Crisp seeks re election to third Georgia district
Americus Georgia June 18 judge Charles R Crisp announces candidacy to succeed himself as representative in congress from the Third Georgia District. He thanks voters for past kindness and honor and pledges faithful service if re elected. He notes service on House Ways and Means Committee and as member of foreign debt funding commission. The Democratic primary date to be fixed later.
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America
Chas. R. Crisp
Americus
Congress
Georgia
Crisp
Hava
Judge Crign
House
Ways and Means Committee
Foreign Debt Funding Commission
Chars R
Mosquito Bites Prompted By Fly Tox Shooters
A terse ad from the DEAD BUTLER DRUG COMPANY suggests using Fly Tox to drive away mosquitoes, claiming effective action after a late night bite. The fragment hints at pest control messaging without full context.
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Butler Drug ‘Company
Neill Withdraws From Georgia Governor Race After Injury
Columbus June 16 Speaker W Cecil Neill of the Georgia House of Representatives withdrew from the gubernatorial race after being struck by a car in Columbus. He is hospitalized with a broken leg and other injuries and cannot campaign for weeks. Friends had planned a statewide campaign, with a campaign manager to lead speeches. Judge C Frank McLaughlin of Columbus was mentioned as a possible candidate.
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Columbus
W. Cecil Neill
Georgia House of Representtives
Georgia
Neill
Friends
Charch
C. Frank McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Chattahoochee Circuit
Moonshiners Hit Hard by Long Drought Near Box Springs
Columbus reports raiders led by Deputy U S Marshal Beal found drought hurting moonshining around Box Springs and Juniper. An abandoned still stood in a dried stream. other setups moved or hidden to wait for rain. In months, over 775 stills destroyed across Muscogee, Marion, Chattahoochee, and Talbot counties.
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Columbus
Box Springs
Juniper
U. S
Beal
Muscogee
Marion
Chattahoochee
Talbot
Snelling Elected Chancellor of University of Georgia
Athens Ga June 11 C M Snelling was unanimously elected chancellor of the University of Georgia after serving as acting chancellor since the retirement of David C Barrow He had been a faculty member since 1888 Prior to the appointment S V Sanford was named president of Franklin College and dean of the University
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Athens
C. M. Snelling
University of ‘Georgia
David C. Barrow
Bago
Snelling
8. V. Sanford
Henry Grady School of Journalism
Franklin College
Rain Prayers Aid Long Droughts Across Southeastern States
Atlanta reports a shift from drought as mass prayer meetings in the Carolinas and Georgia precede heavy rains. Rock Hill and Gastonia see 16 minute and Sunday downpours after prayers, while Atlanta itself records 0.38 inch of rain with 1.25 inches nearby since Saturday. Virginia, North and South Carolina and parts of Georgia face ongoing drought, despite recent downpours and thunderstorms.
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Atlanta
Shester
S. C
Rockhill
8. C
Gastonia
Charlotte
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
North
Due West
8.C
N. C
Georgia Peach Crop Valued At 12 Million This Year
Fort Valley reports Georgia peaches, famed as the Empire State of the South, set to bring over 12 million dollars to farmers in the next three months. The crop is described as the largest and finest in history, with peaches like Red Bird delivering strong New York market prices, aiding growers recovering from prior losses. A. J. Evans of Fort Valley highlights long experience and buyer support backing the bumper harvest and superior fruit.
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Fort Valley
Georgia
Empire State of
South
Georgia Farmer
A. J. Evans
Ft. Valley
Peach Belt
Georgis
New York
Third District Executive Committee Sets Americus Dates
The Third District Executive Committee chosen Sept 8 as the district primary date with entries due by noon June 23. All counties had direct or proxy representation, and the district convention will be held in Americus on Sept 16 after the nominee is notified. The full resolution appears in next week's Herald.
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District Executive Committee
Americus
Herald
Power concerns acquired in deal
Atlanta June 18 An official of the Georgia Railway Power Co confirmed that the Southeastern Power Light Co has acquired control of a large number of electric utilities in Georgia to be operated under the Georgia Railway Power Co This step gives Southeastern control of nearly two thirds of Georgia electricity and signals broader absorptions The merger involves Macon Athens streetcar gas light firms and about a dozen other electric companies extending from Milledgeville to the Florida line and into central Georgia including north south and middle regions
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Atlanta
Georgia Railway & Power’ Co
Southeastern Power & Light Co
Georgia
Georgia Railway & Power Co
Southeastern
Southeastern Power Company
Macon
Athens
North Georgia
The
Middle Georgia
South Georgia
Latsuse
Milledgeville
Gritfin
Florida
Atlanta Speaker to Address Butler Court House Meeting
Mr J O Wood of Atlanta will speak at Butler Court House Tuesday evening June 22 at eight o clock He is a Georgian familiar with state conditions and plans to discuss Georgia politics Ladies are especially invited and a large crowd is hoped for
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MR. Wood
Atlanta
Court House
J. O. Wood
Butler
Wood
Brunswick man quits governor race in Georgia notes
Macon June 13—B F Mann of Brunswick formally withdraws from the gubernatorial race. The move follows a public spar over principles with Cecil Neill. Jefferson's John N Holder chairs the State Highway Board and remains silent on his own candidacy.
