State College of Agriculture Exhibit at Augusta Fair
The Georgia State College of Agriculture will display its work at the Georgia Carolina fair in Augusta. The exhibit covers extension work, boys corn and Girls canning clubs, poultry care and egg handling, soil analysis, fertilizer tests, hog cholera prevention, soil chemistry, fruit diseases, dairy operations, field demonstrations on corn, and cotton breeding progress. Officials urge farmers to visit, gather literature, and learn practical farming methods.
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Augusta
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Georgia
College
Athens
Augusta Territory
Department of Veterinary Science
Department of Agricultural Chemistry
Horticultural Department
Department of Field Demonstraions
Department of Cotton Industry
State College of Agriculture
Fair Association
Zach Cobb Delivers First Michigan Democratic Rally Address
Col Zachariah L Cobb of El Paso Texas spoke at Athens area rally stirred crowds with praise for Wilson and Marshall, attacked trusts and tariff policy, condemned special privilege and urged honest reform. He noted Malone's absence and praised Lincoln while criticizing Taft and Penrose era corruption.
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Col
Zach Cobb
Michigan
Bay City
Athens
Zachariah L. Cobb
el Paso
Texas
Armory
Hitchcock
Democratic
Saginaw Street
Center Avenue
Jefferson Street
Wilson and Marshall Club
Wilson
Marshall
Teket
Cobb
Dudley Field Malone
Malone
Mr. Cobb
Detroit
Roose
Milwaukee
Taft
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Penrose
Foraker
Lpringer
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R. Marshall
New Jersey
Union
Progressive Party
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Co
Wall-street
Southern Poultry Show Planned for December in Athens
A meeting at city hall formed the Southern Poultry association team to organize a December 3 4 and 5 show in Athens. Col C M Snelling and Prof L L Jones led earlier talks. J F Rhodes and J H Dorsey assumed executive roles with B K Lumpkin and T E B Jago on committees. Leaders urged weekly meetings to finalize plans, promote entries, and attract out of town exhibitors with attractive premiums.
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Southern Poultry Association
Southern Poultry
C. M. Snelling
L. L. Jones
State College of Agriculture
J. F. Rhodes
J. H. Dorsey
B. K. Lumpkin
T. EB. Jago
Rhodes
Southern Mutual
Organiz
Athens
Athena
Souti
Two Negroes Confess Arson Tied to White Man
Willie Sims and Lindsey Moon confess arson at a Carlton Madison county barn belonging to Dr. Deadwyler. They accuse William David, a prominent Madison county white man, who was arrested on bond of seven thousand five hundred dollars and released. The men say David instigated the fire and watched from a nearby rock as they burned the barn.
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Willie Sims
Lindsey Moon
Clarke County
Dr. Deadwyler
Carlton
Madison County
William David
Or Bear Carlton
Athens
Jackson
David
Deadwyler
Lon Jones Murder Case Delayed to April Term
The state murder case against Lon Jones was postponed to the April term after the main witness, a Baltimore resident, refused to travel to Athens without advance county funding for railroad fare. The witness, a white man, is charged as the primary accuser in the Barberville shooting that killed a colored man. The county plans to cover travel expenses but only with advance payment, a decision not communicated to the solicitor until late Sunday night.
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Baltimore
Athens
Lon Jones
Jones
Barberville
Magid and Banker Indicted for Perjury in Power Company Clash
Atlanta on October 21 Louis B Magid a local banker was indicted for perjury by a grand jury linked to his bid to block the merger of the Atlanta street car company with the Georgia Railway and Power company. The case follows W A Carlisle’s federal suit and injunction outcome. The merger plans advance promising electric lines across Georgia and major development in North Georgia.
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Atlanta
Louis B. Magid
Georgia Railway & Power Company
W. A. Carlisle
Atlanta Power Company
Carlisle
Newman
Magid
North
Georgia
Is Developing Fruit Culture in Northeast Georgia Region
Hon Willem Meet P aes years a ctisen of this county is meeting with much success in Cornelia where he serves as mayor and real estate leader. He now devotes time to developing the fruit country, forecasting higher acre values as North Georgia becomes a premier apple and peach belt with varieties like Kerrards and Arkansaw Mammoth blacks grown for a ready market. The region’s fruit industry is seen as a key to future wealth and county progress.
