Macon Business Leaders Toast Local Growth at Chamber Dinner
A February Macon chamber of commerce dinner gathered 100 business leaders at Hotel Lanier. Speakers including Dr Charles Smith of Mercer University and A W Lane praised Macon’s educational and banking sectors, urged continued industrial growth, and outlined plans for future prosperity based on solid local foundations.
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Constitution Bureau
Second Street
Macon
Hotel Lanie
Macon Chamber of Commerce
Charles Teemith
Mercer University
Tos
A W Lane
EL. Martin
Wacon Chamber of Commerce
Ion Charley R Pendiston
Macon Telegraph
Dapers
Las
L P Hillyer
Macona
Terests
Miss Sanders Named Georgia Federation Vice President
Specdal Gainesville Gaeenary Miss Sanders is elected vice president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs for the ninth congress. Mrs Sindere Brillant, Longstreet chapter president and state teacher of the Georgegrision United Daughters of the Confederates, attracts wide aid and respect across the state. An honor was conferred by the dustin goiched club women of Georgia. Albans GO perrumy iy announces Special cH Walton of Washington DC is sent to Albany to manage the Western Union Rheqrand Co office succeeding Wes ton and Fo Rust. Walton has planned to serve as 21 operator in the press Bat ter in the house of representatives.
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Specdal
Gainesville
New Carnegie Library in Albany Ready for Formal Opening
Albany Ga February 16 Special Albanys new Carnegie Library was turned over by the contractors to the board. Preparations for the formal opening are under way. The building stands in the heart of the city and is among the handsomest in the state. Furnishings will match the structure as a large order for new books joins the Albany Library Association’s valuable collection now presented to the new library.
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Albany
Albanys
Carnegie Library
Albany Library Association
Professor Napoleon Presented at Macon Grand Opera House
Special performance featuring many local children and young people with good acting, presented at the Grand Opera House in Macon on February 16. The production drew a large audience and was well received.
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Professor Napoleon
Macon
Napoleon
Grand Opera House
Negroes Pack Public Schools in Eatonton February 16
Special report from Eatonton notes a phenomenal rise in enrollment of colored children in rural county schools. Teachers report unprecedented demand for assistants as most negro schools are packed. December figures ranged around 700 to 600. January surged to about 1,600, reflecting historic attendance levels.
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Eatonton
Dennis
Tift County Wins Contract for New Jail in Tifton
Ordinary WS Walker awarded the contract to Wagener and Dobson of Montgomery and Atlanta for 1804 dollars. Construction to start March 1 with a September 1 completion target, but city aims for July 1. One rival bidder WW Landrum & Son Pauly Jail Co offered 2000 dollars more. The jail will be on the east of the old school on Fourth Street with hot air furnace and cell blocks for sixteen prisoners plus outside cells, hospital, juvenile, and other specialized facilities.
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Tift County
Tifton
WS Walker
Wagener & Dobson
Montgomery
Atlanta
WW Landrum & Son
Pauly Jail Company
Fourth Street
Rural routes expansion eyed for Hall County
Gainesville postmaster urges local residents to back at least twenty additional rural routes serving the Gainesville office. The move could boost farm land values in Hall County by hundreds of thousands. A separate measure seeks to raise rural carrier pay from 720 to 920 dollars annually, with strong odds of passage. River steamer Blanche burns to waterline near Hickman, owned by Phillips Bros of Cairo, Illinois, insured.
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Gainesville
Longstreet
Fall
Hall County
Hall
Congress
Hickman
Blanche
Phillips Bros
Cairo
Ils
Macon Assured of River Traffic
Macon officials hear from Brunswick boat owner EBC Thompson seeking to bring a steamer as the river opens and clears of snags. He urges action to secure cargo, noting his success on the Ocmulgee and aiming to renew river trade. Letters go to Senator Bacon and Rep. Bartlett to place Altamaha waters on federal river list for early inspection. Mercer Team Heads to Auburn in basketball. Negroes Resist Taxes in Pleasant Hill over annexation and tax collection. The Texas Wonder cures kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles offered by mail.
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Constitution Bureau
Second Street
Macon
Ebc Thompson
Brunswick
Macon Chamber of Commerce
Thompson
Ocmulgee
Hawkinaville
Andersons Offee
Bacon
Charles Bartlett
Altamaha
St of Georgia
Congress
Mercer
Auburn
Mercer University
Mercers
Messra Popper
Conner
Norman
Lee Mallary
Melton
King
Atlanta Athletic
Major Charles D Grace Dead in Texas After Georgia Roots
Major Charles D Grace, aged in the sixty fifth year, dies in Bonham Texas after moving from Georgia thirty years ago. He served as a young lawyer in LaGrange and joined the LaGrange Light Guards, serving in the Fourth Georgia Regiment during the Civil War. Afterward he relocated to Texas, practiced law, and held public office including representing his district in the state senate. He leaves a wife, a brother, and a sister Eugene B Grace of San Francisco.
