Prospects brighter for Southern Car Accountants group
The Southern Association of Car Accountants and Transportation officers met at the Piedmont hotel to discuss closer ties among rail executives. F J Parham presided. Tomlinson and H O'Donnell held key posts. About 34 roads were represented. The group plans semiannual meetings, with the next at Medmont hotel in Atlanta on a specified date. Members reported improved railroad conditions and brighter prospects after fourteen months. Also noted: Frank Brandegee nominated for a second term as U S senator by the Connecticut legislature.
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Southern Association of Car Accountants and Transportation
Piedmont Hotel
F J Parham
Columbia
Newberms and Laurens Railroad Company
C Tomlinson
Queen and Crescent
Cincinnati
H. O'Donnell
New Orleans
Medmont Hotel
Atlanta
Car Accountanta
Car Accountante
Girl Saw Lover Kill Her Father in Louisiana
Monroe January 12 Special Charged with murdering the father of his sweetheart in Adrian Georgia, Jordan Swain, 24, at Savannah. Swain claims the man surprised them in the woods and he fired after being challenged. Governor Bonders orders caution due to possible vengeance as Georgia suspects cross into Louisiana. Swain admits the killing but says he did not know he hit his future father in law. The incident follows engagement and planned marriage. Agent land raiders in Rome report two men arrested for obtaining land by false pretenses in Oklahoma, luring buyers to view land and promising payment.
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Monroe
Adrian
Jordan Swain
Georgia
Jack Parker
Banders
Louisiana
Goose H
Swain
Outekirtz
Bwela
Tie
Swalhenya
Rome
Specia
St. Rogers
C. O. Grimes
Harris
Chattooga County
Oklahoma
Homer Krohn
Lisbon
Taft Banquet Guests Include Possums and Gophers at Piedmont
The Taft dinner preparations in Atlanta feature Coweta possums, twenty doves, a gopher, and live alligators in the Piedmont hotel room. Caterer Charles A. Merritt oversees the unusual menagerie with 230 pounds of green turtle soup to be served Friday night.
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Piedmont
Taft
Woods
Worth
C. E. Cavers
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Charles A. Merritt
Piedmont Hotel
Merritt
o'Posuma
Harry Fisher
Newnan
Georgia
Dresaion
Coweta
Diamond Queen Held by Police in Baltimore Case
Baltimore January 2 police report Mamie Decris known as the Diamond Queen is in custody. She is linked to a Savannah jewelry swindle and a prior Georgia prison whipping. Her mother, Mrs Annie Deeris, says she disclaims the daughter and warns neighbors to stop pointing fingers.
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Baltimore
Mamie Decris
South
Georgia
Theua Brothers
DesBoultions
Savannah
Belvidere
Mamie DeGracia
Charles Gibbs Carter
Pittsburg
Mamie Decks
Milledgeville
Mamle
Mamle Decrisa
Atlanta
Annie E Deeris
Deeria
Mamié
Alle
Mamie
Emory to Hear President Elect on Special Train Stop
Emory College in Oxford Ga will host a special Atlanta chamber of commerce train carrying President elect William H Taft stopping in Covington on Friday January 12 to allow Taft to address Emory faculty and students. Judge Taft will also speak in Covington, then proceed toward Atlanta.
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Covington
Emory College
Oxford
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Wiliam H Taft
Augusta
Judge Taft
Asa G. Candler
Champer of Commerce
Taft to Address Students at University of Georgia
Evening at a banquet and a morning speech to the University of Georgia student body are planned before President elect Taft returns to Atlanta for a reception. The delegation was received cordially and impressed by Taft's personality, with a late-night departure expected for Atlanta.
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Benquet
Athena
University of Georgia
Atlanta
Taft
Ranner
Hitch
Mr. Hammond
Mr. Weotrutt
Rome Moves to Revoke Near Beer Licenses in City
Rome officials vote unanimously to revoke all near beer licenses and declare selling near beer within the city an offense. Mayor Lipscomb vows no more beer joints as long as he remains in office. Violators face a $100 fine or up to three months in jail. In Nashville a separate report notes Merel and Clinard linked to a street shooting death, with one suspect claiming self defense.
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Rome
Gemers Council
Lipscomb
Fai
Tueketuff
Geme
Barrett in Washington for Farmers' Life Uplift Commission
President Charles S Barrett of the Farmers' Union attends a Washington meeting of the Farmers' Life Uplift Commission. The panel debates the final report with possible authors Dean Turber Hyde Bailes or Walter H Page. The commission reconvenes tomorrow to finish its draft. Burton chosen for U S senator by both houses in Columbus Ohio. election to follow tomorrow.
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Washington
Charles S Barrett
Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ Life Uplift Commission
Roonervelt
Dean Turber Hyde Bailes
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell
Walter H Page
New York
Dr Baey
Mr Page
Burton
Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
United States
Cleveland
Mamet
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ORUC
Parham
Brandegee
Hartford
Conn
Republican Legislature Today
Frank Brandegee
Man
Will F Nelson
Worth County
Levi Colbert
Toom
Committee On Arrangements
Capital City Club
Atlants
David Woodward
W. 8. Hikin
John W. Grant
Theorb
Georgia Railroad
Raincoata
Sale
M. Rich & Bros. Co
Rae
EMORY
Peach
Nashville Tenn
Amer Beieving
Merel
Clinard
Bhg Peach
Barrett
The
W. M. Parish
Palmerston
Onateria
Wen
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