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Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1914

Page

9

Limiting the Trade Commission Debate Rages in Senate

Washington reports the Senate and House committees advancing anti trust legislation including bills to create an interstate trade commission. Newlands proposes scope limits while tailor made amendments aim to curb reporting requirements and protect corporate confidentiality under the Sherman act.

Washington Senate House Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce Interstate Trade Commission Newlanda Chamber of Commerce of the United States Home Judiciary Interstate Commerce Chamber of Commerce of the United States Chamber John H. Fahey Boston R. G. Rhett Charleston, & G W. L Saunders New York Charles R. van Hise University of Wisconsin Charles F. B Matthewson Henry Sager Columbia University Guy E. Tripp Louis D. Brandeis van Hiven Matthewson van Hise A Ad Lumbermen Newlands Commerce Commission Combina

City of Macon distributes aid after heavy snow

Macon Georgia residents receive emergency aid as city carts deliver wood and coal to the unprepared. Over a hundred loads distributed by noon amid ongoing demand. Roof damage reported statewide with library and auditorium repairs planned. Public schools set to reopen. two days left to pay street tax with delinquents to be summoned. Mercer fundraising reaches sixteen thousand four hundred forty one dollars and fifty cents for land purchase. Indictments for prohibition violations upheld despite grand jury members’ contributions to a related fund.

Macon Wesleyan College Jenkins Mercer Wesleyan Board of Education Gates Marsha

Horse Found Frozen Near Jeff Davis Courthouse

In Marlehurst Georgia sleet and ice left four inches on the ground. A horse hitched to a bogey near the Jeff Davis courthouse was found frozen to death as the Jett Davis superior court adjourned overnight due to weather. Suffering to cattle and animals is reported across the county.

Marlehurst Jett Davis Superior Court

Captain Rutherford Buried at Culloden Georgia

Culloden Ga February 26 Special Captain Willams Rutherford died here yesterday morning and was buried today He had weathered health issues including paralysis in Atlanta He died rising from bed during breakfast His wife Julia survives with four sons Samuel Rutherford Worsyth T G Rutherford Roberta R W Rutherford Brewster Fla and two daughters Mrs T E Stocker St Louis Mo and Miss Fannie Blount Rutherford Forsyth He was a Crawford County native Civil War lieutenant later captain and Reconstruction era leader in Georgia politics a longtime ally of Senator Bacon.

Culloden Willams Rutherford Rutherford Atlanta Crawford County Forty-fifth Georgia Regiment of Infantry House of Presentatives Georgia State Senate Bacon Aed Julia Rutherford Samuel Rutherford Forsyth W. Rutherford Worsyth T. G. Rutherford Roberta R. W. Rutherford Brewster, Fla T. Ei. Stocker St. Louis Fannie Blount Rutherford

R T Daniel May Enter Race in Sixth District

Griff Ga February 26 Special No great interest here in the possible announcement that Judge R T Daniel of the Flint River circuit may enter the race for congress from the sixth district. Daniel has considered the race for some time and voters hope he becomes a candidate. He would join Colonel J W Wise who already announced and Judge Bartlett who is expected to announce, intensifying a three cornered contest unseen in years.

J. Wi Wise Bartlett

His Hens on the Job in Georgia Poultry Farm Report

In Cornelia Georgia H S Brogdon of a local poultry business collected 1533 eggs from sixty Rhode Island Red hens over fifty three days from January 1 to February 2. The report notes Brogdon’s effort in egg production near Gordele.

H. S. Brogdon Gordele Rhode Island

Citizens Push 1914 Budget Increase for Whitehall Forsyth

Atlanta residents press Mayor Woodward and council to add 20000 to the 1914 budget for Whitehall and Forsyth streets arguing the extra funds are essential for development. They urge prioritizing streets that yield maximum taxable value and oppose delaying key improvements.

Whitehall Forsyth Streets Woodward Finance Committee Humphrey Atlanta General Council Wapwick Grady Hospital Aingle Tae Ansessora Whitehill Poripyth West Peachtree Penehtres White Ranch Omyesta

Bold Burglar Steals T. J. Morris Pants in Bainbridge

In Bainbridge Ga a bold burglary targets Acting Treasurer T J Morris stealing his trousers along with a belt and keys while he prepared for work on a cold rainy morning. Police watch the streets as residents discuss the unusual crime and its minor monetary loss.

Bainbridge T. J. Morris Morris

Snowfall in Augusta breaks all records in 1999 storm

Augusta Ga February 21 a total fall of 10.32 inches of snow was recorded in Augusta. Snow began about 6 yesterday morning and ceased at midnight. Temperatures ranged from 2 to 21 degrees, the latter the coldest this winter. Snow was nearly 4 inches above the previous record set February 12 13 1999. The weather remained partly clear with continued cold and fair Friday. Belt line streetcars were out of service since last night and downtown workers stayed home. No serious accidents reported.

Augusta

Andrews Accepts Call to Griffin Pulpit

Griffin Georgia February 26 Special Rev fh. SB Andrews by Jacksonville Florida has accepted the call to become pastor of St George Episcopal Church Griffin He will arrive Friday and preach Sunday morning He is 83 years old a Sewanee graduate and has served as assistant rector at St Johns Mackaynville He succeeds Rev C E Wheat who resigned to take a larger work in Hingham Massachusetts The church has been without a pastor since July last year

Griffin SB Andrews Jacksonville Fla St. George Episcopal Church Andrews St. John's Episcopal Church Mackaynville Sewanee University C. EB. Wheat St. George Church Hingham Mass Whoat

Schedule Improves for Tallulah Falls Railroad in Clarkesville

Clarkesville Georgia February 26 special. The fight by local attorneys yielded an improved timetable for the Tallulah Falls railway adding one extra train each direction daily and four mail trains daily. Trains Nos 28 south and 40 north begin March 1. The Tallulah Falls line traverses a growing apple country boosted by Nine District Agricultural school farming methods.

Clarkesville Tallulah Falls Railway Tallulah Falla Road Tallulah Falls Road

Child badly burned by gasoline explosion in Georgia

Metter Ga February 26 Special The condition of the one year old daughter of Hicks Mullins remains very critical after a gasoline can exploded Sunday. The child had picked up the can thinking it was kerosene and was engulfed in flames. A small dog in the room was also set on fire.

Metter Hicks Mullins

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