State Normal School Reaches 710 Students With Farming Roots
The State Normal School near the city enrolls 710 students in all, with 566 in normal work and 144 in the Muscogee practice school. Forty-four teachers and officers serve a community exceeding a thousand. Fifty-five percent of students come from farming families, and many hold diplomas or licenses while about 178 have prior teaching experience.
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State Normal School
Bruce
Empire State
Bankers Call to Keep Banking Law From Politics in South
Special to The Banner. Nashville banker F O Watts, president of the American Bankers Association, urges southern bankers to keep banking and currency legislation out of politics. He cites Taft speeches on currency reform and Farwell's critique of the banking system. New Orleans hosts the ABA convention in November with a focus on banking reform. A southern banker will address cotton financing needs as the region pays about 100 million dollars annually to foreign centers to fund exports.
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Nashville
Tenn
F. O Watts
American Bankers’ Association
South
Maryland
Texas
Congress
John V. Farwell
Chicago
National Citizens’ League
Farwell
Mr. Watts
New Orleans
Americain Bankers’ Association
Taft Arrives in Lincoln for Official Reception
Lincoln Neb Oct 2 President Taft arrived this morning escorted by a reception committee led by former Senator Kurkett. He was hosted at the Lincoln hotel by the Omaha Commercial club and later spoke at the auditorium with Governor Aldrich presiding.
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Taft
Bryan
Aldrich
Lincoln, Neb
Kurkett
Omaha
Lincoln Hotel
Omaha Commercial Club
Chinese Merchants Provide Banquet for Humane Association
San Francisco ' Oct. 2 The thirty fifth annual convention of the American Humane Association opens at the St Francis hotel for three days starting tomorrow. Delegates from across the country include leading child and animal protection workers. A large banquet, prepared by the citys Chinese merchants, will honor the visitors.
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San Francisco
Cal
The
Americane Humane Association
St. Francis Hotel
Connecticut Towns Vote On Local Officials Day in Oct
Almost all towns in Connecticut held annual meetings for next year's town officials. The event, called Little Town Election Day, gains renewed interest from a referendum on two constitutional amendments. One expands the lieutenant governor's powers on governor death or disability. the other fixes legislative adjournment timing after the first Monday in June.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
General Assembly
Lilley
Joint convention of Iowa Unitarian and Universalist churches
A joint annual convention opened in Boone Iowa with delegates from over 15 churches statewide. Proceedings continue tomorrow and Wednesday with reports on church activities, programs, and future plans.
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Boone
Unitarian and Universalist Churches of
Iowa
Dr Kings New Life Pills Aid to Strikers
A short medical-advertising note touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as gentle helpers to liver kidney and bowel function. The copy claims they restore natural action and health, urging readers to try them, with prices and local sellers listed.
Hastings Banquet Honors Taft Ahead of Visit
Hastings Nebraska hosts a four hour visit for President Taft with about five hundred guests invited to Fraternity Hall. The event stands as the evening’s chief program feature and draws many of Nebraska’s prominent figures. Also a medical ad urges taking Foley's Honey and Tar for colds to prevent bronchitis pneumonia or consumption.
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Hastings
Neb
Tucker
Taft
Nebraska
Fraternity Hall
Foley
Clarke county jurors drawn for October term grand and traverse
Sheriff serves a large list of grand and traverse jurors for Clarke superior court October term. The names include J. H. Dozier, W. H. Shelton, R. L. Bramblett, H. P. Hinton, J. G. Wallace, Wm. Callaway, E. Turner, and many others. Also notes a patent pill ad for Chamberlain's Tablets as a stomach remedy.
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Grand and Traverse
Superior Court
Jackson
Hancock
Clarke Superior Court
Grand Jury
J. 8
Gardner
W. H. Davis
W. C Couch
Albert S. Towns
F. B. Hinton
M. G. Michael
J. H. Dozier
Cobb Lampkin
Levi J. Hemrick
Wm. R Colle
J. Bondurant
Robt
Yar Trough
Billups Phinizy
R. B. Dixon
W. H. Shelton
Andrew C. Erwin
R T. Moore
C. A. Talmad
Felix Phillips
Callaway
Cliff A. Lowe
May Hubert
E. B. Cohen
G. W. Collins
W. Daniel
E. F. Holleman
W H Bishop
H. C. Griffeth
L. J. Hale
Ben
J. Smith
B. Y. Harris
Chas
M Young
B. Upshaw
A. W. Dozier
W. I. Zachery
M. Lee Anderson
Joe H. Stone
W. W. Scott
W. J. Abney
Guy Carlton
Wm. A. Fowler
J. M Howell
H. J. Waff
R. R. Thornton
G. Talmadge
Inc
A. Fowler
B. C Prather
E. P. Jester
C. Y. Wier
A P. Dearing
New York Exposition Reveals City Life and Costs
Visitors to New Yorks second budget exposition learn through charts that the metropolis records a birth every four minutes a death every seven minutes and a marriage every eleven minutes. Moving pictures illustrate city department work and highlight the vast annual city budget of 174000000 pounds.
