Layman's Committee Opens Its First Meeting In Georgia
The layman's committee of the Georgia Baptist convention met yesterday at the Healey building to organize with J P Nichols of Griffin as chairman and W W Gaines of Atlanta as secretary. A statewide meeting in Atlanta February 23 25 was planned with leading laymen and ministers from more than 2500 Baptist churches expected to attend.
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Georgia Baptist Convention
Healey
J. P. Nichols
Griffin
W. W. Gaines
Atlanta
America
Tne
Prichols Griffin
Mos Chivers
Eatonton
Callaway
Thanta
Chau Gray
Locust Grove
Theridge
H. Westbrooh Cailtus
I. Wt Herderson
Sandersville
Gaines
John Bo Milden
Concord
Cainesville
Withrington
Dublin
Ilour
Dlazw
Wests Points
W. (. Cailton
Canton
W. J Batlew
Baxley
L. Jackson
George Andrews
B. King
Jonesburs
I. HB Barton
Athinte
J Sammons
J. Afiuoug
Athintea
Georgia
Dr. Gray
Home Nission Board
Ll R. Hernard
Mssion Board
John J. Mell
JT. & Barton
Charles W. Daniel
I CO. Callaway
Ff A Ktherrudge
Dozen Divorce Suits On Year's Last Day
A round dozen divorce suits filed on the final day of the year at Bulion county Superior Court clerk’s office set a new one day record. Cases include Mamie McKinnon suing for adultery against McKinnon, former head of National Life Insurance, and Ghirsoeth Richey Babbitt aged 13 suing Thomas J. Babbitt for desertion. Several others cite mistreatment and desertion. service by publication was used where the husband was unavailable.
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Superior Court
Bulion County
Mamie McKinnon
McKinnon
National Life Insurance Company
Ars
Ghirsoeth Richey Babiitt
Sur
Thomas J. Babbitt
Babbitt
Texas Autana
Reid
John B. Reid
Fendleton
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Issues Statement
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta issued a formal statement Thursday evening showing its condition at the close of business on December 31, 1914. The report details assets liabilities and reserves, reflecting the bank’s financial position at year end.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Police Chief Sets New Year Social With City Officials
Police Chief JL M Sumner has arranged a social get together for all city officials. Invitations have been sent to the mayor, aldermen, department heads, and several newspaper men for a New Year supper at a leading city cafe.
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Volugie
JL. M. Sumner
Atlanta Pie Maker Makes Travel Diner Fame
W B McClellan, called the official piemaker of the roads, runs a small East Hunter Street bakery in Atlanta. Thousands of pies travel on lines from Chicago to Jacksonville and back, with McClellan supplying pies for the W & A, N, JC, & St L routes between Atlanta and Chattanooga. His simple recipe relies on good ingredients and a skilled baker, earning national regard for Atlanta pies and prompting railroads to adopt his pastries.
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South
Dixie Fiyter
Atlanta
W. B. McClellan
East Hunter Street
Chicago
Jacksonville
Shriner
Chung
DieHan
Death Shocks Mrs Aycock. Husband Silent From News
Mrs James Aycock at 101 Beatla avenue battles pneumonia as doctors withhold her husband’s death not to shock her. The elderly couple fell ill on Christmas day and the husband passed away Thursday morning in the air journal room. He leaves four sons W M TY and G, two daughters Miss Simmia Aycock and Mrs Rajah Lord, and one brother W O Aycock and five sisters. No funeral plans until her condition improves.
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James Ayedek
Beatla Avenue
Aiycock
G Siseoch
Simmia Aycock
Rajah T.ord
W. O. Ayeock
Bielane Taking Food to Przemysl Winged
Petrograd reports Bielane carried canned food to the besieged Przemysl fortress as Austrian planes attempted to reach the city. An Austrian biplane was shot down by antiaircraft fire. Przemysl, a key Galicia stronghold, has endured weeks of siege and food shortages. German reports claim Przemysl has food for a year.
