Governor Will Press Button Starting Show at Exposition
The Atlanta Manufacturer Exposition will transform the hall into a manufacturing community where machinery will produce shoes hats envelopes and other articles in Atlanta. The event aims to showcase what the city can make with hundreds of yards of green and white bunting and a grand front entrance. Notable exhibitors include firms preparing standard showings and a program featuring an orchestra and speeches by leading officials.
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Atlanta
Geor Kiug
Exposition Patri
Gideon Convention Sees Officers Elected At Atlanta Session
The Gideons held a long session in Atlanta electing national officers for 1913 and choosing a convention city. A B T Moore of Cedar Rapids was elected president unanimously, with Ho Burge and Ridger Oliver as vice president and treasurer elected for multiple terms. Ashbrook explained his remarks about Methodist ministers, apologizing for any misunderstanding and denying he meant offense. The crowd later paraded to Grant Park for a feast of Georgia watermelons and peaches.
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Gideons
First Presbyterian
Atlanta
Grant Park
Ieorgia
Georgia
B T Moore
Cedar Huapids Laws
Moora
Ho Burge
Atlanta Camp of
Ridger Oliver
Ma Wii
Lurentu
Plans of the defense shrouded in mystery
Accompanied by twenty five Liks members of the Newnan lodge Fly one Grace will be brought to Atlanta on a stretcher from his home either Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon to attend his wife's trial. He will be under the care of physicians Drs T Jo Bailey and W A Turner who recently performed an operation to remove a bullet pressing against his spine. Official announcement was made from Newnan to the Constitution. Grace has long wished to attend the trial and asks daily if the trip is possible. Doctors Bailey and Turner have announced he could visit Atlanta, with arrangements for the journey. Grace will remain in Atlanta several days during the trial. Hotel accommodations have not yet been secured. Continued on Page Two.
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Newnan
Grace
Atlanta
T Jo Bailey
W A Turner
Sam Hill
Atlanta Leaders Blast Wasteful City Policy
A veteran council member criticizes Atlanta’s municipal policy as wasteful and ruinous. He cites “economy” rhetoric as a curse and urges for a broader, steadier plan in building and finances. The piece notes debate among local officials and references comments by Tom Winn and allies with prior municipal experience.
Bubonic Plague Found in Rat at New Orleans Wharf
Federal and city health authorities report bubonic bacilli discovered in a rat on a New Orleans waterfront after testing hundreds of rats. Dr J H White says the finding is not alarming and a vigorous extermination campaign will continue to wipe out rats in the city. A regional health conference will meet in New Orleans to discuss prevention and quarantine steps for southern ports.
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New Orleans
J H White
United States Marine Hospital Service
Havana
Cuba
de White
Dr O Reills
Tamenht
White
William Too
Governor Forbes III Leads Summer Stay on Nashawena Island
Governor Forbes III and Senator EBedfard Mays were aboard Nashawena Island where Forbes has spent the summer. Doctors and physicians visited the island to attend him as reports state his condition is serious.
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Forbes III
Sen Ebedfard Mays
W Cameron Forbes
The
Philippines
Nashawena Island
Fleming Enters Race for Congress in Tenth District
Augusta July 27 Special Wil lam H Fleming former candidate defeated ten years ago by Thordes W Hardwick announced his bid against the incumbent in the tenth district after a delegation from six counties urged him to run. Thomas J Watson backed Fleming as the choice, noting past campaigns and shifting support from rivals. Fleming said letters and telegrams from other counties signaled broad backing and he would decide tonight.
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Augusta
Willam H Fleming
Thordes W Hardwick
Hardwick
Mr Fleming
Ardwick
Lieming
Congress
Popular Jacksonville Woman Ends Life in Vacant Spring Field Home
Harvey Ro Payne, a well known young woman in Jacksonville, committed suicide in a rented vacant house in Spring Field suburbs. She rented the property for privacy and turned on the gas, dying in the back room. Her husband is in Miami, and she was the daughter of the late Damon Greenleaf of the Greenleaf Crosby company.
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Jacksonville
Harvey Ro Payne
Spring Field
Payne
Miami, Fla
Damon Greenleaf
Greenleaf
Atlanta Real Estate Exchange proposed by the association
At the August meeting the Atlanta Real Estate Men’s Association advisory committee recommended incorporation and a name change to Atlanta Real Estate Board plans to convert the social group into a real exchange with a central office a secretary and a listings system restricting listings and charging nesting and withdrawal fees only members may use the exchange and by law changes include an initiation fee after adoption of the plan
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Atlanta Real Estate Men's Association
Charles P Glover
Charlea I Glover Realty Company
Atlanta Real Esstate Mens Association
Atlanta Real Rstate
Atlanta
Office of the Exchange
Sugar Tariff Cut Passes Senate in Bipartisan Vote
The Bristow bill reduces sugar tariff 30 cents per 1000 pounds and eliminates the No 15 color test. President Taft would sign if it reaches him, but House backing for free sugar complicates agreement. Senate split paves path for a Lodge Bristow compromise with refined sugar duties and penalties.
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Jerihho Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Bristow
Senate
Bil
Taft
House
Fratheau
Jin
India
Whites Clash With Negroes Near Calhoun
Unrest erupts in Plainville Gordon County as white mobs ambush Calhoun Sheriff Owens. Ernest Johnson seriously wounded, Doc Miller lightly injured. A near 100 man posse surrounds a fortified negro house to arrest them amid high racial tension and ongoing clashes weeks after a railway station incident and a daytime barbecue.
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Rome
Plainville
Gordon County
Owens
Calhoun
Ernest Johnson
Doc' Miller
Adairaville
Southern Railway Station
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M. P. Ashbrook
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