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J. R Holliday
Constitution Building
Atlanta
Suffragette Furor and Political Inquiries Amid Holiday Buzz
A bustling legislative snapshot contrasts British suffragette tactics with American gains for women at the ballot box. The piece notes Britain’s protests and mischief such as false fire alarms, then praises American progress, asking if American women missionaries might aid Britain. It also references political posturing, Governor Blease, and a vague cabinet prospect for George Houston Post Failey, amid a holiday chatter.
New Exposition Plan Urges Broad South Display in Atlanta
An Atlanta editorial urges broadening the proposed permanent exposition at Lakewood to celebrate the South’s new epoch. It notes how past cotton expositions marked progress and argues the city should host a combined exhibit reflecting current southern industrial and moral vitality, inviting wide business debate.
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Atlanta
Woodward
Lakewood
South
Appomattox
Kipling
Dixie
America
Grogans
Old South
New South
Honoring Goethals as Panama Canal governor and major general
A Senate bill would elevate Goethals to major general in the regular army while Taft may appoint him as governor of the Panama Canal Zone. The piece lauds his leadership in building the canal, his administration, and his role as the canal’s central organizer, calling it a twin monument to American genius and Goethals.
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Taft
Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Senate
Big Ditch
Gorgas
Panama Canal
America
Surat
Hig.c
Christmas Memory and a Voice That Fades
A reflective verse on a lost beloved during Christmas. The speaker recalls a voice and a face from the past, mourning a separation that leaves a child’s memory to ease the ache. The poem links memory, tears, and the season’s grace as comfort.
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Kise
Christmas Time and Holiday Cheer in Song
A collage of verses mixing Christmas joy with charity and luck. It celebrates giving, the cycle of gifts, and the urge to spread happiness, referencing holiday music, blessings, and a festive spirit that keeps hope alive through winter.
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Joy
Charity
Rev J J Bennett Called To Waycross
In Thomasville Georgia on December 11 the First Baptist Church extended a call to Rev J J Bennett of Atlanta to become pastor here. Bennett, secretary of the state board of missions, is well known and the church members hope he will accept the position.
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Thomasville
First Baptist Church of
J. J. Bennett
Atlanta
Bennett
State Board of Missions
Card of Thanks from Austell Georgia for Charley White
Captain and Mrs. M N White express gratitude for the many kindnesses shown them after the death of their son Charley White in Austell Georgia. The notice notes appreciation from the family for support and sympathy received during their bereavement.
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Austell
M. N. White
Charley White
University of Georgia debate over honor board in exams
Campus discussion at the University of Georgia centers on the honor board and cheating in exams. A proposed rule would expel any student convicted by the honor board, with roughly 190 in favor and 150 against. A decisive vote on two thirds was not completed as the meeting adjourned.
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University of Georgia
Honor Board
Dave" Barrow
County Officials Open Fight on New System
After delays, Fulton County legal battle began in superior court over the constitutionality of switching county officials from fee to salary. Luther Rosser for the county argued the act is constitutional as a general law, while J D Kilpatrick for tax officials urged it unconstitutional and an infringement on private rights. Officials not complying attended, others observed.
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Superior Court
Fulton
Luther 2. Rosser
J. D. Kilpatrick
Bessie Tift Students Enjoy Fifth Recital in Forsyth
Forsyth Ga December 11 Special The fifth recital by Bessie Tift College faculty featured 5 RK Anderson and Miss Margaret Perry in the college auditorium. A large Forsyth audience praised Anderson’s Schubert A minor sonata movement and the Liszt arrangement, while Perry offered a diverse song selection including the aria from Meyerbeer’s Roberts Diablo and numbers from Gadman Sullivan and Tost.
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Forsyth
Bessie Tift Callege
Anderson
Margaret Perry
Miss Perry
Meyerbeera
Roberts
Diablo
Rom Gadman
Sullivan
Tost
Judge Rosser wills estate to widow amid Atlanta holdings
The late Judge E B Rosser left practically all his $350000 estate to his widow Mrs Carrier V Rosser after a probate yesterday. Executors to convert some property to cash and pay the widow $59000 before distributing remaining assets. The will lists $1000 bequests to sisters and sisters in law and nephews Roy Jenn and Moses Rosser.
