Georgia Crops Report Shows Gains and Cautions
Special to the Banner from Atlanta dated May 22 reports Georgia crop conditions from department inquiries. Cotton acreage 94 percent of last year, corn 102 percent, oats 110 percent. fruit frost losses cited for peaches and apples. Rice, sorghum, sugar cane, and clover show varied gains. Notes corn and cereals rise, urging self-sustaining farming and on-farm feed production as key to future prosperity. J. J. Connor, Commissioner of Agriculture.
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Atlanta
Georgia
J. J. Connor
Edward Everett Hale statue unveiled in Boston Public Garden
A bronze statue of Edward Everett Hale was unveiled in Boston's Public Garden during the Unitarian anniversary week. Former Governor John L. Long presided and ex-President Taft spoke. The Bela L. Pratt sculpture shows Hale in a long frock coat with a cane, a soft hat in his left hand, and inscriptions naming his life and a guiding quotation.
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Boston
Mass
Edward Everett Hale
John ID. Long
Taft
Bela L. Pratt
Dr. Hale
Veterans at Reunion study Great War battlefields in Chattanooga
The United Confederate Veterans gathering in Chattanooga Tennessee next week will offer visitors a look at key World War I battlefields and related Civil War history. The article covers Missionary Ridge Chickamauga and the broader impact on the Confederacy, plus a public note on origin stories of Missionary Ridge and Brainerd mission.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
United Confederate Veterans
Lerman
Missionary Ridge
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Confederats
South
Chatanooga
Joseph E. Johnston
Atlanta
Chattanooga Times
Theodore G. Carter
St. Peter, Minn
David
Brainerd
Cornwall
Conn
United States
Washington
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Pennsylvania
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