Gould Dies After Weeks of Illness in France
George Jay Gould, American financier and railroad leader, died at 3 a.m. in Mentone France after a long illness. He succeeded his father Jay Gould in the family leadership and faced loss from a second marriage that affected first wife Edith Kingdon's estate. He spent much time in Europe recuperating from bronchial trouble and pneumonia. Funeral plans were not announced, but interment in New York was probable.
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Mentone
France
Associated Press
George Jay Gould
Cape Martin
Gould
Jay Gould
Mr. Gould
Edith Kingdon
Lakewod
N. J
Jeanne Sinclair
Edith
George, Jr
Kingdon
Europe
Egypt
New York
Normal activity resumes in Hot Springs after cloudburst
Hot Springs May 16 The merchants reopened their doors today after crews labored overnight to clear wreckage and debris left by a mountain cloudburst that sent torrents through the streets as flames engulfed a block. Normal activity has largely returned.
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Hot Springs
Associated Press
City Council to Meet Tonight at 7:30
City officials announce regular session at city hall with two health ordinances on malaria control. City Board of Health proposes penalties for noncompliance and compulsory screening for all residents to eliminate malaria in Americus.
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City Board of Health
Lane
Americus
Fort Valley Girl Wins D A R Scholarship
Virginia Smith of Fort Valley awarded the D A R scholarship by the Colonial School for Girls in Washington. She will receive two years free training at the school in 1923 and 1924, honoring her and Georgia.
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Fort Valley
Virginia Smith
W. B. Smith
Georgia
Colonial School For Girls
Washington, D. C
Stonewall Shirley Elected to State College Council
Americas relatives have been notified of the election of Stonewall Shirley of Plains a Third District Aggie school graduate to be a member of the Students council at the State College of Agriculture Athens. The council is the supreme ruling body for student conduct and government at the University of Georgia.
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Americas
Stonewall Shirley
Plains
Aggie School
State College of Agriculture
Athens
Shirley
Edna Shirley
Americus
J. W. Shirley
Law Department
W. E. West
Leo
W. Fulcher
Waynesboro
Commerce Department
A. B
B. S. Education
J. H. Freeman
Forsyth
S. Langston
Monroe
Agriculture
Ss. J. Shirley
N. S
Atlanta
Alton Hosch
Gainesville
Lanier
Summit
University of Georgia
Georgia
Sale of Giles lands by farm loan dept described oddly
An Atlanta broker named Charles Black was connected to a Giles sale as reported in the Times Recorder. The notice incorrectly referred to the Farm Loan Department, omitting the word farm, and stated Crocker as manager with Allison assisting. Middleton McDonald and the trust company’s loan department had no role in the sale.
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Charles Black
Atlanta
Times-Recorder
Trus. Company
Farm Sales Department
RK. P. Crocker
F. L. Allison
Trust Company
Joan
Middleton McDonald
Fish dynamiting reports probe Lit tle River line
Reports that fish are being dynamited in Little River along the Colquitt Cook county line are being investigated by the Colquitt county game and fish warden. Claimants say many small fish float on the stream surface as evidence.
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Valdosta
Little River
Colquitt
Cook Counties
Colquitt County
Oats Crop Harvest Under Way in Sumter County
Sumter county farmers push harvest of oats with about 200000 bushels expected from 11000 acres at 18 to 20 bushels per acre. Unseasonable weather reduced yields, with dry spells now needed to complete harvest and safeguard grain before corn season.
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Sumter County
Americus
Three-legged chick shocks Dublin onlookers
J B Southerland delivered a strange three-legged chick to the Courier-Herald office. The one day old chick stood strong like a normal bird but had an extra leg extending where a tail feather would be. The hatchling, born at Southerland’s home, was shown today.
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Dublin
J. B. Southerland
Courier-Herald
Chinese furnish brigands hostage in Peking standoff
In Peking the government approves a move by Minister Wu Yu Lin and General Lang Iteh to approach the brigands stronghold to secure the release of foreigners held as hostages. In Shanghai a gendarmerie train attack on officials and servants ends with consular officers and Chinese officials compelling the withdrawal.
