Local lodge and fraternal group meeting notices
Greenn Lodge No 75 I O O F meets Tuesdays at Odd Fellows Hall Max Joseph Building all brethren invited. Athens B P O E No 790 meets Wednesdays at lodge quarters Broad and Lumpkin R O Arnold E R Clare D Heidler Sec Classic City Council No 375 U C T meets first and third Saturdays in K of P Hall Clayton St I A Bradberry John Roberts Sec Keystone Chapter No 1 Royal Arch Masons meets third Tuesday in Max Joseph Building A L Harper H P M T Summerlin G M Davis Camp 292 W O W meets Wednesdays Max Joseph Building first and third for business second and fourth for degree team Visiting sovereigns invited W W Beacham C C John Mappin Clerk Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 F A M meets Thursdays Masonic Hall Clayton St L N Betts W M J G Quinn Sec Williams Lodge No 15 IOOF meets Mondays J Williams N G J A Mhalor R S St Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Mythias meets Mondays 8 00 pm Castle Hall Jester Building Clayton St R E Carter C C T H Nickerson K of R S Phone 2022 rings.
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Greenn Lodge
Odd Fellows
Max Joseph
J. M. Henson
N. G. H. L. Garebold
Athens
Lodge Quarters
Broad and
Lumpkin Streets
R. O. Arnold
E. R. Clare D. Heidler
Classic City Council
K. of P. Hall
Jester Building
Clayton Street
I. A. Bradberry
John Roberts
Keystone
Royal Arch Masons
A. L. Harper
H. P. M. T. Summerlin
Gee
Geo. B. Davis
Woodmen Hall
W. W. Beacham
C. C. John Mappin
Mt. Vernon Lodge
No. 22
Masonic Hall
St. Elmo Lodge
K. of P
Knights of Mythias
Castle Hall
R. E. Carter
C. C. T. H. Nickerson
K. of
Electrocution Proposed Means of Execution in Georgia
A legislative push in Georgia favors replacing the gallows with the electric chair. The plan calls for a death chair at Milledgeville state prison farm or in Atlanta for all condemned prisoners, with execution moved from the local county. The committee postponed action to study chair versus scaffold, and no member volunteered as a test case.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Millengeville
Meanest thief on record robs Atlanta church mission
Atlanta July 9 The meanest thief in Georgia is suspected in a break in at a church mission on McAfee Street. The burglar forced open a gas meter slot and removed its contents, taking valuables from the mission. Police investigate the heist as a bold midcity burglary.
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Atlanta
Georgia
McAfea Street
Market News From New York Cotton Trade
Cotton markets opened flat but soon fell as heavy liquidation and selling across Wall Street lumbered the session. July contracts slid to a loss of 23 points, with later months down 16 to 20 points, even as Liverpool buyers covered and aided modest rallies. Prices displayed renewed volatility across New York and New Orleans quotes with mixed results in futures.
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New York
Associated Press
Wall Street
Southern
Liverpool
1000 Special Invitations From Tabernacle to Summer School
The Baptist Tabernacle offers 1,000 invitations to summer school students to hear Pastor R. E. Neighbour in four sermons on timely themes. He will soon depart for the Summer Conference of the Practical Bible Training School in Binghamton New York with engagements in Brooklyn and Jersey City. The next Sunday readings include The Temptation of Christ and The Coming Kingdom with Zion restoration themes.
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The
Baptist Tabernacle
R. E. Neighbour
Neighbour
North
Practical Bible Training School
Binghamton
N. Y
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Christ
Jesus
Mary
God
Joseph
Satan
Israel
Nebuchadnezzar
Hurley Outlines Plans to Aid African American Business Credits
Vice-chairman Edward N. Hurley of the federal trade commission calls for two key steps to help business men secure credits. He urges expanding credit access and establishing standard bookkeeping and cost accounting, with regional experts to aid producers, merchants, and retailers in presenting reliable balance sheets to banks. The plan envisions zones with accounting and costing advisers tailored to industries such as coal, stores, grocers, shoe firms, druggists, and textile and machinery manufacturers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edward N. Hurley
Federal Trade Commission
Hurley
Slowboy
Brooklyn Eagle
Commission
Organization For
Sarepta Sunday School Association Meeting Held at Beaver Dam
The Sarepta Sunday School Association will meet at Beaver Dam church Banks county on July 20 and 21. President W W Dickson Jefferson says thirty to forty Sunday schools from Baptist churches in the association will attend with a large Athens delegation.
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Sarepta Sunday School Association
Beaver Dam
Banks County
W. W. Dickson
Jefferson
Su A
Athens
Thirteen Peaches in a Cluster Highlight Local Curios
Mr. N. B. Davis, Clarke County tax official, presents a remarkable thirteen peach cluster grown on one twig to the Banner. The note reflects a broader piece on cost accounting and how the Federal Trade Commission could aid small manufacturers through templates for cost calculations and simple double entry systems, with emphasis on aiding American industries to compete globally.
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N. B. Davis
Clarke
Federal Reserve Officials Track Cotton Warehouse Rules
W P G Harding of the Federal Reserve Board received early reports on warehouse facilities in the South for handling the cotton crop. Officials will watch warehouse legislation in Georgia and Alabama as South Carolina Texas and Louisiana already have laws making warehouse receipts par amount liens. Banks fear lending where such laws exist. Georgia and Alabama have not enacted such laws.
