Target households by sealing cisterns and cleaning gutters. Promote school programs to curb malaria dengue and yellow fever vectors early each spring.
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Arthur H. Flickwir
M.D
Houston
Tex
Americus Masons to Host N H Ballard Picture Talk
Americus Lodge No 13 and M B Council No 95 announce N H Ballard will present the J E Sheppard picture in Americus Friday afternoon. The public session opens at 8 30 Friday night with many friends of the late mayor expected. ladies are invited.
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Americus Masons
Americus Lodge No
M. B. Council Lodge
N. H. Ballard
J. E. Sheppard
Americus
Mrs Annie Teasley Teasley Rites Held At Rylander Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Decker Teasley were held at Rylander church near Americus after a ten day battle with pneumonia. Rev. Jason Shirah led the service as pallbearers carried flowers and burial followed in the churchyard. Surviving are her husband T. J. Teasley a daughter Lee Ola Teasley her mother Mrs Victoria Decker and a brother B. B. Decker of Americus. Teasley 40, renowned in Sumter County, lived by Methodist tenets and left many young admirers with flowers for her casket.
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Annie Decker Teasley
Rylander
Americus
Colck
Jason Shirah
The
Plains Methodist Church
Wright Mims
Earl Croxton
W. A. Chappell
Henry W. Wiggins
Grady Bridges
Sumter County
Methodist Church
Mystery shroud over Rodgers shooting near Waycross
Valdosta June 14 No light has been thrown on the killing of W Tillman Rodgers 22 year old white man who was killed early Sunday morning seven miles below Waycross as he and a party of young men drove through a lumber yard A pistol shot through the car ended the driver’s life Investigations yield no results to identify the shooter or motives.
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Valdosta
W. Tillman - Rodgers
Waycross
Tax Equalizers Cut Few Returns in Sumter County
Tax officials in Sumter County cut few tax returns from white taxpayers during revised assessments, with about a 10 percent average reduction where changes occurred. The 27th district revisions largely complete, and adjustments for negro returns to begin. no substantial raises reported.
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Sumter County
Chinese President Resigns and Hands Seals to Captors
London dispatch reports President Li Yuanhung of China has resigned and returned the government seals to his captors in Tientsin after fleeing Peking. The AP dispatch states he turned over the seals, signaling a transfer of power as the capital's authority shifts.
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Li Yuan Hung
London
The
Associated Press
China
Tientsin
Peking
Evening News
Germans Horrified At Death Sentence Pronouncement
Berlin reports express horror over the French court martial death sentence on Paul Georges, an agriculture engineer at Ludwigshafen linked to sabotage. Georges was seized May 29 after crossing the Rhine bridge near Mannheim Ludwigshafen where sabotage occurred that night.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Mayence
Paul Georges
Baden
Frightened children seek police help in VaIdsosta incident
Two young Negro children, a girl and a boy, came to the Valdosta police station seeking protection after their father Math Sirmans beat their mother and created a disturbance at their countryside home about five miles from the city. The incident occurred Tuesday night and prompted the children to seek county officer assistance.
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Valdosta
Math Sirmans
Child Seriously Hurt In Unusual Accident
In Camilla on June 14 five year old James McCarty son of Mrs Hattie Sap McCarty was badly injured when a heavy flower box toppled onto him as he tried to climb onto a porch. The box fell and fractured his thigh.
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Camilla
James McCarty
Hattie-Sap McCarty
Nine Die in Stam Bow Battle and Smuggling Ship
The Mary Béatrice crew of 15 men and five Chinese passengers were killed in a pistol and melee battle after the ship drifted to Sandy Hook. Three Chinese survivors were hospitalized at Ellis Island as investigators pursued the Havana land scheme. The owner reportedly abandoned ship. Stam boulisky halted near Bazardjik making a stand with peasant guards as four million Swiss francs allegedly diverted from treasury. Several casualties noted while authorities claim arms cache found at his Sofia area home.
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New RK
Sandy Hook
Ellis Island
Havana
Sofia
Associated Press
Stamboulisky
Tartar Bazardjik
Mrs Churchill to be Georgia Veterans chaperone
Mrs Bessie Moore Churchill, now in Omaha, will return to Georgia to serve as local chaperone at the Georgia Confederate Veterans reunion in Rome. The appointment was offered by Major General Twiggs, with Churchill praising the honor and planning to come back with her husband Major Lawrence Churchill, who is in Omaha. Lawrence was stationed at Souther Field years ago.
