Georgia Democrats Prepare for State Primary Rules
Georgia political circles tighten as the Democratic state executive committee meets in Atlanta to set rules for the September primary. Early entry deadlines near, with fees around 250 dollars for top offices and 110 for others, mirroring 1924 costs. Chairman Ed Maddox will announce district representation and committee appointments.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Democratic State Executive Committee
Ed Maddox
Rome
Ansley Hotel
United States
Macon
Poraeie
Atate
Atate-At-Laree
Maddox
Beasle “Anderson
State Game and Fish Board
Wesleyan College Receives $25,000 Gift
Macon June 8 The unconditional gift by E T Comer of Savannah of 25000 to the Greater Wesleyan fund to be paid in cash October 1 was announced by Dr W F Quillian president of Wesleyan College The college now needs only 75000 to complete its first million of the building fund.
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Macon
E. T. Comer
Savannah
Greater Wesleyan
W. F. Quillian
Wesleyan College
Georgia Sees Rapid Growth in High School Graduates
Athens reports 9,380 graduates from 309 accredited Georgia high schools this year, tracing progress since 1905 when 94 four year graduate numbers began. Dr Joseph Stewart notes the system has doubled graduates every five years, with 809 accredited schools and 39 new additions this year. Boys 45.8 percent and girls 54.7 percent. a Towely gift was given to Mr and Mrs A B Shearer at Sunday School.
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Athens
Georgia
Joseph
Stewart
University of Georgia
State Commission On High Schools Accrediting
New Georgia
Texas
The
Methodist Sunday School
Shearer
Cecil Neill Struck by Automobile in Columbus
Cecil Neill speaker of the Georgia house of representatives and gubernatorial candidate was struck in Columbus after alighting from his car in front of the First Presbyterian church. He was carried to the city hospital as the driver fled the scene.
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Columbus
Cecil Neill
Georgia House of Representatives
Neill
First Presbyterian Church
Stay South Young Man Stay South sermon inspires Fayetteville crowd
Dr. T. M. Elliott pastor of Fayetteville Methodist Church urged young men to remain in the South in a Sunday sermon. He cited figures from Senator W. J. Harris and Congressman Samuel Rutherford showing Southern progress and growth in cotton and new manufacturing as keys to a new era of development.
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Fayetteville
South
Washington, D. C
W. J. Harris
Samuel Rutherford
Elliott
Progres
Georgia Peaches Are Moving Fast From Macon
Fifteen cars of peaches were shipped Saturday in the heaviest single day movement since the season opened. The Georgia Peach Growers Exchange reports cars sold for early delivery at eight dollars per crate. Anticipated movement reaches about 400 cars next week as shipments of Arp Beauties Early Rosé Queen of Dixie Red Birds and Carmels begin, with packing centers rushing toward peak season.
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Belt
Macon
New York
Georgia Peach Growers Exchange
Milledgeville College Grants Over 500 Degrees
Milledgeville Georgia June 7 Bishop W N Ainsworth delivered the baccalaureate sermon to the Georgia State College for Women at the Methodist church. More than 400 Georgians and visitors attended the commencement as Miss Martha Berry spoke on the college’s noble work and economical basis. Dr M M Parks presented over 500 diplomas to normal graduates and 70 degrees to seniors, the largest graduating class in the college’s history.
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Milledgeville
W. N. Ainsworth
Georgia State College For Women
Methodist
Miss Berry
Georgian State College For Women
Richard B. Russell
Georgia Supreme Court
M. M. Parks
Seniors at Georgia Tech Hear Dr Brittain
Dr M L Brittain, president, told the June 7 Georgia Tech graduation crowd that the class of 300 is the largest standard four year group yet. He noted 1600 to 1900 other students plus 800 evening extension, and over 600000 spent on new campus buildings.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
M. L. Brittain
Brittain
Georgia
Tech
Orange Ade Why doctors feed patients with orange ade
A fragment notes doctors at hospitals feed patients orange ade and promotes a concoction from BUI LER DRUG COMPANY with a dismissive tone. The text samples a brand tie in and hints at medicinal use of orange flavored beverage as nourishment.
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Nuff
Change Of City Lighting System In Butler
The Butler city council approved a franchise for South Georgia Power Co to install a citywide 11 000 volt lighting system. Electric current will be 24 hours daily, 10 cents per kilowatt, with lines extending to Columbus Montezuma Perry Unadilla Reynolds and other nearby towns. Installation expected by September first.
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Butler Council
Butler City
Stone & Webster
South Georgia Power Co
Atreete
Albany
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Columbus
Montezuma
Perry
Unadilla
Reynolds
Mr Wood of Atlanta to Speak at Butler Court House
Mr J C Wood of Atlanta will speak at the Butler court house on Tuesday evening June 22 at eight o clock. A native Georgian, he will discuss Georgia politics and is expected to draw a large audience. Ladies are especially invited.
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MR. Wood
Atlanta
Court House
J. C. Wood
Butler
Wood
Georgia
First Train Of Peaches To Leave This Week In Georgia
Macon reporters note the first solid trainload of Uneedas peaches will depart this week from the Georgia fruit belt. Fifty refrigerator cars are allocated across the belt from Echeconee to the Athens line with expected traffic peaking during the week. Prices rise from prior years as fruit ships to major markets in fine condition. Additional shipments of Arp Beauties Early Rose and Carmens are planned before week’s end with the Bureau of Markets starting reports in the Bibo Building Monday.
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Macon
Georgia
Echeconee
Central of Georgia Railway
Macon-Atlanta
Athens
Georgia Southern and
Florida
The
Southern Railway
Uneeda
Bureau of Markets
Jmarket
Bibo
Probable Changes in Telephone Service
The Macon Telegraph reports a dispute between Butler and Reynolds telephone firms led by B. E. Brown of Butler and Macon line owner Mrs. Bonds. Brown seeks a Reynolds line connected to Southern Bell via Fort Valley, while Bonds resists selling half her line. The Public Service Commission will rule on June 22.
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Butler
Reynoldselephone
Eb, Brown
Bonds
Macon
Bond
Reynolds
Brown
Public Service Commission of Georgia
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Fort Valley
Roberta
Public Service Commission
Double Header Still Captured On Little White Water
The sheriff raided a 120 gallon still on Little White Water Friday, finding eleven barrels of beer and fifty gallons of whiskey. The whiskey and beer and the still were destroyed, and arrests are anticipated as operators are believed identifiable. A second raid in Piney Woods the next day seized a 50 gallon still with two barrels of beer.
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McGuffin
Bazemore
Piney Woods
Central Junior School plea to back proposed junior high
A community appeal urges residents to support a proposed Central Junior High School. The notice argues the district must provide a chance for bright local students and stresses the duty to invest in education and start meaningful initiatives.
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Central Community
Fort Valley Men Killed and Injured in Car Crash
Macon reports W F Taylor 27 of Fort Valley was nearly instantly killed and W T Culpepper 26 of Fort Valley seriously injured when Taylor's light car skidded and collided with another on a hill five miles south of Fort Valley Friday night.
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Macon
W. F. Taylor
Fort Valley
W. T. Culpepper
Taylor
Thomaston Peach Grower R. C. Williams Dies After Illness
Thomaston Georgia with death Sunday night of R C Williams 40, a prominent peach grower and farmer near Thomaston. Williams operated one of the largest peach orchards in the area and was a member of the Thomaston Kiwanis Club and the Woolmen of the World.
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R. C. Williama
Williama
Thomaston Kiwanis Club
Woolfmen
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