New High School Faculty Listed for Next Year
The city board of education announced the new high school faculty for next fall except for three current staff. C M Hale remains principal with Helen Frazier teaching English and Latin by Mayfield from LaGrange. Alice Keith and George Stallings join history and English. Martha Cobb domestic science and Jack Holst manual training. Furlow Grammar adds several new teachers plus two vacant math and science posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.M. Hale
Martha Cobb
Jack, Holst
City Board of Education
Farlow School
C. M. Hale
Helen Frazier
Allen Mayfield
Alice Keith
George Stallings
Jack Holst
Miss Frazier
Milligan College
Tenn
Mayfield
LaGrange
Naomi Wright
Prospect Heights School
Elizabeth Belcher
McKay Hill Negro School
Bryan Completes Long Held College Honor
The D. Y. S. Senior Honor Society at Emory College announces the initiation of class of 1928 members Eugene McCullough Anthony Ton, Guy ton Ga. Charles Henry Deterly Baton Rouge La. Herman David Hancock Savannah Ga. Marvin Henry Harper Albany Ga. Perry Franklin Mullinax Maysville Ga. James Harris Parks Jr Madison Ga. Clarence Let Talley Panama City Fla. Also Joseph Marcellus Bryan Americus banker class of 1909 elected 1908 initiated May 25 1922.
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Atlanta
D. Y
Americus
Amateur Minstrels in Wreck with Two Dead and Three Hurt
Birmingham May 27 A Birmingham amateur troupe Ugly Brothers Minstrels suffered a fatal wreck en route from Jasper to Birmingham. Charles F B Turner and J E Higginson died in the crash. Injured were Walter Slack A R Redburn and James Drake. Higginson from Lake City Florida was Redburn’s relative. The car skidded into a ditch at Pinkney on the return trip after a performance last night.
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Birmingham
Ugly Brothers Minstrels
Jasper
Charles FB. Turner
J. E. Higginson
Walter Slack
A. R. Redburn
James Drake
Higginson
Lake City
Fla
Redburn
Pinkney
Boy,3, Drank Carbolic Acid Alone in House
May 27. Woodrow Wills, 3 years old, son of Clarence Wills of Hartsfield, climbed to a trunk and took carbolic acid from a medicine cabinet. He drank about a half ounce and died within hours. His mother was in the yard when she heard him scream. efforts to save him were futile.
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Moultrie
Woodrow
Clarence Wills
Hartsfield
Sforts
Meyer lauds cotton pool at Georgia bankers meeting
Eugene Meyer Jr. told Georgia Bankers Association that cooperative cotton marketing aids orderly handling of the Souths great crop. The session, closed with Coca Cola luncheon, elected officers for 1922 23 headed by H P Hunter. An amendment cut the number of vice presidents to one for five years.
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Atlanta
Georgia Bankers’ Association
Eugene Meyer, Jr
War Finance Corporation
Coca-Cola Company
Washington
Meyer
Georgia Marketing Association
Oklahoma
Texas
Mississippi
H. P. Hunter
Hiberton
J. 8. Paters
Manchester
J. S. Kennedy
C. E. Martin
Fort Valley
Abial Winn
Valdosta
Haynes McFadden
F E. L. Henderson
Cedartown
Orville A. Park
Macon
Professor Mat his Lost Hunting Dog Joe Found
Professor J E Mathis locates his hunting dog Joe after three months of search. Stokly Jolly advertised a similar dog near Smithville road, leading to the discovery that the dog at the Jolly home was Mathis's missing pet. The dog had roamed previously and disappeared on the Smithville road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Mathis
Joe
Mr. Mathis
Stokly Jolly
Smithville Road
Times-Recorder
Prof. Mathis
Farm loan interest rate reduced to six percent
The Empire Loan & Trust company announced a cut in farm loan interest from 6 1 2 percent to 6 percent. The move signals improving conditions and is expected to prompt other lenders in the area to follow suit. Before World War I rates were 5 1 2 percent, remaining at 6 1 2 for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emipre Loan & Trust Company
Albany Plans First Osculibadian Since 1918
Albany announces its first os culibadian event since 1918 set for a short time in May. The directory notes Albany as the hosting city with local involvement and civic interest indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW City Directory
Albany
Jalbany
Rev L A Harrell to Deliver Baccalaureate Sermon
Rev L A Harrell pastor of Lee Street Methodist church will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to Ellaville consolidated high school's graduating class at the school auditorium Sunday at 11 o'clock. There will be no preaching at Lee Street church Sunday morning but he will occupy the pulpit Sunday evening after attending Cordele district Methodist conference in Hawkinsville. Harrell formerly lived in Pulaski county and enjoyed meeting old friends.
