Wittles murder mystery baffles Atlanta sleuths
Atlanta dispatch details a brutal assault on Mrs. Wittles and her husband, with sonable suspects including Charles Leeher, a socialistic circle, and possible Nihilist links all under investigation. The case involves a $60 theft and a daughter identifying Leeher as the assailant. Leeher is jailed pending further inquiry and Wittles remains hospitalized.
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A. H. Ulm
Atlanta
John Wittles
Charles Leeher
Leeher
Wittles
Russia
Weimer
Forbes and Stanton Won't Return to Athens for Months
Mrs. Walter T Forbes and Miss Lucy Stanton will stay in Los Angeles for the next two to three months after visiting their father, W L Stanton, who died there. His body lies in Los Angeles temporarily and will be moved later to Georgia. Addresses given as 429 Lucas Avenue, Los Angeles.
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Forbes
Miss Stanton
Walter T. Forbes
Lucy Stanton
Los Angeles
Cal
W. L. Stanton
Athens
Mr. Stanton
Georgia
Lucas Avenue
Branson praises the Lee Lectures at State Normal School
President Branson urges Athens residents to attend the upcoming lectures by Dr. Guy Carleton Lee of Johns Hopkins. He notes the series runs March 25 to 27 in the auditorium and frames ticket sales as a civic cultural obligation supporting Miss Sellers and YWCA work.
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State Normal School
Athens
Lee
Aten
Branson
Guy Carleton Lee
John Hopkins
Sellerse
Handsome Buick Machines For Sale At Athens Buick Agency
The Athens Buick Agency will receive a shipment of two runabouts and a touring car this Saturday The runabouts are No 10s and the touring car is an F These cars will be placed on sale at once and prospective buyers are invited to call at the Athens Buick Agency headquarters to view them The advertisement promises the most beautiful and desirable cars ever brought to Athens and urges a visit to see them
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BUICK
Athens
Buick Agency
Ami
Near Death in Big Pond Sees Cure by Dr King's Discovery
Mrs. Ida Soper of Big Pond Pennsylvania describes a near fatal lung ailment cured by Dr King's New Discovery after other remedies failed. She reports twelve years of relief and no further trouble. Also notes advertisers for a second hand typewriter and Lips Comb & Co fire insurance services.
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Big Pond
Ida Soper
Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Peabody Fund Dinner Hope For UGA School Building
Governor Hoke Smith, back from the East, seeks a $50,000 Peabody Fund appropriation for a University of Georgia teacher training school building. He notes a May 14 board meeting and expects favorable action after presenting the matter in New York last week.
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A. H. Ulm
Atlanta
Hoke Smith
Peabody Fund
University of Georgia
New York
Athens Doctor Brown Opens Practice in Cordele
Dr. John A. Brown, Athens native, begins practice in Cordele Ga after graduating from the University of Georgia in 1905 and the Augusta School of Medicine in 1908. He visited friends and family here before moving to Cordele where he expects a successful medical career. The Banner wishes him luck and a cordial welcome from Cordele residents.
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John A. Brown
Cordele, Ga
Dr. Brown
University of Georgia
School of Medicine
Augusta
Brown
Athens
Cordele
Mrs H B Bell to Move to Athens
Mrs H B Bell widow of H B Bell of this city will move from Monroe to Athens to take charge of the Belmont House on April 1. Local friends will be glad she becomes a citizen of Athens. City school supplies bids invited for coal for 1909 1910 with delivery in May. Sealed bids due by noon Friday April 9 marked bids for coal.
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H.B. Bell
H. B. Bell
Monroe
Athens
Belmont House
Geo. H. Palmer
Near Beer Tax Rates Set by City Finance Committee
The finance committee with full council attendance met to fix the tax rate for the coming year and adjust specific taxes. Wholesale brokers in near beer pay 100 dollars, retailers pay 100, oil companies 100, pressing clubs 10, tailor shops 10, with closing plates at 10 p m after April. New business lines added and rates fixed. mayor and council action to be ratified.
