Grand and Traverse Jurors Named for November Term 1916
U S Court officials drawn grand and traverse jurors in the presence of three citizens for the November term 1916. The lists include numerous Athens Elberton Bowman Comer Watkinsville and other Georgia towns with detailed names. A gala event plans meeting Oct 1 features balloon ascent football and venue changes for the Georgia Dahlonega game.
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U. S
Freeholders Geo
Stone
M. P. O'Callaghan
E. D. Sledge
Federal Court
W. G. Cornett
T. W. Reed
Brock
Grand Jury
Sam R. Paschal
Buckhead
Benj. R. Cordell
Bowman
Harris Landrum
Elberton
Henry T. Comer
Comer
Thomas A. Grimes
Danielsville
John O. Stapler
Nicholson
Russell C. Daniel
Jefferson
Geo. W. Westbrook
Wm. O. Jones
Geo. M. Ward
Jas. Y Swift
Middleton
Jas
P. Gholston
Robt
P. Ward
T. Burden
F. Moore
T. Maxwell
David B. Martin
Colbert
John P. Bailey
J. Young Williams
Planter
Woman Exonerated in Brother-in-Law Shooting in Yazoo City
Yazoo City Mississippi September 20 after a preliminary hearing Mrs Robert Strong was freed of the charge of killing her brother-in-law Garnett Nolan a prominent planter The court found the evidence showed she acted in defense of her own life and that of his sick wife The tale mentions local institutions and a return to normal after housing events but the core is exoneration in the shooting case.
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Associated Press
Yazoo City
Miss
Robert Strong
Garnett Nolan
Jos Heer
Strong
Nolan
Harding cites 100 percent bank rates in the South
W P C Harding of the Federal Reserve reveals high interest charges by national banks nationwide, noting southern rates from ten to over a hundred percent. He cites sworn comptroller reports showing Alabama Texas Arkansas Georgia and South Carolina banks with unusually high maximums and averages.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
South
W. P. C. Harding
Federal Reserve System
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Reserve Boards
Texas
Curracy
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
South Carolina
Nashville traveling man found dead in hotel room
J. J. Braselton, a traveling man for Nashville Roller Mills, was found dead Sunday morning in his room at the Georgian Hotel in Nashville. Coroner's jury says natural causes probable, likely apoplexy. He was about sixty, survived by wife and one son. home in Winchester Tennessee.
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Nashville
J. J. Braselton
Georgian Hotel
Braselton
Messrs
John, Greene
Henry Braselton
Braselton's
Gainesville Midland Railway
Hoechton
Jackson County
Nashville Roller Mills Company
Messie, Pitner and Beusse
Webb-Crawford Co
Winchester
Tenn
Birmingham
Stallings and Braselton
Dorsey Undertaking
Tennessee
Mother Accuses Pitcher of Abducting Daughter
Police pursue baseball pitcher Thump Thurmond after mother J T Hill reports he enticed her 14 year old daughter Ccle Hill to leave Georgia for South Carolina. She also says he took 15 year old Annie Armistead along. Authorities located witnesses and will seek arrest warrants.
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Thump” Thurmond
Southern
J. T. Hill
South Carolina
Annie Armistead
Ocie
Athens
Thurmond
No Hard Times in Georgia From Commissioner Stanley's Report
Banner special correspondence from Atlanta reports Georgia textile and manufacturing expansion. New mills and expansions include Hillside Cotton Mill at LaGrange with 20 000 spindles and 400 looms, Crown Mills Dalton Mill No 3 with 15 000 spindles and 800 looms, Hogansville adding 5 000 spindles and 75 looms, and Kerke Hetrick building a hosiery mill with 50 knitting machines. Georgia hosts 176 textile mills with 40 million capital, 2 216 spindles, 43 778 looms, and 3 573 knitting machines. fertilizer factories total 254 with 42 million capital. Overall, plants run full time with strong orders, contradicting claims of hard times.
