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Fruit shipments show Grapes and peaches big in Griffin
The local fruit season produced record shipments with many growers profiting. Notable totals list R. Oetter 1785 grape packages and 5 ½ peach packages, J. D. Husted 28,000 peach packages and 1,700 grape packages, and the Middle Georgia Shippers Union moving 43 cars of fruit. Express paid over 2600 dollars. overall activity estimates suggest around 20,000 dollars in circulation. Some plan wine from grapes. others ship for profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroads and Express Company
Sun
R. Oetter
A. & J. Sutherland
H. & J. Galhouse & Co
A. G. Vandyke
H. A. Brooks
M. Wayman
J.D. Husted
Adam Greetz
W. L. Hughes
D. Wing
L. L. Stanley
F. G. Stanley
T. J. Mitchell
A. W. Walker
A. Taylor
James Beatty
Middle Georgia Shippers’ Union
Phillip Smith
J. H. Keith
Keith
H. W. Husselkus
Shippers’ Union
Plume
Hasselkusides
Rudulph Cotter
Jeet
Angus Sutherland
Philip Smith
W. Wayman
Virgil L. Hughes
Middle Georgia Shippers Union
Union
Hasselkus
Grifin
Spalding County