Final Battle in Rome Today Sees Tight Dispensary Fight
Rome Ga February 17 Special Betting on the dispensary is even with ample money on both sides. The final day of the bitter campaign features large crowds and strong rhetoric from both factions. The Record and Tribune publish extra editions amid conflicting denials of quotes. Tomorrow’s vote will conclude a twenty five year struggle over liquor regulation in Floyd County.
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Floyd County
Hall county sherriff race heats as candidates line up
Gainesville Ga February 17 Special Hall city court term opened with Judge G H Prior presiding and Solicitor F M Johnson announcing a busy docket. Broughton Hardy leaves for Barnesville to join The Barnesville News Gazet te as editor and business manager. Ten or more seek Hall County sheriff. candidates await state party date to announce. Primary timing favored mid July during farm season.
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Thomas M. Bell
Savannah
State Executive Committee
Jordan Talks to Students at University Winter Agriculture
Athens Ga February 17 Hon C H Jordan chairman of the Georgia assembly agriculture committee and president of the Southern Cotton Growers Association addressed the university winter agricultural class. He urged education for farmers, praised studying over mere plowing, and urged higher education and longer programs. President Hughes will speak tomorrow on Agriculture to the winter course and senior class.
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Heavy criminal docket at Hawkinsville Superior Court
Hawkinsville Ga February 17 The criminal docket of the superior court was called this morning and is very heavy. Several prisoners face murder charges with one convicted at the last term but granted a new trial. Others are charged with assault with intent to murder forgery and minor offences. Four or five are under bail on murder charges. The present grand jury has returned about twenty true bills and is not yet through its work.
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Pleas for Abatement Denied in Greene and Gaynor Case
Savannah Ga February 47 Special All abatement pleas by defendants in the Greene and Gaynor cases are overruled by Judge Speer after court convenes. He finds pleas defective and not protecting rights. He condemns resisting court process and delaying tactics. Rountree for defendants to file exemptions pendente lite, Chariton to move with demurrer. Judge Speer cites telegram from Erwin wife ill, will attend tomorrow.
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Prisoners to be moved to Atlanta federal prison
An order from Judge Emory Speer filed in Macon requires male prisoners from the Southern District of Georgia to be transported to the federal prison in Atlanta. Female and juvenile prisoners will continue to Albany as before. The annual attorney general report shows Macon court business doubling Savannah and Augusta and notes growth over the past two years. The note adds this will be used in advocating a new government building.
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Auditor Rules Against Trustees Over John Gibson Institute
Judge N L Hutchings in Elbert superior court finds for plaintiffs J A Seeger and others against John Gibson Institute trustees. The report awards 7457.47, with the college building and lot plus half the furniture liable for that amount. The case ties Hebron and Sarepta Baptist associations to the school financing and a disputed 5000 loan.
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Death claims Estelle Swann in burned cabin stabbing case
Rome, Ga February 17 Special Estelle Swann, a girl found stabbed and horribly burned in an isolated cabin near Rome, died tonight. Ww. C. Barnes, the man charged with lighting the fire, sits in jail pending investigation. Huntsville Ala February 17 Special The Molison county board of registrars will begin work in New Market on March 10 after registration books arrived late. A month will be spent in the county, then registrars will move to the city and stay two.
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Passing Throng in Petersburg and Atlanta Newsroom Night
A long, rambling late edition recounts a Petersburg girl mesmerized by a northern Happy Hooligan comic, a witty Washington snow scene with Senator Foraker, and Atlanta travelers braving deep snow. It notes J D Allen seeking warmth, plus Spartaburg quail hunters delivering a stout bag, and visits by Dr Asquith and others to Atlanta's hotels.
Notable visitors fill Atlanta hotels with prominent names
Howard Thompson of Gainesville, a leading local lawyer, arrived yesterday and will stay in the city today. Thomas Swift of Elberton met friends here yesterday. W H K Bell of Chattanooga, a top Birmingham business circles figure, visited yesterday and planned to remain in Atlanta. Others, including Miss Cason of Birmingham, Mrs P R King and Miss King of Chicago, J F Greer of Tifton, Lucius F Lorrabee of Detroit, and Jacob D Lit of Philadelphia, registered at the Kimball or Aragon. Harold Bauer the Parisian pianist stayed at the Aragon. H H Nichols of Cincinnati, superintendent of Southern Paving and Construction, is visiting Atlanta with Mr Walter Crosby.
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Spring Street
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Work Underway Across Southern Cities In Atlanta Contracts
The company has extensive work in Atlanta with contracts on Washington Street and Whitehall Street. Mr Nichols departs today for Savannah where further work is on hand. Mrs EL Dugas of Augusta visits the Aragon. George H Hobart from New York arrived in Atlanta yesterday.
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Moody in Insane Hospital Seeks Pardon for Murder Case
William Moody, serving a life term from Wilkinson county for murder, is featured in a petition to Governor Longino for clemency. Doctors say liberty could restore his sanity, but penitentiary return would render him incurably maniaccal and he remains physically broken. Moody allegedly acted in self defense during the killings.
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