Membership drive near 500 for Americus Chamber
Four hundred eighty one memberships signed with prospects for 500 within days. The American City Bureau team closes a campaign that will yield at least twelve thousand five hundred dollars yearly, funding expanded chamber activities. Community spirit, rural and city support, and praise for directorate efforts frame a pivotal civic revival in Sumter County.
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Reorganized and Expanded Chamber of Commerce
American City Bureau
Othe
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Chamber of Commerce
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Americus
Calvary Church
Boy Scouts
Carl Glover
Gordon Howell
Mamie Bragg
W. M. Jones
G. L. Williams
Svaesaayres Mererane
Lewis Ellis
Sumter County
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B. C. Hogue
Lovelace Ev
Council
W. E. Taylor
C. A. Culpepper
W. W. Dykes
R. E. Allison
G. R. Ellis
Leslie, Huntington, Cobb and DeSoto
Friendship Road
Dawson Road
Methvin Road
Ths
Tte
Civic Erie
Sooner Beauty Queen Contest Wins for Miss McMillan
Miss Margaret McMillan of Dallas Texas learned she won the 1920 Sooner Beauty Queen title at the University of Oklahoma while washing breakfast dishes on Sunday morning. A senior domesitc science major, she must spend a month in the practice model house as part of her department requirements. Votes poured in after the contest closed Saturday, and workers stayed late with adding machines until the morning paper arrived.
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MARGARET _ MISULLAN
Norman
Okla
Margaret McMillan
Dallas
Tex
University of Oklahoma
Log Truck Overturns At Council Mill Bridge
John Jackson, a Negro driver for T. B. Hooks, escaped death when his loaded logging truck overturned at the Council mill bridge. He was trapped beneath the inverted vehicle for about 45 minutes before being freed by rescuers. Dr. Herschel Smith and Taylor Lewis attended him. doctors expect a full recovery despite painful injuries. The truck, hauling logs to the new sawmill beyond the city on Lee street, overturned after losing control.
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John Jackson
T. B. Hooks
Council Mill Bridge
Ersby
Dra. Herschel Smith
Taylor Lewis
Lee Street
Tax assistant offers help with income returns
Having made a special study of income Tax Law I am prepared to assist you in making your return Bradley Hogg offers personal tax help and provides phone contact 185 for inquiries.
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Bradley Hogg
Ask Your Soldier Boy How Cooties Took Hold
Wartime ad describes rats swarming at European fronts spreading vermin and misery. It urges home protection with RAT SNAP to finish them off. Available in three sizes at 25¢ 50¢ and $1.00. Sold by Nathan Murray Beach hardware dealer.
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Europe
Nathan Murray
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Beach
Rocerv Ca
Hoover Name on Georgia Ballot Sparks Democratic Push
Atlanta February 28 Hoover backers press to place his name on the Georgia preferential primary ballot. Judges and editors endorse the effort, with Hall county leading the drive backed by Savannah papers and a broad state network seeking an uninstructed vote for Hoover. Activists in Wilkes and Thomson rally support and petitions circulate statewide as leaders in Gainesville and Atlanta coordinate a campaign to require Hoover’s ballot placement.
College guests and athletic plans at Americus campus
A.& M. 9c and Miss Bettie Castellon and Miss Gladys Boney visit Americus guests of Mrs. G. W. Freeman. J. W. Cole, ex-faculty, will lecture on farming methods and supervise related work as a United States agricultural department representative. Stonewall Shirley visits Plains, Mills Kaylor De Soto, and Edward Ferguson De Soto for the weekend. Mrs. G. C. Stallings resumes classes after illness. Students prep grounds for baseball, form a compact team, plan games with nearby towns this spring.
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Bettie Castellon
Gladys Boney
Americus
G. W. Freeman
J. W. Cole
United States Agricultural Department
Hoover for president in Georgia campaign letter
A dated Atlanta telegram from February 26 1920 from J R Smith DeKalb County and William Schley Howard urging Hall County Democrats to organize in the Fifth District to place Herbert Hoover on Georgia ballots and send delegates to the San Francisco convention. They expect the Democratic sub committee to support Hoover and call on party leaders across Fulton and Rivian counties to back his nomination.
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Atlanta
H. H. Perry
Gainesville
Atlanta Journal
Hal County
Hall County
Georgia
Arbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover
San Francisco
J. R. Smith
DeKalb County
William Schley Howard Comain
Artur Lucas
Fulton County
Rivian
Farmers Ready to Invest in Packing Plant in Americus
G. L. Williams told diners at the Tea Room Friday evening that farmers southwest of Americus are ready to fund rural projects. He said one farmer would take 5000 dollars of stock and others would invest similarly. Farmers also mentioned a cotton mill and desire a packing plant to handle farm output, urging Americus to show resolve and back the enterprise.
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Sumter County
Chamber of Commerce
G. L. Williams
Americus
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