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Banner
Atlanta
H. M. Stanley
Labor and Industries
Georgia
Stanley
Hillside
LaGrange
Crown Mills
Dalton
Hogansville Manufacturing Co
Kerke Hetrick Manufacturing Company
Iitve A A
Plan to Stabilize Exchange With Loan Negotiations
New York reports outline Anglo French loan plans of 600 to 800 million dollars with installments and bank syndicate backing. Munitions exports mainly under 26 percent of shipments, bankers say. Proposals include installment subscriptions and bank held loans until needed.
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Associated Press
New York
War in Its Reality: Boots Speak of Weariness at the Front
Excerpt describes wounded soldiers on stretchers and ambulances with vivid detail of blood stained boots. The scene conveys utter exhaustion and pain as the grim harvest of battle unfolds near the British line. The author reflects on the harrowing toll of war observed from the frontline in an Oct Scribner piece.
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Alexander Powell
Scribner
Talk of Arrest of Rockefeller
Denver dispatch reports William Diamond of the International Organization of Mine Workers says the strip question of arresting John D. Rockefeller Jr. will be discussed on A M Belcher’s arrival tomorrow. Rockefeller visited the Ludlow battle scene and the Berwind Tabasco camps to talk with miners.
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Denver
Willam Diamond
International Organization of Mine Workers
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
A. M. Belcher
Trinidad Dispatch
Rockerfeller
Ludlow
Auto maker has a new submarine plan from Henry Ford
Henry Ford of Detroit will meet Secretary Daniels at the navy department Wednesday to discuss a plan for a small submarine. The report notes fertilizer was used in this year’s crops, implying soil surplus has been absorbed and fertilizer plants will be taxed to meet demand. preparations for an exceptional fertilizer trade year are under way.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Detroit
Daniels
Navy Department
Athens Woman Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills for Relief
Mrs. R. E. Bailey of 240 Barrow St Athens testifies that kidney trouble caused dull back pain dizziness and headaches. After using Dean's Kidney Pills from Palmer & Sons Drug Store she felt better and has been mostly free from kidney complaints for eight years. Price 50 cents at dealers.
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Athens
R. E. Bailey
Barrow St
Dean
Palmer & Sons
Seeing Georgia tour expands to 800 cars sought from Macon start
Entries for the second Seeing Georgia tour show over eighty cars entered with plans for a Septem ber 30 start from Macon and routes through the northern part of the state. Notable participants include R. Turner Haddock Cadillac and J. D. Knight Guyton two car party, City of Commerce five cars, and many Macon entries from Buick Oldsmobile Cadillac and other makes. Officials expect about 800 cars by the start with Milledgeville Athens Quitman Romé and other towns contributing a portion.
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South Georgia
Georgia
Athens
Macon
Tom W. Hooks
Hotel
Lanier
T R
Gentry
Party
Atlanta
Cadillac
Turner
Haddock
National
Watkins
Dublin
Ford
W. T. Anderson
R. W. Jemmison
Rotary
W. E. Cockerly
Page
C. T. Greer
Edward A. Crane
Haynes
J. Freeman Hart
T. W. Hooks
J. D. Knight
Guyton
Kingman Moore
Hudson, Co
J. Moore
Commerce
Pierce-Arrow
City of Commerce
Steve Solomon
Buick
E. T. Milligan
Milledgeville
Ford Auto Company
McCord and Satterfield
W. H. White
White Gas
Judge Bartlett
W. A. Elliott
H. M. Stanley
Commerce and Labor
M. L.brittain
Col
John Lindsay
Will C. Pursley
H. D. Feagan
J. W. Mobley
John R. Feagan
Fort Vasey
Y. Allen Little
G. L. Eckles
Athena
Quitman
Romé
Archibald Denies Dumba Letter Conspiracy Knowledge
New York dated Sept 20 James F J Archibald American correspondent who carried a message from Ambassador Dumba denies conspiring to break neutrality laws. He claims no knowledge of the letter’s contents and says it was given to him openly on a steamer gangplank. He sought secret service recommendations as a war correspondent and was asked about a gold headed cane delivery.
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Associated Press
New York
James F. J. Archibald
Ambageador Dumba
Dumba
Secret Service
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Frank Barclay
Bullards’ Station
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