Cody Announces Plans for Fire Prevention
Chief Bui Cody of the Atlanta fire department says a resolution empowers him to reorganize the department and install a patrol and fire prevention service. He outlines district patrols, building familiarization, and knowledge of alleys, exits, stairways, and hydrants to act as pilots in smoke. He seeks merchant cooperation and plans to buy new apparatus, opposing second hand gear, and aims for closer ties with underwriters to improve fire protection.
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Bui Cody
Atlanta Fire Department
Board of Fire Masters
Cody
Cody Agka
Fre
Joe Maddox Fined After Electric Fan Incident
In a police matinee Saturday Joe Maddox swore off drinking then approached a high speed electric fan. His finger struck the blade, he crouched crying for mercy as officers led him to detention. The judge set a fine of 1075 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Maddox
Joe
Delicatessen Robbed Near Police Station Saturday Morning
Burglars looted the European Delicatessen at 155 Decatur Street near the police barracks early Saturday before dawn, taking 3763 dollars from the cash register while the safe remained untouched. Police reported the theft to Captain Mayo as Officer Bowman found the scene and arrested RexTO alias Will Heard Heart after a neighborhood search.
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Decatur
Victor
Bowman
WM Mayo
Walter McWillisims
Austin Bexan
Rexto
Will
Heart
Artillery Boys Leave for Anniston Today
Battery B of the Georgia National Guard, known as the Atlanta Artillery, will depart Sunday morning for a ten day camp at Anniston Alabama. Captain A J McBride commands about 126 men for target practice maneuvers and field gun drills under war conditions. The unit has grown since enlistment campaigns, becoming the sole Atlanta guard element to attend Anniston this year.
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National Guard of Georgia
Atlanta Artillery
Anniston
Ala
A. J. McBride
National Guard
Atlanta
Infantry
Artillers
Saeneeere
Tribute to memory of Captain Keely memorialized
Colonel John Crawford, Atlanta business figure, writes a tribute on the anniversary of Captain John Keelys death. He recalls Keely as brave, a Confederate veteran, a noble gentleman, and feared merchant prince. Crawford notes long service, loyal friendship, and steadfast support of employees.
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John Crawford
Atlanta
Citi 3
Keely Company
Hitch & Brox. Co
John ‘Keely
Keely
Crawford
O Tadey
John Keely
North
Caroiina
Hhis
Bainbridge Board Protests British Order in Council
Bainbridge Georgia July 17 special report the Bainbridge board of trade resolved unanimously to protest the British order in council embargos on cotton and urged President Wilson to take all steps to insure the freedom of sale for American cotton before the next crop enters the market. The resolutions were sent to the president Senators Smith and Hardwick and each Georgia congressman. The action calls the British ban a menace to the United States and particularly the South.
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Bainbridge
Wilson
Smith
Hardwick
Georgia
Board of Trade
United States
South
Railroads Seek 16 Million From Government Over Mail Pay
Seven New England railroads petitioned the court of claims to recover about 10 million dollars, alleging illegal weighing of mail under the current system over six years. The case could affect mail contracts and rail pay, with the Post Office weighing controversy at stake. Justice Department will defend. officials have not yet read the briefs.
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Washington
Court of Claims
New England
Post Office Department
Railooads
Burleson
Stewart
Department of Justice
Solons Visit State Sanitarium in Milledgeville
Milledgeville Ga July 17 Special The State sanitarium at Milledgeville will be visited next week by regular standing committees from the legislature from both the house and senate. They will arrive Monday evening, some lodging in hotels others going to the sanitarium at once. Tuesday will be spent touring the various departments while the medical staff conducts the tours. The board of trustees of the institutions will be in session during this visit.
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Milledgeville
House
Senate
Nhysiciang
Masons Convene in Quitman for District Meet
The Eleventh District Masonic convention will meet in Quitman next Wednesday and Thursday. Plans call for one of the most notable district gatherings. Distinguished visitors include Georgia's worshipful grand master Hon. N. R Ballard of Brunswick.
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Quitman
Thursey
Georgia
N. R Ballard
Brunawick
Folkston Ex-Marshal Pete Cooner Arrested After Appeal
Waycross Ga July 17 Special Pete Cooner former Folkston marshal was arrested after the court of appeals affirmed his manslaughter conviction. He shot and killed a man named Richardson who resisted arrest. Cooner had been out on bond pending appeal.
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Waycross
Pete Cooner
Folkston
Court of Appeals
Superior Court
Cooner
Richardson
First Open Cotton Shown at Americus
Americus Georgia July 17 Special The first open cotton boll exhibited this season and the first in southwestern Georgia were brought in this afternoon from the Eldridge plantation near Americus which annually sends in the first open cotton. The crop is excellent considering conditions but needs rain.
