Conference for Education Plans Twelve Annual Meeting in Atlanta
Robert C Ogden and Dr Wycliff Rose met in Atlanta with Governor Hoke Smith and state officials to finalize plans for the twelfth annual Conference for Education in the South. The event, April 14 15 16, aims to expand rural education and unify educational forces across states. Distinguished speakers include John L Coulter Gifford Pinchot and Charles R Van Hise.
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Atlanta
Robert C. Ogden
New York
Conference of Education In the
Wyecliff Rose
Nashville
Tenn
Conference For Education
Hoke Smith
Jere Pound
K. G. Matheson
Georga School of Technology
Central South
Wycliff Rose
Ogden
Augusta
Hampton Terrace
Rose
Charles
Barrett
South
John L. Coulter
University of Minnesota
Gifford Pinchot
Charles R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Northwest
Dr Ogden to Lead Central Presbyterian Atlanta Church
A Knoxville pastor Rev. Dunbar H. Ogden is named as new pastor of Central Presbyterian Church Atlanta. He will begin April 1 with family joining June 1. The release was requested by a special Knoxville presbytery committee and lauded by Dr. Lynn Bachmann and others. Presbyterians and others welcome him to the ministry in Atlanta.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Atlanta
Knoxville
Dunbar H. Ogden
First Presbyterian Church of
Central Church
W. J. Lingle
First Presbyterian Church
Marion Jackson
Garnett McMillan
W. D. Beattie
J. R. Thompson
Ogden
Lynn Bachmann
Central Church 9
Theron Rice
Raiden Family Narrowly Escapes Roof Collapse in Fire
Awakened as the residence roof fell in Atlanta on March 10, J T Raiden and his family fled in night clothes with two sons and two daughters. Burglars caused a fire that damaged the Raiden home and a rear Negro house, sparks threatening nearby buildings until the roof collapsed. Real estate tax returns in Atlanta this year show a gratifying increase.
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Atlanta
Fraser and
Little Streets
J. T. Raiden
Mr. Raiden
Raiden
City assessors conclude ward two property valuations
In the second ward assessors continue rapid energetic work after completing the first ward. They report gratifying progress and anticipate higher tax returns this year with possible more new houses built than in the previous year.
Spring Festival profits for Eagles and Rebekahs
Barkoot Amusement Company finished a week in Columbus benefiting local orders. Eagles GM Milford reported about 350 dollars profit after bills, with two carnivals last week splitting patronage. Daughters of Rebekah cleared around 150 dollars from The Country Store booth, boosting philanthropic work.
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Barkoot Amusement Company
Columbus
The
Columbus Enquirer Sun
Order of Eagles
Daughters of
Rebekah Ar
Aerle Ise Eagles
W. T. Milford
Eagles
Billy” Milford
J. N. Johnson
Messrs
Robert Reid
J. D. Milford
J. T. Monviter
W. Z. Milford
Milford
Rebekahs
Booth
Miriam Chapter
Daughters of the Rebekah
Aroble Order
Rebekah
M. C. Barlow
Sadie Watkins
Frank Lilly
G. M. Barlow
Bravest Man of the Year George Smith Honored
London reports George Smith of Woburn Sands won the Royal Humane Society’s Bravest Man of 1908 and received the Stanhope gold medal. He risked extreme heat and toxic gases to rescue a fellow workman buried waist-deep in red-hot ballast after a kiln roof partial collapse on October 24.
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London
George Smith
Woburn Sands
Royal Humane Society
Stanhope
Smith
Record shows February set fines in mayor's court
Chief McKie reports February broke all records for fines in the mayor's court. Seven ty-one cases were docketed and fines totaled 2 254.75. Of this amount 1 222.75 was cash, 794 in street work, the balance remitted.
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McKie
Tornado Rips Cuthbert Causes Heavy Losses
A night of destruction in Cuthbert Georgia kills five blacks and injures twenty five whites and blacks, with property losses near half a million dollars. Dozens of brick mercantile buildings are ruined, homes wrecked, and hundreds left homeless while doctors treat the injured and investigators tally losses to firms like J H Shaffer Co and Cuthbert Grocery Co. Authorities report some miraculous escapes amid widespread devastation.
