Tariff Debate Highlights Farm Plight and Deflation
A March Washington symposium by three Republican senators argues the 30 cent tariff on wheat harms growers by reducing demand and prices. They note 1919 values far exceed 1921, with farm product value dropping from 25.4 billion to 11.25 billion, while farmers face debt and land depreciation. They fault policy for keeping markets abroad weak and failing to revive European credit and demand.
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Washington
Congress
Behaef
Senator Gooding
Idaho
United States
America
McCumber
North Dakota
South Dakota
Sterling
Warren
Wyoming
Lat
Republican Congress
Europe
Georgia road program plans $3.35 million for 400 miles
Georgia's State Highway Department announces a $3,346,317.56 road building program for the coming year, half funded by federal aid and half by counties. The plan covers about 400 miles across more than fifty counties with surveying starting immediately and rapid construction to follow. Federal aid totals $1,673,158.73 and will be matched by county funds.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Georgia
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Floyd — Rome
Cartersville
Fannin
Blue Right
Tennessee State Line
Haralson
Buchanan
Carrollton
Cherokee
Canton
Jasper
Tallapoosa
Alabama State Line
Cobb-Fulton Counties
Chattahoochee River
Roswell
Rabun
Clayton-Tallulah River
Hall
Gainesville
Jefferson
Franklin — Carnesville-Commerce
Stephens — Cornelia-Toccoa
Habersham — Demorest
Clarkesville
White — Cleveland
Blairsville
Fayette — Fayetteville
Sharpsburgh
Carroll
Bremen
Butts
Jackson-Griffin
Oconee
Watkinsville
Madison
Elbert — Elberton
Washington
Monticello
Gray
Hart — Royston
Hartwell
Newton — Covington
Green — Greensboro
Baldwin — Milledgeville
Sandersville
Columbia—Appling
Lincoln County
Terrell — Dawson-Parrott
Randolph—Cuthbert
Dawson
Sumter
Americus
Ellaville
Wheeler
Glenwood
Lumber City
Telfair — MacRae
Milan
Dodge — Rhine-Milan
Twiges
Macon
Jeffersonville
Dooly
Pinehurst
Unadilla
Ribb
Bulloch
Statesboro
Savannah
Toombs
Visalia
Lyons
Tattnall
Reidsville
Collins
Jenkins — Millen-Screven
Bryan
Jenks Bridge
Thomas
Thomasville
Cairo
Dougherty
Albany-Camilla
Colemitt
Moultrie-Camilla Road
Echols
Valdosta
Florida State Lowndes
Cooke Coun
Fire Damages Auto on Barlow Street
Fire damaged the automobile of R. P. Stackhouse at his home on Barlow Street after a wiring fire early this morning. The fire department responded and limited the damage with little further impact reported.
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R. P. Stackhouse
Barlow Street
Injured in S and S Railway Derailment Near Brooklet
Savannah report: a Savannah and Statesboro passenger train derailed a mile below Brooklet injuring three people though not seriously. Mrs. Rufus Jones of Savannah Charles Griner and George White of Brooklet were hurt. A broken tender wheel flange caused the wreck. passengers escaped by car window while the engine left the track. They were taken to Brooklet for care.
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Savannah
Savannah and
Statesboro
Brooklet
Rufus Jones
Charles Griner
George White
Keenan Girl Refused Blackmail Plot In Murder Case
New York police opened an inquiry into a tip that Dorothy Keenan was killed after refusing to aid a blackmail scheme involving her elderly admirer known as Mr Marshall. Detectives studied confidential information while Miss Keenan’s possession of a packet of letters from Marshall is noted.
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New York
Dorothy Keenan
Mr. Marshall
Marshall
Miss Keenan
Tariff receipts near two million daily in US customs
Washington reports tariff receipts rapidly approaching two million dollars daily, a historic high in American customs. Treasury figures show large sums across lines and roads, with notable payments in Brooks Quitman Thomas, Ware Waycross Ruskin, and Pearce Ware counties.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Brooks
Quitman-Thomas
Ware — Waycross-Ruskin
Ware—Waycross
Atkinson
Pearce and
Ware Counties
Satifla River
Correspondence Praises Americus Times-Recorder March 1923
Rutherford New Jersey letter writer compliments Americus Times-Recorder March 9 and 10 issues. He praises the paper’s ads news and social columns and especially the poem Native Born by Berton Braley. He plans a future visit after twenty years in the region.
