Harvest Festival in Atlanta Set for November 15 to 20
Georgia Harvest Festival Association plans a statewide celebratory week in Atlanta from November 15 to 20. Beaumont Davidson presides with W. W. Orr and Lindsey Hopkins as vice presidents. Lucien York joins the executive council with E. Y. Clarke as secretary and manager. Events include Atlanta Day, suffrage and baby parade, Southeastern Fair Day, corn club and live stock parade, Masonic Day, and county float parades. A mass meeting is slated for Thursday evening to advance plans.
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Atlanta
Georgia Harvest Festival Association
Chamber of Commerce
Beaumont Davidson
W. W. Orr
Lindsey Hopkins
Greater Desire for Educational Advantages Seen
Atlanta report notes rising interest in education among Georgia youths. Prof Nesbit of the free night school at Georgia Tech says increased desire to learn signals stronger future educational advancement. Registration runs Sept 13–16 with terms from Sept 20 to May 26 and reduced entrance fee from five to three dollars.
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Atlanta
J. N. G. Nesbit
Georgia School of Technology
Georgia
Tech
Hamiltons sue Georgia Baptist Assembly over cottage fire
J B Hamilton and his infant son file a $20,000 suit in Atlanta claiming Mrs Hamilton died in a Cha tauqua cottage owned by the Georgia Baptist Assembly during its Blue Ridge session. The charge cites defective wiring and lack of ground wires as the cause. A similar suit targets the city of Blue Ridge.
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Atlanta
J. B. Hamilton
Georgia Baptist Assembly
Life Expectancy Through the Centuries Emerges
A historical summary notes that four centuries ago life expectancy was 18 to 20 years, about 100 years ago it was under 30, and in the present era the average lifespan approaches forty years. The text highlights gradual increases in longevity over time.
Well of Refined Oil Report Near Calgary
A report notes an oil well near Calgary has an off status. The item mentions exploration activity and potential production prospects in the region.
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Calgary
Earthquake damages hit San Salvador and Guatemala
A strong quake was felt today in San Salvador and Guatemala. Jutiapa’s capital department was ruined. No deaths in San Salvador. Santa Ana reports a few casualties. Churches in Santa Ana Sonsonata and nearby villages were ruined.
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Lalibertad
Salvator
San Salvador
Guatemala
Jutiapa
Santa Ana
Sonsonata
Farmers at Danielsville press for cotton contraband relief
About two thousand farmers gathered at Danielsville for an agricultural rally and Farmers' Union meeting. They heard J. Brown of the Farmers' Educative and Cooperative Union speak on current farm issues and passed a resolution urging President Wilson to convene an extra session of Congress to address Britain's contraband order and allied actions.
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Danielsville
Farmers’ Union
J. Brown
States Farmers' Educative and Cooperative Union
8. J. Tribble
Athens
Eighth
Georgia
Wilson
Congress
Ing Council
Great Britain
Endorsement backs higher pay for Western circuit judge
Judge Cobb endorses editorial urging raise in circuit judge salary from the present level to 5000 per year. He argues larger cities supplement salaries from county treasuries, Clarke county and Athens could cover the increase, urging law changes to fund the pay.
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Western Circuit
Cobb
Superior Court
Clarke County
Athens
Andrew J. Cobb
Weevil Invasion Threatens Georgia Cotton Crop
Atlanta reports the boll weevil is advancing through Georgia faster than any prior invasion, with eight to ten counties infested and southwest Georgia poised for serious losses next season. State Entomologist R Lee Worsham calls for urgent farmer action to remove and burn cotton stalks before frost, aided by Dr. W A Pierce and state agents in a cooperative federal effort.
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Atlanta
Georgia
France
Russia
Europe
Galveston
R. Lee Worsham
Grady
Thomas
Brooks
Worsham
W. A. Pierce
United States Bureau of Entomolgy
George D. Smith
Thomasville
Dairymen and Stock Men Meet at Washington Ga
The Georgia Live Stock and Dairy Association holds its semi annual session in Washington with experts from Athens and Clarke expected. The program centers on feeding beef cattle, farm sanitation, alfalfa in Wilkes County, grazing clovers, farm accounts and live stock diversification with remarks to conclude the meeting.
