Police Board Deadlock Delays Captain Selection Decision
An argument over civil service rules delays naming a new police captain. Four board members favor civil service restrictions, while four oppose, risking a split vote and a potential interim deputy appointment by Chief Jennings until after the 1907 general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z D Micon
Bearg
Ciys
Civil Service
Venable
Engisc
Terry
Website
Brandon
T ‘Te Boarg Tay
Swindon
Terry Venable
Woodside
Smith
Jennings
Attag
Record Heat Sips Atlanta as June Feels Fatal to Temperatures
Yesterday's temperature reached 92 and humidity pushed heat index higher with a 73 morning low. A late afternoon thunderstorm dropped dust and brought brief relief, followed by a rapid cooling to 70s. The day averaged 74, about 3 degrees above normal, with historic June heat records cited from 1890 to 1904 and a gusty, rain-clearing storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todal
Tug
Atlante
Rcord
Atlanta
12000 Lancashire Churchmen March In Parade
London reported 12000 Lancashire churchmen arrived by thirty three special trains to protest the education bill. Bishops led the march from Regents Park to Aberthall with bands and banners. an Albert Hall crowd heard a resolution denouncing the bill as destructive to religious instruction in elementary schools and urging denominational schools as the safeguard.
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Lancashire
London
Regents Park
Aberthall
Manchester
Albert Hall
Diplomas Awarded At Andrew Female College
Senior day exercises honored a large class at Andrew Female College in Cuthbert with A B and B S diplomas. Recipients included Hortense Tinsley, Bessie McKinsack, Aimma Henley, Gertrude Meanes, Stella Pickren, Eva Johnson, Gertrude Giarmon, Mattie Redding, Annette McDonald, Lyle Mathews, Maude Kalmon, Aileene Simpson, Julia May Booth, Louie Gay, Ruby McLain, Ethel Morrison, Oda Teabeaut, Lula Brimberry, Lula Mathews and Ethel Mills. Eve certificates in instrumental music and art were also conferred. President Homer Bugh delivered the baccalaureate, trustees spoke, and out of town trustees attended the ceremony. The year closed with a campus-wide progress report and a closing dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Redding
Cuthbert
Annette McDonald
Lyle Mathews
Maude Kalmon
Aileene Simpson
Julia May Booth
Atabi
Louie Gay
Ruby McLain
Herod
Ethel Morrison
Tifton
Oda Teabeaut
Mia
Lula Brimberry
Camilla
Ethel Marie Mills
Whigham
Lula Mathews
Miles Julia May Booth
Alan
Kate L. Nelson
Perry
Homer Bugh
Board of Trustees
B. McGehee
Biss Alma Henley
Epileptic Drowns in Savannah River
Harold McDonnell aged 19, son of Mr and Mrs J F McDonnell, drowned this morning in the Savannah river after an epileptic seizure during a swimming outing with friends. He had previously caused excitement by fits at Isle of Hope and near the city hall during construction. Kaiser Invites American Officers to German Autumn Maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Harold McDonnell
J. F. MecDonnel
McDonnel
Isle of Hope
Kaiser
Berlin
William
Wreck Yields Five Suits for 112 500 in Atlanta Rail Crash
Within forty eight hours five damage suits totaling 112 800 were filed in city and superior courts after the West Fair street crossing wreck. Mrs Emma Cook seeks 40 000 for her husband Oscar Cook killed in the picnic train collision caused, she contends, by negligence of the two railroad operators. Other heirs of the Meyer family sue for 5 000 to 10 000 each, alleging passengers injured when the picnic train rear coach was crushed and passengers mashed between seats.
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West Fair Street
Central Railroad
Macon
Atlanta and
West Point
Terminal Station
Emma Cook
Oscar Cook
Atlanta
Arnold & Arnold
Mre
Cook
Ida Meyer
Clifford Meyer
Atlanta and West Point Railroad
Andrea Meyer
Sait
Clara Meyer
DD. T. Williams
Meyer
Burton Smith
J. A. Branch
Mra
G C. Andrew
Lissie M. Andrew
General Railroad
Lizzie M. Andrew
Hurt in Wreck Leaves Woman Critically Ill
F L Neel, a victim in the plonte wreck, rests at home on Atlanta avenue with serious injuries. Attending physician warns injuries may be life threatening. Mrs Neal, with her son Arthur Lee and daughter Lille Mar, were returning from a Pearl Springs picnic when the second car from the rear crashed. Mrs Neal suffered a dislocated hip and shoulder while Lille May Neal and Arthur Lee escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F L. Neel
Plonte
Atlanta Avenue
Lile May Neal
The
Constitution
Hopkins Bound Over for Carrying Concealed Weapon
J H Hopkins, 64 Houston St, was bound over by Judge Broyles under 50 dollars bond for carrying a concealed weapon after a Thursday arrest for disorderly conduct. The associated weapon charge was upheld while the disorderly conduct charge was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Hawkins
Hood and Dorsett
Broyles
Mr. Hopkins
Houston Street
Hogue
Hopkins
Sapkins
Leading Atlanta Clothing Firms Move to 9 PM Closings
Several top Atlanta clothing firms including George Muse Clothing, Eiseman Brothers, M R B Emmons, Wiseman & Well, Besig Brothers and Hirsch Brothers will close at 9 PM on Saturdays through the summer. The pact aims to give workers more rest and recreation time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
George Muse Clothing Company
Eiseman Brothers
M. RB. Emmons Company
Wiseman & ‘Well
Besig Brothers
Hirsch Brothers
Troutman to Fill Pulpit While Dr Lee Is Absent in City
Rev M L Troutman of Park Street Church will fill the pulpit at Trinity Church Sunday morning and evening while Dr J W Lee is away from Atlanta delivering the commencement address to Wofford College students in Startandure South Carolina. Dr Lee has left Atlanta for Startandure to address the Wofford College commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ML. Troutman
J. W. Lee
Atlanta
Startandure
8. C
Wofford College
M. L. Troutman
Park Street
Trinity Church
Iee
Conference on Wreck Ends Without Conclusion
After a long afternoon session Talway officials from the Central of Georgia and West Point railways adjourned at 7 20 pm without a finding on Wednesday night’s wreck. About a score of witnesses testified and more will be heard. The conference adjourned again to 9 am today with no statements for publication. Participants included G L Candler and J H Hall of the Central, W H Fenner and M A Ramsey, W N Cox and Trainmaster Bennett of West Point, and W Yarbrough.
