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Rural telephone expansion lifts Hancock County progress
The Sparta Georgia merchants back a county wide rural telephone project linking farms to Sparta and the city exchange. A $500 fund plus $10 per mile bonuses spur lines, raising enthusiasm as farmers gain home service and rural isolation ends. The plan aims to make Hancock County socially and commercially closer and more efficient.
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Hancock County
Georgia
Sparta
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Bell
Western Electric Company
Hancock
Atlanta ‘‘Constitution
J. D. Bennett
W. H. Burwell
M. L. Duggan
George White
Robert Holmes
R. E. Wheeler