Committees Appointed for Georgia Confederate Veterans Reunion
A mass meeting at city hall formed committees to prepare for the Georgia Division of Confederate Veterans reunion to be held next month. Despite lower attendance, a start was made on arrangements with D. P. Haselton as chairman and members including Max Michael R Brandt W C Weatherford I A Bradberry and Henry El-Hott for decorations and planning.
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City Hall
Athens
Georgia Division of Confederate Veterans
D. P. Haselton
Max Michael
R. Brandt
W. C. Weatherford
I. A. Bradberry
Henry el- Hott
Fate of Spain in the Balance at Melilla Campaign
Lisbon August 18. The future of Spain hinges on General Marina’s Morrocan campaign. He leads about 38,000 troops against Moorish forces near Melilla as gunboat fire pounds Mount Gurugu. A brutal, decisive offensive looms with heavy casualties and a vow of no quarter as Spain seeks glory and control.
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Lisbon
Spain
Morocco
Marina
Phos
Melilla
Mount Gurugu
Alfonso
Pinzon
Princeza de Asturias
Gurugu
Alfer
Bucemas
Benon de la Gomera
Genera Marina
Soule Named VP of National Farmers Institute Workers
Dr Andrew M Soule president of the State College of Agriculture is named vice president of the American Association of Farmers Institute Workers at the Portland Oregon convention. He has spent weeks in the West visiting Portland and Seattle and attending key agricultural meetings. The election honors a renowned educator who has advanced agricultural education in Georgia.
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Andrew M. Soule
State College of Agriculture
American Association of Farmers’ Institute Workers
Portland
Oregon
Soule
Far West
Seattle
Georgia
Major J. F. Hanson Sued for Divorce
Atlanta August 18 Mrs Cora L Hanson files total divorce suit against Major J F Hanson alleging cruelty including infatuation with Mrs Horner, forceful visits withheld, threats to choke her, and fear induced living in bathroom. Daughter Mrs Garett placed in charge. sale to Europe threatened. Attorneys Du Pont Guerry J H Hall Warren Roberts of Macon.
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Atlanta, Ga
Cora L. Hanson
J. F. Hanson
Dupont Guerry
J. H. Hall
Warren Roberts
Macon
Fifteen Counties Go For Prohibition in South Carolina
Columbia August 18. Prohibitionists won in fifteen of twenty-one wet counties in yesterday’s election. Final returns may shift in Abbeville Bamberg Barnwell Berkeley Calhoun Colleton Dorchester Fairfield Hampton Kershaw Lee Lexington Orangeburg Sumter Williamsburg. Dispensary carried Aiken Charleston Richland. In Charleston the dispensary vote was six to one with 1830 for 305 against, four small precincts awaited.
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Columbia
8. C
Abbeville
Bamberg
Barnwell
Berkeley
Calhoun
Colleton
Dorchester
Fairfield
Hampton
Kershaw, Lee
Lexington
Orangeburg
Sumter
Wiliamsburg
Aiken
Charleston
Richland
Judge Howell Cobb Nearing End Amid Illness
Judge Howell Cobb continued to sink yesterday and last night. At 2 o'clock this morning he was barely alive and death was expected at any moment. He is not expected to live many hours.
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Howell Cobb
Naval court verdict assigns sole responsibility for Sutton death
Washington notes naval court of inquiry finds Second Lieutenant James N. Sutton of the U S M C died by his own actions during the Annapolis incident. It absolves other officers of criminal conduct while faulting Utley Bryan and Willing for duty failures amid the fray. The verdict, approved by the judge advocate general and Beckman Winthrop, urges no further charges.
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Washington
Sutton
Naval Court of Inquiry
Annapolis Naval Academy
James N. Sutton
Army
Beckman Winthrop
Navy
Utley
United States Navy
Lieut
Bryan
Willing
Button
Lieut. Sutton
Clarke County Leads Georgia Tax Gain Despite Larger Counties
Georgia counties show a net gain in tax returns for the year, with Clarke County ranking seventh in increases. Among larger counties, Chatham Bibb DeKalb Floyd Fulton Laurena and Lowndes outpace Clarke, while Fulton posts the largest rise at about six million dollars and Ware records the largest decrease at just over a quarter of a million.
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Georgia
Clarke County
Clarke
Chatham
Bibb
DeKalb
Floyd
Fulton
Laurena
Lowndes
Ware County
Death of Mrs Nixon at 39 in Han cock Street
Yesterday afternoon Mrs Rhoda Nixon aged 39 died after long illness at home 447 ER Hancock Street She leaves two daughters and was a Methodist and much loved Funeral at 9 am today at residence interment Pleasant Grove church Oglethorpe county Pallbearers named She survived by two daughters and friends send sympathy
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Hame
Hancock Street
Rhoda Nixon
Splendid Devotion of Alice Thaw
New York August 18 The Thaw family offers bail of 1 000 000 to guarantee the good conduct of Stanford White's slayer if he may be freed from Matteawan The story notes Alice Thaws ten mile trek to Justice Mills summer camp at Megantic Maine through a rain storm without vehicle passage The account highlights her resolve and the journey to support the slayer
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Milla
Justice Mills
Juatica
Big Island
New York
Thaw
Stanford White
Matteawan
Harry
Yarmouth
Maine
Supreme Court
Alice Thaw
Megantic
McCurry Family Reunion Set for Hart County Georgia
Hartwell Georgia August 18 special reports the McCurry family reunion to be held August 26 in McCurry District. Notables include Representative Aiben McCurry Senator Julian B. McCurry and Dr Edgar McCurry with a large local turnout expected. Sunday trains will aid travel from Hartwell and surrounding counties.
