Carnesville Oil Boom Rumor Sparks Countywide Hype
In Carnesville a local man reports an oil boom is growing, with a Bank well flowing and experts predicting a major deposit near the surface. Land options rise as investors await the test drilling, while Athens could become a business hub if oil materializes. W D Griffith visits Athens, recalling early ties to the town and noting his ongoing real estate and insurance work.
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T. Larry Gantt
Carnesville
Athens
Franklin
Madison
Banner-Herald
Herald
Toccoa
W.D. Griffith
W. D. Griffith
Mr. Griffith
Madison County
Broad Street
Ross Crane
Banner
Griffith
Macon
Southern Mutual Insurance Company
Legion
North Georgia Mountains
Oglethorpe
George Cunningham
Oglethrope County
Progres
Shase Street Groundssecured as site for ex position
Shase Street Grounds have been confirmed as the location for a major ex position this fall. Local officials stated the site will host the event with expected attendance and logistics details to follow.
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Shase_ Street
Premiums Lists Now Being Printed For Clarke County Fair
Clarke county Fair planning advances with premiums lists in printers hands and Chas street grounds secured. Farm Bureau meeting in city court room featured Dr. J R Fain on alfalfa and Dr T L McHatton lectures as eight tents will house cattle, farm products, and women’s exhibits. Committee led by Hugh White and E W Carrol includes Henry West and S A Goodson with Frank Holden to oversee fair arrangements. The Elks Country Store will operate daily and Miller Bros. Shows concession reviewed during Atlanta trip.
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Chas Street
Clarke County
Farm Bureau
City Court Room
J. R. Fain
T. L. McHatton
Fain
E. W. Carrol
Chamber of Commerce
Jones Purcell
Frank Holden
American Legion
DR. Fain
Hugh White
Henry West
A. Goodson
Legion
Elks
Atlanta
Miller Bros
Sultan May Quit Hi Throne Soon
Constantinople reports growing indications that the sultan will retire from the throne. Interviews with newspaper men reveal violent epithets attributed to Mustafa Kemal Pasha that have caused dismay in the palace. The sultan is described as in collapse with entourage members fleeing the palace.
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Constantinople
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Funeral Service for Piety L Ector at Hill's First Baptist
Funeral services for Piety L Ector, wife of C M Ector, colored, will be held at Hill's First Baptist Church corner Reese and Pope streets on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev W M Gamble pastor will conduct with assistance from Rev A B Murden and Rev C S Haynes. The service will honor her life as a member of the local colored community.
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Piety L. Ector
C. M. Ector
Hill
First Baptist Church
Reese and
Pope Streets
W. M. Gamble
A. B.murden
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Court 10 Decides Father of Ten Months Old Babe
In South Bend, Judge C. E. Ducomb will decide whether Harry Poulin is the father of a ten months old child, as Mrs. Augusta Tiernan.testifies against him. Poulin denies improper relations and claims alibi. Mrs Tiernan and her husband corroborate the affair and paternity claim.
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South Bend
Peulin Tiernan
Ducomb
Augusta Trernan
Harry Poulin
Paulin
Poulin
Woman Dies of Bullet Wounds in Local Hospital
Mrs. Emma Maples a 23 year old resident of Oconee county died from bullet wounds suffered in a late Saturday night shooting. She passed away Tuesday at 10 am in a local hospital. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Watkinsville cemetery at 11 am with the funeral party departing Dorsey's funeral parlor at 10:35 am. She is survived by her husband N Maples her mother and other relatives including Mrs Corpix of Athens.
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Emma Maples
Corpix
Athens
Walker urges primary to fill Senate vacancy
Special to Banner-Herald reports Iford Walker calls for a primary to fill the U S Senate seat left by Senator Watsons death. He opposes convention nominations for the vacancy and urges public voting, noting the convention should not nominate but allow a people’s vote. Walker’s stance may influence the state convention scheduled in Macon next week.
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Banner-Herald
Iford M. Walker
Macon
United States Senate
Watson
Walker
Pensions Lindsay
State Committee
Arso
Vereen
Vereen Seen As Watson's Successor After Death
In Atlanta it is predicted Governor Hardwick will appoint W. C. Vereen of Moultrie to fill Senator Watson's term until the November election. Vereen, a South Georgia businessman, is father of W. J. Vereen, chairman of the State Executive Committee. The Democratic State Convention to meet October 4 in Macon is expected to nominate a candidate for the general election.
