Peaches and Prosperity in Yatesville Orchards Visit
A delegation from Butts County toured the A D Williams orchard and packing house in Yatesville, noting 80 acres, 270 workers, and five carloads shipped. Williams projects 40 cars this season with net profits near 25 to 30 thousand dollars. A mass meeting July 22 at the courthouse will hear the Southern Railway System horticulturist discuss the peach industry.
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Yatesville
Butts County
A. D. Williams
Mgr. Williams
F. O. B. Yatesville
Williams
Georgia
Messrs
J. B. Guthrie
van Fretwell
S. J. Strickland
J. H McKibben
L. P. McKibben
H. M. Fletcher
J. S. Ball
T. A. Nutt
J. D. Jones
J. B. Mays
R. G. Strickland
C. L. Redman
J. R. Strickland
Jackson
Peach
Court House
Southern Railway System
Money in Circulation Per Capita Down Since Last Year
Treasury monthly report shows 53.42 dollars per person in circulation on July 1, total currency 5.774 billion. Down from 57.18 dollars per person and 6.085 billion last year due to reduced federal reserve bank note issues.
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Washington, D. C
United States
The
Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Plan to pay Georgia Confederate pensioners faces new bill
Atlanta news reports a legislature proposal to provide emergency relief of 857 928 dollars owed since 1921 to Georgia Confederate pensioners. The bill would authorize emergency certificates totaling up to 3 million dollars redeemable by 1924, usable as collateral or for cash discounts and tax payments.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Citizens to Hear Dairy Experts
Farmers and business leaders in Butts County prepare for a Friday 3 pm meeting with Southern Railway System experts on dairy markets. Banks back dairying as a hedge against cotton dependence, promising easier loans for herds. The event, widely publicized by The Progress-Argus, aims to inform county residents about a growing industry and cash dairy markets.
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Butts County
Southern Railway System
Southern Railvaay System
Progress-Argus
Georgia Second in the Number of Lynchings
A Tuskegee Institute report shows thirty-six lynchings in the first half of the year across the United States. Georgia ranks second with nine, Mississippi leads with ten, and other states report a few additional cases including two white men and twenty four Black victims. Eleven victims were charged with rape.
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Tuskeegee
Ala
United States
Department of Records and Research
Tuskegee Institue
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Arkansas
Louisiana
North Carolina
Alabama
Kentucky
Missouri
South Carolina
Tennessee
Peach crop worth five million as Georgia ships record load
Middle Georgia growers reap about 5,000,000 from this season's peach crop as shipments push past 7,700 cars. The season ends Friday with forecasts of over 8,000 cars, and prices ranged from 1 to 2 dollars per crate for Georgia Belles and 1 to 1.75 for Elberta. The brown rot and curculio were largely controlled this year, boosting profits.
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Georgia
Potomac Yards
Southwestern Division
Central Railway
Macon
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Southwestern
Peach Belt
Fort Valley
Marshallville
Byron
Georgia Belles
Elbertas
Bumper Corn Crop in Southern States
The July crop report shows each southern state lifting corn acreage by 1 to 20 percent with Mississippi and Louisiana leading gains. Forecast production totals are listed for Virginia to Arkansas, including Virginia 42.884 million bushels and Texas 164.217 million, with state condition percentages given.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Texas
Oklahoma
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Proposal to levy poll tax on female voters
A proposal argues for a poll tax on women to participate in elections, claiming it would assign women some responsibilities if they vote, while presenting the measure as fair. The text reflects a debate stance on gender-based voting obligations.
Georgia Senators Call for Across-the-Board State Pay Cut
A resolution in the Georgia Senate urged reducing salaries for all state officials from the governor to the legislature. It proposes forming a joint committee to survey salaries, noting increases during wartime and arguing for readjustment as costs normalize to align with revenue.
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Atlanta
Senate
Wall
Thomas
General Assembly
Georgia
Jury in Prayer Verdict Reached in Douglas Case
In LaFayette Georgia jurors who heard the murder case of James Douglas for Sheriff Catron’s death prayed at the graveyard and then returned a verdict of first degree murder. Judge Wright scheduled Douglas to be hanged August 5.
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LaFayette
James Douglas
Catron
Walker County
Catr
Rossville
Douglas
Court House
Wright
Douglass
Pepperton Cotton Mills to Close Two Weeks
Announcement states Pepperton Cotton Mills will close from July 9 to 25. Many employees belong to the Jackson Rifles and were offered to attend the encampment at St Simons. Despite weak textile business, the mill has operated full time with little to no downtime.
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Pepperton Cotton Mills
Pepperton
Jackson Rifles
St. Simons
Monticello Now A Peach Center
Monticello merchants report a booming peach trade as Elberta peaches from local orchards are shipped to foreign markets. Collectors note the crop quality rivals Fort Valley, with thousands of dollars expected to return to Monticello and Jasper County. Next years planting expands, aiming to crown Monticello as a state peach leader.
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Montiello
Monticello
Fort Valley
Jasper County
Extra Session Likely After Georgia Regular Session
Reports from Atlanta say an extra session of the Georgia General Assembly will be called soon after the regular session ends to push Governor Hardwick’s financial and tax revision program. Officials say the required legislation cannot pass in the remaining three weeks. if needed, the extra session would follow the current session’s close on August 10.
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Atlanta
General Assembly
Hardwick
Georgia
Moonshine Distilleries Raided. No Arrests Made
Sheriff W. D. Pope raided two illicit distilleries Monday. One outfit was in the Buttrill district and the other on the Butts Monroe county line. both were torn up and no arrests were reported.
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Buttrill District
Butts-Monroe Line
W. D. Pope
Buttrill
Butts-Monroe County
Americans Spend Heavily on Candy Gum and Drinks
The article notes that to satisfy the public sweet tooth in the previous year Americans spent $50,000,000 on chewing gum $1,000,000,000 on candy and $350,000,000 on soft drinks ice cream ices and soda fountain mixtures.
Landmark Oak Destroyed in Wind Storm Remains of Butts County History
The recent wind storm toppled a six foot diameter giant oak on the Wade Watkins place. Local lore says the first court of Butts County met beneath it before Jackson had a courthouse. Hollow trunk yielded nails and horse shoes, hinting at early hitching and civic gatherings.
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Butts County
Wade Watkins
Jackson
Penny Tax to Get Ox Out of Ditch
Atlanta report on a proposed penny tax plan by Representatives Toombs Dubose and Culpepper to fund Georgia state treasury. The plan would tax soft drinks one cent per item and gasoline per gallon, aiming to raise about 3.85 million dollars with monthly payments after passage.
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Atlanta
Dubose-Culpepper
Dubose
Mr J T Atkinson First With Watermelons
Mr J T Atkinson a leading farmer in Butts county and a Southern Democrat presented The Progress Argus with the season’s first watermelon. He also donated Pactra leaves and another melon showing his goodwill. He notes drought reduced yields for watermelons and cantaloupes across the county.
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J. T. Atkinson
Democrat
Atkinson
Butts County
Progress-Argus
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Fifth District
GOV. Ardwick
America
Argus
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