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New York
New York City
Buck Jen's Arnica Salve Sold at Local Stores
A vintage testimonial extols Buck Jen's Arnica Salve as superior for cuts burns bruises sores and many ailments. It claims unrivaled relief for piles and offers the product for 25 cents at W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons.
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Buck- Jen
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
North Dakota rate case opens again in Bankruptcy chasm
Master in Chancery R D Hoskins opened the revived North Dakota coal rate hearing in St. Paul Minnesota on October 2. The United States Supreme Court previously ruled a return to the case possible if rates were found confiscatory. The current proceeding involves the Soo Road seeking a reopening of the case amid coal rate disputes.
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North Dakota
St. Paul
Minn
R. D. Hoskins
Supreme Court
Soo Road
Liquid Cream Balm for Catarrh Publicized by Ely Bros
Catarrh sufferers urged to use Atomizer form and new Liquid Cream Balm as a reliable remedy. The Balm cleans clogged air passages and promotes natural breathing. Bottled at 76 cents including spraying tube, sold by druggists. Mail order from Ely Bros, 56 Warren Street, New York.
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Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Architects Meet at Rome Ninth International Congress Opens
The ninth international congress of architects assembled in Rome with eminent representatives from many countries. The American delegation numbering about 150 will push to host the next convention in Washington. James C. Dahiman, Omaha mayor, outlines a varied career as a cowboy, sheriff in Dawes County, Chadron mayor, and eight years as Democratic national committeeman, with a 1910 gubernatorial bid and a kidney pill testimonial.
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Rome
Internatonal Congress of Architects
Washington
James C. Dahinan
Omaha
Jas. C. Dahiman
Dawes Co
Neb
Chadrop
Nebraska
Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
James C. Dahiman
Morse gives up fight for liberty in federal case
Charles W. Morse, jailed in Atlanta for a fifteen year federal sentence, will on Monday seek permission to withdraw his appeal from Judge Newman. He likely will not pursue further freedom until after serving ten years and becoming eligible for parole, then resuming his challenge to the sentence's length. Foley Kidney Pills advertised as a kidney and urinary remedy.
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Atlanta
Charles W. Morse
Federal Appeals Court
Newman
Morse
Mills Resume Operations After Idle Months
Riverside and Toxaway cotton mills in Anderson South Carolina, among the region’s largest, restarted full operations today after idle since May first. Also a Wisconsin reader credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving two lives from a severe cough and bronchial trouble, praising its effectiveness and noting a trial bottle is available.
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Anderson
8. C
Riverside
Toxaway
South Carolina
C. Willoughby
Marengo
Wis
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
West Point Educator Retires After 30 Years Service
Washington Oct 2 Prof Samuel E Tillman a West Point instructor for over thirty years was placed on the army retired list today due to age. Tillman a Tennessee native and West Point graduate of 1869 retires from military teaching duties.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel E. Tillman
West Point Military Academy
Tillman
Tennessee
West Point
Cotton crop condition at 71.1 percent in October report
The crop reporting board of the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Agriculture, in its October cotton report issued at noon today, estimates the condition of the cotton crop on September 25 at 71.1 percent of normal. This compares with 73.2 percent on August 25, 1911, 65.9 percent on September 25, 1910, 58.5 percent on September 25, 1909, and 66.5 percent, the ten year average on September 25.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Electric Bitters Proven To Aid Health Claims
Mrs. W. W. Gould of Pittsfield New Hampshire credits Electric Bitters with curing long standing stomach and kidney trouble. She endorses the tonic as the best liver and kidney remedy and urges others to try it. Available at W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Sons.
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W. W. Gould
Pittsfield
N. H
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Mother of Athens Man Stricken With Paralytic Stroke
Mrs Eliza J Estes mother of Luke Estes long a Atherton police member and businessman lies ill at her country home between this place and Commerce Center Georgia October 2 after a slight paralagic attack Her son was visiting her Sunday The piece offlannel dampened with Chamberlains Liniment bound over affected parts is sold by dealers.
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Eliza J. Estes
Commerce Center
Luke Estes
Athers
Commerce
State Agricultural College Approves Farm Mechanics Building
The executive committee of the State Agricultural College board, including Judge Andrew J. McMullan and Col. John T. Newton, approved plans for a new Farm Mechanics building 40 by 100 feet near the main campus. Construction to begin within days, targeting occupancy by January first. The panel also mapped broader extension plans for next year, contingent on funding from government sources.
