High School and Cal Joun Conference in Athens
The fourth High School and Cal Joun Conference in connection with the State Summer School will be held in the University rooms. Principals teachers superintendents and college professors are invited to attend daily reconference sessions. Prof Joseph B Stewart of the University of Georgia will preside. No fees. Afternoon sessions will discuss organization and courses. mornings cover principal subjects. Prize contests will be held for declamation essay hand work track athletics and music. A committee will prepare a syllabus on teaching English.
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Universaty
Boards of Education
Joseph 8
Stewar
University of Georgia
Suyer
Sec Condos
Alsso
Asso Anttane
Seovil
Vite
Athens
R. E. Park
Little Child Dead After Brief Illness in Colbert Ga
A fourteen month old child of Mr and Mrs Walter Viner died after a brief three day illness at Colbert Georgia. The funeral was held in Colbert with Rev Fulton of the First Methodist Church officiating. The remains were brought to Athens for interment, with many sorrowing friends in attendance.
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Wood
Colbert
Virginia
Walter VO Viner
Hursday
Ft "Fulton
Athens
MRS MARY DANIEL DIED IN ARNOLDSVILLE
Mrs Mary Daniel wife of AL Pratt died at home in Arnoldsville Sunday night after a long illness. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon with many mourners attending. The obituary notes she was estimable and greatly beloved by family and friends in the community.
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Mary Daniel
Arnoldsville
Ar Holleville
Daniet
AL @ Pratt
Inland waterways debate deepens across the nation
National Rivers and Harbors Congress and Gov Hobson push for inland waterway development as essential to commerce. Moore citesHil and Carnegie on conservation and utility of waterways while Hobson warns military balance in the Pacific could trigger war if fleets move. Glenn at Arlington memorial day honors Confederate dead and urges national unity and shared memory with Lincoln and Grant.
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Pacific
Arlington
Washington, D. C
Jon, Jr
Hampton Moore
Pennsylvania
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
House
White House
United States
Mors
Moore
James J. Hil
Congress
Andrew Carnegie
Conference of Governors
Reclamation Service
Abintic Deeper Waterways Association
Boston
Beafort
D. C
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Hoston
Beaufort
O. I. Tittmann
Washington
North
South
Robert B. Glenn
North Carolina
Arlington National Cemetery
Glenn
Representative Sims
Tennessee
Robert E. Lee
Gen. Grant
Oman
Grant
Appomattox
Southland
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses Grant
Old
Jackson
Maine
Massachusetts
California
Sims
Confederate Veterans’ Association
Camp No. 171
District of Columbia
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Sothern Relef Society
Thirteenth
United States Cavalry Band
Fort Myer
Randolph McKim
Camp 171
H. Waddell Pratt
Washington Camp
Fitzhugh Lee
Robert E. Lee, Jr
Roosevelt
Joseph Wheeler
Bishop Ward Preached at Emory College Sermon
Bishop Seth Ward delivered the commencement sermon at Emory College using Mark IX 42-45. He spoke to the seniors about motive and love of service and urged each to pursue Christ in every life path as they enter life’s battle.
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Emory College
Seth Ward
Emory
Battle of
Ilfe
Ward
Lfe
Dr W H Smith Sermon on Foreign Missions at First Baptist
Dr W H Smith of Richmond Virginia preached a stirring sermon on Foreign Missions at First Baptist Church Sunday night. He highlighted that Southern Baptists give 20 cents per capita to foreign missions, versus Methodists 60 cents and Presbyterians 1.35 dollars, urging increased church giving.
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First Baptist Church
W. H. Smith
Richmond
Inland waterway costs and potential Atlantic coast plan
The speaker argues for a 16 foot barge canal from Boston to Beaufort, estimating costs comparable to New York state funding for its Erie Canal improvements. He cites major city links Boston New York New York Philadelphia Philadelphia Baltimore and Norfolk Beaufort. The aim is to provide commercial industrial and agricultural benefits with deeper sections where needed.
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Boston
New York
Cape Cod Ship Canal
York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Beaufort
Albemarle
Chesapeake Canal
Atlantic
Central shops to be built in Macon Georgia
Macon Ga June 8 Work of wiring the new Central railroad shops will start Monday. More than sixty lights are to be placed in the shops and about the ground. During the past months work has been at a standstill but Saturday men with contracts were ordered to proceed. Buildings will be pushed and it is expected the shops covering sacred of ground will be completed by next fall and a small army of men employed.
