Georgia News Highlights From LaFayette To Americus
Ledger of Georgia towns reports Bank of Chickamauga completed at LaFayette for about ten thousand dollars. Lumpkin Law School building sale set for August 22. Y M C A appoints J B Bancom as Columbus director. County officials in Talbot and Americus elected. White schools to open Sept first in Lumpkin County. Fatal auto collision near Madison Florida kills B L Smith and Dorothy Evans. Frances D. McConnell dies in Savannah after illness. Hollis Fort Sr. elected Americus city attorney. William Driskell dies from gunshot at home. Infantile paralysis 12 more cases in Georgia this 24 hours total 454. Sumter County Fair slated Oct 27 to Nov 1. Mercer summer commencements in Macon with 24 degrees awarded. Douglas tobacco warehouses sell over 4 million pounds for $905k. Offer of $200 for prison system investigation in Georgia. LaGrange to spend $25k on a city park. Griffin opens new $25k church school annex. Rev. A. R. Hutchinson guest speaker. Jones county search for Charlie Dover’s killer continues. J E Rowe, ex Western Union manager, dies in Atlanta. Miss Jessie Mae Parker to Arkansas State Teachers College. R T DeWitt to LSU. Ferrell Millen beaten in Ellerslie case. conscious but memory unclear. Schley County tax rate set at 8 mills. valuations up $52k. Federal Alcohol Tax Unit reports 4,468 stills seized in four states, up 601 from prior year.
Surplus Cotton Debate Shapes U.S. Policy
Senator pace argues against dumping six million bales of surplus cotton, citing parity goals and potential treasury costs. He supports using CCC surplus for relief, defense, and foreign trade only if it does not depress domestic prices, urging restraint in disposal. Also reports on deaths of Judge Samuel Blakely Hunter and Chester E. Hutchins, Jesup Sentinel ownership change, and other local notices.
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Therby
U.S. Treasury
Commodity Credit Corporation
Treasury
United States
Athens
Stephen Pace
M. C
Butler Van Guards Form in Georgia To Aid Home Defense
A meeting in Butler led to the formation of a home guard unit named the Butler Van Guards to drill and protect lives and property during the wartime period. Captain Steed, commissioned by Adjutant General J. Van Holt Nash, organized the company, which received uniforms and equipment at no cost to government funds. Numerous local youths enlisted, with officers and many enlisted men listed, showing strong community support and martial spirit amid the World War era.
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Steed
J. van Holt Nash
State of
Georgia
Butler van Guards
Capt
van Guards
Herald
Butler
Taylor County
Army
Regional officials appointments and state crime note
Dr Roscoe Arrant named business consultant for U S Commerce in Atlanta region. A M Park appointed to Macon County Board of Education vacancy after J W Nelson Sr death. Park previously served on board. Moonshining boom cited with 4468 illicit still seizures across four states, up 601 from prior year. Rising Fawn Prison camp cruelty probe may lead to dismissals and trials. Georgia Association of Insurance Agents approves statewide traffic safety and fire prevention program for fiscal year starting Sept 1.
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Roscoe Arrant
U. S. Department of Commerce
Atlanta
C. P. Persons
A. M. Park
Ideal
W. M. Harper
Macon County Board of Education
J. W Nelson Sr
Park
Rising Fawn
Georgia Association of Insurance Agents
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University of Georgia
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Kannapolis, N. C
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Ellaville
Third District Masons
Dawson
Talbot County
J. C. Watts
B. L. Smith
Tallahassee
Dorothy Evans
Fitzgerald
Madison, Fla
Frances D. McConnell
Central of Georgia Railway
Savannah
Hollis Fort Sr
Americus
H. O. Jones
W. W. Driskell
Hancock County
Bernard Butts
Sumter County
O. P. Johnson
Sumter County Fair
Mercer University
Macon
Willingham Chapel
J. D. Freeman
Douglas Tobacco
Kathleen Gray Nelson
LaGrange
Court Square
First Methodist Church
Griffin
A. R. Hutchinson
Oklahoma City
J. P. Hawkins
Jones County
Charlie Dover
Gray
J. E. Rowe
Nashville
Western Union
Temple Ga
Birmingham
Jessie Mae Parker
Winder
Arkansas State Teachers College
Conway, Ark
R. T. DeWitt
Georgia Southwestern College
Louisiana State University At
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Ferrell Millen
Frank Bass
Ellerslie
Schley County
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J. R. Wall
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Alabama
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Judge Hunter
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Macon Volunteers
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Savannah Morning News
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C. E. Hutchins Jr
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W. F. Hood
Gainesville
Commerce
Hall County
North Carolina
Franklin + Highlands mountain
Jesup Sentinel
Geo. M. Harrington
C. A Pound
Cordele
Mr. Pound
Jesup
Cordele Dispatch
Hawkinsville
Mr. Baynard
Baxley
Francis D. McConnell
Central of Georgia
Ft Valley
McConnell
W. R. McConnell
Emma Clarke McConnell
the Herald
W. J. Fuller
H. G. Montgomery
R. C. Riley
H. L. Riley
L. H
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L. R. Adams
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Thomas Bennefield
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H. D. McMickle
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J. A. J. Mathews
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L. M. Sanders
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W. D. Scott
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