Education Board To Meet Tuesday On School Budget
The finance committee will meet Tuesday afternoon to finalize the 1915 school department budget. Estimated total needs risen from 700 090 to about one million dollars for complete rehabilitation, with bond ordinance drafts proposing 1 000 000 for new schools and improvements. The water department also seeks funds for a new coagulating basin and related works to ensure ten years of pure water, aided by General Manager Smith and the water board.
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Aft
James L. Mayson
Atlanta
Chattahooches
Smith
Water Department
Water Board
Leo Frank Decision Expected Today
Readers follow the Leo Frank case as Justice Lamar of the United States Supreme Court considers the appeal filed by Louis Marshall on behalf of the Frank defense. If denied, the matter moves to other justices and possibly the full court.
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Leo Frank
Justice Lamar
United States Supreme Court
Louis Marshall
Constitutional Law
New York
Frank
Supreme Court
Newman
Lamar
Protesting Red Xmas Celebrations by a Pastor
A Black pastor at the First Congregational Church colored section denounces Christmas observances held amid songs and separations, calling the day desecrated by non Christian displays and urging reforms such as banning fireworks weapons and alcohol to honor Jesus' birth.
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Mariner
Rav. PH. OH. Proctor
First Congregational Church
Jesus Christ
Tog Man
Jesus
Youths Escape from Detention Home
Three white boys aged 14 and 15 escaped from Greer Juvenile Detention Home at 936 Trinity Avenue Sunday afternoon around 3 o clock. Police alerted with descriptions. Names Sterling Wood Forest Wood and W J Blanton, all former residents of Curran Street.
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Greer
Trinity Avenue
Sterling
Forest Wood
Curran Street
W. J. Blanton
Diamonds Promise Prosperity and Social Success
The ad extols diamonds as visible proof of prosperity and good taste, urging readers to look prosperous to advance. It invites requests for a 16 page catalog and booklet Facts About Diamonds detailing grading, approval shipments, exchange privileges, guarantees, and selling plans with lowest prices on all weights and grades.
Dresden Cruiser Dresden Escaped Von Spee Fleet Sinking
The German cruiser Dresden fled as Von Spee's fleet was sunk. Speed of twenty four knots, armed with ten 41 inch guns, eight five pounders, four machine guns and two 17.7 inch submerged torpedo tubes. Dresden carries 321 officers and crew with broad side fire of five 4.1 inch guns and four five pounders.
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Dresden
von Spee
Admiral von Spee
Sturdesa
Grand jury not done with Terre Haute case
Indianapolis December 27 Federal grand jury poised to reconvene January 4 with Terre Haute election conditions again on the agenda. A partial report named over 126 men including Mayor Donn M Roberts and allies. immunity offered to none. Roberts, a gubernatorial hopeful, faces past indictments and court battles linked to city politics and discipline.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Terre Haute
Donn 'M. Roberts
Dalley
Roberts
Ralaton
Board of Safety
Anderson
Sever Ws ‘Ori
Terre
Dailey
Evansville
Arthur J. Arthur Found Dead at Home in Grate Incident
J J Arthur of 205 Alexander Street was found dead Sunday at 1 PM with his head against a grate each side of his face burned. He had been ill for weeks, believed to have fainted and fallen onto the hearth. He was 31, survived by mother Mrs W W Arthur of Cleveland Tennessee and six siblings. The body lies at Poole's mortuary chapel pending funeral plans.
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J. J. Arthur
Alexander Street
Arthur
W. W. Arthur
Cleveland, Tenn
L. L. Arthur
Atlanta
William Arthur
Cleveland
William Goins
Ovie Lawson
T. B. Serguine
William Clark
Sugar Valley
Bart Flowers
South Pittsburg
Temn
Poole
Snow Expected in Atlanta Today
The article describes a tense weather forecast with predictions of snow failing to materialize on Sunday. It notes a dull cloudy day and lingering anticipation that snow will likely blanket the area today despite earlier disappointments and mixed conditions.
Organ Recital Draws Large Atlanta Audience
Edwin Arthury Kraft led a well received Sunday organ recital at the Auditorium with seasonal music. Despite the cold and holiday pull, a sizable audience attended. Mrs. Benjamin Elsas was announced to sing next Sunday. The program featured city organist E. A. Kraft and a festival chorus.
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Edwin Arthury Kraft
Benjamin Elsas
Elsas
Atlanta
E. A. Kraft
Burglars Rob Freight Station in Waycross
Waycross Georgia December 27 special during Saturday night the freight station of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic in Waycross was burglarized discovery of the visit of burglars being made today Goods in the station were removed and hidden under the platform fronting Albany avenues only a small quantity of the stuff taken out being removed Shoes are the only missing articles but a more thorough search may disclose a larger loss It is believed whoever robbed the station hid in it during Saturday afternoon as no trace of their movement has been found
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Waycross
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic
Albany Avenues
Spiker Wins Rome Commission To Design Bridges
William Spiker, consulting engineer of this city, was notified Saturday that he secured the commission to design and supervise the construction of three bridges over the two rivers at Rome, Georgia. He is among a group of engineers from various parts of the country who have spent the past two weeks in Rome pursuing the project.