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Peking
Associated Press
Wu Yu Lin
Lang Iteh
Shanghai
Feking
Americus Band Drive Aims To Build City Orchestra
Americus moves to form a municipal brass band of twenty young players with a trained bandmaster. $1,500 is needed, $500 already subscribed, and a list of donors totals many local businesses and residents. The effort seeks instruments, larger participation, and to boost civic events including county commissioner meetings and playground nights.
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Montezuma
Cordele
Dawson
Americus
Association of County Commissioners
Walter Rylander
Mr. Rylander
Maintenance fund pledge for Americus band signed
A contributor agrees to pay a municipal band maintenance fund through the Chamber of Commerce in Americus. The pledge commits $1 per month for six months starting May 1, 1923, with options to pay the full amount to Walter Rylander, chairman, or continue monthly installments if needed.
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Americus
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Rylander
Sheriff Harvey summons grand and petit jurors for May term
Sheriff Lucius Harvey and deputies announce juror panels for Sumter Superior Court spring session starting May 28 at 9 am Judge Z A Littlejohn to preside Solicitor Jule Felton to state. Grand jurors listed and traverse jurors named for weeks May 28 and June 4 with multiple citizens and local names.
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Lucius Harvey
Sumter Superior Court
Z. A. Littlejohn
Jule Felton
L. L. McCloskey
H. M. Sellers
A. R. Royal
W. P. Thomas
B. E. Thrasher
R. E. Allison
W. A. Stephens
A. C. Crockett
L. C. Griffin
J. M. Shy
S. L. Burgin
R. H. Smith
A. B. Bishop
J. B. Hannon
J. E. Gyles
W. C. Herring
J. L. Bradley
C. A. Ames
R. L. Griffin
E. B. Hill
R. P. Stackhouse, Sr
J. G. Chambliss
W. P. Henderson
W. H
E. G. Bass
J. F. Allen
W. L. Bartlett
W. A. Frazier
John Ferguson
J. H. Chaffin
G. W. Freeman
M. J. Stevens
Traverse
H. A. Hill
R. J. Hill
J. H. Marshall
E. J. MacMath
A. M
Captains Chosen for Squads at Alabama
At a joint meeting of Alabama baseball and track squads in Tuscaloosa the leaders for next year were chosen. Grant Gillis was named captain of the 1924 baseball team and Guydon Baird succeeds Roy Smith as manager. Gus Finley of Haleyville will serve as junior manager, and Ben Compton is named track captain.
Fishing Party Heads to St Marys from Valdosta
A group led by Mr and Mrs Guy McCulley and Mr and Mrs Harry Stump along with Mr and Mrs Bob Stump and Mr and Mrs Emory Bass left Valdosta on a fishing trip to St Marys. They plan to stay several days subsisting mainly on cornbread and hush puppy pies and fish.
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Valdosta
ST. Marys Valdosta
Guy McCulley
Harry Stump
Bob Stump
Emory Bass
St. Mary’s
Wealthy Negro Sought Gray Murder Warrant Issued
A warrant for murder was issued May 16 for Andrew Miller aged 30, son of Bibb Miller, a large landowner, in the death of his wife Leah. Stanley, her brother, obtained the warrant after Miller tried to bury her body without a burial permit.
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Gray
Leah
Andrew Miller
Bibb Miller
Stanley
Miller
Heaviest Rainfall In A Decade Floods Americus Plants
A 4.17 inch downpour Tuesday night caused river and creek flooding across Americus. Town Creek overflow damaged Americus Construction plant sites and pasture near Magnolia Dell. Streets and gardens suffered, with crops and young fruit reported damaged across the county. Repairs underway on South Jackson Street under city supervision.
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Americas
Joe M. Bryan
Town Creek
Americus Construction Company
Americus
Magnolia Dell
Muckalee
Dixie Highway
Jackson Street
Ernest Pantone
H. L. Mize
City Council
Church Street
Lee
Jackson Streets
R. G. Christian
Lawson Stapleton
G. Lester Williams
Tearing gale hits Atlanta in Tuesday windstorm
A 60 mile gale struck Atlanta at 3 05 PM Tuesday causing widespread damage. Crashing signs split chimneys rooted trees and shattered windows in homes and businesses. Traffic hazards rose as rain and wind increased. Pedestrians and drivers faced danger from flying glass and collapsing signs.
