State Bankers favor Georgia coast port plan
Georgia Country Bankers at their ninth annual convention endorse creating a state system of terminal facilities on the coast to aid farmers and commerce. Officers elected include R. B. Dixon of West Point as president and L. R. Adams of Atlanta as secretary treasurer. The group also supports wider funding for state health work and notes opposition to current funding levels. Cartersville winters paving expands to 80,000 dollars. Valdosta plans a 500,000 dollar hotel by Ashley estate and Citizens and Southern Bank group. Macon reports a jail booking tied to auto tag fraud by D. P. Lamb.
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Savannah
Georgia
Country Bankers’ Association of Georgia
Executive Council
Atlanta
Macon
R. B. Dixon
West Point
C. E. Martin
Port Valley
M. L. Lee
Moultrie Banking Company
Moultrie
L. R. Adams
Alexander W. Smith, Jr
Luther Bond
Royston
B. I. Hale
Georgia State Bank
Hawkinsville
J. §. Peters
Bank of Manchester
Manchester
Wilson M. Hardy
Citizens Floyd Bank and Trust Company
Rome
L. F. Carter
Perry Trust and Savings Company
Perry
D. L. McCain
Pickens County Bank
Jasper
A. M. Wilson
Pinehurst Bank
Pinehurst
Mitchell
Omega
E. Martin
Citizens Bank
Fort Valley
A. N. Tumlin
Bank of
Cave Spring
Cartersville
Sam
Valdosta
D. C. Ashley
Citizens and Southern Company
New York
Miker. Lane
Citizens and Southern Banks
William Murphey
Citizens and Southern Company of
Walter IT. Lane, Jr
Ashley Estate
Bank Appeals School Debt Case in Forsyth
Citizens Bank announces appeal from Judge Searcy’s ruling in the Forsyth school debt case. The bank seeks repayment of a heavy debt by the board of education but was blocked by injunctions led by Superintendent Thurmond. Court held school funds apply to teacher salaries with only 3800 dollars legally due to the bank.
Forsyth Plans Highway Paving Extensions
County Commissioner J A Tribble met with the highway department to add six more miles of paving on the National highway between Forsyth and Macon. The project would complete about ten miles of modern roadway touching Forsyth's paved streets. A possible highway between Forsyth and Gray via Dames Ferry or Juliette was also discussed.
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Forsyth
J. A. Tribble
Highway Department
Macon
Gray
Dames Ferry
Juliette
Central Dixie Highway Delegates Meet at Fitzgerald
Delegations from Ware Charlton Bacon Coffee Irwin Wilcox Pulaski and Houston counties attend the nineteenth annual Central Dixie Highway association meeting at the Ben Hill county courthouse. Judge Harry D Reed of Waycross will be principal speaker. A chamber of commerce luncheon follows. Officers: W R Bowen president I Gelders secretary S A Nunn vice president.
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Central Dixie Road
Fitzgerald Fitzgerald
Ware
Charlton
Bacon
Coffee
Irwin
Wilcox
Pulaski
Houston
Central Dixie Highway Association
Ben Hill County
Harry D. Reed
Waycross
Chamber of Commerce
Association
W. R. Bowen
Fitzgerald
I. Gelders
S. A. Nunn
Perry
Suspect in Muscogee County Slaying Surrounded in Swamp
A man named Rufus Hicks, wanted for killing a guard during an escape, is believed surrounded in a swamp near the area. A large posse and officers press the pursuit, with a farm tenant reporting the suspect ate breakfast at his home unaware of the man’s status.
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Warm Springs
Rufus Hicks
Muscogee County
P. S. Talbot
Heroic Augusta Officer Rescues Woman From Canal
In Augusta a policeman plunged into the canal to save Reena Pelot, a young white woman, as she fought to break free during the dangerous attempt. Pelot said she wanted to die and offered no other reason before the rescue. Jeffersonville Ships Many Peaches
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Augusta
Reena Pelot
Augusta Canal
Weevils Plague Jeffersonville Cotton Farms
Jeffersonville reports an active boll weevil infestation on all cotton farms with farmers beginning poisoning and measures to curb damage. Cotton and corn look good after recent rains the heaviest since February. A revival of sweet potatoes and peavine hay planting occurs on several farms. In Macon Alvin Revell 18 drowned in the Ocmulgee River while bathing near waterworks. his body not yet found as divers hunt the river. Fitzgerald to host an intensive campaign with the chamber of commerce and Kiwanis to exterminate boll weevils with P R Bommisler of the Georgia association assisting.
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Jeffersonville
Macon
Ocmulgee Macon
Alvin Revell
Manchester Manufacturing Company
Ocmulges
Revell
Fitzgerald
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
P. R. Bomnisler
Georgia Association
President Coolidge Seeks Further Tax Reductions
In a budget review to the business organization, President Coolidge previews a tax cut of about half a billion dollars, citing a current $200 million surplus and an anticipated $290 million next year. He defends tax relief as a driver of enterprise while warning against federal overreach into state affairs and urging state responsibility to offset funding.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
France Plans Drive On Moroccans Paris
Premier Painleve and the chamber of deputies, excluding Communists, back his government as France prepares a stronger Moroccan campaign. A large offensive may occur soon. Parliament endorsed the Moroccan policy 625 to 32, signaling a shift from defense to active operations.
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Paris
Painleve
Chamber of Deputies
M. Painleve
Morocco
Prenter Named Head of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cleveland Ohio reports William B Prenter has been elected to lead the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, succeeding Stone. The appointment places Prenter at the helm of the organization overseeing a $150,000,000 railroad labor enterprise.
Chinese Declare Ban on U S Goods
A general strike and boycott against American British and Japanese goods has been announced in Canton. Advices to the state department from American Consul General Douglas Jenkins dated June 21 report that house and office employees of the three nations were leaving. About two thirds of American women and children have fled to Hong Kong and other safer places.
Buzzards Fooled As Boy Leads Mine Dagger
In the Arizona desert, three prospectors and a boy bury a dying father and train the youth in mining, guns, and survival. When Apaches approach, a planned defense and a powder blast erase the cliff, felling the attackers and proving the boy’s future as a prospector.
Bankers Use Sixpence Trick During Panic of Bonnie Prince Charlie
Bank officers recruited agents and issued sixpence notes to drain cash from a run on the Bank of England caused by Bonnie Prince Charlie. The tactic blocked new note holders entering and allowed the bank to secure fresh funds to meet panicked depositors' demands.
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Bank of England
Bonnie Prince Charlie
May Marriages and Lent in Wedding Traditions
The passage notes May as a problematic wedding month since Roman times and Lent as equally infamous due to Catholic rules banning marriages between Rogation and Whitsun tides and during Lent seeking fasting.
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Sheriff's Office
D. P. Lamb
Lamb
Columbus
Bank Appeals
Jeffersonvilla
S. HB. Jones
Merrill Methvin
S. C. Jones
Saya
France
Buzzards
Short Story Pub. Co
Big Tom Hart
Sam Engle
Arizona
Bill Percy
Big Tom
Tom
Dad
Mister Buzzard
Pard
Engle
Percy
Ginger
Hart
Badger Hole
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