Cotton at 5 Cents A Pound Warns Farmers of Labor Gaps
Farm correspondence from S C notes cotton at five cents per pound, cites a 15 million bale crop and labor shortages. Lark and neighbor farmers urge Redding to share methods to push lint below five cents while citing wage and labor scarcity, citing Georgia's newer vagrancy law and migration to cities.
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HR J Redding
Georgia
Georgim
Wei
Texas
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma Territory
Troup
Harris
Raf Duckworth
Farmers’ Univ
Lookout Mountain Potato and Farm Fertilizer Queries
Georgia readers discuss Lookout Mountain Irish potato trade, artichokes, and fertilizer formulas for cotton and corn. Farmers seek advice on planting depth, nitrate use, and manure mixes while sharing plans for pasture, seeds, and broadcotton strategies across Georgia, South Carolina, and neighboring regions.
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Lookout Mountain
W P Meyer
Fort Valley
Meyer
Little River
Weather Forecast Across States Monday Through Tuesday
Forecasts show Georgia and North Carolina fair Monday with rain Tuesday and fresh easterly winds. Tennessee and Kentucky expect fair conditions Monday, rain and colder trends Tuesday, with variable winds becoming southeast. Western regions trend colder with rain and light to fresh southeast winds.
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Georgia
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Tennessee
South Carolina
Kentucky
Texas
Noth Poritan
Arkansas
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Strength of American Securities Headlines Week on London Exchange
The past week showed a stock market rally with recovery in most prices amid moderate business. American bonds and shares led gains as investors bought heavily from the United States and Germany. Optimism centered on the peace outlook easing tensions in Asia while foreign securities including Japanese Chinese and Russian markets joined the upturn. The Kaffir market lagged with stagnation.
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Stock Exchange
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Germany
Berlin
Russia
Japan
Mrs Francis Burford Dead At 30 From Paralysis
Mrs Francis L. Burford wife of H L Burford died Saturday night at 277 Simpson Street after a three week paralysis confinement. She was 30 and survived by her husband and three children. Funeral services are set for 1 45 PM today at Jones Avenue Baptist Church with interment in Hollywood Cemetery.
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H L Burford
Simpson Street
Burford
Jones Avenue Baptists Church
Hollywood Cemetery
Georgia Confederate tribute miscredited in The Constitution
T J Terrell and 3B C Brantley of the Thirteenth Georgia regiment point out an error in The Constitution crediting a floral offering for General John B Gordon’s grave. The design featured a Confederate flag and was sent by the ladies of Appamattox Ya.
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T. J. Terrell
Negro Knocks Overseer With Axe in Georgia Alarm
In Athens on January 24 a Black man named Will Cooper attacked Thomas Sharpe the plantation overseer at A H Talmadge's plantation near the city striking him with an axe and nearly killing him. Officers pursued and captured Cooper near his home at noon today. Sharpe was jailed pending the injury outcome.
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Will Cooper
Thomas Sharpe
Bauista Hancock
Franklin
Sharpe
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