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L. A. Harrell
Lee Street Methodist Church
Ellaville
No retrial for trio in Schley
Judge Z A Littlejohn refused a new trial for Henry Harvey Bennie DeVane and Henry L Salford in Schley County. They were convicted for snoozing at another during the Will Jones lynching after a Sunday attack at his home and subsequent murder. Att. Zach Childers said he would appeal. Six other indicted defendants remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. A. Littlejohn
Superior Court
Henry Harvey
Bennie DeVane
Henry L. Salford
Schley County
Will Jones
Zach Childers
Hart
Ellaville
Chambers
Childers
Jones
Lions Club Medal Recitation Contest Monday at High School
The Lions club of Americus sponsors the annual Lions medal recitation contest at 8 15 Monday morning in the high school. Students Myrtle Poole Kessie Andrews Marie Hall Bettie Castellon Katherine Harris Mozelle Deavours Willa Sanborn and Martha Ivey will read. A committee chosen by H E Allen, Lions club president, will render decisions.
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Lions Club of
Americus
Myrtle Poole
Kessie Andrews
Marie Hall
Bettie Castellon
Katherine Harris
Mozelle Deavours
Willa Sanborn
Martha Ivey
H. E. Allen
The
Lions Club
Chilean Peruvian Parley Makes Progress
Washington May 27 A joint statement says definite forums have been settled upon in the Chilean Peruvian conference after the delegations resumed sessions for the first time in a week.
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Washington
Allies Discount Berlin Reports Reparations Basis
Reports from Berlin said Germany accepted Allied reparations proposals as a discussion basis, but reparations circles fear the acceptance may be provisional while the commission insists it is the last word.
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Berlin
Paris
Mey
Associated Press
East Americus Honor Rolls Announced for Two Months
The East Americus school honor rolls for the last two months are published herewith. Furlow and Prospect Heights entries were not received. Read lists by grade include Luther Hallman Ed win Jones and others in first grade. Christine Schneider and Raymond Law in third. Mary Graham and Dorothy Morris in fourth. Mary Ferguson in fifth, with multiple students named across months and grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Americas
Furlow
Prospect Heights
East Americus
Luther Hallman
Edwin Jones
Jack Prance
Marie Purvis
Montine Summers
Gladys Scoggins
Glennyce Creughon
Frances McBrayer
Mary Tressie Sapp
Christine Schneider
Family Turner
Velma Turner
Thelma Turner
Julian Prance
Raymond Law
Beatrice Heidt
Sara Neal Maddux
Ruth Halstead
Florence Speer
Bob Jones
Ella Glawson
Mary Graham
Louise Halstead
Hildreth Castleberry
John Daniel
Mary Eva Cameron
Mary Ferguson
Sarah Lavender
Florence Pelham
Yoland Pierce
Christine Silver
Martha Wall
Loraine Weed
Carroll Purvis
Echel Cobb
Luther
Charles Smith
Raymond Morris
Abner Belcher
Attorney General under fire over shadowing senators
Washington May 27 Senator Caraway renewed charges that the Department of Justice used secret service men to shadow congressmen. He said a Little Rock contact reported an agent named Mathers in Arkansas was conducting a confidential investigation of Caraway.
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Washington
Daugherty
Senate
Caraway
Department of Justice
Secret Service
Little Rock
Mathers
Arkansas
First Draft of Charter Readied for Public View
Citizens committee led by J. F. Warren prepared a complete new charter to switch Americus to a commission manager form. A City Hall briefing outlined the draft before a mass meeting will review it and send it to Sumter County for Georgia's legislature. W. T. Lane opposed the change, labeling it autocratic, while W. M. Jones defended it. Dr. Carl W. Minor praised Fitzgerald's commission manager system and predicted a decisive victory. Major James A. Fort also opposed the proposal.
