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Dawson mayoral bid and drought hit Georgia crops
Local items note Capt. Wm Kaigler as mayoral candidate in Dawson, renewed talk of a Albany rail line, Georgia drought wrecking turnips and fall crops, and prospects for a large scale shoe factory in Madison Morgan County. Other notes mention tax receiver races in Washington County, fire losses and gin house burnings, and community memories tied to Clarke and Elberton areas.
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Wm. Kaigler
Dawson
News
Albany
Madison
Morgan County
William Bender
Falton
Atlanta
Camden
Factori Grad Ugasta
Newton County
Fort Gaines
Ios
Elberton
Altamaha River
Hawkinsville
W. Arnett
Baldwin County
D. 8
Sanford
Fleming du Bignon
Kennesaw Mountain
G W. Hardage
Leonidas Polk
Pine Mountain
Clarke Superior Court
B. T. Brown
J. W. Youngblood
William J. Heikle
Augusta
Clarke County
Georgia Tecnological School
Bel
Matzicu
Wes Machi