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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
2
Governor Thomas Riggs Jr rebuts claims Alaska is failing noting its mineral, timber and fisheries wealth. He cites government mismanagement as the root cause and cites discouraged settlers leaving as evidence of a flawed territorial administration.
The Rev. Dr. Charles L Mead, longtime pastor of Trinity Methodist church in Denver, has been named bishop at the general conference in Des Moines. Born 1868 in Vienna New Jersey, he started as an office boy with Merchants National Bank, later attended New York University, and earned a doctor’s degree from Syracuse beside Drew Theological Seminary. He served as a Y M C A chaplain in France in 1918 and worked with soldiers of the A B F, especially in the Seventy seventh and Seventy eighth divisions.
Queen Marie and King Ferdinand postpone plans to visit the United States until next spring citing the ongoing presidential election. Ferdinand says travel will occur after official duties in Europe. Queen Marie adds Americans will have no time for a queen during a political campaign and notes invitations from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and railroad offers.
The Utah Democrat W H King argues in a budget debate that Americans have treated resources as limitless and pursued big projects in a big way. He calls for radical change in public life and schooling to instill thrift and the dignity of labor.
At the Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton preliminary work proceeds despite labor shortages and high building costs. Land clearing, building erection, and strong fencing are underway as researchers begin experimental tasks. Brunswick court records show W L Wright pleading guilty to forging a check and facing eight months on the chain gang or a $100 fine, with potential other city charges. Savannah shoplifting defendant Mrs J D Boney accepts a year at Milledgeville State Farm after withdrawing a new-trial bid, while her husband J D Boney remains awaiting a new-trial decision on a prohibition violation. General rent rise predictions sweep Savannah as fall approaches.
A summary of a petition showing intent to raise investments after four weeks notice and to prohibit unjust rent charges. W. B. Searcy Jr., judge of the superior court, will hear the matter in Spalding County on July 11 1920 with Chatham legislators to consider at the upcoming Georgia General Assembly.
Notice warns cotton crops in West Georgia face ruin from boll weevil damage and urges calcium arsenate as government-approved defense. Also records creditors’ notices for J W Youngblood estate and a guardianship petition in Fayette County seeking private land sale and reinvestment for minors.
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