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Bessie Moore Churchill
Omaha
Neb
Georgia
Rome
Mrs. Churchill
Twiggs
Chula School Bonds Election Called Off
Tifton June 14 The special election for the Chula Consolidated school district to authorize bonds for an addition to the school building has been called off. The May 9 board meeting had set June 18 to issue 10 000 for facilities, but the trustees cancelled because bonds could not be sold in time for fall term.
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Tifton
Chula Consolidated School
Board of Trustees
Inspection Party Visits at Tifton
A government extension service team from Alabama headed by Prof. M. H. Pearson L. T. Wells and W. Winston toured Tifton after visiting Ashburn. They traveled by motor and examined the Turner county diversified agriculture plan during their inspection trip.
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Tifton Tifton
M. H. Pearson
L. T. Wells
W. Winston
Government Extension Service of
State of Alabama
Auburn
Tifton
Ashburn
Turner County
TAPP GIVEN ONE YEAR VALDOSTA BANK CASE
E A Tapp former Ocilla Bank cashier was sentenced to one year and a day by Judge W H Barrett in federal court at Valdosta June 14.
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Valdosta
E. A. Tapp
Ocilla Bank
W. H. Barrett
Unemployment Drops to 12 Month Low in May Survey
The May 31 employment survey by the U.S. Department of Labor shows unemployment at a twelve month low and a strong demand for common and skilled labor in major industries. Georgia’s industrial activity is healthy with a brighter near term outlook. cotton mills run full time with higher May employment than April, while farm labor shortages emerge but are not yet serious.
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Washington
United States Department of Labor
Georgia
Wesleyan Alumnae Organize Chapter in Americus
Americus Wesleyan alumnae held a meeting at the Sign of the Fine Tea Room to organize a new alumnae chapter. Officers include president Mrs Floy Chappell and secretary treasurer Mrs Reese Horton. Thirty two former Wesleyan girls in Americus are to join the chapter and advance Wesleyan interests locally. An early follow up meeting is planned.
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Americus Alumnae
Wesleyan
Floy Chappell
Reese Horton
Carrie Speer
Mary Godwin
Charles Ansley
Cornelia Shiver
Rossie Andrews
Orlean Ansley
Emmett Anderson
Eugene Bailey
Charles Hare
T. G. Hudson
Fred Morgan
Mary Thomas
Lula
Hinton McGehee
Talbotton
Americas
Needs of club girls heard by Kiwanians
Cordele June 14 Miss Mineola Hall a graduate club girl who has found inspiration in the girls club work of the past six years in Crisp county was the hono r guest at the Kiwanis luncheon Wednesday.
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Cordele
Mineola Hall
Crisp County
Kiwanis
Tattnallman Calls for Revised Basic Law to Raise Tax Levy
In a letter to Governor Hardwick and Governor elect Walker, H H Elders urges a constitutional convention to overhaul Georgia tax laws. He asserts schools, state university, sanitarium, and other institutions need funds, proposing a twenty million dollar annual increase and a broader tax base. He notes Georgia’s size and population and criticizes current taxation as insufficient. Continued on page two.
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Reidsville
H. H. Elders
Tattnall County
Hardwick
Clifford M. Walker
Georgia
Walter
Mississippi River
Olina
Talize
North Caro
Former Barney Ball Home Sold to W. W. Hearon
A real estate deal in Americas reports the sale of the former Barney Ball home at Spring and Dudley streets. W. W. Hearon bought from Mrs. J. H. Miller through John F. Oliver, with price undisclosed but satisfactory to the purchaser. It is expected to serve as Hearon’s residence.
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Americas
Barney Ball
Spring
Dudley Streets
W. W. Hearon
J. H. Miller
John FE. Oliver
Hearon
Baptist Picnic Draws Hundreds at Myrtle Springs
Americus residents and Baptist friends gathered for a large picnic at Myrtle Springs. Cars carried attendees from Americus early this morning to enjoy a day at the resort with plentiful food provided by the congregation ladies. The event drew several hundred people, the largest in Americus this season.
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Myrtle
Americus
Myrtle Springs
Americas
First cooperative poultry sale set for Albany next Monday
Albany to host its first cooperative poultry sale next Monday with local farmers participating. The June 14 sale aims to showcase united farming efforts and market poultry directly.
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Albany
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