Georgia Legislatures and Local Fortunes Highlight Fort Valley News
The piece surveys state and local political currents as the biennial session looms. It notes Taylor county’s finances, the push to recreate county treasurer offices, and district shifts after gubernatorial races. It also welcomes John H. Jones to Fort Valley Leader-Tribune and discusses a state port bill pending in the Senate with Savannah and Brunswick backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Valley
Senate
Georgia Coast
Savannah
Brunswick
Editorial stance on printing Brisbane material
The editorial disputes printing Brisbane’s material in democratic papers, criticizing its misstatements and arguing against publishing Republican and third party propaganda. It asserts papers decide what to print and questions reader approval of such content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Farm Cropping Strategy Pays Off For Troup County Farmer
A Troup county farmer reports a three hundred acre operation with ninety acres in corn plus cotton watermelons and other crops. He says his tenants helped achieve this year's corn crop and that he has feed for hogs and surplus for sale. Diversified planting and crop rotation are yielding strong results, with watermelon sales covering talcum arsenate costs.
Watermelon named Tom Watson and tax issues shock readers
A column notes Wayne county culture with a watermelon named after Thomas E. Watson, then shifts to a Herald notice urging strict tax collection in Taylor County as hundreds of property owners owe back taxes. It criticizes lax collection, cites debt and high taxes, and calls for firm enforcement. Further, it questions price disparities for dairy, watermelons, and Georgia peaches, urging smarter marketing by business-minded growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Nichols
Wayne County
Thomas E. ‘Watson
Tom Watson
Hickory Hill
the Herald
Jim Williams
Green County
Atlanta
Jim
Charlie Brown
New York
Commerce News
Georgia
Forest Fires Shaped Early American Landscapes
The National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association reports that both natives and lightning started fires before white settlers. Indians burned forests to aid berries, drive game, and as warfare, possibly forming prairie regions and later parklands. Geological evidence suggests widespread forests once covered much of the United States, with fires destroying over 80 million acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Man
Research Bureau
National Lumber, Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Middle States
Canada
Appalachian
Rocky Mountain
Turner County Plan praised by Wiregrass Farmer editor
In a heartfelt note from Nora Lawrence Smith the Wiregrass Farmer editor praises Turner County and Georgia, thanking readers and editors for support during a five year cooperative program. She emphasizes agricultural progress, continued effort, and gratitude to friends, Grand Jury remarks, and local supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah Press
Georgia
Association
Turner County
Grand Jury
Nora Lawrence Smith
Waycross Georgia a Growing Southern City
Waycross, sixth largest city in the South Gear empire, shows a 21000 population with about one fifth of one percent foreign born. It has nine railroad outlets five bus lines and serves 58 daily trains. Local industry includes a large cypress lumber plant owning around 875000 acres and a railway motor car factory. Road work in Ware county totals 2 million while Piedmont Institute and eight public schools serve the Dixie Highway region with thousands of visitors embowered by parks golf links and utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire State
South
Cypress Lumber
United States
Ware County
Piedmont Institute
Baptist Preparatory School
Waycross
County
Dixie Highway
Sheriff Slaps Woman During Liquor Search Incident
A Douglas county sheriff and deputy allegedly halted a car near Douglasville during a Volstead Act liquor search. The sheriff slapped the driver’s wife after a remark, admitting the act later. The column condemns the incident, calls for restraint, and urges public protection of civil liberties on Georgia highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Douglas County
E. C. Allen
Atlanta
Buchanan
Gas
Douglasville
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Internal ‘Revenue
Resolutions Adopted by Georgia Press Association 1924 Session
The Georgia Press Association adopts measures praising Dr. R J H DeLoach for teaching boll weevil control and endorses North Georgia as a National Park site. It honors John Paschal for funding a Berry School press and memorializes Tate John Herring and W W Flemming, with sympathy for bereaved members. It supports Rountree Haddock forestry bill and Okefenokee preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Press Association
John Paschal
Berry School
Atlanta Journal
Rome
Mr. Paschal
J. J. Flanders
Chm
D. G. Bickers
C.E. Brown
Ae Pacaletian Onuw
Tate John Herring
Tifton Gazette
W. W. Flemming
Early County News
Ed. A. Caldwell
Waycross
Chase. Brown
P. T. McCutcheon
W. M. Flemming
Association
Senate
House
Okefenokee
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Offical Organ OF Taylor Co
Butler
Terry
Mr. Elders
Mr. Hanswick
Harris
Elders
Hardwick
Corra Harris
South Gear
Persia
Dr. DeLoach
R. J. H. DeLoach
North Georgia
Lucian Knight
Lucian James Knight
Hal M. Stanley
Chas
E. Brown
P. T. McCutchen
T. H. Robertson
Okefenokee Billy’s Island
The
Everglades
Florida
Press Association of Georgia
National Geographic Society
Washington
Society
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