Darien Brunswick Bridge Probe as Seacoast Route Rush Persists
Mayor Barclay of Darien condemns false propaganda favoring longer Dixie Highway routes to Florida. Brunswick and Darien promoters dispute claims the Darien Brunswick bridge is out of service and urge fair competition and accurate reports to travelers.
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Darien-Brunswick Bridge
Barclay
Darien
Savannah News
Savannah Paper
Brunswick
Florida
Darien, Brunswick Bridge
Dixie Highway
Millionaire Inventor Lived Double Life
Eli Hilles Larkin, inventor and Ammonia Co vice president, led a double life for forty four years: bachelor in one home as Hi B Thompson husband of Harriet Belle Thompson in another. Charles C Collins, lawyer and Larkin associate, aided in a disposition filed today in a will contest.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Eli Hilles Larkin
Hi. B. Thompson
Harriet Belle Thompson
Chas. C. Collins
Larkin
Governor Len Small Denies Evading Arrest
Governor Len Small rejected evading arrest charges and accused a corrupt Sangamon County political ring of controlling justice. He called for a change of venue and demanded a speedy trial while condemning local authorities and national figures backing the prosecution.
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Sangamon County
Associated Press
Springfield
Len Smail
Sagamon County
Chicago Tribune
The
Dailey News
Brundage
United States
McCormick
Mortimer Tod
Len Small
Mester
Local concern applies for charter in phosphate firm
The Southern Potassium Phosphate Company seeks a charter to own patent rights for a phosphate fertilizer process. It will be separate from the Industrial Chemical & Fertilizer Co. and aims to dominate fertilizer production. Incorporators are Albert Fendig Joseph W Bennet and A L Kreiss with principal office in Brunswick.
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Southern Potassium Phosphate Company
Industrial Chemical & Fertilizer Co
Southern Potassium Phosphate Co
Albert Fendig
Joseph W. Bennet
A. L. Kreiss
Jacksonville
Brunswick
Lease Planned for Governor's Mansion in Atlanta
Atlanta, Aug 10. Preparations to lease the governor mansion on Peachtree Street will start after the legislature adjourns. A senate bill creates a commission to lease the mansion for up to five years. A house amendment to spend 125000 for a new governor residence was killed, leaving permanent housing undecided. The commission includes the governor, secretary of state, two senators, three representatives, and three citizens.
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Atlanta
Peachtree Street
House of the Senate
House Property Committee
House
Senate
President Harding Plays Self Caddy in Mt Prospect Putting
President Harding joined a vacation putting contest at War Secretary Weeks home on Mt Prospect Lancaster New Hampshire. Each golfer acted as his own caddy on the high green overlooking the White Mountains. Harding and his party have returned to the White House.
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Weeks
Mt. Prospect
Lancaster
N. H
White Mountains
Petty
White House
President Harding
Remains of Guy F Harvard Sent to Waycross
Wick citizen Guy F Harvard died yesterday afternoon after leaving Monk Street home at 2:30. Funeral and interment set for Waycross with a short service at four o'clock. Pallbearers named Frank Stacy O Larsen Dc A Taylor Claude Dart C S Tait L T McKinnon J M Keene.
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Frank Stacy
O. Larsen
Dc. A. Taylor
Claude Dart
C. S. Tait
L. T. McKinnon
J. M. Keene
Couple Forfeit Bonds In Police Court
A well known railroad man and a young married woman forfeited cash bonds of fifty dollars each in police court yesterday morning when they failed to appear for trial. They reportedly left the city on the A C S passenger train at 6 20 yesterday morning bound for Waycross. The husband is said to be employed in Waycross.
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Waycross
Committee Works on Compromise Tax Bill
Washington August 10 the house ways and means committee and the treasury draft a revenue bill aimed at three billion seventy five million dollars income gap reduced by about six hundred million from secretary Mellén ’s earlier proposal.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Ways and Means Republicans
Mellén
Last Confederate Congress Member Col John M Martin Dies
Ocala Fla Aug 10 Colonel John Marshall Martin believed last surviving member of the Confederate States Congress died at his home after several months illness Martins passing marks end of a veteran public service era for the Confederacy.
