Recalling a Talladega Sheriff’s stand against a mob
Sheriff Cornett of Talladega Alabama repelled and outwitted a bloodthirsty mob bent on lynching a prisoner. With deputies he tracked the mob across the countryside, trapped them on a train at Sylacauga, and safely delivered the suspect to Anniston jail. The account commends fearless duty, upholding the law and the state’s good name.
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Cornett
Talladega
Ala
Galladega
Anniston
Sylacaura
Sherif Cornett
C Wrenn
Perry Campbell
Odean
Iere
Alabama
Just From Georgia by FHANK L. STANTON
In the New Day FHANK L. STANTON offers reflections on Georgia life and progress, presenting concise observations from the author’s perspective. The piece blends regional pride with social commentary, capturing a snapshot of local sentiment and forward-looking ideas.
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Georgia
Fhank L. Stanton
Lake In A Reef and Old Time Folks Reflections
A collage of rustic verse and humor from historic local papers. Poems praise old time values, weathered advice on life like reefing sails and morals, plus quips from Greensboro Herald-Journal and Brookfield Argus about moving on and economic notes. Contains multiple named papers and regional voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Brookfield Argus
Ashland Bugle
Russia
Public spirit and dollars in circulation drive business
A reflection on the public mindedness of the man who keeps currency in circulation. The pay what you can plan brightens business wherever active. It isn’t a campaign but a principle. Dollars are working.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Lillian Lorraine Sidelined By Accident In New York
New York on February 15 reports Lillian Lorraine, a once rising stage darling, is confined to a private hospital with a broken spine after slipping on ice. Doctors say she will never walk again, ending a brief, luminous career as Broadway’s beloved stage door favorite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lillian Lorraine
Peter Pan
William MacHarg
Midnight Sons
Fire at Grady Hospital and nearby sites prompt early morning alarms
Defective wiring in an electric motor sparked smoke at Grady Hospital causing a fire alarm shortly after 9:30 AM. Firefighters contained it in minutes. Earlier, at 7 AM, six workers were injured by a falling scaffold at 85 Fenechtee Street, with three buried in debris. Nearby, sparks from a chimney caused minor roof damage to two residences, and brick and carpentry work supported a wall at the former Dahl Floral site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Hospital
Fenechttee Street
Dahl Floral Company
D. 8. Snider
West North Avenue
Coleman Street
J. A. Crafford
Middle Street
Sam Wright
Bond drive in Eleventh Ward aims to fund citywide improvements
The Eleventh Ward Improvement Club adopts a rallying slogan Register vote carry bonds to push an $8,850,000 bonding proposal. Local voters are urged to support citywide financing for a new school on Whiteford avenue and a city stockade removal, with broader appeal to back bonds across wards.
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Eleventh Ward
Whiteford Avenue
Albany Herald Urges Money To Work In Co op Drive
The Albany Georgia Herald urges readers to put dollars to work on the pay what you can principle. It criticizes idle money and calls for cooperation to boost prosperity, noting that latent funds can support business if mobilized. It stresses that today’s prosperity depends on active participation and collective effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Sidney Lanier at Lanier University memorial plea
A letter urges moving poet Sidney Lanier’s remains to Georgia to become Lanier University’s shrine. Dr. Fowler and Wardene argue Georgia should fund a monument and relocate his grave to the campus Mecca in Baltimore’s cemetery, to honor Lanier’s legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Georgia
Lanter University
Lanier’ University
Henie
Siday Lanters
Emory Professor Speaks At At-Isata Woman's Club
Dr. A F Melton head of Emory English addressed the At-Isata Woman's club on what literature does for life and art. The program featured opera musicales sponsored by the club with Enrico Lalde directing and Metropolitan Opera readings beginning Feb 22 at the Howard theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Melton
Emory University
At- Isata Woman's Club
John A. Manget
Atlanta Humane Society
B. M. Boykin
Irving
Thomas
Enrico Lalde
W. C. dJarnagin
Poet Singers
Atlanta
Charles Chalmers
Howard Orchestra
Health Talks on Tam Brady and Daily Exercise
A columnist argues daily play and sport offer more lasting health benefits than rigid calisthenics. He cites tennis, volleyball, handball, and indoor baseball as easier paths to regular activity, noting short fifteen minute sessions can sustain physical efficiency while long sessions waste time and may dull vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. 5S, Jr
True bill found against Fred Bond former Bank official
A grand jury returned a true bill against Fred Bond, a former Bank of Lithonia official, after his arrest when narcotics inspectors raided his rooms at 43 East Merritts avenue. Morphine valued around $3,000 was seized, allegedly smuggled from Spain by T. Ailen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand
Fred
Bank of Lithonia
East Merritts Avenue
T. Ailen
Spain
Lere
Georgia Children's Home Society Thanks The Constitution
At a February 11 meeting of the board in the Atlanta Theater building the Georgia Children's Home society unanimously resolved to thank The Atlanta Constitution for its hearty cooperation and cordial aid in the fundraising campaign.