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Willem
Cornelia
Good Roads
Cormelia Real Estate and Investment Co
North Georgia
Eberhart
Choice
Republican Tariff Taxes Molasses From Farmer’s Corn Bread
Atlanta dispatch notes Senator W J Harris claims the Payne tariff bills raise duties on farm wear and tools to 35 to 60 percent. He says even medical items, ribbons, molasses for cornbread, coffins, hearses, and the Bible face hefty taxes, portraying broad government taxation on Georgia farmers.
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Atlanta
Georgia
W. J. Harris
Cattle Tick Linked to Massive Annual Losses
Dr. B M Nighbert of the U S Bureau of Animal Industry estimates the cattle tick inflicts fifty to one hundred million dollars in yearly losses across the South. At the Fifth National Corn Exposition in Columbus the tick dip demonstration shows eradication within six to nine months, using a concrete vat and standard solutions.
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Columbis
B. M. Nighbert
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Dr. Nighbert
Federal Department of Agriculture
Nighbert
Fatal shooting over a woman at High Shoals
In Walton County at the Jones plantation near High Shoals a man identified as Tom Hixon was shot and killed by Cleve Thompson after a dispute over Hixon's wife. Thompson escaped and is being hunted by local officers. The conflict began as a quarrel over the woman.
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High Shoals
Wahton County
Walter Jones
Tom Hixon
Cleve Thompson
Thompson
Walton County
Hixon
Augusta Officers Cleared of Murder Charges
Governor Brown approved the Augusta court martial findings acquitting Captain Thade Jowitt and six officers plus two privates in the shooting deaths of three Augusta businessmen during a street railway provocation. Martial law ended after the verdicts. civil courts remain precluded from action.
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Atlanta
Brown
Augusta
Augusta Street Railway Company
Thade
Jowitt
Company B
First Infantry
National Guard of Georgia
Commonwealth
Joseph M. Brown
Atlanta Laundry Costs Seen Cheaper in Athens
In Atlanta on October 23 H E McWaters testified in superior court about a laundry trust. He claimed Atlanta laundries ship work to Athens or other towns and return it cheaper by express, including delivery, than domestic calls to homes in Atlanta. He compared the practice to national trusts moving goods abroad to cut costs.
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Atlanta
H. E. McWaters
Superior Court
McWaters
Athens
Georgia
United States
Japan
Prayed Against Woodward Last Sunday for Him Next Sunday
In Atlanta on October 21 the church group Men and Religion prayed for Jim Woodward instead of against him. The public mood favors Woodward in the December city election with no opposition expected and rumors of an independent challenger being quickly dropped after local resistance.
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Woodward
Alanta
Atlanta
Jim Woodward
New Baptist Church Chooses La Terre Place Site
At a prayer meeting and church conference in the First Baptist Church local members of the New Baptist Church recently organized in the city discussed location. The census of opinion favored La Tier Place as the site for the new church.
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First Baptist Church
New Baptist Church
Lanier
Childs
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful in Athens Testimony
Athens residents praise Doan's Kidney Pills with a public statement by Mrs. Glennie Marlow of 1438 Jack. She recounts her child's recovery from a severe kidney complaint after using the remedy, and notes personal relief from kidney weakness. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo is the U S sole agent and the price is ten cents.
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Athens
Doan
Glennie Marlow
Jack Won
Dean
Bayé
Foster-Milburn’ Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Col M G Michael to Attend Jewish Consumptives Relief Society Meet
Col M G Michael of this city is named a director of the national Jewish Consumptives Relief Society based in Denver. The eighth annual meeting will be held in New York on November 10 and 11 as officials discuss society work and future plans.
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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society
New York
Denver
Col
M. G. Michael
Michael
Michael Wil
Negroes In City Street Knife Attack Attracts Attention
An unnamed negro, appearing harmless, was found at the 8 A. M. depot with a long neck wound. He described a Saturday street melee where a young negro drew a knife and slashed another, the assailant fleeing after apologizing. He could not identify the attacker. The exhibit of the State College of Agriculture at the Georgia Caro fair in Augusta is highlighted as a standout display.
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8. A. S. Depot
Ick
Representative-Elect Rhodes Meets State Fair Delegates
Clarke county representative elect J. F. Rhodes returned from Macon where he attended the Georgia state fair and viewed chicken displays. He met about forty members of the next house who will be his fellow lawmakers.
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J. F. Rhodes
Clarke County
Macon
Mr W F Dobbs Attends Georgia State Fair in Central City
Local agent W F Dobbs of Owly Products Company New York returns from Macon to spend the weekend after attending the Georgia State Fair in the Central City.
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W. F. Dobbs
W. F. Dobbe
Great Owly Products Company
New York
Macon
Cattral City
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