Holder to Run for Congress in Ninth District
Special to the Banner from Atlanta Georgia dated January 23 reports John N Holder will run for Congress in the Ninth district. Speaker of the House confirms Holder's candidacy amid talk he near ran for governor earlier and that incumbent T M Bell is not seeking re election Col W A Charters of Gainesville also in the race as a three sided contest with Carl Vinson noted as a candidate for Speaker and representative from the area
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Atlanta
John N. Holder
Congress
House
Brown
Holder
Jos. M. Brown
Mr. Holder
Jackson County
T. M. Bell
Petition to dissolve AT&T as unlawful trust
News briefs report petitions presented in Washington DC to dissolve the American Telephone and Telegraph Company as an unlawful trust. Other items note Morse’s health rebound in Atlanta after a presidential pardon, Folsom’s death in Atlanta, a bath tub trust case in Detroit, Ed English’s suicide attempt, and Standard Oil fined $55,000 in Buffalo for Elkins Act violations with 143 counts.
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Washington, D. C
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Standard Oil Co
Hazel
U. S. District Court
Wallpaper Shipment Prompts Custom Work Pricing
Charles W. Parr offers wall paper in latest designs and invites inquiries for any type of work with price quotes. Phone numbers 793 and 919 provided for contact.
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Charles W. Parr
College Cafe Offers Milk Drinks and Candy Bar
The ad promotes College Cafe ice cream and soda water with milk drinks claimed as the best in town. It encourages patrons to enjoy a candy bar with their drink and hints at a promotional offer tied to Bewus and regional meat products mentioned in a clipped, unclear endorsement.
Leith to Attend Kibla Temple Meeting in Atlanta
Carl Vencer Leith leaves for Atlanta to attend a Kibla Temple D O K K meeting where he will be installed as Grand Emir. A call to Atlanta Votaries invites members to Castle Hall for the Kibla Temple No 123 installation on January 24 and notes plans for Athens Ceremonial on February 19.
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Carl Vencer Leith
Atlanta
Kibla Temple
Kibla
Castle Hall
Kiser Building
Athens
W. T. Winn
Twenty Only Have Been Registered
In the ordinary's office at the courthouse only twenty stubs remain in the long record book, showing parties have registered with the ordinary to conduct legally prescribed special lines of business. The Banner previously published the list of occupations required to register and pay a special tax.
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Court House
Athens Five to Play Mercer Five in Big Yard Battle
Athens five has a 13 win 1 loss record after 14 games while Mercer stands with 14 games 13 wins 1 loss. The Athens Y M C A team meets Mercer on Saturday at the Y M C A gym in Athens for a highly anticipated clash.
Conductor Moody Returns After Narrow Embankment Fall
Friends greet Capt Moody as he recovers from a near fatal incident on the Georgia railroad. He fell sixty feet from a coach platform and lay unconscious for twelve hours, with officials then fearing a long recovery.
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Capt. Moody
Strets
Georgia Railroad
Medicine Ball Exhibition in Atlanta Draws Crowd
An 8 foot diameter medicine ball used by University of Georgia athletes is on exhibit in A. G. Spalding's window on North Broad Street, Atlanta. It arrived Monday and required five men five hours to inflate. The huge ball, largest of its kind in the area, will be sent to Athens later in the week.
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Atlanta
University of Georgia
A. G. Spalding
North Broad Street
Athens
Miss Rutherford's European Party Sets Sail for Study Tour
Miss Rutherford sails from New York on June 29 aboard the Oscar MN of the Scandinavian Line with a party of Georgia girls. The trip lasts until November 20 when she returns on the Caronia of the Cunard Line. Countries on the itinerary include Norway Sweden Denmark Germany Austria Italy Switzerland France Holland England and Scotland.
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Misa Millie Rutherford
Georg'a Gir
New York
Oscar MN
Caronia
Cunard
Lne
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Aretria
Italy
Switzerland
Prance
Eee Holand
England
Scot
Clarke County Draws Pension Money Ahead Of Most Counties
Clarke County will receive 9225 dollars for veterans and widows early in the pension payout, selected by a statewide drawing. Greene was drawn first, others in the immediate area include Banks Franklin Morgan and Wilkes, with about five dozen counties waiting for the second table.
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Clarke County
Atlanta
Clarke
Greene
Gren
Banks
Franklin
Morgan
Wilkes
Roller Skates Test Top-Soil Road Condition
Two citizens of Clarke County used roller skates to travel from Danielsville to the Madison County line to inspect a top-soil road after severe weather. They found the road in good condition and reported that a buggy would barely cover half the distance to the county line. Observers rated the highway as one of the best top-soil roads ever built.
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Danielsville
Madison County
Clarke
Electricity in the Newspaper Press Room Sparks Chaos
The Banner’s final shipment of green inked sheets arrived highly charged with electricity. The paper caused shocks when touched and clung together, hindering the press feeder. Sheets flew from the press as the fly delivered them, damaging the timpan, tearing stock, and breaking equipment in a chaotic scene.
