Cardinal Martinelli Opens Savannah Cathedral Fair
His Eminence Cardinal Martinelli formally opened the fair of the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Savannah. A large clergy and lay gathering assembled as Bishop Keiley announced the fair aims to pay cathedral debts and fund completion. A levee followed the Cardinal’s reception, then a dinner in his honor with clergy and parish officials. The fair, staged in the cathedral basement, includes six departments with fancy tables, a country store, a candy and flowers booth, and a supper table.
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Cardinal Martinelli
St John the Baptist
Holy Roman Church
Carolina Martinesh Rt Rex
B J Ketley
Bihop ‘Northrop
Chirkston
Dumer
Martell
Hele
Northrop
Monsignor Rucket
L Bazin
Sivannah
John E Gunn
Atlanta
J. B. Budds
Charleston
R F Kennedy
Siannah
Halpin Reich
Reill
Quinlan McMahon
Aloysius
Joh Flannery
William Kehos
McDonough
John Lyons
Daniel Hogan
Jams
Grady John R Dillon
Obimd
J B Maddon
P Brennan
John_ Golden
A J O'Hara
J Harry Q Powers
W Heffernan
J & Hoykins
Tennessee flood damage estimate spans Shelbyville and Bedford
Reported flood damage in Shelbyville and Bedford Counties Tennessee ranges from 1.5 million to 2.6 million. Relief committees struggle as hundreds of families are homeless. No more than three deaths reported, all children. Only one bridge across Duck River remains standing. river leaks persist. damage totals cited around 2,00 600.
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Shelbyville
Bedford Counties
Mayor Mims Targets Atlanta Sidewalk Cleanliness
Mayor Mims pledges strict enforcement of the city sidewalk ordinance. He will notify sanitors police and street departments Monday to ensure owners and occupants keep sidewalks clean repaired and passable under penalties including fines up to one hundred dollars or thirty days imprisonment for violations.
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Mims
Atlanta
Recorders Court
Ray
New Way to Secure Ballots in Georgia Race
In LaGrange Georgia on April 1 the Democratic Executive Committee met at the courthouse and set the June 5 primary. The Rotational system places Troun county as first to name a candidate, with Colonel Wisdom expected to announce for the Thirty Seventh District Senate. He plans to bring a Black man to plow while voters are persuaded, arguing the tactic will pressure farmers. WG Park also campaigns, and observers anticipate the closely watched race until the primary concludes.
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Speral
Democratic Executive Committee
Court House
Pomary
Wow Wisdom
Senate
Troup
Heard
Carroll Counties
Troun
Colonel Wisdom
Ybor
WG Park
Conference Suffrage Plan Defeated in Richmond Vote
In Richmond on April, the constitutional convention rejected an amendment to the conference suffrage plan proposed by Mr. Flood. A lengthy debate followed over the plan’s understanding clause before the measure lost decisively.
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Richmond
Flood
Talbotton Suffers Two Fires In One Day
Talbotton on April 1 reports two fires at dawn and at 830 pm. Early blaze damaged the residence of F Eman but caused little damage after prompt response. The evening fire began between two unoccupied stores owned by Amos Leonard and Miss Mary Mitchell. a Winds store and the Eisman stock store burned along with J I Johnson’s shop. Loss estimated at about 30000 dollars with scant insurance.
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Talbotton
Spegal
F Eman
Amos Leonard
Mary Mithews
Fo Eisman
J I. Johnson
Veterans Easter Egg Hunt at Raleigh Soldiers Home
At the Raleigh New York Soldiers' Home Mrs D H Hill and D H Hill chapter Children of the Confederacy hosted an Easter egg hunt for about eighty veterans. Inmates joined the search, aided by two large baskets of eggs, as hospital residents stayed indoors. Grounds work by a resident landscaper was noted.
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D. H. Hill
D H Hill
Children of the Confederacy
Edward Feared Anarchists Plot Forces King's Riviera Exit
Rome April 1 The Corrire de la Sierra reports King Edward canceled his Riviera visit after discovering an anarchist plot against his life. The assailants planned to stage Boer revenge through their acts.
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Rome
Corrire de la Sierra
Riviera
Medicos Given Diplomas At State University Commencement
Augusta April 1 Special The medical department commencement exercises were held at the opera house. Dr F Williams of Ty Ty Ga delivered the valedictory and Dr T Evertell spoke for the faculty. Chancellor absent, ex Major W B Young awarded diplomas. State Sunday School Convention opened with WS Witham presiding. International Sunday School Association delegates Marion Lawrence and C D Meige attended as Professor E O Excel of Chicago led singing. Frisco System offers Dallas via Memphis tours with Oklahoma and Indian Territory stopovers priced 3800 for side trip to Oklahoma City and return 125 for Hot Springs trip, with special trains and chair car arrangements. For full details apply to W T Saunders, GA P D Frisco System, Atlanta.
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T. Evertell
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WS. Witham
Atlanta
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Lawrence
Cc D Meige
International Sunday School ‘Association
E OQ &Xcell
Chicago
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Tex
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Memphis
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Oklahoma City
Hot Springs
W.t Saunders
Phillips Shoots Wife in Garden Tragedy Near Cochran
Special report from Dodge county Georgia details a fatal shooting by William Phillips of his wife, who fled toward her stepfather Frank Redding’s home. Four shots struck her. she died within fifteen minutes. Phillips fled and remains at large as the community reacts.
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Cochran
Dodge County
William Phillips
Frank Redding
Phillips
Trouble Brews in Revelia Circulars Call for Armed Student Gathering
A March 31 dispatch from St. Petersburg reports 10,000 circulars mailed to educated classes urging an armed revolutionary demonstration before the Kazan cathedral. The March 31 notice notes students organizing a fresh meeting and planning to assemble today.
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Tageblatt
St. Petersburg
Kazan
Educational Conference Opens in Athens April 24
Athens Ga April 1 Special Every preparation is made in Athens for the Southern Educational conference to meet in the city on April 24 for three days. A local committee headlined by Chancellor Walter B Hil of the University of Georgia and President E C Branson of the State Normal School directs the arrangements with a headquarters planned at the Commercial hotel. The conference seeks minimal social events to avoid interrupting business sessions and will offer noonday luncheons at the university dining hall and at the State Normal school. Distinguished northern and southern educators are expected to attend, including Robert C Ogden of New York and George Foster Peabody, with presidents from Harvard, Columbia, and other universities. The conference emphasizes organized educational investigation across the South rather than money distribution, aiming to guide the use of funds where education dictates.
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Southern Educational Conference
Walter B Hil
University of Georgia
E C Branson
State Normal School
Edward R Hodgson
G G Bond
Athens City Schools
D Flantgen
Af H L Hodgson
T W Reed
Central Railway
University
Friends of Education
South
Doctor Oscar H Cooper Resigns as Baylor University President
In Waco Texas on April 1 the Baylor University board of trustees accepted the resignation of Dr Oscar H Cooper from the presidency effective at the close of the current session He is understood to have accepted a significant educational position elsewhere and may depart soon.
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Oscar H. Cooper
Waco
Tex
Oscar H Cooper
Baylor University
Cooper
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