City Council and Education Board Agree on 3 Hills
City council and a Board of Education committee reached a pact to introduce next month in the Georgia legislature a special tax act. It would provide the Board of Education 3 mills in ad valorem tax money for five years and keep the city’s 3 mills for liquidating floating indebtedness. The bill would raise the Board’s total income to 8 mills and add 1 mill to Americus’ levy. An earlier plan proposed a 5 mill emergency levy with 2 mills to the board and 3 to debt liquidation. The committee, led by W Dykes and including E B Everett and others, presented the matter to the council.
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Board of Education of Americas
Georgia
Board of Education
Americas
Council
W. W. Dykes
E. B. Everett
T. F. Gatewood
A. J. Harris
Sam R. Heys
D. R. Andrews
Poole
Mr. Dykes
Davis to Attend Benning Maneuvers
Acting Secretary of War Dwight Davis said he would attend the Infantry school maneuvers at Camp Benning if his wife’s health allows. He planned to leave Washington Saturday with Major General Hines, while Major Generals Farnsworth Lassiter and other senior officers had already begun their trip to Camp Benning.
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Washington
Dwight Davis
Infantry
Camp Benning
Davis
Hines
Army
Farnsworth
Lassiter
Major Polhill Wheeler Dies After Brief Illness
Major W. Polhill Wheeler longtime Georgia military figure and World War veteran died at Oglethorpe Infirmary after a week of illness. He served in the Mexican border troubles and held prominent posts in Georgia defense circles. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Macon
Associated Press
W. Polhill Wheeler
Georgia
Oglethorpe Infirmary
Furlow Students to Present May Festival
Furlow Grammar school pupils will present Spring Festival during Friday morning exercises at 9 30 on the school campus. Under Mrs Walter Maynard guidance they portray spring flowers including poppies daffodils dandelions roses buttercups and other blossoms. Charlotte Sparks will be Lily Bells queen with a court of attendants. Parents and friends are invited to attend for an hour of enjoyment.
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Furlow Grammar School
Walter Maynard
Charlotte Sparks
County to build home for delinquent boys in Savannah
Five thousand dollars have been appropriated by the county commissioners for a delinquent boys home. The facility will be built on the property of the home for colored boys, using hollow tile and two stories.
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Home Fogr
BAD Boys
Savannah
Kress & Co Higginbotham Trial Seeks Enon City Halt
Kress & Co seeks to test a Sumter county license tax by filing suit in the Superior court after an injunction filing earlier. The city council ordered daily press- manager charges and enforcement until the tax is paid, as Higginbotham case halts for venire panel quashment in Cross City.
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Kress & CO
Here
Higginbotham
Enon City
Venire
SH. Kress & Co
R. L. Maynard
Superior Court
Sumter County
Americus
Littlejohn
Lane
Allison
Mize
Cross City
Fla
Associated Press
Walter Higginbotham
Martin Tabert
North Dakota
Venirémen
Horne
Board of Education to oppose city bill on subservience
W. W. Dykes president of the Board of Education of Americas told city council the books and accounts are open to inspection but the board will not submit reports to council. He opposed legislation making the board subservient to council aside from voting members, citing desire to keep schools out of politics and stating annual reports exist for state authorities. Council gave no action after hearing the remarks.
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Board of Education of Americas
W. W. Dykes
Georgia
Giant war maneuvers staged at Benning this week
Columbus Ga May 7 Fort Benning will host the largest maneuver since the fort’s founding. Ninety seven thousand acres of military reservation will hear infantry and artillery as forces split into The Blues under Col John W Heavy and The Reds under Col James W Heidt. Nearly every enlisted man at the fort participates.
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Columbus
Fort Benning
John W. Heavy
James W. Heidt
Mosquitoes Roar Early In Valdosta
May 17 dispatch reports Valdosta residents in several city sections complain that the festive mosquito is an unmitigated nuisance. Early warm weather has boosted mosquito activity, hampering outdoor enjoyment and prompting calls for control measures.
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Valdosta
Skeeters
Sabbathschool work urged for Southern Presbyteries
MontREAT N C May 17 An increase in Sabbath school workers across 88 presbyteries is urged before the general assembly in a report by R E Magill secretary of Publication and Sabbath School Extension. The document calls for a superintendent for Sabbath school and youth work in each of 17 synods and missions schools in large churches. It proposes a 150000 budget to reach spiritually illiterate Youth under 25 in the South, notes record Bible and New Testament awards, and cites long running publication totals and growing Christian endeavor societies with 1905 to 1905 membership increases and missionary support in Africa Brazil and a Kentucky mountain school.
