State University Receives Increased Appropriation
The Georgia House approved higher maintenance funds for the University of Georgia in Athens, boosting the appropriation by 20 000 dollars. Other Athens related allocations were expected to pass, including state sanitarium funds and state tuberculosis care, with additional sums for the university summer school and farmers institutes.
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University of Georgia At
State University
Hooper Alexander
DeKalb
Alexander
University
Farmers’ Institutes
State
Landscrip
Rome Negro Acquitted In Beer Transport Prohibition Case
In Rome Georgia a city court acquitted Frank Murphy, a Black drayman, of transporting 673 kegs of beer over two months and selling them, despite testimony of large beer receipts and purchases. Witnesses cited good character and residents used beer for personal consumption. jurors found him not guilty after hours of deliberation. Tom Wooden pleaded guilty to selling whiskey. fining details noted.
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Rome
Frank Murphy
Murphy
G. W. Fleetwood
P. Simpson
E Lindsey
Southern
Acs. Company
Barkey
Central of Georgia Railroad
W. P. Simpson
Los
Chattanooga
Tom Wooden
Bill Ballard
Davis Foundry & Machine Co
Georgia Senate Moves Free Railroad Passes for Sheriffs
Senator Whitehead leads discussion as Georgia Senate approves a bill allowing sheriffs to receive free railroad passes from railroads for official business. The measure, opposed by critics, aims to curb Hepburn act enforcement and revive old free-pass practices, prompting warnings of a dangerous precedent and questions about railroad motives.
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Atlanta
Georgia Senate
Senate
Georgia Sheriff's Association
Culbreth, Cromartie and
Dickereson
House
Smith
Railroad Commission
State Railroad Commission
Georgia
Railroad Committee
Beauchamp
Whitehead
Unusually Large Clothes Sold By Athens Firm
An Athens clothing firm sold an oversized trousers pair with a 56 inch waist and 40 inch leg, described as beyond boy sizes. A local resident, a county president, also ordered a hat labeled number seven with dimensions about six eighths larger than average for a man.
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Athens
Glidden Tour Talk Delayed In Athens By Engagements
The vice president of the American Touring Club D D Armstrong and W R Fraser missed yesterday's Athens talks on operating the Glidden route through Athens. No meeting occurred. If needed a strong Athens committee will travel to Atlanta to urge routing by Athens and push for a fall event.
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American Touring Club
D. D. Armstrong
Athens
W. R. Fraser
Atlanta
Fraser
Armstrong
Chamber of Commerce
Glidden Tour schedule set for October 15 25
Chicago August 19 ChaseMay Butler of the American Automobile Association announced the Glidden tour will be run October 15 25. The route starts in New York and ends in Jacksonville Florida covering 1269 miles with a two day stay in Atlanta October 21 22. The route honors southern road-building progress.
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Chicago
Chasemay Butler
American Automobile Association
New York
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
Georgia Agriculture Department Audit Authorized
The Georgia House authorized the audit committee to hire expert accountants to thoroughly examine the state department of agriculture books. The investigation will extend into vacation time and results will not be available in this legislative session.
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Atlanta
House
Ault
State Department of Agriculture
Married in city as Getel Worinsky and Louis Kutler
The county ordinary issued a marriage license for Louis Cutler and Getal Norence both of the city. The ceremony was performed by Rabbi J. M. Lewis of Atlanta. The officiating minister’s return mis-spelled the names as Getel Worinsky and Louis Kutler, but the couple are happily married.
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Louis Cutler
Getal Norence
J. M. Lewis
Atlanta
Court of Ordinary
Getel Worinsky
Louis Kutler
Judge Meadow Withdraws Objection to County Move
Judge David W. Meadow of the Northern circuit withdrew his objections before the house judiciary committee to placing Franklin county in his circuit from the Western circuit. The committee will recommend the act and the bill is expected to pass, changing county allocations among judges and potentially affecting local support.
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Atlanta
David W. Meadow
Judiciary Committee of
House
Franklin County
Brand
Judge Meadow
History of Prohibition in Maine and Astoria Celebration
A Maine voter referendum on constitutional prohibition looms after decades of state and international campaigning, led by Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens of Portland, with strong church and Sunday school mobilization. In Astoria, Oregon a month of events marks John Jacob Astor era history, including a Pacific Northwest regional athletic meet and Astor Day with a statue unveiling and university-wide pageantry.
