Abolish Agriculture Dept Says Riley and Brown Critics
Georgia legislator George W. Riley calls to abolish the Department of Agriculture including Commissioner J. J. Brown. He argues funds should go to the State College of Agriculture to expand education, laboratories, and district school analytical work to aid farmers locally. He condemns the Bureau of Markets as graft and waste and urges funding for agricultural education over the department.
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Department of Agriculture
J. J. Brown
George W. Riley
Times-Recorder
State College of Agriculture
Americus
Aggie College
Atlanta
Brown
Bureau of Markets
Georgia
Colquitt Sun
P. D. Rich
Rich
Riley
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Commissioner of Agriculture
United States Bureau of Markets
Georgia Bureau of Markets
Market Bulletin
Guano Trust
Padrick says sin made him doubleslayer
Elliott Padrick, the confessed slayer of his wife and mother in law on the Ogeechee river bridge near Dover, was brought from Augusta to jail in Swaintboro. He spoke faintly, asked for a minister, and said he confessed and God forgives sin.
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Elliot Padrick
Swainsboro
Elliott Padrick
Ogeechee River
Dover
Augusta
Padrick
Holland fears Kaiser flight to royalists
London reports apprehension in Holland over the possible escape of the exiled German Kaiser from Doorn to Germany if royalist uprisings follow the Rathenau assassination. Berlin also reports the arrest of eleven men linked to the Bavarian Council secret group yesterday.
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Holland
Kaiser
London
Doorn
Germany
Rathenau
Daily Mail
The
Hague
Berlin
Associated Press
Council
Padrick Held in Double Homicide Threats and Jealousy
Sheriff Mallard relays Padrick confessed he expected to get away after killing his 18 year old wife and her mother Mrs Dixon. The former preacher, son of a pastor, was separated from his wife for weeks and allegedly shot both women near Clio Georgia while en route to the Dixon home in Dover. Police say jealousy fueled the killings.
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Padrick
Mallard
M. G. Dixon
Clio
Dixon
Dover
Market Bulletin costs farmers dearly for plant advice
A reader condemns the Market Bulletin issued by the Bureau of Markets as a costly device that funds itself through farmers’ fees. The piece accuses officials of “establishing” the publication, reveals no cost or funding details, and notes the front page urges farmers to plant peas while offering supplier names, implying profit from farmer inputs. The writer questions transparency and value.
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Bureau of Markets
Market Bureau
J. J. Brown
March
Market Bulletin
Department of Agriculture
California
Thomasville man tarred after beating by four men
June 26 report states Haselgrove, a Thomasville factory owner, was abducted by four men who tied him to a tree and tarred him. The assault followed a shooting incident tied to a young woman employed at his factory. Court action and a ballot mention are noted, with details unclear.
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Thomasvil Haselgrove
Haselgrove
Bahnseng After Echo Red Devils
In Echols county the Red Devils group has intimidated law abiding citizens and caused Echols and Lowndes counties combined losses over 10000 dollars. Dr Peter F Bahnsen state veterinarian asked Governor Hardwick for state intervention and the governor referred the case to Attorney General Geo M Napier for advice on legal steps.
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Atlanta
Lhe Red Devils
Echols
Lowndes
Peter F. Bahnsen
Hardwick
Geo. M. Napier
Final pension checks anticipated this week in Atlanta
In Atlanta and the state capitol area, final pension checks are expected this week. Judge Samuel H. Sibley is set to sign releasing a portion of oil inspection fees tied up in U.S. court litigation. The fund exceeds $400,000.
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Atlanta
Ju Ous
State Capitol
Samuel H. Sibley
Hard Schedule Mapped Out For Tifton Team
Tifton's base ball team maps out a tough week with games at Fitzgerald on Monday, Albany at home Tuesday, a return at Albany Wednesday, and Dawson visiting Thursday Friday and Saturday. Fans expect exciting matchups as the hardest schedule yet mapped out.
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Tifton
Fitzgerald
Albany
Dawson
Golf tourney opens in Kansas City with nearly 200 players
Nearly two hundred golf players from across the country gathered in Kansas City for the opening of the Western amateur golf tournament held today.
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Kansas City
Kiwanis Convention Reports Available At Times-Recorder
The Times-Recorder office invites readers to view a complete file of both leading Toronto morning and evening newspapers from the International Kiwanis convention period. The bundle includes breezy reports, many pictures, and copies of major convention reports for public reading.
