Atlanta May 5 bond vote likely. election date unchanged
County executive committee chaired by Judge Eugene D. Thomas plans to keep May 5 for voting on hospital bonds of 750 000 and plaza bonds of 2 000 000. Mayor Woodward and bond advocates favor informing voters thoroughly and delaying plaza bonds until legislature approval in June, but current sentiment supports May 5 as originally set. A conference with business leaders editors and Thomas urged a single date, while some citizens protest extending the campaign and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene D. Thomas
Atlanta
James 3. Woodward
Woodward
Corncil
Plaza
Eugene Thomas
Grady Hospital
Grady
Robert J. Lowry
Urgin
Lowry
William Hosch Dies At Gainesville Home
William Hosch prominent Gainesville citizen and First Methodist member died at his Green Street home from apoplexy. He was a partner in Hesch Bros Co wholesalers and will be mourned statewide. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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Gainesville
William Hoseh
Green Street
Hosch
First Methodist Church
Hesch Bros. Co
Martin Stabbed on Whitehall Street In Arrest At Grady Hospital
Thomas Martin, a young white man, was stabbed in the back about 10 o'clock on Whitehall Street by Charitg Nash who lives at 12 Pittman Place. Martin was rushed to Grady Hospital where his wounds were pronounced not serious. Nash was arrested shortly after by Officer Freeman on a charge of disorderly conduct. Nash claims Martin caused the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Martin
Whitehall Street
Charitg Nash
Pittman Place
Martin
Grady Hospital
Nash
Freeman
Mactin
If you cannot visit the store write 1914 illustrated catalogue
Reader is invited to obtain the 1914 illustrated catalogue by mail, with options to send commentary or inquiries to the publisher. The notice emphasizes accessibility for those unable to visit in person and frames the catalogue as a valued resource.
Deer Kills Itself Before Post Office Crowd
Sterling residents witness a doe fleeing across railroad tracks colliding with a wire fence. The document describes a fatal self inflicted death amid deer sightings near Brunswick Georgia with no prosecutions due to death by own action. Venison is butchered on site as witnesses celebrate the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Sterling
Inwa
Humane Penal System at Fort Winfield Scott Envisions Reforms
San Francisco April Old Fort Winfield Scott near the Golden Gate will house new corrective barracks as part of a humane discipline overhaul. Eighty Alcatraz prisoners began rebuilding the interior under Colonel George Williamson to create a lighter, more comfortable wing for military offenders with organized companies and potential honorable discharge. Incorrigible prisoners would go to Fort Leavenworth. others may serve and reform locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcatraz Island
George Mek. Wiliamson
Fort Leavenworth Military Prison
Kansas
Rockefeller efforts to gain control of Gould railroad failed
New York April 2. From sources close to principals it is learned that all negotiations for Rockefeller acquisition of Missouri Pacific and other Gould holdings have been abandoned at least temporarily. Goulds refused to sell majority stakes in Missouri Pacific Denver and Rio Grande and Western Pacific to give oil magnates dominating interest. Rockefeller party had offered to cover $25 million Missouri Pacific notes but demanded stock at fixed price to secure 50 percent stake. A Gould representative said the deal might have closed but a leak let outsiders profit by market moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Missouri Pacific
Gould
Rockefeller
Goulds
Missouri
Denver
Rio Grande
Western
Rockefellers
Missouri DP Pacific
Wall Street
Finley J. Shepard
Helen Goold
Missouri’ Pacific Securities
Stolen money found in box of old papers
Gallatin Tenn April 2 twelve thousand and eighty four dollars of the money taken from the vaults of the First National Bank of Gallatin has been found. The money is alleged to have been found Sunday by detectives hidden in a box of old papers in the rear room of J B Andersons insurance offices. Herbert B Jackson charged with aiding A ant Ca er Will RB Brown in the latter's embezzlement of over 330000 has been employed at odd jobs of book keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallatin
Tenn
First National Bank of Gallatin
J. B. Andersons Insurance Offices
Herbert B. Jackson
A. Ant
RB. Brown
170000 Miners Leave English Coal Pits
Leeds April 2 170000 Yorkshire coal miners quit work as notices expired demanding a minimum wage scale. Stocks at pit heads would last about a week and fuel supplies to railroads steel and iron works could be severely hampered, risking widespread idleness for many workers reliant on the Yorkshire collieries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
England
Yorkshire
Steel and Iron Works
F Yorkshire
Afraid of Blindness He Kills Self and Wife
In West Philadelphia a man, Alexander Glaser, 30, and his wife Julia, 28, were found dead from gunshot wounds after four shots rang out. Their two young sons, ages 6 and 3, were unharmed. Neighbors say the husband feared losing his sight and police believe fright and mental distress drove the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Alexander Glaser
Julia
Revival Ends at Greensboro Church in Georgia
Revival services at the Presbyterian church in Greensboro Georgia concluded after ten days. Reverend Samuel Cartledge from Athens delivered strong sermons to large congregations and many joined the church. Reverend John A Simpson of Greensboro Presbyterian served as pastor and presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Presbyterian Church
Samuel Cartledge
Athens
John A. Simpson
German Aviator Killed In Plane Crash
Lieutenant Lankmeyer a German army aviator was killed in a crash while flying low over the aerodrome. His passenger Lieutenant Rudhti was seriously injured as propeller fragments broke the rigging causing the machine to collapse.
