Conference aims at settlement between Carranza and Villa
Reports from Torreon say the conference to settle differences between Generals Carranza and Villa ended with an adjusted outlook. Constitutionalists expect mediation to succeed while Huerta faces mutiny near Vera Cruz potentially blocking his exit from Mexico City.
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Associated Press
Washington
Torreon
Carranza
Villa
Raehel Zubaran
Luis Cabrera
Fernando Iglesias
Calderon
Leopoldo Hurtado Espinosa
Charles A. Douglas
Douglas
Bryan
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Gulf Coast
Fire from bolt destroys stock at Sandy Creek farm
Yesterday at dawn lightning struck Joe Foote’s barn on H. L. Mathews’s Sandy Creek farm, burning the house and contents. Loss about 1600 dollars with no insurance. Three mules, one horse, feed, and farming implements burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Foote
H. L. Mathews
Sandy Creek
Ordinary court disposes numerous estate actions this week
In the court of ordinary this week many cases were disposed. Officials granted letters of dismission and permanent administration for several estates, including E H Brown and Mrs Cora Hicks. Years of support awarded to Susie Barnett and Notie Vincent, with various guardians and executors named. The will of Allen H Talmage and Stephen Upson Sr. probated in solemn form. A lease for five years of the Classic theater property was authorized for W H Shelton guardian for a McDowell minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Brown
Nellie M. Brown
Susie Barnett
Cora M. Hicks
Frank W. Hicks
David C
S. Ravaud Benedict
Stephen Upson
W. H. Shelton
McDowell
Ireland
McCrory schoolbook bill passes Georgia House by landslide
The McCrory schoolbook bill, opposed by critics as graft tainted, passed the Georgia House 151 to 3 and moves to the Senate. The measure requires lowest printing bid parity with open market prices for two schoolbooks and includes a single adopted amendment.
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Atlanta
House of Representatives
McCrory
Senate
General Assembly
House
Jones
Coweta County
Henderson
Jones County
Odd Fellows Lodge Installs Officers For Six Months
Glenn Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows installs J W Anthony as Noble Grand J M Henson as Vice Grand and Horace L Garibold Recording Secretary for six months. Williams Lodge also inducts officers led by L M Cooper who installs A L Howland Noble Grand and other posts, with a note on the lodge’s fine work and fraternal spirit.
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Glenn Lodge of
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
J. W. Anthony
Noble Grand
J. M. Henson
Horace L. Garebold
Williams Lodge
Williams Odd Fellows Lodge
L. M. Cooper
A. L. Howland
P. G. Petropol
J. A. Mealor
A. J. Watson
A. A. Fambrough
J. A. Dunaway
D. N. Burges
BE. E. Aaron
Barbecue Planned At Seaboard Trestle Tonight
R. L. Brooks hosts a barbecue this evening at 6 30 at the Seaboard trestle over the Oconee. Everyone is invited as experts in barbecue cooking prepare the feast with fresh beans yellow squash rice cantaloupes Buchwalds phone 646.
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R. L. Brooks
Seaboard
Oconee
Buchwald’s
Delay in ransom payment costs Frenchman Velasco life
Vera Cruz July 7. The execution of Juan Velasco a manager at a cotton mill near Atixco Puebla was carried out by Zapatistas after a delay in paying one million pesos Velasco's brother who left Vera Cruz yesterday to secure his release returned tonight The French consulate has the case on record with a claim Velasco was French not Spaniard.
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Associated Press
Vera Cruz
Zapatistas
Juan Velasco
Atixco
Puebla
Velasco
Only County in State Named for a Living Man
Governor Sta ton approved the act creating Barrow County with Athens as the county seat. It will be the only Georgia county named for a living man and marks a rare amendment passed this session. The measure honors a hero of peace and follows a lengthy constitutional process.
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Atlanta
Staton
Barrow
Winder
Georgia
Iaieodu
No Grounds for Fear for the American Factory
Foreign manufacturers sent into the United States the first eight months of the new tariff system 8.8 percent more finished products than under the old tariff. Secretary Redfield argued there is no ground for fears that American factory owners will be driven out of business by the tariff.
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Associated Press
Washingon
United States
Secreary
Redfield
Carman Says Wife Has Told All Truth
Freeport New York July 7 there were no developments in the murder probe of Mrs Louise Bailey shot in Dr Edwin Carman office Carman says his wife told authorities the whole truth and knew nothing of the killing Grand jury to hear case next Thursday National Detective Agency operatives still on the case District Attorney Smith to seek indictment against a woman The unnamed man who knew the gunman says a woman paid fifty dollars for a revolver and the window broken to permit the shot Officials say the witness can be produced when needed
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Freeport
N. Y
Louise Bailey
Edwin Carman
Carman
Grand
National Detective Agency
Smith
Grand Jury
Tate Wright
Parker
Court House
J. O. Harris
Roy Carrington
Ed J. St
van Dorn Company
Husband Dead In Big Road In N C
Raleigh July 7 Mrs Joseph Johnson aged 22 was arrested at Sped N C this afternoon charged with killing her husband Saturday night while out driving with him The husband a prominent farmer was found dead in the road with a revolver beside him She will have a preliminary hearing tomorrow
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Joseph Johnson
Sped
Johnson
Bilbo Trial Testimony Details Bribe Proposal
Ira H Sample testified in Jackson that Lieutenant Governor Theodore Bilbo and State Senator G A Hobbs offered to drop litigation against the Edward Hines Lubber Company for a fee of fifty thousand dollars. Bilbo faces trial on bribery charges connected to forming a new county.
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Associated Press
Jackson, Miss
Ira H. Sample
Theodore Bilbo
G. A. Hobbs
Edward Hines Lubber
Bilbo
President accepts Williams resignation as minister to Greece
Washington reports President Wilson accepted by cable the resignation of George Fred Williams who served as minister to Greece. The move comes amid routine diplomatic changes in the administration.
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Williams
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Cable
George Fred Williams
Greece
Athens Woman's Club to fund Crawford W Long infirmary expansion
The Athens Woman's Club met to consider a fund for enlarging Crawford W Long infirmary on the University of Georgia campus. The club reported more than one thousand dollars in the fund with about eight hundred dollars in subscriptions and unanimously adopted a resolution to turn over all funds to Chancellor Barrow for the project with a $100 allocation to beautify grounds. The infirmary retains its original name.
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Athens Woman’s Club
J. Z. Hoke
Florence Long Bartow
A. BE. Crawford
D. C. Barrow
Crawford W. Long
University of Georgia
Athens Woman's Club
Lumpkin Street
Crawford Long Memorial Fund
Barrow
A. E. Crawford
J. W. Chipley
Crawford W. Long Infirmary
University
Brenda
Across the Atlantic A Three Reel Drama In England
Film notes show King Baggott stars in Across the Atlantic a three reel drama with European setting and serial flight by aviators Graham White and Gustav Hammel. Also advertised are bargains on coffee percolators and Dorsey Furniture Co annual meeting details and courthouse sidewalk assessments amid city planning notes.
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King Baggott
J. Warren Kerrigan
Atlantic
England
Graham White
Gustav Hammel
Dorsey Furniture Co
Atheny
Eoch Avenue
Court Jail
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DuBose
Senator DuBose
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Big Road
Says Heswas
Crawford Long
Central of Georgia Railway
Whitehall Road
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