Murphy Chosen as President of Epsilon Province
J Clay Murphey of Macon was elected president of Epsilon province Sigma Alpha Epsilon for Georgia and Alabama at Columbus Georgia banquet. Officers named include J B Chappelle and Garrard. banquet featured toast by Henry Goethins. Atlanta selected as next convention site for 1905 or 1906 to mark the fifty year anniversary of Gamma and Iota provinces.
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Columbus
J. Clay Murphey
Macon
Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Georgia
Alabama
Murphy
Thaddeus EB. Murphey
Murphey Ia
Mercer University
J. B. Chappelle
University of the South
Greensboro
Ala
Uy Garrard
Georgia Technological Schoal
H. BR. Goethlus
University of Georgia
J. K. Wray
Emory College
W. W. Brandon
Tuscaloosa
State of Alabama
Universality of Alabama
Pleasant A. Stovall
Savannah
Goetchins
Henry R. Goetchins
Alabama Mu
George Herbert Jones
Georga Beta
E. R. Dorsey
Georgia Psi
P.walker
J_ D. Cnappelle
Georgia Phi
G. R. Glenn, Jr
Alabama Alpha Mu
Eugene Battle
Georgia Epsilon
Atlanta
Epsilon Province
Gamma and
Iota
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Sigma -Ipha Epsilon Fraternity
South
Discharged Police Officer in Augusta for Extortion Attempt
Augusta Ga January 1 dispatch reports Substitute W W King dismissed from the police force by commissioners for attempting to extort money from a woman he had arrested on a trumped up charge. King had been on the substitute list only a few months in this city.
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Augusta
W. W. King
Hing
Aching tooth saved his life in Chicago fire scare
Columbus Georgia January 1 Special reports say A F Mayfield district superintendent of Swift Co for this area narrowly avoided a fatal theater blaze. Tickets to a performance at the Iroquois theater were swapped for a dentist visit after a misreport said the Auditorium burned. Mayfield and his companions were relieved to learn the danger was at the Iroquois.
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Columbus
Mayfield
Swift & Co
Chicago
Iroquois
USE THEM TO RESCIND ORDERS Muscogee School Commissioner Writes to Book Companies
Muscogee county board of education seeks to rescind a five year text book contract under the state uniformity law. School Commissioner Johnson says letters are being sent to book companies asking voluntary rescission without sixty days notice. Exchanges of current books would yield 50 percent credit toward new stock.
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Muscogee
Columbus
Muscogee County
Boy Killed While Hunting In South Carolina
A 14 year old boy, son of G. W. Selk of Hamberg, was accidentally shot in the thigh while hunting with two companions on the plantation of Mrs. W. M. Brabham near Bamberg. He died shortly after reaching the house. The incident was ruled accidental with no blame placed on the other youths. Covington Bank Elects Officers and Declares Dividend. Covington, Ga. officers reelected W. C. Clark president and J. G. Lester cashier. four percent semiannual dividend declared. bank founded 1874.
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Columbia
G. W. Selk
Hamberg
W. M. Brabham
Bamberg
T. J Crider
Ind
Covington Bank
Covington
Clark Banking Company
W._C. Clark
J. G. Lester
F. Henderson
J. W Anderson
C. H. White
Usher
N. C. Adams
WG. Clark
Warren Candler Copeland
Columbus
Warren Caniler Copeland
Theodore Copeland
St Ig
Copeland
St. Luke
la Columbria
To the Memory of Old Hickory and Democratic Unity
Omaha reports the Jacksonian Club of Nebraska celebrating its ninety ninth Andrew Jackson anniversary. Delegates include Senator Francis Newlands and Congressmen DeArmond Hitchcock. DeArmond urges the Democratic Party to unite, define reform, and win the 1944 election with prudent, inclusive leadership.
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Omaha
Nebr
Nebraska
Andrew Jackson
New Cheang
Jacksonian Club of
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
David DeArmond
Missouri
Hitchcock
Frank L. Weaver
DeArmond
Democratic Party
Mione
Bartlett Talks on Canal Route and Roosevelt Criticism
Georgia Senator Bacon leaves Macon for Washington as Bartlett backs the Nicaragua path over Panama. He claims Roosevelt acted with undue haste, disregarded treaty obligations with Colombia, and argues the Nicaragua route is better for southern states.
