Athens Y M C A appoints boys department secretary
The Athens Y M C A designates Howell Peacock of Columbus Georgia as boys secretary to lead afternoon work for the boys. The move follows growth in overall association duties and aims to establish dedicated space for the boys while awaiting separate quarters. A social for boys and staff is planned this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. Members are urged to attend and meet Mr Peacock.
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Howell Peacock
Columbus
University of Georgian
Peacock
Columbus Association
Athens Y. M. C. A
Lee Birthday Program At February Daughters of the Confederacy Meeting
Laura Rutherford Chapter sets Lee program for February meeting honoring Gen Robert E Lee birthday. The event will be at the president Mrs M W Welch home next Monday afternoon with all members urged to attend.
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Robert E. Lee
Laura Rutherford
Daughters of the Confederacy
M. W. Welch
Lee
Woodmen Install Officers At Geo B Davis Camp No 292
Geo B Davis Camp No 292 Woodmen of the World installed officers on January 13. Past Consul Commander P H Corbett. Consul Commander Geo B Davis. Adviser Lieutenant B R Pickrell. Banker L O Pledger. Bacott R S Pierson. Clerk J C Cartledge. Watchman Willie Denney. Sentry W D Carrington. Physician Dr D H Dupree. Managers G L Moore one year and Daniel Isaacs two years. A A Brigham three years. Delegates to head camp Geo B Davis and P H Corbett. Also includes an ad urging Chamberlains ointment for rheumatism with local sale references.
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Geo. B. Davis
Woodmen of the World
P. H. Corbett
B. R. Pickrell
L. O. Pledger
Bacott
R. S. Pierson
J. C. Cartledge
Willie Denney
W. D. Carrington
D. H. Dupree
G. L. Moore
Daniel Isaacs
A. A. Brigham
Joseph H Choate Praises Southern Temperance Reform
Albany February 3 Joseph H Choate president of the State Charities Aid Association lauded the Southern states for leading temperance reform. He praised constitutional provisions or laws that halted liquor manufacture and sale and credited the movement mainly to Southern women ensuring their families escape from drink.
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Albany
N. Y
Joseph H. Choate
State Charities Aid Association
Annua
Was Story Offered to Norman Mack Aboard Panama Folly
New York February 3 Norman E Mack chairman of the Democratic National Committee spent half an hour before the federal grand jury examining the World Panama article The inquiry focused on a similar Panama canal story offered to the committee as campaign matter Mack conducted negotiations while under examination He was excused and other World staff were called witnesses with adjournment and a reminder to appear in a week.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
New York World
Panama
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
World
Mack
Panama Canal
The
J. Angus Shaw
Press Publishing Company
Lawmaker calls for end to mileage payments for Congress
Representative Cox of Indiana introduced a bill to abolish the mileage account used by members for travel to and from Washington. He argued that ten cents per mile adds up, and that lawmakers should pay their own travel or walk. The note also mentions a pneumonia warning linked to la grippe and promotes Foley's Honey and Tar.
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Washington
Representative Cox
Indiana
Congress
Cox
Foley
Lincoln commemorative stamp issue to mark Lincoln’s 100th birthday
The post office will issue 2 cent Lincoln commemorative stamps around February 12 for the centennial celebration. Limited design copies go to presidential offices without requisition and on sale February 12. postmasters receive supplies by class with quantity limits and no other denominations.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Saint-Gaudens
U. S
Near beer tax proceeds reach $57,299.60 for state penitenary funds
Atlanta reports State Treasurer R. E. Park received 57,299.60 dollars from near beer tax receipts remitted by counties. Chatham contributed 43,800 dollars and Bibb 7,00 dollars, with the remainder from various counties in small sums. Excluding 40 cents in express charges would have made 57,300 dollars. The funds support the state penitentiary.
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Atlanta
R. E. Park
Chatham County
Bibb
To Try Peter Hains On Insanity
A New York family and legal conference at John F. McIntyre’s office decided to petition the supreme court for a commission to assess Captain Peter C. Hains’s sanity. The commission would evaluate mental state at the time of the killing and currently as he awaits murder charges involving his relatives. Matteawan prison transfer considered if deemed necessary.