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William (. Spiker
Rome
Spiker
Three White Men Robbed Negro Driver Near Police HQ
Louis Smith, a Proctor Coal driver, told police he was held up by three white men under the Butler street underpass near the Georgia railroad. He claimed the robbery yielded $5.75 as he was robbed Sunday, the only highway robbery reported.
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Louis Smith
Proctor Coal Company
Smith
Butler Street
Georgia Railroad
Srith
Waycross Opens Belgian Relief Subscription Drive
A local subscription list in Waycross has been opened to aid Belgians. Funds raised will be sent to the Georgia committee for relief work and used to purchase supplies shipped from Charleston in January.
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Waycross, Gu
Weeemoer
SpeeisLj
Georgia Committee
Charleston
Polash and Perlmutter at Atlanta Stage Delivers Bright Lines
The famous comedy Potash and Perlmutter staged by A H Woods in Atlanta features rapid quips from Abe Potash and Max Perlmutter. Gags arise from expense accounts, slow payers, designer contracts, and a comical talk about a second-hand auto while Mrs Potash jokes about loyalty amid business and marriage.
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Polash
Perlmutter
A. H. Woods
Atlanta
Abe Potash
Manny
Potash
Potash and
Max Pinkel
Mrs. Potash
Wallace W. Lambdin Reported Slated for Federal Judge
Waycross Georgia December 27 Special Wallace W. Lambdin a leading south Georgia attorney is reported as the forthcoming federal judge in Georgia should Congress create the post. Supporters say south Georgia claims will be given priority and Lambdin will likely win the appointment from President Wilson.
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Wallace W. Lambdin
Waycross
J—Wallace W. Lambdin
South Georgia
Georgia
Lambdin
Wilson
Syrup Experiment Station Established in Grady County
The Ingleside plantation near Cairo, three miles from Cairo, is offered by Wight Realty for government use in Grady county syrup experiment work funded by a $10,000 provision in the agricultural appropriation bill. A soil survey is planned with a bureau specialist to be sent this winter to map plots and study cane by products.
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Thomasville
iIngleside
Cairo
Wight Realty Company
Grady County
Frank Park
Ingleside
Bureau of Soils
Americus Lodges Name Annual Officers
Americus Ga December Special The public installation tonight of all recently elected officers of the Americus Masonic lodges and affiliating organizations was an occasion of unusual interest and largely attended. The exercises were conducted at First Methodist Church with other churches suspending meetings as pastors delivered Masonic addresses. Officers of Americus Lodge 18 Council Lodge 95 and Americus Chapter Order of Eastern Star were installed with usual ceremony. A varied program of addresses and music was rendered.
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Americus
Americus Masonic Lodges
Americus Lodge 18
Council Lodge
Americus «Chapter Order of Eastern Star
Sam Inman Better Says His Physician
Samuel M. Inman who was reported dangerously ill at his Peach Tree Street home Saturday night showed some improvement Sunday. His physician and friends hope he is now on the road to recovery as he battles a severe tonsillitis and a deep cold.
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Samuel M. Inman
Peachtree Street
Mr. Inman
Memorial in China for Dr. Willingham memorial in China for Dr. Willingham
Macon Georgia seeks a $50,000 memorial in China for Dr. R J Willingham longtime Southern Baptist foreign mission board secretary who died in Richmond Virginia after twenty two years abroad Dr J J White former Vineville pastor initiated the effort at memorial services in Macon noting the plan’s potential to become the greatest monument Southern Baptists could raise to his memory Macon and Willingham family ties visible as plans await funding and formal announcement
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Macon
China
R. J. Willingham
Foreign Mission Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Richmond
J. J. White
Vineville
Dr. Willingham
Colonel Arthur MacArthur Dies at 64 in Troy
Colonel Arthur MacArthur, grand master of the Knights Templar Grand Encampment, died suddenly of apoplexy at his Troy home at 64. Editor and proprietor of The Troy Northern Budget, he was a well known newspaper man and a prominent Republican. He served on the military staff for Governors Morton and Black and had long Masonry ties, elected grand master in Denver in 1913.
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Troy
Arthur MacArthur
Knights Templars
United States
MacArthur
Morton
Black
Denver
Colo
Mistake to Classify Indian as Mongolian
Washington will bar school books that classify Indians as Mongolian or describe them as part of another race. Indian Commissioner Sella announced after meetings with Smithsonian officials. He said anthropologists classify Indians as a distinct red race distinct from white yellow brown and black races.
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Washington
Sella
Bureau of Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
New Welfare System at Sing Sing Shows Promise
New Welfare system at Sing Sing prison under Warden Thomas Mott Osborne shows strong early results. With better accommodations and greater liberty, convicts display improved conduct and desire to reform. Osborne notes no punishments since December 1 as a wave of righteousness sweeps staff and inmates.
