Bragg Named City Police Chief in Americus
John T. Bragg, long time Americus police officer and former assistant chief, was appointed chief of police by the city police commission to take effect April 1 for a two year term. The unanimous vote also elevated O. M. Kimsey to lieutenant and named H. A. Lee, J. N. Worshy, J. J Redmond, and L. G. Jane as patrolmen.
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John T. Bragg
Americus
City Police Commission
Olin Johnson
Bragg
M. Kimsey
Leutenant
H. A. Lee
J. N. Worshy
J. J Redmond
L. G. Jane
Mr. Kimsey
John Bragg
Johnson
Sea Oard
George M. Bragg
Jones
Macon
Georgia
Deaths and funerals trace Americus ties across states
A telegram from Americus announced the death of Mrs. Albert Stapleton in Ocala Florida aged seventeen. Her funeral was held in Weston with Rev T J Herring, mother Mrs Marshall Martin, and three sisters surviving. Another telegram from Americus reported the sudden Nashville death of Mrs Allen Fort formerly Maude Hicks of Spartanburg D C. Dr Allen Fort, born here, served in Dublin, Chattanooga, and Nashville. a son Allen Fort Jr. survives. Charles S Callaway died at Camp Taylor Kentucky after pneumonia. his funeral at Shiloh Church Americus, with Mabel Callaway at his side. The services were led by several local ministers and pallbearers named.
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Americus
Olin Williams
Albert Stapleton
Ocala
Fla
Weston
Stapleton
T. J. Herring
Parrott
Allen Fort
Nashville
Tenn
Fort
Illinois
Hollis Fort
Dr. Fort
Ampericus
Fira Baptist Church
Columbia
D. C
Pathy
Callaway
Charles 8
Camp Taylor
Shiloh Church
Mies Mabel Callawne
Emmett Daniel
Tate Fattis
Andersen Tartes
Alley Barnes
Charles Kidd
Frank Dante
W. C. Jordan
Leslie
B. F. Bond
T. F. Gatewood, Jr
Mia
G. M. Hode
Mary Car Jter
Audie Laramore
Sarah Bagley
DeSoto
J. M. Greene
Rochelle
Reid Doster
Edward Young
J. G. Geoppo
M. Sumerford
W. T. Anderson
J. C. Hoffman
Dudley Gatewood
R. D. Winchester
G. A.jeuvours
Jesse Powell
Fitzgerald
P. A. Wilson
J. J. Kaylor
Tucker Cassela
Americas
Ethel Abbott
Radcliffe Chautauqua
Brown
Early Brown
Bonnie Lee Dennis
Stella Wade
Mary Forrester
Claudia Pate
Cordele
Mattie Lou Moats
Poulan
Eva
Minnie White
Anthony
O. B. Chester
Dawson
Mount Zion Church
Macon
Philadelphia Man Succeeds On 10 Per Cent Profit
Philadelphia March 8 Folk pay high prices for goods because they do not buy directly. Fred Bell promotes a 10 per cent profit store selling commodities with margins set at ten percent. Bell started with army goods under government rules and expanded to groceries meat shoes hardware and more. His success prompts him to test extending the 10 per cent model to his other stores.
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Philadelphia
Fred PL Bell
Bell
Philadelphia Market Commission
Army
Lule
Ten Per Cent Store Prices Spark Alabama Exposé in Atlanta
The report details a 10 per cent store in Philadelphia and a Georgia push for price controls. Bell’s store in Atlanta sells bulk evaporated milk and other staples at lower prices, claiming big-volume cash purchases reduce costs. John Manget announces a state rule to cap profit at 35 per cent on suits under $40, with broader fair price moves across towns and Fulton County.
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Bell
Atlanta
John A. Manget
Fair Price Commissioner
Georgia
Jaitseve
Fulton County Fair Price Committee
Maniger
Fulton, County
Fulton County
Manget
Marion M. Jackson
Fulton County Commission
Department of Justice
Manger
Mr. Manget
Air Price Committee
Ki Cotton Seed Co
Green
North Carolina
Americus Ga
Clem P. Day
Americus, Ga
Americus Called Cleanest City by Health Official
Dr. C C Applewhite of the public health service visited Americus to inspect health and sanitary conditions. He toured residential areas and downtown restaurants with county health officer Dr. Bond and praised the city as among the cleanest of its size, noting extensive cleanup work. He also commented on Hoover sentiments in Georgia and поддержg a vigorous Hoover-type leadership.
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C. C. Applewhite
Public Health Service
Wits
Capiain
Suite Health Department
Americus
Bond
Dr. Applewhite
Reid
State Board of Health
Applewhite
Hoover
Georgia
No Reply Yet in Superintendent Dispute
Sumter County committee reports no reply from Governor Dorsey or acknowledgment of receipt of its request for guidance on the protest in the county school superintendent dispute after the recent country primary. The committee, led by Fred B. Arthur, plans to meet Saturday to decide on next steps.
