Tech Withdraws from the S I A A
The Atlanta Georgian reports Tech formally withdraws from the S I A A after an executive board meeting. President Matheson informs S I A A president Riggs of Tech’s departure, citing the 400 one year rule as the main dispute. Georgia may follow, leaving Auburn and Alabama’s status unclear as the break spreads.
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Atlanta Georgian
Tech
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
K. G. Matheson
W. M. Riggs
Vanderbilt
University of Georgia
Auburn
Alabama
Association
Atlanta
Georgia
S. V. Sanford
Fresh Jersey Produce and Baked Goods Ad
Arnold & Abney offer fresh country eggs 22 cents, fries 83 and 87 cents, home raised beans squash potatoes and tomatoes, fresh butter 25 cents per pound, flour sugar and canned goods, 9 oclock delivery, old fashion pound cake 20 cents or 50 cents for three pounds.
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Jersey
Arnold & Abney
State Urges Law Support as Tax Bill Faces Repeal Push
Georgia constituents from numerous counties urge lawmakers to kill the repeal attempt on the new tax law noting its potential to lift the state from difficulties. Editorials praise the measure and highlight Governor Blaton's stand while gossip suggests repeal will fail.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Alpharetta Free Press
The
Free Press
Ank Org
Rte
Capitol
City funds to host editors and legislators during Athens visit
Mayor presides as council approves a fifty dollar grant to Athens chamber for entertaining the Georgia Weekly Press Association and the Georgia legislature. The money will come from the advertising account to help showcase Athens institutions and their needs to state lawmakers visiting next week and later in the month.
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Hugh Gordon
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Weekly Press Association
Athens
Georgia
Camp Chatooga Y M C A Campers Fish Big Catch
Special correspondence from Camp Chatooga near Tallulah Falls reports Y M C A campers catching fifteen channel cats yesterday and about twenty pounds more of fish last night. All thirty boys are well and enjoy camp life as sports and woods activities captivate them.
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Chatooga
Tallulah Falls
Land of the Mountains
Doc Heidler
Steamer Rivermores Ashore Near Brig Harbor Labrador
The steamer Rivermores is ashore near Brig Harbor Labrador with passengers mail and freight aboard. No details have been received about the distress situation. From St Johns Newfoundland dated July 10 Associated Press report. Ripe Tomatoes 500 the Basket. Arnold & Abney.
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Associated Press
St. Johns, N.F
Rivermores
Brig. Harbor
Labrador
Arnold &Abney
Sworn for Editor Photographer Writer and Aeronaut
Warrants issued for Charles K. Field Robert J. Fowler Ray S. Duhem and Riley A. Scott charged with disclosing military secrets. The Sunset Magazine carried aeroplane photos of fortifications in the Panama Canal zone and at San Francisco Presidio. Penalties range up to ten years or ten thousand dollars abroad and up to one year or one thousand dollars at home. The defendants were released on their own recognizance. The grand jury will hear the case tomorrow as the first prosecution under the national defense act of March 3 1911.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Charles K. Field
Sunset Magazine
Robert J. Fowler
Ray S. Duhem
Riley A. Scott
United States District Atorney
Preston Theyre
Sunset
Panama Canal Zone
Presidio
United States
Field
Fowler
Duham
Scott
Tax Digest Delays and 1914 Gains in Georgia Counties
Tax digests from forty Georgia counties reach Hart in Atlanta by July 10 though due July 1. Of these, thirty-seven are written up, showing 259,360 loss in 1913 versus 1912 and a 15,441,551 gain in 1914 over 1913, with gains largely from omitted property.
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Atlanta
Jno. C. Hart
Carranza Satisfied With Conference Results
Saltillo reports the Torreon conference ended to Carranza's satisfaction. Villa generals reaffirm loyalty to Carranza and plan a joint southward campaign with Villa and Gonzales against Mexico City.
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Associated Press
Saltillo
Torreon
Carranza
Villa
Gustav Espinosa Mirelos
Guadeloupe
Gonzales
Mexico City
Funeral for Miss Lizzie Porterfield Today
The funeral for Miss Lizzie Porterfield, who died after a two year illness at 190 Baldwin Street, will be held Saturday at 10 am from her home. Rev. George Stone will lead the service, with interment in Oconee cemetery. She was long a member of Athens First Baptist Church.
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Lizzie Porterfield
Baldwin Street
George Stone
Oconee Cemetery
First Baptist Church of
Athens
Local Grocery Specials and Bank Notice
One Basket peaches 25c per unit One gallon Apres 26c two quarts beans 25c three pounds Irish potatoes 25c two cantaloupes 25c one crate cantaloupes one dollar Arnold and Abney Clarke County Bank pays four percent on savings deposits
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Arnold & Abney
Clarke County Bank
Secret US-Mexico annexation plot alleged by Mexican official
Vera Cruz July 10. Former Mexican labor commissioner Mohenes claims the Progressive party in the United States has a secret platform aiming to acquire all of Mexico and Panama. He says other parties promised support, cites President Wilson, and plans to write a book and lecture. Also aboard the Espagne are General Joaquin Maas and Colonel Mario Maas with Huerta relatives who refuse to ashore.
