Indictments in Langston death case name two men
Fayetteville Ga June 11 Fayette county grand jury in special session indicted Oscar Dutton and Ora Whittle for the murder of rural mail carrier James P Langston found dead on his route October 28 1922 John Waller was indicted as an accessory before the fact The trio were arrested and charged with Langston death A court term to try the men was set for June 29 with a special Fayette Superior court convening to hear the case Officers had pursued moonshiner theory amid two years of investigation noting Langston was killed on his rounds and robbe ry did not appear to be the motive.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Oscar Dutton
Ora Whittle
James P Langston
John Waller
Langston
E. M. Owen
T General
Fiat Circuit
Fayette
Campbell Counties
Post Office
Visitors and locals mingle in a busy personals note
A column lists visitors from Atlanta Savannah Montgomery Jacksonville Albany and Nashville among others. It notes taxi service and U DRIVE IT car hires, plus local business meetings and a few travel plans, with several residents returning from Vanderbilt University and South Florida trips.
Indians and boosters in Yangna village days
June 11 report recalls a diary from old California showing Indians of Yangna now Los Angeles using offerings to attract mission crowds. It notes a padres diary of entry into the village and their response with howls and seeds thrown in air amid a real estate inquiry.
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Los Angeles
California
Yangna
San Francisco
Clergy Return From Highlands and Local Trips
Rev Robb White Jr accompanies family at cottage in Highlands North Carolina while Mrs Frank Smith returns from Florida trip along West and East Coasts. Victor Red Seal Records by world renowned artists discounted at Cocroft Music Co. Now on sale.
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Victor Red Seal Records
Cecroft Music Co
Robb White, Jr
Highlands
N. C
Frank Smith
Florida
Miami
Victor
Cocroft Music Co
Double header played at stadium grounds this afternoon
The article details a postponed first game, crowd of about seven hundred, and a planned double header with Gray and Ferguson pitching for the locals. Macon led Thomasville 6 to 3 after six. Vann stole home, Ferguson made a running center catch, and the second game to end around 6:30 to let visitors catch a train.
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Olob
Macon
Gray
Ferguson
Thomasville
Shepherd
Vann
Thomasville Board Advances School Tax and New Colored High Building
Official minutes from Thomasville Georgia on June 9 1925 show the Board of Education approving teacher appointments including Mrs James Foreman Miss Jessie Mae Davis and others, directing a seven mill school tax levy, and authorizing contracts for a new colored high school. Bills totaling numerous local vendors were approved and the meeting adjourned.
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Thomasville
Board of Education
First National Bank
E. R., Jerger
Messrs
Jemison
Little Upchurch
Watt
James Foreman
Jessie Mae Davis
Laura Baker
Barbara Hammack
Hildred Harman
Elia Gammage
Clifton Williams
Sadie Bradford
Hampton Jarrell
J. B. Edwards
Mary Elizabeth Parks
Matthews Gas Machine Co
Literary Digest
Oval & Koster
Albert Pick & Company
J. H. Spence
Louis Steyerman & Sons
Neel Brothers
Robison Hardware Co
M. K. Stansell
the Jenkins Co
Thomasville Ice & Mfg. Co
B. B. Broughton
Times- Enterprise Co
J. O. Baxley
H. H. Vann & Son
Pringle Company
Stegall’s Dairy
Grantham & Lester
Cooper- Bracey Co
James Watt & Bro
E. R. Jerghr
Portugal under martial law as press faces crackdown
Lisbon reports a military coup collapse followed by martial law. Newspapers not praising the government suspended, officers jailed, foreign correspondents harassed, and censorship tightened as officials monitor and return news after delays.
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Libson
Portugal
The
Seculo
Epoca
World’s Largest Clock Built by Medieval Monks in Mechlin
Monks in Mechlin Belgium constructed a clock the era claims as the world’s largest with a 40 foot face. The device stands as a remarkable medieval horological achievement reported today.
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Mechlin
Belgium
Tallahassee Guests Attend Glen Arven Bowery Dance
Misses Annette Liddon and Penny Mills and Messrs. Dexter Lowery Clay Lewis and J T Atkinson of Tallahassee were here last night to attend the Bowery dance at Glen Arven.