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Cuthbert
J. H. Farmer
Bank of Randolph
Depot Street
Cuthbert Grocery Company
Ben Ward
John H.shaffer & Co
J. E. Martin
J.C. Graham
J. W. Stafford
W. D. Kiddoo
A. J. Moye
B. T. Teabeaut
D. A. McPherson
E. A. Jackson
J.C. Martin
Cuthbert Grocery Co
Holiness preacher nabbed by Atlanta police
Rev. Charles Wolfram an ordained holiness preacher and author of five books was arrested Tuesday morning in Atlanta for allegedly drawing away the affections of Mrs. M. P. Lockhart of 205 Foundry Street. Mrs. Lockhart was also arrested. both are detained at the police station. Wolfram claims spiritualistic conditions render the relationship innocent. The husband prompted the police report after alleging his wife’s alienation. Officers Dorsett and Harper found the pair in Wolfram’s Marietta Street room. Wolfram says Mrs. Lockhart came to visit.
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Wolfram
Mra. Lockhart
Atlanta
Charles Wolfram
Dorsett
Harper
Marietta ‘Street
Lame Shoulder Solved by Chevberlain Liniment
Advertises Chevberlain s Liniment as a quick cure for lame shoulders whether from sprain rheumatic pains. Advises liberal application and vigorous rubbing at each use. For sale by H. R. Palmer & Sons Orr Drug Co W J Smith & Bro EB McEvoy L P Canning.
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Chewberlain
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Orr Drug Co
W. J. Smith &Bro
McEvoy
L. P. Canning
Banquet Date Set by Athens Chamber of Commerce
The committee in charge of the Athens Chamber of Commerce banquet has chosen April 6 for the event at the Georgian. The banquet will be limited to two hundred attendees with one guest allowed per member. Non member tickets are held by the committee for sale to inviting members.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
PIANO TUNERS AND THEIR WORK IN OUR TOWN
A Philadelphia North American feature recalls piano tuners as born specialists who hear the faintest tonal flaws. Tales recount tuning for Paderewski and von Bulow, the craft’s danger from street pianos, and a wealthy residence where a hidden bracelet and other items were found within a piano.
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Philadelphia
Paderewski
Mans von Bulow
Herr von Bulow
Chicago
Prominent Man's Loss Leads to Historic Coin Return
A Chicago woman recovered a small gold Domitian coin once from a Romanian queen Carmen Sylva. The coin, valued by collectors, was found under a grand piano keyboard at a visiting house months after it vanished from her gold bracelet. She sent thanks and a substantial check, hinting at a future piano tuning visit to Chicago.
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Domitian
Chicago
Carmen Sylva
Chinese forest campaign planned at Boone College meetings
A series of lectures in China to promote forest conservation will be held under Boone College in Wuchang Hankow and Hanyang with photos showing deforestation. Howard Richards Jr. reports China has neglected its forests leading to desert-like regions and soil erosion. Over 300 Chinese students from eleven provinces study at Boone College, aiming to spread the forest uplift through the Empire.
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China
Boone College
Wuchang
Hankhow
Hanyang
Howard Richards, Jr
Chinese College
Congress
A Religious Author's Kidney Remedy Testimony
Rev Joseph H Fesperman of Salle bury North Carolina describes years of kidney trouble followed by a severe winter pain. He states after using Foley's Kidney Remedy his pain subsided and urine returned to normal and he recommends the product.
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Joseph H. Fesperman
Sallebury
N. C
Foley
Taft May Appoint Fairbanks Ambassador to Britain
Washington rumor says President Taft plans to name ex Vice President Fairbanks as ambassador to England. Cabinet meeting occurred with Taft enforcing his policy of speaking for himself. Knox stated the president would handle communications, while officials met with various dignitaries.
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Fairbanks
Britain
Washington
Washington, D. C
Taft
England
Dickinson
Knox
Philippines Islands
Bradley
Kentucky
Scott
West Virginia
Richardson
Tennessee
Elmer Dover
Executive Committee
Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States
Blac
Luck at the Crackers Factory
A man out of work returns to his lodging with news of a new job in a cake and cracker factory. He explains daily duties cracking eggs for nine thousand eggs per day, or about one thousand per hour, with five eggs per bowl to prevent accidents. Pay starts at one dollar daily, rising to a dollar fifty at high speed.
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New York Times
Big Queenland Turtle Raid by Bundaberg Campers
A party of men near Bundaberg surprised by a huge turtle in their tent rope and spars, turned it over and kept it restrained until boxing day then rode it along the sand before releasing it at sea. A stray line about Kentucky checks being collectible in poke games follows with no clear link to the tale.
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Bundaberg
Kentucky
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