Cotton picking machine could really harvest cotton
Washington February 19 Special reports to the department of agriculture say a cotton picking machine that truly picks cotton has passed practical tests near Montgomery Alabama. The device, built with four operators and four wheels driven by a four horsepower engine, uses belt picking arms that lift seed cotton into a receptacle at about 386 feet per minute. Tests showed high throughput per worker, though trash content increased, with further refinement needed for thoroughness durability and cost.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Patent
CG. A. Lowry
Bureau of Plant Industry
B. T. Calloway
J. F Duglar
Alabama Experiment Station
Billingsley
Department
Montgomery
Professor Calloway
Ein
McKer
Peru protest over Chilean Bolivian treaty sparks diplomatic note
In Lima on February 19, Peru lodged a protest through the Chilan charge d affaires against a recent Chilean Bolivian pact. The government action marks a formal diplomatic rebuke amid regional tensions and signals potential further démarches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zima
Peru
Chilan
Officers Chosen for Association Twenty Sixth Session
Delegates from across Georgia converge on Waycross for the Georgia State Young Men's Christian Association annual session. W. Woods White of Atlanta elected president with Merril Thomasville first VP Wilson Waycross second VP Burbs Atlanta third VP Mallory Macon fourth VP Bry Atlanta secretary. Dr. W L Munhall of Philadelphia spoke at large mass meeting and later at church services as the convention continues with business sessions and a quiet hour service led by Munhall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waycross
Georgia State Young Men's Christian Association
Alea
W. Li. Munhall
Philadelphia
Firat Methodist Church
First Methodist
Firat Baptist
Munhall
Firat Baptist N
W. Woods White
Atlanta
J. HB. Merril
Thomasville
T.A. Wilson
W. B. Burbs
F. L. Mallory
Macon
H. B. Bry
Warren Lott
White
Munhail
Lincoln's Day Exercises by Atlanta Negroes at Wheat Street
The Lincoln birthday event in Atlanta was postponed from February 13 to February 20 due to weather. The Wheat Street Church program is hosted by the Lincoln Memorial Association of Atlanta with ministers W F Gray P J Bryant and H A Proctor among the speakers. Music will accompany the talks as the ten year old association marks the anniversary with a yearly observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Wheat Street Church
Lincoln
Wheat Street Baptist Church
Lincely Memorial Association of Atlanta
Neigre
W. FR. Gray
The
Imemoricl Association
P J. Bryant
H. A. Proctor
Lincoln Memorial Association
Gnonin
Planters of Georgia to Organize Under Southern Cotton Association
A Georgia meeting to form a state organization under the Southern Cotton Association will convene in the state capitol hall of representatives tomorrow. Hon. Harvie Jordan will preside and officers including president and secretary will be elected. Delegates from counties will attend, with freight fare concerns and farmers urged to reduce cotton acreage and fertilizer use, aiming to hold unmarketed cotton until prices reach ten cents. Similar sessions will occur in southern capitals, including Memphis for Tennessee.
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Georgia
Southern Cotton Association
House of Representatives
State Capitol
Harvie Jordan
Treasury
General Association
Fer Ag
Georgia 8
Tennessee
Memphis
Nashville
Sacred Heart church dedication in Savannah draws distinguished prelates
Savannah February 8 officials announce the most imposing Catholic ceremony since the Cathedral of St John the Baptist dedication. Prelates including Rt Rev Leo Haig and Bishop Northrop attended and blessed the church. Te Deum sung as sermon and mass concluded the rites.
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Savannah
Savennah
St. John the Baptist
Sacred Heart Church
Chirch
Mahone
Uns
Feh- Rt
Leo Haid
D. D
Belmont
N. C
Willam J. Kenny
St. Augustine
Fla
Abbot Charles Mohr
St Leo
Kelley
Northrop
Ae An Momend
Haig
War of Autocracy and Murder in Moscow Reflected Abroad
Tokyo newspapers express sympathy for Grand Duke Sergius’s death while condemning the Russian autocracy’s suppression of labor protests. They frame the Far East war as retaliation by the Russian government rather than the Russian people and predict improved Russo Japanese understanding after the conflict ends.
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Tokio
Sergius
Moscow
Jil Satmpo
Far East
Jii Bhimpe
Japan
Russia
Rev Robb White Paralyzed After Funeral Stroke
Savannah GA February 19 Special Rev Robb White rector of Curist ohurch and a leading Savannah clergyman was stricken with paralysis this afternoon after officiating at a funeral and while alighting from a carriage at his home. Physicians could not say how serious the shock may prove. He is about 65 years old.
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Savannah
Robb White
Ohurch
Gic
White
Farmers Pledge Support Across Putnam and Surrounding Counties
Eatonton Ga February 19 farmers met to organize the Putnam County Protective Association and review district reports on acreage and fertilizers. Delegates and pledges were noted, with a March 7 full report planned. Bartow Morgan and Conyers districts also organized pledges to hold cotton and cut acreage, with state convention delegates elected.
