Georgia Chamber Indorses Atlanta for Regional Bank
At the Macon convention the Georgia Chamber of Commerce endorsed Atlanta as the site for a proposed regional bank. Henry Davis of Albany led the resolution praising Atlanta’s physical, commercial, and financial qualifications and urged active support for Atlanta’s bid. Committees pressed plans for good roads and statewide advertising to boost Georgia’s growth.
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Macon
Specter
Georgia C Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Honry Davis
Albany
Pastor Halderby marks 25 years at Moore Memorial Church
Dr R Halderby pastor of Moore Memorial Presbyterian Church enters the twenty fifth year of his pastorate and will celebrate with a Sunday morning sermon. He will share the story of his work in Atlanta during the past twenty four years.
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R. Halderby
Moore Memorial Presbyterian Church
Wil
Atlanta
Minute Repeaters and Other Fine Watches
Patek Philippe watches and repeaters are proclaimed by authorities as the finest timekeepers. Sold exclusively in this section with prices from $126. Cali and Tettie invite demonstrations of advantages. Also carry other first grade watches. Request our 160 page catalog and booklet Facts About Diamonds. Established 1887.
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Patek Philippe
Cali
Tettie
Cannibalism in New Guinea, Missionary Reports
San Francisco dated January 20 Guardian describes Rev Mr. Malley a Congregational missionary returning from New Guinea saying cannibalism persists among natives with babes and small children as principal victims. He recounts the fate of German explorer Werner killed by cannibals while Werner and partner Winter sought radium.
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San Francisco
A. Malley
Congregational
New Guinea
Babice
Werner
Malley
Winter
Papua
Caten
Slaton Enthusiastic About State Chamber Meeting
Governor Slaton spoke after returning from Macon where he addressed the State Chamber of Commerce. He urged all Georgians to engage with the chamber, emphasizing its role to uplift every citizen, assist farmers, and combat the boll weevil, with the Georgia hen metaphor illustrating coordinated effort and productive outcomes.
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Slaton
Macon
State Chamber of Commerce
Georga
Georgia
Chamber of Commerce
Sunday School Meet Ends at Americus
The Sumter County Sunday School convention within Americus closed after two days of sessions. Pastors and school superintendents from fifty churches attended the proceedings. WD Sime and Miss Daisy Magee of Atlanta spoke as officers of the Georgia Sunday School association.
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Amencus
Sumter County
Americus
Sime
Daisy Magee
Uanta
The
Georgia
Sunday School Association
Bainbridge Defeats Pelham In Fine Game
Bainbridge won 30 to 19 over Pelham on the high school campus. Bainbridge featured Leona Haire Pearl Floyd Ruth Brainard Warren Sutherland Emmie Mays Agnes Green with Marie Craig as referee. Pelham, boasting a strong Southwest Georgia reputation, played well amid large crowds and top receipts for the season.
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Banbridge
Bainbridge
Pelham
Georgia
Leona Haire
Pearl Floyd
Ruth Brainard
Negro seeks white boy after rabbit price dispute
In Waverly Ga on January 20 a negro named Jones says a group of white boys passed him and he asked the price of a rabbit. When he refused to buy at the quoted price he was allegedly shot with a mite by one of the boys. The wound is not serious. A warrant was sworn out but the shooter's name is unknown. He hopes to recognize the assailant if seen.
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Atlanta
Congress
United States
Frank Esxan
Denough
Wr Davis
New Orleans
New
Orleans
Georgia
Peach trees ready to burst into bloom in Americus territory
Americus Ga January 1 Three hundred thousand bearing peach trees in Sumter county have swelled and seem ready to bloom after an unusually warm season. Orchardman declared another week of heat could ruin the pecan crop and be hit by a February blizzard. Peach orchards are a valuable asset and owners are uneasy.
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Americus Ga
Amerus
Mae
Sumter County
Thomson to Erect Modern City Hall In City Council Plan
Thomson, Ga January 80 Special The city council has purchased a lot on Journal street and will build a two story modern brick City Hall. The courtroom and mayor’s office will be on the first floor with the fire department entrance. The jail will be at the rear. For years mayor court met in a room in the Wilson building. The push for a City Hall began after the old wooden saloon burned. A negro prisoner was being tried for arson at that time.
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Thomson
Journal Street
Reac
Wilson
Boy testifies he killed father to protect mother in Texas trial
In Plainview on January 22, Albert Muncey the 11-year-old son of Bertie Muncey testifies he shot his father J W Muncey last May to shield his mother from a threat. He says he grabbed the gun and killed him as Horace Peters and another man await trial for complicity.
