Cotton crop outlook and price projections cited by Representative Heflin
Representative Heflin of Alabama, member of the House Agriculture Committee, reports telegram responses from state agriculture commissioners showing a cotton belt condition near 60 percent and totals of about 10.366 million bales across states including Georgia 1,800,000 and Texas 2,000,900. He notes world demand and wartime use, predicting cotton could reach 15 cents by Christmas and 30 cents by May 1916, with U.S. farmers reducing acreage and fertilizer use. The piece cites British and Allied shell needs, industrial demand, and prices versus five-year prewar averages, urging reliance on government credit to market the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heflin
Alabama
House Committee On Agriculture
United States
Commissioners of Agriculture
Cotton Corp
Herida
Georgia
North Carolina
Oklahome
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
India
Egypt
Rusula
McAdoo
New York
Detroit
Mich
Free Press
Great Britain
London
Spain
Switzerland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Helland
State Entomologist Plans Weevil Meeting in Muscogee
State Entomologist Worsham and four assistants arrive in Columbus to discuss invasion of the boll weevil. A 10 o’clock meeting at the courthouse aims to mobilize citizens and farmers in Muscogee and nearby counties. Attendees include merchants, bankers, and local officials, with further stops at Cusseta and other western Georgia counties to organize action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Worsham
Heving
Muncoges
Georgia
Muscogee County
Chattahoocles Valley
Arstore
Boll Weevil Committee
Doster Pou
Cusseta
Chattahooches County
Federal Court Deals Harsh Sentences On Elder Offenders
Rufus Spain of Walton county received one year and one day plus a $100 fine for distilling. Will Stokes of Henry county and Andy Goodman of Atlanta drew two and three year terms for tampering with the mails. Spain’s two cases were consolidated. he had escaped federal prison last fall and was recaptured in May. Stokes had just been released after a two year term for tampering with mails, while Goodman admitted breaking into a Henry county post office and stealing $4.30 under an urged plan to travel the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Spain
Walton County
Newman
Iittle Distilling
Will Stokes
Henry County
Andy ‘Goodman
Atlanta
Spain
Andy Goodman
Mortuary Notices From Griffin Area Listed
Funeral notices for Griffin residents detail the deaths of J Rennis M Touchstone at 23, Mrs Ikaish of 230 Richardson Street, and A Malcolm Barford at 141 Cherokee Avenue. Also noted are J F Hatcher of Connally, Anne Lemaster of Rome, Martha Sasnett, and John C Chewning with funeral arrangements and survivors. Local obituaries mention family ties across Atlanta and Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaisa
Richardson _street
Harry
Joe
David Kalish
Atlanta
Mra
Leo Fresh
Meyer Marcus
Simon Marcus
Alexieus
Sam Marcus
Mont-gomery
Ais
Paulina Cohn
Baltimore
A. Malcolm Barford
Malcolm Barford
Barclay & Brandon
Frank BR. Barford
W. Fe.anderson
K. P. Mayeon
Frank R
Carey Barford
Cherokee Avenue
Contests Revealed for The Constitution Sunday Show Tickets
The Constitution printed a double page advertisement inviting readers to submit letters for a ticket giveaway to the opening night. Twenty reserved seats and six box seats were awarded to winners from Decatur and Atlanta addresses, with a list of prize winners and instructions to claim tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Constitution ‘Business Office
W. I. Cline
College Avenue
Decatur
Laura Lewis Lawton
Col«reve Avenue
George Campbell
Judge Sheppard Uses Prank Lynching in Grand Jury Charge
New York judge William F E Sheppard told a federal grand jury that lynching in the South exposed long-standing indifference to law and underscored the need to remove legal technicalities that delay justice. He urged that guilt be punished impartially and swiftly, stressing public demand for accountability regardless of status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leo M. Prank
Federal Grand Jury
William FE. Sheppard
Pensacola
Dia
Sheppard
Erand
Shepard
Shepy
United States
Stolen Auto Stuck in Mire Near Druid Hills
Jonm Milligan, a two Negro youth, was tried in the police court after stealing a car from Grahame Pardue at 702 Edgewood Avenue. The vehicle became stuck in mud near Druid Hills, ending the joy ride. Milligan was held on a $3,500 bond for burglary after he broke a lock to enter the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Druid Hills
Jonm Milligan
Grahame Pardue
Edgewood Avenue
Milligan
Wao
Lee Milligan
Slaughter Acquitted After Shooting Neighbor in Home
John D. Slaughter was acquitted by a judge after a recorder’s hearing found the shooting of A. C. Shivers at 531 Courtland Street two weeks earlier was accidental. Both men faced trial amid a tense incident sparked by marital strife and an argument turning violent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Slaughter
