Bowdon Rail Road Breaks Ground Across 38 Miles
Bowdon Ga June 25 special report says dirt was first moved on the Bowdon railroad at Mt Zlon in a ceremony attended by hundreds from Bowdon Mt Zlon and nearby routes. The line will run 38 miles from Mandsville Ga to Bowden Ga via Central of Georgia tracks, promising to boost farming regions and establish Bowden as a major distribution point in Carroll County.
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Bowdon
Mt Zlon
Mt. Zlon
Tha Raed
Mands
Teard
Georgia
Randlph
Cleburn
Alabama
J L. Lovvorn
Messrs Wright
Wadley Company
Union Springs
Brenau Chautauqua Opens June 26 With Noted Figures
Short addresses by Presidents Pearce and Simmons and a pianoforte recital by Mr Otto Pfefferkern, the concert diarist and director of music. The Brenau chautauque starts Sunday June 26 and runs two weeks. Alkohest Chautauqua Bureau has prepared an attractive program. A Gainesville Midland excursion will run July 4 and a busy program is planned amid expected crowds.
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Pearce
Simmons
Otto Pfefferkern
Brenau Chauteuque
Alkohest Chautauqua Bureau
Gainesville Midland
Boiler explosion kills one and injures three in Georgia
In Athens near High Shoals a 6 horse power threshing engine boiler exploded at about 11 am today. Jim Lee was killed instantly as boiler fragments decapitated him. Paul Dims and Fullilore were injured, with JenKing in dangerous condition. Dr H M Fullilore attended the wounded. Sims and others expected to recover. The incident damaged a team and scattered debris over the field.
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Athens
High Shoals
W A Jenkin
Jim Lee
Paul Dims
HM. Fullilore
Fuliliore
Adamson praised for railroad bill work in Congress
Washington June 5 Special The work of Representative Adamson of Georgia on perfecting the railroad bill draws praise from colleagues on the floor He opened the bill on final passage while opposing a commerce court and has played a leading role in railroad safety, river improvements, Panama canal measures, and river system development with Clayton of Alabama, including a sea outlet for the Chattahoochee and seaport status for Columbus and Eufaula. In Carrollton a $46,000 public building authorization was secured. In Statesboro George Beasley, a white man, was severely injured in a runaway accident when his skull was fractured after being thrown from a wagon. He was treated at the sanitarium and was reported improving.
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Washington
Adamson
Georgia
Champ Clark
Ademaon
Panama Canal
Chattahoochee
Clayton
Alabama
el Andrews Bay
Columbus
Eufaula
Carrollton
Bstateaboro
George Beasley
Statesboro
Beasley
Southern Railway Sleeper to Asheville Route Listed
The Southern Railway operates a through sleeping car from Atlanta to Asheville leaving Atlanta at 8 45 p.m. daily and arriving in Asheville at 7 o'clock the next morning. The line offers convenient travel to Lake Toxaway, Lake Junaluska, Asheville, Waynesville, Balsam, and other Western North Carolina destinations.
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Land of the Sky
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Asheville
Lake Toxaway
Land
Raonville
Ashe~ville
Waynestile
Balsam
North Carolina
Carl White Shot By Hall Farmer in Georgia Duel
Gainesville Georgia June 25 Carl White a 2 farmer was shot and seriously wounded in a shotgun duel with L F Gravitt at Gravitt s home last night White was found early today in a barn near Gravitt s home by Sheriff Crew One shot entered his body White reportedly forced his way into Gravitt s house while intoxicated Gravitt after disarming White compelled him to fight Gravitt was not injured
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Gainesville
Carl White
L. F Gravitt
White
Gravites Home
Gravitts
Gravitt
Seaboard Improves Service to East
Seaboard unveils enhanced eastbound service with an electric lighted observation and drawing room car on the 11 45 a.m. train arriving Washington at 8 48 a.m. and New York at 2 45 p.m. Dining cars featured. Effective June 27 City Ticket Office, 3& Peachtree.
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Steepera
Waughington
New York
Peachtree
Athens Tigers Raid Biggest Whisky Ring Capture
Athens police busted a large illegal whisky operation, arresting four white men and one Black woman. The night raid followed months of effort to curb bootlegging in the city known as the Classic City. The suspects named Fred Barry BB Hawk 3 W Bradley and ONeal Matthews face charges. the woman will be tried for the same offense. Mayor Rowe vows to clear the offenders and restore law and order.
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Athens
Clagalo City
Atlanta
Fred Barry
Bradley
Oneal Matthews
Rowe
First Melons Shipped From Meigs Ga
On June 25 a special shipment from Meigs Georgia carried about 1 100 melons of the Tom Watson variety. Each melon weighed about 28 pounds on average. The melon crop was late by ten to fifteen days and yields per acre will be below average.
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Meigs
Junke
Tom Watson
Committee to Meet in Statesboro County Call
Statesboro Ga June 26 Special call for a meeting of county election committees to levy assessments on candidates and arrange for the August 23 section. Chairman C H Parrish of the executive committee called the gathering for Tuesday, July 6.
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Statesboro Ga
C HL Parrish
Baloch County
Scholarships Offered by Federation of Women's Club
The Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs education committee announces literary scholarships for the next academic year, funded by college benefactors. Eligible girls must show need and character references. applications should be sent to Miss Bara Louise Hayes, chairwoman, Thomasville, Ga. The notice also mentions a newly organized Benevolence Bank in Benevolence, highlighting its local presence on the Georgia Florida Alabama railroad line.
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Georgia Federation of Women's Clube
Agnes Boot Colless
Decatur
F H
Gaines Brenau College
Gainesrine
H J Pearce
Frank E. Jenkins
Beasle Tift College
Forsyth
H . Jackson State Normal School
Athens
E C Branson
Florence University
Morrice
Ala
M. W Hatton
Fine Crops in Turner
Turner crops show mixed prospects as rains injure cotton. Wheat and oats yield the largest in county history. Corn on many plantations averages 30 bushels per acre, with some reaching higher, signaling strong overall harvest potential.
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Turner
Ashburn
Gaine
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Joseph M. Brown
Hoke Smith
Tri Weekly
Uncle
Constitution
THE
Atlanta, Ga
New Bowden Railroad
Wbrenau
Representan Raker Someta
Jamesville
Florida
North and Bouthlina
Texas
Central Bank Na Trust Corporation
Candler
Etk
Mitchell and
Forsyth Streets
Clarke County
Eatonton News
Eatonton
Ordeo
Putnam
Professor Hornbill
H. E Gouge
Lawrenceville Times and Herald
Raf
Chicago
Payne, City
Hall Farmer
Seaboard
Federation OF Women’s Club
J. R. Ward
WW Binion
B F Turner
Benevolence
Randolph County
Georgis
Farmer
Satesporo
Morgan Lee
Here
Lee
Canadian Club
Bond
Hiram Walker & Sora, Limited
Warren Stares
the Cellaret Supplies
Jacksonville, Florida
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