Jurors drawn for Athens city court term
Judge West named jurors to serve at the approaching Athens city court term convening on the last Monday in August. A large number are unavailable due to summer travel, with many unreachable by sheriff for summons. The list includes Harrison Heidler, W. W. Pasyear, B. R. Pickrell, D. A. Nunnally, John Bud Wier, and others.
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West
Athens
Harrison Heidler
W. W. Pasyear
B. R. Pickrell
D. A. Nunnally
John Bud Wier
John W. Thomas
Earl Fambrough
Henry A. Pass
Chas. E. Underwood
James R. Colle
W. A. Capps
Walter H. Bishop
A. L. King
W. W. Duncan
A. 8
Rhodes
H. P. Lawrencee
R. B. Dixon
B. W. Jackson
W. Frank Betts
James M. F. Watson
George T. Phillips
Nathen T. Sharp
Frank C. Thornton
John 8. Hawks
William B. Head
Asbury H. Hodgson
Garrison M. Caskey
William M. Thomas
Ros
K. Wier
MM. F. McKinney
George A. Booth
James H. Dozier Young
Cash
A. V. Clifton
Henry M. Cartledge
David F. Miller
Judge Richard Russell Endorses Quarterman for Solicitor General
In a June 21 1912 note from Russell Ga the former Chief Justice writes to White Voters of the Western Judicial Circuit endorsing Homer W H Quarterman for Solicitor General. He cites Quartermans prior service and qualities while praising other candidates but urging support for Quarterman.
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Russell
Western Judicial Circuit
W. “Circuit
Thie Circuit
Hom
W. H. Quarterman
Quarterman
Coffee County
Hem
Richard & Russell
Athens Boy Making Owls Nests Across Northwest
An Athens boy, linked to the Owowee prese American circle, has reportedly been living away from home for over eight years. Dr and Mrs C A Ryder of Athens Ga are cited as related figures while M Ryder is named as organizer of the Order of wed with plans for a signal event in the near future.
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Mich
Athens
C. A. Ryder
M. Ryder
Tiyder
Atlanta Debates Budget Fight and Prohibition Roundup
In Atlanta July 29 the Clarke representative DuBose saw his $52,000 state normal school building appropriation bill defeated in the lower house by 79 to 70. The day’s Capitol notes include Tipping Alexander bill fate, governor’s stance, and an Employers' Liability bill advancing in the Senate.
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Atlanta
R. T. DuBose
Clarke
Bere
House
Senate
J. H. Felker
Brown
W. 8. Elkins
Georgia
Harris and
Sheppard
Urder
Executive Department
County of
Kent
Wimberly
Bibb
Cordell
Bibert
Frederick
Macon
Montana progressives choose delegates for national convention
Special to the Banner in Helena Montana July 29 a state convention of the third party supporters met to elect delegates to the national convention in Chicago. The gathering noted growth in the movement and cited prominent fraternal order men among its supporters in counties with a combined population of about 276000 across English speaking regions.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce committee seeks 5000 dollar fund drive
A chamber of commerce committee of business men is actively soliciting new members and subscriptions to raise five thousand dollars for hiring a rate expert and publicity man. The goal is to start work by September to gain freight classification and overcharges benefits and inaugurate an active publicity campaign for Athens. Local citizens are urged to join, subscribe, and help finalize arrangements this week.
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Chamber Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Athens
The
Chamber of Commence
Miss Willie Mae Brooks Receives Cotton Grading Certificate
Summer School features at State Agricultural College include agriculture demos and a cotton classification course led by Prof DeLoach and Mr Crane. Seventeen students completed the course. certificates awarded to several Savannah and New York figures, with Miss Willie Mae Brooks of Crawford, Georgia being the sole female graduate.
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Willie Mae Brooks
State Agricultural College
Fain
R. J. H. DeLoach
B. A. Crane
DeLoach
Crane
Messrs
Roof and Ellington
New York City
Lloyd Worrill
South Africa
Willams
Ligon
Rawlins
Taylor
Georgia
South Carolina
Misa Willie Mae Brooks
Crawford
Misa Brooks
Senator Price Narrowly Drenched Then Delivers Speech
Senator Jim Price, traveling with Judge Max L. McRae and others, faced a flooded creek en route to a Jacksonville speech. The car stalled in two feet of water, forcing the group to push it free while Price, wearing his only suit, stayed dry in the vehicle. He resumed the trip, spoke successfully, and earned support.
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J. D. Prigé
Oconee
McRae
Jacksonville
Price
Max L. McRae
Andrew McRae
George H. Harris
H.l Mason
Mr. Price
Sarge Plunkett Harris Back to Days of Ben Franklin Printing
Atlanta veteran printer, poet, and philosopher known as Sarge Plunkett works solo in a cottage basement near Oakhurst. He crafts copy by hand into Plunkett's Weekly, preserving old time craft and Georgia memory in a rustic rural press. His enduring fame rests on Atchison Milton Wier, not Plunkett.