Thorough Clean Up Effort Urged Across Atlanta
City leaders municipal groups and citizens urged a wide cleanup drive in Atlanta ahead of Easter and major events. Merchants should keep show windows and posters visible at least one day, with focus on unoccupied homes and tidy fronts along Peachtree. Volunteers from City Federation of Women’s Clubs and Home Gardens League back the effort for a cleaner, more attractive city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Peachtree
Wire
Buckhead
Childre
City Federation of Women's Clubs
Home Gardens League
Opera Week
Bankers’ Convention
Shriners
Jimmy Grant Shows Great Improvement After Collapse
Jimmy Grant, the prize fighter who collapsed after the Tuesday night bout with Johnny Eggers, amid pneumonia at Grady hospital, was described as much better by Dr. William S. Goldsmith. Despite no regained consciousness, doctors cited improved pulse and reflexes, with hope he may pull through if he can hold on for several days. Eggers, released on bond, followed Grant’s condition with interest and expressed relief at the improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Grant
Johnny Eggers
Grady Hospital
William S. Goldsmith
Grant
Dr. Goldsmith
Mighter
L. ¢. Roughlin
Roughlin
Goldsmith
Goldmith
Engers
Seers
Figgers
Watkie
Eggers
Warrant for Mollie Glass in County Killing
A warrant was sworn out yesterday for the arrest of Mollie Glass, a negro woman, charged with killing her husband Joan Glass, a well known colored farmer. Glass was found in his home in the southern part of the county. A coroner's jury concluded the death was caused by a gunshot wound inflicted by an unknown party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annimasvare
Apti
Settle or Fight Over High Interest Banked by Rail Men
Two railroad workers in Georgia faced crippling loan rates and turned to attorney R. E. Church to halt usurious charges. Injunctions froze further interest on multiple loans as lenders offered a 50 percent settlement. The cases target firms including Fulton Brokerage and Atlanta Finance with hearings set for April 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terest
Fftem
R. EB. Church
Mr. Church
J. R. Fudge
The
Georgia Railroad
J. H. Banks
Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic
Pudge
Banks
Georgia
Church
Church Hag
Fred
Fulton Brokerage Company
the &. W. Greenway Company
Stephen A. Hyan & Co
A. R. King
Wing Gros. & Co
Atlanta Finance Company
G. H. Rosenbusch
Smith & O
Cedartown to Host Seventh District High School Meeting
Cedartown Ga April 2 Special Cedartown will host the annual meeting of the Seventh District High School association on April 17 and 18. The association includes district high schools and its gathering is a major event drawing teachers and pupils from across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedartown
Seventh District High School Association
Better Lights for Cordele
Cordele city council meeting last night approved a resolution authorizing Royal Lighting and Power to install three incandescent lights for each street lamp in the residence section and beyond the proposed white way to improve street lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
Royal Lighting and Power Company
Snatch Thief Busy Near Home
Miss Fanniesmullan of 86 Hii street was attacked last night at about 7 oclock when a Black thief snatched her pocketbook containing $2.10 as she stood in front of her residence.
