Jury List for November Term Federal Court
The first regular term of the federal court at Athens will convene on the first Monday in November. The heavily loaded criminal docket will see grand and traverse jurors drawn from Athens Elberton Madison Commerce and surrounding areas, including Towns Oglesby Browning Hailey Snowden and many others with names and addresses listed. The traverse panel features jurors such as Eades Blasingame Wilkins Suddeth Heard Rowe Thornton and several from Hartwell Elberton Winder and Lexington.
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Federal Court
Samuel Sibley
Athens
Traverse
Judy List
Wm. D. Towns
Jno
Jno. O. Paces, Braselton
Arthur B. Griff
Marcellus D. Browning
J. Hailey Newborn
Bowman
Wm. B Snowden
Elberton
Walter
L. Childs
Sanders C. Fault
Crawford
Chas
L. C. Thomas
Madison
G. Raymond Powell
Albert S. Hawes
David L. Milford
Winder
Geo
Daniel Lumpkin
Lexingon
W. Colquitt
Comer
Wm. B. Askin
Bogart
Brantley Prickett
Maysville
Thos. A. Thornton
Hartwell
Traverse Jury
List
H. Eades
Peter
Charles Muse
Restate C
Chandler
Ino
T. Heard
W. Allison Rowe
Man and Wife Charged in Macon Double Murder
In Macon Georgia on October 9 Mr and Mrs Albert Williams were arrested after an all day pursuit charged with killing Andrew J Elking with a hammer and attempting to kill Thomas Sanders Sear in what police believe was a robbery motive. The suspects, white textile workers from Columbus, were linked to the slayings by a ride given to Elking and to the suspected female killer in Sanders case.
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Macon
Albert Williams
Andrew J. Elking
Thomas Sanders Sear
Elkins
Sanders
Columbus
Metcalf In Cooper's Car Says Attorney
Nashville Oct 9 The state has one witness who positively saw Metcalf in the Cooper car the night Robt Cooper was murdered District Attorney General Kirkpatrick declared in circuit court today opposing a writ in a habeas corpus petition of Dennis Metcalf former gardener at the Cooper home who is now in jail on the charge of murder All arguments were not concluded today Mr and Mrs C A Dodson leave today for a visit to Baltimore
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Nashville
Metcalf
Cooper
Kirkpatrick
Dennis Metcalf
Gardner
Political influence on wartime officer commissions debated in Congress
Washington Oct 9 Representative Stanson Republican South Dakota introduced a resolution proposing a special house committee to investigate charges that political influence dictated both the granting and withdrawal of army and navy commissions during the war. The move revives concerns over political interference in officer appointments.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Stanson
South Dakota
House
Miss Mildred Rutherford addresses reunion of Sons of Veterans
Miss Mildred Rutherford of Athens, educator and southern historian, urged Sons of Confederate Veterans to seek justice for the south in school histories. She called for purging northern histories, warning to stop buying unfair books, and cited Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis to vindicate their reputations. Rutherford also debated amendments and states rights, urging a true record for future historians and a broader Sons of Veterans membership.
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Atlanta
Mildred Rutherford
Athens
Sons of Veterans
South
Misa Rutherford
Miss Rutherford
North
United States Service
Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Andersonville
Kalsor
Henry Wirtz
Georgia
Stanton
United States
Mixa Rutherford
Athens Board of Health Tightens Diphtheria Precautions
Public health meeting led by Dra Bean and Haygoot with state board officials in Athens Georgia. New regulations require sanitary cups per person, sterilized utensils, and strict hygiene in schools hotels cafes and barber shops effective October 10 1919 to curb the spread of diphtheria. Public cooperation urged. violations subject to mayoral penalties.
