Marshall Urges Emergency Tomato Plan for Sumter County
George O. Marshall urged a practical emergency farm plan for Sumter County to yield over 100000 dollars next June and July if one fourth acre is planted to tomatoes by 1000 farmers. He said business leaders must back the plan, noting creamery, cold storage, and hatchery facilities were key.
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Sumter
George O. Marshall
Kiwanis Club
Mr. Marshall
Sumter County
Turner County
Marshall
Americus
Plains
Leslie
Turner
Georgie Betts
Mr. Bishop
Florida Bureau of Markets
Jacksonville
Florida
Suits Filed Against Peanut Dealers Outside Co Op
The Georgia Peanut Growers Cooperative Association filed litigation in multiple South Georgia counties seeking liquidated damages of four dollars per ton for peanuts sold to outside buyers. President Colonel Spence stated defaulters will be sued as fast as evidence is gathered.
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Albany
South Georgia
The
Georgia Peanut Growers Cooperative Association
Colonel Spence
No More Funds to Fight Ticks in Thomas County
Thomasville Oct 13 The Thomas County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to withdraw all financial support from tick eradication efforts. A federal inspector reported ticks entering from across the Florida line Brooks County and areas near the Grady County line and west of Ochlocknee. Cattle mules horses and deer are cited as carriers. The board said dipping has not been strictly enforced after eight years with no success and no future prospect of effectiveness.
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Thomasville
Board of Commissioners of
Thomas County
Florida Line
Brooks County
Grady County
Ochlocknee
Predicted Papyrus Race Postponed by Horse Condition
British turf man J B Joel said the $100,000 international race at Bellomont Park next Saturday may be postponed or canceled due to Papyrus condition. Joel, who freed Steve Donoghue to ride Papyrus, abandoned plans to attend as he felt the sporting outcome had been spoiled by inequality between Papyrus and American contenders.
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New York
J. B. Joel
The
Majestic
Bellomont Park
Papyrus
Joel
Steve Donoghue
Ford Reckless with Assertions Says Weeks
Secretary Weeks branded Henry Ford’s charges about the Muscle Shoals Gorgas steam plant sale as reckless assertions after a White House conference. Weeks issued a formal reply and discussed the matter with President Coolidge, signaling indignation at Ford’s personal accusations.
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Washington
Weeks
Henry Ford
Gorgas
Muscle Shoals Project
Detroit
Secretary of War
White House
Ford
President Coolidge
Paris bans Birth of a Nation over Ku Klux Klan scenes
Paris authorities again forbid showing the motion picture Birth of a Nation until all scenes with negroes or the Ku Klux Klan are removed. Film men quoted by The Herald say the censorship would render the film valueless and threaten a 20 million franc indemnity suit if the decision is not reconsidered, contracts totaling 3 million francs are at stake.
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Paris
Herald
Census Report Shows Cotton Consumption September
Washington Oct 13 Cotton consumed during September totaled 483852 bales of lint and 49587 bales of linters. This compares with 491604 bales of lint and 47998 bales of linters in August. Last year saw 494043 bales of lint and 61474 bales of linters. The census bureau announced today.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Goat Truck Robbery Near Perry Seized by Bandits
J D Bald win of Macon returning with a truck load of goats was held up on a bridge six miles south of Perry on Dixie highway by two African American men. A pistol was leveled at him and a blow struck as $25 was taken. They fled toward Hawkinsville. suspects remain at large. Local sheriff notified authorities in Hawkinsville and Vienna.
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Perry
J.D. Baldwin
Macon
Big Indian Creek
Dixie Highway
Hawkinsvville
Baldwin
Hawkinsville
Vienna
Rhodes Contestants Named by Mercer
Three Mercer nominees for Rhodes scholar are Isben Giddens Wilkes Adel Robin L Grantley Sylvania and W A Bootle Reidsville chosen by the Rhodes committee with representatives from University of Georgia Georgia Tech Oglethorpe and Emory to select the Georgia entrant for Oxford in 1924.