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Associated Press
Washington
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
South
House
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Texas
Louisiana
Prizes Offered for Georgia Industrial Development Essays
The prudential committee of the University has announced two prizes by President Fairfax Harrison of the Southern Railway. Washington will award a $100 gold prize and a $50 prize for the best and second best essays on The Industrial Development of Georgia. Rules to be announced by the faculty. Harrison was impressed by student work and aims to spur research into the state's industrial growth.
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Prudential Committee
Fairfax Harrison
The
Southern Railway
Washington, D. C
Georgia
Harrison
Expert Lip Readers and Thaw Trial Sparks Mistrial Motion
In New York on July 9 Deputy State Attorney General Becker sought a mistrial over claims of an expert lip reader translating Thaw’s whispered discussions with his counsel for alienists. Judge Hendrick refused the request and instructed jurors to ignore the remarks. Thaw testified on the Stanford White shooting and his view of the alienists. Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw was reported too ill to appear.
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Associated Press
New York
John B. Stanchfield
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Becker
Hendrick
Stanford White
Justice Hendrick
Evelyn Nesbitt
White Plains
Jury, Auditor and Judge Try Case in Banks Court
The case of Geo. W Wiley former tax collector of Banks against Ed S Comer and the Atkins National Bank at Maysville saw a jury verdict in favor of the ex county officer. Judge Brandon granted a new trial after the jury verdict was set aside and motion for new trial.
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Brand
Chambers
Banks Superior Court
Geo. W Wiley
Ed S. Comer
Atkins National Bank
Maysville
Col. W A. Stevens
Commerce
Brandon
Judge denies new trial for Henry Smith in highway robbery case
Judge Brand overruled Henry Smith’s motion for a new trial after conviction and a fifteen year sentence for highway robbery. The ruling affirmed witnesses were available and examined the defendant’s past record, noting alleged prior acts and ties to the Hawkes case.
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Henry Smith
Brand
Smith
J. W. Casper
Nlegroes
Sherman Hawkes
Hawkes
New Adjunct Professor of English Arrives in Athens
Prof. Roosevelt P. Walker, appointed adjunct professor of English at the University of Georgia, arrives in Athens for conference. A native Georgian and former Arkansas faculty member, he previously worked as a Macon newspaper man and holds several degrees. He will consult with Chancellor Barrow and Prof. R. E. Parks.
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Roosevelt P. Walker
University of Georgia
Sayler
Board of Trustees
Athens
University of Arkansas
Georgia
Macon
Barrow
R. E. Parks
City Taxes Second Installment Due July 15 to 31
Notice that the second installment of city taxes is due from July 15 to July 31. Payment within these dates avoids an execution for the full amount plus costs. B. F. Woods, City Marshal.
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B. F. Woods
Huerta Waives Preliminary Trial in Neutrality Case
El Paso July 9 General Huerta waived preliminary hearing on the federal charge of violating U S neutrality laws. He is held to the grand jury at San Antonio with bonds set at 15000. Huerta was moved to Fort Bliss. Five other Mexicans with similar charges waived hearings and were released on bond.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
General Huerta
San Antonio
Huerta
Fort Bliss
Dope rumors surround Smith in farm theft schemes
Residents complain repeatedly of Smith allegedly drugging farmers to cash in on horse trades and other deals while victims are intoxicated, enabling the theft of money and animals.
Clarke Delegation Denies Split With Governor Over City Court
Atlanta July 9 The Clarke delegation says reports of a split with Governor Harris are exaggerated and confined to the city court judgeship and solicitorship. Arnold says opposition to gubernatorial appointment is longstanding, while Clarke insists only the city court matter divides them. The governor signaled no veto threat on the city court bill, and Clarke members pledge to aid Harris administration.
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Atlanta
Kimball House
John W. Hammond
Clarke
Deadwyler
Arnold
Athens
Harris
Senate
Postoffice receipts show Atlanta business steady
Atlanta reports only a five percent drop in postoffice receipts for the year ending June 30, year which, aside from campaign mail dislocations, suggests a substantial improvement over the prior exceptionally prosperous period.
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Atlanta
Substitute for J. P. Courts Grows in Atlanta
Atlanta lawyers push a house bill to expand the municipal court of Atlanta by creating five more judgeships and raising its civil jurisdiction to cases up to 1000 dollars. The move aims to ease caseloads but could shift business from other courts and faces scrutiny from sheriffs and bailiffs over fee structures.
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Atlanta
Municipal Court of
Justices of the Peace
Druggists Fight Proposed Soft Drink Tax
Atlanta druggists vow a vigorous fight against a proposed soft drink tax before the legislature. A protest signed by Valdosta pharmacists已 received, with others in preparation. They call the bill class legislation, noting they already pay city county state and national taxes.
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Atlanta
Valdosta
There Are Others. A Enquirer quote exchange
A Cincinnati Enquirer item features a humorous exchange about professors and laundry wagon drivers. The Old Fogg praises Professor Hibron as a wonderful lecturer who brings unseen points home. The Grouch counters with a laundry wagon driver who can do that.
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Hibron
Old Fogg
Cincinnati Enquirer
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