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South
Christian Endeavor
Africa
Brazil
Kentucky
Pope S Duncan Called to Cordele Pastorate
Cordele Georgia May 17 The First Baptist church conference extended a call to Rev Pope S Duncan current pastor of First Baptist Glasgow Kentucky Seven candidates were considered Duncan led on the first ballot and received a unanimous call It is believed he will accept though no definite word was yet available
Manry to Acquire McBrayer Barber Shop on Lamar Street
Will Manry will take charge immediately of the McBrayer Barber Shop on Lamar Street after a sale announced today. The purchase price was not disclosed. McBrayer, a longtime Americus resident, will relocate to Atlanta. Manry comes from the T. G. Pelham & Co. barbershop in the Bell Building and is well known locally.
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McBrayer
Lamar Street
Will Manry
Americus Syveral
Atlanta
Manry
T. G. Pelham & Co
Bell Building
Lost children found in Americus after long night of wandering
Two young girls aged about six and nine were found wandering in Americus on Tuesday morning, exhausted, hungry, and lost. Rescued by local women, they were bathed and fed before their mother was found. The incident ends with a moral: As ye have done it unto one of the least of these.
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Americas
Smithville
Americus
South Lee
Central Depot
Lee Street
Americus City Debtor Faces Lighting Service Claim
R P Ewing manager of the Americus plant of South Georgia Public Service told city council on Wednesday night that Americus owes for lighting Americus streets. No payments have been made since January 1 and back bills were funded into notes last year. Albany management urges cash payment as the current delinquency grows. No action was taken.
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R. P. Ewing
Americus
South Georgia Public Service Company
Ewing
Americus Lighting Company
Albany
Americas
Council
Eleven seniors to graduate at Lucy Cobb Institute
Athens May 17 Eleven members of Lucy Cobb Institute’s senior class will receive diplomas at the commencement on June 4. Named graduates include Mae Bostwick Louisville Gladys Bunn Fairfax Sara Elder Athens Mary Sue Hood Athens Helen McDorman Athens Kathleen Merry Athens Fanny Murry Athens Sarah Price Athens Lucy Robinson Covington Frances Wade Sewanee Evelyn Zettler Guntersville Alabama.
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Athens
Lucy Cobb
Mildred R. Mell
Misses Mae Bostwick
Louisville
Gladys Bunn
Fairfax
Sara Elder
Mary Sue Hood
Helen McDorman
Kathleen Merry
Fanny Murry
Sarah Price
Lucy Robinson
Covington
Frances Wade
Sewannee
Tenn
Evelyn Zettler
Guntersville
Ala
Taxes Due City Unpaid Roster Named by Witt
About 1800 taxpayers owe the City of Americas $24 658 38 in taxes due on realty and personalty for 1914. City Finance Chairman E J Witt told the city council Wednesday night that the delinquent list was compiled from records by City Clerk and Treasurer A. Continued on page 5.
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City of Americas
E. J. Witt
Finance Committee of Council
Witt
Big plants headed toward Dixie in cotton mill era
Atlanta industrial leaders say the South will attract large cotton mill machinery plants. With two mills already in Georgia and more under construction, access to iron timber coal and power suggests machinery manufacturing will stay in the region and create hundreds of millions in investment and hundreds of thousands of jobs.
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Atlanta
South
The Thalean School to Stage Amateur Play
The Thalean School presents The Masonic Ring Friday at 7 45 PM with other features. Saturday events start at 10 AM with Preston orchestra, an educational address by Rev. Luther Harrell, and an evening musical program. Admission is free for day and night events. a basket dinner will be served at noon in the grove, guests expected to bring baskets.
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Preston Orchestra
Luther Harrell
Beautiful Grove
Killian Praises Doughboy Sales Record During Visit
C M Killian of Atlanta, a business visitor in Americus, says The Spirit of the American Doughboy statue is more appreciated now. He notes his life-size doughboy sales in the past three months exceed the entire prior market period. He receives a warm welcome from many friends.
