Ponce de Leon Residents Win Hearing for Faster Streetcar Service
Citizens on Ponce de Leon avenue in Atlanta won a state railroad commission petition for schedule changes. The Georgia Railway and Power Co. must start new schedules by April 1 with ten minute headways during peak hours and fifteen minute headways at other times, and the last outbound car must not depart before midnight after January 27. The commission upheld long-running protests against the current twenty minute service and late last cars.
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State Railroad Commission
Georgia Railway and Bower Company
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Whitney to Attend Gotham Auto Show
H C Whitney manager of Loomobile Company of America Atlanta and S Matthews Locomobile dealer Birmingham travel to New York for the auto show to select machinery for Locomotile line. Whitney authorized to choose colors and vetrostry for two prominent Atlantans as the new models arrive next month.
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H . Whitnes
Loomobile Company of America
S Matthews
Birmingham
Whitney
Locu Motiis
Peachtree Street
Mc Whitney
Atlanta
Dr Ogden to Speak Friday in Savannah at First Presbyterian
Dr Dunbar Ogden pastor of the Central Presbyterian church will address a Savannah presbytery conference at the First Presbyterian church Friday night. He will deliver a Sunday night address on Robert E Lee the Christian Soldier and speak Sunday morning. The event includes a silver cup found in Benjamin Sack.
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Dunbar Ogden
First Presbyterian Church
Innia Ajanta
Ogden
Robert Fo Lee
Benjains
Mercer Probe Is Completed In Georgia
Macon Ga January 16 Special The special committee investigating Mercer university ended its inquiry at noon today The panel said the president Jameson is above reproach and not under personal char acter scrutiny They noted differences but expect the board of trustees to handle matters at its next meeting likely in June The statement was signed by Parker Burrrows Callaway Taliaferro and Hardman
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Mercer University
Jameson
Georgia Baptists
Board of Trustees
Parker
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Callaway
Taliaferro
Hardmnan
Mistrial Declared in Whitehead Case in Georgia
Columbus Ga January 18 Special After a two day trial the jury in the case of Dr W F Whitehead charged with assault with intent to murder failed to reach a verdict and Judge Gilbert declared a mistrial Dr Whitehead faced a criminal operation charge Gayatt mayor of Phenix City Ala Tom Pace and Bill Jenkins were indicted as accessories before the fact In related city court A A Brooks was found guilty in fifteen minutes of keeping a disorderly house and given a chaingang sentence by Judge Trener
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W F Whitehead
Gilbert
Superior Court
Whitehead
Gayatt
Phenix City
Ala
Tom Pace
Bill Jenkins
A Brooks
Trener
Professor H. R. Nolen Found Dead in River
Professor H R Nolen former principal of the Margie school is found dead in the Cumberland River Tennessee after missing since Christmas. Authorities consider suicide though murder is not ruled out. Nolen told County Superintendent John King he planned to go to Cuba to settle debts, a plan supported by his friends who recall odd conduct before his disappearance. Local reporters say the evidence favors self harming while further details remain unclear.
Many Fine Displays Seen At Horticultural Meeting
Athens Ga January 1 Special The thirty seventh annual convention of the Georgia Horticultural society met at the State College of Agriculture with President E C Berkmans presiding and Secretary T H McHatton at his desk Experts from Tennessee and South Carolina attended focusing on apples and pecans An exhibit features more than 150 fruit nut and vegetable varieties Fifty apple varieties from as many states and 16 trays on modern packing are shown Plus about 40 pecan varieties and citrus fruit including monster lemons and limes A paper by Professor Worsham on Nine in the soil and its uses opened the session Rail road officials attended and may aid in cutting lime shipping costs.
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T H. McHatton
State College
Tennessee
South Carolina
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Worsham
University Asks For New Building On Athens Campus
The University of Georgia plans a $50,000 building on the Athens campus with site selection by ex-Governor Henry D McDaniel and Chancellor David C Barrow. The board also conferred LL D degrees on John E Witherspoon of Vanderbilt and W M Folk of Cornell medical school, to be awarded in Augusta January 29 at the opening of the Augusta medical college.
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Board of Trustees
Capitol
University
Athens
Henry D McDaniel
David C Barrow
John E Witherspoon
Vanderbilt University
W M Folk
Cornell Medical School
Augusta
Augusta Medical College
Adame
Savannan
T J Shackelford Athens
W B McCants
Winder
Peter W Meldrim Savannah
Pr H Cc
White
H D McDaniel
Joseph M Brown
Agriculture
Oj Conner
L Atkinson Newhan
W & Simmons
Lawrenceville
Harry Hodgson
Shackelford Athens
George F Gober
Woman 94 Years Old Burned to Death in Jackson
Jackson Georgia January 1 Special Mrs Margaret Barnes aged 94 is dead from burns received while making a straw broom. Her clothing caught fire from a log fire and she died several hours later. Mrs Barnes was one of the old residents of the community.
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Jackson
Margaret Barnes
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Killed by Man at Council Lumber Mill in Georgia
In Valdosta Georgia January 16 one man died and another was seriously wounded in a millyard fight at Council Georgia. James Cooper and James Felder fought. Felder used brain knucks, Cooper drew a pistol and fired twice with the second shot striking Felder in the heart. Robinson shot Cooper in the jaw. Cooper is jailed in Homerville. The quarrel’s cause remains unknown.
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Valdosta
Council
James Cooper
James Welder
Cooper
Felder
Mijlwright Robinson
Homerville
Funeral of Mrs Curtis Today in Marietta
The funeral for Mrs E A Curtis aged 90 of Seabreeze Florida will be held at 10 o clock this morning in Marietta She was the aunt of Judge Richard B Russell and the grandmother of Edward W Russell secretary to Judge Russell Mrs Curtis formerly lived in Atlanta and had many friends in the state She leaves several sons in Texas and North Carolina.
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Seabreeze
Fla
Marietta
Richard B. Russell
Edward W. Russell
Russell
Curtis
Atlanta
Texas
North Carolina
Temple Graves Declines Big Position in Public Service
Georgia friends of Colonel John Temple Graves learn he turned down Governor Sulzer's offer of the public service commission of New York and will remain editor in chief of The New York American. The appointment would have honored Graves and his southern supporters celebrate the recognition of his ability and worth.
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