Convict tales spur Fulton county grand jury probe of guard
Eight inmates from Adamsville camp testified before a Fulton county grand jury in a special session alleging brutal abuse, rotten food, and squalid conditions. They implicated guard Clyde Thomason in an assault on convict J. H. Harris, who was shot as he allegedly threatened to defend himself. The foreman’s unsigned indictment delayed action as the jury addresses a clerical error.
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Fulton County
Adamsville
Clyde Thomason
J. H. Harris
J. Frank Beck
Grand Jury
Philip Weltner
Dorsey
Thomason
Harris
Allege
Tt Wan
California Syrup of Figs Ad Promotes Child Health
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to give a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs for constipation in children and adults. It claims rapid relief, a pleasant taste, and full bottle directions, warning to avoid counterfeit products and to seek the genuine California Fig Syrup Company remedy.
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California
Deuzeist
California Fis Syrup Company
Lawyers Present Case Of Power Companies In Macon
Prominent Macon attorneys argued yesterday before the retired commission on the proposed increase per kilowatt hour by the Macon Railway and Light and the Georgia Public Service corporation. Roland Elnig spoke for the Macon company, Dupont Guerry for Georgia Public Service, with Walter DeFore for Macon and Judge N B Harris representing the Dannenberg interest. A key issue was whether the railroad commission can raise rates for long term contract holders even if general consumer rates rise. The petition asks to lift the rate from 4 to 10 cents per kilowatt hour, contending past cuts were ruinously low and threaten company survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Retiresd Commission
Macon Railway and Eight Company
Georgia Public Service Corporation
Roland Elnig
Macon Railway and Light Company
Dupont Guerry
Walter Defore
N. BH. Harris
Dannenberg Company
Harris
Railroad Commission
Convicts detail cruelty and squalor at Fulton county camp
Witnesses describe brutal punishment in a Fulton county convict camp including eight lashings with a cat o nine tails and bathing in a wooden tub. Testimony cites filthy water, wormy greens, obscene sleeping quarters and harsh discipline, while investigators vow further probes into Harris case and other alleged abuses. Philip Weltner guides reluctant speakers as officials consider indicting Guard Thomason and examining camp conditions at Milledgeville transfer.
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Harris
Philip Weltner
Tola
Weltner
Tarwan
Fulton County
Tom Donaldson
Adamsville
Donaldson
Thomason
Mr. Weltner
Milledgeville State Farm
First Conviction Under Federal Act in Georgia
Indicted January 2 by a federal grand jury for abstracting valuable goods from freight cars in interstate traffic. Wilt Johnson, longtime Southern railway employee, pled guilty before Judge Newman and was remanded for sentencing. Conviction marks the first known Georgia case under a recent act treating larceny from a freight car in interstate traffic as a theft from a mail car.
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Wilt Johnson
The
Southern Railway
Newman
United States Court
Johnson
Georgia
Cool spell hints at early frost risk for fruit
Weather officials forecast a cool spell with possible rain before nightfall on Thursday. A noon thermometer reading of 4 degrees signals unusually cold conditions for this time of year, alarming farmers as apple blossoms swell and raising worry of an early frost that could damage the fruit crop.
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Cury
Weather Bureau
Day Accepts Executive Post at Piedmont Hotel
Charles G Day, formerly assistant manager at Hotel Ansley, has accepted an important executive position with the Piedmont. He will assume duties immediately. Day arrived in Atlanta in May 1913 from Montgomery, Alabama, where he worked with James M. Hickey at the Exchange hotel, now the Piedmont.
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Charles G Day
Ansley
The
Piedmont
Mr. Day
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
James Fi. Hickey
Exchange Hotel
Jeasee
May Indict House for White Slavery
L. J. Bailey a Justice Department envoy responds to local detectives on the case of Gertrude Whinnery and G. House in custody, examining potential Mann Act charges. He sent a top investigator to review the case and determine if federal action will be pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J._ Bailey
Department of Justice
Washington
Gertrude Whinnery
G. House
Bailey
Baby of Lindale Terribly Burned Before Open Fire
Rome Georgia January 2 Special Myrtle McDonald 23 daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles McDonald Lindale was terribly burned yesterday afternoon when her clothing caught fire from an open fireplace left alone in the room while her mother ran an errand. Upon return she found the child unconscious on the floor with clothes burned death expected at any moment
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Rome
Myrtle McDonald
Charles McDonald
Lindale
Hirsch Heads Grady Hospital Board Re-elected Officers
Trustees elected Joseph Hirsch as president and Colonel Robert J. Lowry as vice president at Grady Hospital. Wade P. Harding became secretary as the medical board reelected TL. B Clarke and others to key posts. The rest of the meeting covered routine routing business and a superintendent’s report.
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Srady Hospital
Joseph Hirsch
Robert J. Lowry
George Tigner
Wade P. Harding
Wirach
TL. B Clarke
G. W. Strickler
M.D
EP. Stephens
Department of Medicine
R. T. Dorgey
M. D
W. Quillian
de Gy
Strickler
Poullin
J.C. Olmsted
Asestant
FHS
Hines
J. B. Clarke
W. A. Upchurch
Pp. Stephens
J. N. Browne
Gi Pope Huguley
T. C. Hodge
Department of Surgery
James Ellis
L. T. Ballats
Wo Goldsmith
Pernong
Willia Jones
FG. Hodgson
Joh D._Thomson
Department of Pathology
Clange A Smith
Thrash
Nasiotami
A. i. Ernes
Sotin Funke
F. G. Hodgson
Michael Hoke
Woodward
Vanderbilt tells of party's rescue at sea
The steamer Almirante brought Mr and Mrs Frederick W Vanderbilt the Duke and Duchess of Manchester and Lord Falconer to port after they were rescued from the yacht Warrior which ran ashore off the Colombian coast during a storm. The party endured a day and night of uncertainty as red seas pounded the vessel and small boats capsized before rescue. The Almirante plans to return to the Warrior for possible officer and crew救 aid and then proceed to Kingston.