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Banner
Beginning Top Soil Road Work in East Athens
The county force will today begin top soil work on the new Oak street road in East Athens after recent grading. A sixteen foot fill has been constructed and weather halted further work. top soil will resume, bringing the road to good shape.
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Oak Street
Athens
Athens High School to Field Ambitious Baseball Schedule
The Athens high school plans a strong prep season with a full roster and experienced coach. The schedule includes two games with Augusta, two or three with Biberton, and three to four with Atlanta schools, among others. Sealstint Oysters Fresh today. Fhone 1076. Arnold Abney.
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Athens High School
Augusta
Biberton
Atlanta
Fhone
Arnold
Abney
Broughton Declines Local Stay Accepts London Pastorate
In Atlanta on January 23 Dr. Len G. Broughton told a mass meeting he cannot remain in the city. He rejected a $5,000 bonus for a year’s vacation and said he would wire Christchurch, London, to accept the call to the pastorate there.
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Atlanta
Tabernacle
Len G. Broughton
Christchurch
London
Police seize group of craps shooters in city raid
Police arrested a quartet of craps shooters after a raid last night. An additional suspect named Cream Puffs and Chocolate Eclairs was taken into custody. The cases will be tried today. Phone numbers 1076 and 1069 reference Arnold & Abney.
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Arnold & Abney
Woods Full of Candidates for Solicitorship
Candidates for solicitor general of the western circuit have traveled to Athens and then to Oconee county superior court in Watkinsville. Col. John B. Gamble arrived early, followed by Col. R. L. J. Smith of Commerce, Col. W. H. Quarterman of Winder, and Col. W. A. Stevenson of Commerce. Col. D. A. Nix of Lawrenceville was en route, but court had adjourned.
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Athens
Oconee County Superior
Commerce
D. A. Nix
Lawrenceville
Judge Brand's Father Very Low
Lawrenceville Georgia January report says Judge C H Brand and other children visit their father Hon Bert Brand whose long illness includes dropsy and threat to vital organs. The judge himself has been ill and many friends sympathize with the family during this period.
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Judge Brand
Lawrenceville
Judge C. H. Brand
Bert Brand
Judge Rel Daniel at a Special Court Hearing
A brief report notes Judge Rel Daniel presiding over a special court session. The action centers on a procedural matter with limited details available in the readable text.
Georgia Legislature Convenes for Governor and Labor Commissioner Election
The legislature meets at the capitol in Atlanta to canvass votes and declare the election of governor and commissioner of labor and to inaugurate Joseph M. Brown for the unexpired term. Acting Governor John M. Slaton calls the extra session. no other business is to be transacted.
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Joseph M. Brown
Hekemith
Atlanta
John M. Slaton
Georgia
Crawford Citizen Suffers Severe Farmyard Fall
Crawford Georgia January 23 Yesterday while working on a house on his farm about five miles from Crawford Mr George W Brooks fell from the scaffold striking a brace and then a second blow to the head He was brought in and examined by Dr W Z Faust of Lexington No bones were found broken and the injury is believed to be a severe shock with many friends in the county awaiting fuller word
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Crawford
George W. Brooks
W. Z. Faust
Lexington
Brooks
Candler among Georgia leaders weighing governor bid
Atlanta Jan. 23. C M Candler chairman of the state railroad commission is expected not to seek the governor’s office. He favors staying in his current post, facing swift opposition if he ran. Hoke Smith supporters rally Felder, while Joe Hill Hall declares his candidacy to oppose a constitutional amendment boosting the governor’s borrowing power to 500000.
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Atlanta
C.M. Candler
State Railroad Commission
Railro
W. R. Jones
Hoke Smith
Felder
Joe Hill Hall
Bibb
Nestor
Hall
Bowling Party Honors Athens Pair Before February 7 Wedding
Social news reports Mr Robert Woodruff hosting a bowling party this evening for Miss Bolling Phinizy of Athens and Mr Hughes Spalding ahead of their February wedding. The guest list includes several Phinizys Rawsons and other Atlanta society members.
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Robert Woodruff
Bolling Phinizy
Athens
Hughes Spalding
Phinizy
Martha Phinizy
Harriet Calhoun
Sarah Rawson
Frances Nunnally
Elizabeth Rawson
Edna McCandless
Clarence Knowles
Charles Sciple, Jr
Tom Lyon
Ben Coley
Albert Thornton
Atlanta Journal
Ridley
Carl Ridley
Carle
Atta Theater
Miss Bolling
Hughes
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Pee
Atlanta, Ga
Charles W. Morse
Ice King
Taft
Folsom
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Ed English
J. W. English
the College Cafe
Temple of Knights of Khorassan
Mercer
Athens Y. M. C. A
Ne’er
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Medicine Ball
Miss Rutherford
European Party
Lula Perry
Merchant Perry
Thomas Street
G. F.’Nation
Cingke
Stanley R. Grubb
First Christian Church
Broughton
Judge Rel, Daniel Oa
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Mise
Camilla “McWhorter
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