Floating Debt Rumors Plague County Budget Kept Under Strain
National Banks allege the county illegally collects taxes amid a growing floating debt tied to refunding warrants. Judge Harry K. Martin warns the county may face a fiscal embarrassment as budgets rise yearly from 1923 to 1928 while income lags. The article lists 37 budget items highlighting payrolls, insurance, court costs, and sheriff expenses as part of rising expenditures.
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Harry K. Martin
Board of Revenue
Board of Revenue and
Board of Review of Tax Assessments
Ccc Ceswenee
Clot Ee Sig Ca
Ec Nen Neal Bea
Bnet As. As
Eis Ooo
Praetor
Raines Hospitalized After Estate Dispute Shooting
In Cordele Georgia W G Raines a leading Statesboro businessman is in the hospital with slight chance of recovery from wounds suffered yesterday in a downtown store confrontation with his brother-in-law Dr B J Williams aged 70. The argument centered on Raines estate described as among the largest in the area.
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Cordele
W. G. Raines
Statesboro
B. J .Williams
Raines
Second Arrest Made in Shooting of Prohibition Officer
Otis Ingram is in federal custody on charges of intimidation and assault with intent to murder in the shooting of George Littlefield, a prohibition informer, near Shelby Alabama last week. He is the second man arrested in connection with the incident.
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Birmingham
Ala
Otis Ingram
Shelby
George Littlefield
Prohibition
Question Mark Sets Endurance World Record Flight
The army tri metored aircraft Question Mark continued its long endurance flight toward a distant target, reaching the seventieth hour in the air by six this morning and still flying at the end of 74 hours in the air.
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Los Angeles
Hartford Boy Scouts Re-register Under J T Helms
Hartford January 4 Troop 14 of the Hartford Boy Scouts re registers with J T Helms as scout master. Helms teaches at Geneva County High School and has fostered strong youth work. Scout Executive W L Sprouse attended the meeting as the new year begins.
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Hartford
Helms
Hartford Boy Scouts
J. T. Helms
Geneva County High School
W. L. Sprouse
Ellsworth Ellis
C. E Davis
R. S. Ward
Lex Corbitt
Stoutminsters
Quinn Derland
Kenry Wilson
Scott Edward Donnell
Scrite
Ralph Campbell
Paul Lassiter
Fielm
Scouts of
Choctawhatchee
Comptroller Probes Condition Of National Banks
The Comptroller of the Treasury issued a call for the condition of all U S national banks as of Monday December 31, asking for financial data and reports from banks nationwide. The notice emphasizes standard reporting requirements and timing for submission.
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Comptroller OF Treasury
U. S
Washington
Comptroller of Currency
Robert Brown Named Vice-Consul to Bagdad
Robert Brown of Dothan, a 1926 Auburn graduate, was among 85 successful examinees of 269 for foreign service. He will depart January 12 from New York to Cherbourg then Paris and Marseille, eventually sailing to Beirut and continuing to Bagdad for a period of service.
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Robert Brown
U. S&s
Bagdad
Walter Brown
Washington, D.C
Foreign Service
Auburn
Robert
State Department
New York
Cherbourg
France
Paris
Marseille
Beirut
Turkey
Mediterranean
Syrian Desert
Missing Albany Chief of Police E. B. Cowan Rumored
Albany Ga January 4 The missing former chief of police E B Cowan was reportedly heard from by his wife who said he was in Birmingham and planned to go West. The disappearance remains a mystery with little new information available.
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Albany, Ga
Birmingham
Cowan
Scout Executive Sprouse Visits Fairview School
Scout Executive W. L. Sprouse spoke to farm boys at Fairview school near Samson on Scoutine. Prof H Byrd praised his work for boys of Southeast Alabama and plans were made to organize a troop with Byrd as scoutmaster. Sprouse previously led the Choc tawhatchee Area Council at Curtis school and attended Troy training.
