Brown withdraws board of education appointments
Special to the Banner Atlanta July 30 Governor Brown has withdrawn the nominations for the state board of education sent to the senate last week. The issue shifts to confirming ad interim appointments of former Governor Hoke Smith. Smith appointees Pound Langston and other names are pending action.
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Athens
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J. C. Langston
Lawson
Wooster
Pound
Langston
Demands to Impeach Judge Emory Speer Surfaces in Macon
Col W A Huff former Macon mayor and state legislator was arrested for contempt of court after delivering a sensational letter urging Judge Emory Speer of the Southern District of Georgia to be impeached. The document accuses Speer of improper handling of the Huff estate, corruption and court theft, and alleges family financial ties and favors.
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Emory Speer
United States Court For
Southern District of Georgia
W. A. Huff
Macon
Huff
Railroad Mileage Report Reveals 862710 Miles Active
Washington reports a preliminary abstract from the Interstate Commerce Commission's 1911 annual statistical review. It shows 862,710.18 miles of railway tracks in operation, 61,627 locomotives including 14,100 passenger, 36,3 freight, and 69,004 more cars than the prior year.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Americanism Runs Strong in Panama Debate
Washington July 30 The Panama canal bill debate reveals sharp view splits on tolls but shows strong Americanism favoring free tolls. Senator Fletcher argues for unrestricted competition and states that the canal should be free for American ships, linking it to national river and harbor improvements. He expects a solution that satisfies patriotic and business interests and asserts U S sovereignty and ten mile canal strip rights. The piece ties canal success to inland waterway development and coastal canal expansion as vital to national distribution and lower costs.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Canal Zone
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Southern Commercial Congress
Panama Canal
Panama
Yanama
Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi River
Mikado Matsuhito Dies in Japan at 12:43
Tokio July 20 Emperor Matsuhito died at 12 43 after 48 hours of unconsciousness. A slight rally in his condition last evening failed to hold as physicians exhausted every resource to sustain his heart action but stimulants had no effect.
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Tokio
Emperor Matsuhito
Convention in Minnesota selects delegates for Chicago
Special to the Banner reports a mass Minnesota progressives convention in St Paul to choose delegates for the third party national convention and to name presidential electors. The note adds a sarcastic line about Bull Moose and a grim reference to the emperor’s bier.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Chicago
Georgia railroad to inaugurate Athens Augusta schedule
The old reliable Georgia railroad will start a new schedule next Sunday to benefit Athens merchants. Through train to Augusta leaves at 7 20 am, local to Union Point at 8 45 am, with arrivals to Athens at 9 15 am and noon. The plan covers Union Point to Augusta and Athens to Union Point, aiming to boost business in Athens and area.
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Athens
Augusta
Union Point
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Chamber of Commerce Committee On
Farmers Benefit from State College Institute Series
State College of Agriculture representatives hold Farmers Institutes across the state. Attendance this year is larger and interest more intense than before, reaching thousands of farmers, including both successful and struggling growers, with rich instructional benefits.
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State College of Agriculture
State College
University Gains Fire Protection After Century Gap
The University of Georgia begins laying ten inch water mains across campus to provide proper fire protection. Digging of ditches will start soon after the ground work already in progress. Trustees allotted 2500 dollars at last commencement to fund the mains, and completion is expected within a few weeks.
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University of Georgia
Gome
Whispers and Wanderings from Dahlonega Nugget
A broad miscellany from Dahlonega recounts crop damage by heavy rains, local mining activity with Carmichael and the Iowa mine crew, and a social note on Mrs. Fannie Quin’s Florida visit. It reports on politics in Nimblewill, community events, and a fiddlers convention denial due to funding. Anecdotes cover a still case, religious visitors, a dream episode by Walt Waters, and a campus tale of a red electric globe.
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John Quilnan
Hall County
Roberts
Dahlonega
John
Bic Increase Indicated For The University
Attendance at the university's next session is expected to rise significantly, though not as much as the 22 percent jump of the previous year. Predictions cite high catalogue requests and many dormitory room reservations, with numbers approaching last year's levels.
Alpine Club Meets N Canada in August
Banff Alta July 80 mountain climbers from the Dominican Great Britain Europe and the United States gathered for the seventh annual Alpha Club of Canada camp near Palliser’s Vermilion Pass in the Rocky Mountains. The site at 5200 feet promises student graduation by ascent to 10000 feet, with Storm Mountain as the first test.
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Rocky Mountains
Mida Trem Castle
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Mount Whymper
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Tokum Creek
Rosenthal murder probe looms over New York politics
New York leaders say the Rosenthal murder inquiry will decide which political faction gains or loses influence as the national and state campaigns approach. DA Whitman battles Gov. Gaynor and administration forces amid expectations that justice will sway voters.
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Rosenthal
New York
Whitman
Gaynor
New York City
Pan American trade drive urged by Southern Commercial Congress
Special to the Banner reports the Southern Commercial Congress promoting stronger US Pan American relations. Four main aims include boosting trade ahead of the Panama Canal opening in 1913, informing exporters to compete with European merchants, channeling Latin American students to US institutions, and advancing Spanish study and Pan American chairs in schools. William A. Reid, international commerce expert, authored four articles outlining these plans and related credentials.
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Southern Commercial Congress
United States
William A. Reid
Reid
George Washington University
Harvard University
Chiense Imperial
Washington
Hague
Santiago
Chile
St. Louis
Tomato Attack on Doctor Leads to Frightful Scene
Police rushed to 46 Larkin Street after Dr. J. T. Gordon reported abuse. Gordon lay injured with tomato pulp covering his face and body. His wife claimed she kicked and then massaged his face with ripe tomatoes in anger, causing severe distress, police said.
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Atlanta
Surieks
J. T. Gordon
Larkin Street
Dr. Gordon
Graduate Work Students Showing Increase at University of Georgia
There is a noticeable yearly rise in students at the University of Georgia pursuing graduate work under Dean W. H. Bocock. The Graduate School offers three summer versions and proper oral exams for degrees, attracting more men and women each year. Last season numbered twenty four, with growth anticipated next year as graduates from other colleges and states come to study.
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University of Georgia
W. H. Bocock
Tenty4iz
Schoor
Georgia
Vanderbilt orders demolition of three story residence near Biltmore
In Asheville North Carolina George W Vanderbilt orders tearing down a three story residence blocking a portion of the Western mountains from Biltmore house the structure built by Mrs Mitchell sister in law of Marshall Pichia. The report mentions a goal of 20 00 and notes friendly relations between the United States and Pan American republics will be published in leading newspapers.
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Biltmore House
George W. Vanderbilt
Mitchell
Marshall Pichia
United States
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