Bewildering Array of Georgia’s World Leading Achievements
A long list touts Georgia as first in many areas from governance to education. It highlights ventures, inventions, and notable figures tied to cities like Athens, Augusta, and Savannah, noting roles in the revolution, expansion, and commerce. The piece extols crops, industry, and climate advantages, claiming Georgia’s prominence in textiles, marble, and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Bunker Hill
Athens
John Wesley
Robert Raikes
United States
Charles Wesley
Augusta
Charleston
William Longstreet
Savannah
Mrs. Hithouse
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Wesleyan
Macon
Catherine Brewer
Crawford W. Long
Jefferson
Oglethorpe Light Infantry
States
Francis Bartow
Mia
Erwin
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Hudson River
William McAdoo
Charles Herty
Manila
Tom Brumby
St. Louis Exposition
Sea Island
Tallulah
Capitol Building
Minneapolis
Minn
Stone Mountain
Sidney la
Romance of a Gainesville boy and a state builder
Dr. A T Spalding of Atlanta recalls a Gainesville saga where a mountain boy helped Georgia by donating $50,000 to the State University and another equal gift to the epee. The tale follows a judge and his office boy who later becomes a banker in New York and kin to Consuelo Vanderbilt. Georgia’s varied landscape and power potential are noted along with roads and convict labor facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.T. Spalding
Atlanta
State University
Gainesville
Cincinnatus Peeples
Judge Peeples
New York
Spalding
Christian Index
Georgia
Tallulah Falls
Union
Safe Either Way Two Irishmen on Roof
Two Irish workers on a building roof fall into a playful exchange. One asks if the other is dead or alive. The injured man responds he is alive but doubts his friend’s honesty, then concludes he must be dead if he would call him a liar while alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Holiday social notes from a Georgia high school
Thanksgiving events and student activities fill the week at the local high school. Seniors plan for upcoming events while Miss Bernice Acklin hosts the Jolly Six and new pupil Roswell Horton arrives from Cedartown. Several teachers and clubs are mentioned along with weather affecting plans and a focus on geometry achievements by the Third Grade girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Acklin
Jolly Six
Messrs. Henderson
A. & M. School
Robertson
Newnan
Carroll, Morgan and Snead
David King
Julian Beall
Buchanan
Clifford Almand
Mr. Sammons
Hot Springs
Roswell Horton
Cedartown
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Rim
Ebenezer
America
Nier
Remus
Charles C. Jones
William H. Crawford
Benjamin H. Hill
Tyrus Cobb
Frank Stan
Bob McWhorter
South
Newton County
G. C. Adams
Grier
Georgia Railroad Commission
J. E. Ponder
Quitman
Cox
Joseph Habersham
George Washington
Texas
Joanna Troutman
Crawford County
Okefenokee
California
Butts County
Rabun County
Ben Leath
Walker County
Iowa
Illinois
Ohio
New England
Dougherty County
High School News
Margaret Preston Society
Ruth Dempsey
Domino Club
Misa Jennie Stone
Susie Tanner
Elizabeth Edmondson
Walter Sturdivant
Leon Spence
Helmight
Will Cobb
Chero- Cola Bottling Company
Chero-Cola Ee Co
Carrollton,Ga
The
Carroll County
Pace
H. Mellon
Mr. Pace
R. H. McClung
J. D. Muse
Tim
G. Ww. Hollaway
W. R. Hay
Tyre Watson
Perdue & Pace
Alva B. Pace
Carrollton
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