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Augusta
Maine
Commonwealth
Friends of Prohibition
Maine Sunday School Association
United States
Europe
Astoria
Ore
Pacific Coast
New York
John Jacob Astor
United States Army and Navy
Oregon
Oregon Country
Indiana
Northwest
Pacific
Coast Amateur Athletic Association
Oregon Development League
Columbia River
Far Northwest
Fort George
Washington
Idaho
Astor
West
America
China
Death at 74 of Mrs. Sarah A. Butler in Athens
Mrs. Sarah Anthony Butler died yesterday at her residence, 23 Summer Street, after a six month illness. Survived by eight children and multiple sisters and a brother. Funeral at 2 pm from the home, burial at the Coll family burying ground near Hull, Madison County. Pallbearers named. Also reports a damaging hailstorm at Oconee Heights with extensive property losses and crop damage.
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Sarah Anthony Butler
Summer Street
Coll
Hull
Madison County
Frank H Bowden
George Collins
W. V. Parnell
L. D. Benton
BE. P. Stone
H. D. Marbut
Lightning Strikes and Kills Mr Smiths Fine Cow
Yesterday morning Mr T A Smith assistant to Clerk Crawford at the courthouse learned from the man who tended his cows that a lightning bolt in the evening struck and instantly killed a valuable cow valued at seventy five dollars. The animal was one of the finest milkers near Athens and stood in a pasture near the Crawford barns in Barberville which were struck and burned by lightning in the same storm.
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T. A. Smith
Crawford
Court House
Cotton Fields Reported Bare After Hall Damage
Mr. R. L. Tribble tallied forty acres of cotton damaged by a hailstorm, expecting a high yield but foreseeing only about five bales. Stones the size of partridge eggs stripped stalks, leaves, and bolls, with fields across Messie Jarrell Wingfeld Goodrum and Phiny places severely damaged. Jarrell barn was roofless.
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R. L. Tribble
Banner
Mrs Laura Huen Dies After Illness in Athens
Yesterday afternoon Mrs Laura Huen widow of Seaborn Huen died at her Thomas street home after a long illness. Born in Newberry South Carolina she moved to Athens years ago and her husband was a local prominent merchant. She leaves one son Seah Huen. Funeral at First Presbyterian Church with pallbearers named for Dorsey and Funkenstein at 4 pm. Interment at Oconee Cemetery.
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Thomas Street
Laura Huen
Seaborn Huen
Huen
Newberry
South Carolina
Athens
Seah Huen
First Presbyterian Church
J.D. McPhail
Dorsey & Funkenstein
Messrs
H. H. Linton
J. A. Hannicutt
Charlie Talmadge
J. N. Webb
Albert Wier
Oconee Cemetery
Hemrick Family To Hold Reunion At Princeton County Factory
A Hemrick family reunion will be held today in Princeton county factory with descendants of John Hemrick and Polly Hemrick attending. Relatives including children grandchildren and possibly great grandchildren are expected. the Hemricks moved to the county from North Carolina about sixty years ago.
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Princeton Factory
Hemrick
John Hemrick
Polly Hemrick
North Carolina
Four Youths Charged With Murder in Altoona Case
Gadeden Gadeden Ala August 10 Lether Thompson Joseph Baulsberry Wiley Goforth and C F P Curvin, each from a respectable family, were held for preliminary hearing on murdering Nicholas Shentsen, a German hermit miner beaten to death and decapitated the night before he planned to return to Germany. The body was hidden under his cabin. After the crime the four traveled to Birmingham spending money and then vanished. two were found in Shelby County and two arrested in Arkansas.
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Gadeden
Ala
Lether Thompson
Joseph Baulsberry
Wiley Goforth
C. FP. Curvin
Nicholas Shentsen
Altoona
Germany
Birmingham
Shelby
County
Arkansas
Walbridge Buffum Wedding At Narragansett Pier
Prominent summer residents gathered for the wedding of Miss Margaret Buffum of Newport and Charles Carter Walbridge of Philadelphia. The ceremony took place at the bride’s parents’ summer home with Rev. C. D. Burrows of Newport officiating, assisted by Rev. Arnold H. Hord of Germantown Pa.
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Jamestown
R. C
Newport
Narragansett Pier
Margaret Bufffum
Charles Carter Walbridge
Philadelphia
C. D. Burrows
Arnold H. Hord
Germantown
Holiness Camp Meeting Opens in Indian Springs
The annual Holiness camp meeting at Indian Springs near Jackson Georgia opened today and will run through August 20. Leaders include Rev C W Puth of Philadelphia and Dr H Morrison president of Asbury College Willmore Kentucky, among others at one of the souths largest yearly assemblies.
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Jackson
Indian Springs
South
C. W. Puth
Philadelphia
H. ©. Morrison
Asbury College
Willmore
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Agricultural Department
D.W. Meadow
Pedition
Putnam
Jasper
Walton
Newton
House Committee
5. A. Butler
Oconee Heights
Gillen Old Place
Smith and Rhodes
Presbyterian Church
Holiness Camp Meeting
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