Athens Chamber Invites Georgia Legislature for Visit
Representative Frank Lipscomb presented a cordial invitation from the Athens Chamber of Commerce for the Georgia legislature to visit Athens on Saturday the 25th. The invitation was accepted by the House. the Senate will also accept. Plans include a feast and university visits.
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Frank Lipscomb
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Erwin
Heidler
Georgia Legislature
State House
House of Representatives
Toombs DuBose
Senate
Athens
University of Georgia
State College of Agriculture
State Normal School
Chamber of Commerce
Haselton
Returns Under Law Highlight Local Administrators
The two weeks after July 1 pass with few administrators guardians and trustees filing required annual returns. About 25 have qualified under Judge Orr and roughly half have submitted accounts. An executor couple faced changes, a widow acted as executrix, and one estate wound up. Judge Orr will notify those with delinquent returns. A new bill to pay a dollar cash or in work failed, while Atlanta may build a plaza over railroad tracks near the Union car shed. Clarke County Bank offers 4% on savings.
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Atlanta
Peace efforts surge as Huerta era ends in Mexico
Washington reports indicate all government powers push for immediate peace in Mexico after Huerta abdication. Emissaries aim to unite factions under a stable government recognized by powers, with Carranza and Zapata coordinating to join the peace plan. Huerta arrives at Puerto Mexico with Blanquet.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico
Huerta
Emilano
Zapata
Carranza
Puerto
Mex
Storm Cuts Lights as City Power Quickly Restored
A severe electrical disturbance during yesterday evening's storm blacked out the city for a few minutes. The utility operates multiple plants and soon restored power, with the second plant coming online within minutes, leaving service brighter than before.
Classic Theater Today Shows Kerrigan In The Silent Witness
J Warren Kerrigan stars in The Silent Witness in today’s Classic Theater program. The Western drama headlines alongside The Flirt a Sterling Tots comedy for children. Admission is 5 and 10 cents. Arnold and Abney advertise fresh vegetables and contact 1076.
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J. Warren Kerrigan
Strike Fight Leaves Fort Smith Mines Damaged
Rioters and guards fought at the Prairie Creek mines of Mammoth Vein Coal Company near Fort Smith Arkansas. About 200000 dollars in property damage occurred with no deaths or serious injuries reported. Authorities prepared to send armed forces again as riots followed a protracted dispute since March over a union contract.
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Fort Smith
Arkansas
Prairie Creek
Mammoth Vein Coal Company
Union
Strinels
Assancu
United States
McReynolds
Son Represents Plaintiff Father Represents Defendant In Damages Suit
A case filed this week against Athens Railway and Electric Company by H. Silverstein of Atlanta alleges injuries from alighting a moving street car. Plaintiff lawyer Joseph Henry Lumpkin Jr. assisted on the scene and works with Carlisle Cobb. Defendants are represented by Lumpkin's father and brother, Judge E. K. Lumpkin Sr. and FE. K. Lumpkin Jr., with advisory Cobb and Erwin. The family ties link the lawyers, including uncles and cousins connected to the-supreme court, an unusual situation in a court dispute.
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Athens Railway and Electric Company
H. Silverstein
Atlanta
Joseph Henry Lumpkin, Jr
Carlisle Cobb
Mr. Lumpkin
E. K. Lumpkin
FE. K. Lumpkin, Jr
Tabernacle Pastor Heads to New York for Tent Meeting
Baptist Tabernacle in Athens announces two sermons by Pastor Neighbour focusing on ascension and moral issues. He leaves for New York City for a two week tent meeting then attends the Montrose Bible Conference at Dr. Torey’s invitation. Rev. Jennings will fill the Athens pulpit during his three week absence.
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The
Baptist Tabernacle
Athens
Neighbour
Rev
Jennings
Mississippi
Sixth Time Legress One-Eyed Negro Arrested
Ike Taylor was arrested by city police on charges of violating section 317 of the city code. The docket lists 17 pints whiskey 6.39 in cash and a razor as belongings, with the defendant described as a disabled Black man with severed legs blind in one eye and impaired speech who has prior jail terms and work in the county gang and stockade.
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Ike Taylor
Ike
Solons Invited to Athens for Tax Equalization Results
The invited solons are pleased with the tax equalization results and are asked to come to Athens on Saturday after next, the 25th of the month.
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Athens
Lipscomb Named Director of Athens Savings Bank
Hon. Frank A. Lipscomb arrives in Athens and is elected director of Athens Savings Bank as the Chamber of Commerce invites the legislature to visit on July 25. The tax equalization measure he sponsored has added over a million dollars to Georgia’s treasury and lowered local tax rates. The bank, led by President Stern and Cashier Mell, ranks among the south’s strongest institutions.
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Washington
Carranza
United States
Mexico
Jose Castillo
Carajal
Carbajal
Frank A. Lipscomb
Clarke
Georgia
Lipscomb
Representative Lipscomb
Erwin
Chamber of Commerce
Athens
House
Senate
Clarke County Democratic Committee to Fix Assessments
Clarke County Democratic Executive committee called to meet by Chairman Erwin on Tuesday July 28 at noon in Cobb and Erwin offices. Agenda includes fixing assessments of candidates for legislature judges congressmen and other offices and any other business. Full attendance desired. Also ad for home raised watermelons 10 to 40 cents guaranteed by Arnold and Abney, phone 1076.
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Clarke County | Democratic Executive Committee
Erwin
Cobb & Erwin
Court Turns Over Wire Messages To Mrs Dennis Hope
Telegrams reveal court ordered disclosure of wire messages to the mother of Mrs Dennis Hope over a three year period. The communications cover the period and involve the wire service Innes.
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Court
Dennis
Telegraph firms ordered to hand over messages in Nelms Innes case
Superior Court in Atlanta issued orders directing telegraph companies to produce all telegrams between Mrs. Lois Nelms Dennis and Victor E. Innes for three years. The move follows the mysterious disappearances of Mrs. Dennis and her sister Beatrice Nelms. Their mother Mrs. John W Nelms was granted temporary receiver of Beatrice Nelms’ estate. No trace of the sisters has been found.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Lois Nelms Dennis
Victor E. Innes
Dennis
Beatrice Nelms
John W Nelms
Fire destroys Thomas Deloney Place home likely by lightning
A New Towns Bridge road home on the Thomas Delaney farm belonged to Rosa D. Hull and was burned last night, with fire crews finding only a blaze miles away in the countryside. The occupants were a colored sharecropper family. no injuries reported. Miss Marie Johnson, long hospitalized at St. Marys, is improving.
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Princes Avenue
Thomas DeLaney
Newton’s Bridge Road
J. L. Jarrell
Rosa D. Hull
Marie Johnson
Miss Marie Johnson
St. Mary’s Hospital
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