Farmers Celebrate Cotton Boom and Free-Offer Subscriptions
The piece notes Georgia’s cotton crop and prices with 2,064,792 bales ginned and an average price around 13 1 2 cents per pound. It highlights Georgia’s strong market gains, larger than Texas, and reports $199,373,460 in Georgia’s seasonal revenue. The Free Press offers six months of Progressive Farmer free with subscription, urging readers to pay up before holidays.
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Georgia
Texas
Progressive Farmer
Carroll Free Press
Free Press
Santa Claus
Southern cattle growth could cut living costs say bulletin
A federal Agriculture Department bulletin emphasizes that the South is the only region where cattle can be raised fed and sold profitably while keeping consumer prices reasonable. It notes favorable natural conditions idle land abundant pasturage and grasses that reduce feed costs and asserts that Southern farmers can profit without disrupting other crops.
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Federal
Department of Agriculture
South
Good Farming by L. W. Strickland on a Two-Horse Farm
Meriwether Vindicator highlights L. W. Strickland of the Upper Ninth district who reports 220 bushels of wheat 1200 bushels of oats 75 of Irish potatoes 150 of sweet potatoes 16 bales of cotton 450 bushels of corn 4500 bundles of fodder 525 bales of hay 650 bales of oat and wheat straw 75 bushels of turnips and 1400 pounds of meat. The piece urges other farmers to work hard and avoid town supply houses to succeed in farming.
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L. W. Strickland
Upper Ninth
Payment Reminder Before Christmas Holidays
A courteous note asks the recipient to settle overdue subscription payments ahead of the Christmas holidays, encouraging prompt payment to avoid further actions.
Death Ends Life of Mrs Parson and Her Baby in New Georgia
The New Georgia community mourns the deaths of Mrs Parson daughter of Mr D A Hicks who died last Tuesday after the loss of her infant Monday. Both were laid to rest Wednesday in a funeral attended by grieving family and friends in Villa Rica.
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New Georgia
Policies Sued By The Penn Mutual on William S. McCurdy Life
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company sues over Lost or Mislaid Policies Nos 561459 561460 on the life of William S McCurdy. The finder is asked to return to the undersigned and an application has been made for suing duplicates. Villa Rica Georgia.
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Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
William S. McCurdy
Villa Rica
Engineer Shot in Inman Yards Fatal Altercation
The remains of Mr. Sydney Morris, an engineer for the Southern Railway, were brought to Villa Rica on Saturday morning and laid to rest at New Hope Cemetery. Morris was killed after a confrontation with a Black man in the Inman yards, during which Morris knocked the man down and was shot.
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Sydney Morris
Villa Rica
New Hope
Morris
Southern Railway
Inman
Farmers Face Harsh Realities in Town Emigration
A Sandersville Georgia note argues that boys leaving farms for town life face anxieties of business life. It cites statistics showing one successful merchant for every twenty who fail, claiming farming is safer when one properly knows how to farm.
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Thay
Sandersville Geordian
Land for Sale 237 Acres in Paulding Haralson Line
Substantial land offering near Draketown and Rockmart with 237 acres of mostly red land. Contains swampy canebreak sections and cultivated areas, three houses, barn, four horse crop land, suitable for cotton grain and stock farm. Priced at 25 per acre with one fourth cash and balance over 1 2 and 3 years at 7 percent. Write Bainbridge Ga box 216 J. W. White.
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Mos
Paulding
Haralson
Draketown
Rockmart
Bainbridge, Ga
J. W. White
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