A.C. Shivers
Shivers
Slaughter
Courtland Street
Bankruptcy Act Abused Warns Grand Jury In Ga
Macon Georgia October 5 Special Judge W W Lambdin opened the United States court in this city his first appearance here and addressed a crowded bar. He urged grand jurors to watch for concealment of assets by bankrupts and false oaths in bankruptcy proceedings noting the act of 1898 aimed at equal distribution of assets among creditors. He warned that abuses could bring the law into disrepute and called attention to offenses under the national bankruptcy act and related violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
W. W. Lambdin
United States Court
Lambdin
Icokout
Europe
Two Harper Brothers Engage in Fatal Duel in Georgia
In Hartwell, Georgia, a fatal gunfight between brothers Tom and Mike Harper left Tom dead and Mike severely wounded. Doctors amputated Mike’s leg. hopes for his recovery remain. Witnesses say Mike intervened to protect a sister-in-law from Tom’s threats, raising questions of justified intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Brothers
Hartwell
Tom Harper
Mile Harper
Mike Harper
Mike
Tom
A. S. Johnson
Hart County
Nixon
Mike Harner
October apportionment delayed by windfall repair of city funds
The city of Atlant s faces a deficit as a $40 306 17 check arrives from Attorney S H Sibley in a tax case involving Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. The case, tied to a lease chain through Wadley and Louisville and Nashville, was settled by the US Supreme Court affirming a tax payment on terminal properties. Fulton County to share, city joy grows as new apportionment sheets prepared for a special council session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlants
Georgia. Railroad and Banking Company
Fon Bank
Flnanee Committee of Council
Chie Atroite
S.H. Sibley
Union Point
Loulaville and Nashville Railroad Company
Atlantic Coast Line
Georgia “Railroad and Banking’ Company
William B. Wadley
Wadley
Louieville
Nashville
John C. Hart
Newman
United States Supreme Calirt
Fulton
Recorder warns against fights in court during police session
In police court on Tuesday afternoon Recorder Johnson admonished Attorney Lawton Nalley to keep proceedings peaceful after noting prior clashes with lawyers. Nalley assured the court he sought no fight and the case proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Nalley
Recorder Johnson
Nalley
Netley
War Loan Subscriptions Reach Five Hundred Thousand
The Trust Company of Georgia in Atlanta announced a 600000 loan to the Anglo-French commission as part of the U S war loan led by J P Morgan & Co. The loan is described as a high quality investment with a prior lien on Britain and France and an estimated 5 percent return. The bank noted it accepted subscriptions matching the New York syndicate without extra charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trust Company of
Georgia
Atlanta
Anglo-French Commission
J. P. Morgan & Co
Commission
John 8. Murphy
Caida
Great Britain
France
New York Syndicate
Peony This Afternoon Sets To 224 Meeting Outcome
A fragmented report notes that this afternoon the met set to 224 and voted to accept the company's terms. The action concedes all demands by testing recognition of that union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Met
Vitalitas advertised as backache remedy in 1920s ad
An advertisement promotes Vitalitas as a constitutional cure for backaches and related ailments. It claims to cleanse the system, remove toxins, and reinvigorate vital organs, noting it contains no added drugs and offering a free sample from Jacobs' Pharmacy at 23 Whitehall Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitalitas
Jecobs’ Pharmacy
Whitehall Street
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Aft “Life Guard
Mgoro & Sons
The
Opticians
North Broad St
Taay
Columbus ‘Court House
DR. M
Touchstone
Griffin
Glyledia
Uclayes
Tepetiel
Rennis M. Toudstone
Gritfin
J. D. Touchstone
Mount Zion
Griffin Commandery
Enlehts Tempier
Benevolent Protective Bridge of Elks
J. Kalish
J. F. Hatcher
Connally
Poole
G. D
Nelila
Florenca Hatcher
Anne Lemaster
Rome
Martha Annie Sasnett
Poole's
John. C. Chewning
Harry Turner
Mer
W. J. Turner
Meni Street
Murray
Murray Sounty
Mt An
Dire. WL. Cline
College Avene
Onky Girl
Rotenbaum's
3Foon
Dad
St Bame
Baldwin
Ountree
Ansley Hotel
W. F. Dykes
Penn Avenue
Bun Wylie
Peachtree Place
Griswold Parker
Stonewall Street
Frances. Johnson
Josephine Street
James D. Rhodes
Huclid Avenue
A. L. Hills
North Forsyth Street
R. D. Speer
Glenwood Avenue
J. S. Dickert
North Boulevard
Paul Ridgway
West Peachtree Place
Jay Ride
States
Mawkes Glasse
Whitehall
Atlanta Gas Light CO
Stein-Bloch Co. Wholesale Tailors
Rochester, N
Hardwick
Stein-Bloch
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