Inauguration Amid Blizzard Delays Taft Victory Parade
Washington reports a fierce March blizzard disrupted inaugural events for President Taft and Vice President Sherman. The oath was given in the Senate chamber, parade crowds exceeded 30,000, and a lavish ball followed at the Pension Building with grand illumination and ornate decorations.
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Washington
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Sherman
United States of America
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Navy
Annapolis
West Point
Yale
Panama Canal
Peta
Army and Navy
Military Crand Division
Cadet Corps
Revenue Cutter Service
United States Enginvers and Coast Artillery
Sth Infantry
Regiment
United States Marines
United States Semen
United States Field Artillery
16Th Cavalry
National Guard
District of Columbia
Commonwealths
Citizens’ Taft Club
Cincinnati
Buckeye Republican Club of
Columbus
Utica
Sherman Scouts
Pension Building
New Bridge Opens Over Oconee at Broad Street
The Oconee River bridge at Broad Street in Georgia has been completed and opened yesterday afternoon. Residents praise the steel construction and say the region will benefit from new bridges soon. The community endured a long disruption since last summer’s freshet and now welcomes the updated crossing.
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Oconee
Broad Street
Georgia
Helms
Sumemer
Athens Gas Company Improves Plant and Mains
The Athens Gas Company is upgrading its plant with new mains on Prince Avenue. Smaller mains are being replaced by larger ones, and further improvements are planned to keep pace with Athens' progressive spirit.
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Prince Avenue
Athens Gas Company
Asy
Princevenue
Athens
Cooking School Opens Tomorrow At YWCA
The cooking school starts tomorrow morning at 10:30 in the YWCA rooms. Miss Mel, domestic science instructor at the normal school, will lead a six lesson sequence on Saturdays and Mondays for one dollar or three lessons for fifty cents. Tickets are on sale at Palmer's with topics listed for each session.
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Tenormal School
Wee
Emmanuel Church Guild
H. C. White
Palmer's
Catholic Church Evening Stations and Choir Practice
This evening at 8 o clock the Catholic church hosts stations of the cross devotions and a choir practice.
Desertion Case Involving Mrs Sim Smith Seeks Husband
Mrs Sim Smith seeks her husband who has deserted her and their children leaving no support. She and her father searched with the aid of the police in town for Smith who also ran a hack here. They would have pressed for a warrant if found. The husband had provided for the family until recently, then stopped paying the grocery bill.
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Sim Smith
Georgia Cadets Arrive in Athens After Inaugural Parade
Cadets from the Gear Institute and Donald Woodward who participated in the Taft inaugural parade in Washington will arrive in Athens tomorrow morning by Seaboard train. They will be escorted to the campus for a few hours of events before returning to their colleges under Mag. command.
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Donald
Washington
Athens
Fair Past
Seaboard
Willyu Fepior
Mag
Dr C N Walker Locates Here To Athens Move
Friends announce the removal of Dr C N Walker to Athens for a wider practice field. A full graduate of the American School of Osteopathy under Dr A T Still he has been successful here and has secured an office in the Southern Mutual building. The Walton News notes his high character and predict a pronounced success.
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C. N. Walker
Athens
America
American School of Osteopathy
A. T. Still
Walker
Southern Mutual
Mack Cheney Held for Higher Court
Mack Cheney, the man who attacked Mrs. Morris near the Southern Manufact Co. plant, is to serve six months on the streets and pay a two hundred dollar fine or complete the sentence. He is also under a charge of assault with intent to rape and will return for the crime once his city sentence is finished.
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Mack Cheney
Former Southern agent J P Sims charged with cheat and swindling
An official of the Southern railroad swore out a warrant against J P Sims, former agent in this city, for cheat and swindling. The amount involved is a little over one hundred dollars. Sims was arrested in Atlanta by Gliff Jackson and bonded five hundred dollars. His commitment will be held Saturday, and Sims says he will not back down in clearing the matter.
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Southern Railroad
J. P. Sims
Southern
Sims
Atlanta
Gliff Jackson
University of Georgia
Athens
J. W. Read
W. Woods, White
J. W. Barnett
Barrow
C. A. Rowland
E. J. Bondurant
W. D. Weatherford
Charles Peabody
New York
George Foster Peabody
Messrs
J. W. "Barnett
Chas. Peabody
George Foster ‘Peabody
Walter B. Hill
United States
South
Tafts inaugural speech on race and South tolerance
President Taft spoke on the negro question and Southern politics, calling for broader tolerance and a respectable political opposition. He supported the 15th amendment, warned against education and property qualifications for voters, and urged enforcement of constitutional rights while respecting Southern conditions.
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Washington
Taft
Lamb's habeas corpus case set for Monday in Lawrenceville
The habeas corpus proceedings brought by T. D. Lamb, former Southern Express agent, are postponed until Monday for a hearing in Lawrenceville before Judge Brand. Lamb is represented by attorneys from Gainesville and Athens, with the company’s counsel led by Judge Hamilton Smith and General Alston of Atlanta.
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T. D. Lamb
Uthern Express
Lawrenceville
Brand
Lamb
Messrsn
Gainesville
Strickad
Athens
Hamiltoner
General Alston
Atlanta
County to open bids for physician medicines and vault work
Clerk Gamble of the county commission will ask for bids to be opened on the first Tuesday in April for a county physician and for the furnishing of medicines for the convicts jail and poor. Bids are also asked for the completion of metal files in the vaults of the Clerk and Ordinary in the courthouse.
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Gamble
County Commission
Last Lecture by Miss Taylor at Presbyterian Church
Miss Augy Taylor presents the final of her Bible study lectures this afternoon at 4 o clock at the Presbyterian church. She will discuss the Epistle to the Philippians and invites all ladies to attend.
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Augy Taylor
Presbyterian Church
Miss Taylor
Anderson, Col. Failed to Post Bond for City and State
Yesterday afternoon John Anderson, a Negro inmate serving a street assault sentence and under a warrant for assault with intent to rape, attempted to post bond. He secured $200 for the city case but failed to raise $300 for the state case and was returned to the city gang pending turnover to state courts.
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