Educational and demographic shifts in Greene Taliaferro and Oglethorpe counties
Larry Gantt surveys postwar county trends in Georgia and nearby states, detailing Black Belt areas, slave legacy, soil types, and cotton production. It lists population changes from 1800 to 1920 across Greene Taliaferro and Oglethorpe with white and Black counts, education levels, school infrastructure, libraries, and farm sizes, highlighting educational gains in Oglethorpe and broader social effects of slavery.
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Serume
Sibley
George
Athens
Creene
Taliaferro
Oglethorpe
Alabama
Georgia
Upper Piedmont
Wiregrass
Blackbelt
Coastal Plain
Black Belt
Greene
Taliafero
Tallafero
Mercer
Penfield
Clarke
Nohe
Chi Phi Outing at Athens Planned for May Thirteenth
University of Georgia Chi Phi alumni invite friends to Athens for a May 13 outing with a buffet lunch at the chapter house and a 3:30 p.m. Senior parade to the athletic field. A charity baseball game Auburn vs Georgia follows the parade amid painted house and road notices.
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University of Georgian
The
Chi Phi, Fraternity
Athens
Auburn
University of Georgia
University
Ladlen
Atlanta
George Hart
Lumpkin Street
Joseph ‘Ek. Beaton
Frank K. Bolonin
Frank L. Fleming
Frank R. Mitchell
A Pratt | Adams
Arthur Clarke
John T. ‘Dennis
F. Phinizy Calhoun
Thos. W. Connally
Hugh H. Gordon, Jr
James
V. Sanford
H. C. White
Robert Park
Athenians urged to donate Victrola records for Camp Sevier TB patients
A letter from Macon dated May 6 1922 appeals Athenians to donate Victrolas or records to comfort veterans with tuberculosis at Camp Sevier near Greenville South Carolina. The appeal notes about one thousand men many from Georgia lack funds for small comforts and requests contributions to JOS. N. Neel & Co and Mrs A A Doster in Macon Georgia.
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D.C. Barrows
Sevier
Macon
Barrow
Athens
Georgia
Ness
Camp Sevier
Greenville
T. B. Thérd
Atate
Union
Red Cross
K. of. C
Flo
Victrola
Women Elected as Penfield School Trustees in Ga
Penfield Georgia held a Saturday election to select local school trustees. Names include Miss Estelle Colelough and Mrs. Haigh Boswell, with Mrs. Boswell receiving 28 votes and Miss Colelough 29. Mr. John Colelough 37 votes and Miss S.85 pied. The event reflects community schooling leadership.
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William Hugh Boswell
Estelle
Indies
Husbands Entertained at Missionary Meeting
The husbands of the Women's Missionary Society at Oconee Street Church were guests at their monthly session. The program featured music by the Oconee Street Orchestra, followed by a business session and refreshments at the pastor Rev. Wells's home. An unusually large attendance was reported.
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Woman's Missionary Society
Oconee ‘Street
Oconee Street
Wells
Jefferson News Briefs From Commerce to Winder
Local items report W M Withite of Jackson fame dying in Texas and A J Watson and Jim Gordon passing away in Jefferson and Banks county. Marriages include Sadie Belle Brazelton with T B Ward and Thelma Culpepper with Howell Garrison. Cotton mill head J D Barnett died, C A Goodin elected mill bookkeeper, Ku Klux letters left in Commerce, and various deaths in Royston Madison Winder. Agriculture notes: rust harms grain but cotton looks good. O P Hobbs claims a new cotton spraying machine. The Madison dialect notes population shifts and Morganton crop prospects.
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Jefferson
W. M. Withite
Fromer Jackson
Texas
Sadie Belle
W. L .Barnett
Banks County
Athens
Jackson and Clarke
Commerce News and Observer
C. A. Goodin
J. D. Barnett
Jim Gordon
Commerce
J. M.o.smith
Lia
Royston
Minnie! Moss
Franklin County
Kansas
T.waltershear
Knox
Bridge
O. P. Hobbs
James W. Bryant
Frannan's Creek
Winder
John Cash
Ralph E. Foater
Madison
Morgan County
Bmadizonian
Morgah
Tragic flood rescue efforts in Mississippi and Louisiana
Relief workers report pitiful conditions as marooned families refuse to leave submerged homes along the Black River, with Major Charles B Halcombe of the American Red Cross urging evacuation to Harrisonburg and Rhinehart relief camps. Livestock suffer on improvised rafts while authorities seek broader aid for plantation tenants amid rising flood areas in Concordia Parish and around the crevasse near Ferriday.
