Prohibition Era Turmoil and Notable Local Deaths
The piece reflects on federal prohibition enforcement and political aims in Georgia while noting the death of Judge A C Riley of Fort Valley and the 98th birthday of Rebecca Felton celebrated Sunday. It recalls an incident in Phenix City involving a federal officer and comments on civic progress, urging virtue and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Riley
Fort Valley
Rebecca Felton
United States
Phenix City
Fog of politics and a Georgia race in one Spirit of the era
The piece surveys the Kansas City Republican convention with Hoover likely to be nominated and warns against foggy perceptions in politics. It notes plans to expand taxes, highway improvement, and state reform, including a broadened income tax and sales tax. It reports Nora Lawrence Smith of Ashburn entering the General Assembly race in Turner county alongside two incumbent women, Bessie Kempton and Viola Ross Napier, as Georgia weighs its political future.
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Cordele Dispatch
Georgia
Assembly
South Georgia
Nora Lawrence Smith
Ashburn
Jon Lawrence
Wiregrass Farmer
Nashville Herald
General Assembly
Turner County
Smith
Bessie Kempton
Fulton County
Viola Ross Napier
Bibb
Georgia Weekly Review
Opening floodgates to let truth fight for freedom
The passage argues that life’s turmoil requires releasing all ideas good and bad to clash with truth. Truth, unrestrained and fearless, can vanquish every foe, freeing humanity from error and inherited delusions through open, fearless inquiry.
Press trip recalls Rabun County mountain sojourn
A group of about eighteen newspaper men and women returned to their desks after a two day trip to Rabun County. They based themselves at the Rabun Hotel run by Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Crow, who hosted a banquet in their honor. The party enjoyed mountain scenery boating bathing and fishing on Rabun County lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabun County
Lakemont
Rabun
5. E. Crow
George of Georgia and political waves across states
A long patriotic piece lauds Walter George of Georgia as a true American statesman and potential national leader. It quotes support across states and names several regions and figures while detailing presidential nomination calculations and regional backing for Smith and the Reed faction.
Prohibition Cited As Reason For Clay County Peace
Fort Gaines in Clay County saw the superior court adjourn after a two day term with no criminal trials or guilty pleas. The piece argues dry laws reduce crime by removing liquor trade, ties orderly conditions to Georgia’s prohibition, and notes the county’s peaceful record amid general regional concerns. Savannah Press reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Gaines
Atlanta Journal
News Dispatch
Gaines
Clay County
Georgia
Randolph
Early
Terrell
Clay
John Barleycorn
Yeemans
Pataula Superior Court
Solicitor General
Savannah
Democratic Nomination Forecast For Governor Smith
The Ma con Telegraph editorial suggests Governor Alfred Smith of New York will be the Democratic standard bearer, likely on the first or early ballots. Strength is pegged at about 606 and a half votes with many states already instructing for Smith including Maine to California, while other favorite sons are noted in Nebraska Texas Kansas Missouri and more.
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Reed
Tennesse
Hull
Georgia
George
Ohio
Pomerene
Maryland
Ritchie
Nebraska
Indiana
Smith
Utah
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Arizona
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginie
Kentucky
Robinson
South
Missouri
Tennessee
Kansas
Texas
Virginia
New York
the Herald
Simmons
West Virginia
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
New Mexico
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
California
Alaska
Hawaii
Philippines
Canal Zone
Virgin Islands
Hitchcock
Jesse Jones
Ayres
Central of Georgia
Stripes and society wake to a new sensation
If everyone entitled to do so appeared in stripes society would cease to yawn with ennui for the sheer want of a new sensation.
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Butler Herald
Taylor CO
Butler
Prohibition
Americas
Republican Party
Ben Davis
Wm. A. Guerry
Charleston
8. C
J. H. Woodward
Use-To-Be
Kansas City
Hoover
Kindergarden
Sonega Melon Growers’ Association
Paris
W. H. Bazemore
Glennville
George OF
Walter George
Empire State
Dixie
Dixieland
Stephens
Toombs
Hill
Crawford
Colquitt
Brown
Gordon
Pierce
Grady
Beneath the Shining Sun
Reynolds Chevrolet Co
Reynolds, Ga
Ives
Central of Georgia Railway
Combinaton
Ocean Steamship Company
Boston
Merchants & Miner’s Transportation Company
Baltimore
Philadelphia
J. Pelley
Central of Georgia Railway Company
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