Athens Cotton Firms Form Market Wire Service
Eighteen cotton buying firms in Athens unite to secure a superior wire intelligence service. A buzzer system will relay New York Liverpool and New Orleans prices directly to each office, improving timeliness and detail beyond Augusta levels. The service costs over four hundred dollars monthly to support anticipated marketing of over 180000 bales last season.
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Athens
Coton
New York
Liverpool
New Orleans
Augusta
City Council Extends Sidewalk Paving Plan
At last night’s regular meeting Col T F Green asked to extend granolithic sidewalk paving from Rutherford street to Milledge avenue to avoid leaving a block unfinished. The council granted the petition and authorized the work noting the benefit to residents in that section. Col Max Michael withdrew the appeal of Albert Nelson and sought reduced fines for Robert Sheats. both requests granted. Several defendants sought to withdraw cases and with Judge Thomas’s help one case was sent back for settlement. R L Porter, charged with keeping whiskey, faced witnesses and a verdict of guilty was recorded with a two hundred dollar fine postponed due to a witness illness. The session adjourned to 6:30 this afternoon to continue regular business.
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Col
T. F. Green
Lumpkin Street
Rutherford Street
Milledge Avenue
Baxter
Max Michael
Albert Nelson
Robert Sheats
Col. Michael
Col. H. M. Riley
Luke Moon
Elisha Dean
R. L. Porter
C. Thomas
Evidence Council
Cornell
Tax digest gains and losses across Georgia counties
Comptroller general reports 101 counties filed tax digests with 62 counties showing net gains of 7.93 million and 39 with losses of 3.21 million, for a net increase of 4.72 million. Fulton expected to add about 8 million to total gains, while several counties list notable losses and gains including Richmond 1.08 million and Ware 446 thousand.
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Fulton
Ben Hill
Mitchell
Chattooga
Meriwether
Pike
McDuf
Appling
Bartow
Berrien
Calhoun
Carroll
Clarke
Cobb
DeKalb
Dooly
Effingham
Glynn
Gordon
Grady
Henry
Laurens
Rabin
Richmond
Lcreven
Toombs
Towns
Walker
Ware
Whitfeld
RAGE FOR AGRICULTURAL COMMIS SIONER RIVALS
Georgia politics heats up as three candidates contest the agriculture commissioner race with alliances among J J Brown J D Price and A O Blalock. Watson backs Brown while Price tours over eighty counties and runs a vigorous farm based campaign from Farmington Oconee County. The Governor’s race and internal party shifts add to the tension ahead of the primary.
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Statehouse
Brown
J. J. Conner
Barstow
J. D. Price
Oconee
J. J. Brown
Filbert
Thomas F. Watson
Thomson i
Georgia
Watson
Mr. Brown
Hudson
A. O. Blalock
Fayette
Mr. Blalock
Joe Brown
Mr. Price
Oconed
Price
Mra. Price
Farmington
Oconee County
Commissioner of Agriculture
Farmers Sue Over Rain Making Dynamite Scheme
A Texas stock company claimed profits from artificial rain via dynamite. Farmers sue for damages after excessive rainfall ruined crops, arguing legal precedent lacks clear guidance and future legislation on rain making is anticipated.
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Texas
Atock
Georgia road mileage soars in McCallie report
The third annual State Geologist report shows Georgia built 4349 miles of graded roads in the year, with 4,344 miles improved in 1911. Convicts in 116 counties aided road work, total convicts 4,744, with cost per new mile around 960 dollars. Governor Wilson cites conservation as broader effort.
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Georgia
W. McCallie
House Passes Fertilizer Bill Prohibiting Fillers
The Georgia House approved the Cabanite fertilizer bill prohibiting fillers like cinders in commercial fertilizers at the August session in Atlanta. The amended measure allows fillers if a statement is printed on the bag, with a 112 to 19 vote. The bill targets fertilizer manufacture broadly and now moves toward Senate action.
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Atlanta
House
Blalock
Senate
Triangular Building to Rise in Atlanta Skyline
Atlanta records a futuristic project with a 17 story triangular skyscraper on Edgewood Avenue and Exchange Place, costing 700000 dollars. Joel Hurt leads the project as president of the building company behind Atlanta’s latest landmark.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Edgewood Avenue
Exchange Place
Joel Hurt
Equitable
Banks Legislature Passes New Banking Law in Georgia
Atlanta Aug 8 With only three votes against the joint house and senate bank bill the Georgia Bankers Association backed measure passed in the state senate. The bill sets bank branch rules, creates a department of banking, and specifies superintendent qualifications and salaries. The document also includes unrelated ad copy and misc notes from the issue.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Senate
House
Georgia Bankers’ Association
State
State Cay
Man Arrested on State Warrant Held in Winder
John Kensington, a white man from Winder, was taken into custody by city police on a Jackson County warrant for assault and battery and assault with intent to kill. After a bond was posted in Winder by his friends, officers in this city released him.
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John Kensington
Winder
Jackson County
Better paint this year if your property needs it
John L Arnold sells it. Protection of property counts more yet. The gofar that counts. Mistaken men have the cost of the down it at paint that count, the quality counts. Better paint this year if your property needs it. DEVORE
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John L. Arnold
Athens
Doctor Thrown From Buggy Near State Normal School
Dr J P Waldiug a prominent city physician was hurled from his buggy on the macadam road in front of his Heights home near the State Normal School. Mrs Waldrup on the porch saw the fall and feared a broken neck. The horse bolted after a dog barked at it and the doctor lay unconscious for about an hour. Dr Holliday afterward found no bones broken and no skull fracture. He remains痛fully shaken but will recover.
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Mac’ Adam
Dr. Waldrup
Bugsy
Pery
Dri
Dr. Holliday
Police Fines Cover City Police Department Expenses
Chief Brooks reports to the mayor on the month of August showing 125 convictions and 9 dismissals from 13 percent docketed cases. Fines total 2176 dollars with 460 dollars appealed. stockade and other fines nearly cover department expenses while emphasizing crime suppression and moral protection in Hin city.
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Brooks
al Council
I Want a Name for New Greenhouse in Athens
Advertisement by Mr Cruce invites names for a new greenhouse along the Lumpkin Milledge car line. Prizes of five dollars in goods to be awarded to the best selected name mailed to Mr H M Cruce in Athens Georgia.
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Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Donn
Lumpkin- Milledge
J Place
Had Cigars and Matches Create Dangerous Garage Scene
A newspaper recounts a dangerous incident in which a well known Athens resident hosted friends with cigars and a box of Colorado Madaros. Two young boys reportedly struck matches near a gasoline filled barrel behind a garage, risking a potential explosion as the scene unraveled and a witness asked about the peril.
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Athens
Madison
Oconee
Jackson
Hall Counties
Parnell
Athens Lumber Company
Harold Brown
Mogs Manufacturing Co
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Senator Smith
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Yun Chi Ho
Emory College
Korea
John L, Arnold
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J. L. Pendly
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