Cotton Crop Production Estimate and Market Reaction
The Department of Agriculture projected a 15,886,000 bale cotton crop for the year if averages hold, with Georgia 1,150,000 bales, South Carolina 860,000, and Tennessee 485,000. Census figures put 1925 growth to Nov 1 at 11,198,666 bales, boosting New York December futures and causing spot prices to fall from 18 3 8 to 17 3 4 cents, with the market closing at 19 43 for December and 19 00 for January.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Census Bureau
New York
Minona Springs to Be Developed as Big Resort
Real estate boom in Montezuma follows reports from Georgia-Florida Real Estate Co. about a $10,000 sale of Minona Springs to a Florida investor who plans an up-to-date hotel, golf links, and resort facilities. Nearby, a $25,000 sale of the Forrest peach farm to a Miami capitalist adds to a string of two smaller recent deals. The firm, led by Easterlin, McKenzie, Duke, and Neal, notes paving bonds and highway work could raise activity further.
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Montezuma
Lynn McKenzie
Georgia-Florida Real Estate Co
Florida
Minona Springs
Montezuba
Poperty
Forrest Peach Farm
Macon County
Georgia-Florida Realty Company
J. B.easterlin, Jr
Armistice Day White Way Plans Finished
Final and complete plans for the Armistice Day White Way celebration are in place. The Legion parade starts at 2:30 PM, an address by former Senator Hoke Smith at 3:00 PM, and the White Way lights turn on at 7:30 PM. Smith will be hosted by a reception committee led by L. G. Councell and features prominent locals.
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Hoke Smith
White Way
Legion
Whiteway
Smith
L. G.councell
J. E. Poole
N. A. Ray
Board of County Commissioners
Lovelace Eve
Chamber of Commerce
P. B. Williford
Mr. Smith
Lamar Street
Post
Windsor Hotel
Rylander Theater
Americas
Sumter
American Legion
Kiwanis Club
Kirchoffer 10 Visit Americus and Speak to Parish
The Rev. A. Kirchoffer of Christchurch Mobile arrives in Americus to discuss the national Episcopal budget and program. He will speak to the parish women at 3 30 p.m. on Tuesday, dine with Calvary church vestry at the Tea Room, and address all church members and friends at 7 30 p.m. in the parish house inviting clergy, auxiliaries, and youth groups to attend.
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A. Kirchoffer
Christchurch
Mobile
Americus
Thomas Harrold
Kirchoffer
National Council of the Episcopal Church
Woman’s Auxiliary
Young People’s Service League
More Paving Planned for Route 3 in Worth County
Worth County grand jury at October term urged paving the Florida Short Route through the county from Dougherty to Colquitt line. Sylvester Kiwanis Club backed the paving project. The jury also recommended introducing a bill to elect three county commissioners at large and to appoint a county business manager to handle all Board of County Commissioners duties.
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Worth County Grand Jury
Florida
Sylvester
Grand Jury
Worth
Board of County Commissioners
Postal rate hike falls short of salary rise
Washington November 9 The Postmaster General said the recently raised postage rates will cover only about half of the postal salary increases. He testified before a Congressional special joint subcommittee on postal rates.
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Washington
New
Congressional Special Joint Sub-Committee On
Hospital Employees Go On Strike In Vera Cruz
In Vera Cruz on November 9, hospital employees and attendants walked out after months of unpaid salaries. The striking workers issued formal regrets to patients while noting many earn only thirty dollars or less monthly, and stated they must cease work until pay is received.
New French Theatres to Install Modern Ventilation
Paris November 9 An open window triggers panic in theatres and cinemas as no mechanical ventilation exists. With smoking allowed in most venues, ventilation is essential. New motion picture houses for American companies will be equipped with modern ventilating systems in Paris and other French cities.
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Paris
European plot against dry law revealed
William E Pussyfoot Johnson, an international temperance lecturer, charges a European plot to undermine prohibition. The plan allegedly targets a January 16 Washington gathering of wet advocates and is to be funded mainly by European distillers and brewers as stated by Dr Ernest Cherrington at the Anti Saloon League convention.
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Chicago
William E
Pussyfoot) Johnson
Washington
Johnson
Ernest Cherrington
World League Against Alcoholism
Europe
Education Week to Be Observed Nationwide
Proclamations by President Coolidge and Governor Clifford Walker mark American Education Week. States issue observances centering on education for parents, teachers, and students with a national program led by the American Legion, NEA, and the U.S. Bureau of Education. The week features Constitution Day, Patriotism Day, School and Teacher Day, Conservatism and Thrift Day, Know Your School Day, Community and Health Day, and God and Country Day.
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Coolidge
Clifford Walker
American Legion
National Education Association
United States Bureau of Education
Doctor on trial for slaying his daughter Hazel
Littleton November 9. In opening his defense Harold E Blazer described his daughter Hazel 34 as helpless and imbecile. He testified she could not walk speak feed or help herself as she lay unable to move on the floor. He faced charges of murdering his only child.
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Littleton
Col
Harold E. Blazer
Hazel
Walsh Purchases Florida Property
J Irving Walsh president of the New York Real Estate Board signed contracts for a quarter million dollar investment in Coral Gables Florida. He said the purchase is a first step and a large construction program will be announced soon. The Riviera section lies near the University of Miami open air campus and next to the planned Seaboard Air Line Railroad Terminal, expected to be the largest south of Jacksonville.
