Groom of two weeks killed husband of Fitzgerald bride
In Dry Branch Georgia W L Burkett 37 killed in East Macon accident. He married Methvin of Fitzgerald two weeks ago. He died after skull fracture in hospital. Survived by wife, mother and three brothers and two sisters. Also notes a Macon tri state association forming among law and claim agents with Georgia Florida Alabama members.
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Macon
W. L. Burkett
Dry Branch
Methvin
Fitzgerald
Burkett
L. W
J. B
HE. Burkett
George Andrews
Swift Creek
Oscar Chambers
Macon Chamber Proposes Using Reunion Funds For Conventions
Macon Georgia June 3 special. Directors of the Macon Chamber of Commerce will ask the general Confederate reunion committee for the remaining reunion fund after obligations are met. It is said the balance may be 6000 dollars or 7000 and the chamber plans to use it as a permanent convention fund to bring large gatherings to Macon.
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Macon
Macon Chamber of Commerce
General Confederate Reunion Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Barnesville Seeks Be Included on Interurban Route
Barnesville appeals to Macon for aid to add the city to the Atlanta Macon interurban line route. It argues current plans omit Barnesville to save a few miles, seeking inclusion to gain access to the line and its benefits.
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Barnesville
Macon-Atlanta
Macon
Macon Negroes Refuse Labor Spark Local Crackdown
In Macon Georgia a labor shortage arises as Black workers refuse common labor jobs. Manufacturers and the Chamber of Commerce urge city officials to enforce the vagrancy law. Italian laborers are imported to fill gaps while others offer higher wages to idlers with little effect.
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Macon
Chamber of Commerce
Letterera
M. H. Massee
Massee-Felton Company
New Rules Limiting Lake Use at Piedmont Park
City officials and park leaders reached recommendations to improve lake safety at Piedmont Park. Rules include: maximum two per boat, swimmers must prove they can swim, private boats banned, no boating under liquor influence, no women in boats, and boating limited to the north end of the lake.
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Piedmont Park
Winn
Cochran
The
Park Commission
C. L. Chosewood
Chosewood
Hospital probes death certificate charges by Grady Hospital
City council orders inquiry into Grady Hospital fee collection for issuing death certificates used to obtain life insurance. An Altoona lodge officer cited a $0.46 charge in the Riker death case. The hospital superintendent says fees vary from 25 cents to $6 as interne physicians handle certificates. The matter will be reviewed by the hospital committee and a report to council.
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Grady Hospital
Altoona Lodge
the Brotherhood of Railroad
Grady ‘Hospital
K. Riker
Summerall
Hongital Committee
Counsil
Dargan Heads Mercer Trustees At Macon Event
Mercer University in Macon elected Dr H C Dargan president of its board of trustees succeeding T G Lawson of Eatonton. Rev G W Garner of Eatonton was named to Lawson's vacated seat. Commencement opened with the Hardeman medal oratorical contest and class exercises amid rain disruption.
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Macon
Mercer
H. C. Dargan
Southern Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Mercer University
T. G. Lawson
Eatonton
Dargan
G. W. Garner
Lawson
Ray
Garner
Lawton
Hardeman
T. H. Davis
Brasseton
W. Edwards
Sylvester
College Chapel
Ralph Donehoo
Atlanta
B. Owenby
Blairsville
H. L. Grice
Raymond Stapleton
Bronwood
F. C. Staton
Gainesville
J. R. Sullivan
Chestoe
A. Christie
Brunswick
H. D., Warnock
Milltown
Kimball Hotel Names Young Assistant Manager
Ed L Brown Jr, assistant manager of the New Kimball, arrived in Atlanta Sunday to be listed first on the hotel register. He declined to tour the Kimballville farm, while Edith Brown Sr greeted guests with a cheerful welcome in the lobby.
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Ed L Brown
Kimball
Atlanta
Transportation Club
Kimballville Farm
Mr. Brown
Edith Brown
Tallulah Falls case to be decided by governor today
Governor Brown meets in the governor’s office with Tallulah Falls Conservation Association representatives to determine if the state will sue Georgia Railway and Power Company over title to Tallulah River and Falls. A final conference with Attorney General Felder is scheduled tomorrow to announce the decision.
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Geoffia
Tallulah Falls
Brown
Atlanta Bankers Picnic Honors Jeff Davis Birthday in Gainesville
The Atlanta chapter of the American Institute of Banking held its annual picnic at Gainesville to celebrate Jeff Davis' birthday. Several hundred bankers traveled by special train and spent the day boating swimming and enjoying baseball games before returning to Atlanta in the late afternoon.
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Jeff Davis
Atlanta
American Institute of Banking
Gainesville
Ad Men Lunch Today Discuss Dallas Trip
The regular weekly luncheon of the Atlanta Ad Men’s Club will be held today at 12 30 in the rooms of the M and M Club top floor Candler building. The delegation which attended the Dallas convention has returned home and some very interesting experiences will be related. A first class luncheon lasting one hour will be served for 50 cents.
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Atlanta Ad Men's Club
M and M, Club
Candler
Dallas
Four Injured in Central of Georgia Wreck Near Macon
Four passengers were injured when a Central of Georgia westbound train No. 1 from Savannah derailed near Macon. Four cars piled up in the wreck, and emergency crews rushed to the scene to aid the injured and clear the tracks. Local authorities investigated the cause of the derailment as trains in the area were halted temporarily.
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Central OF
Georgia
Macon
Savannah
Central of Georgia
Railway Wreck Near Macon Injures Several Passengers
A southbound train derailed near McIntyre about twenty nine miles east of Macon injuring several people including three negro passengers and Mrs Moll of New Orleans. The day coach and baggage cars left the track as the train pulled into McIntyre causing panic before eastbound traffic was halted and later restarted.
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McIntyre
Macon
Moll
New
Birmingham
Neko
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Altapame
Joe
Sierras
Pacific
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Petrified Forest
Grand ‘Cani
Yosemite
Fred Harvey
Aescaea
William Meegan
United States District Court
Fannie Allen
Fourth
Oak Streets
Meegan
William Piner
Finer
Jesse W. Land
Adams Ralford
Darky
Land
Ed Hughes
A. T. Small
Piedmont Lake
Idr. Dargan
Mercer Trustees
Tallulah Case
White Mountain Refrigerators
White Mountain
Boston
Dha
Laya
North Pryor Street
South
Everett, Henry & S.G. Lindeman
Cleveland-Manning
Holmes & Sons
Schubert
Wellington
Decker Bros
Kingsbury
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