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Samson
Fairview School
W. L. Sprouse
H. Byrd
K. Sprouse
Alabama
Prof
Byrd
Choctawhatchee Area
Curtis School
Troy
U.S. Quota Forces Aliens to Australia
In Sidney, Australia, a surge of Southern European emigrants fleeing U.S. quota limits has driven a government shift. Sir Neville Howse clarifies that Australia is not overrun but notes a rise after American restrictions and warns shipping firms against further propaganda to push Eastern Europeans toward Australia.
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Sidney
Australia
United States
Neville Howse
Home and Territories
Commonwealth
Austrtalia
Minnesota mother talks with Byrd operator
A Minnesota mother in Henning writes daily to Commander Byrd’s Antarctic expedition. Her son L. V. Breckner serves as wireless operator aboard the City of New York. Messages reach her via Gr Barker, an amateur radio operator, who has spoken with Breckner every day since the ship departed.
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Henning
Minn
Uma Moter
Sleep Eye
Byrd
L. V. Breckner
City of
New York
Gr. Barker
Brekner
Drekner
Barker
Minnesota
Daughter of County Commissioner Dies at 21
Miss Callie Clarke, 21, daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Clarke of Route dies in a local hospital Thursday night after illness. Survived by brothers Ewell Eddie Willie Charlie Carl Alva Jr Margaret Bennie and Mrs Herbert Sanders. Funeral Friday at family home with Rev Baldwin and Fellows Forrester in charge. Burial in Clark cemetery. Active pallbearers listed with Perry Calhoun Dr A R Gissendanner and others.
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Callie Clarke
Ening
A. L. Clark
Route
Hourton Ene Board of Revenue
Ewell
Eddie
Willie
Chharlie
Carl
Alva, Jr
Margaret
Bennie Clark
Herbert Sanders
Baldwin
Fellows & Forrester
Clark Cemetery
Bride dies after husband suicide in Memphis influenza strike
W. K. Lilley 28 of Meridian Mississippi shot himself in Memphis after doctors said his bride would not recover from influenza. She died an hour later, unaware of his death.
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Memphis
Tenn
W. K. Lilley
Meridian
Tabby Finds Home in Seacoast Town
OCRACKEE N C residents share a quirky habit as the island of Ocracoke with about 769 people hosts a large cat population. Most homes shelter from five to 17 cats, while the village relies on a wrecked vessel known as the graveyard for its lore and local history.
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Tabby
Seacoast Town
Ocracgee
N. C
Ocracoke
Body of former Georgia congressman sent for burial
The body of former Georgia congressman William Wheat Wyatt is to be shipped tonight by rail to Carrollton, Georgia, for burial.
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Georgia
Carrollton
New York
Jan
Congr Iian
Et Spy
Carrellton
Weather for Alabama coast includes rain and warmer night
Oceansnet reports rain and warmer temperatures tonight and Saturday along the Alabama coast with moderate to fresh easterly winds.
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Alabaten
Decrease in Air Mail Rates Hits Post Office Funds
Washington D C Jan 4 A ten to five cent per ounce rate cut doubles air mail tonnage but halves government revenue postal officials tell a House committee. W Irving Glover of the post office department says the change risks ongoing losses in air mail operations.
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Washington, D. C
W. Irving Glover
Post Office Department
Infant Betty Ruth Herring Dies In Bed Fall
Betty Ruth Herring infant daughter of Mr and Mrs G R Herring Route 3 was killed Thursday afternoon when she fell from a bed. Funeral services were held at Wiggins Church at 2 pm with Dr J L Folsom officiating. Surviving are the parents and three sisters Lorraine Erling and Arnie Mac Herring.
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Betty Ruth Herring
G .R. Herring
Route 3
Wiggins Church
J. L. Folsom
Fellows
Forrester
Lorraine, Erling and
Arnie Mac Herring
Judge Refuses Commission to Evaluate Sanity of Condemned
In Franklin Louisiana Judge James D. Simon refused to appoint a sanity commission for Ada Bonner LeBouef and Thomas E. Dreter who are to be executed tomorrow. He will hear the evidence today in the St. Mary Parish District Court.
