Liquor Hidden in Big Iron Safe in Macon Raid
Deputy Warren Johnson raided Brown House in Macon Georgia and found a big iron safe filled with ten half pint bottles of liquor after a three hour effort. He reported the incident against Agatnne Eugene Ho Smith, a local grocery operator, as part of a prohibition law case.
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Brown House
Macon
Warren Johnson
Eugene Ho Smith
Clinton Road
Smith
Johnson
Ung Fm
Putnam Boys Club Raises Prize Corn
Putnam County youths and families join a Central railway trip to the State College of Agriculture at Athens to view corn exhibits and hear Professor Wright. The event highlights local 100 plus entries, including Robert Wilson of Eatonton, who shows an acre yielding over a hundred bushels, with several hundred expected to participate despite hail and rain.
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Batonton
Gordon
Jedgeville
State College of Agriculture
Athens
Fulham Boys Club
Hem
Profestr
Wo Wright
Thi County
Cootx
Thomas A Barry
State College
United States
Wrigh
Rat Jack
Conking
Rat Trappers Busy On The Pacific Coast War On Rats Continues
Waenington Gilly reports that despite no human plague in San Francisco for months, rat extermination efforts proceed across the Pacific coast. The Public Health Service notes the campaign is prophylactic, employing thirty laborers as rat-trappers in ongoing anti plague work.
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Waenington Gilly
San Francisco
Furgeonce M Converse
United States Pobic Health and Marine Hospital Service
Wage dispute settled for Virginian Road engineers
Washington July 23 Engineers on the Virginia Railway Company won an average wage increase of about 10 percent after a satisfactory adjustment of the dispute announced by Chairman Knapp. Locomotive engineers driving Mallet type double engines received about a 10 percent raise, setting a precedent for operating locomotives of that class.
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Washington
Virginia Railway Company
Knapp
Hoke Smith Supporters Organize Campaign at Courthouse
A meeting of Hoke Smith supporters at the courthouse resulted in forming the Telfair County Hoke Smith Club. HM Whiddon was elected president with John S Stamps of McRae and WE Flanigan of Scotland as secretary. Vice presidents for each district to be named later as an active campaign begins.
Human projectile shot through pipe on Panama Canal
Juan Antolin, a laborer at the Gatun Dam, became a human projectile when he fell into a hydraulic pool and was drawn through 300 feet of 20 inch pipe under high water pressure. His companions reached the outlet seconds later and he swam ashore.
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Washington
Gatun
Panama Canal
Juan Antolin
Canal Commission
Hitz
Noa
Pantery worker hurries to finish Chicago fence task
A hurried painter in Chicago, wrapping up a fence near a hub, sports a troubled look yet maintains steady work. He jokes about remaining paint and vows to finish the job, with a companion cheering him on as he dips the brush and begins again.
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Prom
Harper's
Irelord
Chicago
Andy
Rilan’s Rant Sparks A Curious Exchange In Catholic Standard
A fragment from The Catholic Standard and Times captures a baffling exchange where a speaker shouts Rilan and a quiet kid prompts questions. The patient wit responds with garbled lines about a mule and a tale, hinting at playful mischief and cryptic humor.
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Rilan
Quitman Enters Good Roads Tour in Rain and Traffic
The Good Roads Tour reached Quitman with a warm reception from Mayor Roberts and local officials. Vehicle crews from Valdosta and Moultrie joined the party, and delays occurred as chiefs and council members greeted the delegation. Road conditions were poor due to recent rain but progress continued toward Waycross with plans to bypass Homerville and Dupont.
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Valdosta
Mayor Roberts
WB Connolly
L Patterson
A Smith
SF Lewix
Bondurant
Moultria
Woof Peoples
WB Conalex
John Roberts
J Roy S F Breedlove
Tom McKey
C Doherty
RA ‘Thomas
OQ A McDonald
Wfe Aycock
Knox
Mr Aycock
Thomas
Roberts
Milltown
Berrien
Talley
Mr. Couner
Stage Road
Miltown
Homerville
Dupont
River Junction
Fla
Fulton County Lists Closed for Primary
Fulton County has closed lists for the primary with eleven qualified candidates announced yesterday at noon. The slate includes officials for Tax Collector, Receiver, Treasurer, Sheriff, Superior Court judges, Senator, Legislature, Congress, county commissioners, coroner, surveyor, school commissioner, and executive committee, with candidates named for each ward and district.
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Fulton
Earrier
P Stewart Jay
Armistead Stork Superior Court
Arnold Broyles County
H L Culbernon Sherif
W Mangum
HK H Roan
Walter Millreath
George Brown
H A Alexander
George Weatmorewand
L F Livingston
William Schley
Howard
Shelby Smith
T 2 Waters
Clifford JL Anderson
Horace Grant
J E McCleland
John Z Woodside
Frank Wilby
B. Lee Smith
G Y Pierce
F + Chappelear
Louis Gholstin
R Winn Severin
W P Anderson
M Cross
L. Z Hosser, Jr
D. B Kandrick
H. F West
Albert Howell
E. Maddox
Frank Tenin
J. D Cochran
C C Manson
TT Brent, Jr
Adamavilla
Rushing Tax Collector Nomination Under Fire
Perry Georgia July 22 Special report details executive committee debate on rescinding May action naming J W Rushing as Democratic tax collector nominee. Grand jury had two true bills for embezzlement against Rushing found earlier, yet he has settled shortages for 1909 taxes and received receipts from county and state. A five member committee was appointed to review legal rights to rescind, with report due August first. Public sentiment mixed. supporters may outnumber foes.
