Good Roads Meeting in Ormond Florida Details Debated
In Ormond Florida on January 29 a National Good Roads Association meeting drew a largely attended audience at the opera house despite rain. Mayor C L Smith opened the session with remarks, followed by Senator A S Mann who presided. Governor Jennings endorsed the Brownlow bill while President Moore urged a broader plan with state aid and a state engineer to coordinate with county supervisors. Speakers included national and regional figures such as W H Moore A Mann F H Hyatt and W K Vanderbilt Jr, with talks on convict labor for road building and government partnership to fund improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore Heard
W. H. Moore
State Highway Commission
United States
James W., Abbott
Denver
A. & Mann
Jacksonville
F. H. Hyatt
Columbia
Jennor A. J. Montague
Virginia
M. W. Richards
The
Southern Railway
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Winthrop BE. Scarlett
Automobile Club of America
Howard Gould
Hanlon W. Whipple
American Automobile Association
Messrs. Hyatt, Moore, Mann
Berlin Dispatch Reports Bloodied Front Near Ohandaja
A January 29 Berlin despatch relays Lieutenant Buelow notes from Ohandaja and Kawatura areas. German forces held Ohandaja since January 16 with 200 men after heavy fighting and await artillery reinforcements. A sharp fight near Kawatura resulted in four dead and three wounded on our side, twenty to twenty five dead for the enemy, as we tried to reach Karibib by rail and maintain rear connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Buelow
Karibib
Ohandaja
Habic
Windhoek
Kawaturasane
Waldau
Okali
Karibip
Portrait of Middleton Painted for South Carolina
In Washington on January 29 a handsome oil portrait of Arthur Middleton, a South Carolina signer of the Declaration of Independence, was presented to the state. John Izard Middleton of Baltimore, a descendant, gave the painting while Governor John C. Sheppard spoke for Governor Heyward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Columbia
D. C
Senate
Arthur Middleton
John Izard Middleton
Baltimore
John C. Sheppard
Heyward
Bank of Clayton Formed in Habun County Georgia
Citizens of Clayton organized the Bank of Clayton at a meeting on January 28. W J Witham chaired the session after delivering a keynote speech. Stock subscriptions opened and nearly 25000 dollars were subscribed as citizens and subscribers sought a charter and appointed directors. Gorman Calls Democratic Caucus in Washington on January 29. A caucus of Democratic Senators was scheduled for January 30 to discuss the Paume question from a Democratic viewpoint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witham
Habun County
Clayton
Citizens of
Bank of Clayton
Citiwefs
Gorman
Washington
The Toreador At The Grand With DeAngelis In Spain
The Grand presents Jeff DeAngelis in The Toreador a lively comic opera with English boot humor and Spanish episodes. DeAngelis shines as Sammy Gige amid songs dances and curtain calls while cast members Edgar Norton Misses McKinney Stevens Burd and Ball support the entertaining performance. Two finales today close the engagement ALAN ROGERS
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff DeAngelis
Spain
Mr. DeAngelis
Sammy Gige
Toreador
Carajolo
Sammy
Sammy Carajolo
Azal Carajolo
Edgar Norton
Sir Archibald
de Angelis
Margaret McKinney
Rose Stevens
Edna Burd
Norma Ball
Oddities and Divorces In Local Notices
Short Items of Interest report a Mallon Society meeting with recitations and piano solos led by Susie Parks, plus Mrs Mat tie Harris Cooper seeking absolute divorce from Worsham Cooper for infidelity and drunkenness. County commissioners discuss territory and two appointed physicians. child Louish Spurling dies in Bonnie Brae. John Cannon funeral in Jacksonville. criminal docket opens with larceny case against Ham mond Hammond. Steve Cook severely injured at North Avenue yards. Pilgrim Commandery Knights Templars organized in Gainesville. Board of Health meeting yields no issues. Mayor Howell sidelined by cold. Pastor W H McGlaufin to leave for Minneapolis. two cases of need reported at Constitution office. Dr John F G Gunn confined with grip, mass and sermons noted.
Auction of Fisher collection paintings at Thurmond’s gallery
The Fisher collection auction, delayed by bad streets, will proceed today at ten o clock at Thurmond's gallery on Whitehall street. Despite adverse weather yesterday, the gallery drew many visitors, and the sale is expected to attract large crowds. Further details appear in another advertisement column.