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Petrograd
Vian Landou
Przemysl
West Point Division meets to improve Sunday school work
The West Point Division of Troup County Sunday School Association held its annual interdenominational meeting to enhance Sunday school conditions and work. Coll. Henry Reeves presided in the absence of Division President FC Barrets, with speakers D. Sime and Leon C Palmer.
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West Point
Imperial
Troup
Machinists Announce Agreement Accepted in Savannah
The International Association of Machinists executive board announces acceptance by Keston and Maina railroad of a federation agreement. Illinois Central and Parkmen fines refused. Stockton strike ends as Merchants and Manufacturers’ association accepts union terms. Panama Pacific Exposition wage scale set. machinery installation to resume. board tours Jacksonville Atlanta Macon Birmingham to study conditions.
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Savannah
International Association of Machinists
Keston and Maina Railroad
System Federation Lt
Illinois Central
Ffarkmen
Boston
Maine
Mantha
Stockton
Cal
Nye
Locke
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Macon
Birmingham
Life-pled for wife ends as negro murderer shoots in Georgia
Special to the Times reports Will Baker, a Negro from near Valdosta, shot and killed his wife Sarah in Phillipsburg near Tifton after a family quarrel. He followed to Tifton, seized the children, and returned home before noon, then fired a repeating shotgun at Sarah as she pleaded for life. Officers are pursuing him.
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Tifton
Will Baker
Sarah
Paillinsburg
Yifton
Baker
Valdosta
Phillipsburg
Jim
They Exchanged Shots in a Hazlehurst Family Feud
In Hazlehurst Georgia on December 1 a shooting affray occurred between J. J. McCormick and W. C. Cittle, son-in-law of McCormick. Both sides fired at close range but all bullets missed. Ongoing family tensions led to the incident and Judge Williams issued peace warrants for Cittle in McCormick's favor.
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Hazlehurst
I J. McCormick
W. C. Cittle
McCormick
Ochs Resigns as Editor of The Public Ledger
George W. Ochs resigns today as editor of The Public Ledger in Philadelphia. He retains a substantial holding in the paper’s securities and is said to join The New York Times Company, led by his brother Adolph S. Ochs. Cyrus M. Curtis cites an amicable but irreconcilable difference of views as the reason.
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Philadelphia
George W. Ochs
The
Public Ledger
New York Times Company
Adolph S. Ochs
Cyrus IT. S. Curtis
Public Ledger Company
Mr. Ochs
Ochs
Prison visitors in Tifton report pleas and sentences
Deputy Warden C I Cox from the state prison farm visited Elenry J Fields and Elzie Snipes in Tifton. Fields pled guilty at the December term of Tift Superior Court to a musclement bar for robbing Brooks pharmacy and was sent to the state reformatory for an indefinite period. Snipes pled guilty to carrying concealed weapons and public drunkenness, received twelve months on the farm for the first offense, with the sentence suspended for the latter. Snipes said he came from Wrightsville.
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Tifton
iSperial
C. I. Cox
State Prison Farm
Elenry J. Fields
Elzie Snipes
Pields
Tift
Brooks
State Reformatory
Snipes
Tence
Sazys
Wrightsville
Newly elected Clayton county officers to assume duties January 1 1915
The newly elected Clayton county officers have all made the necessary bonds and qualified for the offices to which they were elected and will assume the duties of the same on January 1, 1915.
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Janesboro
Clayton County
2700 Horses Shipped From Newport News
Newport News Virginia December 51 Twenty seven hundred horses left this port today for British and French ports destined for use by allied soldiers in Europe war zones.
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Newport News
Europe
Recorder Frees Youthful Burglar From Stockade
Clifton Wired, 17, of Hartwell Street, arraigned for burglarizing the Atlanta Journal circulation department offices. Recorder George E. Johnson sentences him to ten days of work at the police barracks instead of stockade, citing the youth and his Hardened-criminal risk. The youth, who did not deny guilt, is offered a chance to reform as Johnson expresses hope for his future.
