Nine Felony Cases Seven Convicted In One Day Superior Court
A Clarke county special term rapid trial cleared the jail. Judge Brand and Solicitor General Gamble led a 24 juror panel through nine felony cases, with seven convictions and rapid disposition. Defendants faced sentences from six months to ten years, plus costs. The jail was emptied by dusk, saving county expenses.
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Court House
Superior Court
Superior Court of
Clarke County
Brand
Gamble
Ang
Lewis Jones
J. C. Hutchens
Tom Mayne
Flipper Howard
Isaiah Favers
Obe Stephens
Creasy Johnson
Bill Johnson
Emmett Johnson
Alex. Borings
Change in Car Operation Without Conductors
Notice states on and after Jan 11 1916 uptown cars will run without a conductor from 6 16 am to 8 15 am and 8 15 am to midnight. Passengers enter at the front with doors signs. Motorman will stop with front step at curb or crossing where passenger stands.
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Co. D. Flanigen
Vice Prez
Gen. Mgr
Frank Howard dies at 72 president of American Pub Association
Frank Howard, president of the American Pub Association, died at his New York home today from heart trouble following an illness. He was 72. He had suffered an attack of etippe prior to his death.
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Associated Press
New York
Frank Howard
The
American Pub Association
Etippe
Clarke County Fair Musical Set for Ellis Charity Fund
The Clarke County Fair musical comedy by the B. P. O. Ellis group rehearsed at the Hiks club rooms with children ages 8 to 12, high school students, and adults. The three act show features a children’s act, a county fair scene with 25 character parts, and a cabaret finale with dances and musical numbers. Performances are scheduled January 18 and 19 to benefit the Ellis charity fund.
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Clarke County Fair
B. P. O. Ellis
Hiks
Athens
Jake
Mary Spruceby
Parson Briggs
Ellis Charity Fund
Surveying Highway From Atlanta South
The Georgia Chamber of commerce requested the University good roads department to locate a proposed Atlanta to McDonough highway via Clayton and Henry counties. Prof. S. B. Slack began the actual survey after a prior reconnoiter. Rights of way and funds are arranged amid active public meetings backing the project.
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Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Georgia University
Good Roads Department
Atlanta
McDonough
Clayton
Henry
S. B. Slack
Curtains Down Kills Four on Big Four Tragedy
Greenwich Ohio January 10 Arthur France 45 wife 45 and children Harold 12 and Helen 10 were killed when a Big Four passenger train struck their buggy as curtains were down in the buggy window. In Springfield Ohio January 10 a Big Four freight struck a trolley causing four deaths and twenty injuries, many serious, mostly factory workers. Local ads note produce prices including large bunches spring onions five cents and fresh curly mustard salad fifteen cents per peck and fifteen cents per peck turnip salad by Arnold and Abney phone 1076.
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Associated Press
Greenwich
Ohio
Arthur France
Harold
Helen
Springfield
Arnold & Abney
Explosion at Dupont Pow Ger Plant Kills Three
In Carney's Point two mills at the Upper Hagley Yard also blew up this afternoon. One worker was slightly burned. Officials say accidents likely, but secret service seeks outside influence clues. A press mill and a mixing mill containing 500 pounds of powder were destroyed.
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Associated Press
Wilmington
Delaware
Dupont
Italy Upset as Austrian Montenegro Invasion Raises Alarm
London reports a quiet front but mounting unease among Allies over Austria’s Montenegro invasion. Italy fears loss of Adriatic dominance while battles span the Balkans with German aircraft losses and reports of Saloniki skirmishes.
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Italy
Austria
Associated Press
London
Montenegro
Adriatic
Balkans
Monastir
Attac Saloniki
Saloniki
Persia
Bri
Eve Kut-El- Amara
Kut-El Amara
Champagne
Czernowitz
Pester Lloyd
Dardanelles
Lily and the Rose at Elite with Lillian Gish and Rozsika Dolly
Lillian Gish stars in The Lily and the Rose by Griffith Fine Arts, a stylish feature praised as artistic and absorbing with tragic moments. Rozsika Dolly plays the rose, while The Great Vacuum Robbery burlesques crook drama with Mack Sennett Keystoners providing laughs and thrills.
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Lillian Gish
Griffith-Fine Arts
Rozsika Dolly
Lily
Rose
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
New Triangle
Mack Sennett
Charles Murray
Two More Alleged Tigers Charged Under City Ordinance
Police docketed cases against Billie Shaw and Ben Harris for violation of City Ordinance 317. The matters were continued yesterday morning until Thursday the 13th.
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Billie Shaw
Ben Harris
Chinese War Minister Assassination Report Denied
New York January 10 Dr Wellington Koo minister to the United States announced through his secretary that reports of the assassination of Tuan Chi Jui former Chinese minister of war at Peking were erroneous.
