Poole Threatens to Resign Over Atlanta Finance Bid
Poole, Atlanta's newly appointed smoke inspector, threatened resignation if council does not substantially increase the 1918 finance sheet. He cites need for $3,000 for educational work and $4,100 for an assistant, plus gas testing gear, with council approval still pending. The conflict mirrors library cuts and a push for school funding, as Mayor Woodward and officials press for higher city department support.
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Cesi] Poole
Atlanta
Council
Rom. Flarewell
Smoke Commission
Mauve
Preadent Tarwell
Taspeeter Poole
Commission
Finance Committee
Omonex
Imperior Pools
Harwell Sai “Wei
Poole
Corneil
Couneil
Tso
Harwell
van Harlingen
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Drealdent
ISIA
Girls’ Commercial High School
Woodward
General Council
Escape from Monroe jail shocks Forsyth community
Forsyth Ga January 21 Six negroes including one convicted of murder awaiting hang escaped from Monroe county jail by digging through a brick wall and out a hole in the side during the night Sheriff T J Holland led a pursuit with bloodhounds, but the fugitives remain at large. one escapee Harrison Ware was to be hanged after an appellate decision reaffirmed the sentence. Descriptions of the six men have been sent to neighboring towns as authorities widen the manhunt.
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Forsyth
Monroe County
Holland
Sherty
Harrison Ware
Bolingbroke
Monroe Superior Court
Hubert F. Daniel
Chief Kohler Objects to a Meddling Mayor
Chief Frederick Kohler of Cleveland told an Economic Club dinner in New York that he had eliminated graft from Cleveland's police department and reduced gambling rooms and social ills. He opposed mayors ordering police chiefs and urged that orders come from the chief or else fire the chief.
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New York
Frederick Kohler
Cleveland
Economic Club
Kohler
Police
Two Cities Vying for Educators Convention
The Southern Educators association narrowed its convention site to Nashville Tennessee and Charleston South Carolina. Professor M L Brittain, president, announced the Thanksgiving 1913 date. The executive committee met to decide, with four members present and two months until the final vote.
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Southern Educators’ Association
Nashville
Tenn
Charleston
S. C
M. L. Brittain
Folds released on $5,000 bond after shooting
Bicycle Officer M. C. Wolds, who on the night of December 16 killed Dave Daniels, was released on $5,000 bond after a hearing before Judge Ellis. The defense argued self defense as witnesses testified to his good character. Daniels was intoxicated. The incident occurred near Fraser street during a party. Folds claimed Daniels attacked him with a fork and he fired in defense. Chief Beavers will keep Folds suspended pending police commission action.
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M. C.wolds
Dave Daniels
Ww. DD Ellis
Superior Court
Daniels
E. M. Gay
Folds
Hesroes
Fraser Street
C. B. Shell
Billy
Carl Hutchinson
Grady Hospital
Prennie Miner
R. S. Osborne
W. M. Mayo
A. Db. Luck
A. N. Cook
George C. Garner
Warry G. Poole
Gladys
Richard
Beavers
Inauguration Day Speech Chides Opponents at State Capitol
Columbia January 21 Governor Coleman Livingstone Blease was sworn in for a second term before a full assembly. Chief Justice Eugene Gary administered the oath as crowds heard a rousing inaugural address. He attacked critics of football at the university and accused the university president of diverting Peabody fund money from Winthrop College to the university.
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Columbia
S. C
House of Representatives
Coleman Livingstone Blease
South Carolina
Senate
House
Eugene Gary
Supreme Court
Blease
Tie
Peabody Fund
Winthrop College
Denton Man Pays 12 Year Old Debt With 30 Cents
Tom Fitzpatrick of Denton received 30 cents by mail in payment of a twelve year old debt of 10 cents. A note said I borrowed a dime from you, with back interest it would now amount to 30 cents.
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Denton
Texas
Tom Fitzpatrick
Man Chases Escape From Assassins Band In Atlanta Hotel
Henry Karthagen a 29 year old Chicago decorator in Atlanta four days fled through a Broadway hotel window after attempting to hang himself. He claimed to represent unionism and suffered hallucinations about a band of assassins as detectives prepared to hold him for sanity evaluation.