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Dorsey
Sumter
Fred B. Arthur
Callaway Fraternal Funeral Notices Mention Relatives
The service was unusually impressive and the floral tributes beautiful. Mr Callaway is survived by his father T N Callaway two brothers Leon Callaway of Atlanta and Claude Callaway of Atlanta and two sisters M rs Mabel Callaway of Americus and Mrs Margaret Wright of Glenwood.
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Callaway
T. N. Callaway
Leon Callaway
Atlanta
Claude Callaway
Mise Mabel Callaway
Americus
Margaret Wright
Glenwood
Happenings of Plains Club Life Report
Plains March social notes describe Young Matrons dinner hosted by Mrs Slappey with yellow white decor and a menu showcasing her cooking. Other events include Mrs Frank Matthews hosting young friends, Crokinole games, piano party, and visits from Huggins of Hartsville and Mrs Marechal of Atlanta. Local births, deaths, and family visits frame a season of gatherings in Plains.
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Frank Matthews
Marie Lowery
Mary Sal¢ Kennedy
Mirsea Annie Belle Wise
Mary Edna Jennings
Rosa Lee Higgins
Evelyn Walters
Dno. B. Clarke
Ross Jennings
DeWitt Howell
Walter Kennedy
B. T. Marshall
Miss Pinkston
Des
Mark Chambliss
Huggins
Hartsville
8. C
Rosa Lee Huggins
Gandy
Florida
Ross French
Richland
E. Timmerman
Mains
Tre
M-D. Walters
Dewehter
Corrie Walters
Mise Walters
Colored G O P Split in Sumter County Faction War
In Sumter County the colored Republicans face a renewed split mirroring a four year old bolter division. Dr D F Pughsley declares he is chairman of the regulars and calls a caucus to elect delegates, challenging Judy Clark and H J Martin who also issued calls for similar caucuses. A bitter intra party dispute unfolds as regional ties and loyalties are tested ahead of district and state conventions.
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Sumter County
Macon
de. D. F. Pughsley
Regeulars
Judy Clark
H. J. Martin
Pughsley
Sumer County
Martin
Local Official Declines Politics In War Era Notice
A local chairman, not a politician, asks to avoid political conflict while explaining his stance amid a wartime context. He notes the timing of a notice submission and mentions M. C. Hawkins and county structures. The piece weaves in references to wartime controls and coal production data from 1917 and 1918.
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Times-Recorder
M. C. Hawkins
Flu treatments and visits fill Leslie town notes
March activity centers on Dr Bond giving flu treatments to schoolchildren and numerous residents visiting, traveling, or hosting in Americus and nearby towns. Readers see a bustling list of names, places, and social calls amid ongoing influenza concerns and regional news.
Cannot Praise this Remedy too Highly
A reader letter extols Pe-ru-Na as a powerful remedy after two years of catarrh and illness. The writer claims rapid relief and dramatic weight gain after using Pe-ru-Na, urging sufferers to try the product for coughs colds stomach and bowel trouble rheumatism back pain and flu prevention. The note promotes keeping Pe-ru-Na in home medicine cabinets and mentions available forms.
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Charlie Taylor
Peru
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Hattie M. Stapleton
Mrs. Allen Fort
Fred P. Bell
G.O.P
Mra. Pickett
MeXny
Mra
S. F. Jones
R. T. Jennings
Emma King
Pennsylvania
Tee
Renuita
Singl 'S Electric Shoe Shop
Inexson St. Singleton & Son
Forsyth
Loomis Deavours
Franlin
C. P. Sims
Bainbridge
Romelle Greene
Frislay Foy Iften
Ni Williams
Amer
Vera Hayes
Ming Perry
Oscar Perry
Roy Johnson
Huntington
F. H. Hines
J. W. Suggs
Ky, Parker
Neva Perry
Lee County
Ike Perry
J. R. Pilcher
Sy Jcdie
Saville
F. P. Jones
Sallie W
Stella
Anne Byrd Cocke
Mr. Roberts
Southern
Tonton
W. J. Hal
G. Thomas
Cobb
Leon Griffin
Edith
A. Us
Fr A. Vanderlip
New York Bank Ser
J. P. Hale
Ri B
Rhode Island
Lee M. Hansford
Lee St
Shipp & Shep mi
Hawley’s
James Reese
Si Motor Company
Dows
Lee
T. B. Hooks
Thad Glover
S. Broadhurst
Mar St
Nathan Murray
Prather Drug Co
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