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Editor Constitution
The
Georgia Children's Home Society
Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
Lowry
Six Men Injured In Scaffold Fall At Peachtree Street
At 83-85 Peachtree Street in Atlanta a scaffold collapsed during remodeling for Goodhart-Tompkins and Dundee Cotton Mills, sending workers about 30 feet to the ground. Six men were injured including J. D. Wismer A. E. Justice W. A. Lowery A. A. Mason G. H. Lamp and B. M. Mason.
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Peachtree Street
Goodhart- Tompkins Company
J. D. Wismer
Whitehall Street
Carpenter
A. E. Justice
Gate City
Hapeville
Flatiron
Brock Not Connected With Fulton Mills
George Washington Brock aged 65 of 15 Berean Avenue died by self poisoning Sunday morning. He was not an employee of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, according to a letter to The Constitution. The letter states Brock had applied for work but never appeared on the payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Brock
Berean Avenue
Fulton Bag and Cottot Mills
Brock
Delegates Named For Meeting Of Friends Of Erin In Atlanta
Georgia members of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic will meet in Atlanta at the Carnegie Library assembly hall with an arranged program. After business sessions on Wednesday delegates take an auto tour of the city followed by dinner and a dance at the Peacock cafe. Atlanta delegates listed include Judge Wm. A. Brown Jd O Donnell Andy Mellroy J Henry Lynch Thomas Tox E J Green James A Harvey and others with alternates George R Stephens James Gillespie T P Fitzgerald and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
American Association For the Recognition of the
Atlanta
Carnegie Library
Peacock Cafe
Ww. A. Brown
Jd. O'Donnell
Andy Mellroy
J. Henry Lynch
Thomas Tox
E. J. Green
James A Harvey
J H Powell
M. C. Carroll
Nillie McClure
Stella Lynch
Cs . Nichols
N. Bodenheimer
J. H Powell
George
R R. Stephens
J FF. Hurley
WC Carroll
R. J. Reynolds
George R. Stephens
James_Gillespie
T. P. Fitzgerald
A. Hale
Richard Doonan
James 3
Cooper
J.B. Reynolds
Ellen Ilynn
Minnie Hastings
W. Byrne
Elizabeth Ward
Cie O’connell
Mary Morris
March term federal court docket items in Atlanta
Compilation shows planned trials for Standard Coal profiteering case and Connell apeon ate case. Donohuye faces trial for holding up a post office truck in 1920 with $80,000 in bonds. Calloway and Cowley to be tried for receiving stolen government property tied to Camp Gordon thefts.
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Thea
United States Court For
Northern District of Georgia
D. J. Meyerhardt
United States ‘District Attorney
Standard Coal Company
Atlanta
Willard Connell
Pike County
Thomas Donohue
Guy Calloway
Bed Cowley
Nye
W. C. Carter
Camp Gordon
Fagg to Speak on Home Society Expansion Drive
Marcus C. Fagg president of the National Children’s Home and Welfare Society will address Atlanta women at 12 o clock in the Chamber of Commerce assembly hall then speak at the Lions Club luncheon at Ansley Hotel. The event supports a 40 thousand dollar Georgia Children’s Home Society expansion campaign with local club representatives and civic leaders in attendance.