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Board of Health
Dra. Bean
Haygoot Ty
State Board of Heath
Clarky
Athens
Board of Education
State Board
Georgia
City Board of Health
Board of Henl
J. C. McKinney
Wilson Patient to Resume Duties Delayed by Health
Washington reports Dr Grayson bulletin says the president has had another good day but will likely be kept from work for some time. Wilson remains impatient to resume duties as doctors monitor his condition.
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Associated Press
Washington
Grayson
Wilson
Veterans Press for Ratification and No Amendments to Treaty
Atlanta October 9 United Confederate Veterans reunion adopted resolutions urging ratification of the peace treaty and League of Nations without amendments or reservations They also urged pensions for Confederate veterans and $50000 for the Vicksburg memorial arch and a name change from Civil War to Confederate War General K M Vanzandt was reelected commander in chief N B Forrest grandson of J E B Forrest elected commander in chief of the Bons of Confederate Veterans Judge J T Godrick chosen to represent veterans at the Stonewall Jackson monument unveiling in Richmond October 31
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Atlanta
League of Nations
United Confederate Veterans
Congress
Vicksburg Memorial
K. M. Vanzandt
Southland
N. B. Forrest
J. T. Godrick
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Richmond
Carithers Newborne Wedding Near Athens
At a pretty home ceremony Miss Creight Newbourne married Harold Carithers yesterday at 1 30 pm. The event used ferns and pink roses for a simple color scheme with immediate family present. They left on the Seabour for Kansas City for a honeymoon, as Mrs Newbourne is the youngest daughter of Mrs E G Newbourne. Carithers, formerly of Athens, now works in Atlanta with a mercantile firm.
Riots and strikes flare in Denora and Tucson
Reports from Denora describe clashes between steel plant sympathizers and striking workers at the American Steel and Wire plant with bricks clubs and bullets. One woman injured. foreigners detained by state troops as manufacturers consider an open shop policy. In Tucson, 800 Southam Pacific workers walk out halting the night shift and closing roundhouses at the division point on the Southern Pacific.
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Denora
American Steel and Wire Company
Tucson
Oka
Southam Pacific Company
Bere
Southern Pacific
Farmers Backing a Cotton Dane in Georgia Drive
Atlanta reports the American Cotton Association as the major topic across the South with a Georgia led campaign directed by Major D. F. McClatchey. Farmers, merchants, bankers and professionals join to unite for cotton price support, aiming to shield growers from speculators and Wall Street.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South
American Cotton Association
D. F. McClatchey
Mac
Georgia Senate
Senate
Major McClatchey
Wall Street
Sambo
Yellow Jackets
Dema
Demonstration In Senate Over Treaty
Vice President Marshall halted a dramatic Senate appeal by Senator Walsh of Massachusetts for a League of Nations with reservations. The demonstration, aiming to sweep through the galleries, broke up at the outset as the appeal concluded with a barking command.
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Washington
Marshall
Senator Walsh
Massachusetts
League of Nations
Preacher Still Leads Cross Continent Flight
Trans continental flyers met at North Platte Nebraska with Lt M Maynard formerly Wake Forest student at Cheyenne Wyoming tonight. Miles ahead of westbound group. Captain Lowell H Smith leads eastbound flank with position at Omaha.
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Chicago
North Platte
Nebraska
M. Maynard
Theological 4
Wake Forest
N. C
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lowell H. Smith
Omaha
First Baptists Launch $325000 Building Campaign
The First Baptist church of Athens begins a three year campaign from October 12 to 21 to raise 325000 for a new modern church and Sunday school building. The old property must be vacated by June 1 1900 after sale. Plans approved, campaign directed by building committee with four teams, captains, and a Y M C A meeting to organize. The pastor Dr J W Lynch will open with a sermon.
