District agricultural schools hold successful conference at state college
Officials of district agricultural schools, state college trustees, superintendents, and teachers gathered at the State College of Agriculture in Athens Georgia for a three day conference. President Soule and experts from national education and agriculture addressed the group while round table discussions and campus tours highlighted a push to strengthen collaboration and solve district school challenges.
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State College
State College of Agripus
Athens
State College of Agriculture
Soule
Tureare
Winship
Journal of Education
Boston
R. Duckworth
Farmers* Union News
EB. Gentry
D J Crosby
Washington
J P Campbell
United States Department of Agriculture
State College_ us
Jackson County Armers
Rain Needed For Cotton Crop Across Regions
A high July rainfall in the cotton belt boosted early cultivation but now a general need for rain grows. Texas reports abundant recent rains with scattered benefits elsewhere, while Alabama shows optimism from ideal weather yet warns the plant now requires moisture to avert exposure. Georgia and the Carolinas also report gains as picking looms in southern Texas and Navasota.
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Memphis
Tenn
Texas
Oklahoma
Navasota
Georgia
Alabamas
Carolinas
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Eleven White Crap Shooters Raid in Macon Georgia
Deputies from Sheriff Robertson’s office raided last night and imprisoned eleven white men charged with gambling. The suspects resisted briefly but were detained, with cases to be heard in city court this week.
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Macon
Robertson
Old Blind Tiger Woman Sits on Liquor Den Loot
Police raided Nellie Dunlap in the first ward discovering four quarts of whisky and nine bottles of beer beneath her. The 250 pound woman claimed innocence as officers swept her bed, finding jugs, funnels and liquor paraphernalia. She was jailed for thirty days and held on a $500 bond for violating the state prohibition law.
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Markham Street
Dovers' Alley
Nellie Dunlap
Nellie
Oman
Perlice
Joseph M. Brown
Recorder
Johanigans
Family of Luke Wood in Reunion Saturday
The relatives of Luke Wood, 72, of Riverside, will hold a family reunion at Grant Park Saturday at noon with a large ground dinner. Representatives will come from Riverside, Boston, Tyro, Fulton and Cobb counties, totaling a little over a hundred. Descendants gather annually at roughly the same time and place.
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Luke Wood
Riverside
Grant Park
Boston
Tyro
Fulton
Cobb
Mr. Wood
Dienhard Enjoined as Williams Says He Aimed to Kill
John Williams a truck farmer of Ben Hin alleges Dienhard threatened murder and arson after Williams shot Dienhard in the arm on July 19. A restraining order was issued against Dienhard regarding on premise gaming. Williams had a prior injunction filed against him but it was revoked on cross pleadings.
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John Williams
Ben Hin
M. Dienhard
Pendleton
Dienhard
Wiliams
Williams
Varey
Negro charged with theft attempts suicide after gas theft
J R Jones, a Black man, was arrested Saturday at 128 North Butler Street on theft charges from a gas robbery at a restaurant. He first tried to stab himself with a butcher knife, then struck his head against a hard surface in an apparent suicide attempt. officers Dorsey and Doyle made the arrest.
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North Butler Street
J. R. Jones
Dorsey and
Doyle
Three Sailors Lost In Texas Hurricane Aboard Minute W
Pensacola reports the schooner Minute W returning with word that three crewmen were washed overboard and lost during last Wednesdays Texas hurricane, while two others survived. The ship, damaged and submerged briefly, had been fishing about 100 miles west of Galveston. Temporary repairs made, fears for other fishing vessels at the banks remain.
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Pensacola
Fla
Minute
Starling
Bho
Galveston
Tham
Increase in Returns for Colquitt County Boosts Tax Rolls
Moultrie Georgia July 25 Special Tax Receiver J S Simmons reports Colquitt County totals for the year at 94263270, an increase of about 350000 from last year. The gain comes despite saw mills cutting timber and shutting down since the previous returns.
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Moultrie
J. &. Simmons
Colquite County
Colinry
Quick Trial for Bain Under Advisement
Judge L. S Rean said no decision yet on a special term for the trial of Donald M. Bain charged with the killing of E. G. Williams. A conference with Solicitor General Hill will be held when he returns from vacation to decide on a speedy trial. If the jail is not overcrowded, a special term for Bain alone is unlikely. Solicitor Hill is expected in Atlanta next week.
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L. S Rean
Criminal Division
Superior Court
Donald M. Bain
E. G. Williams
Roan
Bain
Atlanta
Remarkable Catarrh Cure Advertised With Testimonials
A booklet of testimonials promotes Eclipse Catarrh Cure as a plant based remedy for catarrh lingering in air passages. An offer provides a week’s trial for 25 cents in stamps, with full packages available for $1.00 postpaid. Endorsers from Oxona Florida report ear discharge relief and improved breathing after use. Eclipse Medicine and Manufacturing Co. Atlanta Ga.
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Oxona
Fla
Eclipse: Medicine and Manufacturing CO
Atlanta
Go North Young Man Advices From Denzel Guggenheim
Denzel Guggenheim sailed Wednesday on the Mauretania with his wife and daughter Gladys for a sojourn abroad. He offers a Modern twist on Horace Greeley urging young men to seek new horizons rather than remaining idle.
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New York
Picked Pocket Doctor and Rail Yard Shake Case
Hayes a white youth arraigned in police court on charges of pocketing a doctor’s $100 gold watch and chain, then lifting a second watch from W B Roberts during a handshake. He had recently left the county chain gang after a two year sentence. Both watches were recovered. he blamed near beer intoxication and was held on $1,000 bond.
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Hayes
John Keller
Decatur
W. B. Roberts
Roberts
Dr. Keller
Keller
Guggenheim Urges Alaska Wealth and Northward Move
Guggenheim spoke before the sailing hour urging expansion toward Alaska’s “magnetic north.” He predicted vast wealth for eastern workers, noting Alaska’s fertile lands and immense mineral wealth. He cited unsurveyed homesteads and mining claims, the Copper River railroad’s coming commercial boost, and a return of prosperity after a cautious wartime economy.
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Guggenheim
Alaska
Mr Guggenheim
Copper River
Engineer Bellingrath Returns to Atlanta
Engineer Bellingrath returns to Atlanta and joins Solomon-Norcross Company as assistant engineer. He previously worked four years with the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad designing steel and concrete bridges depots and warehouses. For six months he served with the Georgia and Florida railroad at Douglas as assistant engineer in charge of shops and terminal buildings. He also contributed to the Florida East Coast railway designing a concrete viaduct extending to sea touted as a wonder of the world.
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Bellingredt
Atlanta
Solomon-Norcross Company
Bellingrath
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Georgia and Florida Railroad
Douglas
Florida East Coast Railway
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