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Ocala
Fla
John Marshall Martin
Congress
Confederate States of America
Ocean Leather Co to Begin Shark Fishing Next Week
Dr J W Simmons announces that Ocean Leather Co president Dr Alfred Ehrenreicht will visit Brunswick next week to start shark fishing operations. Gov John K Tener may accompany. Pathe Weekly and Atlanta reporters will film efforts for national release. Local investors plan to fund a permanent fishing station with total investment near $200,000 following tests.
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Ehrenreicht
The
Ocean Leather Company
Dr. Simmons
Ocean Leather Co
J W. Simmons
Alfred Ehrenreicht
Brunswick
Louise Howard
Simmons
Thomas W. Hardwick
Atlanta
Pathe Weekly News Pictures Service
Phrenheidt
Senate adopts Smith resolution to investigate tobacco trade
Washington action by the senate orders a full investigation into the tobacco trade. The study will cover pricing to producers and to consumers and aims to reveal factors influencing costs and market dynamics.
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Washington
Senate
News Depot Opens With Books and Drinks
The Brunswick entrepreneur Treadwell opens a News Depot serving newspapers, supplies and school books. A shine parlor offers cold bottled drinks as a side attraction. The venture, described by friends, aims for success.
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Treadwell
Brunswick
All Stars Set For Fernandina Trip By Steamer
The Atlantic steamer will depart from Mansfield street docks at nine this morning carrying over 100 Brunswick baseball fans to Fernandina. Manager Edo Miller says the All Stars are in peak form and confident of another win. Excursion rates are offered with full passenger capacity expected.
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Atlantic
Mansfield Street
Fernandina
Brunswick Baseball
All Stars
Florida City
Edo Miller
Epworth League Meeting Tonight at First Methodist
The Epworth League of the First Methodist church convenes this evening with a devotional service followed by a brief business meeting to elect a new president after Ernest C. Millis departs for the University of Georgia Athens. The program features a vocal solo by Eunice Burgey and a violin solo by Isabelle Bunkley.
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Epworth League
First Methodist Church
Ernest C. Millis
University of Georgia, Athens
Eunice Burgey
Isabelle Bunkley
Mack Sennet Comedy At The Bijou Theater Today
Bijou manager Brown announces this afternoon and tonight a five reel Mack Sennet comedy titled Home Talent. The film is touted as among the best productions from the renowned film factory this year.
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Mack Sennet
BIJOU
Brown
Fulm
Southern crops show good results last week
Washington reports generally favorable weather last week boosted Southern crops including corn tobacco potatoes rice sugar cane citrus fruits and peanuts with most items rated fair to ideal. Cotton fared poorly overall though good in some sections and all notes come from the government's national weather and crop bulletin.
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Associated Press
Washington
Brunswick Faces Split Over St Simon Highway Route
Letter writer J J Spears argues Brunswick should support a city built highway to St Simon but oppose a McKinnon’s Still starting point, warning the Still route would lengthen trips and divert traffic from Brunswick to Long Island, urging a faster 20 minute drive with a direct bridge option.
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J. J. Spears
St. Simon Highway
McKinnon’s
Dart
Florida
Sterling
Plantation Creek
St. Simon
Railroads Earned 51 Million in June
Washington reports railroads earned about 51 million dollars in June, a gain of over 14 million from May. The figures come from Interstate Commerce Commission filings released by the American Railway Association.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Railway Association
Georgia General Appropriations Bill Ready for Governor
Atlanta Aug. 10 the general appropriations bill for the next two years passed and awaits Governor Hardwick's signature. Senators and representatives closed with efforts to reach agreement on the general tax bill, the five percent amusement tax blocking final accord. Governor signed the gasoline sales tax imposing a cent per gallon. oil firms plan court action over last year's deficiency. The state highway bill distributing license tax money by road mileage also completed. Adjournment expected by midnight though lawmakers may delay by clock trick.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Genera
Hardwick
Georgia Senate
House of Representatives
House
Senate
R. N. Reed
Reed Oil Company
Georgia
From Sire to Son 40 Years of Brunswick Trust
The News highlights a Brunswick business founded forty years ago by a father and grandfather, now run by the son and grandson. It praises a long record of honesty and fairness, earning public goodwill and continued trust in the enterprise.
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