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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1915

Page

5

Georgia Farmers Boost Oats Acreage and Wheat Prospects

The Georgia Chamber of Commerce and other advocates of diversified farming welcome a 200 percent rise in oats planted in Georgia compared with 1914, with winter wheat seeing a 100 percent increase. Georgia leads in grain acreage gains, followed by Louisiana with a 150 percent rise in oats. The 1914 Georgia wheat yield was about 2,694,005 bushels, and forecasts suggest substantial oats production for the coming season.

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Summer Schools Open Today With Large Pupils Enrollment

The summer schools start today with about 1100 pupils including those who skipped grades and former students. Teachers visited homes to contact parents as Major Robert Guinn addresses the board. Names listed include senior teachers and numerous instructors at several neighborhood locations.

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Boy Drowns Off Tybee Amid Crowds At Sea

A bystander reports a boy drowned near Tybee Beach as the Atlantic coast crowds enjoy a sunny Sunday. Lifesavers and onlookers attempted resuscitation after the child disappeared from shore about a quarter mile offshore near Hotel Tybee, but efforts were unsuccessful.

Girl, 12, Breaks Left Arm After Porch Fall

Leona Bornsze of 227 Bellwood Avenue broke her left arm when she slipped from a back porch and fell onto an old arc iron. She was taken by ambulance to Grain hospital where her cast was applied. She was playing with friends at the time of the accident.

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Dr Proctor Preaches On The New Woman Sermon Theme

Dr Proctor hosted the safety First sermon arguing the New Woman has emerged after emancipation and should pursue roles such as nursing and community leadership. He highlighted African American women nurses in Grant hospital and urged mothers to guide their race for future societal roles.

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Extension Work Meetings For Farmers Announced In Georgia

State College of Agriculture announces two summer tours for extension teams to visit counties across Georgia from June 21 to July 30. Team A led by Goodwin Crabb Welch, Team B led by Gridley Firor Lowery will cover numerous counties with schedules listing towns and dates for each stop.

Athens State College of Agriculture Goodwin Crabb Welch Byrson Blakburn Irvin G W Filror Gogdell Howell W Firor Camden County Kingsland Glynn County Brunswick Mclntosh County Darten Warne County Sheven Pierce County Blackshear Macon County Screven County Burke County Washington “ Unn Sanderssine Baldwin County Putnam ‘County Eatonton Hancock County Spurty Warren County Narwood Tateferre County Crawfordville Wilkes Counts Lincoln County Gridley J’ W Firor Lowery Hirlsman Mil- Hatton Bearr Bigford Carter I Mestblack Lowndes County Valdauta Brooke County Quitman Thomas Couity Colquitt County Moultrie Grady County Cairo Decatur County Bain Pruipg Early County Af Dillan Georgetown Clay County Kort Galnes Randolph County Derreli County Stewart County Omaha Dougherty County Atoany Smith Leesbore Célep County Macon Uly Muscogee County Troup County la Grange Coxele County Nownan Cursel County Haralwan County Wallon Cones County Milton County Buckhead Pickens County Gordon County Troyd County Walker County Lafavetta Whitfield County Cohcutta

Assembly Members Arrive in Atlanta for Session Start

Lawmakers arrive as the Georgia legislature prepares to convene on Wednesday. Headquarters open in the Kimball House for leaders including W. L. Teas and J. Sheppard, with others like Stewart and White establishing offices. Proposals for multiple new counties surface, targeting Axson, Lenice, Witledge, and others, as sessions loom and more officials arrive.

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Rival on Motorcycle Surges as Elopers Arrested in Augusta

The Augusta tale centers on Leo Hand and Harry Withers from Charlotte pursuing elopers Maps Dandine and a 1 year old Kirkman daughter. A motorcycle chase leads to arrests after a failed elopement plot, while Rev P Gilbert officiates a marriage amid police involvement. Withers urged the bride to marry him instead, but she refused and the couple wed.

Augusta Dan Cupid Leo Hand Charlotte B & Withers Maps Dandine Kirkman Mra Yn Na Kirk Thanh Harry Columbia Charleston Atlante Withers Rev . P Gilbert

Vacation Glasses for Seashore or Mountain

Jno 1 Moore and Sons optician offers vacation glasses in soft tint to shield eyes from glare. Available at 42 N Broad Street.

