Florida citrus group urges reforestation plan
Washington February 1 Special. A committee of Florida citrus growers meets with the Department of Agriculture and Forest Service officials to press reforestation efforts. The conference aims to set actions for forest cover and soil protection amid citrus industry concerns. James A. Hollomon notes support and ongoing discussions.
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James A. Hollomon
Washington
Committee of
Florida Cit Yue
Department of Agriculture and Forest Service
Papa's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement urges readers to take Papa's Cold Compound every two hours until symptoms subside. It claims the first dose clears nasal passages and stops a runny nose, headache, and feverish dullness. The product is described as inexpensive and tastier with no quinine.
Do Not Neglect That Hacking Cough
An old medical advert warns that a persistent cough signals bronchial trouble. It touts Lung-a-Tone as a safe preventive, free from drugs or opiates, sold in 60¢ and $1.00 sizes by Jacobs' Pharmacy Co. and other drug stores in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacobs' Pharmacy Co
Ning Drugs
Atlanta
Maladine Laboratories
Feels Like a Real Fellow After Stomach Suffering
A testimonial proclaims Mayis Wonderful Remedy restored health after colic and bloating. It claims to remove catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and ease inflammation causing many stomach and bowel ailments including appendicitis, and offers money back if unsatisfied. Jacobs' Pharmacy and druggists advertise widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilaya
Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Florida citrus industry faces box material shortage
Florida grapefruit and orange growers fear future box supplies as demand nears 40 million boxes annually by 1930. Each box uses 6 1/2 board feet of lumber, largely from southern pine forests, with truck farm products adding 13 million boxes a year. Depletion without regrowth raises practical concern. pantry principles for sustained supply are urged to meet the problem.
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Florida
Florida Truck Farme
Atate
Piorida
Promissory Note Authority for Richmond Terminal Railway
Washington February 1 The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Richmond Terminal Railway to issue 24,100,000 in promissory notes. Four 100,000 notes and two 50,000 notes payable to the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad on July 1 1921, plus four 100,000 notes and two 50,000 notes payable July 1 next year. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to receive fifteen 100,000 notes. One 1,980,000 note maturing January 1 1924 to the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad and another matching note to the Atlantic Coast Line. Notes to secure indebtedness.
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Washington
Richmond Terminal Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company
Bama
Atlantic Coast Ling Railroad Company
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlanta Gideons Organize Camp In Augusta Georgia
Atlanta officials of the Gideons organized a new camp in Augusta Georgia. W D Hart Br C Morris and W Hardin traveled Saturday and Sunday to review members for the Augusta group. The Atlanta Gideons were hosted at a luncheon and spoke in several churches, closing with a Gideon lady at the Christian church service.
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Augusta
Atlanta
M. CG
W. D. Hart
Br. C
Lorris
Hardin
Atlanta Gideons
Christian Church
Far North to Be Meat-Raising Center, Stefansson Says
Stefansson tells Kiwanis members the Arctic will be a meat-raising hub as civilization moves north. He notes 1,250 reindeer were stocked in Alaska 25 years ago, now about 200,000 exist with 105,000 exported, claiming little cost to raise them. Kiwanis official Waessells reports on a recent Chicago council session.
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Arctic Circle
Vihiramur Stefansson
Arctia
Kiwanis Club
Garden
Hiden
Stefansson
Shelton Jackson
Alaskan
Robert Waessells
Kiwanis
District of Georgia
International Kiwanis Council
Chicago
O Callaghan Thought in Newport News
Irish sympathizers in Newport News search for a man who registered as D. O Callaghan Cork Ireland at a local hotel last night He promised a statement this morning but checked out early today and has not been seen since
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Newport Nowa
Newport News Today
D. O'Callaghan
Cork
Ireland
Track Strikes Chemist in Augusta Incident
Augusta Ga February 2 Dr T F Bargeron chemist for the Southern Cotton Oil Company was struck by a soft drink truck today. He suffered head and shoulder injuries described as painful but not fatal. The accident occurred as the vehicle veered onto the street near the plant.
