Water Board Delays Submission of Long Awaited Report
Water board meeting yesterday postponed the long awaited water works report as draft ordinance to penalize leaving exposed mains was reviewed. A special session may be called to release the report and consider routine business. General Manager Park Woodward and Chairman Frank P Rice led the discussions. Carter, water works committee chair, will present to council with a board recommendation for passage.
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Water Works
Frank P ‘Rice
Water Commissioners
Carter
Boy Killed By Trolley Car Near Davis and Hunter Streets
Horace Arthur Plunkett, 9, son of R. T. Plunkett of 99 Davis Street, was struck and killed by a trolley car while crossing Davis Street near Hunter. Eyewitnesses and motorman C. W. Long placed the accident at about 8 am. The coroner declined inquest. no prosecution was pursued as the father chose not to press charges. The body was taken to Patterson’s Undertaking Establishment for viewing.
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Davis Street
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Patterson
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Jordan Speaks at LaGrange to Large Cotton Growers
Gen Harvie Jordan president of the Southern Cotton Growers Association spoke to a large LaGrange crowd in Troup County at 11 o clock. Judge F M Longley presided, Fuller E B Castaway read board resolutions endorsing acreage and fertilizer cuts and donated 100 in gold. Jordan praised the movement tracing its origin to a 1900 meeting here and noted almost all county farmers signed the agreement.
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Cotton Growers’s Association
ImGrange
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Troup County
F. M. Longley
Troup County Association
Jordan
Fuller EB Castaway
LaGrange Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Grdan
Longley
Allian
Bubonic Flagus Reported at Pisagua Port
In Pisagua port 44 miles north of Iquique the Bubonic Flagus outbreak appeared sparking panic in Chile. The February 22 sighting near Santiago de Chile prompted authorities to warn residents and monitor shipments.
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Santiago de Chile
Pisagua
Iquique
War debates and river and harbor bill dominat e House action
Washington February 22 After a spirited debate the house sent the army appropriation bill back to conference with all senate amendments disagreed except a $95 000 continuation for the Valdez to Seward cable. Retired officers in militia duty spurred opposition to a Miles related amendment. The river and harbor debate featured Pennsylvania resistance to matching Delaware River improvements and a jovial Esopus creek reference amid a Maddox interruption. The first accepted amendment allowed unexpended funds for Pagan River Virginia. The bill was laid aside as the house adjourned.
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Alaska
Nelson A. Miles
Alr. Ames
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Ohio
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Delaware River
Philadelphia
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Small
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Tne
Gaines
Tennessee
Cumberland
Maddox
Georgia
Esopus Creek
Galt River
Esopus
Parker
Pagan River
Virginia
Interstate Commerce Hearing Opens in Texas and Arkansas
Interstate Commerce Commissioners Frouty and Young arrived in Texarkana on February 22 for hearings in cases including Hope Cotton Company versus Texas and Pacific Railway over cotton seed rates and damages. Other suits involve Pitty & Lone versus Frisco and Texas and Pacific for grain charges and Pitts & Sons versus Santa Fe and Texas and Pacific over hay and routes to Colorado. Full commission in Washington will decide later, after hearings. The pair then left for St Louis en route to Washington. Also reported is the death of John S. Howard, tax receiver of Thomas County, at his home near Thomasville following illness.
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Texas
Texarkana
Ark
Frouty and Young
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hope Cotton Company
Hope, Ark
Texas and Pacific Tabway
Shreveport
Hope
Pitty & Lone
Marshall
Texa
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Texas and Pacthe Railroad
Grove
Marshall, Pitts & Sons
Santa Fe
Texas and Pacific
Points
Colorado
Washington
St Louis
Concrete plugs in Atlanta asphalt holes
A force works on filling water holes in Atlanta's main residential streets by plugging deep holes with concrete before final asphalt repair. The temporary method, seen as unique, may take four to five days to complete and faces criticism from the city engineer.
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Peachtree Street
Atlanta
H. I. Collier
Jeouncil
Atreet Wi
Passing Throng at Kimball Highlights Bankers Planters Unity
A Kimball gathering recalls an Atlantan banker speech in Hawkinsville about banker planter cooperation and open cotton financing. Notables include Joseph A. McCord of Third National Bank, George Floyd of Shreveport, and Governor Terrell. Travelers and newspaper men discuss library book logistics and cotton price expectations for next season.
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L. C. Dorman
South Georgia
Kimball
Hawkinsville
Agricultural Society of
Pulaski County
Joseph A. McCord
Third National Bank
jJabor
McCord
Quality of Shoes And Prices Pressured By Costs
An editorial argues fixed shoe prices force quality declines as costs rise and buyers push for lower quality. It notes wholesalers accept small advances for better shoes, while many manufacturers have cut stock and plan a final clearance of $30,000 in shoes sold at $20,000 aggregate, urging merchants to buy before funds run out.
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Atlanta
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