Lincoln Birthday Groundbreaking Memorial Begins
Washington February 12 freezing winds swept the Potomac as a bareheaded Confederate officer opened the ceremonies marking ground breaking for the Lincoln Memorial. Senator Blackburn and other dignitaries spoke of Lincoln as the greatest American, with the project valued at 2 million dollars to rise rapidly. Congress paused to honor the memory of Lincoln and reflect on his enduring fame.
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Washington
Potomac
Virginia Hills
Lee
Arlington
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Blackburn Sinks
Joseph ¢ . Elackburn
Kentucky
Senator Blackburn
Toledo
Onio Colgnet
Overmartarth
Carolina
Bradley
Kennucky
Kenyon
Iowa
Senate
House
Sprngteg
Lincoln Monument
Womans Relief
Lincoln Association of the State Arsenal
Joseph F Robinson
United States
Arkansas
South
Stephen Wise
Free Synagogue of
New York City
Percival Grenmick
Georgia
Commercial High Honors Georgia Day With Pageant
Eng lish Commercial High School celebrated Georgia Day with student produced plays on colonial life and state history. Girls presented Nancy Hart and other scenes while Martha Washington and youth at war were shown. Joseph Habersham chapter DAR awarded a $5 prize for best Georgia history essay. a $250 prize went to Miss Magele Rozers for Wildfire Preservation essay.
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English Commercial High School
Nancy Hart
Martha Washington
Mount Vernon
Joseph Habersham
Miscuby Morris
Georgia
Tne
Magele Rozers
Joseph Haberthal
Nina Hornaday
Goldstein To Conduct Special Services
Dr Solomon H Goldstein of Ans wath Achim to lead services at Temple Congregation Scheemth Israel 303 E Hunter St Friday 5 PM and Saturday 8 AM with a Sefer Torah crowning. Rev T Gettin Sundsy will lecture at 5 PM Sunday. program includes an entertainment and musical performances. Public invited with families. pleasant time promised.
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Solomon H Goldstein
Answath Achim Congregation
Wil
Temple
Congregation Scheemth Israel
Hunter Street
T Gettin Sundsy
T Geffer
Traveling salesman fined for trouble at Ansley Hotel
Lotter, a Chicago traveling salesman, pleaded guilty to drunk and disorderly conduct after an incident at the Ansley Hotel involving Mrs. Oscar Weinmeister and her husband. He admitted fault, received a $100 fine plus costs, and noted he had no lawyer. The recorder teased him about whisky sourcing in Atlanta.
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Lotter
Chicago
Oscar Weinmeister
Ansley Hotel
Rathsheller
Broyles
Atlanta
Ter
Littier
Nee Bolter
Miss Myrtle Elvyn To Be Here On March 5
Miss Myrtle Elvyn, Texas born pianist now based in Chicago and pupil of Godowsky, to perform with the Philharmonic Orchestra under Mortimer Wilson at the Atlanta Theater on March 5. The Atlanta Musical Association presents the evening, praising her left hand facility and polished technique.
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Myrtle Elvyn
Elgyn
Philharmonic Orchestra
Mortimer Wilson
Atlanta
Atlanta Musical Association
County Police to Have Telephone Stations
Fulton county to install call stations in districts within a month or 80. The plan follows a yearly board meeting where police and sanitation committees backed the move. For years officers relied on private lines and improvised methods, with bids expected from major alarm equipment firms to install a modern Fulton county system.
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Fulton County
Board of County Commissioners
Thrower
Courthouse Dull as Campaigners Buzz Around Elections
Winter recess grips superior courts with both in the Thrower building and the old city hall nearly idle until the week after next. Campaigners flood county offices while the sheriff race attracts four candidates, as political wiseacres hesitate to name a front runner.