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Plainview
Texas
Bertie Moncey
J W Muncey
Albert Muncey
Horace Peters
Ransch Hand
Confession Exonerates Negro Comrades In Murder Case
A third prisoner, Robert Paschal, who faces death for involvement in the murder of Mrs Irby in Louisville, says the two youths he saw outside the house did not take part. He claims fright led to false testimony and asks Solicitor General Moore to reopen the case. Exonerations target two of the three accused.
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Irby
Louisville
Robert Paschal
Gane
Moore
Jefferson County
Injunctions Dissolved in Missouri Rate Cases
Judge Smith McPherson dissolved injunctions blocking John T Barker and Missouri officials from pursuing excess freight and passenger charges totaling 444 million dollars while rate cases were litigated. The ruling follows a Supreme Court decision affirming Missouri rate laws and allows railroads or claimants to seek refunds of overcharges, with Nash Adams named master to adjudicate claims.
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Kansas
John T Barker
Missouri
Smith McPherson
McPherson
Nash Adams
Amendment urged to Smith Lever bill
Washington January 29 Senator Hoke Stubhs anxious about Smith Lever agricultural extension bill hinges on how funds are distributed Cummins of Town pushes amendment basing allotment on acreage under cultivation by state as passed in the house Georgia would gain under population favor but Cummins plan shifts funds toward states with more land under cultivation Georgia would receive about 57000 more than Iowa over time with a rising appropriation reaching 7.49 million annually after eight years Georgia's share estimated near 160000
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Washington
Spegal
Hoke Stubhs
Cummins
Georgia
Iowa
Towa
Georga
Government to Exhibit Model of Panama Canal
Washington reports a 506 foot long Panama Canal model for the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The display aims to give a clear birds eye view of the canal and its workings, surpassing other government exhibits in scale and detail. The Isthmian Canal Commission notes the model as a centerpiece with a $60,000 allocation, larger than any other department exhibit.
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Washington
Panama Canal
San Branis
Isthmian Canal Commission
Government
Congress
Goernmirt
Physician Dr Winters searches for missing daughter Catherine Winters
Dr W Winters of Newcastle spent thousands in a fruitless search for his daughter Catherine Winters who vanished from Indiana City on March 20 last believed abducted by gypsies. A report from Perry Arkansas prompted a chase after a girl resembling her in Perry but was not her.
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Jattle Reek
Ark
W . Winters
Newcastle
Perry
Catherine Winters
Indiana
Wiss
Dr Winters
Ely
Mails Robbery Reported in Rostov on Don
A theft occurred as cash was being moved from train to post office in Rostov on Don. About fifty thousand dollars in small bills disappeared from a mail shipment. A government official responsible for the mail was arrested in connection with the incident.
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Rostov
Den
Russia
Resinol Ointment Promises Fast Itch Relief and Healing
An old advertisement touts Resinol Ointment as a soothing antiseptic for itching and skin disorders. It claims rapid relief, gentle medication suitable for delicate skin and babies, plus Resinol Soap and a request for free samples from Baltimore, Maryland.
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Resinol
Baltimore
Chalmers Promoted To Head Kilpatrick Debating Society
Frank S. Chalmers was elected president of the Kilpatrick Literary and Debating Society during the semi annual officer elections at the Atlanta Law School rooms on Peachtree and Marietta streets. Chalmers, a prominent law student who will graduate next June and has passed the state bar, is linked with the firm Brantley Jones and Brantley. Other officers elected were J Walter LeCraw as vice president A A Bankstark secretary W Smith treasurer A G Loehr critic and W W Gerrard reporter.
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Kilpatrick Literary and Debating Society
Atlanta
Peachtree
Marietta
Frank Ss. Chalmers
Chalers
Georgia
Boys’ High School
Brantley, Jones and Brantley
J D Kilpatrick
Atlanta Law School
B B Patterson
J Walter LeCraw
A A. Bankstark
W Smith
A G Loehr
WN Gerrard
Tillman and Blease to testify in scandal
Columbia SC January 30 United States Senator Benjamin Fuilman and Governor Cole Blease of South Carolina will be asked to appear before the legislative committee appointed to investigate alleged scandalous conditions at the state hospital for the insane. The committee has been organized and the first testimony will be taken Tuesday. Subpoenas will be issued for the officers of the asylum.