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New York
Sing Sing
Thomas Mott Osborne
West Side Young Men's Christian Association
Osborne
Eufaula Police Chief and Mrs Sherry Wed in Surprise Ceremony
Friends of Chief H T Johnson Jr and Mrs James Sherry were surprised by their marriage yesterday at the residence of Rev Father M Genet of the Roman Catholic church here.
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Siufaula
Mia
Friends of Chief of Police
H. T. Johnson, Jr
James Sherry
Father M. Genet
Six Chinese Arrested for Exclusion Act Violations
Six Chinese were arrested in a Grand Trunk freight car in Jersey City on December 27 on charges of violating the exclusion act. Police say the car originated in Vancouver B C and was routed from Vancouver to Duane Street, New York.
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Jersey City
N. Y
Grand Trunk
Vancouver
B.C
Duane Street
New York
First Georgia Sermon by Bedinger in Inman Park Church
Henry G. Bedinger, Atlanta native and Union Theological Seminary student, delivered his first sermon in Georgia at Inman Park Presbyterian Church. He urged Christianizing the millions of foreign-born residents to prevent them from foreignizing America, and was warmly greeted by friends and former classmates after the service.
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Henry G. Bedinger
Atlanta
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Georgia
Inman Park Presbyterian Church
Mr. Bedinger
Virginia
North Carolina
B. Ficklin
Inman Fark Presbyterian Church
Bedinger
Inman Park Church
America
How Austria Prevents Hardship to Workmen
Vienna correspondence reports that Austro-Hungarian war ministry will award army contracts only to firms that keep their staff at full numbers and maintain wages. Manufacturers reducing staff or wages will be excluded from future contracts and face cancellation of existing ones.
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Vienna
Associated Press
Austro-Hungarian Ministry of War
Phi Delta Theta Convenes Twenty-Third Biennial in Birmingham
Birmingham Alabama December 27 delegates from most Phi Delta Theta states gather for the twenty third national biennial convention beginning tomorrow. The sessions run through January 2 with officers and delegates in attendance to discuss fraternity affairs and future plans.
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Birmingham
Ala
Phi Delta. Theta Fraternity
Intercollegiate Prohibition Meet Opens in Topeka
Topeka Kansas December 27 The national convention of the Intercollegiate Prohibition association will open here Tuesday for a four day session It is expected that 1000 student leaders and faculty delegates representing 200 colleges in every state in the union will attend
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Topeka
Kan
The
Intercollegiate Prohibition Association
Nnion
Taube Destroyed as French Take Suippe Trenches
December 9 from Bar Le Duc France reports that French batteries pinned German positions and a Taube over Sempigneul dropped bombs before landing in the plain of Aghilcourt. French infantry charged, dragons aided, and Saxons fled as the machine was captured and trenches commanding the Suippe valley were seized.
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Bar-Le-Duc
I France
Associated Press
Petit Patisien
Suippe
Sempigneul
Aghilcourt
Goda
Troops Begin Leaving Colorado This Week
Denver report says federal troops on strike duty in Colorado coal fields will start withdrawing this week. Governor Ammons and Governor-elect Carlson, returning from Washington, indicate Routt County units lead, followed by Boulder Weld and Fremont counties with possible delays in southern Colorado.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Ammons
Carlson
Washington
Routt County
Boulder
Weld
Fremont
Mitchell County Bank Report at Camilla Officers Elected
Mitchell County Bank stockholders in Mitchell County, Camilla, Ga, met recently and reviewed a favorable officers slate for the coming year. G. J. Stripling was chosen president, A. S. Johnson vice president, J. C. Wilson second vice president, and J. B. Brooks cashier.
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Thomasvillle
Mitchell County Bank
Camilla
G. J. Stripling
A.S. Johnson
J. C. Wilson
J. B. Brooks
Ier
Taxes Slow in Grady County Ga
In Grady county taxes are coming in slowly. Tax Collector Ponder extends the deadline to January 20 for taxpayers to settle. Of 370000 dollars to be collected only about 35000 has been received.
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Thomasville
Grady County
Ponder
Atlanta Pastor to Lead Rome Episcopal Church
Rev. H. I Meldy Saumenig, pastor of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Atlanta, has been called to serve as rector of St. Peter's Episcopal church in Rome Georgia and has accepted. He will deliver his first sermon there on the second Sunday in January.
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Rome
H. I Meldy Saumenig
Church of the Holy Comforter
Atlanta
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Floyd County Officials Change at Courthouse
December 21. Rome Iowa special. On January 1 Floyd county will see officer changes. Barron will succeed W G Dunehoo as sheriff, and Jack Salmon takes over from T Jenkins as tax receiver. All other county officers were reelected.
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Rome
Floyd County
Barron
W. G. Dunehoo
Jack Salmon
Jenkins
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