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Fisher
Thurmond
Whitehall Street
Lowery Patterson Recovered in Commerce Ga
Lowery Patterson of Carnot Banks county, recovering in Commerce after being shot weeks ago by Tom Armour. He was in the city selling cotton at 15 cents while with pursuers of the Armour boys. the ball entered below the shoulder and passed through the upper jacket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowery Patterson
Commerce
Carnot
Banks County
Tom Armour
Patterson
Armour Boys
Junga
Kaiser's New Orleans Visit Bridges German US Ties
In New Orleans on January 20 Governor Heard and state officials toasted Emperor William as Commodore Schroeder and Vineta officers returned the salute aboard the German cruiser. The visit featured formal toasts, a palm garden reception, a ball, and an engagement by German societies. The Vineta was due to sail to Vera Cruz on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Heard
Schroeder
Emperor William
Roosevelt
St. Charles
Germany
United States
Baron von Meysenburg
Vera Cruz
Grounds to drill the Army Chaffee seeks 2 million for four maneuver tracts
Lieutenant General Chaffee reports to the secretary of war urging a 2 million dollar appropriation to buy four tracts for nationwide military maneuvers. He proposes selecting 7 to 8 mile by 3 to 4 mile tracts across the ninety-fifth meridian and twenty-ninth parallel, with locations in Conewago Valley Pennsylvania, near West Point Kentucky, and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaffee
Washington
Secretary of War
Congress
United States
Conewago Valley
Pennsylvania
West Point
California
Coast Line to Establish Pension Department in Wilmington
The Atlantic Coast Line will establish its pension department Monday with headquarters at Wilmington North Carolina. The board will retire officers and employees at 70, those with ten years service may retire, and 65 year olds in certain crafts may retire after ten years. Pensions equal 1 percent of the average monthly pay for each year of service, with the company budgeting $50,000 annually for pensions. Directors have just reviewed the pension plans and other provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilmington
N.C
Board of Pensions
Pension Department
We Company
Bid Gap Prompts Change in Federal Building Design
In Athens Georgia on January 29 a Special report notes bids for the new federal building came in far below expectations creating a gap of several thousand dollars. Authorities plan to ask government officials to modify specifications to allow the first story in granite and the body in repressed red brick rather than sandstone and rough red brick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Berlin to disinfect library books to curb microbes
Berlin authorities plan to disinfect library books to prevent spreading infectious disease among loaned volumes. Professor Koch notes the danger and has drafted a time tested disinfection plan to be submitted to the library committee next Tuesday for action by the municipal disinfection station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Koch
Professora
South Africa
Riots Feared as Russia Grants Plenary Powers in Tver
Special plenary powers were given to Interior Minister Von Plehne and the governor of Tver province to appoint district officials, ban meetings, expel persons, and dismiss officials deemed dangerous, after reports of subversive sympathy in Tver. The move follows teachers in national schools stirring agitation against the government. Also noted, the German school ship Stein sailed from Charleston to Vigo, Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tver
St Petersburg
Czar
von Plehne
Stein
Spain
Charleston
8. C
Vigo
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OF Good Roads Meeting Talks
Jennings
Florida
Indorses Brownlow Bill
South- West Africa
Middleton
Dr. Lyon
LA Gov. Ads
Earl of
Pangtucket
New York
Augustus ‘Thomas
Arizona
Colorado
Kirke la Shelle
Thames
Thomas
Earl of Fay Macket
Pawtucket
Kirke la Shella
the Grand
Grand
Sadie Martinet
Jules Murry
Governor
Bijou
Howard Hall
Clara Joel
den of
Mons
Mr. Hall
Bully Marble
Mary Marble
Mallon Society
Browning Hall
Susie Parks
Mattie Harris Cooper
Worsham Cooper
Richardson
Hurt
Louish Spurling
J. T. Spurling
Bonnie Brae
Jackson
John Cannon
Fla
South Boulevard
Westview
Joh Hammond
City Criminal Court
Recemer Nash Broyles
Hammond
Harry Silverman
Peachtree
Decatur Streets
White and Simpson
Elliott Quick
Equitable
Steve Cook
North Avenue
Grady Hospital
Pilgrim Commandery
Knights Templars
Gainesville
Board OF Health
C. F. Benson
City Hall
Evan P Howell
RV. W. H. Mglauflin
Atlanta
West
Minneapolis
Constitution Office
F M. Darnell
Monroe
Savannah Street
John W Smith
Maretta ‘Street
Elck
John Fe.gunn
Sacred Heart Church
Father Rapler
Father Duclos
Kaiser
Louisiana
Coast Line
Uneeda Biscuit
National, Biscuit Company
Russia
H. O Wise
Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Marietta Street
LIFE
West 31St Street
Ecelved
Pee Os Statey
K. Fotgera
Willian
Fred. W.W. Cole
Ire Insurance
Empire Ride
London and Lancashire Fire Insurance CO
Liverpool
Great Britain
Georgia
William Street
Gore
Foreign Coma
Wyten
Insurance Commissioner
State OF New York
A. G. McIlwaine, Sr
London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company
A. G. McIlwaine, JR
Charles Edgar Mills
Robert A. Hancock
W. Cole
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