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Broad Street
Paul Smith
Black
Harper Ar
Henry Karthagen
Sangamon
Street
Chicago
Karthagen
Broadway
Atlanta
Parcel post expands with two new delivery autos in city
Postmaster McKee plans two parcel post delivery autos for Battle Hill Kirkwood Capitol View and other suburbs. Bid requests for light wagons to cover new residential districts will follow, with a parcel collection system possibly starting soon. Denver vs Atlanta figures cited show higher totals for Denver in outgoing and incoming parcels.
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McKee
Battle Hut
Kirkwood
Capitol View
Denver
Atlanta
Mountain City
Insurance Leaders Praise Wright as Georgia Law Backed
At the Georgia Association of Life Insurers annual dinner the group pledged cooperation with General William A. Wright after endorsing the new insurance law. Paul H. Dobbins was elected president with Oscar Palmour, J. H. Byerly and others as officers. Guests included Deputy Commissioner John Copeland and James O. Wynn.
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Georgia Association of Life Insurers
William A. Wright
Paul H. Dobbins
F. W. Burr
Oscar Palmour
J. H. Byerly
H. M. Millet
W. Woods White
R. J. Guinn
R. F. Shedden
W. B. Halw- Kins
Everlife Company
Georgia
John Copeland
James O. Wynn
Prudential
South
General Wright
Mr. Copeland
H. M.winet
J. O. Wynn
R. L. Cooney
Thomas Petera
BR. J. Guinn
Deputies Accused of Abuse in Macon Arrest
Mrs J L Carver claims three deputy sheriffs abused her husband during his arrest for alleged assault on Roy Cook of Macon Railway and Light. She says deputies forced her and two children into a car, while sheriff urged restraint. Deputies deny charges, calling her claims false. Three strikers, including Carver, remain jailed on riot and assault charges. Meanwhile a 56-year-old man injured by a motorcycle remains in critical condition. Pet canary returns to Mount de Sales sisters after a week.
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Macon
J. L Carver
Roy Cook
Macon Railway and Light Company
Mrs. Carver
Jimmy
Hicks
Hearne
Snider
Rerrite
Joseph Merritt
B. F. Merritt
A. L
Dent
Second Street
Man Survives 29-Story Fall in Cincinnati Building
Cincinnati January 21 Willan Coogan a laborer fell from the twenty ninth floor of the Union Central building while teasing to grab elevator wires. He tumbled inside the shaft but is reported to have a fair chance to recover.
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Cincinnati
Willan Coogan
Union Central
Paris Texas Man Grateful For Dr Kilmer Swamp Root
A Paris resident testifies to health gains from Dr Kilmer Swamp Root after a year of backache kidney trouble and fatigue. He notes being a local distributor and thanks the product in a sworn 1912 statement signed by Justice of the Peace Chas Neothery.
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J. M. Dodd
South 18Th St. Paria
Texas
Ithia
A. D
Lamar Co
Prove What Swamp-Beat Will Do For You
A brief promotional letter invites readers to write Dr Kilmer and Co for a sample bottle and a booklet on kidneys and bladder. Advertises regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles available at drugstores and urges mentioning The Atlanta Daily Constitution.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Atlanta Daily Constitution
Court blocks garbage dumping by municipal authority
The supreme court reversed a lower court ruling and barred a city from creating a nuisance by garbage dumping near Savannah. Bell and others owned land with rented houses and objected to nearby waste being stored before removal. The decision confirms authorities may collect and dispose of garbage but cannot create a health or life hazard.
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Supreme Court
Bell Et al
Savannah
E. W. Bell
Eldred Simkina
Judge Gray Chosen to Smithsonian Regents Board
Washington January 21 Judge George A Gray of the United States court of appeals for the third district was today named a member of the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institute.
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Gray
Washington
George A. Gray
United States Court of Appeals
Third District
Board of Regents
The
Smithsonian Institute
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