Mrs. Lamar Outlines Work for State U D C Convention
Mrs. Lamar, president of the Georgia Division U D C, outlines plans for the state convention to be held in Athens starting October 29. She notes rising membership, delegates from Macon, credential procedures, fund goals, and memorial efforts including Arlington and Shiloh monuments and the Richmond room project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Athens
Sidney Lanier
Macon
Walter Lamar
Georgia
Duncan Brown
J. A. Selden
Ida _ Holt
Laura Rutherford
Seney Stovall Chapel
Mattie Shelbley
Richmond
C. B. Tate
Pulaski
Frances Bartow Memorial School
Prince Hodgson
Griffin
Arlington Monument Fund
National Capital
Arlington Confederate Monument
Washington
Arlington
J. A. Rounsaville
Rome
Shiloh
J. K. Ottley
Atlanta
Richmond Museum
Old Blanford Church
Petersburg
R. L. Nesbitt
Marietta
A. McD. Wilson
White
U. SP. C
E. D. B. Lamar
Macon, Ga
Enee
Richmond Mus
U S Cavalry Troop B Drills Highlight Georgia State Fair
The Fifth U S Cavalry Troop B to perform daily drills at the Georgia State Fair starting October 25. Known for daring horsemanship, they will camp beside the track for ten days and showcase army life, cooking, and camp routines.
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Geona
Cael
United States’ Cavalry
Georgia
Ous
Uncle Sam
Wal¢ Mile
Iley M. ‘Hughes
Mulai Abd el Hafid Abdicates Moroccan Throne
Ex Sultan Mulai Abd el Hafid announces abdication amid claims of German leanings and French protectorate influence. He told General Lyautey he became a puppet under French rule and will formally abdicate to let Moroccans prosper under France. He previously overthrew his brother in a revolt five years earlier.
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Morocco
Mulai-Abd-el-Hafid
Sultanate of Morocco
Lyautey
Marakash
Arctic Ethnologist Stefansson Studied Eskimos in North
Dr Stefansson, Arctic ethnologist, spent four years in the frozen north for the American Museum of Natural History. He announced a new blond Eskimo race of about 2,900 people with blue eyes and sandy beards, likely descendants of early Greenlandic settlers. He noted civilization harmed Eskimos physically and morally and cited census contrasts from 1848 to present.
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R. Vilhjalmar
Stefans
Arctic
New York
American Museum of Natural History
Cantoa
Harvard Univerty
Stefansson
Forth
Greenland
Victorian Land
Dolphin
Union Straits
Coronation Gulf
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Richardson
Sir John Franklin
Mounted Police
Collinson
Journal Opposed to Jim Woodward's Candidacy
The Atlanta Journal edges from neutrality to a sharp editorial assault on Jim Woodward ahead of the local election. It questions his character and alleges repeated personal immorality and public misconduct, arguing a mayor with such a record should not be entrusted with office.
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Atlanta
The
Atlanta Journal
Jim ‘Woodward
Woodward
Atlanta closes 49 houses in restricted district crackdown
Police chief Beavers orders 49 houses closed in Atlanta as 261 women face eviction from the restricted district. The Men and Religion Forward Movement with local charities plans to house 264 women who choose to stay. Prominent society women and philanthropists visited the red light area to offer aid, while counter charges about hotel ownership were reported as unsubstantiated.
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Atlanta
Beavers
Red Light District
Manhattan Avenue
The Referendum on School Sessions in Commerce High
In Commerce Georgia on September 26 the School Board let patrons vote on one daily session versus two. Of 175 votes cast, 105 favored one session and 70 favored two. The board then adopted one daily session for the high school.
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Commerce
Commerce High School
Tendent
Board of Education
Commerce Sees Big Turnout for Woodrow Wilson Club
In Commerce Georgia on September 27 over a hundred local business leaders signed a Wilson Club formation, with a meeting planned to elect officers and organize campaign work. The move reflects strong support for Governor Wilson, a Southern favorite who is married to Savannah native Miss Louis Axson and tied to the late Dr. Henry F. Hoyt, longtime local pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
Commerce Woodrow Wilson Club
City
Woodrow Wilson
Ernor Wilson
Georgia
Louis Axson
Savannah
Henry F. Hoyt
Presbyterian Church
Cross Presented to Rev J C Davis Formerly of Athens
The All Saints parish presented Rev J C Davis D D with a solid brass cross for seventeen years of faithful service as rector. The cross, about 18 by 12 inches, bears a shield and inscription noting the September 1912 gift and Davis's tenure from 1893 to 1910 in Athens.
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Concord Daily Tribune
Athens
Davis
Emmanuel Church
All Saints Episcopal Church
Gowan Dusenbery
J. C Davis
D. D
Congregation of
All Saints’ Parish
J. C. Davis
Miss Katherine Wallace Swims Delaware River Bound
Miss Katherine Wallace twenty years old swam across the Delaware River at Philadelphia with hands and feet tied. The swift current challenged her repeatedly but she continued, watched by five thousand spectators as her wrists and ankles chafed from bound thongs.
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Delaware River
Katherine Wallace
Philadelphia
Miss Wallace
American Press Association
Movement to Erect Monument to Georgia’s Great Poet Lanier
The movement argues Sidney Lanier’s genius grows in world recognition and Georgia, his native state, has yet to erect a fitting public memorial. Mr Harman notes outsiders’ surprise at the lack of a monument and urges action.
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Georgia
Sidney Lanier
Printer Delays Journals From Recent Legislature
Atlanta newspapers report the journals of the recent legislature are fifteen days overdue for printing and deposit with the state librarian. State Printer Byrd is expected to take two or three weeks more. The journals will include the new insurance law and fertilizer measures affecting state business and administration. The delay inconveniences many people.
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Atlanta
Byrd
Iyi
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Executive Board of
Georgia Division
U. S. Cavalry
Flanders. Automobiles
Ras Ae
Dr. Stefansson
Journal
Jim Woodward
Wilson Club
South
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