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Toronto
Times-Recorder
Miners Held Blameless In Battle Killings
Fairmont and Marion county authorities mobilized police and deputies to halt a planned march by striking miners from Monongah amid fears of freeing 91 prisoners. A coroner's inquest in Herrin, Illinois, found 40 nonunion miners died from gunshots during last week’s mine conflict. no arrests made beyond C K McDowell, the slain superintendent, charged with murder by the jury based on witness Allen Findley.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Marion County
Monongha
Herrin
Associated Press
Wlliamson
C. K. McDowell
Southern
Llinois Cox Co
Marion
Ill
Lester
Allen Findley
Southern Illinois Coal Company
McDowell
Wife of freed governor dies in Kankakee
Mrs Len Small, wife of Illinois Governor Len Small, died in Kankakee after a night by his side. Death followed apoplexy as the governor attended the bedside during a celebration over his acquittal from embezzlement charges after a six week trial.
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Len Small
Kankaee
Ill
Illinois
Gun club shifts weekly shoot to Thursday afternoon
The Gun club will hold its weekly meet at 3 30 each Thursday afternoon at the Golf club grounds. This change allows shooters to compete in each squad and finish the course. All Golf club members may join. those aiming to improve field shooting by 25 to 50 percent are invited to enroll with the secretary.
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Gun Club
Golf Club
Validation Of Light And Power Bonds Is Refused
Tifton failed to validate $45,000 of its $75,000 municipal improvements bonds after a hearing before Judge K Eve. While $30,000 for water mains sewer extensions and concrete bridges was approved, the judge ruled the city charter did not authorize operating a light and power plant for commercial purposes, despite allowing street lighting.
Slayers of Field Marshal Wilson Face Murder Verdicts
A coroner's jury in London returned verdicts of wilful murder against James Connolly and James O'Brien in the killing of Field Marshal Sir James Wilson last week. The defendants did not attend the inquest on counsel advice as the inquiry closed.
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London
Associated Press
James Connolly
Jas. O’brien
James Wilson
Miner Union Leader in Washington Talks With Davis
John L. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America arrived in Washington for conferences with government officials. He met Secretary of Labor Davis this morning and will accompany Davis to the White House to discuss coal strike matters with the president.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Labor
Davis
White House
Civic clubs to host pool party Tuesday evening
Local leaders including the mayor, city council, city attorney, engineers, county commissioners, and the board of education, plus their spouses, are invited as special guests of the Playground Association for a six o clock pool party and sandwich lunch. A downtown car procession led by Bradley Hogg will form at six, with attire expected in bathing suits.
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Board of County Commissioners
County Engineers
City Board of Education
J. Ralston Cargill
Bradley Hogg
Miss Katherine Willingham to Stay with Miss Mary Shofield
Miss Katherine Willingham of Macon will arrive Tuesday as the house guest of Miss Mary Shofield at her Brown Street home.
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Katherine Willingham
Macon
Mary Shofield
Brown Street
Former Secret Service Chief Seized Near Cuernavaca
Bruce Bielaski, former chief of investigations for the U S Department of Justice, was abducted by seven bandits while traveling with his wife and friends seven miles west of Cuernavaca in Morelos state. Mexican federal troops pursue the attackers. Bielaski previously served in the Atlanta district before the U S entry into the war.
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Mexico City
Associated
Bruce Bielaski
Thau
Itnes Department of Justice
Cuernavaca
Melon Shipments Far Exceed Last Season
Atlanta reports a sharp rise in fruit shipments from South Georgia with 1473 cars of watermelons and 770 cars of cantaloupes moved so far, compared to 588 and 221 last year. Prices range from 100 to 400 dollars per watermelon car and 750 to 1200 dollars per cantaloupe car.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway
Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta Opens in Poughkeepsie
Six universities compete in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association's 24th championship on the Hudson River. Washington and Navy enter this year, broadening the Eastern scope and heightening national interest in the race for water supremacy between the two coasts.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
University of Washington
United States Naval Academy
Legislature May Act to Enable Women to Vote
Atlanta June 26 Attorney General Napier suggested the legislature at its session starting Wednesday might pass an act to authorize registration of women for the state primary and general election. He warned that without such an act hundreds of women would be prevented from voting. He noted many inquiries about women’s right to register and vote and said the law is not fully understood, as registration books close six months before a general election.
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Atlanta
Napier
Free Cooking School Opens in Waycross
Waycross June 26. The free cooking school for the housewives opened this morning at the municipal auditorium with Miss Lala Edwards in charge. The day focused on the fireless cooker and other cooking science topics. Each day will cover a different branch, with afternoon demonstrations by local merchants and visiting manufacturers of labor saving devices.
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Waycross
Lala Edwards
Lightning destroys barn killing seventeen mules near DeSoto
A barn on the M. B. Council plantation below DeSoto was struck by lightning Thursday night, completely destroyed. Seventeen mules confined inside were killed. Insurance coverage on the barn and contents is unknown and may be total.
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M. B. Council
DeSoto
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