Georgia to add a twelfth congressman in new district plan
Georgia plans to reapportion its four dozen counties into twelve districts, adding one seat to reach 433 members in the House. The Davis plan carves a new twelfth district from parts of the fifth sixth and eighth districts with minimal disruption to current lines.
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Georgia
Congress
Charles L. Davis
Warm Springs
Bryan Bulloch
Burke
Chatham
Effingham
Emanuel
Jenkins
Liberty
McIntosh
Screven
Tattnall
Toombs
Baker
Berrien
Calhoun
Clay
Colquitt
Decatur
Dougherty
Early
Grady
Miller Mitchell
Quitman
Randolph
Terrell
Tift
Thomas
Turner and Worth
Ben Hill
Crawford
Crisp
Dooly
Houston
Lee
Macon
Pulaski
Schley
Stewart
Sumter
Taylor
Fulton
Newton
Rockdale
Walton
Baldwin
Bibb
Butts Fayette
Henry
Jones
Monroe
Pike
Spalding
Upson
Bartow
Catoosa
Chattooga
Cobb, Dade
Floyd
Gordon
Haralson
Murray
Paulding
Polk Walker
Whitfield
Clarke
Elbert
Franklin
Greene
Hart
Per
Madison
Morgan
Oconee
Oglethorpe
Putnam
Wilkes
Banks
Cherokee
Dawson
Fannin
Forsyth
Gilmer
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Jackson
Lumpkin
Milton
Pickens
Rabun
Stephens
Towns
Union
White
Columbia
Glascock Jefferson
Hancock
Lincoln
McDuffie Richmond
Taliaferro
Warren
Washington
Wilkinson
Appling
Brooks
Camden
Chariton, Clinch, Coffee
Dodge
Echols
Glynn, Irwin
Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Lowndes, Montgomery, Pierce, Telfair, Ware and
Wayne
Mr. Day
Bulloch
Montgomery
Bryan
Total
Gamble Concert Party to Appear at Colonial Theatre
The Ernest Gamble Concert Co. will perform at the Colonial on January 16 1911 as a Lyceum attraction. The four member ensemble hails from Europe and promises an accessible yet refined program with explanatory notes and libretto to aid understanding for all listeners.
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Verna Page
Ernest Gamble
Panhandle
Texas
Miss Page
Gamble Concert Co
Colonial
Lyceum
Philadelphia
Tragic Death of Stephen Bolton From Cerebral Hemorrhage
Stephen Bolton 24 a Lexington machinist at 413 West Main street was found dead in a garage buggy likely from cerebral hemorrhage. Coroner’s jury verdict dated December 1 1910 cites death at Hukle garage and burial planned for Richmond. He was brother of J L Bolton Lexington Interurban Railway dispatcher and resident of 353 North Limestone with his mother Mrs Mary Bolton.
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Lexington
Athens
J. M. Bruce
Stephen Bolton
O. R. Hukle
West Main Street
Bolton
J. D. Kiser
J. H. Wiehl & Son
Mr. Bolton
North Limestone Street
Mary Bolton
J. L. Bolton
O. R Hukle
A Noble Act of a Modest Man
The Carrollton Times reveals Senator Joseph M. Terrell is privately funding three girls at the A and M School for board books and clothes and would pay for another girl found by officials. He did not seek credit and requested no publication of his generosity. The paper urges others to follow his example.
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the Times
Joseph M. Terell
Terrell
Carrollton Times
Fred Wimberly
Ben Blackburn
Ben
Southern Back Home Movement gains railroad support
Industrial agents from leading Southern railroads met at Alta Pass North Carolina on January 10 to discuss the Back Home Movement initiated by the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railway. The plan meets enthusiastic approval and prospects say other major lines will join, moving immigration for the South toward a practical working basis.
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Alta Pass
N. C
South
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
Foley Kidney Pills Tonic in Action and Quick Results
Mary C Abbott of Wolfeboro New Hampshire reports a rapid improvement using Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder disorders. She says three days cured her rheumatic pains caused by uric acid and describes marked mobility after starting the remedy. Sold by all druggists.
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Mary C.abbott
Wolfeboro
N. H
Foley
Atlanta Banks Elect Directors In Routine Annual Meeting
Capital News reports all Atlanta national banks held annual meetings with little change in boards of directors. Five prisoners escaped from county jail last week but were recaptured, prompting tougher guards and swifter court actions. A public demonstration of applied electricity at Georgia Tech will showcase student work including a mini power plant and X rays.