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Banner-Herald
Atlanta
Thomas W. Hardwick
W. C. Vereen
Moultrie
Watson
Vereen
South Georgia
W. J. Vereen
Macon
Baptist Workers Conference Set at Monroe Oct 26
A workers conference will be held at Monroe First Baptist Church at 9:30 A M on October 26. Pastors clerks moderators chairmen and officers of associational bodies and all interested are invited. The day focuses on planning and prayer with discussions on the Georgia Enlistment and Educational Programme and association reports. Road entertainment will be provided for attendees.
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Monroe
Baptist Young Peoples Union
Woman's Missionary, Union
Peraos
Georgia
British Commander Issues 48 Hour Ultimatum to Turkish Forces
General Harrington in Constantinople orders Mustapha Kemal Pasha to withdraw from Kumkalesi at the Dardanelles entrance within 48 hours. Soviet Russia proposes an immediate Near Eastern conference to avert new Balkan bloodshed. Armistice talks set for October 2 at Mudinis. Turkish Nationalist government has replied to peace notes, accepting key Paris conditions per Esead, aide to Mustapha Kemal Pasha.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Harrington
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Smyrna
Kum Kalesi
Dardanelles
Russia
Balkan States
Egypt
Europe
Mudinis
Esead
Commerce Office Opens in Atlanta
John L. Mc Dougal, formerly of Washington, arrives in Atlanta to open the Southeastern District focal office for the United States Chamber of Commerce. He will oversee national chamber activities in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Southern Tennessee and promote the organization’s coverage in The Nation’s Business.
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Atlanta
John L. McDougal
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Chamber of "Commerce
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Southern Tennessace
Plans for new Chase Street school adopted in Athens
The joint committee accepted plans by Lockwood and Pound of Atlanta for a one story Chase Street school with ten classrooms and future auditorium, aiming ground breaking in early November. Winning architects to receive 3.5 percent. second prize to Wills Irgin of Augusta. Budget set at 45000 for the building and 100 chairs to be purchased for city schools.
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Chase Street
Lockwood
Poundstone
Atlanta
J. W. Barnett
Athens
David C. Barrow
University
Julian 8. Geothius
E. B. Mell
Barnett
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G. G. Bond
Death of State Senator Thowar Watson Triggers Obsequies
Funeral services for States Senator Thowar B. Watson, who died early Tuesday at his home in Ington, will be held Thursday at 1 30 PM in Thomson Georgia. Mrs A L Lyttle, editor of The Columbus Sentinel, released the notice. Messages of sympathy from Gov Hardwick and others arrived as Watson had attended Senate sessions recently.
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Associated Press
Thowar B
Ington
Thomson
A. L. “Lyttle
Watson
Columbus Sentinel
Washington
Coast Line
Ati
Georgia Railways
Andréce
Harding
Mra
Huraband Watson
Clifford Waller
Demowinee
Georgia
Trious
Canada
Thomas W
Mia
Atlanta
Hard
Senator Watson
Homgington
Senate
Hoke Smith
Hugh M. Dorsey
Greek Cabinet Strengthened in Election of Unity Ministry
Athens reports Premier Triantafyllakos plans a broader national ministry uniting all parties with Eliptherios Venizelos as envoy and Alexander Diomede in Paris. Diphtheria cases in the city fell to seven, with one new case and four releases as health officials note continued decline.
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Athens
Associated Press
Triant‘filakos
Eliptherios Venizelos
Alexander ‘Diomede
Finance
Venizelos
Paris
Caren
Mila Beieved
Georgia's Thomas Watson Dies in Washington at 64
Georgia politician Thomas E Watson, longtime force in state politics and author of The Story of France, died in Washington after an asthma attack. He led populist and progressive movements, faced clashes with Gov Hardwick, and influenced the 1920 gubernatorial race. Watson published political works and ran a polemical press. his career spanned early congressional runs to wartime publications.
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Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Washington
Atlanta
Thomas F Watson
Steorni
Enris
Feest Furmoun
Clifford W. Walker
Thomas W. Hard
Tom Watson
New York
Jeffersonian
United States
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France
Thomas Jefferson
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South
Andrew Jackson
Thomas B. Watson
Éf McDuffie
Columbia Sentinel
Senate
Wateon
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