Cotton market gospel from a Georgia column
The columnist quotes a careful cotton expert who warns price manipulation by powerful interests and predicts a mid year rise to a world shortage. He notes current stock exhaustion, record world demand, and a potential 20 cent price floor while urging farmers to diversify crops and study markets to decide hold or sell.
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Jyeendy
Volun
Itlemann
Cotwil
Europe
Farners
Sutton
Sumter County Bonds To Aid Farmers Project
AmIcus Ga officers of the Sumter County Board of Commissioners sold 216000 road bonds at par with interest. The bonds funded farming operations and road work, to be carried out under the county treasurer and clerk of Sumter superior court. Bonds carry the same interest rate as others and will provide funds for local farm support programs amid wartime scarcity.
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Sumter
Co. Board
Americus
Ounty Teasurer
D. Watts
Sumter Superior
H. BE. Allen
Campaign For Y M C A Subscriptions Nears Goal
Athens Y M C A campaign reports 118 new subscriptions totaling 1308, aiming for 11000. 1026.50 still needed by 2 pm today. Hi Y Club members attended dinner. fund-raisers list detailed divisions and captains with posted totals, urging local support to secure the youths' access to the Y M C A services.
Proposed School Bond At 175000 Urges No Increase
Dr John D Mell former president of the city board of education argues in a Banner letter that the proposed school bond should remain at 175000. He cites local school conditions including overcrowding at the high school and inadequacy in negro facilities, and opposes adding a junior high to justify a larger bond.
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John D. Mell
Athens Public Schools
Dr. Mell
City Board of Education
Bond
O. Cax
Baxter St
wNantahala Ave
Mell
Colonnd
Reese St
East Athens
West Athens
Newtown
the Normal
Normal School
Childs Street
Oconee Street
Childs
Oconee
Ile
Tt Street
Nantahals Avenue
Baxter Street
Negroca
Nantabala
Board of Education
J. W. Barnett
Parent-Teacher Association
Iesua
Childa
Truth Serum Discovery Trial Raises Debate in Texas
WALLAS Texas authorities plan further tests with a newly developed truth serum based on scopolamin. In county jail experiments voluntar y subjects including W S Scrivner and Walter Smith were tested as district attorney Hughes questioned their answers under the drug. Physicians say the serum prompts truth without imagination.
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Wallas
Texas
Seaavster Saxe
Atted Alead
W. 8
Scrivner
Maury Hughes
Guy
Hondo Bank
Walter Smith
Smith
Hughes
Bertillon
City Wide Prayer Services Tonight in Athens
City holds prayer services tonight across Athens for the forthcoming conference by Dr. G Campbell Morgan and Dr. Len Broughton. Leaders listed include Dr. Broughton at the State Normal School and Dr. Hill at Lucy Cobb, with numerous district deacons and local figures directing services at multiple locations.
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G. Campbell Morgan
Len Broughton
Athens
Agri
Colrese
Epste Campbell
State Normal School
J. Cartledge
Lucy Cobb
K.L. Hill
University
M. CC. A
Mr. Trixg
J. Bondurant
Reading
Deacon
M. M. Arnold
Garland Hulme
R. E. Bradley
N. Milledge
J. T. Dudley
J. Epps
Hancock Ave
W. Crook
Ore. Bea
Crawford
Hill
O. M. Roberts
E. J. Crawford
D. D. Quillian
Prince Ave
F. L. Slaymaker
Mra
John Perdue
Grady Ave
D. Lb. Earnest
Deacon L. 1
Stapleton
J. W. Jenkins
Arthur. C. Ae
Y M C A Dream Realized In Athens Building Milestone
Walter Forbes inspired the drive for an Athens Y M C A in 1912, with donations from Frank Edwards Hodgson family and John Meas. The effort grew to about 76,000 dollars plus a donated lot, aiming for 100,000. The White Memorial Field, funded by the Morton family, honors John and Jane Richards White. The 1922 plant spans a city block and stands as a testament to persistent local effort and unseen help.
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F.C
Walter T. Forbes
Athens
Mr. Forbes
Frank Edwards
Lumpkin Street
Hodgson
Prince
John D. Meas
Mr. Edwards
John van of
Jorge
Morton
Broad Street
Hull Street
Lumpkin
White Avenue
W. Woods White
Atlanta
Labor Secretary Urges End to Coal Strike Impasse
Secretary of Labor Davis calls for wage talks between operators and miners to avert a nationwide coal strike. Reports show union divisions and mixed responses from operators in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Some operators refuse while others express willingness to meet, amid persistent doubts over a conference.
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Washington
David Thursday
Jona
Frank Farrington
Illinois
Lewis
TAW
Indianapolis
Associated Preas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Mlinois
Davis
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Coal Producers Association
Cleveland
Pittsburgh Vein Operators Association
Competit
Louie
ST. Louvis
French Deputies Repeal Daylight Saving Measure
The chamber of Deputies repealed daylight saving law but delayed the repeal to take effect next year instead of this summer. The action ends the practice for the current year, pending the new timetable.
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Chamber of Deputiee
Leprosy Claims New Yorker After Autopsy Verdict
Assistant Medical Examiner Schwarts ruled leprosy as the cause of death for BH Nicholls, 78, a veteran of three wars, whose body was autopsied after he died Wednesday in New York. This marks the first leprosy death reported in years in the city.
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New York
Mminer Schwarts
Afidrew BH. Nicholls
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