Jno 1 Moore & Sons The Optician N Brosd

Minister Accused Kills Man After Accusation of Impropriety

Calhoun Ga June 20 Special Sheriff Ro HW Land arrives with Rey Wo W Tatman a Bao minister living at Kanger county eastern part. He shot Homer Taylor a young married man near Ranger while Taylor rode in a buggy with his cousin Harbin Taylor. Putman allegedly fired until the man lay dead after saying Taylor was too intimate with his daughter. Witnesses dispute the charge and the dead man’s daughter denies the accusation as Putman offers no clear motive.

Calhoun Ga Ro HW Land Rey Wo W Tatman Kanger Homer Taylor Putman Taylor Harbin Taylor Ranger Hartin Tavic Forman Tromble Bugey Fetman Patman Sersion 15 May

The Foreyth Week At Theaters Promises Big Musical Treats

A busy theater week features Bunka in a celebrated musical comedy with a clever cast and novelty acts including the California orange pickers. The program at Grand and other houses also promises top film attractions such as The Dictator with Barrymore, The Sporting Dechet and Werraustark, plus My Best Girl with Max Figman and Lola Meredith in lively vaudeville style.

Bunka Valfornia Tata & Gardner Hisbig. Com Jack Paton Reem Darrus Brothers Poly Bel Wirte Brothers Barrymore Selig Lubin Geeaway

Drowned Man at Recreation Club Lake Near Macon

Dehann a native of The Hague Holland was drowned at the Recreation Club lake near Macon while swimming. His body was not recovered until nine o'clock tonight after a three o'clock drowning. He left Holland eighteen months ago and arrived in New York three months ago walking to Macon. He had secured work with the city and leaves a mother in The Hague. He was 28 years old.

Macon Dehann Recreaton Club Lodiy Ansoon Keysse Amsterdam Holland New York The Hague

Young Atlanta boys fate on tracks near Meridian

A 16 year old boy Bennett recounts that Wille Gray, a young Atlanta boy who ran away two years ago, fell from a train near Meridian Mississippi and was killed. Bennett says the pair had ridden toward Universal City and the Panama Exposition before money ran out and they rode a Pullman car toward Dixie. Gray fell and was killed. Bennett reports his parents later moved to Palmetto.

Gray

Columbians Begin Auto Tour From Gogluck Tomorrow

Columbus and President John T Davis Jr of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce lead a 22 car auto tour starting from Gogluck on a Georgia Alabama Florida itinerary. About eighty people travel, with Conaresaman W oC Adams among guests. They’ll breakfast at Lafauls Alt, attend a pitme at Columbia Alt, and banquet at Marianna Fla. The trip aims to extend trade relations and promote the Chattahoochee river canal system. The Columbus delegation returns next Friday night.

Columbus John T Davis, Jr Columbus Chamber of Commerce Gogluck Giorgia Alabama Florida Theip Conaresaman Adams Lafauls, Alt Columbia Alt Marianna Fla

Governor veto halts full crew law repeal in Pennsylvania

Governor Strumbaugh tonight vetoed a bill repealing the Pennsylvania full crew law. The measure, passed after railroads campaigned for it, would have empowered the public service commission to require railroads to employ adequate train crews. The governor cited lobbying pressure and arguments about safety and operating costs, noting existing extra crew members have contributed to traveler safety.

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University Trustees Set Meeting in Atlanta Tomorrow

Athens June 20 special report tribes of the University of Georgia with representatives from all branches will meet at the Capitol in Atlanta Tuesday morning to discuss budget needs for the next two years and plan for the university system expansion and support.

Athens Georgia Atlanta

Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Woman

Eldon Missouri woman recounts relief from displacement inflammation and female weakness after two years of struggle. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restored strength and wellbeing and urges others to try the remedy. The ad notes the product is sold everywhere and claims broad benefits for related symptoms.

Eldon Lydia E Pinkham Mre T Barney Missouri Lydia E. Puckham

Georgia Peace Society Leader Sees Hope Beyond War

By J. J. Hall secretary Georgia Peace Society writes that modern war involves mass forces, vast costs, and scientific destruction yet hints at a brighter future where humanity and civilization condemn the fighting and hope for peace as might gives way to a hopeful force beyond war.

Georgia Peace Society J. J. Hall Georgia

Night and Morning of Deliverance from War

The night remains dark but the morning will come with the world's deliverance. When that day arrives, people will recall with horror the cruelty folly madness and crime of war.

Augusta Veterans Seek Pension Increase Proposal

A June 20 report notes a Special-A committee of the Augusta camp of Confederate veterans asking the legislature for a rise in veterans pensions from 560 to 100 per year. The group argues rising need as pensioners dwindle, citing 31 Confederate veterans in Hadhmond County dying since January 1.

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