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Annette Liddon
Penny Mills
Dexter Lowery
Clay Lewis
J. T. Atkinson
Tallahassee
Glen Arven
Miss Lula and Sarah Harley Start Summer Trip
Misses Lula and Sarah Harley left yesterday for Waycross to visit Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Harley, then proceed to Philadelphia to see friends and finally travel to Chautauqua New York for the rest of the summer.
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Lula
Sarah Harley
Waycross
P. N. Harley
Philadelphia
Chautauqua, N. Y
Book on Georgia Receives Nationwide Praise
The compilation The Physical Geography of Georgia by Dr. S. W. McCallie State Geologist has drawn praise from national college educators. Professors Douglas Johnson A Lovech and W S Bailey laud the volume and it has been widely distributed to colleges universities and libraries in the U S and abroad. Five hundred copies were printed for free distribution and many Georgians have already claimed copies.
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Atlanta, Ga
Georgia
S. W. McCallie
Dr. McCallie
Douglas Johnson
Columbia University New York
A. ¥. Lovech
University of Wisconsin
W. 8. Bailey
University of Iinois
Urbana
China
Japan
England
France
Germany
Department of Geology
Georgia study praised by Columbia professor for physiography work
In a letter to Dr. McCallie, Dr. Johnson of Columbia University calls the work an extremely valuable addition to United States physiography and says he will refer students to it often. He hopes other states follow Georgia's example to broaden national knowledge.
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McCallie
Johnson
Columbia University
United States
Georgia
Wave Rains Becomes Plus For Broadstairs Car Crash
A party of motorists in Broadstairs England swerved off a cliff edge but all escaped with injuries limited. In the back seat Lady Duncan complains the mishap ruined her permanent wave.
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Duncan
Fence or No Fence Vote Prompts Rural Letter by Thomas Citizen
T M McIntosh urges Thomas County voters to support the existing fence law arguing a no fence policy would force small farmers to abandon their few cows and pigs or seek land across the state line in Florida. He warns the change would hurt modest families while large landowners would not be harmed.
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Georgia
Florida
Thomas County
Lysiphus
T. M. McIntosh
Kentucky Congressman Langley Faces Drunkenness Charge
Pikeville Kentucky June 11 A new charge of drunkenness was sworn by a woman against Congressman John W Langley Republican of Kentucky. Langley already faced a ten hour jail term for contempt of court and a federal sentence for violating prohibition laws. Judge J P Marrs postponed disposition noting possible transfer to circuit court. Langley said the jail term came from a misunderstanding as he claimed he did not know he was in court. He has been ill but not bedridden and was released before the ten hours expired due to physician care.
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Pikeville
John W. Langley
Kentucky
J. P. Marrs
Langley
Circuit Court
Nature's Protection Baffles Birds With Butterfly Flight
The zigzag flight pattern of butterflies complicates their evasion of birds in mid air, offering a natural defense as they move swiftly through the air.
Father and Son Struck by Train in Georgia Crossing
Willis Ed gar McKee 11 was killed instantly when a Georgia Southern and Fior da Railway train struck the automobile carrying him and his father H. E. McKee of Edinburgh Pennsylvania near Worth Cordele. The father died later the same day at Cordele Sanitorium from chest and kidney injuries. Engineer James Holloway, oldest on the line, led the crew that found the pair and brought them to Cordele. the couple were en route from Pennsylvania to Bartow Florida after Mrs McKee’s recent death.
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Cordele
Willis Edgar McKee
H. E. McKee
Edinburgh
George Southern and Fiorda
Worth
Pennsylvana
Bartow
Fla
James Holloway
Gold coin "guineas" tied to Gulf of Guinea wealth
Theodore Ruete notes that in merchant days the gold mined near the Gulf of Guinea gave birth to coins called guinea s coins, making them renowned worldwide alongside the Gold Coast. The Empire Review, London.
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Gulf of Guinea
Gold Coast
Theodore Ruete
Empire Review
London
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