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Associated Press
New York
Wellington Koo
United States
Tuan Chi Jui
Peking
Impromptu Oyster Supper At St Elmo Lodge
Last night the St Elmo Lodge Knights of Pythias held an impromptu oyster supper in courses and in abundance. Mr J H Dozier served as toastmaster with witty replies to sentiments. About twenty applications for membership were received and acted upon.
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St. Elmo Lodge
Knights of Pythias
J. H. Dozier
Strife in Youngstown Stirs After Mill Strike Riot
In East Youngstown, following a Friday mill strike, a riot drew a grand jury probe. AFL leader Flynn charges a financial plot by Youngstown Sheet and Tube to depress stock for a merger. Thirty-one foreigners fined for concealed weapons. over 200 arrested overall. many damages exceed a million dollars.
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Associated Press
Youngstown
Ohio
Grand Jury Today
East Youngstown
Thomas H. Flynn
American Federation of Labor
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Gers
Battle Cry of Peace Shown at Colonial Tonight and Tomorrow
The Battle Cry of Peace played at the Colonial theater with a private matinee at 3:30 and evening show at 8:30. A parade led by University cadets and Confederate Veterans preceded the screening, with the Georgia band and artillery-equipped battery in the procession. Advance ticket sales promise a record crowd and Palmer’s offers 25 and 50 cent seats with special orchestra music for both daily shows. The film is billed as a twin to The Birth of a Nation and is presented today and Wednesday.
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Colonial Theater
University Regiment of ‘Cadets
Boswell
Georgia Band
Palmer’s
Coopéra House
Fire department called to Finley Street blaze
Yesterday about 2 o'clock the fire department was called to a house on Finley Street where fire slightly damaged the building. The loss amounted to only three or four dollars. Green Bell Peppers Fine Head Lettuce Fresh Egg Plants Arnold & Abny Phone 10765.
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Finley Street
Arnold & Abnby
Army would need two million men in war says Scott
General Scott told the House Military Committee that in a war the United States would require an army of 2,000,000 men. He noted 4,000,000 men aged 18 to 21 and argued that universal service is unlikely. continental army plans are the best option, with compulsory service as a possible fallback.
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Associated Press
Washington
Scott
House Military Committee
United States
Europe
England
Southern trains diverted after wreck on Georgia line
Big vestibuled Southern trains moved through Athens to Atlanta when a wreck near the Georgia South Carolina line derailed Northbound freight No 76. Seven cars blocked tracks and five heavy cars toppled into the Tugalo bridge river. Wrecking crews cleared debris and rerouted trains via S A L and Seaboard routes, with regular service expected to resume by Wednesday.
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Southern
Athens
Atlanta
Greenville
S. C
Tugalo
Columbia
Spartanburg
Chester
Strong Cast to Support Farrar in The Temptation at Colonial
An unusually strong cast supports Geraldine Farrar in The Temptation, second Jess L. Lasky company production. Leading stars include Theodore Roberts Pedro De Cordoba Elsie Jane Wilson Raymond Hatton Ernest Joy Anita King and other Lasky stock members. Cream Puffs and éclairs offered by Abney at 30 cents.
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Geraldine Farrar
Jesss L. Lasky Company
Theodore Roberts
Sterling Lasky
Pedro’ de Cordoba
Torreador
Miss Farrar
Carmen
Elsie Jane Wilson
Raymond Hatton
Ernest Joy
Anita King
Lasky Allstar Stock Company
Orphanage Proposal Read to Georgia Presbyterians
A letter read in most Georgia Presbyterian churches proposes an orphanage near Athens funded by a $10,000 bequest from Mrs. J. C. Turner. If matched by Georgia Presbyterians, the gift funds the Athens orphanage. otherwise the money goes to Thornwell Orphanage in Clinton, South Carolina. The First Athens session is named trustee of the fund.
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First Presbyterian Church
Georgia
Athens
J. C. Tuuner
Jefferson
United States
Thornwell
Clinton
S. C
South Carolina
First Drunks of the New Year Reported
City hall docket shows no drunkenness cases at start of year. By late Saturday two cases appeared with sober defendants released on small bonds and forfeiting cash bonds. One case charged drunk and disorderly. The record marks a remarkable drop compared with previous years.
Local Market Offers Fresh Produce and Eggs
Fresh salad and mustard 12e pk. Turnips 5c per bunch. Irish potatoes 35c peck. Yam potatoes 25c peck. Black-eye peas 10c quart. Cabbage 24c per lb. Canned beans 10c. Okra 10c per can. Tomatoes 3 for 20c. Oranges 20c per dozen. Winesap apples 50c per peck. Sugar corn 10c per can. English peas 10c per can. Thanksgiving hominy 3 for 26c. Eggs 30c per dozen. Frys 35 and 40c. Fat hens 50c. Phone Jossey 1176.
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Pride of
Phone Jossey
Mary Pickford at Marion Today
Marion presents a return engagement of Mary Pickford in Rags. The film is described as one of her greatest characterizations and a popular appearance with many attending multiple engagements in other cities.
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Marion
Mary Pickford
Rags
Mary
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