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E. B Rosser
Carrier
V. Rosser
Rosser
Atlanta
Hunter
Forsyth Street
Luther
A. D. Moseley
Fannie Treadwell
Betty Swan
Molly Gaither
Enzabar Cook
Georgia
Fannie Rosser
Roy, Jenn
Moses Rosser
G O P May Return in 1914 Says Raulston
Ww. Scott Raulston, Chattanooga postmaster and leading Republican, predicts GOP reorganization soon. He expects a strong party front at state selections two years hence and notes Tennessee political shifts. Democrats likely hold legislature and seek a senator to replace Newell Sanders, with a possible Republican fusion by independents.
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Scott Raulston
Chattanooga
Volunteer
Panama
Raulston
Tennessee
Newell Sanders
Bob” Taylor
Rauleton
Republian
Bahnsen and Nighbert to Attend Convention
Peter F. Bahnsen state veterinarian and Dr M Nighbert in charge of tick eradication in Georgia and Florida will leave next week for Gainesville Florida to attend the Florida Live Stock association meeting at the state college on December 17 19 They have just returned from Chicago where they attended the United States Live Stock sanitary association annual meeting of which Bahnsen was elected president.
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Peter F. Bahnsen
M. Nighbert
Georgia
Florida
Gainesville
Fla
Florida Live Stock Association
State College
Chicago
United States Live Stock Sanitary Association
Pr. Bahnsen
Macon Man Convicted Under State Food Law
Macon Ga December 11 Special The first Macon prosecution for violation of the state pure food law ends in conviction. M Hubbard who runs a bottling works on Catton avenue was found guilty of trafficking a soft drink known as Jersey Creme containing saccharin.
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Macon
M. Hubbard
Monument Row In Macon Over Wife Murderer Hanging
In Macon Georgia trustees threaten to remove the Confederate monument to women if $2,900 remains unpaid for the Marietta Marbles and Granite purchase. Council will decide in a week. Separately, Robert Clay faces execution for wife murder with Governor Brown denying clemency. Dr Ellis found no new grounds to overturn prior verdict. Only a select crowd will witness the hanging at the Tower tomorrow.
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Robert Clay
Joseph M Brown
Brown
Clay
James N. Elia
Jaller Broadnax
Dr. Sills
Ellis
Jaf
Mangum
Multon
Grand jury probes Bibb clubs in Macon Ga
Macon Ga December 11 The sub grand jury indicted five individuals and two clubs after probing locker clubs including the Waldorf and the Crescent. Indicted persons include Dan OConnell Mike Moran operators of Bird Cage alley club Sam Hamundson and B B Matthews of Waldorf A M Taylor of Seminole and B B Grace of Crescent. Ban J Vasher named solicitor pro tem due to disqualification of Solicitor Hoss. Two other clubs were indicted earlier.
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Macon
Subb' Grana
Fve
Elks’ Club
Ban J. Vasher
Hoss
The
Waldorf
Crescent Clubs
Dan O'Connell
Mike Moran
Bird Cage Alley Club
Sam Hamundson
B. B. Matthews
Waldorf Club
A. M. Taylor
Seminole Club
Crescent Club
B. B. Grace
Phil Cook Summoned in Land Fraud Case
Secretary of State Phil Cook has been commanded by the district attorney at Lake Charles Louisiana to attend a trial in the U S district court on December 16 to testify about articles in the status regarding alleged Georgia land grants. A Louisiana man is charged with fraudulent use of the mails in attempting to sell a fraudulent land grant in Georgia to a prospective buyer. The case echoes other cages investigated by federal courts involving land grants said to cover sections of Laur ena and Montgomery counties awarded 1810 to 1794, drawing many Georgians to distant homes under false beliefs of valuable property.