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Superior Courts
Thrower
Intervention Petition Hearing In American Life Case
The hearing of the intervention petition for J 8B Porter and others against policy holders of the American Life and Annuity Co. ends today in Judge Belle division. Porter’s attorneys have argued the case for four days claiming policy holders as partners in the mutual company. The company’s closure was a sensational court action months ago.
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J 8B Porter
American Life and Annuity Company
Adoption Offered by Georgia Children's Home Superintendant
Robert B McCord of the Georgia Children's Home Society offers several healthy children for adoption in Georgia. Under 1 year old to six years old, including a bright six year old girl named Thelma Ber, with parents deceased. Contact Superintendent McCord to arrange a placement for a child in a good home.
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Robert B McCord
Georgia Childrens Home Society
McCord
Georgia
Thelma Ber
Isrraeus
Clemson and Tech to Debate on Suffrage
The intercollegiate debate between Clemson and Tech will be held on the night of March or March. Two Atlanta boys C L Jordan and R Bidwell will represent Clemson. The debate will be at the Tech YMCA. Topic: That in granting suffrage, there should be no distinction as to sex. Both schools enter seriously and faculties plan a successful event.
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Ech
Clemson
Mareh
Tre¢h
Acanta
C L. Jordan
R . Bidwell
Tech Y McA
Dr Claude Smith Address at First Universalist Church
Dr Claude Smith will speak at First Universalist Church Sunday evening February 15 at 8 o'clock on The Improvement of Health Conditions in Atlanta. The public is formally invited. At the 11 o'clock morning service Rev Dred Lime will deliver a sermon on Twentieth Century Christianity with the subject The New Thought and the New Theology in Its Relation to Life.
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Claude Smitherty
Universalist
Atlanta
Dred
Lime
Hiliotts
Southern Railway Tickets From Atlanta To Washington Sale
Southern Railway announces round trip tickets from Atlanta to Washington for 19.35 with sale February 6 17 and 18 1914 and return by February 26 1914. Corresponding fares from other stations.
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Washington, D. C
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Washington, D. Gy
Two More Clubs Win Emy Licenses in Atlanta
The Atlanta police committee on Tuesday favored Beavers and Central locker clubs for license approval and will recommend council grantions on Monday. The decision follows controversy over ivy street near beer zones and despite past arrests of club managers.
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Atlanta
Beer Sa- Joong
Beavers
John E McClelland
Thhird
Ivy Street
Beer Zone
McClelland
A. R. Colcord
Central Clubs
Central Club
Beavers Club
The
James G. Woodward
Fulton Grand Jury
Meenses
Clu
Georgia Day Celebrations Across Atlanta Schools
Georgia Day was observed in public schools of Atlanta with two afternoon hours of memorial exercises. Students studied James Oglethorpe and Georgia's history through essays songs and addresses. Girls High and Bagley Commercial High held essay contests on Georgia governors. The Joseph Habersham chapter DAR awarded a silver loving cup to the winner, to be kept for one year and presented by Mrs. A. P. Coles.
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Georgia
Atlanta
James G Oglethorpe
Biut
Oglethorps
State of Georgia
Bagheh Commercial High School
Joseph Habersham
D A. R
A P Coles
Will of George B Bickles bequeaths clothes to charities
George B Bickles wills all wearing apparel to Associated Charities, provides funeral directions, and notes he left this for his deceased wife s wishes. He recently ended his life. He leaves $500 to two nieces in New Jersey and $1000 each to two brothers in Vermont. The will mentions Tate Frazier, a faithful servant. Document dated January 24, 1913.
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George B Bickles
Ars
Assc
Tistea
Bickles
Sickles
New Jersey
Vermont
Tate Frazier
Weather Outlook With Warm Hint Of Rain
The forecast says warmer temperatures today with a chance of rain. The rain should not last long, with Saturday expected to be a clear spring day. Thursday’s warmth encouraged pedestrians on Peachtree Street to shed coats and enjoy a comfortable stroll.
