Rebuffed by Court Strikers Are Ugly Officials Describe Strike
In Sillsburg Pennsylvania on July 20 judges sustained the Pressed Steel Car Company demurrer to a petition for injunction by the Public Defense Association of Pittsburgh against the company striking employees and the sheriff. The court ruled it had no authority to compel reemployment or wage changes and only had jurisdiction over strike related trouble and violence. Threats circulated as workers reported no arbitration council in sight and power men were busier at the plant.
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Sillsburg
United States
Principalg
Commonwealth
Ford and Brown
Common Pleas Court
Pressed Steel Car Company
Public Defense Association of Pittsburg
Cuncerna
Invisii3l toric bifocals at Walter Ballard Optical Co
Promises perfect vision for reading and walking in one solid glass bifocal. Thousands furnished with no visible seams or dividing lines. Visit Walter Ballard Optical Co tied to 75 Peachtree St Atlanta Ga to see the leading product.
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Walter Ballard Optical CO
Peachtree St
Atlanta
Farmers Gather for Georgia Farmers Union Advance Work
A large turnout of farmers arrives in Macon for the Georgia division advance work of the Farmers Union. Committees meet Thursday and a session of the Implement Company leaders, including President Lee, will be held. Work runs Thursday through Saturday with details kept private until assembly. Also, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Causey, 79, died at Rosa Street residence. funeral tomorrow with Rev. J. M. Bass officiating at Rose Hill.
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Brown Efouse
Macon
Georgia Division
Farmers’ Union
Lee
Sarah Elizabeth Causey
Rosa Street
S. J. Raleigh
J. M. Bass
Rose Hill
Large Cotton Receipts Reach New Athens Records
Athens Ga July 20 Athens has surpassed prior cotton receipts with 124 397 bales by July 14 up from 110 000 last year an expected rise toward 150 000 bales next season. Stock on hand stands at 1 174 bales the lowest in many years.
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Athens
Body of Oscar Wilde Transferred to Pere Lachaise
Paris July 20 The body of Oscar Wilde buried at Bagneaux in 1900 was moved today to Pere Lachaise. A brief religious service was held at the cemetery.
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Oscar Wilde
Paris
Badnaux
Pers le Chaise
Woman Sets Home Ablaze While Burning Spider
Tillie Jennings attempted to burn a large black spider found at her home 632 West Mitchell Street. A piece of weather boarding allowed the spider to hide inside the wall and she ignited newspaper in the hole, causing a fire that scorched the rear of the house before neighbors extinguished it.
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Tillie Jennings
West
Mitchell Street
Strong Fight for Georgia Game Protection Hearing Pages
A Georgia House fish and game committee hearing favored strict hunting restrictions modeled after Alabama and Florida laws. Proponents led by Charles L. Davis urged curbing Negro hunters and requiring landowner consent to hunt, while opponents feared loss of game supplies for nonhunters. The bill creates a state game department, sets licenses, seasons, bag limits, and designates many species as game, with open season December 1 to March 15, and extended deer season in November and December.
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Georgia
Fish and Game Committee
House
Georgia Fish and Game Protective Association
Alabama
Florida
Charles L. Davis
Warm Springs
Association For the Protection of Fish
David
Bill
Davis
Atlantic
Dbilt
Ward Allen
Savannah
Department of Game
Peonage charges shock Butler County as arrests loom
Six white men and a Negro are charged with holding a man in peonage and whipping him in Butler County. The defendants include Butler and Andrew Searcy and their sons Sam and Gene Searcy, Lloyd Thomas, J H Montgomery, and W H Bhanka. An inspector secured warrants. cases postponed to August 3. Bonds set at 1000 for whites and 600 for the Negro. The incident has stirred county leaders. A separate note from Lake Arthur, Louisiana reports Euzekh Durepeau in critical condition from charbon linked to cattle exposure amid ongoing cattle epidemics.
