Weldon Denies Presence in Trouton Killing Trial Under Way
Floyd Weldon testified he was not present when Millard Trouton was killed on August 12 near Newnan. The Coweta Superior Court trial began today and is expected to go to the jury this afternoon. Weldon is linked to the crime by J. W. Minter and Grady Minter, both implicated and sentenced in the case.
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Atlanta
Millard Trouton
Newnan
Floyd Weldon
Coweta
Atkinson
Weldon
J. W. Minter
Grady Minter
Minter
Trouton
More Macon Witnesses Identify Dr Yarbrough
Sept 12 Macon two women testified at the Dr C A Yarbrough flogging trial detailing letters written to the Ku Klux Klan. They denied knowing Yarbrough or whether the Klan received the letters. Sheriff Hicks said the letters were given by J P Durkee. The state presented R A Hartley recounting an incident at his home where he was restrained and lectured by Yarbrough and others for allegedly mistreating his wife.
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Macon
Ku Klux Klan
C. A. Yarbrough
B. F. Mills
Lizzie Stuckey
Ora Goodwin
Yearbrough
Hicks
J. P. Durkee
C. L. Hartley
Dr. Yarbrough
Moore
R. A. Hartley
Yarbrough
Marshall Sheriff Cornered Bank Robber Self-Destructs
In Marshall Texas a 25-year-old man, suspected of yesterday's Mooringsport Louisiana bank robbery, was cornered in a lunch room by Sheriff Sanders. After forcing a truck driver to stop, the bandit entered Marshall, ate a meal, then suddenly shot himself in the back of the restaurant, dying on the scene.
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Marshall
Texas
Sanders
Mooringsport
Tokio Sees Death Toll Near One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Reports from Tokio on September 12 indicate deaths from earthquake, fires, and a tidal wave near 150,000 to 160,000. Widespread dysentery noted. The Japanese government asks for relief help from the American embassy. Groups of 100 or more bodies found in multiple locations. American marines establish an auto repair shop and bakery at the embassy.
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Tokio
Columbus factors see high price for cotton
Columbus, Sept 12. Cotton in Columbus is expected to average about 25 cents per pound and bring roughly $125 per bale this year, compared with 18.3 cents per pound and $65 per bale in 1886, according to local merchants. The yield should be about 60 percent of last year, with an estimated 31,000 bales handled here.
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Columbus
Waycross Creamery Opens Local Dairy Market
Waycross, Sept. 12. Waycross now has a local creamery operating here, offering a market for county dairy products and supporting local producers with a milk and cream outlet.
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Waycross
Narrow escape as rope swing nearly hanges boy
Olin Williams Jr. narrowly escaped strangulation Tuesday afternoon when a rope swing entangled around his neck on a sidewalk near the Williams home. Mrs Arthur, Robi Boyd, and Edith Nelson rushed to aid, administering first aid and saving him from a potential death, with doctors noting peril without prompt intervention.
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Olin Williams, Jr
Fred Arthur
Robi. Boyd
Yong
Edith Nelson
The
Americas
Sumter County Hospital
Williams
William
W. S. Prather
Emmett Anderson
Floggings Trial Delivers Yarbrough Identification
In Macon Georgia on September 12 the trial features positive ID of Dr G C A Yarbrough connected to Bible county floggings. Mills testifies the man is Yarbrough while naming Ku Klux investigators as double crossed. A letter to Governor Hardwick is produced and Durkee is revealed as a fake detective.
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Macon
GC. A. Yarbrough
Bible County
Yarborough
Yarbrough
Ku Klux
R. F. Mills
Durkee
Payne
Columbus Ledger Marks 37th Anniversary Edition
The Columbus Ledger toasted its 37th anniversary with a special six section, 56 page edition on Sept. 9. It notes its origin as a four page paper in 1886 and highlights a high capacity press that can produce 30,000 16 page papers hourly. The paper boasts a daily circulation exceeding 11,000.
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Columbus
Columbus Ledger
Tift County Tax Rate Holds At $22 Per Thousand
Tifton officials report the Tift County levy remains $17 per $1,000 of property value plus $5 state, totaling $22, with the school tax outside Tifton adding to reach a grand total of $27. The decision keeps the county rate unchanged for this year.
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Tift
Tifton
Americus hosts state education board meeting on equal opportunity
Seven members of the State Board of Education headed by N. H Ballard visited Americus to convene with school authorities from Crap, Dooly, Macon, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor and Webster counties. Ballard urged expanding public school access, economical funds use, and hiring qualified teachers to ensure nationwide standards while promoting equal educational opportunity for every child in Georgia. The gathering drew about twenty five visitors plus Sumter officials, with talks on funding, staffing, and county cooperation for pauper counties.
