Warden vows swift grand jury reform at Fulton camps
Charles B. Girardeau newly named warden of Fulton county convict camps said he would implement reforms urged by the retiring grand jury as soon as he completes investigations and discussions with state prison commissioners. He noted ongoing but reduced whippings and planned a tour of camps with newspaper men and county officials to inspect conditions.
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Charles B. Girardeau
Fulton County
Girardean
Manocal Grants Havana Dry Dock Concession
President Menocal signed a decree granting the concession for a Havana dry dock to Gabriel Menocal, head of the Cuba Dry Dock and Dock Yards company. Proposals from American firms were received and tenders will be acted on soon.
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Cuba
Manocal
Gabriel Menocal
Cuba Dry Dock and Dock Yards Company
Bible conference speakers scheduled in Atlanta program
Dr G Campbell Morgan and other noted pulpit orators arrive in Atlanta to speak at morning and evening services. They will stay at the Ansley hotel, serving as conference headquarters. Key engagements include Sol C Dickey at North Avenue Presbyterian and D Gordon at St Pauls Methodist with additional addresses by Percival Morgan, Nei Ping Choo, and others at various churches. The opening mass meeting at Tabernacle Auditorium is set for 3 p.m. tomorrow with Dickey presiding and Dr Campbell Morgan delivering the principal address.
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Lande
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Winona
Atlanta
City
Ansley Hotel
First Methodist Church
Sol C. Dickey
North Avenue Presbyterian Church
William Lauper
London
Percival Morgan
Lon ‘Don
Campbell Morgan
St. Paul's Methodist Church
D. Gordon
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Frank N. Palmer
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Nig Ping Choo
Jman
Second Baptist Church
London Central Presbyterian Church
Trinity Methodist
Nei Ping Choo
Grice Methodist
First Baptist
Tabernacle Auditorium
O'Colck
Lol C Dickey
Dickey
Petition in Bankruptcy Filed for Lady Hamilton Farris
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed with Deputy Clerk Stanton Henley in the federal court yesterday by Lady Hamilton Farris, a resident of Atlanta. The papers indicate liabilities of 261 dollars with no assets.
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Stanton Henley
Federal Court
Hamilton Farris
Atlanta
Mercer Fund Near Mercer University Land Goal
Macon Ga February 27 Special With 4500 valued today in the campaign for 525000 fund to buy twenty five acres for Mercer university there remains less than 4000 to raise and tomorrow will see this sum in hand Largest subscription 1750 by Mrs L B Demsey and the crowd applauded Winship to run again Nat R Winship will return to Macon from Canada this spring after a narrow loss in Bibb county in 1913 recount.
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Mercer University
Mra. L. Bf
Dempsey
Thetgam
Mercer
Winship
Nat R. Winship
Bibb County
Canada
North Winship
Winghin
Wallace Miller
Grass-Cutters Busy in Bainbridge as Mild Winter Persists
Bainbridge Ga February 27 Special. While much of Georgia shivered the snow never reached Decatur county. Yesterday was grass cutting day in Cannon park with the parks chief directing ex officio. The mild winter left vegetation lush and mowers at work attracting northern visitors who expected snow in the region.
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Georgia
Bainbridge
Cannon Park
Invat
Daniel May Runs for Congress in Sixth District
Griffin Georgia February reports a growing political scene as six announcements appear for county offices including tax collector sheriff and county treasurer. Rumor swirls that Judge R T Daniel may join the Sixth District race with backers urging a bid alongside Colonel J W Wise and Judge Bartlett expected to announce soon.
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T. R. Nutt
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J. D. Foulson
GC. Patrick
J. J. Drewer
Nutt. Huts
J. W. Wise
Payettevle
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Bartlett
Edgar Watkins Here for College Meeting and Railroad Hearings
Edgar Watkins, counsel for the United States Interstate Commerce Commission, arrived to attend the Oglethorne university directors meeting. He will tour the West for a month to hear railroad rate cases before the ICC, stopping in Kansas Texas Oklahoma Missouri Illinois and Ohio. Watkins plans lectures on the trip and previews a textile law book on interstate commerce due this fall.
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United State
Late Commerce Commission
Oglethorne “University
Whicein
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Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio
Kansa
Oalahama
Watkins
Ten Watkins & Latimer
Onusinaes
City Loses Big Part of Trade at the Fort
Atlanta merchants express discontent over an army order halting the purchase of most commissary supplies at Fort McPherson. The move shifts buying to New York and eastern markets as an economical decision, prompting planned inquiry by the chamber of commerce into why Atlanta markets are deserting and how to remedy the situation.
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Fort MePherson
Th c Chamber of Commerce
Fort McPherson
New York
East
Com. i Department of the
Frst
New
Chattooga Criminal Docket Sets March Trial Heavy
Lyerly Ga February 27 The Chattooga superior court March term opens March 9 with a light civil docket and seven divorce hearings. The criminal docket is unusually heavy with two jailed looting defendants and a murder trial, including John Smith facing a life bid for killing Odum.