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New York
John F. McIntyre
Supreme Court
Peter C. Hains
William E. Annis
Thornton J. Hains
Robert D. Hains
Joseph E. Shay
Mr. McIntyre
McIntyre
Matteawan
Hains
Carelessness Alleged in Sleeping Car Berth Error
In New Orleans on February 3, Mrs. Amélia M. Dubourg sues the Pullman Company for 10000 in federal court. She alleges a porter placed a man in her berth causing her injuries when she was awakened by the man rolling into her space.
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New Orleans
Amélia M. Dubourg
Pullman Company
Dubourg
Woman fires on crowd in courtroom killing man in Texas
Verna Ware, daughter of a local farmer, used an automatic revolver to shoot during a district court seduction trial in Gatesville Texas. John Hanes a Jonesboro merchant died from bullets. Bystanders James Smith and David Ross were mortally wounded. A P Wiley Jr seriously wounded. Verna Ware and brother CharlesWare were arrested.
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Gatesville
Texas
Verna Ware
John Hanes
Jonesboro
James Smith
David Ross
A. P. Wiley, Jr
Miss Ware
Hanes
Smith
Ross
Wiley
Charles
Ware
Still Agitating Japanese Question Dominates Admin View
Washington reports the administration focuses on the anti Japanese agitation in California as the main concern. Officials note pressure from California utterances and Nevada senate actions threatens negotiations with Japan to close American ports to Japanese labor. The administration supports laws banning aliens from owning land, comparing to Japan, and suggests such laws would not be anti Japanese if adopted in California.
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Washington
California
Coolie Transportation
Japan
Nevada
Pacific Coast
America
District of Columbia
Territories
Half-Wrecked Boat Found Near Savannah
Savannah, Feb 3. The half submerged Daisy of Beaufort, a naphtha launch, was found on Bay Point beach. William C. Graves, a Barrys Landing planter, disappeared after leaving Savannah for home. The Clifton steamship reported the wreck, but no sign of Graves was found. Family friends and coast line searches continue.
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Savannah
Daisy
Beaufort
Bay Point Beach
William C. Graves
Barry’s Landing
South Carolina
Atlantic Ocean
Graves
Clifton
Bay Point
Wen
Three Madison County Men Sentenced for City Riot
Yesterday morning J E Smith B Q Chandler and W B Petty faced Mayor Dorsey after pleas of not guilty. Witnesses described a disturbance in East Athens with beating of George Howard and abuse of Lorenzo Moon and Ike Osborne. Each man received six months in the city gang plus a 200 dollar fine or labor. they were bound over on riot and assault and battery charges.
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J. E. Smith
B. Q. Chandler
W. 8. Petty
Madison County
East Athens
Dorsey
George Howard
Lorenzo Moon
Ike Osborne
Athens Ladies Garden Club Session Shapes Spring Plan
The Athens Ladies' Garden and Improvement Club met yesterday morning for a lively discussion on seed choices optimal planting times soil prep and fertilization. Members pledged renewed energy to make this year the banner gardening year in Athens.
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Athens
Mrs A P Penn Dies in Monticello GA
Monticello Ga Feb 2 After an illness of several months Mrs A P Penn died at her residence here at 7 30 tonight For the past thirty years Mrs Penn was the proprietress of The Monticello News She was treasurer of the Women s Press Club of Georgia and president of the Woman s Foreign Missionary Society She is survived by her mother Mrs E A McNair and five children H W Penn of Waco Texas the Misses Maud and Martha Penn Fitzhugh and Tom Penn of Monticello Funeral services will be held Thursday
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Monticello
A. P. Penn
H. W. Penn
Waco
Texas
Maud
Martha Penn
Fitzhugh
Tom Penn
West Virginia Governor Sees Prohibition Vote Outcome
Governor-elect W E Glasscock predicts the legislature will submit the prohibition amendment to a people vote and believes it will pass, resulting in absolute prohibition in West Virginia after July 1 1911. Farmers Grain Dealers hold fifth annual convention in Sioux City with strong prospects and notable speakers.
