Georgia Auditor Records Show State Spending Contrasts
Eugene Talmadge references the 1929 State Auditor report to claim total agricultural expenditure was 342,662.70 dollars while his rival spent 446,279.84. He cites staff counts, personal travel costs, and Bureau of Markets spending to argue economic mismanagement by his opponent and pledges tighter future budgeting.
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Eugene
Georgia
Showi Ag
Talmadge
Mr. Image
Ane Adie
Tal
Market Bureau
Bureau of Markets
Eugene Talmadge praises saved money and trimmed oil inspectors
Eugene Talmadge, in his 1927 campaign remarks as Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture, cites saving eighty thousand dollars for the people and claims the 1927 Legislature reduced oil inspectors from 196 to six, transferring oil inspection to the Comptroller General. He defends his tenure, attacks opponents, and pledges continued effort to aid farmers amid crop and price troubles.
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Brown
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Law
Georgia
State of Georgia
Action Prerestent
Hank
Dave Wn
Girl's Success as Orator Reflects Father Ike Miller's Life
Port Valley August 28. Curtiss Miller of Ft Valley wins second prize in a national Elks contest, recalling her father Ike Miller a hardworking Crawford County farmer who grew land holdings, funded education, and supported churches. The article recounts his life, a Gypsy child rescue, Liberty bonds in 1918, and a family effort to rebury him at the old home place. It also notes a suicide insurance controversy involving A. D. Payne and a miscellany of local curiosities.
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Cleone Duke Brast Aswell
Port Valley
Benevolent and Protective ‘Order of Elks of the World
Cutis
Miller
Ft .Valley
Ike Miller
Crawford County
Ft. Valley
Atlanta Road
Ike
Perry
North Fort Valley
Old Home Place
Curtiss Miller
Columbia
Hardman blasts critics over Georgia deficit blame
Governor L G Hardman defends his administration against rivals Rivers and Russell over a five million dollar state deficit. He cites 1927 1929 appropriations and tax battles, accuses opponents of misrepresentation, and urges lawmakers to raise revenue without new taxes while avoiding demagoguery. He faults the 1927 and 1929 actions and calls for prudent fiscal legislation.
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Hardman
Georgia
General Assembly
Rivers
Senate
Russell
House of Representatives
House
John Holder
Highway Department
Genral Assembly
Sam J. Slate
Free Coal Campaign Ends and Heatrola Sales Continue
The piece notes the end of the Free Coal Campaign due this August and promotes Heatrola heaters still on sale by Jarrell in Butler and Reynolds Georgia. It lists local customers, promotes demonstrations, and includes jokes and a court scene about a deserter husband calling himself a refugee.
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Jarrell
J. T. Childs
Butler
F. P. Golding
Butler Baptist Church
Earl Marshall
Reynolds
Taylor Mills
Homer Beeland
John Mangham
Heatrola Estate
Weekly Specials In Our Self Service Department
Weekly specials featured include celery lettuce cabbage rutabaga Irish potatoes onions California peas and lima beans among many other items in the self serving department. Prices are as cheap as any in town.
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California
Slaton the Man John Slaton Biographical Sketch
The article outlines John M. Slaton born in Meriwether County and raised by Major Slaton in Atlanta. It highlights his education at Atlanta Public Schools and Boys High, earning money to attend the University of Georgia where he excelled, then his legal career becoming one of Georgia’s largest practices. It notes his self made rise and national admiration for hard work.
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John M. Slaton
Meriwether County
Major Slaton
Atlanta
Sherman
Jack” Slaton
Atlanta Boys’ High
Jack
University of Georgia
Athens
Slaton
Georgia
Senate
League of Nations
World Court
House
Harris
Senator George
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas EH. Watson
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Mlmadge
Eugene Talmadgesement
A. D. Payne
Texas
Payne
Pisa
Slate
Confederate Veterans
Jarrell’s Department Store
Home Sweet Home
Homer Handy
Noo
Man
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