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Atlanta
Lightning fatal to society woman at St Simons Island
Brunswick May 16 Miss Mary Louise Everett a charming young society woman was instantly killed when lightning struck the summer home of her father Willis M Everett on St Simons Island early Tuesday morning. Details reached her father in Atlanta by phone after frantic efforts to contact the mainland following the crash. Miss Everett had traveled to St Simons last Thursday with her mother.
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Brunswick
Mary Louise Everett
Willis M. Everett
St. Simons Island
Atlanta
Miss Everett
St. Simons
Lightning Strikes Home of Eugene C Jeffers in Macon
A lightning bolt struck the residence of Eugene C Jeffers at 103 Stratton street around 4 30 yesterday afternoon severely shocking his daughter Mrs C E Shepard. The strike tore part of a chimney damaged walls and furnishings scorched a rug and tore several pictures from the walls but did not start a fire.
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Macon
Eugene C. Jeffers
Stratton Street
Plans to jail rum ring operatives in liquor fleet sweep
New York May 16 government announced plans to smash a rum ring allegedly running a liquor fleet from Miami to Boston. Authorities obtained four federal warrants charging conspiracy to violate the Volstead act and defraud customs. More warrants to be sought.
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New York
Miami
Boston
Rum Trade Booms Despite War Headlines in St Johns
Reports from New York claim a vigorous US war on rum fleets off the Atlantic coast while St Johns liquor trade rebounds as spring storms ease. Rum schooners leave daily for New Jersey and West Indies ports with heavy cargoes, according to clearance papers.
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ST. Johns
N. B
New York
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
York
New Jersey
West Indies
West Indi
High Wind Damage Reported Near Ellaville and Schley County
L Ivey, returning to Americus from Doyle near the Marion Schley line, cites Tuesday night winds that caused extensive damage near Ellaville. A chimney toppled a home and a barn was destroyed, trees felled, and twelve Western Union telegraph poles blown down. A Central Railroad train box belonging to Engineer Pate was blown from the engine, later found 50 feet from the tracks and returned. it contained clothing weighing about 50 pounds.
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L. Ivey
Americus
Central Railroad
Doyle
Marion-Schley
Ellaville
Pate
Ivey
Housecleaning at Water Plant Today
Water department workers began removing sediments and renovating spring heads at the pumping station to refresh Americus water supply. Superintendent Charles H. Wheatley said the project will take several days and may cause slight cloudiness, which does not affect water quality. Clarence Jeter oversees the work and expects cloudiness to vanish within hours after completion.
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Water Department
Americus
Charles H. Wheatley
Clarence Jeter
Taxpayers Fail to File in Dougherty County
Albany May 16 Many Dougherty county taxpayers failed to return their taxes before the May 1 deadline Tax Receiver R L Barnes said those who file promptly before the digest is completed can escape penalty but the equalizers await the digest and will receive it in a few days
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Albany
Dougherty County
R. L. Barnes
Wheat seed breeding timeline for milling purity
It takes at least six years to produce sufficient seeds of any new type of wheat to test it for milling purposes.
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U. S
America
Farm Loan Dept. Trust CO
Sumter Fells
Rylander
A. Jr
Emory Rylander
Walter Royal Cafe
Rushin & Co
Sheffield
Frank Jr
Sparks Gro. Co
Saunders
S. I. Smith
W. F. Shipp
Edgar Suttles
J. L. Shiver
John W. Stapleton
S. F. Snow
Robert P. Schroeder
E. J. Sherlock
C. J. Tillman
Ellinor
Miss Turpin
Taylor
J. T. Turner
L. T. Underwood
C. E. Walker
E. J. Westbrook
John W. Webb
G. C. Walters
C. W. Wallis
W. P. Williams-Niles Co
Westbrook
Paul Walker
G. D. Yerby
L. Y
Harvey
Alabama
Girl
Schley
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