Falsehoods used to shore up dying campaign claim
tlasta August 31 a desperate campaign effort spreads false reports that Governor Dorsey fired a white florist and replaced him with a black porter. T. E. Massengale says the florist position was abolished for wartime economy. the state now has no florist and saves about 908 dollars annually.
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Tlasta
Massemgale
Grant
Capitol
W. B. Wilson
R. B. Devers
Megre
Appeal for J E Davidson in Houston County split vote
The letter from a Loyal Peach County citizen argues for creating a new Houston County, contending it would benefit both regions. It defends Davidson’s candidacy for state senate, rebuts opposition in The Butler Herald, and notes Houston’s size and tax value to justify division. Food prices are mentioned as falling slowly with no gains.
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Byron
Taylor County
Butler Herald
Houston
Houston County
J. E. Davidson
Fort Valley
Peach County
Chaim
Macon ‘County
Macon County
Old Houston
Georgia
Butler
State Senate
Rules Adopted for 23rd Senatorial Primary Fort Valley Meeting
The 23rd Senatorial District Executive Committee met at Fort Valley with R N Holtzclaw elected chairman and B F Walker secretary. Rules set the Houston county candidate prerequisite, district wide vote winner becomes nominee, county certifying returns, and a later convention with proportional delegates, all to govern the September 8, 1920 primary.
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Fort Valley
A. C. Riley
Ben F. Walker
G. D. Tucker
Houston County
R N Holtzclaw
J R Ammons
G D Tucker
Crawford County
L Andrews
F Walker
B F Walker
Houston
Senahouidl Executive Committee
San
Democratic Executive Committee
Georgia
R. N. Holtzclaw
Ben F Walker
Virgin of Stamboul Rivoli Theatre Feature
Rivoli Theatre presents a benefit showing on September 10 featuring a large scale photo drama about desert caravans and a Virgin heroically storming gates to save an American soldier lover. The release promises a stupendous cinema experience and urges audiences not to miss the event.
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Virgin OF Stamboul Rivoli Theatre
Black Horse
Bus‘kra
Acmet ‘Hamid
Rivoli Theatre
Tison House Burns Near Ella Ville
Fire consumed the Tison residence on Homer Collins farm two miles northwest of Ellaville about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. The stove flue sparked the blaze while Mr. Tison and older children picked cotton. The home, valued with five hundred dollars in insurance, was destroyed though most furniture and the barn were saved. Many Ellaville residents rushed to the scene. The Tisons will live in another house on the same farm.
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Lon. Tison
Homer ‘Collins
Ellaville
Tison
Schley County News
Frank Hobbs Dies After Illness in Macon
Frank M. Hobbs editor and owner of the Industrial Clarion died at his Cherry Street home in Macon after a brief illness. He was born in Taylor County fifty five years ago and had edited the Industrial Clarion since leaving the Telegraph. Survived by his wife and two sisters Mrs G W B Joiner of Butler and Mrs E T Lightener of Ideal. Funeral set for 11 am at Burghard's chapel with Rev Do W Curry of Centenary Methodist Church officiating. Interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Macon
Frank M. Hobbs
The
Industrian Claron
Cherry Street
Burghard
Hobbs
Macon Telegraph
Télegraph
Clar
Union Mbor
Taylor Co
Butler
E. T. Lightener
Ideal
Fire destroys cotton gin at Roberta Georgia
A Roberta Georgia cotton gin plant was consumed by fire with the blaze starting from an unknown cause in the early hours Tuesday night. The extent of the loss could not be determined as of yesterday.
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Roberta
Roberta Ginnery
Bird Courts Trial of Delinquent Mates
Birds gather in a communal scene as a crow court convenes to judge and punish misbehaving peers with ritualized signaling, pecking and territorial display shaping social order among the flock.
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Mr.Grant Thas
T. E. Massengale
H. J. Porter
Butler, Georgia
Court of Appeals
Charles W. Smith
Dekalb County
Judge Smith
Stone Mountain Circuit
Wade
Dove
Second Street
Macon, Ga
Confederate Veterans
Frank Hobbs
G. W. B. Joiner
Mr. Hobbs
Herald
Verin
House of Representatives
Will
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