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Fanniesmullan
Hii Street
Record crowds attend Travelers Protective meeting in Columbus
In Columbus Georgia on April 2 the Travelers Protective association began its annual Georgia convention at Harmony Circle with 190 to 300 traveling men in attendance. Addresses of welcome were given by Mayor John C. Cook and Judge S P Gilbert. Committee reports noted 1,862 Georgia members across posts and reported progress on roads, hotels, and rail rates ahead of an April 14 railroad commission decision. An afternoon steamboat ride on the Clatanaoche river followed, hotel and road issues highlighted the sessions, with the convention expected to run through tomorrow and claimed as the largest Georgia gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olumbus
Georgia
Travelers Protective Association
Harmony Circle
Joy Drummers
John C. Cook
S. P. Gilbert
Board of Trade
Post C
Assocition
Jesse W. Bates
R. Belk
J. M. Giddens
Fust
Travelers’ Protective ‘Association
Ken Grady
Savannah
Tom Sherman
Hotel Committee
Railroad Committee
FR. A.brayles
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Clattanooches River
Ais
Georgia Travelers' Protective Association
Woman contortionist maimed after head turning stunt
In Cordele Georgia Maude Rusceli a contortionist with a negra minstrel show attempted a dangerous head around stunt. Her head remained over her back after she twisted and she wrung loose vertebrae leaving her partially paralyzed and the audience terrified by the screams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
Trains Annulled After Pennsylvania Retrenchment Plan
Philadelphia reports the Pennsylvania Railroad scrapped 118 passenger trains on lines east of Pittsburg and Erie with large cuts expected to save about 2 million dollars yearly, while western lines show similar gains. About 500 city employees were furloughed with totals rising to 25,000 east and 16,000 west under suspension or slated for layoff within a month.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Rally Road
Pittsburg
Erie
Girl seeks damages for Purdue hazing incident
Mabel Rogers of Shoals Ind sues seven Purdue seniors for 47000 alleging hazing in the dormitory last January. She says participants dragged her from her room tore off clothes painted her chest back and neck with ink mucilage stuck pins on her back and ducked her in a tub of water to force kneeling. Additionally she claims impaired sight and damaged health. Also reported chief of the idle army convicted of vagrancy in Sacramento for leading an unemployed group once 1800 strong. He faces sentencing and a march push toward Washington now split west to the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Mabel Rogers
Shoals
Todas
Siris
Dass Hogers
Man Confesses Double Murder Amid Fear of Death
Peter Welter, wounded and fearing he would die, confessed to shooting and killing Mrs. Katherine Morris and Mrs. Sarah Sallans on March 30. A longtime friend of the Morris family and a visitor at the Sallans home, Welter told police he sought to make a clean breast of the whole affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Welter
Airs
Katherine Morris
Sarah Sallans
Welter
Morris
Sallans
Man placed in jail to shield from Basile mob
Villa Platte La April 2 Robert nea an itinerant white carpenter was jailed for safe keeping to protect him from residents of Basile La who threaten violence Rosa Bain a 12 year old girl said to be his niece is being held as a material witness in the case Basile officers had trouble getting Baynes away Barnes allegedly represented himself to the girl s mother at Lake Providence claiming he was her uncle and wished to enroll her in school the girl says she does not know if he is her uncle
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa Platte
Robert Néa
Basile
Rosa Bain
Baynes
Barnes
Lake Providence
Theirl
Gas Meter Robbery Report at Luckie Street
W. B. Dunn of 178 Luckie Street reported last month that his gas meter was robbed. Police found 1L85 on the ground near the meter, the thief having fled in fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. BD. Dunn
Luckie Street
Picayune to Merge With Times Democrat in New Orleans
Announcement tonight in New Orleans confirms negotiations for the consolidation of The Times-Democrat and The Picayune. The merged paper will be published as The Picayune under The Times-Democrat management with updated capital and board, timing to be decided.
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New Orleans Territory
New Orleans
Times-Democrat
The
Picayune
Picayuse
United States
Haing
Nichol
Leonard Nicholson
Thomas G. Raiier
Nen
Associated Press
D. More
Times- Democrat
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William Hosch
Maier& Berkele, Inc Gold and Silversmiths
Kiled
Res
James G. Woodward
Mell R.'’ Wilkinson
Ident Chamber of Commerce
Forrest 4Dair
Potentata Yaarab
W. L. Peel
Ass'n
Isma Dool
Heid
Hotels and Resorts
Hotel Gotham
Wetherbee & Wood
Fifth Ave
New York City
of Protective Association
Columbus
Sacramento
Cal
Times Democrat
Third National Bank
Daly
Third National Bank of Atlanta
Frank Hawkins
Thos. C. Krwin
Peachtree Street
Bonita Theater
Zakas Bakery
Aurora
Tripod Paint Co
N. Pryor St
Atlanta, Ga
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