Sumter County Fifth in Georgia Cotton Output 1921
Final government report shows Sumter County produced 18,148 bales in 1921, down from 25,722 in 1920, placing fifth in the state behind Carroll Franklin Jackson and Walton. Sumter led South Georgia, with Terrell close behind on similar totals due to smaller area. Nearby county figures are listed with 1921 and 1920 outputs.
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Sumter
Sumter County
Georgia
Carroll
Franklin
Jackson
Walton
South Georgia
Terrell County
Terrell
Webster
Stnte
Ik Doerr
Etprot Dougherty
Rig
Cc Bce
Maria
Witancart Ee
House suspends rules for bonus bill
Washington March 23 The house adopted a resolution to consider the former bonus bill under suspension of the rules by a vote of 221 to 121 without roll call. Earlier the house approved the previous question and then spent four hours in discussion before adjournment.
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Washington
House
Dipping Vat Dynamiting Hurts Tick Eradication Efforts
Valdosta March 23 reports to county commissioners say dynamiting cattle dipping vats in the Naylor district has shut three vats and similar acts may have hit Echols county. The lawless vandalism raises costs and delays tick eradication, with Over $60,000 spent over four years and no arrests recorded.
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Valdosta
Lowndes County
Naylor
Echols
Furniture Store Beats Weekly Refrigerator Sales Record
In Tifton on March 23, a local furniture store reported strong demand as it advertised its season opening display of refrigerators. The first week saw nine refrigerators sold, with larger models selling first and smaller units following. The store projects continued sales despite talk of hard times.
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Tifton
Great Open Air School Planned for Atlanta
Atlanta on March 23 reports preparations for a large open air school for city children. Backed by an expert survey, Mayor Key and health officials, with support from the Overseas Club and Junior League, the plan aims to open at the start of the next school year after prior limited trials.
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Atlanta
Key
Overseas Club
Junior League Girls
Board of Education
Plan Big Dance On Ty Cobb Day
The local American Legion and eight posts plan a social dance on April 4 in the Rylander building after the Detroit Rochester game and the Golden Ryle sale. The Watson's Bell Hops orchestra from Columbus will provide music. The group also bows to Memorial Day observance and seeks exclusive rights to sell red poppies on Armistice Day.
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American Legion
Ty Cobb
Legion
John D. Mathis
Rylander
Post and Auxiliary
Watson’s Bell Hops Orchestra of
Columbus
Confederate Veterans
Legion Auxiliary
Allen temporary head of Moultrie Rotary
Moultrie March 25 Temporary organization of the Moultrie Rotary can was perfected at a meeting yesterday afternoon. W G Eager of Valdosta district governor's representative assisted in organizing the club directed the procedure. C B Allen was named temporary chairman and Leo T Barber temporary secretary. Permanent organization will be perfected at a meeting next week. The club will hold weekly meetings with about 25 charter members.
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Moultrie
Moultrie Rotary
W. G. Eager
Valdosta
Moultrie Club
C. B. Allen
Leo T. Barber
Mile of Pennies for Hospital Funds Report
Contributions to the hospital fund have grown slowly with only a few feet raised for the mile of pennies needed to begin repairs. Donors listed include Jesse Glover one foot Henry Stanfield one foot Charles Stanfield one foot Miss Edith Nelson three feet and Edward Smith one foot.
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Treasury of the Hospital Fund
Jesse Glover
Henry Stanfield
Charles Stanfield
Edith Nelson
Edward Smith
U S Vessel West Caruth Reaches Cherbourg In Distress
The United States Shipping Board steamer West Caruth arrived at Cherbourg this afternoon after a night of distress. The ship had sacrificed part of its cargo of bamboo to save the voyage and reach port safely.