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Romain
Peachtree Street
Finley Scholarship Name Updated by Athens College
A request to the state college of agriculture at Athens seeks to rename the WoW Finley Memorial scholarship for farmer boys. The Southern RailwayScholar soon designation honors late President WoW Finley of the Southern Railway. President Fairfax Harrison of the Southern Railway made the formal designation request.
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State College of Agriculture
Athens
Wow Finley
Southern Railway
William Wilson Finley Founda
Southern Colleges
Paitfax Harrison
Tillman May Introduce Burns at Atlanta Lyceum Address
Senator Benjamin F. Tillman of South Carolina may be invited to introduce Detective William J Burns at a Wednesday night gathering in Atlanta. The event at the Tabernacle auditorium will feature Burns speaking on American citizenship, with President Russell Bridger of the Atlanta Lyceum system organizing. Tillman long a famed Lyceum speaker is noted for his platform prominence.
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Benjamin F. Tillman
South Caroling
William J Burns
Tabernacle Auditorium
Atlanta
Tillman
Russell Bridger
Altaneat Lyceum
Lyceum
Uttle Declines Run for Colonel of Fifth Georgia Unit
Young Littie, once named as a possible candidate for colonel of the Fifth Georgia, states in letters to Colonel Oeville A Haji and Major JT Catron that he will not seek the position.
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Uttle
Young Littie
Georgia
Essment
Ding Penant
Oeville A Haji
JT Catron
Bolling Jones Outlines Atlanta Postoffice Cooperation
Bolling H Jones told Atlanta Ad Men at the Ansley hotel about 10 key ways to assist the post office and improve mail service. The group endorsed the postmaster’s methods, urging business leaders to have letters in the box by 2 PM and adopt proper addressing, stamping, and packaging practices to speed dispatches and reduce delays.
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Bolling H Jones
Ansley Hotel
Atlanta
Ina
Snow
Aty
Trammell Bound Over On Desertion Charge
Sam Trammell, a well dressed young man, was bound over on a $900 bond for abandoning his five minor children. Earlier he was fined 6.15 and costs for drunk and disorderly behavior, then $25 and costs on three additional counts including idling and loitering, contempt of court, and disorderly conduct. His wife Mrs John J Callff testified she would not testify against him and would work to support the family if he would return home and stop drinking. She said the family has gone without clothing for the children, rent is overdue, and a benevolent grocer subsidizes the household. Trammell appeared indifferent, claiming he had forgotten payments.
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Sam Trammell
Broyles
John J Callff
Woodward Avenue
Trammell
Ifs
Soda Fount of
Cruikshanks
Birmingham
Trommelt
William Duncan Hanged After Confessing in Note
Perry Georgia February 12 Special Governor Slaton refused commutation Duncan was hanged today at noon in the jail yard for the murder of Pace Reed a black woman killed near Dike on CV Dennards farm November 28 1912 He denied the killing until the end but left a note confessing the crime delivered to a preacher in the cell block This marked Sheriff Winn’s first execution in five years in office
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Cain
Sheriff Winn
Mrs Wilson Accepts Rome Invitation
Telegrams from Washington report Mrs Woodrow Wilson accepted the Rome Chamber of Commerce invitation to be guest of honor at a home coming week for former Romans, to be held this fall. She, then Miss Ellen Louise Axson, lived in Rome. one daughter may accompany her. Mrs Wilson will set the exact date later. Wright Willingham, chamber president, extended the invitation in person.
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Rome
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Baker Seeks New Trial in Lamb Murder Case
In Rome on February 12 a motion for a new trial was filed in the Floyd Superior Court. W O C Baker, convicted of murdering Ernest Fitchard Lamb at Lindale, was recommended to the mercy of the court by his attorney and has appealed. He remains jailed in Floyd County without bond as the appeal proceeds.
