Businessmen expect upheaval in tariff revision in 1913
In Atlanta and across Georgia business men remain cautiously optimistic for 1913. They credit 1912’s solid year and anticipate growth if tariff revision is careful and conservative, with debates likely to influence money markets and key industries.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Asa G. Candler
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
Candler
Great West
South
Carolinas
New England
John M. Slaton
Wilson
Congress
Frederic J. Paxon
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
H. G. Hastings
Seedsman
WY. J. Speer
W. H. White, Jr
White Provision Co
J. H. Nunnally
Democratic Congress
Co. W. McClure
Darwin G. Jones
Atlanta Clearing House
St. Elmo Massengale
United States
Democratic Party
J. G. Oglenby
Mississippi
Gordon P. Kiser
What Socrates Really Died Of
A Strand Magazine quip explains that a child misled about Socrates death attributed it to wedlock instead of the actual cause, illustrating how misunderstandings of words lead to absurd conclusions.
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Socrates
Strand Magazine
Campbell Appointed Head of Georgia Farm Demonstration
J Phil Campbell, long in charge of Georgia corn club work, is named special agent in charge of the U S Bureau of Agriculture farm demonstration program and will oversee both the Georgia program and the State College of Agriculture. The move links sixty demonstration agents with college work and strengthens outreach to farmers across 59 counties through coordinated university and federal efforts.
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J. Phil Campbell
Georgia
Corn Club
United States Bureau of Agriculture
State College of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
Campbell
Bradford Knapp
United States
Andrew M. Soule
Knapp
United States Department of Agriculture
State of Georgia
Andrew M. Foule
Andrew M. Foule, and the Office of the Farmers’ Co-operative
United States Department of Agricn
Raent
Athens
Man
Seaman A. Knapp
South Carolina
Washington
Florida
North Carolina
Virginia
Soule
Agricultural College of
Farmers' Co-operative
Clarke County Advertises Bids for New Courthouse and Prison
Clarke county commissioners announce a second call for bids to build the new courthouse and jail funded by $200000 in bonds. The initial bids were rejected as too high.
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Clarke County
Have
United States Against 136 Cases Cheese Case Filed
The United States government files suit in federal court over 136 cases of cheese from Athens consigned to a Nashville firm Crosby and Meyers misbranded as underweight. A seizure writ authorizes condemnation and may lead to criminal action against the consignor.
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United States
Atlanta
F P. C. Tate
Athens
Crosby & Meyers
Nashville
Tenn
Parcels Post Begins Amid Confusion in Gary Indiana
In Gary Indiana parcels post launches with brick samples mailed to illustrate new service. Postmaster Fleming assures sufficient staff and stamps, while warning merchandise must be carried to the main office and bear return addresses. Holiday hours limit operations today with one carrier delivery citywide.
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Gary
Ind
Athens
Fleming
Parcels Post
Mr Fleming
Post Office Department
Funeral Yesterday for Mr Carlton Beussee
Yesterday afternoon at 3 30 the funeral for Carlton Beussee was held at the First Presbyterian church. Rev E L Hill and Rev C C Jarrett led simple services with many friends in attendance. Pall bearers were Julius Talmadge Carl Saye Rufus Burch John Hoke Ed O Farrell and Gus Hammond. Interment followed at Oconee cemetery.
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Carlton Beansee
First Presbyterian Church
E. L. Hill
C. C. Jarrett
First Methodist Church
Messrs
Julius Talmadge
Carl Saye
Rufus Burch
John Hoke
Ed O'Farrell
Gus Hammond
Oconee Cemetery
Athens Actress Bruises Spark Police Probe at Hotel
In Atlanta and Athens linked incident, vaudeville performer Mrs Ludlow Allen is nursing facial bruises after a hotel quarrel with a mysterious man believed to be a US army officer. Allen and his wife faced Disorderly Conduct charges after witnesses and detectives chased the intruder.
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Atlanta
Athens
Ludlow Allen
United States Army
Allen
Broyles
Childs Hotel
Langford
Personal Trustees Succeeded by Trust Co
In Atlanta a long reflection on probate court records shows how trust arrangements often fail, with mismanagement and ruinous speculation harming widows and children. The piece contrasts old practice of relying on a trusted friend with the modern rise of trust companies as guardians of estates.
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Atlanta
Fulton
William Hug Hillyer
Atlanta Trust Company
Modern “Rust Company
The
Trust Company
Athens Welcomes New Doctor Dr J M D Wall
Dr J M D Wall, long time physician at Bogart, has moved with his family to Athens. He will reside at 369 Finley Street and maintain offices in the Lampkin Building above the Southern Express Company. Friends in Athens warmly welcome him to the community.
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J. M. D. Wall
Bogart
Athens
Finley Street
Lampkin
Southern Express Company
Concert tour overheard barber shop threat in Macon Ga
During Myron W Whitney's southern tour a barber shop overheard exchange between two colored barbers. They threaten a man who owes money with a crude warning about future violence and punishment. The vivid dialect captures a moment of street talk overheard by the singer.
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South
Myron W. Whitney
Macon
Skeer
Ministers Reform Union Officers for New Year
The Ministerial Union of the city reorganized with Rev. J. D. Mell as president and Rev. E. L. Hill as vice president. Rev. S. R. England serves as secretary treasurer. A program committee and membership group were named and monthly meetings set for 11 o’clock each first Monday. A special January 1913 day will gather all city ministers to preach on Law and Order.
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First Presbyterian Church
J. D. Mell
E. L. Hill
R. England
C. C. Jarrell
Troy Beatty
J. W. Lynch
R. Engaard
R. Grubb
L. T. Welden
Wife Pleads Mercy Sparing Husband From Chains
Atlanta December 31 a tailor George Kaplowitz narrowly avoided a chaingang sentence after his wife testified to repeated beatings and a cold eviction with their baby. She cried to spare him if he would stop abusing her, leading the recorder to suspend the sentence and grant probation.
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Atlanta
George Kaplowitz
Kaplowitz
Used automobile to hunt rabbits in Georgia
Atlanta December 13 Fred Vincy a young Atlantilan home from Iowa during Christmas holidays has devised a rabbit hunting method using an old saddle over the hood of a car with a headlight. He sits atop the saddle while a companion drives slowly at night drawing rabbits to the light, returning with a wagonload of fur for his family and friends.
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Atlanta
Fred Vincy
Atlantilan
Towa
Georgia
Mr. Vincy
High Bred Fowls On Parade At New York Show
The twenty fourth annual exhibition of the New York Poultry and Pigeon Association opens at Madison Square Garden. Nearly 10 000 entries of chickens ducks geese and pigeons plus rabbits and guinea pigs are on view from over a score of states and Canadian regions. The display of water fowl is particularly fine as exhibitors from many places participate. The piece notes how trusts and estate management relate to living and dead in a wider reflection.
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New York
New York Poultry and Pigeon Association
Mavison Square Garden
Canada
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Gibson
Rock Entertainment Co
Caroline
Mis
the Commissioners of
Fee Eererere
Carlton Beussee
Trust CO
Hub
SSS Se Nas
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