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Augusta
Speela
T. F. Bargeron
Southern Cotton
O11 Company
Fagg to Speak at Welfare Meeting
A welfare meeting at the chamber of commerce assembly hall will draw visitors from out of town and prominent Atlantans to back the Georgia Children's Home Society expansion. Marcus C. Bagge heads the National Children’s Home and Welfare Society and will give the principal address, with Allen Sweat and Joseph B. Cumming among others. The event starts at 7 30 p m and includes updates to the executive board for the expanded child-saving program.
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Chamber of Commerce Assembly Hall
Georgia Children’s Home Society
Marcus C. Bagge
National Children’s Home and Welfare Society
Allen Sweat
Savannah
The
Georgia Society
Joseph B. Cumming
Burr Blackburn
State Board of Public Welfare
Georgia
Marist College Evening Schools Begin Program Today
The second semester Knights of Columbus evening schools at Marist College opens today and runs 18 weeks. Classes meet Monday Wednesday and Friday evenings with free tuition for ex service men and women and a reduced fee for others. Enrollment continues to February 10. Courses include business English languages stenography typewriting bookkeeping and other commercial subjects plus cotton classing auto mechanics and radio if enrollment permits. The radio shop features up to date receiving and transmitting gear with a range of 600 to 1,000 miles and is led by K B Flowers former navy radio chief instructor at Georgia Tech.
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Knights of — Columbus
Marist College
Tion
Pittsburg
K. B. Flowers
Formar Ghief
Georgia School of Technology
Auto Mechanics School
Jurga Ghrage
Auto license rush expected as February pressures rise
State Secretary J. 8. McLendon warns that February must see over 6,000 daily applications to avoid violations by about 146,000 auto owners registered last year. Only 5,000 applications for 1921 licenses have been received so far, and many vehicles must carry 1521 licenses by March 1. current staff may be unable to handle the volume.
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J. 8. McLendon
Movement to Curtail Cotton Acreage Across Georgia
An organized drive to reduce cotton acreage will begin February 16 in every Georgia county, per a department of agriculture statement. Governor Hugh M. Dorsey is expected to issue a proclamation urging farmers to cut acreage, with county meetings planned immediately. Commissioner J. Brown said the effort seeks broad support from farmers, merchants, and business leaders statewide.
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Department of Agriculture
Hugh M. Dorsey
Highway Conditions and Smelting Company Dividends
Condition reports for Dalton to Atlanta routes note muddy and slippery segments with passable sections and detours around Griffin and Barnesville while road surfaces improve after light rain. A Smelting Company board declares regular dividends of 1 percent on common stock and 23-4 percent on preferred stock.
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Atlanta
Barnesville
Griffin Fair
Atlanta-Newnan-Columbur
B. von Herrmann
New York
Hobrungy Ie
American Smelting Company
Fatal pistol duel at Italian consulate in Birmingham
Birmingham, February 1. One pistol duel at the Italian consulate this afternoon left Joe Rose, Italian merchant, fatally wounded by Charlie Magro who was arrested soon after. Two of Magro’s three shots hit Rose in the abdomen.
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Birmingham
Ala
Joe Rose
Charlie Macro
Magro
Rose
Thrasher Retired Minister Dies in Atlanta
Rev G B Thrasher aged 60 dies Tuesday morning at a private Atlanta hospital. A Baptist clergyman active in church work across Kentucky Tennessee and southern Georgia he left a widow four daughters two brothers and three sisters. Burial will be at Apalachee.
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G. B. Thrasher
Atlanta
Kentucky
Tennessee
Couch Brothers Manufacturing Company
Home Missions Aid
Thrasher
A. J. Pittman
Mra
Dennard
Lake City
Fie
Earl Wallace
Rutledge
Adene ‘Thasher
Isaac Thrasher
3B. Thrasher
Watkinsville
Ola Jackson
Aghburn
Fannie Baxter
Botatur
Mra A. Bishop
Wattinsville
Apyalachee
Superior Courts Close in Respect to Alonzo Field
Alonzo Geld, prominent attorney, died Monday morning prompting adjournment of all superior court divisions until Thursday morning. Jury business in civil divisions paused for spring term. Judge Humphries and Judge Calhoun announced Wednesday recess in their courts. In LaGrange, Judge Roop certified a $670000 bond issue for sale, pending city council action Wednesday afternoon.
