South Wins Biggest Victory in Fight For Lower Freight Rates
Governor Chauncey Sparks of Alabama and Walter R. McDonald of Georgia praise a New York federal court ruling dismissing a petition to set aside ICC orders that equalized freight rates. The ICC raised North and East rates 10 percent and lowered Southern rates, effective immediately. The decision is hailed as an economic victory for the South and vindicates using the ICC for relief.
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Atlanta
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Walter R. McDonald
Georgia Public Service Commission
South
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Sparks
Montgomery
Ala
McDonald
Southern Governors Conference
Want Ads Include Furnishings Plants Vehicles and Farm Goods
Multiple sale items listed from Butler Reynolds and Mauk Georgia. Items include counter stools and booths, antique piece, crates and a wood box, several thousand pimento pepper plants, Stone Mountain Watermelon Seed 275 pounds at 1.00 per pound, Chevrolet 1935 in good condition with five tires, John Deere Model H equipment, dressed fryers and hens weekly, ceiling price noted. Contact names and locations provided.
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Stone Mountain
John S. Barrow
Butler R
Chevrolet
Clyde Whitley Mauk
Potato plants offered for sale in South Georgia
Potato plants tested and inspected offered by R. E. McCants of Butler R. 2. Also small lots of Velvet beans and reduced price. Jack Payne Reynolds of Georgia advertises seed and runs Velvet beans. Potatoes to avoid weevil presence in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Georgia
R. E. McCants
Butler
Jack Payne Reynolds
Bequest Heir Sought for 145000 in Macon
William Johnst on, 55, contractor and carpenter, is being sought as missing heir to a 145000 bequest in the will of Mrs. M P Hille of San Diego. C R Curtis of San Diego seeks Johnston, last traced to Tampa and Macon, with heirs awaiting settlement pending his location.
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Macon
William Johnston
San Diego
Calif
Macon Telegraph
Johnston
C. R. Curtis
M. P. Hille
Curtis
California
Hille
Tampa
Fla
Florida City
Reward Offered After Mystic Consolidated School Fire
Mystic residents led by John R. Rus sell offer a 1500 reward for evidence to convict the party who set fire to the Mystic Consolidated school also Irwin County High school. Fire destroyed the building and its contents as flames swept room to room.
Burritt Faces Forgery and Larceny Charges in New York Case
Columbus May 14 C C Burritt already detained on embezzlement charges in Muscogee Superior Court now faces potential extradition to New York. He is charged with forgery grand larceny and 12 counts of petit larceny tied to 12 no good checks drawn on Pittsford National Bank. Authorities cite an indictment warrant and fingerprint matches linking Burritt to a Monroe county case.
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Columbus
Muscogee Superior Court
C. C. Burritt
New York
Pittsford National Bank
Ed Wohlwender Jr
Burritt
Muscogee County
Call to Ministers to Help Dry Cause Issued by Paper
Washington May 4 A call to ministers of 40000 Methodist Churches and others to make Sunday June 2 a day of prayer for curtailing alcoholic beverage traffic was published in the second issue of the Methodist Board of Temperance Clipsheet. The revival follows a 13 year hiatus in action and urges cooperative effort by all Methodist agencies to curb intemperance crime and moral decay linked to unbridled liquor traffic.
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Washington
Methodist Board of Temperance
Methodist Church
Miss Brown and Herron Slew in Separate Notices
Two notices list Miss B. E. Brown and Rev. L. H. Herron in distinct items. Details reference individuals and events but lack full context in readable fragments.
Taylor County Farmers Receive Fish For Stocking Their Private Ponds
Taylor County farmers E H Bazemore Walter Wainwright Cal Purvis and Zack McCorkle received bass from the Soil Conservation Service for stocking private ponds begun last year. Others who did not finish ponds in time will receive fish this fall as hatcheries aim to supply bream and bass to cooperating farms.
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Taylor County
Soil Conservation Service
E. H. Bazemore
Walter Wainwright
Cal. Purvis
Zack McCorkle
Inner-Aid claimed to ease stomach gas and bloating
Local reader testimonial from Butler extols Inner-Aid as a cure for bloating gas after meals. The ad claims inner herbs cleanse bowels and aid sluggish liver and kidneys, urging readers to buy at drug stores in Taylor County.
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Butler
Taylor County
District Democratic Committee to Meet in Americus May 15
Americus Ga May 11 The Third District Democratic executive committee will meet in Americus Wednesday May 15 to fix the rules for the congressional primary A dinner will be served at the Windsor hotel at 1 o clock Rep Stephen Pace of Americus as host Pace will be unable to attend due to legislative business in Washington Evan Mathis will represent Pace at the meeting
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Democratic Committee
Americus
Third District
Democratic Executive Committee
Windsor Hotel
Stephen Pace
Pace
Washington
Evan Mathis
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Wilsons Tire Shop
Reynolds Store
John Turk
Butler, Ga
Felton Blackston Butler, Ga
John Deere
D. W. Payne
Reynolds, Ga
M. A. Chapman Butler
Porto Rico
Ball
Ball Brothers Company
Muncie, Ind
Blaze
Mystic School
Buritt
WN. Y
Butler Colored School
Hopewell Baptist Church
God of
Our Fathers
R. T. Matthews
Ye the
Lord
Hall
Doris Durham
Lizzie Morton
W. B. Broady
Doris Anita Durham
Salutatorian
Matthew O. Knotton
Loweree
Linda McCrary
B. E. Brown
John Wesley Dobbs
Masonic
Lodges of
Georgia
Jeanes
L. H. Herron
Sail Conservation Service
Fleischmann
America
Fleischans
epai-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
répsi-Cola Bottling Co
Macon, Ga
Taylor County Victor Company
Reynolds
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