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C. M. Killian
Atlanta
Americus
Savannah Women Demand End of Segregated District
Savannah women declare the segregated district must go arguing a well regulated city with a restricted district invites graft and tempts youths away. The police chief and a minister lean toward a restricted district, but women oppose it citing social harm and outflow of residents.
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Savannah
Colorado Governor Names Adams as New Senator
Alva B. Adams of Pueblo was appointed Colorado's new senator by Governor Sweet. Adams, a Democrat, replaces the late Samuel P. Nichols, who died in Washington in April. The governor ignored Wilson McAdoo and Bryan recommendations urging different choices.
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Denver
Alva B. Adams
Pueblo
Colorado
Adams
Sweet
Samuel P. Nicholson
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
William G. McAdoo
William J. Bryan
Free movie tickets and gold prize at Times-Recorder
The Times-Recorder offers ten free move tickets to Opera House and Rylander theater today plus a $50 gold prize among readers on page 3. Readers are invited to follow conditions to claim tickets and the prize. Read the ads when they appear for details and eligibility.
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Times-Recorder
Rylander
Million Cas Distribution Set In Mason’s Annuity Case
Atlanta May 17 A million dollars salvaged by receivers from the Supreme Lodge of the Masons Annuity will be divided among about 5500 policy and certificate holders. Judge George E Bell signed the decree after a jury verdict declared the order insolvent and specified beneficiary classes. The case, in court over a year, involved bankruptcy proceedings and appeals to the Georgia Supreme Court.
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Atlanta
Supreme Lodge of the Mason
George E. Bell
Fulton
Bell
United States District Court
Supreme Court of Georgia
May Deny Leviathan Harbor Docking Pace
The City Sinking Fund Commission instructed Dock Commissioner Delaney to tell Chairman Lasker of the United States Shipping Board he will withhold docking space in Manhattan for the reconditioned liner LeViathan unless he reverses his decision not to award the President Buchanan reconditioning contract to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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New York
Associated Press
City Sinking Fund Commission Today
Delaney
Lasker
United State Shipping Board
Manhattan
LeViathany
Buchanan
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New Witnesses Arrested in Mystery Murder Case
A Northwestern University freshman Leigh ton Mount's disappearance in 1921 prompted new arrests in Chicago on May 17. A student tied to the case was taken into custody by assistants from the United States attorney's office. his name was withheld.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Leighton Mount
Northwestern University
United States Attorney’s Office
Louisville & Nashville acquires coal belt line link
Louisville & Nashville Railroad leases the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio line in a years deal. The belt through West Virginia Tennessee and North Carolina creates a direct link to Charleston and boosts coal tonnage moved over its rails.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio
West Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Charleston
Louisville & Nashville
Railroad merger links L and N with Coast Line
Leasing of the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad by the Louisville and Nashville creates direct contact between the L and N and the Atlantic Coast Line, giving the Coast Line direct access to southern coal fields for the first time in the history of the lines.
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Coast Line
R. R
Let the People Rule Debate Over School Levy
Alderman E J Witt urged placing the 4 mill school levy before voters, opposing immediate tax, and stating the people should decide the emergency measure. He cited Mr Dykes’s stance and pressed council and the board to refer the issue to Americus voters for a direct decision.
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E. J. Witt
Mr. Witt
Liberty Man ReCaptures After Seven-Year Escape
I B Hall, who evaded the Dodge county chain gang since 1914, was recaptured near Bushnell Florida after spending years in Florida orange growing. He had murdered Dennis Hall in Tifton in May 1913, was sentenced to hang, commuted to life, and later escaped again before resuming confinement.
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Eastman
Liberty
I. B. Hall
Dodge County
Bushnell
Fla
Hall
Florida
Dennis Hall
Tifton
First Baptist S S To Picnic At Myrtle Springs
Myrtle Springs will host the Sunday school picnic announced by T F Gatewood superintendent. The date is set for Thursday June 14 with preparations underway for a large crowd expected to attend.
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First Baptist S. S
Myrtle
First Baptist Church
Myrtle Springs
T. F. Gatewood
Ousley Visits Old Home in Valdosta
Clarence Ousley traveled to his former residence at Ousley station in Valdosta and located living family servants. Among them is Mansfield Boring, claimed to be 100 years old and once a coachman for the Ousleys after the Civil War.
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Ousley
Valdosta
Clarence Ousley
Ousley Station
Mansfield Boring
Ousleys
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