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Atlanta
National Banks of
Georgia School of Technology
Grand Circuit session opens amid bid for entries
Buffalo hosts annual Grand Circuit meeting as stewards report more applications than available berths for next summer. Indianapolis, Grand Rapids, Detroit and Dover, N H, seek admission. likely one or two will be accepted. Auction sale of 40 Hambletonian colts and livestock announced. Wisconsin Fruit Growers hold the 45th annual convention in Madison with large turnout and two day program.
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Grand Circuit
Buffalo
Big Line Trotters
Pacera
Indianapolis
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Dover
N. H
Wisconsin Fruit Growers
Madison, Wis
Wisconsin Horticultural Society
Death notices and assessments in Athens and Oconee
WRAL ESCOE DIED YESTERDAY. An assessment of twenty five cents is levied for each in the Oconee Burial Fund on account of death of Mr. Wm Bridges and J L G Andrews. Leave the amount with W J Smith & Bro or pay to H Mealor. R L Escoe died yesterday at 7 30 pm at his residence on Clayton and Hull streets aged fifty seven. Funeral today at three with pallbearers meeting at Dorsey & Funkenstein at 2. Survived by W Y Escoe Lee Escoe Ed Escoe wife Mrs O P Eberhart Mrs Hubert Arnold Eva Escoe. Interment at Oconee cemetery. Also a note for Foley Kidney Pills ad. National League Democratic Clubs meeting in Washington next week.
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Oconee
Wm. Bridges
J. L. G. Andrews
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. Mealor
R. L. Escoe
Clayton and
Hull
Athens
Dorsey & Funkenstein
National League
Washington
Georgia Senators Aid Railroads and Agriculture Education
Senator Bacon and Terrell have received a memorial from Central of Georgia and Atlantic Coast Line railroad workers urging rate increases to maintain wages. Terrell backs the Dolliver bill promoting agricultural education, aiming to broaden federal aid and education for rural youth. The piece notes strong Georgia newspaper protests against government printing services and reports Colonel Livingston declining a private mining offer.
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John Corrigan
Washington
Atlanta Constitution
Washington, D. C
Bacon
Terrell
Central of Georgia
Atlantic Coast Line
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dolliver
Georgia
South
Willett M. Hays
Senate
Agricultural Department
Uncle Sam
Livingston
Western Mining Company
Congress
Bloody Eighth District Dominates House-Warming
Excerpts from the Jeffersonian recount a December 29 1910 house-warming in Thomson Georgia for The Jeffs founder Thomas E Watson. The event drew hundreds from four states and thirty six counties with speeches by Sam J Tribble and tributes to Watson.
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Jeffersonian
Watson
Athens
Eighth
Alice Louise Lytle
Thomson
Georgia
Jefferson Avenue
Jeffs
Thos
FE. Watson
Peepul
Sarah Jane
Thomas Watson
Tom Watson
Georgia Watsons
Joffe
States
The
Death of Mr A Corn in Kansas City
News from Athens reports the death Sunday morning in Kansas City of Mr A Corn father of Mrs Kolptwitz. He once visited Athens when Mr Kolptwitz led the local Jewish synagogue. The Kolptwitz family and their friends here extend sympathy.
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Athens
Kansas City
A. Corn
Kolptwitz
Corn
Tolstoy on forgiving through love and divine essence
A Tolstoy excerpt urges loving those who hurt you to reveal the divine in them and forgive yourself for not loving God in him. An ad touts Africa Salve for burns and wounds, claiming quick healing and relief, selling at 25 cents through local merchants.
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Tolstoi
Africa
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
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Miller
Mitchell
Worth
Turner
Wilcox
Dooley
Webster
Chattahoochee
Marion
Talbot
Muscogee
Harris
Meriwether
Troup
Heard
Coweta
Carroll
DeKalb
Fudton
Campbell
Twiges
Wilkerson
Dade
Walker
Polk
Cobb
Douglas
Fickens
Incknon
Jefferson
Richmond
McDaMe
Glascock
Johnson
Charlton
Clinch
Coffee
Glynn
Irwin
Jeff Davis
Lowndes
Pierce
Telfair
Ware
Rochdale
Jasper
Butts
Pron
Clayton
Fayette
Cowboy
Stéphen Bolton
James Nicoll
Arnett
Puccini
Harry Brittingham
C. B. Mathis
J. H. Taulbee
A. & M. College
Capital News
Banner
Sherry Mangum
Roan
Butt
John Withrow
Fankin County
Pardon Board
Anla
Monroe Ga
J. H. Felker
Wral Escoe
Mr. Escoe
Sen, Terrell
Sam J. Tribble
Tribble
Thos. E. Watson
Mr. Tribble
Mr. Watson
Bill Howard
Sam Tribble
J. J. Brown
J. J
T. J. Dorough
Pusay Foot
Dorough
Am Watson
MR. A. Corn
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