Officers Elected At Meetings Of Cotton Men In Georgia
In Atlanta on February 5 the Georgia division of the Southern Cotton Association elected M. L. Johnson as president for the ensuing year and elected William Eberhardt, Joel Conyers, H Tally, and Dan O Hughes to key posts. Delegates, including M. L. Everett, W. L. Peek and J. T. Williams, will attend the Dallas convention in 1920. a committee proposed salary guarantees for Johnson and a minimum 15 cent per pound price on held cotton.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Southern Cotton Association
Senate
M. L. Johnson
al Teport
Cans Station
William Eberhardt
Fulton County
Joel Conyers
Trains Blocked After Trestle Accident
The A B and A trains were blockaded Thursday after a pile driver fell across the trestle at Hogerawl Creek above Dooling. The equipment was repairing the trestle. the track cleared and trains moved this morning.
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Hoge Brawl Creek
Hogerawl Creek
Dooling
LocalWedding Celebrates Lydia Mae Hall and W H Butler
On Sunday afternoon at 3 oclock at J H Hall's Oak Grove home Lydia Mae Hall married W H Butler both of Oak Grove. Judge J H Folds officiated. The couple is well regarded and the News extends best wishes for a happy married life.
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J. H. Hall
Oak Grove
Lydia Mae
W. H. Butler
J. H. Folds
Governor Opens Agricultural Educational Train Campaign
Governor Smith will ride the agricultural educational train across the state starting Monday with speeches to educate farmers and boost state agricultural colleges. Commissioner T. G. Hudson joins most legs of the trip to discuss practical farming with attendees and supporters. The train is due 4 p.m. February 15 in Vienna and arrives 8 a.m. February 26 in Unadilla, with the News urging farmers to attend.
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Commerce
Atlanta
Vienna
A. B
Unadilla
G. 8
Local Briefs From Dooling Noting Visits and church Sermons
Miss Jessie Hamilton returned from Byromville where she visited Miss Ella Watts. Prof J P Nelson spent Saturday and Sunday in Oglethorpe and returned Monday. Rev Tooke of the Baptist church preached two sermons and Rev Ferrell of the Methodist church preached Sunday afternoon. Miss Bessie and Maggie Jenkins visited Byromville, guests of Miss Leverne Woodruff. Our school grows with more pupils and an assistant teacher, Miss Carrie Trussell of Oglethorpe. Miss W C Kitchens is sick this week. Mr P C Gilmore of Oglethorpe visited Dooling. Mr Thompson of Byromville was here Sunday. Wallace and John Englich were guests of locals. Mr and Mrs P F Aycock visited Mr and Mrs H C Peterman. Mr Albert Height now runs a modern restaurant. Mr Gardner of Montezuma, proprietor of the Minor House, visited Dooling last week. ChEoratra.
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Tooke
Ferrell
Dooling
Bessie
Maggie Jenkins
Byromville
Leverne Woodruff
Carrie Trussell
Oglethorpe
W. C. Kitchens
P. C. Gilmore
Oglesthorpe
Mr. Thompson
Messrs
Wallace
John Englich
P. F. Aycock
H. C. Peterman
Albert Height
Gardner
Montezuma
ChEoratra
BonnyMan Succeeds Wadley on the A B A
Announcement from President H M Atkinson of Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad names Alexander Bonnyman as general manager effective February 15. Bonnyman has served as chief engineer since 1905 and is praised for his full knowledge of the line.
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H. M. Atkinson
Atlants, Birmingham & Atlantic’ Railroad
Alexander Bonnyman
Bondyman
Atkinson
George Dole Wadley
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Road
Bonnyman
Waycross Air Line
Agricultural and Mechanical
Liege
Kentucky
Scotland
Atlanta
Fleecy staple prices paid in Vienna by Lasseter
I S Lasseter lists prices for the fleecy staple in Vienna today with Good Middling Fall Middling and Middling quoted. The exact figures are not clearly readable in the fragment.
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Vienna
Two More Arrests In Hardware Burglary Case
Since our issue Tuesday, Joe Whitehead and John Ross colored have been arrested and jailed for the burglary of J. P. Heard & Sons store last week. Whitehead was taken in a house where a consignment of knives forks spoons razors pistols and other goods were found, most identified as stolen from the hardware store. The trial of these negroes will be awaited with interest.
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Joe Whitehead
John Ross Colored
J. P. Heard & Sons
Death of Mr M Welch in Florida Train Accident
Mr M Welch of Cordele was fatally injured when he fell from an Atlantic Coast Line train near Sanford Florida. He died later in Waycross hospital aged sixty five leaving a wife and nine grown children. He recently lived in Cordele and had many inventions including a rope feed to a saw mill earning six thousand dollars. He was at a Spiritualistic Association meeting when injured. His body will be buried in Cordele Cemetery with city-wide sympathy.
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M. I. Welch
Atlantic Coast Line
Sandford
Fla
Welch
Waycross
Mr. Welch
Cordele
Spiritualistic Association
Sanford
Cordele Rambler
Kennedy Laxative Honey and Tat Cores Remedy
A vintage advertisement extols Kennedy laxative honey and tat cores as a gentle bowel mover that expels colds from the system by stimulating bowel activity. The copy emphasizes relief of coughs and general cleansing effects.
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Kennedy
Four Plantations and Farm Assets for Quick Sale
A seller offers four plantations along with horses mules and farm implements at bargain prices to raise rapid cash for debts. The notice emphasizes urgency and low prices to attract buyers.
Notice to register at Court House for 1908
Registration book is now open at the Ordinarys office at Court House for 1908. Do not fail to register. C R Morsay JT Cc DC.
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Court House
C. R. Morsay
JT. Cc. D.C
Black man with fake life policy nabbed in scheme
An incident involving a man named Miller from Albany, described as Ethiopian Albanian in the Times-Recorder tale, saw him posing as a life-insurance agent and attempting a $600 policy con with fake papers. He was stopped by Chief Feagin, fined $20, and sent to work on a farm.
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Washington
Gore
Columbus
Powell Gullatt
Girard
Ala
Will Whatley
Albany
Americus | Coors
Nigg
Feagin
Hoe
Times-Recorder
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Will
Jessie‘Hdlton
Ella Watts
J. P. Nelson
Homie
Wadley
Action Market
I. S. Lasseter
Americus
Ray
Rome
Jack Strange
Wright
Blake Patterson
Southern Railway
Lula Fawcett
Strange
Patterson
Savannah
A. E. Moore
F. F. Wheeler
Muocre
Wheeler
Moore
Mr. M. Welch
Abany Coon
Kennebec
J. A
D. I. King
J. J. Lashley
Vienna Cotton Oil CO
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