End of the Detective Bureau in Atlanta Police Service
The board of police commissioners abolishes the detective bureau and places responsibility with the chief of police. Critics say the detective department was a failure and a scandal, with officers colluding with crime. Chief Ball’s remedy wins board approval, signaling direct accountability and improved law enforcement for Atlanta.
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Board of Police Commissioners
Detective Bureau
Chief of Police
Law and Order
Ball
Atlanta
Chief Ball
Traveling Libraries and Rural District Needs
Librarian Harry H. Stone of Emory College writes in The Methodist Review on traveling libraries and good roads. He argues rural isolation harms national life and urges expansion of educational access through traveling libraries to provide both entertainment and instruction for country families.
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Harry H. Stone
Emory College
The
Methodist Review
United States
Professor Stone
Stone
Traveling libraries aid rural districts and schools
Professor Stone champions traveling libraries as a powerful tool for rural education. New York operates a varied system with about five hundred libraries, offering general and special services to public libraries, schools, clubs, and other groups. The program, expanding to states like Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, has shown strong results in Newton county Georgia and is urged for broader adoption to improve rural access to books and learning.
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Sténd
United States
New York
Stone
York
Albany
Chautauqua
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Newton County
Georgia
Brooklyn Pastor Faces Tenant Pressure Over Negro Tenancy
Reverend Seth O Smith of Bethel AME on Dean Street Brooklyn faces eviction pressure after neighbors and the landlord oppose his occupancy while he remains determined to stay near his church. He holds a one year lease and plans to pay rent when due despite protests and potential congressional scrutiny.
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Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
New York Sun
Seth O. Smith
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Dean Street
Schenectady Avenue
Dr. Smith
The Depot Question Again in Atlanta Debates
Mr Kontz urged revived agitation for better terminal facilities in Atlanta arguing the current depot is undignified and dangerous for travelers. He warned about a crowded car shed used by about 120 trains daily and urged state and railroad cooperation to build proper passenger stations or a union terminal.
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Kontz
Atlanta
Railroad Commission
Georgia
State Railroad Commission
Savannah
Macon
Augusta
Duty of Citizenship and Progress in the South
Atlanta presses for railroad depot relief and a union depot to safeguard city rights while state action lags. The piece cites the cotton factory push in Vicksburg and Chattanooga, praising mill growth in Georgia and urging harmony and cooperation to advance rebuilding and prosperity. It stresses public spirit over politics and calls for decisive action from the railroad commission.
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Atlanta
Railroad Commission
Gos
State Railroad Commission
Kontz
Nee
Vicksburg
Georgia
Mississippi Metropolia
Chattanooga
Times
Jacksonville
Times-Union
Trade in the East and West Point Showdown at Exposition
Calcutta trade prospects urged by Consul General Patterson for an American goods museum with merchant backing. Manufacturers might unite or a bold entrepreneur could assemble samples to spur U S sales. Meanwhile General Miles seeks to curb West Point cadet morale by requesting toned down midway acts at the Buffalo exposition with mixed reception from officials.
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Calcutta
Patterson
Miles
Buffalo Exposition
Midway
West Point
Buchanan
Gaston Akoun
Beautiful Orient
Akoun
Oriental Theater
Georgia Verses and Dreams in a Rural Page
A collage of verse and prose pieces reflecting Georgia life and sentiment. It blends poems about Old Georgia, hopeful skies, rivers, and harvest joys with light literary notices and social notes about correspondents, local wit, and a dash of Maxime Gorky poetry influence.
Atlanta Topics Rise in Georgia Papers
Multiple Georgia papers discuss Atlanta issues from Grant Park reports to depots and civic actions. The Albany Herald notes Atlanta city council seeking grand jury search. the Rome Tribune backs converting Union Depot into a market house. Fitzgerald Enterprise mentions England king remarks by an Atlanta man. Carrollton Free Press jokes about arresting an old depot. Newnan News highlights women shooters aiding anti Leanters.
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Hunteville
Ala
Atlanta
Grant Park
Albany
Rome
Tribune
Fiitzgerald
Enterprise
England
Carrollton
Free Press
Strange Case in Mississippi Rities Turned Him Out
Secretary Stevens reports the first Mississippi case of a man seeking entry to a penitentiary under false pretenses. A Copiah sheriff brought an unnamed man claiming to be an escaped convict from Oakley farm, but no match could be found in prison records. The man, arrested for theft, likely fabricated the tale to gain release after a short sentence. The report also notes a violent incident at a Yazoo county woman's confinement and ongoing Mississippi Historical Society work and a murder appeal, plus wool shipments and a drought legend.
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Jackson, Miss
Stevens
Prison Board of Controls
Copiah County
Jackson
Regro
Oakley
Simmong
Oakley Place
Darkey
Coplah
Mississippi Insane Hospital
Llake County
Edinburg
Carthage
Dail
Mississippi Historical Society
Mississippi
Power
Stephen D. Lee
Franklin JL. Riley
State University
J. M. White
A. and M., College
Allen J. Hooker
Joseph Buchanan
Marion County
Supreme Court
Buchanan
Rufus Buchanan
Hollins Still Free After Tipton Farmstead Killing
Knoxville police and detectives search for George Hollins alias William Holland, the man accused of fatally striking Farmer I N Taylor with a rock at Tipton Tenn. A murder warrant is out and Hollins mother’s Knoxville home is watched as officers pursue him. The inquest verdict cites death from a rock blow by Hollins.
