Governor Slaton to pay teachers today in 1914 funding
Governor Slaton will draw a 2 million dollar treasury warrant to pay the balance due teachers for 1913. The move follows guidance from State Superintendent Brittain and prior state precedent, with pensions for 1913 paid separately. Disbursement to counties will follow county superintendent statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaton
Brown
Brittain
M.r. Brittain
John M. Slaton
State Capitol
Atlanta
Tila
Acord
Hall
M.D. Brittain
State Superintendent of Schools
M.L. Brittain
Donaldson Brothers Agree to Act Together in County Roles
The county board reorganized the public works department, promoting 51 Donaldson and making Captain Tom Donaldson superintendent of paying. Sources say the brothers will act in unison, with one taking a position if the other accepts, and no friction exists between them. The brothers have not publicly stated their positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Public Works Department
Donaldson
T. J. Donaldson
Tom
Tom Donaldson
Si Donaldson
St Donaldson
Hall Not to Hang Life Sentence for I B Hall
Governor Slaton commutes the murder sentence of I B Hall from hanging to life imprisonment citing mental condition and family history. The clemency note says jurors later questioned the verdict, praises physicians, and notes lack of trial insanity plea. the case centers on a murder between two families in Tift County with broad local support for clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaton
Hall
Tifton
Tl. B. Hall
Denis Hall
Fambr
Nother
Niste Sanitarium
Bren
Tift
Bart
J. B. Piail
Thie Cave
John M. Slaton
Governok
Mothers Separated From Babes In Train Mix Up
Dalton Ga January 15 Special excitement gripped the local depot as a train split separated many families. Mothers left infants asleep in a chair car while diners were moved, causing confusion until the second section arrived and the groups were reunited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Georgia
Chattanooga
Chattanocoum
Raymond Farmer Killed by a Gasoline Engine
Lawrenceville Ga January 18 Raymond Farmer 13 son of W Thomas Farmer was killed by a gasoline engine while sawing wood at their Bermuda area home in Garner district Tuesday afternoon The engine started running fast and the drive pulley flew off striking him on the head crushing the skull His scalp was found in the belt He died several hours later at Stone Mountain area doctor McCurdy attended Funeral services at Bethany led by Rev F P McConnell
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Lawrenceville
Raymond Farmer
W.thomas Farmer
Garner
Irn
Raymond
McCurdy
Stone Mountain
Bethanty
FP. McConnell
Professor W. J. McKemie Dies in Thomaston at 86
West Point Ga January 11 News reaches Bank of West Point cashier C McKemie of his father Professor W J McKemie who died at his Thomaston home last night He was 86 former West Point public schools superintendent and longtime educator He directed a Lafayette Ala college for young ladies during the war Funeral is set for La Grange tomorrow at 19 o clock He survived by his wife two daughters Mrs Insser Florence McKemie W S McKemie J C McKeime and Gus Bickemie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
C. Mckemie
Bank of West Point
W. J. McKemie
Thomaston
College For Young Ladies
Lafayette
Ala
la Grange
Insser
New York
Florence McKemle
W. S McKemle
Atlanta
J. C. McKeime
Gus, Bickemie
Montgomery
Ata
Traffic Resumes Over Central Road After Bridge Fire
Macon Ga January 15 Special Traffic over the Central of Georgia between Macon and Savannah was resumed at midnight after a 360 foot trestle over the Oconee River 35 miles east of Macon burned Wednesday afternoon at 3 o clock. Three bridge gangs rebuilt the structure as trains were annulled or detoured via the Southern Railway and Seaboard Air Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Central of Georgia
Savannah
Oconee River
Southern Railway
Seaboard Air Line
Interstate Company Admits No Liability in Athens Case
In Athens Georgia on January 15 a Special from the receiver's court states the Interstate Company and its bonding partner Interstate Casualty deny liability. A dispatch incorrectly claimed the company was liable for theft of part of a $20,000 claim against the receiver.
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Athens
Ath
BR. 3
McCrary
Interstate Casualty Company
Former Atlanta Newsboy Becomes Hyelston Memorial Pastor
Announcement by Bishop F. D. Leete names Hev. A. B. Bourquard as the new pastor of Hyelston Memorial Church. Bourquard, born in 1877 in Virginia, once sold Constitutions on Atlanta streets twenty five years ago and has since led churches in Ohio New Jersey and Wisconsin. He will assume duties within two weeks while Dr. George H Trevor fills the pulpit temporarily.
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F. D. Leete
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hev
A. B. Bourquard
Hyelston Memorial Cehurch
Bourquard
Atlanta
Virginia
South
Marietta College
Marietta
Ohio
Ohio University
Drew Theological Seminary
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Quayle
Leeta
Twete
George H Trevor
Vaarab Temple Ball Impresses Atlanta Nobility
A grand Vaarab Temple ball at Shriners hall drew about 900 guests in Atlanta. Nobles, debutantes, and Georgia notables dressed in formal wear, with fezs and red ties. The evening featured dancing, supper, toasts, and ornate decorations, signaling an annual civic event in the city.