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Texas
Bonham
Charles D Greele
Georgia
la Grang
LaGrang Light Guards
Correctly Fitted Glasses Relieve Bronze Eye Trouble
Many young and middle aged people suffer from eyestrain when reading or sewing. Relief is commonly found through temporarily wearing properly fitted spectacles. Hawkes Co at 14 Whitehall Street offers suitable eyewear.
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Kh. Hawkes Co
Whitehall St
House Painters Choose Boss At Annual Convention
At Boxton the annual convention of the International House Painters and Decorators selected Boxton as next meeting site and elected officers including President Over and Ross of Chicago Vice President Stuart N Hughes of Loren o Canada Secretary and Treasurer William K Wall of Somerville Mass Chief Organizer William F Walt The Apprenticeship System was discussed in a paper by Charles M Coons of East Orange N J A committee on joining the Citizens Industrial Union declined to recommend and the convention backed organizing trade schools.
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Birmingham
Feouacy
International Heuse Painters and Decorators
Boxton
Over & Ross
Chicago
Stuart N Hughes
Loren
Canada
Willam K. Wall
Somerville Mass
William F Walt
Charles M Coons
Fast Orange
Speal
Giizens Industrial Union
Organization of
Tade Schools
Johnson Executed on Gallows in Dawson Jail Incident
In a February incident tied to the murder of Eliza Banke last September, Essie Johnson was privately executed on the jail gallows. Sheriff Oxford arranged the trap after Johnson admitted guilt to a press representative and prayed with his pastor before dying without fear. His body took fourteen minutes to succumb.
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Dawson
Essie Johnson
Eliza Banke
Oxford
Spruse
Atteding
Jan Unil
Elf Johson
Fiza
Marriage of Bernard TM Cakil Amerius and Ethelvetts van bbirg Va Sas
A quiet Wednesday wedding at Captain ft K Morris Rev Charles t V Wrnight officiating joined Bernard TM Cakil Amerius and Miss Ethelvetts van bbirg Va Sas. Guests were few and the ceremony featured close family present.
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Albams
Bernard
Manager Legg Quits Railroad at Bainbridge
Public notice reports General Manager W M Legg resigns from the Georgia Florida and Alabama railway effective March 1. Legg, 3 years with the line, led rapid development of a rising rail corridor in a booming region. Rumors surround his successor. merger talks and route extensions reshape the system toward Columbus and Apalachicola with a broader Florida link.
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Bainbridge
W .MI Legg
Georgia Florida and Alabama
Wng
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
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WB Debham
Th E
Lhas
Lege
Peng
Legg
Ho Williams
Lexa Eas
Georgia Southern
Macon
Carrabelle
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Gulf
Cuthnert
Apalachico
Jay
Columbus
Suse
Odd Fellows Rally Albany February 1B hosts gathered members
An Albany rally hosted by the Odd Fellows' Lodge brought together members from various points in the Albany circuit. The event, held 305 terda evening, was a complimentary gathering honoring Grand Master TT Resortion of Gainesville.
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Albany
Albani Odd Bellows
Gainesville
Legler 10 Attends His Son's Trial Delayed
Alex Legler requests Jersey City officials postpone his son Carl Legler's murder trial until Tuesday evening. He claims arrest on suspicion is unfounded and cites fire death linked to matches and insurance motive. Macon residents recall Legler family ties to steamboat traffic and German community.
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Jersey City
Baxiey
Alex
Leger Carl
Mr Legler
Carl
Sania
Fan
Rew
Wan
Sinc
Altamaha Transit Rairoad
Legler
Ant 55
Barley
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Macon
Alexander Legler
Carl Legler
Ocmulgee
Maron
Sea
Baxley
New York
Micon
Mexico
Brunawick
Ocmulges
Russia
Chattanooga railways merge as syndicate buys systems
The case notes indicate the railway purchase by a syndicate and a courtroom verdict outcome. The fragment mentions Everette Found Not Guilty and a trial date around February 16. The source reads as OCR noise but preserves a merger sale and a verdict reference.
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Everette
Augusta Veterans mull boycott of New Orleans reunion
A confused OCR style report notes that Confederate veterans plan to boycott the West United Confederate Veterans reunion to be held in New Orleans on April 26 and 27. It cites a rift in Camp 4350 and mentions pressure for allied action across Georgia, with some leaders opposing participation.
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Augusta
Spesine
New Orleans
Cork Examiner Case Involving Robet Plant Estate
The case concerns NMOBirth transfers for the Plant estate and Robet Munford’s role in contested creditor status. The court will decide if Munford acted as a preferred creditor under a $300 per acre arrangement and whether a Plant deposit was withdrawable before cash was received.
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Haries
Nmobirth
Munford
Banksy
Coe
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