Sumter County Weevil Campaign Aims 1.5 Million Gain
A Sumter County plan to boost the 1924 cotton crop by 10 000 bales and $1 500 000 through a county wide weevil extermination drive was outlined at the courthouse. J C Maness of the State Board of Entomology led discussions with Judge J A Hixon and a steering committee naming a county executive board to mobilize farmers merchants bankers and suppliers across nine militia districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumter County
J. C. Maniss
State Board of Entomology
J. A. Hixon
T. G. Hudson
George O. Marshall
W. T. Anderson
L. G. Council
R. S. Oliver
Gordon Heys
S. E. Ees N. A. Ray
Frank Sheffield
Judge Hixon
Chamber of Commerce
Lovelace Eve
Maness
Carroll County
Sumter
State Board
DeLoach
Globe Circlers Reach Attu Isle
Cordova Alaska May 10 three United States army aviators who are encircling the globe landed safely at Attu Island about 9 o'clock last night Pacific coast time after a journey of 530 miles from Atka Island in the Aleutian Archipelago according to a wireless communication received here today.
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Cordova
Alaska
Globe
Attu Island
Atka Island
Aleutian Archipelago
Liquor worth huge sum seized in Ritz raid
Newark May 10 Federal Prohibition Agent Lafare acting on a tip from a mother said her daughter had been ruined by gin seized a large quantity of high grade liquors valued at 150000 in the Ritz corporation plant Two men were arrested in connection with the case
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Newark
Lafare
New York
Ritz Corporation
Tunnels Gas Victims In Pittsburgh Strike Plunge
Scores of people were overcome by automobile exhaust fumes in the Twin Liberty tunnels through South Hills as traffic surged during a street car strike. First aid crews from the Bureau of Mines and Pittsburgh Fire Department rushed to aid the victims.
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South Hills
Pittsburg
Carmen
Bureau of Mines
Twin Liberty
Southhills
United States Bureau of Mines
City Fire Department
Georgia Auto Thefts Reach Record Six Months
Atlanta led with 422 of the 825 automobiles reported stolen in Georgia in the six months ending April 1. About 265 were recovered and 109 thieves were convicted across nine southern states with an average sentence of two years. Six of 196 brought to trial were acquitted, and 76 alleged thieves await trial.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Automobile Underwriters Detective Bureau
Pittsburg Street Cars to Resume Service After Strike
Pittsburg Railways will restart street car service Monday using 3200 striking workers replaced by over 500 out of town men from other cities. Additional replacements will follow as needed.
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Pittsburg
Fittsburg Railways Company
Columbus Girl Fights for Husband Bigamy Case
Edith Cashwell Laming, fresh from marriage, defies hardship as her husband Lieutenant W. E. Laming faces bigamy charges. She visits daily, sends flowers, and campaigns in Muscogee County Courts to prove his innocence while awaiting his return from Massachusetts.
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Columbus
Massachusetts
Edith Cashwell Laming
W. E. Laming
Muscogee
Laming
Massachusetts National
Wife of Secu Work Dies in Auto Crash
Mrs Laura M Work wife of Dr Hubert Work secretary of the Interior died suddenly Friday afternoon in an automobile accident in Washington D C age over sixty native of Indiana married in 1887 at Anderson Ind The Works resided at Wardman Park Hotel since arriving in Washington during Harding era.
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Washington
Laura M. Work
Hubert Work
Secretary of the Interior
Indiana
Dr. Work
Anderson
Ind
Colorado
Harding
Twiggs Poultry Division to Meet in Jeffersonville
Twiggs Poultry Division of the Twiggs county board of trade held a meeting in Jeffersonville on Wednesday with prominent poultry experts. The session stressed the importance of producing infertile eggs for marketing and was conducted under the auspices of the Georgia Association.
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Jeffersonville
Poultry Division
Twiggs County Board of Trade
Georgia Association
Local Methodists Plan Homecoming At Church Friday
Dr John Cutler pastor says early completion plans for the First Methodist church are under way with announcements next week. At Sunday service May 11 many new members will join. a homecoming supper will greet adults Friday evening and children in the afternoon. The board of stewards approved the event to foster closer relations and outline financing details for completing the building.