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Shriners Hall
Atlanta
Yaarab
Mobile
Nany
Georgia
Forrest Adair
J. O. Seamans
Homer Ashford
J. van der Veer
George ‘E. Argard
H. Guger
BE. D. Tompkins
J. Jy. Tarlce
C. EH. Quaker
A.T. Akers
John’ A. Hines
Walter DP. Andrews
Patrol Association
Goorke E. Argard
W. ©. Stamps
F. E. van der Veer
L. H. Geiger
G. W. Woods
George Freeman
Ee “Lormerg
Georg Argard
L. Teastey
C. Goohridge
E. D. Tompkins
W. C. Waitt
C. W. Farguso
OW. Bakes
W. A. Upchurch
A. T. Akers
L. S. Crane
M.N. Mixon
C. W. Ferguson
J. @. Wright
HH. Milner
W. C. Zellers
Lurence Everhardt
Piedmont Coal Co Best Lump Coal Price
Piedmont Coal Co advertises best lump coal at four dollars seventy five cents per ton. Listings show location at 1023 with contact for purchase and delivery options.
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Best Lump Coal
Piedmont Coal Co
Spurious Twenty Dollar Notes Target Atlanta Victims
Mrs E Kessell a middle aged landlady was detained as detectives pursue a counterfeit gang flooding Atlanta with spurious twenties. She described a man believed to be the chief crook named William H Ayden of Chicago. The counterfeits are high quality copies seized at 29 South Pryor street after a $5 deposit and $15 change. Police suspect an organized northern gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Kessell
Atlanta
Kessell
South Pryor Street
Urey
Labor Officials On McConnell's Program at Tabernacle
Dr Lincoln McConnell of the Tabernacle announced that Sunday service will feature labor union members presenting the basic truths of their cause. Jerome Jones editor and Jesse Armistead head of the typographical union will join the platform with McConnell. A special musical program is planned and many local unionists are expected to attend. Tonight McConnell continues a five lecture series at Inman Park Baptist Church where proceeds go to building a new church home.
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Lincoln McConnell
The
Baptist Tabernacle
McConnell
Jerome Jones
Jesse Armistead
Tabernacle
Occanian
Inman Park Baptist Church
Ladies’ Ald Society
Inman Park
President Wilson denies trade war report with Britain and Germany
Washington January 15. President Wilson told inquirers he did not believe a trade war claim that Britain and Germany were united in South America against the United States. He dismissed the articles as untrustworthy and said the government had no information to support the possibility.
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Washington
Wilson
Inquirers Today
Great Britain
Germany
South America
United States
Inquiry into Judge Speer case to be courtesy questioning
Washington January 15. An inquiry into charges of official irregularities against Federal Judge Speer will not be a trial. Judge Speer and his counsel may question witnesses as a courtesy. About 100 witnesses are to be heard over about three weeks beginning in Macon.
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Washington
Speer
Georgia
Webb
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Tha
Tha Judiciary Committee
North Carolina
Macon
Jude Speer
Chinaman Found Guilty Under Mann Act in Slavery Case
Harry, a wealthy Chinese merchant, was convicted in Seattle federal court on six counts of violating the Mann Act for allegedly forcing Goldie Goodell, daughter of a Portland clergyman, into slavery. The defense offered no evidence, seeking acquittal on the act’s applicability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Harry
Goldie Gogdell
Portland
Ore
Miss Goodell
Toy
Mrs J P Harp Dies in Eighty Sixth Year
Mrs Rebecca D Harp died Thursday at her home 191 Foundry Street in her eighty six year. Old age is listed as the cause. She was a Primitive Baptist church member for fifty years and widow for thirty three. Survived by six of eight children, will be interred in Thomaston Ga this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca D. Harp
Foundry Street
Primitive Baptist Church
Thomaston
Atlanta
Drs. Harp
de JP Warp
Ster Secs
T.C. Abercrombie
Eddie Pritchett
Anna I Means
W. O Harp
Alonzo J. Mary
W.H. Tivlcomb
Fire exits crowded at Alamo Theaters case filed
Police will not tolerate unlawful crowding of fire exits in theaters and amusement venues. Patrolman Pierson charged W. T. Murray, manager of Alamo Theaters Nos. 1 and 2, after incident in No. 2 where off duty officer stood in aisle until a seat opened. Murray says he has kept passages clear and will contest the charge Friday before Recorder Nash R. Brayles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moving Picture
Paul B. Pierson
W. T. Murray
Alamo Theaters
Pierson
Alamo No. 2
Murray
al Algies
Nash R. Brayles
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Donaldson Brothers
Maier & Berkele, Inc
Diamond Merchants
Whitehall Street
Prison Commission
Prof
W. J. M’kemie
A BG. Bourquard
Gelston Memorial Church
Tabét Hall
Wecermauue
Taft Hall
M'Connell
LSON
Chinaman
Parson
J. P. Harp
Alamo
Brooks County
Florida
Brooks County Industrial Club
Quitman, Ga
Central of Georgia Railway
Parks-Chambers-Hardwick
Peachtree Company
Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta Constitution
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