Athens Scouts Propose Gainesville Boy Scout Chapter
Special to the Banner from Gainesville Georgia on June 30 reports that 17 Athens area boy scouts led by Scout Master Charles C. Jarrell traveled nearly fifty miles to camp along the Chattahoochee river. The organizers intend to establish a Gainesville chapter of the Boy Scouts and the visit spurred interest in forming a local troop.
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Gainesville
Boy Scouts
Charles C. Jarrell
First Methodist Church of
Athens
Chattahoochee River
Gettysburg Peace Jubilee Opens in Town of Remembrance
June 30 opening of Gettysburg peace jubilee draws large crowds. Gov. Tener of Pennsylvania, Gen. Beers of Connecticut, Gen. Young of Kentucky lead welcome and greetings between North and South. Veterans tour battlefield, view memorials, and recall Civil War memories amid peace symbolism. Special trains bring visitors. frostbite not mentioned.
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Gettysburg
Governor Tener
Pennsylvania
Alfred B. Beers
Conecticut
Grand Army of the
New County Move Ments Put Life Into Solons
Avlanta June 30 New county movements energize the Kimball House lobby with at least a dozen efforts and new contenders each night. Barrow and Candler counties look strongest while Tate, Morris, and others gain pledges from lawmakers amid opposition promises in both houses. Still, campaigns in Winder Metter and towns like Stillmore Brooklet push hard for success.
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Avlanta
Kimball House
Hansell County
Meigs
Claxton
Heaven and Earth
Evans County
Winder
Barrow County
Manchester
Warner County
Griggs County
Deeran
North Georgia
Tate County
Murray, Gilmer
Pickens
Fairmount
Candler County
Metter
Hardeman County
Alma
Morris County
Stillmore
Brooklet
County creation delay eyed amid many new county moves
The article notes hints of urging postponement of creating new counties until 1914 but warns most movements have strong supporters in both houses. It says each new county plan will be judged on its own merits, with Barrow and Candler counties aiming to present a strong case.
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Barrow
Candler
Winder
Metter
General Assembly
Barrow and Candler
Foster clarifies Georgia convict reform aims
Atlanta June 30 Senator A H Foster clarifies the reform bill to critics and lawmakers. He says abolishing chain gangs is only technical and the measure aims to raise road work efficiency, retain county labor, separate youthful offenders from hardened criminals, and maintain an iron hand against crime while allowing limited leniency where practical. Whites and blacks would be segregated where possible.
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Atlanta
A. H. Foster
Georgia
Law change targets convict labor and county rights
A proposed bill would allow the prison commission to move white convicts to other camps while preserving county rights to receive felony convict quotas and to employ misdemeanor convicts on county roads unless a transfer is required. Also an advertisement touts Kickapoo Worm Killer for children, claiming removal of worms and restored health with testimonials.
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Prison Commission
J. A. Brisbin
Elgin
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Tiger operation busted in Gainesville theft ring
Gainesville Ga June 30 Chief of Police W E Smith seized 58 pints of blockade corn from a tiger run by a local Black man. The tiger hid the goods in a drawer built into the full length of a medium dinner table beneath the top cover. The operator fled and was not captured.
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Gainesville
W. E. Smith
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Cure for Catarrh
An 19th century style advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. It offers a hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case and cites testimonials from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and a National Bank of Commerce endorsement. It claims internal action upon blood and mucous surfaces and advertises 75 cent price per bottle with druggist availability.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Cole of Cartersville Gets the First Bill
Atlanta June 30 Hon E B Cole of Cartersville introduced house bill number one this session an inheritance tax measure designed as a model from other states including California. The bill aims to create an inheritance tax and has attracted early backing from prominent legislators, signaling possible passage this session.
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Atlanta
E. B. Cole
Cartersville
Bartow County
Tipping
Appling
Mr. Cole
Georgia
Cole
House
North Georgia
General Assembly
California
Doubtful Return Home Early in Light of Committee Report
A fragment suggests uncertainty about an individual's early return home following release or clearance, citing an unspecified committee report as the influencing factor. The text implies possible delays or reconsiderations affecting plans.
Ham Postmaster Confirmation Doubtful In Gainesville
Gainesville Ga June 30 In the Gainesville post office muddle some think the confirmation of Mrs H W J Ham by the senate may never take place while others believe Congress will hold hearings and possibly confirm Mr A S H in time. The record shows a contested move amid political maneuvering and uncertainty about the postmaster appointment in Gainesville.
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Gainesville
H. W. J. Ham
Senate
Gadake Place
Old Street
Couf Ham
Gainesv
Veteran's Son Invents a Brand New Beverage
Gainesville June 30 Major John Longstreet son of Civil War general James Longstreet discovers and prepares a new soft drink named Fermentum. The beverage resembles coffee in taste and aroma and is planned for manufacture by a Gainesville Atlanta capital backed company.
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Gainesville
John Longstreet
James Longstreet
Atlanta
Robbers Hit Baldwin Stores Near Gainesville
In Gainesville Georgia on June 30 a group of two white men and one black man reportedly robbed nearly every store in Baldwin, 35 miles north on the Southern railway. A pursuing citizen group captured the robbers last night. Will King, a member of the search party, was fatally shot. No official word yet here and lynching fears arise.
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Gainesville
Baldwin
Southern Railway
Will King
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Endorsed For Home Medicine
In Delville Texas J H Polanco reports Bucklen’s Arnica Salve quickly cured his little girl's cut foot saving a skeptical family. The ad touts arnica as the world's best salve priced at 25 cents and recommended by W J Smith & Bro and H R Pak mer & Sons.
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Bucklen
J. H. Polanco
Delville
Tex
R. No
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Pakmer & Sons
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