Georgia Prizes Awarded For Georgia Products Day
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce awarded prizes for the best list of Georgia grown products and for menus featuring Georgia goods. John S Stockbridge won $10 for listing 34 products. Mrs James M Smith won for an eight course Georgia menu. Rotary Club of Savannah earned $15 for a community dinner served at Hotel De Soto. Savannah won the top prize with Quitman close second.
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Atlanta
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
John S. Stockbridge
RFD
L. A. Niven
Soup Farming
James M. Smith
West Avenue
Cartersville
George P. Butler
Telfair Street
Augusta
Grant Carter
Charlton Street
Savannah
Fatterson
Valdosta
Georgia Products
Rotary Club of
Hotel DeSoto
Chatham County
Quitman
Brooks County’ Industrial
Demand for the Efficient in Modern Business
An alert, keen, clear headed workforce is in demand. Modern business control favors workers who are in trim and not dull or half sick. Foley Cathartic Tablets are advertised as a way to clean the system keep the stomach sweet and bowels regular. H J er.
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Foley
H. J. Er
Kelly Kelly Grased to Death in Grist Mill
MACON GA Jan 8 A planter and mill operator J S Kelly was crushed in the belting of a grist mill near Wellston. He was oiling machinery when caught and died before help arrived. Aged 25, he had recently moved from Monticello to Houston county and lived on a farm owned by Mrs H N Lamon. He served as superintendent and manager of the farm and grist mill and previously managed farm work at the Georgia Industrial Home in Macon. He is survived by his widow.
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Macon
Wellston
J. S. Kelly
Monticello
H. N. Lamon
Kelly
Georgia Industrial Home
Children Coughs and Colds Urged for Kids
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Dr. Bell
Bucklen
Thoughts on Idle Hour and Big Business Power
A reflective charge on Chicago’s old book shop bankruptcy and the broader tension between rich and poor. The author argues wealth buys immunity from law while urging enforcement of just regulations, elected officials who serve country over self, and civic self reliance to curb big business influence.
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Congress
Post Office Praises Papers For Combating Fraud
Solicitor W. H. Lamar in his annual report credits newspapers for aiding the postoffice department in suppressing fraudulent advertising and exposing public predators. The year ending June 30 saw forty five fraudulent concerns shut down by the department.
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W. H. Lamar
Postoffice Department
Post Office Department
Twenty Convicts Receive Executive Clemency
ATLANTA, Jan. 7. Twenty convicts received clemency as Governor Slator pardoned two and commuted eighteen sentences to time served. Pardoned were J. W. Garnett of Richmond County and Martha Wooten of Rabun. Commutations went to Jim Pope of Dougherty, Sam Young of Miller, George Reddy of Calhoun, Dock Baldwin of Ware, Tom Speer of Pike, John Henry Hill of Decatur, William Herrington of Fulton, Will Baskin of Fulton, Artin Williams of Harris, Ed Walker of Emanuel, Will Johnson of Walton, Artistride Franzens of Pickens, W. B. Troup of Laurens, Clifford Young of Effingham, Mitt Hammond of Decatur, Robert Baker of McIntosh, Charles Leak of Brooks, and Bud Chapman of Bibb.
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Atlanta
Slator
J. W. Garnett
Richmond County
Martha Wooten
Rabun
Jim Pope
Dougherty County
Sam Young
Miller
George Reddy
Calhoun
Dock Baldwin
Ware
Tom Speer
Pike
John Henry Hill
Decatur
William Herrington
Fulton
Will Baskin
Aritn Williams
Harris
Ed Walker
Emanuel
Will Johnson
Walton
Artistride Franzens
Pickens
W. B. Troup
Laurens
Clifford Young
Effingham
Mitt Hammond
Robert Baker
Mcintosh
Charles Leak
Brooks
Bud Chapman
Bibb
Painter’s novel plan offers two weeks work for a chance
Macon Ga. painter W Hortman proposes to raffle his services for two weeks by selling 100 chances from 1 cent to 1 dollar. The winner gets Hortman’s labor for the period, netting him 52 dollars after two weeks of work. Hortman, recently residing on Pine Street with wife and child, says he has failed to find employment after canvassing the city.
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Macon
W. Hortman
Hartman
Pine Street
Tornado Deaths Reported Across Southern Georgia
A Wednesday afternoon tornado in southern Georgia killed at least two people and injured several others. W J Spain, a Quitman capitalist, died when a tree fell on him. Mrs Tom Sawyer and her son plus her brother A M Daniels were injured when their home collapsed near Abbeville. Widespread property damage and heavy windfall were reported across multiple counties.
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Georgia
Quitman
W.J. Spain
Tom Sawyer
A M Daniels
Abbeville
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Georgia Products Ay
Georgia Meru
Houston County
Chicago
Slaton
Painter
Co. W. Hortman
South Georgia
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