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Colon
Almirante
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Duke
Dutchess of
Manchester
Lord Falconer
Kingston
Vanderbilt
Frutera
Amirante
Almiranta
No Women's Party, Women Refuse Kansas Appeal
Mrs. Charles B. Scott of Iola told the Kansas Day Republican club that there will be no women s party in Kansas. She noted enfranchised women will vote aggressively and demand a strong, clean political policy with men of principle, courage, and purpose. About a third of attendees were women.
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Topeka
Kan
Kangaa
Charles B. Scott
Iola
Kansas
Congress
Kansas Day Republica Club
Scott
Sacked and burned Liwan-Chow by Chinese bandits
Shanghai reports 2000 bandits seized and torched Liwan-Chow in Nean-Hwei province. W W E Entwistle and family escaped to Luchow-Fu while Catholic missionaries remain in the town. Bandits linked to the White Wolf forces have been ravaging eastern He Nan.
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Shanghai
China
Liwan-Chow
Nean-Hwei
W.W. E. Entwistle
Luchow-Fu
White Wolf
He-Nan
Train Frozen in Ice Leaves Passengers Hungry
La Crosse Wisconsin January 29 stalled twenty one hours by a January flood. A passenger train of the Reno branch of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul road arrived with 150 half famished passengers. The train car ved neither dining nor sleeping cars. After the rain the temperature fell and the train was frozen in the ice.
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la Crosse
Wis
Reno
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
Cyclone 2 Destroys Timber in Santa Rossa County
A cyclone swept through Santa Rossa County Florida last night destroying timber in a wide path. No loss of life reported though property damage is feared. Local authorities assess the storm’s damage and crews begin assessment today.
SPECIAL COURT CALL TO TRY JIM CONLEY
Mid winter court adjournment looms with Judge Ben Hill’s February schedule. Conley faces possible delay if court rests. bids for courthouse furniture awarded to Art Metal Construction and Gimbel Bros. while public buildings committee approves contracts and notes expected February court order.
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Jim Conley
Superior Court
Judes Ben Hill
Court Crisi
Ben Hill
Mary Phagan
William Smith
Conley
Criminal Court
St Ig
Ite Wan
County Commissioners
Fielder & Allen
Art Metal Construction Company
Jamestown
Gimbel Bros
Philadelphia
New York
Issusa Oy
Anderson
Art Metal Construction
Augusta Hosts Visiting Shriners From Savannah
Augusta Ga January 26 Special Alee Temple Mystic Shriners from Savannah number about two hundred visited the Oasis of Augusta. They enjoyed a barbecue breakfast noon automobile ride and a luncheon at the Masonic Temple. A parade with candidates in chains wheellchair and baby carriages followed. Ty Cobb attended as a noble and participated in the celebration. The banquet that night was billed as the first sacred no alcohol banquet in world history.
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Augusta
Alee Temple
Georgia
Savannah
Masonic Temple
Broad Street
Ty Cobb
Haralson Grand Jury Returns 111 True Bills
In Buchanan Bremen January 22 Special the Haralson grand jury after two weeks in session has returned 111 true bills the largest count in the county's history The jury will remain in session next week and an adjourned term is likely in March.
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Bremen
Haralson
Buchanan
Moore Calls Meeting of Industrial Bureau
Wilmer J. Moore chairman of the Industrial and Statistical Bureau committee of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce has called a meeting for Friday at 4 o clock. The agenda includes checking 1913 work and laying plans for 1914.
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Wilmer J. Moore
Industrial and Statistical Bureau Committee
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
Burroughs and Edison to Visit Griffin Georgia
Athens January 29. John Burroughs and Thomas A. Edison will visit Griffin with Professor F J DeLoach. Burroughs will spend February at Griffin with Mr Deloach and Edison plans to visit them at the home of Mr DeLoach in Experiment Ga.
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Athens
John Burroughs
Thomas A. Edison
Georgia
F. J. DeLoach
Griffin
Mr. Deloach
Mr. Edison
Experiment
Rich man and woman guilty of smuggling
New York January 28 Robert Th. Meyer Hoboken leather manufacturer and Mrs Edna M Alexander were fined $1000 each by Judge Martin in federal court for smuggling a sapphire pendant from Europe last November. The district attorney said the defendants knew customs laws. Frank J Alexander, a salesman and former husband of the woman, was a spectator in court for $160,000 pending in New Jersey courts against Heitmeyer.
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New York
Europe
Robert Th.meyer
Hoboken
N. J
Ednn M. Alexander
Martin
United States
Heitmeyer
Federal District Attorney
Frank J. Alexander
New Jersey
Man Obtains Divorce Over Alleged Alienation of Affection
Mrs Heitmeyer secured a divorce a few days ago citing alleged alienation of her affections by her husband.
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Mre Heitmeyer
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