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Rome
W OC Baker
Ernest Fitchard Lamb
Lindale
Floyd Superior Cour
Baker Wa
Cour
Floyd County
California Syrup of Figs Promises Easy Constipation Relief
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It claims gentle cleansing of the stomach and bowels, relief from feverishness and stomach upset, and urges mothers to buy the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company, warning against counterfeits.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Colonel Walter P Andrews Contemplates Atlanta Mayoral Run
Colonel Walter P Andrews, a prominent club man, is considering entering Atlanta’s mayoral race. In a letter from Constantinople to Charles W. Bern, he says if elected he would support liberal policy toward clubs and beer saloons, without endorsing a wide open town. He plans to return to Atlanta around April 1 and seeks a place in the city primary this fall.
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Walter P Andrews
Atlanta
Charles W Bern
Mr Andrews
Constantinople
Europe
Anna
Wilson
Panama Pacife Exposition
Andrews
Primary in Bulloch Set for May 7
In Statesboro Georgia on February 12 the Democratic executive committee and many Bulloch county voters decided after debate to hold an early primary. The affirmative side won a comfortable majority and May 7 was set as the election date.
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Statesboro Gn
Democratic Executive Committee
Bulloch County
Merchants to Attend Atlanta Banquet Closing Week
An estimate by the visitor registration committee says more than 1,300 guests will attend tonight’s banquet at the Auditorium closing the Merchants’ week celebration. Speakers include Governor Slaton Mayor Woodward Mell Wilkinson J W Vaughan and Senator Hoke Smith. Visitors arriving by Friday trains are expected from merchants across the South.
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W G McAdoo
Treasury
John Skelton Willams
the Treasury
David Houston
Agriculture
Atlanta
John M. Slaton
James & Woodward
Mell Br.” Wilkinson
J. W Vaughan
Cartersville
Hoke Smith Bivery
Wyere
South
Miller Named Director Of Southwestern Road
Macon Ga February 12 Special The seventh annual meeting of the stockholders of the Southwestern Railroad company was held here. Officers and directors were chosen Judge AL Miller of Macon was elected a director to succeed the late W McEwen Johnston the only new member. F Minis Savannah was reelected president and John M Walker was reelected secretary and treasurer The directors elected are Judge Miler W oR Cox W oH Fel ton and R H Brown Macon J Minis Malcolm Maclean S B Adams and A R Lawton Savannah
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Macon Ga
The
Southwestern Railroad Company
AL Miller
Macon
W McEwen Johnston
F Minis
Savannah
John M Walker
Miler
Cox
Oh Felton
R. H. Brown
J Minis
Malcolm Maclean S
B Adams
A. R Lawton
Boundaries of Athens Extended Half a Mile
Athens city voters approved a resolution to extend the corporate limits half a mile beyond current bounds from river to river north and south. The expanded area would include the State Normal School Southern Manufacturing Company and property valued up to 1.5 million dollars.
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Athens
Spenal
University of Georgia
State Normal School
Southern Manufacturing Company
Bell Directory Goes to Press February fifteenth
The next Bell Telephone Directory goes to press February 15. Call at Contract Office No. 25 Auburn Avenue or No. 78 South Pryor Street to arrange changes or corrections in Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company records.
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Bell Telephone
Auburn Avenue
South Pryor Street
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
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Commercial High
Goldstein
Express Collect
Maier & Berkele, Inc. Gold and Salversmiths
Hnehail
C. O. Littler
Clemson and
TECH
Claude Smith
Central
Frank Yin
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Finley
Senator Tillman
WM. J. Burns
Bolling Jones
W A. Burpee
Burpee Seed Company
Philadelphia
Atlante
WM. Duncan
Mrs. Wilson
Baker
Charles W. Bernhardt
Bulloch
Miller
Southwestern Road
Pure Food Store
Soc
White
New ‘York
Florida
Brooks County
Southern Express Co
New York, N.Y
Richmond, Va
Chat’ ‘Nga
Tenn
Jack'nville
Fla
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Gham
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