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Clifton Wired
Hartwell Street
George E. Johnson
Atlanta Journal
Elred
Recorder Johnson
Elrod
Judge Johnson
Mrs Sallie C Pattillo Dies at 72 in Atlanta
Mrs Sallie Chase Pattillo prominent club woman and church worker died Thursday morning at 171 East Fair Street. Widow of W P Pattillo, she belonged to several clubs including Atlanta Woman's Club and Daughters of the Confederacy. Survived by two daughters Mrs John S Cowles and Mrs Janes J Van Valkenberg and a son Howard Pattillo. Funeral at Trinity Methodist Church this afternoon at 3 with Rev CO Janes officiating. interment Oaklawn.
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Sallie Chase Pattillo
Atlanta
East Fair Street
W. P., Pattillo
Pattllo
Atlanta Woman's Club
Atlanta Federation of Women's Clubs
Georgia State Federation of Women's Clubs
United Daughters of the Confederacy
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
John S Cowles
Janes
van Valkenberg
Howard Pattillo
Trinity
Fire destroys residence of former Hazlehurst police chief
Hazlehurst Georgia residents report a house fire that destroyed ex Chief of Police O L Mobley’s home. The blaze started in the loft above the kitchen likely from a faulty flue. Loss nears 2500 dollars, partially insured, with the sleeping family escaping with only two outfits and few belongings.
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Hazlehurst
O .L. Mobley
Thieves Target New Year Dinner Delights in Atlanta
Police docket reports a chicken thief strikes Atlanta barns as New Year dinner plans loom. Forty hens roosters and turkeys were stolen from three residences, with I H Smith at 29 Argard Ave yielding 23 birds and six new shirts stolen from his home. Additional thefts include ten Brown Leghorn chickens from 8 Dudley and 389 Ponce de Leon Ave, with Mrs Ladd of 91 Summit Ave contributing six fat birds.
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Police
Atlanta
I. H. Smith
Argard Avenue
Dudley
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Ladd
Summit Avenue
Negro Literary Society to mark 52nd race freedom anniversary
The Negro Literary and Historical society will celebrate the fifty second anniversary of the race's freedom this afternoon at two o clock. Rev L H King will deliver the annual oration at the First Congregational church.
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The
Negro Literary and Historical’ Society
First Congregational
L. H. King
Central of Georgia Railway Announces Schedule Changes
Effective January 3 Train 11 leaves Macon at 7.35 p.m. for Barnesville Jonesboro and Atlanta, changing arrival times. Train 12 departs Macon at 5.20 p.m. with revised stops to Forsyth Barnesville Griffin Jonesboro and Atlanta. Sunday Train 109 to Atlanta moves to 10.16 a.m. The new Dixie Limited trains 98 and 99 begin service with southbound No. 98 leaving Atlanta at 8:45 a.m. January 5 and arriving Macon at 11:45 p.m. No. 99 leaves Macon January 6 at 5:13 p.m. Griffin to Atlanta times adjusted. other Atlanta–Macon schedules unchanged.
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Macon
A. Venture Barnesville
Jonesboro
Atlanta
Forsyth
Barnesville
Griffin
Jone Abovo
Bubuktan
Dixie Limited
Duckson
Satisfactory Settlement in Waycross Tax Dispute
In Waycross Georgia a settlement allows churches owing back taxes to receive tax money paid to the city. Mayor Beaton's veto of a tax exemption resolution was sustained by the city council, and Carnell ordered the treasurer to refund back taxes on parsonages to create a charity fund for church use. Current year taxes are not included in refunds.
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Waycross
Beaton
Waycrosa
Carnell
Cordele Hotel Owner Bound Over in Disorderly House Case
Cordele Ga December 31 Following a preliminary hearing Justice J P Hughes bound over D Macris owner of a local hotel to Crisp superior court on a $500 bond for conducting a disorderly house. The charge followed the arrest of two white women on misdemeanor warrants sworn by Rev Walter Anthony pastor of the First Methodist church active in a crusade against Cordele becoming an open town.
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Macris
Cordele
J. P. Hughes Wedne& Co
D. Macris
Crisp Superior Court
Walter Anthony
First Methodist Church of
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