Farmers Lose Ground in Weevil Battle Across Georgia
Georgia farmers face increasing weevil losses as reports from Cofee Atkinson and Jeff Davis counties show the pest prevailing in South Georgia while Central and Upper Georgia hold some ground. Weather and later generation weevils threaten yields, with overall per acre output likely lower than last year.
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Georgia
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
South Georgia
Atkinson
Jeff Davis
Teachers Examination Held Friday and Saturday
A smaller turnout marked the annual teachers examination held Friday and Saturday. Twenty four white applicants sought licenses including three men and twenty one women, along with ten colored applicants all women. Prof. Van Fletcher aided by Miss Eva Compton and Mrs G B Carreker conducted the exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Fletcher
Eva Compton
G. B. Carreker
Spalding Superior Court In Session This Week
The August term of Spalding superior court convened in Griffin with civil cases to be heard this week and criminal trials slated for next week. The term marks the eighth year Judge W. E. H. Searcy Jr. has served in the Flint circuit.
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Spalding Superior Court
Griffin
W. E. H. Searcy, Jr
Flint Circuit
August Term 10 of Butts Court Opens August 20 in Jackson
The regular August term of Butts superior court will convene in Jackson on Monday August 20 for a week long session. Civil and criminal cases will be heard. Jurors for the term have been drawn, listing grand jurors by name.
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Butts Superior Court
Jackson
Farmers Union Warehouse Company officers re-elected
The Farmers Union Warehouse Company held its annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday. Officers J. J. Mapp as president W. B. Kimbell as vice president R. E. Evans as secretary and J. P. Ray as assistant secretary were re-elected. Directors A. C. Finley J. D. Brownlee G. P. Saunders A. M. Garr and W. F. Stroud also chosen for another year. An 8 percent dividend was declared and earnings added to undivided profits. Stock certificates were issued at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Mapp
W. B. Kimbell
R. E. Evans
J. P.ray
A. C. Finley
J. D. Brownlee
G. P. Saunders
A. M. Garr
W.F
Fight on weevil should be kept up says Mr Gaston
J. M. Gaston urges Butts county farmers to prolong poison spraying against boll weevil through August to protect a good cotton crop. He notes calcium arsenate is available in Jackson at 16.5 cents per pound and commends local businesspeople for supplying it at cost to support farmers.
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MR. Gaston
Butts County
Senate
Jackson
County officers debate police on county level
Following a February grand jury report two county policemen were urged for appointment. Petitions opposing the move circulated in each district. Support and opposition are active with no final outcome yet. Awaited action may reach the August term and will be closely watched.
Chain Stores Expand Deliberately into Suburban Areas
The piece notes about 20,000 chain stores operate in the United States as urban to suburban migration spurs growth. An official asserts that moving 200 families into a neighborhood justifies a new chain food store, with the average 1,000 members per family boosting profitability.
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Tricts
Georgia Growers Gain Prices Despite Lower Peach and Watermelon Yields
Georgia growers saw higher prices even as the peach and watermelon crops for 1922 fell short. J. M. Gaston was re elected general manager and treasurer while J. A. Gaston was named assistant general manager.
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Georgia
J. A. Gaston
Live Stock Men to Meet on Saturday
The Butts County Dairy Association will hold its monthly meeting in the courthouse Saturday at 9 AM. Topics include fall and winter feed crops, grass seed orders, a possible Jersey cattle sale in Jackson this fall, and establishing a milk shed at the depot. Dues are one dollar. full attendance urged.
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Butts County Dairy Association
Court House
Jackson
Kiwanis Club
Fulton tax digest shows fourteen million gain in 1923
Fulton county tax digest reports an increase of 14,108,705 in 1923 tax returns, totaling 203,990,265 versus 189,881,560 in 1922. The Atlanta, Georgia notice highlights the year over year rise for Fulton County taxes.
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Fulton
Atlanta
Fulton County
Indian Springs Holiness camp meeting opens thirty fourth annual session
The Indian Springs Holiness camp meeting begins its ten day run marking the thirty four th annual session. Dr H C Morrison and Rev Joseph Owen will preach with Hamp Sewell leading music. New water mains and improved facilities welcome visitors for six daily services. A Young People’s Conference follows on August 19 with Mrs J M Glenn in charge.
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Indian Springs
Holiness
Holiness Camp Meeting
H. C. Morrison
Wilmore College
Joseph Owen
Morrison
Owen
Camp Ground
Butts County
J. M. Glenn
Districts Formed In Georgia Peanut Growers Co Op
Middle Georgia counties in the Georgia Peanut Growers Co Operative Association are divided into districts for director elections. District 11 includes Putnam Baldwin Washington Wilkinson Laurens Bleckley Pulaski Burke with 5 444 acres plus potential additions. District 12 is Jasper with 6 966 acres. District 14 covers Walton Henry Monroe Butts Rockdale Spalding Clayton Fayette and others totaling hundreds of acres.
