Pasture Demonstration Draws Interest in Butts County
A courthouse pasture demonstration in Butts County drew local interest as farmers plan permanent pastures. Speakers included Roland Turner Southern Railway general agricultural agent Prof Paul Tabor and H C Bates. They urged dairying to ease debt and outlined pasture formulas for bottom and upland land.
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Court House
Butts County
Roland Turner
Southern Railway System
Southern Agriculture
Paul Tabor
State College of Agriculture
H. C. Bates
L. D. Watson
H. G. Wiley
Prof. Tabor
Turner
Wisconsin
Georgia
Mr. Turner
Soil Map of Butts and Henry Counties Available
Citizens may obtain the soil survey of Butts and Henry counties by writing to Senator W J Harris in Washington. The survey, completed two to three years ago, includes maps and important soil information and should aid farmers in the county.
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W. J. Harris
WJ. Harris
Washington, D. C
Progress-Argus
Butts County
Senator Harris
Butts
Henry
Bankston Strikes Out Twenty as Jackson Defeats McDonough 3–0
In Jackson Friday, Bankston delivered a dominant pitching performance for Jackson, fanning 20 and allowing only 2 hits as the locals shut out McDonough 3 to 0. Pullin fanned nine and gave up six hits for McDonough. Bateersie?
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Jackson
McDonough
Jacksony
Bankston
Pullin
Georgia must get over the blues at Kiwanis luncheon
Miss Jean Fulcher of the New York American urged Georgia to seize opportunities and stop dwelling on hard times and boll weevil. She praised advertising slogans and Georgia’s natural advantages while noting farmers’ irrigation success in the West. Opera singer Marianne Dozier entertained with songs, as eighty guests attended at the Foy Hotel luncheon.
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H. C. Bates
South
Bates
Alabama
Georgia
Southeast
Miss Fulcher
Miss Dozier
Kiwanis
Jean Fulcher
Want Ad Department
New York American
Kiwanis Club
Jackson
Foy Hotel
Fulcher
George Batten Company
West
Marianne Dozier
Montreal Opera Company
Lucy Dozier Douglas
Grand Opera
W. B. Dozier
Negro lynched for alleged crime in Bibb county
In Macon Georgia a mob of about three hundred men lynched John Glover after he was captured in Griffin following an earlier shootout that wounded Policeman Pate Phelps. Deputies had been transporting him toward Macon when the mob halted the procession near Holton and executed him.
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Macon
John Glover
Byrd
Bibb County
Holton
Glover
Griffin
Pate Phelps
Singing at Sardis Church Next Sunday
There will be a singing at Sardis church next Sunday August 6. Two or three quartettes will render music. The public is invited to attend.
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Sardis Church
Cotton Crop Condition At 70.8 Percent July 25
Washington reports the crop reporting board estimates cotton crop condition at 70.8 percent of normal on July 25, with a projected yield of about 157.2 pounds per acre and total production near 11.45 million bales. Abandoned acreage and boll weevil infestation figures by state are also provided, detailing varied losses and damage up to July 25.
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Washington, D. C
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
Tion
Virginia
North Carolina
South South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Tennessee
South Carolina
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Indian Springs Holiness Camp Meeting Opens Next Week
The thirty second annual Indian Springs Holiness camp meeting begins Thursday night August 10 and runs through August 20. Dr John Paul of Wilmore Kentucky and Dr L J Miller of Nashville Tennessee head the program with Hamp Sewell directing the singing. The event draws many visitors to Butts county and supports local moral life and farm produce sales.
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Indian Springs
Holiness Camp Meeting
J. W. Crum
John Paul
Wilmore
L. J. Miller
Nashville
Tenn
Paul
Camp Ground
Miller
Methodist Church, South
Hamp Sewell
Butts County
Rev John W Ham to Lead New York Church Month
The Rev John W Ham pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle Atlanta and his wife Mrs Ham have been visiting T W Ham’s home and will supply the First Baptist Church in New York for August. He will also conduct meetings in Pennsylvania while away. Butts county friends see him making a strong impression in the metropolis.
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First Baptist
John W. Ham
The
Baptist Tabernacle
Atlanta
Ham
T. W. Ham
New York
First Baptist Church
Dr. Frazer Withdraws From Sixth District Congressional Race
Bibb county physician E P Frazer withdraws from the sixth district congressional race. He cites lack of backing from his home newspapers the Macon Telegraph and the Macon Telegraph as the reason and thanks supporters and especially the ladies. His exit leaves the field to Congressman J.
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Wise and Flynt
Macon
E. P. Frazer
Bibb County
Dr. Frazer
Young People 10 Conference to Feature Ainsworth and Candler
The Young People Conference at Indian Springs Holiness camp will run August 4 to 10. Bishop W N Ainsworth speaks Saturday and Bishop Warren A Candler on Sunday as the event highlights the session. Mrs J M Glenn of Valdosta leads the young people meeting with a pageant planned for August 8 by North and South Georgia conferences.
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W. N. Ainsworth
Warren A. Candler
Young People’s Conference
Indian Springs
Bishop Ainesworth
Bishop Candler
Methodist Church
South
Crong
Ainsworth
Candler
J. M. Glenn
Valdosta
North Georgia
Jackson Church
W. E.watkins
South Georgia
Glenn
North
Monroe County Tax Digest Falls in 1922
Tax returns show a decline from 1921 to 1922 with a $550,498 decrease. The digest totals drop from $4,860,842 in 1921 to $4,310,344 in 1922, reflecting reduced property values in Monroe County.
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Monroe County
Clyde Manning Receives Life Sentence in Georgia Slayings
Clyde Manning, farm boss on the Williams plantation near Covington, is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Williams, owner of the farm, is already serving a life term. Manning testified he acted under orders to hide peonage conditions.
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Covington, Ga
Clyde Manning
Williams Plantation
Here
Manning
Williams
Wise and Flynt Compete for Likely Runoff Fight
Walter Wise of Fayetteville and Judge J J Flynt of Griffin remain the two candidates in the narrowed field. The coming campaign is expected to grow in interest and a vigorous contest may follow.
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Walter Wise
Fayetteville
J. J. Flynt
Griffin
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