Improvements at State College Exhibits For the State Fair
State College of Agriculture presses ahead with campus improvements including sidewalks and new poultry and hog facilities. A modern poultry building near Lumpkin street and a redesigned beef cattle wing bolster farm operations. The college plans major fair exhibits at Macon Georgia State Fair Augusta Georgia Carolina fair and Columbus agricultural exposition with a solid cargo of stock and educative displays for visiting farmers.
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State College of Agriculture
Lumpkin Street
Street Car Company
Farm Mechanics
Church
Georgia
Macon
Augusta
Columbus
Italy as Illustration of How High Tariff Protects Consumer
Clyde H. Tavenner argues Italy shows why high tariffs hurt average people by boosting prices and lowering living standards. He traces 1887 tariff shifts, wheat and sugar taxes, benefits to few at the expense of many, and notes rising costs mirror U S protectionist impact. The piece contrasts Taft Roosevelt La Follette views and cites Philippine cost debates.
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Italy
Clyde H. Tavenner
Washington, D. C
Europe
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Roosevelt
Harvester
Steel Trust
la Follette
Wisconsin
Messrs
Wilson
Eve of Strike Statement From Georgia Railroad
Augusta Ga Sept 30 1912 a communication from the Georgia railroad superintendent warns that conductors flagmen baggage masters and yard trainmen may withdraw service despite management efforts to fill posts and cites rules and the 1907 hours of service act. The note explains disciplinary actions against conductor Paschal and details demands by two unions to reinstate him and a flagman Morgan while noting railroad mediation efforts and Interstate Commerce Commission reporting.
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The
Georgia Railroad
Augusta
Government of Employes
Transportation Department of the Georgia Railroad
Congress of the
U. S
J. S. Paschal
Conyers
Paschal
Lithonia
Freman
Macon
Mr. Paschal
4. M. Morgan
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Morgah
Congress
Order of Railway Conductors and
Brotherhood of Railway Trainments
Funeral Sunday for WA VP Arthur in Watkinsville
Morning rain did not deter a large gathering of friends for the funeral of Prenton Arthur of this city in Watkinsville. Rev. Mr. McWhorter and Rev. A. A. Sullivan led services at the Oconee street Methodist church with the Baraca class giving an honorary escort and several young men serving as pallbearers. The Woodmen of the World lodge also participated.
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Prenton Arthur
Watkinsville
Mr. McWhorter
A. A. Sullivan
Oconee Street Methodist Church
Woodmen of the World
Alec
Georgia Daughters of Confederacy to Convene in Athens
The Georgia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy meets at Lenoy Stovall chapel Oct 29 to Nov 1 with hundreds of state women and visiting guests expected. Athens civic groups organize a clean city drive and decorate with red and white flowers while the Winnie Davis Memorial Building visit and several social events constitute the week’s program.
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Federation of Woman's Clubs of Georgia
Georgia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Lenoy-Stovall
Lucy Cobb Institute
Athens
Old South
Laugheece
Civic League
Gardez Club
Winnie Davis
State Normal School
Daughter of the Confederacy
Georgia Division
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Milledgeville
State Normal
Georgia Industrial and Normal School
State Capitol to Look Like a Corn Crib Full of Prize Ears
Georgia's corn clubs exhibit planned at the state capitol from November 26 to 29. Last year’s show in Atlanta Armory drew about 400 boys and thousands of exhibits. This year the boys will stay in one large building with a grand parade and possible Fifth Regiment review. Railroads offer reduced rates, sparking statewide interest, per the Atlanta Constitution.
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State Capitol
Georgia State Capitol
Georgia Corn Clubs
Georgia
Perium Armory
Aulanta
Atlanta
H. G. Hastings
J. D. Bodenheimer
W. H. Leahy
Walter Cooper
Horge Guard
Atlanta Constitution
Brutality by Constables Spurs Georgia J P Abolition Vote
Atlanta Sept 30 Brutality by constables toward vulnerable women fuels strong sentiment to abolish justice of the peace courts in large Georgia cities. Labor unions back the plan, to be decided in the October 2 general election. Noted abuses include a case of a wife assaulted during levy and a bailiff handcuffing a seamstress during a levy, with reform limited to large cities.
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Atlanta
Justice of the Peace Courts
Georgia
J. P
Justice of Peace
Raising Watermelons With An Artificial Flavor Now a Fact
Special to the Banner notes efforts to flavor watermelons artificially highlighting vanilla as the most satisfactory so far. The piece contrasts the natural flavor as elusive and insufficiently strong even when ripe, suggesting city customers may soon be asked for preference in a summer campaign. It also references political context in Atlanta Augusta and Athens.
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Macon
Roosevelt
Chief Beaver
Atlanta
Augusta
Athens
Rough Rider
New Baptist Church Planned in Athens Tent Meeting
A 1 1 30 meeting in Athens set in motion plans for a new Baptist church. About seventy represented with leaders including W C Wingfield BD W McGregor J L Pendley J H Mapp. Details to be worked out later as backers of the union movement press ahead for large membership. Sunday afternoon children sang under the city tent and a sermon on Jonathan Phibosheth followed. Sunday night about three thousand gathered despite competing events. The tent was filled to capacity and hundreds were turn away. Morning crowds continued with strong attendance amid multiple attractions.
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Athens
Messrs
W. C. Wingfield
BD. W. McGregor
J. L. Pendley
J. H. Mapp
Great Union
City Street
Jonathan
Phibosheth
Girl shoots self on porch amid family dinner
A 15 year old girl at the corner of Thomas Hoyt streets shot herself on the front porch during a family gathering. The injury was serious and authorities noted no clear reason for the act though worry over a lost ten belonging to a family member was suggested. An Ananias Club meeting in Atlanta that night featured initiates and Bull Moose granting first degrees.
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Misa
Lola Marable
Thomas Hoyt Streets
Ananias Club
Atlanta
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State College
Poultry Department
Department of “Fowl Husbandry
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Hoar
Senate
Clapp
Moses E. Clapp
Minnesota
Arthur
Daughters OF Confederacy
Laura Rutherford
Athens Civic League
Ladies’ Garden Club of
J. P.s
Baptist Church
Self
Ovis Tutt
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