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Marcus C. Fagg
National Children’s Home and Welfare Society
Atlanta
Lions Club
Teforgia Children’s Home Society
Fage
Assembly Hall
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Fagg
Tiuons Club
Ansley Hotel
J. K. Gordon
Thomas HR. Gentry
Rotary, Kiwanis
Civitan
Ad Men's Clubs
Fair Spell Forecasted To Persist In Georgia
Forecaster C. F. von Herrmann predicts continued fair weather for Atlanta and the state on Tuesday with little to no temperature change. He projects a likely fair week ahead, notes rivers near flood levels receding as the Chattahoochee declines, while the Flint rises to about 21 to 22 feet around Albany and Bainbridge later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. von Herrmann
Atlanta
Georgia
Tme
Mrs. J. R. Wilkinson Dies at 42 Dixie Avenue
Mrs. John B. Wilkinson widow of Judge Wilkinson and longtime Fulton County official died Monday morning at her home, 42 Dixie Avenue Inman Park after several days illness. Survived by two sons, Harry B. and William B. Wilkinson, two sisters Mrs. L. D. Patterson and Mrs. J. W. Van Biber, and one brother H. D. Wood. Body sent to An vtry Lowndes chapel. Funeral to be held this afternoon at 42 Dixie Avenue with Dr. Charles W. Daniel officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Wilkinson
Judge Wilkinson
Fulton County
Dixie Avenue
Anvtry & Lowndes
Dr. W. T. Stuchell to Lecture At Auditorium
Dr. William Terrence Stuchell, noted psychologist, will lecture at the Auditorium Tuesday night under the auspices of the McCullom Clinic of Applied Psychology. The address titled America: the New World Era will review the progress of civilization over recent years, including the war and its aftermath.
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William ‘Terrence Stuchell
McCullom Cluic of
Applied Psychology
Stuchell
America
Decatur Street Mourns Loss After Police Raid
Decatur Street loses its morning drink spot after a raid led by Police Commissioner Andy King and officers Florence Chatin McGee and Williams. Nat McWhorter and Zett Trimble faced bonds of 5000 and 1000 dollars respectively after officers found several gallons of alcohol at two Courtland Street stores.
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Decatur Street
Tcy
Andy King
Florence, Chatin
McGee and Williams
Courtland Street
Washington Street
Zett Trimble
Nat McWhorter
McWhorter
Trimble
Steamship Operators Meet in Atlanta for Freight Rates Talks
More than 100 leading steamship operators from the South Atlantic North Atlantic and Gulf ports gather at the Piedmont Hotel in Atlanta for a two day conference to harmonize freight rates on commodities. Morning and afternoon sessions planned today and tomorrow with preliminary meetings held Monday under US Shipping Board official supervision.
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South Atlantic
North Atlantic
Gulf
Piedmont Hotel
Gulf and
Gulf Port
Piedmont
Charleston
W. W. Williamson, Williamson & Hancre Co
Chartogton
A. van Doblen
The
Caroling Compar
J. J. Magee
Atlantic and Gulf Shipping Company
Savannah
L Greenwood
Wit States Shipping Board
H. 1 King
United States Shipping Board
W. A. Logan
American Shipping Corporation
Jachamvijie
BW Suines
Thomas FB. Tirady Company
Kavanob
Ke A. LeBlanc
Gulf Glupping Ecompany
Mobile
George H Smith
Strahan Shipping Company
Brunswick
John Carter
Mexander Sprunt & Son
Wilmington
Robert WY. Groves
NO. Pedrick
Gulf Shipping Conference
New Orleans
Charles Harringto
New Orleana
J. Campbell
Ew Orleans
Jd. Deverewa
Guilt
M. Leach
KK. Hoe
C. A. Terence
Alleged con men injured in prison escape attempt
George W. Williams alias A J More known as Shorty Graham was moved from Memphis to Fulton county jail for trial. He injured a sprained ankle trying to drop an improvised rope from the fourth floor Sunday night. A jailer, C L Lumpkin, who is in the jail on counterfeiting charges, reported the failed escape. Authorities believe they have clues on the identities of others aiding Williams to cut the bars.