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U. S
Cherbourg
France
Associated Press
United States Shipping Board
West Caruth
Markets Americus spot cotton report closes quiet
Market opened quiet and steady with prices down 1 to 3 points. Good Middling cotton in Americus quoted at 17 1/4 cents. Liverpool market noted sales of 5,060 bales and May July Oct futures shown with prior closes around 10.32 to 15.24 and 9.92 to 9.91.
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Americus
Liverpool
Income Taxes Fall Short in 1922 Revenue Estimates
Washington March 23 The treasury department estimated a $200 million shortfall in expected 1922 revenue from the March 15 installment of income and profits taxes based on reported collections.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Tifton Men Observe How Kiwanis Works
A delegation of business men from Tifton visited Cordele for a Kiwanis luncheon to study a local club and plan a possible new Kiwanis chapter in Tifton. The Cordele hosts welcomed them and the visitors noted the proceedings as a model for their own community club.
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Tifton
Cordele
Cordele invites Ford to stop on his return home
Cordele, March 23, sent Henry Ford a formal invitation to call in Cordele on his way home from Fort Meyer Florida. The invitation has been mailed and is presumably in his hands.
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Cordele
Ford
Farmers Hog Sale at Plains Scheduled for April Six
The next farmers cooperative hog sale will be held at Plains on April 6, announced by county agent George O. Marshall. A good supply of hogs is expected to be ready for market on that date.
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Farmers’ Co
Plains
George O. Marshall
Venice Hit by Tidal Wave Flooding
London dispatch reports a tidal wave struck Venice late last night, flooding the city with water rising over three feet in some public squares. Local authorities assess damage and evacuation needs as scenes of inundation unfold.
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London
Venice
British U-Boat H-42 Lost With All Hands
London March 23 Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Gibraltar reports the British submarine H-42 lost with all hands in the Mediterranean after a collision with a destroyer during maneuvers. The H class normally carries twenty two men aboard.
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London
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Extra City Tax To Be Levied By Waycross
Waycross city council, in a Tuesday vote, approved adding renewed tax levies authorized by property owners in a past election. The plan raises school and general fund taxes to six mills each, bonds and interest to eight mills, and starts an increased sliding scale for water rents.
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Waycross
Dr Littlejohn Named Surgeon for Georgia Railway at Tugeloos
Dr W S Littlejohn will visit his parents Judge and Mrs Z A Littlejohn before leaving for Tugeloos Yallulah Falls where he has been appointed surgeon for the Georgia Railway and Power Co. A five million dollar dam is under construction there. He has spent two years as surgeon at Wesley Memorial hospital in Atlanta.
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W. S. Littlejohn
Z. A. Littlejohn
Tugeloo
Yallulah Falls
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Littlejohn
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Atlanta
Fight Picture Fails to Interest Valdosta
Valdosta on March 23 notes that the Dempsey Carpentier film drew only a handful of locals after opening night. The cinema replaced it with a regular program, suggesting no immediate plans for similar attractions.
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Valdosta
Big cotton firm fails sparks market tumble
New Orleans on March 23 reports the failure of cotton brokerage firm Shep ard Glueck at the local cotton exchange. The trading floor saw considerable excitement with an initial ten point drop. The firm had a large wire system across the South with Chicago and New York ties, but current commitments are said not large.
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New Orleans
Shepard & Glueck
Chicago
New York
Fime
Warning to miners over coal strike from Attorney General
Washington March 28 Attorney General Daugherty warned that the federal government will tolerate no violence to prevent coal production during the threatened strike. A bill by Representative Bland Indiana calls for a presidentially appointed special commission to investigate conditions in the coal mining industry.
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Washington
Daugherty
Representative Bland
Indiana
Pantone to Hurl for Aggie Team
The Third District Aggies open their baseball season hosting Reynolds high school tomorrow at the Aggie field. Tony Pantone, last year’s top high school pitcher, joins as a regular Aggie pitcher with Early as battery. Several games are planned this season against G M C Dublin High Tifton Aggies Albany High and Columbus High at the new enclosed Aggies field with a new grandstand. Admission is 25 and 50 cents.
