Move of Naval Stores HQ From Savannah to Jacksonville
Savannah GA January 1 change announced by American Naval Stores Company secretary Charles J LeLoach to relocate headquarters from Georgia to Jacksonville effective year end. The shift follows a government probe into the naval stores industry and may move under federal court jurisdiction. Company cites two months planning. offices ordered moved and staff to relocate. Savannah's loss is seen as significant to the local economy as Jacksonville vies for market dominance.
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Savannah
American Naval Stores Company
Charles J. LeLoach
South Georgia
Georgia
Eme’y
Jacksonville
Gavannah
Senator Bacon Returns Home to Campaign for Democrats
Senator A O Bacon of Macon Georgia came home from Europe and will travel north to campaign for Ryan and Kern. He plans further speaking engagements for national Democratic candidates and aims to bolster party prospects with his seasoned global insight and strong state leadership.
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Macon
A. O. Bacon
Ryan
Kern
John W. Kern
Bacon
Senator Bacon
New Electric Road Proposed From Atlanta to Cumming
Atlanta plans an electric line from Atlanta to Cumming in Forsyth County with chartered stock and bonds totaling 1,200,000. The Atlanta North Eastern Railway seeks to build Roswell and Alpharetta corridors, with future extensions toward Dahlonega and Ellijay to form a north Georgia electric network.
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Atlanta
Cumming
Forsyth Mty
North Georgia
The
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Northeastern Railroad Company
Roswell
Alpharetta
Dahlonega
Lumpkin County
el- Iijay
Governor Skips Peabody Board Meeting in State Election Clash
Governor Smith will not attend the Peabody board annual meeting in New York due to a date conflict with the state election. He will stay in Georgia to back Democratic nominees and vote for the suffrage amendment, noting his long service on the board and duty to the party and state.
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Peabody Board
Atlanta
Peaody Board
Smith
New York
Georgia
Ihge
Georgia drought hits cotton and city plans loom
Georgia officials project the cotton yield at 1.8 million bales this year, down from 2.1 million last year, with losses near 40 million dollars if price holds at 50 a bale. The piece notes resignation in Lowndes County politics, flood relief work in Augusta, and a strong Albany municipal convention lineup led by Governor Hoke Smith and other state leaders.
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Georgia
Hudson
E. C. Gaines
Texas
CG. S. Barrett
Farmers’ Union
Barrett
Commissioner of Agriculture
Dunbar
Augusta
General Flood Relief Committee
Riverside Mills
League of Georgia
Albany
League
Hoke Smith
Downing Vaux
New York
James M. Barnett
Athens
James M. Griggs
Americus
Hawking
George B. Bilis
W. T. Lane
Hutchinson Lumber and Supply Company
Cordele
Charles 8. Brown
Willie M. McNair
Cochran
Shawmut
West Point
Chattahoochee
Savannah Board of Trade
American Naval Stores Company
Wilson
Washington
Jacksonville Board of Trade
Elberton
Alberton Air Line Railroad
Federal
Court House
Alberton
J. H. Rowe
The
Southern Railway Company
Roadside Trees in New York to Protect Roads
Consul-General Robert P. Skinner explains in response to inquiries that planting trees along New York State roads could reduce ravelling by maintaining moisture and shade. French experts advise selecting deep-rooted trees with high branches and spacing of about ten metres, with trenching toward tree roots and regular annual trimming for the first decade to aid moisture retention and road preservation.
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United States
Robert P. Skinner
Marseilles
New York State
New York
B. Birot
Bureau of Bridges and Highways
Road progress and the macadam legacy reinforced
The Richmond Times-Dispatch notes 125 years past the French and Scottish pioneers of macadam roads, now challenged by rubber tires. It cites a Paris road builders congress with U S representation, and urges Virginia to redouble efforts for better highways to sustain comfort and value as civilization advances.
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Tresaurget
France
Macadam
Scotland
Times-Dispatch
Congress of
Paris
United States
Virginia
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Mr Stingys Way and a Ha'pen Ny Demand
A quirky adish quote set on home charity and thrift. A man asks to buy an orange from a vendor outside while a parent urges bold reactions to provoke a toss. The line lampoons stinginess and domestic charity, echoing a National Home Journal quip.
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Stingy
National Home Journal
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Bacon Home
Europe
J. Gordon Crawford
Valdosta
Lowndes County
Crawford
Troadside
Mr. Stingy’s
Nee
What Is
Castoria
Ullmans
Rane Tener
F. the Ullman CO
Cincinnati, Ohio
Ityon
NEW Home
Orange
Mass
Standard Sewing Machine Co
S. Broad St
Atlanta, Ga
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