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George W. Williams
A. J. More
Shorty” Graham
Memphis
Tenn
Fulton County
Williams
Hartford Fire Insurance Men In Session In Atlanta
Hartford Fire Insurance president Bissell leads a delegation of forty officials from Hartford and affiliated companies in a week long conference with special southern agents. Attendees include Wyper Collins Lee Timberlake and Cramer. Meetings run at William H. Prescott's offices in the Trust Company of Georgia building. Affiliated firms include Hartford Live Stock Hartford Accident and Indemnity Citizens Insurance Missouri Stirling Fire Indiana and Federal Insurance New Jersey. A closing dinner is planned Friday at a country club.
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BR. M. Bissell
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Hartford
Atlanta
AR. M. Bissell
James Wyper
J. Collins
Mr. Lee
C. 5. Timberlake
Mr. Cramer
William H. Prescott
Trust Company of Georgia
Hartford Fire
Hartford Live Stock
Hartford Accident and Indemnity
Citizens’ Insurance Company of
Missouri
Stirling Fire of
Indiana
Federal Insurance Company of
New Jersey
Plans for Training School for S. S. Workers Tonight
Sunday school leaders from Atlanta Methodist churches attend a supper at Daffodil cafe to finalize details for a training school planned for the second week of May by the North Georgia conference Sunday school board. The program aims at preachers parents and laymen with an all day term and seeks opening date and structure.
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Atlanta
Daffodil Cafe
North Georgia Conference
George N. Napier
Sunday School Board
North
South Atlanta
Merie Parham
North Georgia
A. A. Harris
Trainirg
President veto tension swirls over tariff bill
Washington February 14 developments center on a presidential veto of the Fordney emergency tariff bill. Minority Leader Underwood said he had assurance President Wilson would veto with a full statement of reasons. Senator McCumber signaled a vote likely tomorrow night while Fordney pledged action to revise the permanent tariff this session. Debate yielded no clear progress as Republicans and Democrats argued over sugar duties and broader tariff policy.
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Washington
Driff
Underwood
Senate
Wilson
McCumber
North Dakota
Fordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
Smoot
Republian
Utah
Aro McCumber
Gay
Democrat
Louis Inia
Howevd
White House
Tate
Ft. Plana
Lordiney
Proess
Pordacw'y Fetter
Fordney Assemed
Treasury
Meeting Called of Association of Georgia Fairs
The Association of Georgia Fairs will hold its sixth annual meeting at the Piedmont hotel February 22 and 24 presided by President James Bishop Jr of Eastman. Notables including H G Hastings of Atlanta and E Ross Jordan of Dublin will respond. Prominent speakers R M Stripling H Giiles JW Fleming Max Hagedorn and others will discuss fair topics.
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Assoiation of Georgia Fairs
Piedmont Hotel
James Bishop, Jr
Eastman
H. G. Hastings
Atlanta
Southeastern Fair Association
E Ross Jordan
Dublin
Twelfth District Fair Association
R. M. Stripling
H. Giiles
Cartersville
JW. Fleming
Savannah
Max Hagedorn
la Grange
Mary J. Creswell
Athena
J. Luke Burdett
Trouble Man
Washington
W. Ad. Goeher
Hartford
Conn
J. W. Kusswurm
Nashville
Tenners_ Samuel Lumpkin
W. E French
Valdosta
J W Hammond
Griffin
R.puron
Brown Whatley
LaGrange
Whitley Questioned Not Arrested In Banco Probe
W G Whitley former federal prohibition agent denied reports of an arrest in the banco case and said he was only questioned by officials from the office of solicitor general John A Boykin in Cobb county related shooting affair. He confirmed at the solicitor's office that he was asked to furnish information to help the investigation.
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Whitley
Prohibition
John A. Boykin
Cobb County
Banco
Campbell Co expands brick and tile operations in Atlanta
R G Campbell Coal company completes arrangements with the See Brick and Tile Company of Macon to handle brick and hollow building tile from Bible Brick. They will stock brick and tile in multiple Atlanta yards, offering carload shipments direct from kilns. In early days they moved over thirty carloads and expect fifty weekly by April 1 as building activity improves with better weather.
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Atlanta
R. Q. Campbell Coal Company
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