12 Jan 1923
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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1923
Page
1
Georgia State College of Agriculture will host Farmers Week January 22 to 27 with President Soule and Director Campbell announcing the event. Leading authorities will lecture and demonstrate, with a notable exhibit of farm commodities and prizes for best packaged goods.
Dr Garner extols cultivating listening over mere entertainment. He cites eye brain pathways, urges training to digest and store knowledge, and shares experiences from teaching and pastoral practice to show lasting benefits of practiced listening.
Barnesville The Blues one of the state s oldest military companies has been mustered into service as company B 122d infantry. The unit was the sole vacancy amid strong statewide competition with officers Charles P Graddick captain Clark T Bush first lieutenant and John N Owen second lieutenant all World War I veterans.
A 1923 call to Fayette county farmers encourages stocktaking and setting plans. An office in the Fayetteville courthouse will offer farm account books, bulletins, blueprints, and help with farm bookkeeping every Saturday. Communities like Brooks Tyrone and Woolsey organize Agricultural Clubs, aiming to unite farmers, merchants and bankers for county prosperity with dual income from crops and livestock.
USDA figures show average daily milk and cream intake of seven tenths of a pint per person, up from six tenths a decade ago, a 17 percent rise. Regional differences exist with New England highest and East South Central lowest, and large cities consuming more per capita than smaller areas.
Flora, a Jersey owned by Robert L. Biggs, senior at the Georgia State College of Agriculture in Athens, topped the senior four year old class with 11 472 pounds of milk and 658.59 pounds of butterfat, besting the state record by 49.56 pounds. Her average butterfat was 6.74 percent and she was sired by Vern's Rally Roy 103800 with Torentor's Flora as dam.
Enthusiastic meeting at Woolsey with farmers and business men approved a 1922 farm program led by County Agent C. V. Shirley. The Woolsey Agricultural Club formed with officers led by President R. P. Minter and planned future meetings and Farm Week attendance. The Fayetteville school term opened with strong enrollment and expanded transportation enabling county high school access.
Howard J. Travis of Fayetteville Georgia has been accepted for a three year enlistment in the United States Marine Corps. He is training at Paris Island after passing his physical exam with high honors and plans to study at the Marine Corps Institute while in service.
Rest Lodge No 529 I O O F announces installation of officers for the term J Moore Noble Grand C Stephens Vice Grand J Bernhard Recording Financial Secretary C P Jones Treasurer K F B Mask Trustee W T Busbin D D G M presiding.
The pastor will begin a series of Bible Stories for boys and girls next Sunday morning linked to the New Year Sermon. A church conference after morn ing worship will present concise department reports showing progress during the past year. Fayetteville urged to make a New Year’s resolution to attend church and support pastors.
Fayette county reports a thriving fall term close on December 22 with record enrollment. Compulsory attendance adds pupils as local boards and patrons boost educational conditions. Notable schools include Broacks Consolidated School and Tyrone School each adding a teacher and enrolling more students.
Fayetteville Scouts held a Saturday meeting to map work for the coming year. They adopted a constitution, secured patrol flags, and ordered a bugle. The troop joins the round-up for new members aiming for a share of the 100000 goal set by Scout officials.
Senate approves amendment to the department of agriculture bill adding 276000 to fund the bureau of markets bringing total to 2192000 and extending the daily telegraphic market report nationwide to aid Southern farmers in shipping produce live stock and stable commodities to market. A Ford plant for St Paul Minnesota and rumored power rights at the dam are noted amid government dealings. President Harding doubts war debt settlement under congressional limits.
Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters were executed for the murder of Percy Thompson. Bywaters died at Pentonville Prison and Thompson was hanged minutes later at Holloway Jail.
The Senate adopted Reed’s resolution urging immediate U S troop withdrawal from Germany with an amendment disavowing hostility to any European nation. The vote to adopt was 57 to 6 after initially declining to send the measure to the Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Reed accused the administration of partially keeping Harding era pledges and cited costs of occupation. Higher fertilizer prices predicted in the Southeast with spring shipments expected to rise above last fall quotes. immediate cash sales only as big manufacturers set new base prices.
Ismet Pasha warned Britain at the Lausanne talks that peace or war hinges on delegates decisions. He rejected allied plans for foreign courts in Turkey and declared the key to peace lies in their hands. Lord Curzon replied that any peace must address foreign tribunals to succeed.
President Harding proposed moving Secretary Hoover from the commerce department to interior, but Hoover declined citing his departmental reorganization and that the plan is not complete. Georgia postal conference preparations advance with Work and Bartlett to attend in Atlanta January 20. Washington hosts annual American Engineering Council meeting with dates for eight hour work periods amid federation reports.
Washington investigators check liquor shipments to foreign embassies and legations to verify proportionate supplies for staff and entertaining. If disproportions are found, the State Department may notify the foreign government. Raids on three northwest apartment houses fueled rumors of embassy bootlegging, with Lieut. O T Davin citing attaches linked to the traffic.
The House impeachment process can compel witness attendance and testimony, Rep Sinners of Texas said in a judiciary committee report on the Keller Daugherty dispute. The decision could set a precedent, and the panel will draft a report on charges against Attorney General Daugherty, expected to be favorable.
New York Supreme Court Justice Borst dismissed Evan Burrows Fontaine’s breach of promise suit against Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. He found the plaintiff’s testimony lacking credibility and did not believe there was any marriage promise or that Whitney was the father of Fontaine’s child.
Cleveland interests of the Van Swearingen group formally announce control of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway after Washington confirms their ICC directorate applications. Other items note Irish Free State execution of five deserters, two convicts escaping in Coffee County Georgia, and a Treasury note offering of 4 1 2 percent notes maturing in 1927 with about 200 million Victory notes outstanding.
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