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Perry
Executive Committee
J W Rushing
Democratic Party
JW Rushing
Superior Court
Sig
J H. Davis
W Oh Talton
T Lisenby
J Clark
J 3
J W
Tas
Indian Creek Mission Meets at Clarkston
Clarkston Georgia July 28 special The Indian Creek Union Sunday School Association held its annual celebration at Clarkston on Friday July 22. Associations schools Ingleside Presbyterian Midway Ingleside Baptist etc gathered for exchange of ideas and mutual benefit. The occasion featured a program with songs recitations by small children afternoon addresses by superintendents and a contest singing by the schools. Officers elected for 1910 31 included W Corley president SR Johns E M Crowe WW White vice presidents BE GL Qalin secretary treasurer Hey B Sanders chaplain choralists and executive committee. Next celebration set for Midway church.
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Clarkston
Indian Creek Union Sunday School Association
Ingleside Presbyterian
Midway
Ingleside Baptist
Gian Creek Baptist
Mountain View Baptist
West End Baptist
Rehobeth Baptist
Clarkston Baptist
Clarkston Methodist
Chisren
Fe Alwara
W Corley
S R Johns
E M Crowe
W White
Qalin
Hey B Sanders
Herbert Austin
C A Mauck
E A Warwick
K Johns
F B Aiken
Midway Church
Officers Named by Atlanta Bankers
On Thursday evening the Atlanta American chapter of the American Institute of Banking elected officers. H Warren Martin was named president, C E Speer vice president, G C McWhirter secretary, and Smith Witham treasurer. The executive committee includes Martin, Beck, Speer, McWhirter, MtWhorter, Silken, and J W Yoppe. A new study class will form to cover practical banking with its first meeting next Thursday at 9 00 p m in the Chamber of Commerce Empire Building room chaired by Hobart Parker.
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American Institute of Banking
Chamber of Commerce
H Warren Martin
Lowry National Bank
C E Speer
Third National Bank
G C McWhirter
Fulton National Bank
Smith Witham
American National Bank
Wut
R Beck
Ho MtWhorter
The
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
A W Silken
Atlanta Clearing House Association
John W Yoppe
Empire Building
Hobart Parker
Rosser & Brandon
Atlanta
Bank Wen
Hart Still Factor in Governor Race After Retirement
Judge John C Hart, recently retired from the gubernatorial contest, remains a focal point in Savannah despite stepping back. Watson praises Hart as a manly, lovable friend while James J Davison of Greensboro urges voters to remember him two years hence for his sacrifice in the pursuit of peace.
The Smart Dory Admiration Comment Applauds Portrayal
A fragmented note praises a painter named Miller for a portrait titled The Smart Dory. The observer commends the artwork and remarks on its natural look. The text preserves a period newspaper voice through its idiosyncratic spelling and references.
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Cory
Miller
Tha ‘Orm
Great White Way plan for Peachtree Street advances in Atlanta
Local leaders push a sweeping street improvement from Ellis to Mitchell and to Terminal station, aiming to convert Peachtree and Whitehall into a brightly lit boulevard. Citizens sign petitions as Forrest Adair and Major Maddux tout the project as a civic beacon and advertising boon. The new lighting system promises dual standards with no shadows, brightening the street and removing older lamps.
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Atlanta
Peachtree Street
Ellis South
Whitehall
Mitchell
Maddux
Paturday
Forrest Adair
Erlata
Thairse
City adopts new street lighting plan in Atlanta area
A progressive lighting scheme for Peachtree street south from Hills Whitehall to Mitchell and the Terminal gains mayoral support. Owners and renters would share about 44 dollars per 26 foot frontage for installation with city maintenance funded later.
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Ail
Atlanta
Peachtree Street
Hills
Whitehall
Mitchell
Ctizen
Ben Lee Crew
Sovereign Lodge of Oda
The
Constitution
Savannah
Big Land Deal in Monroe and Macon Ga
The deal involves 843 acres on Bibb county edge and a small Monroe tract known as the Myrick place sold to A F P F Watkins and Jesse H and associates of Macon for a substantial sum. The farm, one of the best known in the area, will be improved into a premier county property. Also notes editorials from The Albany Herald mocking a Macon News editor over August primary rules.
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Monroe
Macon
Jesse H
A. F P. F. Watkins
Bibb County
Myrick
McIntosh Rited
The
Macon News
Albany Herald
Hewlette A. Halls
Herald
Hall
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