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First Methodist
John Cutler
Times-Recorder
Cutler
Board of Stewards
Ser Yyons
Ford Must Testify Or Muscle Shoals Bid Fails
May 10 Washington Henry Ford risks losing Muscle Shoals unless he testifies before the Senate agricultural committee and accepts modifications. Senator Smith of South Carolina warns Ford is to blame if his bid is rejected, noting Ford’s reluctance to appear before the panel. Admin leaders say passage looks unlikely as a majority favors government operation, per a poll.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Henry Ford
Senate Agricultural Committee
Senator Smith
South Carolina
Smith
Senate
Ford
Committee
More than 200 die daily in U S road accidents
A report notes that more than 200 people are killed each day in automobile accidents across the United States, highlighting the scale of highway dangers and urging safety improvements.
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United States
Sunday is Mother’s Day Tomorrow in Our Homes
Editorial urges readers to honor mothers on Mother’s Day. It celebrates her sacrifices from infancy to old age and urges actions such as embracing, writing, or sending flowers to show love. If mother has passed, renew promises to live as she would have wished.
Mother by ial Cochran expresses praise for a mother
A poem celebrates mothers as the constant, devoted friend who offers unconditional care from birth, asking who stands by us and gives all without gain. The poet declares there is only one such figure, the mother, whose honor the whole world recognizes.
Congress Sets July 1 Japanese Exclusion On Immigration Bill
Washington May 10 The Japanese exclusion provision of the immigration bill will become effective July 1, 1924, under an agreement by house and senate conferees. The House rejected postponement to March 1, 1925, as urged by President Coolidge, voting 191 to 171 to send the bill back to conference with explicit instructions not to delay beyond July 1.
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Washington
House
Senate
Coolidge
Hughes
Congress
Snell
Rules Committee
Desperate Prisoners Escape From N. C. Pen
Otto Wood and J. H. Starnes, two convicts serving 30 and five years, escaped from the North Carolina penitentiary by arming themselves with knives and forcing an overseer to surrender a pistol. They seized a physician's automobile and fled, following the slayings of A. W. Kaplan and another man in Greensboro.
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Raleigh
N. C
Otto Wood
A. W
Thomas Gurr Dies Suddenly in Vienna
Thomas Gurr once lived in Americus and later settled in Atlanta. He died suddenly in Vienna on Friday, shocking Americus relatives. A brother of Mrs. Henry B. Mashburn, he was formerly an official at the Savannah Americus and Montgomery railroad and married Hattie Clark, a local teacher, who survives.
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Thomas Gurr
Americus
Atlanta
Vienna
Henry B. Mashburn
Mashburn
Gurr
Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad
Hattie Clark
Eee
Cus
Dr A R Parrott Dies Suddenly in Miami
Telegrams in Americas report the sudden death of Dr A R Parrott in Miami Florida while examining a patient under an x ray machine. He was a native of Sumter county and longtime Americas resident before moving to Florida. Funeral services will be held in Miami where his family now lives.
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Parrott
Miami
Americas
Fla
A. R. Parrott
Dr. Parrott
Sumter County
C. W. Parrott
Florida
P. H. Bahnsen
Americus
Municipal Grounds Improve Around City Building
Waycross May 10 The grounds around the Municipal Building are being worked and planted plans to make the area a great asset in several months time are underway and will enhance the city landscape.
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Waycross
Seven Auto Bandits Rob Suburban Post Office
Seven automobile bandits held up the East Chicago Indiana Harbor post office at 7:30 AM and fled with four registered mail pouches. Five employees were threatened while three bandits entered with drawn guns and the companions grabbed the pouches. Authorities estimate $25,000 to $30,000 stolen from money in transit from the Federal Reserve Bank.
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Hammond
Ind
Chicago
Indiana
Indiana Harbor
Here
Pennsylvania
Federal Reserve Bank
Netio
Bank of
East
Slaton Clarifies Tax Stance On Real Estate Burden
Atlanta May 10 Former Governor John M Slaton defends his tax position stressing support for low taxes aligned with proper government function He notes his family holdings are largely real estate and bonds he endorses the Tax Equalization Law to curb excessive spending and warns of rising burdens if extravagance continues
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Atlanta
John M. Slaton
W. T. Kelly
Elbert County
Troup
Harris Counties
Georgia
Slaton
West End Defeats Thalean In Fast Five Innings
Friday afternoon West End defeated the Thaelan ball team by 3 to 1 in a fast five inning game. A large Thalean community crowd witnessed the contest. Batteries were Allen and Shipp for Thaelan and Posey Briggin for West End.
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West End
Thaelan
Thalean Comunity
Ean
Allen and Shipp
Posey Briggin
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Attu Isle
Secu
Twiggs Poultry Division
Outler
Ial Cochran
N. C. Pen
Seven Auto Bandits
Thalean
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