William Henry Holli Dies at 64 at Home
William Henry Holli aged 64 died at his Head Pearl home. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 10 o clock with Rev. Medema officiating. Interment will be in Clark Cemetery. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Teen Hollis a widow a sister four children and ten grandchildren.
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Willian Henry Hollie
Sergo Tozer
Mo Medema
Forrester
Clark Cemetery
Teen Hollis
Aidav
Vi He
Hlod. Veils
Tray Tae Hollis
Dethuas
Inetherar
A. A. Heilis
Ozark
A. H. Morris
Daieviil Ae Oue
van Sade
Student slayers trial set for January fifteenth in Atlanta
An indictment accuses John A. Booniz and Richard G murder in an apparent fatal attack in Atlanta. George Harsh Rice and Orie were named in the charges at the time of the indictment, with the trial scheduled for January 15.
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Atlanta
John A. Booniz
George Harsh
Rice A Orie
Richard G
Marl Newton Players draw largest crowd with The Hollywood Madonna
A huge audience gathered at City Auditorium for the Marl Newton Players show The Hollywood Madonna. Tonight is Ladies Night with free admissions for those with paid tickets as the company previews A Good for Nothing Husband, a strong mix of drama and comedy. Saturday marks the farewell performance of The Girl Who Ran Away, billed as the week's finale.
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City Auditorium
Negroes Executed in South Carolina Prison
In Columbia on January 4, George Pfeliner and John Brown, both described as negroes, were electrocuted for the August murder of Charlie Loy, a laundryman. Sam Tolbert and Jan Pinckney were condemned to die but granted last minute reprieves by Governor Richards.
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Columbia
South Carolina
George Pfeliner
John Brown
Charlie Loy
Sam Tolbert
Jann Pinckney
Richards
Calico Dog Becomes Radio Mascot at WWNC Asheville
Miss Margaret Henniger’s calico dog, long missing, reappears as a broadcast mascot after WWNC in Asheville adoptions the catlike pet. The dog sits atop the microphone area as station staff consider its fate and public reception.
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Asheville
N.C. C
Margaret Henniger
Sita Con
WWNC
Linsell
Rrorad
Fines Self-Reported Tampton Van 72 Appears in Court
In a court here Van Tampton age 72 pleaded guilty to a charge and faced a fine and court decision after reporting himself.
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Tampton
Van
Var
Peles Justice Jones
Himsel
Abbeville Editor H C Rogers Dies at 54
H C Rogers associate editor of The Abbeville Herald died of pneumonia at his Abbeville home after a brief illness. He was 54, with a long career in Georgia Alabama and California newspapers. He planned to take editorship of the Headland Wiregrass Farmer this week. He is survived by a daughter two sisters and two nieces. Funeral 2 o’clock this afternoon from his sister’s Headland home. Kinsey cemetery interment.
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H. C. Rogers
Abbeville
Georgia
California
Rogers
Alabama
Headland
Merk
J. H. Sparks
Charles Graham
Unadilla
Herbert Libb
Los Angeles
Will Cooten
Laurel Hill
Fla
Jim Acree, Jr
Dothan
Fred Yarbrough
Welock
J. LL Sparka
Kinsey Cemetery
Mussolini Orders Exclusive Black Shirt Badges for Militia
Rome reports Mussolini plans to standardize uniforms for the 250000 strong Volunteer Militia for the National Security. Officers and men will wear uniform badges to identify one another, while sale of fascist emblems will be tightly controlled and membership cards required. Foreign sales to tourists will end and minors’ uniforms will require parental consent and official membership.
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Rome
Mussolini
Black Shirt
America
United States
Littl Valilla
Oungster
Ardyr
French Missionaries Report Wolf Sighting Near Book
Dispatch from Paris notes mixed morale among mission groups as reports of a wolf near a book cause unease. The piece suggests broader strain on government policy and religious work in Ada Menor amid regional crises and funding issues.
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Paris
Acugea
Turk Dyoreliga Nv
Gee
Ada Menor
Bulgaria
Governor Hardman Visits Atlanta Executive Office
Governor Hardman visited the executive office in Atlanta for the first time since taking office several weeks ago.
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Atlanta
Tan
Hardman
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