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State Agricultural College
Department of “Farm Mechanics
State College
Andrew J. McMullan
Hartwell
John T. Newton
Madison
Lem G. Hardman
Commerce
Cow Sold for Beef Ends in Compromise Judgment
In Clarke county the case J. 8. Christian vs. L. Cutler before justices of the peace revolves around a cow sold for beef. The beef failed to meet promised specs, Cutler refused payment, and the beef was hauled away as garbage. Judge Young issued a compromise judgment. appeal to the superior court jury follows. Nobody received money or meat.
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Justices of the Peace
G. M
Clarke County
Christian
L. Cutler
Cutler
Sanitary Department
Young
Two Prominent Clayton Street Merchants Arrest Boy for Harness Theft
Yesterday afternoon two leading Clayton Street merchants arrested a small black boy accused of stealing a harness. They delivered him to the city police, where he was confined until the owner returned the missing harness and the boy was released. The arresting men were Menara, J. P. Fears, and F. D. Gillen.
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Clayton Street
Ife
Allas Pickaninny
Lamboette
Billville Bugle
Menara
J. P. Fears
F. D. Gillen
Quits Eight Dollar Clerkship To Farm For Profit
A young man named Mr Z Hall left an eight dollar a week clerking job to farm in Sandy Creek district. He yields two to two and a half bales per acre from Langford and Texas Rowden cotton types, plans to sell seed by the bushel, and expects to prosper in Independence while sending money home. He brought samples to Athens to showcase county growing of the agricultural college area.
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Z. Hall
Sandy Creek
Athens
Langford
Texas Rowden
Acre
Rowden
One Less Than a Prescription a Day for Alcohol Last Month
Alcohol prescriptions show a sharp decline last month with 29 total and no doctor issuing more than four. W J Smith & Brother pharmacy averaged twenty to forty monthly, while other druggists stocked less than usual. January had about sixty prescriptions. February was lower, and 105 in a peak month earlier.
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W. J. Smith & Brother
Poultry Show Winners Shine Across Tennessee and Pennsylvania
The city and surrounding areas congratulate winners from Allentown Knoxville and Nashville in recent poultry shows. Mrs Upson won in Allentown and Knoxville, Mrs Lumpkin also netted a Knoxville prize, and Mr Phinizy earned awards in Knoxville and Nashville. The victories boost interest ahead of the Southern Poultry Association show in Athens this coming winter.
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Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Upson
Allentown
Lumpkin
Knoxville
Phinizy
Nashville
Southern Poultry Association
Athens
Mother of Judge Died Yesterday in Waynesboro
Waynesboro Ga Oct 1 Mrs Nan cy Thomas aged almost eighty died this morning after a second stroke last Wednesday She had earlier suffered a severe stroke but rallied Last week she was stricken again losing use of limbs and tongue Death came peacefully yesterday The funeral will be tomorrow She is survived by three sons and one daughter Judge George Thomas of Athens the only son living outside Waynesboro The dispatch will bring sorrow to Judge Thomas friends He and Mrs Thomas left this morning to attend the funeral and will return Thursday
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Waynesboro
Nancy Thomas
George Thomas
Athens
Judge Thomas
Mrs. Thomas
Admiral Schley Dies After Theatre Sighting
New York October 2 Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley retired hero of the Battle of Santiago collapsed and died outside the Berkley theater building at 23 West Forty fourth street. Death likely due to heart trouble, coming a week after he was praised for his role in the July 4, 1898 engagement where Cerbeiro's fleet was bottled up and defeated.
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New York
Winfiela Scott Schley
Santiago
Berkley Theater
Weat Forty-fourth Street
Cevero
Man falls from streetcar near Milledge Lumpkin
Sunday night about eight o'clock Calvin Barnett a Princeton factory resident stepped backward from a moving street car at the Milledge avenue and Lumpkin street junction. He was hurled to the ground striking the back of his head and reportedly suffered skull fractures. Taken to the hospital he remained in precarious condition last night. Witnesses say warnings were ignored as the car moved slowly.
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Milledge Avenue
Lumpkin Street
Calvin Barnett
Princeton
Young Barnett
Inguley
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Obadiah Gardner
Maine
Progressive Republicans
Minnesota
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Hamilton Club
G. T. Canning
A. C. Holliday
J. ©. McKinney
M. F. Mathews
R. M. Goss
M.A. Born
J. C. Holliday
Goss . Soved
Benedict Cool
I. H. Eller
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W. A. Carlton
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J. C. Bloomfield
G. C. Thomas
Admiral Schley
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