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State Board of Education
N. H Ballard
Americas
Crap, Dooly
Macon
Schley, Stewart
Sumter
Taylor and
Webster
Sumter County
E. A. Found
Walter B. Hill
Department of Education
Thos. Wisdom
M. L. Duggan
Supt. Ballard
Georgia
Stat School Board
Ku Klux Leaders Worried Over McPhail Arrest Claim
Atlanta Sept 12 Rhodes McPhail who accused Klan officers and the Klan of floggings around Macon says an effort is under way to block his court appearance in Macon. He alleges M O Dunning appealed to imperial Klan authorities to have him arrested. Dunning and H Sullivan reportedly pressed Evang to act, warning that further talk could unravel the plot.
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Atlanta
Rhodes McPhail
Ku Klux Klan
Macon
McPhail
M. 0
Dunning
Imperial Klan
H. Sullivan
Imperial Kloncilium
Dr. Evang
Strawberry Growers Plan County Meeting at Dawson
Strawberry growers in Terrell county are urged to attend a court house meeting on Thursday at 10 30 am to place orders for plants. Farmers have pledged to plant 275 acres this year to ensure carload shipments and better prices, boosting the berry market.
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Dawson Dawson
Terrell County
Court House
Judge Slate hears case of Ed Purvis in Americas
Jude S. J. Slate of the Industrial Commission of Georgia presided Tuesday in Americas over Ed Purvis versus P. Lorillard Co. under the Georgia workmen compensation law. Purvis, aided by Hollis Fort and W. P. Wallis, seeks compensation for injuries alleged in September 1922 from a backfire of a Lorillard automobile.
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Jude S. J. Slate
Industrial Commission of Georgia
Americas
Ed Purvis
P. Lorrilard Co
Ms. Purvis
Hollis Fort
W. P. Wallis
T. P. Compton
Insurance Company
Purvis
Company
Lorrilard Concern
Judge Crisp Excused as Witness at Trial
Judge Charles R. Crisp, summoned as a character witness in the Macon flogging trials, did not testify. He spoke at Col quitt Monday and Bainbridge Tuesday after a telephone conversation with Solicitor Moore explaining prior engagements.
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Charles R. Crisp
Macon
Times-Recorder
Colquitt
Bainbridge
Moore
200 Hens on Every Farm Would Double Income
Georgia farmers could double the average income of $400 per year by adding 200 laying hens per farm, said Mr. McCoy of the State College of Agriculture. He urged cooperative selling, better egg classification, and carload marketing to raise cash crops and stabilize farm income.
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Georgia
California
New York
Mitchell County
Sumter County Poultry Association
McCoy
State College of Agriculture
S. F. Howe
Sumter County Poultryman
North
Sumter
Arrington Told to Prosecute Mosquito Hatcheries
Americus Ga health officials order city sanitary inspector J C Arrington to enforce mosquito larvae ordinances. Dr J Wade Chambliss, chairman of the Board of Health, mails written directives demanding cases against violators where wiggle tails are found on city or private property.
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J. C. Arrington
J. Wade Chambliss
Dr. Chambliss
Police Commission
J. W. Chambliss
Board of Health
Americus, Ga
Mumford Home Boys Band to Visit Americus
The boys band from Mumford Home in Macon will travel to Americus for their annual state tour and give a free concert in Rylander theater auditorium next Sunday. The group includes ages ten to fifteen and features a cornet band plus a drum corps, promising an enjoyable musical treat.
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Mumford
Macon
Americus
Rylander Theater
Dawson High to Form New Football Team This Fall
Dawson high school prepares a first football team as Prof A H Cox leads the effort. Though no prior grid experience exists locally, Cox brings seasoned leadership and prior success training squads at other schools. The outlook is bright for a winning season this fall.
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Dawson
Dawson High School
A. H. Cox
Dr. Spencer Tunnell to stay at LaGrange church
In LaGrange on September 12 Dr Spencer Tunnell pastor of the First Baptist Church announced he would not accept the call from the First Baptist Church of Cleveland Tennessee and would remain with the LaGrange church at least until its new building is completed.
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Floyd Weldon Dewies
TN Teaas
Waycross Creamery
Alfath
Clin Williams, Jr
Elizabeth Culpepper
American Boulevard
CRJ
UN ET
W. O. Barnett
Barnett
C. A. Yarborough
Ballard
Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor and Webster
Svpheil
Judge Slate
State Industrial Commission
State College
Poultry Association
Ampington
Arrington
Rylander
Dawson High
DR. Tunnell
Lagrange
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