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Farmer Taylor
Knoxville
Tenn
George Hollins
William Holland
Farmer I. N. Taylor
Tipton
Hollins
Minister Very Ill Huntsville Pastor Stricken in Waco
Rev A W McCahn formerly of First Baptist Church Huntsville is seriously ill in Waco Texas after a stroke amid typhoid fever. Relatives despair of recovery as telegrams report the event. Also Knoxville report notes Lewis Curtis fined for assaulting non union streetcar motorman G K Haley while G P Gilpin is bound over on a separate charge of stoning.
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Huntsville
Ala
A. W. McCahn
First Baptist Church
Waco
Tex
Knoxville
Tenn
Lewis Curtis
G. K. Haley
G. P. Gilpin Wen
Aircnat
Schley Court of Inquiry Witnesses Likely Named
Acting Secretary Hackett released a statement on August 12 outlining the witnesses to be summoned for the Schley court of inquiry. He noted the court convenes September th, that Admiral Schley will decide which witnesses he wishes, and that the judge advocate may also call others if needed. The preliminary stage aims to ensure officers with pertinent facts can testify, while Hackett refused to answer specific witness questions.
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Washington
Hackett
Navy Department
Schley Court of Inquiry
Prine
Navy
Schley
Admiral Sampson
Schley Court
Holls on peace and US ties with Europe
Frederick W. Holls of the Hague arbitration court, in London after stops in St. Petersburg and Berlin, says the outlook for peace among great powers is improving. He notes dangers remain but a permanent tribunal and Boer and China lessons push toward peace and reciprocity, praising US prestige and Monroe doctrine as popular with Europeans.
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Holls
Arbitration Court
London
Frederick W. Holls
United States
International Court of Arbitration
the Hague
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Vienna
America
China
Europe
Tarif
England
Great Britain
Sharp Attack on Balfour Over Facto ries Measure
London August 14 The house of commons passed the factories bill to a third reading after a heated debate over excluding laundries from inspection The government withdrew a clause admitting Catholic conventual laundries to the scope of the bill Irish objections to inspection sparked the concession Mr Ritchie and Mr Balfour defended the surrender while conservatives denounced it as weak mismanagement of the session.
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London
House of Command
Ritchie
Home
Balfour
Camp Walker to Attend Confederate Reunion in Macon
Members of Camp W H Walker voted to travel to the Macon Confederate veterans reunion on October 22 and 23 in a body. Thirty sponsor daughters will join, elected as honorary members, and both groups will appear in uniform and dresses for the parade. An additional invitation to participate in the September 2 Labor Day parade was accepted, with similar plans for Atlanta No 109 Camp Wheeler and the Grand Army of the Republic post.
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Camp Walker
W. H. T. Walker
Macon
General Labor Day Committee
Camp Way Ear
Atlanta
Camp Wheeler
G. MM. Ee Ell Post
Grand Army
The
Repye
Destitute Norris Family aided by charity and police
The Norris family at 27 Bush Street was found destitute with a bed ridden father and ailing mother. Charity moved to hospitalize the couple and provide shelter for two younger children at Grady Hospital while the two eldest stayed with the Home for the Friendless. Police arranged meals clothing and medical care, hoping recovery will restore the once happy family.
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Charity
Bush Street
Grady Hospital
Tibbs
P. Norrig
Norris
Lft
Thirteen Petitions Filed in O'Connor Bankruptcy Case
Thirteen petitions were filed in the U S court yesterday in the O Connor bankruptcy case. Petitioners seek identification of goods and sale of identified goods, alleging fraud and improper asset disposition. Branch stores opened before filing are under receivership. auction of goods at 169 Decatur Street set for 10 o'clock this morning.
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O’connor
United States
O'Connor
Percy Adama
Rosser
J. Farren & Co
Check
Morton & New
Atlanta Paper Company
Gibbs Preserving Company
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
M. K. Fairbanks Company
Morehouse Manufacturing Company
William Wams
C. W. O'Connor
Saffold Bound Over On Two Forgery Charges
A. R. Saffold of Cobb county was bound over on two forgery charges after a trial in Justice Landrum's court. Witnesses identify him as the suspect who bought poultry and peas with checks signed T. J. Edwards, delivering goods on Forsyth and Walton streets. Detectives White and Simpson arrested him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Saffold
Cobb County
Justice Landrum
Saffold
FE. E. Wiliams
Broad Street
T. J. Edwards
T. H. Willams
Edwards
Howells Station
Forsyth
Walton Streets
White and Simpson
Atlanta Power Company pledges $200 to Labor Day fund
The Atlanta Railway and Power Company offered $200 to the Labor Day fund after city action blocked the appropriation. President Ernest Woodruff sent a letter to Labor Day chairman Dennis Lindsay confirming the gift, noting the city attorney’s opinion. Mayor Mims vetoed the $200 appropriation earlier.
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Labor Day Committee
Council
Aldermanic Board
Organized Labor
Atlanta
Atlanta Railway and Power Company
Ernest Woodruit
Dennis Lindsay
Mims On
Atlanta Railway and Power
EB. Woodruft
Prem
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Ution Publishing CO
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Betond
Nichols & Houliday
Constitution
Cele
Oportion
Bunny Beth
Eix
Canada
Mexico
Robly D. Evans
Authority
Mr. Shaffer
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Brother Williams
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Grayville
Pulin
Katie
Ross Struthers
Ross
Olf Boy
Rit
Earth
Heaven
Wiliams
Richard le Gallienne
Golden Girl
Mr. le Gallienne
Newnen
Gississipfa
Negro
Autho
Gulf Coast
Bioxi
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Tom Callahan
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