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Dairymen
Washington
Washington, Ga
Georgia Live Stock and Dairy Association
Athens
Clarke
M. P. Jarnagen
T. Irvin
A. H. Barnett
W. M. Burson
E. A. Calloway
E. M. Nighbert
Atlanta
Wilkes County
T. P. Wooten
New Warehouse to Guard Cotton Crop at Jefferson
Jefferson Ga Sept 7 The Farmers Union of Jackson County plans a new warehouse in Jefferson to store cotton as banks around the Federal Reserve Bank will loan on cotton at 6 percent annually. Martin Institute opens fall term with 275 pupils, 35 more than last year, under long history and noted alumni among its staff and former students.
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Jefferson, Ga
Farmers' Union of
Jackson County
Federal Reserve Bank
Martin Institute
William Duncan Martin
Cules Bradley
Lamar
U. 8
Thompson
Howard
J. J. Strickland
T. J
S G. Shackelford
J. J. Bennett
Jno
Holder
P. Orr
Athens
W. T. Foster
Bonnie Brock
Lillian Brock
Erma Hancock
Kit Harris
Grace Schley
L. Earnest
Fred Randolph
A Suggestion for the Truck Growers
A housewife suggests truck growers could profit by selling vegetable packages. Each package would include a seasonal mix enough for a small family, priced at 25 or 35 cents, or 6 seats. Packages could include tomatoes beans carrots potatoes lettuce onions radishes. Large families would buy multiple packages.
Diphtheria Antitoxin Delays Cost Thousands of Lives
Dr Winslow told the American Public Health Association that twenty thousand lives are lost yearly in the United States due to delays in using diphtheria antitoxin. He urged greater public health laboratory support and funding, noting wide state disparities in lab appropriations and the need for vaccines and sera access.
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Rochester
N. Y
United States
A. A. Winstow
New York State Department of Health
American Public Health Association
Winslow
Union
State Departments of Health
Missouri
Tennesee
Massachusetts
Ilinois
Nevada
Vermont
Italian Steamer Alba Damaged by hurricane
The Italian steamer Alba bound Pensacola to Genoa arrived with decks damaged and short of water after the September hurricane, driven back toward Bermuda. England pledges to protect national and allied credit in America as a second gold shipment of fifty million dollars in gold and securities arrives to bolster confidence amid a protracted war.
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Philadelphia
Alba
Pensacola
Genoa
Bermuda
England
America
Bids Opened for Brick for Prison Farm Building
The prison commission in Atlanta opened bids to supply brick for the new wing of the Milledgeville prison farm main building. Bidders came from Atlanta Macon Columbus Milledgeville. The McMillan firm of Milledgeville won the contract.
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Atlanta
Prison Commission
Milledgeville
Macon
Columbus
MocMillan Firm
Two New Candidates for Prison Commission
In Atlanta on September 7, reports say two unnamed men from central Georgia are being considered as candidates for the upcoming prison commission vacancy. Both acknowledge serious contemplation but restrict public naming at this time.
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Prison Commission
Atlanta
Naar
County approves 7.20 tax rate. state rate set at 4.80
The board of commissioners fixed the county tax at 7.20 per thousand and the state rate at 4.80 per thousand, totaling 12.00 per thousand or 1.20 per hundred. Officials reviewed county income, expenses, and aid requests as routine business. City council asked for stock drinking fountains on Oconee street. the board endorsed cooperation. No action on extending Trinco Avenue paving beyond city limits.
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Wedne
Board of Commissioners of Roads
Road Department
County Poor Fund
Oconee Street
Athens
Trinco Avenue
State Normal School
Land sale in Jackson County yields high prices at administrator sale
Jefferson Ga September 7 Lands in Jackson County fetched strong per acre prices at the administrator sale of the W H Bridges holding. Buyers included D E Murphey J E Thomas and D E Murphey across multiple lots with per acre figures ranging from 40 to 67 60 dollars and total acreages listed for each parcel.
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Jefferson, Ga
Jackson County
W. H. Bridges
D. &. Murphey
D. E. Murphey
D, E. Murphey
Georgia scenery praised by Price on eastern tour
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner James D. Price returns from an eastern trip as the state promotes an upcoming automobile tour. He notes good conditions in the upper counties for cotton and praises Georgia scenery, urging locals to explore nearby and broadcast the beauty to others.
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Atlanta
James D. Price
Macon
Price
Mr. Price
Georgia
Senate investigates Old Soldiers Home amid authority doubts in Atlanta
Senators Way Tyson and other members of the senate for an investigation into the Old Soldiers Home face uncertainty over proper authority. The House had already begun and closed its own inquiry, and no joint committee was formed. The senate panel will review journals to determine if it can proceed, potentially issuing two reports when the legislature reconvenes.
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Atlanta
Way
Tyson
Senate
House
Hugh Colquitt
Secretary of State
Senate Committee
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