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Sarge Plunkett Harris
Ben Franklin
Atlanta
Mergenthaler
Big Dalies
Sarge Plunkett
United States
Sarge Pulnkett
Oakhurst
Grandma Plunkett
Law
Plunkett
Georgia
Daily Press
Plunkett's Weekly
Atchison Milton
Delicacy to appease the Joss Idol on Ship
On a British carrier Alexandra in Bush Docks the crew fear a mysterious force is haunting the idol Choo Choo in the fo casle. The cook is ordered to prepare a rare feast to appease the idol after disturbances include a blue ribbon tied around its neck and repeated desecrations. Quong Sin chairs a conference to curb offerings as suspicions rise that a shipmate may be undermining the idol.
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Cook
Joss
New York
Alexandra
Bush Docks
Far Orient
Ecolle
Choo Choo
Tone
Letter about Haselton and a laugh at a Georgia dealer
An Athens man D P Haselton recalls a train encounter in which a Georgia acquaintance ribbed him over a Music Trade Review story about a piano dealer. The piece describes dealer responses to sheet music sales, including a Georgia dealer’s long, humorous letter detailing past misadventures from stock to staff and the decision to abandon sheet music selling.
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D. P. Haselton
South Georgia
Mr. Haselton
Athens
Music Trade Review
United States
England
Haselton
F. H. Burt
Remick & Co
Georgia
Tam
Interease Factories Slogan At Atlanta Exposition
Atlanta hosts the Georgia Manufacturers Exposition from July 31 through August 10 to urge higher youth and state factory output. Governor Brown will speak at opening night as 70 exhibitors display over 100 products, with many processes shown live.
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Atlanta
East
Georgia
South
Peru Indiana Furnishes Batch of Freakiest Freak Stories
A collage of oddities from Peru Indiana includes a veterinarian hammering a gold tooth into a horse’s mouth, a 21 year old man gulping 24 sundaes in 18 minutes on a wager, and a petrified cat found beneath a teardown. Other items note lightning striking a hog pen, a tree injuring a resident’s daughter, a family rendered unconscious, and a Civil War veteran about to extract a leg bullet after fifty years. An interurban car notice from Parker City offers a bizarre marriage market appeal to a stout woman willing to board and cook for a man seeking a home.
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Peeru
Ind
Clark
Morristown
Charles Fenn
Seymour
Harrisburg
Drennen
Homer H. Drennen
Connersville
Jim
Joseph Sorgus
Petersburg
E. H. Whitehead
5. W. Cantrell
Lena
Hale
Highbank
Philip Grind
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Parker City
Muncie
J. H. Box
Army worm damage in Georgia tops one million dollars
Special to the Banner from Washington July 29 The army worm marching through Georgia will cause about 1 000 000 dollars in damage to corn cotton and other crops per a Georgia state entomologist report to the department of agriculture The extent of injury in other southern states remains uncalculated but fears grow for farmers and planters nationwide
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Banner
Washington
Georgia
Department of Agriculture
Allows Men to Smoke While He Preaches to Em
Special to the Banner from Atlanta reports Rev. W. W. Memminger will permit smoking in All Saints church Parish House during sermons for men. After-dinner cigars will be supplied and pipes allowed for those who wish to smoke while listening to the sermon.
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Atlanta
W. W. Memminger
Han
All Saints’ Church
Georgia
Cat Eats Up a Rat Protégé She Adopted
Hamilton Ohio July 29 An employee at the Goodman paper plant found a rat acting as a mother to eight young rats. A cat had been caring for them as her own litter. Bets that the cat would eat one soon were paid and the cat did so this morning.
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Hamilton
Goodman Paper Plant
Young Men Offered Free Room and Board
In Los Angeles on July 29 a Long Branch hotel invites one hundred young men to stay a month at virtually no cost to become guests. The move follows a demand from 160 accompanying girls and chaperons who threaten to depart unless escorts for swimming, bathing, tennis, golf, motoring and dancing are supplied.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Long Branch
Legislators Cautious Over Georgia Power Woman’s agitation
In Atlanta on July 29 a report says legislators avoid angering a Georgia woman behind an agitation against Georgia Railway and Power Company. After two governors and all lawyers advised the company’s rights, lawmakers still fear hurting her feelings and continue to show patience while the case remains unsettled.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia Railway & Power Company
Twins For Aged Father In Oregon News
Twin boys born to Mr and Mrs John Waring near Jasper Oregon weighed eight pounds each. The father is sixty seven years old and the family lives twelve miles southeast of Eugene. Last week the twins were born and the article notes the unusual ages involved.
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Eugene
Ore
John Waring
Jasper
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Jerome H. Remick & Co
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Burt
J. H. Remick & Co
Salna
Interease Factories
Atlanta Manufactories
Peru
Georcia
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