Dooly County Exhibit Impresses at State Fair
The News reports the Dooly County exhibit organized by O. Perry at the state fair, featuring 15 varieties of hay sugarcane corn potatoes meat and more. It notes a log house opossum cage a persimmon tree and a governor elect Joseph M Brown chair from Cordele. The piece praises Perry’s effort and hopes for a larger display next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Brown
Suwanee
Cordele
Brown
M.S. Hamilton
Hamilton
Dooly County
Perry
Milledgeville Captain Hit By Hammer in Sanatorium Area
Milledgeville Ga Oct 81 Capt T H Desaussure civil engineer at the state sanitarium was struck on the head with a sledge hammer by a crazy negro yesterday afternoon and is now at his home in the sanitarium badly wounded.
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Milledgeville, Ga
T. H. Desaussure
State Sanitarium
Honor Roll Names for Eighth and Ninth Grades
The list honors students Sadie Morgan Mary Trippe Esther Cutts Clarence Kirkland Mildred Lasseter Warren Cutts Zadha Brown John T Brown Ollie Hill Iva Morgan Pressie Calhoun for achieving honor roll status in eighth and ninth grades.
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Sadie Morgan
Mary Trippe
Esther Cutts
Clarence Kirkland
Mildred Lasseter
Warren Cutts
Zadha Brown
John T. Brown
Ollie Hill
Iva Morgan
Pressie Calhoun
Dooly Superior Court Convened For November Term
The November term of Dooly Superior Court convened Monday at ten oclock with Judge U V Whipple presiding and Solicitor W F George representing the state. Grand jurors elected J R Horne foreman J M Woodward clerk and T A Ammons bailiff. The session focused on roads schools prohibition and vagrancy law with the charge praised as excellent. Civil docket heard Monday. criminal docket to be taken up next Monday. The grand jury adjourned to Wednesday due to today’s election.
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Dooly Superior Court
U. V. Whipple
W. F. George
J. R. Horne
J. M. Woodward
T. A. Ammons
Delegates Named for Memphis Cotton Conference
H J Parrish writes Harvie Jordan appointing delegates from the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Association to attend the Memphis conference November 10 11 and 12. Alabama lists total eighty delegates with Gov Comer and Commissioner Wilkinson among appointees. Letters suggest broad attendance by public men farmers bankers crushers and manufacturers.
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Atlanta
H. J. Parrish
Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Harvie Jordan
Memphis
W. H. McKenzie
Montezuma
J. C. Hamilton
Baton Rouge
A.D. Allen
Little Rock
Ark
Gipson
Comer
Alabama
Jordan
Wilkinson
Letter from North Carolina claims cure by Stuart's Buchu and Juniper
A Warrenton reader reports near death from kidney trouble cured after three bottles of Stuart's Buchu and Juniper. He describes relief from backache swollen feet and fatigue and urges others with kidney symptoms to try the product. The ad promotes the medicine priced at $1 and notes the company is Stuart Drug Manufacturing Co in Atlanta Georgia.
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Warrenton
N. C
Stuart
H.T. Macon
Juniper
Suggestions in Cotton Breeding for Higher Yields
Georgia cotton growers can boost yields by selecting seed from the best plants. Field tests show one plant producing up to 48 bolls, averaging far more than poorer plants. Focusing on top performers can raise field yield by about 260 percent without extra labor or fertilizer. State College of Agriculture offers guidance and record keeping to measure gains. Vienna Cotton Oil Co advertises seed cotton buyers and remnant purchases.
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Georgia
South Georgia
State College of Agriculture
R. J. H. DeLoacn
Mr Haskell Dies of Hiccoughs in Atlanta
Earl Van Dorn Haskell prominent Atlanta citizen and leading SPCA official in Georgia died after a weeklong battle with hiccoughs. Born in Mississippi in 1862, he served in the United States and taught among the Indians for several years.
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Atlanta
Earl van Dorn Haskell
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Georgia
Mr. Haskell
Mississippi
United States
Profits From Pecans On South Georgia Farms
Tifton Georgia October reports T L Fox brought 850 pounds of pecans from the Bryan and Ellis Doci place four miles west of Tifton to town sold to Graham and Hollingsworth at 15 cents a pound. The crop yields about sixty pounds per tree with sixty of 110 trees in full bearing, planted fourteen years ago by George Warren. Pecans are a highly profitable local crop with good care and managed silkworms.