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Coral Gables
Fla
J. Irving Walsh
New York Real Estate Board
Walsh
Riviera
University of Miami
Seaboard Airline
Jacksonville
Dr Henry B Allen Dies After Short Illness
Dr Henry B Allen a noted Americus specialist died at his Taylor street home Sunday night after a brief illness caused by influenza with complications. Funeral services were held Monday at the Episcopal church officiated by Rev James B Lawrence. The body was sent to Sandersville for interment Tuesday. He was 47, survived by his widow Mrs H B Allen and two daughters Miss Mary Earle Allen and Miss Elizabeth Sean Allen, his mother Mrs Ida Joyner.
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Henry B. Allen
Americus
Taylor Street
Episcopal Church
James B. Lawrence
Sandersville
Allen
M. G. Joyner
H. B. Allen
Mary Earle Allen
Elizabeth Sean Allen
Ida
Mitchell Trial Resume Hearing
Washington. Anothe r reverberating cannonade of accusations was turned loose today by Colonel William Mitchell against those in charge of the Military and Naval air services. Through his counsel Mitchell informed the court martial trying him that he was fully prepared to prove his charge of criminal and almost treasonable negligence in government aviation.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Miitary
Naval Air Services
Mitchell
Rome beggars have wealth in disguise untold count reveals riches
Nov 9 Rome police exposed beggars as wealthy residents behind their walls. A pauper with about $30 in one day’s receipts. a dwelling house owner. a livery stable owner with multiple horses and carriages. a professional money lender. and a patron of elite restaurants. Cesare Sanesi, aged and poor in appearance, died on the street of heart failure and was buried in the destitute cemetery. he belonged to a noble Florentine family with the title of count.
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Rome
Cesare Sanesi
Sanesi
Florentine
Forty Three Die in Southern Traffic Crashes
Forty three people were killed and two hundred eight injured in traffic accidents across ten Southern states last week. The Associated Press collected the reports, detailing the fatalities and injuries.
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Birmingham
Ala
Associated Press
Fertilizer Men Begin First Southern Convention in Atlanta
The inaugural southern convention of the National Fertilizer Association opens in Atlanta and runs to Wednesday. Key speakers include Charles H. MacDowell on Muscle Shoals, ex Governor Robert A. Cooper on rural credits, and University of Tennessee President H. A. Morgan on rural handicaps. Major E. Foote discusses elimination of waste in American industry. Sessions led by Spencer L. Carter with Charles J. Brand as executive secretary. officials report unusually large attendance for the gathering.
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Atlanta
New National Fertilizer Association
Charles H. MacDowell
Armour Fertilizer Works
Robert A. Cooper
South Carolina
Federal Loan Bureau
United States Treasury Department
H. A. Morgan
University of Tennessee
E. Foote
United States Department of Commerce
Spencer L. Carter
Richmond
Chas. J. Brand
Washington, D. C
Called to be Saints sermon at Lee Street Church
Rev William M Haywood preached at Lee Street Methodist on Called to be Saints from first Corinthian chapter. He spoke of the call to saints and a saintly life, denied long faced Christians, and urged living to do the will of God. Holy Communion followed the sermon.
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William M. Haywood
Lee Street Methodist Church
Paul
Corinth
Haywood
University
Spanish American War Veterans Parade Invitation
The Spanish American War veterans are asked to meet Wednesday at 2 PM at the Courthouse to join the Armistice Day parade with the American Legion. The 1898 veterans were invited to participate in the day’s exercises.
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American Legion
Mayor-Elect Walker Visits Atlanta in Political Move
New York Mayor-elect James J. Walker visits Atlanta this week. Observers see the trip as not a selling effort for Tammany to the South, but as potentially influencing Governor Smiths 1928 Democratic presidential nomination bid.
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New York
Atlanta
James J. Walker
South
Smiths
Thomasville Lots Sold Rapidly in New Glennwood Development
In Thomasville Georgia Jemison Realty reports a fast sale of 25 lots in the Glennwood restricted subdivision. Letters mailed Friday announced immediate availability at 1050 dollars each. All 25 were claimed by Saturday morning ahead of the official November 12 opening sale.
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Thomasville
Jemison Realty Company
Glennwood
Old Man Learns Tango at London Dance Academy
An eighty four year old man attends a London dancing academy to learn the tango showing older adults pursuing new skills.
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London
GEORGIA PEACH MEETS TUNNEY IN COLUMBUS WIN
The Georgia Peach, Young Stribling, defeated Australian heavyweight George Cook in ten rounds at Columbus with a KO near miss in round seven. Four to five thousand spectators watched as Stribling displayed clear superiority. Plans to match Stribling with Gene Tunney in New York on December 23 hinge on the New York boxing commission waiving the three day rule.
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Georgia Peach
George Cook
Columbus
Cook
Stribling
Gene Tunney
New York
New York Boxing Commission
Tunney
Wreck of Suwannee River Special injures several near Seney
The Southern passenger train Suwannee River Special derailed about 40 miles north of Atlanta at Seney Sunday afternoon. The engine and mail car overturned while baggage and three passenger cars left the track. Engineer R. M. Bardlay of Ardlarita was among the injured. cause of the accident not learned.
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Atlanta
Nav.y
Southern
Suwanee River
Seney
Here
R. M. Bardlay
Ardlarita
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Florida Capitalist
Forrester Peach Farm
Tom Harrold
Pussyfoot
the Woodmen of the World
Mitchel
Air Services
National Fertilizer Association
Rev
Lee St. Methodist Church
Walker
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