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She
Chattooga Superior Court
Lyerly
John Smith
Odum
Experimental work to be done in Decatur
Bainbridge Ga February 27 Special Congressmen Frank Parkhaa notified the board of trade that one of the stations for study and care of hog cholera will be located in Decatur county EL Worsham state entomologist notified the board also that much of the experimental work of the southwest Georgia stations will be done in this county Decaturia further advanced thay many realize in diversification and the experts find here a Pleasant surprise
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Bainbridge
Frank Parkhaa
Board of Trade
Decatur
EL. Worsham
Southwest Georgia
Decaturia
Black brakeman killed in Griffin freight yard accident
February 27 report from Griffin Georgia says Cliff Witton a Black brakeman employed by the Southern railway was crushed between two freight cars in a yard accident. His body was mangled beyond recognition and died instantly. The incident occurred early this morning as the train moved. Antikamma tablets advertised in the clipping accompany the report.
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Griffin
Cliff Witton
Southern Railway
Netto
Dublin Ga Couple Wed by Judge on Main Street
In Dublin Georgia February 27 a young couple Misa Minnie Howell and Charles Jones were married on a Dublin street by Judge K Hawkins in a buggy on one of the city’s principal streets Sunday morning. The couple hurried to wed as soon as possible and met the first officer authorized to perform marriages. Both are well known in the county with many friends.
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Dublin
Misa Minnie Howell
Charles Jones
K. Hawkins
Superior Court of the
Law Students Dinner Meet At Atlanta Law School
Law students from the Atlanta Law School gather for their annual midyear dinner at Durand's cafe Saturday at 8. Officers for the senior and junior classes are elected: S. & Johnstone of Connecticut is senior president, J. Walter LeCraw of Atlanta is junior president, with William F. Slaton Jr. and R. H. Gordon as senior officers, I. Leonard Crawford and Edward Venny as junior officers.
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Durand
S. &. Johnstone
Connecticut
J. Walter LeCraw
Atlanta
William F. Slaton
R. H. Gordon
I. Leonard Crawford
Edwar Venny
Oglethorpe Committee to Decide on University Titles
Oglethorpe University finance committee met at Watkins and Tallmer offices in the Fourth National Bank building to review duties related to university grounds. Details will be worked out, with work expected to start on the campus grounds early in March. Present were Tvain Allen chair, James R Gray, A W Eneglish, I J McIntyre, J E K Ottley, Dr Thornweil Jacobs, Dr William Owens, and Colonels Watkins and Tallmer.
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Watkins & Tallmer
Fourth National Bank
Tvai m
Allen
James R., Gray
A. W. Eneglish
I. J. McIntyre
J. EK. Ottley
Thornweil Jacobs
Ten Broeck Tire Co to Locate Georgia Agency in Atlanta
The Ten Broeck Tire Company of Louisville Kentucky plans to establish a Georgia branch agency in Atlanta. The move was encouraged by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce industrial and statistical bureau. A T L Kent, tire company agent, visited Atlanta Friday seeking a location.
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Ten Brock Tire Company
Louisville
Plum Crop Destroyed by Freeze in North Georgia
Lyerly Georgia reports that this season's plum crop in Northwest Georgia was nearly wiped out by recent freezing weather. Blooming trees and open peach blossoms complicate growers' hopes as the damaged plums threaten local harvests and market prospects.
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North
Georgia
Lyerly
Northwest
Rish Potato Crop Endangered by Cold
Penbroke Ga February 27 Truck farmers are grady ell as a result of Wednesdays snow for the Trish potato crop here which is being run here on a large scale and they say prospects are that the crop through here and all truck planted will be ruined. Roads to town are almost impassable and streams are up.
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Penbroke
Bankruptcy Proceedings Against Blue Seal Cream Co
Involuntary bankruptcy actions filed yesterday with Deputy Clerk Fred Beers against the Blue Seal Cream Company of Atlanta. Petitioning creditors Stollweck Brothers of New York seek 247.50, Corriza Extract Co of New York 34.31, Wood & Setwick of New York 1081.78. A receiver petition will be considered by Percy Adams, referee in bankruptcy, due to Judge Newman’s absence from Atlanta.
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Fred Beers
United States
Blue Seal Tre Cream Company
Atlanta
Stollweck Brothers, Incorporated
New York
Corriza Extract Company
Wood & Setwick
New — York
Fercy Adams
New-Man
Gendarmes Cornered in Kazerun Barracks Battle
In Teheran Persia February a detachment of 150 gendarmes is cornered in its barracks at Kazerun by tribesmen. The fight began yesterday with Major Ohisson a Swede reported killed. The attackers are Wasudinao riflemen. Kazerun sits in Fars province about 55 miles west of Shiraz.
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Persia
Kazerun
Ohisson
Wasudinao
Fars
Shiraz
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