Debating Society Forms Program For The Year
The Atlanta Debating Society met to organize and adopt a constitution and bylaws. Officers elected include Gordon Nye as chairman and Howell Suttles as secretary, with a program committee to prepare debates and an active executive group to manage new member reception and hall upkeep. A meeting schedule and debate topics were set for Thursday nights at the YMC A, inviting the public to attend. The next debate will consider government ownership of railroads. Thomas J Brown announces candidacy for solicitor general.
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Atlanta Debating Society
Jeffersonian
Jom
Bloodworth Gordn Nyeli
C Bloodworth
Seligman Mo Heazberg
S Oxham
H Smith
Churchill
Hartsfield
Flyet
Roan
Arthur Oxeham
E Bodenhammer
O Lanter
R M Scruggs
J A Torrell
Trunsell
M. Herzberg
le Richards
H_ Underwood
Bouretin
H W
Reese
M. Peacock
Blackburn
F B Lowe
Wallace Howell Suttles
H.J ‘Lelford
Gordon Nye
Wbilants Debating Society
Georgia
United States
ADV
Enres
Fta
YMC
i @ C Bloodworth
H_ @enith
G Richards
Mo Hertsberg
Excavation for Southern Freight Terminals in Atlanta Proceeding
Excavation for the half million dollar freight terminals and office building of the Southern Railroad opposite the Terminal station has started. A large steam shovel is removing earth along Madison avenue as bids are sought within thirty days for construction. The seven story cement building will run from Mitchell street to the Peters street bridge, with a 100 by 80 foot frontage, and aim for completion within sixty days.
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Southern Railroad
Madison Avenue
D W Lum
Southern System
Washington City
United States
Atlanta
Southern
Washington
Mitchell Street
Terminal Station
Nelson Street Bridge
Peters Street Bridge
Alabama Street
Wo H Gatchell
Equitable
Stafford Fined By Judge In Shoplifting Case
Charles Hardy Stafford was fined 1075 by the acting recorder after a Friday attempt at self harm during a shoplifting incident. Friends and former employers pledged to cover the amount to avert a stockade sentence. The narrative sketches Stafford as a son of a wealthy merchant with an uneven life, education and artistic talent, whose fortunes declined after his father lost money.
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Charles Hardy Stafford
Stafford
Fay
Odd Fellows Convene as 21 Lodges Rise Under Grand Master
Athenaia August 24 Special The Independent Order of Odd Fellows reports rapid growth with 21 new lodges organized in three months under Grand Master James H Domer. Delegates from western district lodges meet in statewide conventions to discuss order improvements, with Division Deputies Adama, Hill arranging meetings in Monroe, Dallas, and Augusta on upcoming dates.
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Doster
Athenaia
James H Domer
Order of Odd Fellows
Tia
Hell
R. P. Adama
Monroe
Thomas Hill
Dalion
Augusta
Mayor Bris Smith to aid Macon Telegraph staff
Macon Ga August 4 1900 Special Mayor Bris Smith plans to work through year end at the Macon Telegraph editor C R Pendleton. He will be day man ensuring the edition is ready early and the day’s news prepared for night. Smith is a newspaper man by training and this move shows his dedication to the paper and its audience. A Wright president of the Colored State Fair hopes William J Bryan will accept an invitation to speak at the fair promising strong interest among the Black community.
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R Witherton Ga
Thomas J Brown
Dieat
Elberton
Brown
Emory Colege
South
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta
Boston
Planta
K. G. Matheson
Thia School
Macon
Rr Bris Smith
C R Pendleton
Macon Telegraph
Mayor Smith
Smith
Mspy
Bryae Mey Seenk
A Wright
Jie
Wiliam J Bryan
Netyasken
Judgenhip
Clarkesvile
JB Jones
Man Arraigned in Alabama for Enticement of Niece
Sweeney a Dallas village citizen was arrested on a charge of enticing his niece Minnie Sweeney away from home for immoral purposes. The girl's mother swore out a warrant claiming the girl left with Sweeney Thursday night and has not returned. Sweeney says he took the girl to the Southern depot at her request and put her on a train to Scottsboro to visit her brother. The mother Waidele would drop the case if his statement proves true.
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Sweeney
Hunteville
Amsle Sweeney
Dallag Village
Minnie Sweeney
Southern Depot
Scottsboro
Waidele
Shrapnel Shell Kills and Injures Children in Jersey City
A shrapnel shell from the Maine explosion in Havana Harbor blew up in Jersey City injuring three children and severely mutilating Kenney, 11, who was playing with the shell. The device, long used as a toy by the Kenney family, shattered nearby windows as others were bruised. The charge had reportedly been withdrawn. In Clarkesville, Judge JB Jones plans to seek the northeastern circuit judgeship and will announce later.
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New York
Maine
Havena Berbor
Jersey City
Kenney
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