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Americus
Georgia
Eldridge
Former Atlanta girl badly hurt in wreck
Mr and Mrs H Dahlstrom formerly Miss Lillian Sorrelly of East Point were severely injured in a railway wreck near Rainier Washington while en route from their Tacoma home to visit Dr Dahlstroms parents. They narrowly escaped death in the collision.
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Tacoma
Wash
Dahlstrom
Rainer
H. Dahlstrom
Lillian Sorrelly
East Point
Hammer and Saw Busy in LaGrange City
LaGrange Ga July reports rapid growth with remodeling and new buildings. The Hillside Cotton Mill project valued at 500000 emerges as a major expansion, alongside a forthcoming Elm City gin. New Texas Oil Co facility on Mulberry street and a 19000 gallon gasoline tank accompany large barns and warehouses signaling broad commercial development.
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LaGrange
Petal
Hillside Cotton Mille
Elm City
Texas OH Company
Mulberry Street
Lightning kills driver and two mules at Chipley farm
Weather fierce in LaGrange area as lightning strikes kill a mail driver and two mules near Chipley. The Kimbroughs own the beasts. four other mules nearby escaped unharmed. Separately, two more mules on Charles Merideth's farm were killed in the same storm.
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LaGrange
Aesro
Chipley
Charles
Henry Kimbrough
Charles Merideth
Eight Men Injured in Auto Collision in Charleston
A collision between the fire chief's automobile and a police patrol car responding to a fire alarm left eight injured. Assistant Chief Morris died three hours after the crash, and Driver Pequette was sinking. Six policemen including Lieutenant Rhogie Moore and Finley suffered broken legs.
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Charleston
Morrln
Pequette
Rhogie
Moore
Finley
Morris
Georgia Game and Fish Chief Proposes Law Reforms
State Game and Fish Commissioner Charles L. Davis reports Georgia residents now show greater respect for game and fish laws. He urges amendments including ending hunting exemptions in mulitis districts, raising county license fees, correcting license duration errors, shortening open seasons for woodcock and squirrels, and allowing landowners' families to hunt with licenses. He also notes possible state game preserve at Black Beard Island pending gubernatorial staff plans. Governors Official Fanutz.
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Charles L. Davis
Georgia
Davis
Tus Mulits
Lcense
Mr. Davis
United States
Black Beard Island
Charles Lewis Dies at Grady Hospital in Atlanta
Charles F. Lewis, 60, once a Macon grocer, died at Grady Hospital after shooting himself at his sister’s home on Suckle Street. He had visited Atlanta recently, faced financial reverses, and declined health. B. Readdy, mother, two children Virginia and Willie Lewis, sisters Mrs W M Snead and Miss Georgia Teaddy, and brother J. Readdy survive.
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Charles F. Lewis
Macon
Grady Hospital
Lula Sneed
Suckle Street
Lewis
Atlanta
Reddy
R. Lee
J. A. Davis
Snead
Fine Tobacco Crop Gathered in Decatur County
Bainbridge Ga July 17 Special Indications are that this will prove the most bountiful crop year in Decatur county. Timely rains boosted corn and cane melons peanuts and yetyar Deana, with a Sumatra wrapper tobacco crop now being gathered. Priming has begun across the tobacco belt and yields per acre are high. The market for watermelons is the only drawback as supply outpaces demand and many melons are being fed to hogs.
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Bainbridge
Hia
Decatur
Padgett Charged With Passing Worthless Check in Augusta
Padgett, a Summit, Georgia farmer, was brought to Augusta on a charge of giving a worthless check to Arrington Brothers & Co. He reportedly bought grain months earlier, received $4 in change, and the Bank of Summit check bounced for lack of funds. Attempts to collect were ignored by Padgett, prompting legal action.
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Augusta
Padgett
Summit
Arrington Brothers & Co
Bank of
Pad- Relt
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Captain Keely
Bainbridge Board
British Order IN Council
Solons
Hammer
City OF Lagrange
Fanutz
Harrisoi
Savannah
W. R. Fogher
Clifford Walker
Prince Webster
Georgia Railroad Commission
Bacon
Macon Railway and Light Company
Georgia Public Service Corporation
State Railroad Commission
Webster
Willila
J. van Holt Nash
Militia of
Knights of Fythias of
Nesh
Charles Lewis
C.O. D
New York
Organdie
Batiste
Wrell
Lsc
Knit Union Suits
J. M. High CO
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