Emergency Farm Bill Faces Last Minute Amendments
WashingtonJanuary 8 The farm bill moves toward passage amid fierce fights over amendments to broaden coverage beyond core commodities wheat cotton tobacco hogs and dairy producers push for rice and peanuts proposals threaten to remove hogs or tax cattle and sheep President elect Roosevelt backed by farm leaders hopes for a strong world market price regime to sustain price supports and avoid lowering producer prices
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Washington
Jones
House
Agriculture Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Henry Morganthau, Jr
Glover
Arkannad
Mercer Accepts Farm Commodities in Partial Tuition Plan
Mercer University in Macon Georgia announced a plan to accept farm products as part payment for tuition and other expenses to aid needy students. Commodities such as cotton corn corn peanuts syrup meats and vegetables will be accepted at prevailing market prices, with cotton valued at a price roughly one tenths below the market level at matriculation.
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Mercer
Macon
Mercer University
Epright Dowell
Dowell
Woman Injured After Falling From Ambulance
Mrs. W. H. Tigart of Nashville Georgia was seriously hurt 15 miles south of Americus when she fell from an ambulance en route to a physical exam. A side door opened as wind prevented closing it, dragging her from the vehicle. She was unconscious on arrival but doctors later said her condition was not serious.
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Americus
W. H. Tigart
Nashville
Roosevelt Asked to Open Institute in Georgia
President elect Franklin D Roosevelt was invited to open the joint session of the Institute of Citizenship and the Georgia Press Institute at Emory University February 7 to 11. Officials said he may attend if in Georgia, with speeches planned by C Max Gardner, Charles Stephenson Smith, Morris Fishbein, and Harold Gosnell.
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Atlanta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Institute of Citizenship
The
Georgia Press Institute
Emory University
Georgia
C. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Charles Stephenson Smith
Washington
Resume of Year's Work by Savannah U D C President
Miss Phoebe H. Elliott presents the annual report of the Savannah Chapter U D C recounting memorials for Mrs. A B Hull and activities with Confederate veterans, veterans reunions in Richmond and Quitman, the Fort Sumter monument unveiling in Charleston, Georgia and Memphis meetings, funds raised, grave markers, and a year ending with a Christmas dinner and thanks to supporters. The report highlights commemorations, donations, hall repairs, and plans to intensify future work.
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Phoebe H. Elliott
Savannah
United Spanish War Veterans
Gen
R. E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Richmond
Wm. Harden
Georgia
U. C
Dy. Wm. R. Dancy
The
Sons
P. W. Meldrim
UT. V
Col
W. T. Grayson
Quitman
Ouitman
Wm. Dancy
Mr. Tanev
Charleston
Ft Sumter
Georgia Division
Bainbridge
Memphis
KK. E. Lee
Helen Plane
Soldiers’ Home
Atlanta
Alexander Stephens Memorial Institute
Francis S. Bartow
Rabun Gap
Mildred Rutherford
Historical Fund
Norman V. Randolph
Miriam Elmore
B. F Bullard
George Washington
Dr. Dancy
Savannah Morning New
Evening Press
Georgia's new farm head outlines definite program
Georgia’s new agriculture commissioner G C Adams replaces Eugene Talmadge and details a plan focusing on expanding the dairying industry, improving marketing facilities for farm products, and seeking affordable cholera serum for hogs. He also reports a revised pay scale saving money for the department.
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Atlanta
G. C. Adams
Eugene Talmadge
Adams
Postmaster Bullard Dies From Pistol Wound in Cochran
Cochran, Georgia: Henry F. Bullard 4 postmaster and former Cochran mayor dies at home from a pistol wound minutes after leaving his office. He served 10 years as postmaster and two terms as mayor. Survived by wife Ruby Morgan Bullard, three daughters, a sister, a brother, and three grandchildren.
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Cochran, Ga
Henry F. Bullard
Cochran
Methodist Church
Bullard
Madison Bullard
Monroe Bullard
Ruby Morgan Bullard
J.P. King
Griffin
Ruby
Martha Bullard
W. S. Coley
Dukes Bullard
Secretary John B. Wilson Cuts Costs in State Office
Atlanta reports that Georgia Secretary of State John B. Wilson ran the office within its budget and saved 3600 over the year. Under the reorganization act his duties cover joint-secretary roles for examining boards and Archives and History, with a unified fee fund and centralized records for easier access.
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Atlanta
Georgia
John B. Wilson
Wilson
Department of State
Department of Archives and History
Rhodes Memorial
Peachtree Street
Suspects confess in $12000 Miller county farm raid
Blakely Georgia January 9 authorities report three men confess to robbing W B Regan of about 12000 at his Miller county farm. Captured leaders Edison Carr and Stephens Jalloway say loot was 4000, while 2300 earlier seized in Jacksonville. Jalloway later confessed after extradition battles.
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Blakely
W. B. Regan
Miller County
Sid Howell
Early County
B. E. Houston
Chicago
Stephens Jalloway
Edison Carr
Ad Dodson
Jacksonville
Carr
Jalloway
Regan
Howell
Illinois
Fourth Blaze Within Week At Milledgeville
Milledgeville Ga Jan 11 fire at 1 am in the barber shop of McCoy and Ways threatened the main business district. Several houses suffered heavy losses before control was gained. It marks the fourth major fire in Milledgeville within a week with estimated losses up to thirty thousand dollars. Charges of murder filed against J B West M G Dollar and Lonnie Hart in Pelham Ga over a December 24 death of a negro woman. Rob Simmerlin held on five thousand dollar bond for attempted murder of a negro man the same night. Grady Dasher testified as a witness.
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Milledgeville
McCoy and Ways
J. B. West
Pelham
M. G. Dollar
Lonnie Hart
Rob Simmerlin
Grady Dasher
The Tax Menace A Growing Crisis
Francis H. Sisson argues taxes threaten prosperity and warns of government spending. He cites rising federal state and local costs, estimates of one fifth of national income spent on government, and calls for curtailing activities rather than salary cuts. He urges broadening the tax base and reconsidering sales tax to avert economic hardship.
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Francis H. Sisson
American Bankers Association
United States
New York City
Congress
Bank Deposit Guaranty Deemed Unworkable by Bankers
The American Bankers Association, in a recent convention in Los Angeles, denounced deposit guaranties as unsound and unworkable. The plan, tried in eight states, allegedly increased bank failures and unfairly taxed well managed banks to cover losses.
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Los Angeles
American Bankers Association
United States
Farmers and Merchants Bank Report of Condition
Georgia Taylor County bank condition report sworn by S Garrett president on January 9 1995 with figures for capital stock surplus undivided profits demand deposits and time certificates of deposits. Directors R O Rogers J T Garrett certify authenticity of cashier’s signature and report dated January 3 1933.
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Georgia
Taylor County
S. Garrett
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Garrett
W. R. Garrett
Rogers
J. T. Garrett
George A. Taylor
L. R Adams
Citizens State Bank
L. R. Adams
O. E. Cox
J. W. Edwards
J. T. Cochran
Capital Stock and Surplus Fund Noted in Bank Report
The document lists capital stock, surplus fund, undivided profits, and cashiers checks alongside demand deposits and other deposits. It presents a financial snapshot highlighting core equity and liability items within the institution's balance sheet.
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J.S Green
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Butler Naval Stores Co
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