Board to Fill Vacancies in Water Board Today
Citizens await a pivotal council session with three vacancies to fill on the water works board. Key figures include Litt Bloodworth Jr and John S Parks up for reelection, amid possible runs by J W Kilpatrick and Sid Holland. Committee of the whole will report on consolidation plans for two railways and propose a five member panel to negotiate with M M Atkinson, with Mayor Mims likely to advise council.
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Litt Bloodworth, Jr
John S Parks
John H. Garwelt
Bloodworth
Third Yard
Sid Holland
Blood
Jowell Erwin
Parks
J W. Kilatrick
Kilpatrick
Farha
Kilwick
HE M. Atkinson
Mesrs
Rawson
LaHatte
Grady
Reet
Terry
Atkinson
Comitee
Ying
Mims
Yew
Mecca for Xmas Shoppers
A Mecca for Christmas shoppers draws crowds to Peachtree Street. Walker's Art 3 and 8 faces praise and critique as local leaders debate public speaking and political contrasts amid a bustling holiday scene.
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Mecca
Eles
Walker's
Peachtree St
Boy Students Debate Today in Malin Society Hall
Annual Christmas exercises of the Alciphiopian Literary and Debating Society of the Boys High School unfold at Malin Society hall in the Girls High School building at 10 20 this morning. Declamations by top students, a keen debate on secession, holly and mistletoe decor, Wurms orchestra, and medals from Crankshaw Maier & Berkeley prize the event with judges led by Adair.
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Mallon /Society
Wurm
Board of Education
C. W. Crankshaw
Maier & Berkele
Adair
Farber N. Burt
Dan ¥. Sage
George Gillon
Max Willensky
The
New South
Henry W. Grady
Hernan J Haas
Ben Hill
Neil A McGuire
Blaine
Roberts& Park
Cherry Emerson
Charles Whitner Milner
Marshall H. Lane, Jr
Clarence Bell
Howard E. Parker
Robert T. Phillips
Francis
Stranger Arrested in Grant House on Whitehall Street
Postoffice Inspector Rosson detained a white man at the Grant house on Whitehall Street for allegedly using United States stamps fraudulently. The suspect, listed as A L Gregory alias Nicholas Redmond, denied being the wanted man and refused to provide his real name. He is to be held on a charge docketed as violating postal laws. The man’s wife accompanied him. a Baltimore home is given as his origin.
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Postoffice
Rosson
Grant House
Whitehall Street
United States
A. L. Gregory
Nicholas Redmond
Gregory
Ri Ond
Berry
Baltimore
Elijah
Botha Shot Through Leg Near Lunenburg Action
A delayed dispatch from Zululand dated December 5 reports Commandant Louis Botha shot through the left leg below the knee after action near Lunenburg Transvaal. He escaped capture by crawling into the bush. British forces took eight prisoners. Paris dispatches note Botha reporting 24,000 armed men, 10,000 Caps Colony recruits.
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Lunenburg
Durban
Nkanhla
Zululand
Transvaal
Louis Botha
Botha
Paris
Kruger
Caps Colony
Poor Buy Fuel On Sabbath Amid Cold Suffering
As a bitter cold wave hit Atlanta, dealers in wood and coal opened yards despite Sunday laws, with police tacitly allowing sales to aid the needy. Captain Thompson urged buyers to obtain fuel and dealers to supply it, declaring the act a necessity and charity while vowing to uphold the law. Patrolmen split on enforcement, but many allowed sales to prevent cold exposure.
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Thompson
Evening Watch
Covington
Lision
Herwell
Decatur Street
Howell
Atlanta
Liberals Capture Rio Hacha in Colombian War
Venezuelan General Vicente Sanchez reports 1000 Colombian liberals aided by 4000 Venezuelan troops seized the Combian seaport Rio Hacha on December 10 after defenders were defeated near Treinta. Venezuela renews war measures amid mediation rejection and army fraud scandals involving the president's elder brother.
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Willemstad
Curacan
Vicente Sanchez
Maracaibo
Caracas
Combian
Rio Hacha
Guajira Peninsua
Castillo
Pupo
Treinta
Venezuela
Chile
Castro
Burglary misadventure ends with empty coat
A young man visiting a city socialite on Saturday night forgot his overcoat and attempted to reenter the house through a side window. The homeowner, returning with a pistol, alerted police who captured the burglar as gaslights and a stairwell scene unfolded. The intruder fled as officers arrived, leaving the scene with the coat still on the donor.
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Nolae
Address of Senator Dodge at Good Roads Gathering
Senator Dodge urged federal aid for rural highway improvements, arguing transport costs and rural decline justify state and federal support. He noted prior studies and pamphlets by the Agriculture Department and cited historical road funding efforts to justify renewed public funding and technical guidance.
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Senator Dodge
Good Roads
Martin Dodge
United States Office of Public Road
Dodge
Department of Agriculture
United States
Cleveland
Ohio
Great Lakes
Long Hagis
Pacific Coast
Congress of the
Pennsylvania
Congress
General Stone
Governor Deliberates on Depot Bill Awaiting Action
Governor Candler awaits depot bill after lengthy petitions protest its approval. The measure stands paused in the legislature and will reach him soon for consideration. He plans to study the official document before deciding and has not indicated his stance publicly.
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House
Senate
Candler
Wright
Thia
Craig act to be tested in supreme court over corporate removal
In Raleigh North Carolina on December 15 a test of the legality of the Craig act will be heard in the United States Supreme Court. The measure aimed to force out of state corporations to domesticate in North Carolina and surrender rights to remove cases to federal court. The test case involves Aaron Morris suing the Southern Railway for 16000 for an arm injury after being struck on a track.
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Raleigh
United States Supreme Court
Craiz
Southern Railway
Aaron Morris
The
Southern
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