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Columbia SC
United States
Benjamin Fuilman
Cole Blease
South Carolina
State Hospital For
Maeterlinck Works Banned by Catholics in Rome
Rome reports the sacred congregation of the Index has forbidden all works by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck to Catholics. Also mentioned is Cardinal Merry Del Val likely to be named Chamberlain of the church, vacant since Cardinal Rampolia’s death. De Roulede, 68, famed French patriot and founder of the League of Patriots, died after a brief illness.
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Rome
Sacred Congregation of the Index
Maurice Maeterlinck
Merry del Val
Rampolia
Prince Sanitary Ave
del Roulede
M de Roulede
League of Patriots
General Boulanger
de Roulede
Raffles Cause Uproar At Atlanta Athletic Club
A new Raff les appears in Atlanta Athletic Club society circles. His mysterious operations spark a club pow wow after valuables vanish from the dressing room during a basketball game and dance. The executive board bars non members from future Saturday night events, except for ladies.
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Raffles
Atlanta Athletic Club
Willam T Burnses
Several Hurt in Seaboard Wreck at Pembroke Crossing
In dense fog at Pembroke NC two passenger trains collided at a crossing. Seaboard Air Line No 14 from Wilmington to Charlotte and Atlantic Coast Line No 79 from Fayetteville to Florence were involved. Several people were seriously injured and one death occurred as the engineer failed to see the standing Coast Line train in time.
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Charlotte NC
Seaboard Air Line Passengr
Wilmington
Charlotte
Atlantic Coast Lane
Bayettevile NC
Florence
Fembroke
Hone
Femboard
Texas Bank Robbed by Unknown Bandits Early Today
The First State Bank in Monisuimery was dynamited and robbed of $6000 in cash. Authorities report no identification of the robbers and say posse organization is under way with pursuit in progress. A K tablets are instant pain killers.
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Monisuimery Sexay
Sansey
Canvassing Committees For Baptist Hospital Meeting Tuesday
Committees canvassing funds for Baptist Hospital fund of 100000 dollars will meet near Tuesday at the Ansley Hotel at 1 oclock Luncheon served in the large dining room downstairs then committees adjourn to a committee room to report amounts raised by the different churches Chairman Cooledge urges that committees from all churches be represented and asks pastors to call attention to their church committees of this fact.
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Bapfist Jhospital Fund
Ansley
Cooledge
Cormittees
Funeral of recluse Frank W Jones held with son present
The body of Frank W Jones, an eccentric New Harttora millionaire, was cremated in a rock hewn grave on a granite crag after death on Tuesday. No church services were held and only his son and several employees attended.
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New Harttora Ot
Frank W Jones
Butler Warehouse Burned After Train Fire
A fire between midnight and 1 am destroyed the Douglas warehouse at this place along with about sixty bales of cotton. The blaze may have started from a passing train and a small amount of insolane was carried on the building. Most of the cotton belonged to Mr. Douglas and Mr. Henry Wallace, county school commissioner.
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Bauer
Januats
Auport
Douglas
Vr Douglas
Honry Wallace
Spring Street Work Endorsed by Atlanta Improvement Commission
The Atlanta Improvement Commission endorsed extending Spring Street to Peachtree Street at Brookwood. Wilmer L. Moore was elected president of the commission, succeeding Alea W. Smith, with Tessangoan accepted. The committee urged quick adoption by city officials.
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Spring Street
Peachtree Street
Brookwood
Atlanta Improvement Commission
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Wilmer ZL Moore
Alea W. Smith
Perse Tessangoan
Las Fallows
Counei
Inie Uvet
Home Cure for Women’s Ailments Promises Free Trial
A pamphlet offers a home treatment claimed to cure many female disorders without a doctor. It promises a free ten day trial and ongoing care for a small weekly fee, urging readers to mail name and address to Mrs. M. Summers in Notre Dame, Indiana.
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Trent
Uli
Indica
Howe
M. Summers
Notre Dame
Ind
U.S
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State Chamber
Dempsey Hotel
Chamber
Alll
Sesson
Gova Reous
Emory Winship
Chaarmin
Sood Roads
laGrange
Maier &Berkele, Inc
Whitehall Street
S. Chalmers
Debating
Tillman
Blease
Maeterlinck
Paul de Roulede
New “Raffles
Athletic Club
Galavie
Sam Hurd
Eiseman Bros., Inc
Norfolk
Monarch
Manhattan and Cluett Stur
Manhattan
Vassar
Ekiseman Bros., Inc
Whitehall
the Baptist Hospital
Butler
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