Taylor County Faces Progress Amid Tragedy
Tax Collector J J McCants suicided this morning at the Masonic Temple in Butler. The 44 year old died from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the forehead. He was a popular local official, survived by a widow and two children. Funeral plans were not yet announced, with services expected at Union Church seven miles north of Butler. The county votes and projects continue as Taylor County plans expansion and growth despite the tragedy.
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J. J. McCants
R. C. Montgomery
Masonic Temple
McCants
O. G. McCants
Butler Banking Company
Taylor County
L. O. Davis
Clifford
Virginia
Messrs
O. G
Morgan McCants
J. C. Cameron
Kate" "Jarrell
Clifford Stokes
Lora McCants
Methodist Church
Union Church
Butler
Farmers Urged to Continue Their Fight Against Weevils
Continued cloudiness and heavy rain worry farmers over possible boll weevil damage. Despite fewer weevils than last year, growers persist in a determined campaign with the weevil catcher playing a key and successful role, sparing no time or effort to win.
Railroads and the Peopleechoed in southern cultivator
The Southern Cultivator defends railroads against anti corporate sentiment. It argues railroads enable nation building and population growth, criticizes calls for Interstate Commerce Commission probes into railroad propaganda, and praises advertisers from L and N Railroad and Southern Railroad for informing farmers and the public about railway services and pricing.
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United States
Interstate Commission
Senate
Republic
Ours
Southern
L. & N. Railroad
Southern Railroad
Billion and Quarter Road Bonds Issued
Georgia remains outside the highway bond class as of 1921. The U.S. Bureau of Public Roads reports 27 states issuing bonds for road construction, totaling 8.696 billion nationwide with 1.222 billion (14 percent) earmarked for highways.
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Union
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Connecticut
Florida
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Minnesota
Missouri
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Nebraska
New Jersey
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
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Tennessee
Texas
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Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
United States Bureau of Public Roads
United States
Cotton Seed Meal Feed Offer From E Cox
Local dealer E Cox advertises best grade cotton seed meal for feed with a promise of right price and prompt orders. Contact details not provided.
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E. Cox
Continued Fight On Bull Weevil Urged
Weevils appear across counties in small quantities and threaten the cotton crop. Farmers should pick up fallen squares and burn them, then apply poison to adults with a plan of at least three applications every five days, weather permitting. A patented weevil catcher has sold well in Taylor County and shows promising results.
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Taylor County
Good Roads Move Big in Georgia
Georgia debates a 70 million dollar bond plan to finance a 6000 mile farm to market highway system. Officials say it covers 85 percent of residents within five miles of an intended route and would require federal aid to complete. Proponents urge issuing enough bonds for full county shares to finish the project at once.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia Highway Department
Iit
Farm Outlook Brightens Conditions Across Taylor County
Cheering farming reports from Taylor County say crops are thriving. Corn crops are strong, cotton is knee high and blooming, with test crops and pastures under the Central Railroad’s agricultural department oversight. Georgia’s cooperative service notes an uptick in crop conditions overall, placing June 25 at 75 percent of normal, the highest since 1918.
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Taylor County
Reynolds
Agricultural Department of the Central Railroad
Georgia Co-operative Crop Reporting Service
Shays
One Dead and Another Dying from Burns in Sawmill Accident
Jim Small aged 28 died Monday and Kid Dawson 18 was reported dying after a gasoline tank incident at Loven s sawmill 12 miles north of Butler. Fire from a lantern ignited gasoline. escape was only through a roof hole. Fire caused clothing burns and one man crawled nearly a mile for help.
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Jim Small
Kid Dawson
Loven
Butler
C. W. Bazemore Place
Lovin
County Farm Exhibit Progress Boosts Taylor County
Plans for a Taylor County farm exhibit in Middle Georgia gain momentum with optimistic countywide feedback. The Peach Belt region sees rising interest in apples as orchards reach bearing age, notably the E and W Williams orchard with specimens described as among the state’s finest.
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Taylor
Georgia
E. & W. Williams
Williams
Ignorance A Wrench In The Wheels Of Progress
A clipping argues ignorance stains progress and shrinks the mind. It urges education to broaden vision and foster public spirited men and women whose faith and liberality will drive civic, moral, and material improvements.
Columbus Man Assaulted by Employes Near Geneva
Geneva reports say L. Napier of Columbus was taken to Columbus hospital Tuesday morning for head wounds caused by an employee near Geneva. Napier's assailant has been jailed, it is understood.
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Geneva
L. Napier
Columbus
Columbus Hospital
Nap Jier
Lost hound with collar bearing Dr Lightner Ideal Ga
A large white and black spotted hound with a collar listing Dr. L Lightner Ideal Georgia is lost. A $10 reward is offered for the recovery of the dog to Dr. L Lightner in Ideal Georgia.
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Dr. L. Lightner
Ideal
Farmer and son shot dead in Rex Georgia
Rex Ga July 7 W C Trammell 36 a farmer and his 17 year old son Merman were killed near their home early Monday night by Homer Smith 28 a tenant on the neighboring farm. The double slaying witnessed by Mrs Josephine Adamson aunt of W C Trammell occurred after a long feud over the boundary line of adjoining farms.
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Rex, Ga
W. C.tranmell
Rex
Merman
Homer Smith
Trammell
Josephine Adamson
W. C. Trammell
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Matt Moore
Marbara la Marr
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