Federal Judge Newman Convenes Eastern Division Jury
Judge Newman convened the federal court, empanelled grand and traverse juries, and issued a practical charge on grand jury duties. The grand jury selected J. Y. Carithers as foreman, with a lengthy list of members from Athens and surrounding counties. Nineteen moonshine cases closed, seven defendants found guilty, five guilty verdicts, seven pleas of guilty. others saw not guilty determinations. Court reconvenes at 10 a.m. with jurors called at 9, aiming to finish criminal business tomorrow.
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Newman
Grand
Homer R. Harber
Commerce
Jackson County
Jos
B. Thompson
Danielsville
Madison County
Ranford Hitchcock
Comer
M. Burden
Bowman
Elbert
Isaac G. Swift
Elberton
Jas Melptosh
W. Taylor Kelley
Hilbert
Ralph Hodgson
Athens
Clarke
Banks Davis
Godfrey
Federal
Washington
Lara Willingham
Atlanta
Sears, Rowhuck & Co
Chicago
Fire devastates Maysville businesses totaling twenty thousand
A morning blaze yesterday destroyed the Maysville post office, Boone Suddeth’s store, City Barber Shop, and Dr Sharpe’s offices along with three other stores. Minor damage to Dr Deadwyler’s office and Gillespie & Company nearly caught by the flames. Origin not known. Estimated damage about twenty thousand dollars.
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Maysville
Boone Suddeth
Dr. Sharpe
Dr. Deadwyler
Gillespie & Company
Rowe Named Trustee for University of Georgia
Atlanta April 12 special to the Banner Hugh J Rowe editor of the Athens Banner was tonight named by Governor Slaton as a trustee of the University of Georgia to succeed the late Captain James White. The post includes a place on the prudential committee. Rowe did not seek the position and said the honor was unexpected and would be devoted to the university.
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Atlanta
Hugh 4. Rowe
Athens Banner
Slaton
University of Georgia
James White
Prudential Committee
College Town
Rowe
Mr. Rowe
Athens
Doans Kidney Pills Endorsement and Naturalizations
A dated newspaper snippet documents Mrs. J. F. Martin of Athens praising Doan's Kidney Pills after kidney trouble and long illness. The piece also notes naturalization grants to Wolff Buchwald Andrew Chelms John Jim Macijinski and Louis Cutler along with a list of local officials and deputy marshals.
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Foley
K. Palmer & Sons
Grier
B. B. Landers
Robert Ramspeck
H. D. Miller
J. B. Guston
Gainesville
Rod. Skelton
Hartwell
J .C. Adams
C. R. Faulkner
Bellton
R. B.A. Hamby
Clayton
W. W. Stark
Commrce
Wolff Buchwald
Andrew Chelms
John Jim, Macijinski
Louis Cutler
Husband Rescues Despairing Wife From Illness
In Catron Kentucky a letter from Bettie Bullock Willows describes long womanly troubles and a collapse to bed rest. Her husband gave Cardus the woman's tonic and she recovered enough to walk two miles and resume chores. Cardus is promoted as a proven remedy with long market history and a druggist endorsement.
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Catron, Ky
Bettie Bullock Willows
Cardus
tSold Cardus
Turning Waste Into Gold in the South's Future Industry
Arthur D. Little's address outlines turning pine waste into industrial alcohol and highlights South’s wasteful lumbering, underutilized cotton seeds, and potential gains from better farming, pulp mills, and a nascent waste paper industry, stressing Negro farmers' rising productivity and need for modernization.