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Alonzo Geld
Superior Court
Jbaan
Tmtou ‘von Names
John D. Humphries
Agdy Calhoun
unGrange
Charles EB. Roop
LaGrange
B. J. Mayer
Mayor to seek pavement probe into DeKalb Avenue damage
Mayor Key claims Georgia Railway and Power laid foundations for car tracks on DeKalb Avenue causing frequent breaks and heavy damage to the new pavement. He will present the charges to the street committee next Friday after inspecting the street Monday, noting hundreds of breaks and patches along the tracks and predicting worsening condition. city cost was about 30,008, with DeKalb County paying its share.
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Georgia Railway and Power Company
de- Kalb Avenue
Key
P Aid
Amday 4
Couny
DeKalb
Secretaries' Club Banquet Set For Friday Evening
The Atlanta Secretaries' club will hold its annual banquet at the Winecoff hotel main dining room at 7 o'clock Friday evening. Invited guests join the regular twenty-two members. Cox Orchestra provides music. Fred Houser heads the banquet committee. Honor guests include Mrs Lollie Belle Wylie who will speak on Atlanta before 1365, Miss Carolyn Cobb, and Mrs. W. G. Jamagin.
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Atlanta Secretaries' Club
Winecoff Hotel
Cox Orchestra
Fred Houser
Atlanta Convention Bureau
Lollie Belle Wylie
The
Pioneers Society
Atlanta
Carolyn Cobb
W. G., Jamagin
Wylts
Georgia
Conciliator Named in Wage Reduction Row in Tennessee
Washington February 1L W C Liller of Birmingham Alabama was signed today by the department of labor as conciliator in the dispute between the employees and the Ducktown Sulphur Copper and Iron company Ducktown Tennessee. The action followed the company notice to cut wages 20 percent after January 26 and came after T W Davis secretary of the Miners Union presented representations to the labor department stating the cut violated an October 15 1919 agreement setting wage standards to be as nearly as possible like those of the Tennessee Copper company. Dalvin represented a minority of the employees while the majority had accepted the reduction.
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Washington
W.C. Liller
Birmingham
Department of Labor
Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company
Ducktown
Tenn
T. W. Davis
Miners’ Union
Conciliation
Liller
Tennessee Copper Company
Dalvin
January Sets City Fire Record with 263 Calls
January proved a record month for fires as 263 calls were logged by the fire department, 37 of which were false alarms. Most blazes damaged roofs and stemmed from chimney sparks and careless smoking, with a few from insulation issues and electrical faults. Notable incidents included fires at 45 Houston Street, a sedan at 496 Dasatur Street, and 288 North Moreland Avenue, all causing substantial damage before firefighters arrived. The January totals surpassed March 1920’s prior high of 358 alarms.
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Wardou
Atlanta Cotton and Bag Company
Fort Straet
Dasatur Street
B. Durham
North Moreland Avenue
Believe prisoner escaped convict believed to be C B Mays
Greenwood February 1 a young white man claiming to be C B Mays was arrested January 26 for robbing three stores and a post office at Silverstreet Newberry county He allegedly escaped from the West Virginia penitentiary and may be wanted for murder Griffith now jailed in Newberry awaiting West Virginia orders
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Greenwood
D. C
C. B. Mays
Silverstreet
Newberry County
W. H. Griffith
West Virginia
Griffith
Newberry
Joundsville
W. Va
Henry Ducas
Braxton County
LaGrange Building Plans Prompt Spring Construction
LaGrange residents report multiple new homes planned for spring. Cason J Callaway starts a residence beside his father’s estate Hilly and Dales. J A Perry plans several houses on North Lewis Street while H H Childs considers a new home in the new subdivision.
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LaGrange
Cason J Callaway
Hilly and Dales
J. A. Perry
Lewis Street
H H Childs
Hhe
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Bai
Fagg
Children’s Home Society
Capitol
Chamberlain
Cemubertate Medicies
HOV
Alonzo Field
Pinaud
Pinaud Bldg
Vassar and Chalmers
Georgia Savings Bank & Trust Co
Atlanta’ S
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Peachtree St
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the Mutual Life Insurance Company of
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Liberty
Stanewe
Andor
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Adathtea
Sarasssies
Renee
Sererscenerees
R. F. Shedden
Grant Building
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