Four Carloads of Thoroughbred Cattle for Georgia Consumption
White Provision Company reports four carloads of Georgia raised thoroughbred cattle awaiting slaughter for Georgia consumption. Cattle from L T Comer of Millhaven include two 14 month baby beef loads and two near three-year-old lots from Comer farm. Comer is the first Georgian breeder of high-grade beef cattle on a large scale, using a sensible marketing system and a 16,100 acre operation. He keeps breeding stock, rotates cows, and plans future fattening of both 3-year and 4-year age groups to maximize annual output.
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Georgia
White Provision Company
L. ‘T. Comer
Millhaven
Screven County
South
Comer
Tennessee
United States
Nume
Texas
Lis
Omer
Comer cattle method boosts Georgia stock raising
The article highlights E T Comer of Millhaven and his pasture rotation system. He divides his land into Bermuda grass pastures, rotates cattle of 75 head per plot, and resods vacant lots to keep feed year round. All feed and manure are produced on site, boosting soil quality and profits. W H White Jr of White Provision Co commends the method for Georgia farmers.
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Comet
Bermuda
Mr. Comer
Georgia
Millhaven
W. H. White, Jr
Comer
White Provision Company
E. T. Comer
Brothare
Comers
Georgia 2
Advertising Man With $15,000 Salary Joins Crockett Agency
The Crockett Agency of New Orleans and Texas hires George Advertising Simms at a $15,000 salary, marking a record in commercial life. Simms, with twenty-two years in advertising across newspaper, magazine, and booklet work, is portrayed as the right man to boost client campaigns and agency facilities.
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Crockett Agency
New Orleans
Houston
Dalles
Texas
George Advertising Simms
Simms
Viaves
Crockett
Georgia Beef Cattle and Home Breeding Gains Discussed
The article praises Georgia beef cattle bred locally, noting the Comer farm stock as prime quality. It highlights a packing house purchase of over 41,400 head with payments of more than 966,000 to Georgia feeders, and urges gradual improvement through crossbreeding to yield prime beef for slaughter.
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White
Georgia
Georgia Forders
Supply Bureau Bill Affects Atlanta Merchants
Government supplies could be centralized under a supply bureau as proposed in a bill before Congress. Major B B Ray notes consolidation may eliminate forty officer posts and save over a million dollars yearly. If approved, local firms may win contracts for Army needs in the Gulf department with Taft’s support.
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Atlanta
United States Army
Department of the Guild
B. B. Ray
Department of the Gulf
Congress
Taft
War Department
General Stat
CLEARINGS FOR WEEK SHOW MILLION GAIN
Atlanta clearing house receipts for the week closed at 11,228,724.85, up from 10,183,428.25 a year earlier. The week posted a margin of 1,050,296.20 more than last year, an increase of about 10 percent, though yearly weeks vary.
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Atlanta
Eame
Jas
Luxury for United States Senators Raises Palace Office Standards
Washington report details the new $3.6 million palatial Senate offices building with mahogany private quarters for each senator, secretary rooms, and a marble bath-establishment. A proposed Turkish bath, electric shocks, and a large Jeffersonian conference room are described, highlighting lavish American-made interiors and a west-facing window design to curb heat.
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Jobe Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Senate
United States
Hera
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
George Washingtr
Abe Tdncodn
Alexander Hamilton
Congress
New Bridge Opened Across Onceligee Creek at West Point
West Point Ga April 22 A new steel bridge across Onceligee Creek is finished and open to traffic. The structure brings pride to West Point and Troup County and is described as one of the finest in the state.
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West Point
Troup County
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W. W. White
American National Bank
Atlanta, GA
Thecory Francis
Pine
Fulton National Bank
OF Atlanta
U. S. Treas
Bob Taylor
Senator Paynter
Kentucky
North Carolina
Carolna
Republian
Anderson Hardware Co
North Pryor St
Kimball House
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