Funeral of W R Fred S Morton Held at Hull Street Home
Funeral for Fred S Morton took place Sunday afternoon at 5 pm at his parents' home on Hull Street in the presence of many sorrowing friends. The service featured hymns Jerusalem the Golden and Lead Kindly Light, Scripture readings and prayer by Rev E L Hill, with pallbearers F A Lipscomb C H Phinizy A R Nicholson John McKinnon G F Stephenson E B Cohen Yancey Harris Howard Scott. Burial followed at Oconee cemetery.
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Fred S. Morton
W. D. Hooper
C. M. Strahan
E. L. Hill
The
Presbyterian Church
Messrs
F. A. Lipscomb
C. H. Phinizy
A. R. Nicholson
John McKin
Natze Praises Hotel Georgian in Athens Visit
Frank F. Natze traveling auditor for Bau meister Piano of New York visits Athens and stays at the Hotel Georgian. He writes that the hotel is a monument to local thrift and progress, noting its luxurious yet comfortable appointments, excellent cuisine, and high service standards. He commends the city's business leaders who promoted the hotel.
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Frank F. Natze
Baumeister Piano Company
New York
Athens
Georgian
D.P. Haselton
Prominent Railroad Men in Southern Convention Today
Traffic managers and agents of the Southern Railway meet at Hotel Georgian with numerous leaders from across the system. A city tour is planned at 3 PM followed by an entertainent arranged by the chamber of commerce, with notable attendees including E. H. Harriman and J. J. Seay among others.
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J. W. Webb
Southern Railway Co
Southern
Chamber of Commerce
Georgian
BE. H. Shaw
Washington
D. C
Fred H. Behring
Atlanta
Howell Peeples
PTA convention to be held with banquet at Hotel Georgian
The T. P. A. convention will meet in this city on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. Delegates are expected and a banquet for two hundred plates was arranged at the Hotel Georgian. State officers include Cary J. King of Rome as president J. H. Andrews of Atlanta as secretary and treasurer Rev S R Belk of Atlanta as chaplain. Local officers are C Y Wier president W B Steedman vice president M H Merry secretary and treasurer Rev Troy Beatty chaplain.
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Hotel Georgian
Cary J. King
Rome
J. H. Andrews
Atlanta
W. B. Steedman
M. H. Merry
Troy Beatty
Court actions posted in Athens session yesterday
Judge Cobb opened the docket in city court as Feases pleaded guilty to gambling and was fined fifty. Hale vs Wilson verdict for plaintiff, Orr & Co. verdict for defendants, Hornix & Co. vs Power & Co. verdict for plaintiff at 265.36. F R Mapp vs Holliday damages case heard with two witnesses. trial to continue with Strickland and Smith for Mapp and Lumpkin and Shackelford for Holliday.
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Cobb
Athens
Feases
Jim Smith
Yp Power & Co
F. R. Mapp
A. C. Hollday
J. J. Strickland
W. M. Smith
Mapp
Mapp and Messrs. E. K. Lumpkin
T. J. Shackelford
Holliday
Fire department runs report two small city blazes
Yesterday morning the fire department responded to a store fire at Broad and Pope streets in which Will Carter occupied premises and the blaze was quickly extinguished. A roof fire at Deupree hall on Broad street caused nominal damage and was also put out fast. Steam pipe coverings at Bradwell hall caused a fire that was extinguished without calling the department. An umbrella lost in the post office with a silver head engraved C A S Pinner requests return to C A Scudder.
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Will Carter
Broad
Pope Streets
Deupree
Broad Street
Bradwell Hall
State Normal School
Pinner
C. A. Scudder
Miss Barili Recital Praised as Real Artistic Work
The Friday night recital at the Men’s Christian Association featured Miss Louise Barili Tucker with accompanist Miss Tucker. The Athens audience praised Barili’s singing as true and sweet with refined training from her father Alfred Barili, and lauded Tucker’s graceful, skilled piano for elevating the performance. Both artists impressed as promising talents likely to return for future concerts.
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Men’ Christian Association
Louise Barili Tucker
Athens
Barili
Alfred Barili
Miss Barill
Tucker
Return Day Opens April Clarke Superior Court Docket
Return day for the April term of Clarke Superior Court sees lawyers kept busy with ailing suits as filings and hearings proceed.
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Superior Court
Clarke Superior Court
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