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Phil Cook
Lake Charles
United States District Court
Georgia
Louisiana
Laurena
Montgomery
Veteran Printer A J Brown Dies At Dublin Home
Dublin Ga December 11 Special A J Brown one of the oldest and best known printers in the state died at his home today after an illness of three weeks with stomach trouble He was about 56 years old a long time resident of Dublin He worked on the first newspaper published in the city and on nearly every paper and printing office in the area He was for years connected with The Atlanta Constitution and had worked on most notable Georgia papers before the advent of the stereotype He will likely be buried in Augusta He leaves a wife and one child in Dublin and a son in Florida
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Dublin
A. J. Brown
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Augusta
Lunacy Warrant Issued For Mrs Sarah Grauer
Savannah Ga December 11 A lunacy warrant was sworn out by Harry Grauer against his wife Mrs Sarah Grauer alleging she is insane. A young woman walked the streets at night in bad weather with a small child in her arms attracting attention.
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Savannah
Harry Grauer
Sarah Grauer
New Trial Granted for Johnny B. Jones in Georgia
Macon Ga December 11 Attorney John R Cooper received word from the clerk of the supreme court that Johnny B Jones serving a life sentence for the murder of Whitey Bishoy has been granted a new trial. This will make the third time Jones has been tried. His brother Tom Jones is also serving a life term for the same crime.
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Macon
John R. Cooper
Supreme Court
Johnny B. Jones
Whitey D. Bishoy
Jones
Tom Jones
Dress Catches Fire From Open Grate in Savannah
In Savannah Georgia Miss Ruth Cannon, while playing with a child of her sister in law, her clothing caught fire from an open grate. She sustained serious burns to the back arms and hands though doctors expect recovery. A Black porter who aided by extinguishing the fire was severely burned in the effort.
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Savannah
Sney
Ruth Cannon
J. J. Buckley
Sheriff Taylors Freed Brother Bound Over
Franklin Ga December 11 special report says sheriff Taylor's brother freed and bound over for possible trial in the killing of Frank Mc Waters and wounding Glenn Mc Waters at a Thanksgiving day party earlier this afternoon. The Heard county man involved was Dawad who was with the party.
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Franklin
Frank Mc Waters
Glenn
Waters
Dawad
Heard County
New Postmaster at Milledgeville
Warren Edwards assumed charge of the Milledgeville post office, replacing James L. Sibley who held the role for twelve years. The change follows a long-anticipated shift tied to Roosevelt era politics. A heated Democratic contest seeks favor with Congressman Hardwick and President Wilson’s early appointment after inauguration.
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Milledgeville
Warren Edwards
James L. Stbrey
Sibley
Hfe
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Edwards
Hardwick
Wilson
Pitched Into Fire by Attack of Fits in Georgia Home
In Phillipsburg, near Tifton, Georgia, Della Heightower, a 4 Negro woman, was burned to death after reportedly being attacked during fits. Her husband EB Heightower, a Negro barber, found the locked house and the charred body in the fireplace about 3 a.m. after returning home from work.
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Tifton
Della Heightower
Phillipsburg
Heightower
Tils Wite
F O Johnson Elected High Priest Of R A M
F O Johnson a popular city official in the tax office was elected high priest of East Point chapter No 97 Royal Accepted Masons Tuesday night. The officers elected include CC Hudson King Le Kendrick scribe R E K Robinson captain of horse J K Danbury principal sojourner C F P Reno royal arch captain H C Erwin secretary M F Perryman treasure William Langley first veil E E Padgett second veil T C Keeler third veil.
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F. Q. Johnson
East Point
Royal Accepted
F. O. Johnson
CC. Hudson
King
le Kendrick
Scribe
R. EK. Robinson
J. K Danbury
C. F P. Reno
Royal Arch
H.C. Erwin
M. F. Perryman
William Langley
E. E. Padgett
T. C. Keeler
Realty Company Sued for Personal Damages
Jesse Maragne filed suit in city court for 3009 against Charles P. Glover Realty Co. claiming a November 1 wheel ride at Peachtree and Alexander streets caused a fall. He alleges fractured leg and arm injuries as the automobile allegedly attempted to pass.
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Jesse Maragne
Charles P. Glover
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