Riggs Bank sues McAdoo and Williams in DC suit
The Riggs National Bank sues Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller Williams in Washington DC alleging a conspiracy to wreck the bank. The complaint seeks temporary and permanent injunctions blocking unlawful demands for reports and restraining payment of five thousand dollars to the treasury. Government deposits and cross charges are alleged, with Williams accused of excessive reporting demands and misuse of funds. Williams defends, noting irregularities in bank affairs and promising justice department action. The case stresses confrontations amid wartime finance and bank regulation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Currency
Williams
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Riggs National Bank
John Burke
United States
Treasury
Congress
Jnstice McCoy
Red , Cross
Thei
Riggs Bank
Willame
Williama
Department of Justice
Department
Chartering a Fishing Boat For Coastal Voyage
Mr. Carlos Brown of Athens Coca Cola Bottling Company, a Clarke County legislator designate, chartered the Eagle, a Central of Georgia coast boat, for a two week fishing trip along the Savannah coast with eight friends. Also notes a Florida bootlegger style promo and a Louisiana industrial empire remark.
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Carlos Brown
Athens Coca Cola Bottling Company
Clarke County
Eagle
Savannah
Atlanta Leaders Visit Athens to Inspect Concrete Streets
Mayor J G Woodward accompanied by Nym Hurt chief of construction and J F Renfroe chairman of the street committee toured Athens in a touring car on Sunday. With Capt Barnett they reviewed most areas and expressed pleasure with the concrete streets and the city’s prosperous, modern appearance.
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J. G. Woodward
Atlanta
Nym Hurt
J. F. Renfroe
Jcouncil
Athens
Capt. Barnett
Miss Rutherford Speaks on The South of Yesterday at Hartwell
Hartwell hosts Miss Mildred Rutherford of Athens for a talk on The South of Yesterday under the Daughters of the Confederacy. She describes old plantation life, is praised by locals, and a musical program enhances the event. A follow up automobile tour visits historical sites tied to the McCurry family and local homes in Hartwell.
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Hartwell
Mildred Rutherford
Athens
Academy Auditorium
South
McAlpin Thornton
Thornton
Thomas D. Johson
William Z. Yates
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Yates
Clare Herndon
Marion Thornton
Misete Alva Bennett
Thomas Johnson
Maggie
Lorena
Mise Rutherford
Julian B. McCurry
Lord Teasley
Lucy Cobb
Julian McCurry
McCurry
Savannah River
A. G. McCurry
Brown's Ferry
Makes 61 Feel Like 16
Mia M A Bridges of Robinson Mississippi writes about suffering a kidney ailment for two years and starting Foley Kidney Pills ten months ago she says she is years old and feels like a sixteen year old girl Foley Kidney Pills are advertised as invigorating weak kidneys and easing backache rheumatism and bladder trouble H R Palmer and Sons advertise for the product
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Mia. M. A. Bridges, Robinson
Miss
Foley
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Ellen Wilson Memorial Formed in Atlanta
Twenty one Atlanta women received a charter to form the Ellen Wilson Memorial to educate mountain youth in Mrs. Wilson’s honor. The endowment will be held by the home mission board of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, with the movement approved by the president. Mrs. Wilson was Georgia born.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Atlaata
Lilea Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Saloon fraud sentences mark federal ruling in Indiana
Four men convicted in a Torre Helite Elleton election fraud trial received prison terms and appeals. A total of 87 are jailed as the judge denounced saloons as centers of corruption, warning a time may come when the saloon is eliminated. Terre Haute conditions noted.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Fed
Heme
Roberts
Anderson
Terre Haute
Terre Hau
Tanzer Sisters Indicted for Perjury in Fraud Case
New York. Rose and Dora Tanger sisters of Mae Tanzer were indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury in the Rae Tanzer mail fraud investigation. The indictment accuses them of identifying Osborne as the man who visited their sister.
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Associated Press
New York
Rose
Dora Tanger
Mae Tanzer
Federal Grand Jury
Rae Tanzer
James W. Osborne
Osborne
Poem Fragment on Pisgah and Immortal Women
A lyrical speaker gazes toward promised land and distant shores. Immortal women, Cleopatra and Ceasar figures, appear in a vast procession as existential questions about art and life arise.
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Egypt
Cleopatra
Houria
Ceasar
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