Oratorical Contest Winners Named at Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech prepares for the freshman oratorical contest during commencement week. Six speakers were chosen from a strong class, presenting original addresses on varied topics from Universal Peace to What We Owe to the Soil. The event, held in the M C A hall, invites public attendance and features six representatives from the class.
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Georgia Tech
Tech
Duttieorgia Tech
Milner
Atlanta
Persia
Hr. M. Ralfe
Waco
Tex
China
J. W. Cox
R. G. Matone
Villa Rica
Rucker
Jessup
W. R. Tucker
Dawsonville
Judge Daly Recovers Stolen Diamond Ring
Macon Georgia June 10 Special Judge Laty recovered his diamond ring after months of watching for a sparkler. A negress prisoner wore the ring during court. She and her husband, Croy and Nonnie Howard, are jailed on larceny charges. Daly wore the ring again in court.
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Macon
Laty
Chapman
Daly
Croy
Nonnie Howard
Ad Men's Club Plans A Georgia Boost Movement
The Ad Men's Club unveils a state wide get together plan to boost Georgia cities and foster unity and pride. A Piedmont hotel meeting Thursday at 6 36 pm invites city officials chamber members manufacturers and business men. plates cost 1 dollar. Willam F Parkhurst chairs the plan and R R McDowell can reserve plates. talks limited to five minutes. Delegates from Atlanta attended the Dallas national convention and will share insights benefiting Atlanta.
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Ad Men's Club
Georgiea
Georgia
Piedmont Hotel
Chamber of Commerce and
Manufacturers
Piedmont
Atlanta
R. R. McDowell
Dallas
Story Hour at Carnegie Library Continues in June
Miss Katharine Wootten, librarian, says story hour will continue through June at Carnegie Library. Sessions are Wednesdays and Fridays at 2:30. June features Robin Hood tales, with stories of Alan-a-Dale, Queen Eleanor, King Richard, and Robin Hood’s death at Sherwood Forest.
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Katharine Wootten
C’arnegie Library
Robin Hood
Sherwood Forest
Alan-a-Dale
Merry Men
Queen Eleanor
Richard
Anne Wallace
Boundaries Outlined for G W Adair School District
Announcement lists the proposed boundaries for G W Adair school beginning at Shelton Street and Central railroad and following to Windsor Street and the Southern railroad, then along Stephens and Shelton streets back to Central railroad. Superintendent Sinton urges patrons to obtain cards early. Washington notes Taft golf with Knox after lunch at the White House.
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George W. Adair
Shelton Street
Central Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Windsor Street
Southern Railroad
Stepheny Street
Stephens and
Shelton Streets
William M. Sinton
Washington
Taft
White House
Sherman
Chevy Chage
Pretary Knox
Magid Sues Georgia Railway and Power Company Dismissed
The Fulton Superior Court dismissed Louis B. Magid's suit challenging the merger of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company into the Georgia Railway and Power Company, ruling no sufficient interest and not attending the merger meeting. Magid plans an appeal, likely invoking the 1909 act permitting corporate mergers, with broader questions about whether the new company is a trust.
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Georgia Railway and Power Company
J. T. Pendleton
Louis B. Magid
Fulton Superior Court
Supreme Court
Magid
Pendleton
Pendlett
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Trust Company of Georgia
Watkins & Jatimer
Westmoreland Bros
Spencer Atkinson
Trust Company
Tallulah Falls
One Killed Two Hurt In L N Accident At Maxia
Knoxville dispatch reports that at 1 14 am Monday a horse was struck by Louisvile and Nashville No 184 northbound aide from Tellico to Saxton causing a coach to leave the rails and topple down an embankment near Maxia 78 miles north of Knoxville. Conductor J S Smith of Tellico died. Passenger R B Lawcon of Krakkema of Fellico was injured.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Maxia
Louisville and Nashville
Tellico
Saxton
JS. Smith
Atlanta asked to return two historical cannons to Georgia
Adjutant General W G Obear asked the Atlanta park board to return two brass cannons loaned to Grant park years ago, to be placed on the steps of the state capital. The governor favors the plan. The cannons belonged to the Georgia Military Academy at Marietta and were used by Confederate students before the war.
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Atlanta Park Board
Grant Park
Hunter Street
Brown
Obear
Georgia Militarysacademy
Marietta
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Judge Daly
AD Men’s Club
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Cleveland-Manning Piano Co
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