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Macon
Isben Giddens Wilkes
Adel
Robin L. Grantley
Sylvania
W. A. Bootle
Reidsville
Rhodes
University of Georgia
Georgia Tech
Oglethorpe
Emory
Georgia
University of Oxford
England
P. S. Flippin
Mercer Graduate School
A. J. Montague
University
Goode
Mercer
French Aviator Maneyral Dies In Plane Collapse
In Lympne England on October 13 French aviator Maneyral, competing in motor gliding trials, was killed when the wings failed under wind pressure while attempting to beat an altitude record of 10 000 feet set earlier that day.
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Lympne
Eng
Maneyral
Preserved Seats for Blo Style Show at Rylander
Reserved seating arranged for the Mer chants Style Show to be held at the Rylander next Friday. Seats in the orchestra and balcony cost fifty cents and go on sale Wednesday at 10 o clock. Gallery remains unreserved for white persons. doors open seven. show starts eight.
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Rylander
Black man assaulted by mob near Richmond courthouse
Horace Carter, 40, of Walkerton, was pulled from two officers near the King and Queen county courthouse and struck by about 10 men while being escorted to jail. He was charged with attacking a white woman.
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Richmond
Horace Carter
Walkerton
King and Queen County
More Flogging Trials Soon to Be Heard in Macon
Macon in October 1923 schedule resumes in city court with flogging cases. Defendants include J. F. Alexander merchant, J. P. Durkee Dixie Klan Kleagle, and Dr. C A Yarborough. Yarborough has faced two trials, one acquitted and one mistrial after jurors failed to agree.
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Macon
J. F. Alexander
Cotton Avenue
J. P. Durkee
Kleagle
Dixie Klan No. 22
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
C. A. Yarborough
Belgium asks Allied governments on reparations
Brussels reports Belgium invites France Britain and Italy to refer Belgian reparations plan to Inter-Allied Reparations Commission for a concrete German settlement. Berlin notes Reichstag approves Stresmann authorization to dictate economic reforms. three Allied governments assent and the reparations commission will study Belgian suggestions.
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Belgium
Brussells
Berlin
Recihstag
Stresmann
Baby killed found by railroad crew at Waits Crossing
Velma Denton, two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs V W Denton of Waits Crossing Atlanta was found dead beside the tracks of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad. Her skull was crushed and both legs broken. Officials say no railroad accident was reported that day. Relatives suspect she was struck by an inbound train while playing near the tracks. No eyewitnesses. engineer reported the outbound train first. Survived by sister Frances and grandmother Mrs Ida Liveoak. A C Hemperley in charge.
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Atlanta
Velma Denton
V. W. Denton
Ouling
Atlanta and West Point
Waits Crossing
Tlanta
Frances Denton
Ida Liveoak
A. C. Hemaperley
Atlanta Financier Guest of Council Here
Mr and Mrs C J Lewis of Atlanta arrive in Americas Saturday afternoon and stay with Mr and Mrs L G Council over the weekend. They are joined by their daughter Martha Lewis. Mr Lewis heads the Mortgage Bond and Trust Company of Atlanta and serves on the Planters Bank of Americas board. Mrs Lewis is sister to L G Council, C M Council and E B Council.
Warsaw Citadel Bomb Explodes Causing Citywide Damage
Warsaw dispatch reports the fourth fort of the citadel, where explosives were stored, blew up today. The blast caused extensive damage across the city and disrupted daily life. Authorities investigate the incident as rescue and containment efforts continue.
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Warsaw
Bishop Reese Protests Savannah Body Move
Bishop Frederick F. Reese, returning to Savannah, sent a cable to the Archbishop of Canterbury in London protesting as a Georgia citizen against the removal of General Oglethorpe’s body. The message highlights local sentiment and international clerical involvement.
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Reese
Savannah
Frederick F. Reese
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Spence
Thomas
Rylander Theatre
Reichstag
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