Organize New League in South Georgia Cities
Waycross Ga August 15 Special. A first class league including Brunswick Valdosta Americus Cordele and either Tifton or Fitzgerald may organize at a October meeting. Cities have fielded strong teams and demand for baseball supports a three month season. Several cities favor the move and expect proper backing. final work to conclude before October ends.
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Waycross
Brunswick
Waycrora
Valdosta
Amerilus
Cordele
Tifton
Fitz- Serald
Thisgity
Naafito -Oantpty
Georgia State League
Pitcher makes attempt to throw ball to batter not in his box
Sporting notes from The Constitution quote Rick Jemison asking how many years Billy Smith managed the Atlanta team and pennants won. Answer: four years as manager and pennants twice. Pick Jemison comments on a pitcher attempting to throw to the batter but not in his box, with a humorous aside.
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Rick Jemison
the Constitution
Billy Smith
Atlanta
Pick Jemison
the Conetitaton
Sixteenth straight for Gainesville club
Gainesville bail team extended its winning streak to sixteen with a 3 0 victory over Athens in Athens. Perryman pitched for Gainesville while Athens made three errors and managed only one clean hit off Perryman. Notable Athens players included Frank Anderson Johnnie Cooper Bob and Howard McWhorter Wili and Duke Irwin. Corley, a Georgia star, is slated to pitch tomorrow with an excursion from Gainesville.
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Gainesville
Athens
Athens Fime
Perryman
Frank Anderson
Johnnie Cooper
Bob
Howard McWhorter
Wili
Duke Irwin
Doctor
Wea" Crown
Maddox
Bob McWhorter
Queen City
Qgamesville
Corley
New Georgia
Brunswick 8 Adel 2 in first game of series
Brunswick beat Adel 8 to 2 in Brunswick Georgia as Tuogies powered the offense with a home run a double and a single and three runs batted in Wilkes pitched for Adel allowing thirteen hits as the Masters displayed strong fielding. Both teams schedule another game here tomorrow and Saturday. Batteries Adel Wilkes Richards Brunswick Tuggle Geeatin.
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Brunswick
Adel
Wilkes
Tuogies
Tomorow
Rae E. Adel
Iea Batteries
Richards
Tuggle
Geeatin
The Manager Question For 1913 Atlanta Team
Sporting Editor GCak argues the central need is to hire players who can play, not rely on bench managers. He cites McGraw Mack Chance Bresnahan and Ewing, faulting Hemphill’s timing decisions and O'Brien Kerr O'Dell moves, and urges securing a first class man whether bench or field to give Atlanta a swell chance. August 14 1913.
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Sporting
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta
John McGraw
Connie Mack
Frank Chance
Mack
McGraw
Fred Clarke
Roger Bresnahan
Hemphill
P. O'Brien
Kerr
O'Dell
Buck” Ewing
Old Brigade
Cincinnati Reds
Jake Stahl
Boston Reds
Gcak
Wolgast McFarland Ten-Round Fight Signed for New York
Ad Wolgast and Emil Thiry for Packey McFarland signed for a ten round no decision bout at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 27. Wolgast to receive 15000 plus a controlling interest in pictures, McFarland 17.5 percent of receipts and 10 percent of picture money. Weigh-in set at 135 pounds at 3 PM.
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Cadillac
Mich
Wolgast
Emil Thiry
Chicago
Packey McFarland
McFarland
Madison Square Athletic Club
New York
Tom Jones
California
Tak
Lookouts Beat Pensacola In Narrow 3-2 Victory
Mobile reporter notes Chattanooga Southern League team defeats Pensacola 3 to 2. Kelly pitched well for Mobile, allowing four hits and eight strikeouts, but fielding errors cost him. Pensacola rallied for two runs in the ninth. Batteries Priest and Noyes for Chattanooga, Kelly and Hauser for Pensacola.
All Are Happy As Vacations Begin And End
A note contrasts travelers leaving for vacations with those returning, celebrating widespread happiness among people during holiday travel periods.
Taft Veto Message Stirs Debate on Civil Service Court
Cannon and Democrats clash over reforms aimed at civil service. Taft defends efficiency plans but rejects legislation to remove long serving clerks. Rep Stephens urges constitutional change to curb presidential veto power amid cross party critique of executive overreach.
Fleharty Blues Birmingham as Vols Top Barons 4-3
Nashville defeats Birmingham 4 to 3 as Birmingham wastes scoring chances with Fleharty strong on the mound. Almeida’s pitching guides a slow, error charged game while Foxen and Messenger see late appearances.
