Macon Chamber Opposes Train Discontinuance From Athens
Macon merchants urge Central of Georgia Railway to keep one daily Athens to Macon train for two weeks to allow talks. The move aims to preserve midday Athens arrival and protect Macon trade, with a conference proposed between Macon Chamber of Commerce and railroad officials.
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Macon Chamber of Commerce
Central Railway
Railroad
Chamber of Commerce
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Macon and Northern
Macon
Athens
Central of Georgia Railway
Prison Commission Reports Surplus Returns to Georgia Treasury
Secretary Goodloe Yancey quotes the Georgia prison commission stating over 200000 in gross receipts with 12000 returned to the treasury as savings and a net over 100000 to be deposited. The commission credits economy and systemization for its financial handling and notes an annual state appropriation of 105000. The text also mentions a fugitive Jesse P Cooper and a proposal about a single train service between Macon and Athens.
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Macon
Athens
Goodloe Yancey
Prison Commission of Georgia
Jesse P Cooper
E C Nickerson
Commercial Hotel
Atlanta
Treasury
Macoi
Nickerson Wounds Stepped From Assault Case
An eye witness says Nickerson was beaten with a pistol by Cooper and received two or three scalp wounds. Nickerson is reportedly averse to prosecuting the case, and the injuries are described as minor.
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Nickerson
Cooper
Wesley Eve ngle to Beheld Tonight
Tonight at eight o'clock at the First Methodist church the Epworth League will hold exercises in commemoration of John Wesley birthplace. Short addresses by Dr. W. P. Lovejoy Dr. I. S. Hopkins and Mr J W Reed follow. Afterward the devotional exercises will be conducted. Also an ad for Dr Kings New Life Pills promises headache relief and blood purification at 25 cents from local druggists.
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First Methodist Church
Epworth League
John Wesley
The
Methodist Church
W. P. Lovejoy
I. S. Hopkins
J. W. Reed
Dr. King
W. J. Smith & Bro
Palmer & Sons
University of Georgia Summer School Opens in Athens
The University of Georgia Summer School begins its six week session in Athens on Wednesday July 1 in the university chapel. About six hundred teachers are registered with expectations of around fourteen hundred attendees including many from Hancock Greene and other counties. City officials and university leaders welcome visiting teachers with addresses of welcome and formal ceremonies.
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University of Georgia
Harper
J. O. Wardlaw
Thomasville
Sesson
Science Hall
University
State Normal School
Athens
Exer
Cises
Branson
Hill
University Summer School
Georgia
Hancock
Hancock County
Sparta
Board of Education
Greene County
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AtLtus
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Tte
Yancey
Jegoe P. Cooper
E. C. Nicker’son
Hood
Wesley Evengloco
Michahi
Michael
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