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Utherford
N. J
Lovelace Eve
Times-Recorder
Americus
Rutherford
New York
Berton Braley
Doerun Soldier Dies After Poisoned Whiskey Incident
Two soldiers are dead and two others severely injured after drinking poisoned whiskey at Camp Bennning near Columbus. Private Aaron Harrold of Doerun died, another named Davis is among the dead, a blind man and two others are not expected to live.
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Columbus
Aaron Harrold
Doeran
Davis
Camp Bennning
Here
Italian steamer Giulia sinks in gale east of Boston
The Italian steamer Giulia is sinking 500 miles east of Boston as two American steamers rush to help. Coast guard officials fear for her safety after a gale swept the North Atlantic coast, at a site near where the Moncenisto went down with all hands weeks ago.
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Norfolk
Boston
Coast Guard
North Atlantic
Moncenisto
Albany Fire Wrecks Two-Story Block on Washington Street
A March 20 Albany blaze gutted a two-story brick building on Washington Street causing an estimated 40,000 in damage. The Georgia Cotton Company building and C R Davis Co stock and offices were heavily damaged as flames raged for nearly three hours. Firemen endured dense smoke and high water use, with losses largely insured and all property to be replaced.
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Albany
Washington Street
C. R. Davis Co
Georgia Cotton and Exporting
Georgia Cotton Company
C. R. Davis Company
Census 1922 Cotton Ginned Final Report Summary
The 1922 American cotton crop is placed at 9,761,817 bales by the Census Bureau in the final ginning report, with the Department of Agriculture previously estimating 9,964,000. Georgia ranked sixth with 735,874 bales.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Legion Minstrel and Comedy Premier At Rylander Theater
John D Mathis Post American Legion plans a musical comedy minstrel titled On Broadway to be staged April 3 at Rylander Theater directed by C George Nunn of New York with Dan Chappell predicting it will be a knockout.
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John D Mathis Post
American Legion
Rylander Theater
C George Nunn
New York
Dan Chappell
Sumter Peach Orchards Hit Hard by Freeze Damage
Americus peach growers report varying damage estimates from none to 75 percent after last night's freeze. Officials say minimum was 24 degrees, a 28 degree drop from the prior day. Poole sees little damage, Hansford estimates about half, Hooks and Council project up to 75 percent, while McMath and others place losses around 50 percent. Ice in bloom cups noted. full extent to be assessed in coming days. Continued on Page Two.
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Americus
Joe M. Bryan
J. Elmore Poole
Americas
Poole
Hansford
Lee M. Hansford
Mr. Poole
T. B. Hooks
Sumter Viunty
Mr. Hooks
John Council
Dixie Highway
Hce
Mr. Council
Peach Belt
R. L. McMath
Heys McMath
McMath
Peach crop damage feared after March freeze in Georgia
Georgia growers report one third of the Jones county peach crop damaged by last night’s cold. In Griffin, fears mount of a total loss for 150-car shipment as temperatures reached 18 degrees. Fort Valley smudge fires helped lift temps 4 to 8 degrees, but frost damage remains uncertain for 24 to 48 hours.
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Gray
Jones County
U. S
Lancaster
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Griffin
Spalding County
Fort Valley
Macon
Oliver Snapp
United States Reau
Snapp
Winter yields to spring as Great Lakes storms dominate
Chicago reports the three month grip of Winter is ending as a major March storm affects the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley. Forecasters say a new Northwest-origin disturbance brings rapidly rising temperatures over the next two days, with effects reaching the East and Atlantic states.
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Chicago
The
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
East Gulf States
Atlantic States
Seaboard Safe Blown by Amateur Burglars
Yegemen entered the Seaboard Air Line Railway ticket office during the early hours Monday night and blew open the front door of the safe. About 35 dollars left from the previous night’s takings were not recovered, and local officers chase clues without success. no further valuables were reported missing.
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Yegemen
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Seaboard
Arrest of Clarke Ordered by Seley
Edward Young Clarke former acting imperial wizard failed to appear for trial in Atlanta on charges of using the mails to defraud. His $500 bond was forfeited by Judge Sibley and a bench warrant for his arrest was to be issued. Counsel sought a continuance claiming no knowledge of Clarke's whereabouts.
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Atlanta
Edward Young Clarke
Imperial Wizard
United States
Sibley
Clarke
Propagation Department of the Klan
Nick Clarke
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POSE
Uasdundnes
Rance
S. &S. Hailway
Keenan Girl
Doerun Soldier
BIG Albany Blaze
Legion
Hooks
Council
Jones
Seley
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