How and When to Poison the Weevil Plan advised by DeLogh Maness and Marshall
Dr R J H DeLogh J C Maness and George C Marshall outline a plan to protect crops from weevils. Apply poison before squares form or as tiny forms appear then repeat every five days after each application. Pick up squares after the second poisoning and again when blooms appear before cultivation. Destroy cotton stalks in early fall, except burning. J A Hixon chairman Weevil Committee George O Marshall county agent.
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J. A. Hixon
Weevil Committee
George O. Marshall
Baptists Reject New Motion in Convention Battle
In Atlanta on May 17 the Southern Baptist convention decisively rejected a motion by C P Stealey of Oklahoma City to re open the modernist vs fundamentalist debate. Stealey tried to place the resolution directly before the body bypassing the resolutions committee, which had acted unfavorably on similar rules the day before.
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Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
C. P. Stealey
Oklahoma City
Stealey
Resolutions Committee
Legion Post to Send Delegates to Savannah
The John D. Mathis Post of American Legion will hold its second regular meeting in the Superior Court Room Monday at 7 30 pm. Delegates to the State Convention in Savannah June 5 and 6 will be elected, with four delegates and four alternates chosen. Three delegates will be elected for La Societe 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux and a short meeting follows. Funds for Confederate Veterans reunion travel will be discussed along with electing new officers in June.
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John D. Mathis
American Legion
Superior Court Room
Lane
Savannah
la Societe 40 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux
Ira Bryant Granted 30 Day Respite by Governor
Atlanta May 17 A thirty day respite has been granted by Governor Walker to Ira Bryant a farmer convicted of murdering James Lewis a neighbor in a case that drew local attention.
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Ira Bryant
Atlanta
Walker
James Lewis
Babies cited in Americus rabies drive prompt protection
Dr J W Payne county health commissioner warns of rabies risk amid a conservation drive. He notes six current Pasteur treatment patients in Sumter county including an eighteen month old baby and urges exposed individuals to seek Pasteur treatment to prevent a dangerous, often fatal infection linked to improper treatment of dumb rabies.
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Americus
Sumter County
J. W. Payne
Payne
Experiment Shows Loss in Cotton
A US Department of Agriculture Bureau of Markets study at Jefferson Georgia reports cotton bale losses under weather exposure. Open ground bales lost up to 370 pounds in eight months, bales on edge 167 pounds, end-on 78 pounds, on timbers with weekly turning 49 pounds, timbered tarpaulin 14 pounds, while a bonded warehouse bale lost only one pound. Corroborating tests favor properly constructed bonded warehouses for minimal storage loss.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Jefferson
Vigorous Campaign to Destroy Weevil Organized Today
In Albany on May 17 traveling men from wholesale houses met with the chamber of commerce to aid in spreading information on boll weevil control. Adequate plans were mapped to educate people about fighting the pest as South Georgia continues its vigorous campaign.
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Albany
South Georgia
Chamber of Commerce
American fliers cross Pacific from Paramushiro to Arctic bay
Paramashiro Island May 17. Three United States Army world fliers completed the first Pacific crossing by air. The expedition pushed through ice climate and remote seas to reach an Arctic border bay, marking a historic achievement for the country and the crews.
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Paramashiro
Island
Kuriles
United States Army
Arctic
Pacific
Sun Yat Sen Rumored Dead But Telegrams Say Alive
May 17 report from Peking states Sun Yat Sen, South China leader, who had death rumors, is alive and recovering. An official telegram to the American legation confirms the news and a similar message reached the Japanese legation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Sun Yat Sen
South China
Legation
John P. Cason Found Dead in Waycross Bed
John P. Cason, a well known Waycross citizen, was found dead in his bed by family members. He had suffered illness for some time, but his passing came as a shock to relatives and friends.
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Waycross
John P. Cason
Knight's warehouse burns with fifty bales of cotton
Dublin May 17 Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the cotton warehouse of B T Knight at Manning. The blaze began about two o'clock in the morning and consumed fifty bales of cotton. Net loss exceeds 10 000 dollars with insurance estimates from 8 000 to 10 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
B. T. Knight
Manning
Miller to Be With Visiting Party Here
Herman A. Miller of Easton Pennsylvania secretary of the National Camp P O S of A will be among visitors to be guests of the lodge here Monday evening The Times Recorder earlier omitted his name Indications today show several camp members will accompany the visitors to Albany Tuesday afternoon to be guests of the Albany lodge at a gathering Tuesday night
Pobbry Charged To Hawk Of Broadway In Bill Just
Harry Lesser known as hawk of Broadway and his wife faced a grand jury indictment in New York for first degree robbery of Mrs Howard Johnson wife of the composer amounting to 5500 in jewels. They were arraigned and held without bail for examination Monday amid other pending charges related to Broadway robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Lesser
Hawk
Broadway
Howard Johnson
Lasser
Mildred F. Monroe
Brand
Johnson
Garrison
King
Fast Track Expected For Kentucky Derby At Churchill Downs
Louisville May 17 A very fast track is in prospect for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs this afternoon if rain does not fall officials of the Kentucky Jockey Club announced today The note stresses track conditions and racing day expectations.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Kentucky Jockey Club
Many Candidates Out At Jacksonville In Primary Field
Jacksonville May 17 A total of 120 candidates for public office in the Democratic primary on June 3 had qualified by yesterday afternoon clerk Frank Brown said. Seventy-one seek pay offices while forty-nine seek places on the county Democratic executive committee and one seeks membership on the state Democratic executive committee from Duval County.