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Vols
Barons
Birmingham
Ala
Fleharty
Nashville
Foxen
Almeida
Birm
Nash
Eh Marcao
Daley
Wuleh'ce
McBrideie
Perry
Maily
Jamies
Lintszy
Johnston
Ellamagan Dilger
xWanted
Messenger
McGilvray
Lattimore
Waycross Ball Team Hunts a Strong Season
Waycross 30 for this season has established a splendid record on the baseball field. Of fifteen games Waycross won ten, lost four and tied one. By taking all three of the last series, Waycross managed to show five wins against three losses to Brunswick. Ground shortages hindered the season and unless citizens donate, few more games will be staged. The team was homegrown, with most games played by local players.
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Waycross
Brunswick
Tha Brunswick
Expert Opticians Adjust Eyeglass Frames at Moore & Sons
Only an expert optician should adjust eyeglass frames the emphasis is on adjustment, not frame type. Jno JL Moore & Sons are experts. Bring your prescription and let us prove it. 42 North Broad Street.
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Jno
Moore & Sons
North Broad Street
Effort to Make Peace Ends in Killings in Kentucky
Walton Kentucky August 1 1891 an attempt at reconciliation led to the killing today of M Tilden an undertaker at Verona Ky by his old-time enemy Will Littell a well known farmer of the vicinity They met at the home of a mutual friend and he tried to reconcile him
Progressives Challenge Autocracy at Typographical Union Meet
In Cleveland on August 15 the progressives attacked admin autocracy in the International Typographical Union Congress. President Lynch opposed a plan to form an eighteen member board, warning it would raise annual costs by about 50 to 60 thousand dollars. After a fiery reply, the board proposal was defeated. The ladies' auxiliary remains unsettled as Mrs. Frank W. Long holds the books. a legal and banking stand off follows. Nashville won the 1913 convention site by a large vote. an employment bureau proposal passed amid a heated debate. About a thousand telegrams were sent to Washington protesting higher second class postal rates.
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Cleveland
Ohio
James M. Lynch
Lynch
Ilias
Ladies' Auxiliary
Mra
Frank W. Long
Washington
Southern Train Yields Its Booty
A special train bound for Biltmore carried a robbery haul as police and express officials pursued clues. Train No. 45, leaving Asheville at 10 50, possibly held the suspect who may have fled aboard. Messenger Carr, formerly a clerk in Marion, North Carolina, and until July 21, a clerk in the Southern Express office, was assigned the run from Columbia to Asheville.
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Biltmore
Asheville
Messenger Carr
Southern Express
Marion
N. C
Columbia
Near Riot Over Special Rule in House Debate on Parcels Post
Washington August 15 A near riot erupted as Henry of the rules committee introduced a rule to speed the post office appropriation bill. Mann accused the rule of masking the Senate amendment and preventing a vote on parcels post, warning the move would end the measure. Moon called the amendment iniquitous, framed for mail order houses and railroads. The resolution passed 106 to 78.
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Washington
House
Iairman Henry
Rules Committee
Mann
Senate
Moon
Post Office Committee
Virginia to Electrolyze Woman in First Electric Chair
Richmond August 15 Governor Mann refused to spare Virgilia Christian the death sentence for murder. The young black woman will be electrocuted in the state penitentiary early tomorrow morning, marking Virginia's first use of the electric chair on a woman.
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Richmond
Chicago
Mann
Virgila_ Christian
State
Virginia
Darrow Closes Defense in McNamara Trial Tears Mark Final Plea
In a highly emotional courtroom scene Clarence Darrow delivered his final defense argument for the McNamara case as tears flowed among jurors and spectators. Prosecutor Fredericks rebutted, insisting Darrow’s intellect and rhetoric prove nothing about guilt while urging the jury to focus on the evidence. Fredericks will continue his address tomorrow.