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First Baptist Church
Church Conference
Baptist Church
Athens
Fis
Messrs. . Bryan
L. F. Edwards
R. Hodgson, Jr
BE. B. Mell
P. A. Lipscomb
W. T. Forbes
Messrs
W. T. Bryan
E. R. Hodgson, Jr
F. A. Lipscomb
Vanvasaing
Church
Mra. J. ¥. Carthers
Mra. A. &. Parker
J. W. Lynch
Lynch
Model Bank In ia Has-Cashier
The Peoples Bank of Sardis Georgia has the only woman bank cashier in Georgia. Carrie J Weathers Augusta girl in her twenties rose from private secretary to cashier after proving strong business skill. The bank a member of the federal reserve system handles cotton lending to farmers only with no sales to buyers in its territory.
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Atlanta
Peoples Bank of
Sardis
Georgia
Carrie J. Weathers
Augusta
J. A. Davis
Peoples Bank
Federal Reserve System
Miss Isabelle Talmadge Arrives From Portland Visit
Miss Isabelle Talmadge arrived yesterday from Portland Oregon where she spent several months with her aunt Mrs A Q Mitcheli.
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Isabelle Talmadge
Yeaterday
Portland, Ore
A. QO. Mitcheli
Proposed plans likely settle industrial row in Washington
Concrete proposals for settling the industrial dispute were introduced by the industrial conference. They include arbitration of the steel strike with a return of workers pending settlement, a three month truce, and creation of an arbitration board including former presidents and industrial representatives to handle disputes through a board.
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Washington
Erat Oon
Congress of Arbitration Board
Bearde O U
Barbecue Planned for Legion State Convention in Atlanta
In Atlanta on October 15 16 the Georgia division Americas Legion will hold its state convention with barbecue dance three business sessions and a theatre party. Plans are near completion with final details to be announced. on October 16 open session features Governor Dorsey and officers elected. Speakers include EB HL Black A R Lawrence C W McClure and Judge Samuel H Sibley.
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Atlanta
Georgia Division of the Americas Legion
the Legion
Seanaley
Dorsey
EB HL Black
Georgia Memorial Association
A. R. Lawrence
Savanah
Red Cross
C. W. McClure
Roosevelt Memorial Association
Samuel H. Sibley
United States District Court
Perry Elected Head of American Banking
Albany man Garder B. Perry was elected president at the closing session of the seventeenth convention of the American Institute of Banking held in Boston. The meeting, reported from New Orleans, chose Perry amid city and conference notes.
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Perry
American Banking
Associated’ Presa
New Orleans
Methodist Church calls 735 new missionaries in centenary plan
The bound of missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church South issued a call for 735 new missionaries to be sent out over the next two years as part of the centenary effort. The initiative follows a big fundraising effort last summer aimed at supporting international mission work.
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Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
the Bound of Missions of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Sugar Shortage Hits Savannah As Plant Faces Closure
Sugar scarcity grips Savannah as the local refinery warns of a shutdown between October 30 and the 15 due to Cuba sugar shortages. A later announcement suggests a new vessel will bring raw sugar, delaying the closure for about two weeks, but the shortage remains acute for the city.
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Savannah
Savannal
Cuba
Savannah High Defeats Porter In Open Season
Savannah High School defeated Porter 27 to 7 in the opening football game. The Savannah squad travels to Statesboro on October 11 to face Clove of the First District A. & M. school, continuing the season schedule.
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Savannah
Savannah Hi
Charleston
Porter
Statesboro
A. & M. Sebeot
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Drewey Cade Alford
Andrew C. Jackson
Watkinsile
Ocense
E. J. Smith, Sr
Wm. P. Wallace
Raney Hudgins
Brad L. Wilkins
Geo. W. Haley
Robt
L. Carthers
Léon Morris
J. Thos
Strange
Geo. H. Palmer
Geo. H. Williamson
N. Holder
Jefferson
Mrs. C. A. Dodson
Baltimore
Dixie
Layse
John W. Bale
Roma
Daughters of the Confederacy
Carl Hirton
Denver
Colo
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Vicksrg Memorial Arch
Pintsburgh
Rame
First Baptists
Model Bank
Legion
Methodist
Savannah High
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