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Tifton
T. L. Fox
Bryan and Ellis Doci Place
Graham and Hollingsworth
Mr. Fox
George Warren
Surprise Wedding Near Byromville Rocks Local News
The Byromville Herald reports Mr. Madison Gilbert left for Atlanta then went to Pickton and secretly married Laura Rogers, a woman he had not met in person. They returned home Saturday night and the paper wishes them a prosperous life together. Also notes W. D. Cross in town, election activity, and county commissioners meeting with R. E. Kelly replacing Joseph Burns.
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Madison Gilbert
Byromville
Virginia Gilbert
Atlanta
Pickton
Gilmore County
Laura Rogers
Herald
Byromville Herald
Farmers' Union Meeting Set for Unadilla on November 7
The Farmers' Union will meet in Unadilla on November 7 at 10 o'clock. Secretary W. T. Hendley notes important business for Dooly County Union.
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Farmers’ Union
Unadilla
Stabbed to Death Body on Track in Pitts Ga
Pleas Hall died near Gulf Line junction on Seaboard Air Line tracks with a fatal knife wound and a severed head. Coroner and jury ruled death by an unknown party or parties and placed the body under a Seaboard moving freight train.
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Pitts
Pleas Hall
Seaboard Air Line
Young Hall
N. R. Hall
Gulf Line Railroad
Conner
Seaboard
Richwood Items Showers Bring Gratitude and Visits
Rain arrives as autumn flowers bloom, and residents thank heavenly blessings. Cordele visitors include Mesdames Sallie Jackson and G T Franklin. Mrs J T Brown and Mrs OC E Fraser with Miss Emma Brown of Shiloh hosted by Mrs G T Franklin. Several townsfolk travel to Cordele and Macon for visits and the fair. Rev J M Austin of Pinehurst preaches to a large Richwood audience. Miss Annie Mae Jones returns from Cordele, Teressa Richardson heads to Macon, and others attend court and the Shiloh school event.
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J. T. Brown
OC. E. Fraser
Emma Brown
Shiloh
G. T. Franklin
For Rent Near Vienna Farm Offer
For rent about four miles from Vienna, L. L. Woopwarn advertises a three-horee farm available for tenancy.
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Vienna
Resolutions of Dooly County Farmers Union Oppose Night Riding
The Dooly County Farmers Union passes resolutions denouncing night riding and pledging to uphold lawfulness. They reaffirm being law abiding citizens and vow to act to stop lawlessness and clear the union's name of such charges, signed by W T HeNpery, Sect. Dooly Co Union.
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Dooly
W.T. HeNpery
Sect
Dooly Co
Union
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Desaussure
Milledgeville
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Stuart Drug Manufacturing Co
Gal
R J. H. Detoach
Department of Cotton Industry
State Agricultural College
Vienna Cotton Oil Co
Walton -Bros
W. D. Cross
R. E. Kelly
Joseph Burns
W. T. Hendley
Dooly Co Union
Hall
Mesdames Sallie Jackson
G.T. Franklin
F. E. Hamilton
J. J. Hillsman
Albany
KE. W. Rutland
E. Jones
J. M. Austin
Pinehurst
Annie Mae Jones
Megsra.g. T. Franklin
Sims and
T. F. Mitchell
W. L. Sligh
Shiloh School
Richwood
Teressa Richardson
Macon
J. D. Reynolds
Migs Myrtle Ballard
L. L. Woopwarn
John H Porter
Penny
Mixon
Woodward
E Leggett
Evera
Lupo
Braxton
Adkins
T Mason
Horne
Williams
Aycock
Harvard
King
McGough
H Adama
Lockerman
Peavy
Scarbrough
Ethridge
Jordan Ben Vinson
Shell
Peavey
Barfield
Graham
Fenn
Page
Woodruff
JD Fallington
E Wilder
Woodruff Lj
Taylor
Roberta
Murphey
Mashburn
Lasseter
Sims
Lashley
Forbes
Register
Goodwin
Morgan
Gilbert
Jno Crumpler
Hollomon Hohnughes
Patrick
Borum Samuel Carnes
Worley
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