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Georgia
Roosevelt
Senator Bacon
Macon
Bruffey
Constitution Bureau
Second Street
Washington
Congress
Bacon
Bartlett
Wren
Macon News
Setlon
Colombia
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama Isthmus
Panama Canal
Thorugh
Hovee
Myarnett
United States
Calombia
Parana Ithmus
Ima
Senate
Tillman Spoke at Grand on The Race Question Amid Large Crowd
South Carolinian Senator Benjamin R Tillman delivered a forceful lecture at the Atlanta Lecture Association event in the Grand last night. He attacked the fifteenth amendment, argued for a constitutional remedy, and asserted vigorous measures against what he called a black menace. A very large audience cheered his conclusions and remarks.
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South
Georgia
Congress
New Year Death Ends Pabst Brewing Chief at 67
Milwaukee observes New Year as Captain Frederick Pabst, 67, president of Pabst Brewing Company, dies at home after a long decline. He spoke with family minutes before passing. at his bedside were his wife, daughters, and Colonel GG Pabst who chartered a special train from St. Louis with his wife. The family recently paid ten thousand dollars for a Baltimore do-si-do. his health had worsened only in the last weeks.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frederick Pabst
Pabst Brewing Company
Pabst
Germany
GG. Pabst
St. Louis
Captain Past
Baltimore
Noted Phenix City Leader Daniel Ford Dies
Daniel Ford, a well known Phenix City resident and former justice of the peace, died this morning in Columbus. Despite infirmities he moved about in a rolling chair and once ran for mayor, with a proposed platform to grant access to the second floor council chamber.
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Phenix City
Ala
Columbis
Daniel Ford
Council
Fire Scorches Murray Hill Hotel in New York
Fire alarms respond to a blaze on the sixth floor of the Murray Hill Hotel at Forty Gratiot Street and Park Avenue. The flames spread to the seventh floor and part of a wing, causing about 10000 dollars in damage. No injuries. cause suspected from crossed electric wires. fire under control in about 45 minutes.
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New York
Brunardé
Minn
Arlington Hotel
Theodore Hollister
du Jute
Bosnil
Rutledge Files His Bond as State Bank Examiner
T J Rutledge posted a bond of 15009 as Alabama state bank examiner and took oath with the secretary of state. The office, created by the last legislature, carries 2500 annual appropriation and aims to inspect state banks to benefit depositors and institutions. Judge WF Wilkinson of Prattville was named assistant examiner to succeed Rutledge.
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Alabama Bank Banminer
Montgomery
Ala
Spreal
T J Rutledge
State Treasuer
Rutledge
Alabama
Rutletge
Ele Mada
WF Wilkinson
Prattville
Secretary of State
Judge Wilkinson
Fort Gaines Guano Factory Under Construction
In Fort Gaines Georgia today Paullin and Vinson began erecting a large guano factory to supply the region with fertilizers. It will use improved mixing machinery and operate starting in June under manager H T Killingsworth. A separate report notes Governor Reyes’s nine year old son, Jan 1, was accidentally shot in the back by a companion while hunting. the 22 caliber rifle wound is not expected to prove serious absent complications.
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Fort Gaines
Messrs
Paullin & Vinson
Jine
H. T. Killingsworth
Daunterey
Stem
Aiovandre Reyes
Governor Reyes
J Oliver
General Barry May Transfer to Washington Chief of Staff Era
Washington dispatch says General Barry may leave the department of the gulf for Washington to serve as assistant chief of the general staff after General Chaffee becomes chief. No change expected until the gulf department is well established. Barry’s leadership praised.
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Barry
Department of the Gulf
Washington, D. C
Harry
Department of the
Washington
Acre
Pasip
War Department
Staf
Chaffee
Navy official denies sinking rumor of Colombian ship
Washington January 1 Assistant Secretary Darling of the navy department said tonight he had received no word of any need or instruction. He dismissed the rumor that an American warship sank a Colombian vessel as baseless and without foundation.
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Darling Dontts
Washington
Darling
Navy Department
Augusta toy pistol death second victim in lockjaw case
In Augusta Georgia a second victim died from lockjaw linked to a toy pistol incident on Christmas. Frederick Hookey aged 13 died at his home after initial minor injury from the toy pistol rekindling throat complications. The death follows an earlier fatal incident from the same toy on another child.
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Auguste
Augusta
Fischer
Frederick Hookey
Wis
Gerlaimas
George A. Hooker
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