Poor Widow Seeks Adoptive Home For Baby Girl
A six month old healthy brown eyed girl seeks a loving mother as the widow can no longer support additional children. She appeals through Rev H L Crumley of the Decatur Orphans home and notes the Decatur area contact details. A healthy baby boy also seeks adoption. inquiries at the Inman building office. The Decatur home highlights forty years of placing children and invites supporters to a May 6 anniversary picnic. Also reported is a Savannah rowing and bird cooking match where South Carolina birds won 19 of 20 fights near Savannah.
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Nea
H. L. Crumley
Decatur
HyIe
Leuiuey
Inman
Ahe
Heia
Guelgin
Jail Overcrowding Sparks Macon Bailding Plan
Macon Georgia on April 24 Special Sheriff Hicks spent the morning feeding 81 prisoners in a building built for 60. Over 60 Black inmates are crowded in tiny cells with little space to move. County commissioners are drafting a relief plan but unlikely to take effect for several months.
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Macon
Hicks
Mock Trial Planned by Dalton Free Kindergarten Women
Tomorrow at the courthouse the ladies of the free kindergarten will stage a breach of promise mock trial with many Dalton society figures participating. Judge Sam P. Maddox will preside and prominent local attorneys will argue for the defense.
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Dalton
Inspecting Lands in North Georgia Report Under Review
Special dispatch reports the Geological Survey evaluating lands offered for inclusion in the Appalachian forest reserves. Clyde Leavitt of the Forest Service travels north Georgia to inspect backbone of the Blue Ridge properties. Some land prices cited as outrageously high while others deemed reasonable. Works ahead require approval from Forest Service, Geological Survey, and the National Commission. Forest Service staff assignments listed for other regions.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Geological Survey
Clyde Leavitt
Forest Service
North Georgia
Leavitt
National Commission
Vernon Rhoades
W. W. Ashe
D. W. Adams
North Carolina
H.W. Woodward
Maryland
E. D. Fletcher
New Hampshire
Bank Seeks Small Loans to Fight Loan Sharks in Atlanta
Subscriptions for stock in the anti loan shark bank pour in and only 147 shares remain. The bank aims to help small salary borrowers repay weekly at low interest, offering a safe alternative to predatory lenders. It presents as both a boon to debtors and a sound investment, urging quick response before the opportunity ends. Also reported is a school building flood in Dalton with damage and theft, and Judge Samuel B Adams addressing Savannah High School students on state rights and the rule of law.
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Atlanta
Dalton
City Park Public School
Adams
Savannah
Samuel B Adams
Board of Education
Georgia
Odd Fellows Welcome Delegates in Monticello Session
The eleventh division of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Georgia met in Monticello with over a hundred delegates and visitors. Hon. C. T. Hall presided, a lunch hosted hosts, next session set for Milledgeville, Juliua E. Hecht reelected district grand deputy, public meeting featured speeches by T. B. Robertson and D. N. Hartley, with a banquet and degree work that night and city decorations in honor.
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Monticello
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
State of Georgia
C. T. Hall
Stan Mester
Cochran
Odd Fellows
Milledgeville
Juliua E. Hecht
T. B. Robertson
Gainesville
D. N. Hartley
Monroe Phillips
RL. Cheek
Macon
Hecht
Tellows
Traveling Men to Flood City for Grand Opera Week
Atlanta braces for a surge of traveling salesmen for a gala opera week. J H Lee reports many letters of intent, with clubs sought by traveling organizations to lease multiple rooms in a principal building. A humorous tale follows about a man named Mr Andrews and a misguided fishing scheme involving suckers.
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Atlanta
J. H. Lee
Post
Atlante
1909 Seniors to Hold Reunion in Macon Georgia
Mercer senior class of 1909 plans a June reunion tied to the annual commencement. The class was the largest that did not graduate from Mercer. Local members back the reunion effort in Macon.
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Macon
Mercer
Memorial Day Orator to Speak at Gordon Institute
Daughters of the Confederacy in Barnesville plan a Memorial day program on Wednesday led by Judge W. A. Covington of Moultrie. The event includes an afternoon address with recitations and songs at Gordon Institute, graves in the cemetery decorated, and a noon basket dinner for Confederate veterans at Gordon armory.
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Barnesville
Daughters of the Confederacy
W. A. Covington
Moultrie
Gordon Institute
Gordon Armory
Sullivan Indicted in Macon After Cursing Mother-in-Law
Macon Georgia April 24 Special David B Sullivan a contractor and merchant faced indictment after he cursed his mother-in-law and declared he would kill everyone related to her amid a divorce and alimony suit filed by his wife.
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Sullivan
Macon
David B Sullivan
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