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Hartwell
McCurry
Blo
Aiben McCurry
General Assembly
Hart County
Julian B. McCurry
Senate
Edgar McCurry
A. G. McCurry
Hartwell Railway Company
Elberton Air Line
KE. B. Benson
Hartwell Bank
Benson
City Court of
Walter Hodges
J. Rod Skelton
Home for Widows of the Veterans in Atlanta
Indications from Atlanta on August 18 show the Georgia Women’s Memorial Association of Confederate Veterans and Sons of Veterans planning a home for needy widows of worthy Confederate veterans. A wealthy Atlantan has pledged 100000 dollars for the memorial if built in Atlanta, with grounds donated for the site.
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Atlanta
Harris Confessed to Killing Poole in Maryland
Baltimore detectives extracted a two hour confession from Oliver Herman Harris who admitted murdering his cousin Henson Poole on July 22 at Poole’s Rockville cabin. He described a quarrel over whiskey, a rifle, and multiple shots, then dragging Poole to a closet. He fled with Poole’s money, whiskey, and keys, later attacking his aunt Clara Harris in a field. Harris will be taken to Rockville to face further questions.
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Baltimore
Oliver Herman Harris
Clara Harris
Henson Poole
Rockville
Montgomery County
Harris
Poole
Washington
Havria
Archbishop Farley Coming Home From Europe
Arch bishop Farley of New York sailed for home from Queenstown on the Caronia after three months abroad. He attended the American College jubilee in Rome and then toured Switzerland Germany and France, spending two weeks with Cardinal Logue in Armagh before returning with his secretary and several priests.
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Queenstown
Farley
New York
Europe
Caronia
American College
Rome
Switzerland
Geremany
France
Cardinal Logue
Armagh
Auto Trip Across Continent
New York August 18 M B Parrott of Foughkeepsie a private in the New York National Guard started from New York today to make a cross country trip to San Francisco in a four cylinder automobile. He carries dispatches from Major General Leonard A Wood to Major General John F Weston. Parrott will overcome obstacles and keep a fixed running schedule with stops at several military posts along the route.
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New York
M. B. Parrott
Foughkeepsie
New York National Guard
San Francisco
Leonard A. Wood
Department of the East
John F. Weston
Department of California
Parrott
Lon Barnett Arrested for Gambling in City Court
Lon Barnett, colored, was arrested yesterday in this city on a gambling charge. He will be tried on the charge in the city court.
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Lon Barnett
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The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Committee On Special Entertainment
W. F. Dorsey
M. G. Michael
J. J. C. McMahan
J. B. Talmadge, Jr
E. R. Hodgwoy
T. W Reed
A. L. Hull
W G. Camthers
N. B. Cash
T. H. Dozier
RB. K. Reaves
J. T. Tibbetts
C. B.griffith
J. A. Darwin
J. A. Hunnicutt
James White
M. Snelling
A. H. Talmage
J. J. Wilkins
M. Stern
L. F. Edwards
T. J. Shackelford
J. M. Hodgson
H. J. Rowe
C. A. Talmadge
R. T. DuBose
J. W. Dozier
J. 8. McKie
G. H. Palmer
W. G. Camthers
J. F. Payne
W. C. Orr
Bureau of Information
T.W. Reed
BE. I. Smith
J. Tribble
Jas. Barrow
Herschel Carithera
J. E. Gardner
Committee On Homes
J. H. Dorsey
W. J. Morton
W. G. Carithera
C. B. Griffilth
J. P. Fears
F. P. Griffeth
W. A. Jeater
A. G. Elder
C. T. Young
J. W. Woods
T. J. Scott
J. P. Wilton
L. E. Brooka
H. H. Linton
R. C. Latimer
W. J. Smith
A. C. Erwin
Garner Anderson
C. D. Campbell
B. F. Woods
A. T. Conway
W. H. Jones
W. P. Vonderau
W. A. Mallory
T. R. Crawford
M.G. Michael
A. J. Cobb
H. R. Palmer
Herschel Caribera
Max Joseph
W. B. Conway
8. V. Sanford
G. W. McDorman
G. T. Murrell
B. H. Dorsey
OG. G. Bond
J. E. Talmadge, Sr
Coartman
J. A. Webb
W. D. O'Farrell
W.S. Holman
J. P. Wilson
Abe Joel
Cobb Lampkin
I. V. Bradburry
J. F. Rhodes
W. C. Wingfield
John Bird
Transportation Committee
J. ¥. Camthers
J. Z. Hoke
H. R. McLean
H. H. Brand
J. W. Webb
T. J. Sysan
T.B. Mell
Howell Erwin
Joseph Camak
Edgeworth Tamkin
John Welch
F. C. Shackelford
Carriages and Horses
W. 8. Holman
A. V. Deadwyler
C. H. Phinisy
C. N. Hodgson
C. N. Weatherly
DR. Soule
Maj
Prohibition
Columbia, Aiken
Naval Court
Old Clarke
Nixon
Brother
Julian McCurry
Atlantic City
Home For
Confederacy
Archbishop Farley
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