Wheat growing in Toombs County proves successful
Wheat growing by Toombs county farmers has been demonstrated as successfully, with several fine fields seen across the county. Names include R Sharpe, S W Venn, George N Mathews, Colonel Charles W Sparks, and Dr W F Peacock. Yield is expected to be at least bushels per acre.
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Toombs
Messrs
R. Lharpe
W Venn
George N Mathews
Charles W Sparks
W. F Peacock
Sharpe
Dublin
Blundale
Sentenced to gang he goes without escort
Cartersville April 22 Special declares himself ready to begin service of usele norths in the Bar tow county chaingate George Watt of Whitield coun't survived in fals ely, unaccompanied by an officer from Titton to Cartersville volantaries and in order to keep forth iwith ete Fite, who had trusted a 19 contre after having imposed upon him a sentence of one year in the convict camp upon his confension of com pacity in a seties of burglaries that took place In his home town several werks aro Wevall, a young man of perhaps 30 years of age Bas Well dressed and of a most pleasing appearance He a of a good familly, has a nice address and
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Ula
Wyatt
Teton
Robert
John Adams
Joe Gaddis
Camp 3
Alore
Cattersville
Usele Norths
Bartow County
George Watt
Whitield Coun't
Titton
Cartersville
Wevall
Waycross Tax Increase Prompts Taxpayers to Seek Relief
Waycross Georgia April 22 Special Raising tax returns has caused many citizens to appeal to the city council for relief at the next regular meeting. Property owners accuse others of dodging or underreporting, and until appeals are heard the taxable property total cannot be set. The figure will likely exceed 46 million dollars, creating an estimated tax gain of about one to one and a half million.
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Florence Overton
School of Oratory
Miss Overton
Boston
Washington
New Orleans
Brenau
Waycross
Griffin Firemen Exonerated Amid Griffin Fire Findings
Griffin Georgia April 23 Special. Investigations of last Friday night fire show the present Griffin fire department inadequate for the city. Fire committee and chief recommend four additional firemen and two more horses for the hose wagon under construction. Delay blamed on balking horse. firemen exonerated.
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Griffin
Deputies Resign in Ware County Georgia
Two active Ware County deputy sheriffs tendered resignations to Sheriff D W Pittman effective immediately over salary concerns. The officers C A Bennect and J F Cason cited better prospects elsewhere as the reason for stepping down.
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Waycross
Ware
D. W. Pittman
C. A. Bennect
J. F. Cason
Noted Missionary Grace Wilder Dead in India
Private dispatches from India report the death of Grace Wilder in India at age 30. She was a prominent missionary for nearly a decade, following in the footsteps of her father the Rev. Royal G. Wilder who served thirty years, and her mother Lizna Jane Wilder who labored in the field for sixty years. Her brother Robert P. L. Wilder founded an ancient volunteer movement in his country.
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New York
India
Miss Grace Wilder
Miss Wilder
Roral G. Wilder
Lizna Jane Wilder
Robert PL. Wilder
Uhia
Albany Guards to Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary of Enlistment
Albany GA April 22 Special The fiftieth anniversary of the Albany Guards service in the Civil War will be observed with a banquet next Thursday evening at the new Albany Guards armory. Governor-elect Joseph M Brown and Adjutant A S Scott will attend along with former officers including Col Ed L Wight and A P Coles. Colonel W F Wooten will be toastmaster. The unit saw heavy fighting and today fewer than a half dozen of the original company remain. Garnett W Salve is the present captain.
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Albany
Albany Guards
Virginia
Joseph M. Brown
Georgia
Scott
W. F. Wooten
Guards
Lee
Appomattox
Garnett W. Salve
Swissco Hair Remedy Promises Growth and Dandruff Cure
Swissco claims to stop dandruff and regrow hair, restoring gray or faded hair to its natural color. The ad offers a trial via stamps, selling a 50c to 1.00 bottle through Seisero Hair Remedy Co. in Cincinnati and drug departments nationwide.
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Swissco
Postas
Seisero Hair Remedy Co
Churches Form Great Peace Society Plan
New York April 22 prominent New York pastors announce a plan to unite 51 denominations into the Church League for Peace. The aim is to enable churches to swiftly back any congressional peace or disarmament measure.
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New York
United States
Church League For Peace
Congress
Griffin Poultry Association Forms in Spalding County
Scores of citizens meet at Griffin city hall to organize the Spalding County Poultry Association and plan a major poultry show in November. The effort is led by Joseph D Boyd of The News and Sun and backed by the Retail Merchants and Business Men's Association with hundreds of poultry fans supporting the event and prizes.
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Poultry Association
Griffin
Spalding County Poultry Association
Middle Georgia
Ion
Joseph D Boyd
News
Barrett Buys Whitaker Plantation Near West Point
West Point Ga April 22 C Barrett prominent local businessman buys Whitaker plantation along the Chattoochee River three miles from town. The 450 acre farm valued at about 9600 dollars. In Germany Breslau April 22 a battery moved during maneuvers waking artillery crewmen. Horses pulled cannons across rost rate area injuring several.
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West Point
C. Barrett
Whitaker
Chattapochee River
Breslau
Bride Watches as Groom Ends His Life at Bridge
Hot Springs Arkansas April 22 While his bride of three weeks looked on William Black a Kansas man leaped from a buggy into the Guachita river near Gardnar’s bridge two miles from Hot Springs and vanished His body had not yet been recovered authorities were notified and the wife was left in hysterics after the tragedy
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Bride
Hot Springs
Ark
William Black
Kansas
Esterday
Guachita
Black
Gardnar’s
Atlanta Welcomes Dr Kirk World Famous Physician Visit
The visit of Dr J G Kirk head of Villa Hospital Philadelphia sails to Atlanta with 23 assistants. He plans brief consultations free to the public and will travel to St Louis Kansas City Denver and San Francisco after his stay. Local testimonials claim rapid cures for tuberculosis catarrh rheumatism and other ailments, with hours set 9 to 2 and 4. Lovancee Medical Science Co announces the event at 41 Austell Building Atlanta GA.
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Atlanta
J. G. Kirk
Willy
Poiladelphia
Kirk
Philadelphia
Hark
Advanced
Medical Science Company
Alto
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
San Francisco
Iesides
Mirk
Justice Mathin
Bradley Avenue
Vity
J. W. McCullough
Lovejoy
W. Burns
Chattanoochee
T. Giland
Douglasville
Jon. Camp
Moreland
B. E. Surphy
Richardson Street
City
Villa Hospital
Arld
Lovancee Medical Science CO
Austell Blig
Avunta
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