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Eatonton
Putnam County Protective Association
New Orleans
W. F. Jenking
George W. Adams
L. d. Walton
Attlanta
John W W. Bostwick
Morgan County
Georgia
Cotton Growers’ Association
John T. Dennis
Bartow
Cartersville
Bartow County
Southern Cotton Association
Atatea Association
Atlanta
John 3. Leak
N. C. Anderson
L. F. Shaw
M. &. Johnson
Madison
Holmex
P. M. Atkinson
R. W. Parker
A. Clay
Conyers
J. F Scott
G. W. Grenton
B. H. Summers
J. P. Tilley
J .F. Day
Ex-Secretaries Francis and Bliss Interviewed on Oil Lease
In Brunswick Georgia on February 19 ex secretaries Francis and Bliss discussed the Osage land oil lease matter. Both claimed no knowledge of crucial details and avoided criticizing Hitchcock or Smith. They expressed hope that the issue will be legally and morally resolved and offered no firm stance on the leasing conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
Bliss
Brunswick
Jesys Island
Osage
Hitchcock
Smith
Foster
Thy
Bligs
Smuggled Jewels Hidden in Ice Cream Freezer Case
Fredo del Rio, a 2 Spanish jeweler, confessed to aiding a jewel and gold watch smuggling plot to defraud the revenue department. A freezer delivered from Europe to Vera Cruz hid twenty thousand dollars worth of goods, including con fiscated items. Del Rio faces penalties of fine and imprisonment.
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Fredo del Rio
Revenue Department
Vera Cruz
Europe
Mexico City
Godo
Eas
Paris
Delta
Southern officers stationed in Washington grow in number
A Washington dispatch notes a notable rise in southern army and marine officers in the capital. Georgia and Florida officers figure prominently among captains, majors, and generals at the War College, War Department, and Navy Yard, reflecting shifts since the general staff era and the marine corps’ growth.
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Ashington
Washington
Marine Corps
Mu-Tarlam
Georgia
Army
Archie Fatt
Augusta
Sam MacGowan
Charleston
Jim MacGowan
South
Ell Hoyle
Artillery
Earl 1. Brown
Engineer Corps
South Carolina
Db. Bellinger
D. Dnb. Galtlard
War College
Washington Barracks
Florida
Charles P Summertall
Subsistence
North Carolina
Edward Davis
Aig
Willam P. Wooten
Vengineer Corps
Virginia
George E. Pickett
I Corps
Pickett
Gettysburg
George Langhorne
J. &. Maiory
Twelfth Infantry
T Macon
E L. Mickie
Twelfth Caalry
Fort Myer
W. D McCaw
Charles Morton
Seventh Cavalry
Port Myer
Af. L Walker
Eheineer Corps
Baward Anderson
W. A Covington
Signal Corps
Rignal
Greek
Louisiana
G Ll, Giltespia
General Staff
Yona E. Kingman
War Department
Alabama
Chester Harding
Frank McIntyre
Nineteenth Infantry
OR Miller
Artillery Coips
John F Weston
J. Montgomery
Edward P Nores
John S. Sewell
Missouri
Samuel Reber
Aignal Corps
Thomas AW. Slavens
Quartermaster’s Department
William P. Hall
Mississippi
H. P Ate Cain
Texas
Tracy C Dickson
GL Russi
Judge Advocate General
Paul Fitzsimmone
Medical Department of the Navy
One Third Interest in Belle Meade Farm Up for Bid
The one third interest of Albert D Marks in Belle Meade farm will be sold at the county courthouse Nashville March 30 under chancery decree. The Nashville Trust Compt administrator General T H Jackson et al approved the clerk and master report. Baxter Jr offered 420000, Goodine Lindsley agent Kes bid 445000 to start bidding. Insolvency shown. unsecured creditors may receive about 35 cents on the dollar. sale could affect holding as a single entity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Meade Farm
Hammer
Nashville
Tenn
Albert D. Marks
County Court House
Nashville Trust Compact
T. H. Jackson
Baxter, Jr
Goodine Lindsley
Kes
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Ula
Department of Agricultum
Valus
Maguine
Muse
Trouser Line
Whitehall St
Planters OF
Southern Cotton Grower's Association
Grand Duke
Taylor
Butler
Farmers and Friends of
Taylor County Cotton Association
D ‘Tj Montfort
Walter BE
Steed
A. B. Henns
A. Ricks
D. T. Montfort
H. Netsies
Barvie Jordan
Fehte
Fehr’s Malt Tonic Dept
Louisville, Ky
Fintey Carriage Co
CO Sortn Brorg BT
Jos. Obj
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