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West Virginia
Sioux City
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association
Real estate boom and new corporations across Georgia and Alabama
Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index reports a bustling week with large land transactions in Atlanta, Columbus and counties, plus timber and farm deals totaling hundreds of thousands. New corporations form, including a $100,000 Dublin cotton mill, and a $20,000,000 Atlanta electric railway bond plan prompts expansion. Rural phone ventures expand in Fife and Hiram, with Dothan organizing to boost service.
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Georgia
Alabama
Atlanta
Pollard
Ala
Mobile
Summit
Jackson County
Montgomery County
Fulton County Realty
Dublin
Forsyth
Opelika
Floyd County
Birmingham
Fife
Hiram
Dothan
Taft to be made Mason at sight in Ohio history
Cincinnati February 3. Ohio Masonry Grand Master Charles S. Hoskinson of Zanesville has offered William Howard Taft the rare honor of being made a Mason at sight. Taft has accepted and will return February 18 to Cincinnati where the Grand Master will lead a distinguished Masonic gathering in the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Only one prior instance in a century noted.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Asa G. Bushnell
Springfield
Levi C. Goodale
Judge Turner Recovering From Jawbone Operation
Judge J S Turner chairman of the prison commission is recovering after a serious jawbone operation in Atlanta. He returned to Eatonton with Mrs Turner and will rest about ten days. Friends report the operation successful and that he is rapidly improving. The text notes his loyalty and a mention of the death of Judge Rutes Hersek of Atlanta.
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J. S. Turner
Atlanta
Prison Commission
Eatonton
Turner
Runaways Prompt Strict Enforcement of City Ordinance
A spate of runaways has led to calls for strict enforcement of the city ordinance requiring animals to be hitched when left unattended. A Clayton Street incident near Davidson Nicholson Co. highlighted dangers as a horse smashed a show window, hit a telephone post, and halted near Head and McMahon. The city council’s police committee will address the issue tonight, likely directing officers to prosecute owners of unattended vehicles.
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Clayton Street
Davison-Nicholson Co
Jackson
Head & McMahan
Heiress Marries Salvation Army Officer in Burlington
Miss Marian Fergus Woolman aged 26 from a prominent Burlington family rejected social prominence and a life of luxury. She married Captain Alexander Samuel Hewitt, an American Salvation Army officer, last night. After a brief wedding trip they plan slumming work in Plainfield. Woolman is heiress to about 150000 to 200000 dollars and is said to give most of it to Salvation Army causes.
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Burlington
N. Y
Marian Fergus Woolman
Alexander
Samuel ‘Hewitt
American Salvation Army
Plainfield
Woolman
Salvation Army
Georgia soldiers discharged from service in Savannah
Captain R J Davant of the Chatham Artillery informed Major Palmer that within two weeks he had discharged twenty two men as Inefficient for showing indifference to drill. Major Palmer complimented Davant and said captains should not beg soldiers to drill, suggesting cutting down organizations if Savannah cannot keep them filled.
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Georgia
Savannah
Ir. J. Davant
Chatham Artillery
Palmer
Major Palmer
Captain Davant
Walters Art Gallery Opens in Baltimore with Massarenti Collection
The Walters private art gallery on Charles Street near the Washington Monument opened to the public in Baltimore with visitors thronging the marble building. Highlights include the Massarenti collection of old masters and ceramics, bought for 1 million dollars, plus famed bronzes and porcelain from China and Japan, making it one of America’s finest private collections. Also reported, Judge F E C Kinnebrew dismissed a case against Holman McDaniel of Gwinnett County for illicit distilling due to insufficient evidence. A current notice seeks descendants of Pee Hinson.
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Baltimore
Henry Walter
Charles Street
Washington Monument
America
Walters
Massarenti
Italy
Barye
FE. C. Kinnebrew
Holman McDaniel
Gwinnett County
Kin‘nebrew
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Athens In Men’s Christ Association
Daughters of Confederacy
Chamberlain
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Orr Drug Co
Warren
Josepha Choate
Norman Mack
Umliver
RaMons
Tomi Fallers
Peter Hains
Miss Dubourg
Sebuiger
W.C. Graves
Garden Club
Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index
Montgomery
Huntsville
Selma
William Hl. Taft
Mason
Majon
jRutes
Hersek
Atlante
WEALU
Walter
Pee Hinson
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