Rome City Council Demands Repeal of Utilities Control Clause
Rome Georgia votes to repeal the clause giving state railway commission power over street railways electric light gas telephone and waterworks. Alderman Goethus leads resolutions urging lawmakers to restore local control and requesting support from Mayd County representatives and district senator.
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Rome
Railroad Commission
State Commission
C. B. Goethlus
Hoke Smith
Wright
Dean
Chamblee
Akin
Georgia
Georgia Railroad Commission
Mayd County
Adina de Zavala Holds Alamo After 36 Hour Vigil
Miss Adina de Zavala maintains a 36 hour hold on part of the Alamo fortress with a deputy sheriff nearby. A court injunction limits interference while two DRT factions dispute custodianship. Governor Campbell expected to intervene as the historic site remains in court custody.
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San Antonio
Texas
Adina de Zavala
Alamo Fort
Miss de Zavala
Alamo
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Kittrell
Houston
Alamo Mission
Campbell
Alias de Zavala
General de Zavala
Plurality Rule Keeps Solicitor General Race Local
The state committee allows a plurality vote to nominate solicitors general, retaining the old rule for these officers. In the Western circuit five candidates Tribble Walker Irwin Perry and Smith vie for the nomination, with no majority requirement. Each seeks a plurality in the first primary to avoid a second ballot.
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State Executive Committee
State House
Solicitors General
Democratic Party
Athena
Tribble
Messrs. C. M. Walker
M. D. Irwin
J. A. Perry
R. L. J. Smith
Hart Denies Ruling on Cider Under Prohibition Law
Atlanta February 12 Attorney General John C Hart says he issued no opinion on whether a cider brand may be sold under prohibition law He notes the law bans sale of any item that when drunk intoxicates The public is misled by reports claiming he exempted any article from the ban He urges a fact based jury determination per case
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Atlanta
Centaary
John C. Hart
Hart
Prohibitionist Opposes Liquor Storage Deal on Clayton Street
Rumor says Southern Express Co plans to rent a small Clayton street building near Pink Morton’s to store liquor shipments, separating from the main office. Owner James W. Morton, a known prohibitionist, objects and may have the deal canceled or the structure removed.
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Southern Express Company
Clayton Street
Pink Morton
James W. Morton
Puryear
Morton
Funeral Held for Prof Join BH Webb at Emmanuel Church
Funeral services for Prof Join BH Webb were held yesterday at Emmanuel Episcopal Church Athens with Rev. Troy Beatty officiating. Choir sang hymns and Webb was interred at Oconee cemetery. Friends and family expressed sympathy to Mr and Mrs J W Webb of Athens.
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Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Join BH. Webb
Mra
J. W. Webb
Thin City
Troy Beatty
Emmanuel Church
Oconee Cemetery
Webb
Athens
Georgia Day Observed At Lacey Cobb Institute
Georgia Day commemorating the 175th anniversary of James Edward Oglethorpe’s landing at Savannah and Georgia’s founding was celebrated at Lacey Cobb Institute in Athens. Miss Mildred Rutherford, the institute’s principal, gave an address on Georgia’s history as a colony and state amid a program of music and recitation.
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Georgia
James Edward Oglethorpe
Commonwealth
Colony of
Oglethorpe
Savannah
Athens
Lacey Cobb Institute
Mildred Rutherford
Insttute
Hyomel Claims Record Catarrh Cure Sales Growth
Hyomel the guaranteed cure for catarrh reports record sales last year with wide distribution by leading druggists across many states. The product works by nasal inhalation rather than stomach ingestion, and H.R. Palmer & Sons guarantees a refund if not satisfied.
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H.R. Palmer & Sons
Figures Speak Volumes On Prohibition's Crime Effect
Chief McKie reviewed city records showing 1906 arrests at 1485 with 750 for drunkenness and fines of 10 850 72 dollars. 1907 arrests 1255 with 750 for drunkenness and same fines 10 850 72. First six weeks of this year record 52 arrests 13 drunkenness and fines 3650.
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McKie
Funeral of the Little Babe and Cough Remedy Claims
The notice describes the funeral of Mary Ruth Gardner at her grandparents’ home in Athens with Catholic rites by Father Yonge of Atlanta. It notes comfort from a sermon on children’s death, and references a Chamberlain’s cough remedy claimed to have saved a child’s life. Advertisements mention Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and consumptions with local druggists.
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Chamberlainia
John Englebeardt
Chamberlain
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Warren J. Smith & Bro
L. P. Canning
E. C.mcevoy
Orr Drug Co
Athens, Ga
Mary Ruth Gardner
J. E. Gardner
Baxter Street
Father Yonge
Atlanta
Jesus
Repairs Manager Keeps Athens Phones In Service
H C Conway of the Athens Telephone Exchange leads a team restoring about six hundred disabled telephones. Progress is steady with many lines back in use though full repair will take up to two weeks. Also a local ad promotes Preventies cough tablets with price details.
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H. C. Conway
Athens
Educational train from University of Georgia visits Georgia towns
Enthusiasm followed the educational train as it stopped in Austell and Hart and several other towns. President Andrew M Soule spoke on fertilizers while Prof J M Reade lectured on plant disease. The program distributed agricultural literature and invited farmer inquiries.
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State Agricultural College
Royston
Lavanha
Hart County
W. B. Richardson
Andrew M. Soule
J. M. Reade
University
Georgia
Charles S. Chase
Western Industrial
Southern Railway
Southern
Cannon
Martin
Soule
Ohio Flyer
Plana
Salve Heals Cuts Ulcers Fever and Piles, 26c
A testimonial notes a carpenter using a salve to heal cuts ulcers fever and piles. The product is advertised at 26 cents at W. J. Smith Bros H. R. Palmer & Sons Druggists. The speaker claims it saved him from much suffering and praises its heat resistance.
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W. J. Smith
H. R. Palmer & Sons Druggiste
Recovery after shooting near Winder Jackson County
Mrs Philo Wright was shot three times by a black man at her home near Winder in Jackson County Tuesday morning. She survived the attack and is expected to recover as the wounds are not life threatening. Authorities have a detailed description of the suspect and continue to search with dogs from Walton County.
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Philo Wright
Hame
Jackson County
Mra. Wright
Jackson
Arnold
Walton County
Jackson Superior Court Adjourns With Light Criminal Docket
The second week's session of Jackson Superior Court ends early with very few cases for trial in the criminal division. No murder cases were heard, and grand jury indictments total fourteen, four felonies, with strict enforcement of prohibition. Judge Brand and Athens lawyers return to the city.
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Jackson
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