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Talway
Central of Georgia Railway
West Point Railway
G. L. Candler
Central‘railroad
J. H. Hall
The
Central
W. H. Fenner
M A. Ramsey
W. N. Cox
West Point Railroad
Bennett
West Point
W. ¥. Yarbrough
Funeral of John Nort Pioneer Citizen of Atlanta
Funeral services for John Nort will be held tomorrow at his residence with Rev. W. H. Bell officiating and burial at Oakland cemetery. He died at 59 Richardson Street from injuries while in Central railroad service, long employed since 1861 when the Macon and Western era began. Survived by a wife and four children.
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Atlanta
John Nort
W. H. Bell
Oakland Cemetery
The
Central
Nort
Central Railroad
Richardson Street
Macon and Western
Macon
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Nourishes and Revives
An OCR fragment touts Horsford’s Acid Phosphate as a tonic that nourishes strengthens and imparts new life and vigor described as an excellent general tonic. The text emphasizes health benefits and restorative properties.
Hayden Samson Speaks In Atlanta Under Watch Tower Society
Hayden Samson, under the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, delivers two Bible lectures in Atlanta at Woodmen's Hall 122 Peachtree Street. Sunday at 1 PM he discusses God's Eternal Purpose. Monday night he covers The Hope of the Church. No collections. All welcome.
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Watch Tower Society
Atlanta
Hayden Samson
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
Allegheny Pa
Samson
Lelear
Woodmen’s Hall
Peachtree Street
Reformed Church Unity Briefed By Synod
At the general synod session in New York on June 8 Rev. E B Coe read the unity committee report. It favored cooperation with the Presbyterian system so long as it preserved the identity of the Reformed Church in America.
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Reformed Church For Unity
New York
Reformed Church General Synod
Committee On
E. B. Coe
Reformed Church of America
Elopement Feud Over Bride Ends In Habeas Action
In Moultrie Georgia on June 8 special reports Jose Holland, whose marriage to Miss Ida Petterman followed an elopement, has filed habeas corpus to recover his wife after she was forcibly taken by relatives. Officials have not served papers yet. both sides hire counsel. The affair stirs the community with fear of renewed clashes as relatives threaten to disrupt the marriage vows at any cost.
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Moultrie
Jose Holland
Ida Petterman
Counsiel
Macon Capitalists Plan Slaughter House and Packing Plant
Two prominent Macon capitalists plan to establish a slaughter house and packing business in Macon with potential meat processing plant. Investigations into western and eastern packing operations spurred the project, using a Cross Keys site near Macon as a location.
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Macon
Cross, Keys
Instant Catarrh Cure claims relief and samples offered
An advertisement touts Eclipse Catarrh Cure as giving instant relief from catarrh and invites readers to request a trial sample. It cites testimonials from R A Wear of Ozona Florida and reports a customer paid for more product after early use. Also mentions a separate item about cotton crop damage in Moultrie Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Wear
Ozona
Fla
Total Eclipse
Eclipge Medicine and Manufacturing Company
Avlanta, Ga
Petition Aimed at Halting Sheriff Vote Recount Heard
In Thomasville Judge Mitchel dissolved the temporary injunction and allowed a permanent injunction to restrain the clerk of the superior court Sheriff Campbell and the democratic executive committee from recruiting votes polled for sheriff in the recent primary. The subcommittee will proceed with the recount per instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moultrie
Superior Court
Campbell
Mitchel
Thomasville
Dissatisfied Couples Given Relief in Court
In a Superior Court session F Henderson won a first verdict of divorce from Annie Henderson Atlas Kate Robertson. Henderson claimed he was misled into marriage in 1904 by her claim she was Robertson’s widow and that a prior divorce never occurred. Mary Emma Pickerrell testified she faced threats and violence from Robert Pickerrell when urged to marry and described a forced union at age 16. Blance Lancaster’s husband Lancaster won a first verdict for divorce after she deserted him with notes claiming she had gone forever. Mattie Finch’s husband won a first verdict amid claims of constant cruelty and threats including a pistol eye injury and a night-attack with an iron poker.
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F. Henderson
Annie Henderson
Atlas Kate Robertson
William Johnson
Griffn
Elbert Robertson
Robertson
Westview Cemetery
Mary
Emma Pickerrell
Robert Pickerrell Bhe
Thomson
Con Lancaster
William Finch
Mattie Finch
Negro hanged after murder in Greensboro Alabama
James Coleman, a Negro, was hanged at Greensboro on June 8 for the murder of Charles Weller two years earlier. The county physician asked Coleman to signal if he was conscious after the drop, and Coleman extended his finger for several moments with his neck broken.
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Reensboro
Ala
James Coleman
Charles Weller
Cian
Coleman
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L. W.colson
Sandersville
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J. A. Thomas
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J. J. Ballard
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J. 9. McDonald
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Columbus
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Quin Eey
Armory
Harold McDonnel
F. L. Neal
J. H. Hopkins
Wofford
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Turner
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