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New York
Richmond Pearson Hobson
United States
Pacific
Japan
Hobson
Newport
Golden Gate
Pacific Ocean
Europe
America
California
Atlantic Ocean
Dispatch
Atlantic
Macon
Central Railroad
Torpedo Boats for the Philippines
Los Angeles June 8 The torpedo flotillas now in the Pacific including the second Atlantic flotilla will be assembled in Philippine waters as a permanent force in case of trouble with other nations. Admiral Dayton will set the date and the cruiser squadron will tow the sixteen torpedo boats to Magdalena Bay and back. The expedition's success will determine their conveyance to the Philippines under the same conditions.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific
Atlantic
Philippine
Dayton
Navy Department
Magdalena Bay
Philippines
Athens Sees New Mutual Office and Hotel Nearing Completion
The Southern Mutual office building nears completion and a new hotel will be ready for guests by fall. Upon these improvements, Athens is poised for increased activity and prosperity as old streets gain renewed vigor.
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Southern Mutual
Athens
State Fair Preparations Under Way in Atlanta
After the primary, Georgia gears up for fall state fair in Atlanta under the Farmers Union. General Manager Frank Weldon reports strong county participation including Cobb Gwinnett Wilkinson Crisp and Walton with more to come. Poultry expert J H Dregenstedt will set standards and boost exhibits. Rainy Canning Co plans a major Georgia fruit canning display and machinery manufacturers reserve space for innovative exhibits and premiums.
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Atlanta
Farmers’ Union
Frank Weldon
Georgia
Cobb
Gwinnett
Wilkinson
Crisp
Walton
J. H Dregenstedt
Weldon
Rainy Canning Co
Chapel Hill
Delany System of Telegraphy Wins Elliott Cresson Medal
The Franklin Institute commits to Star Committee on Science and Arts awarding Patrick B. Delany of South Orange New Jersey the Elliott Cresson gold medal for his automatic telegraphy system. Delany’s Telepost device operates at about a thousand words per minute and plans to charge one cent per word for telegrams across its lines.
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Philadelphia
Franklin, Institute That Star Committee On Science and the Arts
Elliott Cresson
Patrick B. Delany
South Orange
New Jersey
Delany
Telepost Company
Jemester Union
Postal
Elliott Dresser
New York Electrical Society
Cornell University
Parisian Sage Promised Cure for Dandruff Germs
Dr Giroux endorses a national crusade against dandruff germs. Parisian Sage, manufactured in Buffalo, is touted as the sole cure, with H R Palmer and Sons in Athens as agents. The ad claims rapid hair growth and scalp health for 50 cents a bottle, promising money back if not cure.
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Giroux
Paris
United States
France
Kim
Prof
Buffalo
N. Y
Giroux Mfg. Co
America
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Athens
Strong Delegates At Road Convention
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt directs strong U S representation at the Good Roads Congress to meet in Paris starting October 11 with Logan W Page appointed chairman of the U S Office of Public Roads commission. Col Charles S Bromwell and Clifford Richardson named to the delegation.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Good Roads Congress
Paris
Logan Whiter Page
Office of Public Roads of the
U. S
Department of Agriculture
Charles S. Bromwell
United States Corps of Engineers
Bollings and Grounds
District of Columbia
Clifford Richardson
Limoges
Ayr
France
United States
Frai
London
Alcohol sales in city show April total eighty four quarts
The sale of alcohol in this city remained limited with only 84 quarts sold in April across drug stores. Listed figures show Orr Drug Co, I. P. Canning, W. J. Smith & Bro, Palmer & Sons, and B. E. C. McEvoy with small prescription counts.
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Orr Drug Co
I. P. Canning
W. J. Smith & Bro
weSh Palmer & Sons
C. McEvoy
Tornado devastates Charles City Iowa
A cyclone struck Charles City Iowa on June 8 demolishing about 200 buildings and killing W R Beck and a child. Three children were reported missing. The tornado moved about ten miles long and ten rods wide uprooting trees and lifting water from the river channel.
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Charles City
Iowa
W. R. Beck
Tornula
Barna
Florida Monitor to Try Torpedo Test at Hampton Roads
The monitor Florida will be pierced by a powerful American whitehead torpedo on Saturday June 13 to test armor and a new fighting mast design. Secretary Metcalf and Taft are invited to witness, with a shallow test area near the Jamestown exposition grounds. If the bulkhead fails the ship may sink. otherwise it should merely settle about eight and one half feet.
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Washington
Jimes
Florida
Akle
Metcalf
Taft
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Hampton Roads
Offeral
Secretaries of War
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W.C. Pitner
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Song
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Bishop Ward
DR W. Smiths
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Farmer's Union
Delaney
Page
Republic
Office of Public Roads
Iuauca
J. C. Bloomfield
C. Benedict
D. H. DuPree
W. T. Hamilton
W. W. Rich
I. B. Harper
J. H. Goss
M. A. Born
J. Elder
W. A. Carlton
Elder
D. A. N. Thomas
H. ¢. Strickland
A. C. Holliday
Haynes
Be, Chandler
Athena
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