Kiwanis meet highlights Guernsey cattle potential and farm prospects
Large crowds attended a Kiwanis meeting featuring speakers from the Guernsey industry and agricultural leaders. Dr M P Jarnigan urged dairy farming and abundant feed crops while noting labor shifts may raise prices. The session included a Forsyth trip plan and a piano solo by Carolyn Smith with Woman's Club dinner service.
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Kiwanis Club
Br. W. W. Fitzpatrick
American Kernsey Cattle Club
Rice
Ofirginia
Guernsey
J. Neal
Rowanounty Guernsey Bull Association
J. Miller
Salisbury
T. D
Forsyth
Carolyn Smith
Guents
Woman’s Club
Sleepy Hollow Gossip school paper debuts in Jackson
The Sleepy Hollow Gossip volume 35 number 1 by Jackson public schools seventh grade lit class led by Miss Bess ie Blackmon features editor Annie Lillian Jamerson assistant editor Marion Watkins art editor George Johnson and includes stories on Washington Irving legend scenes from Sleepy Hollow with jokes gossip editorials and ads encouraging broader school annual efforts and praising student talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleepy Hollow
Jackson Public Schools
Bessie Blackman
Annie Lillian Jamerson
Marion Watkins
George Johnson
Johnson
Katrina van Tassel
Ichabod Crane
Washington Irving
Jackson High School
January gasoline output sets national record
The Interior Department announced a new U S monthly gasoline production record for January at 623 million gallons, up 39 million from the prior record. Refineries reported national stock on February 1 at 1 002 billion gallons, the largest ever recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Interior Department
Department
Hatchery Records Show High Egg Hatch in Ashburn
Ashburn Ga manager J Pope Teel reports 40421 eggs processed at the Ashburn Co Operative Hatchery with 28607 hatched. The 70.75 percent hatch rate is high for the region as demand grows and the incubator’s capacity nears limit.
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Ashburn
J. Pope Teel
County fair to be held here this fall
At a Butts County Fair Association meeting in Jackson plans were made for an open gate fair this fall with free admission. Subscriptions will fund prizes and expenses while eliminating dirty shows and crooked acts. Committee members Hammond Wiley Jones will solicit support.
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Butts County Fair Association
Court House
Jackson
Butts County
Messrs
Wade H. Hammond
H. G. Wiley
J. D. Jones
G. E. Mallet
A. C. Finley
Quinn Named National Victory Club Representative in Jackson
Col H G Quinn appointed by Democratic National Committee Chairman Cordell Hull to organize a National Democratic Victory Club in Jackson. The plan targets 5,000 towns forming 5,000 squads of 25 Democrats each to support the 1924 presidential victory. Formation in Jackson to begin immediately.
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Washington, D. C
Cordell Hull
Democratic National Committee
H. Grady Quinn
National Democratic Victory Club
Jack
Hull
United States
Victory Club
Jackson
Ordination Service At Macedonia Sunday Afternoon
Announcement that Rev. Theodore Thaxton of Locust Grove will be ordained to the ministry at Macedonia church Sunday at 3 PM. The public is invited to attend.
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Theodore Thaxton
Locust Grove
Macedonia Church
Georgia farms diversify as cotton value runs a quarter of totals
The Atlanta National Bank cites 1922 Georgia farm data showing total farm value at 400 million dollars with cotton at 108.75 million. Corn 65.77 million and milk 25.3 million. The bank argues diversification reduces risk and notes rising poultry dairying cattle hogs and other crops amid a hopeful cotton outlook.
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Georgia
Atlanta National Bank
Atlanta
Martin V. Calvin
Georgia State Department of Agriculture
Tax Commissioner Rejects Barnesville Tax Reduction Call
A 1923 Barnesville tax conference plan to cut sixth district values is rejected by State Tax Commissioner H J Fullbright. He states no other tax official groups differ materially and urges officials to disregard the Barnesville resolution.
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W. J. Kinard
Butts County
C. E. Smith
Barnesville
Calcium arsenate bought by Georgia board for farmers
The Georgia State Board of Entomology, led by Commissioner J. J. Brown, announced a purchase of one million pounds of calcium arsenate to be sold to farmers at sixteen cents per pound in car lots delivered to railroad stations. Orders must be for at least 200 pounds and require certified checks, with restrictions on resale.
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Atlanta
Georgia State Board of Entomology
Sxteen
J. J. Brown
Savannah
State Board of Entomology
Brown
Georgia
Columbia
D. C
Oscar Underwood as Democratic presidential candidate
Atlanta reports that Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama gathers broad support for the Democratic nomination. Georgia leaders note his southern roots and national prominence, while party revival after a 1920s defeat adds confidence amid renewed jockeying among potential candidates.
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Atlanta, Ga
U. S
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
South
Georgia
Spiritual Bolshevism Sermon Planned At Court House
Rev. Henry H. Jones will preach at the court house next Sunday morning on Spiritual Bolshevism and in the evening on How Should We Pray. Both services are open to all. Revival services are planned from June 3 to 13 at the court house, Presbyterian church, or a big tent with definite arrangements to be announced. Bring an envelope to the Sunday service.
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Henry H. Jones
Methodist Church
Court House
Presbyterian Church
The Diligent Congressman Compared with the Spotlight Seeker
The article contrasts a quiet conscientious congressman who serves all constituents with flashy publicity seekers who seek daily newspaper notoriety. It notes the quieter figure may be worth more to the public than the attention grabbing type.
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Rip
Dairymen Plan Large Spring Visit To Lunsford Pasture
At the Butts County Dairy Association meeting on Friday April 20 a plan was made to bring at least 200 dairymen bankers and business people to Evans Lunsford pasture Covington. The trip aims to showcase the pasture at its peak with many ladies expected to join. The group also ordered mangel seed and velvet beans through County Farm Agent Wiley. Dairymen discussed selling a car load of cattle and catalogues for the Guernsey sale set for April 4 were circulated.
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Butts County Dairy Association
Evans Lunsford
Covington
Lunsford
Wiley
Miss Fouche Elected Clerk of Henry County Court
In a special election held Friday to name a successor to the late J A Fouche, Miss Bess Fouche was elected without opposition as clerk of the Henry county superior court. She had been named by county commissioners to fill the office after her father’s death until the election.
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J. A. Fouche
Henry County Superior Court
Bess Fouche
Miss Fouche
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Athens
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Neal
Iller
Fitztrick
Iown
Rowan County
Jack Patterson
Actson
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Arnigan
Butts
Jarnigan
Col. H. G. Quinn
Macedonia
Fullbright
Oscar
Bama
Mr. Underwood
Kentucky
Underwood
Congress
Lunsford Pasture
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