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Macon
John N. Holder
Jefferson
State Highway Board
B. F. Mann
Brunswick
Cecil Neill
J. H. Ennis
Milledge‘ville
Atlanta
Fort E. Land
John T. Boifeuillet
Public Service
Farmer killed over shine in Georgia murder charge
Mallie Plymer, a farmer from Moultrie, is jailed in Berrien County Nashville on murder charges for killing his brother-in-law Rowan Pafford. The alleged motive centers on three gallons of whiskey stolen from Plymer and blamed on Pafford.
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Moultrie
Mallie Plymer
Berrien County
Nashville
Rowan Pafford
Plymer
Pafford
Peach movement picks up as new lots head to market
Early in the week forecasts suggested light peach movement, but several cars are scheduled to depart Butler this week. Aneedas remain the principal variety with some Arp Beauties and Early Roses. Five cars of Aneedas and Arp Beauties and three cars of Early Rose will leave Butler this week. carmen variety due in about ten days. Local showers later this week expected to aid crops. prices have been reasonably good and ample peaches marketed locally.
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Geveral
Messrs Turner and Smith
Butler
Carmen
One Dead Two Hurt In Marshallville Lumber Truck Wreck
In Marshallville Georgia on Monday after noon a lumber truck from Sappington Companys mill overturned near Fort Valley. Glenn Robinson age young man died when pinned beneath the truck and load. Bob Kinslow was seriously injured and James Grant escaped with minor injuries.
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Marshallville
Sappington Company
Ft. Valley
Glois Robinson
D. BE. Robinson
Bob Kinslow
James Grant
Green’s Mill
Fort Valley
Robinson
Kinslow
Kinsley
Georgia's Present Crop Outlook Encouraging
Atlanta reports the May conditions were favorable for harvesting small grains with harvest well advanced by June 1 except in northern counties. Wheat and fall sown oats yields are above average as sun and showers boost growth while heavy rains are still needed for best results.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia Co-operative Crop Reporting Service
Two Boys Drown in Chattahoochee River at Ft. Gaines
Fort Gaines Ga June 11 Will McAllister Jr and Harry Mills Jr drowned Friday morning at 7 while swimming in the Chattahoochee River. Mills who could not swim stepped into a hole and both boys were swept by the swift current. McAllister a capable swimmer tried to save Mills and lost his life in the effort. Mills was his cousin.
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Fort Gaines
Will McAllister
Harry Mills
Ft. Gaines
Chattahoochee
McAllister
Mills
Eastern Stars Hold Sessions at Macon
Macon on June 15 hosts pre opening celebration for the Grand Chapter Order Eastern Stars as W. H. McLaran of Decatur presides. A large turnout of distinguished officers and past officers presented to the public during the event.
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Macon
Grand Chapter Order
Eastern Stars
W. H. McLaran
Decatur
Death of Mrs Shepherd in Garden Valley noted
The Macon Telegraph obituary reports Mrs Bila Lindsey Shepherd widow of P. G. Shepherd died at 71 after months of illness. Funeral held at Garden Valley residence with Rev. I. Adams officiating and interment at Oak Grove cemetery. Survived by son C. C. Shepherd three daughters Imogene and Ilene Shepherd Byron Hambrick and several stepchildren including Mrs W H Shepherd and Mrs J Cheney. Extended family named.
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Gaden Valley
Bila Lind‘sey Shepherd
P.G. Shepherd
Macon
Taylor Counties
Shepherd
Primitive Baptist Church
C. C. Shepherd
Garden Valley
Imogene and
Ilene Shepherd
Byron Hambrick
Idesl
J. T. Lindsay
Mazon
W. F. Lindsay
W. H. Shepherd
Atlanta
J. Cheney
J. W. Poe
E. L. Oliver
J E. Flennellyn
Macno
J. A
Father s Day Observed Nationally for First Time
The third Sunday in June is set as a nationwide observance to honor fathers in the United States and Canada. Flowers are worn to show appreciation for a father's responsibility and care, as celebrations grow from prior local events and calls for outward recognition of his contributions.
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United States
Canada
Father
Vehicles collide near Butler Methodist Church in Racine
Two cars struck in front of the Butler Methodist Church late Sunday night. Both vehicles carried several occupants with two or three slightly injured. The incident, blamed on careless driving, damaged both cars and reflected a rising pattern of traffic violations.
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Rivers
Bill Pope
Ed Robinson
Butler Methodist Church
Hammock Case: Georgia Supreme Court Denies Rehearing
Tete Bone Hammock, found guilty in the fall term of the court of manufacturing and selling whiskey, was sentenced to one year of hard labor. He was denied a new trial and a rehearing by the Georgia Supreme Court recently.
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Bone
Georgia Supreme Court
Two New Arrests In Jones County Slaying Case
Macon June 11 Feton Wilkinson and Austin Pitts were arrested Friday at their Jones county homes on warrants charging murder in the ambush slayings of Floyd Malone and Frank Ducker, county policemen, last August. Sheriff Clarke Middlebrooks and deputy O E Camer led the arrests with aid from M F Malone.
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Macon
Feton Wilkinson
Austin Pitts
Jones County
Floyd Malone
Frank Ducker
Clarke Middlebrooks
O. E. Camer
M. FE
Malone
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Grand Theatre
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Paramount
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Macon and Athers Companies
Columbus Power Plant
F. Mann
Luimeric
Chattahoochee River
Mrs. Shepherd
Macon ‘Telegraph
Jones
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