Clarke's Courthouse Described as State’s Finest Building
The new county courthouse is praised as one of the best and handsomest in the state. It features a basement vault area for records, a four story layout with multiple offices, two courtrooms on the second floor, a grand jury room on the third, and a county jail on the fourth. Elevator access, marble stairs, skylights, and a central lobby organize spaces for the clerk, sheriff, treasurer, tax receivers, and other county officials.
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Washington Street
J. H. Dorsey
County Commissioners
EB. J. Crawford
W. A. Jackson
H. H. Linton
T. H. Dozier
Board of Education
Carlisle Cobb
Ben H. Barrow
E. I. Smith
Smith
Dorsey
Judge West
Soldior Upson
Grand Jury Room
Grand Jury
Solicitor General
Superior Court Room
Judge West gifts UGA 200 rare law volumes
Yesterday morning about two hundred volumes of rare old law books were carried from Judge H. West's law offices to the University of Georgia library as a gift from the county city court judge. The collection, valued in the hundreds of dollars, contains colonial laws chancery cases and pre Revolutionary era texts, greatly aiding law students.
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H. 8
West
University of Georgia
Smith
Judge West
Thought for the Day on perseverance in work
A pithy reflection urges readers to honor the man who sings at his labor and persists despite doubt or quiet sullenness. The note, attributed to Car lyle, extols cheerful diligence and steady effort as superior to mere grimness.
Griffeth Veteran Tax Receiver Dies at 64 in Oconee County
Mr. M A Griffeth longtime Oconee county tax receiver aged 64 died after being ill while his brother Frank P Griffeth spoke to a reporter. Survived by wife and four children, funeral at Beth Abara church with Rev W and Dr G A Dullatag assisting. Tributes pour in for a faithful officer and citizen.
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Frank P. Griffeth
M. G. Griffeth
O¢onee County
Watkinsville
M. A. Griffeth
Oconee County
James Y. Carithers
Athens
Griffeth Bros
Griffeth Brothers
Griffeth Implement Company
J. H. Griffeth
Michael
Eastville
A. G. Simma
Statham
O. C. Bradberry
George Griffeth
Griffeth
Beth Abara
G. A
Chi
South Carolina
Death of Mrs. George V. Raiden at College Avenue Home
Mrs. George V. Raiden, aged slightly over fifty, was found dead in her home on College Avenue yesterday afternoon. She sat with her Bible in her lap, had been in frail health, and died without apparent pain. Funeral services were set for 4 p.m. at the residence, Rev. R. E. Neighbour to officiate. interment in the old family cemetery near Hull. Pallbearers named: W. C. Wingfield, R. C. Campbell, C. Thornton, Howard Johnson, John Elliott, Fred L. Davis.
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George V. Raiden
College Avenue
Texas
James Mathews
Ters
Lula
Clara Mathews
W. H. Bullock
Hull
William
M. P
H. L. Mathews
Florrie
Estelle Raiden
R. E. Neighbour
Tabernacle
Old Family
Mesars
W. C. Wingfield
R. C. Campbell
C. Thornton
Howard Johnson
John Elliott
Fred L
Davis
Daughters of the Confederacy
Georgia
Roy Mayfield
Charles Sanford
Baxter Treet
Margaret Anderson
Meigs Street
Albert Snelling
Baxter Street
Nadia Heard
Meigs Street School
Katherine Parr
Baxter
Street
Charles Thomason
College Avenue School
Laura Rutherford
T. F. Green
John E. Talmadge
ST Perbrerions
Eve SiSheome
Mra.m. W. Welch
Mra. B. A. Crawford
Blackfeet Dancers Visit Georgia Governor at Mansion Lawn
Atlanta May 13 Governor Slaton and Mrs Slaton hosted Blackfeet Indians from Glacier Park at a garden party for Shriner visitors. The tribe refused to meet Mrs Slaton without formalities, sent Medicine Owl a beaded moccasin gift, and received a beaded purse in return. The chiefs spoke through Eagle Calf as four hours of chants and dances unfolded on the mansion lawn led by White Quiver and Wolfe Robe.
