Taft Visit Arrangements by University Leaders
Dean Snelling and Judge McWhorter returned from Atlanta with plans for Judge Taft to visit next Saturday. Taft party leaves Atlanta at 1 PM and arrives at 3 PM, greeted by University officials, Athens Guards, band, and civic leaders. The itinerary includes campus reception, chapel address, then a city procession and tour ending with a reception at Mrs Welch’s Milledge Avenue home before returning to Atlanta at 6 PM.
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Dean Snelling
Hamilton McWhorter
Atlanta
Judge Taft
Athens Guards
Chamber of Commerce
M. A. Jenkens
First Baptist Church
Board of Trustees
Hamilton
Court House Square
College Avenue
University
Welch
CANNOT USE TAX AS CLOAK FOR CRIME
Atlanta reports from Savannah that car beer dealers plan to pay the near beer tax imposed by the Wise bill. The payment is not to be used as a cloak for illegal liquor sales, as Solicitor Hartridge warns that paying the tax or failing to do so remains a misdemeanor.
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Atlanta
Savannah
Hartridge
Cheatham Willingham Tie The Knot At Center Residence
Yesterday morning at ten o clock at the residence of Mr W I Cheatham in Center Miss Lula Cheatham married Mr W C Willingham with Rev Willie Saye officiating.
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Cheatham-Willingham
Marble slab injures man at Athens terminal yard
George M. Booth was severely injured when a marble slab toppled from a car at the Athens Terminal Company freight yards on Foundry Street Monday afternoon. The slab struck his left leg below the knee, causing deep bruising and laceration. Booth remains at home on Melg Street and can be reached at 226 for business.
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George M. Booth
Athens Terminal Company
Foundry Street
Booth
Pensions Paid February First to Old Soldiers
The state treasurer will disburse a lump sum of 950000 to cover pensions for old soldiers. Accounts are being audited and checks expected to be mailed to ordinaries by February 1, who will then issue payments to veterans once received.
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Lindsey
Wingfield
Northern Italy hit by severe earthquake felt widely
Rome Jan 13 Northern Italy including Tuscany and major cities in Lombardy Veneta Emiliia and Emilia were shaken by an earthquake. Genoa reported the severest shock with residents fleeing as Milan Venice Padua Florence and other cities felt tremors. Treviso was mentioned as strongest. Initial Rome reports feared catastrophe but telegraph service soon confirmed no damage or loss of life.
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Rome
Tuscany
Italy
Genoa
Milan
Lombardy
Venice
Padua
Veneta
Florence
Bellogna
Emiliia
Sicily
Calabria
Trevio
Officers Named By New Society
The Georgia Pharmacopoetal Society called a meeting to elect new officers on Tuesday evening January 12 1909. Elected were Pres Dr J Hope Campbell Commerce V Pres Dr Eugene DeLoach Daisy Ga Sec and Treas Dr Lemuel T Waters Brooklot Ga Crit Dr Robert King Shadydate Ga.
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Georgia Pharmacopoetal Society
Pres
J. Hope Campbell
Commerce
Eugene DeLoach
Daisy
Sec
Treas
Lemuel T. Waters
Brooklot
Robert King
Shadydate
Still Rising Cotton Prices Prompt Selling Pressure
Cotton rose again yesterday after a dip with the day closing higher. the market saw quotes around 96 1 16 cents and sales of very good cotton at up to 9 1 2 cents. As prices climb, sellers respond, and a ten cent level could trigger substantial selling activity.
Fire on Campus at University of Georgia Building
A fire was discovered noon yesterday in the Academic building at the University of Georgia. Dean Snelling notified the fire department after a janitor alerted him. Firefighters from the downtown station arrived quickly, extinguishing the blaze in the cellar where a dropped match likely started it. Damage was nominal and contained to the lower floor.
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University of Georgia
Dean Snelling
Academic
Collision on Milledge Avenue Damages Buggy and Car
Yesterday morning about nine o’clock on Milledge avenue near Henderson avenue a street car struck Mr. W. K. Bishop’s buggy. The horse bolted onto the track, the motorman could not stop in time, the car and buggy smashed together. Glass front shattered and two buggy wheels torn. the horse bruised but Bishop and the motorman escaped harm.
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Milledge Avenue
Henderson Avenue
W. K. Bishop
Barrett I in Washington
President Charles S. Barrett of the Farmers Union attends the Farmers Life Uplift Commission meeting in Washington to shape its report for President Roosevelt. Indications point to Bailey, Page, or Cornell as possible report writers as the commission reconvenes to finalize the document.
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Washington, D. C
Charles $. Barrett
Farmers’ Union
Washington
Farmers’ Life Uplift Commission
Roosevelt
Luther Hyde Bailey
New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell
Walter H. Page
New York
Bailey
Page Ia
Fia
Double killing in Winder as brothers fatally clash
In Winder Georgia tonight at ten o'clock J H Evans shot three times by his brother during a dispute over a grocery sale. Evans then struck his brother with a hatchet, brains splattered, brother fatally wounded by three bullets. Officials warn the pistol wounds will prove fatal.
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J. H. Evans
Winder
Evans
Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index reports brisk postholiday progress
Georgia and Alabama show renewed drive on commerce and construction. Macon plans a 300000 tourist hotel funded by local subscriptions. Banks in Savannah and Marietta report strong 1907 results while several Georgia and Alabama firms expand with new charters, road bonds, and industrial ventures. South Carolina lawmakers organize as Palmetto Senate and House set leadership. prohibition debates loom amid dry versus dispensary advocates.