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Jacksonville
Frank Brown
Democratic Executive
Democratic Executive Committee
Duval County
House clears soldier bonus bill despite veto
In Washington on May 17 theHouse passed the soldier bonus measure over President Coolidy's veto. Party lines vanished as supporters built a comfortable margin over the two thirds threshold. The bill now faces the Senate, where a close result is anticipated and final enactment or defeat rests with the upper chamber.
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Washington
House
Coolidy
Senate
Coolidge Cancels Engagements Due to Cold
Washington May 17 President Coolidge cancelled his engagements for today and stayed in his room on doctors orders. He was not confined to bed but followed medical advice to rest and recover from a slight cold.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Poor Married Man draws crowd at Union High PTA night
Leslie May 17 The play A Poor Married Man was presented at Union High school auditorium by the PTA. A large audience enjoyed the performance and the event netted a neat sum to be used for paying the school piano.
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Leslie
Union High School
P. T.A
Hancock Farmers Strive to Beat Weevil on Cotton
In Sparta May 17 farmers in the county rush cotton harvest to outpace boll weevil. Fertilizer use is heavy and land poisoning preparations proceed rapidly. Planting area this year is projected to be fifty percent greater than in prior years.
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Sparta
Revival season near end in Dublin churches
Dublin on May 17 reports the revival season nearly closed with only Centenary Methodist church still holding services. Since early April Dublin churches hosted five to six weeks of continuous meetings, leaving one ongoing revival at Centenary Methodist church.
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Dublin
Centenary Methodist
Pierce County Tax Gatherer is Killed
H Lester Dykes the Pierce county tax collector was killed Wednesday afternoon in the pasture behind his father's home. Found by his father he had gone to gather fish bait for a fishing trip and carried a gun and hoe. Authorities suppose the gun discharged by accident striking him in the stomach.
Senior Class Head and Girl Found Dead
Harrisburg date May 17. Harry Ganster 21 president of Marysville High School senior class and Vera Ellens berger 18 of Hollidaysburg were found shot to death in an automobile near Hogestown early today. It is unclear if it was double murder or murder and self harm as no gun was found. The couple had set out last night to look for flowers.
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Harrisburg
Harry Ganster
Marysville High School
Here
Vera Ellensberger
Hollidaysburg
Hogestown
Harrison Named Temporary Chairman of Democratic Convention
New York May 17 Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi was unanimously chosen temporary chairman of the Democratic national convention to be held in New York next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Senate committee seeks cancelled checks from Ohio bootlegger
Washington May 17 The Daugherty committee will ask the courts to obtain cancelled checks of George Remus an Ohio liquor operator. Remus testified these would verify payments to Jess Smith the associate of former Attorney General Daugherty for protection.
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Washington
Senate
Daugherty Committee
George Remus
Ohio
Remus
Jess Smith
Daughterty
LW Brown Named Cue Club President In Americus
The Americus Barbecue club, reorganized at the first meeting of the new season, elected Lawrence W Brown as president H O Jones as vice president and Cloyd Buchanan as treasurer. Reports show the club flourishing with 1924 promising. it will meet biweekly through the summer with the next gathering May 29.
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Americus
Cita
Glessner Street
Lawrence W. Brown
H. O. Jones
Cloyd Buchanan
Surprise Marriage Staged By Local Couple
Brunswick May 17 News has been received of the marriage of Miss Anne Wright Burnett daughter of a prominent local wholesale merchant to Mr Herzey Clark Morris employed at the Hercules Powder Company plant in this city Morris is also first baseman on the Hercules baseball team The couple planned a secret wedding and chose to wed immediately after the team played in Savannah yesterday with local officials present
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Brunswick
Anne Wright Burnett
Herzey Clark Morris
Hercules Powder Company
Morris
Hercules
Savannah
Adombary
Oregon Delegation Favors Coolidge Nomination
Oregon voters gave President Calvin Coolidge a strong lead in the state primary. With a third of precincts reporting, Coolidge led delegates pledged to Hiram Johnson by about three to one. William Gibbs McAdoo faced no opposition for the Democratic nomination in the same primary.
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Portland
Oregon
Calvin Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
McAdoo
Kentucky Delegates All Go To McAdoo
Lexington May 16 The Kentucky delegation of twenty six to the Democratic national convention was instructed for William Gibbs McAdoo after supporters forced the unit rule at the state convention. The session ended amid disorder and goat motion and two delegates from the ninth district had been instructed for Oscar Underwood. An appeal to the national convention in New York was planned by Underwood supporters.
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Lexington
Kentucky
William Gibbs McAdoo
Oscar Underwood
United States
Alabama
New York
Underwood
Vegetable Movement Gathers Steady Pace at Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale Florida May 17 rail yard along New River sees rising activity as tomatoes beans and potatoes from the upper Everglades and Lake region move to refrigerated cars bound for northern markets. Last week four to five carloads daily, this week nearly doubled in tomatoes. lake section harvests one of the best in history. Estimated total shipped by June 1 from the upper Glades through Fort Lauderdale may exceed 2 500 carloads with crates likely surpassing that mark.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Florida East Coast Railway
New River
Upper Everglades
Lake Country
Upper Glades
Ion Mar
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J. C. Maness
George C. Marshall
Baptists
Legion
Americas
Court House
Fear
Sun TS
Knight
Martin
Nancy J. Martin
Frederick L. Martin
Mobridge
S. C
Connersville
Ind
Pobbery
Bill Just
Lesser
Bill
Hancock Farmers
Pierce County
Vera Ellenberger
Harrison
LW. Brown
CUE Club
Landsilde
M’adoo
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