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Atlanta, Ga
John M. Slaton
Slaton
Glacier Park
Liston
Slaten
Medicine Owl
Blackfeet Reservation
National Park
Eagle Calf
Question on Grand Jury Arrests and Law Obedience
A report notes three men arrested in a grand jury room on gambling charges and asks how citizens can be taught to obey laws when grand jurors themselves are believed to be acting improperly. It reflects concern over integrity of jurors and law enforcement in the state.
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Grand Jury
Hutchens announces Senate bid to fill Bacon term
The formal declaration by Hon. G. R. Hutchens outlines his candidacy for the United States Senate to complete the late Senator Bacon's unexpired term. He asserts commitment to constitutional principles, civil liberties, fair elections, postal reform, land policy, immigration controls, and federal role in education and infrastructure.
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G. R. Hutchens
United States Senate
Bacon
Ufe
Ringsters
Ens
California
United States
Shriners Choose Seattle for 1915 Imperial Meet
The Imperial Council of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine selected Seattle for the 1915 meeting with Seattle beating San Francisco. Dr. Frederick R. Smith of Rochester North Carolina was named imperial potentate. Three thousand patrols and one thousand musicians performed in the divisional review as thousands watched the Shriner bands concert. The group will tour historical sites before proceeding to Savannah Georgia where they will spend Friday as business sessions end and many members depart.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Seattle
Frederick R. Smith
Rochester
N. C
Imperial Council of the Nobles
Mystic Shrine
San Francisco
Shriner
Shriners
Savannah
Georgia
Display of the Holy Shroud and authenticity debates
Rome reports renewed claims on the Turin Shroud as scientists and artists discuss its likeness to Christ. Dr Paul Vignon argues vapors etched a portrait while Sir Wyke Bayliss cites Catacombs imagery, with varied opinions on origin and meaning. The piece also touches probing questions in religious art and history.
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Associated Press
Rome
Turin
Paul Vignon
Wyke Bayliss
Royal Institute of Brutal Artists
Christ
Sauer
Mary
Cyprus
Chambery
Italy
Lancet
Dr. Vignon
M. Vignoon
Burrows of Georgia Elected President of Southern Baptist Convention
Dr Lan sing Burrows of Americus Georgia, longtime secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention, was elected president at the convention's opening session in Nashville Tennessee. The gathering runs five days with reports from home and foreign mission boards indicating favorable progress.
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Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Lansing Burrows
Americus
Southern Baptist Convention
First county Board of Assessors Convene for Digest Work
Yesterday morning the first board of tax assessors elected by the county board of commissioners under the new law met and organized. They will canvass tax lists and summon property owners to show cause why their property is not valued fairly. The assessors are C. B. Griffith, Jackson, Jackson, and Geo. H. Turmond.
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Lee ‘We Girls
Boyo
County Board of Commissioners
C. B
Griffith
Jack
Jackson
Geo. H. Turmond
Taleo Sharpens and Cleans Steel Knives with 6 Cent Lump
A six cent lump of smooth or rough ware promises to clean and sharpen steel knives without chipping or injuring the blade. Taleo is described as both cleaning and sharpening in one step.
Pity the ancient Britons quack medicine seller joke
A Punch magazine quip mocks early medicine sellers and ancient Britons, noting their lack of science and implying they are dead and buried. The verse lampoons pseudoscience with humorous ridicule of quackery.
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Clarke
Carlyle
Civic Departme Woman's Club
Cl Tce
Chamber of
Messrs. C. D
Ple
Washington City
Frisco
Democratic
Hutchens
Tech
Burrows
Great Southern Baptist Convention
Messrs
C. B. Griffith, Jack F. Jackson, and
Geo. Thurmond
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