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Columbus
Georgia and
Macon
New York
Ataes
Savannah
Marietta
Marlon
Ala
Georgia
Alabama
Farmers’ Service
Pulaski County
Tift County
Birmingham
The
Baptists of Georgia
Blue Ridge
Waycross
LaGrange
Ravannah
Rome
Cuthbert
Weat
Point
Midland City
Sumter County
Gwinnett County
Hawkinsville
Dalton
Southern Commer
The Opinion of Admiral Evans on Russo Japanese Conflict
Rear Admiral Rotley D Evans spoke on the fleet cruise to a Boston audience of society women. He warned Japan faces a fight for its life when the Russian Bear returns, implying renewed hostilities with Japan. Congress convenes in Atlanta January 16 to plan southern development with leaders Parker Dawe Quarles Betjeman Fox and Davis on the organizing committee.
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Russia
Japan
Boston
Rotley D. Evans
Boston Society
United States
Atlanta
Seuthern Development
John M. Parker
New Orleans
G. Grosvenor Dawe
Montgomery
Ala
Edwin J. Quarles
Petersburg
John A. Betjeman
Albany
John A. Fox
Blytheville
Ark
Charles Hall Davis
Etersburg
Georgian may be appointed again to cotton seed post
Auaota Ga Jan 12 The Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Association weighs appointing another Georgian to the Cotton Seed Expert Abroad post after Albert G Perkins of Memphis resigned. Previously J Lovick Benton from Georgia held the post abroad, fueling speculation a Georgia member may again be chosen. The executive committee may nominate this time, continuing Georgia leadership in cotton mills and related industries. In other city news Tom Parks and Ernest Ware two young Negroes were jailed for larceny following police probe into recurring shop losses. Police recovered two pairs of pants pawned and linked to the suspects as part of a broader theft ring.
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Auaota
Department of Commerce and Labor
Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Association
Albert G. Perkins
Memphis
Benton
H. J. Parrish
Association
Inter State Association
Georgia
South
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association of Georgia
Tom Parka
Ernest Ware
Sage
Seagraveg
Emerick
Ctica
Louis Morris
Tom Parks
Pat Meriwether
Ware
Parka
Rome Rails in Massive January Fire Across Business District
A blaze in central Rome, Georgia, beginning at 10:45 PM, caused extensive damage worth over 35000. Five business houses burned, including the Wilkerson block, with the livery stable Lindsey Hicks destroyed and about 20 horses lost. The Third Avenue hotel under construction, the Rome Publishing Company building, a harness shop, a meat market, and the Alexander restaurant suffered losses, with varied insurance coverages and substantial property destruction.
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Rome
Wilkerson
Lindsey & Hicks
Third Avenue Hotel
Theose
Aetra
Ll. T. Wilkerson
Rome Publishing Company
A. Carrischan
Insurance
Charles Wilkerson
Alexander
Georgia lawmaker seeks to abolish Court of Appeals
Avlanta Ga Jan 13 Representative Hardeman of Jefferson county proposes merging the state Court of Appeals with the Supreme Court. He argues Georgia should have a single court of last resort with nine justices, noting conflict between the two existing courts. He plans to introduce the bill at the next General Assembly session.
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Avlanta
Representative Hardeman
Jefferson County
State Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Hardeman
State Capitol
Georgia
New York
Court of Appeals
Supreme Bench
General Assembly
Mackay Smith Wedding in Boston on January 14
Miss Pauline Mackay daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Mackey of Boston wed Bruce Donald Smith son of Mr and Mrs Byron L Smith of Chicago at a large fashionably attended ceremony at Ariington Street Church. The couple known for golf met through the sport. Rev Paul Revere Frothingham officiated. Attendants included Mrs Julia Palr Lanks and Louis de V Dousman with several ushers from St Paul Pittsburgh Chicago and Prairie du Chien.
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Boston
Mass
Ariington Street
Pauline Mackay
George H. Mackey
Bruce Donald Smith
Air
Byron L. Smith
Chicago
Paul Revere Frothingham
Julia Palr Lanks
Louis de V. Dousman
Prarie du Chien
Wis
Edwin White
St. Paul
Frank O'Brien
Piatleberg
N. Y
William Moorehead
Pittsburg
John A. Stevenson
Hugh St. Wilson
James G. K. McClare, Jr
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Taft
NEW Society
Athens
Barrett I
Farmers’ Uplift Commission
Brother
Carolina Prokis
Columbia
8. C
General Assembly of
South Carolina
Richard 8
G. H. Pooner
J. 8. Wilson
Lancaster
Senate
W. L. Mauldin
Greenville
T. Y. Willams
M. M. Mann
B. H. Aull
E. H.decamp
Reading
W. J. Stokes
A. N. Brunson
J. F P. Schumpert
G. E. Moore
Anderson
Journal
W. K. Broadford
York
Bill
H. 8. Baskin
Lee
Frank Decamp
Harry Earle Oconen
W. E. McDonald
T. C. Scott
J. C. Brown
Albert Nance
Jim
Aftae
Admiral Evans
Foley
Bright
Drugeists
L. C. Benton
Mackay-Smith
Walion
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