Contractors move to grade Athens and Jefferson line
Gwathmey and Mackall, the grading contractors, have located camp on the Jefferson road near Whitehead's store and began clearing timber. A force of workers already at work will widen the right of way and begin actual grading within days. They seek 100 additional laborers and expect completion in six months. Meanwhile Gainesville Midland gauge widening from Jefferson to Gainesville is underway with cuts widened and long ties laid, rails to be laid for new broad gauge in time for the next cotton season.
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Gwathmey & Mackall
Athens and
Jefferson
Athens
Jefferson Road
Whitehead
Gainesville
Hazing Case at Annapolis Ends in Court Martial Finding
The court martial of Midshipman Trenmore Coffin Jr for hazing Midshipman Jordone P Kimbrough concluded with a finding after two witnesses. Coffin counsel challenged evidence and possible immunity issues while seeking ruling on witness testimony and admissibility. The record will go to Admiral Sands for action or to the secretary of the navy for review.
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Annapolis
Trenmore Coffin, Jr
Jordone P. Kimbrough
Overdown
Whitmeyer
Kimbrough
Theall
Coffin
Midshipman
Hewlett
Harrison
Admiral Sands
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Florida
Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
Oklahoma
Kelloggs Return From Fitzgerald at Barrow Street Home
Mr and Mrs F E Kellogg have returned from Fitzgerald and are at home to friends at Dr Hale s on Barrow street.
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F. E. Kellogg
Fitzgerald
Dr. Hale
Barrow Street
Athens Death Record Shows Low Mortality Rate
Athens annual death rate remains around nine tenths of one percent with 75 interments at Oconee Hill Cemetery. Of the 75, 26 are men, 28 women, and 21 children. Fourteen deaths occurred elsewhere, leaving 61 Athens residents buried here. White deaths about 0.84 percent and negro deaths under one percent.
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Sexton Bisson
Oconee Hill
Athens
Shot Student by Mistake at Notre Dame Seminary
Louis Roquela of Columbia, a Notre Dame seminary student, shot and killed Claude Bagby of Durango California during a staged prank. Several students planned a mock holdup intending to surprise a friend, but Roquela mistook them for the target and fired after being ordered to surrender. Bagby, 20, died within five minutes. Roquela, 21, an engineering student, was involved.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Louis Roquela
Columbia
Claude Bagby
Durango
Cal
Bagby
Roquela
Raquela
Barrow Heads University of Georgia After Chancellor Hill Death
Chancellor Hill dies and Prof David C Barrow Dean of Franklin College assumes duties as acting head of the University of Georgia. Trustees will take time to select a successor with a possible election at the June trustees meeting or later.
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Hill
David C. Barrow
University of Georgia
Barrow
Franklin College
Board of Trustees
Nordica stamps out fire on stage at Met during Gotterdammerung
New York December 30 Mme Nordica won enthusiastic applause at the Metropolitan Opera House today after stamping out a stage fire during the Gotterdammerung fire scene. Burning oil from a chorus torch set the carpeting alight and caused a temporary scare among the audience. Nordica calmly stepped to the spot and extinguished the last spark without interrupting her aria as the act concluded.
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New York
Nordica
Metropolitan Opera House
Mme. Nordica
New Railway Lines in Salith Reported in 1905
Baltimore December 30 The Manufacturers Record surveys railroad expansion in the south and southwest, noting 6249 miles built in 1905 with 2243 miles in the south excluding Missouri Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Texas and Arkansas lead states for new lines. outlook for 1906 shows continued substantial gains and extensive railroad improvements nationwide.
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Baltimore
Missouri
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
City Lnes
Illicit Distillery Raid In Greene County Net Seizures
Deputy Marshal T P Trammell Deputy Collector F S Brown and Possem an S P Lanier raided a hillside concealed illicit distillery near Grahamville Friday night. Operated by a negro named Charles Lee and owned by white man I B Crisp, the operation yielded 700 gallons of beer a 60 gallon still cap and worm ten fermenters 10 pounds of meal five pounds of malt and a daily output of twenty gallons of liquor. Lee was arrested and warrant issued for Crisp.
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T. P. Trammell
F. S. Brown
S. P. Lanier
Greene County
Grahamville
Charles Lee
I. B. Crisp
Lee
Crisp
Farmer Deposits $3000 in Gold at Athens Savings Bank
A farmer, unnamed, deposited three thousand dollars in gold at the Athens Savings Bank yesterday. The bank left the bright ten and twenty dollar pieces on the counter for hours, artfully displayed as the profits of a single farmer. The spectacle reflects broader farmer prosperity if cotton prices stay steady.
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Athens Savings Bank
We Bank
Georgia
Mill Race Damaged By Rain At Georgia Factory
Heavy rains washed away part of the mill race at Georgia Factory causing a temporary shutdown. Workmen repaired the damage quickly and the race and mill run were resumed. The river remains high but has not hindered mill operations.
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Georgia Factory
Georgia
Whitehall Mill Doubles Capacity With New Machinery
Judge John R. White completed the expansion at Whitehall Mill raising capacity to five thousand spindles. The mill, now among the best in the state, operates with up-to-date equipment. Whitehall and the Georgia Factory are running full time and prospering.
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John R. White
Whitehall Mil
Whitehall
Georgia
Bryan Wouldn't Make Promises At Manila Banquet
Filipinos at a Manila banquet pressed for immediate independence and urged W. J. Bryan to champion their cause before the American people. Bryan offered no promises, Aguinaldo attended, Americans praised his conservatism, and attendees displayed an American flag with an insurgent banner.
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Manila
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Aguinaldo
Mr W E Peek leaves Athens for Nashville to join Gray Dudley
Mr W E Peek, longtime employee of T Fleming and Sons for nearly seventeen years, departs Athens today for Nashville Tennessee to accept a traveling position with Gray Dudley Hardware Co. His friends in Athens and elsewhere wish him well as he begins this new business venture in Atlanta.
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Wel Peek
T. Fleming & Sons
Nashvile, Tenn
Gray & Dudley Hardware Co
Athens
Atlanta
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