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Citizens’ Committee
J. 4. Warren
Charmen
Americus
Sumter County
cGorgia
W. T. Lane
W. M. Jones
Charter Committee
Carl W. Minor
Georgia
Fitzgerald
Lane
James A. Fort
Indictment Charged Frank I. Smith With Embezzling City Funds
Atlanta May 27. Fulton county grand jury returns indictment against former city tax collector Frank I. Smith for embezzling 17426.46 of city funds. He is accused of using the money personally. The move surprised Smith’s friends who expected charges to be dropped after an audit of the tax collector’s books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Fulton County Grand
Frank I. Smith
Smith
Labor Leaders Freed On $75,000 Bond Each
Chicago May 27 Big Tim Murphy and Fred Mader described as czars in the labor war were ordered released from jail on bonds of $75,000 each. They had been confined eleven days after arrest and indictment on murder in connection with the death of Police Lieutenant Terrence Lyons May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Big Tim” Murphy
Fred Mader
Terrence Lyons
Steinbrink to Aid U. S. in War Fraud Cases
Washington May 27 Meier Steinbrink a New York lawyer who helped Charles E Hughes in the 1918 government aircraft inquiry was said to have accepted an appointment by Attorney General Daugherty as one of his special assistants in the prosecution of the war fraud cases.
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Washington
Rainfall Hits Albany With Two Inch Friday Downpour
Albany reports nearly two inches of rain in under two hours on Friday morning, marking the second rain over an inch this week. Farmers complain of excessive moisture as the wet spell continues to affect the region.
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Albany
Prominent Morse Case Ties Felder to Daugherty
The article notes lawyer Thomas B. Felder is prominently mentioned in senate discussion over Charles W. Morse's release from the Atlanta federal penitentiary during Taft's presidency. Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty is said to have helped secure the release with a documented fee of 25,000 dollars, while Felder expected 100,000 but did not receive it from the so-called ice king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Felder
Senate
Harry M. Daugherty
Charles W. Morse
Federal
Atlanta
Taft
Daugherty
Felder
Morse
No Truth Found In Crane Report
Washington May 27 The American consulate at Beirut cabled the State Department on May 26 that there is no basis for the Cairo report that Charles B Crane had been found guilty by a French military court at Damascus of seeking to incite anti French disturbances in Syria. The French high commissioner at Damascus issued an official denial.
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Washington
Beirut
Syria
State Department
Cairo
Egypt
Charles B. Crane
Damascus
Gorgas Plant Eliminated in Muscle Shoals Plan
Washington May 27 The house military committee approved a development plan for the Muscle Shoals projects after three months of study. The proposal was kept secret but it was learned that one Gorgas steam plant was eliminated, while other terms largely followed Lord offers.
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Washington
Associated Press
Muscle Shoals
House Military Committee
Gorgas
Lord
Kiwanis Names 2 To Enter Atlanta Parade
Americus Kiwanis selects Bradley Hogg and John W. Shiver to represent the club among 27 Kiwanis groups in Atlanta for Progress and Prosperity week parade. Atlanta Kiwanis will host guests from other clubs. Friday luncheon featured dances by Cordelia Hooks and Florence Fort directed by Emma Chapman.
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Bradley Hogg
John W. Shiver
Americus Kiwanis Club
Atlanta
Kiwanis Club of
Cordelia Hooks
Florence Fort
Emma Chapman
Smilin Through Draws Large Rylander Crowd
A large audience attended the Norma Talmadge film at the Rylander on Friday amid favorable weather prospects. The adaptation preserves the Jane Cowl play this past winter, though an organ malfunction affected the prior show.
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Smilin
Norma Talmadge
Rylander
Jane Cowl
Cotton sales lift Americas market amid near 150000 dollar value
About 1,500 bales changed hands on Friday as prices held at around 20 cents per pound, with 1,000 bales sourced from the G G Council warehouse. Analysts note weather-driven demand and expect further cuts in carryover as warehouses near depletion and farmers race to plant and fertilize for a potential short crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Jriday
G G. Council
Progess
J. W. Jay & Co
New York
L. G Council
Republicans Split Over Cloture On Tariff Bills
Washington May 27 Republicans split over cloture on the pending tariff and revenue appropriation bills. At today's party conference the disagreement was broad and no progress was made, adjourning until next Wednesday.
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Washington
English engineer invents camera that photographs noises
An English engineer developed a device described as a camera capable of photographing noises, presenting a novel approach to visualizing sound. The report notes the unusual concept and outlines potential applications and limited demonstrations.
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Bryan
Meyer Lauds Cotton Pool
Schley
Littlejohn
Sleuth
Dr. Minor
Steinbrink
U. S
House
Ford
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