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Gressional
Bible
Awe
Ty Clayton
Crawford
Fayette
Jasper Tid
Jones
Monroe
Pike
Spalding
Upson
Albany
Georgia
Georgia Peanut Growers Co-Operative Association
Rector
South Georgia
Upstate
John H. Mack
Field Service
Putnam
Baldwin
Washington
Wilkinson
Laurens
Bleckley
Pulaski
Burke
Trueden
Emanuel
Candler
Bulloch
Wayne
Date
Jasper County
Walton
Henry
Butts
Rockdale
Clayton
Building Erected for Hatchery by Jackson Ice Corp
A 16 by 20 foot hatchery building similar to the ice factory is being built to house a mammoth incubator for the Jackson Ice Corporation. The incubator of 10 000 eggs capacity is due to arrive soon and will be installed and tested after arrival, with first hatch later in the season. General Manager W E Merck says orders are being booked and the venture should boost local poultry farming.
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Jackson Ice Corporation
W. E. Merck
Mrs Harding Expected to Receive $5000 Life Pension
Washington D C reports that if precedents hold Mrs Warren G Harding will obtain a government life pension of 5000 dollars annually. Congress has granted similar annuities to Mrs Grover Cleveland and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt with little doubt of a similar action for Mrs Harding.
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Washington, D. C
Warren G. Harding
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
House
Senate
Congress
Hard
Watermelon Crop Forecast Halves From 1922 Level
The United States watermelon crop is expected to total 29,853,500 melons, about half of the 56,672,800 produced last year, according to a report from the Department of Agriculture.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Department
Poultry Industry Boosts Georgia Wealth and Exports
Athens Ga report says Georgia's wealth grew by 1.5 million dollars in the last year due to poultry development. Incubatory capacity rose from 150000 to 500000 chickens. Fifteen months ago the state sold its first carload of poultry on a cooperative basis and since then 105 carloads have been sold cooperatively.
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Athens
Georgia
Nominating Committee Chosen for District Elections
A regional district list shows acre totals for districts including Campbell Corseta and Distriecc with a combined 13 633 acres. The nominating committee for districts 11 12 14 and 15 includes Henry deJarnette Dixon Williams L O Benton D N Harvey T M Bright J W Sewell W J Gresham and W C Merritt and will meet at the Dempsey Hotel in Macon on Thursday August 9 with Mr. Mock to plan elections.
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Henry deJarnette
Eatonton
Dixon Williams
Milledgeville
L. O. Benton
D. N. Harvey
Monticello
T. M. Bright
Flippen
J. W. Sewell
Newnan
Rt. 5
W. J. Gresham
Bostwick
W. C. Merritt
Greensboro
Dempsey Hotel
Macon
Mr. Mock
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PEST
Middle Belt
Upper Georgia
Co-Operative
North Georgia
D. O. Woodward
Barney Wilder
F. C. Maddox
W. T. Nelson
F. S. Carmichael
T. B. McMichael
W. B. Thompson
W. P. Thaxton
J. L. Whitaker
J. M. Bowden
J. G. Colwell
H. G. Asbury
J. Lee Andrews
J. R. Thurston
J. H. Jackson
W. W. Hooten
J. P
Traverse
H. M. Vaughn
E. W. Cook
J. W. Thornton
Henry Bankston
W. F. Steele
J. A. Leverette
A. T. Buttrill
W. E. Cole
O. N. Brownlee
P. J. Weaver
E. S. Steele
G. W. Gilmore
Julian P. Thaxton
Tighe Heath
Wiley J. Smith
E. A. Williams
Jas. A. Cawthon
A. B. Stallsworth
W. H. Watkins
A. M. Watkins, Sr
Geo. Spencer
Bs Knowles
W. L. Waldrop
SW Lofton
W. A. White
J. W. Jones
W. N. Andrews
W. D. Fletcher
J. C. Willis
E. L. Smith
B. R. McClendon
J. W. Wallace
E. R. Harer
W. D. Freeman
J. B. Mays
H. S. Downs
T. J. Waldrop
O. E. Smith
I. M. Wilson
S. K. Smith
L. L. Greer
J. Horace O’neal
H. S. Martin
W. R. Dorsett
H. G. Thornton
J. H. Hattaway
L. M. Hodges
R. M. White
C. F. Barnes
Annual Stockholders Meeting
Farmers Union
Stroud
The
Direc
J. M. Gaston
U.S
Jersey
Hamp Sewell
Peanut Association
Middle Georgia
Campbell
Corseta
Meriwether
Distriecc
Morgan
Greene
Oconee
Clark
Madison
Oglethorpe
Wilkes
Lincoln
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