Georgia urged to seize Florida boom for growth
Albany Chamber executive R E L Neil argues Georgia should not envy Florida but welcome the migration by promoting Georgia goods and hospitality. He maps a line from Pensacola to Charleston and says Georgia can capture visitors, make it easy for them to stay, and boost towns, farms, and civic progress with a positive, welcoming approach.
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Albany Chamber of Commerc
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Stewart Selected to Fill Ashburn Pastorate
Ashburn Georgia June 21 Reverend R S Stewart of Wilmore Kentucky has been chosen to fill the unexpired term of the late Reverend G W Matthews at the Ashburn Methodist church. Stewart began his ministry in Ashburn and has spent years in missionary work in China along with evangelistic efforts and pastoring duties.
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Ashburn
R . Stewart
Wilmore
G W. Matthews
Ashburn Methodist Church
Stewart Bean
China
Know How to Do It In Northern New England
A fragment notes beans baked from time immemorial in a hole in the ground. The hole is lined with stones and the stones heated by a fire to bake the beans, a traditional, enduring method described in terse local language.
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New England
Georgia Cotton Growers Pay $2,159,000 to Members
Atlanta June 23. The Georgia Cotton Growers Cooperative Association completed final 1924 cotton payments totaling $2,159,000. Yearly payments reach $12,000,000 on 105,982 bales. Overhead costs fell to 9 points per bale, with improved member cooperation and 40,000 more bales delivered than last year. Prices varied by pool with net returns around 26.02c for high grade and 19.78c for lowest grade. long staple paid up to 84.76c. New members totalling about 1,600 include large producers.
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Georgia Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
Association
Coopertive
Georgia
Negro Arrested In Murder Charge After Evasion
John Cook, a Black man, was captured by Sheriff McGuffin and deputies after seven months on the run. He had been implicated in the December 7, 1924, shooting of Tom Holmes at a gambling game near Mauk and indicted for murder at the April Taylor Superior Court term. Cook had recently completed a county gang sentence before the arrest in a woods near his home.
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Tom Holmes
Mauk
Holmes
Cook
Taylor Superior Court
Post Office Requires Return Postage On Parcels
The Post Office announced that from August 1 mailers of parcels must guarantee return postage or forfeit their claim. Officials say the rule will cut undeliverable parcels by about one third, save thousands of dollars, and end vast time waste. Currently about 200000 parcels go to the dead letter office each year for up to six months while attempts are made to locate recipients.
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Posoffice Department
Fire damages ice cream plant storage warehouse in Macon
Fire started from a motor in the elevator shaft caused over 10000 dollars in damage to the ice storage warehouse of the Kinnett Odom Ice Cream company in Macon on Sunday. It destroyed 1800 tons of manufactured ice and threatened the plant and nearby property before firemen saved the manufacturing section. The plant stands one block from the Macon terminal station.
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Macon
Kinnett-Odom Tee Cream Company
Senator Ladds Brilliant Career Ended by Death
Baltimore June 22 Senator Fi win F Ladd senior senator from North Dakota died at Baltimore Monday from kidney trouble complicated by neuritis contracted in North Dakota Funeral plans called for body to Washington Tuesday for services and burial in a vault until Mrs Ladd who is seriously affected can travel north to North Dakota She and ten of the eight Ladd children were at the bedside with secretary Douglas H McArthur present
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Governor's race hinges on Neill Milner speakership clash
Atlanta June 22 The speakership contest dominates early pre session stir with Neill and Milner trading statements while Dixon and De LaPierrer campaign for pro tem. The Milner Neill fight is seen as broader than a chair contest, signaling alignment patterns for upcoming state politics and a potential bid by Neill for the governorship.
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Atlanta
Neill
Milner
Jim Dixon
Herman de LaPierrer
Messrs. Milner
Mr. Neill
Macon
Mare
LaFollette Lad To A Final Res
Madison report on the burial of Robert M La Follette with funeral addresses by Dr. A F Hayden, who framed his eulogy around a plea that his work and democratic vision be carried on. The service concluded with vows to continue the senator’s political fight.
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Wis
Robert*m LaFollette
Friends of Lycars
State House
A. F. Hayden
Chicago
First Unitarian Church of
Senator la Follette
Hayden
Hayden I
Milner withdraws from Georgia speakership race
J Herman Milner of Dodge County announced from Atlanta that he has withdrawn from the race for speaker of the Georgia House, leaving W Cecil Neil of Columbus unopposed as the legislature opens its 1925 session. Milner said he would quit rather than see supporters stuck with weak committee assignments. Neil declined to comment on the move.
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J. Herman Milner
Dodge County
House of Representatives
W. Cecil Neil
Columbus
Georgia
Milner
Neil
Walker's Slayer Captured Near Greenville After Chase
Rufus Hicks alias Mule, an escaped convict who fatally shot guard H. J. Walker on June 10, was captured Tuesday afternoon near Primrose eight miles north of Greenville in Meriwether County. He was wounded in the arm and cheek, held by Deputy Sheriff C. C. Layfield and others, then moved to Fulton County jail in Atlanta for safekeeping.
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Rufus
Mule” Hicks
Muscogee County
Buena Vista Road
H. J. Walker
Primrose
Greenville
Meriwether County
C. C. Layfield
Jose Reegee
T C. Moore
L M. Houser
Wardin
Primfrase
Atlanta
Rufus Hicks
Fulton Country
Tom
Georgia Vital Statistics Act 18 Declared Void
Macon June 24 The State Supreme Court ruled that the vital statistics law is unconstitutional. The 1914 act required birth death and burial certificates and formed the basis for the State Health Department records. The decision came on a test case appealed from Houston County, involving the Board of County Commissioners.
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State Supreme Court
Superior Court
Houston County
Board of County Commissioners
C. H. Garrett
State Health Department
Fourth of July Picnic at Parks Pond
Elaborate plans for the annual Fourth of July picnic at Parks Pond promise swimming boat rides fishing and socializing. The day offers a delightful summer resort atmosphere with campers and day-long gatherings inviting everyone to enjoy the holiday.
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Parks’ Pond
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