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Darrow
Lincoln Steffens
Fredericks
Captain Fredericks
McNamara
Times Dynamiters
J. B. McNamara
Harry Chandler
the Times
John R. Harrington
Harrington
Mortuary Notices From Rome and Surrounding Areas
Multiple obituaries from early August report the deaths of Mrs. J T Patterson age 40 at her Rome home and Mrs Adelaine Fourst age 43 in Lindale, with funeral plans and surviving relatives including children and siblings. Dr Dennis Brown Nisbet, died after a paralytic illness. his funeral is set for Thursday with Ping Grove cemetery interment. Mrs Mary Cooksey, 65, died at G orlock with funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Rome
Home
Morrison's
Cora Lee Patterson
Gordon County
Homer Fitzsimona
Willie
Henry
Jarvia
John Patterson
Chattanooga
J. Mitchell
Calhoun
Charles Ray
Blackstock
Pisgah Church
Adelaine Fourst
Lindale
Railroad Street
Eatonton
Dennis Brown Nisbet
B. Nisbet
Flo
Reuben B. Nisbet
Eugene Nisbet
Anna Lou Nisbet
Reuben Nisbet
Macon
Dennis Nisbet Brown
Atlanta
Jas. B. Lloyd
Savannah
Butler Cooper
O. B. Nisbet
Ping Grove Cemetery
Mary Cooksey
G Orlock
Poole's Chapel
Band
M. Cooksey
Frances Henley 3 month old dies in private sanitarium
Frances Henley daughter of Mr and Mrs O K Henley died Thursday morning in a private sanitarium at 0 o clock. Funeral from Poole's chapel Friday at 9 o'clock. Interment in Hollywood. J G Owen dies at 53 at residence 191 South Humphries Street Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Survived by wife and four children. He was a car inspector for Central of Georgia railway. Funeral from residence Saturday at 2 o'clock. Interment Greenwood Cemetery.
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Frances Henley
O. K. Henley
Poole’s
Hollywood
J. G. Owen
South Humphries Street
Central of Georgia Railway
Greenwood Cemetery
Demopolis Fire Destroys Main Block In Alabama
Demopolis Alabama August 15 a major city fire swept a handsome downtown block in the worst blaze in years with losses estimated at 75000. The Cheshire Webb building owned by John C Webb Sr housed mercantile firms along with other properties including the Halstead residence and the Gem theater. Help was sought from Selma as flames neared the business section but were brought under control before Selma volunteers could arrive.
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Demopolis
Ala
John C. Webb, Sr
Cheshire-Webb
T. Halstead
Gem Theater
Selina
Selma Sremen
Ity
Attorney Compromise Ruling in Supreme Court
Justice Jones declares a lawyer who compromises a client's case without consent is not entitled to any fee. The Supreme Court’s long opinion, with Justice Atkinson dissenting, addresses whether an attorney may settle an age without client consent to avoid mistrial or adverse judgment. Mrs Ridgway, estate administratrix, disaffirmed the agreement after it was made amid years of litigation.
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Justice Jones
Supreme Court
Rogers
Ridgway
Superior Court
Gwinnett County
Atkinson
U S Employees to Be Organized Debate in Civil Service
A discussion on postal service workers and unionization outlines that current provisions for organization may not satisfy many employees. Experts warn that government-wide federations could lead to coercion, political influence, and harm to civil service, while noting existing associations reject outside affiliations.
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Congress
Schardt
Post Office Department
Civil Service
Railway Mall Association
National Association of Letter Carriers
United National Association of Postoffice Clerks
France
Fighting Jack Hayes Dies at 71 in Morganton
Brigadier General Edward Mortimer Hayes known as Fighting Jack Hayes died in Morganton North Carolina today. He was 71, a New York native, Civil War veteran, served frontier campaigns and in Cuba and the Philippines. Survived by wife and four children including Lieutenant Jack Hayes of the 16th Infantry. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Morganton
N. C
Edward Mortimer Hayes
Jack" Hayes
New York
Hayes
Cuba
Philippines
Jack Hayes
16Th Infantry
Arlington National Cemetery
Georgia Child Labor Reform Appeal Denounced in 1912 Letter
A.J. Meelway cites failed Senate action on a Georgia child labor bill, recounts a backroom compromise, and urges public pressure to end 10-year-old child labor. He criticizes Senator Copelan and cotton manufacturers for blocking the bill and calls for action ahead of 1913 legislature. The letter dates August 15, 1912, from Atlanta.
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Friends of Child Labor Reform
Georgia
Senate
Hooper Alexander
DeKalb
House
Houses
Alexander
Georgia Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Samuel A. Carter
F B. Gordon
Senate Committee On Immigration and Labor
Copelan
Association
Empire
South
Tag
A. J. Meelway
Southern
National Child Labor Committee
Georgia Child Labor Committee
Atlanta, Ga
Senate approves fur seal treaties to protect Pribilofs
After four hours of debate the senate passed a bill to implement fur seal treaties with Japan England and Russia for protecting seals in the Pribilof islands. The measure bans pelagic sealing and includes a ten year land-killing prohibition with a 42 to 18 vote.
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Washington
Senate
Japan
England
Russia
Probilof
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