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Butler County
Montgomery
Ala
Butler
Andrew Searcy
Sam
Gene Searcy
W. Hi. Bhanka
Lloyd Thomas
J. H. Montgomery
Greenville
Garner
Lake Arthur
Charbon
Brown's Island
Louisiana
Euzekh Durepeau
Masons Prepare for Annual Convention in Atlanta
A large, enthusiastic gathering of Atlanta Masons at the Temple previews the fifth district Masonic convention. Grand Master Jeffries will chair opening sessions on August 8 at Masonic Hall with Mayor Maddox delivering the welcome. A 3,500 badge order and about 3000 pledged for entertainment were reported as work begins, with officers to be elected Wednesday and degrees to be conferred across the day.
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Atlanta
Temple
Fifth District
Fifth Congressional District
Committee
Masonic Hall
Jeffries
Maddox
South
Negro Boy Killed in Zebulon Trial Case
In Zebulon Georgia a commitment trial for State v Big Baby Waller heard that several boys rabbit hunting entered a pond to bathe. A boy named Hoot Bush refused to come out and Waller fired into the water then shot Bush in the head and face, killing him instantly. Both youths are about 13 or 14 years old.
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Zebulon
Big Baby
Waller
Baker
Bush
Equalized Rail Rates Set To Move Grain Swiftly To Southeast
Chicago July 20 A decision by southern and western railroads sets tariffs to take effect October 1 to equalize grain rates from Iowa North and South Dakota Minnesota and Nebraska to the southeast through Chicago, matching St Louis and other junction points. A further proposal would set flat grain rates south of the Ohio river from Cincinnati and Louisville two cents per hundred pounds less than Ohio river crossings to balance shrinkage allowances and parity across gateways.
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Chicago
Southern and Western
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
St. Louis
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Louisville
Live man found after corpse rumor at circus dining room
Union City Tenn July 20 Relatives seeking a dead relative’s remains were surprised to find John Henry Wise alive and jailed on a murder charge. Wise, once married to his former wife, had traveled with stories of a death in Mississippi. The case unfolds amid circus dining room details and a history of prior marriages and legal entanglements.
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Epg
Union City
Tenn
Nobe Mason
Wise
Paducah
Purse snatchers active in Macon
Macon Georgia July 20 Special The city police have been flooded with purse snatching reports for three weeks. Small negroes vagrants and unemployed are said to be the culprits. Judge Pelton formerly sentenced one such offender to fifteen years in prison. The trend paused but has resumed with Mrs Keppler on Washington avenue as the latest victim.
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Macon
Pelton
Officer Cleared of Charges in Macon Police Probe
Macon Georgia July 20 Patrol Officer Ed Hamlin was cleared before the police committee in an investigation sparked by Henry Dubose, who was arrested last week for drunkenness. Dubose had alleged Hamlin saved a truck while the arrest occurred, prompting a large turnout of onlookers.
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Macon
Sps
Ed. Hamlin
Henry Dubose
Police Committee
Central Railroad Increases Shop Work Day To Nine Hours
Macon Georgia July 20 special report laborers welcomed the change as the Central railroad raises head work day in large shops from eight to nine hours due to growing business and need for workers. The shift was implemented this week drawing praise from hundreds of laborers who now endure a full work day.
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Central
Macon
Central Railroad
Mantel Company Promises Low Prices and Catalogs
We are aptling Mantels Tiles a a Gtatea cheaper than any mantel house in the south. Get out. Y r efore buying. Catalogs on request M'CORD MANTEL COMPANY.
Theaters Show Two Week Productions At Lyric And Casino
A local program note outlines Love in Harness at the Lyric with Miss Hana May Spooner and company, a mother guiding daughters through marriage rules, plus The Money Maker at the Casino by Wayne Musical Company with Fred Wayne design and abundant song. In Atlanta, fans crowd Ponce de Leon Park for open air concerts after games, while Bibb County awards a $2407 prison construction contract to Wilder & Paullin for the Rost Home Place project.
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Hdna May Spooner
Lyric
The
Wayne Musical Company
Fred Wayne
Atlanta
Ponce de Tucon Park
Atlante
Ponce de Leon
Macon
Bibbe County Commissionera
Wilder & Paullin
Erdman Act Invoked for Huntington Strike Mediation
Washington July 1 The Erdman act mediation board led by Commissioner Neill directs Huntington West Virginia to intervene in a local labor dispute. Chairman Hnapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission could not attend due to a prior engagement south.
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Washington
Board of Mediation
Neill
Huntington
W. Va
Hnapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mediation Board
Amon, Son
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