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Aggies
Aggie
Reynolds High School
Tony” Pantone
Crack High School
Cliff Pantone
University of Georgia
Pantone
Early
Battery
Hatfield
Dublin High
Tifton Aggies
Albany High
Columbus High
Negro named Henry Lowe arrested for cigar stand robbery
Henry Lowe of Macon was arrested at Lonther Field after attempting to dispose of stolen cigars and tobacco from Gates cigar stand near Glover Grocery Co. warehouse. He admitted the theft, part of a long series of robberies at the Gates store.
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Gates
Glover Grocery Co
Henry Lowe
Macon
Lonther Field
Harvey
Bragg
Crisp to Hold First Farmers Hog Sale
Cordele March 29 will see hog raisers from the Cordele trade area bring a large supply of quality hogs to Cordele for a cooperative sale at the packing house. County Agent Co B Culpepper has nearly completed plans and expects a big turnout.
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Cordele
Co. B. Culpepper
Oklahoma Governor Faces Bribery Indictments in Bank Scandal
Okmulgee officials and governor J B A Robertson are held on indictments alleging a $25,000 bribe tied to state funds and the Guaranty State Bank. Fred Dennis, former banking commissioner, is missing. John P Cook and John H Rebold are charged with bribery. The grand jury also cited prior legislative findings of misconduct and bank insolvency in Okmulgee.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Associated Press
J. B. A. Robertson
Oklahoma
Okmulgee Banks
Robertson
Guaranty State Bank
Fred Dennis
Dennis
Okmulgee County
John P. Cook
John H. Rebold
Guaranty State Bank of
Twenty Acres of Cucumbers Planned Near Omega
Tifton March 25 Farmers around Omega plan to plant twenty acres in cucumbers this season. Several growers will share the venture in small lots and ship together by carload. Last year a small cucumber crop in Tift county yielded good returns, and a larger acreage is expected this year with indications of ample watermelon plantings.
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Tifton
Omega
Tift
Parker orders felony law against masked crimes in Louisiana
Governor Parker appealed to law officers to curb Ku Klux activity with an iron hand citing repeated complaints across the state. He said at the coming legislature session he would seek a law making it a felony to hide a face behind a mask to defame the state and undermine government.
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Baton Rouge, la
Parker
Louisiana
Local High School Debates Open Season in Georgia
Americus High School debaters host Reynolds in a 6 pm clash on the motion picture theaters as a community asset, with William Mathis and Bertha Israel leading the affirmative. At 8 pm Smithville and Reynolds teams join the triad debates across Georgia as the district event begins with judges Jule Felton Montezuma W G Martin Cordele Rev Wallace Wear and coach Ned B Warren guiding the Americus team.
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Americus High School
Reynolds
William Mathis
Bertha Israel
Smithville
Americas
Myrtle Poole
Agnes
Georgia
Vienna
Americus
Jule Felton
Montezuma
W.G. Martin
Leesburg
Wallace Wear
Cordelo
Ned B. Warren
Woman Shiner Caught In Act On Huntington Farm
Dave Willis and his wife tenants on Rose Johnson’s farm near Huntington are jailed for liquor making. Deputy Summers captured the fleeing woman. a lard can still on the stove, copper worm, and fresh run booze were seized. Willis tried to escape but was found nearby. Johnson, astonished, learned liquor was made under his nose.
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Dave Willis
Rose Johnson
Huntington
Tom Summers
Harvey
Willis
Mr. Johnson
Willis c
Frost Damage Limited in Moultrie Melons and Cotton
In Moultrie farmers report the frost mainly spared crops though watermelon plants just emerging were damaged and some replanting may be needed. Cotton stands were up and not killed. A separate note from March 28 says A Huber will open a theater here and rebuild three destroyed businesses, with showings and road films ready.
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Moultrie
Mgcultrie
A. Huber
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NEW York Futures
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