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Associated Press
Vera Cruz
Querido Mohene
Progressive Party
United States
Rio Grande
Panama
Wilson
Mexico
Joaquin Maas
Mario Maas
Huerta
Knights of Pythias division meeting held in Winder
The Knights of Pythias division meeting adjourned at noon with smaller attendance but high quality proceedings. Next division meeting scheduled for February in Winder Georgia. New officers elected First Division include President F W Bondurant Winder First vice president R C Nix Commerce Second vice president W E Patman Sandy Cross Sergeant at arms H P Lawrence Athens Chaplain W M Yeargin Maysville Secretary treasurer C A Van der Leith Athens Innerwarden W H Quarterman Winder.
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Knights of Pythias
Winder
F. W. Bondurant
R. C. Nix
Commerce
W. E. Patman
Sandy Cross
H. P. Lawrence
Athens
W. M. Yeargin
Maysville
C. A. Vander Leith
Innerwarden
W. H. Quarterman
Winder, Ga
God Bless the Girl Who Refused Algebra At MEETING
Dr J A Francis denounces the school system before the National Education Association in St Paul declaring teachers promote immorality and calling algebra a danger to girls He praises a girl who refuses to study algebra and favors costume design for girls over mathematics.
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Associated Press
St.Paul, Minn
J. A Francis
de Mur Do
Los Angeles
National Education Association
Francis
Namby
Pamby
Fierce Fight on Excursion Train Ends with Wounding
An excursion train returning to Athens from Tallulah Falls was the scene of a violent fight between two men who appeared drunk. One man was badly cut after leaping from the moving car and grabbing the jagged glass. The assailant was taken off at Cornelia by a railway officer. both men were unnamed and not Athens residents.
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Athens
Tallulah Falls
Cornelia
Mothers Day and Cradle Roll Day Combined at Oconee Street Sunday
Tomorrow July 12 the Oconee Street Methodist Sunday School marks Mothers Day and Cradle Roll Day with a special service during the 4 PM hour. Rev. Troy Beatty will deliver an address on an occasion appropriate theme. All mothers with babies and fathers are urged to attend. program features include recitations songs prayers reports and an address followed by benediction.
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Oconee Street
Troy Beatty
Susie Fambro
Earlon Childers
Sunshine Philatheas
Bessie Jackson
Lucile McCall
Philatheas
Classic Theater Presents The Sand Hill Lovers and The Baited Trap
J Warren Herrigan plays a dual role in The Sand Hill Lovers with a second 2 reel drama The Baited Trap starring King Baggot. Pictures shown clearly and steadily. Admission 5c and 10c.
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Classic Theater
J. Warren Herrigan
Sand Hill
King Baggott
New Modern Jail Moves In At Clarke County
Sheriff Walter E. Jackson will relocate a small number of prisoners from the old jail to the top story of Clarke County’s $200,000 courthouse downtown. The new facility is touted as the latest in sanitary conditions safety comfort and humane arrangements for a modern prison.
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Walter E. Jackson
Clarke County
Terrell to Lead Joe Brown Senate Campaign in Georgia
Render Terrell of Meriwether county will manage the Brown for Senate bid against Hoke Smith. Solictor General Hugh M. Dorsey will speak statewide. Brown headquarters to open July 15 in the Kimball house rooms 112 and 114, the late Joseph M. Terrell’s former campaign rooms.
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Atlanta
Little Joe” Brown
United States Senate
Hoke Smith
Render Terrell
Meriwether County
Joseph M. Terrell
Brown
Hugh M. Dorsey
Joe Brown
Kimball House
J.H. Estill
Sasannah
Dupont Guerry
Macon
Athens Mfg to Hold Employee Barbecue on River Bank
Athens Manufacturing Company president John D. Moss will host a barbecue today for all employees along the river bank beside the factory. Moss has focused on workers and the mill’s operation since taking charge, presenting the event as appreciation for their role in the mill’s success.
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Athens Manufacturing Company
John D. Moss
Moss
Third Plague Death in New Orleans Reported
The New Orleans bubonic plague toll rose with the July 10 death of Leon Dejean, a Black man who had been in isolation since July 5. He worked in the first infection zone, marking the third fatality since June 27 and prompting an investigation into new infection sources.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Leon Dejean
President Stubborn in Fight for Point
Washington July 10 Senators plan to back President Wilson in confirming Thomas D Jones to the federal reserve board after the banking committee gave an unfavorable report. The fight will continue as Jones and Warburg of New York face confirmation. In Guaymas Federals have not evacuated per a telegraph from General Alvarado. Nogales July 10 Amy Walden will lead coaching classes in July and August for public school children seeking to makeup work by phone 848.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Thomas D. Jones
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking Committee
Jonés
Paul M Warburg
New York
Feds
Guaymas
Nogales
Alvarado
Amy Walden
Thur'gaipat
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Jossey's
Nicaragua
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William Alden Smith
Diaz
Senate
Emiliano Chamorro
Senator Smith
Rafael Cuadra
Senor Chamorro
Senor Cuadra
Blaton
Dalton Citizen
City OF Mexico
Porterfield
Barrow County
Carlotta Epps
Bessie Zacknams
Lucile Epps
Rosa Lee Wood
OLD Kimball
Athens Mfg. CO
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