Live stock rally and dairy demonstration in Jackson
A large attendance is expected for Friday’s live stock rally in Jackson at the armory tied to the Southern Railway development service. Dairy equipment displays include cream separators testers milk cans and supplies. experts will judge cows and advise on best practices and shipping sour cream.
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Jackson
Southern Railway System
Jackson Rifles
G. W. Humphrey
H. C. Bates
Southern
Butts County
Bean sales yield $4500 for county, beans ship to market
Negroes in the county working with the Normal and Industrial school agriculture program earned $4500 from 2000 hampers of beans at 2.25 each. More shipments and larger planting are planned as the industry matures with improved packing and marketing. The Monroe Advertiser notes Chicago was a village of under 160 in 1830.
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Agricultural Department of the Normal and Industrial School
Monroe Advertiser
Chicago
Dairy cow profits and testing guidance from Georgia agent
Field agent F W Fitch analyzes dairy economics based on a 4.5 percent butter fat yield over 10 months. He calculates per cow yearly income at 153.40 from cream butter fat 0.30 per lb, 21.00 from skim milk as calf feed, and 25.00 from calf value, totaling 199.40 with costs around 90.00, yielding about 63.40 profit per cow. He urges Georgia farmers to test milk for a year to ensure profitability and notes statewide potential to meet demand with locally made butter.
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F. W. Fitch
Dairying
State College of Agriculture
Creamery
Georgia
Honey yields ready return to Mr. Collier
John O. Collier of Lamar county shows diversification through beekeeping. He maintains thirty hives yielding about 100 pounds of honey sold locally and in Atlanta. Collier since using a honey extractor machine supplies honey to local people and other points, finding fair profits.
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MR. Collier
John O. Collier
Lamar County
Atlante
Barnsville News Gazette
First U S Census Taken in 1790 Under President
The first census of the United States was conducted in 1790 under the supervision of the sitting president. This landmark counts population and sets the basis for later demographic data collection and apportionment.
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The
United States
Movement to establish junior high in Butts County
Patrons from Elgin Sandy Plain West Butts Beulah and Oak Grove districts petition the county board to create a centrally located junior high. Over $2,000 has been subscribed with a liberal county contribution expected. A modern 5 to 10 acre plant may be built to serve the western area currently lacking a junior high, with location to be decided.
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Elgin
Sandy Plain
West Butts Beulah
Oak Grove
Butts County
Flovilla
Jenkinsburg
Stark
Jackson High School
Stolen Mail Sack Found In a Well
The mail pouch stolen from the depot on April 12 was fished from a well at the end of Third street by Will Berry who hunted for a dropped bucket. The pouch contained letters and clearing house checks. no money or registered items were found. The theft date, motive, and culprit remain uncertain after a carnival week prior.
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Third Street
Will Berry
Post Office
Jackson
Jackson Waere
Airman Proposes in the Sky Above Mineola
George Hauser, employed by an airplane company, proposed to Miss Mildred Armstrong while flying over Mineola New York. Pilot Richard Depew recalls the moment at 3 000 feet with an 8 500 feet assent and a ring at landing. wedding planned soon.
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Mineola
N. Y
George Hauser
Mildred Armstrong
Richard Depew
Cupid
Hauser
Armstrong
Earth
Depew
Billion Dollar Gain in Business in Week
The Federal Reserve board reports a weekly rise in business activity of more than one billion dollars, widespread across major centers except Cleveland. The increase totals 16 percent for the week, with debits rising from 6.97 to 7.657 billion. Compared with last year, activity is 13 percent lower, and the Cleveland district shows a district-wide rise despite a slow start. The surge is partly attributed to end of month settlements.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Cleveland
Bone
Federal Reserve
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
WANTS WITNESSES AT BOOZE POURINGS
A proposed bill would require sheriffs and police chiefs to file a sworn inventory of seized liquor with the clerk of the superior court and destroy it in the presence of three witnesses, one a gospel minister. If enacted, officials found short could be charged with a misdemeanor and lose office.
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Senate
Hardwick
Beckham
Dougherty County
House
Rockefeller King of Money Kings
New York report notes Henry H. Klein’s book Dynastic America claims John D. Rockefeller's wealth at 2.4 billion dollars and calls him the king of money kings. It lists his assets and cites other wealthy dynasties, warning of wealth concentration and monopoly power.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Henry H. Klein
Europe
America
Klein
Andrew Carnegie
Frederick Weyerhauser
William Waldorf Astor
Charles W. Harkness
Oliver H. Payne
Henry C. Frick
James J. Hill
Hetty Green
W. K. Vanderbilt
L. V. Harkness
Moses Taylor Payne
E. C. Converse
Morgan, Brady
Astor
Wendel
Kennedy
Weightman
Sage
Gould
Widener
Goelet
Flagler
Harriman
Field
Stephenson
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Dodge
Schiff
Gas Tax Bill Passed by Assembly and Senate
Atlanta reports the senate approved the one cent per gallon gasoline tax by a 29 to 7 vote after the bill moved from the house with no amendments. Lawmakers kept the measure intact to avoid reopening negotiations or potential defeat in conference.
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Atlanta
Senate
House
Georgia Farm Prosperity Gains Highlight 1910 Rise
The Georgia farm sector shows a 133 percent rise in farm product value since 1910 and a 149 percent increase in farm lands. The number of farms has grown by 6 percent during the same period.
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Georgia
Race With Death Won By Boy Who Swallowed Tack
Philadelphia reports Morris Keizer a 9 year old from Monticello Arkansas won a deadly race by swallowing a brass tack to gain peers admiration. The tack lodged in his lung and doctors in Philadelphia used bronchoscope and forceps to remove it without anesthesia. He recovered and was declared perfectly well on Friday.
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Philadelphia
Monticello
Ark
Morris Keizer
Morris
Prices Discussed At Peach Meeting In Butts County
The Butts County Fruit Growers Association met Friday to set peach tree prices. Bildad Nursery Co offered 18 to 24 inch trees at 82.50 per thousand delivered in Jackson, and two to three foot trees at 95.00. About 100000 trees may be planted this fall with Elberta, Hiley Belle, and Carmen varieties favored. Flovilla nearby areas will plant heavily as shipping advantages center around Jackson and Flovilla. The boll weevil’s cotton damage is cited to promote peach colony growth.
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Butts County Fruit Growers Association
Jackson
Bildad Nursery Company
Tennessee
Butts County
Elbertas
Hiley Belles
Carmen
Flovilla
Three Commissioner Bills Enacted in Local Measure
Local action approves two bills in Jackson and county. One allows city millage up to 10 for school purposes. the other provides for three county commissioners to be elected in 1922 and take office 1923. Both include referendums. details of Mills bill not yet obtained. Some citizens plan to oppose Mills measure before Governor Hardwick.
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Jackson
W. E. Watkins
J. H. Mills
Senator Mills
Progress- Argus
Hardwick
Mills
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Patrons OF Five Schools
Central High School
West Butts
Dougherty
Rockefeller
PEACH
City OF
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