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Dnatchez
Miss
Associated . Prena
the- Black River
Central
Loulalana
Charles 8. Halcombe
the American Red Cross
Harrisonburg
Rhinehart
Holcombe
Louisiana
Natches
Crevanse
Ferriday
Concordia
Mrs Dave Sims Dies in Watkinsville After Long Clarke County Life
Mrs Dave Sims, longtime Clarke County resident, died at her daughter’s home in Watkinsville. Survived by husband and several children including Henry Sims and Capt. Sims of the Winder police. Funeral and burial held at Bathabara Baptist Church in Oconee County on Tuesday afternoon, officiated by Rev EB Jennings and Rev Tally. Many friends attended.
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Dave Sims
Anra
Rufus Berger
Watkinsville
Meneat
Clarke
County
Sims
Mitchell Bridge Road
Henry Sims
Winder
Bathabara Baptist Church
Oconee’ County
EB. H. Jennings
Tally
Watkinisville
Pastor E H Jennings Describes Pilate Choice and Christ
Revival at Prince Avenue Baptist Church features Pastor E H Jennings urging individuals to decide for or against Christ, citing Pontius Pilate’s hesitation and a wife’s warning. Frank A Holden elected commander of Allen R Fleming Post of the American Legion. auxiliary organized with Mrs Hammond Johnson elected president.
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Frank Holden
Pilate
Pitfallslogal Legion Post
E. H. Jennings
Prince Avenue
Jesus
Christ
T. A. Henry
Pontius Pilate
Herod
Givan
Frank A. Holden
82Nd
France
Allen R. ‘Fleming
American Légion
John R. Harthcutts
A.E. F. As
S. A. Goodson
Frank Miller
H. T. Abney
T. H. McHatton
Fleetwood - Lanier
J. H. ‘Herring
Hammond‘ Johnson
Sisters of Exservicemen
Geltda
Athens
American Legion
Goodzon
Moina
Michael
The
Legion
Uncertainty continues at Genoa talks on Belgium and Russia
Genoa woke Tuesday to uncertainty as Premier Lloyd George expressed cautious optimism while Belgium led a sharp debate over clause seven. Belgian delegates stressed private property protection abroad and Russia's economic restoration, noting Belgium’s 2.5 billion franc investment in Russian industry and 261 factories including blast furnaces and glass works.
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Genoa
Associated Press
Llyod
George
Belgium
France
Jaspar, Forr
Bel‘gium
M. Jaspar
Russia
Smnetris
Aaron Cohen Buys Old Barrett Home
Aaron Cohen has purchased the Julian Barrett home on Milledge Ave formerly the Scott home and will move in during the summer or early fall. The residence, one of the citys most desirable, was improved by Barrett last year after he bought it. He moved away and the house has been vacant for months.
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Aaron Cohen
Julian Barrett
Milledge Ave
Scott
Barrett
Five Die in Burned Marengo Home Fire
A Monday night blaze in August Bourke Jr home in Marengo killed five, including Bourke and four children Harold nine Walker five Helen three Verna two. The mother and two children were saved by the father who perished trying to rescue the others.
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Marengo
Bourke,Jr
Bourke
Harold
Walker
Helen
Verna
Harriet Crothers Confesses Shoplifting Ring Ties to City
Harriet Crothers, 22, a self described graduate of a School of Shoplifters, tells police of her one week spree in Chicago that netted about 20 000 in merchandise including 200 gowns and notes a planned nationwide operation with 18 accomplices en route to San Francisco. She claims she could have robbed any store undetected.
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Francisco
Harriet Crothers
Chicago
Crothers
San Francisco
Ahe
Ashe
District head explains deflation and credit policy
Governor Wellborn of the Federal Reserve Bank Sixth District tells students, faculty, and bankers that deflation is not a policy result of the Fed. He cites currency readiness and bank borrowing as keys to supply and warns against misattributing economic contraction to the Fed.
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M.B. Wellborn
Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department of
Sfacult
Mam. i. Bers
iGovernor
Tate
Pri
Atlanta ‘Bank
Prig
Wellborn
Japan
Jipan
Rency
Federal Reserve System
Federal Réserve Banks
Big League Results From National and American Leagues
Baseball scores from the National and American leagues show Cincinnati 4 over Brooklyn 2, Chicago 4 over St. Louis 0, Philadelphia 16 over Cleveland, Washington 8 overLouis, New York 6 over Detroit 2, and Boston 9 over Philadelphia.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Cleveland
Washington
Louis Q
Detroit
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Larry Gantt
Daily Colum
Beltigham
Cambridge
Eng
Lana
Avictrola
Jos
N.neel & CO
A. A. Doster
AAG Company
Drashian
S.A. Goodson
Stil Peumls
George -Opimstic
Old Barrett
London
Southern League
New Orleans
Nashville
Littlerock
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Moble
Memphis
Tollay
Wales
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